One of the most cliche, emo things you can do is complain about how much Valentine’s Day sucks. But the fact of the matter is, it does. But take comfort in the fact that SOAP doesn’t need some arbitrary, faux-Halmark-cum-Christian “holy”day to celebrate the mutual love it shares with it’s readers and listeners. We’ll make your heart beat like an 808 every day of the year.

1. Keen K - Tri-id || Das Drehmoment
2. Newworldaquarium - The Force || NWAQ
3. Newworldaquarium - Kirana’s Lament || NWAQ
4. $tinkworks - Mudpump || VEXT
5. Theo Parrish - Soul Portrol || Sound Signature
6. Ame - Tonight (Dub Version) || Mule Musiq
7. Orgue Electronique - Beirut Meeting || Bunker
8. Baby Oliver - Shot Caller || Environ
9. STL - Something Is Raw
10. Mike Huckabee - Jupiter || S Y N T H
11. Francois K - Road Of Life (Quiet Village Remix) || Deep Space
12. Scarletron - Invisible Light || Penalty
13. Vcs2600 - Initialize The Telepod || Rikos
14. Nimoy - Dort Kommen Die Clowns || Bunker
15. I-f - The Men Who Won’t Come Back || Clone
16. Composite Profuse - Children Of Qana || Bunker
17. Luke Eargoggle - The Mechanic Priest || Bunker
18. Ose - Computer Funk || Bound Sound
19. Raiders Of The Lost Arp - Funk 006 (Drop) || Pinga
20. The Artificial Arm - Emotional Computer || Orson
21. Lokate - Blak Bronko || Das Drehmoment

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 WSOP radio, episode 017: Valentine's Day Massacre: Download

What better way to start off the new year than with some New Beat. One thing I’ve noticed about early 90’s Belgian New Beat is the lack of originality in the song titles. I mean, look at that track list! Fatal Error? Public Relations? You’re not even trying! And the rest of you guys aren’t much better. IMO, a self-titled track should be something that you work up to, not something that you start off with. Otherwise, it seems like some kind of marketing scheme.

Anyway, enough with that. Welcome to 2008, old skool style. Listen up and enjoy.

1. Jade 4U - Rainbows (Instrumental) || Subway
2. Beat Beat Beat - Beat In The Street || Kaos Dance
3. Kings Of Agreppo - Agreppo || Subway
4. Gang Of V.D.P. - Body Heat || Vidicon
5. Public Relations - Public Relations || Another Side
6. Chinese Way - Secrets Of China || Subway
7. Fatal Error - Fatal Error || R&S
8. Taste Of Sugar - Hmm, Hmm || Subway
9. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Waiting For Mommie || Wax Trax!
10. Z Factor - I Am The DJ (Club Mix) || Mithbal
11. Methusalem - Robotism || Ariola
12. Cleavage - Barah || Studio
13. Osborn - Outta Sight || Spectral
14. Darren Abrams - Loose Piano (Malik Pittman remix) || Third Ear
15. Tyree - I Fear The Night (Fear The Dub Mix) || Ruby Red
16. DJ Mink - Hey! Hey! Can You Relate (Luke Vibert Remix) || Warp
17. Blackploid - Photographic Photogenic || Frustrated Funk
18. The Egyptian Lover - Girls (Remix Long Version) || Egyptian Empire
19. DJ Technician - Never Ever || Bunker
20. Alek Stark - Me & Me || Disko B
21. Blake Baxter & Marc Romboy - The Club (Version 2) || Systematic
22. Still Going - On And On || DFA

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 WSOP radio, episode 016: New Beat, Old Skool, New Year: Download

New York is a tough place this time of year. If you don’t ride the holiday tidal wave you will undoubtedly get caught in its undertow. Unfortunately, we’re not very good surfers. Luckily music has improved our ability to hermit-ize. While half the country is out elbowing each other for a chance at the latest $2 DVD player deal at Walmart, SOAP is hunkered down in Studio 4G spinning records, sliding faders and tweaking knobs…The ultimate cure for your holiday blues.

