Do the robot dance with this electric, funk-fuelled mix by Ruckus Roboticus also featuring some of his own jams. Hit play, jack up and join the party.
This mix was recorded sometime during March of 2012, at my home studio – “The Zen Room” (no, it’s not a generic yoga studio, it’s an homage to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!). I recorded this mix live on two turntables, a mixer and Serato Scratch Live. And it features my recent favorite electro-funk and disco-house.
Off the top of my head…James Brown, David Byrne, Norman Whitfield, DJ Shadow, Fatboy Slim, Louis La Roche, Daptone Records, James Murphy.
It is very easy and comfortable to live here. It is also very inexpensive – I can pretty much pay my bills by freelancing, which frees up most of my time for pursuing my own projects, which is why I’ve stayed here for so long. I am so consumed by my various endeavors, that I don’t even notice where I’m living.
The new LP is still a work in progress — I hope to have it finished by the end of the year. It’s called “Phantom Of The Disco” – and it’s a concept album about the Phantom Of The Disco – the behind-the-scenes creator of nightlife, and the people & challenges he encounters. The music will be sample-based disco / electro / funk / hip-hop.
When I was in the 7th grade, I attended a summer-camp about radio-broadcasting, and got my first taste of audio-editing. I also experimented on my parents computer making loops (with the primitive “Wave Editor” software). At the same time, I was first introduced to electronic music, hip-hop and scratching. That’s when I decided I wanted to start making music. I decided my instrument of choice would be turntables / scratching, so I started the long process of saving up money to purchase them…. And the rest is history!
Favorite: My record collection.
Wish I had: A 24-track analogue mixing console.
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Tracklist
01. Pitchben – Mudwheel – Compost
02. The Ting Tings – Hang It Up (Shook Remix) – Sony
03. Onra – Perfect Match – CDR
04. Neighbour & GSD – The Walk Part 2 – Punchout! Recordings
05. Speech Debelle – I’m With It (Louis La Roche Remix) – Big Dada
06. Tensnake – Get It Right – Permanent Vacation
07. B.B. & Q Band – Imagination – Capitol
08. Tad Wily – Tape Love – Smash Hit Music Co.
09. DJ Self Help – This Is An Emergency (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) – Dance Or Die Records
10. U-Tern – Style, Class, Flair – Big Foot
11. Pitchben – Friday Night – Compost
12. LBCK – Real Caviar (Instrumental) – La Valigetta
13. J Paul Getto – Destination – Fogbank Recordings
14. Voodoo Chilli – Love Songs – Cheap Thrills
15. Louis La Roche – Gimme Gimme – Ever After Records
16. Young Jeezy – I Do (Sammy Bananas Bootleg) – CDR
17. Mix Chopin – Ecliptic – CDR
18. Breakbot – Shades Of Black – Ed Banger
19. Popular Computer – Lointain (Robotaki Remix) – Schmooze
20. Neighbour – Close To Mine – Homebreakin Records
21. Lorenz Rhode – Shake It – Compost
22. Meroz – Grit – Solid Bump Records
23. Kid Gloves – Below The Belt – Fool’s Gold Records
24. Codes – Guzzlin’ Champagne – Slow Roast Records
25. Ruckus Roboticus – Take Me To A Disco – Dance Or Die Records
26. Ruckus Roboticus – Take Me To A Disco (BAWZ Studio 69 Remix) – Dance Or Die Records
27. BAWZ – Higher (Nick Thayer Remix) – Top Billin’
28. Melee, DJ Kue, Warehouse – High – Burn The Fire
29. Rogerseventytwo – You Take Me Higher – Fool’s Gold Records
30. Swick – Grow Up (Cassian Remix) – Sweat It Out
31. TJR – Funky Vodka – Rising Music
32. Louis La Roche – Me & Her – Ever After Records
33. The Avalanches – Ray Of Zdarlight – CDR
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An introspective yet bouncy, sunrise-to-sunset mix from the one known incognito as Doctor Flake, who while having given support, holds down his own next to DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Wax Tailor et al with his poetic, prime cuts. More, please.
