WE FORFEIT (Mix 30) :: Radio Relativa #15 febrero – ¡El ACid!
¡Let’s have some El AÇID!
Thirty-nine years ago, the Roland Corporation had an idea. What if you replaced your bassist with a machine? Short Circuit 2? No. The result, the TB-303. Fix it up with your TR-606 drum machine and you could be your very own band! Who needs others to sooth the loneliness, eh Roland’s little silver machine was a failure. What came out of it didn’t sound like the smooth strumming of a bass guitar, it sounded like liquid tin poured across a xylophone. From such failings came something else, a movement and sound that might be tipping forty but is still full of vitality and verve: acid.
The history of the TB-303 is well known and here at WE FORFEIT we’ve tried to tell it in records. From the first acid house records of Chicago and, perhaps, the first use of a TB-303 on an album to modern day mutations, the lads are tripping down a squelchy lane. Brutality and brilliance abound as the molten messiness of the acid box is put through its paces, from expert knob twiddlers like AFX and Mike Dred to modern day noodlers like Kettel and EOD.
Chris gives us a full hour of acid assortments and sour selections that will leave teeth rattling and neighbors twitching curtains.
¡Let’s have some El AÇID!
Tracklist ::
Armando :: World Unknown (Warehouse)
Dj Joe Lewis :: One-O-One (Clone/Target)
Armando :: Land of Confusion (Warehouse)
Charanjit Singh :: Raga Megh Malhar (Bombay Connection)
Charanjit Singh :: Raga Todi (Bombay Connection)
Underground Resistance :: Final Frontier (Underground Resistance)
Hardfloor :: The Life We Choose (E.R.P. Remix)
Junq :: X-Ray Experiments (Revoke)
AFX :: VBS.Redlof.B (Rephlex)
EOD :: M.PIN (WéMè Records)
Kettel :: Poblesec (Djak-Up-Bitch (DUB))
Mike Dred : Macrocosm (R&S)
A Credible Eye Witness & Ghost Ride : Political Collapse (ACEW)
Andreas Gehm :: Brzzzl (Midnight Shift)
Ceephax Acid Crew :: Berlin Trip (WeMe)
Mantra :: From Beyond (Bunker)
Mr. Lee :: Art of Acid (Trax)
Elec Pt.1 :: Acid Is The Reality (Abstract Acid)
Ra-X :: Untitled (New York Haunted)
Analog Attack :: Analog Attack (Djax-Up-Beats)
3 Phase :: Voodoo Pop (NovaMute)
Bam Bam :: Penetrate (Tresor)
Chris Moss Acid :: Pumped Up MF (Don’t)
Echo 106 :: Myrtle Acid (Analogical Force)
Tobias Schmidt :: Punishment (Don’t)
Chaos A.D. :: Psultan (Squarepusher Mix) (Rephlex)
First broadcast on Radio Relativa February 8, 2021.
Influences and inspirations is the focus with vinyl favorites from far and wide brought together to down a glass of Cava and belt out a few choice numbers.
Influences and inspirations is the focus with vinyl favorites
The New Year has been rung in at WE FORFEIT HQ, although it was a far-cry from the usual affair. With Chris locked-down in Valencia and Robbie snowed-in in Madrid, it was a truly socially distanced shindig. Such a time has given the lads time to reflect and get stuck into the record shelves. For this latest episode, the first of 2021, influences and inspirations is the focus with vinyl favorites from far and wide brought together to down a glass of Cava and belt out a few choice numbers.
Chris delves deep into the electro pioneer that was, is, and always will be, Cutting Records before Robbie introduces a techno favourite in the form of A13. We’re then led into the audio treats of Njimegen with selections from Deep Sound Channel and Shipwrec, including artists like 214, Luxus Varta and The Exaltics.
Chris visits the weird and wonderful world of Sex Tags Mania, DJ Soto Fett’s label with its warren of sub-divisions and subterranean platforms as well as a quick visit to Miami’s Isophlux. The journey continues with a bit of misty-eyed nostalgia as Robbie reminisces about his time in Glasgow with a selection of Tabernacle tracks, four tracks that focus on live-acts seen play in Scotland and here in Madrid.
