After their debut tour of Europe in October 2011, featuring support slots with JACK BEATS, JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE, SEBASTIAN & STYLE OF EYE, Canadian duo BOTNEK are back for more gigs this month!

The tour kicked off at the Jack Beats curated party at Fabric London last Friday. Fabric also asked them to record a special promo mix and interview which you can check out below!

Download: Botnek Fabriclive promo mix

Interview: Introducing…Botnek

Check out the dates below…

Fri 2nd Fabric, London
Fri 9th Hard Ass Sessions, Lisbon
Sat 10th Talk, Southend
Mon 12th Skint Mondays, Reading
Tues 20th Killer Kitsch, Glasgow
Fri 23rd Springroll festival, Strasbourg
Sat 24th Pepe Club, Garlasco
Weds 28th Rocket, Milano
Fri 30th – Hell Yeah, Vienna
Sat 31st – Push The Button, Hamburg

I like Beards. And I like Techno. Thankfully my fellow bearded Scotsman HOSTAGE has similar tastes.

While he’s not conjuring up music of the Bastard Mutant Bass variety or tweeting his culinary escapades – he’s playing music Loud In The Clubs.

He’s kindly gave us a free download of his new mix below! You should also check out his new “Listen” EP on Black Butter Records out TODAY too!

Before listening, please follow these exact instructions. Toast on. TAP AFF. Techno on

Download: Hostage “Techno Techno Techno Techno” Mix

Tracklist:

Hatiras & Nom De Strip – Roman Bromanski
Trumpdisco – Do You Want More Of What You Came For
Hostage – Razrr
Disco of Doom – Conkers
Swick & Tranter – Mad Dings
Dunjinz – Albion (roeVy Remix)
Distrakt – Tarantula Nebula
Para One – Mother (Mr Oizo Remix)
Donovans – Rise & Fall
Hostage – No Bitch Equal
Modek – Dust
Acid Trax – Phuture

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We’re proud to announce that MALENTE has joined the agency for UK bookings!

He’s a journeyman of the electronic music scene having been around for over a decade, with 5 albums and releases on FOOL’S GOLD, DIM MAK and SOUTHERN FRIED under his belt.

The end of 2010 seen him launch his own label NO BRAINER RECORDS, and one year later it was named #1 label in the German Club Charts for 2011!

Outside of the studio, a busy gig schedule has seen him play parties and festivals in America, Asia, Canada and Europe over the last year.

2012 already brings an exciting collaboration with Treasure Fingers on the highly respected DEFECTED RECORDS plus with remixes on the way for Crookers, Light Year and Punks Jump Up ft Chromeo!

Preview: Treasure Fingers & Malente “Crusaders” EP on Defected

Treasure Fingers & Malente – Crusaders EP by Defected Records

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For UK bookings contact paul@muckme.com

Polymath doesn’t take anything for granted. (Unless it’s bacon, he loves his bacon in the morning.) When it comes to techno though, we can all have a slice. In the great spirit of being a good m808 he is giving away new track “Pringo” for free! Apparently it sounds “nothing like all the new stuff” he is making, so freak out to the crunchy jams while they’re still crunchy.

Download: Polymath “Pringo”

Polymath – Pringo by POLYMATH

It might not quiet have the nutritious value of last year’s “Protein” minimix, but feel free to check out my “Mullet” minimix! Featuring 10 minutes of my favourite House/Disco/Techno right now…and maybe just a couple of cheeky previews of upcoming tracks from some MUCK artists!

Download/stream: PMcQ “Mullet” minimix

MULLET minimix by PMcQ

Here’s an early tropical techno treat for 2012! BOTNEK have added some mad lazerz and big drumz to the booty bass of BURAKA SOM SISTEMA’S “UP ALL NIGHT”

If your in Montreal you can catch both of them playing at IGLOOFEST on January 14th for some iceeeeeeeeeeey hot jamz!

Download: Buraka Som Sistema – Up All Night (Botnek Remix)

Promo Video: Hear a sneak peak of Botnek’s “Owls” in Igloofest promo video below

IGLOOFEST 2012 – pub télé from Igloofest on Vimeo.

