This week’s top mixes include Lena Willikens’ Raw Influences, Geeneus and Slimzee back to back on Rinse from 1996, and E.M.M.A.’s Candy Coloured Club Music.
Lena Willikens’ Raw Influences. Member of Comeme Records alongside the likes of Barnt, and a regular host of their radio show, Cologne’s Lena Willikens serves up a raw and visceral hour of abstract grooves with metallic textures and unsettling atmospheres, reflecting her proto-techno, industrial boogie and synthetic disco influences. Stream and download above.
Compassion Crew Joins The Ransom Note. Celebrating the recent release of his latest compilation, an eclectic “crate-digger’s dream” featuring music from Walter Gibbons, Big City Orchestra and more, Dublin’s Compassion Crew joins The Ransom Note for a chat and a mix. Stream above, download and an interview with the artist here.
Early Geeneus and Slimzee on Rinse. A rare rediscovered jungle set from Geeneus and Slimzee, back-to-back on RinseFM when it was still a pirate radio station in 1996, featuring MCs including a 17-year-old Wiley. Stream and download above.
E.M.M.A.’s Candy Coloured Club Music. A regular of London’s underground music scene, DJ, producer and co-host of Radar Radio‘s Angel Food radio show E.M.M.A. steps up for a Dazed Mix of candy coloured club music, hard-hitting rap and a twisted Rihanna edit. Stream above, and an interview with the artist here.
Route 8 Live From The Void. Lobster Theremin launch their new self-titled podcast series with a special hour-long live set of melancholic and contemplative house, techno and electro from their Hungarian label-mate Route 8, developed after his month on tour in Australia. “A real wander into the night wood for speakers large and small.” Stream and download above.
Lone’s Club-Home Hybrid. Ninja Tune‘s latest Solid Steel radio show features UK house producer Lone showcasing a hybrid of his club sets and something “that could work just as easily as a home listening mix,” with a bunch of exclusive forthcoming material from his MagicWire label, ahead of the release of his new album Levitate via R&S. Stream and download above.