fabriclive 23 - death in vegas

Smagghe's one is bleak even for Smagghe. It is good though. That DIV one doesn't look very exciting.

Bring on diplo's mix :D

I'm curious about Villalobos and Tiefschwarz' upcoming mixes mixes...the latter especially since I found the mix disc of their Misch Masch kind of underwhelming.

they keep releasing, Dj set mixes, when I'd really prefer a mix tape sort of thing.

its not like theres a shortage of electroish mixes around at the moment.

its a bit one sided.... somewhere in a parallel universe, theres a DIV mix that mixes electro with krautrock, with noise-annoys, with house with punk.

im not holding my breath for it though.

That sounds like Modeselektor's Boomkat mixtape!

Really? Hm, I might have to check that out then...from what I'd heard of their own productions I would have expected lots of willfully difficult IDM and such. The biggest problem I have with Boomkat's mixes (other than the outrageous exchange rate, but I really only buy sale stuff from them anyway) is the inability to look at a tracklisting beforehand and get the gist of it before buying.

Really? Hm, I might have to check that out then...from what I'd heard of their own productions I would have expected lots of willfully difficult IDM and such.

Well, there's certainly a dollop of crunchy DSP noise in spots, but in the main it's a party tape (overdriven dancehall, hip-hop, hip-house, acid house, and a bit of the Buzzcocks) with the emphasis on 'fun' and not in the showing-off Kid606-esque way. It's sort of sloppily mixed. Which you may/may not appreciate. You can stream it from the livestreams section of Bpitch's website (last time I looked) if you have a decent connection (I don't). It does say "do not buy" on the CD-R after all!

but how can aband with such diverse influences as DIV make such samey mix Cd's.

if it was a Fearless mix then fair enough but its a DIV one.

the JLC / JP / MM and Freeland are the only really stand out fabric mixes.

weatheralls good but thats a whole different ILM thread.

Don't know if beyers one is really as moody as the others you name Vahid, it's pretty funky (in a clanky minimal way) I think.

http://www.discogs.com/release/231195

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any cunt can do that.

I want a dancfloor mix.

I just have this mix in my head thats their capable of..and nothings come close.

why does it have to be. an afterhours mix OR a straight electro mix.

Why wait for Death in Vegas when Optimo have already got this shit on lock?

Richard fearless was meant to play 2 hours on 6music yesterday, the web site has no mention of it, so maybe its coming up, that'll hopefully show the non electro side of DIV.

also it's not as bleak as i thought it was going to be when i started the thread (i just got this!)

does this guy think fabric is like a Back To Mine series or something. erm.....isn't Alex Smoke like, 21?

where did it go?

http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/deathinvegas-fabriclive23.shtml

What really strikes me is that the writer seems to have absolutely no idea what a DJ mix is or how one is constructed...

anyway, i think i'll quite like this mix, but i agree that there have been a lot of electro minimal mixes, interspersed with bog-standard techy house (pullen, heather, digweed, eddie richards) since the glory days of the Swayzak - Mayer mixes.