Poltergeist

In the midst of my healing process, I was sent yet another new piece from Bothan. I explained the sitch and told him I'd post it as soon as I healed a bit. Well here we are. So let's not beat around the bush and get to the meat of the thing shall we? Here's a little slice of October in July for you with the Haunted EP



We open with the suitably spooky title track Haunted, a short little piece that had me wondering for a while whether it had a really subtle sample of The Specials' Ghost Town in it. Still, the suitably ghostly organ-esque opening is a treat, and in keeping with the series of small instrumentals we've seen so far from Bothan.

Speaking of in keeping, the shelf wobbling sound of tunes such as Surface Bends is still here, giving my walls a good old dusting off is Gauntlet. It's crying out for some lyrical accompaniment I reckon, which I suppose is the intention and high praise for any producer out there.

The final tune and highlight for me, Clouded. It had me from the get go, as you all know I'm a real sucker for anything with a smooth sound and the intro has it in spades. That is until after turning it up to get an earful I was almost blown out of my chair. I'm fairly certain it's a crime to have a bassline that deep up against an intro like that. Instrumentation is sparse throughout but it really works in this case, I'm a strong believer in ending releases on a downtempo note, and this ticks that box and then some.

So that about wraps the whole thing up, this EP is also on Spotify for your alternate streaming needs, and if you're looking to throw a couple of quid Bothan's way, you can pick up the EP on Beatport, or iTunes too. Should be back to fairly normal sched as of now, I'll catch y'all soon!


-Claude Van Foxbat

A Pod For You: Episode 4

As promised: the latest full length installment of the ilictronix podcast thing that me and Adam do. Not going to be typing a lot as mentioned previously, but you can still expect a tracklist after the player.

We're branching out in terms of topics, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say that us here at ilictronix want the show and site to be welcoming to all. We joke about mispronouncing things and offending the corresponding nationalities a bit in this episode but I want you all to know; if we ever step on anyone's toes, or phrase something poorly or otherwise offend a group of people please do not hesitate to let me or Adam know ASAP and we'll do our best to rectify things. Electronic music is for everyone, and we strongly believe in that here, but we're only human and may make mistakes sometimes! Anyway, onto the show:



Opening:
Gnork – No Gravity

Claude’s picks:
Misstress Barbara – I'm Running
DMX Krew - Get With You
Erlend Øye - Ghost Trains
Ford & Lopatin - Too Much MIDI (Alan Braxe Bonus Remix)

Adam’s Picks
Kamixlo – Paleta
Force Mass Motion - Explosion
Cybonix - Make This Party Live
24 Hour Experience - Take Me Up To Bed (Filthy Dub)
Above The Clouds – Sunshine Productions (DJ Vibes & Wishdokta Remix)

Outro:
Casino Versus Japan - Local Forecast


And while I remember, I'm trying to cover things I say I'll link to Adam or co, and actually include them in the show notes, so: The Erlend Øye cover of the smiths can be found here, the songs being sampled Adam talks about are: Lotic - Heterocetera and the original source for both is: Dr. Baker - Kaos (1989)

Breaking Off

Hey all, dropping by with a quick update. There's going to be a little lack of posts in the coming weeks, I've done broken a finger and fractured an elbow (on opposite arms no less!) so typing is a hassle to say the least. Me and Adam do have another podcast recorded so that should still go up soon. Instead for now have a selection of thematically appropriate tunes and I'll see y'all soon.

Inde-pod-ance

You might've noticed I'd gone quiet again as of late, with reason this time though, as behind the scenes me and Adam have been refining the Podcast recording process. So to give it a test run, we recorded a very special independence day episode; with Adam managing to get it edited and put up on our mixcloud the same day(!). It's going up a day late here because I was out of town last night but that's no reason you can't enjoy our selections still. Tracklist after the player:



Opening:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Matzzz Remix)

Claude’s Selections
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Shinichi Osawa - Maximum Joy
DJ Mehdi - Tunisia Bambaataa

Adam’s picks:
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle - Your Love
Adonis - No Way Back
Maurice - Get Into The Dance

Outro:
This random remix of Yankee Doodle Dandy we found