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Cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Blue Mode & El Chavo.

Blue Mode & El Chavo

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Jazz Room Records

The A Side of course is just one of the biggest tunes from the grunge era and is given a Jazzy Funky Groovy version by Blue Mode of Nirvana's Biggest Hit. It turns out that they were influenced by everything from the Gap Band to Louie Louie and a fair smattering of 80's indie and this production by Chip Wickham mixes together a Swinging '60's Blue Note Vibe with the Acid Jazz sound and brings it bang up to date with the Nu-Jazz Experience. First time on 45 and is already a DJ favourite after being included in the Paul Murphy set "Jazz Room" on BBE Records.

Side 2 is a Boogaloo Latin Jazz version (produced by Paul Murphy Live in the studio in Budapest when he was living there) of the Lonnie Smith track "Hola Muneca" beloved of the Acid Jazz era DJ's and previously released on a now impossible to find 7 inch single that goes for crazy prices.

TRACK LISTING

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Hola Muneca

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Cover of Mute Mode EP by Kalcagni.

Kalcagni

Mute Mode EP

Cosmoba

Following up on Cosmoba’s debut release. "Lost In The System", label owner Kalcagni returns with another 4 tracker of vibey electro and breaks; setting out his mission statement with a clear intent as he handles his modest array of machines with dexterity and poise.  

Kicking off with "Mute Mode", which is perhaps the most anthemic we've heard the producer thus far. Channeling deep house and acid melodics, laced over chunky breaks and a warm analog bass; it has a post-peak afterglow and invigorating energy oft lacking from the electro genre.  "Up Here (In The Head)" follows up with another 303 workout, layered with infectious bass hooks and effected synth trills and driven by a high octane electro groove full of wet splashy snares and skeletal hi-hat rhythms.

On the flip side, "System Addict" ups the BPM’s and flexes a more upfront electro groove, with beefy drums, gnarly stabs and a twisted, resonant bassline that bites at the ankles of the dancefloor. Meanwhile "Worn Out Version" provides a more mellow and alternative vibe to close out the EP, with squelchy modular synth riffs and lush minor chords that recall Radioactive Man's playful mainframe excursions.

Seriously promising stuff from this local producer - don't get left in the void!

RIYL: Ceephax, Roy Of The Ravers, Analord-era AFX, Luke Vibert etc. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The second of two EPs introducing a new local talent from Levenshume. Kalcagni's ability to juxtapose deep atmospheres with jarring rhythms and robust productions is beautifully displayed across these four storming electro growlers. Big tip and a producer to keep an eye on.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Mute Mode
A2. Up Here (In The Head)
B1. System Addict
B2. Worn Out Version

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Cover of Step Mode VIP by Glimmerman / Sputnik One.

Glimmerman / Sputnik One

Step Mode VIP

First Second

Very limited white label VIP mixes of Glimmerman's "Step Mode" featuring a cut from the artist himself and fellow Dublin native Sputnik One. Alan's version is a heavy bass fueled deep stepper, with a township funk / Benga-esque synthline guiding us through the bass fog whilst a whole manner of tribal inflections converge on the track.

Sputnik One opts for a kinetic 2-step take, rocking like a mine cart with some precision bass engineering just about holding it on the tracks.

Exceptional stuff! 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: White label dub plate pressure from Glimmerman at a refreshingly noughties price tag! Cheaper than a cocktail in the NQ and packing twice as much punch!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Step Mode (Alan's 40 Foot VIP)
B1. Step Mode (Sputnik One's 2 Step Mode Edit) 

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Cover of Memento Mori by Depeche Mode.

Depeche Mode

Memento Mori

Sony / Mute

    'Memento Mori' is Depeche Mode's 15th studio album and its first as a two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher's tragic passing in 2022. Produced by James Ford, with additional production work by Marta Salogni, 'Memento Mori''s gestation took place during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, resulting in themes inspired directly by that period. The album's 12 tracks chart a vast expanse of moods and textures, from its ominous opening to its closing resolve-running the gamut from paranoia and obsession to catharsis and joy, and hitting myriad points between.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Liam says: Their first album since the passing of Andrew Fletcher, Depeche Mode's 'Memento Mori' is celebration of life. Full of moments of classic anthemic Mode ('Ghosts Again'), but also plenty of time for self-reflection, this is their best album in years - gorgeous stuff!

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    Cover of The Delian Mode/Blue Veils by Delia Derbyshire.

    Delia Derbyshire

    The Delian Mode/Blue Veils

    Silva Screen

      Delia Derbyshire's work at the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop in the 60's was recognised initially for her realisation of the now iconic Doctor Who Theme which was written for the show by Ron Grainer. More recently though, she has been celebrated for her own compositions and experiments at what was then the cutting edge of electronic music. The AA side, Blue Veils and Golden Sands, was written for a TV documentary in 1967, a composition in which she used her own voice and a handy green BBC lampshade: "I analysed the sound into all of its partials and frequencies, and took the 12 strongest, and reconstructed the sound on the workshop's famous 12 oscillators to give a whooshing sound. So the camels rode off into the sunset with my voice in their hooves and a green lampshade on their backs."

