001: Trackmaster Dre

Ben Sims pres Hardgroove Mix Tape

Welcome to the first Hardgroove Mix Tape, a new series of occasional sessions from djs and producers I’m digging. I work with a large number of acts on my record labels, so I thought why not create a podcast to showcase their talents more and get some killer mixes out there.

First up, we have Trackmaster Dre aka Andre Guyvoronsky, a Russian dj and producer who for many years has been big on the house scene with his Tripmastaz alias. Releasing for the likes of DJ Sneak on Magnetic Records, Josh Wink's Ovum and D'Julz’s Bass Culture plus his own self titled imprint.

Trackmaster Dre is his techno-leaning and Chicago influenced side project and as the name would suggest, he’s a master of a tracky dj tools, I’ve been playing lots of his material over the past couple of years and a month or so ago, his EP ’entitled ‘Sixth’ dropped on Hardgroove, so he’s the perfect choice to launch this series.

Here's the all important tracklisting...

Metroman - Station 3 Kuzma Palkin - SierpinskiSugrobChill Dean Cole - Time Dark Matrix - Two Be Black Truncate - Bipolar Surgeon - Klank Unknown - Private Heiko Laux & Teo Schulte - K Tune Steve Stoll - Model T Dave Clarke - Just Ride (James Ruskin Blueprint Mix) DJ Jes - Afterhours Paul Johnson - Soft Spot Unknown - Freaky Tribal Tool Boom Box - Strata Unknown - Modular 03 DM - Lay Em Down Unknown - Magic D Rolando - Jaguar (Jeff Mills rmx / Trackmaster Dre edit) 77ks - Parcae Metroman - Station 2