DT900 – Ron Mexico

Despite the many weird and wonderful submissions they get from Joe Public at Data Transmission – think everything from bottles of homemade hooch to used underwear – Data Transmission freely admit that we were most surprised to receive a cassette accompanied by a polaroid photo of alphabetti spaghetti spelling out ‘I AM RON MEXICO’ in the post at the tail end of last year. Intrigued, DT dusted off their Walkman and gave the tape a listen to find that what was on offer, was, well… surprisingly good!!! They then set about finding him online, only to find that there was not a single mention of him on the internet.

Several weeks passed and having written Ron Mexico off as an elaborate prank concocted by the overactive imagination of one of their many friends with far too much time on their hands, Data Transmission didn’t expect to hear from him again. Then the postman delivered a bottle of tequila every day for twelve days. A postcard then followed, with the following message inscribed in Spanish, “Now you’re suitably inebriated, perhaps we can talk on Facebook.”

One brief chat later, Data Transmission had arranged for Ron to join us at the burgeoning snow festival, Rise, wherein we’d meet the mysterious selector in the flesh for the first time.

His rider, predictably, contained a variety of mezcal, alongside “1 semi-inflated inflatable shark, a frozen banana, and a copy of The Karate Kid on VHS.” The time in the French Alps with a masked Ron was fleeting and, having ingested what we’d consider a potentially lethal amount of Mexican spirits, Ron Mexico left as much of an enigma as he’d arrived.

Six years on, Ron Mexico has become the selector of all music for Data Transmission, the tequila to our tacos, the voice whispering vinyl secrets in our ears. Now, to mark a momentous milestone, Ron has taken on the 900th Data Transmission podcast with a special 3-hour-and-30-minute mix. It’s a cosmic, tequila-soaked odyssey spanning genres and dimensions we didn’t even know existed.

The mix begins with the sound of a bottle of mezcal being uncorked, crescendos with field recordings from the jungles of Oaxaca, and ends with what we’re pretty sure is a live feed from the International Space Station.

As always, Ron Mexico defies description, explanation, and logic – but honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Brace yourselves. The mix is here. Listen responsibly.

Sum up this podcast in 10 words…
French Disco House to Tech House from our releases and premieres

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
Anish Kumar the last one, it helped me through some stuff last year, I thought it was saying people didn’t care about me but it was really about myself not caring about me.

What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
Lots of Disco for our 900th podcast!

Tell us about your next EP?
We have loads of releases on Data Transmission, dt weapons and 63b coming in 2025, watch out for them all!

What have you got coming up?
A big year for Data Transmission, turning 17 this year, with more premieres, more festival stage takeovers, more premieres and lots of releases and maybe our 5th label.

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Thank you for listening to the first 900 podcasts on Data Transmission, we are one of the oldest running mix series for the last 17 years.  Thank you to all the artists that have been on the podcast, what’s been your favourite?  I hope you enjoy this year’s series of mixes as we head to 1000 in 2026!

Tracklist:

1. Cristo – I Tell The DJ What To Play [Disco Selectors]
2. Tenacious – So Good [Fool’s Paradise]
3. Todd Terry, Todd Terry All Stars, Smokey Bubblin B – Get Down
4. The Shapeshifters – Body Music
5. Danou P – To Get Over You
6. Mattei & Omich, Re-Tide (feat. Katy Alex) – Work It Out
7. Mikey Jubbly – Sunfire SZN
8. Darius Syrossian – Disco Slammer
9. Sgt Slick – Everybody Dance
10. Angel Moraes – Dancin Wit My Baby (Darius Syrossian Remix)
11. Acid Harry – 4am in Egg
12. Beth Lydi – Wingster [SNOE]
13. Sgt Slick, CASSIMM – Stars On 45 Theme (CASSIMM Remix)
14. LF SYSTEM – Dancing Shoes (Take Me Higher)
15. Mike Parton – Don’t Look My Name
16. Daniel Steinberg – Sun is Shining
17. Tom Brownlow, TheGoddessMusic – LifeLine
18. Armand Van Helden, A-Trak, Duck Sauce – Put The Sauce On It
19. Acid Harry – Impera
20. AndThen – Work It (Loz Seka Remix)
21. Ant LaRock – FK W ME
22. Bessey – Latin Tech
23. Wh0 – The Power (Mason Flint Remix)
24. Pheelo – That’s The Way
25. Cajmere (Green Velvet) – Perculator (Bessey Remix)
26. TheGoddessMusic – Ain’t Nobody
27. Oliver Dollar – I Do Believe
28. Dan Azzo ft. Ngaiire – Perfect Love
29. Loz Seka – Run It Up (CHANNE Remix)
30. Murphy’s Law – Every Day, All Day
31. Raver
32. Detlef ft. Ossey James – Swagon (Detlef ’24 Edit)
33. Detlef – Lezzgo
34. Loz Seka – Súbele
35. Lulu, Arielle Free – Shout (Arielle Free Remix)
36. Jairo Delli – No Party Stop [Too Many Rules]
37. L’Amour Disco – Sexy
38. Love You So
39. Peppermint Heaven – Summer Revolution (Dirty Disco Big Room Dub)
40. Darius Syrossian – The Trip
41. Ki Creighton, Aldo Cadiz – Out The Loop
42. Better Than Lex – Believe In The Music
43. Eats Everything, Stevie Appleton – Happy People
44. Cassimm – What Ya Looking At
45. Camilla Jun – Carnival Fever [Wh0 Plays]
46. Disclosure – She’s Gone, Dance On
47. Supernova – Life Is A Disco ft Mr V.
48. Camille Doe – When I’m With You
49. Anish Kumar – Care About Me