mach v | London-based DJ, VJ and know it all

No show from me this week, as I managed to bork the recording. Instead, by way of recompense, get your teeth into the next in the Isolated Mix series, this one coming from the man behind both Lunar Testing Lab and Secret Station Records, Eric Watson.

isolatedmix 08 – Lunar Testing Lab by astrangelyisolatedplace

This Friday finds me full with man flu and all assorted badness blocking my breathing so again not much speaking going on and lots of lovely music instead. Hope you enjoy this germ free pressy from me:

Tracklisting:

Small Metal Gods – David Sylvian
Rut & Nuzzle – Snowblink
Dub Tractor – And you are back
The Leisure Society – Cars
Zero 7 – Mr McGee
Luke Vibert – Belief File
The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat
Yacht – The Afterlife
Subway – Simplex
Luke Vibert – Pretty old acid music
LFO – LFO (Luke Vibert Remix)
Boards of Canada – Telephasic workshop
Fink – Q & A
Dub Tracktor – That won’t heal
The xx – Basic Space Mount Kimbie rmx
Flight of the Conchords – We’re both in love with a sexy lady
Hell – Germania

BTM20091211 by machv

The Storm – Echaskech (video version) from mach v on Vimeo.

This video, directed by Miko Coffey – mikocoffey.com – is comprised of 5,600 individual still images which were converted into image sequences, then into quick time movies, then put together by me in Final Cut Pro. There’s a tiny bit of video footage in there, too.

The Single “The Storm” is due for release on Just Music – justmusic.co.uk – in Mid November.

We’re currently resting up in the Santa Fe KOA site after another 400+ mile day of driving. Along the way here, we stopped off at The Cadillac Ranch, so that’s one thing ticked off the list. It has to be said that New Mexico is stunning! The change in landscape from the flat, dusty lands of Oklahoma and North Texas, through the epic mesas into the greenrolling hills and mountains of the southern Rockies is a wonderful transformation to witness. We’re now in America’s Oldest State Capital, featuring the oldest house and church in the US. This afternoon will be spent pootling around the mexican influenced adobe buildings in the town.

Well, yes it has been rather quiet round these parts, and I apologise for that. We have been rather busy at home getting new floors put in and I’ve been on the festival trail with Echaskech (blissfields) and the Disco Shed (Cornbury and Latitude). However, last Wednesday I was given free reign at the Big Chill Bar and so I recorded it for you, dear listener. The file’s in two parts as my AV500 stops recording when it gets to 3 hours. Next up on the ever busy agenda is The Big Chill Festival (Aug 6-9), then on to Bloom Festival (Aug 14-16) with Echaskech, then the missus and I are off to Green Man (as punters – yay! Aug 21-23), then I think we’ve got a spare weekend before we’re off to Festinho (Sept 4-6)  then hopefully rejoining the Disco Shed at The Thames Festival (Sept 12-13).

I do have other news, but lets get this out the way first.

Tracklisting

Digitonal – Nothing Left To Say (echaskech remix)
Kate Bush – A Deal With God (spenza version)
Florence and the Machine – Rabbit Heart
School of Seven Bells – Chain
DJ Hell – Electronic Germany
Lindstrom – Grand Ideas
The Gossip – Heavy Cross
The Knife – Silent Shout
Animal Collective – Bluish
Echaskech – The Calm//The Storm
Underworld – Jumbo
Trentemoeller – Moan
Les Dijinns (Trentemoller remix)
LJ Kruzer – Huba (Plaid 15 years lost mix)
Echaskech – On Your Mind
Art of Noise – Moments in Love (Skream! rmx)
The Apples – Killing
Penfold Plum – English for Immigrants
Laos – Panda Style
Penfold Plum – Every Bear
Kippenjammers – Cars

It’s funny how these shows pan out sometimes. When I start the show I have very little idea what I’m actually going play for you; sometimes in my head I have some key tracks that have been bugging me all week and I feel I have to audially exorcise them from my head and sometimes there are mixes I want to try out that have been lurking around the back of my brain, but mostly it’s pretty random what I’ll end up playing. And then sometimes something special happens, like this one – I loved playing this selection . I had no idea we’d end up in a Coldcut/Chemical Bros/Depth Charge sandwich, but I’m glad we did. Yea sure it clunks a bit between Dave DMX and Jamie Lidell, but I hope you’ll forgive me for that. Anyway I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I loved playing it.

