Recorded live at the Resonance Launch Party at The Cellar Door in Birmingham's fantastic Rainbow complex.
HQ Stream & Download available below >
Out Now on xe:tech:no
For our 6th release of the year, we present to you another fine Techno excursion from long-time XTK favourite Mr Nikkolas Research.
With a work-rate and output that can only be described as 'phenomenal', Nikko has, as expected, put together a fantastic and wickedly contrasting double A-Side for us that will undoubtedly grace more than a few cones as we near the end of another sweat & sun filled season.
XTK-D#025 is headed up by 'Reaction' - a workout piece of stripped, minimal floor-tech driven by a tantalisingly hypnotic lead filter development atop a high pressure kick & bass combi.
It's Counterpart on this release is White Shadow - another of Nikko's minimal masterpieces; this time delivered easy on the throttle with a good dose of dubbyness and a wholly irresistible low-end groove peppered with warped vocal glitches.
A special guest mix recorded exclusively for theLAB Sessions by Mutate to Survive owner Pattrix.
Pattrix has been kind enough to lend his ear to a rework of Chris Allsopp's newly released 'Night Watch' EP which is available now exclusively at Beatport. Check out the Soundcloud player at the bottom of this post to hear a full HQ preview of his fantasticly moody remix!
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Tracklist
There will be singing (DJ Koze Remix) by Efdemin
Post traumatic son (Ben Klock Wave mix) by O/V/R
The wipe (Rex Sepultura Remix)
It Distorts (Simon Owen Remix) by Henry Cullen and Pattrix on Mutate to Survive
Alkitran by Jonas Kopp
Night Watch (Pattrix Remix) Chris Allsop on xe:tech:no
Close your eyes (Alan Fitzpatrick's Behing enemy lines weapon) by Joel Mull & Dustin Zahn
Wrench by Mynude
Throb by Perc
Souvenir (Scan X remix) by Henry Cullen and Pattrix on Mutate to Survive
We are by Mutant Clan
A Beautiful woman (H-tenza remix) by Pattrix on Mutate to Survive
48:50 > Thomas Ploch - Alarming Silence (Couch Lock remix) [*OUT NOW on xe:tech:no!*]
51:04 > Pattrix/Henry Cullen - It Distorts (Simon Owen remix) [*OUT NOW on Mutate to Surive!*]
.:Out Now on xetechno:.
"A shock & awe xetechno début from German DJ/Producer Thomas Ploch. Prepare for a serious amount of bass in your face as the Mannheim resident delivers a precision engineered piece of club-tuned minimalism.
Going beyond the call of duty, fellow resident of 'die Quadratestadt' Couch Lock has landed a stunning rework, adding extra grit to the tone to complete a release that is sure to leave all Technoheads shuddering across the floor in its wake"
"Our entire 2010 catalogue! Featuring Tracks from Nikkolas Research, Mynude, Futt to Fino, Chris Allsopp and label boss Simon Owen!
Available Now from Beatport and all major digital music retailers!"
56:27 : Marco Brugattu, Paul Cart - Billie's Mascotte (Nihad, Lasse & Nima Remix) : Suara
1:01:17 : Pig & Dan - Addiction (Jerome Sydenham Remix in Version) : Ground Factory Records
1:05:25 : Nico Dacido, Bionik - Pop of the King (Robin Hirte Remix) : Budenzauber
1:10:13 : Attemporal - Mata (Original Mix) : Sleaze Reordings
++AVAILABLE NOW on xe:tech:no++
After a hugely successful summer riding high in dance music charts worldwide, UK based duo Mynude return for their second outing on xetechno with XTK-D#018 and yet another benchmark release of deep thumping grooves.
Logical Probability bears all the hallmarks of a signature Mynude floor bomb as it thunders through an intense 5 minute stomper interspersed with bursts of digital crescendo and the sound of snapping synapses. A sure-fire floor favourite.