      On the A side is The Delian Mode, which was used as incidental music during The Sky At Night in 1969, finding critical acclaim in Gramophone Magazine's review of the album BBC Radiophonic Music (often known as The Pink Album), in September of the same year: "… Blue Veils and Delian Mode are probably the finest music here. It may be no accident that the latter is reminiscent of the beginning of Xenakis's OrientOccident for Delia Derbyshire follows the analytical approach of the more sustained electronic compositions. If her best pieces seem the most imaginative here—and they are—it is because she more fully explores the implications of her material."

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      Cover of Take Off Mode by DJ Nate.

      DJ Nate

      Take Off Mode

      Planet Mu

      In an unexpected turn of events Planet Mu welcomes back DJ Nate for a new album "Take Off Mode", a full nine years after his debut album "Da Trak Genious" was released on the label. A quick update: DJ Nate is from the West Side of Chicago and was the label's first ever footwork signing back in 2010, when Myspace was still a place to contact artists. His strange, maximalist, trippy and sample-heavy sound was the acid test to introduce footwork to a wider audience, outside Chicago and certain aficianados, and it created the opportunity for Planet Mu to release the two "Bangs & Works" compilations and numerous albums and singles from the genre, introducing the world to such artists as DJ Rashad, Jlin and Traxman. In the decade since "Da Trak Genious" was released, DJ Nate has been a popular R&B and Hip Hop producer and performer with a strong local following.

      The highlight of this part of his career was "Gucci Goggles" which was an underground hit outside Chicago. His rise was slowed after he was paralysed from the neck down two years ago, an accident which he's recently recovered from. As well as his R&B, Nate has still been making the occasional footwork track, often putting videos out on youtube, and it's these tracks, uploaded between 2010 to now, which caught our ear. This selection of tracks feels like they're in direct continuity with his debut, perhaps not quite as chaotic as certain moments of "Da Trak Genious", but still with his trademark yearning vocal samples, cutting them into strange new pitched up and down musical motifs, his shout outs and rough beats intact

      TRACK LISTING

      1/ Bring Your Best Crack
      2/ You Ain't Ready To Battle
      3/ Come Back
      4/ Oh Woooaaah
      5/ Get Rid Of Em
      6/ Fuck Dat
      7/ Wat U Wont 2 Do
      8/ Go Krazy
      9/ Get Back
      10/ Get It Right Hoe
      11/ Just Be Truu
      12/ Pack Em
      13/ Aww Baby What U Waitn
      14/ Talk 2 Me
      15/ Planet Mu
      16/ Get Off Me (Betta Get Back)
      17/ La Happy Day 

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      Cover of Violator - 180g Vinyl Edition by Depeche Mode.

      Depeche Mode

      Violator - 180g Vinyl Edition

      Columbia

        The first Depeche album to sell over a million copies in the United States, "Violator" (1990) is often regarded as Depeche Mode’s finest work. Not only containing the world hits “Personal Jesus” (later beautifully reinterpreted by Johnny Cash) and “Enjoy The Silence” (with its epic video), each and every song on Violator is worthy of mentioning: for instance the beautiful and haunting album closer “Clean”, and two further hit singles “Policy Of Truth” and “World In My Eyes”, all fine examples of Gahan, Wilder and Gore’s combined magic.

        TRACK LISTING

        A1. World In My Eyes
        A2. Sweetest Perfection
        A3. Personal Jesus
        A4. Halo
        A5. Waiting For The Night
        B1. Enjoy The Silence
        B2. Policy Of Truth
        B3. Blue Dress
        B4. Clean

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        Cover of Youth Mode by Naked.

        Naked

        Youth Mode

        LuckyMe

          LuckyMe are very proud to present ‘Youth Mode’, the debut release from Naked.

          Naked are an Edinburgh-based group consisting of Agnes Gryczkowska, Alex Johnston and Grant Campbell, who mix cold, neon-lit beats, glacial bass and guitar sculptures, filtered under hypnotizing and ephemeral vocals.

          Their music speaks to a post-millenial, post-digital urban ennui - non-belonging and the pure, absolute loneliness of crowds. It is about the interaction of accelerating technology and the inherent sense of a terminal decline between the physical and hyper real - between man and machine, our bodies, senses and the industrial substances and digital technologies we surround ourselves with.

          Deluxe EP with printed / debossed sleeve and digital download card.
          Recently produced tracks for Mykki Blanco. Forthcoming album produced by Jacques Greene.

          For fans of Mogwai, FKA Twigs, Salem, Optimo, The xx.

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          Continuous Mode

          Disinformation Design

          Klang Elektronik

            Andy Mellwig (Porter Ricks) produced fusion of '60s free rock meets '70s Miles Davis style grooves.

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