We’re back this week with a mix from Berlin based Beni. Originally from Wolfsburg, Beni is one of Berlin’s most unsung talents. Quiet and unassuming, he lets the music speak for itself, a rarity in these days of status updates, promotion and spam. Here’s a mix recorded live at the legendary SO36 in Kreuzburg, where Beni now spins on a regular basis, if you ever get the chance, check him out, he’s one of my personal favourites.

http://mh.fun-in-the-murky.com/audio/SFS/SFS_27_Beni_SO36.mp3

Tracklist:

01.The Other People Place-Let Me Be Me
02.Metro Area-Atmosphrique
03.CB Funk-Subway To Cologne
04.SanDiego-Black Keys
05.Ican-Caminos Del Nino (Martyn RmX)
06.Redshape-2084
07.Moodyman-Dem Young Scounies
08.Robert Hood-Alpha
09.Ignacio-Virton
10.Dj Bone-The Vibe
11.Suburban Knight-Nocturbulous
12.Eddie Fowlkes-Get The Funk
13.Tiefschwarz feat. Seth Troxler-Trust
14.Mike Monday-Stargirl (Mike Monday RmX)
15.Jeff Mills-Condor To Mallorca (Ken Ishii RmX)
16.Robert Hood-Omega_End Times
17.Anthony Rother-When The Sun Goes Down (Underground Resistance RmX)
18.Underground Resistance – Sweat Electric (Instrumental)
19.Metro Area-Nerves
20.Noa Siano-Track For Lyn
21.Mr.G-Makes No Sense
22.Shlomi Aber-Groove Mechanism
23.Black Noise-Nature Of The Beast
24.Patrice Scott-Beyond Depp
25.Delano Smith-Road To Nowhere
26.Slam-Virtuoso (Rolando RmX)
27.Scan 7-Rethinkable Frequencies
28.Redshape-Ultra
29.Suburban Knight-The Warning
30.Stacy Pullen-Alive
31.Martyn-Get Down (Underground Resistance RmX)
32.Robert Hood-The Body Human
33.Gary Martin-Pimping People
34.Mark Taylor-Animatter Premium Unleaded
35.People Mover-Dark Planet
36.Red Planet-Prayer Stick
37.Mad Mike-The Final Frontier
38.Kraftwerk-Numbers

http://mh.fun-in-the-murky.com/audio/SFS/SFS_27_Beni_SO36.mp3

New mix from our man in Southern Russia, Vadz: two hours of varied material that certainly stands out from the crowd…
Click here to download Signals From Southwark #26: Vadz Guest Mix

01. tsr – is this ska-cid
02. postapocalyps pop – moon gopher
03. chazz – a mover la colita (armand’s tuff american mix)
04. tantcui tantcui – bath tube surfer
05. luke’s anger – hackney warehouse ‘98
06. paul birken – dry heave
07. cristian vogel – whipaspank (tube jerk remix)
08. dj vadz.ru – lazy data
09. robert goerl – scoops
10. pig & dan – organix
11. io – eternal sun
12. planetary assault systems – gated
13. vadz – nuclear volgodonsk (scott robinson remix)
14. ian pooley – twin gods
15. phuture – we are phuture (joey beltram remix)
16. nymate association – definable function (molez remix)
17. vadz – punky shit
18. rabitza – chronicles of destruction part 3
19. archon – boom #2
20. scan x – blinding waves
21. akio milan paak – gulcia
22. visco space – ghost town
23. jack-tronic – the hustler (planetary assault systems remix)
24. holy ghost – electra spectre
25. t. p. heckmann – acid crushion
26. tahnja – scared
27. tantcui tantcui – torch
28. lv-426 – 4 on the floor
29. vadz – alien talk
30. electro overload scratch-d – destroy the jedi knights
31. neonicle – horror shit
32. e.r.p. – lament subrosa
33. elecktroids – floatation
34. shifted phases – lonely journey of the comet bopp
35. andrea parker – swamp
36. scape one – cosmic waves
37. electronome – morphing
38. dj lhoie – sublimental
39. bitstream – dragon 32
40. arovane – yua:e

