STREAM: ETHEREAL by Pete Hellyer

Wondering who was behind all those great oki-ni mixes? Well it was Pete Hellyer, and he's just left to go work elsewhere but his parting gift is this great little mix. Check it out below.

ETHEREAL by Pete Hellyer by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: SOLACE by 2562

Remember 2562? Well if you don't check out our review of the album 'Fever' that we loved back in May. It's great, just like this chilled out mix recently done for Oki Ni.

Here is 2562's take on the mix:

‘I went a bit emo here and tried to make a more or less cohesive selection of music that provides comfort when things are getting me down; the kind of tracks and songs that can instantly make everything that’s wrong seem only half as bad. Paradoxically melancholic music full of sorrow or yearning does that for me just as well as uplifting boogie and soul. So this has pretty much become a mixtape in two halves - the sorrow and the release - united by the fact that they both contain close personal favourites from various phases in my life.’

SOLACE by 2562 by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD: Slow House 3 - Behling

Found this on mixcloud courtesy of the superb Bassmusicblog.

Behling grooves it up slow house style to mad effect and features his awesome anthem of 2011 'Without You'. Stream and download below.

DOWNLOAD: Slow House 3 - Behling

Slow House 3 - Behling by Bass Music on Mixcloud

STREAM: Nightwave DJ Mix for Clash

Nightwave's DJ mix for Clash just went viral today and it's slick. Check it out below.

Nightwave DJ Mix by Clash Music on Mixcloud

STREAM: FEARVSFEAR by White Car

Yes! Some fucked up late night grooves to send you spiralling into the depths of hell or a massive K hole. Grooves a plenty on this powerfully dark mix. White Car’s full length debut album, Everyday Grace, is set for a February 2012 release on Hippos in Tanks.

FEARvsFEAR by White Car by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: David Lynch Mixtape

The man who brought you Twin Peaks, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive brings you...A Mixtape. Check it out stream - only on this one..

David Lynch & 'Big' Dean Hurley The Stool Pigeon Mixtape by The Stool Pigeon on Mixcloud

STREAM: WEIRDHIGH by Low Limit

Here are some things you need to know about Low Limit: he lives in LA; he sometimes returns to San Fran to throw parties with his crew, Icee Hot; he has had tracks released by Numbers, Fat City, and Monkeytown, with the new Lazer Sword LP due for a 2012 release on that label; and finally he runs a pretty sweet GIF blog. 

For his mix, Low Limit blends a range of music that combines to create his signature sound, as he explains: ‘I recorded this mix on a train between two towns in Denmark. It's a fairly up-tempo situation, though I aimed to showcase the music I really enjoy on the more bizarre and experimental side of 'house', or whatever. (I am really awful with genres names. I worked at an electronic music magazine for several years and still wouldn't be able to successfully tell you what house music is, except that it’s faster than rap music - my first true love).’ ‘On the mix there are some oldies, some new gems, and a couple curveballs.’

WEIRDHIGH by Low Limit by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: THEVANTAGEPOINT by Peter Van Hoesen

Next up we have a tasty little number from Peter Van Hoesen. For his mix, Peter conjures up a suitably-theatrical 80s mood of squealing guitars and soaring synthesisers, as he explains:

"This mix represents my listening habits from the last four or five months. Lately I have been going back to the music I was listening to when growing up - mostly new wave, post-punk, vaguely electronic sounding tracks.

It struck me that, after completing the mix, most of the tracks I selected originate from the UK. I also like to think that this is the first mix in a series that will look back on that specific (late) eighties period that is heavily represented in my record collection. I feel there's at least one other mix coming up. For now, please enjoy.

THEVANTAGEPOINT by Peter Van Hoesen by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: ITSAFEELING by Tropics

As we have been on the move for the last couple of weeks there has been little time to get anything done review wise. Fear not we'll have something new for you later on this week. In the meantime here are a few of the latest in the Oki-ni mix series to keep you going.

First up is one-man-band Chris Ward, known to most as Tropics, is the complete all-rounder. Coming from a musical family, Chris is now a producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who blends the jazz sounds of a Rhodes keyboard with vintage synths, guitars, and a whole host of modern software and production wizardry to create a unique sound with an aptly tropical feel.

For his mix, Chris looked to the music that has excited him recently and the tracklist reads like a who’s who of talent in contemporary electronic music, as Chris explains:

‘The mix is just a blend of chilled out club-friendly tracks I’ve been loving recently, whilst DJing and playing live shows abroad. They're tracks by friends and artists who I'm a fan of.’

Tropics debut album, Parodia Flare, is out now on Planet Mu.

ITSAFEELING by Tropics by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: Morgan Geist 'Personal' mix

Although this was posted on Mixcloud over a year ago, we just discovered it and it is a must listen for any electronic music fan. Morgan Geist is one half of seminal NJ/NYC duo Metro Area, Environ boss man. If you don't know Metro Area then you need to check their legendary self-titled 2002 album out now.

