Simian Mobile Disco step up to the plate (or should that be plates?) for FACT Mix 107.
Recorded live in London a couple of weeks back, it’s a big, brash unwaveringly banging selection of lysergic acid house, mind-melting techno and neo-electro that intensity-wise makes the Chemical Brothers sound like Robson & Jerome.
SMD is of course the duo of Jas Shaw and James Ford, the latter also producer for the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons. They recently released the album Temporary Pleasure, with guests including Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Jamie Lidell, Telepahte and Beth Ditto.
FACT Mix 107 is a potent taster of what to expect when SMD headline Get Loaded In The Dark on New Year’s Eve at the Brixton O2 Academy. They’ll be joined by Chase & Status, Herve and loads more – click here for more information and tickets.
Tracklist and Q&A over the page.
(Available for three weeks)
Tracklist (track-artist):
COMPUTER MADNESS – STEVE POINDEXTER
SCALER – KRIS MENACE
LETS TAKE IT BACK (JOEY BELTRAM REMIX) – BLAKE BAXTER + ABE DUQUE
STRANGER TO STABILITY – LEN FAKI PODIUM MIX
DCO – KIKUMOTO ALLSTARS
ASPIC – SMD
TRAIN NO 1 – DUSTY KID
WHERE’S YOU CHILD – BAM BAM
PANDEMONIUM – PAUL WOOLFORD
ON OFF – CIREZ D
2D – SKREAM
STRANGE FRUIT – ZOMBY
FLASH – GREEN VELVET
SPIKE – DEEPGROOVE
DEEPER SHADES OF BLACK – PSYCATRON
BANGO ACID – MIKE HITMAN WILSON
YOU CAN DANCE (SMD MIX) – DJ HELL/BRYAN FERRY
WONDERLAND – DENIS NAIDANOW/TYREE COOPER
DEXTER – OLIVER HUNTEMANN
WINDOWLICKER (ACID EDIT) – APHEX TWIN
MAPLAS – ANDREW WALTER
MILK – LARRY POWERS
SHANGHAI SPINNER (JOEY BELTRAM IX) – OLIVER HUNTEMANN
DON’T TAKE IT – ARMANDO
How would you describe your approach to DJing…?
James Ford: ‘We simply try to play tunes that are exciting to us old and new.”
What’s 2009 been about for you? Come to think of it, how was your decade?
“Travelling and making music like a wandering minstrel. It’s been a great decade with lots of variation, ups and downs.”
What are you working on at the moment? Any projects on the go that you can tell us about?
“We are getting together a whole new set of techno releases for the new year. We’ve got back to the approach of making music to play out as DJs which is fun…”
What have been your favourite tracks of the year?
“Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls’ sounded fresh. Also Fuck Buttons, ‘Surf Solar’.”
What do you want for Christmas?
“To stay at home.”
What can we expect from Simian Mobile Disco on New Year’s Eve?
“Simultaneously playing in London and Miami. Might do a video link-up.”
What are your plans for 2010?
“Starting a label/event called Delicatessen – which will be a stable for the weird and wonderful.”
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