I discovered Hugo Kant’s music about six months ago when I first heard his independently released EP “Searching London”. The EP contained three moody instrumental tracks consisting of subtly layered samples intertwining with flute melodies and ominous grooves. Needless to say, I was immediately hooked and I started poking around the net looking for more information about this artist. What I found out was that Hugo Kant is a musician/producer from Marseille, France and that the EP was only a prelude to his upcoming album titled “I don’t want to be an emperor”. (The album is out now, and its definitely worth a purchase. You can get it from Hugo’s Soundcloud or Bandcamp.)

His Soundcloud profile also linked to his Mixcloud account on which hosted some of his mixtapes. These masterfully crafted mixes seamlessly blended tracks from some of my favorite artists into hour long head-nodding sessions and I would often find myself hitting replay as soon as they were finished. So when Josh and I started talking about approaching some guest DJ’s and producers to do mixes for the Nocturne Podcast, Hugo Kant was definitely one of the top names on my list. Anyways, long story short, we got in touch with Hugo using the power of the internets and, even though he is insanely busy these days playing shows (check the video below), he agreed to send us this mix for the podcast. Enjoy!

Get it in iTunes or download it directly here.

Track Listing:

01 Hugo Kant – Nocturne

02 Frenic – The Monolith

03 Pawn Shop – Midnight Run

04 PapaDose – Brooks Was Here

05 Kabanjak – Follow the Storm

06 Triberg – Himmelreich

07 Hypoetical – Staring At My Eyelids

08 DJ Signify – Bollywood Babies

09 Nostalgia 77 – Only Hush

10 Brombaer & Phole – Globo

11 The Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff

12 Herma Puma – Cyckle

13 The Cinematic Orchestra – Channel 1 Suite

14 Mr Cooper – Two

15 HashFinger – A1.August11

16 Roger Molls – You

17 Xploding Plastix – Omar Sharif Bonanza

18 40 Winks – Wise Up

19 Radio Citizen – Night I

20 Hugo Kant – I don’t want to be an emperor

Midnight Run by Nocturne Records on Mixcloud

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