Last Saturday morning (04/14/12) in my studio (France), during a rain fall.
I hope this melancolic mix isn’t so depressing. It’s always a question of subjectivity. In that case, It is true that I won’t be able to make girls dancing, if this is what you mean ;)
All is coming from the sample! Sometimes the sample can be the lead, sometimes it is just an arrangement. Then, I create and add the beat: The result can be instrumental either a collaboration with a singer or a musician…My philosophy is close to the hip hop philosophy I guess.
I have several good memories . All gigs in front of your own audience is very cool. You give the sound and receive back the energy, but sometimes, even with a new audience, the osmose can be perfect too. Festival Garorock 2010 and all my support for DJ Krush or Wax Tailor.
Hip hop culture, sampling, and some great artists such as as Ennio Morricone , DJ Shadow , DJ Krush, Death in Vegas, Beastie Boys.
At home, for working, playing, digging, I’m definitively a morning person. On tour, it depends on the timing but when you have to travel after a show, you have to wake up early! Anyway, If the show was cool , you’re so full of energy that you do not care about that.
Wake up with the sun / Switch on the studio / Work on a new idea or rehearse / Have lunch / Walk during 2 hours in Mont Veyrier / A 30-min swim in the lake as you can see in the picture (Annecy ) / Back to home / Listening to your morning idea / Feed the cat (moumouche and mimine ) / Drink a beer / Have a Barbecue or a plancha.
Watching Dexter, Six feet Under, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Carnivale, Boardwalk Empire or good movies! In bed of course.
Wake up with the sun / Riding or Skiing during 4 hours / Drink one (or 4) beers ! / Eat a raclette or or a fondue savoyarde !
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Like an electric current, get jacked into this glistening techno mix from longstanding electrocaïne resident, Artihc. An exercise in patience to the point of sweet agony.
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We trust that electrocaïne listeners need no introduction to the duo called Slam and the wonderful world of Soma Records. In the oft chance that you do, then this mix recorded live from their Pressure at the Arches night in Glasgow and generous interview should get your history lesson going good and proper.
We spent a long time making our 2nd album ‘Alien Radio’ (which came out in 2001), using vocalists and musicians on some of the tracks and experimenting whilst also developing our production techniques. It was a labour of love to some extent and really shaped us as producers and artists. It turned out into a piece of work that has now passed the test of time. ‘Lifetimes’, which came from the Alien Radio sessions, remixed by Pan-Pot, was one of the biggest Soma 20th anniversary releases last year.
More recently we are really enjoying the freedom we have allowed ourselves in the studio – with no specific deadlines – mainly making tracks for our Paragraph label and for Drumcode along with some remixes we have been doing. It’s very much material for our live and DJ sets and we are road testing new material every weekend on tour or at our residencies in Glasgow and London. Soma are currently compiling the singles along with recent remixes we have done and will be releasing as a compilation double album entitled ‘Collecting Data’.
If you are making music then remember that it’s a form of individual expression and try to forge your own sound and style – stand out from the crowd and don’t imitate or follow. And keep your quality control high. Don’t release bland average music. It benefits nobody.
One must be reaching the landmark 20th anniversary of our label Soma last year. It’s been tough at times – being independent and continuing to develop and grow though out that time span is a great achievement for us and the team.
All of our back catalogue was destroyed in a warehouse fire started by the rioters in London this summer. Thankfully nobody was hurt and we have small quantities of most things at the office but it’s still a sad goodbye to the physical records and CDs, which will never be manufactured again now we are in the digital age.
It’s an interesting time to be asked this question because we are embarking on a new project which involves collaborations called ‘Alliances’, working with a lot of our peers including Laurent Garnier, Paul Ritch, Pan-Pot and Joris Voorn. We like the idea of working with others and sharing ideas and directions on a track, both sides adding ingredients to the mixture and having a sense of which direction the finished track will go in. There should be a chemistry and a meeting of minds and wills involved in great collaborations.
