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FACT mix 528: Bing & Ruth
Bing & Ruth is a minimalist collective based in New York, led by composer and pianist David Moore. Formed in the mid-2010s, the group has evolved through several changes of personnel and label,...
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FACT mix 529: Trackman
They don’t make ’em like Mark Archer any more.Most people probably know the producer and DJ for his work alongside Chris Peat as Altern 8, but there’s much more to Archer than that. His mid-90s run as...
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FACT mix 530: Grant
To kick off the new year, here’s a mix to soothe the soul.Coming from mysterious producer Grant – whose album The Acrobat last year on The Lauren Bacall imprint was a low-key favorite over here – the...
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FACT mix 531: Flava D
Butterz’ first lady throws down.Flava D has released some volume of music since debuting on Pitch Controllers in 2012. As well as her regular home of Butterz – through which she’s released ‘Hold On’,...
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FACT mix 532: Paula Temple
Frazzled techno for sharp minds.After emerging from a decade-long hiatus in 2013, Paula Temple quickly cemented her reputation as one of R&S Records’ heaviest practitioners, with two records of...
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FACT mix 533: Roly Porter
Roly Porter has been pushing electronic music to its darkest, loudest extremes for a deceptively long period of time.He first started releasing music as half of industrial grime/dubstep duo Vex’d...
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FACT mix 534: Mood II Swing
Mood II Swing are basically untouchable. Lem Springsteen and John Ciafone released too many great records to count in the 1990s, both originals and remixes for the likes of Kim English and Fonda Rae....
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FACT mix 535: Fatima Yahama
Dance music loves a good story. Fatima Yamaha was the short-lived alias of Dutch producer Bas Bron. He released just the one record under that name, 2004’s A Girl Between Two Worlds on Dublin label...
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FACT mix 536: Not Waving
Alessio Natalizia unleashes the pustulent club material for your sick disco.The Italian artist has been on our radar for what seems like forever, operating under a variety of guises: the dreamy,...
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FACT mix 537: JT The Goon
FACT mix 537: JT The Goon BY FACT, FEB 22 2016King Triton dishes out the crown jewels.JT The Goon’s grime credentials are as robust as they come. As a member of East London’s Slew Dem Crew in the...
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FACT mix 538: Ziro
The Lionheart roars.Bristol’s Ziro has been a key member of Crazylegs since its launch in 2012, providing the local label with its first release, the itchy, techno-rooted ‘Coded’/‘Oni’, and teaming up...
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FACT Mix 539: Ash Koosha
Enter the vaults of G.U.U.D. Music.The second FACT mix of the week (we love to spoil you) comes from Iranian futurist and Bandcamp breakout star Ash Koosha. We’ve been raving about the...
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FACT mix 540: Via App
Killer App.Brooklyn-based techno outsider Dylan Scheer (aka Via App) cut her teeth on the Boston noise circuit, playing scuzzy shows in basements and lofts, before targeting the rest of the world with...
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FACT mix 541: Tortoise
Bands don’t get much more influential than Chicago’s Tortoise.Founded back in 1990, the band innovated with a studio-touched blend of jazz and rock, lighting the touchpaper for very American take on...
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FACT mix 542: Loom
FACT mix 542: LoomBY FACT, MAR 21 2016Ultra-fresh movements from the grime outsider.Mr. Mitch’s Gobstopper label has incubated some of the most curious and beguiling grime hybrids of the last few...
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FACT mix 543: Jessy Lanza
Jessy Lanza is already responsible for some of the best leftfield pop music of the year.The Canadian artist has, with a couple of expertly-crafted singles (‘It Means I Love You’ and ‘VV Violence’),...
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FACT mix 544: Tim Gane
Tim Gane knows a thing or two about jazz.The Essex-born musician and studio maverick may be best known for absorbing krautrock, psychedelic pop and freaky library music into the peerless back...
