Category Archives: electro

luv163

I Won’t Run Away

luv took some bass infused techno and some techno inspired bass music and made this heavy blend of robot rock. a sound so big you won’t be able to run away from it.
photo by Andre Ermolaev of Icelandic volcanic run off
Tracklist:
  1. Ieee Mitten Menu (Mint Mix) – Speedy J – Novamute (1999) > buy link
  2. Fruit Punch – Terror Danjah – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  3. Thin Crust – Sympletic – Warp (1996) > buy link
  4. Feral (Lone Mix) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011) > buy link
  5. Ocia Syndor – Drexciya – Clone (2002)
  6. Angel (Si Begg remix) – Toasty – Hotflush Recordings (2007) > buy link
  7. Atlanta ’96 – Atlanta – Instant Life Records (1993)
  8. Pretty Bright Light – RSD – Punch Drunk (2007) > buy link
  9. Liquid Is Liquid (Remix) – Liquid – XL Recordings / Torso Dance (1992)
  10. Creybey – Morgan Zarate – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  11. Instinct – RAC – Warp (1996) > buy link
  12. Can Control – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  13. Naturalistik – Plastikman – Plus 8 (1994) > buy link
  14. Anxiety – Falty DL – Planet Mu (2009) > buy link
  15. Koito – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012) > (searching for buy link)
  16. I See Them Everywhere – Si Begg – Noodles Recordings (2008) > buy link
  17. Bones – Krampfhaft – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  18. Improvisations : Part 2 (Si Begg ‘S.I. Futures’ Remix) – Robert Miles – S:alt Records (2002)
  19. Fish – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2009) > buy link
  20. Funk Tube – Debasser – Novamute (2002)
  21. Get A Grip – LV & Mumdance – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  22. Rantanplant – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  23. Meu – Jets – Leisure System Records (2012) > buy link
  24. Ropno – Markus Müller – Squonk (2007) > (searching for buy link)
  25. Come1 – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link

luv162

Failed Systems

systems fail, computers crash,
memory is lost, machines become obsolete…
but electro will never die.
image : Underground Resistance
Tracklist:
  1. Familiarity Breeds Contempt – Cabbage Head – Noodles Discotheque (2001) > (searching for buy link)
  2. Last Ninja (Song 2) – Matt Gray – System 3 / Commodore 64 / Robot Elephant Records (1988/2012) > buy link
  3. Spoorweg – Chromatix – World Electric (2001) > (searching for buy link)
  4. Foolish Dance – Mutron – Dekathlon Records (2002) > (searching for buy link)
  5. Control – Model 500 – R&S Records (2012) > buy link
  6. B.1. – OSC – Rooftop Productions (1995) > (searching for buy link)
  7. Kilburn High Road – Swayzak – Swayzak Recordings (1999) > buy link
  8. Kilohertz – Elecktroids – Warp (1995) > buy link
  9. Marathon Two – üNN – Elektrolux (1999) > (searching for buy link)
  10. The Rimm – The Octagon Man – Electron Industries (1996) > (searching for buy link)
  11. Antimatter Premium Unleaded – Vintage Future – Underground Resistance (1999) > buy link
  12. Wahawa – Lowfish – Satamile Records (2006) > buy link
  13. Lake Haze – Drexciya – Tresor (2002) > buy link
  14. Crazy Shit (Brooklyn) – Scape1 – Electrix Records (2003) > (searching for buy link)
  15. Secret Desire (instrumental) – I-f – Interdimensional Transmissions (1998) > buy link
  16. Sham – Advanced Waveform Synthetics – Electric Music Foundation (2001) > (searching for buy link)

luv152

Extra One

… and this extra one brought to you here on the sub-etha wave band, broadcasting around the Galaxy, around the clock.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. Electrophy – Luke Vibert – Planet Mu (2009)
  2. Blue On Blue – Clause Four – DC Recordings (2007) > buy link
  3. Two Barb Quickstep – Two Lone Swordsmen – Emissions Audio Output (1996)
  4. Hopter The Doctor – Doctor Rockit – Clear (1996)
  5. Theme For A Man Who Wants To Take Over The World – iO – SSR (1996)
  6. Chiffon – Mr. Oizo – Because Music / Ed Banger Records (2011) > buy link
  7. Hard Cell – Metamatics and Clatterbox – Neo Ouija (2000) > buy link
  8. excerpt from ‘Waveband On The Run’ from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas Adams – Hannibal Records / BBC Radio 4 (1979)
  9. Wrong Ways – Plaid – Peacefrog Records (2003)
  10. Gratuit – Jake Slazenger – Warp (1996) > buy link
  11. Break – Invisible Man – Massive Sounds (1996)
  12. Syncropticians – Mouse On Mars – Monkeytown Recordss (2012) > buy link
  13. Rotalacs – Geiom – Neo Ouija (2000)
  14. Microscope Contents – Kelpe – DC Recordings (2009) > buy link
  15. Boogie Baby – Clatterbox – Clear (1996)
  16. People Die Love Don’t – Daniel Savio – Harmönia (2009) > buy link

