Claude & Marcus on Hub Radio

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New mix from Marcus S on the technics 1210s, the theme is pretty self-explanatory from the song titles, and the mix also includes some samples from one of my favourite films – Eternal Sunshine… and opens up with Ikonika’s ‘Direct’ which sounds like the self realizing dread that your worst fears are true.

Some of my favourite dubstep/twostep tunes are included here, including Mr Lager’s ‘Tell Me’ – a defining moment of my year being watching Appleblim drop this at Bloc Weekender in March on the immense funktion one soundsystem, as I downed the rest of my drink and soaked up the bass and lyrical matter whilst staring into the distance of the dark butlins club.  Joy Orbison’s ‘Hyph Mngo’ has been for many one of the biggest releases of the year, and he’ll be supporting Four Tet at his London gig next Spring which I’ll certainly be at. The Bristol sound of 2009 is represented by tracks from Joker, Peverelist, Pinch and Brackles. Enjoy.

1.  Intro / Traumatic Times – LD
2.  Ikonika – Direct
3.  Joker – Digidesign
4.  Brackles – LHC
5.  Mount Kimbie – Sketch on Glass
6.  Prelude – Bookstore / Rain on a Skylight
7.  Peverelist – Erstwhile Rhythm
8.  Martyn – All I Have is Memories
9.  Mr Lager – Tell Me
10. Jus Wan – Action Potential
11.  Appleblim & Geiom – Shreds
12.  Pinch – Battered
13.  Mala – Lean FWD
14.  2562 – Lost
15.  Martyn – Broken
16.  Calenda – Forever
17.  Darkstar – Need You
18.  TRG – Missed Calls
19.  Joy Orbison – HYPH MNGO

New dubstep mix from myself, recorded in one go on the technics over the weekend, fuelled by liquor etc . .  I rattle through the tracks pretty fast and haphazardly. . . This is the darkest / most aggy dubstep from my collection . . .Inspired by some DARK THOUGHTS  . Recent Dubloaded guests such as Noah D, Mala, and 2562 sit alongside Bristol peeps Appleblim, Pinch, Peverelist, Joker, RSD of Smith N Mighty…..  More subtle and refined sounds from Data and Pangaea sees a slight lull in the violent sounding bass before the track ‘Justify’ brings the tone back up . . . or down . . . . not sure which.

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1.  Appleblim & Peverelist – Circling
2.  Kode9 & Spaceape – Fukkaz
3.  TRG – Drum Tribe
4.  Neil Landstrumm – Shit Daddy Bass (w/ Carlton Kilawatt)
5.  Babylon System & Noah D – Examination Of Time
6.  Komonazmuk – Miss Her
7.  Mala – Bury the Bwoy
8.  Pinch – Joyride
9.  Ghislian Poirer – Blazin’ (Modeselektor remix)
10. 2562 – Basin Dub
11. Pangaea – Bear Witness
12. Data – Leaves
13. Sully – Reminder
14. Appleblim & Ramadanman – Justify
15. Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (unknown remix)
16. Joker & Ginz – Purple City
17. Rustie – Tempered
18. Daedelus – Touchstone
19. Aphex Twin – Leaves
20. Loefah – Mud
21. RSD – Energy
22. Jack Sparrow – The Chase
23. Sigha – On The Strip
24. The Bug – Jah Wars
25. Appleblim & Gatekeeper – Tomb VIP
26. Andy Stott – Drippin
27. Ramadanman – Carla
28. Millie & Andrea – Black Hammer
29. Ikonika – Phonelines VIP

Big up Daega Sound coming out of Vancouver BC for some sick dubby two step techno.

This is a mix they did a while back for Rob Booth’s show (Electronic Explorations) and its worth a d/l.

http://soundcloud.com/daegasound/daega-sound-original-mini-mix-for-electronic-explorations

We’ll be back on the air Thursday and will start podcasts up again soon too . . .

Quite a few new things to report:

• My night with one of the boys from HIGHER GROUND is starting next month on Saturday 24th at Day & Night.  Claude is also involved.  Headhunter / Atki2 / [sic] / residents .  Big line up showcasing the Bristol techno/house/dubstep sound.

• Radio show kicking off again very soon in a new slot Thursday evenings 18:00 – 20:00 . I’ve been working with the Hub Radio manager on the new studio location…Watch this space.

• Upcoming gigs for Marcus S :

Tuesday 22nd Sept – Bower Ashton Paint Jam

Thursday 24th Sept – Frenchay Campus – w/ Dave Pearce

Thursday 15th Oct – Live Broadcast on Brap.FM – guest on the Further Fluent show B2B w/ Trufflehunter

Thursday 22nd Oct – LAB, Broad st – w/ Silkie, Quest [Deep Medi]

Saturday 24 Oct – Day & Night, St Nicholas st – w/ Headhunter, ATKI2, Trufflehunter

Marcus S and the unofficial third member of the Electronic Headplug DJ team Trufflehunter (Higher Ground) rinsed an extended DJ set on Big Chill FM earlier this month at the festival site which saw other DJ sets from Kode9, MJ Cole, Shackleton, and many others. Spanning three hours, the B2B set saw fifty-something songs spinned in quick sucession, starting with deep house and merging into UK Funky, Two Step, Garage, Techno, and finally some filthy Dubstep – all genres which in my opinion come under the umbrella of BASS MUSIC.

Claude and Marcus’s radio show will return within the next few weeks on a new Monday night slot and a newly relocated studio here in Bristol.

Gigs info soon.

