Elhornet (influences set)

We were lucky enough to have Elhornet of Pendulum fame as a secret guest three years back! Word of mouth had spread & he knew the deal with our intimate venue & strictly alternative policy. Here's what he had to say about the set, we all agree it's one of the best we've heard so far

"So after hearing about these parties for ages I agreed to play one. No billing, no advertising! It was Xmas 2010 and I turned up with 2 record boxes filled with music that I hold dear, and music that influenced me as an artist throughout my life. Vinyl crackles, skipping records and questionable blends are all intentional and come with love because the people dem they lovin' it!. 100% wax selection from my collection. Enjoy."
Cheers @elhornet we certainly did! 

Elhornet - insession camden by Elhornet on Mixcloud

Tracklist: 
Hey You -  Rocksteady Crew
Theme - By S-Express
The Only Way Is Up - By Yazz
Pump Up The Volume - By Jamm
Daddy cool -  Boney M
Breakdance Party -  Break Machine
Guns Of Navarone - The Specials
Baggy Trousers - Madness
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
The Right Stuff - New Kids On The Block
Spin That Wheel - Ya kid k
Infinity - Guru josh
Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia
Come Inside - Thompson Twins
I Want You (Forever) - Carl Cox
Surgery - Doc Scott
Fools Gold (Grooverider Remix) - The Stone Roses
Move your body - Xpansions
He Not In - Chicken Lips
Windowlicker - Trentemoller Remix - Aphex Twin
Such A Feeling - Bizarre Inc.
Oh So Nice - Cosmo And Dibs
Bombscare - 2 Bad Mice
Found A Cafe - Smart E
Gonna Be Alright - Nookie
Paragorn - International Rude Boys
Hurt u so 94 bootleg - Jonny L
Finest Illusion - Foul Play
A Light In The Dark - DJ Torchman
Screwface - Brain Killers
Code Red - Conquering Lion
Babylon - Splash
True Stories - Krust
The Shining - Ed Rush and Optical
Demon Seed - Exocet
Mutant Jazz - T.Power

Scuba (Influences Mix)

Hotflush label boss Scuba put this influences mix together for Allez Allez a few years back - there's plenty of timeless tracks on there & a huge range of styles so it's still sounding fresh today.

Shur-i-Kan (Influences Mix)

Shur-i-Kan delivers across the board on this influences mix for the Freerange podcast.

1. Jean Michel Jarre - Fifth Rendez-Vous Pt III
2. Steve Reich - Pulses
3. Art of Noise - Moments in Love
4. Raymond Scott - Bendix : The Tomorrow People
5. Ron Harper - Cold Worlds / ?Love interview (excerpt)
6. Slum Village - Get Dis Money
7. De La Soul - Stakes Is High
8. Ski - Fifths (Jazzanova Remix)
9. Lil Louis - Club Lonely
10. Life On Earth - Can't Give You Up (Joey Negro Mix)
11. Slope - Ain't Nothing Like this (Charles Webster Mix)
12. 2020 Vision - High (Llorca Mix)
13. Mano + Francois K - Clear Sky
14. Pepe Bradock - 4
15. Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie (excerpt)
16. Wagon Christ - Perkussion
17. Calibre - Second Sun
18. DJ Trace - After Hours
19. Koreless - 4D
20. Mahavishnu Orchesta - Power of Love
21. Herbie Hancock - Water Torture / Bill Evans Interview (excerpt)
22. Anon & Rued Langgard - Glimpse of the sun through tears (excerpt)

Skream (Party set)

Always popular here, Skream continues to drop influences & party sets wherever he gets a chance.

Happy New Year folks.

