Sonic Sunset

Mind Machine

This is one of the first sets I’ve done in a good while that ended up techno from start to finish. The faster start is a mish-mash of sub-genres, but it flows with a sense of dub as the undercurrent. A mind-melting Demdike Stare track winds down the first part, setting a middle-range tempo for the second part, which eventually fires up a dark dancefloor. -David

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Shed – Mayday – The Traveller (Ostgut Ton) 2010
Convextion – Equanimity – Convextion (Down Low) 2006
SCB – 3_5 (SCB) 2010
The Sight Below – Murmur (Ghostly International) 2009
Hallucinator – People (Chain Reaction) 1998
Millie – Sample Clearance (Daphne) 2009
VSVN – VSVN 1 – Very Synthetic Virtual Noise (Rather Interesting) 1994
Instra:Mental – Vicodin (Naked Lunch) 2010
Basic Channel – Lyot Rmx (Basic Channel) 1993
Appleblim & Peverelist – Over Here – Soundboy’s Ashes Get Hacked Up And Spat Out In Disgust (Skull Disco) 2008
Demdike Stare – Repository of Light – Voices of Dust (2010)
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Kim Rapatti – Untitled – Mood EP (Plug Research) 1996
Mark Ernestus Meets BBC – Version 1 (Honest Jon’s) 2011
Lawrence – Divided [Kassem Mosse Remix] – Document Part 3 (Spectral Sound) 2010
Ro70 Meets Move D – Untitled (Source) 1995
Sandwell District – Falling The Same Way – Feed-Forward (Sandwell District) 2010
Moritz von Oswald – Watamu Beach Rework (Desolat) 2008
Sven Tasnadi – Winter (Smallville) 2009
Chiapet – Tick Tock [Apocalypse Now Mix] (Phonography) 1999
Oasis – Oasis #1 (FXHE) 2004
Nightmares On Wax – Sal Batardes (Warp) 1990
Steve Poindexter – Maniac [Area's Lost Meaning Version] (Mathematics) 2006
Terry Brookes – Mindmachine – Breaking Cycles (Deepart) 2002

Time Slip

This one starts out slow and mellow and ramps up to a jack-track finale with one of the finest of the style from Joe Lewis. A slew of deeper techno cuts sits in the middle of the mix, including new tropical alien sounds from Kassem Mosse and a sampling of mid-90s UK IDM. -David

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Japan – A Foreign Place – Exorcising Ghosts (Virgin) 1984
Vakula – Track 2 (Unthank) 2011
Juju & Jordash – Time Slip (Real Soon) 2007
Q – The Voice of “Q” [Vocal] (Philly International) 1982
The Exchange – Give Me The Music [Instrumental] (Roulette) 1985
Morgan Geist – Intronic – Remnants EP (Environ) 1996
Luke Slater’s 7th Plain – Shades Amaze – My Yellow Wise Rug (GPR) 1994
Son.sine – Karuna (Nurture) 2000
Deepchord – Vantage Isle [Echospace Reform] (Echospace Detroit) 2007
Repeat – Lilt-A (A13) 1995
Andreas Fragel – From 3 To 4 – A Bulletin From Nothing (Mit Ohne Sound) 1999
Kassem Mosse – Untitled (Workshop) 2011
Mark Thibideau – Last Night (Sub Static) 2003
Chateau Flight – Rituel – Puzzle (Versatile) 2000
Stasis – Inside – Inspiration (Peacefrog) 1994
William S – I’ll Never Let You Go [Instrumental] (Trax) 1987
N.Y. House’N Authority – Apt. 2B (Nu Groove) 1989
Afrikan Sciences – Ejercicios – Means and Ways EP (Deepblak) 2011
Severed Heads – Hot With Fleas [Extended] (Nettwerk) 1987
Portion Control – The Great Divide (Rhythmic) 1985
Joe Lewis – Change Reaction (Relief) 1994
Ross 154 – Kaoz (M>O>S) 2004
69 – Sub Seducer – Sound On Sound (Planet E) 1994

