Always been a big fan of deep, ambient and glitchy electronica but never done a mix before. Now seemed as good a time as any to get the ball rolling...

Boards Of Canada - Cold Earth 
Chrome Sparks - Your Plant
Invert - iPeople
Grifta - Risico
Om Unit - Corridor 
Etherwood - Say Life
Biosphere - Mir
Underworld - Best Mangu Ever
Aphex Twin - Xtal
Gold Panda - The Most Liveable City
Grifta - Icarus
Mount Kimbie - Made To Stray (DJ Koze Remix)
Panama - It's Not Over (Ejeca's Rave To The Grave Remix)
LFO - Loch Ness

Sam Vandal - Electronic Encounters Of The Deeper Kind [Volume 1]

Once off Vandal gig in Cardiff last year, first time playing in a club in about 4 years so the first couple of mixes are a bit wild but then it's  head back in the game and 60 minutes of serious Breakbeat & Techfunk bombs.

...plus uploading now as the intro seemed apt for the winter months.

Listening to this gave me flashbacks to those quality nights in the late 2000's when the Vandal used to smash up Room 3 @ Fabric in London. Great times.

Vandal @ SUMO. Clwb Ifor Bach. 20 May 2022

Originally released back in 2011. 

New bandcamp re-release.

Fussy Boy - Instant Coffee (Vandal Remix)

Taken from the Black Celebration EP. This is the first new Vandal since my album back in 2010. Been a while.

The Holy Ghost

Released back in 2005 on LOT49. 

Hammered by Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio 1 show.

Mad As Hell

Lose It

OK so when I first started listening to electronic music, back in the early 90s, long tracks seemed to be the the norm. Acts like Underworld, LFO, Orbital and the Drum Club regularly delivered epic tracks that combined ambient sounds with techno and electronica, tracks that placed the emphasis on taking the listener for a ride, gradually letting the tracks unfold, rather than quick builds and drops. Now don't get me wrong, I love a good drop as much as the next raver, but every now and again it's nice just to take it down a bit and let a track evolve more gradually. So that was my thinking behind this new single. 

I've always wanted to put together a long track and although this was was a real labour of love with a lot false starts and a crazy amount of studio hours spent on it but it was fun to do. A track like this would probably be seen as commercial suicide normally but fuck it, I'm giving it away so it doesn't count. Anyway it's good to mix things up every now and again. 

So there you go, Vision In Leather. If you like the sounds then download away, no requests for emails, no requests for likes, just the music. Also if you want the WAV then you can it get here...

http://www.mediafire.com/?is8r6u0mcdk759f 

If you feel inclined to help spread the word then any help sharing is be much appreciated.

Dedicated to the V.I.L. in Los Angeles, California.

Vision In Leather [Free D/L]

Sam Vandal - Discipline

The Vandal is coming back for one show...
Sumo @ Clwb Ifor Bach. Cardiff. 20 May 2022

I started this journey of DJing, raving, producing, partying, remixing and traveling over nearly twenty years ago. Released on loads of labels like LOT49, U&A, Global Underground, Plastic Raygun, U&A, I've been fortunate to be able travel all around the globe playing beats, breaks and techfunk. Raved it up in USA, Australia, China, all around Europe, Russia, Ukraine and more. From Sheffield to San Francisco, Budapest to Berlin, Melbourne to Manchester, I've been all over the place. I even got to smash up Fabric a few times...Rave safe people.

Vandal

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