New mix from our man in Southern Russia, Vadz: two hours of varied material that certainly stands out from the crowd…
Click here to download Signals From Southwark #26: Vadz Guest Mix

Click here to download Signals From Southwark #25: Rushathon 2010

Dj Rush was always one of the artists that was really inspiring me when I first started trying to write my own music. Off-kilter, wacky, way out, with a big (6′6″) Stage presence, he could even be considered as the Godfather of so-called “wonky techno”. For me, back around 1997, that was the appeal for me, trax that were so swung and out there that it almost sounded like the record was out of time with itself, particularly displayed in this mix with track 33 “You’ll Catch On” taken from his 1999 release on Djax-Up-Beats which was aptly named “Swingin’ the drums”- Yes, it’s not one of my bum mixes, the track is SUPPOSED to sound like that!
Over 2 hours, the wide variety of Rush’s styles are displayed, Chicago house, Jack Tracks, Disco Techno and straight up Banging stuff are all here. Rush is often easily dismissed, with people saying “oh, that’s just Schranz”, and whilst in recent years he has often gravitated towards the harder stuff, it’s easy to overlook the fact that many of his early works were highly influential, and always full of character and showmanship, which is often lacking in electronic music..

So here’s my celebration of Isiah Major’s contribution to my musical life, which has often had me bouncing around a dancefloor to the beat!

Click here to download Signals From Southwark #25: Rushathon 2010

Tracklist:
1. DJ Rush “Get Yours (Ruby’s 6-Pack Mix)” Pro-Jex|2000
2. DJ Rush “But It Really Doesn’t Matter With Me Now” Relief Records|1995
3. DJ Rush “The Reborn” Force Inc. Music works|1996
4. DJ Rush “Little Bitty Boy” Pro-Jex|2000
5. DJ Rush “The Family” Djax-Up-Beats|2001
6. DJ Rush “The Family (Justin Berkovi Remix)” Djax-Up-Beats|2003
7. DJ Rush “Maniac” Djax-Up-Beats|1997
8. DJ Rush “Sex Me All Night Long” Pro-Jex|2000
9. DJ Rush “Puppet Dance” Djax-Up-Beats|1997
10.DJ Rush “Doodlin” Force Inc. Music Works|1997
11.DJ Rush “Prick Ryder” Force Inc. Music Works|1995
12.Craig Alexander “Chilling With Ruby (Feat. Russian Roulette)” High Octane recordings|2002
13.DJ Dexter “Bang Them Fucking Walls (DJ Rush ‘Ruby’ Mix)” Pro-Jex|1999
14.DJ Rush “The Breaks” Pro-Jex|1997
15.DJ Rush “Look And See” Pro-Jex|1999
16.DJ Rush “Enhanced” Pro-Jex|1997
17.DJ Rush “Stomp” Djax-Up-Beats|2000
18.DJ Rush “Poplock” Force Inc. Music works|1997
19.DJ Rush “Let’s Change” Pro-Jex|2003
20.DJ Rush “My Palazzo” Beat Disaster|2003
21.DJ Rush “Feel My Drums” Highball|2002
22.DJ Rush “Djax-Up Beat” Djax-Up-Beats|2000
23.Justin Berkovi “The Closer You Come (Rush Remix)” Music Man|2002
24.DJ Rush “Tresorrr… (Back Up Mix)” Tresor|2005
25.DJ Rush “The Switcher” Djax-Up-Beats|1996
26.Major Rush “Strasse E” Force Inc. Music Works|2000
27.DJ Rush “2300 Uhr” Predicaments|2002
28.Major Rush “Rotkäpchen” Force Inc. Music Works|2000
29.DJ Rush “Pussy Poppin” Djax-Up-Beats|2006
30.DJ Rush “Everybody Get Punished” Djax-Up-Beats|2005
31.DJ Rush “Rubber Daddy” Djax-Up-Beats|2006
32.DJ Rush “Who Did I Eat Last Night” Jackstar|2003
33.DJ Rush “You’ll Catch On” Djax-Up-Beats|1999
34.DJ Rush “Booty Freaks” Jackstar|2003
35.DJ Rush “Raindance” Djax-Up-Beats|1996
36.DJ Rush “Groove Me” Pro-Jex|2000
37.DJ Rush “Funk U Up (Dj Rush Berlin Mix)” Pro-Jex|2004

