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It is Monday the 28th of January 2013 and we welcome back a returning guest on this week´s CLR Podcast.

Luis Flores is one of Mexico´s most popular Techno producers and live acts, who is widely known for his diversified and groovy style. A minimal use of elements results in a rich spectrum of textures and a dark and trippy dance floor pull. Live shows, improvisational in nature, can last anywhere from one to three hours, resulting in a hypnotic exploration of the possibilities of electronic production.

He has been a Techno activist at the forefront of the Mexican scene for the past 15 years and has worked as the artistic director of the highly influential label Nopal Beat Records, providing a stage for local producers.

Luis Flores has had several original tracks in the playlists of many of the biggest players in the scene and has played his much-loved live sets at countless renowned clubs and festivals worldwide. We are very happy to present you one hour of his Live PA recorded at the Time & Space Festival in Tulum on December 21st as this week´s CLR Podcast. If you would like to listen to the full 90 minutes recording of this gig, you can download it as a special download on www.clr.net.

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Luis Flores’ upcoming New Flesh EP is the Mexican producer’s second release for the American powerhouse techno imprint: Droid Recordings.

The title track, built around the "new flesh" vocal sample from cult horror movie: Videodrome, is a dark, trance inducing affair, constructed around the soundscapes the modulated voice renders and the subsonic groove that identifies Flores’ productions.

Drumcell pushes the track into deeper, darker territory, showcasing his mastery of modular synthesis, and delivers a hypnotic experience which seamlessly carries the listener from beginning to end in the most organic fashion.

CLR mastering resident, Brian Sanhaji, dramatically transforms the piece into a screeching industrial monster, armed with relentless drum work which takes full advantage Sahhaji’s sound expertise, resulting in a wall of sound that demands the listener’s full attention.

Flores' B title: Excision, completes this release with an adrenaline-fused take on the Droid sound. Driven by a rolling bassline, the track propels the audience through a tense, paranoid journey, riddled with metallic vocoded voices and synths and a wasp-like sounding shaker that keeps anyone listening, ever on alert.

Delivered on limited edition white 12” with hand silk screened jackets, this is a benchmark on Droids physical releases, going beyond the inherent functional aspect of the object and into the fetishistic lust vinyl promises.
All is rounded up with the inclusion of French artist and photographer Nihil Sth work, through his piece “Human”, as the focal image upon which the artwork and the release’s extras are constructed upon. http://leventre.net/

The digital version of the EP includes two alternate versions of New Flesh by Flores and Sanhaji, respectively, and a dj tool of Excision.

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Recorded in Minneapolis for Chuck Love's show.
Played a more laid back, deep and weird set than
usual for a few friends who were there.
Hope you like it!

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Tracklisting:

- A Split Second: The Colosseum Crash
- SA42: Carnaval
- Front 242: Operating Tracks
- Nitzer Ebb: Hearts & Minds
- Orbital: Know Where to Run
- Coil: The Snow
- No2: Interpretacion Desertica
- Jorge HM: Mec a Passion
- Teste: The Wipe
- Skinny Puppy: Assimilate
- Borghesia: More Resistance

enjoy!