Beats Of No Nation

Was a pleasure meeting 2000Black ceo, broken beat pioneer and all round good bloke Dego. We caught up with him for an interview at @beatsofnonation before his set in Brisbane. We chatted about his musical beginnings, the makings of influential club night CO-OP, the writing process and future 2000Black releases. Broken into four parts, follow the timestamps for each section.

Playlist: Painel De Controle – Relax Cuthead – Deep Shadows Xanga – Get Outta My Dreams Jimmy Edgar – Feel What It Is Nx Worries – Suede (Ft. Knxwledge & Anderson Paak) Seven Davis Jnr – One Marcos Valle – Estrelar Julien Dyne – Stained Glass Fresh Frozen (Ft. Mara TK) Delroy Edwards – Can U Get With T. Dyson – It’s All Over Flofilz – Whirlwind HNNY – Cheer Up, My Brother Bobby Humphrey – Chicago, Damn Tuxedo – So Good (M + M 80s Classic Mix)

Playlist: Gallowstreet – Hattori (Kraak N Smaak Remix) Maribel Tafur – Summer Dreams BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killer – Gunshowers Ft. Elzhi J.J. Barnes – Wishful Thinking Toro Y Moi Ft. Rome Fortune – Pitchblack Jamie XX – Loud Places (John Talabot Remix) Deetron – Collide Michael Boothman – What Yoo Won’t Do For Love Thom Janusz – Crystals

A mixtape from Mathias Modica AKA MUNK (Gomma) Mathias Modica is a Marseille-based DJ, musician and label founder. Together with Jonas Imbery, he runs the much-loved disco imprint Gomma, home to acts of repute like Who Made Who, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Daniel Aviary and Box Codax, the solo project of Franz Ferdinand’s Nick McCarthy. He also has a live band called Munk which turned out music of note in the first half of the oughts, including a collaboration with James Murphy.

Playlist: Francis The Great - Look Up In The Sky Wildcookie - Serious Drug Hamo - Jimmy 2 The Internet - Palace/Curse Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Tarzan Kenton Slash Demon - Syko Dam-Funk - We Continue The Supreme Jubilees - You Don't Know Daniel Grau - Delirio En Fa Menor (Max Graef & Delfonic Remix) Jordan Rakei x Kiran Kai - Maya Uffe - Curtains