&mdash; UrsaMal

Been ridiculously busy and failed to update here, so for the record:

Panaural #4 – 13/03/2014 – Exclusive live set from Kayla Painter (Bit-Phalanx)

Panaural #5 – 27/03/2014 – Guest mix from Leftchest for Caoutchou Records

Panaural #6 – 10/04/2014 – Guest mix from Eschaton (Omni Music)

Panaural #7 – 24/04/2014 – Guest mix from Vertical 67

Tracklistings are on all the Mixcloud pages. Also I entered a remix for the recent Blu Mar Ten remix competition which I was quite pleased with, and a 30m guest mix for Cogi and Blood Boy on Rood.FM which should be up soon, plus a few other things in the pipeline…

Panaural #3 – 27/2/14 – Guest mix from Organic Analogue records

March 7, 2014

Radio shows

Panaural returns with a guest mix from Organic Analogue records. With their first 808-heavy release from Jeremiah R featuring a remix from Drexciya’s Gerald Donald, and their forthcoming release from HVL, O/A have already developed a strong following. As evidenced by their previous mixes (including a beautifully immersive 2 hours for the Jaguar Shoes collective) their tastes run far wider than just the dancefloor, and that range of styles will be perfectly demonstrated on the show.

In addition, we have music from the brand new album from Untold, plus tracks from Loops Haunt, Vondelpark, Pat Hime and more.

Stream – http://www.mixcloud.com/ursa/panaural-3-270214-guest-mix-from-organic-analogue/
DL – http://futuremusic.fm/panaural-27022014-ft-organic-analogue

playlist
Deft – Perky [WotNot]
Catnip & Claws – One Year, One Day [RRARE NUDES]
Addison Groove – 167 Blast ft DJ Die [50 Weapons]
Frederic Robinson – His Inner Strength [BMTM]
Thing – Future Roots [31 Records]
DJ Hidden – A Slice of Yello (I Love You) [Soundcloud]
Valance Drakes – A Shadow of a Dream [Love Love]
Paul Blackford – Funk Terminal [CPU]
Electromeca – Biker D’Amour [Peace Off!!]

Organic Analogue
A mix of oddities, rare vinyl and O/A exclusives by label boss Nate Forest

Lorn – Tune in now
Hugo Montenegro – You Showed Me
Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom – Talk 1
Blancmange – Just Another Spectre
John Cameron – Breeze
Meat Beat Manifesto – Prime Audio Soup (Vegetarian Soup by Boards of Canada)
Pye Corner Audio – Electronic Rhythm Number Twelve
John Hyde – Piranha
BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Broadcast (feat. John Peel)
Councilor – East City Intro (unreleased)
Terekke – ccc (unreleased)
HVL – Space Venture (unreleased)
M83 – Space Fertilizer (+ Delia Derbyshire interview)
Jolly Mare – Ziloca
Gift Of Dreams – Mandroid
CROZA – Cheater (unreleased)
Delete – Slo-mo Girl (Original)
JT Edit – Party Girl
Galactic Perry Group – Swift The Machine (unreleased)
HVL – Cygnus Loop (unreleased)
John Hyde – Greenstone (+ Delia Derbyshire interview)
PolySick – Phonecall Blues (unreleased)
Mike Huckaby – Baseline 69
Cliff Lothar – Murked Out
Coco Steel & Lovebomb – Feel it!
Jeremiah R – SH101 Arp8 (unreleased)
Anthony Rother – Sex With The Machines

iAM9 & Jynx – Be Your Own [Various Vegetables]
Pat Hime – Whistling Copse [Acroplane]
Vondelpark – Closer (Falty DL remix) [R&S]
Perc – Lurch [Perc Trax]
Duke Slammer – Threads [Bonus Round]
Colo – The View from Nowhere (Monokle remix) [XLR8R]
Loops Haunt – IIVA [Black Acre]
Ontal – Function [Violet Poison]
Untold – Strange Dreams [Hemlock]

Ursa – Early Extremities EP (Ricochet Records)

February 27, 2014

http://www.junodownload.com/products/ursa-early-extremities/2395997-02/

So, my first solo EP is out now, available at the following reputable online retailers, and Beatport.

https://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/early_extremities

https://www.trackitdown.net/track/ursa/early-extremities/electronica/6655443.html

http://www.amazon.com/Early-Extremities/dp/B00I4KPBQG

http://www.7digital.com/artist/ursa/release/early-extremities

http://www.beatport.com/release/early-extremities/1240390

Please check it out – i’m really happy to finally have these tracks out, and they seem to be going down well. Fantastic remix work from Duskky and Machine Gun Militia too 🙂

Panaural #2 – Guest mix from Haf Haf

February 27, 2014

Panaural #2 – Guest mix from Haf Haf

Episode 2 of Panaural, with a guest mix from Haf Haf. Tracklisting below.

Beatlove – time

Eutechnik – M13

Bellariva Gladiators – Nubi over Anubi

Cyan341 – Far From Home

Voices from the lake – Velo Di Maya

Turtlez – Smoking Buckets

Perc – Take your body off

Savagen – Roughten Pounder

Objekt – Balloons

Lakker – Containing a thousand

Datasette – Cagney Xor Lacey pt 1

Haf Haf guest mix

Franjazzco – Footworkin in the closet

Colo – Take Mine

Dissident – Pseudo

Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing (Om Unit remix)

Missqulater – Rude Returns

Hiele – Say

Hazard & D. Minds – Mr Happy (DJ Detweiler VIP)

Episode 3, with a guest mix from Organic Analogue records, goes out tonight…

Back with a (quiet) bang

January 31, 2014

So, as many of you may know, The Centrifuge Radio Show is no more. After the last few shows (archived at http://www.mixcloud.com/ursa) I took a break for a few months.

My new show Panaural began last night with a guest mix from Jilk (Bit-Phalanx). You can find the show and the 4 pre-recorded warm up shows at http://www.future-music.co.uk, or http://www.mixcloud.com/panaural

Tracklisting:
Thomas White – Missin’ You (Pixelord remix) [Hyperboloid]
Eutechnik – A1 [Zanderhythm]
Haf Haf – Flow Node b1 [Gang of Ducks]
Christian Loeffler – Notes (Monokle remix) [Ki Records]
Sunil Sharpe – Ground Skull Dust [Violet Poison]
These Hidden Hands – Hidden (Old Apparatus remix) [Hidden Hundred]
Hound Scales – Thinner (Forward Strategy Group remix) [White Asega]
Metrist – Leviathanks [Fifth Wall]
Clap! Clap! – Tambacounda’s Black Magic [Black Acre]
Savagen – Practical Education [DarkfloorSound]
Shifted – Contact 0 [Bed of Nails]
Bellariva Gladiators – M Blump (LIDL’s Gel Vibrators short cut) [Eves]
Octavcat – C16 Dual [Uncharted Audio]

Jilk guest mix:
1) Intro
2) Nuala Honn – All Is Not Lost (Jilk Hazed and Confused remix)
3) Jilk – Come In Spiders (live edit)
4) Jilk – Winter Blues in Robbies Room (live edit)
5) Jilk – Untitled Unreleased
6) Jilk – Dream Junglist/I need to know you
7) Jilk – I was 12 in 96
8) Jilk – For Don’t
9) Jilk – Go Hard, Go Fast, Get Acid Reflux
10) Jilk – My Techno Heart melts your EMO dribble (T-toe’s Booty Bounce Riddim ft Mr Sham)
11) Jilk – My Lonely Cowboy melts your heart

Container – Complex [Liberation Technologies]
Sk’p – Astravel (ena.bled rmx) [Crazy Language]
LB Dub Corp – LBs Dub [Ostgut Ton]
Leyland Kirby – Last Ditch Legacy [Apollo]
Calculon & Pawn – Larchmont (Om Unit remix) [Storm]
Addison Groove & Sam Binga – 11th [50 Weapons]
Snow Ghosts – Secret Garden (Richard Skelton remix) [Houndstooth]
Heart Drive – Metrodrone [Heart Drive]
Wagawaga – Old Piano [Cookin’ Up]

Also, my first solo release, the Early Extremities EP, will be out February 24th on Ricochet. More details to follow.

Update…

May 23, 2013

chart, Cross-postings, Radio shows, Reviews

Reviews:
George Lanham & Mr Jones – Broadband Collaborations 2
Hound Scales – Case (Nabis)
Albert Van Abbe – Sugar Lobby Series
Dave Clarke – Wisdom to the Wise remixes
Brendon Moeller – Extra Works

So haven’t posted on here in a while, loads of things to catch up on…

Radio – last three shows are uploaded
The Centrifuge Radio Show #91 – No Guest Mix
The Centrifuge Radio Show #92 – Guest Mix & Interview with Alan Starck (Ominim)
The Centrifuge Radio Show #93 – Guest mix from Paul Blackford

April Chart

The Centrifuge Radio Show #90 – 20th March 2013 – Mr Seavers live @ Darkfloor

March 26, 2013

Radio shows

STREAM/DOWNLOAD HERE

Following on from the Darkfloor Live event a couple of weeks back, Mr Seavers has kindly given us his closing set from the night for broadcast. A veteran of the Nottingham techno and breaks scenes, Seavers is now based in London and continues to rinse out tough as nails sets for all comers. Including Modeselektor, The Prodigy and many others, this is a full on hour of beats.