Tracklisting

Bola – Versivo
The Beaufort Scale – George’s Vivisection
Cumulonimbus – Lush
Inceptdate – Profile
Transient – You & Me
MindScape – Two, Three, Break!
Chemical Brothers – Leave Home
Coldcut – Beats & Pieces
Depth Charge – Bounty Killer
Dave DMX – One for the Treble
Jamie Lidell – Multiply
G Love & Special Sauce – Blues Music
Jon Kennedy – Useless Wooden Toys
Jon Hopkins – Light Through the veins (Ewan Pearson rmx)
Ten Ton Atom – Neptune
School of Seven Bells – Sempiturnal/Amaranth
Dan Deacon – Of The Mountains

Rightclick to download (192kbps, 96mins, 132Mb)

Stream it from Soundcloud here:

After a horribly wet cycle ride home it was quite a relief to get behind the decks and play you some tunes, so that will probably explain why I don’t say alot, this week – either that or I was shattered from last night at the Big Chill Bar where Andy, Dom and I were djing. It doesn’t stop either as tonight (saturday) we’re off to present Digital City’s 4th Birthday Party at Concrete which should be a top night. Anyway, here’s the show:

Tracklisting

Inceptdate – Lies at Stake
Fever Ray – Triangle Walks
Q-Tip – We Fight/The love
Transient – Faded Embrace
School of Seven Bells – iamundernodisguise
Animal Collective – Bluish
Dan Deacon – Jack and Jill
Jon Hopkins – Light through the vein (David Holmes mix)
The MFA – The Difference it makes (Superpitcher rmx)
Red Snapper – Bricked (Subway mix)
Zinc – Killer Sound
Benga – Zero M2
Dj Mujava – Township Funk (Skream Rmx)
King Roc – Phidias Gold
Home Video – We

Rightclick to download the file (112Mb, 79mins, 192Kbps)

Stream from soundcloud here:

After lunching out of last weeks show, party because of their birthday celebrations, I thought it was only fair to dedicate this week’s show to The Big Chill, who turned 15 years old last week. The tracks selected I either discovered through the Big Chill or now associate with attending various festivals and club nights that they’ve put on. I’ve been personally very lucky to work with the Big Chill for the last 8 years and i sincerely hope that they continue to provide me with my musical and social backdrop for another 15. Photo by Kris Burford.

Track Listing
Soft – Soft
Sounds from the ground – New Day
Mach V Booty – Bring The Schnauss
Hexstatic – Kids can dance
Irresistable Force – It’s Tomorrow Already
Pilote – Turtle (bonono mix)
Sie – Ruben D’Alpha/Ciru Catena
Skylab – Seashell
Alucidnation – Beautiful House
HIA – Elapse
Orbital – Semi Attached/Detached
Towers Of Dub – The Orb
Wagon Christ – Saddic Gladdic
Jon Hopkins – Symmetry/100
Echaskech – On My Knees

here’s the download (154Mb, 103minutes, 192Kbps)

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Echaskech AV set at Fortified Recordings Night from mach v on Vimeo.

Dom & I were asked to play a DJ/VJ set at the wonderful Fortified Recordings night and this is the first 30 minutes of it. Dom use ableton to mix the tracks and I used Motion Dive Tokyo Console to blend the video. The whole thing was recorded on my Archos AV500 and then shortened in Quick Time.

Ok, Ok I’m a sad Jon Hopkins Fan Boy – I admit it. But seriously, this new LP is just purely amazing – soft as kid gloves and hard as titanium nails. For now, you can only get the LP on iTunes. Anyway, I hope you like the show.

Track Listing

Jon Hopkins – The Wider Sun
Jon Hopkins – Vessel
Over The Atlantic – Fly to the States
James Yuill – This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas sneaky edit)
Trentemøller – Rykketid (mach v’s left on loop “edit?”)
The Knife – Silent Shout
Jon Hopkins – Light though the Veins
Noraj Cue – Nightswimming (very long breaks version)
Bola – Waknuts
Sounds From The Ground – Restless
Jon Hopkins – Wire
Spenza – Gob
Bad Loop – Mmin
Sounds From The Ground – Sweet Confusion
James Yuill – No Pins Allowed

here’s the link 126Mb, 1hr 31mins, 192kbps