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Hypnotic Groove Mix #42 - OpziO

This weeks Hypnotic Groove mix guest is UK producer, OpziO

OpziO, aka Matt Davidson had this to say about himself and his mix...
"My first memory of music was from around 13 years old, and sifting through a stack of early 80’s 12 inch records on loan from a DJ friend. I became fixated with the electronic beats and breakdowns buried in the extended versions of New Order, Donna Summer, Human League and Freeez tracks. I can still remember being profoundly affected by the sparse, raw uncompromising funk from the drum machines. I would tape and loop those beats right there, trying to create...something! When electro - specifically Planet Rock - arrived, it was like I had found home. Acid house and Detroit techno made sense to me on the first listen too, like discovering the missing link. Music based around machines, but destined for the dancefloor.

So when I had my first paycheck it went on a Roland drum machine and I haven’t stopped since. Over the last 20 odd years, my studio has gone from hardware to software and back to vintage hardware again, and my taste in sound has regressed too, going back to that pioneer spirit from the early producers.
Recently I have released acid tracks on Western Panorama Recordings, and an electro remix on Vocode Records. On the DJ side I am a resident for Dark Knights based in South West UK.

This mix deliberately disregards genres, and instead looks towards producers that take music back to that original style. Acid, electro and techno spanning over 20 years, yet all cut from the same cloth - boxes and machines upfront with minimal production gloss. This is most definitely a producers mix, plenty of my own tracks and more mixtape than bigroom bangers, but I hope it makes for a good listen and gives you that flavor of original independent electronic music."

To keep up to date with all things OpziO, please check him out on the following links..

Bandcamp: opzio.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: Soundcloud.com/opzio
Facebook: facebook.com/opzioelectro
Twitter: twitter.com/opzio

Tracklist

Cliff Lothar - Ringleader
DiesAroy Dee - Until The Music Dies
E.S.P. - It's U
Privacy - New wake trace
Mrs Jynx - Fish Cyborg
OpziO - Clapper
Preston Flex - Little Feller
Palms Trax - Lost Control
Privacy - Always On
OpziO - Always Will
Obsolete Music Technology - Mmmmmusic
OpziO - Alpine Acid
MNLTH - Neptune 44 16
Dez Williams - Crackdown
GESLOTEN CIRKEL - Submit-X
OpziO - Saturation