luv139

SYNTAX ERA 2 : Electric Boogaloo

electric 80s jams that rocked and shocked dancefloors unknowingly creating the club culture that followed. electro, proto-house music, dubbed club hits and early techno from pioneers and unknowns makes SYNTAX ERA 2 : Electric Boogaloo a 90 minute mixtape that will put you into a groove.
let the music play.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life – Indeep – Sound Of New York (1982) > buy link
  2. Stop This Crazy Thing (We Like The Music) – Coldcut – Ahead Of Our Time / Big Life / Tommy Boy (1989)
  3. 5 Minutes (Antennae Mix) – Bonzo Goes To Washington – Sleeping Bag Records (1984)
  4. F-4000 – The Fearless Four – Elektra (1983)
  5. Let The Music Play – Shannon – Emergency Records (1983) > buy link
  6. Hip Hop Be-Bop (Don’t Stop) – Man Parrish – Polydor (1982) > buy link
  7. Situation (Dub Version) – Yazoo- Sire (1982)
  8. Luna Beats I – Key-Matic – Radar Records (1984)
  9. Luna Beats II – Key-Matic – Radar Records (1984)
  10. Theme from S-EXPRESS (12″ U.S.A. Mix) – S-EXPRESS – Capitol (1988) > buy link
  11. Hip Hop Salsa (Dub Mix) – Bad Boy Orchestra – Smokin’ / Tuff City Records (1988)
  12. Dollar Bill Dub Dub – Divine Sounds – Specific Records (1984)
  13. How To Be A Millionaire (Accapella) – ABC – Phonogram (1984)
  14. Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley’s House Mix) – Roberta Flack – Atlantic (1988)
  15. Weekend (Mixed by Larry Levan) – Class Action featuring Chris Wiltshire – Jive (1983) > buy link
  16. Raspberry Beret (Extended Remix) – Prince & the Revolution – Paisley Park (1985) > buy link
  17. We Can Make It (1984 Instrumental) – Purple Flash – Environ (1984/2004)
  18. Numbers – Kraftwerk – EMI (1981) > buy link
  19. Time Warp – Eddy Grant – Ice Records / Portrait / CBS (1982) > buy link
  20. Oh Shelia (Dubstramental) – Ready For The World – MCA Records (1985)
  21. Let Me Take You Home (Instrumental) – Mac Mac With The Jammalott Kingdom – Musicworks (1985) > buy link
  22. Clear – Cybotron – Fantasy (1983) > buy link
  23. Good Life (Magic Juan Mix) – Inner City – Virgin (1988) > buy link
  24. Do What You Wanna Do (Dub Version) – The Cage feat. Nona Hendryx – Metropolis Records / Strut (1982/2012) > buy link

luv010

Intrepid

this is an electro mix that got trapped inside an Atari 2600 like a genie in a bottle. hidden away for decades it mutated. soon after the turn of the millennium it was released and continued to set it off.
image : from the Atari 2600 Asteroids video game cartridge
Tracklist:
  1. Set It Off – Strafe – Jus Born Records (1984) > buy link
  2. Therapy – Cause 4 Concern- Idioma (2001)
  3. Horse With No Name – Black Lodge – Mo Wax (2001)
  4. White Horse – Laid Back – Sire (1983) > buy link
  5. Yeah You (Robert’s Dub 2) – The Step – Warp (1991)
  6. World In My Eyes (Dub In My Eyes) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1990) > buy link
  7. DiddyMouseDid – Plaid – Warp (2002) > buy link
  8. Beacon – Pilote – Certificate 18 (2001)
  9. Air Doom – Manitoba – Leaf (2003) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)
  11. Don’t You Stop (Toy Chop Mix) – Solvent vs. Adult – Ersatz Audio (2002)
  12. v-ger – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998) > buy link
  13. The Goblin – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (2000) > buy link
  14. Koax (Ellen Allien RMX) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  15. Electric Kingdom (instrumental – dub version) – Twilight 22 – Vanguard (1983)
  16. My Time Is Running Out – The Juan Maclean – DFA (2002) > buy link
  17. Tour De France (remix) – Kraftwerk – Warner Bros. (1983)
  18. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)

luv101

Mixing Music Is My Sanctuary

this 3 turntable odyssey is a classic slice of robot rock. a little bit techno, a little bit house, a little bit electro, a little bit dubstep, a little bit broken. all good and all heavily layered.
drawing : DJ by Keith Haring 1983

* originally posted by Lexis for his outstanding music blog MusicIsMySanctuary.com on June, 21st, 2011.

