FACT Mixes. Your comments here...

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

i can see that as a reasonable editorial decision though

― 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 City
Kenny Ken - A History of Hardcore
Grooverider - Hardstep Selection II
Slipmatt - Slipmatt Takes Control
Robbie Hardkiss - Mixed Messages
Carl Craig - DJ Kicks
The Dreem Teem - In Session II
Derrick May - The MayDay Mix
DJ Rolando - The Aztec Mystic Mix

Thinking about it, comps possibly more crucial to the story of jungle than mixes.

Carl Craig - DJ Kicks

^^ excellent suggestion

i would add nicolette's dj kicks to the list, that is a monster

how about

v/a - TORQUE
v/a - TECHSTEPPIN

massive omissions imo

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

dj db - history of our world 2

DING. DING DING DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNAH

I'd add Bukem's 'Mixmag Live' to any 90's comp best of list.

oh fuck yeah, that with his grinning mug above the clouds is BRILLIANCE

marc i actually prefer the "history of hardcore" ones

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.

when men were men, and women were women

you could flange a ball down the street

If a dj played something, it stayed played!

when men were men, and women were men too.

rip hunta d

Lol.

http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/01/fact-mix-349-silent-servant/

listened to this a few times now, proper mint!

Incredible selection of black-hearted, dead-eyed, pedal-to-the-floor "mutant music" from the Sandwell District graduate.
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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 – Exist
Haul – New Sewn Pocket – YTA Records
DAF – Verlieb Dich In Mich – Virgin Records
Led Er Est – Opto Five – Captured Tracks
Modern Art – Hello/Goodbye – Domestica
The KVB – Hands – Clan Destine Records
Cabaret Voltaire – A Touch Of Evil (Reprise) – Rough Trade
Snowy Red – Sinkin’ Down – Dirty Dance
No More – Suicide Commando – Wishbone Records
Silent Servant – Temptation & Desire – Hospital Productions
Public Information Film (Karl O’Connor) – Here And Now (English
Version) – Downwards
In Aeternam Vale – Dust Under Brightness – Minimal Wave
Pye Corner Audio – Electronic Rhythm Number Three – Type Records
Hard Corps – Dirty (J.Rocc Edit) – Stones Throw / Minimal Wave
Silent Servant – Invocation Of Lust (Extended 12″ Mix) – Hospital Productions
Diseño 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.

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.

The FACT websites have always been a bit of a disaster. The new one looks like shiiiite on my phone.

yeah, it's a shame, I'm always put off reading anything there because of those problems.

opening more than two links is dicing with death basically

http://soundcloud.com/factmag/fact-mix-346-breach-sep-12

this has been on repeat

1. This Torment is thought – Longreybeam
2. Trapped bootleg – Unknown
3. Bring Joy – Midland’s 2012 refix
4. Who Knows Where Love Goes – Last Magpie
5. I’ll never give up – Esteban Adame
6. Untitled 2 – Midland and Pariah
7. Mountains – Pedestrian remix – DjRum
8. Gliding – Deepchord
9. Nothing else – Detroit Swindle
10. Your’s – Medlar remix – Steffi
11. Past Present – Andrea Di rocco
12. Beserk – Daniel Bell
13. Come on – J. Bevin
14. Rain – Kerri Chandler
15. Variation 2 – d’Eon
16. What’s in your head VIP – Disclosure
17. Stone Cold – Groove Chronicles
18. Comb Over – Shadow Child and James Talk
19. It’s alright – Lorca
20. Horizons – Etch
21. Your My Own – Sello
22. Wake – Indigo
23. Fusion 45_33 version – Photek
24. Love Philtre – Citizen mix – Brabe
25. Keep the fire burning – Shadow Child edit
26. Waves Dub – Drums Of Death
27. Room Service – Citizen
28. 101 – Breach and Midland
29. Needs You – George Fitzgerald
30. Wolf Club – Desvverre

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)

listening now, it's great.

just saw that, got a boner, started downloading

Really smooth dubby selection from Jon K - http://www.factmag.com/2013/01/07/fact-mix-364-jon-k/

FACT mix 380 - The Black Dog (Apr '13):

1. Autechre – Eutow – Warp
2. Forgemasters – Track With No Name
3. The Black Dog – Bleep One
4. LFO – Push – Warp – Dust Science
5. Phoenecia – Y-Intercpnkt – Warp
6. Tricky Disco – Tricky Disco
7. Move D – Rain Shine – Warp
8. Sympletic – Ace Space _ Warp
9. The Black Dog – Bleep Four – Dust Science
10. Sweet Exorcist – Testonetwothree – Warp
11. LFO – Tied Up – Warp

looks a bit old-skool. (not a criticism)

"Testonetwothree" ?

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?

Lol-hyperbole, but still, am I mistaken for thinking it was waaaay more relevant and interesting four to five years ago?

probably when they redesigned their site, early this year i think?

Fact was never good

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)

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.

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.

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

Very garbage. I had a nice run writing for them for a while.

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