Episode #049 - Rude 66

Oh yes. We've got one of Bunker's most prolific producers and executioners on the show this week. It's Rude 66 in the mix!!
Rude (real name: Ruud Lekx) has been making a big name for himself since the early 90's with his dark and raw signature sound. From acid techno to brutal electro and even weird space age electronica, his sound played an important part in the development of the Sound of the Dutch Westcoast. Ruud always stayed true to natural aesthetic of his trademark Bunker sound and this also brought him to release on such notorious labels like I-F's Viewlexx, his own Vynalogue, Acid Planet and DJ TLR's Crème Organization since the early 00's. What a lot of people are not aware of, is that he is also an avid vinyl collector and a superhuman selector.

We've been loyal listeners of his Cosmic Overdrive show on Intergalactic FM for quite some time now. Every monday evening, he hosts his show directly from his 666 lounge, playing all kinds of good music. From Velvet Underground specials, to amazing krautrock and wave sessions, there is a lot to be learned from a man with his knowledge. He's been such an important inspiration to us in recent times, that we just had to invite him to the show and present him to our audience in return. And what a treat it has become!



This exclusive mix is called 'the corners of the grey room' and covers many, many kinds of territories. We could try to describe the mix any further, but it would simply do unjust. It's one hell of a journey that one has to experience all by himself. So without any further ado, we'd like to introduce you to the world of one of our most favorite honest selectors of this very moment: the world of Rude 66. Enjoy!!

Rude 66 on Soundcloud
Rude 66 on Discogs.com
Rude 66 on Intergalactic FM

Episode #048 - Eindbaas

That's right. We' ve got De Eindbaas serving the good shit again, this week. Showing you all why he is running shit in his hood and his city!

Eindbaas (which is Dutch for end boss) was co-responsible for the launch of the original Deathmetaldiscoclub in early 2009. Between it's original format and the 2013 reboot, he devoted his time to honing his skills and slaughtering many, many dance floors. His superpower is his ability to handle to any type of crowd. After all, an end boss is usually significantly superior to regular enemies. And just when you thought you had found the right track, Eindbaas has instantly a more effective one at hand.



You can always try to top this guy, but remember, at the end of the day he'll be the one who will be stacking all the money! Enjoy.

Episode #047 - Ric Piccolo

Next in line is one of Argentinia's most dedicated crate diggers! We'd like to welcome Ricardo Piccolo from Buenos Aires to our family.
Ricardo is a DJ/producer who likes to spend his time in record stores, flea markets and record faires, when not working on his music. Besides the typical nu-disco and house, he maintains a very strong focus on 70's raregroove and experimental music.
He's also toured a lot through Argentinia and Europe extensively and he's got another tour coming up in Europe through this summer. He's also got a monster of a first release out on Bordello a Parigi, aptly named 'Austral Works vol.1', which should be out right now. It's limited to 250 copy's and rumour has it that they are working on vol.2, which should be out not too long from now.
His Pampas Disco Shock and Pampas Porno Shock mixes are quite notorious and he kindly offered us to host the next mix in the Porno Shock Series. Again, he's crossing many borders with this one, so it seemed like a perfect fit.



We'd like to thank Ricardo for this amazing DJ set and hope you'll enjoy this one as much as we do! For more on Ricardo Piccolo visit the links below!

Ricardo Piccolo on Soundcloud
Ricardo Piccolo on Discogs.com

Nick Mackrory ft. Harry Collier

After the success of the 'Tatooine Moons' release last month, Forgotten Corner records already returns with it's third physical single containing the 'Lucky Charms' track by Forgotten Corner artist Nick Mackrory.
The track has been played for some time now, by artists like Joe's Bakery and Nancy Noise, so it might be familiar to some people. It's vocals by Harry Collier are instantly recognizable and are interwoven with some wonderfull, clever bass patterns on top of it. It has an amazing live feeling and bursts out in an epic synth jam, full of rich textures.

Realizing the vocals just might not be for everyone, the label included a 'forgotten dub' version of the track. A clever move, as it has been championed by many great DJ's in the Balearic fields, but also beyond. Some of you might remember this one from Disko Selector's exclusive deathmetaldiscoclub mix, it also received attention by guys like Craig Bratley and some of you dutchies probably heard Rogér play this one too. It has every potential to become a instant hit and we are very happy to see this finally hit the record stores on wax.

Forgotten Corner is releasing the 'Lucky Charms EP' around April 1st, so this should be out by now. Keep track on this through your favourite stores as it will be a limited to 300 copy's.
It comes in hand screen printed inserts on heavy vinyl. Link below!

LINK TO JUNO.CO.UK (with audiosamples)

Episode #046 - Ele Mikelø

We are really happy to welcome Ele Mikelø from Zafra, Spain to the family. We first got to know him through his amazing DJ sets for his Series Disko! mix, run by our good friends from the Disko Selectors. Ele can easily be heralded as one of Spain's most promising DJ acts to operate in the national Balearic scene. In most cases, people think of 'chill-out' when they hear the term Balearic, but the genre cannot be informed as an actual genre. It's a way of blending and doing things. And Ele is a great ambassador for presenting this, often playing that typical kind of slow-burning music with a dark and cosmic overtone.

