The best DJ(s) you've (probably) never heard of #11: Odopt.

Big-boned, rolling techno-house freaks from Born Free Records and Discos Capablanca hacienda. Riding some supremely wide and squelchy acid bass in the muscular but messed up jack tracks, discordant and groovy in equal measure, swanging and moody electro-acid-house finesses and darker EBM house variations. Directly from some semi-legal basement venue where you’d just love to spend your time every week. Live show includes slow growling synth melodies rising from a kinetic sound bed of vintage drum machines and peppered with computer glitches, menacing vocal passages and live percussion.

As part of Moscow based production duo Odopt, Grisha Nelyubin first surfaced in 2016 on Born Free Records with a scuzzy set of box jams entitled Sickert Art Bartel. For record number two, Odopt upped their game with a 12″ for Berlin’s Discos Capablanca. Belgrade is a record guaranteed to keep discerning dancers on their toes – check out the haunted techno-disco of Croque Trans Croque below.
Nelyubin also had his own release on I’m a Cliché’s Edit Service serie under the Blind Rape moniker.
As a DJ, he keeps the emphasis on mystique, conjuring a spell of itchy techno-disco, ill tempered post-punk and fuggy electronics.

Test Pressing mix #456 (that’s correct) comes from Moscow based production duo Odopt, who first surfaced in 2016 on Born Free Records with a scuzzy set of box jams entitled Sickert Art Bartel. Staying with a plug for Stockholm’s Born Free for a moment, they were one of our picks from 2017, releasing all sorts of goodies from off-kilter DIY dub from Pedrodollar (which made my end of year list) to warm and textured productions on the housier end of things from Samo DJ – a label to watch in 2018 for sure. For record number two, Odopt upped their game with a 12″ for Berlin’s Discos Capablanca. Belgrade is a record guaranteed to keep discerning dancers on their toes – check out the haunted techno-disco of Croque Trans Croque below.






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Until next time.
Big love. Mark. X

Bloody Forriner!

Oli and Lee, aka Forriner, will be no strangers to anyone who's read this blog before. Until recently perhaps better known by their individual projects, Last Waltz and Traela, they recently joined forces to create production behemoth 'Forriner' after meeting each other through their contributions to the Newcastle music scene.
They've since successfully released solo material on a number of well known label's like ESP Institute, Mule Musiq, Let’s Play House, Tusk Wax and Hhatri and after a slew of releases as 'Forriner' on Futureboogie and fellow Northerner Joff 'Man Power' Kirkwood's 'MeMeMe' imprint, the pair decided to start their own record label - Forriner Music.
However, it's not only magical production dust the pair have been showering us with, oh no, they've also been flexing their non-too shabby selector skills and dropping the odd mix or two on us as well! Following on from where the debut transmission 'The Bloop' left off, 'The Bloop 2' moves farther in the same direction, creeping through one cold landscape after another, always arriving somewhere unexpected. It's a soundscape which deftly weaves through spoken word and library soundtracks, and is just as comfortable rubbing up against French new wave, dub and 60's psychedelic pioneers like The Silver Apples. It's a wonderfully diverse set to get lost in so don't delay, throw you musical compass away!!



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Till next time.
Big love. Mark. X