theLAB Sessions

theLAB Sessions#09 - May 2010

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.

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*New Release*

[XTK-D#014] Mynude - Damage Control EP by xe:tech:no

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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Tracklisting - theLAB Sessions#09 - May 2010

00:00 > Mynude - Damage Control : available now on xetechno!

04:08 > Miro Pajic - Sky Corners

07:22 > Mynude - Subliminal Wonder : available now on xetechno!

09:48 > Billy Johnston, Gennaro Mastrantonio - Space (Gary Beck's stripped naked tool)

15:10 > Julian Jewell - Babou

18:58 > Croon Inc - Blancmange

23:11 > Snax - Honeymoon's Over (YosTek Remix)

27:52 > Tim Xavier, Tony Rohr - Awesome Button

31:51 > D-Nox, Gabe - Little Patience

36:18 > The Selph - Designer Beaver (Uto Karem rmx)