Mix Up Look Sharp: The Best Mixes Of The Week

Intergalactic house, sleazy disco, Spanish footwork and mind-expanding club music for your ears this week.

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Here at Complex, we understand the grind of listening to the best music each week. There's so much new music uploaded to every single platform, every single day, that following just one of your streams can become a dizzying, life-consuming task. To help you out on at least one front, each and every Friday, our music team will trawl the depths of the internet to bring you the best mixes from the past week. House, hip-hop, bass, grime, trap, techno and R&B—it'll all be represented in our picks to get you warmed up for the weekend. So let us do all the hard work; click through below and enjoy.

Spokes' Mix For Boiler Room

Spokes

Spokes' 2015 EP Green Eyes on Coyote Records was a landmark release that planted the east London producer firmly on the map. Combining deep melodies with icy nods to grime, it was a highly sought-after release that left everyone who heard it gasping for more. Now, almost a year later, we've finally got his Coyote follow up, Flight. Check this one out below for a boat-load of unreleased and exclusive dubs as well as "a nuts re-edit of Desiigner's "Panda" courtesy of Strict Face."

Eliphino's Mix For Dimensions

Eliphino

We haven't had a proper mix from Eliphino for a minute, and what a return. On form as always, look out for Chaos In The CBD, Person Of Interest, Mike Huckaby, Randomer, Kai Alice and loads more as he gracefully slips between soulful house, mechanised funk and sleazy disco grooves. Make sure you check his Isabella Road EP on Joy In Repetition.

Dre Skull's Mix For FACT

Dre Skull Fact mix

The latest in a long line of reasons why Dre Skull and his Mixpak crew were destined to clean up at this year's Culture Clash.

salute's Mix For The FADER

salute

Marrying the blissful with the chaotic, salute is carving out a unique position in club music. At times dark and gloomy, at others playful and irreverent, it's becoming increasingly difficult to pin down salute—which is precisely why we love him. Take a listen to this one and get ready to feel a thousand different ways all at once.

Perez's Mix For Foot Juice

Perez

Part of the increasingly ubiquitous Iberian Juke crew (BSN Posse have also contributed a mix to Foot Juice in the past), Barcelona's Perez—like his fellow crew members—aren't just making the kind of footwork you'd hear in Chicago. Instead, he brings a distinct and unique edge that could only come from the Mediterranean. Rich in funk and heavy bass, Perez's mixes have that rare quality that translates the claustrophobic heat of a sweaty club into recorded sound. 

Space Dimension Controller's Mix For Dekmantel

Space Dimension Controller

Earlier this year, Ninja Tune released Orange Melamine, the latest full-length from Northern Irish producer Space Dimension Controller. Known as much for his rich atmospherics and sci-fi soundscapes as his subtle club tracks, SDC's latest album was actually recorded way back in his teenage years. Heavy on sampling, the album was pretty different from his other releases. In this three hour marathon, he takes on a tour of the full spectrum of his sound—from tropical disco and squelchy acid to playful house cuts and irreverent bangers.

worriedaboutsatan's Mix For Clash

worriedaboutsatan

Often lumped in with the post rock scene, worriedaboutsatan have made a career of consistently smashing their way out of those parameters with elements of techno, ambient and even the occasional club-ready moment. For an idea of what to expect on their upcoming third album, your best bit is to get your hands on as many of their wildly differing releases as possible. In the meantime, get stuck into their latest mix below.

Deadboy's Mix For Solid Steel Radio

Deadboy

Last week saw the release of Deadboy's Carbon Crush Versions EP, a five-track collection of edits featuring Drake, Young Thug, Post Malone and Travis Scott all warped through Deadboy's inimitable lens. This latest mix doesn't quite go down that road though it does feature a few of his own cuts. Elsewhere there's heat from Mall Grab, DK and Terror Danjah and Jamakabi's immense Keysound single "Juicy Patty".

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