Men and Machines: Men and Machines 1
In which the Men and Machines crew reveal the future of electronic music, to you, for a quid.
White Diamond
Hatchback
Debut release from Californian producer Hatchback from the excellent ThisIsNotAnExit record label. A mind blowing transmission of swirling blissed out cosmic synths.
Jarvie Is A Dead Man
I Am Blip
Slow-burning yet sweet electro-tech groove, like an even more sunshiney, blissed-out version of Orbital's Belfast, that then comes up hard as it wanders into a shady, packed dance tent.
The Red Wire
Daragh Byrne
Imagine Mr Oizo going over one of the moody, night-out-fallout jazzy numbers from Primal Scream's Vanishing Point album. Yeah, it's that good.
Thurso (vs. Wick CK megamix)
Over the Wall
Brilliantly arranged: moody, haunting, yet joyful and driven, this is Scottish indie with its heart on its sleeve and its head in the future. (This is a remix by Commanderkeen of their tune 'Thurso'.)
Emotion Du Peul (Our Side)
Mr Raoul K
A building, looping, yet entirely organic African-style work: contains a somewhat nostalgic spiritual atmosphere with a timeless rhythmic groove to stunning effect. You'll want to spend the rest of your life listening to music like this.
Grackle Trance
Grackle
Dubby loops and a barely perceptible beat, as though someone's decided to make psy-trance interesting by totally reinventing it and making it more like what it says on the tin. Inner-spacey, and powerful.
Blue Meadow
Paul Myrus
Woo! Like a friendly disco ghost. They say you have an inner circle of five or six close friends. We highly recommend you make the friendly disco ghost one of them. It'll make you happy, every time you listen to its (speechless) advice.
Round Clocks (Dompteur Mooner's dance mix)
Polyester
Darkling euro-style dancefloor fun, proposing sexual joy in the process of self-reinvention. Appropriately enough, to an irresistible beat.
Bru-Money
Pop Campaign
Imagine playing electro on a Hammond organ. Okay, now, hold that thought, and take away the Hammond organ. Brilliant, no?
Friday 3am
San Quentin
How much space can a track have before you can't avoid calling it minimal? Yet, how original does music have to be before you're reluctant to give it any name that might lead to preconceptions. You'll find the answers, somewhere around Friday, 3am.
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