Aw man, 'Broken Dream' by Da Fresh! That Summetime Cowboy remix! YESSS!
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yes part of the problem his Fabric mix had was coming off the back of that one.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, this Surgeon mix is just wonderful!
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
zip!
― suare, Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
yes!
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 5 October 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
I've just ahem stumbled across an archive of every Fabric mix up until last year and damn the Ben Klock one is great, just zero fannying around at all. Might just sit at home and listen to these all weekend.
― Matt DC, Friday, 31 October 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
excited for prosumer and illum sphere
― the late great, Friday, 31 October 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
dont much care for his own music but the illum sphere one is one of the best mixes ive heard this year i think...
― StillAdvance, Saturday, 15 November 2014 09:12 (nine years ago) link
who is monki? this one looks good!
― the late great, Friday, 17 April 2015 06:03 (nine years ago) link
Annie Mac protegee, she's like 21 years old and already has her own Radio 1 show. I've never listened to it but that tracklist looks extremely promising.
― Matt DC, Friday, 17 April 2015 07:23 (nine years ago) link
I've been playing the Monki one all week by the way and it's brilliant, my favourite in quite a while, joining the dots between hard-as-nails percussive bass music and hands-in-the-air gospelized house, with the occasional enthusiastically amateurish MC thrown in.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 30 May 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
i was not as impressed but i only gave it a couple of spins
― the late great, Saturday, 30 May 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Kinda want TLG to hear the Joris Voorn one just to see what level of red mist it gives him. It's like a big fluffy cloud of microhouse candyfloss, really pretty in some places but at other times I can kinda feel my brain dribbling out of my ear.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 October 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
i was quite turned off by the size of the track list. i dont have anything against digital - i use traktor myself - but in general i don't care much for the slice-n-dice school of dj'ing. i like ye olde richie hawtin mixes okay but that's about it.
― the late great, Friday, 23 October 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
If you'd asked me without looking at the tracklisting I honestly wouldn't have guessed there were so many records involved. But then the same goes for Closer To The Edit.
There are plenty of other reasons why you won't like it though. It's like a more fussy version of some of the wibblier James Holden sets I've seen in my time.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 24 October 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
voorn has been making p much shitty trance for a long time
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Saturday, 24 October 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
i've been listening to a fair amount of old holden lately - the "balance" and "at the controls" mixes. super good. maybe i should give this voorn one a shot.
anyway i revived this thread because based on the RA review i was expecting the baby ford mix to be a disaster ... which it really isn't. i mean, he certainly phoned it in, but it's not *that* bad.
― the late great, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
little behind on this but mathew jonson 👌
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 22 February 2016 03:55 (eight years ago) link
That one is excellent, it's pretty much a live set but as such it's better than any individual Mathew Jonson album.
As far as I can tell it's the only good one in quite some time (although the Fabriclive series has been pretty good of late).
― Matt DC, Monday, 22 February 2016 11:07 (eight years ago) link
When enough water has flown under the bridge, Fabric mix CDs will make up a large part of my early-2000s ephemeral tapestry
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Monday, 22 February 2016 11:19 (eight years ago) link
I'm halfway through the Alan Fitzpatrick one, which I approached with no real expectations and woah. Festival techno! This is exactly what I want to listen to in June.
Nice to hear Mouth To Mouth again as well.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 June 2016 08:04 (eight years ago) link
flava d soon:
https://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/newsflash-flava-d-has-mixed-fabriclive-88
― dbs, Friday, 3 June 2016 14:22 (eight years ago) link
Been listening to the Carl Craig one a lot lately
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 3 June 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
why is flava d getting to do a fabriclive? im sure it wont be bad, but its like, in 2016, why have they not had slimzee do one yet? or spooky? spooky would be incredible. something a bit off about it really.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
the EZ one is top 5. maybe THE best fabriclive. makes a mockery of the competition.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 8 July 2016 09:37 (eight years ago) link
Now that this is officially a historical archive we should probably have another go round at repping for the best ones.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 September 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
Has it been confirmed that the mix series will end?
― paolo, Thursday, 8 September 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
if it does, there's some sort of sale on their back catalog again. not that I need the physical objects at this point in the game, but... I don't know, I'd like something.
back in the mid-2000s I subscribed to the cd series. being in the middle of the US there were limited possibilities to actually go to a club where I'd see acts like those that played fabric. even the mixes obviously made more for home listening made me feel like I was getting a glimpse into something. the design/artwork and music selection was variable but I always got something out of it. I can't remember when I started... probably shortly after that fabric 13 michael mayer mix.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
it's a weird time for released mixes in physical format, or even mixes that are purchased at all. that the fabric ones are still running seems like a throwback at times
many, if not most, of the fabric mixes are on some of the streaming services, though
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
for a short while i was on the fabric promo groove.even the promos has a good look and feel to them.simple basic coloured covers in heavy cardboard.my faves : omar s, john tejada, commix, noisia, and when in the mood for an old school hip hop set, dj spinbad.
