This mix by Atropolis takes us on a tour of the sounds that he’s been using to get crowds moving lately, and it’s a general mash of global club influences, valuing energy over affiliation. The array of instruments, rhythms, and precedents are only as important as their affect on the body. He keeps the mood upbeat while staying away from anything too peppy for the most part, bringing high production values to sounds that are originally pretty hype anyway. “I went with a 125 bpm dance and sweat kind of feel,” he says. Well put. If you’re in New York, he’ll be spinning this Friday in Bushwick at iBomba Lite. And if you weren’t already aware, he just dropped a self-titled album on Dutty Artz, which you should probably cop. It’s his birthday this week, so show some love! The tracklist is after the jump. (Artwork by Artek.)

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Every surface on Techno Blood street has a reverberant quality to it. Instead of concrete, it’s paved with rubber. A closet full of deep kicks spring with a gripping rhythm. Black metal street lamps cast surreal shadows in alleyways of electric dusk lurking with solitary predators. A canal of ephemeral jewels flows swiftly full with automated life. Patrols float by slowly following you from behind mirrored eyes. David Last‘s instrumental version presents a cavernous space that will easily catch your attention but also offers margin enough for the vocal play of the blood red Elephant Man in the room. Big up Subatomic Sound. [COP IT] (Photo by Aschwin High.)