FMB MIXTAPE 22 | MEDLAR

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Up next on the mix we have long time FMB fav and Wolf Music regular Medlar. We go back a good few years, even before we remixed Terrell  which now feels like a lifetime ago… but this is his first mix for the blog. Fresh with a new EP  about to drop on Wolf and with his appearance at XOYO at their room host, this seems like the perfect time. We caught up with Ned to ask him a bit about the mix…

“I’ve been loving playing around with various setups and experimenting after a little time away from production so a lot of aimless jamming, there are a couple of exciting collaborative projects on the go too which are proving to be lots of fun. It’s nice to have some music out after a little gap, there’s a 4 track coming out on Wolf Music early October which is probably to most out-there record I’ve done, then to balance it out some more club-focussed remixes, the Dele Sosimi remix on this mix will be out on Wah Wah 45s pretty soon too I believe. 

The mix was recorded in my lounge at home, with a couple of piles of records, some decks and a little 2 channel Allen & Heath mixer. I have to shout out Johny Davies who cut me a couple of records on his lathe a couple of hours before I recorded it! Also shout out to half of FYI Chris for bringing me some pasta halfway through recording.

Apart from the first track, which is a remix I wanted to get in there, it’s rooted around late 80s dance music from various places, all pretty synthetic. There’s a few of my favourite Chicago/Detroit records, some Italo, some other stuff and some recent records that fit. A mix for you guys seemed the perfect excuse for something like this!”

Up Next…

“Myself and Wolf Music are hosting room 2 of your XOYO party this Saturday which we’ve been hyped for since we found out about it, we have the whole night! Then at the end of the night I head straight from Old Street to Heathrow where I’m off to Japan for a few weeks. Arigatou!”

FMB MIXTAPE 22 | MEDLAR 

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FMB MIXTAPE 21 | LOVE GLOVE

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Next up on the mix is everyones favourite party band Love Glove. We have known the guys for a very long time from partying at Corsica Studios so its great to finally get a mix out of them for the blog. After a busy summer hitting the likes of Secret Garden Party, Wilderness and Farr festival the boys will join us once again this weekend for our pre-party before XOYO at the Magic Roundabout. We caught up with the guys to ask them how the summer has been going and whats up next. 

“Larj has been working on some hardwood furniture ideas he wants to submit to Ikea whilst OK Jones & Rolfie have been holding things down on the festival circuit and trying to find time to sleep.

The mix was recorded last night in room 1 at Corsica studios in the usual B2B2B format. Shouts to Adrian and the Corsica family for letting us loose on that system whenever the need arises. It’s mostly vinyl with a couple of choice nuggets via CDJ due to Larj accidentally bringing his tool box instead of his records..”

the idea behind the mix?

“Disco disco disco. Or anything that reminds us of being in a disco. Not really planned, more of free style selection. It can go any direction with a Love Glove 3 way. There’s some heavier stuff towards the end due to red wine intake.
We’ve included some older stuff, some edits as well as some forthcoming bits from some of our pals. We don’t take ourselves
too seriously and we hope that comes across in the mix.

We’re really looking forward to joining the Bicep boys for this Saturday’s Magic Roundabout
session. The last session we joined them for at XOYO in Room 2 with Hammer was
one hell of a party!

We’ve also got a few great parties coming up over
the next two months; Glitterball in a dark basement in Hoxton on the 18th
September. We’re hosting a room with The Trouble Vision crew for their 7th
Birthday on October 2nd which is sure to be a riot as well as warming up for
one of our heroes Greg Wilson at the Nest on the 16th October.”

FMB MIXTAPE 21 | LOVE GLOVE 

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FMB MIXTAPE 20 | KORNEL KOVACS

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Buzzin’ to have Kornél Kovács join us in the mix. He’s one of the most hyped breakthrough producers recently, also 1/3 of Studio Barnhus. We rinsed his track “Szikra” continually towards the end of last year and his recent Numbers Ep has also been a smash. We’re also really excited to have him join us at XOYO! We caught up with him to see what he’s been up to:

“Full on life mode right here in good old Stockholm city. Making the most of this Indian summer, weather and friends have both been great. Wading through records and books.

This mix has been recorded at home, on the recently announced upcoming Panasonic turntables as well as 7 different industrial grade compact disc players, all hooked up through an old Honda Civic engine. I decided on the first and last tune beforehand and just went for it.

There is no grand idea behind the mix apart from trying to impress the Bicep boys. Just the kind of dance music I like. Happy to see lots of friends in there, as well as my favourite Humanoid tune.”

Next up?

“Meditating.”

FMB MIXTAPE 20 | KORNEL KOVACS 

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FMB MIXTAPE 19 | HORSE MEAT DISCO (JAMES HILLARD)

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Number 19 in the Mixtape series and welcome heavyweights Horse Meat Disco take the reins for the first time on the blog. Ever since we moved to London we have been attending the legendary Sunday HMD events usually in a haze at their local The Eagle, which is probably one of the truly hedonistic experiences in London. We can’t wait for these guys to bring this all with them to XOYO when they join us and The Black Madonna September 5th.

We caught up with James to see what they have coming up and what they have been up to recently. 

“Well being summer we’ve been doing a lot of festivals as well as flying all over the place. I worked out i will have taken 8 flights this week! Just got back from a weekend in Estonia and Glasgow (which is always great) and off to LA this weekend for FYF festival were we have our own stage and will be playing all day.

I recorded the mix at home on my computer. Its really a mix based on the tunes that i’m playing out this summer. Loosely based on the set that i did at the NYC Downlow at Glastonbury back in June of the Friday night. Always a highlight of my year and in my opinion the NYC Downlow is quite simply THE best club in the world. We’re so proud to be a part of it.”

Coming up..

“More travels. We have residencies in both Berlin and New York so we have them coming up soon and the diary is looking busy for the rest of the year. I hope also to get a holiday in at some point!”

FMB MIXTAPE 19 | HORSE MEAT DISCO (JAMES HILLARD)

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FMB005

12” Vinyl:​ 7th September 2015
Preorder: bit.ly/FMB005-Phonica
bit.ly/FMB005-Juno
Digital: ​25th September 2015
Preorder: bit.ly/FMB005-ITunes

1. BICEP & HAMMER – DAHLIA
2. BICEP – RAYS
3. BICEP – SEAGULLS
4. BICEP & HAMMER – GO (FLANGER REMIX)
5. BICEP & HAMMER – GO (BICEP’S LIQUID DUB)

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