The 28th Avenue Red Podcast is an extravagant 160-minute selection of House & Techno goodies from the vast record collection - and very capable hands - of a veteran DJ known as Rubsilent (real name Hamza Solim) from Istanbul, Turkey. A part-time DJ and a full-time vinyl junkie, Rubsilent started collecting records back in 1996 and it has been his obsession ever since.
Rubsilent was first bought to our attention with his incredible tribute mix of Chicago's Relief Records (https://soundcloud.com/rubsilent/relief-records-chicago-1994), a juggernaut session that really did justice to the sounds of the label and illustrated how hard-edged and unique this Chicago brand of music was. It is interesting to note that Hamza had actually moved to Chicago for University in year 2000, which he notes was partially motivated by his desire to pay a musical pilgrimage to this enormous factory of house music. He moved back to Istanbul in 2007 with a much advanced record collection and inevitably a better knowledge of the rich musical heritage of the sprawling US megacity that is rarely disputed to be the birthplace of house music.
From listening to his Relief mix we had a dig through his other mixes... seemingly a 1-man mix machine delivering music with flowing consistency, intelligent sequencing and unreal selections. We're very used to these types, but even for us this guy is pretty intense. Soak it up in your headphones or on your soundsystem at high volume and enjoy this rare fusion of DJ'ing talent in a truly banging mix!
"I enjoy manipulating tracks with longer transitions, taking listeners on long journeys, never limiting my selections to a specific sub-genre. My primary focus is on House and Techno and anything in between, as my mixes contain a blend of new tunes mixed with timeless out-of-print cuts from yesteryear and yesterdecades." Hamza Solim, November 2014.
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No tracklist was provided for this mix, but do feel free to ask for track ID's in the comments.
