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Kieran Hebden a.k.a. Four Tet is one super talented dude. I guess I was kinda late discovering him, only really picking up on his stuff after I heard Joy Orbison’s wicked remix of his beautiful tune ‘Love Cry’. He has just released an incredible new album, There is Love in You, which I highly recommend getting hold of. He deftly incorporates elements of hip hop, techno, jazz, house, electronica and live instrumentation to create amazing music.

This mix for Radio 1′s essential mix show on the 23rd of January is a genre bending electronic delight, proving he is just as talented as selector as he is as producer. Perfect for late nights, dark rooms and serious conversations. Can also vouch for it as the perfect accompaniment to a tight deadline.

Four Tet – Radio 1 Essential Mix

1. Four Tet – Angel Echoes – Domino
2. Floating Points – Vacuum – Eglo
3. Robert Owens – Bring Down The Walls – Trax
4. STL – Jungle Sometimes – Something Records
5. Oni Ayhun – OAR003 B – Oni Ayhun records
6. Weather Report – Non-Stop Home – CBS
7. DJ Sprinkles – Grand Central pt1 (MCDE bassline dub) – Mule Musiq
8. Four Tet – Sing – Domino
9. Benge – 1981 Yamaha CS70M – Expanding Records
10. Joy Orbison – So Derobe – AUS music
11. Melchior Productions – Different Places – Perlon
12. Dem 2 – Luv’s Hard – New York Soundclash records
13. Seelenluft – Manila (Manitoba remix) – Klein
14. William Onyearbor – When the going is smooth and good – Wilfilms
15. Pryda – Muranyi – Balaton
16. Moodymann – Det.Riot – KDJ
17. Zomby – Digital Fauna – Brainmath
18. Joyce – Aldela De Ogum – Odeon
19. Joe Goddard – Apple Bobbing (Four Tet remix) – Greco Roman
20. Cassy – Soul Saviour – Perlon
21. One Little Plane – Lotus Flower (Avus she’s singing mix) – Text
22. Hardhouse Banton – Reign – Spoilt Rotten Enterrtainment
23. Four Tet – Sing (Floating Points remix) – Domino
24. Troy Pierce – Oxytocin – M_nus
25. Laurie Spiegel – Patchwork – Philo
26. Eluvium – The Motion Makes Me Last (Four Tet remix) – Temporary Residence

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There is no doubt that dBridge & Instra:mental are at the top of their respective games right now. Through their Autonomic Podcast, DJ sets, NonPlus+ label and soon to be Autonomic label they have been writing, playing and supporting some of the most beautiful music being made anywhere right now. It was no surprise that they were asked to step up and produce the next installment of the legendary FabricLive mix series, FabricLive 50. If this promo mix is anything to go by, the actual mix is going to be something truly incredible.

I seriously can not recommend this mix highly enough.

dBridge & Instra:mental – FabricLive 50 Promo Mix

1. 0:00:00 Instra:mental — Forbidden – Applepips
2. 0:03:10 Instra:mental — Vicodin – Naked Lunch
3. 0:04:30 Skream — Minimalistix – Nonplus+
4. 0:06:45 Vaccine — Cascade Failure – Nonplus+
5. 0:08:08 Skream — Unknown
6. 0:10:28 Consequence — Snakes and Skulls – Nonplus+
7. 0:11:37 Instra:mental — Voyeur – Disfigured Dubz
8. 0:13:30 Skream — Siminimal – Dub [Riya accapella tease]
9. 0:15:55 ASC — The Depths — Autonomic
10. 0:19:33 They Live — What we promise — Exit
11. 0:20:43 ASC — Reality Check
12. 0:25:12 dBridge — Lost Shadow — Exit
13. 0:27:26 dBridge — Rendevous — Exit
14. 0:29:41 Oak — Chizra – Unknown
15. 0:31:11 Asc & Consequence — Fade away seasons – Nonplus+
16. 0:33:05 Consequence — A man and a woman — Exit
17. 0:35:57 Vaccine — Nurse — Dub
18. 0:36:27 Instra:mental, Skream & dBridge — Arcacia — Autonomic
19. 0:37:59 Synkro — Letting go — Autonomic
20. 0:40:14 Abstract Elements — Apocalypse — Dub
21. 0:42:19 Genotype — Sunday — Dub
22. 0:44:55 ASC — Focus Inwards – Nonplus+
23. 0:46:40 Instra:mental — Unknown – Unreleased Dub
24. 0:48:20 Instra:mental — No Future [ASC Mix] — Dub
25. 0:50:20 Abstract Elements — Basic Substance — Dub
26. 0:55:52 Instra:mental — Watching you – Nonplus+
27. 0:58:07 Instra:mental — Photograph — Darkestral

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Bonus good news for us NZ folk: They are about to bring their Autonomic sound to town for a series of gigs up and down the country, including the awesome Splore festival. Be sure to get along and check it out.

This mix comes from a great blog that I have just discovered: differentgenre. Basically (as the name suggests) it is a whole lot of super talented DJ’s and producers recording mixes in genres that are not their usual fare.

Zero T is making super hot drum and bass right now, but this mix is a whole lot of funk, soul, and hip hop thrown together to make one awesome summertime jam. It was recorded live at one of the awesome sounding Insession gigs, which I would love to check one day.

Zero T – Live at Insession May 2009

1. Visioneers – Runnin
2. A Tribe Called Quest – We Can Get Down
3. Billy Brooks – 40 Days
4. Jones Girls – Nights Over Egypt
5. Heatwave – Grooveline
6. Mighty Riders – Evil Vibrations
7. Southern Freeez – Freeez
8. Prince – Wana Be Your Lover
9. Michael Jackson – I Cant Help It
10. Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
11. De La Soul – Stakes Is High
12. Talib Kweli + Hi Tek – The Blast
13. Dwele – Dance With Me
14. Madvillain – The Eye
15. Busta Rhymes – Turn Me Up Some
16. Lewis Parker v Fat Joe – Lean Back
17. Biggie Smalls – Juicy
18. Evelyn King – Love Come Down
19. SWV – Right Here
20. A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again
21. Reel People – Butterflies
22. Critical Point ft Vikter Duplaix – Messages
23. Rotary Connection – Black Gold of The Sun
24. Bobby Caldwell – What You Wont Do

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