Oneman - FABRICLIVE 64

There are DJs that are heavily tied to styles, people who go on to become figures synonymous with a certain sound or a particular approach to mixing; and then there are DJ’s DJs – a different breed of people who manage to make the whole process of blending records from disparate genres look (and sound) seamless. Often, it’s not just about beat matching perfectly, it’s as much about capturing a mood and evolving it through your record selections as it is locking on to a consistent rhythm and that’s something that Streatham bred DJ, Steve Bishop, has proven himself to be mightily adept at over the years. As much as his sets under the Oneman moniker may have started turning heads by melding old school UK garage with DMZ style dubstep, he’s proven through his regular presence on London institution Rinse FM that he can do so much more than just marry classics with current beats.

"I wanted the mix to primarily be a representation of what I would typically play at fabric in current terms, so bearing that in mind I decided to draw on a lot of new house crossover stuff. The beginning of the mix is kind of a throwback to 2010, where I felt this UK Funky sound really started developing into another darker strand of UK dance music. The rest is really a mix of 128-134bpm music through the years; there’s some old Locked On garage classics in there too… I never really think out these things too much, it just has to make sense when I listen back to it." Oneman

Oneman has rightly become an essential part of the station’s roster, broadcasting his own agenda for two hours every Sunday night. He’s already known for his flawless mixing, his impeccable selection and his old meets new school mergers - that’s why he’s already a lot of people’s favourite DJ – but his FABRICLIVE mix manages to cement all of the above in an incredibly understated way. The selection bounds through choice cuts from the last couple of years by Joy Orbison, Fis-T, SBTRKT, Grievous Angel and Mosca to current productions from Pearson Sound, Lando Kal, Teeth and Thefft, all the time peppered by garage classics from Nu Birth, Steve Gurley, Tuff Jam and Youngstar.

01 Mark Pritchard - ? [Ho Hum]
02 Fis-T - Night Hunter [502 Recordings]
03 Grievous Angel - Move Down Low VIP [Soul Jazz]
04 SBTRKT - 2020 [BRAiNMATH]
05 Groove Connektion 2 - Club Lonely (Dem 2 Lonely Vocal Remix) [XL]
06 Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You [fabric]
07 Lando Kal - Further [Hotflush]
08 Doubleheart - Salsa [Nonplus]
09 Pearson Sound - Untitled [Pearson Sound]
10 MikeQ - The Ha Dub Rewerk'd [Fade to Mind]
11 Nu-Birth - Anytime [XL]
12 Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Vector [Sound Pellegrino]
13 Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow [Aus]
14 Distance - Feel Me [Chestplate]
15 Boddika - Soul What VIP [Swamp81]
16 Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (Steve Gurley Mix) [XL]
17 Girl Unit - Wut (Claude VonStroke's Butt Naked Mix) [Night Slugs]
18 Joy Orbison - Ellipsis [Hinge Finger]
19 Ce Ce Peniston - Somebody Else's Guy (Tuff Jam's Classic Garage) [A&M]
20 Teeth - Shawty VIP [502 Recordings]
21 Ed Case - Something In Your Eyes (Underground Solution Mix) [Red Rose]
22 Thefft - Switch [unreleased]
23 Youngstar - Pulse Y Remix [DDJ's Productions]
24 Burial - Etched Headplate [Hyperdub]