Tonight’s Test Pattern will focus on Glasgow label Iridite Productions. From their press package:

“It’s all about the music”

Iridite was founded on this principle in the summer of 1999. Dedicated to producing quality electronic dance music, and acting as a platform for both established and new artists whose work was yet to be heard. This music would be unified not strictly by genre but by its quality, the styles ranging from down tempo to Detroit inspired Techno, Dub and House. Initially the aim was to bring together different artists on each release, each track being the strongest possible selection by that artist for the EP at that time, creating a fluid mix of high quality music without trying to hard to be overtly “eclectic”.

From Matt:

I will be playing tracks from Iridite’s entire 10-year history (well, most of it). If time permits, I will also present some unreleased, untitled tracks by unnamed artists coming up on future Iridite releases.

Listen in tonight at 6PM on 90.3 FM or www.wzbc.org

Tomorrow night I am hosting a one hour program of Octave One, plus an
interview with Lawrence Burden in which he talks about his live
experiences; the history of his label, 430 West; his band’s new album;
and his favorite remix project.

It starts at 6PM Eastern time; you can listen on your radio in the
Boston area on WZBC 90.3 FM or online at www.wzbc.org.

For those previously unaware, I handle the scheduling for WZBC’s TEST PATTERN. Test Pattern airs every Friday from 6 to 7pm on WZBC, 90.3FM. Each week, a different WZBC DJ hosts a one hour show featuring the music of a particular artist, band, label, or scene of his or her choice. Here is the schedule from not until early June.

Jan 23 - Stephen - Situation Two
Jan 30 - Rob - The Strawbs
Feb 6 - James - Long Fin Killie
Feb 13 - Pip - LSD Acronym Songs
Feb 20 - Matt - Dirty Three tour-only releases
Feb 27 - Jim - Editions Brokenresearch
Mar 6 - Andrew - Ghost Box
Mar 13 - John - SXSW Music Preview
Mar 20 - MKB - Octave One
Mar 27 - James - Subject TBD
April 3 - Carrigan - Subject TBD
April 10 - James - Subject TBD
April 17 - Nick - Pulp B-sides and Rarities
April 24 - Tom - Subject TBD
May 1 - Peter - The Blake Babies
May 8 - Carrigan - Subject TBD
May 15 - Ryan - Flowers for Reagan
May 22 - Sarah - TBD
May 29 - MKB - TBD
June 5 - Susanna - Raster-noton

Originally published at Hydrogen Economy. You can comment here or there.

This program aired on 10.24.2008:

06:17PM Thomas Dolby “One of our Submarines (Extended Mix)” from “she blinded me with science” on Venice In Peril
06:24PM Dolby’s Cube “May the Cube Be With You” from “May the Cube Be With You” on Dolce Vita
06:32PM Ryuichi Sakamoto and Thomas Dolby “Field Work” from “Field Work” on Ten
06:38PM Thomas Dolby “Armageddon” from “Gate to the Mind’s Eye” on Giant
06:42PM Thomas Dolby “I Live in a Suitcase (live)” from “The Sole Inhabitant” on Lost Toy People
06:47PM Thomas Dolby “Budapest By Blimp” from “Aliens Ate My Buick” on Caroline
06:55PM Thomas Dolby “Silk Pyjamas” from “Astronauts and Heretics” on Warner Brothers
06:59PM Thomas Dolby “Valley of the Mind’s Eye” from “Gate to the Mind’s Eye” on Giant

Thanks to Chris-O for his assistance!

Originally published at Hydrogen Economy. You can comment here or there.

Voila! An hour of Underworld! Unfortunately, there is always more music than can fit in a Test Pattern.

06:03PM Underworld “Most ‘Ospitable” from “Dark and Long” on Junior Boy’s Own
06:09PM Underworld “The God Song” from “Underneath the Rader” on Sire
06:15PM Underworld “The Hump (Groove without a Doubt)” from “Mother Earth/The Hump” on tomato
06:25PM Underworld “Spikee” from “Spikee” on Junior Boy’s Own
06:36PM Leftfield “Song of Life (Steppin Razor Mix)” from “Song of Life (Underworld Mixes)” on Hard Hands
06:45PM Underworld “Cherry Pie” from “Pearl’s Girl” on Junior Boy’s Own
06:52PM Underworld “born slippy nuxx” from “live glasgow tramway 1994″
06:59PM Underworld “Why Why Why” from “Rez” on Collect Boy’s Own

After the cut is the playlist from later that night. Next Hydrogen Economy is August 1.

Originally published at Hydrogen Economy. You can comment here or there.

Here’s the playlist to the Basic Channel Test Pattern. I was pleased instead of embarrassed with a recorded mix for once. Playlist below!

06:16PM Quadrant “Infinition” from “Infinition” (2004) on Basic Channel
06:24PM Substance and Vainqueur “Immersion” from “Surface” (2006) on Scion Versions
06:30PM Phylyps “Trak II” from “Trak II” (1994) on Basic Channel
06:37PM Phylyps “Trak” from “Trak” (1993) on Basic Channel
06:42PM Vainqueur “Lyot (Maurizio Mix)” from “Lyot” (1992) on Maurizio
06:51PM Basic Channel “Octagon” from “Octagon/Octaedre” (1994) on Basic Channel

And even farther below, the playlist for the Hydrogen Economy:

06:01PM Rhythim Is Rhythim “Nude Photo” from “Nude Photo” (1987) on transmat
06:08PM Rhythim Is Rhythim “It Is What It Is” from “It Is What It Is” (1988) on transmat
06:13PM Rhythim Is Rhythim “Strings of Life (Juan’s Magic Mix)” from “Strings of Life ‘89″ (1989) on ZYX
06:20PM Rhythim Is Rhythim “Beyond the Dance (Cult Mix)” from “Beyond the Dance” (1989) on transmat
06:26PM R-Tyme “R-Theme” from “R-Theme” (1989) on transmat
06:32PM Rhythim Is Rhythim “Kao-tic Harmony” from “Icon” (1991) on transmat
06:39PM Annette “Dream 17 (Mayday Mix)” from “Remixes 01″ (2005) on Not on Label
06:43PM Nitzer Ebb “Shame (Mayday Mix)” from “Remixes 01″ (2005) on Not on Label
06:47PM Inner City “Mayday Mix” from “Praise” (1992) on Ten
06:55PM Neuropolitique “Artemis (Mayday Mix)” from “The Electric Institute” (2005) on New Religion

Thanks very much to the 313 list for providing me with info and also to the Discogs vendors who got their shipments to me on time!

As many of you may know, every Friday night, WZBC does a one hour focus on a single artist or label or scene or category or maybe some other constraint that hasn’t yet been imagined. One poor DJ gets stuck in the studio for an hour racking his or her brain for the best or rarest of what-have-you.

On April 11 at 6PM, Test Pattern presents the ever-pugnacious innovator; head of the Metroplex subsidiary Transmat Records; two-time organizer of Movement: Detroit Electronic Music Festival; resident DJ at The Music Institute in Detroit; and former radio host: the one and only Derrick May!*

God, I can barely fit the marketing hype into an hour!

Anyway, there will be music from across Mr. May’s long career from 1987 on up to the present (well the past year anyway); including both classics and rarities; co-productions, originals, and remixes. If anyone has footage of Mr. May at Movement 2004, riding around on a golf cart, asking for donations through his megaphone, feel free to send that to me and I’ll play that too :)

So anyway, listen Friday at 6PM to 90.3 FM or wzbc.org, or don’t! I’ll record it and spam again later.

* There may be other people named Derrick May.