This was the main reason for inviting him and we are extremely happy with the result. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Ele Mikelø. Enjoy!



Ele Mikelø on Soundcloud

Episode #045 - Celestial Terrestrial

From the Rotterdam flight facility directly into the cosmos, between the stars and directly back to earth. We've got Celestial Terrestrial representing the Amsterdam-Rotterdam connection.
The Club von Westen residents certainly pushed theirselves way beyond human limits for this one. Happy journey, you space travellers!

Celestial Terrestrial on Soundcloud
Celestial Terrestrial on Facebook

Episode #044 - Hysteric

We are kicking off the coming season with an exceptionally great mix by Melbourne's George Hysteric, also know as the Mothball Records boss. He is pretty much a legend to italo insiders, but this time he doesn't restrict himself only to the genre.
Lots and lots of different amazing sounds, showing you that there is more to him when it comes to music. Definetly a must-hear! Enjoy friends!!



For more on Hysteric, please visit his Soundcloud.

Episode #043 - Emile Strunz

Part two of the Flight Recorder special was made by a returning guest. Last year, Emile Strunz submitted an epic, dark, electronic body music mix that certainly left an impression on a lot of people. This time Emile decided to submit something that was completely the opposite.
The main theme of this mix is love. He mixes some of the typical classics with a lot of obscure choices and it is completely dedicated to February the 14th: Valentine's Day. He even wrote a short essay about it in his very own cynical way (you can find that in the Soundcloud mix info, link below).

Let Dr. Strunz take you on a emotional ride full of passion, lust and obsession. This is Dr. Strunz's official 'Mysteries of Love' mix. Enjoy!

Flight Recorder Special

Flight Recorder from Newcastle UK is a label that has been featured a lot on our blog and our guest mixes as well. A special with a strong focus on the label was inevitable, so eventually we reached out to Mick (Iron Blu), the label owner himself, for an exclusive mix and some information about the direction of the enigmatic imprint.

Flight Recorder had some seriously succesful releases in the past. It's original output has been supported by all kinds of selectors worldwide- from Jennifer Cardini and the Mutant Disco Radio Show, to Axis DJ's like Sean Johnston and Intergalactic FM associates like I-F, Casionova and Flemming Dalum, it's slow-driven proper space-age electronica have proved to be multifunctional in all kinds of directions. Since we have covered a lot of them in the past, we are going to focus on what will be coming your way in the coming months.

We were delighted to learn that the amazing Alessandro Parisi is next in line for the wax series. The Minimal Rome artist will be teaming up with Adamennon for two collaborative tracks and both have delivered one solo track. Mick assured us that this will be a great addition to the stalwart sound of the Italian producers.
We also received some hints about the follow-up to Space Consortium, the amazing electro package that came out last year. We are truly happy to reveal that Kid Machine and Casionova are both coming back on volume 2 and that Flemming Dalum will be doing remix duties once again. What's even better, they even have a volume 3 they are working on with the same line-up! The three volumes will eventually form a complete package in the colors of the Italian flag, making it essential collectors items.

We learnt that Mick has teamed up with James Todd (formerly of Global Underground) as well, who are officially co-running Flight Recorder together now. They even gave us a slight hint about some plans for a side-label, so that´s a great promise for Flight Recorder going full-on in the coming year since it´s a two-man spaceship now!

Last but not least, Mick promised us that Emile Strunz´s follow-up to his North Sea Body Music release is in the works and is currently on top of the priority list, so that is something we are very excited about too. To complement that news, Emile has delivered another exclusive mix for deathmetaldiscoclub as well, which will be out on February 14th, so that makes this another 2-part special!



If you aren't familiar with their current discography yet, you probably want to visit the label's Bandcamp. There's plenty of magic in there that will get you going. If you are, check out the deathmetaldiscomix Mick did. It's full of forthcoming Flight Recorder and unreleased works by friends and associates. If you are following this blog, you are definetly going to like this!

It looks like the Parisi record will be out somewhere around May, but we´d advise you to start following all the links down below, because you absolutely don´t want to miss out on the pre-orders. Enjoy.

Flight Recorder on Bandcamp.com
Flight Recorder on Discogs.com
Flight Recorder on Facebook.com

Cliff Lothar - Skudge White

Finally, Cliff Lothar returns with his much-anticipated new 12" inch after the highly succesful Viewlexx debut. This guy is actually just one of a few who are able to twist the techno genre into something entirely of his own.
We can try to describe and rate every track and name our favourites etc... But you'll just have to click on the preview down below and order this extroardinary piece of wax as soon as you can because this one is going to sell out mega-fast!!


We're just here to say:
'Cliff Lothar!! CLIFF LOTHAR!!! CLIFF LOTHAAARRR !!!!!'

LINK TO CLONE.NL (with audiosamples)