XI - Kempton Sessions Mix Vol 2 (Aug 09)

Here's a new mix i recorded yesterday. Something a bit different from my usual house / minimalness but something i've been getting very much into behind closed doors for quite a while. Very much influenced by Berlin. Full of deep dark atmospheric Techno to take your mind somewhere completely left field. I'd recommend listening to this on a good system or with some good headphones. If you've got no bass capacity then you'll not get the full effect of the mix.

This time i'm giving you a couple of ways to listen to it. You can either download it from the direct link here (right click, save as)

http://www.slashdotdash.biz/Mixes/XI-KemptonSessionsVol2(2ndAug09).mp3

Or you can follow me on soundcloud here

http://soundcloud.com/xi-lost-souls

Tracklisting

1) Moderat – Rusty Nails (Shackleton Remix) [White Label]

2) Misc – Chemosphere (Headhunter Remix) [Lost Souls Recordings]

3) Mikkel Metal – Kenton (Marcel Dettmann Remix) [Echocord Colour]

4) Freund Der Familie – Konig Der Welt (Sven’s dWorld Mix) [Freund Der Familie]

5) Horizontal Ground – 1.1 [Horizontal Ground]

6) Traversable Wormhole Vol 3 – Unknown [White Label]

7) N/A – Variance III (Marcel Dettmann Edit) [Sandwell District]

8) Do Not Resist The Beat – On A Day The Light Went Out [White Label]

9) ???? – The Other Three Days [Zooloft]

10) Deadbeat – Mecca [Wagon Repair]

Feel free to let me know any feedback you have on this mix.

Cheers and enjoy

XI

Always Fridays & Lost Souls feat. Dominik Eulberg @ Egg (31st Jul 09)

After giving Egg it's best ever line up and best ever night back in June, Always Fridays have enlisted the services of Lost Souls, this time in conjunction with dontstayin.com to host the official Tiesto In The Park After Party. And too keep the amazing line ups rolling, headlining will be none other than Cocoon's Dominik Eulberg.

Dominik Eulberg Myspace

The rest of the line up features two of London's best underground parties in WetYourself and Lost Souls. Expect nonstop quality house and techno to make this nothing short of brilliant!

To get yourself on the guestlist for this night send your names to xi@slashdotdash.biz

Timewarp Rotterdam is back

Very few details so far but it's on the 12th December with Mr Vath, Loco and Karotte. Same venue as last year which i'm extremely happy about because Maassilo is possibly the most amazing venue i've ever been too. It's going to be one hell of a night.

www.time-warp.de

Moderat - The Unofficial Remix Pack

Here's a new release from the brilliant Moderat (Modeselektor + Apparat). They've already had the official release of this but now it's time for the unofficial remix pack to hit our eardrums. Remixes of 'Rusty Nails' come from Shackleton and T++ while Headhunter serves up a version of 'A New Error'.

The Shackleton remix is an absolutely epic. Dark yet uplifting, earthy and euphoric. It completely blows the whole release away. The Headhunter and T++ tracks would be headliner status on any release had it not been from the Bristolians monumental efforts.

Listen to samples of the tracks here

'Rusty Nails' Shackleton Remix

'A New Error' Headhunter Remix

'Rusty Nails' T++ Remix

Available to buy at the following

Phonica Records

Juno Records

Moderat Myspace

Cassy - Higher Frequency Mix Show (3rd Jul 09)

Here's a recent live mix from one of my favourite djs / producers at the moment, Cassy. I saw her twice last month (Secretsundaze @ Village Underground, London & Cocoon 2 @ Kanna Beach Club, Barcelona) and her deep chugging Berghain techno sound really did the job.

This was recorded for the Higher Frequency Mix Show last weekend (3rd July) Download the sets from the following links

Part 1 - Uploaded.to

Part 1 - Depositfiles

Part 2 - Uploaded.to

Part 2 - Depositfiles

Cassy's Myspace page

Higher Frequency Website

Enjoy

Luciano's July Top 10 & Global Radio Mix

Here's Cadenza's head honco, Luciano with his new chart for July and a new mix he's just done for Ibiza Global Radio (9th July 09)

1) Cesar Merveille & Pablo Cahn-Speyer - Tribute Cadenza Records

2) Mirko Loko - Sidonia Cadenza Records

3) Luciano - Conspirer Cadenza Records

4) Unknown - Unknown (Reboot Remix) Mobilee

5) Anthony Collins - Prism Freak n' Chic

6) Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Night in Koge Cocoon Recordings

7) 2000 and One - Heritage 100% Pure

8) Mark Broom & Brothers Vibe - Mind Feeling Platzhirsh

9) DJ Madskillz - Unknown 100% Pure

10) Lumidee - Never Leave You (Luciano Edit) White

Luciano - Ibiza Global Radio Mix (9th July 2009)

Luciano's Myspace page

XI - Kempton Sessions Mix Vol 1 (Jul 09)

It's been a few months but i finally got round to recording a new mix last night and here it is

XI - Kempton Sessions Vol 1 (Jul 09)

