Layup from Prague runs with Raphael Kosmos the record label, blog and and promotional crew Endless Illusion. They have their radio show on Intergalactic FM. They have recently reissued tracks from the Omnibus Band that was founded by Jarda Zajpt and Petr Dikan in 1979 in Czechoslovakia.

There is also an acid EP from Dircsen who had released the 716 Mix “Come Feel the House” in may 2014.

Layup also produces his own music and has recorded in 2015 a full album called Black Gap on Body Control Records. Layup has been very much influenced by the free party scene that was huge in Czech republic, it all started with a tape from the NSK soundsystem a friend of his family brought home. Started a period of intense enjoyment of parties, from organizing their own sessions in apartments or doing a party for 10 persons in a military area, to running 300 kms to find the best party. He got bored after a couple of years and took a break from music during 7 years. He got hooked up again while visiting his sister in London, and then that is a too long story to tell and I recommend you this interview where he explains everything 🙂

This 716 Mix is fresh like hell. I love it because it starts super hypnotic and slow, and later on the groove starts with some very cool electro tracks, and it goes on and on, keeping it deep and groovy with some unheard tunes (some brand new releases there).

Simo Cell is a French producer from Paris who delivers a super interesting techno music, far away from the monotonous boum boum revival. In Simo Cell’s music, there is texture, melody, breaks, it reminds be the best years of english techno in the mid 90’s. The snares hit your face, the reverb’ is huge, the guy feels comfortable driving us in different atmospheres inside a same track, he doesn’t seem musically and technically limited. A producer to follow! His podcasts are really subtiles too.

Simo Cell est un producteur français de Paris qui envoie une techno racée, loin du revival boum boum assez infect selon moi. Ici on a de la texture, de la mélodie, de l’espace, des breaks, on ne s’ennuie pas. Les snares claquent dans la gueule comme le best de la techno anglaise des mid 90’s (cf. Slater et consorts). Le gars se balade, à l’aise, on ne le sent pas limité et du coup enfermé dans un beat autoroutier. Il y a une douceur anglaise – j’y reviens -, mais bien sûr prenons-le pour ce que c’est : de l’excellente techno en directe de Paname en plein 2016. Ses mixes sont aussi super intéressants, élégants.

Here is a video that reminds us the grandest hours of the X-Mix series

Here is his 716 Playlist :

“Very few club music in this selection, that gathers tracks I love to listen to at home. These choices are very much oriented “electronic music”, they represent well the kind of music I could play on the radio… All these tunes had influenced me in the way I produce and play music. For example I love the experimental approach of the Durian Brothers or Giorgos Theodorakis, the way Ryuichi Sakamato enjoys mixing the Japanese aesthetic with the codes of electronic music, or the influence dub has still nowadays on the way we write electronic music.” Simo Cell, Paris 2016

Très peu de club music dans cette sélection, qui regroupe des morceaux que j’aime écouter chez moi. Ces choix restent très orientés “musique électronique”, ils représentent bien le genre de morceaux que je pourrais jouer à la radio… Tous ces tracks ont eu une influence sur ma façon de produire et de jouer de la musique. J’adore par exemple l’approche expérimentale des Durian Brothers ou de Giorgos Theodorakis, la manière dont Ryuichi Sakamoto s’amuse à mélanger l’esthétique nippone avec les codes de l’electro, ou l’influence que le dub peut avoir encore aujourd’hui sur la façon dont on écrit la musique électronique.

Listen to the Playlist in continuous mode :

Listen to each track separately :

1) Giorgos Theodorakis – Stou

2) Esprit 空想 – I Will Be With U

3) Sky Rhythm

4) The Durian Brothers – Offenporig

5) Justin Walter – Dream Weaving

6) Mandre – L’Oasis

7) Linval Thompson – Lump Sum + Dub

8) Michal Turtle – Astral Decoy

9) Beatrice Dillon – Longing

10) Hanna – Ghost