1. Enzo Ponzio - My Second Part
2. The Beat Broker - Sensation || APT
3. Brightlight - Sound On Sound || Karmarouge
4. Zwicker Meets James Teipdeck - Homage To XY || Bear Funk
5. Marcello Giordani - Maestro || Mule Musiq
6. Manuel Tur & Dplay - Clock Shift || Compost
7. Steve Bug & Cle - Iron Daily || Poker Flat
8. Force 101 - Ray Tracing || Breakin’
9. Metro Area - Read My Mind || Envirom
10. Sneak Thief - All Let Go || Moustache
11. Elitechnique - Fingerfood || Clone
12. Camero’s Gang - Fuerza Major || Radius
13. Simone Fedi - Belzebu Tales || Eskimo
14. The Rolling Stones - Cocksucker Blues || Atlantic
15. Ennio Morricone - There’s No One Left || DRG
16. Louis & Bebe Barron - Love At The Swimming Hole || Small Planet
17. White Noise - The Visitation || Antilles
18. Arther Brown & Craig Leon - Morning Was Cold || Ding Dong
19. Twice The Man - Sharp The Voice || Ding Dong
20. Ti-Tho - Die Liebe Ist Ein Abenteuer || Flexi-Pop

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 WSOP radio, episode 015: Singin' the Holiday Blues: Download

SOAP is thankful for:

• Good company
• Good health
• Cheesy Italo lyrics
• Comsic sounds
• Robots
• Analog circuitry
• Moderation
• 303s/606s/808s/909s
• Dark rooms
• Natural beauty
• Robots

What are you thankful for?

1. The Seducers - Unavoidable Infiltrators || Cytown
2. Cybotron - Enter || Fantasy
3. Neongrau - Hi Level Slacker || Lo-Fi Stereo
4. Hubert Kah - Wenn Der Mond Die Sonne || Blow Up
5. Matias Aguayo - Argento || Soul Jazz
6. The Metronomes - Ballad Of The Metronome || Cleopatra
7. Ian Boddy - Living In A Ritual || New Media
8. Moev - In Your Head || Trouser Press
9. Beta Evers - Real Touch || Creme
10. I-f Featuring Nancy Fortune - Holographic Voice || Holosynthesis
11. Endzeit - The Fall || Marimba Musikproduktion
12. Moskwa TV - Generator 7/8 || ZYX
13. Guyer’s Connection - Pogo Of Techno
14. Pink Industry - State Of Grace || Cathexis
15. Smag - Kooler Als Kinski || Das Drehmoment
16. The Vyllies - Give Me A Name || Out Of Tune
17. Legowelt - Strange Girl || Bunker
18. DJ Technician - Never Ever || Bunker
19. Kraftwerk - House Phone (Ron Hardy Edit)
20. I-f - Playstation #2 || Disko B
21. Shemale - Beyond The North Wind (B1) || Bunker
22. Cospagon - Plankton (A1) || Clone
23. Polyphonic Size - Mode || Sandwich
24. Ceramic Hello - Theatre Matrix || Mannequin

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 WSOP radio, episode 014: Surrender to the Tryptophan: Download

Darkness warshed over SOAP. Darker than a black steer’s tookus on a moonless prairie night…I know daylight savings ended like two weeks ago now, but we’re still feeling the effects. Expect us to be at least an hour behind schedule for another month or two. I guess it’s time to hunker down. Which is cool…Maybe I should buy a new synthesizer…

1. Ruth - Polaroid/Roman/Photo || Paris
2. Cleavage - Barah || Studio
3. John Martym - Black Man At The Shoulder
4. Lindstrom - Feel PM || Eskimo
5. Daniel Wang - Twitchy & Scratchy || Balihu
6. Escort - All Through The Night || Escort
7. White Light Circus - Secret Operator || D.C.
8. Dubious - Deco Drive || Bear Funk
9. Le Club - Un Fait Divers Et Rien De Plus || Disques Vogue
10. Giorgio Moroder - Evolution || Casablanca
11. Betty Botox - Gysin’s Groove || Botox
12. Force Of Nature - Afroshock || Headinghome
13. Kotey Extra Band Feat. Chaz Jankel - Sooner Or Later (Chicken Lips Dub) || Bear Funk
14. Maximilian Skiba - Safari Jazz || Terranova
15. Telex - Do Worry (Lindstrom Remix) || Labels
16. The Winners - Get Ready For The Future || Ariola
17. Altz - Max Motion || Zi-Koo
18. Straight Shooter - My Time Your Time (Cosmo Vitelli Edit)
19. Alan Vega - Satrun Drive || Elektra
20. Chirs Jones - S.O.W.
21. Bernard Parmegiani - Mouvement 1 || INA-GRM

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 WSOP radio, episode 013: Damned Farmers: Download

Happy Halloweeeeenus!

