Swoon 242 - July 14, 2008

Rodamaal - Insomnia (Kemistry remix) (Buzzin Fly)
Mogg and Naudascher - Moon Unit Part 2 (Supersoul)
Misstress Barbara - Jamais Moi Sans Toi (Border Community)
Fairmont - Down The Rabbit Hole (Traum)
Francesco Tristano - The Melody (Balil remix) (Infine)
lee Curtiss - Nook (District of Corruption)
Deadbeat - Evaporate (Wagon Repair)
Legion of Green Men - Owls In The Apple Tree (Post Contemporary)
The Orb - Mother Nature (Six Degrees)
2652 - Kameleon (Tectonic)
Pinch - Trauma (Tectonic)
Junior Boys - Double Shadow (Kode 9 remix) (Domino)
Plastikman - Consume (M-nus)
Radioslave - Tantakatan (Rekids)
Shed - Another Wedged Chicken (Ostgut Ton)
Extrawelt - YeahButNoButYeah (Kompass Musik)
Fergie - Anon (Excentric)
The Mole - Baby You're The One (wagon repair)
Booka Shade - Charlotte (Dubfire remix) (Get Physical)
Ripperton - Leonor's Lanugo (Perspectiv)
Dixie's Death Pool - Dark Motel
Off the International Radar - E Bowl Of Iris

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Onur Ozer - Watergate 01

Onur Ozer made a name for himself last year with his jazzy take on the minimal scene, which resulted in a well-regarded album for Vakant records. Now, he has a mix album coming out on July 21, called Watergate 01. Unsurprisingly, this mix is minimal, with tracks drawing influences from other genres, such as jazz and deep house.

On the ultraminimal side, we have Cabanne and Sammy Dee, best known for their Perlon work, and on the stranger side are Cassy, Jens Zimmermann and taking the cake with a really weird throbbing breakdown, Patrice Baumel.

The funkiest tracks are Dewalta's "Salgaro", which opens the album, Cassy's "April" (if you can handle the repetition), and Mimosa's "Sensitiva" (a collaboration between Ozer and Tobi Neumann).

Overall, it's a funky, minimal ride. There aren't any clicky tracks, these all have bass lines,
and there is some kind of melody to most of them, but they certainly aren't the kind of tunes you're going to be humming along with.

The mix has its ups and downs, in the sense that there seem to be different sections with varying energy levels, which is good. It's not a mindless plod through a bunch of new tracks. I like it, but it may not have too much appeal outside the techno and minimal scenes.

Swoon 241 - July 7, 2008

Fairmont - Pavilion (Bpitchcontrol)
Beefdonut - Migraine
Akufen - Deck the house (Force tracks)
Deadbeat vs stephen beaupre - Who says (Onitor)
Kid koala - Slew test 2 (Ninja Tune)
Gnarls barkley - Open book (Atlantic)
Ratatat - Mirando (XL)
Tullio de piscopo - E fatto e sorde (Money Money) (Strut)
Booka shade - Control me (Get Physical)
Italoboyz - Zinga (Get Physical)
Lee Burridge vs. Ex One - Treat em Mean Keep 'em Keen (Lan)
The Mole - Alice You Need Him (Wagon Repair)
Extrawelt - Yeahbutnobutyeah (Kompass musik)
Ane Brun - Headphone silence (Hendrik schwarz dixon edit) (Objektivity)
Deadmau5 - Duo Cad Sordid (Mau5trap)
Spencer Parker - (Buzzin fly)
Paranoid Jack - Last Daze (Stickmen)
Cobblestone jazz - Lime in da coconut (Wagon Repair)
Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn mix) (Audiomatique)
Slam - Azure (Soma)
Ellen Allien and Apparat - Jet (Bpitchcontrol)

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Swoon 240 - June 30, 2008

Off the International Radar - Deploy The Plot Ending Device (OTIR)
Minilogue - Space (Traum)
Holger Zilske - Wrecker 06 (Undo remix) (Factory City)
Tiger Stripes, Jerome Sydenham - Elevation (Radio Slave's One More Kiss Remix)
Cobblestone Jazz - Slap the Back (Wagon Repair)
Andrea Sartori - Phonosutura (Persona)
Sixtoo - Jackals And Vipers In Envy of Man part 9 (Ninja Tune)
The Orb - Codes (Six degrees)
Global Communications - 8:07 (Dedicated)
Crystal Castles - Tell Me What To Swallow (Last gang)
Lowfish - Wahawa (Satamile)
Jim Rivers - Mirage (Simple)
Barbq - Music From the Great Plains (Buzzin Fly)
Fairmont - Down the Rabbit Hole (Traum)
Force of Nature - I-ight (Mule)
Danny Tenaglia - The Space Dance (Terrace Vocalism mix) (Tommy Boy)
Masaya - Like a Fish In Water (Meerestief)
Deadbeat - Boil (Wagon Repair)
Martin Buttrich - Cruise Control (Planet E)
Quivver - 2 Notes and a beat (Baroque)
Long Distance Runner - Los Nihongoristas (Existential sounds)
Booka shade - Charlotte (Get Physical)
Clark - Mercy Sines (Warp)

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Marcel Dettmann - Berghain 02

Marcel Dettmann's Berghain 02 has been out a few weeks now, and it's getting very good reviews. Not surprising, I think it's pretty good too. It's strong, muscular techno and a good example of what European producers are up to these days. I happen to like the European style tracks (Tobias, Norman Nodge, Radio Slave) more than the Detroit ones (Pied Plat, Zephyr) but that's just me.

