Ha Kosek,

Yes i know most of the albums you are talking about. Love the delta funktionen and monoloc albums.

Really into this dark and deep sound at the moment.

I have to give the credits to my boyfriend though; he does al the record-digging and music searching. I just ask him 'who is this artist?'. He's my personal juke-box. Very nice.

mikl, on 09 June 2014 - 3:36 PM, said:

Well spotted. The album is however, as boring as I feared it would be. I say this as someone who loved Myths Of The Near Future and loved seeing them live at Shepherds Bush Empire around that time (pints and glowsticks flying everywhere).
I sort of stopped trying to figure out which tracks are produced by Tom. l couldn't stay interested enough...

skyscraper, on 10 June 2014 - 6:09 AM, said:

Yeah, sadly it didn't grab hold of me. Atom To Atom by far the stand out for me. And ill stick to the Tom Rowlands remix of Love Frequency too.

I fear I have to agree with you guys so far. I think I have to give this another few spins. Maybe I just have to get used to the vocals.
But first: the new Mr. Scruff album again! That album is amazing! Classic scruff but way more minimal, deep and funkier than before.

Solid Steel Radio Show 6/6/2014 Part 3 + 4 - Alex Banks
http://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-662014-part-3-4-alex-banks

In Hour 2 it's a return for Alex Banks, who was the Solid Steel Mix of the Year winner in 2012 and now has a new album 'Illuminate' out on Monkeytown, another label run by Modeselektor. He tells us;
"Having spent a lot of time focussing on producing my new album recently, I’ve not recorded a DJ mix for a while so I wanted to put something together that includes some of my favourite tracks from sets I’ve played out in the past year or so, as well some of brand new stuff I’m really excited by at the moment. As the music I make is influenced by a wide range of styles, I’ve also tried to incorporate that into my DJ sets, so here you’ll find downtempo electronica mixed with full on dance floor smashers and everything between. There’s also a few tracks from the new album and an exclusive preview of my forthcoming release on the next Modeselektion Vol.3 compilation out 27th June."

Check out the Solid Steel website here
and you can follow Solid Steel on Facebook and the brand new Twitter feed.

PART 3 + 4 - Alex Banks twitter.com/alexbanksmusic

Daniel Avery _ Spring 27 _ Phantasy/Because Music
Alphabet’s Heaven _ Fornia _ King Deluxe
Rival Consoles _ Voyager _ Erased Tapes
Byetone _ Neuschnee _ Raster-Noton
Daniel Avery _ Drone Logic _ Phantasy/Because Music
Marquis Hawkes _ Divine Intervention _ Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Daphni _ Ahora _ Amazing Sounds
Alex Banks _ Lights _ Monkeytown
Jamie XX _ Sleep Sound _ Young Turks
Bonobo _ First Fires (Maya Jane Coles Remix) _ Ninja Tune
Siriusmo _ High Together _ Monkeytown
Tobias _ Entire _ Ostgut Ton
Max Cooper _ Untitled _ Unreleased
Peverelist and Kowton _ Raw Code _ Hessle Audio
Andre Bratten _ Trommer Og Bass _ Correspondant
Byetone _ Opal _ Raster-Noton
Midland/Breach _ 101 _ Never Naked
Spoils _ Bad Things _ Love Sick
Sascha Funke _ Mango _ BPitch Control
Aufgang _ Sonar (Spitzer Remix) _ Discograph
Four Tet _ Jupiters _ Text
Alex Banks _ Phosphorus _ Monkeytown
Phon.o _ Kellerkind _ 50 Weapons
Hodge _ Resolve _ Punch Drunk
Alex Banks _ Be the One _ Monkeytown
Djrum _ Tailing _ 2nd Drop
Alex Banks _ Sheya _ Monkeytown

ThePumisher, on 13 June 2014 - 2:22 AM, said:

Totally reminds of this primal scream track:My link


That Alex Banks mix is killer too.

Ben_j, on 26 June 2014 - 1:01 AM, said:

At first i was like "total change in their music style or what?", but then i realised it's Para One, not Shock One...

whoa whoa whoa whoa

Noisia's new EP, Purpose. 8 tracks, coming back to their roots (neurofunk, drum'n'bass), it's pure delight !



EDIT: and check out that magnificent artwork, perfectly fitting the mood of the tracks

dead con dance song of sophia

stardoktor, on 01 July 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

Ah this, which the brothers sampled for Song To the Siren. Which was confusing as Dead Can Dance were signed to 4AD records which is the label that also released This Mortal Coil's Song To the Siren, which wasn't sampled by the Chems.

Collaboration between 1/3 of Noisia and 1/3 of Black Sun Empire, very elusive track that Amon Tobin used to play 5 or 6 years ago, and I only found the ID today

Brand new, unreleased electronic sounding New Order track. Vocals are admittedly BAD.
We know Tom has been working with them, though this doesn't sound particularly Chemical to me...

That's rather good! Vocals are poor at the start but everywhere else they blend fine. I wouldn't be surprised if Tom was or wasn't involved with this, I mean, Here To Stay was produced by the Chems and that's hardly signature Chems.

So the 2014 Tour de France has hit the UK today. I imagine at least one Chemical Brother will be pleased about that. Here's something semi-predictable for the occasion.