This week’s best mixes: the roots of dubstep, flutes, wedding bangers and a sex tape.
Stream an early 90s mixtape from the lost hero of Chicago house. Reported to have had a breakdown and been financially neglected by labels reissuing his work, Spencer Kincy, aka Gemini, was one of the most forward thinking house producers in the early 90s.
Marcellus Pittman live set. Live recording of the Detroit heavy’s set from Trouble Vision at Corsica Studios on 23rd August.
A gloriously retro DJ Hype mix from ’93. You know it’s vintage when it was originally released on cassette. The stream forms part of Hype’s monthly mix series for Fabric.
Elijah & Skilliam lay down a Butterz mix for Red Bull Studios featuring Preditah, Terror Danjah, Royal-T, Swindle, P Jam, Flava D and Champion.
Sex Tape from Southern Hospitality. The London-based hip hop dons curate a mix of R&B’s latest underground innovators.
Tectonic treat us to a Pinch B2B Mumdance mix. Downloadable when shared. Check out our interview with Mumdance about his hardware-based live show here.
“Flutes make me very emotional – true story.” NA from Nguzunguzu shares a delightful mix of his favourite flute samples for Thump. Accompanied by eloquent explanations of their personal resonance for him.
A dubstep retrospective on Kiss. DJ Hatcha and Kode9 lay down some dubstep classics from Horsepower, through Loefah and Nasty Crew, to Zed Bias.
DJ Hatcha (Sin City Rec.) b2b Kode9 (Hyperdub Rec) @ The Dubstep Show, Kiss 100.0 FM (18.09.2013) by Evil Concussion on Mixcloud
Plastician goes all embarrassing uncle on us. The dubstep and grime aficionado recently announced that he’s taking a new direction with his music. Is this it? Full of guilty pleasures from Prince to Womack and Womack.
Scuba’s latest after-hours mix for Hot Flush Recordings. Deep, dark late listening in the fourth monthly instalment from Scuba.
Funkineven touches bass with Noisey. The Eglo Records beatsmith lays down characteristically multi-vibe mix including several of his own tracks.