Mantis Radio

Flore, label boss of POLAAR, slams down the drums in the guest mix. Mike plays new music from Opal Tapes, Dexterous Numerics, Forest Drive West, Samurai Music, hardcore punk band Ballpeen, Ovid + Tension, Shinichi Atobe, Deathbed Tapes, Ipecac Recordings, thatboytim, and Dewtone Recordings. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio316 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Lakker return w/ a stunning 60m mix, packing techno, grime, bass weight, and electro. Before Lakker rolls it it down, heady mood mysticism from La Breiche, Ghost Warrior, XQST, and Medika. Techno rollers from the likes of Yan Cook + PWCCA, Vinicius Honorio, Architektur + Avørste, Divide + Temudo. Served w/ some electro crunch from Cyan85, and AUX88, and dusted with bass rumbles from Jonny L and He...

Hedchef showcases his electro meets bass meets breaks meets techno sound on today's show. We've some jungle, early drum n bass, techstep and some heavy neurofunk selections from Mike in the first hour. Including tracks from Alex Reece, Emotif Recordings, Eusebeia, Western Lore, Metalheadz, Strictly Hardcore, OtherCide Records, Bad Taste Recordings, Barcode, Love Love Records, POLAAR, and Sonic Ter...

This episode is a special one, twice over. Ezuri marks his debut release for Darkfloor Sound in the session. And with it being episode 313, the rest of our transmission is a tribute to the sound of Detroit. Showcasing the musicians, producers and labels based in and from the Motor City in the heart of Michigan, hear tracks by Moodymann, Funkadelic, The Black Dahlia Murder, J Dilla, Danny Brown, Th...

Drum + noise artist Speak Onion returns with a heavy sonic assault for his second Mantis session. Hear tracks from Scheme Boy and Enduser, Meat Beat Manifesto, Moderat, Opal Tapes' Rerekat, Countersunk, Andras, Soma Records, Blueprint's Sigha, Untold, Ricochet Records, Lana Del Rabies, SHXCXCHCXSH, Samurai Music, and Paradox. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio312 Join our Patreon — ht...

US industrial punk band BRICKS pick some of their favourite grindcore + noise tracks. Plus: Doormouse, Code Orange, Salford Electronics, Sonic Terror, PETRICK, Gojira, Overlook, Replicant, Employed to Serve, Luke Lund, Crystal Cage, Primitive Knot, and Venetian Snares. Travesing the sounds of breakcore, dnb, metal, industrial, noise, mutant dub, post rock, powerviolence, darkgaze, progressive deat...

Zhark Recordings' Kareem turns in a stunning session mix. Alongside music from Holotone, Scorn, New York Haunted, JK Flesh and Echologist, Phase Fatale, Werk Discs, Fuel Records, King Cannibal, Southern Lord, Bjork, Mo Wax, and Mike Huckaby who passed last month. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio310 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

With a career ranging artist mix, in session we've the techno mindmelters Lakker. Mike plays tracks by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Beata, Savier, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, and Depeche Mode, alongside some Australian metalcore, new Sclist, old Jon Convex, Birmingham bass, heavy metal, and new wave synth-pop. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio309 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/ma...

British 4 piece band Capac provide a captivating soundscape trip. Either side of that hear tracks from Happa, 3KZ, Joel Brittain, The Future Sound of London, Gotshell, Zan Heimer, Cignol, Randomer, Burnthouse Lane, Ana De Llor, Racine, Calum Gunn, and Boards of Canada. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio308 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

In session Portuguese techno don Temudo, co-founder of label collective HAYES. Sandwiched between some high BPM breakcore from end.user, and Aaron Spectre, cinematic industrial from Metalogue, IDM shards from Room of Wires and Weldroid, classic techstep era drum n bass from No U-Turn, industrial metal from Khost's new album, and badbwoy jungle bass from Love Love Records, and Amen-Tal. Tracklist —...

