http://testpressing.org Balearic Beats, Culture & Design Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:03:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Balearic Beats Test Pressing clean Test Pressing yesproductions@gmail.com yesproductions@gmail.com (Test Pressing) Test Pressing Podcast Balearic, Test Pressing, Mellow, Balearic Beat, Disco, House, Mixes, Mellow, Acid, Ibiza http://testpressing.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tpavatar_rss2-.png http://testpressing.org London Weekly http://testpressing.org/2012/02/174-bing-ji-ling-mex-i-coastin/ http://testpressing.org/2012/02/174-bing-ji-ling-mex-i-coastin/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:31:58 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14882 http://testpressing.org/2012/02/174-bing-ji-ling-mex-i-coastin/feed/ 0 Bing Ji Ling,Incarnations,Mix,Paqua This is a perfect mix for the weekend. Some of you may know Bing Ji Ling from his work with Incarnations and also the Phenomenal Handclap Band with next up a new release from his Paqua project alongside Paul Murphy and Alex Searle on the Claremont label. This is a perfect mix for the weekend. Some of you may know Bing Ji Ling from his work with Incarnations and also the Phenomenal Handclap Band with next up a new release from his Paqua project alongside Paul Murphy and Alex Searle on the Claremont label. Some hot debuts on this mix - the aforementioned Paqua, a Quantic/Alice Russell track that isn't out yet, and a new PHB track that will be a B-side at some point in the future. Also on the mix is one of our favourites, 'Toda Menina Baiana' by Gilberto Gil. It's a beauty of a mix actually. First out of the balearic traps for us this year and if we can post more like this I'll be a happy man. The mix is called "Mex-i-coastin'" as he just spent six weeks in Mexico scouring the Pacific Coast from Mazunte, Oaxaca to Sayulita, Nayarit. We are about to do the Mexican tourist office a favour here (not that it needs one) and post some of Bing's photographs from his trip. I need to get there. Download Test Pressing clean http://testpressing.org/2012/01/173-steve-kotey-disco-honest/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/173-steve-kotey-disco-honest/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:23:23 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14854 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/173-steve-kotey-disco-honest/feed/ 0 Bearfunk,Grand Corporation,Mix,Podcast,Steve Kotey Haven't done a mix this year so happy to welcome Steve Kotey to get the ball rolling. I like the way when Steve sent the mix through he'd put the genre as '1976 Porno Soundtrack'. If that doesn't give you a clue where its going we are talking full on s... Haven't done a mix this year so happy to welcome Steve Kotey to get the ball rolling. I like the way when Steve sent the mix through he'd put the genre as '1976 Porno Soundtrack'. If that doesn't give you a clue where its going we are talking full on sleazy disco. Steve is pretty busy right now. Firstly, he is working on a new project with Andrew Meecham of Emperor Machine called Grand Corporation. It's mostly analogue based house music with plenty of Chicago references. Releases coming on the 'good to see them back' Classic as well as 2020 vision / Redux. The Classic release has Jeremy Glen on vocals. Then there's his Soiree project with Max Essa whose Zim Zim track I played a lot. Cheeky and funny but then with a serious edge apparently the new album has lots of crazy vocal action from Max. Steve says "if "Flight of the Concords" made New Wave, Disco and Krautrock it might sound like this". It's coming on Bearfunk in the summer. He's then got his My Ambassadors Reception label with some great releases this year with new projects from Loud-E with 'Loudefied Vol.II', Albion returning with 'Mixtura II' and a new 'Disco Diva Delights' compilation. Finally, more releases from Max Essa and Utopus (ace mix from The Beat Broker on that one) and a new imprint (does he sleep?) with the Utopus crew called Future Nuggets. You can check that here. Download Test Pressing clean http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-25012012/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-25012012/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:20:32 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14833 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-25012012/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/test-pressing-a-random-function-1-magazine/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/test-pressing-a-random-function-1-magazine/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:23:57 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14788 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/test-pressing-a-random-function-1-magazine/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/jah-wobble-influences-work/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/jah-wobble-influences-work/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:23:15 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14791 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/jah-wobble-influences-work/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-face-electro/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-face-electro/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:27:36 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14770 