Neural Block takes the train-like rhythmic chugging of the EP's title track and gives it a good dose of swing. Laden with tight snappy percussion and a low-slung counter groove, it builds the tension to pitch-bending heights before bringing the speakers crashing down with a seriously cone UN-friendly drop.
Available @ Beatport, Juno, Nowtrax and all good digital music stores.
Greetz from Birmingham & welcome to another episode of theLAB.
This is the 11th session to date, each time I do one of these mixes I feel as if I'm solidifying the musical input I've been absorbing over the last month or so both at work and at home. I've been running Xenophorm Studios (www.facebook.com/xenophormstudios) for a living for well over 3 years now, but for some obscure reason (mostly down to me not wanting to take my beloved xone:92 down to a basement in Hockley on the train...) its taken me until now to get round to actually recording theLAB there. Now the studio has moved to better premises on the other side of town we have a permanent DJ facility set-up (which incidentally is available for hire) and so I can say with great joy that this mix is bought to you from an Allen & Heath mixer through Mackie pre-amps in fully-dithered 24bit 48kHz glory. ooo shiney.
Unfortunately podbean doesn't seem to have realised how cheap hard disk space is these days so I'm still only able to upload a 128kbps MP3 here, but check out myself (http://soundcloud.com/simonowen) or xetechno (http://soundcloud.com/xetechno) on Soundcloud to listen and download a High Quality 320kbps version.
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theLAB Sessions#11 : September 2010 : mixed by Simon Owen
0:00:00 > Futt to Fino - Upsend Any (Original Mix) : [Mutate to Survive]
0:05:20 > Romart - And then it left her... (Original Mix) : [xe:tech:no]
0:09:37 > Chris Allsopp - Edge of Desire (unsaved6 remix) : [xe:tech:no]
Trademark spooky grooves from none other than xetechno co-founder Chris Allsopp as he delivers his second release of the year with this mid-set epic.
Remix duties performed by xetechno newcomer unsaved6 who lands a stripped down, funk-festering minimal-tech rework for those of a less melodic disposition.
Available soon from all major digital music retailers.
Greetz! Welcome to another rip-roaring episode of theLAB Sessions
I've been fairly quiet (or lazy, depending on which way you look at it...) in terms of 'blogging' in this space as of late - mostly because i haven't felt i had anything interesting to say. But on this particular Saturday night i have a glass of good Malt & am feeling quite eloquent - lucky you eh?
Recently i've been spending quite a lot of time getting back to basics at a selection of Birmingham's 'local' parties - the scene in the city is really starting to pick back up after what seems like an eternity of being somewhat barren of quality regular nights and any 'scene' to actually speak of. Lots of great little spots have been popping up and the cities dance crowd finally seems to have come to terms with the dramatic changes that Techno has undergone in the last few years. It has to be said that Brum lost its mojo when the sound switched back to Berlin in the mid-2000's - as a collective the city had never been one for doing things by halves, and the sudden change in pitch to a more minimal sound & styling proved a hard pill to swallow for crowds schooled on the thunderous sound of Atomic Jam at the cavernous Que Club & House of God in Subway Citys dark & sweaty mazes.
This years 'sound of the season' so far has somewhat of a harder edge to it but with all the hallmarks of sound design techniques that have been developed in studio bunkers during Techno's minimal digital rebirth. Birmingham is cool with this - it's segmented crowds can once again groove to the same speaker and now atleast everyone is wearing a shirt.
Anyway, i hope you enjoy this May Day weekend mix, its one of my favourites.
The 4th release of 2010 from the xetechno bunker see’s a bass-quaking xetechno debut from Kemi & Julien Vee a.k.a MYNUDE, who deliver a sterling 2-tracker of their signature deep thumping grooves.
Damage Control caused a storm in pre-release; it’s floor shattering low-freq workout’s being hailed as the duo’s best work yet with support from Cristian Paduraru, M.O.D.E, Jim 'Shaft' Ryan & the Dubfire camp!
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