This week’s top mixes include Avalon Emerson & Courtesy live at Sónar, Mr Scruff live in Shoreditch, Locked Groove’s Tour De Force and Mumdance’s BPM podcast.
Avalon Emerson & Courtesy Live at Sónar. Watch producers Avalon Emerson and Courtesy, originally from Arizona and Copenhagen respectively, playing new and unreleased music on the main stage at Sónar Festival. They begin with rhythmic electronics, progress into melodic techno, getting deeper and darker from there, and ending with a set of breaks. Watch above.
LuckyMe x Rinse ft. MACHINEDRUM. Glasgow electronic music label LuckyMe‘s resident The Blessings presents the latest in the label’s monthly radio show on legendary pirate-turned-premier-underground-dance-station RinseFM, featuring Ninja Tune producer Machinedrum as a guest, playing two hours of hip-hop, techno, soul and experimental. Stream above.
Mr Scruff Live in Shoreditch. London DJ duo, party and record label Krankbrother uploads a recording of Manchester beat maestro Mr Scruff, who’s known best for his hit single ‘Get A Move On’, performing live at their Krankbrother Shoreditch Street Party. He selects “6 hours of pure fire” from jazz, hip-hop and disco. Stream in full above.
Locked Groove’s Tour De Force. European house and techno producer Locked Groove‘s work has found a home in labels like Hotflush, his own Locked Groove records, Turbo Recordings and others. In his SoHaSo podcast, he starts out “with some percussion grooves before diving in a raw techno-influenced tour de force that smashes you in the most positive way”. Stream and download above.
Mumdance’s BPM Podcast. Having been chosen by Beatport as their artist of the week, London artist Mumdance presents a 45 minute mix of his own techno and grime productions, “starting off with some brand new unreleased bits, then moving into some of the more obscure ones from my discography”. Stream above.
Oscar Smith’s Summer Solstice Incantations. The fifth instalment of their Incantations series, Thump’s summer solstice special comes from Oscar Smith, “one of the biggest Balearic heads the north of England has ever known”. Hear him creating a journey through his extensive record collection above.