Daniel Avery’s Electronic Explorations, DJ Harvey’s Essential Mix ’98, Luke Vibert and Rob Booth on Solid Steel, and Bicep’s African mixtape.
Daniel Avery’s Electronic Explorations. “I’m deep into recording new music at the moment. There are good energies in the studio and it feels exciting. I wanted this mix to simply represent one of the spaces my head is currently in” – Daniel Avery steps up to deliver the latest of the award-winning Electronic Explorations mixes, ahead of his appearance at the next Divided Love event at Fabric this Friday. Stream above, download here, and track listing here.
Luke Vibert and Rob Booth on Solid Steel. Hour 1 of Ninja Tune‘s institution of a podcast Solid Steel features the man behind Electronic Explorations, Rob Booth, for a mix celebrating two years of the Houndstooth label, where he heads A&R. Rob had this to say about his mix: “No better way than starting with our inaugural record, the Present Tense 12” by Call Super, such an exciting artist culminating with his recent critically acclaimed debut album. Of course I also had to include a few tracks from the Soul Music LP, Paul Woolford’s Special Request moniker, especially the ‘Hackney Parrot VIP’, coupled with the polished jungle/techno experimentalism of Akkord and the 160bpm mosaic of Throwing Snow. As the mix enters the 2nd half the emphasis moves to our latest signings, Berlin based Marquis Hawkes, Norwegian duo Soft as Snow and LA duo 18+, who’ve kept us busy this past year with the mix concluding with Jassy Graz on vocals, a personal favourite.”
Hour 2 comes from the pioneering acid producer whose records were released by many of the UK’s top electronic labels in the 90s including Rephlex, Warp, Planet Mu, and Ninja Tune – Luke Vibert, a man of many monikers such as Wagon Christ, Plug, Amen Andrews and Kerrier District, under which he recently released an album entitled 4 on Hypercolour. To sum up his mix, he simply said: “It’s sum of my stupid mash-ups put together!” Stream and download above, track listing here.
Bicep’s African Mixtape. This week’s Gilles Peterson Worldwide guest mixtape comes from RinseFM residents Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson, aka Bicep. They have a distinguished track record with their own productions and their blog and imprint Feel My Bicep. The mix looks to Africa for inspiration, finding 30 minutes of afrobeat and disco selections. Stream above, track listing here.
DJ Harvey’s Essential Mix ’98. Promoters International Artist Support showcase DJ Harvey‘s first ever BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, from 1998, in which the London-born LA-based cult selector plays all kinds of classic disco. Stream above.