FACT mix 123: Jack Sparrow

This Friday’s mix takes the form of a stunningly rhythmic session by Jack Sparrow.

Part of the Bristol dubstep sect that seems to grow every day, Jack Sparrow’s not released an awful amount, preferring to bide his time and release select singles on trusted labels like Earwax and Tectonic, the label owned by Bristol dubstep godfather Pinch. This year he releases his debut album for Tectonic, working (or at least thinking) title Circadian, and if it’s anything like this mix then it’s going to be special.

Shying away from obvious selections – though there is room for Breakage’s brilliant remix of DLX’s ‘Matter of Fact’ – FACT mix 123 tends to a rolling, percussive aesthetic, swinging from scattershot house to creeping minimal dubstep, and closes on Sparrow’s new single for Tectonic, ‘Terminal’.

Fans of 2562, dBridge, Roska, Pinch and everything in between, your time. For a full interview with Jack Sparrow where he spills the beans on his debut album and musical journey to date, turn to page two.

Download: FACT Mix 123 – Jack Sparrow
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Tracklist:
Machine Funk – Intro
Ruckspin – Hold your Collar
Ruckspin – Jungle Fever
DFRNT – Headspace (Scuba mix)
Marcus Visionary – St Vincent
Planas – Agbekor
F – 0907
Headhunter – STP
DLX – Matter of Fact (Breakage mix)
Benga – Electric Sky
Jack Sparrow – Terminal

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