Founder of Wigflex (www.wigflex.com), which since its first inception as a club night has since evolved to encompass a succesful record label aswell as a much sought after clothing line. Not to mention his work as a graphic artist/designer, creating all of Wigflex’s own flyers, artwork and website, plus branding for Blunted Robots – Spamchop is a force.
Tracklist;
Re Group – Antichance (Jesse Somfay’s Adiabatic remix)
Max Cooper – Automnemonic
Taylor – Sundaed
Microtrauma – Atkin
Yotam Avni – Coke bouquet
Dom Haywood – Sunshine
Kode9 – 2 far gone
Wookie – ????
Deadset – Farmhouse
Nathan Fake – Fentiger
Bogger – Kompoter
Matthew Johnson – Walking on the hands that follow me
Mount kimbie – At Least
After seeing their performance at Hyperdub on Saturday im looking forward to getting into this, no intro needed.
Tracklist;
King Midas Sound – Sometimes (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Lovejoys – All I Can Say (Reggae Vibes/Wackies)
15/16/17 – The Weather (Magic Touch/DEB)
Burial – Night Bus (Burial/Hyperdub)
Little Dragon – Twice (Little Dragon/Peacefrog)
The Dynamics – 90% of me is you (Version Excursions/Points South)
Tanya Stephens – It’s A Pity (Gangsta Blues/VP)
Jacob Miller – Baby I Love You So (Who Say Jah No Dread/Greensleeves)
Gregory Isaacs – I’m Alright (Cool Down/VP)
Wayne Jarrett – Live&Love (Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett/Wackies)
Sade – Lovers Rock (Lovers Rock/Epic)
Rhythm & Sound ft Lovejoy – Best Friend (With the Artists/Burial Mix)
Larry Heard – Missing dub (Theo Parrish remix) (Missing You/Track Mode)
Vincent Gallo – Lonely (When/Warp)
A.R.Kane – Madonna is with child (69/Rough Trade)
Scritti Politti – Sweetest Girl (/Rough Trade)
Lloyd Chambers – Dry Your Tears (Firehouse Revolution/Pressure Sounds)
King Midas Sound – i Dub (Dub Heavy/Hyperdub)
Scientist ft Johnny Osbourne – In Your Eyes (Wins The World Cup/Greensleeves)
King Midas Sound – Outtaspace (Slow Motion mix) (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Japan – Ghosts (Tin Drum/Virgin)
Kevin Shields – Ikebana (Lost In Translation s/t/Emperor norton)
King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye remix) (Cool Out/Hyperdub)
Oval – Do While (94diskont/Mille Plateaux)
Thomas Koner – Kanon (Isolationism/Virgin)
My Bloody Valentine – Touched (Loveless/creation)
Big up Dan Hancox for posting this and bringing back memories.
Sinogrime is a sub-genre that barely ever existed, a momentary glitch in the supposedly predictable sonic geography of London dance music. Around 2002-3, with garage crumbling and the cement still drying on grime as a genre, a few producers in E3 suddenly lurched further east than they ever had before.
This is the sound of Shanghai towerblocks and the millennial promise of a new superpower, refracted through the scuffed windows of Crossways Estate in Bow. From the outset grime’s sonic palette defined it as the most futurist of genres – a steel sword cutting cleanly through UK hip-hop’s wooden edifice – but it rarely sounded as futurist as this.
I went to interview Kode9 for The Guardian recently (link here), and among other things we got talking about sinogrime… Here’s what he said:
“I’ve always been fascinated by these little squiggly synths, whether it’s been in jazz funk, or gangsta rap, or 80s synth pop… and also grime. That’s what I love most about grime actually, that kind of hyper-coloured sound. I was never so into the aggression of grime – I liked it in the MCs and the music, but it was actually how fucking beautiful melodically Target, Wiley, Terror Danjah, Ruff Sqwad and Jammer were – the Chinese style instrumentals.
I did this mix a few years ago that was just Jammer and Wiley and Target – of just half an hour of these Chinese-style plinky-plonk sounds… it was a bit sloppy, but it is fucking amazing music. Those guys were just on taking an aspect of hip-hop and blending it with really quite jarring, brash melodies.”
If your about in London this Sunday evening then there’s absolutely no excuse not to come FWD>>, even if you got work on Monday cos its finishing at 11!
As you can see its also free entry ….
