Concepto Mix & Fountain Square EP Preview

The Spanish website Concepto Radio very kindly asked me to submit a mix…

Concepto MIX #22 Ekoplekz by ConceptoRadio

My approach was to mix vinyl and CDs with live improvised electronics, thus blurring the line between dj mix and live performance and creating something totally unique. In the tracklist I have given myself artistic credit at certain key points, although my live input and treatments blend with the pre-recorded material regularly throughout…

Robert Rental & Ekoplekz – Untitled Intro
Winston Edwards & Blackbeard – Ronnie Biggs The Great Train Robber
Richard H. Kirk – Synthesia
Eric Peters – Industrial Activity
Cluster – Plas
W. Merrick Farran & Edgar M. Vetter – Electronic Heart (Attack)
Ekoplekz – Untitled Improvisation
The Future – Daz
L. Kraman – The Haunted
Ekoplekz – Drum Machine Improvisation
Frank Gartner – Kryptoglyphics
Factrix – Anemone Housing
Harper/Russe/St.George – Depression
Peter Zinovieff – Agnus Dei
Augustus Pablo & King Tubby – The Big Rip-Off
Martin Rev – Temptation
Ekoplekz – Untitled Improvisation
Boneschi Electronic Combo – Cantible For Drum

Here’s the website’s blurb, translated into something approaching English…

After our wonderful and virtuous edition Series 21 Concept MIX Seville starring Lost Twin , it is time to present one of the largest producers and personal cults that have emerged in the last two years in the experimental landscape, influences dub, lo-fi , and cataloging inaccurate baptized as post-Dubstep . Ekoplekz resides in Bristol and makes very little is known of him, came under fire last year starring in the acclaimed reference number 20 of the Stamp Punch Drunk , entitled “Stalag Zero / distended Dub ” , where among other things, we realized that something dirtiest between the influence of Dub, the Tape Music , improvisation Industrial live and worship of the first steps of the Kosmische Musik . This official debut for the label Peverelist and is not the only company discography available, your account soundcloud literally burns and if you were clever in their day you could make copies of the two self released albums such as “Ekoplekz Vol 1 and Vol 2″ , works for now in stock and will be reissued soon. The tracklist of the mix leaves no doubts, Richard H. Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire , the couple Cluster , Augustus Pablo , Winston Edwards & Blackbeard and his brilliant album “Dub Conference” , book known as the Italians Boneschi Electronic Combo and many others come together with unreleased tracks and some improvisations drawn Ekoplekz directly from their live performances and collaborations. A real treat for this new edition of our series of Podcasts.

I focused entirely on older music from the 1970′s that has been a constant source of inspiration to me, covering dub reggae, post-punk, krautrock and library music. Anyone interested in understanding where the Ekoplekz sound has come from will find many clues in this mix.

I’ve also uploaded a brief taster of my forthcoming 12″ EP on Mordant Music, The “Fountain Square EP”, which will be released very soon…

Extracts From ‘Fountain Square EP’ (Mordant Music MM047) by Ekoplekz

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