WSOP returns this week with a spooktacular episode chalk-full of deep electro and techno. This shit runs so deep you’ll beable to raise the dead with it!

1. Beta Evers - Dry Tears || Das Drehmoment
2. Marco Bernardi - Morpheusis || Frustrated Funk
3. Novamen - We Love || Viewlexx
4. Mantra - Untitled (B1)
5. Rick Wilhite - Ruby Nights || Third Ear
6. Octave One - Art Soul
7. Comtron - No Sabbatical || Black Label
8. Florence - The Vineyard || Eevo Lute
9. ERP - Silvae || Downlow
10. Aux 88 - The Future || 430 West
11. Funckarama - Lellectr || Djak-Up-Bitch
12. .xtrak - Backdoor || 7th City
13. Legowelt - Dance Of The Moonbird || Bunker
14. Drexciya - Journey Home || Warp
15. Duplex - Cosmic Dancer || Clone
16. Kate B - Breakdown || Polydor
17. Skatebard - Shopping I Alida || Tellektro
18. Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heals Of Love (Ron Hardy Edit)
19. Parallax Corporation - Crocidiles In The Sky || Viewlexx
20. Transvolta - Disco Computer || Chart
21. J.J. Burnell - Euroman Cometh || EMI Electrola
22. Casino Music - Vio Af Dis
23. The Quakes - Night Stalker || Das Drehmoment

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 WSOP radio, episode 012: Monster Mash: Download

WSOP and Ellsworth return this week, bringing the hotness from Studio 4G directly to your aural cortex. Join us for another 90 minute disco space voyager courtesy of The Beat Broker, Patrick Cowley, Cerrone among others.

***SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION TIME!!!***

If you’re in the city this weekend/early next weekend, and have nothing to do/are bored with what you are doing/want to hear some good tunes, drop by 201 Mulberry Street where we will be djing the Docomodake event (6-9pm). Also next Tuesday we will be playing at the annual Girbaud party at their store in SoHo. See you there!

1. Al Usher - Gnanfou (Swag’s Gnanby Dub) || Misericord
2. The Beat Broker - Sensation (Original Mix) || APT
3. Sian - R U Aware || Karmarouge
4. Max Berlin - Elle Et Moi (Joakim Remix) || Eighttrack
5. Ultracity - Divisadero (Fabrizio Mammerella Remix) || Rollerboys
6. Shock - R.E.R.B. || Sidewalk
7. L.S.B. - F.O.G. (Dub) || Eskimo
8. Patrick Cowley - Get A Little || Megatone
9. Cerrone - Supernature || Atlantic
10. African Suite - Grass || MCA
11. The Honeymoon Killers - Histoire A Suivre || Crammed
12. Talking Heads - Roots (Ron Hardy Re-Edit)
13. Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance || Salsoul
14. Who Made Who - Hello Empty Room || Gomma
15. Force Of Nature - Afroshock || Headinghome
16. Macho Cat Garage - Crash The Cat || Viewlexx
17. Mr Pauli - Don’t Want To Be You || Viewlexx
18. Still Going - On And On || DFA
19. Zander VT - Then And Before (Redshape Present Mix) || Memo
20. Skatebard - Pagans || Supersoul

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 WSOP radio, episode 011: Swirlin' & Twirlin': Download

Gotta love pretty much everything Eskimo is putting out these days. I received a couple of their latest releases in the mail last week. By now you should be aware of Aeroplane, specifically their self-titled single which made an appearance on the Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Essential Mix some months back. The real surprise for me was the B-side of their debut EP, Caramellas. Keep your ears, uh, pealed(?), for this heavenly piece of deep house Balearica.

