Producer John Beltran has worked with seminal Detroit techno legends such as Derrick May and released numerous records on Carl Craig’s Retro-Active label. In addition, he’s spent nearly two decades creating music for labels including R&S and Peacefrog that spans terrain as widespread as IDM and jazz-house. This fall, Beltran’s keen musical ear will be put to use once again, as Amsterdam’s Delsin Records has asked him to curate a compilation entitled Music for Machines.
The mix, which is due out on October 20, will actually comprise two separate LPs at first before being released as a single CD. Music for Machines will cover the sonic worlds of ambient electronic and modern classical music; each disc will feature a piece by Beltran, in addition to works by Greg Chin, Mick Chillage, Vincent Volt, Kirk Degiorgio, and Richard Perry. For more information or to pre-order, click here.
In related news, Four Tet recently shared a remix of John Beltran’s “Faux,” which will be a B-side to a 12″ expected to come out soon via Kieran Hebden’s label TEXT. You can hear the original below and the Hebden’s (aka Four Tet’s) rework underneath that: