After a brief hiatus to concentrate on the more important things in life such as the World Cup and dancing in the streets as the sun rises and testing the levels of our jaegermeister toleration the much vaunted Slutty Fringe Mix Series kicks back into life with a selection courtesy of ZNTN.

The London based Producer and DJ hails from Lisbon and has an impressive streak of remixes under his belt for the likes of Clouded Vision, Au Revoir Simone and Alice Russell as well releasing a superlative debut EP on Astro Lab. ZNTN has also recently started the podcast How The Other Half Lives which tasks esteemed DJs and producers with selecting tracks from the music they love as opposed to the music they are compelled to play in front of a throbbing dance floor. An excellent concept which to date has drawn contributions from Andy Blake, Todd Harte, Ivan Smagghe and Matt Waites amongst others.

ZNTN has delivered a mix that drifts with intent through several genres and it’s one of our favourites to date. As per ususal, we engaged in a not so vigorous bout of email tooing and froing to seek ZNTNs opinions on night life in Portugal and London, his favourite labels, future plans and productions and even managed to avoid any particularly stupid questions.

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Long time readers of Slutty Fringe will know the crush we have on all things RVNG INTL related – hell they would probably be our label of ALL TIME if we managed to mature the Label Of The Month feature past it’s inaugural gambit – everything they put out seems to fit our tastes.

So it feels right to endow RVNG INTL’s resident workaholic Matt Werth the honour of our tenth mix. As with last weeks excellent Radioolio mix, Matt deviates far from the parameters of kick drums and arpeggiated synths into  the world of freakbeat oddities and melodic monk chanting.

Next month sees the release of the imperious Hideous Racket EP from Allez Allez on the NYC imprint, read on for what else to expect from RVNG INTL this year and beyond – really reccommend you check out Matt’s interview with Kiran Sande at FACT too – a great read.

Hi Matt, how are things in NYC?

Summer in the city. Sticky and icky. I dig the sweet sweat though.

So the (fckn excellent) Allez Allez EP is dropping soon – how did you come by securing these tracks?

Tracks were captured during some e-mail exchanges with Sam Willis, the proprietor of the Allez-Allez site and music production duo. I loved how the five tracks (there is a bonus “Scrunge” version of “Hideous Racket” on the digital version of the EP) worked together. And I liked the idea of releasing something that runs conceptually parallel with a blog culture benchmark. I feel like the EP is proof in the pudding that the A-A boys know what they champion and can translate this on a very musical level.

There’s some excellent remixes too, that Thee Lone Four Horsemen epic in particular – were the artist choices made by AA or RVNG?

The Wesley Matsell and Thee Lone Four Horsemen remixes were coordinated by A-A. I love them both. And I love that we could link up with Stuart from 20JFG. Sometimes it feels like we’re releasing music for those dudes and those dudes alone, that’s how well they get us / know us. Pink Skull contributed a really wonderful remix of “Seven Down Six Across” too between working on their new album and a side project called Clean Plate. Look for both on RVNG in 2011.

What’s up for RVNG after that? Theres the Blondes release right?

Beyond the Pink Skull projects, the second two installments of the historics Infidelity 12″s will both be out by the end of summer and two more FRKWYS installments will be out by the end of the year.

Blondes are working for their first release on RVNG. They’re tracking a pair of 8 and 10 minute songs live to 2″ tape at Atlantic Studios, which has become RVNG’s house studio for analog recording. Catch them on their UK / European dates very soon.

I hear murmurs of juan big release in the FRKWYS series soon too?

We’ll find out quite soon.

The last FRKWYS was some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard in some time,  what has the reception in general been?

The response has been overwhelmingly positive, from the subscribers to the disco heads that have followed RVNG from the beginning. A lot went into the making of this series installment so it’s gratifying seeing it connect on so many levels. I was really stoked to hear Phil (Golf Channel) include a track on his recent mix for Test Pressing.

Do you think ARP and Anthony will continue to work together?

They will. At least in a live setting. We’re working on confirming them for a fall festival or two. Would love to bring them back to NYC too.

I’m curious as to the running of RVNG INTL, it seems like Dave P has quite the glamorous international DJ lifestyle leaving you to do all the hard work – like the Endless Bummer release?

I like hearing “Dave P” and “glamourous” mentioned in the same breath. Dave has A LOT going on between his international DJ lifestyle and Making Time / Fixed parties so it’s more by default that I’m thrown in the label nit n’ grit. And, actually, I don’t mind it whatsoever. We’re looking for summer interns, btw.

So when I asked you to do a mix for Slutty Fringe I gave you licence to go totally freakadelic and you certainly did! Can you tell us a bit about how it came together?

