DJ Chart: Gerry Blythe (New Life / Kill Yr Idols)

Gerry Blythe is a resident DJ at two Glasgow nights, Kill Yr Idols (which runs every third Saturday of the month at the Berkeley Suite), and New Life, which has irregular dates monthly at Bar Bloc and other venues. Both are genre-bending nights of diverse electronic sounds, both classic and bang up-to-date, which make them a chaotic, unpredictable joy to attend. New Life also regularly features live performances from well-established and up-and-coming Glasgow bands and producers. In this month's issue, Gerry gives us a rundown of his ten favourite dancefloor smashers du jour, ranging from lo-fi techno to upfront electro and post-modern house.

Andy Stott – Luxury Problems [Modern Love]
The title track from one of the albums of the year is beautifully haunting with so much going on underneath the surface. Out now on Manchester's ultra-hip Modern Love label, also home to Claro Intellecto and Vatican Shadow.

Elster Club – Slow Deep Disco (Nevada Base Scat Dub) [unsigned]
Hearing Nevada Base's sound develop throughout the year was a real highlight for me and I have high hopes for them in 2013. This remix for former member Johnnie’s band Elster Club is a disco/synthpop hybrid of the highest order. This one's available as a free download from Nevada Base's Soundcloud page.

Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33s -- Magnetic EP [Optimo Music]
Amazing stuff from Glasgow's own Optimo Music. The whole EP is great but for me B-side track Commercial Suicide just about shades it.

Todd Terje – Inspector Norse [Olsen / Smalltown Supersound]
One of the songs of 2012 and an instant classic. The track still gets a great response months after its release and with it Terje proves he's not just the greatest remixer in the universe – he's a force to be reckoned with as a producer in his own right.

Adult. – Contagious [Ghostly International]
Its easy to forget just how popular Adult. were when Resuscitation first dropped in 2001. The album has so many seminal tracks and it’s a real personal favourite of mine. After many years of being out of print it has finally been reissued by Ghostly International – well worth checking out if you missed it first time around.

Geeeman – Bang't [Clone Rotterdam]
2012 was a great year for Clone and this track from the Jack For Daze series was a highlight. Back to basics, and further, proving that sometimes all you need is hand claps, a bass line and a looped vocal. Simplicity in its essence. 

Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – Dance Off  (Magic Daddy Defilement) [unsigned]
One of Glasgow's most underrated producers, who has released on OSCARR / Optimo and Stuff Records, remixes one of Glasgow's most unique bands, Colonel Mustard & the Dijon 5. On paper it just shouldn't work but it does, amazing stuff. This one's also available as a free download from Magic Daddy's Soundcloud page.

Julio Bashmore – Au Seve [Broadwork]
The first release from Bashmore's own label Broadwork was a huge hit in 2012. Some people didn't like it so much but the intro alone had me hooked right away. Classic house vibes.

Logo – Fabrice [Kitsune] 
Short, clocking in at under three minutes, but very, very sweet. This track is epic in so many ways and it’s the best thing to come from Kitsune in ages. Squelching acid bass and 808 kicks – an instant classic.

Golden Teacher – Dante And Pilgrim [Optimo Music]
A bit of a cheat, as the album isn’t even out yet – consider this an advance heads-up. I was lucky enough to get an early demo version of the track (then called L'Historie D'un Garçon) and it’s one of the most exciting things to come out of Glasgow in years. I have absolutely no doubt this band will be huge this year.