Bass Clef drops an incredible mix of African sounds for Fact Magazine's podcast series.
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Salt-n-Pepa were there, as was Grandmaster Flash — even Juan Atkins wheeled out his Model 500 outfit for a rare live gig... but for many it was Matt Whitehead who stole the show at this year's Bloc festival.
The Timestump Project takes you back and zooms you in on a single year in musical history for the eleventh installment of Spannered's Oddcast series.
Tego Calderón and M.I.A. rub up with roaming beatsmiths Maga Bo and Filastine as badman selector El Kano gets on a mutant ragga tip.
Dutch party crew Bomb Diggy pour out a large tropical cocktail of booming summer sounds.
Kid Kameleon returns to Spannered with another deep and diverse selection of bass-driven electronics — the first installment of a duel mix release with Mashit.
Baron of Braindance Bogdan Raczynski whips up a mouth-watering scooby snack of a mixtape flavoured with Thom Yorke, Floating Points, Skream and DJ Milton.
The inimitable DJ Bus Replacement Service travels to the end of the internet to assemble another platter of freshly polished audio turds.
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- Take two crates of bananas, some pineapple juice, a bottle of Dominican rum, and 40 tracks of tropical bass, shake, pour and you have Bomb Diggy's summer mix! 2 Jul 2010
- The Heston Blumenthal of electronic music, Bogdan Raczynski, sautés together Thom Yorke, Skream, Floating Points and DJ Milton. 1 Jul 2010
- Spannered fave El Kano racks up a bruising set of ultramodern ragga blasters and other bassbin oddities from the likes of M.I.A., Stereotyp, Timeblind and Flying Lotus. 29 Jun 2010
- Kone-R reviews the latest lesson in techno excellence from A Guy Called Gerald and a summertime tip from The Simonsound. 27 May 2010
- Eurovision schmeurovision. Forget Oslo, it's all about the brand new Oddcast from the selector who leaves no turd unturned, DJ Bus Replacement Service. 26 May 2010
- Bass Clef's awesome African mix for Fact Magazine's podcast series gets a permanent home here on Spannered. 13 May 2010
- A warm welcome back to Kid Kameleon, who taps into the techno/dubstep axis with the first in a pair of mixes released by Spannered and the Mashit camp. 5 May 2010
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