Just A Feeling

We’re excited to welcome back Seattle’s Kuri Kondrak with a hot mix of house sounds that’s right up our alley! If you like what you’re hearing, be sure to check out his recently minted label, Night Gallery.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto – Field Work (10) 1986
Fonda Rae – Heobah (Hey-O-Bah) [Instrumental Version] (Posse) 1983
Unknown artist – Beat Heavy (D-Classics) 2006
Was Not Was – Out Come The Freaks [Dub Version] (Ze) 1982
Northend – Happy Days [Collier Edit] (white) 2010
Daniel Wang – Free Lovin’ [Housedream] (Balihu) 1996
Theo Parrish – Blue Out (Sound Signature) 1998
The Innocent – Theme From Blue Cucaracha (After Midnight) 1996
Andy Vaz – Hurry, Hurry [Lerosa Mix] (Yore) 2009
Harmony Funk – Can’t Let You Go [Ovatow Reshape] (Jack For Daze) 2010
Nebraska – Ras El Hanout (Rush Hour) 2010
Instinct – Just A Feeling (Decisive) 1992
Dijkhuis – Underground Persistence (Night Gallery) 2011
The Third Man – Paucity (ART) 2010
Slowburn – Medicusa (Elektrosouls) 2011
Brawther – Endless [Ultra Deep Mix] (Balance Alliance) 2009
Kerri Chandler – Track 1 (Shelter) 1993
Alex Israel – Bindlestiff (W.T. Records) 2011
LHAS – Self Destruction (Vibrations) 2011
Dan Curtin – It’s All Good (Peacefrog) 1997
D’Marc Cantu – Tonight (M>O>S) 2011
Soulomon – Then, One Day (Recondite) 2007

Live at Plunge 2010

Hi and thanks to everyone who’s been listening, keeping us in mind, and spreading the word!  Last year at around this time, we were honored to be asked to play an extended tag-team set at a special outdoor event called Plunge. We owe the event organizers and its music coordinators a huge thanks for the opportunity to stretch out musically for 3 hours — just like we did every Friday night on our FM radio show — as the sun went down over a gorgeous northern California setting.  Thankfully, the set was recorded, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed presenting it.  — Matt & David

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No tracklist for this all-vinyl set, but if you have specific questions we’ll do our best to help!

Cool As Ice

Some 80s goodness from both the pop and underground sides of the spectrum work the floor in this timeline rollercoaster of a mix – with beached-out melodies and jack-track jams along the way. Enjoy! -David

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Dopplereffekt – Myon-Neutrino (International Deejay Gigolos) 2003
52nd Street – Cool As Ice (A&M / Of Factory New York) 1983
Shannon – Let The Music Play [Dub Version] (Emergency) 1983
Meat Beat Manifesto – Psyche Out [Dub] (Mute) 1990
Black Riot – A Day In The Life [Bonus Dub] (Fourth Floor) 1988
The Beat Broker – Ice Castle (Eskimo) 2009
DJ Sprinkles – House Music Is Controllable Desire You Can Own (Mule Musiq) 2008
Model 500 & The Martian – Search Your Feelings (Red Planet) 1993
Symbols & Instruments – Mood [Optimystic Mix] (KMS) 1989
The Connection Machine – Echoes From Tau City – Utroid Machine Missions (U-Trax) 1995
Collin Bros. – Tema (Pssst) 1995
Ultramarine – Hooter [Carl Craig Remix] (Real Soon) 2003
RNDM – Hideaway Shine Mix – Hideaway Lane EP (Laid) 2010
Jacen Solo – Forbidden Medicine (Part 2) – Virgo (Ai) 2005
Juan Atkins – Serene – The Future Sound EP (Underground Level) 1991
808 State – Disco State – Quadrastate (Creed) 1989
Risque Rythum Team – 122 House (Chicago Connection) 1986
Jamie Principle – Waiting On My Angel [Club Mix] (Persona) 1985
K. Alexi – Vertigo (Transmat) 1989
June – Lost Area (June01) 2010
Basic Channel – Q1.1/II (Basic Channel) 1993
Juju & Jordash – Deep Blue Meanies – Dekmantel EP (Dekmantel) 2009
Deepchord – Untitled (Hierophant) 2006
Newworldaquarium – Star Power – The Dead Bears (NWAQ) 2007
The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds [Cumulonimbus Mix] (Big Life) 1991

Body Sonic

A number of nods to Detroit get the spotlight in this post-festival session that starts uptempo and enters a second movement a little more softly and slowly. On the newer front, check the smoothed-out “dubstep” from Jack Sparrow and the late-80s house revamp from Storm Queen – and going back in time, one of the all-time disco greats from Black Ivory. Enjoy! -David