1. Slick - Space Bass

2.Tony Lee - Reach Up

3.Chic - Clap Your Hands

4.Anita Ward - Ring My Bell

5.Womack + Womack - Teardrops

6.Rufus +Chaka Khan - Any Love

7.Aretha Franklin - Get It Right

8.Night Unlimited - Dance,Freak and Boogie

9.Donna Summers - I Feel Love

10.New Order - Blue Monday

11.Xpansions - Move Your Body

12.Joe Smooth - Promise Land

13.Maradonna - Out Of My Head

14.Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy (David Morales Classic Club Mix)

15.Armand Van Helden - You Don't Even Know Me(ft Duane Harden)

16.Stardust - Music Sound's Better With You

17.Sterling Void + Paris Brightledge - It's Alright

18.Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (Deep House Mix) Extended Version

Cyantific (80s Mix)

Long time hospital stalwart Cyantific drops a classic 80s mix revealing some of those 80s electro influences evident across his d&b productions.. Insession regulars will recognise plenty of gems from this mix too.

"Some of my favourite jams from the 1980′s in the mix, Guaranteed to make you feel fresh, fly and funky. WARNING: It gets very camp at times." Jon Cyantific

S’Express – Theme From S’Express
Ralphi Rosario feat. Xaviera Gold – You Used to Hold Me
Midnight Star – Operator
American Gypsy – Rock the Street
Cherrelle – Saturday Love
Jeanette – You Turn Me On
Midnight Star – Midas Touch
Shannon – Let the Music Play
D Train – You’re the One for Me (Labour of Love mix)
PSO – Wanna be Startin’ Something
Cherrelle – I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
The Pointer Sisters – Automatic
Cameo – Word Up (12″ mix)
Feel – I’d Like to
The Last Poets – Long Enough
Pennye Ford – Dangerous (remix)
Indeep – Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Torch Song – Prepare to Energize
Taylor Dayne – Tell it to My Heart

Cyantific presents 'Get Loose' vol. 1 by Cyantific

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Jackmaster & Ben UFO (Warmup Set)

WARM by Ben UFO and Jackmaster by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

Here's a some more quality content from OKI-NI, this time providing an alternative to the peak time sets we usually hear from these two.. In Ben's own words:

“This mix is dedicated to the art of the warm-up set...   Jack and I had been talking about how rare it was to walk into a club and see DJs building up a set and genuinely warming up the crowd, understandable given that every DJ wants to make an impact and make sure they're remembered at the end of the night. With that in mind we put ourselves forward to attempt to play the kind of warm-up we'd like to hear more often.”

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Martyn (Influences Mix)

Fashion site Oki-ni presents an excellent influences mix from our previously featured genre hopping Dutchman Martyn.

In his own words:  ‘I do like spontaneously recorded moments, so I woke up, saw that here in the sleepy suburbs of Washington DC it was going to be a beautiful day, and decided to do a mix as if it were a spring afternoon radio show, with a few jingles and music from across the board that I love dearly.’

Miles Davis - Tutu
The Family - High Fashion
Tom Tom Club - Shock the World
Toro Y Moi - Causers of This
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Games - Strawberry Skies
Carl Craig - Goodbye World
Das Ding - H.S.T.A.
Paris Grey - Don't Make me Jack
Son of Sam - Nature makes a Mistake
Austin Peralta - Renaissance Bubbles
Caribou - Kaili
Visage - The Damned don't Cry
Oppenheimer Analysis - The Devils Dancer
Daphni - Ye Ye
L.A. Synthesis - Agraphobia
Nosaj Thing - IOIO
Sheila E - Dear Michaelangelo

Oki-ni presents IMPULSIEF by Martyn by Okini on Mixcloud

Elhornet (Influences Mix)

Paul 'Elhornet' Harding is best known as one of the founding members of supergroup Pendulum. While not touring the world rocking stadiums however he also finds time to put together some bi-annual influences mixes. In his own words they are a "VERY VERY random mix of music". This is an accurate description, they're incredibly diverse & sound like full-on mashups at times. The most recent one came out via twitter in july and here's just a few of the artists included:  the whip, beats international, noisia, daft punk, nick cave, aphex twin,  david bowie, bell biv devoe, dizzee rascal & the rentals! That diversity should provide plenty of incentive so grab the mix below, follow him here & look out for the next one!

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Fracture (All Styles Mix)

Charlie Fracture drops another eclectic blend cleverly traversing funk, soul, hip hop & breaks along the way... Entitled Milk & Anchovies it's well worth a listen! Catch more recent D&B mixes & exclusives from both Fracture & Neptune at the Astrophonica blog here.

