Cabeza de Vaca

P033: Dadub special

14/05/2013

Dadub, the Italian duo of Daniele Antezza and Giovanni Conti, have had a key role in the Stroboscopic Artefacts sound. Not only have they produced some of its most memorable releases, including their recent debut album “You are eternity”, but they work behind the scenes mastering the labels output and putting the final touches on the labels signature sound, forged from dark ambience, intelligent beats and a gritty finish to the digital purity. Cabeza de Vaca turns its attention to some of the duos recent releases as well as some of their contemporaries from Spain and abroad. Read more…

P032: Sex special

09/05/2013

It may be time to send in your tax return, but there’s only one thing on our minds at Cabeza de Vaca and Scanner FM: sex. This week we pay tribute to the second best thing in the world after tax havens, dividends and creative accounting. Starting seductively with the Modernist, we come all too quickly to the happy finish of Terre Thaemlitz with plenty of bump and grind on the way courtesy of several memorable 12 inches from the archives. Read more…

P031: Mark Fell special

02/05/2013

English producer and conceptual sound artist Mark Fell has been challenging the process, structure and purpose of electronic sound since the late 90s. Solo he has played in art galleries, toyed with house and built nanoparticle-powered random music. With Mat Steel he has sculpted glitch mobiles and rhythmic networks under the name SND and more recently they have cut and paste together a new form of polyrhythmic house under the Sensate Focus name. On Cabeza de Vaca this week we follow the evolution of a track, from its origins in the chord-driven house collaboration with DJ Sprinkles (Terre Thaemlitz), via the fluxing and phasing dancefloor of Sensate Focus and then into the solo atomic world of the sentielle objectif actualité. Read more…

P030: Ambient special

23/04/2013

Another ambient show on Cabeza de Vaca this week. We start off with two Spanish artists and labels and then turn our attention to a pair of new tracks from Belgium’s Aguirre imprint. In the final half of the show we uncover some overlooked ambient tracks from techno and house producers on some recent 12”s and album releases. Read more…

P029: Omar S special

16/04/2013

Omar S should need no introduction: the Man from Detroit has been a constant presence on the dance floor for almost a decade, inspiring minds and moving bodies with his ability to innovate at the same time as providing universally acclaimed sounds that straddle both techno and house. This week on Cabeza de Vaca we show our respects to his recent 4th album and some other recent singles. Read more…

P028: Dubstep and a focus on Keysound Recordings

10/04/2013

Some dubstep this week as we turn our attention to the Keysound Recordings label from London run by Dusk and Blackdown. Several of their recent releases, combining Grime and classic dubstep styles, have set the standard high for 2013, whereas we also highlight the recent album by the label owners themselves and show our respect to some of the new blood they continue to foster. Read more…

P027: Killekill label special

03/04/2013

A show that feels a bit sacrilegious and only the week after Easter. This week on Cabeza de Vaca and Scanner FM we preview some tracks from the nastier side of techno and electro and then focus our attention on Nico Deuster’s Killekill label from Berlin, which purveys some of the same sounds, somewhere between humourous and dirty and bathed in acid.

 

P027: Especial del sello Killekill

 

Un programa que se siente un poco sacrílego y sólo una semana después de Pascua. Esta semana en Cabeza de Vaca y Scanner FM avanzamos algunas pistas de la parte más desagradable del techno y el electro y luego centrar nuestra atención en el sello Killekill de Nico Deuster y basado en Berlín, que proveen algunos de los sonidos mismos, localizado en algún lugar entre el humor y la suciedad y bañada en ácido.

 

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P026: Spanish electronic music Part III: Semantica and techno.

26/03/2013

For the third and final installment of our three part Spanish electronica series we turn our attention to Svreca’s iconic Semantica label from Madrid who have risen to become a landmark imprint of modern design and front-line sounds from hard and experimental techno to IDM. For the rest of the show we highlight some of the standout techno tracks from Spanish artists and labels. Read more…

P025: Spanish electronic music Part II: Hivern Discs and house.

21/03/2013

For the second of our trilogy of shows dedicated to Spanish electronica, we turn our attention to house, moving inwards from the fringes of bass and techno, to the modern classical sound of Barcelona’s Hivern Discs label run by John Talabot. We focus on four recent releases from the label representing five different artists from the Peninsula and trace their history and influence. Read more…

P024: Spanish electronic music Part I: Héctor Sandoval and experimental music

14/03/2013

This week we start the first of three programs celebrating Spanish electronic music. First up is a primer of some of the more experimental and IDM-leaning artists from across the peninsula, highlighting in particular the work of Asturian Héctor Sandoval and his recent landmark album under his Komatssu moniker and his collaborative techno project Exium. Read more…

P023: Post-Sandwell District special.

