Twelve years too late

One of the crazy things that happens frequently as I'm researching tunes to put on the station is that I find some random stuff that I've never heard of that is just a hidden gem.

I think I first heard Urchin probably about ten years ago on the Winter Chill compilation which included the track Candlelight. It's a dark, mysterious track with some deep instrumental trip hop influences and though I loved the track at the time, for some reason I didn't follow up at the time to see if their other stuff was any good.

Flash forward to 2011 and on a whim I decide to check out their eponymous album which came out back in '99 (put into perspective how long ago that was...Hanson was big then) and of course the damn album is dope. Now I feel like an idiot that I didn't know about it sooner.

Composed of producer Jez Coode and DJ Nic One, this album's calling card is sinister beats and samples reminiscent of DJ Krush, DJ Shadow and Portishead. I even hear one of my favorites in there, namely Teargas & Plateglass, which is really too ill to get much play on this station. Think dark menacing beats that get into you skull and get your head bobbin and the boots knocking. This stuff is addictive, albeit best in small doses.

I've included the songs The Peddler and Ice Cream Van on the playlist this week. You've been warned.

Seductronica Episode 001 -- The Alpha and Omega of Chill!

Imagine if there was a continuous mix of the most sublimely seductive chillout grooves in existence. And imagine it was mixed by somebody who doesn't know what they are doing.

It is a dream no longer. Allow me to introduce...Seductronica Episode 1, on the air this week:

1. Max Stone - Lyra (W&D Chillout Mix)
   
2. Sherrie Lea - No Ordinary Love (Arnold T Chill Mix)
   
3. Ralph Myerz - Stormy Weathers (feat. Christine Sandtrov)
4. Chimera State featuring Lety - Necessary (Chillout Mix)
5. Schiller - Playing With Madness (feat. Mia Bergström)
6. Lukas Termena - Broken Glass
7. Harland - Here in the Dark (Tasos Panagis Chill Remix)
8. Lucien Foort - The Shame (Wez Clarke Epic Mix)
9. Dreamlounger - The Power Of Goodbye (feat. Rainfairy) [Relounged Mix]
10. Luminary - Believe
11. Nikonn - Little Girl
12. Blank & Jones - Fallen (feat. Delerium and Rani)
    

Download it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Q7VLV64

The Fonz lives

I don't know if Aaron McClelland is paying Henry Winkler royalties or not, but his moniker Fonzerelli released a cornball pop-dance tune called "Dreamin' (of a hot summers night)" a few years backs that apparently was a hit in Ibiza clubs.

Not as well known is a chill version of this track that overcame the cheese to become an addictive and cool oddity. Listen for it on Seduction City this week.