 
1. Hungarian Windchime
2. Microbop Ensemble – Your Turn Now
3. Polyversal Souls – Muswell Hill Run
4. MF Doom – MSG
5. Diamond D – Dats That Shit
6. CK Mann – Funky Highlife
7. OhNo – Adventure
8. Ramsey Lewis – Tambura
9. ESG – UFO
10. Compound One – Get Loose
11. Compound One – Space Odyssey
12. Black Twang – Detwork South East
13. Georgie Fame – Music Talk
14. JayDee – Fat Cat vs The Lowdown
15. Show & AG – Soul Clap
16. Hall & Oats – I Can’t Go For That
17. L.A. Boppers – You Did It Good
18. AFX – MC4 Acid
19. Planet Asia – Bringing It Back
20. Danny Breaks – Revenge Of The Big Bossa
21. Visioneers – Dirty Old Hip Hop
22. Freda Payne – Easiest Way To Turn
23. Smorgasbord – Peanut Butter Song
24. Fracture & Neptune Vs Kool Keith – Mmm Mmm
25. Lalo Schifren – Burning Bridges
26. Loot Pack – Hityawitdat
27. Gatunyu Boys Band – Sex Machine
28. Prefuse 73 – Pagina Dos
29. Cerrone – Rocket In The Pocket
30. Fracture – Telefunken
31. Della Reece – It Was A Very Good Year
32. Beat Konducta – Electric Company
33. ASBO Vs Gamesmaster
34. Sapo – Been Had
35. Kamuran Akkor – Ikimiz Bir
36. Play School – Clock Ting
37. Joey Chavez – Bonus Beat
38. Jones – Help Music
39. Das FX – Real Hip Hop
40. Black Moon – How Many MCs
41. Burt Weedon – Apache
42. Use Of Weapons – Vicious Enemy
43. The Alkaholiks – Welcome To The Next Level
44. Cyclops 4000 – Space Cadillac
45. M.E.S. – Vinyl Justice
46. Distance – Feel Me
47. Pigmeat Markham – Here Come The Judge
48. Danny Breaks – True Playaz Instrumental
49. Menahan Street Band – Make The Road By Walking
50. Wiley – Taipan
51. Mala – Lean Forward
52. Breakout – Planet Rock
53. Bo Hansson – Waltz For Interbeings
54. Hebrew Rogers – Soul
55. Fab Five – Leflah
56. Steve Miller – Sailor
57. Smut Peddlers – One By One
58. The Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassa

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El-B (Cumbia, Merengue & Salsa mix)

Dubstep and Garage pioneer El-B reveals a strong passion for all things Cuban & Colombian in this fantastic mix brought to us courtesy of Joe Muggs at Very Very Much. The mix came about following an interview which Joe did for Wired in which El opens up about his father's Cuban Salsa band, Colombian family connections & daytime listening habits - check the full transcript here.

The mix itself stays in strictly traditional latin american territory and El describes these sounds as such: "you might not even like it but you can't help it, you have to move a hip or an elbow or something... it's infectiously bouncy... obviously just really fucking dancey".

Finally you'll be pleased to hear that both interviews hint at forthcoming house & funky productions with a Cumbia flavour from El-B!

  El-B Mundo Musica Cumbia Mix by veryverymuch

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Goldie (Influences Podcast)

The legendary Goldie dropped a whole host of different genres for the very insightful Metalheadz podcast number 12... Well narrated as ever the show takes us through Goldie's musical history touching on gems from David Byrne, Nirvana, Massive Attack, Sebastien Tellier & Radiohead amonst many others...

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Drumagick (Freestyle Podcast)

As well as continuing to push new Brasilian beats through their BMR label
Sao Paulo's mighty Drumagick have also been keeping up a regular podcast in which they often stray from their traditional dnb territory. Episode 6 is a particularly good one. Enjoy.