I’ve been re-listening to Wolfgang Press’ first album a lot recently and knew I wanted to feature that track somewhere in the SF mix. Not that “Prostitute” really establishes a musical theme but maybe defines a mood for the mix, which is – in my opinion – abrasive & disjointed with moments of melody. And that’s why the few tracks from the Ralph Records catalog are worked within.

What’s your favourite ride at Coney Island?

They’re all gone! Does Shoot the Freak count? It definitely doesn’t disturb me as much as it does her.

Finally, what’s your favourite thing about Slutty Fringe?

Whoring yourself for the music, not the money.

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Anoetic Wreck Mix For Slutty Fringe By Matt (RVNG Intl.)

James Ferraro – N/A (Excerpt from Multitopia)
Roy Montgomery & Flying Saucer Attack – Goodbye
Jeffrey Lohn – Excerpt from Dirge
Wolfgang Press – Prostitute 1
Hunters & Collectors – Blind Snake Sundae
Pussy Galore – Adolescent Wet Dream
Knyfe Hits – N/A
The Residents – Another Land
Peaking Lights – N/A
Labat – Suckling Pigs Game
Snakefinger – Yeti: What Are You?
James Ferraro – Excerpt from Clear
Sandra Electronics – New Purpose
Freshly Wrapped Candies – Think

Stream now direct from Mixcloud or download from here.

When we started this mix series one of concerns was that it shouldn’t just turn into an endless parade of tasteful disco mixes. Nothing wrong with that of course but seeing as we’ve only just about escaped being pigeon holed as thudding, overdriven electro evangelists, we were wary of falling into a similar if sparklier disco trap.

Simon Carr’s amazing industrial/synth/ambient mix last week went (quite) some way to achieving that, and following closely on its heels comes this week’s effort from Radioolio that gets about as far out of the 4/4 box as it’s possible to.

I’ve long been a fan (possibly the only one…) of the collective’s wondrously eclectic night at 93 Feet East, and that’s ecelectic as in playing music from completely different cultures and eras rather than bravely mixing up electro with electro house, so when we heard they were throwing a Rock n’ Rolio party we asked them to provide us with a mix.

To fill us in on what’s going down, we caught up with Radioolio and Regolith main man Graeme Ross.

Ok, who or what is Radioolio?

ra·di·o n. medium for communication.
o·li·o n. collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany.

Born out of severe boredom with various modern club scenes spitting out the same old, same old all night, every night I wanted to try and do something a little different, particularly as my listening/djing habits began to move away from ‘dance’ music into more, dare I say it…”eclectic” territories.

So, with the help of my good friend DJ SP, we started Radioolio with the idea behind the blog and various nights we’ve put on or played at to present an adventurous collage of raw and intoxicating sounds (and images) from the last century and beyond – from way-out recordings of Thai pop, wild jug-band funk and new age hypnagogic synthscapes to mind-bending Indian ragas, Gypsy speed brass, a cappella Maasai hippos, spaced-out rockabilly, lo-fi agit-punk…and everything before, after and in-between!

Basically, the best sounds you’ve never heard before!

So tell us a bit about this weekend’s party then? What can we expect, Mongolian Crunk? Intelligent Donk? Peruvian glo-fi?

Yes, none of those. As mentioned, these days I lose interest fairly quickly in the same music played all night long (“all night”)…but one genre that I never tire of hearing (you can also add Acid House to this) is good old fashioned Rock ‘n Roll so expect an action packed mix of primitive grooves to get the red hot gals shakin’ all over and the daddy-o’s doing the chicken walk!

Sounds greasy! Any tips for sculpting the perfect quiff then?

Never comb back, comb up!

What about the ladies? Apart from tattoos and a come hither smile what would you recommend they get tricked out in?

Now this is my area of expertise and I’m sure my lovely lady will agree that there’s two main options for the wild, wild women; you can go for a Bettie Page ‘wiggle’ look, either with a slinky fitted dress or a highwaisted pencil skirt with a vest underneath or you can go with the poodle skirt look – a circle skirt (with petticoats underneath) with a tight knit sweater or a sexy halter neck top – and most importantly – big heels are a prerequisite!

…and for the hair…well…how about a back-combed bouffant for that late 50s/early 60s feel, or a cute ponytail with a small pomp at the front. For something more exciting; a bit of curling, rolling and pinning and there you have it, a 1940s style victory rolls look, easy.

So I suppose you better tell us a bit about this mix then…

I tried to put together a mix summing up the night with some no nonsense, whacked-out Rock ‘n Roll from the mid to late 50s mostly and tried to stay away from the well known classics of Eddie Cochran, Elvis and the like with some lesser known tracks, but classics all the same.