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FACT mix 545: Frak
Frak is the lifelong alliance of three analogue-obsessed Swedes who’ve amassed a vast back catalogue of degenerate techno and searing acid rave since their debut gig in 1988, when the...
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FACT mix 546: Endgame
Savage riddims.Endgame is a name you will have come across if you’ve been slinking around the gloomier parts of London in the small hours recently.A co-founder of the Bala Club collective, along with...
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FACT mix 547: Joe Hart
A smoke machine and a feeling.Joe Hart has been a low-profile hero of London’s club scene for the last six years as one half of nomadic night World Unknown, making the railway arches and sex dungeons...
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FACT mix 548: Peder Mannerfelt
Swedish producer Peder Mannerfelt is a mysterious figure.Donning an unsettling blonde wig for live performances and press photos (he ends up looking like a techno Cthulu), Mannerfelt questions the...
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FACT mix 549: Denis Sulta
Your new favourite DJ brings the sunshine.We’re not sure exactly how Denis Sulta came to be dubbed “Glasgow’s man of the year”, but as he was behind two of the most essential 12″s of 2015, we’re not...
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FACT mix 550: James K
Juggling multiple monikers, James Khas left a strong impact on experimental electronic music over this decade.When we first encountered her, she wasJamie Krasner, the angelic voice behind Physical...
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FACT mix 551: Courtesy
Razor-sharp techno from a great Dane.Copenhagen is one of the coolest cities in Europe right now, and it’s no coincidence that the Danish capital is also home to Apeiron Crew, a four-strong DJ...
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FACT mix 552: Low Jack
A tasty spread from the gourmand selector.Low Jack is Philippe Hallais, a Honduras-born, Paris-based DJ and producer who’s been carving out a grubby, noise-infested seam of house and techno since his...
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FACT mix 553: Serge
Even if you’ve never heard him DJ, you’ll know Serge’s selections.The Dutchman’s ear for the very best house, techno and electro has helped him build Clone Records, the DIY label he founded in 1992,...
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FACT mix 554: The Body
Fire-bellied music from a distant era.The Body are Rhode Island natives Lee Buford and Chip King, an avant-metal unit whose noise-and-sludge-nihilism has grown increasingly adventurous as they’ve...
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FACT mix 555: Damiano von Erckert
It’s not all black T-shirts and tasteful techno in Cologne.Damiano von Erckert may hail from the metronomic city that gave us Can and Kompakt, but his taste for soulful, sample-heavy, loose-jointed...
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FACT mix 556: Vatican Shadow
Charged techno minimalism from Vatican Shadow.When acclaimed noise stalwart Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient) established Vatican Shadow with 2011’s quadruple-tape album Kneel Before Religious Icons, it...
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FACT Classic Mix: Autechre
Revisiting an incredible set from unmatched experimental pioneers Autechre.FACT has been running the popular mix series since April 2008, so it felt like a good time to dig through the archives and...
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FACT mix 557: Kim Ann Foxman
House producer and Firehouse boss Kim Ann Foxman turns in her debut FACT mix.Kim Ann Foxman has had quite the career. As the former vocalist of nu-disco troupe Hercules and Love Affair she notched up...
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FACT mix 558: Strict Face
Here comes a tropical storm.Thank the magic of high-speed internet for the bounty of eerie club mutations and emotional bangers offered up so far by young producer Strict Face, whose releases on Mr....
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FACT Classic Mix: Four Tet
Looking back at Four Tet‘s unbeatable 2010 blend of sizzling electronics and bass experiments.FACT has been running our weekly mix series since April 2008, so with hundreds of brilliant sessions...
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FACT mix 559: Konx-om-Pax
Heavy-duty rave from Planet Mu’s secret weapon.We’ve had Konx-om-Pax’s Caramel on constant rotation since Planet Mu sent us an advance copy a couple of months ago, and it’s turned out to be the rare...
