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ExtraSolarPodcast #29 [XTRSLRP029]

This month we've got a serious mix from Belgian producer and the winner of last year's Sun & Bass DJ competition... Solace! We caught up with him for a short interview before his mix goes live.

You can check out the interview here: https://goo.gl/DorYj2

Tracklist:
1. Big Bud, Roygreen, Protone & Dual - Gospodi [Demand]
2. Alix Perez - Contradictions [Shogun Audio]
3. Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile [Critical]
4. Kimyan Law - Run Ames ft. Robert Manos [Blu Mar Ten Music]
5. Mono - Without You [IM:Ltd]
6. Xanadu - Save Yourself [Dom & Roland Productions]
7. Skeptical - Imperial [Exit Records]
8. Villem & Phase - In Search Of [Horizons Music]
9. Ulterior Motive - Keep It Moving (Break Remix) [Metalheadz]
10. Precision & Subdivision - Minimal Clap [Dub]
11. Alix Perez & Zero T - Enemy of Reason [Dispatch]
12. The Upbeats & Ivy Lab - Pharaoh [Vision]
13. Elliot Moss - Slip (SpectraSoul bootleg) [Free DL www.soundcloud.com/SpectraSoul]
14. Villem & Phase - Reap What You Sow ft. McLeod [Metalheadz]
15. Clarity - Fog [Samurai Music]
16. Loxy & Skeptical - Engage [Renegade Hardware]
17. Overlook - Cardinals [Horizons]
18. ??? - ??? [Dub]
19. Marcus Intalex - Mixed Bag ft. DRS [Soul:r]
20. dBridge - Creatures Of Habit [Exit Records]
21. Dom & Roland - Sirens Song ft. Robert Manos [Dom & Roland Productions]
22. Mortem - The Touch (Sabre Remix) [IM:Ltd]
23. ??? - ??? [Dub]
24. ??? - ??? [Dub]
25. DRS ft. Enei - Count To Ten VIP [Soul:r]
26. Alix Perez - Drifting [1985 Music]
27. Calibre - Space Time ft. Cleveland Watkiss [Signature Recordings]
28. Halogenix - All Blue ft. Cleveland Watkiss [Metalheadz]
29. Fono - Feet On The Ground (Ivy Lab Remix) [Polydor Records]
30. ??? - ??? [Dub]
31. Quadrant, Iris & Kid Hops - Seasick [Commercial Suicide]
32. Villem & Phase - Uno [Forthcoming Horizons]
33. Chimpo - Manchester Anthem (Dub Phizix Remix) [Nemesis Recordings]
34. Mark System - Optix [Exit Records]
35. DLR ft. Break - Wonder What It Feels Like [Dispatch]
36. DRS - The Puppeteer ft. Jubei [Soul:r]
37. M-Zine, Scepticz & Bredren - Then Suddenly [Critical]
38. ??? - ??? [Dub]

You can find more from Solace via the following links:
Solace - Consequence
https://goo.gl/Aurx1D

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ExtraSolarPodcast #28 [XTRSLRP028]

November brings us another multi genre mix from Leeds based duo Revaux. The boys have been killing it this year with a string of heavy releases on Lifestyle, Mindtech Recordings and Authentic Music. We caught up with Joe and Ru to talk about releases, production tips and Hip-Hop.