A red hot mix of Hillbilly Rock from Skeets McDonald, a great throat-ripping track from the First Lady of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson, the orgasmic wailing of “Little Girl” and some down and dirty instrumental twang action from The Strangers through to the echo drenched, off-kilter sounds of Vic Gallon and the madness of Chaino’s Jungle Rock.

There’s also a great rebel rock track from one of Britain’s first Rock n Roll stars, Tommy Steele (thanks mum) and for all the young lovers out there a superb a capella version of “Unchained Melody” from late 50′s vocal group The Fleetwoods. Hopefully there’s a little bit of everything for everyone.

So who would win in a fight between the Fonz and Danny Zuko?

The Fonz, Danny Zuko isn’t real.

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So now you know what to wear and a soundtrack to help you get in the mood, put this Saturday’s Rock n Rolio party in your diary. It all takes place this Saturday (june 5th) at the Moustache Bar, 58 Stoke Newington Rd. The word on the streets is that the rumble kicks off at 8pm and it’s FREE in.

Lets just hope the sudden proliferation of quiffs doesn’t inspire the local gangs to stage a grime re-enactment of West Side Story.

Radioolio Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting
Geno Lanzi – Countdown 4-3-2-1 (intro) [1962]
Dick Penner – Cindy Lou [1957]
Skeets McDonalds – You’re There [1958]
Wanda Jackson – Rock Your Baby [1958]
Bob Luman – Red Hot [1957]
John & Jackie – Little Girl [1958]
The Strangers – Caterpillar Crawl [1959]
Gene Vincent – I Flipped [1956]
Vic Gallon – I’m Gone [1956]
Bobby Louis – Cell of Love [1959]
Cliffie Stone – Barracuda [1955]
Chaino – The Pigmy Song (Tikky Tikky Boom Boom) [1958]
Sandy Nelson – Let There be Drums [1961]
Tommy Steele – C’mon Let’s Go [1958]
Peanuts Wilson – Cast Iron Arm [1957]
Mickey Hawks & the Night Raiders – Cotton Pickin’ [1959]
Jimmy Bennett – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On [1958]
The Rockatunes – Honey, Baby, Sugar [????]
Vernon Green & The Phantoms – Sweet Breeze [1956]
The Fleetwoods – Unchained Melody (A Capella Version) [1959]
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over [1960]

Download Graeme’s Mix now from here or stream via our Mixcloud page.

Next up in Slutty Fringe mix series we have Simon A Carr, responsible for making all the decisions at This Is Not An Exit Recordings HQ.

A fair bit has gone on since we endowed the honour of Label Of The Month on them a few months ago so we decided it was pertinent to pepper him with further silly questions (sorry Simon)

How is your day going so far?

Pretty good. Just got the Optimo Remix of Command V’s new single in my inbox which is sounding pretty dam good.

Have you been happy with the response to Manifesto #1?

Lots of people have commented on how great Manifesto #1 is and hopefully it’s brought some new people into the fold. Jonnie Wilkes from Optimo said he couldn’t stop listening to it which is the kind of response we like. We haven’t sold many though – if you’re reading this and haven’t bought it go and BUY IT.

What’s upcoming on the release front?

Thisisnotanexit Summer Sampler 2010 which will be a download release in June featuring an unreleased Faze Action Remix of Hatchback’s Jetlag, the Moscow Remix of Command V’s Hello and a big remix of Detachments The Flowers That Fell by urlaubshits called “urlaubshits minimal rave mix” which does what it says on the tin.

The other big releases are Command V’s debut single Lost On Me featuring remixes from Optimo, Jacques Renault, Max Pask and Night Plane followed by their debut album and Detachments summer single Hol Rom featuring remixes from Cosmo, Andy Blake and Will Saul and followed by their debut album which is finally finished and sounding amazing – a real mixture of modern day synth pop mixed with post punk and minimal wave.

TINAE are taking it to the clubs with a  monthly night at tinyThe Drop, what’s the deal?

We’d been looking for a venue to hold regular Thisisnotanexit events at for a while and The Drop really fitted with what we wanted – really small, great soundsystem, stage for bands (and most importantly 5 minutes from Thisisnotanexit HQ).

We’re not going to have any guest DJs as I go to club nights and am never sure of the music policy and what they stand for as they have guests all night. Where have all the residents gone! So it’s going to me and Spectral Empire all night long month in month out (apart from when I go on holiday and we might ask a friend to cover).