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-face-electro/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-12012012/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-12012012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:14:19 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14748 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/reviews-promo%e2%80%99d-12012012/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-typefaces-of-neville-brody/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-typefaces-of-neville-brody/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14588 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-typefaces-of-neville-brody/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/dj-harvey-interview-the-face-july-1997/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/dj-harvey-interview-the-face-july-1997/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:09:09 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14581 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/dj-harvey-interview-the-face-july-1997/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/todd-terje-35-tracks-i-played-to-death-in-2011/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/todd-terje-35-tracks-i-played-to-death-in-2011/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:40:46 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14571 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/todd-terje-35-tracks-i-played-to-death-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-hardway-brothers-a-diabolical-liberty-im-a-cliche-2011/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-hardway-brothers-a-diabolical-liberty-im-a-cliche-2011/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:03:47 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14556 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/the-hardway-brothers-a-diabolical-liberty-im-a-cliche-2011/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/david-rodigan-interview/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/david-rodigan-interview/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:48:50 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14549 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/david-rodigan-interview/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/171-producers-series-15-trevor-horn/ http://testpressing.org/2012/01/171-producers-series-15-trevor-horn/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:29:29 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14538 http://testpressing.org/2012/01/171-producers-series-15-trevor-horn/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/test-pressing-2012-round-up/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/test-pressing-2012-round-up/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:48:49 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14509 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/test-pressing-2012-round-up/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/dawdle-hustle-004-dream-sunny-spot/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/dawdle-hustle-004-dream-sunny-spot/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:27:34 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14504 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/dawdle-hustle-004-dream-sunny-spot/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/robs-review-corner/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/robs-review-corner/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:36 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14468 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/robs-review-corner/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/pauls-review-corner/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/pauls-review-corner/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:23:16 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14480 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/pauls-review-corner/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/nick-the-record-ln-cc-pop-up-store/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/nick-the-record-ln-cc-pop-up-store/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:37:16 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14433 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/nick-the-record-ln-cc-pop-up-store/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/170-joel-martin-quiet-village-velvet-vibrations/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/170-joel-martin-quiet-village-velvet-vibrations/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:41:59 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14421 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/170-joel-martin-quiet-village-velvet-vibrations/feed/ 0 Joel Martin,Mix,Quiet Village Joel Martin is a man of principles and probably one of the most knowledgable people I know in the world of synth-based soundtracks. He's also part of underground heroes Quiet Village who, as their name suggests, Joel Martin is a man of principles and probably one of the most knowledgable people I know in the world of synth-based soundtracks. He's also part of underground heroes Quiet Village who, as their name suggests, like to slowly get on with things in their own particular way. He's soon off to Berlin to finish the 3rd instalment of their Maxxi and Zeu project for International Feel. Next up from Joel is a new project with Gerry Rooney from Black Cock where they have created two labels - Lucky Hole and Golden Hole. You can follow/like them at the Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold facebook page for updates and news. We've heard two of the new tracks and they are bottom heavy and sleazy as can be. They are also about to remix the new project from Mo Morris and Phil Manzanera (that sounds good already) War Cry. Busy in a quiet way. Download Test Pressing clean 56:16 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/169-peter-visti-live-at-grammofon-cafe/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/169-peter-visti-live-at-grammofon-cafe/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:08:37 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14404 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/169-peter-visti-live-at-grammofon-cafe/feed/ 0 Mix,Peter Visti New mix from Peter Visti here, a DJ for over 20 years and producer of releases on Music For Dreams, Eskimo and Mindless Boogie as well as one of the men behind one of the underground hits of the last few years 'Stars' alongside Jakob Meyland. New mix from Peter Visti here, a DJ for over 20 years and producer of releases on Music For Dreams, Eskimo and Mindless Boogie as well as one of the men behind one of the underground hits of the last few years 'Stars' alongside Jakob Meyland. Early next year he'll release his solo album 'Illusions Of A Twisted Mind' on Bearfunk. Look out for that one. Download Test Pressing clean 1:29:03 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/lexx-on-the-remedy/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/lexx-on-the-remedy/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:05:46 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14397 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/lexx-on-the-remedy/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/168-dr-rob-tokyo-to-kissa-10/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/168-dr-rob-tokyo-to-kissa-10/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:44:10 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14387 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/168-dr-rob-tokyo-to-kissa-10/feed/ 0 Dr Rob,Mix,Tokyo-to-kissa The Tokyo-To Kissas were made, one a month, during 2007. My first year in Japan. Prior to the move to Tokyo, I had spent much of my free time recreating Harvey`s Moonshadow sessions in a shed at the end of our garden in Croydon, The Tokyo-To Kissas were made, one a month, during 2007. My first year in Japan. Prior to the move to Tokyo, I had spent much of my free time recreating Harvey`s Moonshadow sessions in a shed at the end of our garden in Croydon, so I was already on a pretty mellow one. Then someone, probably Tim, gave me a load of Jose`s Café Del Mar sets, about ten of them on a CD. While a Pre-90s Balearic obsessive, my attention had been focused solely on Alfredo`s box, Blancmange b-sides, wondering why there weren’t more records like The Woodentops, and why you couldn’t get hired playing records like that anymore. I knew very little about the Café Del Mar. Although I had thrown up there once. Listening to Jose’s tapes, I thought “I’ve got loads of stuff like this. I can do this.” I had originally planned to sell all my records in Japan. To quit DJing. To let it go. Anyone who knows me will know that I am always saying this. But something always seems to come along and spark my interest again. DJ History, the Sarcastic mix, Baldelli’s tapes. I fast found that I couldn’t “do this” and that telling a hopefully entertaining story using largely beat-less instrumentals is a lot harder than you might think. A fact that anyone who has listened to a To Kissa can attest to. I was uneducated, but with assistance from friends like Moonboots and Jolyon, who provided mixes and IDs, I began to acquire “Café Classics” from Tokyo`s countless second hand record shops. Awash with Windham Hill and ECM. The To Kissas were really just compilations, made for friends, of what I`d found that month, with a few other things I thought might fit thrown in. Paul was kind enough to run with them. After I’d done a couple, I realised that they were never gonna be tributes to the Café. To this day I think I’ve only made one “mix” with a beach in mind. They were all made late at night, when the kids had gone to bed. And I had started drinking. That year I was a mess. I had quit my job to move and look after the boys. I was often on my own. After dropping my sons off at school, I thought about killing myself pretty much every morning. But then there would be the laundry and the vacuuming to do. I had just turned forty, and mid-life (well, you can only hope) and my hormones, as they approached the cliff at a clip, were a devil on my shoulder taunting me to continually prove that I was a man before it was too late. I never thought I measured myself that way. I guess we all do if we are honest. I was also hung up on the language. I was lost. I spent hours every day studying. And still I was lost. My frustration and fear would peak into bouts of anger. Tired of being ignored. Tired of being treated like an idiot. “I’ll have you know I’ve got a PhD.” But I was an idiot. I couldn’t read or write. And I was essentially deaf and dumb. Paul once said to me “You seem to be on a bit of a downer about Tokyo. How can you be on a downer in such a fantastic city?” He made me feel guilty. I was on a downer, and I was blaming the city, which wasn’t fair. Tokyo is an amazing place. It was just me. And my age. Consumed with regret (such a bad place to be) and having the “luxury” of the time to reflect on all my bad habits and daily mistakes. Driven crazy by all the hard naked bodies I would never get