Beneath the forest floor, a whispering mist awakens - creeping along rivers, drifting over lakes, and settling into the darkened swamps as dusk dissolves into night. In this haunting Nordic dystopia, Nocturne takes shape, revealing RunaRift’s second 6-track EP.

Experimenting extensively with field-recorded textures from nature, weaving them into driving psychedelic and progressive structures, Nocturne explores new hypnotic and trancy territories. 

Mastering: Frederik Steen
Artwork: Frederik Bech Fischer Bartholomæussen

RunaRift - Neopagan

Flashback  v2

Greetings bbs. We paused for September to re-frame and re-build Moods from its home on Drip to our new home here on Soundcloud. All past mixes are shared here, and new ones will be uploaded here too. If you care to continue paying and paving the way, head here: https://moods.substack.com/p/moods-21-altstadt-echo

October 2019 has none other than dub techno mastermind Altstadt Echo (Taylor Vincent, or @altstadt-echo), founder of @modern-cathedrals whose released on bbs from @semantica-records to @ithqdetroit 's Eyeteeth. "The concept behind the mix is that it's music for sleep deprivation - for listening to on the days after tossing and turning in bed all night, and you're barely able to keep yourself together. Sometimes it's peaceful, sometimes it's frustrated, sometimes it drifts off. It's definitely not a New Age mix designed just to make you feel better, but rather an exploration of the feelings associated with sleep deprivation."

This Moods mix navigates from contemporary classical to ambient, noise, and experimental. Something totally new for us on Moods, so grab your blanket and watch the leaves fall.

The Playlist

1. Ólafur Arnalds - Raddir
2. Rod Modell - Untitled 01
3. Roly Porter - In System
4. Nils Frahm - Four Hands
5. Loscil - Weeds
6. Max Richter - Path 3 (7676)
7. 坂本龍一 - solari (T鬼母の懺悔)
8. Deathprod - Disc
9. Arvo Pärt - My Heart's In The Highlands
10. Ólafur Arnalds - Öldurót
11. William Basinski, Lawrence English - Selva Oscura 1.2
12. Loscil - Monument Builders
13. Boards of Canada - Magic Window
14. Emptyset - Divide
15. Eric Whitacre, Brigham Young University Singers, Ronald Staheli - Sleep

Taylor was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona in the 90s. "I started DJing when I was 15, ordering trashy UK Hard House records on the internet and hoping they didn't get warped by the heat before I got home from school." A move to Michigan for school in Ann Arbor, then a move to Detroit to found Modern Cathedrals, shifted landscapes, temperatures, and communities from the 00s to early 10s. 

Techno, of course, was there in Detroit, against the city's cold nights and empty streets. "I think I first heard techno scattered throughout some of the early Warp Records and Rephlex label catalogs, but it was kind of accidental as I was really just interested in the IDM. I started listening to techno in earnest in 2009, I think. At first it was some minimal-ish techno (think: Perlon) and dub techno (which I was introduced to by old mixes by Placid).

"For the rest of the songs, it's really just been about years of online digging. I listen to contemporary classical and ambient all day while working, so I get through a lot of material. There were some artists I really wanted to fit in (like Jóhann Jóhannsson) but if it didn't fit with the flow and balance of the mix then I didn't want to force it."

For example, let's take the the last song in the mix, "Sleep." That's a track from a high school friend, Patrick. "We were sitting on the floor of his basement, not really doing anything, and it came on. I grew up singing in choirs and honestly had a lot of disdain for them, but hearing this track opened me up to genre again. Since then I've gone on to sample choir pieces in my own music on a regular basis. It's still a big source of inspiration."

I then paired Altstadt Echo's mix with one of my all time favorite photographers, An-My Lê, whose work documents war films and military exercises, shooting on-site with producers and instructors in order to demonstrate how America canon-izes the military industrial complex. This sparse piece shot during a training exrcise in California vibrates well with Altstadt Echo's nuanced mix. Both, in many ways, are painting landscapes with their work.

Moods 21: Altstadt Echo

For the 7th episode of P.G. Radio I invited dj and producer @perm-3 from @kann records. He recorded an absolutely stunning and pacy mixtape with a selection of old and new tracks he blended nicely together. 

