They don’t make ’em like Mark Archer any more.

Most people probably know the producer and DJ for his work alongside Chris Peat as Altern 8, but there’s much more to Archer than that. His mid-90s run as Trackman, starting with the self-titled Trackman EP on Ideal Trax in 1995, showed his passion for acid, bleep techno and the Detroit/Chicago axis and showcased some of his most essential productions.

The Trackman EP was recently reissued on Function’s Infrastructure New York imprint, giving a new generation of listeners a chance to tap into Archer’s vintage productions and hear how it should be done. It was a pretty special release for Function too, who says the EP was a personal favorite growing up.

To celebrate the reissue, Archer has put together a very special two-hour Trackman mix of breathless bleep, acid and Detroit bangers. The mix was inspired by hearing “a DJ called Placid playing the ERP and Convexion tracks in a mix he was doing on an internet radio show,” says Archer, and after asking what the tunes were so he could snag them, he realized he’d never really mixed the Trackman tunes together. “It was just one of those ‘stand in your pants on a Saturday morning mix ups’,” he adds, “but it turned out well so I kept it.”

It’s just in time for the holidays, so don’t say we never give you anything.

Tracklist:

1. Trackman ‘Laughing’
2. Trackman ‘Wickety Wack’
3. Trackman ‘Track six’
4. Trackman ‘Don’t Stop’
5. Trackman ‘Track Four’
6. Trackman ‘Track One’
7. Trackman ‘Track Five’
8. Trackman ‘Track Two’
9. Trackman ‘Smoothing’
10. Trackman ‘Track Three’
11. Trackman ‘Paradise’
12. Convexion ‘Space Tea’
13. ERP ‘Wisteria’
14. Kenny Larkin presents POD ‘Northern Lights’
15. Rhythim Is Rhythim ‘Icon’
16. Black Dog Productions ‘Okaku’
17. Rhythim Is Rhythim ‘Kaotic Harmony’
18. Quark ‘Space’
19. Anthony Shakir ‘The Random Hustle’
20. Deboy ‘Detroit’
21. Link ‘Amenity’
22. The Art of Noise ‘Moments In Love (Beaten)’