This Monday's exclusive mix comes from the man behind Simple and Aus Records, Will Saul.
For a while now, Simple has been one of the leading lights of the more melodic side of house music favoured by Dial, Kompakt when they fancy being good, et al, releasing music from the label's core artists (Saul, Sideshow) as well as the likes of Vector Lovers and Motorcitysoul.
In 2006, Saul also formed Aus Music with Sideshow/Fink, to focus on the more experimental side of dub and techno: the brilliant Lee Jones has been a regular contributor to the label, which this year has turned its attention to the more elegiac side of dubstep: commissioning releases from Martyn, Pearson Sound, and - coming next year - a new EP from man of the moment Joy Orbison.
Two Orbison tracks from said EP feature on Will's FACT mix along with unreleased material from Lee Jones and Ramadanman, and tracks from Shed, Mount Kimbie, Future Sound of London, Omar-S, Lusine, Burial and more. For more Will Saul in the mix, we'd recommend his three-disc contribution to EQ Recordings' Balance series, which is out now.
Download: FACT mix 95 - Will Saul
(Available for three weeks)
Tracklist:
1. Mount Kimbie - Serged - Hot Flush
2. Future Sound Of London - Room 208 - Virgin
3. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish - Warp
4. Shed - Estrange - Ostgut Ton
5. Gregory Thyme Feat Tiger Lily - Walking On Balls - City Fox
6. Motorcity Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts 3 - Raw Cuts
7. Omar S - Set Me Up - FHXE // Manuel Tur - Will Be Mine (Arto Mwambe Remix) - Freerange
8. Recloose - Cardiology (Isolee Remix) - Planet E
9. Hall & Oats - Can't Go For That (Foot & Mouth Re-edit) - Foot & Mouth
10. Luisine - 2 Dots - Ghostly
11. MyMy & Emika - Price Tag (work in progress version) - Aus Music (forthcoming)
12. Phonique feat Erland Oye - For The Time Being - Dessous
13. Lee Jones - Twilight - Aus Music (forthcoming)
14. Atlantic Conveyor - Nasty Things (Jamie Jones & Gadi Re-rub) - Unreleased
15. Ramadanman & Midland - Your Words Matter - Aus Music (forthcoming)
16. Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow - Aus Music (forthcoming)
17. Joy Orbison - Waxes & Wanes - Aus Music (forthcoming)
18. Cooly G - Weekend Fly - Hyperdub
19. Burial - Foster Care - Hyperdub
20. Moderat - Walking On Rusty Nails - BPitch Control
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OK, so he isn't quite the messiah - though it's true that certain members of the FACT team believe he is - but his initials are JC. One way or the other other, it's fair to say that Jam City is a new producer we're incredibly pleased to have discovered.
Having downloaded and caned the mix he recorded recently for Lower End Spasm, we had to ask for him a FACT Mix, and sharpish. The young South Londoner has really excelled himself with a ravishing, uniquely psychedelic take on grime-inspired house and funky that confidently avoids any obvious or over-familiar tunes. Look out for three original, ultra-percussive Jam City productions - 'What I Think About You', 'Runnin Yr Mouth' and 'Underpass Limiter', plus four exclusive edits and the absolutely beast Reese-bass-fuelled 'Shining' by Gremino, and further contributions from the likes of Bookworms and DJ Gukwa.
We're not sure there's any producer or DJ in the UK right now who is so skilfully balancing dancefloor ruffage and emotional delicacy. Make no mistake, Jam City has a blindingly bright future ahead of him; download this mix and hear exactly why.
Download: FACT Mix 93 - Jam City
(Available for three weeks)
Tracklist:
1. B.Calloway - Swimming
2. L-Vis1990 - United Groove (kingdom remix)
3. DJ Gazzeto - Gazzeto Eskhaleni Zone 1
4. Bookworms - African Rhythms
5. DJ Gukwa - Terminator Returns (Jam City whirlpool edit)
6. Jam City - What I Think About You dub
7. Gremino - Shining
8. Jam City - Runnin Yr Mouth
9. DJ Quest - Devils Bay
10. Endgames - Ecstacy (Jam City Refix)
11. Respite - Hundreds and Millions (Jam City edit feat. Natasha)
12. Jam City - Underpass Limiter
13. Surface - Falling in Love (Jam City Edit)
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In the past nine years Montreal-hailing Mike Shannon has gone from being hotly-tipped to being world-renowned, rapidly establishing himself as one of the most reliable and dancefloor-curdling techno DJ/producers in the galaxy.
