Undoubtedly one of the most important figures in dance music, Tim Sweeney has helmed (and garnered an extremely loyal cult following for) his Beats In Space program on NYU’s radio for over 15 years now.
Having featured both breaking talent and big name guests including DJ Harvey, Prins Thomas, Horse Meat Disco, James Holden, Trentemøller, Four Tet, Ben UFO, Todd Terje, Prosumer, and Kindness just to name a few, the Beats In Space show is these days considered a dance music icon.
As well as introducing listeners to some of the most groundbreaking and genre defying music crawling out of each corner of the globe, Tim has mixed for DFA Records, and was a soundtrack supervisor at Rockstar Games.
He’ll be in town this weekend to play as part of the impressive Sugar Mountain line up on the Bacardi x Boiler Room stage, and to celebrate he’s curated us a mixtape, which is also a musical memoriam of sorts. Says Tim of the mixtape “With the recent passings of David Bowie and Lemmy, I’ve been thinking a lot about death.” Check it out below, and for more info on Sugar Mountain visit sugarmountainfestival.com.
Omar Souleyman – ‘Hafer Gabrak Bidi’ (I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands)
I’m going to assume this is actually a love song about how he would dig his wife’s grave if she passed away. But that’s pretty fucked up too. Anyways, I have no idea what the lyrics say but it’s good and Souleyman is the man.
Severed Heads – ‘Dead Eyes Opened’
Straight up classic from Australian synth group Severed Heads in 1984.
Anne Clark – ‘Our Darkness’
Then over in London in 1984 you have Anne Clark making death techno before there was techno.
William Onyeabor – ‘Heaven and Hell’
Nigerian jam from 1983 that has been recently reissued by Luaka Bop. All of Willy’s music is killer.
Separate Minds – ‘Troubled World’ (US Mix)
“This is a troubled world, a crazy mixed-up world.” Detroit techno at its best from 1993.
Secret Circuit – ‘Afterlife’
I hope Bowie and Lemmy are having a good time up in heaven.
Sugar Mountain 2016
Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (18+)
Tickets: Moshtix