Click here to download Signals From Southwark #25: Rushathon 2010

Click here to dowload Signals From Southwark #24:Mack_DJ Set

This week’s Signals From Southwark comes from former Tresor Headquarters DJ Mack. A major lynchpin of the underbelly of Berlin techno, he was the booker at the world famous Tresor club for numerous years, but now works for Alan Summerville’s Kinetic AM booking agency. Mack is also heavily involved with the latest incarnation of the true Berlin underground ROBOT ARMY.

Exclusively for SFS,Mack dishes up 1hr15 of quality techno, enjoy!
Click here to dowload Signals From Southwark #24:Mack_DJ Set

Tracklist:
01 recording from my balcony
02 Intro
03 Heiko Laux -Matter Anthem
04 Brian Aneurysm – Qu2Do2
05 Peter van Hoesen – Strip It! Boost It!
06 Gideon – Need No Permission
07 Ed Rush & Nico – Defect – Perc Rmx
08 Je Dàvu – Platzhirsch LTD #9
09 Julia Decay – Crop Boom Bang
10 Alloy Mental – God Is Green – Tom Burglar Rmx
11 Kung Fu Pimp vs. Devastation Dave – Where Is The Acid?
12 Harry Axt – Starlights
13 Steve Pointdexter – Work That Mutha Fucker – Re-Work
14 Dj Drosan -Pump Me Up 2
15 Jammin Gerald – Deep Vibe
16 Paradroid – Dimensia Scorched Eggs
17 L-Vis 1990 – Compass
18 Geoffrey Mack – Grind
19 Analogue Acid Poject – TNT 01
20 Modeselektor – The Black Block – Hiddensee 2008 Edit
21 Polaris – Clicked
22 Norman – Suppe Richtig Schön Kuchen Rein
23 Jerome Hill – Don`t U Later
24 Gruffians -The Fear
25 Cristian Vogel – Matchless
26 Der Zyklus – Biometric ID
27 recording from my balcony

Click here to dowload Signals From Southwark #24:Mack_DJ Set

And we’re back- Did this mix yesterday as a warm up for Sub – Bit of a meander through a variety of styles, and is a bit rough and ready as obviously I’m out of shape from the break – No sweat though, I’ll be ready to rock when the weekend comes as I’m planning on having a bit of a catch up & get a load of mixes done this week.. anyway, enjoy! And if you’re in London at the weekend, come and check me & Manasyt out, info here: http://signalsfromsouthwark.com/2010/06/08/mark-hawkins-manasyt-live-sub-the-hobby-horse/

Click Here to download Signals From Southwark #23: Mark Hawkins Pre Sub Genre Bender mix

Tracklist:

