FMB MIXTAPE 264 | HAMMER

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 264 | HAMMER

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This week we welcome Belfast-born producer, DJ, and label curator Hammer. He is the visionary behind two influential labels, Remmah and Italo Hiits, both of which showcase his distinctive sound while spotlighting rising talent. Remmah, now on its 20th release, has launched the careers of artists like Anna Gram, Kilimanjaro, and Stevie Cox, cementing its reputation as a hub for cutting-edge music. Hammer’s 2024 collaboration with Bicep on their Chroma label earned widespread airplay on BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music, while releases with He.She.They Records and a vinyl-only EP on Skylax Records highlights his versatile production skills.

Let’s catch up…

Summer is in full swing and I’ve just released my latest single, ‘U Didn’t Know’ on my label Remmah. It features vocals from Lili Chan and it’s the 20th release on the label, and all in all I’m extremely happy about that!

The mix was recorded at Sub Club earlier this year, it was an all night 5-hour set and an absolutely amazing night.

This is the last hour of the five hour set I played, the idea at the time was just feed of the crowd and go with the flow. There’s nothing better than letting loose after building a music journey for the last four or five hours to a sweaty club with a beautiful sound system.

Next up…

I’ve track coming out on Sri Lankan label Tropical Wax its a vinyl only Various Artists, as well as music coming on Semi Delicious and Nein Records.

I’m off to Beat Herder festival soon. Then I’ve two day parties at SWG3 in my hometown Glasgow and Gonzo’s Two Room in Norwich. I’m playing Burning Man in August too, which will be a first.

I’m also working on a new community studio at SWG3 in Glasgow which will be a really big and exciting project coming at the end of the year.

Tracklist

  1. The Trip & Papa Nugs – Fearsome
  2. Ashee – Poison
  3. Gat Decor – Passion (Naked Mix)
  4. Kilig – Air In The Dark (Bobbi Remix)
  5. Bawrut – La Notte (Hammer Remix)
  6. Special Request – Erotic Story (Vanny Granata Bootleg)
  7. Abdul Raeva – Laser Boot Funk
  8. Abdul Raeva – Phantasya
  9. Demi Requísimo – Sidewinder
  10. Force Mass Motion & Friskee – Vapour Trails
  11. ZNKY – Down The Rabbit Hole
  12. Florence House Authority – I Believe
  13. Evelyn “Champagne” King – Shame (TÄLOR EDIT)
  14. Jex Polis – Music (Piano Mix)
  15. Boris & Denham Audio – Make Me (AK Sports Dreams Of The Club Mix)
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FMB MIXTAPE 263 | ZURI

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Feel My Bicep

 

FMB MIXTAPE 263 | ZURI

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This week on the FMB mixtape we welcome Zuri. Hailing from San Sebastian but now based in Manchester, Zuri brings a distinctive, genre-defying approach to mixing. A resident at Amber’s Club and Crop Radio, with regular appearances at Soup, Warehouse Project, and standout shows alongside Joy Orbison, Overmono and Or:la, Zuri continues to carve her very own path. Let’s catch up.

It’s been an exciting few months! I did my first guest show at NTS for Martha’s show last month. I listen to NTS all day and every day so I was very starstruck to be there. Earlier this month, I did my French debut at a gorgeous festival in the woods just outside of Paris called Orange Crush. Everyone should go next year, it’s such a cute festival! I have also just got back from Gottwood where I played at the no_one takeover which was such big fun.

The mix was recorded at Amber’s, which is my spiritual home. I wanted to try a three deck mix so I am very glad they let me sneak in. Thank you Hutch :)

The idea behind the mixtape was to treat dubby and percussive sounds as a kind of palette rather than anchoring myself to a specific genre. I’ve always had quite an eclectic taste, and my sets have naturally reflected that. After having been quite chaotically genre-fluid since I started DJing, I feel as though I am finally finding my own sound, where there’s plenty of room for fluidity but feels much more intentional and personal to me.