His career began at the front-end of this century with the release of 'Sunaj Assassins' on his own Cynosure imprint. Cynosure is a by-word for quality experimental techno, releasing records by Shannon himself as well as the likes of Deadbeat, Mark Henning and Brett Johnson. Shannon has gone on to record for a number of other celebrated labels including Wagon Repair and Dumb-Unit. In 2002 he released his debut album on the legendary Force Inc; it was followed in 2006 by Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End for Scape, and most recently came the excellent Memory Tree, recorded for Hawtin's Plus8.
With a glitchy, swinging sound that proves there's still plenty of life in minimal techno if it's done right, Shannon is always an enthralling listening. His mix for FACT is essentially a "best of Cynosure", featuring seven Shannon productions alongside tracks from Monoblock, SLG, Sieg Uber Die Sonner and more. It's pretty fucking good.
Download: FACT Mix 92 - Mike Shannon
(Available for three weeks)
Tracklist:
Mike Shannon - Under the Radar(Deadbeat remix) - CYN040
Horror inc. - Untitled - CYN000
Mike Shannon - Under the Radar(Rozzo remix) - CYN040
Andrea Fiorito - Just a bit - CYN038
Sieg Uber die Sonne - Regular - CYN017
Horacio - Durango - CYN036
John Shananigans - Bankrupt Bounce - CYN018
SLG - Fridgefunk - CYN023
Ernesto Ferreyra - The Last Shooter - CYN024
Monoblock - untitled bao - CYN037
Andrea Fiorito - Boti's World - CYN031
John Shananigans - Charlie's on the Dance floor - CYN009
Sunaj Assasins - Spherian (filter mix) - CYN002
Brett Johnson - Space(basstrumental mix) - CYN030
Mike Shannon - The Box is Open - CYN033
Mike Shannon - Red Tide - CYN021
Matt Thibideau - Archenar - CYN001
Mossa - Blastula - CYN011
Monoblock - Untone - CYN025
Bucci and Pink Elln featuring Raz'O'Hara - Mavis 350 - CYN013
Adam Marshall - Rose Mountain - CYN032
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Our latest FACT podcast comes from Philadelphia's king of Street Bass, Starkey.
More influenced by grime than its more popular cousin, dubstep, Starkey's made a name for himself with some of this decade's most dynamic, overblown dance music: bass-heavy club tracks that are rhythmically all over the place, constantly changing direction, with dramatic key changes and leadlines that sear higher than the stars before imploding like dying stars.
Starkey has one of the biggest sounds around - and not in a cheap, tearout dubstep sense - his tracks carry tons of physical and emotional weight; tracks like 'Miracles' and 'Crippling' some of the most beautiful tracks produced by this anything goes, post-garage music. For a full interview with him, check the second page of this article.
Download: FACT Mix 91 - Starkey
(Available for three weeks)
Tracklisting:
01- Starkey 'Fourth Dimension'
02 - Starkey 'Multidial'
03 - Nasty Nasty 'The Reef'
04 - Starkey 'Knob Twiddler'
05 - Wale 'Ice & Rain' (Skrewed by Starkey)
06 - Humble Dinosaur 'D-Communication Dungeon'
07 - Dev79 'Live N Die 4 Tha Street Bass'
08 - Merciless 'Time Machine'
09 - Starkey ft. Badness 'OK Luv'
10 - BD1982 'Space Boots' (Slugabed remix)
11 - Misk 'Subterranean Crawlspace'
12 - Monkey & Stagga 'Moog Lightning'
13 - Kid Simple 'Fresh Like'
14 - Wollom 'Serenade'
15 - SRC 'Halloucinatin'
16 - Subeena ft. Jamie Woon & Om'Mas Keith 'Solidify'
17 - Ebola 'Alpha Paw'
18 - Pacheko 'Lockdown' (6Blocc remix)
19 - Starkey ft. Cerebral Vortex & Buddy Leezle 'Club Games'
20 - PANTyRAID 'Beba'
21 - Rx 'Torture'
22 - Drake ft. Travis McCoy & Mickey Factz 'Overdose'
23 - Starkey 'Rain City'
24 - Kano 'Rock N Roller' (Starkey remix)
25 - Starkey 'Lenses'
26 - Shortstuff & Hyetal 'Don't Sleep'
27 - Monkey 'Cygnas X1'
28 - Ital Tek 'Chemical Temple'
29 - Bon Iver 'Woods' (Starkey remix)
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