I never normally post my DJ mixes, but thought I’d just send this one out while it’s semi-fresh…

This was my opening set from Tiga’s album launch party at Neon in Montreal last weekend. It felt like another step in the sea change away from nu-rave. It’s a bit low on the new unreleased material though there is a preview of Mike Mind’s amazing new track ‘Mind Game’.

Set list:

Sex Trothler - Face (Tribute to Head) - Wagon Repair Marc Romboy vs Chelonius R. Jones - Side FX (Konrad Black Remix) - Systematic Mazi & Duriez - Chicago, A Wake Up Call (Phonogenic Remix) - Gourmet Recordings Click Box - Peek a Boo - Items & Things Hobo - Themz Just Names - M_nus Marco Carola - Long Jump - Plus 8 TG - Rhythm Acupuncture (Martin Buttrich Remix) - Four Twenty Jesper Dahlbäck - No Boarding - Blank Style of Eye - H-Bomb - Pickadoll Audion - Snap Into It - Spectral Sound Late of the Pier - Bathroom Gurgle (Duke Dumont Remix) - EMI Dustin Zahn - Stranger to Stability (Len Faki’s X-Breaks Mix) - Rekids Ben Klock - Subzero - Ostgut Ton Argy - Unreliable Virgin - Cocoon Phonogenic - Release the Dancer - Turbo Mike Mind - Mind Game - Turbo

After Steve’s funk-a-thon, I figured we ought to cleanse ourselves… we’ve been covering a lot of ground lately, indulging quite a bit of personality… it’s been fun, but I’ve had enough eclecticism for a while, so I brought the perfect antidote:

Giorgio Gigli is a chilled-out Roman producer and DJ who has released records on great labels like Mental Groove and Wagon Repair. He’s put together a gorgeous mix for us, it’s very relaxing and ambient so I recommend you save this one for when you have some time to space-out and let it sink all the way in.

I LOVE this mix.

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myspace.com/giorgiogigli

Tracklist:

Robert Henke - Layeryng Buddha - Imbalance
Robert Henke - Atom/Document - Imbalance
AM/PM - So It Goes - Dreck Records
Roswell Return - IFTODEX C0001 - SD Records
Cirkel - Cirkel 002.1 - Cirkel
Tin Man - Wasteland - Global
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald - Re-Composed - Deutsche Grammophon
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald - Momvement 8 (C2 Remix) - Deutsche Grammophon
Delta Funktionen - Silhouette - Ann Aimee
Do Not Resist The Beat - Last Flight To Cologne - Do Not Resist The Beat
Claro Intelecto - When the Time is Right - Modern Love
Brando Lupi - Sleeping World - Detune

Ladies and gentlemen: Steve. He’s 17, he’s from Bromley, UK, and he has a contagious love for sex-funk jams. Real talent in the making here… we are proud to be among the first to champion S-T-E-V-E.

check him out at:
myspace.com/stevenosurname

Matt Walsh has put together a mix of his favorite Turbo tracks of all time. They aren’t the big or obvious ones, there are loads of great sleepers on here that even fans of the label may have missed. It’s also quite an easy groove to get into… nothing too hard or abrasive.

Here is the tracklist:

1.      Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses at Night (Konrad Black Mix) - Turbo 050
2.      Alex Jones - Clowns Pocket - TMV-03
3.      Chaim - Rue De Charlotte - Turbo 048
4.      Jori Hulkkonen - Mister Drive - Turbo 047
5.      Tiga - Burning Down (TGV Dub) - Turbo 019
6.      Tomas Barford - Saturdaya - Turbo 033
7.      ZZT - The Worm (Erol Alkan’s Extended Rework) - Turbo 058
8.      Kolombo - Pique Nique - Turbo 061
9.      Jesper Dahlback - Mega Signalizer - Turbo 060
10.     Rainer Werner Bassfinder - Minimal Scarf Fuckers Drown! - Turbo 052
11.     Brodinski - Oblivion (Clouded Vision’s Vertical Drop) - Turbo 059
12.     Gillieron & McArthur - Now its Dark - Turbo 016
13.     Etienne Daho - Le Grand Sommeil (Sweetlight Remix) - Turbo 031

In his new podcast, DMX Krew continues the exploration of “music he was into”, this time taking on early 90’s techno and acid in my favorite podcast to date, focusing on the emerging sound from Detroit and the UK.

Moving through our ‘tweens’, the early ’90s was a pretty shameful era. While we had limited access through Tiga to glimpse some of the excitement of Rave, we were a bit too young to take part, and had our own murky waters to wade through. Pearl Jam, anyone? “Nah man, it’s all about the PUMPKINS.” It was either grunge or C&C Music Factory. It was the birth of the boy band. Girls our age stil liked NKOTB. Never has the disparity between the underground and the popular been greater. Except maybe now.

