The latest in our brilliant !K7 mix series comes from Munich based DJ, producer and drummer Christian Prommer. Originally a member of the Truby Trio and Fauna Flash, Prommer’s mix follows the release of the second installment of his Drumlesson series of albums on !K7.

Tracklist

1. Mark Hollis –  The Gift – Polydor
2. Tatsuo Sunaga Project – Lupin 79 ( Christian Prommer DL Version)  - JVC Victor
3. Christian Prommer – Oxygene (part 4) Drumlesson Version  - !K7 Records
4. Four Tet – Love Cry – Domino
5. Owen Pallett – Oh Heartland , Up Yours – Domino
6. Ben Watt+ Stimming – Bright Star ( Sunset Mix) – Buzzin´Fly
7. Die Vögel – Empire – Pampa Records
8. Christian Prommer – Jaguar ( Drumlesson Version) – !K7 Records
9. Raymund Scott – Bassline Generator – Manhattan Research Inc
10. Will Saul feat Ursula Rucker – Where is it ( Reloved Dub) – Simple
11. Markossa and Megablast – Comeing Home – G-Stone
12. Peter Kruder – Hard to Find – Gigolo Records
13. Oliver Ton – Hasta El Fin ( Christian Prommer Remix) – Gigolo Record
14. Christian Prommer – Groove La Chord ( Drumlesso Version) – !K7 Records

A brand new mix from Bomb The Bass to celebrate their latest release on !K7 is your latest Flavour fix. It features Hud Mo, Nosaj Thing, Bibio, Martyn, Gaslamp Killer and a whole load more.

Bomb The Bass is the pseudonym of British electronic producer Tim Simenon. The prolific Simenon has been releasing records and defining electronic and hip hop infused styles of music since his debut single Beat Dis in the late 1980s. 2010 sees the release of Back To Light and on it he collaborates with Kelley Polar and Martin Gore amongst notable others. This !K7 Flavour Mix accompanies that release and we love it and look forward to the album proper. Enjoy and keep an eye out for a Flavour mix from the vaults from Terranova in two weeks time.

Tracklist

1. ESG – Ufo
2. Nosaj Thing – 1685 / Bach
3. Maybes -
4. Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl is a Computer
5. Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
6. Martyn – Vancouver
7. Forsaken – Boat Noodles
8. James Blake – Air & Lack Thereof
9. Lusine – Two Dots
10. Bibio – Jealous Of Roses
11. Nosaj Thing – Coat Of Arms
12. Opiate – PK 50
13. Helixir – Capioera Dub
14. Plaid – Non Hoi
15. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
16. The Gaslamp Killer – Anything Worse

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Andy and Dean were both founding members of acid house heads, Bizarre Inc before the late 1990s saw them team up with Steve Kotey, become a trio and release some of their finest work along the house and disco spectrum. The trio are also responsible for sterling remixes of everyone from Sebastian Tellier, Playgroup and Chicks On Speed to Headman and Maurice Fulton.

Check out the mix, it features the psychedelic Zongamin, disco from Shep Pettibone and Kano and early outings from The Juan Maclean and Yam Who. In two weeks time keep your eyes peeled for another hour of musical goodness from us and !K7. Favour some Flavour.

Tracklist

1. Jeanette Day – Come Let Me Love You (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) – Prelude
2. Grandadbob – Maybe (Riton Re Rub) – Southern Friend
3. Pharrell ft. Jay Z – Frontin (Yam Who Rework) – Yam Who
4. Nick Holder – Player 1 – NRK
5. Fleur – Infoline – Svek
6. Elektrik Funk – On A Journey – Prelude
7. The Juan Maclean – Give Me Every Little Thing – DFA
8. Trüby Trio – Universal Love (Tiefschwarz Remix) – Compost
9. Captain Delicious – Stranger – Electrogusto Music
10. Natural Aspirations – Friendly Children – Sound Signature
11. Andres – Last Call For Alcohol – Mahagoni Music
12. Seelenluft – Manila (Zongamin Remix) – Klein
13. Dance Reaction – Disco Train (Morgan Geist Carboose mix) – Environ
14. Kano – I’M Ready – Emergency
15. Robbie Hardkiss – Everything Is Changing – Classic
16. Prince – Sexy Dancer – Warner Brothers
17. Chi Lites – Are You My Woman – Brunswick

