Mindbending Carpet

This mix is really raw and there are a couple of technical difficulties. My mixer was dieing and the styli were crap. This mix is strongly influenced by the freedom of internet radio shows that don’t buy into the “necessity” of beat matching. The stylistic freedom is really liberating. I’m not ready to throw beat matching out the window, but I wanted to attempt something as diverse in a dance music context, sometimes sacrificing the smoothness of a typically beat-driven set. There are a few mixes that aren’t as smooth as I’d like, but the humanity of this mix is crucial – so I’ve decided it shouldn’t be polished. There are errors. There are abysmal techinical probelms around 26 minutes in (watch your speakers), and some more nastiness around the 47 minute mark. But the bottom line is that it’s about 90 minutes of music I love across the techno spectrum – flaws and all.

2020 note: all mixes taken down for now to re-post at higher bitrate on Mixcloud in due course. If you’re at all keen for me to do this, please let me know and I will try and get anything specific you want to hear moved over ASAP.

Tracklist:

Bushwacka – Lifeblood – End Recordings – (UK) ’99

Gerd – Arcturus – Universal Language – (UK) ’97

Morgan Geist – Champagne – Environ – (US) ’99

Plaid – Angry Dolphin – Clear – (UK) ’95

Porter Ricks – Redundance 4 – Force Inc. Music Works – (Germany) ’98?

M. Mayer – Amanda – Kompakte – (germany) ’00

Jeff Mills – Sugar is Sweeter – (US) ’97

Vainquer – Elevation II (Reduced) – (Germany) ’97

Vainquer – Reduce 2 – (Germany) ’96

X-Trak – Facc – Peacefrog – (UK) ’95

Kit Clayton – Pattern Matching – Backgroung Records – (Germany) ’00

Claude Young – Krossing – Deta – (UK) ’00

Jacek Sienkewicz – New Direction – Recognition – (Poland) ’00

Stewart Walker – Songs Without Climax – Force Inc. Music Works – (Germany) ’00

Infinity – Flash Flood – Juan Atkins Magic Tracks? – (UK?) ’95?

Wild Planet – Frozen Signal – 430 West – (US) ’99

Model 500 – I Wanna Be There (Dave Angel Remix) – R +S – (Belgium) ’94

Surgeon – Instinct – Dynamic Tension – (UK) ’00

Dave Angel – Airborne (Carl Craig’s Drums Suck Mix) – Island Records – (UK) ’95

Hermes – Capacity Unknown track B1 – Tronic Music – (US) ’96

Richard Bartz – Holographic EP track A1 – Kurbel – (Germany) ’99

Esser – Forces (Reese Mix) – KMS (US) – ’94

Plutone – The Damned – Bull & Butcher Recordings (Germany) ’92

Digital Justice – Theme from: It’s All Gone Pearshaped – Fragile (US) ’96

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