MIXED BY Submerse

October 7, 2013, 4:10pm

Each week, we present an exclusive set where the only boundaries are impeccable taste and skill. This week: Submerse.

25-year-old English producer Submerse, who transplanted to Tokyo from his hometown of Runcorn, England, pioneered a microgenre called J-garage–a combination of UK garage’s skittering beats with sugary J-pop samples. Judging from his prolific output for labels like Sony, R&S sister label Apollo, Ministry or Sound, and even a Japanese imprint called Maltine (check out his album cover’s eye-popping homage to anime), his musical cross-breeding turned out to be quite a hit.

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But for this 34-minute mix he made for us, Submerse swivels to gauzy, LA-style beats, lurching along with lots of crunchy static, trap snares, and Bibio-reminiscent birdcalls sprinkled in. Rather than the cries of cutesy Japanese girls, you’ll hear a track from Michigan producer Shigeto’s heartbreaky new album, Bay Area up-and-comer Thriftworks, Berlin beatsmith Robot Koch, and Mozambique-referencing IAMNOBODI. So yeah, still pretty EU-worthy after all.

Tracklist:

Shigeto – First Saturn Return

submerse – Melonkoly

Elaquent – Treehome94

submerse – Sayz U

Fitz Ambro$e – JDSYY JOINT

Bugseed – feeling you feeling me too

fLako – Transition

Sons Of The Morning – The Way That Winter Passed Us

submerse – Keepoised

Thriftworks – Die Gracefully ft. DH the Mythicalifornian

submerse – imlookin’