You can check out the interview here: https://goo.gl/2HyuJr

Tracklist:
1. Hawk House - Tidal Tendencies [Free DL http://HawkHouseMusic.com]
2. The Mouse Outfit - No Wonder ft. Sparkz (Tall Black Guy Remix) [http://TheMouseOutfit.bandcamp.com]
3. MC Subliminal - Give What You Get prod. Revaux [Dub]
4. Hawk House - Round We Go [Free DL http://HawkHouseMusic.com]
5. Stray - Since You’ve Been Gone [Free DL http://soundcloud.com/Stray]
6. Mr. Carmack - Hopscotch [Mad Decent]
7. Royalston - Jungle Gone Down ft. August Storm (Kimyan Law Remix) [Medschool]
8. Revaux - Flatline [Lifestyle]
9. Molecular - Reaching Out [Counterpoint]
10. Arkitech - Convulsion (Revaux Remix) [Dub]
11. Handra - Far Away (Ed:it Remix) [Addictive Behaviour]
12. GLXY - Overwatch [Limitless Recordings]
13. QBig & Zenith B - Hold Me Close [Flexout Audio]
14. Arkaik - Steve [Dispatch]
15. Ewol & Wingz - Perspectives [Flexout Audio]
16. Revaux - Overpass [Dub]
17. Soligen & Type-2 - Can’t Go [Fokuz]
18. Pola & Bryson - Devil [Soulvent Recordings]
19. Poztman - Noise Funk [Forest Biz Records]
20. SpectraSoul - AKA Yoob [Ish Chat Music]
21. Alix Perez & Zero T - The Ladders [Dispatch]
22. Ed:it - Babylon Step [Shogun Audio]
23. DLR & Total Science - On The Edge [Dispatch]
24. Revaux - Head First [Lifestyle]
25. Fre4knc - Tradecraft [Invisible]
26. Amoss - Crab Stance [Flexout Audio]
27. Nausika - Pieces [Subtitles UK]

You can find more from Revaux via the following links:
www.soundcloud.com/Revaux
www.facebook.com/RevauxMusic
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ExtraSolarPodcast #27 [XTRSLRP027]

This October we've got another eclectic mix for you. This one comes from the likes of Belgian producer Youniss Ahamad aka Corrupted. Younis released his first artist EP with Halogen Music at the end of last month. We caught up with him for a quick chat ahead of this months upload.

You can check out the interview here: goo.gl/xd9SsY

Tracklist:
1. Frank Ocean - Nights [Boys Don't Cry]
2. Ivy Lab - Gettysburg [20/20]
3. Shlohmo - Hot Boxing the Cockpit (Tokimonsta Remix) [Friends of Friends]
4. Flying Lotus - 1983 [Plug Research]
5. G Jones - Lavender Town [Self Released]
6. Anderson .Paak - Milk N' Honey [Steel Wool]
7. DJ Rashad, Machinedrum & Nick Hook - Understand [Bandcamp]
8. J. Nomad - Feel Good Station [Footjuice]
9. Tehbis - Harrangutan [Astrophonica]
10. Chimpo - Bedsprings Riddim [Exit Records]
11. Joe Syntax - Tribal Yardcore [Medschool]
12. Corrupted & Mr Fuzz - Bussaback [Dub]
13. ??? - ??? [Dub]
14. Alix Perez & Eprom - Hypeflex [1985]
15. Sully - Helios [Astrophonica]
16. Tehbis x Touchy Subject - 1988 [Astrophonica]
17. Itoa - B 2the B [Bad taste]
18. J: Kenzo - Skatta [Cosmic Bridge]
19. SpectraSoul - Four Points VIP ft. Kenny Knots [Self Released]
20. Corrupted - Sluggin' Thug [Halogen Music]
21. Ivy Lab & Alix Perez - Fortuna [20/20]
22. Danny Brown - Really Doe ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt [Warp Records]
23. Alix Perez & Eprom - Gravediggin' [1985]
24. Corrupted & Lakeway - One Eyed Text [Halogen]
25. Baauer - Sow [Lucky Me]
26. Cam'Ron - Oh Boy (Ivy Lab's 20/20 Bootleg) [Free DL www.soundcloud.com/IvyLab]
27. ODB - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Mr. Carmack Remix) [Self Released]
28. Alix Perez - Move Aside ft. Foreign Beggars [Shogun Audio]
29. ??? - ??? [Dub]
30. Xanadu - Ventricle [Dom & Roland Productions]
31. Chimpo - Suga Rush [Exit Records]
32. Sam Binga - Mind & Spirit ft. Rider Shafique (Breakage Remix) [Critical]
33. Total Science - Notes of Blue [Metalheadz]
34. Children of Zeus - Still Standing (Lenzman Remix) [The North Quarter]
35. ??? - ??? [Dub]
36. Mac Miller - God Is Fair Sexy Nasty ft. Kendrick Lamar [REMember]