So listen up, downloading pod-follower, lest history repeat itself. Pay attention to the sound of the underground. Trust in DMX Krew.
We trust him because he delivers one amazing podcast after another. Enjoy!

Love from Montreal,
Mike Mind & Thomas Von Party

One of the most important figures in Turbo’s past, present, and future, Jesper is also one of Tiga’s key collaborators. This is an amazing podcast, a rare glimpse into the strange world of a chronically underrated producer and very weird guy. Jesper plays lost tracks from 93-96 that never saw release.

This is outsider art for the techno world.

Also check out his website:
http://www.jesperdahlback.com/

DMX Krew closes out his 3-part history lesson focusing on tracks he tried to learn on his keyboard growing up. This is what podcasting is all about… a personal archive from an inspiring artist… enjoy!!

love from the frozen wasteland of Montreal,

Thomas Von Party

DMX Krew is back with the second installment in his “83-92″ selections. He’s got a great radio voice and he presents his tracks with a personal touch and an aura of authority that comes from being completely real since 1983. Lessons from a true master. For free!  Enjoy!

thanks!

T

Von Party puts together a mix of cosmic disco joy. Space out and enjoy.

Due to popular demand, we’ll now be including the tracklists, but
again, we remind you that the .m4a file contains not only the
tracklist but chapter markers and artwork for each song… don’t miss
out!

COSMOSIS

1. Grackle - Jungle (T. Keeler & Capablanca Rework) - Disco Uno
2. Sapan Jagmohan, Salma Agha - Sote Sote Adhi Raat (from Siskeyan -
1983)
3. Brian Briggs - Aeo (Pt.1 & 2) - Sonar Kollektiv
4. Culture Club Feat. Captain Crucial - Murder Rap Trap - Amarkord
5. The Pool - Jamaica Running - Amarkord
6. Williams - Confused Arp Disco - Love Triangle Music
7. Chateau Flight - La Roquette - Versatile
8. Mihalis Safras - Interamerica - Trapez Ltd.
9. The Chemical Brothers - No Path to Follow - Virgin
10. Fred Gianelli - The Acid Didj3 - PSI
11. Droids - Interspace - Star Peace
12. Mr. James Barth - For the Lords (Unreleased Acapella) - Turbo
Recordings
13. Q - The Voice of Q - Philly World Records
14. Cut Copy - Far Away (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) - Modular
15. Apollo Sunshine - Singing to the Earth (Mickey Moonlight Remix) -
Headless Heroes
16. OUTRO - Bernard Fevre - Pendulum - L’Illustration Musicale
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DMX Krew presents the music that has influenced him, from Kraftwerk to LL Cool J, from fusion jazz to hardcore rave, it’s a chronological journey from a unique voice in electronic music.

DMX Krew’s ‘Bass Drop EP’, Turbo 057, will be released in December. Here’s the press release for that to give a bit more background:

We at Turbo are longtime fans of DMX Krew, so it’s a real honor to work with him again 6 years after his last contribution to our now defunct sub-label ‘White Leather’. We don’t normally trace an artist’s history or include much biography in our press releases, but we feel the need in this case to pay our respects to a long and brilliant career. With all the crap that gets paraded around nowadays it’s easy to forget who the real masters are… ED DMX is one of them.

I’ve always held a soft spot for Ed, he was one of my favorite producers in the proto-electro heyday. Hearing his live version of the Knight Rider theme at Sona (Tiga’s club circa ‘96) was (believe it or not) a revelation. Of all the artists I’d met up until then, he was the coolest: he could play synths better than anyone I’d ever heard, he had the balls to do vocals in his live-set, but he was a sweet, soft-spoken, and super funny guy.

For reasons I’ve never understood, Ed’s pop side didn’t seem to take off and for awhile things took a distinctly experimental turn… interesting stuff, but a departure from the bright immediacy I loved in his earlier records. I was starting to put him into that category of genius artist that pissed me off because they weren’t making the music I wanted them to make, but were on some brain-trip doing things I didn’t understand (think Aphex Twin, Prince, Jori Hulkkonen…). So I let him fall off my radar… And THEN…

2007 rolls around and his alias 101 Force drops ” ‘Tha Return’, followed shortly thereafter by ‘SH101 Triggers MS10′, easily two of my favorite records of the year and some of the best acid house ever made. Buy them now. I could blather on and on about how incredible those records are, but the important thing is that we took action and signed ‘The Bass Drop.’

This EP doesn’t reference or pay homage to Acid House so much as it embodies it. This is the real deal.

It is with great pride that we bring you DMX Krew, same as he ever was, the analog don back to school all you blog-turds in the art of the acid groove.