to see. The lingerie of dreams. Gone. Days bitter with “Why did I never sleep with a blonde when I was at university?” Nights awake thinking “I’ll probably never see my grandchildren”. “Never. Never. Never” was my mantra. The To Kissas were something to lose myself in. In hindsight, to wallow in. I’d never call it a night and it would always end with me waking on the floor, ‘Let It Bleed’ still playing, and the weight, or lack of it, of the two litre carton of sake informing me that it would be a few days before I would feel “normal” again. I missed my friends, and I missed my youth. But I don’t feel like that now. I threw caution to the wind and back-tracked completely. Test Pressing clean http://testpressing.org/2011/12/jean-paul-goude-so-far-so-goude/ http://testpressing.org/2011/12/jean-paul-goude-so-far-so-goude/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:31:00 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14378 http://testpressing.org/2011/12/jean-paul-goude-so-far-so-goude/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-kham-lingstang-band-solan/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-kham-lingstang-band-solan/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:19:06 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14366 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-kham-lingstang-band-solan/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-ka%c2%a7par-ode-to-the-ancients-ep/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-ka%c2%a7par-ode-to-the-ancients-ep/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:07:50 +0000 Dr Rob http://testpressing.org/?p=14362 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/review-ka%c2%a7par-ode-to-the-ancients-ep/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-orb-forever-ambient-the-nme/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-orb-forever-ambient-the-nme/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:54:42 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14354 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-orb-forever-ambient-the-nme/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/167-psychemagik-sunrise/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/167-psychemagik-sunrise/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:42:51 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14324 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/167-psychemagik-sunrise/feed/ 0 So here we are with a new mix from Psychemagik. These two have been on something of a roll when it comes to their own releases and the quality of their mixes which make highly rare music sound pretty accesible. So here we are with a new mix from Psychemagik. These two have been on something of a roll when it comes to their own releases and the quality of their mixes which make highly rare music sound pretty accesible. On a remix front they've been busy recently with mixes for Metronomy (free download on this one!), Time & Space Machine, Azari & lll and Crystal Fighters. They also have a Valley Of Paradise remix 12" out early next year with versions from Leo Zero, Time & Space Machine, Greg Wilson and Toby Tobias and are releasing a very limited edition EP in the first few months of the year named 'Triumph Of The Gods Suite' with bespoke artwork and limited edition screen print by designer Trevor Jackson. Finally there is a new Healin' Feelin Edit 12 out now - check it here at Phonica or here and here at Soundcloud. To keep up to date on what Psychemagik are up to follow them at Soundcloud, Twitter and Facebook. So back to the the mix, it's a two hour epic full of records I've never heard and, as ever, is totally on point. Top draw. Download Test Pressing clean 1:57:52 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/jocks-paul-trouble-anderson-dj-profile/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/jocks-paul-trouble-anderson-dj-profile/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:14:16 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14332 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/jocks-paul-trouble-anderson-dj-profile/feed/ 0 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/166-cosmes-opera-city/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/166-cosmes-opera-city/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:59:11 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14247 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/166-cosmes-opera-city/feed/ 0 COS/MES,Mix We are big fans of COS/MES at Test Pressing so happy that they've come through with a mix for us here. Their productions and remixes are always doing something interesting away from the traditional notion of what our "balearic" scene should be doing. We are big fans of COS/MES at Test Pressing so happy that they've come through with a mix for us here. Their productions and remixes are always doing something interesting away from the traditional notion of what our "balearic" scene should be doing. They have odd arrangements, can last 12 minutes (happily) and seem to be in a world of their own. Hope you enjoy this one. Download Test Pressing clean http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-face-the-hacienda-new-steps-for-the-leisure-industry/ http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-face-the-hacienda-new-steps-for-the-leisure-industry/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:58:39 +0000 Apiento http://testpressing.org/?p=14260 http://testpressing.org/2011/11/the-face-the-hacienda-new-steps-for-the-leisure-industry/feed/ 0