Featured Mixes: Olivetti- Winter 2011 Mix (Deep/Tech House)

His name is Grant Horne, his nickname is Olivetti, he loves quality electronic music, and if you have any doubts on the “quality” thing, a single listen to his most recent mix session should put that to rest quickly. Olivetti is actually a Boston transplant, migrating to here from Philly about five years ago. Down in the city of brotherly love he spent the better part of a decade playing out on a frequent basis at large-scale parties hosted by the likes of Caffeine and 611 Records. Then came a short hiatus behind the decks after moving to the Bean…which ended ABRUPTLY once getting his hands on Traktor (I don’t blame him a bit here!)

Olivetti’s Winter 2011 mix brings to the forefront a small handful of current, deeper tech-house pieces that have been occupying his hard drive over the past few months. We had a chat on Facebook last week, where he admitted that the mix was unplanned and completely off-the-cuff. An average listener wouldn’t be able to tell either way; all of the tracks in here build off eachother quite nicely. What you won’t find here is a selection haphazardly culled from the Beatport Top 100 list either; Olivetti spends a great deal of time digging the digital crates to prune the songs that fit his style. Soundcloud embed and tracklist below.

Olivetti - Winter Mix 2011 - Tech House by olivetti

By Any Means [Paul Loraine Mix] | Jim Rivers | Four:Twenty 
That’s What | Rampa | Kraftek 
Satellite 2008 [Ramon Tapia Mix] | Lutzenkirchen/John Acquaviva | Sound of Cologne 
Tubular Bars | Luke Star | Little Mountain Recordings 
Work This Out | Shekimon ft. Zoe Kidah | Is This 
Bounce For Me [Sven Jaeger Mix] | Mark Bale | Recovery Tech 
Sometimes Always | Tree Elves | Suicide Robot 
Back Down | Olivier Giacomotto | Definitive 
Gangster | Brisboys | Stampgevaar 
616 Seconds [Christian Smith Mix] | Mark Romboy | Herzblut 
U JERK | Freaky Disco | Is This 
Tarekalizer [S&L Mix] | Starskie | Plastic City 
Pong [Ben Klock Mix] | Kerri Chandler | Deeply Rooted House 
No No No [Suedmilch Mix] | Projekt Arlesheim | Miniload 
The Bumbler | Sascha Braemer | Gastspiel 
Butterfly Collector [Ozgur Can Mix] | Pierce | Definitive 
I Like It | Jorge Sanchez | Taux Music 
Big Mama | David Jones | Starlight Unlimited 
Penny Arcade [Jorge Zamacona Mix] | Paul Mac | Adult 
Resonance | Vainqueur and Substance | Scion Versions