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The Mystery Mixes: Every month we post a phenomenal mix of overlooked music and throw down the gauntlet: can you spot it?

Gatto Fritto July 2009

Ben Williams lives above a scrapyard and is influenced by Aldershot Town, Andy Sojka, Ashra, Austin Bascom and Aleister Crowley. Under the name Gatto Fritto he has released three singles for Dissident and now runs his own label Fritto Morto (Invisible College has just been re-released). He was once a binman. He was so slow he was called One Bin Ben.

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Emperor Machine June 2009

The Emperor Machine is Andy Meecham erstwhile member of dance music legends Bizarre Inc., and one-half of dub disco aficionados Chicken Lips. The Emperor Machine is Andy’s most passionate project that sees his fetishism for analogue synthesisers and radiophonic noise spilling out of his studio and into the world. His new album is imminent.

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Luke Solomon May 2009

Luke comes the small seaside fishing town of Weston Super Mare, once home to John Cleese and Jill Dando. He moved to London, started releasing records and ran the long-running Space with Kenny Hawkes. He also set up Classic Record with Derrick Carter and still runs Music For Freaks. He released his debut album The Difference Engine on Rekids last year.

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DJ Wrongtom April 2009

Wrongtom is some bum from South London who one day thought it'd be fun to make some music and went from tinkering with an Atari ST to working on a UK number 1 album and DJing at Wembley. In between he's dubbed up the likes of Roots Manuva and even the legendary Harry J Allstars' Liquidator, DJed worldwide known in indie-pop circles for his work with Hard-Fi, Tom's also has stuff on Tru Thoughts.

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1. Usha "Fever"
2. Van Der Graaf Generator "Arrow"
3. Gary Burton "Vibrafinger"
4. Solar Plexus "Cricket Dance"
5. Gary Bartz Ntu Troop "Don't Fight The Feeling"
6. Eric Delaney "Watermelon Man"
7. Chicago "Motorboat To Mars/Free"
8. A.C. Reed "Boogaloo Tramp"
9. Happy Monsters "Clap Your Tentacles"
10. Charge "It's All In The Mind"
11. Ananta "Behind The Mask"
12. Compost "Take Off Your Body"
13. Miles Davis "Thursday Night Miles"
14. Jazz Warriors "Minor Groove"
15. Don Ellis "Antea"
16. Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Rock Out"
17. Martha Bass, Fontella Bass & David Peaston "God Has Smiled On Me"
18. outro: Gary Bartz "Rise" with dialogue from Cosmic Music by John Coltrane

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Afacan Sound System March 2009

Afacan Sound System is a shadowy organisation dedicated to the preservation of Turkish dance music. Holed up in their headquarters, somewhere between High Barnet and Istanbul, they have amassed thousands of killer Turkish tracks and are now ready to unleash them on an unsuspecting and possibly unforgiving audience. We're ready for everything they throw at us...

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1. Moğollar : Halic'de Gunesin Batisi
2. Erkut Taçkın : Caren Yok
3. Ergenekon Destanı : Vah Vah
4. Rana alagoz : Keklik
5. Ersan Erdura : Disko
6. Fusun onal : Cocuklar gibi
7. Esin Avsar : Yagmur Yagmur
8. İpucu Beslisi : Heycanlı
9. Sevda Karaca : Cık ortaya
10. İsil Yucesoy : Ne var Ne yok
11. Mehmet Pekun : Ask nedir bilmezdim
12. Senay : Acil susam Acil
13. Ajda Pekkan : Bilmece Bildirmece
14. Uc Hurel : Madalyonun Obur Yuzu
15. Gazi Ayhan : Lambaya puf de mumları yak kız
16. Sevil & Ayla : Babek
17. İskender Dogan : Mahizer
18. Emel Sayın : Ruyalar gercek olsada
Special thx to Brother Emekcan, Brother Volkan, Brother Ozkan, Brothers from De-Form and all friends and family that contributed as knowledge and wax to this mix.

