Where Techno Lives

Over the last two years, it’s been a huge pleasure being able to play all of my favorite tunes over the radio. It’s only now, sitting here  back at home in LA while browsing my library and grabbing some awesome new tunes that I realize just how much I’m going to miss going on air every week. But at least I’ll still have the blog. For those of you who listened, thank you! As I said all too much on air, I hope you enjoyed.

For my last show, I wanted something special. The Friday before the show, I gathered a few of my favorite friends to see both Maceo Plex and Maya Jane Coles for our last “big night out.” It was the perfect way to end our college journey: at an outdoor downtown location with views over the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. After the party, we walked back home through New York’s financial district, completely deserted at 3AM, walking through the city liked we owned it. I wanted my last radio show to be a continuation of that night.

Kai did what he does best (besides hugging), playing deep and uplifting house that would pull even the deepest sleepers out of hibernation and into the summer air. For myself, I wanted to keep it simple: play my favorites old and new. Thank you Kai. Thanks for listening. Thank you friends. And thanks for making these past years unforgettable.

Junior Boys – In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
Sei A – Hawk Tone
Legowelt – How Things Are
Gui Boratto – Destination Education (Terranova Remix)
Gabriel Ananda – Warm Cologne
Gold Panda – Back Home
Kruse & Nuernberg & Everything – Like A Version (Version Club)
Terranova & Thomas Hoffding – Questionmark (Kink Remix)
Noze – Love Affair
Hot Chip – Colours (Fred Falke Remix)
Ada – Eve (Koze Remix)
Eisbær – Es gibt keinen Sinn (Hufschlag & Braun Remix)
Foals – Olympic Airways (Supermayer Remix)
Blumfeld- Tausend Tränen Tief (Dj Koze präsentiert Steve Bug Loverboy Remix)
Rythim is Rythim – Strings of Life
Prince – I want to be your lover (Dimitri from Paris Re-Edit)

Maayan Nidam – On My Street
Royksopp – So Easy
Daft Punk – Veridis Quo
Desolate – Synaesthetic
DJ Krush – On The Dubble
Groove Armada – On The River
Caribou – Irene
Trentemoller – Moan (Trentemoller Remix)
Superpitcher – Mushroom
Shed – Well Done My Son
Osborne – 16th Stage
Empire of the Sun – We Are The People
Out Hud – It’s For You
Pional – We Have Been Waiting For You (Live At The Meteor ’89 Version)
Gui Boratto – No Turning Back (Wighnomy Brothers Remix)
Sascha Funke – Twingo
Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)
On Spec – Knights of Columbos
Saschienne – Unknown (Dixon Mix)
Soul Clap – Lonely C
Mr Scruff – Get A Move On
Mario & Vidis – Changed (Soul Clap Remix)
Gui Boratto – This Is Not The End (Michael Mayer Remix)
Crystal Castles – Celestica
Mylo – Emotion 98.6

Halloween is over. It’s getting cold and winter is coming. Now what? Time to chill out. From the Debut Album “Forever Dolphin Love” by Connan Mockasin, “It’s Choade My Dear” is a slow-motion psychedelic dream.

I only just discovered this Danish dubby-techno label yesterday with the release of Skudge’s First Observation EP. Colour is a sublabel of Echocord Records, focusing primarily on the dance floor. Here’s some standouts for me:

Skudge – Surplus
Skudge – Void
Sebastien San – Darker Shades
Mike Dehnert – Pompage
Mike Dehnert – Thermique
Luke Hess – The Problem of Decay (Greed Affects Us All)
Pattern Repeat – Ofetriade
Mikkel Metal – Kenton (Marcel Dettmann Remix)

You hear a good tune, but you experience a great one. When I’m experiencing a great tune, there’s no way to describe it other than my mind goes numb, I can’t think or focus on anything else as the back of my spine tingles. There are only a select few songs that do it for me. I first heard this one a few days ago. While I immediately liked it, it was a day or two before it really started to grow on me.

This track comes off of Mills’ “Gamma Player Compilation Vol. 1 – The Universe By Night”, a 16 track collection from the man himself. Words from album artwork:

OUT OF THE DARKNESS
COMES A NEW FORCE,

A FORCE OFTEN KNOWN, BUT RARELY SEEN
TO THOSE WHO FEEL THE URGE TO VENTURE
BEYOND THE LANDSCAPES OF IMAGINATION.

AS THE ADVENTURER, YOU MERELY
STEP TO GREATER HEIGHTS TO
MANICURE YOUR SWEETER SENSE
FOR ENCHANTMENT BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.

YOU PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF
POSSIBILITIES AS THE ENERGY OF
A SINGLE DREAM AMOUNTS TO A
LIFETIME OF EXOTIC TRAVELS.

THE TIME HAS COME.
A NEW PHASE HAS BEGUN.

THE GAMMA PLAYER
ARRIVES.

Or as Mills’ puts it, “it’s about all the risks that people take in their lives, every day, to make a better place.”

Listen to the original HERE, or the live version with the Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra HERE. This track alone is a testament to his genius.