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Techno DJ steps from behind booth to the main stage - Interview with Matthew Dear. [WashingtonSquareNews]

The Prodigy: crazed juxtaposition - As XL Recordings prepare to re-issue The Prodigy's first two albums, K-Punk surveys the Essex quartet's chequered history. [FactMagazine]

Q&A with Cassy - Cassy talks about her previous excursions to the U.S., living and working in Berlin and why vinyl still rules. [Rhythmism.com]

Latest forum downloads:

Quarion - Eclectro Proton Radio mix (2008-09-02)
Thomas Krome - Live at Experience (2004-01-17)
Laurent Garnier - Live at Club Yellow, Tokyo (2004-05-22)
Danny Howells - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (2002-07-28)
Petar Dundov - Live at Kasuni (2007-06-16)
Seth Troxler - Live at Killer Robot in Cape Town, South Africa (2008-05-09)
Anders Ilar - Live at Krill in Tallinn, Estonia (2006-04-13)
X-Press 2 - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (2001-01-28)
Craig Richards - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (2004-06-20)

Here's a classic Essential Mix from Laurent Garnier. Man, this mix has been on my hard drive for ages! Enjoy...

Download: Direct (save as..) or Uploaded.to [192kbps MP3, ~170 MB]

Tracklist:

Giant Robot - Spelling Robot // Hawaii Sound
Bugge Wesseltofts - Hymn // Jazzland
King Britt & Ursula Rucker - Circle // Guidance
ID
Charley's Vault - My Answer // Twilight
Der Dritte Ruam - Hale Bopp // Virgin
The Monsters From Id - Spacial Lobe // Signal
Lexicon Avenue - Here I Am // Yoshitoshi
Julien Jabre - It Feels // Basic
Laurent Garnier - Smart Move // F Communications
E B E - Serenity // Soma
ID
Oxia - 134 // Good Life
Trevor Rockcliffe - untitled // Tronic
ID
ID
ID
DJ Funk - Run // Projex
DJ Rush - One Two Zero // Projex
Conmelt - Pop My Body // Ilc
Ken Ishii - Misprogrammed Day // R & S
Serge Gainsbourg - En Melodie // Philips
The Swarm - Protecting My Hive // UR
Oxia - Story // Good Life
Africa Bambaataa & Westbam - Agharta // Mute
Model 500 - No Ufo's // Metroplex
Laurent Garnier - Greed Part 2 // F Communications
Jeff Mills - If // Purpose Maker
69 - Desire // R & S
Burnt Friedman - White // Scape

BBC is reporting that drum'n'bass legend, Radio 1 DJ and notorious troublemaker Grooverider (aka Raymond Bingham) has been pardoned by the Dubai Royal Family and released from prison after serving half of a four year sentence for drug possession charges.

According to Guardian, on November 23 last year Bingham was arrested at Dubai International Airport after police found a small transparent bag containing 2.16 grams of cannabis and a pornographic DVD in his luggage, hours before a sold-out show at a local superclub The Lodge.

Grooverider released from prison [BBC]

Here's the list of top 15 tracks that rocked Filter27 HQ in July and August. All listed in no particular order:

Redshape - Robot / Neon // Music Man
Osunlade - Momma's Groove (Jimpster Remixes) // Strictly Rhythm
Pulshar - Nospheratu // PhonoBox
Arne Weinberg pres. Onmutu Mechanicks - Hypophysica // Echocord Colour
Tadeo - Reflection Nebula 56n (Substance Remix) // Apnea
Peter Visti - Tokyo By Night // Eskimo
Benjamin Brunn - Untitled A1 // Workshop
Mental Overdrive - Run To The Hills // Smalltown Supersound
Ziggy Kinder - Flipflop Crash (Pier Bucci Remix) // Souvenir
Brennan Green - Escape From Chinatown (Version by Studio) // Information
Frivolous - Island Of Sanctity // ~scape
Stimming - Una Pena (Argy's Nights Of The Deep Tech Mix) // Diynamic
Oracy - Hold Me // Mojuba
Vladislav Delay - Recovery IDea (Andy Stott Remix) // Semantica
Dølle Jølle - Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje's Extra Døll Mix) // Permanent Vacation

I'm pretty excited about the latest installment in the Back In The Box retrospective series from NRK, compiled and mixed by UK-based techno bad boy Dave Clarke.

Clarke's track selection is built predominantly around the sound of late 80's Chicago house with a hint of old school Detroit techno and a few classic cuts from the UK's emerging house scene. Expertly programmed and mastered, the mix features tracks from the likes of Blake Baxter, Foremost Poets, Bam Bam and Ralphi Rosario.

The compilation is set to drop in October on and honestly, I'm yet to hear a better mix-CD this year. Awesome, awesome stuff!

