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Sat, Nov 11, 2006, 20:30
- Radioactivity is a weekly roundup of the best radio shows, podcasts and downloadable sets online. This week Sally Shapiro, Sasha and a new Stephan Bodzin mix...
November 11 2006. Radioactivity is a weekly roundup of the best radio shows, podcasts and downloadable sets online. This week Sally Shapiro, Sasha and a new Stephan Bodzin mix.
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Bodzin Language: Too tough to keep track of all the millions of Stephan Bodzin releases? Those who are still waiting for the super-producer's debut DJ comp 'Systematic Colours' to arrive in the post will have to make do with the new demo mix up on Plantage13 which handily puts his twelve-inches, remixes and collaborations into one seventy-minute package. What else is there to say? Bodzin looks a bit like Anthony Hopkins. And this is the shit.
Sweet N Swedish: What is it about Scandinavia? Every so often they throw up a synth pop outfit that takes Anglo ears by surprise (Hello Annie, The Knife, ABBA). In 2007 the good money is on Sally Shapiro, who voices some sweet Italo-flavoured pop getting props lately from the likes of Stylus and bigstereo. Check out 'I'll Be By Your Side', 'I Know' and 'Anorak Christmas' for a taste [right click to download]. The music (and webspace) is supplied by Johan Agebjorn, who recently did a great Italo-disco mix for German webradio station Welt Am Draht.
Donato Doozy: Swiss label Mental Groove put out the excellent Crowdpeaser & St. Plomb album earlier this year, and a closer look at their site reveals a bunch of mixes for download including efforts by Crowdpleaser, St Plomb and Italian DJ and producer Donato Dozzy. This mix is especially great: Dozzy spins a variety of minimal that sounds like no other – more trancey, spacey psychedelia than pots and pans. Microtrance? Hell, whatever the label, this mix is this RA staffer's favourite of the year.
Monolake of the Month: Techno pioneer and Ableton synth inventor Robert Henke has just started a free-track-of-the-month system at Monolake’s website. This month up for grabs is both sides of their first 12" 'Cyan' released on Chain Reaction label from 1995. Also on the site is a bit of background to the tracks – the bassline on this one was the sound of a mosquito flying by the microphone. Monolake are not big believers in DRM so these are clean, high-quality MP3s.
Sasha San Francisco: It’s been eight years since Sasha put out 'Global Underground 009 - San Francisco', and while he may have lost his hair now, he hasn't lost any of his fans in the bayside city. GU:009 was based on his sets at SF club Spundae, and this week the club presents a new two-hour mix from Sasha on its monthly radio show Air Spundae. You can catch it on Frisky Radio on Thursday 9:00 p.m. GMT, and Bay Area proggers can also catch him in the flesh back at Spundae on November 24, 2006. (Hankering after the Sasha of old? Here’s a Sasha set at the Hacienda from 1989!)
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