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FACT mix 560: Bwana
One for festival season.Toronto’s Nathan Micay (aka Bwana) has had a vintage year so far. In March, he released the Capsule’s Pride mini-album via Glasgow imprint LuckyMe. The record was built from...
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FACT Classic Mix: Holly Herndon
Remembering Holly Herndon’s killer 2013 selection.FACT has been running our weekly mix series since April 2008, so with hundreds of brilliant sessions gathering dust in the vaults, we decided to dig...
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FACT mix 561: M. Geddes Gengras
With M. Geddes Gengras, it’s all about vibes.The LA-based producer has been putting out music at an alarming rate for the last decade, both solo (under his own name and using the aliases Personable...
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FACT mix 563: Deerhoof
At that stage they were truly at the top of their game. The early critical acclaim of albums like Reveille and Apple O’ had led to a genuine swell of interest in Deerhoof’s peculiar, deeply original...
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FACT mix 564: Dre Skull
By the power of Dre Skull.Brooklyn-based producer, DJ and boss of the esteemed Mixpak imprint, Dre Skull (aka Andrew Hershey) is a serial overachiever. And when his crew took the win at this year’s...
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FACT Classic Mix: Jackmaster
FACT Classic Mix: JackmasterFACT Classic Mix: Jackmaster BY CHAL RAVENS, AUG 18 2016 Illustration by: Alex SolmanJackmaster is a many-sided die.Last month he reminded us of his undying love for proper...
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FACT mix 565: Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Dan ‘Monox’ Lurinsky and Kenny ‘The Wasp’ Grieve are two of Glasgow’s most dedicated keepers of the flame.They launched their label Dixon Avenue Basement Jams in 2012 off the back of a decade of...
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FACT mix 566: Equiknoxx
Jamaican dancehall innovators Equiknoxx step up to the (dub)plate.Earlier this year, Equiknoxx, the Jamaican duo of Gavin “Gavsborg” Blair and Jordan “Time Cow” Chung with collaborators Bobby...
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FACT mix 567: Riz La Teef
South London’s Riz La Teef raids his crates for a mix of rare vinyl and exclusive acetates.Riz La Teef is hard to miss – you can spot him lugging a bag of whitelabels and dubplates to the dance when...
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FACT mix 568: Mike Patton
“I am no one to be a purist.”Artists don’t come much more legendary than Californian vocalist Mike Patton. Known for his distinctive vocal style, Patton rose to notoriety with avant-garde rock troupe...
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FACT mix 569: S U R V I V E
Netflix’s Stranger Things is a phenomenon.The third most-watched original show on the network, the sci-fi series has captured hearts and minds with its nostalgic premise, lovable cast and, most...
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FACT mix 570: The Maghreban
It’s not easy to pin down Ayman Rostom, aka The Maghreban.Rostom’s been producing music for years, but until 2014 the sounds were a long way from The Maghreban’s crumbling house. He cut his teeth as...
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FACT mix 648: Laraaji
Ambient music pioneer Edward Larry Gordon, aka Laraaji, conjures transcendent clouds of elevated sound on this very special FACT mix.As the 1970s drew to a close, composer Edward Larry Gordon had a...
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FACT mix 692: Cera Khin
Berlin’s Cera Khin voyages into a retro-future universe populated by psychedelic rave galaxies and acid black holes.Cera Khin grew up in Tunisia surrounded by music. Her dad was a record collector and...
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FACT mix 693: Bambounou
audio Block Double-click here to upload or link to a .mp3. Learn more French producer and DJ Bambounou traverses the wyrd bass outerzone on this week’s FACT mix.Since 2010, Jéremy Guindo-Zegiestowski...
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FACT mix 694: Morgiana Hz
Globe-trotting DJ and producer Morgiana Hz dissolves sound, philosophy and culture on this bass-heavy collision of influences.Born in Poland, Karolina Karnacewicz has long used music as a tool to make...
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