I wanted the mix to act almost like an ID or self-portrait, pulling together the styles I gravitate towards most at the moment. It’s an introspective recalibration of my sound and intent, merging deep sub-bass with forward-thinking, deconstructed styles that prompt both movement and reflection. There’s a strong emphasis on hypnotic, percussive, dubbed-out cuts, playing with tension and release, and navigating the line between moody and fun.

I felt brave enough to push myself out of my comfort zone and attempt a polyrhythmic transition where I blend a chuggy 3 bar loop at 110bpm with a 4/4 dubstep track at 146bpm. I also threw a 3 deck mix in there just for good measure :P It was a bit of a workout but worth the sweat!

I’ve also recently been quite fascinated in how dubstep is being reimagined, which allows a broader palette of sounds to feel at home within its framework. I tried to reflect that by including influences from outside traditional club genres that still feel very relevant to my sound.

In a nutshell, the mix is an appreciation of dubwise textures, UK soundsystem culture and global club and percussive sounds, tied together by a lot of introspection which should hopefully invite people to dance and also listen.

Up next…

 I am playing at We Out Here in August which I am really happy about. I will be travelling a lot with work during the summer, but I might try to sneak a set in Asia or the US from the back of it (@promoters I’m your woman!). I will be back in the UK for club season with some very exciting shows lined up! 

Thanks so much for having me on your mixtape series, it’s a real dream to contribute <3

Tracklist

  1. Space Afrika – Uwëm/Creātiōn
  2. Dialog ft. Benji – Together 
  3. Dorisburg & Efraim Kent – Data Smuggler
  4. Sub Basics – Configuration
  5. Henzo – Swell:Shrink (Forthcoming)
  6. Christian Coiffure – Nodo
  7. Dangermami – Angel Number
  8. Andrae Durden – Estoa
  9. Trinity Carbon – Turn
  10. Gillielove – PF1
  11. Gent1e $oul – OC Stepper (Andy Martin Remix)
  12. Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Spliff
  13. Pugilist – Be Humble
  14. Simon/off – Forever
  15. Unsolicited Joints – Joint 5
  16. Coffintexts – Make U Sweat 2.0
  17. Henry & Louis – Love Like (Pinch Remix)
  18. Pianeti Sintetici – Steppa Plain
  19. Beatrice M. – Calibre
  20. Deadbeat and Paul St. Hilaire – Dopa
  21. Didier dlb – Enhancer Dub
  22. Andy Martin ft. Gavsborg – Plato & Caves (Mad Magnetism Version)
  23. Genius Of Time ft. Matinda – Kinetic 
  24. Moonshine, NegoO – Exode 14:14
  25. Anunaku – Atlas4088
  26. Laksa – Kwaze (Dub Version feat Phelimuncasi)
  27. Batu & Nick Leon – Palo
  28. Air Max ‘97 – Eat The Rich
  29. The Bug ft. Warrior Queen – Poison Dart 
  30. Lady B – The Groove is Going (Evolutive Hard House Mix)
  31. Low End Activist ft. Killa P – DFRNT STYLE
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FMB MIXTAPE 262 | BIG REG

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 262 | BIG REG

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This week on the FMB mixtape we welcome BIG REG, the DJ, producer and promoter who has keen a key figure of the underground scene for 2 decades. Starting in Leeds with the iconic Pigs club night to residencies at Mint Club, he’s now in London running Extra Smooth parties. He also has an EP on his own print incoming, Extra Smooth Records. Let’s catch up..

I’ve recently started a new club night and a record label called Extra Smooth Records with my friend Spencer. We had our launch back in May at CU in Dalston, naughty little basement club with a big fuck off dubstep sound system in there. We’re gearing up for our 1st release on the label which should be out by the end of the summer. But apart from that I’ve just been busy in the studio, hence the starting a record label. 

I recorded this mix in my living room on turntables, CDJs and my knock off rotary mixer. 

No real idea behind the mix really. I try not to overthink things. Just records I’ve picked up or rediscovered recently, played at roughly the same speed, well sometimes anyway. But its definitely more of a club focused mix. 

