Hip-hop, downtempo and ambient make up this easy-goiong DJ mix from Deceptikon (Merck/Daly City Records)

Relocated to San Francisco via Tokyo via Seattle, Deceptikon spends his time making music &mdash a soundtrack for future-minded space travelers and skiff-jumpers from the 23rd dimension. The Deceptikon Industries studio, orchestrated by mastermind Zack Wright, is the basis for all operations.

The first Deceptikon 12″, released on Merck Records in 2003, was sold out only four
months after the initial pressing. It was followed by the critically acclaimed albums Lost Subject (2004) and Greater Cascadia (2007). Recently he teamed up with San Francisco bass luminary Mochipet and his label Daly City Records to release the highly anticipated third Deceptikon full-length, Mythology of the Metropolis.

Airports and rental cars are almost a second home to Deceptikon. He has toured
extensively throughout the US, Canada, and Japan, sharing the stage with a wide range of artists including Funkstorung, Richard Devine, edIT, Dose One, Blue Scholars, Proem, [A]pendics Shuffle, Tipper and Sutekh.

1. Jay Dee - Busta (Bling 47)
2. EU - Christmas (Merck)
3. Jega - Bluette (Skam)
4. DJ Krush - Final Home (Red Ink)
5. Manuel Göttsching - E2 E4 (Jaywalk Tribute Mix) (Music For Dreams)
6. Mux Mool - Lady Linda (Ghostly)
7. Harmonic 313 - Cyclotron (Warp)
8. Beem - Manka (Self-released)
9. Eero Johannes - Katt Witt 700 Watts (Planet Mu)
10. John Carpenter - Street Thunder (Record Makers)
11. Dabrye - Prospects (Marshall Law) (Eastern Developments)
12. Missy Elliott - Wake Up (Instrumental Edit) (Elektra)
13. Machinedrum - Amin2 (Unreleased)
14. Boards Of Canada - Rue The Whirl (Warp)
15. Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch (Instrumental Edit) (Elektra)
16. Beem - Automan (Self-released)
17. Deceptikon - Inner Outer Offs (Remix of Machinedrum) (Merck)
18. Swamay - The Newsgroup (Unreleased)
19. Parliment - Flash Light (Casablanca)
20. Deceptikon - Indo Loops (Daly City Records)
21. Machinedrum & Jimmy Edgar - Sin Love With You (Unreleased)