"Secret Thirteen Mix 159" is a powerful 150 BPM selection showcasing Shawn’s earlier influences and presenting the colorful variety of 90’s techno, acid and hardcore. The mix is very consistent and maintains the high voltage intensity from start to finish without losing its atmospheric and emotional power. It starts straight-forwardly with PCP’s Phuture Project hardweight beats, which set the pace for the remaining part. Later on it nicely dives into the shimmering, cold and tough sublime of Lorenz Attractor’s “Complexity Crisis” or mellow acid attack of 303 Nation before going back to Marc Trauner’s bouncing basslines and raw mechanic physicality. It gets even more intense with “The Hacker” by Jeff Mills, who introduces the crystal and sharp noisy element into the game. Towards the end Shawn introduces more abstract notes with harshly hypnotic Christoph De Babalon’s piece “Opium” or industrial wanderings of Society of Unknowns. The mix provides listener with a dynamic physicality of sound and gives an opportunity to experience the core essence of wild and heavy 90’s techno underground in all its charm. It nicely transfers the technogenic and futurist mood of the scene and its raw punkish vibe. The gritty elegance of Jock McFadyen’s image “Tate Moss” nicely reflects the urbanist associations of the mix. It has similar visual intensity embedded in the static moment of heavy suburban architecture.

The artist on his mix:

It's all 150 BPM and all old 1990’s stuff, some gloomy techno, acid, a bit of hardcore, and then ending with some stranger stuff. I wanted to revisit records that were favorites from my teenage years, so it's actually a very personal mix, despite being hard dumb techno :) The whole mix was done with vinyl. Some of this stuff is a bit hard to beatmatch, especially the weirder stuff towards the end, but I felt like it was important to showcase this stuff in the context of a dj mix. There are a lot of tracks from PCP - Marc Acardipane is one of my absolute favorite producers of all time and has been a big influence since I was very young. I also feature stuff from Lory D, Praxis Records, and of course Drop Bass Network, all which have also been very important sources of inspiration. I mostly featured rarer or more obscure tracks, although there are a few obvious classics peppered in there.