Following quickly behind the last MANTIS presents (with C. Mantle – Live at Plex), for our 14th presented mix we go back to Plex and pick up Stormfield’s set. Recorded at the following Plex event in South London’s Corsica Studios on October 30th. Stormfield was the first showcased artist on the MANTIS radio show and this is his second mix on the presents: series. Killer mix this.

Molez was captivated by the dark atmospherics and futuristic sounds and in 2006 met up with one of the members of the Sympton Crew (an organisation responsible for pushing diverse electronic music in Subotica). That member was Noiz, who noticed that they both shared a similar musical taste. From that meeting, Molez joined members Dekode, Drum:R and Noiz to spread the Sympton sound through Serbia. Thanks to Dekode’s electro, IDM and dubstep records Molez grew interested in producing 140bpm paced music rather than producing drum & bass tracks. His productions are characterized by deep and sci-fi soundscapes.

In early 2008 he met up with Alien Pimp (owner of DubKraft Records) who gave Molez his first track; Sabotage on the Cinematic Dubstep Vol 01 release. With this digital release, Molez became one of the first Serbian dubstep producers. He went on to release his fierce, technoid influenced track Scythe on Rottun Recordings Pressure Chamber EP. That same year he was signed to John Bushby’s excellent Digital Distortions label where he released his first EP: Letdown. It was this EP that got me interested in him and I wrote at the time:

“Woah. Serious sound sculpture coming out of this hybrid electro, glitch, dubstep, bass rich behemoth of a track. Molez is a new name to ]dD[ but after this, I can see a very bright future ahead. This is a producer in full control of their sound.”

Came across this rather tidy mix by a guy known as G-Bo. I’ve got one of his older mixes too (which I’ll dig out and put on here). I don’t know much about the guy other than being based in Belfast. What I do know is he has some great taste in tunes and mixes [...]

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.

Filth merchant King Cannibal has made available his latest radio mix.

From the man himself:

The mix was put together for Combat Recordings Riddim n Bruise show on SubFM and was aired early Jan 09. This mix is one of my favourites in a long while and was put together with the intention of justifying buying records that although i love rarely listen to or playout – at least i’m using them in a mix.

In the first of many, the MANTIS podcast offers up a brand new studio mix from the one and only Stormfield. Some of you should remember him from the first MANTIS broadcast back in May 2007.

Stormfield was schooled in the nascent strains of LFO, Aphex Twin, Black Dog, Autechre and the early infections of dark, techy jungle like Photek and Source Direct. A 4-year stint living in Brixton (south London) and it’s colossal dub soundsystems left him with a permanent need for crushing basslines…