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A contributor to a variety of respected online publications, Simon joined the Inverted Audio ranks early in 2013. Bred on mother rave and nourished by the original strains of US house, he is someone who has lived through the first time deep house faced a backlash, the rise and fall of progressive house, and the multiple swings of fashion towards minimal, tech house, bass and beyond. As such, genres are not an important factor in critical appraisal, just good music that can stand on its own two feet. Be it uptempo or downtempo, alien or organic, everything is valid. Emotionless techno, needlessly abstract noise, derivative house and self indulgent muso-ism can all check their feet at the door. Bad taste in hats.

Throwing Snow: Embers

In a world where the average person gives a track seven seconds for a hook to manifest, make sure time is set aside before deciding to experience ‘Embers’. An album in the truest sense of the word, it flourishes when play is pressed on track one and silence only resumes after the suite of fourteen reaches its end.

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Field Records mix by XDB

This week’s mix comes from XDB, alternatively known as Kosta Athanassiadis, with a deliciously brittle selection of skeletal techno. The artist – known for releases on a wide ranging array of labels such as Dolly, Wave Music, Echocord and Ferox – assembles a selection of grey sky beats that work for body and mind in equal measure.

Fabric 91: Nina Kraviz

Fabric close out the year with a techno mix from Nina Kraviz. Following on from last year’s DJ Kicks session, it represents a significant A-to-Z journey with a tour through a vibrant and varied landscape. Featuring archive tracks and unreleased moments from her трип label, breath-taking is not a strong enough word to encapsulate it.

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Field Records mix by Basic Soul Unit

Field Records partner with Inverted Audio to host five archived mixes from some of the label’s finest back-catalogue contributors, available to listen exclusively through our Mixcloud channel. This week’s edition comes courtesy of Canadian producer Stuart Li, better known as Basic Soul Unit.

Nautiluss

Following the release of Reflections EP on Spectral Sound, Canadian producer Nautiluss takes to the Inverted Audio mix series with a vinyl mix straight off the cuff. Warmth and vibrancy in abundance, this is something you want while the sun spends its day hugging the horizon.

DFX: Relax Your Body

Trotting in at a brief twenty minutes, Ricardo Villalobos’ reworking of DFX ‘Relax Your Body’ is a perfect microcosm to demonstrate why he is one of the best executioners of minimal principles.

Grant: Cranks

Grant deftly dances over the old adage of the “difficult second album”, following up 2015’s ‘The Acrobat’ in quite some style.

Johannes Reigner: Hilbert Space Remixes

‘Hilbert Space’ feels like one of those archival discoveries, released low key in the nineties and never dislodged from the collections of those intrepid jocks lucky enough to stumble upon it in some overlooked indie shop. From the second it hits your eardrums it sounds well-worn with warm familiarity, yet not over saturated through pastiche.

Call Super: New Life Tones

Call Super’s “New Life Tones” demonstrates Seaton’s lessons learnt in (de)constructing his album and ability to piece together the disparate influences of techno into new forms.

Skudge: Balancing Point

With Elias Landberg and Gustaf Wallnerstrom fine techno output over the years, expectations have been set high for Skudge’s follow up to their debut album ‘Phantom’. Executed with clinical precision, ‘Balancing Point’ feels almost effortless in its excellence.