Sheffield’s occultist WIKAN digs deep for an influences mix of dubstep + dark tech industrial cuts.

Plus, new Squarepusher, Earwiggle’s latest Faetch, Matt TdK, Savagen, Oscar Mulero, + Snob.

DVNT
Gore Tech – >_Run (William Gibson) [Ad Noiseam]
Signs – Vermin (Jade remix) [Eatbrain]
Squarepusher – Baltang Arg [Warp Records]
Deathprod – Shimmer Flicker [Touch]
Test Dept – Fall (Scanner rework) [SoundCloud]
Snob – Shoveling Idiots [Snob]
Oscar Mulero – 201 Element [PoleGroup]
Mauri – Biosca [Kvitnu]
Faetch – Flaie [Earwiggle]
A Thousand Details – Sequere Line [Wretched]
Martyn Hare – The Defiler [Emetic]
Mark Broom – M19 [Beardman]
Matt TDK – A Collection of Sounds [unreleased]
Savagen – No Subject Matter – No Subject Matters (Part 2) [unreleased]

WIKAN
Distance – V (Pinch remix) [Chestplate]
Distance – V [Chestplate]
Loefah – Disko Rekah (Guttstar remix) [SoundCloud]
Thelem – Bring Me Down [Innamind Recordings]
J:Kenzo – Urban Gorilla [Tempa]
Perverse – Jacobin [Tempa]
Nightmares On Wax – Aftermath (Special Request redux) [Warp Records]
Pinch + Mumdance – Whiplash [Tectonic]
Forward Strategy Group – Dragon’s Tooth [Perc Trax]
AnD – Dusty Artefacts [Repitch Recordings]
ALSO – Raves [R & S Records]
Duke Spook – Seven Hills (WIKAN V.I.P) (Exclusive) [unreleased]
MAHR – Geometric Dreams [Pale Noir]

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Snob – Piss [Snob]
Snob – Sick of It [Snob]

Featured Guest

Having recently released his Nightfall EP on Pale Noir we invited Tony Stone, the man responsible, to record a special session for Mantis Radio.

Stone is a man with a longer history of production than most might at first assume. From a hardcore/industrial past, in the last decade he’s recorded bass weight dub under as Duke Spook. Blissful ambience as File With Interpol. And as Sons of Sludge, drone doom (also on Pale Noir).

His most prolific alias is WIKAN. Beginning some five years back on Dark Peaks with the 4 tracker Illegal Grave Music, the alias has produced to date, 10 great releases. At its core, the sound of WIKAN is a rich syrup of witch house, dark ambient, dark wave and drone electronics. But, crucially Stone doesn’t produce genre template work. As his latest release Nightfall shows, he creates his own sound palette taking elements from, to create a new whole all his own.

His session tonight takes in influence and inspiration of the WIKAN sound, and includes an exclusive airing of a VIP of his track Seven Hills. This session is sure to be considered amongst the best of the guest mixes over the years, it really is very good.

Mantis Radio returns, May 12th with our 8th Anniversary special.