We end with a couple of general favs, Chris’ grá for Gesloten Cirkel and Robbie’s own for AFX. Last show of that season but more to come! ¡Feliz año a todos y hasta la próxima!
TRACKLISTINGS ::
Hashim :: Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (Cutting)
Nitro Deluxe :: Journey To Cybotron (Cutting)
Corina :: Out of Control (Cutting)
Repeat :: Personal Prism (A13)
Connective Zone :: Sniper (A13)
L.A. Synthesis :: The Beacon (A13)
Artefakt :: Radiant City (Deep Sound Channel)
214 :: Mind Racer (Feat Kenneth Roman) (Shipwrec)
Luxus Varta :: Glob (Feat Paris the Black FU) (Shipwrec)
The Exaltics :: Why (Shipwrec)
Tech Droppers :: Acid Tech (Wania)
Gosub :: The Mountain Of RU (Isophlux)
Unknown Artist :: Aftermath (Sex Tags Mania)
Alex Cortex :: Untitled (DJ Sotofett & E-GZR’s Subcortex Mix) (BLUNDAR)
Scientific Dreamz Of U :: Journey In2 The Light {Self-healing & Re-birth} (Tabernacle)
Scientific Dreamz Of U :: Disintegration Rhythm (Tabernacle)
John Heckle :: Frankenstein’s Sweet Nectar (Tabernacle)
John Heckle :: Extrovert / Introvert (Tabernacle)
Gesloten Cirkel :: ?? (Self-Released)
AFX :: Everyday (Warp)
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Sit back, grab a beer and enjoy more than two hours of music taking in synth, techno and serious dose of electro from Eoism of Pulse Drift and Robyrt Hecht of Clear Memory and YUYAY.
Two hours of music—taking in synth, techno and a serious dose of electro
Lockdown is the word of the year. Inspiring stuff. The universal touch of COVID has been incredible, as have the restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus. Cities have closed, opened and closed again. Constraints may have been applied, but on creativity they most certainly have not; not in Leipzig and certainly not for Eoism (Pulse Drift) and Robyrt Hecht (Clear Memory/YUYAY.)
The East German city has a chequered history when it comes to restrictions, some of the first protests against the repression of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) sprung up on its streets leading to a movement that toppled the Berlin wall. A sense of community runs through those very same streets today, a community that is plain to hear in the growth electronic music, with a raft of artists and labels, blooming through the cobblestones.
WE FORFEIT have had an ear on Leipzig for many years now, imprints like BlackRed, Lunatic and Rat Life having pride of place on the record shelves. Leipzig is given the full spotlight in this latest episode, with an interview with two musicians and two label founders who call his fascinating town their home.
Sit back, grab a beer and enjoy more than two hours of music—taking in synth, techno and a serious dose of electro from Eoism of Pulse Drift and Robyrt Hecht of Clear Memory and YUYAY.
TRACKLIST ::
Sneaker :: Queen For A Night (Lunatic Rec.)
The Pagan Rites :: Torpedo Ahead (Rat Life)
Projekt Eins :: Hit’n’Run (Rat Life)
Varum :: Funktion 3 (Pulse Drift)
Varum :: Cosmos (Clear Memory)
DVS NME :: Subsequence (Pulse Drift)
Zagrebački Električni :: MariSari (Pulse Drift)
Dexterous Numerics :: Soul Cube (Pulse Drift)
1) Firstly, tell us who you are and what you guys are doing musically.
Iteration Corporation :: Acacia (Pulse Drift)
Carl Y. Scheele :: Saline Principle Of Water (YUYAY)
2) How did you get first become interested in electronic music?
Zsa Zsa Laboum :: Something Scary (The Sound of Belgium/La Musique Fait La Force)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Execute (YUYAY)
Nachtzug :: Critic (PossblThings)
The Human League :: Being Boiled (Virgin)
3) You guys are based in Leipzig, a town that has a fecund music scene and one which some have dubbed the new Berlin as in a new heart of electronics in Germany. How would you guys describe Leipzig? Is this title of the new Berlin apt? Why do you think there is so much electronic music coming out of your city?
