This week we have a very special mix for you! It’s a live mix (as in computers, machines and violins) recorded by C156, a collective based in Barcelona which has been destroying dance floors in the last few months. They are unusual in the sense that their live is performed by four people simultaneously, playing synths, beat boxes, violin, percussion or voices. The result is a uniquely hybrid sound, with blends of Dubstep, Techno or Breaks, which is both intended for the dance floor as well as the brain!

So who are they? Non-other then Cauto (check his past interview & mix for mrgasparov.com), Dr. Res, The Gardener (AKA Amph) and Drome. If you live in Barcelona, or even if you don’t, it’s very likely that you heard their names, since all of them have been active in different underground fronts for many years. They now belong to the Disboot label/collective, a group of incredibly talented people who have been releasing some serious music lately.

Last year they released their first EP, which you can listen/buy here, and in February Disboot will be releasing the second C156 EP - 12″ and digital -, which includes the tracks ‘1,2,3,Oink’, ‘Can a Leprous be Trendy?’ and ‘Latin Mayhem’, all of which you can listen too in the mix below. I think in all of my last gigs I’ve played at least one of these tracks, so I’d definitely say that it’s very worth buying!

This time there’s no interview because there’s too many of them, but you can check Cauto’s interview since it focuses a lot on the C156 project. Moltes gràcies nois!

C156

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Tracklist
01.- C156 - Chewing gum (Disboot)
02.- THEGARDENER - Raindrop collector (dub)
03.- C156 - Schizo (dub)
04.- C156 - untitled1 (dub)
05.- C156 - Latin mayhem (Disboot forthcoming)
06.- C156 - Metamorfosis (Disboot)
07.- DROME - Lego for adults (dub)
08.- C156 - Can a leprous be trendy? (Disboot forthcoming)
09.- C156 - untitled2 (dub)
10.- C156 - 1, 2, 3, oink! (Disboot forthcoming)

Mr.Gasparov/Ocvatpush - 1975 [steak001]

MR GASPAROV / OCTA PUSH - 1975, Steak House

Nos complace en DisBooT informaros este Ep de Mr. Gasparov & Octapush. 1975 es un tema que ha sonado mucho entre la crew de DisBooT y que por fín esta disponible en vinilo y mp3. Nos deja un regusto muy bonico

http://soundcloud.com/mrgasparov/mr-gasparov-1975

BOOMKAT SAYS:

“Monkeysteak’s long threatened Steakhouse Records finally precipitates it’s debut load with two tracks of hybrid dub-techno/2-step from Portuguese producers. Mr Gasparov hails from Lisbon and apparently uses a synth made from an old McDonalds till point, togther with graphics tablets and Midi-Controllers to manufacture a jumpy blend of hard-hitting subs and technoid 2-step on ‘1975′, think El-B meets Aphex Twin under a tropical sky. On the flip Octapush fuse UK Garage with skittering electronica and chanted tribal vocals on ‘Ai Nadia’, and itchin’ 2-step with female vocals on ‘Laika Likes It’. One for the rave, Dave, and fans of Untold, Atki2 or Bass Clef. Sick twelve!”