Recorded exclusively for The Vault Radio, this superb mix comes from the Spanish producer/DJ and joint owner of label Agony Forces: P.E.A.R.L. Check out the complete show here.

P.E.A.R.L. mix for “The Vault Radio”
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TRACKLIST
P.E.A.R.L. – Flying Through Space
Coushin – Structuralist
Byetone – Plastic Star
Ugandan Methods – Untitled
Fever Ray – When I Grow Up (Scuba’s high up mix)
Headhunter – Prototype (Modeselektor remix)
Scorn – Supermantis (Elemental remix)
Gescom – Keynell (ae remix)
Bochum Welt – Flag
Ceephax – Acid Schroeder
Monolake – Linear
AFX – Analogue Bubblebath 1
Svreca – Retina (Agony Forces remix)
Agony Forces – Past Written
Function – Variance 3 (Marcel Dettmann edit)
Delta Funktionen – Silhouette (Marcel Dettmann remix)
Carl Craig – Sandstorms
Tres Demented – Demented Drums
Architectural – Untitled 2 – 2
Surgeon – The Crawling Frog is Torn and Smiles
Robert Hood – Omega (End times)
Drexciya – Lake Haze
DMX Krew – Echelon
F.U.S.E. & LFO – Loop

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MANTIS 065 + MAZZULA
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broadcast 25/07/2010

hour 1 / DVNT

bil bless – exp 3 [bilbless.bandcamp.com]
Giuseppe – Back in Dark (B.A.X. remix) [Astor Bell]
C. Mantle – L Mink [Myuzyk] forthcoming
DBX – Losing Control [Seventh City Music]
Rogue Frequency – Android Attack [Takeover Recordings] forthcoming
Funk D’Void + Slam – Bearded Child [Soma] forthcoming
Inigo Kennedy – Uniton Demand [Asymmetric]
Tyler Smith – The Arrival [Plex Records]
Regis – Accidents in the Workplace [Downwards]
To Roccoco Rot – Fridays (Shackleton’s West Green Rd remix) [Domino]
Funk D’Void + Slam – Veins [Soma] forthcoming
Skream – Behind the Curtain [self-released]
Koncode – Glitchlet [dub]
Home Alone – Visitors (Digibox mix) [VIM Breaks]
Rogue Frequency – Forgotten Secrets (Defekt remix) [Takeover Recordings] forthcoming
Cool Hand Flex and Uncle 22 – Odd Ball EP A1 [Ruff Groove]
The Bee – Blues Company [Audioexit]
Hoth System – The Stench of Lies [dub]
Lifecycle – The Magic Word [Lifecycle]
Wylhelm – Trip Complete [Gliese 581c]
Herd – Tangent 34 [Entity.be]

hour 2 / MAZZULA showcase

Cynthia Stern – Follow (Mazzula remix) [i-o inc]
Mazzula – Hip Hop [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Book Club [unreleased]
Mazzula – Fly Zen Ben [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Moody Facka [unreleased]
Mazzula – The Defence? [unreleased]
Mazzula – Technopussy [unreleased]
Mazzula – Bread and Butter [Bassgun]
Mad-Tek – The Dark Age (Mazzula remix) [Digital Distortions]
Mazzula – The Justice [unreleased]
Mazzula – Speed Garage [Bassgun]
Mazzula – Partisan [Data-Trace] forthcoming
Mazzula – Malaise [self release]

065 /

Yea, the past few shows have been slightly on the sporadic, in so much as it’s been 4 weeks since the last show. I can only apologise for that. July has been a very busy month for me and family functions (including the christening of my spiffingly awesome niece) do have to take priority to me pushing some noisy bollocks through the internets. Mind you, quite a few quality mixes have been going up on darkfloor.co.uk. With that said, this week, we’re back with one hell of a showcase, from producer: Mazzula.

the SHOWCASE

“There isn’t a scene for my music in Stoke”

Living in what might be called a ‘cultural void’ as far as dance music is concerned, has only further inspired Paul ‘Mazzula’. Treading the line between electro breaks and techno, recognition has been growing steadily with artists such as Radioactive Man and Dave Clarke supporting.