Eargoggle + Weltwirtschaft :: Die Ganze Welt (Lunatic Rec.)
Headnoaks :: Come Home With Me (BlackRed)
4) You both make music and you both run record labels. Can you tell us about your own musical project? How do you make your sounds? Can you also give us an idea of the labels you are involved in? What sounds are these labels exploring?
eoism :: Whiteout (Pulse Drift)
eoism :: Im Vektorraum (Pulse Drift)
eoism :: Critical Slowdown (Pulse Drift)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Chord Memory (YUYAY)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Chord Memory (Hyboid’s Galactic Memory) (YUYAY)
En Direct :: Chelsea Cut (Clear Memory)
5) Famously, Leipzig has a pressing plant; R.A.N.D. You guys are very vinyl focussed with your own labels. What do you think is the future of vinyl?
6) Robyrt, your label, YUYAY, released VEF 317’s VEF Radio with collaboration with R.A.N.D. and Possblthings. I don’t know of many tripartite label collaborations. How did this come about? How was it having three parties involved with a release?
VEF 317 :: Retroman (PossblThings/R.A.N.D./ YUYAY)
7) Jan, you just recently put out your third EP as eoism. Can you tell us about this release? What were you going for with it?
eoism :: Notorious Flat Nation (Pulse Drift)
8) Robyrt, you just opened up your own record store; a brave venture if there ever was on. Why did you decide to do it? How’s it going? Where can we find it?
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Rand (45) (YUYAY)
9) A consistent theme of this year, an inescapable one if you will, has been COVID. How have you guys found running labels, making and releasing music during the pandemic?
kon001 :: USO (Pulse Drift)
Morphology :: Probing Desire (Pulse Drift)
kon001 :: UW Colony xy70s (Pulse Drift)
11) What does the future hold for you guys? Anything coming out soon?
Uncanny Lovers :: Definition (Clear Memory)
12) To finish, what about a guilty pleasure track from each of you? What are you listening to when nobody else is?
Nik Kershaw :: Dancing Girls (Virgin)
After a veritable banquet of wall to wall specials, WE FORFEIT are returning to their roots of pulling out records and seeing what happens.
Forgotten gems of house, synth wave and more
The Summer of 2020 might not have been a great time for travelling, but it was fairly decent when it comes to stocking the control station with new records. For this latest edition, as the warmth subsides to the welcome cool of Winter, Robbie delves into some of the new deliveries, from golden italo to modern day synth sunbeams.
Flying solo for this one—Chris has recently moved to Valencia and should be back on the airwaves soon—Robbie steers, while the cat co-pilots, a course through recent releases by Blanco Y Negro, Bordello A Parigi, Gated Recordings, Ice Machine and Schrodinger’s Box. With holidays meaning stay home, an attempt was made to bring order to WE FORFEIT central during the long hot Summer days of Madrid. Sleeves were rolled up and (record) sleeves rearranged as Robbie went elbow deep into the records to try and organise ’em. Forgotten gems of house, synth wave and more were rediscovered and revived for October’s show including pieces from A Shortwave Mystery, Oppenheimer Analysis and Vangelis.
The world is toured without ever leaving the sitting room in this episode. Tourist Kid from Australia, Cute Heals from Colombia, Dead Husband from the US and more. Our advice, get the headphones on, sit back, relax and let WE FORFEIT take you on that journey you thought you’d missed.
