MIX: Placid – Elektrostatic

Confidently I can say that a lot of you who read this site are fans of Placid.

MIX: Tyler Smith – Neuvieme Effet Spatial

I only recently added a mix by Tyler Smith’s darker production alias Black Smith Craft but this mix is too good not to share. I’ll keep things brief and just say this is the 9th in the ongoing series. You can grab the 8th and the 6th mixes from here on Darkfloor and the rest [...]

Disjointed Jaime, 2 mixes of…

I currently know very little about Disjointed Jaime. What I do know is that these 2 mixes needed to be put up here.

CHART: 02/2010 (DVNT)

February has been and gone. Here’s my selection of tracks I’ve been enjoying just that little bit more than others. As usual, no particular order, other than that in which they are on the chart mix. Another track from Delsin made this month’s as did another remix of a thatboytim track, this time from Ed [...]

CHART: 01/2010 (DVNT)

Here are some of the tracks I’ve been feeling and playing out over the past month or two (haven’t done a chart in a while, life sort of took over). All have been featured in my sets both on air with MANTIS and during my DJ sets. I can appreciate that a lot of what I play and have selected will be brand new and from people you are likely not to have heard of before, nor be familiar with their work (one of the main reasons I do MANTIS is to push music by new names to both you and me, giving artists exposure they might not get elsewhere).

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Proem – Guns.Knives.Lemons [n5MD]
Porcelain Minotaurs – Yalan [Acroplane Recordings]
Aphex Twin – Rhubarb (Child Deep Techno remix) [dub]
Steelo – Flurry [dub]
+ Danjel Esperanza – Lost Something [Backdoor Beauty]
Teemu T – Process [Bio-Mechanics]
Dominik Eulberg – Klangteppichverleger Wolle (Heimische Gefilde edit) [Traum]
Dessben – Proyecto Mangosta [Offaudio]
Delta Funktionen – That’s A Lot of Bait (Delta Funktionen’s Daily Funk mix) [Ann Aimee]
Taho – Forest of Wonders [Delsin]
TJ Hertz – State Space Control (rough mix) [dub]
Christian Smith + John Selway vs Planetary Assault Systems – Planetary Departure (Speedy J Bootlegggg) [dub]
JMSFX – Next Hype Alert 1 [dub]
Plastikman – Risk Assessment [Minus]
Slam – Azure [Soma]
The Advent + Industrialyzer – Ayahuasca [Hedgehog]
Cosmic TRG – Love 2 Hide [dub]
Infusion / Freeland – Starware / Nowism (Bassbin Twins edit) [Marine Parade]
Nulltrack – The Black Jacket [Coda Netlabel]
A Paul – Pangea Ultima (Original mix) [dub]
Surgeon – Remnants of What Once Was [Tresor]
Go Hiyama – MMM.86 [Blank Records]
Ben Klock – Subzero (Function-Regis remix) [Ostgut Tonträger]
Planetary Assault Systems – X Speaks to X (Al Tourettes + Appleblim remix) [Ostgut Tonträger]
Sclist – Crude [dub]
Philops – Depth-Val Aciid [SWISHCOtheque]
Kial – Bell Curve [TzR Carbon]
Go Hiyama – TMM.01_ [Blank Records]
Funckarma – Daltz Fango [n5MD]
Taho – Detroit [Delsin]
Edit-Select – Bauer [Ostgut Tonträger]
Hellfire Machina – Give It To You (New One) [dub]
D5 – Floatation Tank [Delsin]

Brendon Moeller . DJ Mix September 2009

Based in New York, Brendon Moeller (aka Beat Pharmacy, Echologist) has been producing music since ’94. His music has seen release on Francois K’s Deep Space Media; Third ear Records, Echocord, Mule Musiq, Leena Music, Eskimo recordings and more. Deep, dub rich techno, taking influence from jazz, afrobeat and beyond.

This is a mix he did for the Kompakt label guys, celebrating his own Steadfast label and it’s first release: Escape.

Clodhoppa – Haunted Mixtape

midnightminustwo label mate and good friend Clodhoppa just finished this mix (I’m in the mix swap he mentions, but as yet haven’t even started my mix).

Mantis Radio 037 + Anniversary Special (Year Two)

We started broadcasting Mantis Radio in May 2007 and as is customary, we celebrate the past year, our second, by selecting the most downloaded of the shows broadcast in the past year.