This latest edition of the week in mixes features sets from some of our favourite producers of 2013, alongside some interesting curiosities and historical house classics.
Four Tet - Live in Tokyo
Another week, another fine set courtesy of Four Tet. This one is an hour-long live set recorded earlier this week in Tokyo, showcasing Kieran Hebden's impressive performance skills, and tracks from his fantastic recent album Beautiful Rewind.
DJ Koze - XLR8R podcast
The latest XLR8R mix comes courtesy of German electronic icon DJ Koze, the man behind one of the finest dance albums of this year. It's a brilliantly eccentric set, which sees Koze dropping a version of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing alongside a health dose of melodic house and techno.
Listen to and download DJ Koze's XLR8R podcast
Awesome Tapes From Africa - Beats In Space set
The raison d'être of blog-come-record label Awesome Tapes From Africa is pretty self-explanatory. This set, recorded last month for New York radio show Beats In Space, sees them living up to their name.
Listen to and download ATFA's Beats In Space set
West Norwood Cassette Library - Dummy mix
London-based producer and DJ Bob Bhamra (aka West Norwood Cassette Library) is something of a house music connoisseur, as he demonstrates on this history lesson mix for Dummy. The mix is sequenced in chronological order, acting as a guided tour through house music from the late-'80s right up to the present day.
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Conforce - Resident Advisor podcast
Dutch techno favourite Boris Bunnick steps up to provide the latest RA podcast under his dancefloor-focused Conforce alias. The result is an hour long session of moody techno, club-friendly house and moments lively electro, all mixed together impeccably.
“An enhanced application that is nonetheless reassuringly familiar and reasonably priced”: Native Instruments Traktor Pro 4 review
"The last 5 or 10 per cent drove me crazy - at one point I had about 130 mixdowns... I’ve come to realise that the perfect mix doesn’t exist": Ben Böhmer on overcoming perfectionism in production
I'm the Managing Editor of Music Technology at MusicRadar and former Editor-in-Chief of Future Music, Computer Music and Electronic Musician. I've been messing around with music tech in various forms for over two decades. I've also spent the last 10 years forgetting how to play guitar. Find me in the chillout room at raves complaining that it's past my bedtime.
“An enhanced application that is nonetheless reassuringly familiar and reasonably priced”: Native Instruments Traktor Pro 4 review
"The last 5 or 10 per cent drove me crazy - at one point I had about 130 mixdowns... I’ve come to realise that the perfect mix doesn’t exist": Ben Böhmer on overcoming perfectionism in production