Up Next…

I’m away to DJ in Croatia next week, then straight to Glasto, so please pray for my remaining brain cells. After that we have a party on at Colour Factory out in their garden on the 20th of July. We’ve got Aldonna and Occibel over to play. Should be a tasty one. Tickets are on RA.

Tracklist:

1. Ragga Twins – Shine Eye

2. Reflex Blue – Ruff City Dub

3. Makam – Girls Night 

4. Helium – Out There

5. DJ Debra – Radical (Scott Mac and Nancy Noise Remix)

6. Natural Born Grooves – Groovebird (DJ Eclipse Remix)

7. Renegade – Feel It (Dave Randall Mix)

8. BIG REG – Ian rush (unreleased demo)

9. El-B feat. Rolla – Serious

10. Dj Abstract – Touch

11. Destiny Cloud – Sun Phase (DJ John Brooklyn’s Toxic Love Mix)

12. David Duriez – The Banger (Original Mix)

13. Mono – High Life (187 Lockdown Low Life Dub)

14. BIG REG – Burn the sun (unreleased demo)

15. Anthony Rother – When The Sun Goes Down

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FMB MIXTAPE 261 | JOHN LOVELESS

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 261 | JOHN LOVELESS

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On this weeks episode of the FMB mixtape, we welcome John Loveless, a DJ, producer and writer from the North West of the UK. He runs his own Hot Concept imprint and party series, and works with Palms Trax on CWPT. His radio residencies on Refuge Worldwide and Cashmere Radio allow him to explore electronic and alternative music. Let catch up with John Loveless..

I’ve been trying to evade my allergies and enjoy the sensory pleasures of spring’s arrival in Berlin. Listening to music, reading in the sun and of course, trying to play it cool about recording this mix…

The mix was recorded live, in one hot take, on CDJs and a Pioneer mixer at my friend Charlie’s.

As alluded to above, I’d check the original Feel My Bicep blog for new downloads pretty obsessively, circa 2010. I even made it to the first ever Bicep DJ gig in Manchester, which I recall was cut heartbreakingly short by a fire alarm (without a subsequent fire). The music featured was a much-appreciated introduction to a particular strain of dance music, especially house and Italo, driven by charisma and odd hooks. I’m still drawn to those kinds of records and that admittedly nebulous attitude, regardless of era or genre, so I used those instincts to record something with the sort of progression and pace that my daft 21 year-old self might have enjoyed.

The final track here – a Leftside Wobble bootleg of an exciting little band called The Beatles – even initially came to me via FMB, but I don’t think I’ve ever used it in a mix or even on the radio, so this felt like as good of an opportunity as any to exorcise it after all these years. Some other tracks in here are ‘personal classic’ trax that I know like the back of my hand, while others, like Peach’s remix of Cromby, landed in my inbox a couple of hours before I recorded and just felt right for the flow.

Up Next…

I’m currently in the process of finishing up some new tracks and remixes with my production partner Gramrcy, one of which features here for the first time here. These should arrive later in 2025. I have a remix with Palms Trax on the horizon, and I’m soon to reach the 100th edition of my show ‘Display Resolution’ on Cashmere Radio, after which I’ll put the show on ice or an irregular schedule for some time. I’m hoping to record a mixed compilation of sorts to celebrate, so have progressed to agonising over the track list for that one instead. I have some exciting gigs upcoming this summer, such as a nice long stretch outdoors at ELSE in Berlin for the CWPT party, and Pikes in Ibiza for the first time.

I’ve also written a full-length feature screenplay with my mate Rich, AKA, DJ Enchanted Rhythms, which we’re still chipping away on, draft after draft. I have been involved in music for a long time now, but film is a similar passion, and this has felt like the most exciting and fulfilling work I’ve undertaken lately. While I wait for A24 to call, I’ve decided to more frequently update my substack, No Fun At The Fair, and have an essay to publish soon on a strawberry theme park, and another on outdoor swimming pools, if that’s your sort of thing. Hold tight!