1. Aeroplane - Aeroplane || Eskimo
2. Mindless Boogie - Le Nuit, Le Nuit (Skinny Joey Edit) || Mindless Boogie
3. Lindstrom & Solale - Let’s Practise (Wade Nichols Dub) || Feedelity
4. The World - The Loop (Extended Edit) || Cloud
5. Mindless Boogie - The Black Widow (Skinny Joey Edit) || Mindless Boogie
6. Steel Mind - Bad Passion || Delirium
7. Mark Shreeve - Legion || LSB Edits Inc.
8. Sandy Morton - Camel By Camel || Carrere
9. Peter Visti - Paraglide || Eskimo
10. Aeroplane - Caramellas || Eskimo
11. Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song (Dub Version) || Casablanca
12. Antena - On The Boat (Rubber Room’s Disco Devil Remix) || Permanent Vacation
13. Huner & Ellesmere - Returning || Thirty One Twenty
14. Marine Girls - A Place In The Sun || Cherry Red
15. Fall Of Saigon - Visions || Atem
16. Andrew Thomas - I Am Here Where Are You || KOMP3
17. Ulf Lohmann - Lai King Est || Kompakt
18. Various - Music From Mathematics (Side A) || Decca

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 WSOP radio, episode 010: Eskimos and Such: Download

It’s no secret that the mood of a “DJ” is often conveyed by the music he’s is playing. But when it’s the DJ’s state of mind that shines through, things can get messy. Last Friday night was a prime example of this. As Ellsworth stumbled through the door of studio 4G demanding music and booze, I jumped at the opportunity to flip the “record” switch. The resulting mix is all over the place, starting with brooding minimalish techno, and ending with 45 minutes of ambient electronics. Enjoy.

1. Matt Flores - Blackboard Universe || Compost
2. Brightlight - Sound On Sound || Karmarouge
3. Heartthrob - Thrill || M_nus
4. Konrad Black - White Cigarettes || Swayzak
5. Extrawelt & Morelle - Schmedding || Traum Schallplatten
6. Legowelt - Strange Girl || Bunker
7. Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Tristesse || Connaisseur
8. Black Devil Disco Club - ”H” Friend || Rephlex
9. Photocall - Silver Clouds (Dexter Remix) || Clone
10. Alden Tyrell - Disco Lunar Module (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix) || Clone
11. Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri - When The Waters Came To Life || Venture
12. Unit Black Flight - The Art Of Survival || Strange Life
13. Zed - Shai Hulud || Initial
14. David Kristian - Tremen || Creme Organization
15. Ariel Kalma - Saxo Planetariel || SPF
16. Third Sky - Betrayed In The Octagon
17. Chris Jones - S.O.W.
18. Mort Garson - Ode To An African Violet || Homewood
19. Harvestman - Amongst The Heather || Neurot
20. Gas - Heller || Profan

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 WSOP radio, episode 009: Moods & States of Mind: Download

WSOP returns after a involuntary two week hiatus. With Labor Day and technical difficulties hopefully a thing of the past, we will resume our normal programing schedule. Between the minimal journey of episode 007 and the chilled out Ballearica of episode 006, we figured it was about high time to return with some disco vengeance. So listen up and enjoy!

1. Amnesie - Turas || Proto
2. Class Action - Weekend (Larry Levan Weekend Mix) || P-Vine
3. Montana - Toys Come To Life || Atlantic
4. Ron Wright - Van Nuys Blvd
5. Daniel Wang - Berlin Sunrise (Die Nacht) || Ghostly International
6. Escort - A Bright New Life (Dub) || Escort
7. Bangkok Impact - Taming The Taurus || Creme Organization
8. Lindstrom - Theres A Drink In My Bedroom And I Need A Hot Lady (Prins Thomas Edit) || Feedelity
9. No Theory - Devils Dance || Sin & Soul
10. Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt || Metronome
11. M & G - Boogie Tonight || Sensation
12. Fred Ventura - Winds Of Change || Stamina
13. Will Saul & Lee Jones - Hug The Scary (Partial Arts Remix) || Aus
14. Putsch 79 - Doing It || Clone
15. McLane Explosion - Magic Fly (Tom Moulton Mix)
16. Black Devil Disco Club - An Other Skin (Days Of Blackula) (Unit 4 Remix) || Lo
17. Raiders Of The Lost Arp - Funk 008 (Palms Ride) || Pinga
18. Mr. Pauli - Don’t Want To Be You || Viewlexx
19. Los Angeles TF - Magical Body || Il Discotto
20. Jupiter Black Feat. Fred Ventura - Hold Me (Vocal Extended Version) || Clone
21. Aviador Dro - Nuclear, Sí (Maqueta Version)

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 WSOP radio, episode 008: Do What Feels Right: Download