We’ll be playing the records we always wanted to play out – so weird stuff at the beginning of the night and then a mixture of more danceable stuff later on taking in minimal wave, synth pop, EBM, weird disco records, post punk and house house house music.

We will though book different bands for each month – Detachments will be playing at the first one and we’ve got Night Plane booked for July. Factory Floor who we would love to book are ignoring my emails though. They’re the sort of band we want to book.

Are you one of those people that says Stokey?

Yes. I also once said the “N16 massive” which I will never ever do again.

Well I forgive you,  Stokey has lost out in the cringe stakes to She Bu of late, tell us a bit about your mix for Slutty Fringe?

I’m terrible at doing mixes as get so obsessed with smooth gliding key matches and liquid transitions. I tried to ignore that and just put together a bunch of stuff that I really really love at the moment and sums up the sort of music you might hear at the monthly club night. It’s a bit weird and a bit dark but hopefully a little different from the usual 60 minute nu-disco workouts.
Plus there’s a couple of new Thisisnotanexit jams on there.

Finally, I’ve become obsessed with the idea of escaping it all and moving to in Costa Rica to work in the sloth orphanage, if you had your fill of running a successful indie label what would your escape plan be?

I’d probably just put all the remaining stock in a big pile, burn it all, film it and then just leave the Thisisnotanexit site up with a video of the fire. I’d then move to Berlin and write “This is not how to run a record label – the story of Thisisnotanexit Records”.

Simon A Carr Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting

Iggy Pop interview sample #1
Colder – Fade Away (Output)
Brain Machine – Alchemia (Bronnt Industries Remix) (Thisisnotanexit)
Chris & Cosey – Useless Information (Wax Trax)
Van Kaye & Ignit – Picasso’s On The Wall (Ding Dong)
Throbbing Gristle – Distant Dreams (Part Two) (Industrial)
Iggy Pop interview sample #2
Factory Floor – Lying (Blast First)
Joy Division – She’s Lost Control (Factory)
Shortwave Mystery – Without Cause (Thisisnotanexit Manifesto #2)
No Fun Acid – No Fun Acid #2 (Gavin Russom Remix) (No Fun Acid)
Portishead – We Carry On (Universal Island)
Detachments – Sands Of Time (Thisisnotanexit)

Stream Simon’s mix now from Mixcloud or download from here.

London DJ collective Lostbahnhof have been adding meat to the bones of London’s clubs for the past few years now. Whether running their own nights, guesting at clubs such as Cable or hosting a system at the Notting Hill Carnival, their mix of Disco, House, Garage, Techno, Dub and Soul is guaranteed to nice up the dance.

At the end of May (Sunday 30th, 3pm-Late) they are hosting their 2nd annual BBQ at Lati Ri in Shoreditch. Joining them on the decks will be the likes of Red Rack’em, The Heavenly Jukebox and a mystery guest, so special they wont even give us a clue as to their identity (spoilsports).

Anyway to celebrate this char grilled occassion we asked them to supply us with a mix and they’ve delivered in spades with this well marinaded selection.  We caught up with Semtek for a quick natter about their mix and just what is Lostbahnhof…

Lostbahnwhat? Care to explain?

We went to Melt festival a couple of years ago, one of my friends lost it a bit and started shouting Ostbahnhof at the top of his voice. I suppose it’s equivalent to running round Glastonbury screaming Liverpool Street at the top of your voice. When he came to it seemed like an obvious thing to call the night.

So who makes up the Lostbahnhof crew then? Introduce yourselves…

We’re made up of Semtek (me), TK and James Broomfield. James and I have been doing nights in East London for almost ten years, TK joined us when we started Losbahnhof and he’d been part of Broader Than Broadway before that. James has his own thing putting on occasional events for people like Nicky Siano from New York, and I also record as Semtek on Don’t Be Afraid, so we all bring different things to the night.

Fancy telling us a bit about this mix…

My big thing at the moment is Frankfurt techno of the early nineties, so I (Semtek) made sure there was some Torsten Fenslau (Culture Beat producer) on there (Ideas For Imitators – Der Komtur), James (Broomfield) contributed some of the more jacking tracks like the wonderful Lauer – MTX9 track on Permanent Vacation, and Toby (TK) chimed in with some Bottin and the penultimate Joy Orbison track.

You’re having a BBQ on the 30th? What’s cooking?

Last year we got a call out of the blue asking if we wanted to do an outdoor party in Shoreditch on the May 30th Bank Holiday. We turned up with some speakers and a pair of decks not really knowing what to expect.

Because it was a Bank Holiday there were tonnes of people around and we hadn’t quite anticipated how popular it would be. We ended up with a street party of sorts on our hands, which continued until the speakers blew spectacularly at 2am. This year we’ll (probably) be better prepared.