01 - Lalo Schifrin - On the Way To San Mateo - Soundtrack
02 - Skeletons - Positive Force - Tru Thoughts
03 - Bola Johnson and His easy life top - Ezuku Buzo - Strut
04 - Beta Hector Feat. Dionne Charles - Playback - Tru Thoughts
05 - Flying Lotus - Quakes - Warp
06 - Noisia - Square Feet - Vision
07 - Mr Flash - Couscous - Ed Banger
08 - Drumagick Feat. Dynamite MC - The Drummer - BMR Music
09 - Drumagick - no name - Unreleased Track
10 - Siriusmo - Gummiband - Grandpetrol
11 - Angelo F - One Moment In Time - Mighty Moog
12 - Angelo F - Always Somewhere - Unreleased Track
13 - The Brand New Heavies - Spend Some Time (XRS Land Edit) - Unreleased
14 - Zero DB - Come Party - Tru Thoughts
15 - Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane - Warp

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Seiji (Strictly Vinyl Set)

In May this year it was the turn of the multi-faceted Seiji from Bugz in the Attic to headline our Genre special! Having been instrumental in the evolution of the UK broken beat, house & 2-step scenes we knew he'd have a great collection of influences to bring down.. Much to our surprise he enforced a strictly vinyl policy on himself and lugged down a huge bag of the black crack for us! You can catch the whole 2.5 hours here as he takes us through classic house & 2step with some trademark broken beats and even some vintage D&B!



 


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Makoto (Influences Set)

Makoto delivers a fantastic influences set live from his Human Elements party in Tokyo. Covering bases such Acid Jazz, Hip Hop, Jazz, Brazilian, House, Boogie & Disco this one is not to be missed! 

Ikonika (Influences Set)

Courtesy of URB we have a great ifluences mix and interview from Ikonika.

"Hyperdub heroine Ikonika has been dropping gems for a while now. Starting with her two releases in 2008, she cemented her status as a producer among the dubstep massive. Her DJ sets, which range between funky, dubstep and future garage, have opened up eyes and shaken body parts all across the world."


01. Raymond Scott – Limbo – The Organized Mind
02. Madvillain – Accordian
03. M.E.D – Can’t Hold On
04. Amerie – Talkin’ About
05. Marvin Gaye – I Want You
06. The Dream – She Needs My Love
07. Head Automatica – Egyption Musk
08. Dillinger Escape Plan – 43% Burnt
09. Norma Jean – A Grand Scene For A Color Film
10. Pretty Girls Make Graves – Teeth Collector
11. Madonna – Into The Groove


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Kode 9 (LuckyMe Mix)

"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."

Sounds good to me, and the mix lives up to these strong accolades so it's well worth a listen! Courtesy of LuckyMe & the man behind Hyperdub, Mr Kode 9. Big Up!

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

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Doc Scott (Old School Hip Hop, Electro & Soul Set)

More goodies from our other endeavour, Insession - Here's a 90min journey through the legendary Doc Scott's 80's Hip Hop, Electro & Soul collection! No tracklist available right now but there's plenty in there that you'll know and plenty you won't so grab it and enjoy.

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Lynx (Eclectic party Set)

Live set from Soul:R's Lynx caught down at Insession back in 2008.
Steve always plays across the styles which is why we keep booking him, check the mix for some Quantic, Roots Manuva, Milez Benjamin, Flying Lotus, Primal Scream & Mr Oizo amongst much much more.

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Domu (Influences mix)

Sadly Domu recently announced he's leaving the music industry for good. Thankfully he's left us with a great back catologue and even a recent influnces mix. Thanks to him for all the energy throughout his prolific year career and to cubikmusik for the interview and mix.

01. Massive – Unfinished Sympathy
02. Shut Up and Dance – The Green Man
03. 4hero – Journey To The Light
04. Dillinja – Jah No Ya Big
05. Joyce – Aldea De Quem
06. Portishead - Numb
07. Jon Lucien – Who Will Buy
08. Stevie Wonder – You Got It Bad, Girl
09. Likwid Biskit – Complete Worries
10. Herbert – The Audience


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Mark de Clive Lowe (Inspiration Mixtapes)

Broken Beat originator & keyboard extraordinaire MdCL dropped some influences mixtapes via his blog recently.. Well worth a listen.

Comment from the man himself - "no tracklistings, but some classics from the past that have inspired me and simply gotta be heard.... :) enjoy"


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