Though the Berlin-based producer has lately traversed the realms of club-friendly production on albums like Turning Dragon and Totem’s Flare, Clark recently surprised his fans with a DJ set of relatively straightforward dance tunes, which premiered on Tom Ravenscroft’s show on BBC 6 Music just last week. And now, the mixmaster has uploaded the excellent mix on to Soundcloud for us to stream and download for free. Clark calls his Phrenic Mix an “MPC DJ mix,” as most of the material is made up of edited and remixed versions crafted by the artist (some original and unheard Clark productions are in there, too). On his selections, Clark says, “A lot of [this] material is so deliciously stripped that it proved ripe to be embellished with the analogue machine-funk I was riffing out in the studio at the time.” You can check out the mix and its tracklist below, along with some upcoming tour dates.

Clark – Dulceria Remix
Neil Landstrumm – Index Revisited
Cajmere – Only 4 U (Instrumental Edit)
DJ Hyperactive – Teeter-Totter
Thomas Kroner – Woodcarver
Surgeon – 9 Hours Into The Future
Actress – Let’s Fly
Paris Mitchell – Ghetto Shout (Clark Edit)
Waxmaster Maurice – Tha Wop
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Sex Experience
Bernard Purdie – Disco Beat
Clark – Dirty Pixie
Clark – Untitled

Tour Dates:
FEBRUARY
04 – MPC DJ – Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
16 – Live – Pool Party, Antigel Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
17 – Tilted Fawn Dance Performance – Antigel Festival, Geneva, Switzerland

MARCH
16 – MPC DJ – Rex, Paris, France
25 – MPC DJ – Steelgate, Brussels, Belgium

APRIL
01 – MPC DJ – Leisure System @ Corsica Studios, London, UK

The avant hip-hopper Buck 65 has been honing his craft for quite a long time now, the better part of the last 20 years in fact, hence the title of his newest LP, 20 Odd Years. Buck 65’s first LP since 2007 finds the rapper/producer exploring territory more similar to his 2003 album, Talkin’ Honky Blues, where he began crafting songs that somehow combined the disparate worlds of hip-hop, blues, country, folk, and indie rock. The new LP includes tracks from three digital mini-albums Buck 65 had released throughout 2010 under the names 20 Odd Years: Vol. 1 – Avant, Vol. 2 – Distance, and Vol. 3 – Albuquerque, and adds four unreleased tracks to the mix. 20 Odd Years, which features a host of diverse collaborators from New York’s multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells to singer/songwriter/poet Gord Downie (of The Tragically Hip), is set to be released on February 1. You can check the album artwork, tracklist, and a stream of “Sore” from Talkin’ Honky Blues below.

Tracklist:
1. Superstars Don’t Love
2. Gee Whiz – w/Nick Thorburn
3. Whispers Of The Waves
4. Paper Airplane
5. Stop – w/Hannah Georgas
6. Zombie Delight
7. Tears Of Your Heart
8. Cold Steel Drum
9. Who By Fire
10. She Said Yes
11. BCC
12. Lights Out
13. Final Approach

Although that headline above may seem hard to believe , it’s now been confirmed that Detroit deep-house veteran Rick Wilhite (who also operates under the aliases The Godson, DOC, Tech-12, and Working Mixx) will be releasing his debut LP, Analog Aquarium, on Chicago’s Still Music imprint March 21. Not to say that Wilhite hasn’t been putting out music for the last 20 years; he has a host of singles, remixes, and collaborations (including working with Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr., and Malik Pittman on the 3 Chairs project) to his name and well over a decade of experience DJing around the world. Throw on top of that his time spent at Detroit’s legendary Buy-Rite Records shop and his current role as the owner and operator of the Vibes New and Rare Music record store, and his dance music resume surely stands up to the best. Now, Wilhite has decided to spread his work to a wider audience and has put together an LP of 10 original tracks (featuring collaborations with Theo Parrish, Osunlade, Billy Love, and Malik Pittman) which are said to see the producer exploring “all sides of his musical abilities with the assistance of some of his most trusted allies.” You can check the artwork, tracklist, and a stream for one of Wilhite’s more classic tracks from his 1997 Godson EP.

Tracklist:
01. Blame It On The Boogie
02. Dark Walking
03. Muzic Gonna Save The World Pt.1
04. Sunshine Pt. 2
05. City Bar Dancing (Basement Mix)
06. Deep Horizons
07. In The Rain
08. Cosmic Jungle
09. Cosmic Soup
10. Muzic Gonna Save The World Pt.2

One of Stones Throw’s newest artists, the UK-based Anika, has been making waves recently since releasing her Geoff Barrow-produced self-titled debut LP last December (which you can read a bit about in our Iconic Soundfeature with Portishead/Beak>’s Barrow) but has yet to make an appearance state-side, until now. News has come down our way that Anika will be making a handful of DJ appearances with dates in New York and LA throughout the month of February, spinning alongside the likes of Peanut Butter Wolf, Cubic Zirconia, Machinedrum, and Veronica Vasicka (who’s responsible for curating Stones Throw’s excellent Minimal Wave Tapes). We’ve also found out that Anika has plans to bring her full band (featuring members of Beak>) to the US later this spring, but no dates have come our way yet. Below, you can check out Anika’s planned DJ sets and watch a hectic video of her band’s rehearsal before a show in Paris.

Anika DJ Sets:
2/4 – Natural History Museum w/Peanut Butter Wolf, LA
2/9 – Mercury Lounge w/Cubic Zirconia, Popo, Machinedrum, Party Supplies, NYC
2/10 – Gallery Bar (Basement) w/Blu Jemz, Unemployed Lloyd, NYC
2/11 – Glasslands w/Javelin, High Life, Brooklyn
2/12 – Trophy Bar w/DJ Duane Harriott, Veronica Vasicka, Brooklyn
2/14 – The Commodore, Brooklyn

Sound the conflict-of-interest alarm! Yes, our very own Managing Editor, Shawn Reynaldo, has crafted and delivered to us a brand-new mix of fresh, next-level club tunes. The recording was made not only to spread the word of the first anniversary celebration of the excellent Icee Hot party, which will feature the illustrious Kode9 as its headliner, but also to mark the death of Reynaldo’s 11-plus year-old DJ alias, Disco Shawn. In the 40-minute mix, the mixmaster (now known simply by his given name) delivers solid tunes from the likes of Royal T, Ghosts on Tape, Brenmar, Ciara, Nguzunguzu, S-X, fellow XLR8R staffer Contakt, and a whole lot of other club-friendly favorites. You can stream or download the whole mix, as well as check the full tracklist, below.

Nguzunguzu “Mirage (Brenmar Remix)”
S-X “Take Time (Instrumental)”
Filip Filipi feat. Shanell “Can You Rock (Nguzunguzu Remix)”
KiNK “Existence” (Ovum)
Thunderball “Runaway (Ghosts on Tape Remix)”
Royal T “Orangeade” (Butterz)
Boddika “Syn Chron” (Naked Lunch)
PhOtOmachine “Technicolour (Optimum’s 808 Reduction)” (Super)
Contakt “Rhodophyta” (Local Action)
Menta “Sounds of Da Future” (Sounds of Da Future)
DJ MikeQ feat. Miss Jay “Let It All Out” (Qween Beat)
C.R.S.T “Dance (Mosca Remix)” (No Hats No Hoods)
Ciara “Gimme Dat” (LaFace)
S-X “Woooo Riddim (DJ Q Remix)” (Butterz)
Jam City “Too Hot” (Night Slugs)