Tension :: My Dream (Blanco Y Negro)
Cute Heels :: Beyond The War (Original Mix) (Schrödinger’s Box)
Snuff Crew :: Friendship (Schrödinger’s Box)
Victor M Lenis R :: Breath Of Freedom (Original Mix) (Schrödinger’s Box)
Cetu Javu :: Situations (Razormaid Edit) Dream (Blanco Y Negro)
Dead Husband :: Lake (Bordello A Parigi)
Adrian Marth :: Circle Of Fifths (Italo Moderni)
Tourist Kid :: Under Armour Suite (Good Company)
Vangelis :: Albedo 0.39 (RCA Victor)
Deca :: Alpheratz (Bordello A Parigi / Mothball)
Heinrich Dressel :: (Bordello A Parigi)
Analytica :: Submission (Ice Machine)
The Short Wave Mystery :: Still Laughs ((W|S) World Service Collective)
Bonjour Tristesse :: Partner In Crime (La Forme Lente)
Sternrekorder :: On My Roof (Hertz-Schrittmacher)
Risk Risk :: Modern Times (Hertz-Schrittmacher)
Oppenheimer Analysis :: Cold War (Minimal Wave)
Sound Synthesis :: Traveller (Gated)
Joel Brittain :: (Gated)
The Jaffa Kid :: Forestry (Acid Mix) (Gated)
Jamie Principle :: Waiting On My Angel (Ron Hardy Re-Edit)
Gwendolyn :: Come To Me (Long Mix) (Trax / Rush Hour)
Z-Factor :: I’m The Dj (Booton)
Aphex Twin :: Flim (Warp)
WE FORFEIT return to the interwaves, after the Summer break, with a very specific focus, the lads’ adopted home of Spain and the labels that hail from there. The Seat Ibiza is packed as Robbie and Chris explore the Iberian peninsula across twenty five tracks.
Exploring the Iberian peninsula across twenty five tracks
WE FORFEIT return to the interwaves, after the Summer break, with a very specific focus, the lads’ adopted home of Spain and the labels that hail from there. The Seat Ibiza is packed as Robbie and Chris explore the Iberian peninsula across twenty five tracks.
The northern coast is taken in. Galicia with Vagon Brei and Massage Brain Cult, from Lugo and A Coruña, as the lads make their way down the highways and byways towards the capital. Being Madrid based, the lads make a leisurely pitstop in their hometown with a wide selection coming from Frigio and Femur while sampling the likes of Negocius man and Arcanoid with pit-stops made at labels like Analogical Force Noise, Barro, Caustica Waveform, Eleve and Noise to Meet You. The rented motor is put through its paces, heading northwest for Cataluña to take in a tour of Camp Nou as well as visiting Aspecto Humano, Hooded, Polybius Trax, Spaecial and Útil before hitting the coast with Oráculo.
Never ones to shy away from overly long car journeys in searing heat with no aircon, WE FORFEIT plunge toward the southern coast for a two track stay with Waste Editions in Almería. A two hour audio excursion across a country, taking in electro, house, techno, synth, wave and much much more. Un abrazo!
Anbau :: LSD (Aspecto Humano)
Synth Alien :: Bailarina Automática (Aspecto Humano)
Dead Husband :: Luxe Kondo (Waste Editions)
Mynationshit :: Marmo (Waste Editions)
Orlok101 :: Alone (Barro)
ArD2 :: Utopia (Frigio / Seti)
Juanpablo :: Shadow´s Color (Frigio)
Juanpablo :: There Is A Silence (Feat Susan Lemon) (Frigio / Seti)
Negocius Man :: (Microm)
Savage Grounds :: Golpe De Calor (Femur)
Julio Tornero :: El Perdedor Radical (Femur)
Kord :: Gräns (Femur)
Shinra :: Plannt (Analogical Force)
Arcanoid :: Force Of Gravity (Semantica)
Module 3F :: Jump Into The Void (Noise to Meet You)
Reedale Rise :: Hiccups (Spaecial)
D’Arcangelo :: 1112 (Massage Brain Cult)
The Bandit :: Drifting in the sewers (Utíl)
Cold Colors & Xiu :: Love Fades Away (Oráculo)
F. Vinuesa :: Smoke Milezzz (Hooded)
Diffuse Arc :: Devenir (Caustica Waveform)
Avalux :: Migrations (Underground Music Xperience)
Sistema :: Neon Acid (Polybius Trax)
Vagon Brei :: Insult Sword Fighting (Mystic & Quantum)
Leonid :: Púca (Eleve)