1. Rhythm is Rhythm “It is what it is” (10)
2. Sugar Experiment Station “Violent Nurse” (Penalty)
3. Navauro Sauro “Lancia Delta Integrale 16v” (Scandinavia)
4 Bodycode “What Did You Say” (Spectral)
5. Inner City “Big Fun” (10)
6. Cristian Vogel “Mungo” (Snork)
7.Lawrence “Cab Driver” (Dial)
8. Jabberjaw “Safety Flirt” (Spectral)
9. Spandex “Death On Hold” (Sleep Debt)
10. Omar S “Blown Valvetrain” (Sound Signature)
11. Maurizio “C 4.5″ (Maurizio)
12. Super_Collider “Darn (Cold Way Of Loving)” (Loaded)
13. Jay Haze “I Can’t Forget” (Tuning Spork)
14. Thomas Bangalter “Shuffle!” (Roule)
15. DJ Sneak & Arman Van Helden “Psychic Bounty Killers” (Relief)
16. Thomas Bangalter “Ventura” (Roule)
17. Trakhead Steve “Trackhead Groove” (Relief)
18. Paul Johnson “TA” (Volume)
19. Audion “Just Fucking” (Spectral)
20. Fannon Flowers “Rockbox” (Sonic Mind)
21. Ibrahim Alfa “You Ain’t Changed Nothing” (Automatic)
22. Outline Meets Surgeon “Blueprint 7″ (Blueprint)
23. Blackman “Trick’ (Black Nation)
24. UR “Codebreaker” (Underground Resistance)
25. Surgeon “Floorshow Pt. 1. (B1)” (Counterbalance)
26. Darkside “The Swarm” (Volume)
27. Alter Ego “Lycra (The Dinosaur Mix – Luke Slater)” (Harthouse)
28. James T. Cotton “The Dancing Box” (Spectral)
29. Daze Maxim “We Had Lunch” (Harthouse)
30. Vice “Black Nation For Life” (Black Nation)
31. DJ Rush “Poplock” (Force Inc.)
32. Matthew Dear “Dog Days” (Spectral)
33. Spandex “Marauding” (Hand On The Plow)
34. Jamie Lidell “Habits Live Short” (Sativae)
35. Cristian Vogel “The Visit” (Solid)
36. Ricardo Villalobos “La Raja” (Playhouse)

Click Here to download Signals From Southwark #23: Mark Hawkins Pre Sub Genre Bender mix

Download Signals From Southwark #22 Norman @ E-Lectribe, Kassel 20.03.10

Bit late this week as everything has been a bit too full on for me to do a set and also I was feeling a bit uninspired and felt I needed a break.. So Norman, who cut his teeth at the legendary Stammheim Club in Kassel, Germany sent over his set from the same party where I played a couple of months back.. There’s no tracklist, just quality techno sounds, as ever, from Norman – you can find out more about Norman and his music here:

http://www.myspace.com/normansperformance
http://soundcloud.com/normanmueller

Download Signals From Southwark #22 Norman @ E-Lectribe, Kassel 20.03.10

Click here to download SFS 21 Mark Hawkins Mayday 2010 Mix

My records are in a mess right now- so many mixes and a few gigs thrown in for good measure, and they are all over the place.. My Noodles, Subhead and Djax records are amazingly in order, no suprise given the previous mixes, but it’s getting tough to find the right record at the right moment. So this mix was a bit unpredictable for me, which is why there are a few hairy moments and also some trax I don’t play so often. Also featured here amongst other things, is the new record from Little Nobody Featuring Robo*Brazilera (I insist that you go to a shop and buy it now, before quality techno gets swallowed up because no-one is buying it!), a very exclusive airing of Michael Forshaw’s new record on Coin Operated (out in the shops in a week or so!), and also the Little Nobody track that I didn’t manage to fit in on the Noodles Megamix last week- I had to get it in there Andrez!

Tracklist:

