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MIX // 2562 vs. A MADE UP SOUND

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Tracklist:

WNCL, “Mrs Fingers” (Quantec Remix) [WNCL]
Instra:mental, “Rubba” [Swamp81]
Martyn vs Mike Slott, “Untitled” [white*]
T.Williams, “Chop & Screw” [Deep Teknologi Records]
Cosmin TRG, “Bijoux” [white*]
Breach, “Fatherless” [PTN]
A Made Up Sound, “Rear Window” [Delsin]
Skudge, “Overture” [Skudge]
Will Saul & Mike Monday, “Sequence 1″ (Scuba Remix) [Aus Music]
F, “Slowdown” [white*]
Boddika, “You Tell Me” [Darkestral]
Lone, “Pineapple Crush” [Magic Wire]
dBridge, “ZX81″ (Shed Remix) [Fat City]
Ramadanman, “Space Dance” [white*]
Wax, “No-20002″ (Pinch Remix) [white]
Basic Soul Unit, “Jak’d Freq” (A Made Up Sound Acid Bonus)
[Crème Organization]
Studio 1, “Rosa 1″ [Studio 1]
D.I.E., “Detroit Technobass” [M.A.P.]
Addison Groove, “Sexual” [white*]
A Made Up Sound, “Extra Time” [A Made Up Sound]

Given his usual prodigious rate of release, it seems to have been a little quieter than usual around Dave Huismans lately. It’s all relative though – new 2562 material has been fairly sparse on the ground, but his AMUS label is starting to pick up further momentum with June’s Alarm/Crisis 12” and another plate due to appear soon. So it’s good to hear Little White Earbuds’ 57th podcast, Huisman’s combative 2562 vs. A Made Up Sound mix. In the vein of Paul Rose’s blinding Scuba vs. SCB mix for RA, it offers a potent snapshot of just where his sound’s at right now - both cases show producers gradually narrowing the gap between each alter ego’s music. But unlike Scuba’s shift from dubstep-paced opening section to slower pulse this mix is a thorough blend, bass music tendencies and broken beats forced into a propulsive chassis of house and techno.

It’s also packed with new material - tracks from Deep Teknologi’s T. Williams, Cosmin TRG, Breach, Instra:mental and Ramadanman further bridge the gap between jacking funky house, juke-style 808s and fluorescent garage, and an early highlight sees Huismans’ own ‘Rear Window’ drop seamlessly into heady techno from Skudge and Will Saul & Mike Monday. More than ever though, the mix is indicative of the mongrel state UK-inspired bass music finds itself in at the moment – a period of rapid evolutionary change, probably best demonstrated in Addison Groove’s utterly brilliant and totally indefinable ‘Sexual’. Plus there’s a great interview with Huismans attached that looks into the gap between the perceived and real distances between his different musical personalities.