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Mengzy Selects - 024 / June
Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Welcome to ‘Mengzy Selects’, a monthly video column which features five recently released tracks by producers and labels in Asia and across the Asian diaspora. Your host is Mengzy: a Hong Kong-based DJ and producer, PhD in musicology, music journalist, and co-founder of Feed the Dragon.
To watch the video version of this month’s column, click here.
CLIKK, That Fancy I ‘MICRODOSE’
There’s no doubt the title track on CLIKK and That Fancy I’s ‘Funky Pills’ EP would inspire adorable artwork, but it’s another track that steals the show on SPRAYBOX’s most recent release. ‘MICRODOSE’ shines with its Sammy Virji-esque melodics and pitched-up vocals.
Listen to ‘MICRODOSE’ here.
FLiiK ‘The Talk’
‘The Talk’ is newcomer FLiiK’s fourth release to date, with three Cloudcore singles already under his belt. Active in radio repping the UK leftfield techno and bass scene, this release comes to us via the Spanish label Noise Pollution Recordings.
Listen to ‘The Talk’ here.
Bliz Nochi ‘Nacht In Kindergarten’ (DJ Shaman Remix)
In its fourth year, Indian label Bøne.FM is still exploring its aesthetic boundaries and we’re more than happy to go along for the ride! After a chaotic breakcore-influenced EP in April, DJ Shaman’s melodic techno remix of ‘Nacht In Kindergarten’ is a June standout.
Listen to ‘Nacht In Kindergarten’ (DJ Shaman Remix) here.
Chalo ‘Somewhere Somehow’
With several months to wait before the next Shi Fu Miz festival, FuFu Records dropped the eighth instalment of its ‘88 Double Happiness’ series to tide us over. And, Acid-powered ‘Somewhere Somehow’ by Thai producer Chalo is a dreamlike dance.
Listen to ‘Somewhere Somehow’ here.
T5UMUT5UMU ‘武者 Musha’
T5UMUT5UMU joined Bristol’s Sneaker Social Club this month with an experimental club EP that channels gorge, broken beat, and even hints of grime. Opener ‘武者 Musha’ sets the scene with a driving low-end workout.
Listen to ‘武者 Musha’ here.
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