MANTIS RADIO 085 + SCOTT ROBINSON
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hour 1 / DVNT
Bong-Ra – Kraken [Ad Noiseam]
Chrodata – When Nature Fights Back [Militant Science]
Kangding Ray – Mirrors [Raster-Noton]
Tropic of Cancer – Dive (Wheel of the Law [Blackest Ever Black]
Dez Williams – Ghost Guard [Minimalsoul]
Orphx – Stillpoint [Sonic Groove]
Fabrics – Attractor [From A Tree]
SP:MC – Trust Nobody [Tempa]
NHKyx – Perfectchange [SKAM]
Objekt – The Goose That Got Away [Objekt]
Kangding Ray – Or [Raster-Noton]
Robert Pain – Scena II [Transporta]
Robert Pain – Scena III [Transporta]
Death Abyss – Conformity is Suicide [Rodz-Konez]
Scorn – Turn Ting Up [Ad Noiseam]
Frost Raven – Swamp Walker [Sub Pressure]
Bass Kittens – MFS_Root [[k]racktoni[k]]
Altern-8 – Frequency (Generic Bass Move My Hoover remix) [dub]
Vic B + Redshift – Terror Part II [Top Drawer Digital]
Dijj – fin_droon (Perc remixx) [ASRX]

hour 2 / SCOTT ROBINSON
Scott Robinson – State of ADD (Live) [DRKFLR]
Scott Robinson – Mind Clipped (Live)
Scott Robinson – 720 – 4 (Live)
Scott Robinson – Temporary Fitness (Live)
Scott Robinson – Underground Persistence (Live)
Scott Robinson – Stunted Hero (Live)
Scott Robinson – The Flight Of The Suicidal Bumble Bee (Live)
Scott Robinson – Evana More Sure (Live)
Scott Robinson – Unacceptable Misbehaviour (Live)
Scott Robinson – Slippery When Set (Live)
Scott Robinson – Distant Neighbours (Live)
Scott Robinson – Two Hands Are Better Than None (Live)
Scott Robinson – Cider With Lairy (Live)
Scott Robinson – …And Then The Sun Rose [Russian-Techno]
Scott Robinson – Squint (Live)
Scott Robinson – Unified Skin (Live)
Scott Robinson – Rastarizer (Live)
Scott Robinson – Fight In The ****ing Revolution! (Live)

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For our showcase session this week I’ve great pleasure in welcoming the machinations of Scott Robinson.

the SHOWCASE
Returning to production after a considerable break of 8 years, Scott Robinson is back in the studio. Prior to his break he was know for his involvement with London’s Ugly Funk night where he had a captive audience for his twisted techno alongside Subhead, Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt. He saw his work released through Cluster and Ugly Funk’s own imprint.

Following his return to the studio Scott has a new, ever growing fan base of listeners, mostly due to the work on his Soundcloud together with 2 releases for Russian-Techno (which is where we first heard him here at MANTIS).

Rather than produce single tracks with a clear beginning and end Scott approaches things differently. Recording long studio sessions where he feels the sounds are put into more context allowing him more control over the general feel of his set and where he can push the production technology to its limits, pushing his sound forward. Which is the point of techno after all as he sees it.

His music is an amalgamation of the many genres and styles of techno he has been through since he first started writing music back in ’89. You won’t find a set from him that stays at one level for an hour, rather it will be an adventurous journey thorough perversely dark, dirty shrill sounds and beats always marked with a unique twist of psychedelic off the cuff weirdness that verges on the mentally unstable end of the techno spectrum.

New work is coming out on Russian Techno in the next few weeks as part of the 3rd in the ongoing series of Expanding the Borders (where they look beyond Russian based artists). The first track featured in tonight’s showcase session will see release on our very own DRKFLR label later this year.

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MANTIS RADIO 084 + LIFECYCLE
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hour 1 / DVNT
Ed Devane – Squib (the person mix) [Takeover Recordings]
Bahir – Etrag [Chi Recordings]
Bengalfuel – Forest Ghost [Hibernate]
Gridlock – Chrometaphor [Hymen Records]
Dogboy – Tau [Fullfridge]
Substep Infrabass – The Satheist (PTR1 remix) [dub]
Lee J Malcolm – OneStar [EPM Music]
Lee J Malcolm – OneStar Applicant (James Ruskin rework) [EPM Music]
Octave One – Love and Hate (Cari Lekebusch remix) [430 West]
The Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea (Fog’s Future Retro remix) [dub]
Dijj – X_64 [ASRX]
Phat Chex – Party People [dub]
Lolo aka Acidus – Slater [Audioexit]
Rabitza – Last News of the World (Sub remix) [Russian-Techno]
T.R.O. – Communication (Dr. Schmidt remix) [Maschinen Musik]
Dijj – Fin_droon [ASRX]
Jnr Hacksaw – Hoffman [Subatomik]
Darkmode – DYN [Elektroda Ziq]
The Hidden Persuader – System Saboteurs (Pip Williams THP remix) [thehiddenpersuader]
Lolo aka Acidus – Toferina [Audioexit]
Mobthrow – Street Breakz [Ad Noiseam]
Mobthrow – Iron Tribal [Ad Noiseam]

hour 2 / LIFECYCLE
Lifecycle – Flam [Glack Audio]
Andrea Parker – Invasion [Touchin' Bass]
Lifecycle – Euphorics 101 [Ricochet Records] forthcoming
Habersham + AOE – Duneza Danza [Lobotomy]
John Tejada – Time Factory [Palette]
Ion Driver – Hang In There [Ricochet Records] forthcoming
Re:Group – AntiChance (Jesse Somfay remix) [Detroit Underground]
Bownr – Water And Fire [Ricochet Records] forthcoming
Audiovoid – Smear Your Mind [Addictech]
Sinthetix – Glass [Ohm Resistance]
Kawatin – Bended Park [Ricochet Records]
Photek – 124 [Science]
Lifecycle – Correcting Fluid (Ochre remix) [Ricochet Records] forthcoming

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Coming up this week we’ve a producer, DJ and label owner I’ve been hankering for a while to get on the show. Digging deep and wide with an awesome exclusive showcase session is the one known as Lifecycle.

the SHOWCASE
Head of independent electro imprint Ricochet Records, Lifecycle has an ever growing reputation from his releases on Londonbreakz, Electrofly, Fluid and Looq for producing compelling records which are hard to categorise. Energy from last century’s rave scene is channelled into deep, dark, progressive electro.

Recent releases have been described by the press as ‘lavishly psychedelic‘, ‘invigoratingly intense‘, ‘on crack‘, ‘tensely unpredictable‘, ‘thinking man’s tear out‘ and ‘a growling, percussive carnival of a warehouse adventure‘.

A full live band is currently out on the road fleshing out new material with a sound that is equally hard to pin down, somewhere between progressive rock, tribal electro and jazz-tinged breakbeat, with a heavy emphasis on improvisation and interplay between each of the group.

Lifecycle has constructed a very special 3 deck mix for the show with new and exclusive bits from himself, Ion Driver and his latest signing to Ricochet: Bownr.

DRKFLR BOARDS
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