Dubloaded Wed 8 July – Pinch vs Peverelist : Joker vs Ginz : Forsaken vs Kidcut

Dubloaded’s regular mid-week slot is irrelevant to its clientele, Pinch’s club night having hosted both Kode 9 and Martyn in recent months. The club’s regular sound system is reinforced as per normal, though the service of DJs who might be from further afield than the city’s ring road is not needed tonight. Forsaken and Kidcut are regulars on this circuit and the pair’s excitable performance is not wasted on the few who have made it in before 11pm. One tune is cut mid-chorus only for Forsaken to wipe the needle and casually re-assure the bemused audience that his actions will make it “sound much better.”

It’s this almost domestic enthusiasm for both sound systems and dubstep that, as epitomized at last week’s St Pauls Carnival, is central to Dubloaded and more broadly the Bristol dubstep scene. Tonight’s headliners Pinch and Peverelist, then, are surely two of the most pivotal figures involved, the latter to be found usually behind the desk at Rooted Records. From the body of a set mostly occupied by white labels, the dark, thick sound that Pinch has been pursuing since 2006’s ‘Underwater Dancehall’ contrasts deeply against Peverelist’s autonomy which holds techno more closely to its centre. The rhythms never fully transcend the 4/4 framework of the aftermentioned genre, though it’s only the delay and echo of dub, or the soulful vocals of a female MC that hold this ominous threat in balance. Martyn’s Vancouver sounds just as fresh and brilliant as it did when it was released almost two years ago, but whilst his recent visit showcased a set that encompassed other genres such as funky and bassline, the impression is that these two, and Peverelist in particular, will always stay set on a darker path more in tune with the constantly referenced and always attractive aura of Berlin.

The night’s showcase of local producers currently touring worldwide is completed by Joker and Ginz, and it’s clear within half an hour who obviously reigns this back to back set. If turn length was to decide who was to be perceived as tonight’s most significant and popular producer between the two collaborators, then Ginz needn’t apply – Joker’s reassurances that he’s going to drop just the one more tune before stepping back being culled from the most bedroom of DJ’ing ettiquete. It’s amusing to watch – and it might be unnecessary to say he didn’t do the same whilst sharing the same slot with Rustie and Hudson Mohawke as he did at this club 8 months ago. But since that night Joker’s sound has arguably surpassed that of his Glaswegan counterparts, and though tunes such as ‘Tempered’ and ‘Play Doe’ pay tribute to a circle of producers all very much on similar trips, the pair‘s ‘Purple City’ and the Joker tune on Pinch’s recent label compilation ‘Untitled RSN’ goes a step further in conjuring a technicolor, hazardous, and psychedelic sound. As Joker imitates the wild synth licks that frequently occupy his productions on an imaginary violin, the 10” serato controllers are exposed to frequent rewinds executed by other stage occupants  if the DJs themselves aren’t obliging. It’s an atmosphere only possible at small, local nights such as these, that showcases a sound that, though imitated elsewhere, might be at its most vibrant in Bristol.

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Been sat on this for a while – recorded a few weeks ago – serato + 1210s

Lots of my favourite dubstep from the last few years – some tracks you’ll definitely know from Kode9, TRG, Rustie etc – alongside some lesser known bangers from Milanese, Marcus Intalex, and Elemental. The first 15-20 minutes is slicing 4×4 dub techno – amazing 2562 remix of TVO, with some local bristol producers Headhunter and Appleblim too.

1.  Benga – Zero M2 (Tempa)
2.  Headhunter – Paragdim Shift (Tempa)
3.  TVO – The Dark is Rising (2562 remix) (Simple)
4.  Sideshow – If Alone (Appleblim & Komonazmuk remix) (Aus)
5.  Stereotype – Jahman (G-Stone)
6.  2562 – Morvern (Tectonic)
7.  Martyn – Vancouver (3024)
8.  TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn’s DCM Remix) (Hessle)
9.  Geoim – Reminissin’ (Berkane Sol)
10. Headhunter – Your say (Tempa)
11. Martyn and Marcus Intalex – After seven (Revolver)
12. Flying Lotus – RobertaFlack (Martyn remix) (Warp)
13. Pinch – Get Up (Tectonic)
14. Pattie Blingh_And The Akebulan 5 – Brother: The Point (2562 Remix) (Ramp)
15. Zomby – Spliff Dub (Rustie rmx) (Hyperdub)
16. Kode9 – 9 Samuari (Hyperdub)
17. The Bug w/ Flow Dan – Skeng (Kode9 mix)
18. Modeselektor w/ Paul St Heliare – Let Your Love Grow (Bpitch Control)
19. Elemental – Raw Material (Hotflush
20. Milanese – Double Face (Planet Mu)

A couple of weeks ago Claude and Marcus went into the studio with two guests DJs Whatnot and Trufflehunter for a special B2B mixing session on the technics – and the show is now here for you to download in MP3 form.

Higher Ground has been resident of Portland Square’s underground venue/bar Cosies for over a year now, and brings the funk down on a bi-monthly basis – with big Bristol guests always heading the bill, and funk, soul, hip hop and reggae pertruding from the Friday night Bristol air. Whatnot and Trufflehunter themselves have been about Bristol for quite some time now and most recently featured on the DMZ / Skull Disco lineup at Motion skate park, rocking the outdoor terrace with some silly disco skills.

The two hour set here is a mix of warm-up ambient, breaks and hip hop, before things get a bit filthy about 45 minutes in and the dubstep / techno tip comes to the fore. All, of course, interspered with some lovely microphone work from Claude (and one or two technical glitches). Rare Flying Lotus bootlegs sit alongside classics from Leftfield, and of course some brand spanking new tunes from modern names like Ramadanman, Geiom, Appleblim, and so on. Bass from both local and far away lands – with four St Pauls DJs at the helm.  Find the download link and tracklist in the playlists section. More updates concerning the show coming soon !!!