Tracklist:
  1. Otherman – Kode 9 & The Spaceape – Hyperdub (2011) > buy link
  2. Fish – Skelf – Mo Wax (2002)
  3. Slinky – Plastikman – Minus (2011) > buy link
  4. Y-intercpnkt – Phoenecia – Warp (1997) > buy link
  5. Griffin’s Song – Derrick Carter – Organico (1993)
  6. Your Body Is My Body – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2005) > buy link
  7. Asha In The Tabernacle – Shackleton – Perlon (2009)
  8. we r are why. – Autechre – Warp (1996)
  9. Solar Wind – Shifted Phases – Tresor (2002) > buy link
  10. Strangest Changes – A Guy Called Gerald ft. Finely Quaye – Studio K7 (2004) > buy link
  11. 10ft Bass – The Octagon Man – Electron Industries (1997)
  12. Saturn’s Reply – Jamie Vexd – Planet Mu (2009) > buy link
  13. Signal – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  14. Trick Snitch – Otto von Schirach – Touchin’ Bass (2006) > buy link
  15. Rico’s Helly – Two Lone Swordsmen – Emissions Audio Output (1996) > buy link
  16. 1968. Holes (12″ Remix) – Christian Vogel – Novamute (2005)
  17. King Tut, Fool! – Cousin Cockroach and Shox – Archive (2004) > buy link
  18. New Cities – Starkey ft. Kiki Hitomi – Planet Mu (2010) > buy link

luv087

You In My Igloo Now

a 3 turntable concoction of house, dubstep, electro and breaks that became the basis of the git down party set I played last January at the always amazing Igloofest. the future of Robot Rock; you in my igloo now.
image : still from video taken by Laef Anderson from inside the igloo during my set at Igloofest.
Tracklist:
  1. Red Light Green Light (Switch re-edit) – Half Pint – Junior (2004)
  2. Friday At The Limit – Darqwan – Texture Records (2002)
  3. Bepot Bepot Beh!? – U-Boote – You Freaks On 45 (2005)
  4. Weekend Fly – Cooly G – Hyperdub (2009) > buy link
  5. Raised By Snakes (Maurice Fulton mix) – Telex – SSR Crammed Discs (1999)
  6. Idiot (Altered Natives remix) – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2010) > buy link
  7. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaattaa & the Soul Sonic Force – 21 Records (1982) > buy link
  8. Zharp – LV & Okmalumkoolkat – Hyperdub (2010) > buy link
  9. Mudcleaner – Mugwump – Suicide Records (2004)
  10. Coleen (El-B remix) – The Heavy – Counter Records (2008) > buy link
  11. Raheem (The Frisco Room Dub Mix) – Safar – Strictly Rhythm (1994)
  12. Do Nah Bodda Mi (Red Light remix) – Roots Manuva – Big Dada (2009) > buy link
  13. Hi Life – Luke Howard – Afro Art Records (2002) > buy link
  14. Said Speed – Africa HiTech – Warp (2010) > buy link
  15. Yellow Tongue – Lee Perry w. Samia Farah vs. Kode 9 – On-U Sound (2010)
  16. Litoral (original mix) – Michel Cleis – Cadenza (2010) > buy link
  17. Thru The Blinds – Kromestar – Antisocial Entertainment / Cloqworq Recordings (2010) > buy link
  18. Solution – Kalbata feat. Clapper Priest – Soul Jazz (2008) > buy link
  19. Comfort Object – Triple Fat Systems – Strictly Rhythm (1995)
  20. You In My Hut Now (TNT Beat Dub) – The Raid – Inhouse Records (1997)
  21. Breaking Bad ft. Baby Face Jay – Terror Danjah – Hyperdub (2010) > buy link
  22. Canto Della Liberta – 3rd Face – Classic Music Company (2004) > buy link
  23. Ecstasy (Refix) – Jam City – Night Slugs (2010)
  24. Nosestep (Cosmin TRG Remix) – Aardvarck – Rush Hour (2010) > buy link
  25. What It Look Like (Todd Edwards remix) – Spank Rock – Ninja Tune (2010) > buy link

