Jesper Dahlbäck delivers a great mix chock full of his own unreleased material. Exclusive stuff!

This is the OPPOSITE of the last podcast. Slow-ass chord-filled tracks may be all the rage in Finland, but in Australia they’ve just discovered something called the ‘mash-up,’ and it’s causing hand-waving, wayfarer-sporting hysteria. Beni, of Bang Gang and Riot in Belgium fame, is a great friend, and not so much a Deejay as a Funjay. Seriously, why are some countries just happier than others?

Tracklist:

Video Clash - Lil’ Louis
AA247 - Dance Area (acapella)
get it - Zombie Nation
i’ll get you - Clasixx
this sweet love - Prins Thomas
sweet dreams - Eurythmics
oh yeah - Daft punk
let’s ride- Gonzales
sex o’clock - Tiga
cut dick - mr oizo
get fresh - Kid Sister (Alex Gopher mix)
what you need - Tiga (zombie nation mix)
the worm - ZZT
let there be house - Deskee
my love sees you - beni
shoes - Tiga (beni mix)
Pourriture 7 - MR OIZO
handguns - alex gopher (beni mix)
maximus - Beni
pon de floor - Major Lazer
hey! - diplo and laidback luke
fringe element - beni
pocket piano - Dj Mehdi
don’t stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson

www.myspace.com/listentobeni

Jori is back with an all-Finnish exposé. Worth listening to just for his rhyming descriptions of his native music.

To celebrate the release of Turbo 066, we’ve invited Phonogenic to podcast us. He’s got a great, creepy Euro-voice. Enjoy!

Phonogenic has put out great records on respected labels like Cocoon and 20:20 Vision. He’s a dark horse producer whose Detroit & Chicago influenced sound would have blown up by now if he lived in Berlin. Too bad he’s from Tampere!

I met Tuomas Salmela last October on his home turf at the not-famous Musiikki & Media conference.

Jori Hulkkonen was asked to chose some of THE movers and shakers in the world of electronic dance, and he chose me, Tuomas Von Party… partly, I suspect, because he thought there was a slim chance I would actually come. As fate would have it, I needed a late rush of air miles to reach Star Alliance Gold status for 2008, so I figured it was as good a time as any to find out once and for all if Tampere could be any lamer than Turku.

The conference was dope. All emo’s and metal bands… some of the worst music I’ve ever heard, but sweet little Finns overjoyed to see foreigners…

Jori could only stay one day, so he introduced me to Phonogenic, who had a demo CD all prepared for me. The tracks were a bit jazzy and fairy… good, but not as good as the great one he did on Cocoon. So not good enough, you see…

I begged him to take me to a hockey game, to see the Tampere ‘Ilves’ (best team logo ever). Tuomas overcame not only his malaise with Finnish jocks, but also his inability to drive, to be a great host… at which point I knew he had to be seriously interested in a record release… I ate blood sausage and cheered for the home team. It was amazing… the highest scoring player got to wear a GOLDEN HELMET! Dammit this should have been the ‘Golden Helmet EP!!’

I was the only person in the stadium with dark or curly hair. Little blonde Finns were staring.

Anyways, we kept in touch since then and finally he sent me these two excellent tracks of bassy, ballsy, bigroom tech-house… a deal was made via video-sauna and all-of-a-sudden Turbo 066 be done… Enjoy! This onesheet is FINNISH!

Tracklist:
1. Stimming “The Kiss (Ripperton Remix)” [Diynamic]
2. Abe Duque f. Virginia “Following My Heart (DJ Hell Remix) [Process Recordings]
3. Roman Flügel “Discofiasco” [Turbo]
4. Brett Johnson & Dave Barker “Temptation And Lies (Deadbeat & Shannon Remix)” [Cynosure]
5. Art Bleek “Future Memory (Sei A Perspective)” [Room With a View]
6. Darko Esser “Relieve” [Dieb Audio]
7. Andreas Saag “Jazz Lapse” [Room With a View]
8. Nick Curly “Pujante” [Cocoon]
9. Lance De Sardi “We Are Giants” [OM Records]
10. Jay Tripwire pres. 8 Channels “Hypnosis” [Ransom Note]
11. Redshape “Alpha on the Rocks” [Present]

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/