The current Alive EP is winning Mazzula many plaudits, and is a fitting follow up to earlier, well-received releases on Data-Trace and Bassgun. 2010 is shaping up to be busy, with him working with i-o inc, and Digital Distortions, along with another EP on Data-Trace later in the year.

Known for his livesets, this showcase is a good example of what to expect. Never doing things the easy way, Mazzula’s ethic means his tracks are blown open when played live, and all are different interpretations of the full released tracks, broken down into component parts and re-stitched for full impact.

“I enjoy playing out, and can’t see the point of djing my own tracks. I want as much out of it as the audience.”

soundcloud/mazzula

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Continuing the vein of the past few posts on this site (they being: ). This is yet another old but not forgotten bookmark that has been lurking away in my “darkfloor mixes” folder. From the Serbian Dekode comes a live radio mix of his from around about 8 months ago, or thereabouts. The only details I have surrounding this are the download link and the tracklist (both of which are of course below), which frankly is more than enough to get down and dirty in the sick bass heavy sound presented in this live DJ mix. Turn it up. Now. Go on. Krank it. I dare you.

Dekode Live on the Beat & Bones
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TRACKLIST
Scorn – Running Rig [Ad Noiseam]
Sigha – Expansions [Hotflush Recordings]
Untold – Discipline [Hemlock Recordings]
King Cannibal – Dirt ft. Daddy Freddy [Ninja Tune]
Scanone – Sub Prime [Yellow Machines]
Shitmat – Gary’s Gruesome Grime (Chevron remix) [Planet Mu]
Orphx – Cracktest Edit [Sonic Groove]
2562 – Narita [Tectonic]
Monolake – Atlas [Imbalance Computer Music]
Takaaki Itoh – Two Ways [Wols]
James Ruskin – Izzygan [Tresor]
King Cannibal – Badman Near Dark (Stormfield’s Burning Cities mix) [Combat Recordings]
Scorn – Super Mantis (Elemental remix) [Combat Recordings]
Cloaks – Against [3by3]
Deuce – Guttering [Ostgut Tonträger]
Aphex Twin – Donkey Rhubarb [Warp]
Shed – Another Wedged Chicken (Martyns 131 remix) [Ostgut Tonträger]
Bracket – Butters Bounce [Coin Operated]
Aaron Spectre – Music Is The Weapon [Rag & Bone]
Pangaea – Mosaix [Hotflush Recordings]
Milanese – The End [Planet Mu]

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Regular darkfloor readers will know I have a thing for the FSG. Keeping that in mind here’s a recent mix of theirs you might have missed. As per usual, a quality selection of dark, deep, industrially sprinkled techno. Big shouts to the Italian site electronique for nailing the lads and getting them to produce this mix.

Forward Strategy Group /DJ set/ for electronique
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TRACKLIST
Burning Star Core – Inside The Shadows
Milton Bradley – Hypnagogic
Mike Parker – Reduction
Remodulated – Remodulated #01
Retail & Leisure – Your Reference To
Forward Strategy Group – Applied Generics – B
Aubrey – Dark (Mike Parker remix)
Sigha – Shake
Sp-X – Sp17
Ra.H – Spacepops
DJ Slip – Jills Meth – A
Apathism – Ten
Jb3 – Forklift (Luke Slater remix)
Panasonic – Urankemia
Perc – Wooden Art
Orphx – Possesed
Smear – Transect (acappella)
Sd12 – Unknown Artist – (Regis edit)
From Karaoke To Stardom – Emofeeliac
G-Man – Quo Vardis
Oni Ayhun – Untitled – Oar 04
DJ Slip – Jills Meth – B
Surgeon – Circles
Oni Ayhun – Untitled – Oar 01
Elektroplasma – Untitled

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sun 25/07/2010 from 16:00GMT
listen via Future Music / thedrome.net

Yea, the past few shows have been slightly on the sporadic, in so much as it’s been 4 weeks since the last show. I can only apologise for that. July has been a very busy month for me and family functions (including the christening of my spiffingly awesome niece) do have to take priority to me pushing some noisy bollocks through the internets. Mind you, quite a few quality mixes have been going up on darkfloor.co.uk. With that said, this week, we’re back with one hell of a showcase, from producer: Mazzula.

the SHOWCASE

“There isn’t a scene for my music in Stoke”

Living in what might be called a ‘cultural void’ as far as dance music is concerned, has only further inspired Paul ‘Mazzula’. Treading the line between electro breaks and techno, recognition has been growing steadily with artists such as Radioactive Man and Dave Clarke supporting.

