Avenue Red

For the 59th Avenue Red Podcast we bring a local lad from Durham to the fray with an immense selection of deep, cosmic electronic music. Mostly 4/4 but with some more broken and obscure tracks also in the blend... and the man doing the blending shows his exquisite taste, keen ear for a transition and a very steady hand on the 1's & 2's. If you are in the North East you can catch Dan playing at The...

After a month-long hiatus we are back with more quality underground House & Techno mixes. For episoide #058 we present German selector Max Hummel with an infectiously deep & groovy selection of minimal tunes. "I'm from Wiesbaden, Germany (near Frankfurt). Wiesbaden isn't known for quality underground music, it's rather sceneless here - there are no possibilities to buy some good wax or go to good...

We welcome the return of London selector Josh Lentink for his second mix on the Avenue Red Podcast. Here Josh starts off with a golden electro cut and slides through some smooth 4/4 deepness for over an hour. A pleasure as always, keep an eye on this young lad, he has 100% "got something". Also, make sure you cast your screens over to https://soundcloud.com/reprise - this is Josh's own podcast ser...

As with last year, we sneak in another episode on New Year's Eve! This stunning contribution to our series comes from Marc Cotterell from Alberquerque, New Mexico, USA... yep, the town where Breaking Bad was set! Unusually it just snowed really heavily there (inc. the time when this mix was recorded), hence the unusual picture of Marc's normally desert-like hometown setting. Marc's Plastik People...

For the 55th Avenue Red Podcast we welcome a mysterious DJ/producer from Athens, Greece known as "Mist" and also as "Mist Soundscapes". In this 67-minute vinyl session he takes us through a dreamy, floaty, spacey selection of Deep House & Techno records with a very unique style of DJ'ing. Very trippy and relaxing. "My musical influences range from dub/deep techno/deep house/ambient/downtempo/moder...

For the 54th Avenue Red Podcast we welcome a truly talented, hard-working and well-respected veteran of the underground music scene - Andrew Duke from Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. Andrew is a music collector, DJ, artist, remixer, sound designer, radio/mix show host and has also been writing about music since 1981. Andrew Duke In The Mix is his mixshow, which began way back in 1987 during the em...

For 53rd Avenue Red Podcast we present a deep, grooving, soulful mix from Mr. Shadow (real name Mark McFarlane), the man behind the London House cult known as "The Brotherhood Of House". Mark's show runs on Deepvibes Radio and has had some great guests featured, including Avenue Red's Alec Pritchard (https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard/the-brotherhood-of-house-034-alec-pritchard). The rest is fro...

A live microphone recording of a warehouse session from around 01:30 till 05:40... somewhere in Newcastle city centre. Set times in the recording: 00:00 - 15:30 // Nicky Mann 15:30 - 1:17:30 // Alec Pritchard 1:17:30 - 2:13:00 // Rob Moller 2:13:00 - 4:00:00 // Damien Walker 4:00:00 - 4:13:33 // Alec Pritchard https://soundcloud.com/nicky-mann https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard https://soundclou...

We are pleased to deliver yet another 12 records, 10+ years old from an obscure crate-digging DJ who we had not heard from before... exactly the kind of DJ that interests us most! Gusev is a Russian living in Germany and clearly has a fantastic taste in music and can sure string a mix together! "No idea what should I write, man!... I'm an unknown DJ and vinyl collector. Born in St. Petersburg, cur...

The Avenue Red Podcast welcomes the second coming of Frankfurt-based DJ Avaen (real name Julian Hopp) who has put together an uber-deep vinyl mix of obscure, cavernous, hypnotic Techno to follow up on his previous selection of gourmet Deep House cuts. Don't forget your scuba gear! "For me, Techno music represents an equally broad spectrum of emotions as Classical Music. It is in the same way power...

After yet another intentional pause in our output, where we have left the 50th episode simmering at the surface of a rich stock of mixes for 5 whole weeks, Avenue Red are back to deliver more underground audio cargo to your iPods, hi-fi's, memories and minds! For the 51st installment we present a delightfully groovy, shiny, melodic deep House selection from Rob Cesar, a music collector, DJ, physic...

Avenue Red is 50!! And to celebrate this milestone of celestial mixed-up electronic music installments we present a hardened veteran from the London House/Techno scene, Keith Anderson. He is the man behind our favourite live-streaming DJ/artist platform, Timeline Music, which is home to Verdant Recordings and Steve S's own respective shows and very notably Brad P & Rai Scott's Mood Sync Radio amon...

