The cats over at the TAPE blog asked me to do a guest mix a little while back showcasing US house and techno artists. It took a couple tries to get it right, but I like the way it turned out. Check out the post with my commentary here, where you can also find the…
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Enjoy Your Life (Sunday Session)
I often like to have a mix session on a lazy Sunday afternoon. It’s usually just playing a bunch of tunes I like and messing about with a few things rather than a properly programmed set, but this time I thought I’d put a bit more effort in and record the results. It’s a mix…
2007 Year In Review
For me, 2007 ends about three blocks from where it began. Fortunately, those three blocks were the three blocks to the ocean. Looking out of your bedroom window and seeing the ocean right fucking there is what’s up. Big ups to the Baltimore crew for the hookup, it’s always a good time chilling with those…
Ben Sims Hates Mnml
In an interesting turn of events, the form of techno that used to irritate me in its ubiquitousness has also been eclipsed by the mnml fad. The ADATT technique (“all drums all the time”) of the hard techno scene has been replaced with the more urbane but no less limited in scope mnml. Hard techno…
Promo Action and New chit!
Before I begin, I would like to take a moment to thank Dancetracks (nyc) for all of the years of fine service, it’s sad to see another vinyl emporium shut down. …..Now on to the music: TERRENCE, DIXON Directions (Underl_ne) 12″ Another sublime offering from Mr. Dixon to follow-up the recently released Yore Album and…
The Instigator
I mentioned Trevor Combee as one of the inspirations for my recent “Now THAT’S What I Call Techno” mix, but really he is as responsible for the music i listen to now as anyone else. Trevor owned and operated HyperVinyl Records in Pittsburgh starting back in 1997 and later started the label of the same…
A Bunch of Good Sh*t
In the continuing tradition of trying to post some things while being hectic with holidays and the end of the school semester, I have a few reccomendations for various media that have helped me keep my wits about me…. First up is a nice deephouse mix by the man like Rick Hopkins, one of the…
The Techno-logical Divide
Two of techno’s biggest icons are currently featured in a couple high profile magazines, and the differences between them highlight a divide that occured in techno music that seems to be more relevent now than ever before.
Our Current State
So, it has been a hot minute since our last post. It is that time of year when school gets insane in the run up to finals and it is killing me yet again. For fun, the lab report that my lab partner and I had spent at least 15 hours on over the last…
Now *THAT’S* What I Call Techno
My man [mark] does a little occasional podcast type joint over at his site radiohypno.com that features himself and other friends (some of whom are deejays, some of whom are not) selecting and/or mixing up tunes; yours truly is the guest mixer for the current installment. This mix was also inspired by The Instigator (aka…