You can find more from Corrupted via the following links:
www.soundcloud.com/Corrupted-Music
www.facebook.com/Corrupted.Music
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ExtraSolarPodcast #26 [XTRSLRP026]

Podcast number 26 comes from boss-lady Zhang Qi of Mist events in China. Our man Fearful just wrapped up his China tour after a couple of weeks on the road with the Mist crew and we thought we’d bring you a taste of what these guys are doing in the form of this wicked DnB mix from Cvalda. Fearful caught up with Cvalda following the tour to talk about events and the future of Mist.

You can check out the full interview here: https://goo.gl/X7mTwv

Q: You’ve been running the ‘Mist’ club nights in China for around 2 years now. Tell us a bit more about how you got into DnB and what made you decide to put on your own events?

“Yes, this November Mist will be 2 year old! It's really a shame that I wasn't really into this magic genre during the 90s (In China during the 90s the whole country was like it just awoke from a long dream, government started to develop economic, ppl started to explore the outside world, they want new music from west but could only see a very small part of it). I started with abstract hip-hop/downtempo/breakbeat etc. Around 2004, a German guy started to host DnB events in my city Chengdu. That was my first experience of DnB party. I loved it and I kept those feelings in my heart for a long time, so when I decided to produce music in 2009, I started to make some DnB tracks. A year after I became a DnB DJ.

About 3 years ago I found Homemade Weaponry sessions on Soundcloud randomly, I've been deeply touched by this kind of DnB and it's exactly what I'm looking for. After that I changed my style to minimal/experimental DnB and never went back. I was really lucky to have met Homemade Weapons himself during my vacation to New York last summer and earlier this year I brought this man who changed my music life to China and had an amazing tour with him.

I co-founded Chengdu's first underground club in 2006, and started to promote events since then, but the club closed down after 7 months coz the scene wasn't ready at that time. Hosting my own events was an idea in my mind for quite a long time, but I knew it would be a crazy stressful job so I didn't really do it, just helped friends to get gigs in Chengdu from time to time. 2 years ago Chris Dexta told me Arkaik will move to China soon. I really want more ppl in China to know this brilliant producer and this kind of DnB, so I founded MIST and made Arkaik's China tour happen.”

Q: You’ve been playing a few of your own productions during the tour, do you have plans to release them with any labels or even set up your own in the future?

“Some of them are released by a local label called Mintone Records which is mostly focus on jazzy hip-hop right now, I joined the crew when I started producing in 2009 but it's not a DnB label so I only released some DnB remixes for some of their artists. As far as I know there's no label focus on releasing DnB tracks in China at the moment. I want MIST to be the first one for sure but for now I'm running the brand by myself so time is a problem. If I'm ready with a finished an EP, I'll find a way to release it, haha.”

Q: Finally, can you tell us what you have planned for the future of ‘Mist’?

“This year we have one event with Fre4knc and a tour for Gremlinz to do. MIST will continue the workshop project - MistCamp/Beatmakers to help more local producers, hopefully we can release some DnB EP or a compilation in the future. And of course we will keep on bringing good underground DnB artists to China!”

Massive shout out to Cvalda! You can find more from her and keep up to date with Mist events via the links below:
www.soundcloud.com/Cvalda
www.facebook.com/CvaldaC
www.facebook.com/ILoveMist
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ExtraSolarPodcast #25 [XTRSLRP025]

This month is a bit of a milestone as we upload the 25th podcast in our series. To celebrate, we’ve got a mix from M-Zine & Scepticz thats so full of Dubs that we haven’t been able to include a tracklist.

Q: Hey guys, how’s it going? We're hyped to have you in the mix for us this month, it seems you've been busy in the studio lately. You've got a heap of tunes forthcoming, what can you tell us about those? Are there any tracks you're particularly proud of?

