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Righto people, time for my yearly upload.

Recorded this one during my opening slot at the Steve Bug gig at Coherent in Auckland. Normally playing live for the first set of the night totally blows, you’re not a DJ who can choose from any number of tracks to fit the time and place. However this night people started dancing early and I had a blast playing, and I think this recording reflects that.

Only a couple of new tracks here (one of which is forthcoming on Pokerflat), but I’m constantly working on the older ones for live shows, and think they’ve never sounded better.

Once again many thanks to Psurkit and Obscure for hosting!

For info and gig updates - www.simonflower.co.nz

Tracklisting :

• Seyyes
• A Pleasure for the Tips
• Walking Home
• Shinjuku Skyline
• Phosphenes
• Modern Love
• Past Perfect
• Send in the Clowns
• One Circle
• Still Here, Still There
• Disintered

 

 Standard Podcast [78:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1074)

Four tracks from the Four Fourty EP and an extra unreleased track… Thanks Andi!

Track list is as follows:

• Filter Boys (unreleased)
• Four Fourty - Four Fourty EP
• Skipping Stones - Four Fourty EP
• Take My Hand - Four Fourty EP
• Tiger - Four Fourty EP

 

 Andi Numan - Four Fourty EP Mix [22:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A 60 minute mix of the latest drum&bass tunes from empathy artists and friends. Mixed by our boys double_negative. The sweetness!

Goes like:

1. Concord Dawn: Scream to the Stars (Commercial Suicide) 00:00
2. Cern: Dont Know (Empathy Recordings) 04:23
3. Vanadis: Enter the Blue (SBK) 05:51
4. Dose: Words of Wisdom (Revolution Recordings) 08:24
5. Cern: Sattelites 10:58
6. Dstruct - Merkaba (Nerve Recordings) 12:59
7. Subtone & Stalker: Nazca (Citrus Recordings) 16:24
8. Agent Alvin: Room Full of Bullets (Cyanide Recordings) 18:16
9. Trei: Tumbleweed 20:28
10. Dose: Feer Feader (Syndrome Audio) 23:22
11. Undertow: Down in Flames 25:15
12. Bulletproof: Alien Screw 26:53
13. Psidream: Evil Genius (Syndrome Audio) 29:44
14. Mayhem: Lebanon (Onset Audio) 31:58
15. Trei: Heartbeat (Empathy Recordings) 35:16
16. Cern: Lock Stock 36:21
17. Faction: Don’t Think 39:39
18. Flirt With Dirt: Zanzibar 41:07
19. Macro & HSD: Move 43:40
20. State of Mind - Quantum Leap 47:09
21. Upbeats & Hive - Nothings Sacred (Violence Recordings) 49:20
22. Teknik, Trei & Menace: Between the Eyes (Citrus Recordings) 51:53
23. Subtone: Muchong Rmx (Trotch) 54:27
24. Nanotek: The Vengefull (Intransigent Recordings) 59:56

Check the Empathy Recordings website

 

 Empathy Mix August 2007 [62:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2012)

Talking with Paddy Free from Pitch Black.

Real time mulit-media performers, Mike & Paddy push visuals and sound into new dimensions. With a new album “Rude Mechanicals” in stores _now_ New Zealand’s favourite dub’naughts are gearing up for another globe spanning tour. Committed sonic travellers they are heading back to Europe for their eighth visit.

For me. Pitch Black are like the tonal centre of New Zealand electronica. their music captures a sense of time and space that is reflective of our landscape. Attacking sparse rhythms and haunting melodies with studio dub techniques, the results are completly Aotearoa, yet universal in their appeal.

I have an impromptu chat with Paddy on the eve of their upcoming tour. Paddy talks about previous tours, live playing techniques and exposes some of the Pitch Black inspiration and ethos.

 

 Beat Up Rx05 - Pitch Black [26:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2696)

In this full cream min to max workout Andi builds the mix out from an addictive minimal start thru 25 of the sweetest picks in one hour.

1. dusty kid - psika
2. dub fire - ribcage
3. minilogue - inca
4. royksopp - beautiful day without you (wighnomy’s und robag’s spekkfakkel remix)
5. crystal fake - weekday trip (martinez remix)
6. arne michel - truckstop (alex smoke substop mix)
7. stephan bodzin - treibsand
8. afrilounge - wasser and sonne
9. depeche mode - lilian (robag wruhme’s slomoschen kikker)
10. jean paul bondy - something is not right (robag wruhme’s fukkeldibobb remake)
11. r u ok - ambivalent
12. lophi - from dusk till dawn (tg remix)
13. mark august - just like that
14. holger zilske - enduro disco
15. joel mull - begun the end has (mathew jonsons tiger remix)
16. pete tong aka the factory - couldn`t love you more (shlomi aber`s twisted dub)
17. shlomi aber - freakside
18. simon flower - send in the clowns
19. afrilounge - cruisen
20. trick kubic ft. valeska - believe
21. simon baker confused (david k mix)
22. stephan bodzin - liebe Ist….
23. stardiver - another moment of silence
24. metazoo sigh (2000 and one remix)
25. gregor tresher - a thousand nights