― mark e, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure if it's still out there, but the fabric promo materials (just the press releases and promo images/materials, not music) website was public but relatively un-googleable. I remember grabbing some of the original art in really high resolution, which was excellent for background images.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
I don't think it's been confirmed either way but that's hardly going to be at the forefront of their mind right now. I guess they're promotional loss-leaders in any case, they can't possibly make their money back off releasing a whole run of, say, Jesse Rose CDs.
Commercially-released mix albums do feel anachronistic in the age of hundreds of free mixes a week but I think I still engage with them in different ways. Like a mix CD still feels like a DJ releasing an album. A great podcast can be better and a great radio set can be much better but they have that looser, live feel to them. I like the implied permanence of a mix album (also they're usually in better sound quality and you can actually see track titles, which matters to me).
I'm listening to the Glimmers one right now which is the best of the mid-00s bloggy ones (except the James Murphy/Pat Mahoney one which is all time).
Otherwise my top 10 from both series, in no particular order:
Fabric:
Michael Mayer (everyone says this but its true)Carl CraigEllen AllienAndy WeatherallAgoriaClaude VonstrokeZipOmar-S LucianoMarcel Dettmann
Fabriclive:
Jacques Lu ContBentThe GlimmersJames Murphy & Pat MahoneyJackmasterToddla TElijah & SkilliamDJ EZFlava DLogan Sama
There are so many terrible-sounding ones I've never bothered to go near, and nearly every DJ has turned out a better mix album for someone else (Mayer's Immer, Pearson's and Luciano's Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi), but I'll sort of miss them if they do stop dropping off the conveyor belt.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 September 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
I forgot the Optimo/Metro Area/Tiefschwarz/Monki ones which are all also excellent.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 September 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
the Death in Vegas fabriclive one is good
Shackleton and Sandwell District ones are more artist album/mixes than anything else but I'd endorse them
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 8 September 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
I was a huge huge fan of the Radioactive Man one back in the day. Don't know how well it's aged, probably come back round in terms of style. Pure full-frontal electroclash fun.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 8 September 2016 20:33 (eight years ago) link
Oh god yes the carl craig one
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
the villalobos one was great for having all unreleased - at the time - villalobos, including primer encuentro latinoamericano which is one of my favourite ever villalobos tracks - not so great as a mix cd.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
The John Peel one.
― Mark G, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, September 8, 2016 7:27 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's only 1 on spotify where i am :(
― just sayin, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
i have been contemplating getting the sandwell district mix as i have no chance of ever getting their vinyl stuff, but the constant use of 'dark' in various descriptions puts me off as i dont actually know what that means in regards to dance music, as to me it means foetus/front242/industrial etc.that said, i have just heard a sandwell district vs the black dog remix, and so that 'buy now' option is a lot close than it was.
― mark e, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Just bought the Ellen Allien and James Murphy/Pat Mahoney CD's on Discogs
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
The John Peel one was ridiculous but it introduced me to so much interesting music, as any John Peel session should I guess. That Capris' song singlehandedly got me into doo-wop and that insane gabba track (Identify The Beat) towards the end was a firm party favourite among my friends for years.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
ricardo's is may favourite definitely
zips was a bit disappointing for me, despite the (second half) tracklisting, still good though
been meaning to go hear to the Pure Science one for a long time...so many good records...and so many really bad ones
― saer, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
from his discography, i mean
― saer, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
The Sandwell District one bangs, you should listen to it.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
Like it's dark but in the way clubs lit by one lightbulb with everyone going mental are dark, it's not especially screwfacing or gothy or anything.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
i.e. perfect for me.
ta Matt DC .. ordered .
― mark e, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
question : why is the jamie jones fabric mix so much cheaper than any others !?!?
is it really that bad ?
(i have ordered it as i love the REKIDS groove).
FTR : of the promo stuff i heard, the mark farina mix was the one i really hated.
once i tuned into the beat that was consistent throughout i could not hear anything else.
― mark e, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
I think I'm in the ilm minority in enjoying the loopy, self-consciously "dark" sandwell-style stuff but it's got its place. glad to know Matt DC is a fan.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Friday, 9 September 2016 01:31 (eight years ago) link
I thought Sandwell District in general were reasonably highly rated on ILM?
They're pretty monochrome and warehousey but not in the posturing way you get with more EBM-influenced acts. Maybe not quite the time of year yet though - I always seem to dig the album out in November.
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 September 2016 07:49 (eight years ago) link