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The new release on !K7 is a wonderful collaborative LP with Edwyn Collins, Kurt Wagner, Candi Staton and Sarah Cracknell to name but a few of the talented people Ashley Beedle’s worked with on it over the last year or two. The record is as engaging as it is varied and we thoroughly recommend it.

This Flavour mixtape Ashley and !K7 have given us to coincide with the release is none too shabby either. We hope you enjoy. It showcases the amazing work of Mavis Staples, the inspiration and guiding light of the concept as well as the varied nature of the official album’s role-call of guests and collaborators.

This time next week we’ll have a very special and exclusive interview with Mr Beedle himself on Radio Magnetic discussing the latest project as well as his musical history and future. A truly inspiring pioneer and innovator and a very pleasant chap! Look out for it.

To Ashley, Mavis Staples and The Staples Singers have always been hugely iconic. “They’re the glue in our DNA”, says Ashley, “Not only was their recorded work amazing but their involvement in the Civil Rights movement really meant something to me.”

“Listen. Dreaming of Mavis, some singers, some kindred spirits, lovingly selected, having never met, each other or her, passing on their feelings, from song to song, meeting place to meeting place, finding their Mavis, loving her in the imagination, praising Mavis, the way her hands moved, how she breathed, the rebellious wisdom, the faith, sorrow and trust, the inner mystery, gracing Mavis, the city she built, the mountains she moved, the beautiful and tough songs she sung, out of heavy shadows and great light, ruins and fragments, mouth and nerve.”

Paul Morley 2009

Tracklist

1. Rev. Jesse Jackson – Introduction of Aretha and Mavis Staples by Rev. Jesse Jackson
2. The Staple Singers – I Had A Dream
3. Mavis Staples – Keep On Pushing – LP Version
4. Curtis Mayfield – Suffer – Demo Version
5. Pharoahe Monch – Push – Clean
6. J Dilla – Won’t Do
7. Mavis Staples – Pick Up The Pieces
8. Lambchop – Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
9. John Coltrane – My Favorite Things – LP Version
10. Electric Light Orchestra – Strange Magic
11. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
12. Michael McDonald – Love T.K.O.
13. Mavis Staples – A House Is Not A Home
14. Betty Mae Fikes – Up Above My Head

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The first !K7 Flavour mix of 2010 is a fine hour of music indeed. Its from back in 2005 and comes courtesy of Belgian duo, The Glimmers. Optimo, Lindstrom, In Flagranti and more. Ahead of its time this one.

The mix features classics from A Guy Called Gerald, Primal Scream, Prince and The Rolling Stones (the band who forced The Glimmer Twins to change their name to the shorter Glimmers) as well as early excursions from the likes of In Flagranti, Lindstrom and Tiga.

Lumped alongside the electroclash scene of the mid-noughties The Glimmers were more than mere bandwagon jumpers and the mix highlights this with the fact that a lot of the acts they selected in their mix are as credible and forward-looking today as they were five years ago. The Glimmers continue to tour and produce extensively today and are also as credible and forward-looking now as they were then. Listen to it.