Morgan Geist - Personal by Red Bull Music Academy Radio on Mixcloud

STREAM: Sasha @ Panorama Bar, Berlin August 2011

Check out both parts of Sasha's mammoth set from Berlins Panorama Bar recorded live this August in Berlin. Epic.

Sasha @ Panorama Bar, Berlin (08/2011) [PART 1] by Sasha on Mixcloud

Sasha @ Panorama Bar, Berlin (08/2011) [PART 2] by Sasha on Mixcloud

STREAM: THEHOTLUNCH by Derrick Carter

For his mix, Derrick has taken more of a soul and disco approach, creating a eulogy for the lunchtime mixes that he used to avidly tune-in to on Chicago local radio. But this is a story best told by Derrick himself:

'Back in the '80s, WBMX radio here in Chicago used to play a LOT of mixes: there'd be the regular "Friday Night Live - Ain't No Jive Chicago Dance Party"; the standard Saturday night mixes from 10:00 - 4:00; the after work or rush hour mix; and my fav, "The Hot Lunch Mix".

Coming in at noon every weekday, it was a nice little bit of heat to break up the monotony at Walther Lutheran High School. I used to have a lunch period followed by study hall right around that time of the day, so I'd sneak and listen to it while either eating or pretending to do homework. The mixes were always friendly (since it WAS broadcast radio, there was no swearing). And they were usually more on the song and groovy tip than some of the more jacking stuff played at night or on the weekends.

Using that as my main focus, I decided to go on a disco & classics trip, which I think will work lovely if you want to listen to it while eating lunch at your desk, walking to get some grub, or just sitting on a bench and watching the rest of the world do its thing.

I hope y'all enjoy it.'

THEHOTLUNCH by Derrick Carter by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: ALUNARDIP by Simian Mobile Disco

James Ford and Jas Shaw, collectively known as Simian Mobile Disco, are the musical duo who have kept dancefloors packed and heads nodding since 2005. With a couple of studio albums and a whole bunch of remixes to their name, the pair have shaped the sound of contemporary dance music by prodding at synthesisers and twiddling nobs labelled attack, delay, sustain and release.

In their words, this mix ‘is a venture off the dancefloor, but one that slowly leads you back there, because after all, that's where it all begins and ends for us.’ The result is a mix that starts slow with some 80s minimal electronics, and then peaks in the middle, before fading with that end-of-the-night melancholia, here soundtracked by Vangelis & Robert Wyatt.

Here’s is the duo’s neat summary of their mix:

‘This mix is about space, the sea, the smell of 70s SF paperbacks, and how the future never turns out how it was meant to be.’

ALUNARDIP by Simian Mobile Disco by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: LEAVING by Gregor Tresher

Gregor aims to make music that ‘makes you dance and cry at the same time’, as he explains:

‘It was a great opportunity to create a mix a bit out-of-the-ordinary exclusively for oki-ni and include some of my all-time favorite tracks from different genres. You can find music by artists like Ruxpin, Aphex Twin, Claro Intelecto and Mathew Jonson but also bands like The Cure and Interpol; both of which I¹ve edited for use in my DJ-sets.

The original release dates of these songs range from 1989 until today, but I never get tired of listening to any single one of them. At the end, I included an edit of a song from my new album since it not only inspired the name of this mix, but I often play it as a last song in my DJ-sets as well.'

LEAVING by Gregor Tresher by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: TRUEEMERALD by Puro Instinct

Check out this gorgeous off beat homage to all things eclectic underground 80's and pop by Puro Instinct. Form a band, make music, tour the world – that’s every teenager’s dream. It’s also the reality that Piper and Skylar Kaplan now live as the adorable dream-pop outfit Puro Instinct, who count Ariel Pink as one of their many fans no less.

TRUEEMERALD by Puro Instinct by Oki-Ni on Mixcloud

STREAM: Mira (Ladytron) promo mix

One of the princesses of electro (Miss Kittin has to be the Queen) Mira from Ladytron bashed out a sumptuous, exciting electrified promo mix for R$N to plug the new Ladytron album 'Gravity The Seducer', the follow up to 2008's 'Velocifero', released on September 12th. If you are after a bit of nasty sleaze ce soir then put this one on loud. Dario Argento fans will love some of the Goblin-esque vibes on here. Of course Ladytron's awesome 'Seventeen' makes an appearance with a great accapella mashed over the top that enhances the original. Sadly no tracklist so I can't tell you who that's by but it does end with Bon Jovi's 'Living On A Prayer'. I was left wondering how we got there. Maximum enjoyment in a bit-sized burst of goodness. Check it.

Mira (Ladytron) Exclusive Mix for R$N ahead of their new album Gravity The Seducer by Theransomnote on Mixcloud

STREAM: M.A.N.D.Y. pres. Get Physical Radio mixed by SIS

This one just went live on mixcloud about an hour ago and we are still listening to it and it is truly awesome so get on it right now!

M.A.N.D.Y. pres. Get Physical Radio mixed by SIS by Get Physical Music on Mixcloud