you know, just speaking as a fan of dance and rap, i think that list is pretty good, quibbles about ordering aside. i don't know 90% of the rock on it, though.
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
pretty awesome they included e-dancer though i'd have put it higher than 69
The big issue from the dance side is that they (I assume) ruled out DJ mixes and the like, e.g. the choices of d&b albums seemed astonishingly one-sided to me but then once you're restricting yourself to "proper" artist albums 1995 - 1999 it becomes harder to avoid that I guess.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
i can see that as a reasonable editorial decision though
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
it'll be interesting to see how 00s album lists deal w/ the issue of podcasts
probably just exclude those too, right?
which DJ mixes would you have included, tim?
i'd have probably put on dave clarke's electro x-mix but i'm not sure what else
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
― the late great, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:53 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, but it has consequences when a lot of the list is about dance music.
Not that they would have had a hope in this poll but my 90s DJ mix selections would be:
Lil Louis Vega - United DJs of America, Vol. 2: New York CityKenny Ken - A History of HardcoreGrooverider - Hardstep Selection IISlipmatt - Slipmatt Takes ControlRobbie Hardkiss - Mixed MessagesCarl Craig - DJ KicksThe Dreem Teem - In Session IIDerrick May - The MayDay MixDJ Rolando - The Aztec Mystic Mix
Thinking about it, comps possibly more crucial to the story of jungle than mixes.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Carl Craig - DJ Kicks
^^ excellent suggestion
i would add nicolette's dj kicks to the list, that is a monster
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
how about
v/a - TORQUEv/a - TECHSTEPPIN
massive omissions imo
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
and the jungle mix category is full of "bangers"
dj db - history of hardcore, history of hardcore 2, history of our world 1, history of our world 2, breakbeat odyssey, drum and bass selection usa
dj hype - drum and bass selection 3, drum and bass selection 4
smith & mighty - dj kicks
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
dj db - history of our world 2
DING. DING DING DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNAH
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'd add Bukem's 'Mixmag Live' to any 90's comp best of list.
― millmeister, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
oh fuck yeah, that with his grinning mug above the clouds is BRILLIANCE
marc i actually prefer the "history of hardcore" ones
― the late great, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, and I'd include Hawtin's mix in the same series. Basically a time when dj mixes had some personality and took a few risks.
― millmeister, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
when men were men, and women were women
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
you could flange a ball down the street
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
If a dj played something, it stayed played!
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
when men were men, and women were men too.
― jed_, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 09:15 (eleven years ago) link
rip hunta d
― the late great, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
Lol.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/01/fact-mix-349-silent-servant/
listened to this a few times now, proper mint!
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
Incredible selection of black-hearted, dead-eyed, pedal-to-the-floor "mutant music" from the Sandwell District graduate. published 1 Oct 2012 share
FACT mix is a black-hearted, dead-eyed, pedal-to-the-floor session from Silent Servant.
Recorded to mark the recent release of his debut album, Negative Fascination, on Hospital Productions, the mix focusses on propulsive darkwave and dubbed-out post-punk, placing tracks by contemporary acts including Led Er Est, Haul and The KVB alongside cult classics and cassette obscurities from the likes of Modern Art, No More and Snowy Red. Like Negative Fascination, it’s pure of purpose and entirely successful in its aims.
Silent Servant is the solo project of Juan Mendez, the California native who first made his name in techno circles in the 90s with his production work under the name Jasper, and with his co-founding of the highly respected Cytrax label. It was during this time that Mendez befriended Karl O’Connor, aka Regis, beginning a creative alliance that has lasted to this day and led to all kinds of interesting outcomes.
The two artists, along with Dave ‘Function’ Sumner and Peter ‘Female’ Sutton, turned Sandwell District from a functional 12″ series into highly influential artistic collective and record label, encouraged in no small part by Mendez’s design and visual nous, and culminating in the release of a widely praised album, Feed-Forward (2010), before they decided to call it a day earlier this year. Mendez also became intimately involved with the running of O’Connor’s long-running Downwards label, bringing young American bands like Pink Playground, Dva Damas and Deathday into the fold (check the recently released So Click Heels compilation for a fine snapshot). One such act was Tropic of Cancer, the brainchild of Mendez’s wife, Camella Lobo, to whose first three releases (‘The Dull Age’ and ‘Be Brave’ on Downwards, The Sorrow Of Two Blooms EP on Blackest Ever Black) he contributed significantly.