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Martyn – Far Away – Great Lengths (3024) 2009
Peverelist – Infinity Is Now (Tectonic) 2008
Agent Patrick & DATA – Boogie Down Detroit (Southern Outpost) 2002
Le CAR – Audiofile 11: Edit (Ersatz Audio) 2000
UR003 – The Final Frontier (Underground Resistance) 1991
ERP – Perfume Persuasion (Frustrated Funk) 2007
Monolake – Static (ml/i) 1999
Roof Light – Around Here – In Your Hands (Styrax) 2009
Jack Sparrow – Loveless – Circadian (Tectonic) 2010
Derrick May & Carl Craig – Interval I – Relics (Buzz) 1992
Aphex Twin – Xtal – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (R&S) 1992
Lowtec – Untitled (Workshop) 2006
Coordinates – In Cycles – Magnetics (Sub Static) 2002
Rod Modell – Body Sonic – Incense & Black Light (Plop) 2007
Micronism – Constructing Space – Steps to Recovery (Nurture) 1999
Underground Solution – Luv Dancin’ [In Deep Mix] (Strictly Rhythm) 1990
F.U.S.E. / Black Knight – Slowgroove – Rob Gordon Projects (Source) 1996
Forgemasters – Track With No Name (Warp) 1989
Maya Jane Coles – Don’t Tell Me (Real Tone) 2010
Omar-S – Oasis #9 – Oasis Collaborating (FXHE) 2005
Storm Queen – Look Right Through [Vox] (Environ) 2010
N.O.I.A. – The Rule To Survive [Sure Shot Edit] (25 West) 1983
Mario “Smokin” Diaz – Let’s Do It [S.M.W. Dub Mix] (DJ International) 1987
D Train – Music [Instrumental] (Prelude) 1983
Black Ivory – Mainline (Buddah) 1979
Common Factor – Horizons (Planet E) 1998
Lawrence – Precious Hall [Dub] (Laid) 2010

Dwelling On The Dunes

This slow builder comes in with some quirky 80s dance tracks and spaced-out disco (including one of the best Italo tracks we’ve ever heard), moving into Chicago’s mid-90s deep house sound before the dub techno rinse-out. Check out the new shimmering Newworldaquarium remix and two killer tracks on the Laid label from Lawrence and Kassem Mosse. This one’s extra long to give those tracks some breathing room. -David

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Donnacha Costello – It Simply Is (Minimise) 2008
Savage Progress – Heart Begins To Beat [An Extended Mad Mix] (10 Records) 1984
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo [Silver Dollar Mix] (Geffen) 1988
Daniel Wang – Rings Of Saturn (Balihu) 1999
Warp 9 – Nunk [Instrumental] (Prism) 1982
M & G – When I Let You Down (Sensation) 1986
The Parallax Corporation – Slowflight / Runner – Autistic Sync (Viewlexx) 2001
Bobby Konders – Nervous Acid – House Rhythms (Nu Groove) 1990
The Children – Work The Box [Original 4 Track Mix] (Underground) 1987
Morphosis – Dirty Matter [NWAQ's Via Mezzacapo Dub] (Delsin/M>O>S/Morphine) 2010
Lawrence – Dwelling On The Dunes (Laid) 2010
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Running Away [Long Version] (Polydor) 1979
Asylum – Vibes – Instrumental Ward (Nu Groove) 1990
Nagual – Feel The Rhythm (Prescription) 1993
Circulation – Memory – Patterins (Balance) 1996
Round One – I’m Your Brother [Chicago's Twisted Mix] (Main Street) 1994
Kassem Mosse – Untitled – Workshop (Laid) 2010
Omar-S – Miss You – 002 (FXHE) 2003
Octal Industries – Automatik [Northern Lights Mix] (Transistor Rhythm) 2004
Anton Zap – Road Trip Song (Ethereal Sound) 2011
Floating Points – J&W Beat (Planet Mu) 2009
Reload – Ahn – A Collection of Short Stories (Infonet) 1993

Rocket Deep

This was going to be part 2 of the last mix, but the last mix was ended up pretty long on its own.  This one’s a little faster in tempo, throwing back some industrial and some mid-90s sci-fi cuts I’ve been wanting to play.  Check the new Chicago sounds from Steve Tang and UNLTD / Israel Vines (all of whom we’ve been lucky to have on Sonic Sunset in the past), plus killer broken-up sounds from Shed and Andrea.  -David

