William Culshaw and Jonathan Hall began their career making and trading mixtapes and various other media between them, and gradually were inspired to move on to their own compositions using basic computer programs recording previously under various pseudonyms before finishing on dub-teq. Taking advantage of a wide array of equipment, the duo have slowly sculpted their style into a more organic and industrial one, drawing influences from a diverse source of acts such as Aphex Twin, LFO, Autechre, Surgeon, Radiohead, Big Youth, and Bjork.

Number 7 of the MANTIS:presents: series is upon us, and it’s a nice blend of soothing tones, and bedtime rhymes. This might not be entirely accurate as the Concrete DJz are known for fierce full on ‘ard Techno, which is exactly what they provided for the MANTIS show back in August 08. What we have here is a recent liveset of theirs from December in Bulgaria.

One of my London co-horts and mixtape supremo Strepsil recently performed at the regularly wicked night Plex and has made his set available as a download for the masses.

“Here’s my set from Plex last month. It’s somewhat a mix of two halves – 20 minutes of silly bassy hip hop nonsense followed by some dubstep & techno bits. Hope some of you like it!”

the 6th MANTIS:presents: comes from the upcoming producer C. Mantle. He’s presented his unique blend of electronica, glitched techno and electro a great mix of current and new work of his.

Spring’s here, and on the MANTIS this week, we’ve got some Brazilian techno talent from Vector Commander. Bit of a change this week, as due to severe microphone problems there is no spoken word action. Yes yes I know, no DVNT screwing up the English language. A big shout to those who stuck with us during the live broadcast.

Teutonic Kaboom featured on our 14th show and this mix is taken from her recent set at Atomic Jam.

System 2 is the DJ alias of Charlie McConville and a production collaboration project with James Field. Their sound fuses elements of breaks, electro and tech funk. This MANTIS mix showcases the System 2 DJ sound incorporating a range of influences from deeper 4/4 styles to electro influenced house to techy breaks.

The 5th MANTIS:presents: and we’ve got one hell of musical punch. Up on the plate is King Cannibal (aka ZILLA, who launched his first promo mix as King Cannibal back on MANTIS 002) with 30 minutes and over 80 drum n bass cuts.