Black Smith Craft shows his techno might in our session today. Continuing on from the techno slamdown of Dead Sound and Videohead last time.

With music from AAIMON, Flore, Shackleton, Africa HiTech, Emika, Milanese, Subeena, Mika Vainio’s Ø, and more.

DVNT
AAIMON – Amen [Tundra]
Flore – La Folie (Lawgiverz remix) [Botchit]
NNID – 273kelvin [Crazy Language]
Maschine – Nex#1 [Psychonavigation Records]
Point B – Headland (Dead Fader remix) [Combat]
Shackleton – Fireworks [Honest Jon’s Records]
Emika – Count Backwards (Kryptic Minds remix) [Ninja Tune]
O/V/R – Post-Traumatic Son (Ben Klock Techno Mix) [Blueprint]
The Bee – Quaralabee [Wavelike]
Detroit Grand Pubahs – Autotragik (Ortin Cam remix) [Detelefunk]
Jerome Baker – I Know Its Weird (Roman Zawodny remix) [Extreme Forces]
Africa HiTech – Out in the Streets [Warp Records]
iPassenger – Stormchasers [SKP Recordings]
Talen – Batgirl feat. Lady Saw (Stereotyp Version 2) [Mouthwatering Switzerland]
Hellfire Machina – Feel Our Velocity (Killeralien remix) [unreleased]
Emika – Count Backwards (Marcel Dettman Vocal edit) [Ninja Tune]
Milanese – So Malleable (Cold Mix) [Planet Mu]
RadioNasty – Radio 3 [EPM Music]
Subeena – End of Reason [Opit]
Point B – Asking Nicely [Bonus Round]
Ø – Ensimmäinen Valo [Sahko Recordings]

BLACK SMITH CRAFT
Forward Strategy Group – Inside the shadows
Mike Parker – Amalgamated (extension mix)
Michaelangelo – Conception IV
Dialect – Supervision
Mitral – Regurgitation (Ancient Methods mix)
Sebastian Kramer – Inside the core
Oliver Kucera – HN-3B
Dead Sound – Realists reality
Doryk – Propaganda
Go Hiyama – Residual set (Radial remix)
GabeeN – Short trip
Cari Lekebusch – Takin Out Garbage
Loktibrada – Rybakk
Joton – Body Sensations (Radial remix)
Museum – Madame (Itoh remix)
Female – Ma Ji Motorovou (Ian J. Richardson remix)
Posthuman – The grey
Jeff Mills – Hussain (unreleased mix)
Jonas Kopp – M33
Siege – Resume Contact
Grovskopa – Sex and Violins (Surgeon remix)

Featured Guest

Born in the North of France, Black Smith Craft’s Tyler Smith discovered acid house at the end of the 80’s. Seduced and consumed by electronic music he fell in love (like many of us did) with the German melodic trance style of labels such as Eye-Q, Platipus + Superstition. By the late 90s he had started DJing. And by the turn of the new millennium his tastes had developed into a more underground techno sound influenced by English, German and especially Detroit sounds. His radio career kicked off in earnest with Smith appearing regularly on Tuesday Session show broadcast on Campus FM (Villeneuve d’Ascq/France) which was run by Dimitri Pike (Mirage/Matrix/Subject Detroit).

2006 saw Smith’s debut vinyl release – a collaboration with Bionic on German label Audiocrash was quickly followed by several digital releases. Over the years his sound has become darker and more industrial – resulting in the Black Smith Craft project. He’s released on Grovskopa’s mighty Pohjola, Leeds’ finest Limetree, and Rednox’s superb free netlabel Ante-Rasa. With more due for 2011.

A prolific radio DJ with many shows running concurrently with his B-Side radio sessions (broadcasting on Livesets radio every three months on Monday from 21.00CET) being the one you Dakfloor fans should take the most note of.