Any special BBQ tricks do you have up your sleeves?

You’ll want to try the Lostbahnhof Special Aji Marinade:

Olive Oil
3 Jalapeno Chillies (Chopped)
Juice of 1 Lime
Garilc (Chopped)
1 Green Onion (Chopped)
Bunch Cilantro Leaves (Chopped) or Parsley (Chopped)
Salt
Pepper

Place in a bowl and mix together, then add the meat/fish to be barbecued and refrigerate for as long as possible. Goes especially nicely with fish or seafood kebabs!

And when you’re not standing at the firepit where else can people get their Lostbahnhof on?

We have a party inside Notting Hill Carnival every year, so expect more news about that soon, plus we hold regular nights at LIFE Bar, underneath the Japanese Sushi restaurant.

Lostbahnhof – Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting
Moscow – Deep Heat (The Loving Hand Mix) (Loeb)
Bottin  – Fondamente Nove (Eskimo)
Makina Girgir – Plans For Today (Das Drehmoment)
Marcello Giordani – Respect Yourself (Mule Musiq)
Rick Wade – Waveheart (Harmonie Park)
Terrence Parker – Your Love (Parker Music Works)
Keith Worthy & Malik Alston – Ecoutez (Still Music)
Ideas For Imitators – Der Komtur (CBS)
Saturn V – Come Into My Life (Spectral Sound)
Arto Mwambe – Greatest Love (Brontosaurus)
Lauer – MTX9 SD Beta (Permanent Vacation)
DJ Kaos – Hard To Earn (Diynamic)
Naum Gabo – Pictur (The Loving Hand Remix) (Thisisnotanexit)
Terre Thaemlitz – Masturjakor (Kink And Neville Watson Remix) (Mule Musiq)
Precious System – The Voice From Planet Love (Dixon’s Chic-A-Go Edit)
(Running Back)
Schatrax – A Question Of Timing (Sister Phunk)
Andy Vaz – Bygone Times (Trus’me mix) (Yore)
Freestyle Man – For The Streets (Hairy Claw)
Dirt Crew – Largo (Dominik Eulberg Mix) (Dirt Crew)
Sutekh – Untitled 4 (Context)
Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow (Actress’ Neu Haus So Glo Mix) (Aus Music)
Johannes Beck  – The Flashlight Hits The Rocker (Kann)

Stream now direct from Mixcloud or download from here.

Following on from Cosmo Lopez’s excursion we continue the South American love in with a mix from Argentina’s Fernando Pulichino. Whether playing with Silver City, 2020 Soundsystem or solo as plain ol’ Fernando his tracks pitched perfectly between dubby new wave disco and quality house have been a constant presence in our record boxes the past couple of years.

With a new single out soon (the majestic Open Source) and a summer of gigs in Europe lined up we asked him to put together our next mix and the result is a gorgeous hour long selection, perfect for heads down dancing in the small of the night and lazy afternoons in the summer sunshine.

Hello Fernando… thanks making this mix for us. I’ve had it on in the office constantly on repeat the past week, is this pretty much what you’re playing out these days?

Style wise it is pretty representative of what I’m playing out this days. This is mainly the more recent stuff.

You’ve got a new single, Open Source, out soon, can you tell us a little about it…

Yes, ‘Open Source’ is my new single, Is coming out on ‘Internasjonals’. You can check it out on the DJ mix, it’s track 3. Prins Thomas is finishing the main mix for the single, he’s done an edit of it. There will be another track on the flip called ‘Best is yet to come’. This should be out in the next 2 months.
I also have a new EP coming out on ‘Redux‘, It will be 2 tracks plus a remix from Stevie Kotey. I did a remix as well for ‘Detachments’ on ‘This is not an exit’ records. That should be coming out soon too.

The first record of yours I came across was your version of Bauhaus’ Kick in The Eye’ and it’s probably been one of our most played out tracks of the past couple of years, what inspired you to make it, were you a fan of the band?

Yes, I’ve been always a big fan of Bauhaus. I remember going to their gig in Barcelona in 1998, it was a very dark show but at the same time I couldn’t stop dancing for a minute, I thought that was a brilliant combo.

I wanted to do a proper cover of them but I wasn’t sure which track to pick. I thought ‘Stigmata Martyr’ then ‘Bela Lugosi’s dead’ but one night my friend Matt was playing 7″ on a bar and he dropped ‘Kick in the eye’, I said this is it. The day after I started to record it, did all the instruments and the vocals.