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Prins Thomas February 2009

Prins Thomas is head-boy of the Norwegian death metal/nu-disco scene. He began DJing at the age of ten, raised on a diet of early hip hop and house, before moving to Oslo well over a decade ago. He made his name both as an eclectic DJ, but also as studio partner with Lindstrom, who together, produced a series of groundbreaking electronic releases. These days he is a family man with a Snus habit.

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Martin Brew January 2009

Discovered by the great Rob Gretton, Martin released the classic Soul Vibration as J-Walk, before releasing the acclaimed A Night On The Rocks album. He has just completed the new album Heartbreakers and Rumpshakers, due out in 2009. He also managed the Fat City shop for several years, as well as releasing material on Grand Central and Fat City. He’s currently resident at Centro and Takin Over.

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Andy Blake December 2008

Andy Blake runs the Dissident label, holds the 12-inch single in the highest possible regard, maintains an intense dislike of MP3s, owns an unhealthily large number of records, spends far too much time tracking down even more and plays them two or three times a week at a variety of late night hostelries around the UK and Europe.

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Ashley Beedle November 2008

Back in the old days, Ashley Beedle was the man behind the counter at Black Market Records. Since then, he’s been Black Science Orchestra, a Ballistic Brother, one-third of X-Press 2 and all of the Jamayka Boys. He’s also a fine DJ, veering from tough house to reggae 7s and post-punk delights. Since he’s relaunching his label this month, Out Hear, we thought we’d get him in to do a mix. Here it is

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1. Pride And Politix - Hold On - Atlantic
2. Way To Go - Fever - Tommy Boy
3. Pat Metheny - So It May Secretly Begin - Geffen
4. Graham Parker And The Rumour - I Want You Back - Vertigo
5. Quando Quango - Triangle - Factory
6. Jah Wobble - Invaders Of The Heart - Lago
7. Incognito - Tracey - Ensign
8. Don Downing - Doctor Boogie - RS International
9. Johnny King Band - I'm Happy, Thank God I'm Happy - RCA
10. Disc And That - Space Walk - Willkerr
11. N.C.C.U. - Supertrick - United Artists
12. Jackie McLean - On The Slick Side - RCA

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Filthy Luka October 2008

Filthy Luka, known to his mum as Luke Howard, has been a stalwart DJ on London’s gay scene for nearly 20 years, making his name at South London’s perennial favourite Queer Nation, before a name-change and slight shift north to Vauxhall and a reisdency at Horse Meat Disco. An old buddy of Harvey, he has impeccable disco taste. www.myspace.com/filthyluka

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1. Bette Midler - Do You Wanna Dance?
2. Marlena Shaw - Think About Me
3. Jaisún - Reach For The Sky
4. Elza Soares - Deusa do Rio Niger
5. Nikki Giovani - The Way I Feel
6. Blood Hollins Feat. Jean Lang - How Have You Been?
7. The Dells - Don't Trick Me, Treat Me
8. Soul Train Gang - Ooh Cha
9. Banda Black Rio - Maria Fumaça
10. The Philly Sound - Waiting For The Rain
11. Bill Thedford & Danniebelle - Your Love
12. High Inergy - I Just Can't Help Myself
13. Tima Maia - Sossego
14. Orchesta Novel - Dance Dance Dance
15. Richard T. Bear - Sunshine Hotel
16. City Limits - Circles
17. Michael Polnareff - Lipstick
18. Gal Costa - Meu Nome é Gal
19. New Voices Of Freedom - Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
20. Phil Edwards feat. Jocelyn Brown - Mysterious
21. Dialogue from Paris Is Burning

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Chris Duckenfield September 2008

Chris Duckenfield originally made his name as part of rave duo Asterix & Space, before eschewing Vic's Vapour rub to go back to his Chicago house and Detroit techno roots. As part of Swag, he is responsible for some of the best and most enduring house records to come out of the UK. These days he plays all over the UK and Europe with sets that go from straight-up house to Balearic mania.

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