05/03/2013

In their ten years of operation the loose collective of artists that form the Sandwell District collective have risen from relative obscurity to leave an immediately recognizable mark at the core of modern techno. Combining industrial grit, violent and stark aesthetics and media subversion tactics, they have come to define not only modern electronica, but in many ways the modern age. It is somewhat fitting then that the label operations descended into chaos at their moment of triumph, the release of 2011’s “Feed Forward” album which is the starting point of this weeks show. Cabeza de Vaca picks up the pieces and traces the trajectory of each of the three main protagonists Function, Regis and Silent Servant and their associates, bringing their influence to bare and highlighting their recent work. Read more…

P022: Shoegaze techno special.

27/02/2013

To celebrate the belated release of My Bloody Valentine’s recent album MBV, Cabeza de Vaca goes digging in the archives to find the traces left by the group on electronica and the dancefloor in the intervening 20 years since “Loveless”. On our journey we unearth classics, rarities, curiosities, stepping stones, missed opportunities and dead-ends in the long and winding path to who knows to when.

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P021: Christopher Rau special

19/02/2013

We take a trip to Hamburg, Germany this week on Cabeza de Vaca to focus our attention on deep house producer and Smallville stalwart Christopher Rau. We preview three of his 12”s and an track from his second album “Two” all from 2012 as well as some recent house tracks from around the world.

 

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P020: Focus on Shifted.

13/02/2013

In a little under two years shadowy UK producer Shifted has risen through the ranks to become one of the most recognizable sounds in the new wave of Industrial techno. His tracks combine heavy beats, hypnotic drones and repetition with post-punk’s rough and paranoid image. On Cabeza de Vaca this week we preview four of his tracks as well as play some recent releases from other techno artists.

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P019: Swedish electronica and Kontra-Musik special.

05/02/2013

Its all about Sweden this week on Cabeza de Vaca. First stop is Ulf Ericsson’s Kontra-Musik label based in Malmö. We revise the labels history and introduce some of the diverse styles and eccentric characters that make up the roster. For the rest of the show we preview some new tracks from some of Sweden’s best female artists and to wrap it all up, we link everything to the life and works of famed director Ingmar Bergman. Only on Cabeza de Vaca and Scanner FM.

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P018: Ambient and experimental music special.

31/01/2013

A wide ranging feast of ambient and experimental music this week on Cabeza de Vaca. We kick off with the elaborate constructions of Chris Madak’s Bee Mask project and the quiet tone song of Australian Oren Ambarchi before passing through some more classical coloured music from Jasper TX and the lush chamber music of Christoph Berg. Italian duo Retina.it offer a gentle and ghostly respite before the noisier climax. Brad Rose’s Charlatan alias is a cacophonous contrast whereas Damian Valles and Alex Cobb offer a track each of detailed drones and hidden emotions.

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P017: Classic House special

23/01/2013

P017: Classic House special.

 

You are about to enter a dimension of sound and vibe. There is no going back. Next stop: The Jacking Zone. Cabeza de Vaca goes back in time this week, back to early days of house, Nu Groove and UK rave. We cherry pick some of the classic house cuts that were recently re-released on some of the many historically important label and scene compilations, including legendary cuts from Aaron Carl, Roger Sanchez, Baby Ford and more.

 

P017: Especial de house clásico.

 

Usted está a punto de entrar en una dimensión de sonido y vibración. No hay vuelta atrás. Próxima parada: La Jacking Zone. Cabeza de Vaca se remonta en el tiempo esta semana, de vuelta a los primeros días de House, Nu Groove y rave de Reino Unido. Seleccionamos algunos de los pistas clásicos de House que fueron recientemente re-lanzado en algunos de los muchos recopilaciones de sellos e escenas de importancia histórica, incluyendo pistas legendarios de Aaron Carl, Roger Sanchez, Baby Ford y mucho más.

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P016: Dub techno special.

15/01/2013

This week Cabeza de Vaca takes the road less travelled through some of the world’s boutique, outsider and up-and-coming labels to find some of the many hidden treasures of the dub techno scene. Sit back and enjoy a perfect introduction and tribute to some of the specialty and community-based labels that do a lot of hard work, but don´t always get the recognition. For those about to dub, we salute you.
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P015: Long Island Electrical Systems (L.I.E.S.)

10/01/2013

Lies, damned lies and Long Island Electrical Systems. For our first program of the new year we take a look at LIES, the outsider house label founded by Ron Morelli in New York that shot to prominence in 2012 for its unexpected and ramshackle approach to electronic music. Liberated, long form tracks are the order of the day with plenty of noise as well as motoric groove.

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P014: 2012 Rewind

02/01/2013

Part best-of and part conceptual overview of some of the key moments in electronica in 2012 for the final show of the year. We ask questions about the alliance between industrial and noise with techno, shamanism and magic, touch on playing live, pressing play and the predominance of live vocal performances in electronic music in 2012. For more details and more examples head over to Mind Bomb.

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