Tracklist:

  1. Infamix – A Walk In The Park

  2. Sax – Don’t Turn Your Back On Me (Tech Support Edit)

  3.  Joe Lewis – Separate Ways

  4. Luca Dell’orso – Dear Rosie

  5. Ghost Assembly – I Keep On Making The Same Mistake

  6. KDA – Rising (Vocal Trip)

  7. The Hacker & Endrik Schroeder – The Voyagers

  8. Robert Drewek – Acidiction

  9. Cromby – House Flava (Peach Remix)

  10. Drua – Nightfire

  11. Desert Sound Colony – Defaminator

  12. Self Preservation Society – Chinless Acid

  13. Gramrcy & John Loveless – Feel So

  14. I:Cube – Transpiration

  15. The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit)

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FMB MIXTAPE 260 | MARLA KETHER

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 260 | MARLA KETHER

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On this weeks Feel My Bicep mixtape, we welcome Marla Kether, the bassist, producer, DJ and founder of Kilengi Dance Party, born in London to Congolese parents. She’s been taking her high-energy sets around the world to Glastonbury, supporting Loyle Carner on his US tour. The diverse selections feature a bass-led blend of Kuduro, Dembow, Afro House and Global Bass. Lets catch up…

Recently I’ve been playing a bunch of really great shows with my band, and working on a few remixes that’ll be out this summer. I’ve also been enjoying a (slight) lull in my tour schedule which has meant more time with friends!

Last Friday, I DJed at Outra Cena in Lisbon for a Numa High party. The Tascam recording is being mastered at the moment so—just for you—I’ve re-recorded part of my set, from the comfort of my lovely bedroom.

The party was a celebration of people and music from the African diaspora, so I featured a lot of Batida, Kuduro, Baile Funk and Afro House. Just serving up my usual mix of global dance sounds really—giving people a taste of what to expect at my upcoming shows, as well as showing off tunes I heard during my trip to Brazil earlier this year.

Up Next…

So, I have quite a lot coming up! I’ve got 2 remixes and a track on Somewhere Soul’s new compilation coming out in June-July; a heap of live bookings, including Cross The Tracks, The Great Escape and SXSW London; and I’ll be DJing at Glasto, We Out Here, Outlook and Little Simz’s Meltdown Festival to name a few!

Tracklist:

1. Dembow Tronico – GЯEG/King Doudou

2. Ele é bom – Tia Maria Produções

3. Domina – De Schuurman

4. JOGA DE LADIN (AFRO HOUSE) – Deejay Poco

5. Fermina Style – De Schuurman

6. Bend Down – Tia Maria Produções

7. 1000º (MIL GRAUS) – DJ Cirofox

8. SAMBAPITO (OriginalGhetto) – Lilocox

9. Palhacinho – Dj Doraemon

10. Rude Boy Giddy Up – DJ Tameil

11. Md – B I L L Y G

12. Poeng Ka Poeng Ka – De Schuurman

13. Subiu, Desceu (So Vital Remix) – Feadz, Mc Wes

14. CRAZY IN LUV – T.NO

15. Flashing Hype – Sam Interface

16. Loose Control (JERRIH & ELLAIME REMIX) – Missy Elliott

17. (Not So) Serious Ting (Anna Morgan Remix) – SICARIA

18. Vai Amor – JLZ, PEDRO, INVDRS

19. JUGO DE MORA – INVT

20. Gatherer – Leonce

21. TOKYO GQOM – T.NO

22. Penrose Steps – Kaval

23. PALIZA – INVT

24. O Babo – DJ Ketchup

25. 2º Round – Dj Dú Marcel

26. DDDD DJ! – T.NO

27. TOMA PAU – MC Gw, Rennan da Penha

28. Afro Pras Novinhas – MC Nandinho, DJ JOTACÊ 22, Mc GIBI, Mc Waguinho Caxangá

29. Xtraga – Brâulio ZP

 

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