♫♪  Chocolate Grinder Mix 116 - UK dancefloor in a US harddrive

Obviously, this opinion is skewed because I’m a girl in Chicago talking about a London happening, but it seems as if the club scene is not necessarily defined by UK garage and old school grime anymore, but on secondwave grime, club labels like Night Slugs and Her Records, and the bubbly sounds of PC Music. Or at least these are the sounds that are crossing the Atlantic and getting referenced in the club sounds of the US. This mix below is a collection of experimental sounds inspired by this phenomenon. Selections mostly come from producers who are interested in contemporary club sounds, but aren’t making tracks that are necessarily appropriate for the night club. Rather, these sounds are mostly being played on laptops, desktops, and mobile SoundCloud (most are free), which seems to be the reason the content is inspired by the aesthetics of the computer. There’s some experimental (and by experimental, I really mean arrhythmic but still with an interest in rhythm) computer stuff, some clubby computer stuff, some straight up UK club, mainstream music that’s been influenced by secondwave grime, some gay NYC bootlegs, a little Britney, and of course the Vulnicura track that most clearly shows off the Björk/Arca collaboration, who are arguably both club producers.

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[00:00] Meme Vivaldi - “Bitch BiP”
[01:23] Hannah Diamond - “Pink and Blue (Guy Akimoto Edit)”
[03:48] Deamonds - “Through”
[05:48] SO SO IN LUV - “Slip Thru Your Hand”
[08:11] Korma/Tamia - “Stranger In My Mech (Joey LaBeija edit)”
[10:33] Nicki Minaj - “Only (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown)”
[13:48] Magic Fades - “Industry (DJ NJ Drone Edit)”
[15:44] GFOTY - “Fright Night (Sophie Remix) (JX CANNON Club Bootleg)”
[18:38] E+E - “woman baptized by the blood of angels ♫ dj E [LIVE]”
[22:12] Björk - “History of Touches”
[24:45] Throwing Shade - “adagio for britney”
[26:18] Mumdance - “Dragon Egg”
[29:44] Ciara - “Sorry (BeetleBae Dungmix)”

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