Mixtape of the Month: Christian Shank vs. A1 Bassline

It's a couple of months old now, but still worth hearing. Christian Shank from Partyshank mixes tip-top electro with the niche sound of new side project A1 Bassline (debut single 'Girl Thing' is out this month on Meal Deal). Highlights of the mix, which is available to download here include...Opening track Journey - cinematic and jittery, as wired and wide open as the soundtrack to a phonecam remake of The Warriors on the DLR...15:01 - who can resist a Sexual Seduction?...27:53 - the martial drums of Samo Ti - all fall in!...41:41 - here comes the Big Dippa!...50:26 - It's a lot: car alarm synths, wonky bass, semi-breaks and a 4/4 hi-hat - bassline house in a nutshell. Sweet as. ...52:35 - Kiss Kiss, mwah mwah...57:23 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - and why not?

Playlist:
01 A1 Bassline vs Christian Shank - Journey
02 Christian Shank - Play Around (A1 Bassline Edit)
03 Zinc - 138 Trek
04 A1 Bassline - Fasters Better, Harders Better Dub
05 T2 - Why?
06 Wideboys - Sexual Seduction (Bassline Mix)
07 A1 Bassline - Girl Thing
08 Nasti Boi - Bangorz
09 The Count and Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
10 Fairy Faggots - Samo Ti (A1 Bassline Switch Remix)
11 Wideboys - What You're Thinking (ft Sarah Saville-Up North Dutty Mix)
12 Cadence Weapon - House Music (A1 Bassline Remix)
13 Dexplicit - Over You
14 Duke Dumont - When I Hear Music
15 Damaged Goods - Yo Righteous (A1 Bassline Big Mix)
16 DJ Q - Shottaz
17 A1 Bassline - Big Dippa Dub Flex
18 Chemical Brothers - Boot it Again (Mowgli Mix)
19 Detboi - Gunshot
20 A1 Bassline - It's a lot
21 Chris Brown ft. T Pain - Kiss Kiss (Dexplicit Remix)
22 A1 Bassline - Somebody
23 Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey.

(By the way, the cool artwork for Girl Thing is by Ferry Gouw of Semifinalists).