This week’s top mixes include Marcel Dettmann on Dekmantel’s new podcast, Mr G pulling no punches, DJ Funk promoting Bloc ’15, and Luke Solomon’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix.
Marcel Dettmann on Dekmantel’s New Podcast. Techno powerhouse Marcel Dettmann inaugurates the Dekmantel collective’s new weekly podcast series with a very special 90-minute live recording from New Year’s Eve 2014 at Berghain, where he holds a residency. “Supple and seductive, then freaky and funky, then deliciously dark and increasingly weird towards the end.” Stream and download above.
DJ Funk “hits it from the back – and beyond”. One of the heroes of Chicago’s pioneering ghetto and booty house label Dance Mania, Charles E Chambers III aka DJ Funk “hits it from the back – and beyond” with lo-fi, high energy club bangers in an exclusive mix promoting Bloc 2015 festival, which he’ll be playing at in march. Stream and download above.
Luke Solomon’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. “I wanted to showcase a little bit of my history and my affiliation with Chicago and hopefully play some hidden treasures that people hadn’t heard before. I also wanted to include some of my productions and forthcoming unreleased stuff. And I really wanted to record it live on CDs, USBs and vinyl. It took a few goes, but I got there in the end!” UK house hero Luke Solomon contributes a long-awaited Essential Mix. Stream here.
Mr G Pulling No Punches. Once part of ferocious techno duo The Advent, Colin McBean now produces and DJs sample-heavy house sounds as Mr G. Download his “groovy, soulful and timeless” RA podcast mix here.
Floating Points and Four Tet: Jazz and Soul Grooves. Reaching number one spots on both Mixcloud’s jazz and soul charts, this month’s Floating Points and Four Tet NTS Radio show heats up the UK’s chilly January with a set of upbeat grooves mostly from the gloriously percussive period in the 70s when soul and jazz first met disco music. Stream above, full track listing available here.
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Rick Wilhite Live from Sydney. Having worked with Derrick May and Juan Atkins, and as part of the infamous Three Chairs Collective, Detroit DJ Rick ‘The Godson’ Wilhite draws a mix of beatdown disco and Motor City classics live at Goodgod club, Sydney. Stream above.
Sharooz in the Mojave Desert. Sharooz, whose original and remix work has appeared on Ministry of Sound, Fool’s Gold, and Sunday Best, spins acid and industrial techno with exclusive new unreleased tracks of his own “on a cold, clear January evening in the Mojave desert”. Stream above.
Fred P at Midnight Project. Owner of Soul People Music, NY house legend Fred P aka Black Jazz Consortium thanks his fans by sharing what recently went down at underground dance event Midnight Project in Washington DC, where he played “in spite of what turned out to be a terrible cold”. Stream and download above.