This week’s best mixes include spontaneous electronics from Xosar, a Jessy Lanza mixtape and Marquis Hawkes’ Dimensions Festival mix.
“Goon’s in the club!” DIS “bring you into the world’s most exclusive venues” with a gritty mix from London’s Goon Club Allstars. Stream or download above, and a track list is available here.
Spontaneous electronics from Xosar. “Here is a live set I produced from scratch by live jammin’ for the past 2 hours using one electibe and one ironing board as a table. Like Total Schlock Mixtape Vol. 1, it will probably never be released or recorded properly. i created it ghetto style in 1 take to capture a certain moment and didn’t listen to it or edit it.” Stream below.
A Jessy Lanza mixtape. Ontario’s Jessy Lanza, whose debut LP of new-school R&B Pull My Hair Back, a collaborative effort with Junior Boy Jeremy Greenspan, brought her international acclaim, presents a mixtape for #177 of Modular People’s series of Modcasts, alongside a track list and interview both available here, download here.
“Distorted tones, booming bass, and rapid-fire rhythms.” Lee Bannon, whose debut LP for Ninja Tune, Alternate/Endings, dropped in January, plays a set of break-neck jungle with hints of grime and garage, as well as plenty of his own unreleased material in the latest from XLR8R’s podcast series, which is up for download with both a stream and full track listing here.
A third Dimensions Festival promo mix that showcases the rich, unpolished ghetto-house of elusive Berlin-based DJ-producer Marquis Hawkes, who makes an appearance on the festival’s sturdy 2014 line-up. Stream below, track list here.
Plastician on Rinse FM via Las Vegas. A live recording of the South London-bred producer and Rinse FM regular’s recent set for club night Bleach in Las Vegas. Stream or download below, track listing here.
Seth Troxler kicks off Outcast. A series of mixes from the Brooklyn club Output, where he holds a quarterly residency. The first podcast is a set of deeply rhythmic underground house and techno. Stream or download below.
House of God’s 21st. Surgeon plays an hour of blistering trance and acid for Brummie techno institution House of God‘s 21st birthday straight from the Rainbow Warehouse in Birmingham. Stream below, track list here.