John Talabot tapped to mix next DJ-Kicks installment
Following up on installments from Maceo Plex, Photek, and Maya Jane Coles, John Talabot is poised to be next in line for !K7's DJ-Kicks compilation series. Like most other artists lucky enough to take center stage for a mix like this, Talabot will be selecting mostly influential records, but also two new originals -- including a new collaboration with Axel Boman under the name Talaboman. The mix will be released on October 28th, but check out the full tracklist below.
Disclosure nod to J Dilla and beyond for debut Essential Mix duties
For fans both new and old, the agenda for Disclosure's debut Essential Mix was hard to predict. Guy and Howard Lawrence would not recite the music that shot them to star status, but they also probably were not going to regurgitate their recently gold Settle to their fanbase on Radio 1. Disclosure are not an act that can easily be painted with the brush of popular discipline, but with so much attention brewing, there was a considerable middle ground to strike on such hallowed airspace as Radio 1's Essential Mix.