“Easy guys, all’s going well thank you, big up for having us do the podcast this month !
There’s a couple of tunes forthcoming over the next couple of months Yes! We’ve got a shared 12” with DLR that has just come out today actually (1st of July), which we’re both very proud of. There’s an EP wrapped up for Blendits Audio (Rotterdam), an EP for Dispatch Recordings that has been coming together nicely, plus a tune on their scheduled VA Album (DIS100). Also we just had a tune released on Different Music for their GiraffeDay Charity LP, which we’re really glad to have been a part off, be sure to check that out if you haven’t already ;-)”

Q: We're loving the collaboration with DLR on Warm Communications. The track has an amazing vibe and it’s a bit different from what we're used to hearing from you. How was it working with him?

“Working with Jay was quite sick, he showed us around Bristol a bit, his workflow is very much inspiring, basically we brought some sample vibes along with us, got one of his beats in and the tune quite fluently came together, that’s what’s so exciting for us about this collaboration, the natural progression behind it. Furthermore Jay is one of the nicest and safest dudes we’ve met!”

Q: So how do things normally work in the studio between you two? Are there any parts of production either of you like best?

“Things usually start of with just a beat or a main idea of what we want to make, making sure the drums are right is key to making a tune, so we’ll spend a lot of time going back and forth between other tunes and comparing the drums to them first, if those are balanced out nicely, the rest quickly follows and tends to sit nicely with the backbone of the tune.
Joeri is the man behind the engineering of the tunes, Tom provides some nice vibes and pads to compliment that.”

Q: If you guys could collaborate with anyone, who would it be and why?

“We would have to say Mikal and/or Mako, they are really onto some vibes at the moment, and their mixdowns just sound so fat each and every time, and their music is just so on point!”

Q: So finally, what can we expect from your podcast? There’s lots of new music in there that we haven't heard before. Which artists are you feeling at the moment?

“War, Hydro, Mako, Om Unit, Skeptical, Alix Perez, Signal, Commix, Cruk, Villem, Mcleod, Fields, Mikal, Arkaik, Phase, Bredren, Total Science, dBridge, Kid Drama, Jubei.”

A huge shout out to M-Zine & Scepticz, we hope you enjoy their mix as much as we did!

Find more from M-Zine & Scepticz and check out their track with DLR via the links below:
www.soundcloud.com/MZineScepticz
www.facebook.com/MZineScepticz

DLR, M-Zine & Scepticz - Still Alive: https://goo.gl/U0VRvA
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ExtraSolarPodcast #24 [XTRSLRP024]

So this one took a little longer to get sorted, but ExtraSolarMusic podcast #24 is now here! We're now doing interviews to accompany each podcast in anticipation of our beautiful new website, which will be launching some time in the near future. The first comes from our man Joakuim!
http://bit.do/XTRSLRP024-Interview

So big, big thanks to Joe!
We hope you enjoy ExtraSolarPodcast #24
Fearful & Noema UK

Find more from Joakuim on Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/Joakuim

Tracklist:
1. Joakuim - Aztec Dance [Dub]
2. Crank & Joakuim - Round 2 [Openmind01]
3. Skeptical - Echo Dub [Tempa]
4. Joakuim & Crank - Bubble Hash [Openmind01]
5. Joakuim - Interlude [Dub]
6. Outernational Meltdown - Hungry On Arrival (Spring Heel Jack Remix) [B&W Music]
7. Commix - Life We Live [Soul:r]
8. Joakuim - Outside Of Work [Dub]
9. Nujabes - Sign ft. Pase Rock [Hyde-Out Productions]
10. FloFilz - Heimweh [Melting Pot Music]
11. Joakuim - Jazz Docu [Dub]
12. Joakuim - Tune 33 [Deep Heads]
13. Calibre - Discreet Dub [Deep Medi Musik]
14. Rainforest - Black Ocean Temple [Dub]
15. Cern - Conway [Dispatch Recordings]
16. DLR & Hydro - Empyreal [Dispatch Recordings]
17. Joakuim - Independencia [Dub]
18. Herbie Hancock - Little One [Blue Note]
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