Of course, it’s as a techno producer and DJ that Mendez remains best known. His 12″ productions as Silent Servant elegantly combine the industrial force of classic Downwards with the the dub-wise spaciousness of Basic Channel/Chain Reaction and the skippy minimalism of Cytrax. For Negative Fascination, he has widened his palette, or rather wholeheartedly pursued directions that in the past his work has only hinted at. In simple terms, the LP finds Mendez reconciling his interest in cutting edge dance music and pin-sharp, club-ready sound design with an even deeper, more instinctive affection for 80s DIY, minimal wave and the like, and this reconciliation yields some extraordinary results: take ‘Moral Divide (Endless)’, where a typical 4/4 kick is rejected in favour of a scuffed, skeletal drum machine tattoo that Suicide might reject on grounds of it being too raw, then shrouded in strings that could teach Detroit a thing or two about grandeur and moodiness, or the way ‘The Strange Attractor”s EBM-style tom-hits ricochet wildly against the taut techno grid that encloses them, or ‘Temptation & Desire”s foregrounding of shoegazey guitar noise. It’s undoubtedly one of the year’s finest full-lengths.
“Even though it’s only seven tracks, Negative Fascination is very representative of what I wanted to achieve,” Mendez told FACT in a recent in-depth interview. “There’s a little bit of Cabs, there’s a little bit of DAF, there’s a little bit of early Basic Channel and early Downwards, there’s some weird post-punk, upbeat, almost Joy Division-like sounds. It was just this weird mutation in my head.”
The Silent Servant FACT mix sheds further light on, and traces the origins of, this “weird mutation”. It was recorded live, with turntables, CDJs and mixer with effects. Stream or download it via the Soundcloud player below.
Tracklist:Karl And The Curbcrawlers (Karl O’Connor) – Day In Day Out – ExistHaul – New Sewn Pocket – YTA RecordsDAF – Verlieb Dich In Mich – Virgin RecordsLed Er Est – Opto Five – Captured TracksModern Art – Hello/Goodbye – DomesticaThe KVB – Hands – Clan Destine RecordsCabaret Voltaire – A Touch Of Evil (Reprise) – Rough TradeSnowy Red – Sinkin’ Down – Dirty DanceNo More – Suicide Commando – Wishbone RecordsSilent Servant – Temptation & Desire – Hospital ProductionsPublic Information Film (Karl O’Connor) – Here And Now (EnglishVersion) – DownwardsIn Aeternam Vale – Dust Under Brightness – Minimal WavePye Corner Audio – Electronic Rhythm Number Three – Type RecordsHard Corps – Dirty (J.Rocc Edit) – Stones Throw / Minimal WaveSilent Servant – Invocation Of Lust (Extended 12″ Mix) – Hospital ProductionsDiseño Corbusier – Golpe De Amistad – Strut 2012 / Auxilio De Cientos 1986
All the Silent Servant/Sandwell/Regis stuff has been right up my alley lately. Can't wait to listen to this one.
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
Hah, and right after I typed that, I got this email from boomkat:RAIME / VATICAN SHADOW / THROBBING GRISTLE + MORE - NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER
A rather good one from I:Cube, lots of spacey acid and electro:http://www.factmag.com/2012/11/12/fact-mix-356-icube/
It's just a shame that the FACT site always crashes my browser.
― Neil S, Monday, 12 November 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
The FACT websites have always been a bit of a disaster. The new one looks like shiiiite on my phone.
― millmeister, Monday, 12 November 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's a shame, I'm always put off reading anything there because of those problems.
