Mantis Radio 029 + Dessben
Dessben began his DJing in Madrid at the end of the 90s and was pretty soon was to be heard in many of the clubs and events of Spain. Clubs like Yasta, Specka, Base, Naru, Zeusas as well as the Electrosonic Festival and Womad. Sharing sessions with artists such as Mark Broom, Cristian Varela, Oscar Mulero, Takaaki Itoh and Sebastian Kramer as well as countless others…
Mantis Radio 028 + Paul Blackford
Heavily inspired by early rave and Detroit Electro, his first release on Breakin’ records in 2003 was described as a pioneering UK take on the Detroit Techno Bass sound. Since then, Blackford has released tracks on labels such as WIDE, Deadlock Records and DJ Godfather’s Twilight 76. In 2007 Blackford set up Bass Gun Records with Smashback as an output for their own material as well as putting out fast bass-driven Electro from other artists. With support from DJ’s such as Dave Clarke, DJ Stingray, DJ Godfather, EDMX, Keith Tenniswood, and many more, Paul Blackford continues to release new material and remix for other artists.
Mantis Radio 027 + Techno Takeover
the missing broadcast.
Mantis Radio 026 + Miss Kosmix
Miss Kosmix is the youngest DJ of the London based Malfaiteurs Soundsystem. At the age of just 23 she has played around London and abroad alongside the likes of the finest harder techno DJs out there. Such as Jeff Amadeus, Aaron Liberator, Chris Liberator, Julian Liberator, The Geezer, Rackitt, D.A.V.E. the Drummer, Gizelle, Pattrix, DJ K.N, DJ Staw, Olivier FX, Jerome Hill, Zebedee, Miss Daisy, Lusinda, Sterling Moss, Product 19, DJ Adrenalin, Syber Symon, Carl Hendricks, and DJ Ogi.
Mantis Radio 025 + kern
Based in Dresden, Germany; Kern is a recent discovery of mine and I was really impressed with his liveset release on the Phonocake label. Things being as they are I asked him to provide a mix for the show. He’s a member of the collective Idealfun and alongside the Kern name has 2 other alias: dk69 and One Day in Metropia. His list of influences goes a little bit like this: Aphex Twin, Autechre, Hia, Drexciya, Datatheif, Nautilis, The Orb, FSOL, Squarepusher, DMX Krew, b12, Biosphere, Massive Attack, Aux88, Venetian Snares, Dynamix II, Warp, Planet Mu, Underground Resistance, and more.
Mantis Radio 024 + Inventors of Aircraft + Tiburce Palmier
To business: Up this week, not one, but two, yes two showcases. Almost polar opposite in style. Ambient lush sound vs bass rich neuro drumnbass electronica.
Mantis Radio 023 + CONFOUNDED
Coming up this week we have a bit of Techno Takeover courtesy of CONFOUNDED.
Mantis Radio 022 + Henry vs DVNT
Easy now. Hope you’ve recovered from the hard as battering that the Concrete DJz gave us last time on MANTIS 021. Coming up this week we have something a little different. Live from MANTIS HQ, we welcome Henry, good friend, Myuzyk.net label owner and all round musical muse.
Mantis Radio 021 + Concrete DJz
Another week, another MANTIS. Coming up this week we have Serbia’s number 1 Hard Techno export: the Concrete DJz. And boy, did they rinse the hell out of it in their hour.
Mantis Radio 020 + Nymate Association
Nymate Association consists of 2 Hungarian gentleman living in the countryside. Nymus (Tamas Jacso) and dr.Telsa (Adam Reiner), classmates who became friends. Nymus’s influences come from early electronica, Trance, Progressive House and Techno until around 98 when he discovered Drum + Bass. dr.Tesla got his fix from abstract Hip-Hop, classic Nu-Skool Breaks and Drum + Bass. The two of them approach music from different points of view, with Nymus being the live performer and dr.Telsa the DJ. Their favourite artists include the almighty Aphex Twin, Tipper (particularly his Surrounded and Holding Pattern albums), Radioactive Man and pretty much anything Si Begg has ever touched. (And who’s to blame them).