And the past few years you’ve been playing in 2020 Soundsystem with Ralph Lawson, how did a bassist from Argentina get involved with a Leeds DJ/producer?

In 2003 my friend Julian Sanza and I were living in London, We sent a demo to 2020Vision (Lawson’s label) and got signed and started a project called ‘Silver City‘. Some time later Ralph proposed to start a live band (2020Soundsystem) along him and Danny Ward, and we accepted.

You’re over in the UK this summer, any gigs lined up yet? If, as they should, European promoters want to book you to play, who should they speak to?

Yes, I’m over in Europe this summer. I’ll be playing with 2020SS in Sonar, The Garden Festival, The Big Chill, London Matter, The Village Underground, T Bar, Space, etc. I’m also going to be Djing as ‘Fernando’, forefront agency is doing the bookings for that.

Fernando Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting
Vangelis – Spiral
Architeq feat. Ilija Rudman – Mind Games [Emperor Machine Dub]
Fernando – Open Source
Toomy Disco – Age of Jaguar
Ilija Rudman – CallMeTonight (The Revenge mix)
Pete Gooding and Chris Coco – Night Dance (Max Essa Remix)
Nacho Marco – Rising (Silver City remix)
Creatures of Habit – How We Lustre (Nick Chacona Mix)
Fernando -Venetian Mask
Out in the sticks – In the Dark
Sare Havlicek – Pork Chop Express
The Juan McLean – No Time (Shit Robot Remix)
Vangelis – Spiral

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After a brief hiatus our mix series returns with a new set from Cosmo Lopez. With a new EP out in May on his own Keep Up! label our Paraguayan friend has delivered an hour long mix containing fresh Keep Up! exclusives (cue Westwood-style bomb noise) and tracks from the likes of Hot City and Mosca.

Kicking off with some serious late night disco boogie, Lopez smoothly shifts through the gears dropping solid haus jams before it all goes a little bit funky by the end, all in all a perfect house party mix and the just the thing to get you warmed up for the forthcoming Zapping EP.

As is customary we repaid Lopez’s hard work with some stupid questions.

Hola Senor Lopez, ¿Cómo estás?

Bien, gracias, señores Fringe. Aqui, jugando con los sintetizadores.

Your new EP is out in May, tell us in five words why our readers should buy it?

Otherwise kidnapped family will die

What’s the one record you couldn’t live without?

Ooff, tough one. I don’t know about the other guys in Lopez but one of the records I keep going back to is Inspiration Information by Shuggie Ottis. Not the rarest or strangest I guess but it’s just such a wonderful record from start to finish. Everything is great on it, the musicianship, the atmosphere, the mellow vocals and those wicked drum machines, especially on my favourite tune off the album, XL-30. Shame about Shuggie’s premature death otherwise he would have been hugely popular, maybe even much more than the sugary sweet Stevie Wonder.

If you were to form the Lopez Allstars Live Band, who from the history of recorded music would you conscript?

Drums – Tony Williams
Bass – Bootsy
Moog – Bernie Worrell
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock, Bernard Wright
Horns – Miles, Stanley, Fred
Percussion – Ray Barretto
Maracas/Ad hoc – Bez

Most of those are kaput so we would make a killing if we toured with these zombies.

There’s a fair few of you involved in Keep Up! how do you resolve arguements over whose record gets released next or who to book for your parties?

Haha, good one. Well at the moment there is 3 of us concentrating on the label and the other 2  on the parties, the important decisions are made by all of us but the petty ones like should we provide burgers or pies as part of the rider for x artist are decided by the ones who are in charge of that area. Obviously there are moments were we all want to kill each other but  we tend to resolve things by calling each other names and then voting.

And finally we must know when was the last time you went on a haunted house ride?

Must have been 12, some friends and I went  on one. This being Paraguay you can imagine that the scary bits were less than scary and the whole thing was quite pathetic, more scarecrows than scary monsters . If I remember well my mate got slapped because he tried in on with this girl on the ride, she got scared and jumped on him and the Latin blood got the best of him. They are now married though.

Also, it was the last time I had candy floss. Mmmm, candy floss.

Slutty Fringe Mix Sereis #5 Tracklist
General Caine – Shake (instr)
Linkwood – Who la la
Lopez – Lines
Lopez – Zapping
40 Thieves – Theme from nutrider
Tensnake – Need your lovin (dub)
Mano Le Tough – Eurodancer (Azari and III remix)
Lopez – Discoshit
Snack & Cmish – Majikaboogie
Lopez – Neon lights
Ingram – Mi sabrina tequana
Roland Bocquet – Exotique
Hard Tron – Flawless (Snuff Crew remix)
Hot City – If that’s how I feel
Azari and III – Reckless with your love (instr)
Deadboy – If u want me
Efdemin – Acid bells (Martyn’s dark mix)
LPZ – Fashion
Ghost – The club
LPZ – Ed’s garage
Mosca – Nike (Club edit)
Smith & Mighty – B-line fi blow
The Wickeds – Original rockers

Download the mix here or click the image above or head to Mixcloud to stream it now.

