IA MIX SERIES

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/smallpeople We spoke to Smallpeople, the dynamic production duo behind Smallville Records and record store based in Hamburg, Germany. Dionne aka Just von Ahlefeld and Julius Steinhoff established the store in 2005 with the help of fellow musician and friend Peter Kersten aka Lawrence, and have since developed their own brand of deep house, drawing form their admi...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/sawlin-subjected Sawlin and Subjected are a production duo from Berlin. Since meeting in 2006 courtesy of fellow producer Mørbeck, they have released definitive techno 12"s on Subjected's self-run imprint Vault Series. As a solo producer Sawlin has also released music on Delsin's sub label Ann Aimee and French label Technorama. With such a strong heritage and sta...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/leibniz Leibniz is the production alias of 23 year old Moritz Leibniz. Originally from the small town of Dillingen in Bavaria, Moritz shifted from his classical piano roots to stoner rock, noise and Mobb Deep in his early teens, until he discovered dubstep courtesy of the Rinse FM's compilation "I Love Dubstep"that exposed him to artists such as Pinch...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/gaspard-de-la-montagne Born in the small Swiss watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Gaspard de La Montagne had an early interest in the mechanisms of electronic music. After trying various styles and performing in several acts, he's currently operating in a techno/bass register with cold, dreamy atmospheres and heavy sub-bass making his productions...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/peverelist Peverelist aka Tom Ford is a bastion of the Bristol music scene. Since relocating to the city in 1997 for the pure love of the music coming out of the city, mainly Jungle and Drum and Bass, Tom has established two notable record labels, 'Punch Drunk' and 'Livity Sound'. Punch Drunk being firmly rooted in Dubstep and bass music, whilst the l...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/lawrence Dial co-founder @lawrence_dial side steps his usual deep house tendencies, delivering a mix of downtempo and dinner party vibes. "I don't know whether it's my favourite inspirations - these are just some of my favourite tracks that I would listen to whilst cooking with friends"

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/duncan-whiteley Duncan Whiteley is the production moniker of Alex Oxley, a music producer and DJ originally from the north of England, who recently made the move from London to Los Angeles. Under the guise of Duncan Whiteley, Alex explores the more rugged landscapes of electronic music, a symbiosis of noise, techno and electronica. Alex is also on the...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/stanky The Midnight Snacks EP marks the debut of the Reading-based 'sound generating organism' known more frequently as Stanky. Released via London's Shades Records, the EP explores a variety of structures, tempos and themes, resulting in a collection of tracks that explore varying strands of music in different ways, be it riding on a 4 x 4 beat or vi...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/alvin-aronson Alvin Aronson is a DJ and producer based in Brooklyn, NYC. His music is focused on the deeper traits of ambient house and techno, similar to the likes of Kassem Mosse and the Workshop Records catalogue. Despite not having any current releases, we were so impressed with what we heard on his Soundcloud page, we immediately asked Alvin to r...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/marcos-cabral Magnetic tape is just as crucial as vinyl in the development of music in the 20th century. The fact they could be spliced and re-arranged in any way, a tape would never sound the same way as it did the first time you played it. A lot of artists and labels have started to recover archives of forgotten tapes in the last decade. Fortunately the most re...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/kid606 KRAKE 2013 > www.inverted-audio.com/krake-festival-2013 Kid606 delivers the third instalment of the IA x Krake Mix Series with a recording of his DJ set at Suicide Circus from Krake 2012. Over the past 15 years Kid606 aka Miguel Manuel De Pedro has released 17 albums, an extraordinary body of work that explores all types and varieties of electronic music....