Tracklist

1. Bis – Shack Up – Optimo
2. Peaches – Lovertits – XL
3. Big Two Hundred    - Approach And Pass With Contact – DC Recordings
4. Dirty Minds – Scream (Extended mix) – Eskimo
5. The Lotterboys – Heroin (DJ Kicks mix) – Eskimo
6. The Lotterboys -Blazer – Eskimo
7. Tiga – Louder Than A Bomb – Different
8. Egyptian Lover – Dancefloor – Egyptian Empire
9. Ice T – Reckless – unknown
10. Irene Cara – Breakdance – unknown
11. Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock – Tommy Boy
12. Prince – Loose – Warner Bros.
13. Philippe Zdar – Don’t U Want – Turbo
14. A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray – Swordfish
15. Out Hud – One Life To Leave – !K7
16. In Flagranti – NonPlusUltra EP – Codek Records
17. Lindstrom – Kosmik Klubbveld – !K7
18. Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance – London Records
19. Liquid Liquid – Flextone (Optimo Edit) – Rush Hour
20. Primal Scream – Don’t Fight It, Feel It – Creation Records
21. The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue – Rolling Stones Records

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The jazzy dub and downtempo vibes of this Nuremburg duo’s usual recorded output isn’t what we see on first glance at the tracklist or on first listen to the mix. The mix is, however, one of the finest we’ve had on Radio Magnetic, since, say the last !K7 one?

Edits and remixes come from the likes of Pilooski, Martyn, Prins Thomas, Greg Wilson and Henrik Schwarz and there’s original recordings including Mugwump, Dolle Jolle, Boozoo Bajou, themselves and one of my favourite 12″s of the last twelve months, The Rose by The Laughing Light of Plenty.

Thanks again !K7 and we hope you all enjoy listening to this one. We do.

Tracklist

1. Boozoo Bajou – Tonschraube – !K7
2. Yaw – Where Would You Be – Magnificent
3. Pawnshop – My Shade – RRC
4. Mugwump – Miseridub – Misericord
5. Dolle Jolle – Balearic Incarnation – Permanent Vacation
6. Laughing Light of Plenty – The Rose – Whatever we want
7. Boozoo Bajou – Same Sun (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) – !K7
8. Nick Chacona – Oh Snap! (Greg Wilson Remix) – Hector Works
9. Elvis Presley – Crawfish (Pilooski Edit) – Dark & Lovely
10. Bill Withers – Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
11. Jaqueline Taieb - Sept Heures du Matin – Philips
12. Boozoo Bajou – Fuersattel – !K7
13. Black Pocket – U’re a Sta (Martyn Remix) – Fat City

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Over and above touring as a DJ and with his electronic solo material in the past six years and providing vocals to an astonishing array of acts from Royksopp and James Figurine to Phonique and Jolly Music, Norway’s Erlend Oye is also a mainstay of indie-folk troubadour duo Kings of Convenience and the brains behind indie-electronic disco project The Whitest Boy Alive. Both of these acts have released incredibly good LPs in 2009 and I felt it was time to dig this mix out of the !K7 vaults with thanks to our friends at the label. Here you are! Enjoy.

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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the fourth !K7 Flavour Mix. This time brought to you by the Parisian DJ, Tigersushi label boss, producer and artiste, Joakim Bouaziz.

Joakim first came to our attention with 2007′s Monsters And Silly Songs LP which managed to strike a delicate balance between music for the head and music for the feet. It took in acoustic influences as well as more techno inspired dancefloor friendly moments and featured the wonderfully forlorn krautrock meets dream-pop stroke of genius that is the heartbreaking, Lonely Hearts which also received a nice little makeover from the loving hands of DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy.

Fast forward to 2009 and Joakim has taken his genre-bending ethic to new heights and produced what I believe to be one of the top five finest albums released this year. Milky Ways is that good. To accompany the release of Joakim’s second album, we’ve kindly been given this exclusive mix from the man himself and our friends over at !K7 HQ in Berlin. As one would expect from hearing Joakim’s own output the mix draws from all sorts of genres and eras whilst managing to create a coherent and thoroughly enjoyable hour of music. Hope you enjoy this as much as we have.

In two weeks time a Flavour mix from the vaults crafted by Whitest Boy Alive, Erlend Oye, from back in 2004.