The current Alive EP is winning Mazzula many plaudits, and is a fitting follow up to earlier, well-received releases on Data-Trace and Bassgun. 2010 is shaping up to be busy, with him working with i-o inc, and Digital Distortions, along with another EP on Data-Trace later in the year.

Known for his livesets, this showcase is a good example of what to expect. Never doing things the easy way, Mazzula’s ethic means his tracks are blown open when played live, and all are different interpretations of the full released tracks, broken down into component parts and re-stitched for full impact.

“I enjoy playing out, and can’t see the point of djing my own tracks. I want as much out of it as the audience.”

soundcloud/mazzula

rest of the show

Usual hosting duties from yours truly, DVNT, presenting my current crop of darkfloor electronica.

theDrome + MANTIS Radio

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Audioexit promptly follow up their recent releases: Tom SPL – Scorpion Walking and Drugstore – Imminent Departure (both of which I’m still playing) with a release from The Bee. Already on my radar with a slew of quality releases on techno specialist netlabel Zimmer Records, as well as a release on Audioexit back in 2008, those of the techno persuasion should perk up their ears and get downloading. From the Hungarian netlabel comes:

Hungarian The Bee comes with fresh sound this year, 4 tracks of Go To The Playground is more developed than his last release, AeTech004, showing that Bee is moving forward with the actual styles. ‘Blues Company’ is a modern techno piece (with crazy cello sampling), written for the dancefloors, isn’t it? 2nd track ‘Minifunk’ is more minimal-electro like, but it comes to an end with hard, industrial noises, nice backround sounds. ‘Slow Tech Fusion’ is varied but mellow work. The closing ‘Travelling’ is a good piece for this summer, organic like a coctail, cool like the ice in it.

The Bee – Go To The Playground
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TRACKLIST
Blues Company
Minifunk
Slow Tech Fusion
Travelling

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New mix from one the netaudio aficionados and half of the team behind the fantastic label Error Broadcast. In his own words:

As a child, I’ve been obsessed with the light breaking under half closed eyes. There were these rich, fickle spots just below your sight, and I spent hours trying to focus and come by.  Once we got a television set, this afternoon amusement stopped for the sake of colourful images that were no longer my own. Time flies.

With these 40 minutes of beats and textures, I tried to re-create the atmosphere of sitting on the couch blinking into the light of the afternoon sun and doing nothing else besides. This is not a collection of ambient tunes, sure. But the genre borders are blurred in the most adventurous Rap and Garage productions nowadays, and it is easy to get lost with an Abby Lee Tee, fuer.steps or Constrobuz track. Loads of exclusive material here. Please enjoy!

Sven Swift – Fickle Spots
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TRACKLIST
Pharaoh Sanders – Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah [Impulse]
fLako – Hot Ish [CDr]
OL – Unexpected* [CDr]
A-Rec – Fuck the Boss* [Error Broadcast]
Shlohmo – Spoons (Shigeto unofficial remix) [CDr]
Abby Lee Tee – Imma Richtung Himmel ft. Def Ill* [CDr]
Wols – Damage (rework)* [CDr]
Fuer.Steps – Lunar Dust [Error Broadcast]
Nest – Cad Goddeu (revised) [Serein]
Comfort Fit – Tinitus* [Error Broadcast]
Amon Tobin – Big Furry Head [Ninja Tune]
Maguett – Zodiak* [CDr]
Chocolate Girl – Valhalla* [CDr]
iL – When She Wakes Up [CDr]
Pixelord – pxlr7 [Car Crash Set]
Constrobuz – My Diamonds Fruity [CDr]

*exclusive

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Coming in at just under 2 hours, this is a live techno mix from the Brazilian producer Vector Commander aka Alex Strunz . Not live as in laptop and midi controller live, but hardware live. Proper live. Old skool live.