RA, mnml ssgs, Berlinista, Boomkat

Swoon 239 - June 23, 2008

Burial - U Hurt Me (Hyperdub)
Deadmau5 - Uvivial
Ital Tek - Cyclical (Planet mu)
Deadmau5 - 80 something
Appleblim and Peverelist - Circling (Skull disco)
Deadmau5 - Automau5er
Jahcoozi - Flatline (Aaron Hedges mix) (Districut of Corruption)
The Mole - Gracias a los Ninos (wagon repair)
Marc Ashken - Root Rot (Shonky remix)
deadmau5 - duo cad sordid (mau5trap)
King Unique -Hinode (Fergie remix) (Curfew)
Radio Slave - My Bleep (Roman Fluegel mix) (Rekids)
Sebastian Roya - Contracorriente (Connaisseur)
Hrdvision - Playing for Keeps (Mole rmx) (wagon repair)
Lee Burridge vs. Exercise One - Treat em Mean, Keep em Keen (LAN)
Lucy - Downstairs (Meerestief limited)
Tensnake - Congolai (Endless Flight)
Guillaume and the Coutu dumonts - God Damn the Whole Shebang
Diskjokke - Cearadactylus (Full Pupp)
Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson Is Talking Now!!! (Desolat)
Deadbeat - Boil (wagon repair)
Noze - You Have to Dance (Get Physical)
Wiley - No Qualms (Ninja Tune)
Pinch - Gangstaz (Tectonic)
Deadmau5 - Maybe sometimes
Ghostface killah - Charlie brown (Dj mehdi mix)
Azeda Booth - Numberguts (Absolutely Kosher)

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May 2008 promo mix - dubstep, electro, techno and house

My May 2008 mix is now available for download. It begins with dubstep, then there's a little electro, followed by some techno, and it all wraps up with some housier grooves. Defying convention, it starts at a fast tempo and slows down throughout.

Tracklist:

Pole - Achterbahn (Shackleton remix) (~scape)
Pinch - Qawwali (Planet mu)
Burial - Archangel (Hyperdub)
Lowfish - Burn The Lights Out (Satamile)
The Thrillers - Mamba (Persona)
Ricardo Villalobos - Andruic and Japan (Fabric)
Akiko Kiyama - Hakobi (District of Corruption)
Marek Bois - Whopair (Rrygular)
Ripperton - Leonor's Lanugo (Leonid mix) (Perspectiv)
Add Noise - Handwerk3A (Handwerk)
Radio Slave - Tantakatan (Rekids)
Estroe - Driven (Connaissuer)
Gabriel Ananda - Lila Pause (Traum)
Internullo - Sentimente (Nea Marin remix) (Desolat)
Francesco Tristano - The Melody (C2 remix) (Infine)
Byetone - Plastic Star (Sleeparchive mix) (Raster Noton)
Toby Tobias - Breakdown (Rekids)
Force of Nature - Sequencer (Stefan Goldmann mix) (Mule Electronic)
Federleicht - In The Streets (Connaisseur)

Swoon 238 - June 16, 2008

Ellen Allien - Bim (Bpitchcontrol)
Ricardo Villalobos - Enfants (Tambours) (Perlon)
Plastikman - Snark (M_nus)
Guillaume and the Coutu Dumonts - God Damn the whole shebang
Process - City-zen (Traum)
Opopo - Dktrdktr (Urbnet)
Tigerrr beat - Hold my hand
Artist of the year - Haha (Universal)
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (Modeselektor mix) (Ninja tune)
Sinequanon - Lenine rock (Sulpont)
Lazersnake - Omnibox
The orb - Lost and found (Six degrees)
Fidgital - H1b
Extrawelt - Dist Theme (Kompass Musik)
Mathew Jonson and Adam Beyer - Big Dipper (Wagon Repair)
69 - Rushed (K7)
Handwerk - 3Aa (Handwerk)
Super Flu - Sunset handjob (traum)
Tom Wax and Boris Alexander - Daybreak
Hrdvision - Playing Daddy's Girl (Wagon Repair)
Samuli Kemppl - Vangel (Ostgut ton)
Lucy - Aleinda (Meerestief lImited)
Philip Sherburne - The Claim (Lan)
Booka Shade - Solo City (Get Physical)

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Swoon 237 - June 9, 2008

Autechre - Piezo (Warp)
Pinch - Lazarus (Tectonic)
2652 - Kameleon (Tectonic)
Martyn - Twenty Four (3024)
Burial - Distant Lights (Hyperdub)
The Thrillers - (Persona)
Lowfish - 8_0p (Satamile)
Mathew Jonson - Symphony For the Apocalypse (Wagon Repair)
Masaya - Like a Fish In Water (Meerestief)
Deadmau5 - Duo Cad Sordid (Mau5trap)
Fergie - Anon (Excentric)
Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Magnolia mix)
Tobias. - I can't Fight The Feeling (Wagon Repair)
King Unique - Hinode (Curfew)
John Daly - Solitaire (Irregular)
Fairmont - Flight of the Albatross (Reef Caribbean mix) (Border Community)
Radio Slave - K-Maze (Rekids)
The Mole - Ain't The Way It Supposed To Be (Wagon Repair)
Lucy - Downstairs (HOSH remix) (Meerestief)
Rabbit Season - Unnatural
Ronin E-ville - Adrianna's groove
The National Parcs - Whispers from the grave
Mannequin depressives - Last day (Klankboom)
Azeda booth - Ben

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