Tracklist

1. O.M.D. – Electricity (Micronauts remix)
2. E.A.R. – Submarine
3. Dragons of Zynth – Anna Mae
4. John Foxx – Metal Beat
5. Joakim – Fly Like An Apple
6. James Pants – Rhythm Track 9
7. Pom Pom – Untitled
8. Soft Rocks – Black Magic
9. Vanessa Paradis – Des Que J’te vois (Joakim unreleased remix)
10. Red Dragon Band – Let Me Be Your Radio pt 1
11. The Rolling Stones – Undercover Of the Night
12. SPK – Dance Du Metal (I:Cube Edit)
13. Joakim – Watermelon Bubblicious
14. Sweet Exorcist – Mad Jack
15. Yura Yura Teikoky – Hollow Me (Alternate Version)
16. Dj Deeon – Exctacy
17. The Beatles – Helter Skelter (demo)
18. Goslings – Croatan
19. Acid Mothers Temple – Electric Love Machine
20. Dennis Wilson – Farewell My Friend

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DJ Kaos was one half of Berlin duo Ghost Cauldron when he recorded the mix so it’s tenuously relevant this week with it being the lead up to Hallowe’en. The mix features quite a few faces still making great tunes today like Emperor Machine and The Glimmers  and a few genius cuts from pioneers like Yello and DJ Pierre as well as an (at the time) unreleased promo version of !!!’s anti-authoritarian punk-funk hacienda inspired masterpiece, Me and Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard.

Next up, in two weeks time, a brand new mix from the Parisian producer and DJ, Joakim whose latest album, Milky Ways, must be one of the top releases of 2009 so far by far.

Tracklist

1. Emperor Machine – Mars
2. Tones On Tail – Means of Escape (Blackstrobe Edit)
3. Carl Craig – Tres Demented
4. Buffalo Jam – Los Ninjos (GT Mix)
5. Yello – Bostich (Edit)
6. Hypnosis – Pulstar (Kaos Edit)
7. Glimmer Twins – S & M
8. Funkhaus – Sudden Success
9. Spencer Fillipsos – Feel Love Tonight
10. !!! – Me & Giulani (Promo)
11. A.R.E. Weapons – Street Gang (Toc Mix)
12. DJ Pierre – Ride The Rhythm
13. DK (Promo)
14. Dominas – Domina (CC Mix)

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Welcome to the second !K7 Flavour Mix. This one’s from 2006 and has been put together by the sampling innovator, classical pianist, seasoned collaborator and all round genius that is Matthew Herbert.

Ever the genre-bender and always able to maintain a balance between his avant garde leanings and political beliefs with a crowd pleasing and almost pop sensibility, the mix takes in everything from Wishmountain to Mr Oizo and Herve to Gwen McRae. The mix still sounds relevant and fresh three years on and is testament to one of electronic music’s true boundary breaking innovators. Enjoy it.  Next up, in a fortnight’s time, another from the !K7 vaults, courtesy of DJ Kaos.

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Tracklist

1. Lenka Clayton  - Quality Quaeda Question Quickly Quickly Quiet  -  Accidental
2. Phil Parnell – Do Your Living In The Night (Herbert’s Light Mix) – Mantis Recordings
3. Cibelle Noite  - De Carnaval (Matthew Herbert Dub) – Crammed Discs
4. Herve – La La Land – Dubsided
5. Uffie – Do The Uff(Mr Oizo rmx) – Ed Banger Records
6. Spank Rock – Backyard Betty – Big Dada
7. Wishmountain – Salad Tosser – Universal Language
8. Micah – Stewardess Another (Herbert rmx) – Accidental
9. Tubby T – Ready She Ready (Seji rmx) – 51st State
10. Errorsmith – Stiff Neck – Errorsmith
11. Hug – The Happy Monster – K2
12. Kikiorix – 3 AM Pop – Adrift Records
13. Gwen Mccrae – Keep The Home Fires Burning – MCA Records
14. Black Science Orchestra – New Jersey Deep – Junior Boy’s Own