― Neil S, Monday, 12 November 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
opening more than two links is dicing with death basically
― Number None, Monday, 12 November 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/factmag/fact-mix-346-breach-sep-12
this has been on repeat
1. This Torment is thought – Longreybeam2. Trapped bootleg – Unknown3. Bring Joy – Midland’s 2012 refix4. Who Knows Where Love Goes – Last Magpie5. I’ll never give up – Esteban Adame6. Untitled 2 – Midland and Pariah7. Mountains – Pedestrian remix – DjRum8. Gliding – Deepchord9. Nothing else – Detroit Swindle10. Your’s – Medlar remix – Steffi11. Past Present – Andrea Di rocco12. Beserk – Daniel Bell13. Come on – J. Bevin14. Rain – Kerri Chandler15. Variation 2 – d’Eon16. What’s in your head VIP – Disclosure17. Stone Cold – Groove Chronicles18. Comb Over – Shadow Child and James Talk19. It’s alright – Lorca20. Horizons – Etch21. Your My Own – Sello22. Wake – Indigo23. Fusion 45_33 version – Photek24. Love Philtre – Citizen mix – Brabe25. Keep the fire burning – Shadow Child edit26. Waves Dub – Drums Of Death27. Room Service – Citizen28. 101 – Breach and Midland29. Needs You – George Fitzgerald30. Wolf Club – Desvverre
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
Untold takes it back: http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/31/fact-mix-363-untold/
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer – Ackers (Kool)Hedgehog Affair – Heaven Sent (Basement)Cool Hand Flex – Your Risk (De underground)Dj Hype – I Can’t Understand It (Suburban Base)Static Substance – Ghetto People (Remix) (Impact)DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer – In effect (The Remix) (Slammin’ Vinyl)Freestyle & – DJR – Madness (Awesome)DJ Ham –Most Uplifting (Future Primitive Remix) (Kniteforce)Nookie – The Sound Of Music (Reinforced)Origination – Break Down (Rude Boy)Dub Two – Bad Man (Tuffness Mix) (Big City)Tango – Can’t Stop The Rush (Remix) (Formation)D-Force – Ruff!!! (Slammin’ Vinyl)Foul Play – Finest Illusion (Section 4)Peshay – Piano Tune (Good Looking)
― millmeister, Monday, 31 December 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
listening now, it's great.
― Neil S, Monday, 31 December 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
just saw that, got a boner, started downloading
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
Really smooth dubby selection from Jon K - http://www.factmag.com/2013/01/07/fact-mix-364-jon-k/
― millmeister, Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
FACT mix 380 - The Black Dog (Apr '13):
1. Autechre – Eutow – Warp2. Forgemasters – Track With No Name3. The Black Dog – Bleep One4. LFO – Push – Warp – Dust Science5. Phoenecia – Y-Intercpnkt – Warp6. Tricky Disco – Tricky Disco7. Move D – Rain Shine – Warp8. Sympletic – Ace Space _ Warp9. The Black Dog – Bleep Four – Dust Science10. Sweet Exorcist – Testonetwothree – Warp11. LFO – Tied Up – Warp
― millmeister, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
looks a bit old-skool. (not a criticism)
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:01 (ten years ago) link
"Testonetwothree" ?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:16 (ten years ago) link
Was there a distinct moment that FACT essentially became the buzzfeed of music sites, or is it just endemic to its untrammeled decline into clickbait, irrelevant-news, and manufactured-attitude fueled mediocrity?
― ed.b, Friday, 19 June 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
Lol-hyperbole, but still, am I mistaken for thinking it was waaaay more relevant and interesting four to five years ago?
― ed.b, Friday, 19 June 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
probably when they redesigned their site, early this year i think?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
Fact was never good
― saer, Friday, 19 June 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
they had good lists, even though i agree there are too many lists on the internet
but they pointed me toward some interesting music i might have otherwise overlooked (new and old music)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
they still do: http://www.factmag.com/tag/for-club-use-only/
i've definitely noticed how clickbait-y they've gotten too, i only end up there when someone links a good mix or video.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 19 June 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
i still like fact, but is there any point to their singles reviews section? no one seems to have much of an opinion on anything. like theyre all too worried about being told they dont know what theyre talking about.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 3 September 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
very sad to learn that FACT will no longer be publishing written content. we had some golden years back there and i'm proud of what we did - sometimes adding vital context and sometimes just noising up diplo for the lols. the real FACT magazine was truly the friends i made alo--— dj emotional recycling peacock (@chalravens) January 14, 2020
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
Very garbage. I had a nice run writing for them for a while.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
This really blows. I read the magazine since it came out on paper in 2003. I can't imagine returning to Fact if it will be all-video, personally (but I guess I'm lol old).
John Xela had some things to say about it, too: https://twitter.com/johnxela
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link