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/third-ear-recordings From Hiroshi Watanabe and showcasing Japanese artists, to exploring the other side of Detroit with artists such as Delano Smith and Norm Talley and discovering fresh talent such as Wbeeza and Dopeus, Third Ear is a not only a record label. It’s a mixed platform of skilful artists, blending genres, ideas and ideals. In the eve of t...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/leif Leif Knowles has experimented with music from an early age. Starting out playing in bands, to exploring downtempo, trip hop as well as recording John Peel sessions to tape he then discovered Techno at free parties in North Wales. His involvement in producing for several record labels, as well as creating his own imprint with best friend Joe Ellis...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/lakker Ian McDonnell and Dara Smith are Lakker. They're based in Dublin and have been producing together for the past decade. After releasing their debut album 'Ruido' in 2007 it wasn't until 2011 when they released their follow up record 'Spider Silk' on the Berlin based label Killekill. 'Spider Silk' helped open them up to Berlin's thriving techno s...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/alex-smoke KRAKE 2013 > www.inverted-audio.com/krake-festival-2013 Alex Smoke delivers the second instalment of the IA x Krake Mix Series with an extensive 3 hour recording of his DJ set at Suicide Circus from last years Krake Festival. In our interview we discuss his involvement and experience of Krake Festival. We also discuss his early involvement with Soma, h...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/cloud-boat To celebrate the release of Cloud Boat's stunning experimental debut album 'Book Of Hours' released on Apollo Records we sat down with the London duo Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke to discuss the origins of the album and their music career in general, focusing on their early involvement with R&S Records, supporting James Blake in 2011 and thei...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/thermalbear-mix Ahead of Derelicht's debut party this Saturday with Sian, Auntie Flo and ThermalBear housed within a warehouse in Ipswich we caught up with Derelicht's resident DJ ThermalBear to discuss his involvement with the series and his expectations for all three events taking place over the next three months. ThermalBear has provided us with a...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/perc KRAKE 2013 > www.inverted-audio.com/krake-festival-2013 Krake is a week long festival of experimental electronic music in Berlin that takes place between 5th - 10th August 2013 in a variety of venues that include Passionskirche chapel, Berghain Kantine and Suicide Circus. The festival is curated by Killekill Records and 2013 marks the fourth edition of the f...

INTERVIEW > www.inverted-audio.com/keith-worthy While not always making as much noise as his Motor City compatriots, Keith Worthy has, be it in his guise of DJ, producer or label boss, rightfully held the respect of electronic music fans and figureheads since his early days in East Detroit. His DJ career may stretch back significantly further than his relatively young list of production credits, b...

INTERVIEW + PHOTOS > www.inverted-audio.com/dungeon-acid Commemorating our 100th mix and 5 years of Inverted Audio we’re proud to present the first of a new series of specially recorded 100% live performances called IA Sessions. In February we met up with Swedish electronic techno producer Dungeon Acid in London and invited him down to the Radiumphonic lab to perform a completely one off live anal...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/dfrnt DFRNT is the moniker of Alex Cowles who heads up Echodub Records and net label Cut. In 2012 Alex released his second album 'Fading' via Echodub in which he flawlessly demonstrated his affinity to dub techno, reminiscing the sounds of Basic Channel, whilst also submerging elements of bass, jungle and garage in swells of dub techno reverb. On the...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/blind-jacks-journey Blind Jacks Journey is a vinyl-only independent record label based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. The labels name pays homage to local engineering legend John Metcalf (1717-1810) aka Blind Jack of Knaresborough. The label is run by a trio of friends who are also behind the Crow Castle Cuts imprint, another outlet for limited re...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/dam-mantle Ahead of his live performance this Saturday at the NOTOWN Records London showcase we caught up with Dam Mantle aka Tom Marshallsay to find out more about his relationship with Gold Panda and being part of his label NOTOWN Records, plus what he’s got prepared for his live show in London. Recorded at his home studio in Glasgow, Dam Mantle’s m...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/matthewdavid Over the last four years, Leaving Records have been relentless. Across a slew of tasty cassette cuts they have showcased a legion of producers who pluck themes from experimental hip-hop and fry them into bizarre new forms (check Dem Hunger's delirious collage or EMV's torrential bass torture). They've also been responsible for sending Jul...

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > www.inverted-audio.com/thomas-kerridge Thomas Kerridge, boss of RAMP Recordings and sub labels Brainmath, PTN and Fourth Wave, has been one of the most pivotal figures in the emergence and maintenance of the UK bass scene since Ramp’s inception in 2004. His accolades have included assisting in the career launches of scores of now-ubiquitous producers including the likes of...