Cosmo Lopez will be spinning alongside Slutty Fringe DJs and Nathan Gregory Wilkins on May 8th at HAUS at the Concrete Bar in Shoreditch, attendance is mandatory.

I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the psychtropic drug DMT, but essentially it’s a short sharp mindfuck. People used to call it Businessman’s Acid as you could knock it back, commune with the machine elves of hyperspace for 20-30 minutes and be back at your desk by the time your lunch hour is up.

Anyway, why the diversion into pharmacological phun and games you ask? Well it’s all because this week’s mix, assembled by Dam Mantle, is the sonic equivalent of DMT,  disorientating, a little bewildering, lots of fun and lasts just 30 minutes.

New kid on the block Dam Mantle has only recently made the swap from post-rock’ism to laptop trickery, but already his electronic excursions are getting noticed by all the right people (like us).

Give it a week or two and someone will have lumped him in with Gold Panda and we’ll be breathily talking about a NEW SCENE, but for now enjoy his mix and as an added bonus one of his own tracks off his brand new EP out now on 7″ vinyl, limited to 300 copies with individually screenprinted sleeves.

Download: Dam Mantle – Rebong

Dam Mantle Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting

Dam Mantle – Theatre
Becoming Real – Untitled
Mount Kimbie – Maybes (James Blake Remix)
Dam Mantle – Movement
Manitoba – Paul’s Birthday
Terror Danjah – Piano madness
Young Montana – FFFF
Paul White – Alien Nature
Madblib – Get it Right
Dam Mantle – Three Colours
Becoming Real – Untitled

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PLEASE NOTE THE ORIGINAL VERSION WE UPLOADED WAS MISSING THE FINAL TEN MINUTES, SO WE HAVE RE-UPPED IT WITH THE FINAL THIRD INTACT.

For mix number two in our ongoing, game changing, series we have former Trash (and current Durrr and Say Yes!) resident DJ Rory Phillips.

Not just one of our favourite DJs, Rory is increasingly becoming our number one choice in the remix stakes with his edits for the likes of The Units, The XX and New Young Pony Club all featuring heavily in our sets (and on these pages) over the past twelve months.

As for the mix it was recorded live at the last Slutty Fringe party, we all had such a good time we wanted a souvenir to enjoy it all again in the comfort of our own homes and now you can too, just add 10 pints of lager and a few rum and cokes for the full effect.

Well we don’t like to brag but if you follow Rory Phillips‘ tweets you’ll have seen that barely 2 days after his mix went up on Slutty Fringe he was partying in Miami with P Diddy. Now I’m not saying the two are directly related but well it makes you think doesn’t it.

Right with no further delay onto number 3 in our series and this time it is the turn of The Deadstock 33s, the latest nom de disque of veteran DJ/producer/immaculately tailored chap about town Justin Robertson.

From his days dancing to acid house on the floor of The Hacienda, right through his residencies at seminal clubnights like Spice and the Rebellious Jukebox Club, releases as Lionrock and Revtone, eccentic Top of the Pops appearances epic, and legenedary sets at clubs like Bugged Out, Justin has been a key figure throughout the past two decades of dance music.

And now his crowning achievement, immortality on these very pages.

Describing his Deadstock 33s releases as psych-house, the mix below is an exceptional trawl through the outer regions of psychedelic disco, just perfect for BBQs, acid fuelled freak outs and late night sex jams.

We caught up with Justin to see where his head is currently at…

Hi Justin, how are you doing this fckn freezing morning?

Very happy pressing buttons in my studio, dreaming of summer

Deadstock 33s is quite a unique name – is there some signifigance to it? do you play all your disco 45s at 33 for that extra spacey sound?

Now thats a good idea, kinda disco new beat vibe! Its named after a particular edition of vintage levis!

Can you give a little description of what to expect in your mix?

The Deadstock 33s vibe is all about galactic disco, quite psychedelic, trippy disco I guess, with a Balearic cap worn at a jaunty angle !

As well as last years awesome Drifting On A Wave EP you’ve done quite a few remixes of impressive artists such as In Flagranti and Erol & Alex of late, what else can we expect from Deadstock 33s?