1.Little Nobody Feat Robo*Brazilera “Robota (Dave Tarrida Remix)” (If?)
2.Digital PrinceZZ “Funky Squirrel” (Mosquito)
3.Studio 1 “Silber 1″ (Studio 1)
4.Studio 1 “Gold 1″ (Studio 1)
5.Omar S “Blown Valvetrain” (Sound Signature)
6.Maurizio “M5″ (Maurizio)
7.Julia Decay “The Karoo” (Scandinavia)
8.Little Nobody Feat Robo*Brazilera “Robota (Steve Stoll Remix)” (If?)
9.DJ Power Out “Kruncha” (Geometric)
10.The Blunted Boy Wonder “Viewpoint” (Novamute)
11.DJ Rush “Prick Ryder” (Force Inc.)
12.Cristian Vogel “Defence Cloud” (Tresor)
13.Paul Birken “Petrol Skips” (Jackstar)
14.The Horrorist “Body To Body” (Things To Come Records)
15.Marcin Czubala “21st Century In Poland” (Automatic)
16.James T Cotton “The Dancing Box” (Spectral)
17.DJ Hyperactive “Venus (Remix)” (Missile)
18.Vice “Peace Out” (Outer Rhythm)
19.Hell “Risveglio Di Una Citta” (Disko B)
20.Little Nobody “Alright Already’ (Enough Is Enough Mix)” (Noodles Discotheque)
21.Justin Berkovi “The Heart” (Sativae)
22.Justin Berkovi “Leaving Utrecht” (Solid)
23.Michael Forshaw “Growler” (Coin Operated)
24.Cristian Vogel “Defunkt” (Solid)
25.DJ Rush “Tresorrrr (Back Up Mix)” (Tresor)
26.H “Bushwacker” (Black & White)
27.M25 “Refreaked” (B-Rave)
28.LFO “Butterslut” (Warp)
29.Michael Forshaw “Energise” (Coin Operated)
30.Marc Acardipane Feat The Horrorist “Metal Man” (Acardipane Records)
31.Woody McBride “Aroma” (Drop Bass Network)
32.Ant Vs Dj Urban “Fact no: 909 (Original Mix)” (Power Tools)
33.Aeox “Still Bill” (Null)
34.Aeox “Spit” (Null)

Click here to download SFS 21 Mark Hawkins Mayday 2010 Mix

Download Signals From Southwark # 20

Si Begg has had a heavy influence on the electronic scene for well over a decade now. A sampling and sound design pioneer, Begg’s contributions started with his collaborations with Cristian Vogel, firstly as part of the Cassette tape based “Cabbage Head Collective” and then as “Inevitech”, after which he went on to make genre-fusing productions under a multitude of monikers. He founded Mosquito Records with Vogel, then towards the end of the nineties established Noodles: The stupidest recording organisation in the world – which in turn led on to the creation of sublabels Noodles Discotheque, Noodles Research, and Noodles Institute of Technology. Moving on from the music world, I last saw him in a club in London saying something about “Taking over the BBC from the inside with Cursor Miner”- How true that has turned out to be, I can’t say, although the last time I heard a Judge Jules jingle on Radio One, it seemed to have a bit of that Begg magic there.

Here are 36 of my personal favourites both from Mr Begg himself and his labels, put together into a 2 hour megamix..

Download Signals From Southwark # 20

Tracklist:
01.Si Begg Feat Jamie Ball “Kebabs” (Novamute)
02.Si Begg “Funky Edits Are A Must” (Noodles Discotheque)
03.Si Begg Meets The Tokyo Assasin “The Cypheer” (Mosquito)
04.Andy Page “Bisted and Twitter” (Noodles Institute Of Technology)
05.Cabbage Boy “We Are Ninjas (remix)” (Noodles Recordings)
06.Culture Cruncher “Living In A Disco” (Noodles Discotheque)
07.Si Begg “Welcome” (Mosquito)
08.Thomas Schumacher “Ficken? (S.I.Futures Remix)” (TSX)
09.Stewart S Walker “Star Machine (Si Begg Remix)” (Mosquito)
10.Tube Jerk “Eight (Buckfunk 3000 Remix)” (iLL)
11.Big C “This Is A Party (Bonus Begg)” (Mosquito)
12.Si Begg “Sound Equipment” (Sativae)
13.Si Begg “Test Case” (Drought)
14.Cristian Vogel “Room With A View” (Noodles Institute Of Technology)
15.Si Begg “Testiculate” (Drought)
16.Si Begg “Raw House Breaks” (Mosquito)
17.Si Begg “Insult Your Intelligence” (Mosquito)
18.Si Begg “Weird Spirit Control” (Mosquito)
19.Si Begg “Testament (Old School)” (Drought)
20.Cursor Minor “Things Start To Spiral Out Of Control” (Noodles Discotheque)
21.Zigmunt Janowski “All Gone Pete Tong” (Noodles Discotheque)
22.Si Begg “Clinton Fever” (Noodles Discotheque)
23.Cabbage Head “Euro Nutter” (Noodles Discotheque)
24.Si Begg “No-future House” (Noodles Discotheque)
25.Subhead “Remixes from 002 (Si Begg Remix)” (Subhead Remix)
26.Inevitech “Impulsions” (Trope)
27.Si Begg “Live Push” (Mosquito)
28.Kid Whatever “For The Mall Kids” (Noodles Discotheque)
29.Kid Whatever “Lenny Dee” (Noodles Discotheque)
30.Culture Cruncher “I Get Stupid” (Noodles Discotheque)
31.Ryo Co “What A Beat” (Noodles Discotheque)
32.Spirdioux Baudon “Amen Spirdioux” (Noodles Discotheque)
33.Ryo Co “The Cheese Queen” (Noodles Discotheque)
34.Jason Forrest/Donnasummer “20,000 Screaming Gay Fans Can’t Be Wrong” (Noodles Discotheque)
35.Unknown “AHEEM.WAV” (Noodles Discotheque)
36.Culture Cruncher “Sloop Dee J” (Noodles Discotheque)