For the 3rd time on Avenue Red we welcome the excellent Rubsilent from Istanbul, Turkey with yet another stellar selection of 12" plastic cuts detailed with the most beautiful sonic art you'll hear from a DJ. This man is a seriously refined collector, selector and a rock-solid DJ on top. We are pleased to have him as an Avenue Red resident. If you've been here before, you know what to expect. Dig...

It's now 6 months since the last episode of our 1210 sister series, so first a recap of the concept: named after Technics 1210 turntables, this is all about the Oldskool. The DJ is to select exactly 12 records that are 10+ years old. For Mk7 we welcome Perseus Traxx (real name Nigel Rogers) from York, England, who has had vinyl releases on Bunker, M>O>S, Photic Fields, Boe Recordings, BoomChik, Ch...

We are pleased to release yet another Avenue Red Podcast episode from a local Newcastle DJ: Rob Moller. Rob is a resident alongside Nicky Mann and Damien Walker at the excellent CTRL parties that have graced Cosmic Ballroom and various other venues in the City with some very fine electronic music, with guests including Rødhåd, Mark Broom and a slew of other talented local music heads. Rob's Soundc...

After a recent spate of gigs in his hometown of Nottingham, nearby Derby and slightly further afield Leeds, we welcome the return of Leftback Records homeboy Chris Boardman for a second round on the Avenue Red Podcast series. This mix provides a great summary of Chris' role in the Leftback label parties alongside his friends Dudley Strangeways & Michael McLardy; a deep, dubby Techno vibe to warm u...

The 46th Avenue Red Podcast installment comes from Luger (real name Dorin Croitoru) from Bucharest, the sprawling capital city of Romania. Luger is a friend and musical peer of Profet, the man behind that awesome 17th installment in our series (https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-017-profet). Through their events platform Chameleon and various other happenings at Bucharest’s Control Club, Lu...

The 45th Avenue Red Podcast comes from Chicago House music veteran, DJ Jes. Born in Mexico and raised in Chicago, Jes has been exposed to the vibrant Chicago music culture since the early 80's. It was very early on when he realised his passion for music and began working on his musical career. Growing up on the West side of Chicago he saw his peers choosing a lifestyle of gangs and guns, with dail...

Avenue Red Podcast 044 comes from Josh Lentink, a vinyl collector, Techno enthusiast and 2-deck gymnast from London who has put together for us a real treat of deep, intricate 4/4 noise of the highest order. It's always nice to see a mix arriving in your inbox with tracks from the likes of Exos, Oz Artists, Makam, Dario Zenker etc. and this has been masterfully put together by the man behind the R...

The next Avenue Red podcast comes from the 4-man Transition Crew based around the North London/Stevenage area. 4 true purveyors who have lived a life of music and all that follows... searching, digging, DJ'ing and producing sounds primarily focussed on House, Techno, Electro and IDM styles. These 4 have between them a Universe of music knowledge and have kept their ears to the ground for a long ti...

The Avenue Red Podcast is once again happy to deliver a fresh dosage of deep'n'dubby Techno vibes, with Italian artist/DJ Alex Tasso stepping up to the plate. Remember that mega-deep 25th episode in our series from Hydergine? Well, it turns out that Alex is a friend of his and also from the town of Taranto in southern Italy. After receiving this mix out of the blue, we only realised this detail af...

Yet again we welcome a DJ back to the stage for Avenue Red Podcast 41, this time with a blinding mix from Verdant Recordings (real name Andy Green) from the much maligned Stevenage near London, an old hotbed of good times from the halycon days of electronic music. This is his second contribution to Avenue Red, following on from his Avenue Red 1210 Mk4 mix, strictly for the connoisseurs (link below...

Following on from his first contribution for the 28th Avenue Red Podcast he is back for the 40th!! We are very proud to present another exciting mix from Rubsilent (real name Hamza Solim) from Istanbul, Turkey. A master collector/selector since '96, Rubsilent has delivered this impeccably mixed set of soul-warming, body grooving, summery tunes at the perfect moment. This is the Avenue Red soundtra...

For the 39th instalment of the Avenue Red Podcast we welcome yet another Russian DJ to the series as we present Skoork (real name Petr Skoork) from St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city in the North West corner of the country. Petr has been DJ'ing since 2006 and later began experimenting with music production as of 2014. His musical works have been released on Dutch label Deep Sense Records...

For the 38th Avenue Red Podcast we have an eclectic, rather odyssey-like 90-minute mix from Southport-based DJ, Josef Lawler. Josef holds a monthly residency in his hometown at a monthly event called Macooza, which has just recently celebrated it's 1st birthday and has seen Josef play in support of guests like Seelie, Lazare Hoche and System 2, with grand master Rikki Humphrey (see: https://soundc...