It’s going to be an exciting year, I have an album ready for later this year called “Underneath The Pines”, singles for Is It Balearic and Paper as well as some psych-disco EPs on my new Solitary Cyclist label!

I’ve also just done remixes for The Ghost on Sunday Best, and for Argentine band Poncho featuring Karen O, also working on some re-edits for Tronik youth’s new edits label, so keeping busy!

Jockey Slut used to call you the best dressed man in dance music and your blog certainly retains that love for sartorial excellence, are there any current pretenders to your crown?

I am glad to say the sartorial standards of djs has greatly improved of late but its still hard to beat Mr Weatheralls threads.

If Saaam Farahmand did a film about Bugged Out who would play Justin Robertson?

The celluloid me? A young Yul Brynner or maybe Jeremy Brett with a swimming hat on.

When was the last time you went on a rollercoaster?

I fear all fairground rides since getting covered in someone else’s vomit on a whirly go round.

Finally, and most importantly why do you think Slutty Fringe is so great?

Erudite pronouncements on clothes and music! Heaven!

Tracklisting
The Glimmers – Esta Si Esta No (In Flagranti Remix)
Kza – Unfaithful (Fernanado Remix)
Le Le – Disco Monster (Azari & III Remix)
Pipi Langrstrumpf – Thank You Mr Taylor
Franck Garcia – Soldiers (The Revenge Remix)
The Love Supreme – Dub Sugar
Justin Robertson – Channeling The Turbulence (The Deadstock 33s Remix)
Das Volt – Gestures (Mammarella Remix)
Ronnie H Jones – Video Games
Black Van – Yearning (Emperor Machine Remix)
Polyester – German Love Letter (Hal Tabac Remix)
Pizzy Yelliot – Could You Be Loved
Flight Facilities – Crave (The C90S Remix)
Hot R.S – Slow Blow

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Well this is a special moment in Slutty Fringe history, for a long time now we’ve wanted to have our favourite DJs and producers put together exclusive mixes for the site. Now after much backroom horse trading, bribery and threats we are pleased to finally launch the Slutty Fringe Mix Series.

Each week  we’ll be uploading a new mix recorded exclusively for your pleasure by some of the biggest and best names in the business, from world famous superstar DJs to up and coming talents (and then sometimes ourselves).

To kick things off we asked one of the best DJs/remixers/producers plying his wares in old London town today, Tronik Youth, to step up to the plate and deliver the inaugural mix in the series. Seeing as he’s playing at this Saturday’s Slutty Fringe party the poor chap probably didn’t have a get out, still he has delivered in spades.

Signed to Back Yard he’s been responsible for some of our favourite speaker smashing records over the past year or so, not to mention his attention grabbing remixes remixes for the likes of Chromeo, Gossip, New Young Pony Club and Simian Mobile Disco.

You’d think that would keep him busy enough but oh no not content with all that he’s just about to launch his own re-edits label, No Dice, too. We had a very quick word with Mr Youth to fill us in on what he’s up to and the mix he produced for us.

Slutty Fringe: Hello, how the devil are you?
Tronik Youth: Good.. Knee deep in edits/tracks/recording at the moment.

SF: So what have you got coming up?
TY: New label No Dice Edits has just launched with No Dice Vol.1 with edits from me… We have some big name people lined up for vol.2 and 3.

SF: Can you tell us a little bit about your mix?
TY: Basically it’s  a good representation of the  style i’m playing out at the moment, def a good blend of old and new. Known and unknown.

SF: Ok, so if you were mexican wrestler what would your name be?
TY: El Remixos.

SF: And when was the last time you rode a dodgem ?
TY: At Sonar last year… I always go and it’s a tradition to go on the bumper cars at least once… Whatever state I’m in.

SF: Finally, and most importantly just why do you think Slutty Fringe is so great?
TY: Slutty anything is good ha ha.

SF: Indeed! See you on Saturday!

Tracklisting
NuFrequency Feat Ben Onono – Fallen Hero (Mark E Mix)
Tiger & Woods – Gin Nation
Lovelock – Singing Shower Gods
Groove Armarda – History
Michoacan – In The Dark Of The Night (Clap Rules Mix)
Kleerup – Music For Girl (Combo ReEdit)
Vitalic – Second Lives (Mustang Vitamix)
Session Victim – The Keyboarder
Lenka – The Show (In Flagranti Mix)
Chmmr – Love Will Lead You Back
We Have Band – Divisive (Carl Craig Mix)
Falco – Auf Der Flucht
Moonbootica – Men Of The Future
The XX – VCR (It’s A Fine Line Mix)
Ministry – I Wanted To Tell Her (Marcello Giordani Mix)
Clinic – Monkey On Your Back

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