POLYMATH has made some of our favo jams this year and made hunners of bessy m8s in the process! TIGA, ZOMBIE NATION, DJEDJOTRONIC. Yup…they vibe to his jams.

The gigging front has seen him fist pump with KISSY SELL OUT, a debut set at his hometown festival of ROCKNESS and his first European outing in BARCELONA.

Tomorrow his “Rob The Turbine” EP is released and if you want to hear techno from the future now…well…check it. He couldn’t quite narrow it down to 10 so here are his Top 15 tunes of the year!

Polymath: Top 15 Jams 2011

Polymath – Thangra
Now in stereo – Away (Polymath remix)
A1 Bassline – Falsehood
Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Rework)
Shadow Dancer – Parallax
Gesaffelstein – OPR
Botnek – Plonk
Surkin – Ultra Light
Machinedrum – Alarma
Boy 8 Bit – Fire Extinguisher
TWR72 – Summer
Stopmakingme – Smint (Remutes ‘Wild Baby’ Remix)
Strip Steve & Das Glow – Calcium
Lone – Coreshine Voodoo
SebastiAn – Embody

So I thought it would be a good way to round off the year by getting myself and the MUCK artists to do an “End of Year” List each!

Featuring the jams that have been constant staples in our sets for the last 12 months or stuff we’ve just discovered that will keep us going for the next 12! The agency is just over half a year old and if you told me by now there would have been 2 European tours and an Agency party in Barcelona I would’ve lolololololololed! So just a quick thanks to everyone who has helped out, been our/my friend, pushed us on and we hope we can do it all again next year! Here’s my favourite tunes of this year…

PMcQ : Top 10 Jams 2011

Metronomy – The Bay
In Flagranti – Anglo Saxon Pragmatism
Azari & iii – Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix)
Waifs & Strays – Body Shiver
Botnek – Panama Bass
Gesaffelstein – The Lack of Hope
Joakim – Forever Young
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
Polymath – Rob The Turbine
Clouds – Articles

We’ve been busy organising some tours recently so it’s been a bit quite on the blog/mix front. But the best thing about this is all the people you get to meet around the world! So when Botnek stayed with them for a few days in Italy we couldn’t help and ask KEITH & SUPABEATZ to record MUCKMIX#4 for us!

Apart from their hospitality skills (we heard they put on a mean spread!), we are massive fans of their jams and hyper style! This mix is a concoction of their own originals, remixes and some of their favourite tracks! If you’ve got some carbs to burn you wanna get groovin’ to this mix!

Be sure to check out their “Pressure” & “No Pressure” EPs on Southern Fried Records and their collaboration with CROOKERS “Woh a Do”. And if you’re ever in Bologna and feeling hungry, these guys have got it cookin!

Download: Keith & Supabeatz Muckmix#4

Tracklist:

01. Boys Noize – Adonis (Original Mix)
02. Duck Sauce – Big Bad Wolf (Gesaffelstein Remix)
03. Stooshe – Betty Woz Gone (Zed Bias Ol School Vox Up)
04. Keith & Supabeatz – 2 Much 2 Do (Original Mix)
05. Justin Martin & Ardalan – LEZGO (Original Mix)
06. Crookers ft. Keith & Supabeatz – Woh A Do (Demo Version)
07. Polymorphic – Opposition (Modek Remix)
08. Maelstrom – Draggin (Original Mix)
09. Thomas Gandey – The Piano Track (Keith Remix)
11. Crookers – Hummus (Botnek Remix)
12. Larry Tee – Boys That Go Woot (Keith & Supabeatz Remix)
13. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400 (Original Mix)
14. Keith & Supabeatz – So Excited (Original Mix)
15. Sun In My Eyes (Keith & Supabeatz Remix)
16. Kid Creme – Austins’ Groove (Original Mix)
17. Tomas Andersson – 2003-05-07 (Original Mix)
18. Keith & Supabeatz – Every (Original Mix)
19. Keith & Supabeatz – After E feat. Ninfa (Original Mix)
20. Tony Senghore – Burnin (Keith & Supabeatz Remix)
21. CocknBullKid – Yellow (Keith & Supabeatz Acid Mix)
22. ZZT – Partys Over Los Angeles (Original Mix)
23. Kadebostan – The National Fanfare Of Kadebostany (Original Mix)

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