Category Archives: Dad Trax

Dad Trax: September Bangers

1. The Twins – Water Coaster Nice bit of unsettling analogue disco-techno from Optimo Music. This tune makes us think of the famous JD Twitch rave story when he came down with a case of the fear and ran out … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: This Week’s Bangers

Some more vinyl selections – well, we have them on vinyl. Obviously these are on Youtube. It’s the modern way. Joe – Maximum Busy Muscle (Hessle Audio) Right good wibbly sounds right here. He’s built his techno from little jazz … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: Current Bangers

Some big bangers we’re currently rocking. This double 12″ features some pretty healthy bangers. Vinyl only I’m afraid, on Viewlexx sub-label Murder Capital. This is exactly the kind of evil freak electro that we could imagine getting caned in the … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: 10 Tunes with Pianos In

Pianos were the first synthesizer, in that even a moron with no musical ability can just monkey about and make nice noises. Here’s 10 big piano tunes, some of which will make dads cry. Many of them pretty obvious really. … Continue reading

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Techno Dads Desert Island Discs

1. Grinderman – Love Bomb Starting off the list with something big and angry. And it mentions Woman’s Hour. 2. Wevie Stonder – Ton Wah Watch out. There’s a bollard. Yes Kirsty that’s right. A BOLLARD. Nice motor. 3. Lydia … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: JD Twitch – Is It All Over The Place?

Quality bit of spanking new music, courtesy of Certified Dad Hero and (if you exclude ‘Tiger Tim’ Stevens) Scotland’s greatest DJ, Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, of Optimo and Pure fame. This is really a loose cover version of the … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: The Orb and Alan Parker Urban Warrior – Grey Clouds

What were the skies like when you were young? I dunno. Grey, monotonous. Simon Munnery is a clever and funny comedian. We saw his League Against Tedium show at the Edinburgh festival 10 years ago and laughed a lot. Here … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: S Express – Hey Music Lover – Vimto Edit

Errzi big slab of acid cheese. Get it right up ye. Occasional dad-house disc jockey MC Vimto takes a dirty great pair of scissors to William Orbit’s daft but fairly rare Spatial Expansion acid remix of the already quite daft pop house … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: Blawan – What You Do With What You Have

If you thought Dads only have ears for the music of the past, think again. We do like some new tunes. They are getting quite hard to find though, partly cos we now almost never go to a record shop … Continue reading

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Dad Trax: Luke Slater – Love (Loved)

Massive respect to Luke Slater for, like Richie Hawtin, having more hair now than he did in the 90s. Appropriately enough this is one of the all time classic wind in your hair techno tunes. Perhaps Mr Slater has grown … Continue reading

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