luv088

A Streetcar Named PCC 4001

the flanged metal rings of the wheels on an old streetcar are as much an influence on electro as sci-fi, the 8o8 cowbell, Kraftwerk, vocoders, skittering hi hats , booming bass and Bambaattaa. the clattering of the tracks are hypnotic rhythms for the weary returning home, a prototype for mechanized urban tribal soul.
Tracklist:
  1. Toronto Streetcar P.C.C. 4001 making it’s way through the carhouse ladder track starting it’s daily run September, 1962 – HRN Productions (????)
  2. Fuqpulga – Takeshi Muto – Schematics (1999) > buy link
  3. Stokers Motor (Version) – 7-Hurtz – Output (2000) > buy link
  4. Trash Scape (Anthony Rother remix) – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  5. Acrobat – Voice Stealer – Subvert (1998)
  6. Biting The Dragon’s Tail – The Octagon Man – Electron Industries (1995)
  7. Base – The Wee Djs – Touchin’ Bass (2006) > buy link
  8. Subsonic Sound Scape – Shiver – Shiver Records (1994)
  9. Nine – RAC – Warp (1995) > buy link
  10. Attack Formation – Sprawl – Plasmek (1999)
  11. Theme From PACK – I-f – Disko B / Viewlexx (1999) > buy link
  12. Never Fall Again (Subfunk Remix) – Transparent Sound – Electrix Records (2001)
  13. Another Place – Si Begg – Drought Records (1997)
  14. Pepper Spray (Capsicum Edit) – Cylob – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  15. Muspel – Bitstream – Touchin’ Bass (2008) > buy link
  16. Surface Terrestrial Colonization – Drexciya – Tresor (1999) > buy link
  17. The Freezing – Lowfish – Satamile Records (2007) > buy link
  18. OFI – Model 500 – R&S Records (2010) > buy link
  19. Electric 4 Bird – 2 Lone Swordsmen – Warp (1998) > buy link
  20. +NXTLVLNXTLVL – Jimmy Edgar – Nonplus Records (2010) > buy link

luv082

Sound Array

this is a heavily layered collection of electronic music that starts with an earful of tracks from some of the finest architects of sonic structures, and ends up with a mix so vast you can climb inside and live in it.
Tracklist:
  1. Angel Echoes – Four Tet – Domino (2010) > buy link
  2. Technology – Carl Craig – Blanco y Negro / Warner Music (1995) > buy link
  3. Bottle – Radio Boy – Antiphon (1997)
  4. Croydon House – Pinch – Swamp81 (2010)
  5. Too Good To Be Strange – Andrea Parker – Touchin’ Bass (2007) > buy link
  6. I Don’t Know Where I’m Going – Tim Exile – Warp (2008) > buy link
  7. Recomposed : Movement 5 – Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald – Deutsche Grammophon (2008) > buy link
  8. Chronic Tronic – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2002) > buy link
  9. Minerals – Scuba – Hotflush Recordings (2010) > buy link
  10. Daisies, Cats and Spacemen – Leila ft. Roya Arab – Warp (2008) > buy link
  11. Tahktok (Villalobos “Hilery’s Chant” Remix Edit) – Mirko Loko – Cadenza Records (2010) > buy link
  12. Subsequence – Mouse On Mars – Thrill Jockey (2001) > buy link
  13. Suns Of Temper – Clark – Warp (2009) > buy link
  14. Among Myselves – The Future Sound Of London – Virgin (1994) > buy link
  15. Diamond Black – Rekid – Soul Jazz (2006) > buy link
  16. In The Void – Shackleton – Skull Disco (2008) > buy link
  17. Im Bann – Pantha du Prince – Rough Trade (2010) > buy link
  18. Photograph – Numan – Planet Mu (2010) > buy link

luv019

Mums Hidden Doorways

❤️ electronic music.

photo : Jonathan Shedletzky

Tracklist:
  1. Galaxy – BFC – Planet E (1990/1996) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Doorways I Haven’t Found – Rod McKuen and The San Sebastian Strings – Warner Bros. (1967)
  3. Nervous – Solvent – Suction (1999)
  4. Mops – Metamatics – Dot (2000) > buy link
  5. Passage – Ruxpin – Mikrolux (2003) > buy link
  6. Wantelur Saw – Klutch – Lo Recordings (2000) > buy link
  7. Turn the Filter On – Two Lone Swordsmen – Emissions Audio Output (1997) > buy link
  8. Megacubed – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998) > buy link
  9. Spidermonkey – Team Doyobi – Skam (2000)
  10. Spotanous Reconstruction – Mouse On Mars – Sonig (2001) > buy link
  11. j222 – Nautilis – Planet Mu (2002) > buy link
  12. Suzanne – Ido – Space Factory (2004) > buy link
  13. Odd Job (Soul Oddity – Get Fresh mix) – Phoenecia – Schematic (1999) > buy link
  14. Odd Jobs (Ectomorph & Godfather mix) – Phoenecia – Schematic (1999) > buy link
  15. DJ Tokyo (Tipper’s Troll mix) – Soul Oddity – Fuel (2003)
  16. Alles Sehen (Saftey Scissors Rmx) – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  17. Eph – Plaid – Warp (1998) > buy link
  18. Track 3, Side A, Joyrex J9 E.P. – Caustic Window – Rephlex (1993)
  19. excerpt from The Mummy Piece – William S. Burroughs – Giorno Poetry Systems (1982)