Grab this and then check out Alex when he did a showcase mix for the 33rd MANTIS Radio back in 2009.

100% Hardware + FX + my voices in vocoder! TECHNOOOOOOOO!

Vector Commander Live on Only Techno Radio, Madrid. 17/03/2010
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TRACKLIST
Funkastechno
Solaris
Emergency
Artificial Inteligence
La Rambla
Clone
Stigmata is not dead
Mutation
Black Knight
Satellite
Morse Code
Fatal Fury
Stigmata
Mars Attack
Underworld
Selektor
Frenesi
Recall 99
Hunter

all tracks produced by Alex Strunz (Vector Commander)

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If anyone here doesn’t like electro, now is the time to leave.

Alavux, the electro producer behind the great Currently Constructed EP, as well as countless others including several on the slamming electro label Twilight 76, has been working on his live performance. At the time of publication details are sketchy regarding the actual live setup involved  (if I get anymore details I’ll be sure to add em up here).

He’s given up a recording of where he’s at with it, resulting in a great mix with some jackin’ pounding phat electro going off. So listen, download, comment. You have been briefed…

Alavux is one the responsible people for spreading the fresh electro sound from Eastern Europe with his E75 Records crew. His vision is merging electro and techno and unusual sounds into one matter known as music . Creating Sound Packs for “Zenhiser” Media Company based in Australia , broadcasting a radio show “Emiter” on radio Elektrana in Serbia , releasing for E75 Records , Twilight76 Online , ToyFriend Music , Teskoba Records few to name , releasing free patches for various synths like Itchy Synths Overdose , supported work from Dave Clarke ,Odessa Soundfreaks , Paul Blackford , Martin Evolvah , Dominance Electricity , Rob Real and others . played with his favorited dj’s and producers from various style of music that he like and produce like Charles Siegling from Techansia , Jeff Mills , Jessie Voorn , Paul Voolford , Chris Liberator , ManasyT , Crobot Crew , JJ Innervision, Bass Junkie , Lloyd Da Zoyd and Diplomat , Dagobert and lot of Serbian Djs and Live Acts. One of the regular performers on Elektrana Stage on Exit Festival since his foundation in 2005, also performed on various electronic music festivals near by like Croatia , Slovenia , Bulgaria and so on .

Alavux – Beyond Electro 2010 AD Live Act
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TRACKLIST
Hot streak – Body Work Into
Alavux – Imperial Path
Alavux – Generation 1980
Alavux – Backdrop Beat
Alavux – Space Lounge
Alavux – Machine Dance
Alavux – Minimal Expression
Alavux – Tha One
Alavux – Jackin’
Alavux – Good Time
Alavux – Do Dat(Cisco)
Alavux – Phone Home
Alavux – Zen Mythology
Alavux – Natasha’s Funk
Alavux – Space Track
Alavux – 3,14
Alavux – Moj Grad
Alavux – SlowStep
Alavux – Ghetto Trash Feat JJ MC
Outro

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Originally released on Plex Records back in 2007, Tyler has decided to re-release it, and who am I to argue. Bravo that man, cause it’s rather good as it happens. Stand out track for me has to be Life Is Such A Fragile Thing. It’s driving, melodic and one of “those” tunes to finish a serious workout on the dancefloor with. The other three tracks are well produced and solid techno tracks leaning ever so slightly to a more electronica vibe, ever so slight thou.

“Our guy makes original Detroit complexion music. A strong and dark techno but deep and melancholic too.

When listening to these four titles Tyler conducts us for a walk through the streets of a tentacular megalopolis. Neon’s intermittent flashes light the scene with far in the background a groovy and heavy rhythm.”

Tyler Smith – The Clockmaker EP
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TRACKLIST
Slide
The Arrival
The Clockmaking Factory
Life is Such A Fragile Thing

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myspace/alphaground