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Work U Out

A stunning, opulent mix from dapper London gent Sam Butler, ‘The Workout’ features cuts from Claro Intelecto, D5 and Kenny Larkin, as well as a jaw-dropping centre-piece in the form of Orlando Voorn’s sullen and balmy ‘Power Of Beauty’. Techno and house music to kick you on through the snow and out the other side - tracklist after the fold.



MP3: Sam Butler - The Workout

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Tags: asifindit, ben klock, claro intelecto, d5, kenny larkin, mix, orlando voorn, sam butler, the other people place, vince watson

Sore boy shuffle

Dan Avery’s mixes creep covert into the world like wrong, dark loves, the sole determined mind in a muddle of confused intoxicateds. This latest - Autumn, 2009 - takes that moment when ivy club laser falls upon you like tractor beam and stretches that moment out into 50 minutes of odd, alien lucidity. Lemonade, Fuck Buttons and Gold Panda are encountered along the way, as well as Florence and the Machine, Simian Mobile Disco and Tiga - let’s be clear, these people could never appear here without Stopmakingme’s turning them into something more subtle and sly, rushed into the bunker club in fake ‘taches and comedy specs. That’s the way, though - the odd lucidity, bunkered up, hunkering down, turning the world inside out from beneath its busiest bricks.



MP3: Stopmakingme - Autumn 2009 mix

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Tags: dan avery, mix, stopmakingme

In It

We’re proud to present the third NPIP mix from the stalwart Jah Pat, its tracklist reading like a Greatest Hits of the year so far in bassland music. From DVA and HardHouse Banton to FaltyDL and Untold, via Pearson Sound and the totemic centrepiece of Joy Orbison’s ‘Hyph Mango’, his NPIP003 emerges from the dank energised and invincible, looking to throttle.

Full tracklist after the fold.



MP3: Jah Pat - NPIP003

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Tags: aphex twin, apollo, apple pips, aus music, black acre, blaine, blunted robots, brackles, burial, darkstar, deep medi, dva, faltydl, fantastic 4, fantastic mr fox & rich reason, four tet, ghost, hard house banton, hessle audio, hot flush, hyperdub, jah pat, joe, joy orbison, kode9, mala, martin kemp, mix, pearson sound, ramp, roska, spoilt rotten, tempa, text, untold

OCHIBA

This has been out there a few weeks now, but we’ve been slack. It doesn’t get any more astute than this coming together of heads, lead by S.E.F. and T. Williams, backed by Don Morris and Cooly G. Deep Teknologi will be putting out some releases “in the next few months”, but for now there’s Mix 1.0. Listen to them dismissing Funky dilettantes with MA1 before talking up Fingaprint, Fuzzy Logik and Morris’s forthcoming DT Records number ‘Inda Groove’; gems that sit gloriously alongside the likes of Dope and Dokes, muscular yet not quite as militant as the likes of Lil Silva, further showcasing how healthy House’s netherregions are at the moment. So, about as dramatic as it gets, S.E.F.’s Deep Teknologi Mix 1.0:

MP3: Deep Teknologi - Mix 1.0
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Probably worth mentioning the new Karizma compilation that’s coming out on R2 in a few weeks whilst we’re talking these tongues, while another of his R2 releases - ‘Necessary Madness’ b/w ‘Drumz Nightmare’ - is well worth getting teeth into, particularly for the B-.

Tags: cooly g, deep teknologi, don morris, dt records, mix, s.e.f., t. williams

That Doldrum Joy Sound

Peter O’Grady’s last mix - recorded for us under the Vitamin Club guise he shares with the infamous Impey - was a stunner, no rowing, and since then PO’G’s been played ‘out’ on Gilles Peterson’s Radio 1 show and at the end of this, the mix put together by Ben UFO of the mighty Hessle Audio to promote the label’s takeover of Fabric. Back now as Joy Orbison, Pete’s strung something to top nearly all the mixes I’ve heard this year; DLDRMS001 celebrating the imminent launch of his DOLDRUMS label (the lobster guards the flag). To these ears, the choicest cuts come with Karizma’s ‘Drumz Nightmare’, Martyn’s refit of Efdemin’s ‘Acid Bells’ and new Joy Orbison track ‘Tentative Bidding’ as well as, of course, Joy Orb’s monumental closer ‘Hyph Mngo’, due for release at some point in the near future through Scuba’s Hot Flush imprint. UK Funky, 2-Step, post-Dubstep sounds - it’s all gilded, all fresh, all sharp and completely on point, with a skip to evade the most fearsome of thugstep bores… DOLDRUMS in the mix, with a lurker intent; tracklist after the fold.



MP3: Joy Orbison - DLDRMS001

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Tags: joy orbison, mix

Sweat

We’ve been admirers of London’s anonymous Sbtrkt for a while now at No Pain In Pop and that love’s shared by the gaggle of labels - the best labels - hurling offers in his general direction. Confirmed releases come through Planet Mu, Salvia/XL, Brainmath and Universal soon enough, for now though the time’s right for a mix, all sun coloured synth swirls and dazed, reeling eyes, heat rashed and raw. “Seems there are quite a few producers using those UKG influences,” Sbtrkt noted recently, “taking the bounce, extra double-time rhythms and not being too dark & serious about everything.” His mix carries the work of Burial and Radiohead in a cluster of new Sbtrkt tracks, but things never get too dark, too serious - and if they do, MJ Cole’s always on hand to bail you out.



MP3: Sbtrkt - NPIP001

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Tags: mix, sbtrkt