And, if thats not enough to tempt you then, check out this mix by Jackmaster…
Joy Orbison – J. Doe (forthcoming Doldrums)
Short Stuff – See Ya (forthcoming Ramp?)
Cosmic Revenge – Mutations (Unreleased)
Deadboy – Ifuwantme (forthcoming Numbers)
Untold – Palamino (forthcoming Hemlock)
Headhunter – Prototype – Modeselektor Remix (forthcoming Tempa)
Moderat – Seamonkey – Untold Remix (forthcoming BPitch Control)
The Jam Experience – Feel My Love (Wesayso)
Shut Up An Dance – Epileptic – Martyn’s No Strobe Remix (Shut Up And Dance)
Kavsrave – Pclart (forthcoming Numbers)
Joker – Output (Unreleased)
Venom & Damage – Deeper (forthcoming Venom & Damage)
Kavsrave – MD (forthcoming Numbers)
Kode9 & The Spaceape feat. Chacha – Time Patrol (Hyperdub)
Headhunter – Sex At The Prom (forthcoming Tempa)
I recorded this mix on Tuesday night for the nice guys over at Pipedown
Thought id share it with you on here too….
1. flying lotus – auntie’s harp (rebekah raff remix)
2. appleblim – within
3. bloc party – where is home? (burial remix)
4. blue daisy – the fall
5. pearson sound – gambetta
6. lee scratch perry feat. samia farah vs. kode 9 – yellow tongue
7. hyetal – pixel rainbow sequence (peverelist remix)
8. untold – bones
9. unknown – spiders
10. pinch – attack of the giant killer robot spiders!
11. shortstuff – stuff
12. joy orbison – wet look
13. ld – traumatic times
14. joker – digidesign
15. skream – head banger
16. cyrus – space cadet
17. sp mc feat. joker d – bad dreams
18. pinch & moving ninja – false flag
19. kryptic minds – six degrees
20. distance & skream – wiseman
21. johnny clark vs. mala – sinners
22. silkie vs. mizz beats – purple love
1. The Hizatron – Von Glooperstein
2. Cooly G – Jus Wanna
3. Martin Kemp – After The Night
4. Dead Boy – If You Want Me
5. Brackles – 6am El Gordos
6. Brackles and Shortstuff – Pipey D
7. Hem and Terrible Shock – On A Mission (Shortstuff remix)
8. Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake remix)
9. Untold – Palamino
I recorded this in January 2006….thought id re-up it! More grime mixes coming shortly, check the link on the right hand side…
1. Meter – North Weezy (Freestyle)
2. D Double E – Superdoop
3. SLK – Burning Hot
4. Statik – The Set
5. SLK – Hype Hype (Wonder Remix)
6. Wonder feat. Kano – What Have You Done
7. Shola Ama – With You
8. KT & Kano – Love Is Here To Stay
9. Skepta, Jammer, Stryder & Nio – I Just Wanna Fuck U
10. KT & Kano – Leave Me Alone
11. Lethal B – Uh Oh
12. Wiley – Doorway
13. Dizzee Rascal feat. Gods Gift – Hold Ya Mout
14. Kano – Nite Nite
15. DJ Garna feat. Jammer – Swordstyle (Vocal)
16. Kray Twins – What We Do
17. Ruff Squad – Move 2 Dis
18. Roll Deep – Heat Up
19. Ruff Squad feat. Wiley – Together
20. Ruff Squad – It’s Nuffin
21. Statik – Groupie
22. Wiley – Icepole Remix (Vocal)
23. Donaeo & Wiley – Change
24. Jammer – Merkle Man
25. Dogzilla – Hello
26. Roachee – All Day Long
27. Akala – Roll Wid Us (D’explicit Remix)
28. Essentials – Shut Down Shop
29. DJ Gomes feat. D Double E – Come Like
“It’s more than genre. It’s more than what’s new. It’s about whats true and real. Kode 9 is motivated by pure ideas in music. And it’s not just about the synthetic or the low end or the tempo or the artwork. It’s about the unique place that music can take you. Music is a journey for him. To us here at LuckyMe, Kode 9 defines ‘good sensibility’ and so we were honoured to step on board this month for 50 minutes with Kode 9 at the healm. This is the Hyper Luck Mix. Hope you like.
Peace to Danna. You saved the day buddy.”