Italian producer Inner8 brings his label Holotone to the session. Hear tracks from Andy Gill and Andrew Weatherall, in tribute. Alongside music from Uniform, Paula Temple, Savier, Chris and Cosey, Sclist, Cybotron, William Orbit, Rorcal, Overlook and Karim Mass, As One, and Aphex Twin. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio306 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

British electro mainstay Scape One returns w/ a showcase session mix. Enjoy music by The Bug and Burial, Lanark Artefax, Broken English Club, Paleman, Annie Hall, brand new Skam, The Fear Ratio, and Metalogue, alongside unreleased Ruins, Mark Jacobs, and Strago and Snooks. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio305 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

British IDM duo Room of Wires showcase their beautiful twisted fragile sound Hear new music from Giant Swan, Temudo, BNJMN, Scalameriya, Acroplane, Cristian Vogel, James Ruskin, Subsist, Rob Clouth, VALE, Ricochet Records, and Soma. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio304 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

A special extended edition of Mantis Radio celebrating the sound of acid - from its origins in 1987 up to 2019. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio303 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

We smash out the year end with a post hardcore session from returning guest Damian B (Khost). Alongside some death metal, industrial and metalcore cuts from Employed to Serve, Nile, Babymetal, Vastum, Vltimas, Oathbreaker, Deafheaven, and Godflesh. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio302 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

In session Irish hard drum DJ, producer, and Flood trax co-founder Doubt. With music by Gangsta Boo and Sinjin Hawke, Leftfield, Mulero, Kvitnu, Lockjaw, Clock DVA, Maurice Fulton, Datasette, and Huxley Anne. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio301 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

For our 300th episode we've an extended edition featuring a mix by British techno don Oliver Ho' Broken English Club project. The rest of our show is all home grown UK techno. Featured artists include Sasha, Luke Slater, Mark Broom, Jamie Lidell, Ben Sims, Landstrumm, Rebekah, Makaton, Dave Clarke, Voidloss, Bryan Chapman, Inigo Kennedy, Paula Temple, James Ruskin, Benjamin Damage, Chris McCormack...

In session UK electro producer Nullptr. Plus: music by Squarepusher, Xhin, Objekt, Cyd, L.B. Dub Corp, Max Cooper, the wee djs, Lou Kessler, Plus 8, Ostgut Ton, Opal Tapes, and Asian Dub Foundation. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio299 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Our 2019 Halloween special packs two hours of dark ambient, thrash metal, ritualistic doom drone, 90s industrial, dub drone, 70s Italian horror, breakcore, death metal, and dark drum + bass. As well as some bits that don't really fit into any one genre or another. New and old, this is a personal collection of blackened tracks that set a mood. No guest this week, just yours truly, Mike Darkfloor la...

Welcoming back German breakbeat producer T.R.O. With music by LFO, Djrum, DJIPE, Donato Dozzy, Rod Modell, ARTS, Less, Crystal Cage, Yello, BNJMN, Missin', and more. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio298 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Pittsburgh's 8cylinder brings his raw rhythmic electronics to the show. Bolstered by music from Mindtrick Records, Franck Vigroux, Max Cooper, Arcon 2, Sebastian Kramer, Si Begg, Luxus Varta, Audio, TeeBee, Synkro and, the first play of our new Darkfloor Sound EP, featuring Ezuri. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio297 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Denmark's Amphior share their blissful ambient blossom of sound. With music from Moderat, Savier, Replicant, Broken English Club, Holodeck Records, FUSE, Petrichor, Bovaflux, Ontal, Plike and 100 Gecs. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio296 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

In session Uruguay's dark ambient post-industrial duo Clovvder. Plus: music by Deftones, Metz, Voljum, Metalogue, Submerged, Poppy, Opal Tapes, Derlich, Inigo Kennedy, Dreadcore, and Editions Mego. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio295 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Rotterdam's Inge K returns with a mix of foundational breakcore. Before her session, hear music by Boylan + Flowdan, TAKA, Raven Sigh, Dax J, UVB, Gobsmacked, Voitax, James Ruskin, Rhythmic Theory, THRDEYEVSN, and Section27. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio294 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio

Dr Schmidt returns to Mantis Radio w/ a mix of heavy + dark techno. Plus: music by Cause4Concern, Luke Lund, Crystal Cage, Giant Swan, Cari Lekebusch, ERP, PRSPCT, Peter Van Hoesen, HANDS, Tri Angle, Mickey Nox, and Zeta Reticula. Tracklist — https://darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio293 Join our Patreon — https://patreon.com/mantisradio