Everyone is listening to music in every aspect of their lives but nobody wants to pay for the pleasure! It is especially hard for new lesser-known artists. On the other hand too many people are putting sub standard average tracks out there – artists must have more quality control – especially new artists. First impressions count.
Soma are set to release Slam’s ‘Collecting Data’ double album which consists of 26 original Slam tracks from Paragraph, Drumcode and Figure alongside remixes we have done for artists including Radioslave, Sasha, Christian Smith, Josh Wink and The Black Dog. It’s been a prolific 3 years for us – the most prolific since we began making music in fact. We wanted to take stock before moving forward again. During the time we are promoting this release we will be working on the ‘Alliances’ project – where we collaborate with many artists who share our vision of the direction of electronic dance music.
The mix was recorded live at our monthly club night Pressure at the Arches in Glasgow at the end of January. The place was packed and this section was in the middle of the night. The monthly Pressure party has been happening for 13 years and normally we play with guests featuring over 2 or 3 rooms. Next time we are joined by Maya Jane Coles, Ben Sims and Paul Ritch and the following party will include Ben Klock and Laurent Garnier and will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the first time we played at the Arches venue.
Dub and Chill-Out – check out the Soma Coma series. It’s compiled from B-sides and album tracks from Soma’s catalogue- perfect for many moods and places.
This is a live recorded set.
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From the illustrious Ninja Tune stable comes this exclusive “deep, jazzy voyage” from none other than Zero dB. Neil Combstock and Chris Vogado deliver a classical jazzed out mix composed of truths with funky baselines and a good smattering of hats. Hit play to start your transmission.
We interrogate them a little:
The mix was recorded 27 Jan 2012 at my studio in Durham City Centre using Traktor Scratch Pro.
Deep, Jazzy, Voyage
Zero dB came about at the start of the millennium when myself and Chris (Vogado) had finished building our recording studio we had in London. ‘Come Party’ was the first track we made in the new studio and kind of defined our sound right from the start.
It doesn’t really exist anymore, I moved to Tokyo about 5 years ago and Chris moved to Barcelona, we have our own studios now, I’ve just completed building one in Durham and Chris still has his studio in Barcelona. Technology has helped immensely, we can still work together and send stuff backwards and forwards to each other, we still managed to work together when I was in Tokyo and he was in Barcelona, but got together for 6 months to put finishing touches to the last album we did (‘Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines’).
Probably the Sun Ra remix we did with Gilles Peterson. We were asked to do the remix after the success of the Suba remix we did (‘Samba do Gringo’) and we’re given some original tapes from Sun Ra recordings. We then thought it would be a great idea to ask Gilles if he wanted to get involved in the project knowing how much of a Sun Ra fan he is. He came down to the studio with a case of Sun Ra records he’d collected over the years. We used all sorts of crazy sounds and it ended up being the first track on our Reconstruction compilation we released on Fluid Ounce.
We’ll have to wait and see, I’m still always working on new stuff (eg. The Oki Bass, the first track on the DJ mix) and chris is too, we need to get enough ideas together to say, OK, we’ve got enough stuff to release as an album now, I don’t know when that will be though.
Tracklist
01. The Oki Bass – Journey – Unreleased
02. Peace Orchestra – Henry (Zero dB Reconstruction) – G-Stone
03. Dave Da Gato – El Diablo – Tru Thoughts
04. Truby Trio – Galicia (Zero dB Reconstruction) – Compost
05. Zzouf – No.3 – Tru Thoughts
06. Alice Russell – Universe (Dave Da Gato’s F*ck Up The Festivals Bounce) – Tru Thoughts
07. Maurius Cultier – Zouk (Simbad Edit) – Unknown
08. Daedulus – Bahia – Ninja Tune
09. Zzouf – That Drum Track – Tru Thoughts
10. Dark Jazzor – Bel Air Project – 12″ Compost
11. 9 Lazy 9 – Spoonful of Slow – Ninja Tune
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