Tracklist:

01. A Blackman, a Blackman and Another Blackman - I Believe
02. Fast Eddie Smith - Jack the House (Jack Mix)
03. Foremost Poets - Reasons to be Dismal
04. Scram - I Believe (Before the Storm Mix)
05. Virgo - In a Vision (Inst.)
06. Bam Bam - Animal Attraction (Dynamic Guvnors Remix)
07. Da Posse - The Groove
08. M.E. - Ride
09. The Rude Boy Farley Keith - Give Yourself to Me
10. Mr Lee - I Can’t Forget
11. Julian Jonah - Jealousy and Lies
12. Jungle Wonz - The Jungle
13. Blake Baxter - When a Thought Becomes You
14. Alternations - Feel it For You (Planetary Access Mix)
15. Master C & J - Face It (Club Version)
16. Ben Mays - Love Man
17. Fantasy Club - Mystery Girl (Set me Free) (Original)
18. T-Coy - Regret
19. Ralphi Rosario - I Want You (Transcontinental Mix)
20. Gil Scott Heron - Space Shuttle (Paul Waller Mix)

Here's a classic two hour Essential Mix from techno legend Dave Angel back from 1999 for your listening pleasure. Nice, latino feel and bangin' stuff all along...

Download: Direct (save as..) [192kbps MP3, ~170 MB]

Tracklist:

Swag - ID
Paul Hunter - IFE Bobowa // Guidance
Swag - ID
Sugar Funk - Drop The Bomb // Fiat Lux
Bruce Keen & David Chong - Move To The Funk // New Label
Latin Aspects - Extracheeky Mix // Undiscovered
Basement Jaxx - Samba Magic // Outland
Agent X - Cha Cha // Happy Trax Vol 3
The Lonely Planet - Getting Around (Olav Basoski Remix) // Very Disco
ID
Trevor Rockcliffe - I Love Music // Primary
Ian Pooley - No 19 // NRK
Funk Element - 003 // Primary
Dave Angel - Funk Music (Tonka Mix) // Island
Kadoc vs. Olav Basoski - I Am A T Bone // Fonky Fibe
Lars Sandberg & N. Hayes - The Chaser, Tall Stories (Ian Pooley Remix) // Soma
Kool And The Gang - Centrefold (Disco Dub) // Clip
Kat Williams - Just The Right Groove // Tac
ID
Funky Data - Fashion (Ian Pooley Remix) // Edel
Johnny Fiasco - Chicago // Palmplemouse Prod
Ignacio - Re-Humama // Music Man
Morgan Reno - Respect To Bass // white label
Johnny Glitter - Fashion // Alaska
Psyback - Combneishon // Pro Zak Traxs
Gene Farris - No 4 // Ferris Wheel
Bryan Zentz - Up The Head // Rotation

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Sasha's highly anticipated follow up to his inaugural Involver mix-CD, Invol2ver, is now up on iTunes. Go ahead and check it out (if you don't mind the DRM). Both standard and limited CD versions are due September 8 (Sep. 9 in the US).

Tracklist:

01. Badger - Intro
02. Telefon Tel Aviv - You Are The Worst Thing In The World (Invol2ver Remix)
03. Rone - Flesh (Invol2ver Remix)
04. Sasha vs. Ray LaMontagne - Eclipse (Ray LaMontagne Vocal Version)
05. Sasha vs. Adam Parker - Lowlife (Adam Parker Vocal Sample)
06. Charlie May - Midnight (Adam Parker Vocal Sample)
07. Apparat - Arcadia (Invol2ver Remix)
08. Home Video - That You Might (Invol2ver Remix)
09. Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Invol2ver Remix)
10. M83 - Couleurs (Invol2ver Remix)
11. Thom Yorke - The Eraser (Invol2ver Remix)
12. Sasha - 3 Little Piggys
13. Engineers - Sometimes I Realise (Invol2ver Remix)

CD 2 (Special Edition 2CD version ONLY):

Thom Yorke - The Eraser (Sasha Club Remix)
Girls In Hawaii - Flavor (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)
Lostep - Burma (Invol2ver Dub Mix)
Home Video - Gas Tank (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)
Charlie May - Midnight (Full Version)
Sasha vs. Ray LaMontagne - Eclipse (CM Dub Mix)

The change in dance music is that now everyone has a laptop and everyone can get a cracked copy of Ableton, so suddenly everyone is making what I call 'Ableton techno', and you get all these pedestrian records that just use the default sounds. When something is so common and easy to make, it has no value any more. I have to be careful as I always end up pissing people off who like that kind of thing, but I could be grumpy about it for hours!

Border Community head honcho James Holden discusses the current state of dance music in a recent interview with EndClub.com.

James Holden Interview [EndClub.com]

Via Telegraph:

Scientists found that after listening to just 50 minutes of uplifting dance music, the levels of antibodies in volunteers' bodies increased. They also found that stress hormone levels, which can weaken the immune system, decreased after being exposed to the music. [...] The researchers tested 300 people, asking them to listen to 50 minutes of happy, joyful dance music or to a random collection of tones. They found that levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, decreased significantly in those listening to the dance music compared to the control group.

Music can boost your immune system [Telegraph.co.uk]