In addition, we’ve new music from South London Ordinance, delPurr & Eraser, Separation Device, Threnody, Kab Driver, Vector Lovers, Siriusmo, Eomac and many more.

Tracklisting:

Kab Driver – Hank Bewlington [Reset Industries]
Dillon + Telefon Tel Aviv – Feel the Fall [bPitch Control]
Separation Device – Parasitic Drag [Bandcamp]
Baconhead – Very Senior [Eat Concrete]
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream (Unknown Edit) [Soundcloud]
Romare – Your Love (Give Me Fever) [Black Acre]
delPurr & Eraser – Fairytale [Blu Mar Ten Music]
Aera – Cambio [Aleph]
Om Unit & Sam Binga – Electribe Riddem [Exit]
Paul Blackford – ED-209 [Tudor Beats]
Xtrngr feat Miss Q – The Day Before [Discontinurecords]
LV feat Okmalumkoolkat – SSSSNAKE [Hyperdub]

Mr Seavers – Recorded at Darkfloor Live (full tracklisting to follow)

Mike & Alan – Braindead Moth [Soundcloud]
Seuil – Teopartü [Half Baked]
Vector Lovers – Big City Loner [Soma]
South London Ordinance – Transmission Funk [Hotflush]
Various Productions – Worse [Various]
Threnody – Emergency [Big Dada]
Siriusmo – Itchy [Monkeytown]
Thorpey – Acid Trek VIP [Mutant Bass]

Reviews – Paul Blackford & Bandshell

March 15, 2013

Cross-postings, Reviews

Wrote a few reviews for Darkfloor.co.uk – first two are up now, more to follow:

Paul Blackford – Return of the Bionic Bassline (Tudor Beats)

As a man whose main introduction to electronic music was through DnB, faster tempos have always attracted me.

The first time I heard Paul Blackford, I knew he would be a name I’d keep an eye on in the future – combining electro beats and 170bpm speeds was always going to grab my attention.

Now, ten years on from his first release 1991 on Ed DMX’s Breakin’, he follows up his recent Dream Sequence EP on Tudor Beats with this full length (available as a digital download and limited 5.1 DVD) with the incredibly appropriate catalogue number TB-909.

Opener All I Ever Wanted is a floaty and dream-like opener. Fast without creating a desire to mosh, and it works well as an introduction, before track two Channel Zwei completely flips the vibe. The simple two-note bassline creates a vibe not dissimilar to an early Virus Recordings track. Swapping the funk breaks for simple, quantised hardware sounds.

The tracks aren’t overly dense – Blackford does a wonderful job of keeping the attention with a minimal number of sounds, and very few drum edits or fills; the sound varies through the introduction and dropping of various layers, rather than constant tweaking and modulation. Despite this, the tracks convey a decent variety of moods. ED-209 is as dark as you’d expect, with an interesting thuddy snare. While Hackney Marshes is (somewhat unsurprisingly) bouncier. Ghetto Blaster adds delayed, filtered bleeps to the mix, creating an initial vibe not too far from Drexciya at 78rpm.

Admittedly, it’s not the most varied album. The tracks are all roughly the same tempo, and the drum sounds and synths all share a particular feel, but that’s the deal with Blackford’s sound; either you get it, or you don’t.

If you do, there’s lots here to like. If you don’t, it’s unlikely that any one track will change your mind.

If you’re not sure, check out the title track. A perfect summary of Paul’s styles – a dark, catchy bassline over snappy, steppy electro drums. If you don’t enjoy that, the rest of the album won’t appeal. But then there was probably no hope for you to begin with.

Bandshell – Caustic View (Liberation Technologies)

Fresh from appearing on Ben UFO’s Fabriclive mix, and following on from his debut release on Hessle Audio last year; Bandshell releases a new 4 track EP, his Caustic View, on Liberation Technologies.

For someone whose name was quite well known on Dubstepforum, Bandshell has managed to create a suitably shadowy, unknown presence of the kind which only really works when your tunes are good enough to make people take notice. Which is rather fortunate, in this case.

The four tracks can be divided into two distinct parts – Winton and Nice Mullet are hard edged, skittering, kick heavy tracks for the dancefloor, with choppy, stumbling rhythms and heavy subs. While Perc (as heard on FabricLive 67) and Landfill (which you may have heard on his mix for Sonic Router last year) are more melodic, housier rhythms. Perc floats along nicely with Landfill resembling Actress in its compressed, slightly suffocating vibe.

Well worth a listen, and in Winton & Nice Mullet, two tracks that should wreck any dancefloor.

The Centrifuge Radio Show #89 – 6th Mar 2013 – Live set from Oxynucid

March 14, 2013

Radio shows