Test Pressing Podcast

Francis Inferno Orchestra likes animal noises and house music of the finest kind. He’s also a mighty fine producer. We’ve had him on our NTS show and here he is with a mix… Welcome to the sound of animal house. Toppen.

And the final part. Nice.

Part 2 for you…

In October 1998 myself and Phil Mison arranged a party based on The Loft in a small space in Camden. As we said in a previous post many moons ago, “friends helped, dirty walls were covered with white fabric (thanks Ange!), balloons blown and a few hundred people filled the space, got high and danced.” […]

We’ve been hustling Gilb’R for a mix for quite. some. time. And suddenly! Here it is! Whilst not the much heralded Bar Mitzvah mix-up this is still SUPERB stuff. In the words of Gilbert himself, “the concept was home listening records I bought recently, and records I rediscovered. All dubbed out my my crazy delay/oscillator pedal…” […]

Bill Brewster’s contribution to dance music really can’t be overstated. For many their journey into the deeper side of the culture started with his and Frank Broughton’s seminal ‘Last Night a DJ Saved My Life’ book. He’s been around as a journalist since the DMC days in New York and has remained a vital, insightful […]

Lexx has been with us at Test Pressing from the start. Delivering mixes that are always appreciated by those that understand quality music put together in a way that flows. So here he is fresh from his holidays and in full sunshine mode. You can catch Lexx playing with us at Love International in Croatia […]

Wake the town tell the people, Max D coming your way… He has also just made a ridiculously good album which we’ll be writing about in the coming weeks. We love how he makes all the genres fit together so get lost in this one. We have more news on the Swimmers soon too… Love […]

Time for another one of these Test Pressing recommends mixes. Some new stuff to check out here that we think is just very good and comes with a stamp of approval. Here’s the listing.. 1. James Bernard – Lapis Lazuli  (Stroom) 2. Mavi Güneş 69 – 3 Çember (Zel Zele) 3. Mappa Mundi – Urbi […]

Here’s a lovely one… A mix fresh from the sunshine of Australia of Phil Mison playing live at the Jim’s Poolside Café party in Melbourne. Looks and sounds like a fun time.

A recording of a cassette I have from ’97 with 808 State in fine form on Manchester’s Kiss 102 mucking around and playing ridiculous banging records as well as a daft keyboard cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. Entertainment.

We’ve not done one of these for a while so it felt good to pull together some of the amazing music we receive each month into a Shopping List mix. Please note we put some delays and little stings on the tracks as many are pre-release. If you like them buy them. Click any of […]

Ok this is a bit of a cheat as there are some Reload tracks on here but thats Mark Pritchard with Tom often on board so thats fine. Honestly it was really hard to put this mix together. Most people know lots of their music but you don’t want to leave off some of the […]

That time of year when thoughts turn to balmy summer nights and so to 90s Italian house. Dream baby dream….

Rausch Turning are Tris and Louis. We, as ever, asked them for some words on the mix and what it’s all about and here’s what they said… “Here’s a mix of some tracks we’ve been into for a while, some we’ve been playing out over the years, and a couple of newer bits. We have […]