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