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Shed – Atmo Action – The Traveller (Ostgut Ton) 2010
Andrea – Got To Forget (Daphne) 2010
BFC – Galaxy (Fragile) 1990
Liaisons Dangereuses – Peut Etre Pas… (Roadrunner) 1982
Anne Clark – Our Darkness [Remix] (Ink) 1984
Auto Bahn – Do You Like This Beat [London Calling Mix] (Fierce) 1986
Legowelt – Ricky Ramjet – Pimpshifter (Bunker) 2000
Steven Tang – Rocket Deep – The Verged Sessions (Aesthetic Audio) 2010
DJ Skull – Don’t Stop the Beat – Stomping Grounds (Djax-Up-Beats) 1993
Morph – Our Future (Pt. 1) (Synewave) 1994
Russ Gabriel – Mindseeker – Digilogic Synthesis (Force Inc) 1994
Instra:Mental – Futurist (NakedLunch) 2009
Gas – Klang – Modern (Profan) 1995
Conforce – Sonar Conversations – Machine Conspiracy (Meanwhile.) 2010
UNLTD / Israel Vines – Reclaim – Distance No Object (Borrowed Language) 2011
Mordant Music – Olde Wobbly (Mordant Music) 2008
Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman – Music A Fe Rule Part 1 (Rhythm & Sound) 1997

Vacuum Boogie

Sometimes time slips away without permission – I started this mix in April.  The end product is a midtempo glide into house tempo, the kind of set that can go on changing for hours without breaking the flow.  Check the new ethereal sounds from the resurrected Balance label and Russia’s Anton Zap.  -David

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Imagination – So Good, So Right – Night Dubbing (R&B) 1983
Âme – Excelsior (Sonar Kollectiv) 2006
Depeche Mode – Monument – A Broken Frame (Sire) 1982
Kraftwerk – Boing Boom Tschak – Electric Cafe (Warner) 1986
Drexciya – Davey Jones Locker – True People (React) 1996
Joey Beltram – Proto Four – Aonox (Visible) 1994
Shapes & Forms – Spheric – Shapes & Forms (K2 O) 2001
Paperclip People – Remake [Basic Reshape] (Planet E) 1994
Brawther – Deep Down Paris (Balance) 2010
Koi – Deaf Torero (Styrax Leaves) 2008
Newworldaquarium – Lovin’ U (Peacefrog) 2001
Marsellus Pittman / Theo Parrish – African Roots (Sound Signature) 1999
Fast Eddie Smith – Jack The House [House Mix] (Underground) 1987
SPK – Mouth To Mouth – The Northside Revival (Medusa Edits) 2008 / 1987
Joe Garrasco & M.M. – Action (Safety Copy) 2009 / 1986
Pineapples – Come On Closer [Dub Mix] (Flexx) 2005 / 1983
Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie – Vacuum EP (Eglo) 2009
Super Collider – Darn (Cold Way O’ Lovin) – Head On (Loaded) 1999
Chateau Flight – Instant Replay – Puzzle (Versatile) 2000
Anton Zap – I Get No Kick From Champagne (Ethereal Sound) 2010
Petar Dundov – Oasis [Substance & Vainqueur Remix] (Music Man) 2008
Two Tribes Project – Wind Jungle (Prescription) 1996
St. Germain – Sexy & Smooth – French Traxx (FNAC) 1993

Belle Isle Daze

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Theme from Sonic Sunset
Mtume – Theme for the People – Kiss This World Goodbye (Epic) 1978
Marc Alphonse w/ Recloose – Contentment in Humidity – Sampler One (Omoa) 2001
The Lyman Woodward Organization – Belle Isle Daze – Saturday Night Special (Strata) 1975
Esther Phillips – Home Is Where The Hatred Is – From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu) 1971
2000F & J Kamata – You Don’t Know What Love Is (Hyperdub) 2009
A Guy Called Gerald – Trip City (Avernus) 1989
Blackbelt Anderson – Sandoz [Blackbelt Andersen Remix]- Alfaz De Pi (Full Pupp) 2006
Annie – Chewing Gum [Headman Dub] – (679 Recordings) 2004
Loose Ends – Emergency Dial 999 [Dub mix] – Magic Touch (Virgin) 1985
Bas Noir – I’m Glad You Came To Me [Dub mix] – (Nu Groove) 1989
Schatrax – Mispent Years (Schatrax) 1998
Ron Trent, Joshua, Abacus, Chez Damier – B2 – Foot Therapy EP (Prescription) 1995
Basic Channel – untitled – Q1.1 (Basic Channel) 1993
Morganistic – Let It Go – Fluids Amniotic (Input Neuron Musique) 1994
Balil – Nort Route – A.R.T. Compilation (Planet E) 1992
Model 500 – Ocean To Ocean [Vocal mix] (Transmat) 1990
San Serac – Music Never Ends [M's Music Mix] – Music Never Ends (Environ) 2009
Bottin – No Static (Italian’s Do It Better) 2009
T.C. Curtis – Should Have Known Better [Dub mix] – (Hot Melt) 1985
Glass Candy – Animal Imagination [Soft Boundaries] – Geto Boys (Italians Do It Better) 2009
Ozo – Anambra (DJM Records) 1976