More about Si Begg:

http://www.sibegg.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Si+Begg
http://www.sibegg.com/noodles/index.htm
http://www.discogs.com/label/Noodles+Recordings

Recorded live at E-lectribe, in Kassel, Germany. One of my best gigs in ages, great organisation, great location, great soundsystem, great music and great people! Went and hung out at the Local House/Techno radio station “Minimal City Radio Kassel”, whilst Louis Osbourne rocked it out on the decks playing tracky house classics. Did a small interview in German with Michael, the radio host, which was a lot of fun and drank a few beers & some sickly kind of cherry schnapps with some of the other people hanging out there. It was the perfect pre-club hang out! The radio station was situated in the same building that used to house the legendary Stammheim/Aufschwung Ost club, where I played on New Years Eve 2001/2002. Michael had a crack at taking me up there to bring back some old memories of debauchery, but the guy on the door there was having none of it! We also made a funny jingle for the radio in German, which took me about ten takes to get my pronunciation right – the Schnapps really wern’t helping there! You can check out the radio-station here: http://www.myspace.com/minimalcityradio

On arrival at the club, it was full of people, and we were greeted by Phillip, one of the organisers. One thing I really liked was that there were a few people involved in the night who were really friendly, so there was always someone to hang out with making me feel completely at home. Also, the decorations were designed by the same guy who did the decoration at Stammheim, it had a similar style to the old Planet nights in Leicester. The music had started out quite housey, but was making a transition into techno which was really refreshing to hear also. It was almost like a trip back into the mid-nineties, a really great inspiring experience which will live on in my memory as one of the good ones!

Anyway, on to the point, the music- Norman (http://www.myspace.com/normansperformance) made an awesome recording, taking in not only the set itself in good quality, but the crowd reaction, capturing perfectly the atmosphere of the evening – He also played on the night, and I hope to feature his set soon on SFS – we’ll see.

This current live set is a variation on the last one I posted here, but bolstered by the addition of an MPC2000 to do the old school drums. Again, it is raw and random, utilising some of Spandex’s Nord modular perpetual techno machines which I mangled myself to change the sounds, and some self sequencing patches of my own, joined by some old pieces from previous live sets.

Big thanks to everyone involved, especially Norman for this great recording!

Click here to download SFS_19_Mark_Hawkins_Live_At_Electribe_Kassel.mp3

You can see pictures of the night here: http://ks.doolao.de/album.php?mode=first_click&album_id=148382

Further links:

http://www.e-lectribe.de/
http://www.myspace.com/clubelectribe

This week on SFS we have a guest live set Bulgarian expat MANASYt, who is now residing in London. You can check out more about MANASYt here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/MANASYt and here: http://www.myspace.com/manasyt

Click here to download SFS #18 MANASYt Live