We don't do this. We just don't. In three years and three dozen podcasts, we've never put forth a mix that didn't come from the textureDJs posse, or from a good friend we've spent some great nights spinning records and boozing with... Well, we're gonna chuck that out the window today. A couple of months ago I came across a chap called Steve Lee, who was putting some simply marvellous mixes into the ether through his facebook group Another Late Night. Quality work that definitely needed some exposure to textureDJs listeners. Steve is one half of the monthly party 'Mondo' from the DISCO NOT DISCO team. This party is held at the Horse & Groom in Shoreditch, London and tends to concentrate on the leftfield disco scene, mutant disco, acid grooves and classic italo. Steve also is Friday resident at DISCO NOT DISCO at the Lincoln Lounge in Kings Cross, where he's invited textureDJs down to play in March. So perhaps we're just getting the podcasting and boozing in reverse order this time! So, wrap your ears around Steve's guest mix, pure.mp3 1. Model 500 - Starlight 2. Oblio - Escape 3. Woolfy Vs Projections - Absynth 4. Lodo - Volcano 5. Blackbelt Andersen - November 6. Barnabun - For My Love 7. Tokyo Knife Attack - Love Vandal 8. Kevin Yost - Photo Shoot 9. Kirby - NIghtwriter 10. Lovebirds - Gentle 11. Roy Davis Jnr - I Have A Vision 12. Marc Romboy - Sonora You can also catch Steve's show over at Danceradioglobal, playing chilled out and electronic grooves.

Good gravy... textureDJs podcasts two months in a row! You'd think we'd made a new years resolution to get our sh&t together here or something! Do you think we can make it to three? A wicked guest mix this month courtesy of Simon Platts. Simon's been rocking the joint with us at Thirst Lodge in Oxford and The Gallery in London over the last six months with his feature live sax playing alongside textureDJs on the decks. He's pretty damn handy on the wheels too, so get your ears on and enjoy this! textureDJs 035 - souledoutsimon guest mix.mp3 1. Where's The One? - Kaino  2. Romanowski - Flagranti 3. Bitte Dreh'n - Grande Buffo EP 4. Ladies and Gentlemen - FDEL 5. Plastic Starfish - Tal M Klein 6. Dodge City Rockers - Fort Knox 5 7. The Flame - Parov Stelar 8. Changin' (Vernon & Dacosta remix) - Brown & Steve Littlemen 9. Brutal Baile - Cinnamon Kings 10. Man Juice - Neighbour 11. Let me Love You - Bunny Mack 12. Wonderful Star - Beatfanatic 13. Everybody (B1) - Cinnamon Kings 14. Momy - Sebastian 15. Ilu Baje (45rpm) - N.G.P. Afro Spot 16. Clap Clap - Isley L. Relish 17. Guitar Shaped Heart - Binary Chaffinch 18. Brand Nu (Lack of Afro mix) - SoopaSoul 19. Killing - The Apples 20. Belief - Kaino

Sorry for the lack of podcasts. It's been a well busy year in these parts. textureDJs main night The Loft is rocking, where we've been working with Simon Platts and putting on a real burner of a sax & wax show here in Oxford and recently in London, playing some ridiculously awesome tunes. So, let's get back in the groove... with some serious disco business. Enjoy! Quantum of Disco.mp3 1. Alastair Cooke - Talk About America (PYE Records) 2. Count Basie And His Orchestra - The James Bond Theme (United Artists) 3. Indigo Jam Unit - Back Shot (Basis Records) 4. The Bamboos feat TY - Cant Help Myself (Tru Thoughts) 5. Rephrase - Since 1939 (album version) (Rephrase Music) 6. Big M Bootie - Your Thing (Big M Bootie) 7. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Dub Version) (Arista) 8. Faze Action - Hypnotic (disco mix) (Faze Action) 9. Dmitri From Paris - Madd Luck (Supreme) 10. Manmade - Beastie Nights (Manmade) 11. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2 (Raw Cuts) 12. FLASHnap - Spooky (Pulver Records) 13. Hot 8 Brass Band - Jisten To Me (Hint Remix) (Tru Thoughts) 14. Wumni - Work (Serious Assault Recordings) 15. Parov Stelar - Fleur De Lille (Etage Noir) 16. Atlantic Conveyor - African Disco Power (Sofrito Specials) 17. 6ix Toys - Voodoo People (First Word Records) PS. This mix is also featured at Blunted Presents, pop over there for a bit of an interview about this mix...

We're about to launch into some celebrations here at textureDJs, both for the 2nd anniversary of our podcasts as well as the anniversary of one of our Oxford club nights. But January is still a step further down into the darker hours of the annual cycle. And one dark moment struck us here in Oxford in the last month: the closure of the town's last vinyl storefront still standing. Vale, Avid Records! Still, we got in a last round of great crate digging in their attic before they closed doors for the last time. Some beautiful buried techno treasure to mix in amongst the fresh sounds we've been picking up for you too! So we hope you enjoy podcast 032... perhaps textureDJs' deepest and darkest to date. Darkest before dawn.mp3 (Tracklist forthcoming. Image courtesy of Sky First, Then Shoes.) Tags: breaks house techno oxford mp3 textureDJs