Tracklist;
Sa-ra – Dirty Beauty
Prince – The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Kleer – Intimate Connection
Cameo – Back & Forth
Herbie Hancock – Perfect Machine
Slava Tsukerman – Margrets Apartment
The Associates – Message Oblique Speech
Slava Tsukerman – Night Club
Gosub – Last Night at the Stardust
Slava Tsukerman – Seduction of Vincent
Simonetti/Morante/Pignatelli – Tenebre
Simonetti/Morante/Pignatelli – Slow Circus
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian – Bamboo Houses
Dizzee Rascal – Brand New Day
Sun Ra – Rocket Number Nine
I recorded this mix from most of what I play out live lately in Ableton and an Akai MPD24. I did it on my desk in my bedroom near the entrance to the building that I live in. I can hear fire trucks go by me all the time.
Can you tell us a little about the mix?
It’s basically the bpm range I try and go through when playing live. Start around 95 BPM and end around 170 BPM if I can. I think it’s fun and challenging; that’s quite a lot of range and if I can keep people dancing, I’ve succeeded. I hate to see the room clear!”
Tracklist;
Ultragamma – Stars Collapse
Architeq – Sleeping Bear Lament (Take remix) [Planet Mu]
Floating Points – Esthian III [Planet Mu]
FaltyDL – Play Child [Planet Mu]
Floating Points – K&G Beat [Planet Mu]
sbtrkt – 2020
FaltyDL – Time
FaltyDL – Bravery [Planet Mu]
Untold – Don’t Know Don’t Care
Boxcutter – Other People
Joy Orbison – Wet Look [Hotflush Recordings]
Luke Vibert – Belief File [Planet Mu]
sbtrkt – Laika [Brain Math]
Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo [Hotflush Recordings]
Toasty – The Knowledge [Hotflush Recordings]
Spac Hand Luke – Like A Machine [Rephlex]
Amen Andrews – Screwface [Rephlex]
Aphex Twin – Inkey$ [Warp Records]
FaltyDL – Made Me Feel So Right [Planet Mu]
Skream has leaked off this short mix sampler of some 2 step bits he has been working on recently including his unfinished remix of Natasha Khan’s ‘Bat For Lashes – Pearl Dream’…
Showcasing some of the future talent coming out on his Disfigured Dubz imprint….
1. Dont Wanna Lose You – Kito 2.Code 46 – Kryptic Mindz 3.The Weeping -Kryptic Mindz 4.Kulture – Soften 5.Wednesday – Truth 6.Bubba Ho Step – Truth 7.Liquid Sound – Kulture 8.Stay – Truth
Big up Highrise for this one….! Sick tee’s by the way, they ooze comfort !……..
“Up and coming Bristolian producer Hyetal has been kind enough to record an exclusive mix for us. Having recently appeared on Mary Anne Hobbs’ Radio 1 show and with an ever increasing list of releases in the pipeline, it is certainly an exciting time for the producer. When listening to his music, the reason for the hype that is surrounding him becomes instantly apparent; his subtle, yet assured use of melody and harmony, along with his delicate use of percussion, creates a sonic fragility that is full of energy and emotion. The picture above was taken from his myspace page and, to me at least, serves as a very good visual representation of his music.
It looks as though Formant Recordings will be the first label to release some of his tracks, with FRMNT005: ‘The Last Time We Spoke’ / ‘Armour’, due in late March / early April. Other releases on Soul Motive and Reduction Records are set to follow, with the latter, ‘Pixel Rainbow Sequence’, being backed by a Peverelist remix. Promoters take note, now might be a good time to think about booking Mr Hyetal…
if you missed kode 9′s hyperdub showcase on bbc 1xtra a couple nights back you’ll be pleased to know that the playback will be available for 7 days here
new tracks from burial, darkstar, ikonika, and kode himself plus info on a forthcoming 5x 12″ box set, double compilation CD, multiple hyperdub albums and a vague clarification on when to expect his long awaited book on sonic warfare – this is essential listening.
** Kode9 Live In The Studio – Hyperdub Label Showcase **
Samiyam – Return (Hyperdub) Kode9 – Black Sun (Hyperdub) Cooly G – Love Dub (Refix) (Hyperdub) Ikonika – Sahara Micheal (Hyperdub) 2000F & JKamata – You Don’t Know What Love Is (Hyperdub) Dark Star – Digital (Hyperdub) Burial – Untitled (Hyperdub) LV – Take Away (Hyperdub) Burial – Untitled (Hyperdub) Kode9 – Too Far Gone (Hyperdub) Terror Danjah – Sonar (Aftershock) Lemon D – Manhattan Melody