Preview Andi Numan’s own upcoming 2007 releases at:
www.myspace.com/andinuman

 

 Andi Numan - Chocolate Is Good [63:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2102)

Talking with Tim from Pinacolada Records

Pinacolada is a contemporary NZ label that blew me away in the 90’s by releasing a House record from Christchurch! Nowadays the label is picking up the sound of indy bands that play the blur between electro and rock. (Rockotronica!)

Before downloads existed (and a return to Uni) I used to see Label Manager Tim pushing wares at Galaxy Records. He has also worked at RDU for an aeon, been a groupie, dabbled as a Dj and is generally a no holds barred advocate of the Christchurch music scene.

The discussion flows around what’s going on with the NZ music scene, some history, some futures, some opinions and even takes some time to come up new genres. Otherwise we are generally doing the beat up!

Check out: Pig Out ‘ Tiger Tones ‘ Shocking Pinks

 

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Finding out about White Elephant Trust.

White Elephant is a charitable trust making a real difference in the dance scene in Christchurch. Providing all sorts of services to the dance community, skill sharing, mentoring, event health. Presenting a positive sustainable method of supporting dance culture in the broader community.

Trustees Ants & Muz beat up about histories, actions, organic process.Big shouts out to the WE crew. Love and respect for your style and attitude.

ps. thanks matt for running your IM beeps in the background .. !

 

 Beat Up Rx03 [26:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1696)

Kicking off new series in Netcast for Psurkit, Beat Up gets on the street to find out what is actually happening inside electronic culture, NZ. Talking to people at the scene of the scene.

This episode we are hanging out at Cartel, South of Lichfield in Christchurch. Gina, Jules and Turnstyle are playing Minimal Techno to a Thursday.

Check out the pictures @ Obscure

 

 Beat Up rx01 [17:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2169)

1. Jaja - DJ Delicious and Rutte (Claude von Stroke’s 126 Bleeps Per Serving
Remix) [Alphabet City]
2. Organic (Original Mix) - Jochen Trappe [Connoisseur]
3. Lose Control - Darkmountaingroup [Buzzin Fly]
4. True (Born Tricky Remix) - Outmode [Rebirth]
5. Din Da Da - Solid Groove and Sinden [Counterfeet]
6. Red Hot - Solid Groove and Sinden [Atlantic Jaxx]
7. Front 2 Back (Switch Remix) - Playgroup [Defected]
8. Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Mix) - Bodyrox [Paradise France]
9. Electric Disco (D. Ramirez Remix) - Plump DJs [Finger Lickin’]
10. Exceeder (Original Remix) - Mason [Great Stuff]
11. Only You (Elektro Remix) = Terranova & Austin Leeds [Terratraxx]
12. Put Your hands Up For Detroit (Claude von Stroke’s Packard Plant Remix)
- [Net’s Work Italy]
13. Positive Education - Eric Prydz vs. Floyd [Data]
14. Unknown - ‘One In The Back’ [White]
15. Dust (Induceve Remix) - Recloose [Peacefrog]

Check for more via Munt FM

 

 Da Mix Plate live mix [70:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2414)

Well it’s been nearly a year so time for another live set innit.

This was recorded at Fu bar (fu.co.nz) at an Innersound gig (innersound.co.nz), which was nice because Fu and the Innersound boys and me go waaaay back bro…

Anyhoo, well compared to the ‘live at minim’ set (also kindly hosted by the good peeps at psurkit) this is most definitely a club set. It also includes some very fresh material - thrice as nice, late night, send in the clowns, beat street, distance learning and meeting the minutes were all made in a rather productive post-holiday/batteries recharged splurge in the 2 weeks preceding the gig.

Normally I stew on tracks for ages, ditch them, come back to them, ditch them again, have a bit more of a stew and then maaaaaybe get around to recording them – but I decided here to post this set with the new, and as yet un-stewed/ditched/re-ditched/re-stewed tracks.

Hope you enjoy it!

Simon

www.myspace.com/simonflower

Tracklisting:

• pay the machine
• thrice as nice
• shinjuku skyline
• late night
• send in the clowns!
• disinter (remix)
• hoodisms
• mr.clock
• beat street
• distance learning
• meeting the minutes
• a faraway room

 

 Simon Flower Live at Fu, 20 Jan 2007 [74:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2913)