INTERLOPIN’

Hosted by DJ Tashtego (Mike Benz), Interlopin' hops eras and genres to concoct a special brew of dance floor euphoria. Featuring everything from space disco, minimal techno, indie rock, synth pop, and Afrobeat to all manners of house — deep, tech, classic and French — the show emphasizes seamless blends that tease out the unique resonances of tracks.

ABOUT THE DJ

Mike Benz pilots the weekly mix Interlopin' and can often be found behind the decks at Transistor's live music events in the guise of DJ Tashtego. His musical education took off in college, when he hosted a Sunday night indie rock show, broadcasting through the ether of northern Indiana nights to truckers who were often flabbergasted to come across the likes of Sigur Ros, Crystal Castles, and Fuck Buttons, while they were innocently skimming through their FM scanners.

Find more from Mike (now using the name Aquaventes) on MixCloud.

EPISODES

Tashtego revisits an old favorite and expands its spirit of techno transcendence with many new additions to the universe of sound since the original sprang forth in 2014. 

Genres: techno, house

Setlist:
The Field "Made of Steel. Made of Stone"
The Field "Black Sea"
Floating Points "Vacuum Boogie"
Todd Terje "Snooze 4 Love"
Dolle Jolle "Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje's Extra Doll Mix)"
Skaetbard "The Bells of Mist"
Mirror People "Kaleidoscope (Psychemagik Remix)"
The Field "Divide Now"
The Field "It's Up There"
Affkt "Once Upon A Time (John Talabot Summer Mix)"

Tashtego's selection of 2018's best house burners and futuristic flights.

Genre: House

Setlist:
Kasper Marott, "Keflavik"
DJ Koze, "Pick Up"
Sharam Jey & Little Boots, "Fridaycity (Club Mix)"
Asa Moto, "Kifesh"
Urulu, "Flight Pattern"
Sworn Virgins, "Fifty Dollar Bills"
Eduardo Muchacho, "Day Spa"
Roisin Murphy, "Plaything"
Konstantin Sibold, "Madeleine"
Computer Data, "Alles"
Pacific Coliseum, "Ocean City"
Luces, "Fantasma"
Terrence Parker, "Twisted Disco 77 (feat. Merachka)”

Tashtego celebrates the onset of autumn with a collection of funky grooves balancing the carefree breeze of summer with the wistful nostalgic tinge of fall.

Genres: House, nu-funk

Set List:
Tell, 'Cool Bananas'
Cisco Cisco, 'Jazzy Days (Ron Basejam Remix)'
J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science feat. The Pimps of Joytime, 'Go To Work (Hot Toddy Mix)'
Sworn Virgins, 'Fifty Dollar Bills'
Shit Hot Soundsystem, 'Kannushi'
Detroit Swindle, 'Flavourism (feat. Seven Davis Jr.)'
Never Dull, 'Got Me Good'
Doc Daneeka, 'Magnolia'

Tashtego is still dancing in the fog of Maine. He's put together a set of ponderous, melancholic house music for when your body wants to follow your mind into the clouds. All new entries to Interlopin', discovered over the past six months of fervent music-streaming. Favorites include tracks from Tom VR, DJ Koze, Lusine, Jesper Ryom, and Punctual, as well as the only Interlopin' alum, the sublime track from the MFA called "The Difference It Makes".

Genre: House

Set List:
Giraffage - 'Maybes' (feat. Japanese Breakfast)
Central - 'Pillow Peace'
Harvey Sutherland - 'Bamboo'
Tom VR - 'Bird Whisperer'
DJ Koze - 'Planet Hase' (feat. Mano Le Tough)
Lusine - 'Just A Cloud' (feat. Vilja Larjosto)
ODESZA - 'Late Night'
The MFA - 'The Difference It Makes (Original Mix)'
Jesper Ryom - 'Viewpoint'
Punctual - 'Fix'

Tashtego's valedictory set for the California life that was once his dream and will soon be his memory. The house beats evoke the surf of Big Sur, the sunsets over the Pacific, and that uncanny nostalgia that is quintessential California - the sense, despite it all, of endless hope for the future.

Genres: house, nu disco, space disco

Set List:
iamalex, "1998" (feat. Hazy Year)
Daft Punk, "Fresh"
Cut Copy, "Saturdays"
COEO, "Flesh World"
I:Cube, "Falling"
Seahawks, "Rainbow Sun (Prins Thomas Full Spectrum Mix)"
Julio Bashmore, "Simple Love"
DJ Koze, "Pick Up"
Telephones, "Blaff"
Marcus Marr, "High Times" (Radio Edit)
Session Victim, "Make People Dance"
Jack Jutson, "Looking Forward To You"
Classixx, "A Fax From The Beach"
Aim, "The Force" (feat. QNC)

Last month's reboot of Ntrlpn' was all sunshine vibes and golden states of mind. This month explores the further outer reaches of emotion, waxing hot and cold -- full of mists, tensions, blushes, burning basements, and loves.

Genres: house, space disco

Set List:
Skatebard, 'The Bells of Mist'
The Source feat. Candi Stanton, 'You Got The Love'
Lindstrom, 'Tensions'
Marquis Hawkes, 'The Basement Is Burning'
Leon Vynehall, 'Blush'
Session Victim, 'Up To Rise'
Pale Blue, 'The Math'
The xx, 'On Hold (Jamie xx Remix)'
Reflekt, 'Need To Feel Loved (feat Delline Bass) [Adam K & Soha Vocal Mix]'

Interlopin' returns to Transistor Radio after a long hibernation, bringing sunshine vibes from the Golden State. This mix of funk-flecked tracks features many of DJ Tashtego's favorite discoveries in 2017.

Genres: House, Nu-Funk

Set List:
Session Victim, "Almost Midnight"
Mall Grab, "B.F.O.D.A.A.S."
Chilly, "For Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)"
Marcel Vogel, "I Got Jesus"
Session Victim, "Do It Now"
Andy Hart, "Epsilon Girls"
Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners, "This Girl"
Superpitcher, "Brothers"