In conjunction with the release of the recent EP, I put together a mix featuring music that was very much an influence on the XVI sound, alongside a few more recent, like-minded excursions. As it never got properly released, I thought I’d put it up here for download.

I should point out that large parts of this are lifted from an earlier mix I made called Stories from the Dystopian Border, so if you already heard that, this will be familiar territory. There’s quite a few new additions though, and more of a focus on the electro/techno/house side of things.

Ranging from abstract soundscapes to miserablist electro to deep space techno to jacking robot grooves, from rainy city streets to derelict industrial zones on the off-world colonies of Alpha Centauri, it’s an intense journey through the darker regions of the electronic dance music spectrum. It’s music that harbours a deep nostalgia for the future.

Download: Erik XVI – En handfull mörker

Tracklisting

1. Edgard Varèse – Poème Electronique
2. Anthony Rother – Databank/Nuklearer Winter
3. Erik XVI – Gravitationskraftens stilla stråkar
4. Anthony Rother – Protektor
5. Panasonic – Uranokemia / Orgue Electronique – Die Liebe ist die größte Kraft
6. Mr. Clavio – Keine Gnade für die sechste
7. Rude 66 – Die Stärke der vernichtenden Schläge / I.B.M. – Kill Bill
8. Front 242 – Neurobashing
9. Erik XVI – Unionens sista dagar
10. Kraftwerk – It’s More Fun To Compute
11. Dopplereffekt – Hyperelliptic Surfaces
12. Legowelt – Hazy City Nights
13. Popular Computer – Next Level Pope
14. Hieroglyphic Being – A Time Warp Synthesizer / Gold Blood – She Doesn’t Learn
15. Atheus – Quadradelay
16. Erik XVI – Gravitationskraftens stilla vrede
17. Domina – Domina (Maurizio Mix)
18. Neil Landstrumm feat. The Horrorist – The Boy Who Held His Breath Too Long
19. Gladio – Slave of Rome
20. Gladio – Gladio Will Survive
21. Audion – Just Fucking / Kraftwerk – Uranium
22. Hadamard – Spiritualisation of Cruelty
23. I-F – I Do Because I Couldn’t Care Less / Fliehende Stürme – Kleines Herz
24. Hardfloor – The Trill Acid Theme (E.R.P. Remix)
25. E.R.P. – Vox Automaton
26. Adam Beyer – Patches
27. Drexciya – Black Sea
28. Anthony Rother – Maschinenwelt (Live)

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