Hamburg’s Fatwires showcases his joint project w/ Japanese musician Atsushi Izumi. Exploring hypnotic percussion, heavy low end, + slabs of noise.

Catch new music from Bruce, Charli xcx, Charles Hayward + dälek, Robin Marsden, + Winchester. Plus, there’s great cuts from Blur, The Bug, Dead Man’s Chest, Nine Inch Nails, Robert Hood, Surgeon, + Tech Itch.

An uninterrupted music only version of this episode is available. All the tracks, none of the chat.

DARKFLOOR
Slikback – Trars [Planet Mu]
Bandshell – Nice Mullet [Liberation Technologies]
Charli xcx- House feat. John Cale [Atlantic]
The Bug – Floored (Point of impact) [Pressure]
Bruce – Dham’s Jam [Poorly Knit]
Nine Inch Nails – Self Destruction, Part Three [Nothing Records]
Sandwell District – Dreaming [The Point Of Departure Recording Company]
Surgeon – Fixed Action Pattern (Dub) [Token]
Robin Marsden – Recyclotron [unreleased]
Robert Hood – Quartz [Tresor]
Hurtado – Nose Bleed [Kazerne]
Winchester – Labyrinth [Mindwaves Music]
Pessimist – E-Style [Ilian Tape]
Dead Man’s Chest – Tears (Fantazia Version) [Ingredients Records]
dälek & Charles Hayward – Between the Word and the Drum [Relapse Records]

FATWIRES
Ga
Kisen Kongou
Sarusawa
Kyukan
Sekiun
Kei
Akagane
Jamongan
Onitori

DARKFLOOR
Blur – Dancehall [Food]
Technical Itch – Void Walker [Tech Itch Digital]
DJ Producer feat, X-E-Dos – Completely Unreal [PRSPCT Recordings]

Featured Guest

My guest today is Hamburg’s John Eckhardt.

A classical and jazz double bass player as well as composer and producer. His is a rich musical journey over the last 3 decades. One that’s seen him perform with some heavyweights along the way, including Peter Brötzmann. Fatwires is John’s experimental dub focused project.

A project that recently has seen him collaborate with the Japanese musician Atsushi Izumi – together the pair explored hypnotic percussion, heavy low end, and slabs of noise. Izumi produces drum & bass under the name Anode.

Their workflow was sparked spontaneously by a set of bass guitar soundscapes and bass lines sent by John to Atsushi. Over two years their ideas unfolded into a vast territory of organic industrialism in the orbit between Osaka and Hamburg.

The result was two EPs — 2024’s Kisen Kongou, and last year’s Kyukan. With an expanded CD edition that released in October.

John’s session for us today showcases those EPs, and that sound.