This week’s top mixes include Surgeon’s ambient set, Seven Davis Jr’s Worldwide Family Mixtape and DJ Barely Legal getting tropical.
Seven Davis Jr‘s Worldwide Family Mixtape. Producer and vocalist Seven Davis Jr drops some exclusive tracks of his own, alongside some gems from musicians that have influenced him for Gilles Peterson Worldwide. Stream above, track listing here.
Surgeon’s ambient set. “This hybrid DJ / Live Set was recorded in a yurt structure at the Freerotation Festival in Wales. This time my idea for the set was to take us all much further out, much deeper inside than the set from last year. A more disembodied experience.” Stream and download above, track listing here.
Jamie xx guest presents. Jamie Smith steps in to guest-present Benji B’s Radio 1 show. There’s exclusive mixes from John Talabot & Nic Tasker, Modeselektor pick three records and James Blake swings by and drops off some exclusive new music. Plus there’s music from Midland, Gil Scott-Heron, Talaboman, Aebelo and more. Steam in full here.
Raw, hard and soulful. Stacey Pullen spent the 1990s helping to both continue the legacy of his friend and collaborator Derrick May’s generation, while also opening it up to influences like broken beat. Although he was at his most prolific in the 90s, Pullen still regularly releases music and runs his own label, Blackflag. Stream and download his raw, hard and soulful FACT mix above, track listing here.
DJ Barely Legal gets tropical. Rooted in grime and garage, Chloé Robinson aka DJ Barely Legal has been smashing up dancefloors since the age of 19 and has been championed by BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Rinse FM, playing alongside the likes of Four Tet, My Nu Leng and Wiley to name but a few. Stream and download her i-D debut with Music to… get tropical above, track listing here.
Logos on Solid Steel. “I really enjoyed constructing this mix for Solid Steel, which is a blend of the stuff I listen to a lot at home and some banging material you might catch me playing in the club. Look out for a couple of tracks from the forthcoming EP of weightless material on Different Circles, which is the new label me and Mumdance are launching shortly, along with a track from my forthcoming split EP with Rabit on Glacial Sound…” Stream and download above, track listing here.