Also known as Jan Mittendorp, one-half of the ElectroBluesSociety, Mixendorp (or DJ MiXendorp) spins blues licks into thick, tasty electronic bangers. The cohesion is so thick that there's no way to separate one from the other.

MiXendorp Trance Formed EP (Black and Tan)

And yes, there are Boo Boo Davis samples rambling through here. I suppose this could be called an EBS side project, but it's simply a slinkier, more electronic version. Jasper Mortimer's bass and percussion is missing (and those bounding bass lines are an obvious loss), but it's also interesting hearing one side of the EBS conversation.

A side that is fully-rooted in the blues and electronic music. If you cannot imagine how blues-influenced music could fit in on a club floor, about ten seconds of this will be all the convincing you need.

Just as addictive and accessible as any EBS set. Some people know how to mold music into beautiful new forms. And some us that as a launching pad for something transcendent. Four tracks are hardly enough, but they instill a wonder that will glow for an eon or two.

Jon Worley