Tracklisting

1) Ray Okpara - The You Of Cool Cecille Records

2) Masomenos Feat. Firetongue - Hehehe Welcome To Masomenos

3) Seuil - Musm Moon Harbour

4) Frankie Flowerz - It's Funk, It's House (Damian Schwartz Remix) Hypercolour

5) Affkt & Alberto Sola - Big Cake (2000 and One Remix) Barraca Music

6) Lauhaus - Soulshine Remote Area

7) Nima Gorji - I Got Something Love Letters From Oslo

8) Alex Cellar - La Palma Area Remote

9) Livio & Roby - Ban Ban Cecille Numbers

10) La Pena - La Pena 4 White

11) Francisco Allendes & Felipe Venegas - Espiritu (Alexi Delano Remix) Kling Klong

12) Dan Andrei - Balada Conducatorului Beee Records

Feel free to let me know any feedback you may have on the mix

Frankie Flowerz - The Black EP [Hypercolour]

Got sent this the other day from one of the UK's best underground labels, Hypercolour. Their 15th release and it's a good un. The Damian Schwartz remix especially sounded very good at East Village last Saturday

Tracklist

A1) It's Funk, It's House (Original Mix)

A2) I Am Not A...

B1) It's Funk, It's House (Damian Schwartz Remix)

B2) It's Funk, It's House (Zumo's Warped Warehouse Remix)

Can't find any online samples but keep an eye on Hypercolour's Beatport Label Page for it's release

Green & Blue 2009 @ Im Birkengrund (6th Sep 09)

Just found this little gem of an event. It's been all quiet on the Green & Blue front for months but the details have been announced and here they are

Full Line Up

Green Floor:
Sven Vath
Jacek Sienkiewicz (Live)
Radio Slave
Matt Tolfrey

Blue Floor:
Ricardo Villalobos
Reboot live
Marco Carola
Swayzak (Live)
Cassy

Third Floor:
Tobi Neumann & Onur Özer aka Sensitiva
SIS (Live)
Chris Tietjen
Motorcitysoul
Alex Azary

Green & Blue Myspace

Lawrence - Resident Advisor Podcast 161 (29th June 09)

Hamburg's king of vinyl houses it up in a deliciously deep style on this week's RA podcast.

Despite his inauspicious beginnings as a gardener, Peter Kersten has spent the last decade becoming one of the main players on Hamburg's music scene. In that time he's notched up 12-inches for some of the world's most popular electronic labels—Kompakt, Mule Electronic, Ghostly International, Ladomat 2000, Sender, Spectral Sound and Smallville just to name a few. From wistfully romantic electronica to bumping deep house, Kersten's musical gamut runs far and wide throughout the sphere of electronic music, but his sound is a distinctive and recognisable one. Taking the ingredients of classic Chicago and Detroit productions, softening the edges and applying his trademark melodic sheen, Kersten's finished products often get you grooving whilst tugging those heartstrings.

It isn't just his productions that have elevated him to the status he currently enjoys, though. Kersten is one-third of the team that has helped to launch the careers of Efdemin, Pantha Du Prince and John Roberts via the Dial imprint, which managed to grab RA's label of the year accolade back in 2007 after a run of essential releases. For Kersten, selling vinyl is a serious business, and he's just helped to start Laid, Dial's vinyl-only sub-label, with a 12-inch from US deep house legend Rick Wade. Hamburg residents can even find him behind the counter at the city's Smallville record store, which he co-owns with Smallville Records owner Julius Steinhoff. Vinyl is also Peter's medium of choice when it comes to DJing, and for this week's RA podcast he's taken to his Technics to supply us with a selection of deep and grooving house cuts with a big Detroit influence. We caught up with Kersten by e-mail to ask him about the mix, the Dial residency at Panorama Bar and his Smallville record store.

Direct Download

Tracklisting

Lawrence – Don't Follow Me Mule Electronic
Further Details - Another Time A Touch Of Class
Theo Parrish - Heal Yourself And Move Peacefrog
Mike Huckaby - Radiance Deep Transportation
Christopher Rau - Ne Travaillez Jamais Dérive
Mike - Oi Vai Voi Sushitech
Leonid - Resting 2 Statik Entertainment
Lowtec - Please Go Away Playhouse
Norm Talley - The Journey Third Ear
Rick Wade - First Darkness Laid
Schatrax - Vintage Vinyl 1 Schatrax
STL - Silent State Smallville
Robert Dietz - Witness Running Back
Loco Dice - How Do I Know ?! (Cassy remix) Desolat
Q-Burns Abstract Message - Mess Of Afros (Glenn Underground Mix) SSR
Moodymann - U Can Dance If U Want 2 KDJ
Christian Naujoks - Bloom (Lawrence Edit) Dial Records

Check out the full interview

Resident Advisor

Youtube vids

Welcome to the XI's World blog.

I thought i'd start off by sharing my youtube page with you all.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectekXI

There you'll find various videos from some of the events i've attended over the last 12 months or so.

Featuring videos from:

- I love Techno 2008

- Timewarp, Rotterdam 2008

- Timewarp, Mannhiem 2009

- Sonar 2009

- Fabric (Various dates)

- WetYourself

- Lost Souls

Including DJs such as

- Richie Hawtin

- Jeff Mills

- Chris Liebing

- Ricardo Villalobos

- Luciano

- Loco Dice

- Cassy

- RPR Soundsystem

- Johnny D

- Perc

- Marcel Dettmann

and many more.

Enjoy