Enjoy and stay safe!

P.G. Radio 07 // PERM

Marco Shuttle - Modula

While some artists work towards advancing their egos, others function more as a backbone, supporting music culture and giving it a foundation to grow. Our next guest, Sabine Hoffman, is most certainly the latter mentioned. With an infectious passion for vinyl and an immense musical knowledge that encompasses all subsections, she has been enchanting listeners and building support systems in her hometown of Berlin for years. Her event series "Frauengedeck" spotlights the female and non-cis talent around her and provides a platform to lesser-known artists. Whether you see her in her element in many of the renowned clubs in Berlin or working behind the counter of OYE record store in Neukölln, Sabine is sure to greet you with a smile and some seriously good records. It's this spirit and attitude that makes Sabine a perfect fit for UNRUSH in these troubling times. So take a deep breath and listen to the vinyl hum...

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/sabine-hoffmann

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DjSabineHoffmann
RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/sabinehoffmann
Booking: http://pointcollective.net/Artists/sabine-hoffmann/

Unrush Bandcamp: https://unrush.bandcamp.com/
Unrush Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Artwork by Irakli Kiziria
Words by Nathan Levenson

Unrush 048

048 - Unrushed by Sabine Hoffmann

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LIVE set by @erikjaahalli at deutschland canceln | shutdown soundtracks

deutschland canceln | shutdown soundtracks was the very last event at ://about blank in 2020 - and erik jäähalli gave us this powerful live set as the most beautiful parting gift for a long winter which is still ahead of us all. 

with his live set, erik prepared us musically for the demolition of the garden dancefloor which took place that night - a touching and powerful moment for everyone around that night, reflecting on the fragility and transience of club culture in these times, where everything only appears as a faint reminiscence of what we used to know - but will hopefully become as powerful again as the music played that night.

downloading is enabled, so feel free to take Erik's music with you on your next run, walk, hike, or ride. take care of yourself, take care of each other - see you all next year!

erik jäähalli LIVE - deutschland canceln | shutdown soundtracks @ ://about blank

Velvet Cacoon - Candlesmoke
Ghost Culture - Answer
Thor & Matt Thibideau - Transparent Thoughts
Elles - Midnite
The Robinson - Burnout (Ron Trent Remix)
Adiel - Rituale
Henry Greenleaf - Pass Up
Computer Data - Ego
Terrence Dixon - Spectrum Of Light
Lagware - 0D
Jose Pouj - Molecule 02
Sam McQueen - Black Petals (Album Version)
Anthony Rother - Compute Me
El Agua Es Profunda - The Grind
Raul Young - Anomaly
Vatican Shadow - Rehearsing For The Attack
Silent Servant - Rose Shadows
TAFKAMP - Binnenweg 2
Voiski & Eliott Litrowski - Espace Supertemporel
Human Space Machine - Cycle
Justin Jay - Questions?
Albert Salvatierra - Srntech
Kirk DeGiorgio and Ion I’Brien - Promenade Eleven (Original Reworked)
Versalife - Fractal
Astronomical Telegram - Lagan
D-Leria - Divergences
Emily Jeanne - Dissimilar Friendships
Glos - Kirby With A Scythe
Larionov & St. Theodore - Destruction Wave
HD Substance - LRG 03
Mike Davis - Fallen Tiger
Mark Broom - Silence Part 3
Alan Johnson - Step Inna War
JSSL - Blush
L’estasi Dell’oro - Twyhyndeman
Locked Groove - Intergalactic Surfer
X-Coast - Bomba
Arad - Flux States
Regent - Dreama
Oliver Deutschmann - Hunting
DJ Lily - Lev Länge Lilla Lamm
D_roots - Outset
Sebastian Voigt - Polyol D9
The Vision - Magnetic Storm
Ntogn - Brokks Eldar
FLAWS - Observent
Maelstrom - Archae
Private Caller - You
Hoover1 - 2A2
Minimal Afrika - Vast Echo

Y'all ready for the endless vaccine debates?

Oslated Premiere 335

Save Your Atoll - Inner Dance
The Universal Pattern EP [SYA001 / Save Your Atoll (Self-release)]

Produced by Antonello Meloni aka Save Your Atoll
Mixed & