For next Tuesday’s Tales of the Interstitial on PsyMusic Radio, I’ll be joined in the studio by rising psybreaks superstar LuQas.
LuQas is Luke Trott from Brighton England. Born and raised in Bristol, heβs been into dance music since around 2000, where friends and family supplied him a constant feed of prog-house mix tapes. By chance he purchased an early Y3K album after spotting a Sasha track and has been into breaks ever since. Not satisfied with being a punter, he bought his first decks in 2001, promoted a successful Brighton breaks night in 2004 and now is rapidly finding his niche as a producer of deep techy noises.
He draws influences from many different genres, particularly psy-trance and techno, and his varied DJ sets reflect this. Now a resident at the awesome night Slackers Convention, he plays regularly to a loyal crazy crowd of Brighton revellers. You can also catch him on NSB Radio every Saturday night where he fronts the Slackers show alongside Pav and Toxic Shock. With tracks signed to Dead Famous, Yellowfinger Communications, Hardplace Records and Future Perfect, LuQas is starting to gain recognition internationally, with forthcoming gigs in Croatia and Prague.
Luke will be bringing along a sackload of full-on psybreaks, and yours truly will be keeping it interstitial with the finest fizzling 4/4s on the flip. Whatever that means.
In the words of my guest: “Rah!!!!!!” Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Tales of the Interstitial episode IV: Tue 20th Oct: 7pm BST till late
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Categories: News, Radio Shows //
Tags: interstitial, luqas, psybreaks, psymusic, psytrance
I was asked to do a guest mix by Dead Famous Records (home of Robosapiens et al) label manager Daniella Downs for the “Dead Radio” show on iBreaks Radio. The deal is I get one in return at some point, so watch out for that… Anyway, I’d intended to do about 45 mins but it came out a shade under 80 and went out on iBreaks in full last Saturday, so I now offer it here as an all too rare burn-to-CD promo mix π
The name, iSpyBreaks, is a pun on iBreaks of course, and a recognition that while most of the tunes here are not exactly what most people would call psybreaks, they are varied representatives of the kind of epic, progressive breaks with tech edges and psy twists that has always been my main squeeze for the past 2 years. Some tunes are new, some are old but were so ahead of their time that they still fit. Hope you enjoy it.
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# |
Artist |
Title |
1 |
Mad-Tek |
Meteor Shower |
2 |
Semi-Detached |
Who Da Fuck (False Prophet rx) |
3 |
Lifecycle |
Do Not Pass (Flack.Su rx) |
4 |
Ghettface & Yanix |
Wikked Wayz (BETA rx) |
5 |
BSD |
You Must Find Strength |
6 |
Rektchordz |
Left Behind (BETA rx) |
7 |
Neo |
Aura (Cosmonaut rx) |
8 |
Santos |
Combination |
9 |
Phil K & Habersham |
Cloudbrake |
10 |
Amb |
Rust |
11 |
Rennie Pilgrem |
Rich Rule Us (BSD rx) |
12 |
Koma & Bones |
Morpheus |
13 |
Introspective |
Skanky (Splitloop rx) |
14 |
Robosapiens |
Infected (LuQas rx) |
15 |
Future Funk Squad |
RaveUlator |
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Categories: Mixes, Promo Mixes //
Tags: breaks, epic, ibreaks, progressive, psy, spy
Chunky. Funky. Rolling. Pulsing. Throbbing. Wobbling. For one night only, we went 100% techno, tech-house and tech-trance. Zero breakbeat guaranteed.
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# |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
1 |
Federico Milani |
Green (Alex Di Stefano rx) |
Hell Yeah |
2 |
Felguk |
Guess What (Perfect Stranger 2.4GHz Paranoia rx) |
Savage Media |
3 |
Glitter |
Poco Loco |
Kraft |
4 |
Halobeatz |
Beat It (Circuit Breaker rx) |
VIM promo |
5 |
Khainz |
Noizy |
Blue Tunes |
6 |
Loud |
Subinya (Perfect Stranger rx) |
Echoes |
7 |
Perfect Stranger & Liquid Soul |
Wildcave |
Blue Tunes |
8 |
Tom Novy |
Pumpin (Jason Young 2008 rx) |
Kosmo |
9 |
Umek |
2nd To None |
Rekluse |
10 |
Glitter |
Fight Floor |
Nuuktal Digital |
11 |
Fergie |
Exit People |
Hell Yeah |
12 |
Dropout |
Acid Monstruation |
Offaudio |
13 |
Tomy DeClerque |
Loky |
Hell Yeah |
14 |
Filth & Splendour vs Kalva |
Divide (Umek rx) |
Twisted Frequency |
15 |
Jeremiah |
Surface Of The Moon (Umek rx) |
Jeremiah |
16 |
Khainz |
Distance (Exercise One rx) |
Kumquat Tunes |
17 |
Space Manoeuvres |
Octobot |
Lost Language |
18 |
Loafer |
Dirt Bike |
Hope Recordings |
19 |
Lusine |
Falling In |
Ghostly International |
20 |
Scan Mode |
Terra Erre |
Antiritmo |
21 |
Gregor Tresher |
The Life Wire (Petar Dundov variation) |
Break New Soil |
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Normal service will resume for the next show, Tuesday 20th October on PsyMusic as we bring you episode IV of Tales Of The Interstitial, with special guest LuQas π
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, psytechno, quextech, tech-house, tech-trance, techno, void radio
The new Watchlist, where I big up the artists and labels who I consider to be at the forefront of the music I love, has been updated. Congratulations to Amb for earning his place (it’s been long-deserved, but I’ve only recently encountered the full extent of his achievements), and to our four new contenders in the Up & Comers section, well worth keeping an eye on.
I’ve been buying really silly amounts of music lately, mainly as a result of mostly eschewing the new releases in favour of digging around for more by artists and labels that I’ve dug before. If you have hours and hours and hours to spare I highly recommend it π
Anyway, it would appear that most of what’s landed in my download folder this week can be filed under tags such as chunky, funky, rolling, pulsing, throbbing and wobbling, which can only mean one thing: It’s time for a QuexTech Special! So on next week’s BrapFM show on Mon 5th Oct from 20:00 UK time I’ll lock the breakbeat away in a lead-lined box and devote the full 2 hours to the 4/4s. Techno, tech-house, tech-trance. All, of course, guided by my core passion for the progressive, the psychedelic, the synaesthetic.
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Categories: News, Radio Shows //
Tags: brapfm, chunky, progressive, psychedelic, Radio Shows, tech-house, tech-psy, tech-trance, techno, void radio
Due to other commitments I’m dropping my PsyMusic show Tales Of The Interstitial to monthly instead of fortnightly. It will be on the third Tuesday of every month, so the next one is 20th October.
My monthly Void Radio residency on BrapFM show continues to be on the first Monday of every month, so the next one of those is 5th October. Hopefully this will leave more scope for extra cover sessions on NSB too, which will be announced via the usual channels.
Categories: News, Radio Shows //
Tags: brapfm, psymusic
I was very tired after the shenanigans of Waveform, so really appreciated all the people in the shoutbox keeping me going π So a simple progression this week, techno-progtrance-breaks-dnb with heavy side orders of glitch…
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# |
Artist |
Title |
1 |
Umek |
You Might Hear Nothing |
2 |
Monaque |
Solaris |
3 |
Hedflux & Tom Wilkes |
Basscake (Plastic Shell rx) |
4 |
Slinky Wire |
Croaking Toads |
5 |
James Harcourt |
Call & Response |
6 |
Yotopia |
Goosebumps |
7 |
Desert Dwellers |
A Little Spice |
8 |
Perfect Stranger & Pena |
Ode Ao Sol |
9 |
Josh Millstone |
As The Day Fades (Phunk Investigation Ghost mix) |
10 |
System 7 |
High Plains Drifter (Live) |
11 |
Liquid Ace |
Let Go |
12 |
Ghettface vs Yanix |
Wikked Wayz (BETA rx) |
13 |
Neurodriver |
Sidewinder |
Broken Robot |
14 |
Tipper |
Twister (Hybrid A.D. Twisted rx) |
15 |
Butter Party |
Eat The Mushroom |
16 |
Skeetaz |
Dirty Dobbers |
17 |
Jim Reaper |
Fast Eddie |
18 |
Product.01 |
Ready To Rage (dub) |
Dead Famous |
19 |
Mad-Tek |
Dread |
Digital Distortions |
20 |
Mad-Tek |
Meteor Shower |
Digital Distortions |
21 |
Far Too Loud vs Code Zero |
Blackout (Headphonics rx) |
22 |
IITone |
Crush |
23 |
Schizophrenics |
Ethnic |
24 |
VENT |
Turn The Page |
25 |
The Phat Riderz |
Organic Neurosis |
26 |
D-Ranged |
Sins Of Claire (Lawgiverz rx) |
27 |
Bob Humid |
Prediction |
28 |
Bob Humid |
Shiny Black Bug |
29 |
Scorb |
P2P |
30 |
Far Too Loud vs Code Zero |
Blackout (Genki vs Muffler rx) |
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Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: breaks, dnb, glitch, interstitial, progressive trance, psymusic, techno
Hugs to everyone I met at this year’s superb Waveform Festival. I’ve been to all three of them and this one was undoubtedly my favourite so far, thanks to all the lovely people. Also unexpectedly scored my debut festival set on Sunday evening in the little orange tent. Unfortunately I couldn’t actually see the dancefloor from the booth but I’m told it went down well π
So, if you’re visiting this site for the first time having received a limited edition Mk2 business card, welcome, and hope you can tune in tonight to Psymusic Radio from 7pm (UK time) – please come and make yourself known in the shoutbox during the show (you need to register for the forum if you aren’t on there already).
Categories: Gigs, News, Radio Shows //
Tags: festival, psymusic, waveform
Many thanks to my guest Digital Fist for bringing his unique blend of deep and dark glitchy and hypnotic breaks and techno to tonight’s proceedings. He’ll be back (in the meantime, if you need more glitch to sustain you, I recommend picking up his latest mix, it’s a corker). And a big shout to all the listeners and chatters, record-breaking numbers of both π
Download (170MB 192k MP3 124’18”) [downloadcounter(quextal_live_on_brap_fm_2009-09-07_with_digital_fist.mp3)] downloads
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Artist |
Title |
Label |
1 |
Mad-Tek |
Meteor Shower |
Digital Distortions |
2 |
Decoder |
266 |
Ricochet |
3 |
Mad-Tek |
X |
Digital Distortions |
4 |
Product.01 |
Ready2Rage (dub) |
Dead Famous [promo] |
5 |
DST |
Tribute |
Digital Distortions |
6 |
Lawgiverz |
Gators (Crystal Distortion rx) |
Addictech |
7 |
Skeetaz |
Skeeters |
Spacebar Sentiments |
8 |
Skeetaz |
Dirty Dobber |
Proboscis |
9 |
Butter Party |
Eat The Mushroom |
Trickery Collective |
10 |
Guido Schneider |
Under Control |
Tuning Spork Germany |
11 |
Asset |
Peak Limiter |
Digital Distortions |
12 |
D-Unity |
Afrika |
Beat Therapy |
13 |
Dessben |
Anisakis |
Antiritmo |
14 |
Steevio |
Orjiva |
Mindtours |
15 |
Steevio |
Cloudseeders (Tribal Chemistry mix) |
Mindtours |
16 |
Steevio |
Nocturnia I |
Mindtours |
17 |
Steevio |
Release |
Mindtours |
18 |
Phidelity |
In The Details |
Recursive |
19 |
Flack.Su |
Psychomancer |
Glack Audio |
20 |
Dub Pistols |
Architect (Dub Pistols breaks mix) |
Distinctive |
21 |
Cord |
Impulses |
Chi |
22 |
Senior Frio |
Sub Noctem (Ion Driver rx 2) |
Digital Distortions |
23 |
Mad-Tek |
Dread |
Digital Distortions |
24 |
Neuronaut |
Database (Neuronauts 2008 Timewarp mix) |
Addictech |
25 |
Lady Packa |
Don’t Let The Feeling Go! (Halobeatz rx) |
VIM Breaks [promo] |
26 |
F-Word |
Death Valley (Eshericks rx) |
Dusted Breaks [promo] |
27 |
The Infinity Project |
Time and Space (Black Sun rx) |
Dragonfly |
28 |
Shpongle |
Dorset Perception |
Twisted |
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Next show: Tuesday 15th Sep, 19:00 BST, PsyMusic: the next episode of Tales Of The Interstitial…
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, dark, deep, glitch, techno
I’m delighted to welcome a very special guest to my Void Radio show on Brap FM next Monday who goes by the name of DIGITAL FIST. He and I met at Glade this year, and discovered that our tastes in epic triptronica were uncommonly well-aligned.
Digital Fist is a missionary for the music he loves, with infectious passion and a deep sense of the aesthetics of mixing for journeying, which has clearly been well honed by his years on the Welsh party scene.
He describes his chosen specialisms as “elaborate percussion, wall-destroying basslines, and darkly atmospheric precision machine-funk”. Some other words that spring readily to my mind are: brooding, hypnotic, glitchy, metallic, wonky, evolving, deep and dubby, dark shadows and delicate beauty… and of course, epic.
Expect synergy.
Tune in to Void Radio with Quextal b2b Digital Fist from 8pm UK time this coming Monday 7th Sept. Sign up for a reminder, you don’t want to miss this one. Trust.
NB NB NB! The URL for the Brap FM stream has recently changed. If you are using a pre-saved link, please update it to the first one of these that works for you (try them in this order): http://stream.brap.fm / http://87.117.250.5:9120/listen.pls / http://87.117.250.5:9120/.
The chatroom hasn’t changed.
I’ll give the final words to my guest:
Music is mathematics. Keep it polyhedral.
Categories: News, Radio Shows //
Tags: brapfm, breaks, digital fist, glitch, mix, radio show, techno, void radio
Take a deep breath in, and…..
psychill – wonky/glitchy midtempo breakbeat – hypnotic techfunk – claustrophobic darkfloor electro – minimal techno/tech-house (spooky/spacey – light/quirky – rolling/bassy – acid/bleepy) – tech-trance – electroglitch – skankin glitch-funk – heavy’n’dope – psylekdubstep – psylekdnb – psybreaks – psytechfunk – progressive psytrance – building and bouncy psytrance – trancey progressive hardhouse classics
It took longer to come up with the above description of last night’s musical journey than it did to transcribe the whole tracklist. I think I did it solely to demonstrate (to myself as much as anyone else) the futility of trying to try to nail down the genres I play, particularly in Tales Of The Interstitial whose stated purpose is to showcase the stuff that doesn’t neatly fit into named boxes. Half the above I patently made-up and won’t mean anything anyway, although if you’re bored you might like to play match-the-genre-description-to-the-tracks, and then I think you’ll find I’ve taken this pointless task very seriously. For all our sakes, I shall not bother doing so again. Instead, I have plans for potentially an even more bizarre but possibly also more useful way of describing my mixes for those who don’t recognise the tracks… ah the mystery, the suspense…
Aaaaanyway, it was another wicked show… thanks everyone for tuning in and egging me on.
I’ll try to add the label responsible for each release into my tracklists from now on alongside artists and titles. However it’s a total PITA because most of the time they don’t put that info in the filename or even the ID3 tag so I have to look it up… useful patterns may emerge from having this info about labels to watch, which will feed into my new watchlist, but if it seems like it’s not worth the time I may stop again. Or try to script it…
Download (219MB 192k MP3 159’43”) [downloadcounter(quextal_live_on_psymusic_2009-09-01.mp3)] downloads
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Artist |
Title |
Label |
1 |
Kilowatts |
Jade |
Kilowatts |
2 |
Tipper |
Swamp Thing |
Tipper |
3 |
Mr Rogers |
Mr Lemurian |
Goa |
4 |
Neurodriver |
Yeti’s Revenge |
Broken Robot |
5 |
Dub Pistols |
Architect (Dub Pistols breaks mix) |
Distinctive |
6 |
Bob Humid |
Preparation |
Serve & Destroy |
7 |
The Touch |
Heart Of The City (Pig & Dan rx dub version) |
Trunkfunk |
8 |
David K |
Boul De Nerf |
Freak N Chic |
9 |
Lutzenkirchen |
Sunmariner |
Flash |
10 |
Dropout |
Bukkake |
Antiritmo |
11 |
Tom Novy |
Pumpin (Jason Young 2008 rx) |
Kosmo |
12 |
Son Of The Electric Ghost |
The Christian Logic |
Bless |
13 |
Son Of The Electric Ghost |
Concept Of Nature (orig 12″ mix) |
Addictech |
14 |
VENT |
Bear Crunk |
Colony |
15 |
Bird Of Prey |
Terradactyl Porn |
Vaporvent |
16 |
Kether |
Goblinz |
Muti |
17 |
Fine Cut Bodies & Chris Carter |
Fiddlesticks (Modul’s Vulgardown Edit) |
Chi |
18 |
Nagual Sound Experiment vs EMS |
Anti Spiral |
Liquid |
19 |
Eat Static |
Tractor Beam |
Solstice |
20 |
Nitrous |
Destiny (VIP) |
In Da Jungle |
21 |
Far Too Loud vs Code Zero |
Blackout (Genki vs Muffler rx) |
Exogenic Breaks |
22 |
Parallax Breakz |
Extraterrestrial |
Don’t Panic |
23 |
Youthful Implants vs Tigerfunk |
Heatseeker (LuQas VIP rx) |
unreleased |
24 |
Ace Ventura |
M.A.R.S. (Gaudium rx) |
Iboga |
25 |
Kiwa |
On The Frequency |
Exogenic |
26 |
Queens Park Derangers |
Create A Hippy |
Tip World |
27 |
Dickster & Lucas |
Living Dangerously |
Tip World |
28 |
Eat Static & Lucas |
Primitive Earthlings |
Tip World |
29 |
DJ Misjah & DJ Tim |
Access (KY Jelly Babies rx) |
Tripoli Trax |
30 |
Jon Doe & UFO |
Phaze 1 |
Toast |
31 |
Jon Doe |
D3A |
(white) |
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Next show: Next Monday on BrapFM at 8pm BST, with very special guest Digital Fist. More details to follow. Then Tue 15th Sept on PsyMusic.
Categories: Mixes, Radio Archives //
Tags: dubstep, glitch, hardhouse, hardtrance, interstitial, minimal, progressive, psybreaks, psychill, psytrance, techfunk, techno, trance