We're heading all the way down to the shortest, darkest days of winter here in Oxford. The Port Meadow is covered in ice and there's mulled wine in all the pubs. You can fight it, or you can go with it, and go deep... deep into the night. So a set of soulful beats, straight off the wax, live in the mix, from textureDJs James & Cynan. textureDJs031.mp3 1. DJ T - Philly - Naked Music 2. Kat - Conundrum (Danny Krivit re-edit) - Kat 3. Lorenz Rhode - Back - Compost 4. Kidgusto - Ay Yay Yay (Brooksie remix) - True Grooves 5. Afro Medusa - "Pasilda" (Knee Deep Club mix) - Family Recordings 6. Rednose Distrikt - Best DJ (Domu Remix) - Kindred Spirits 7. Sumo feat Clarisse Muvemba - Lovebeat (Innocent Sorcerers Off beat) - Heya Hifi 8. Bombs - Mama Told Me - Bombs 9. Valique - Wine Or Vingear - Freestyle Records 10. Greg Wilson - Redux 001 11. Metro Area - Pina - Classic 12. The Detroit Experiment - Think Twice - Electric Chair 13. Todd Terje - Italian Stallion - Full Pupp 14. Karizma - I C U - Co-op 15. Blackalicious - A to Z 16. Melba Moore - Standing Right Here Whether you've been with us all year, or found us recently, whether you came over from the fabulous Bending Corners or searched us out or listen in direct through iTunes, thanks so much for tuning in. Best wishes for the holidays everyone and we'll see in you in the new year. January marks the second birthday of the textureDJs podcast - we'll bring you something special!

Anyone who's caught up with textureDJs in person will know that I'm of the Australian persuasion. And there's been some momentously joyful news in the last week from back home, with the tories finally turfed from office after over a decade, and new PM Kevin Rudd installed! For Australians this should make for more of a fair go in the workplace and an honest approach to our indigenous issues, and for people worldwide it means no more Australian foot dragging on Kyoto and climate change issues. Hooray! Why is all this relevant to the textureDJs podcast? Well all this political euphoria has inspired me to throw together a mix of party rockin tunes! Click on the post title or here to download kev's party.mp3! Now crank it up and enjoy! Cynan 1. Diplo & Eli Escobar – Groove Is In The Dick - Hollertronix 2. Gwen Stefani – Yummy (J Tilla's No Pajama Edit) - Peaches 3. The Popular People’s Front - Loose In Lisboa – label unknown 4. Underdog Edits – Star Wars Cantina Band Theme – Underdog Edits 5. FDEL – Get Up On Ya Feet – Freestyle Records 6. Qdup Foundation – Renegade’s Revenge – Bomb Strikes 7. Spanky Wilson – Spanky’s Sunshine - Bombs 8. Rube – Get Up – Jazz & Milk Recordings 9. Neighbour vs DJ Soup & Hoola Hoop – Bro Chant (Pt 1) – Homebreakin Records 10. Speaker Junk – Foxxy - Dubsided 11. Bazouka – My Deer Conqueror – Eklektrik Rekords 12. Bryan Jones – Chicago Jack (Bobby & Klein Remix) - Ringside Recordings 13. The Sound Republic – Get Loose (Take a Breath) - SpatulaCity Records 14. The Naf Mob – If I Don’t - Peaches 15. Pirate Breaks – Get Up & Dance (Plump DJs Remix) – Pirate Breaks 16. RSL – Wesley Music - Giant Step Tags: breaks funky house house chicago breakbeat mp3 kevin07 textureDJs

Gee whiz, is this posting overdue! Hope you'll all forgive us for the hiatus -- between us, textureDJs have been in Thailand, Tanzania, Canada, Canberra, Sydney and San Francisco over the last 2 months... regular service should resume shortly! Here's Christine Moritz and DJ Cynan, trading off tunes, live @ Honeypot. As always, we are all live in the joint, all wax, all quality tunes! Christine's tunes are listed in italics, Cynan's in regular text: 1. Max Sedgley - Happy (Mr. Dan's Version) - Sunday Best 2. Gecko Turner - Toda Mojaíta (Dutch Rhythm Combo Remix) - Lovemonk 3. Quantic - Sabor - Tru Thoughts 4. Watch TV & The Primetimes - Voodoo Royale (feat El Gran Lapofsky - Thunderball vs Fort Knox Five remix) – Hitop 5. Rube – Big Band Jump – Jazz & Milk Records 6. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Paintings & Journeys (Extended Version) - Tru Thoughts 7. The Three Amigos - Louie Louie - Inferno 8. Rednose Distrikt feat Melodee – Best DJ – Kindred Spirits 9. Valique – Taking Your Seat - Freestyle Records 10. Susumu Yokota feat. Alice Russell - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Bugz in the Attic Remix) - Exceptional 11. Secret Stealth - Something to Live For - Bocajito 12. Meco – Star Wars Cantina Band Theme - Underdog Edits 13. M.A.R.R.S – Pump Up The Volume 14. Fantastic Plastic Machine - Love Is Psychedelic (Bob Sinclar Remix) - Avex Japan 15. Soul II Soul - Back to Life (12" Mix) - Virgin 16. Fdel – Ladies and Gentlemen – Freestyle Records 17. Indigo Jam Unit – Back Shot – Basis Records textureDJs 029 - Cynan vs Christine tag team.mp3 Coming up in textureDJs 030... textureDJs James and Cynan get deep, very deep...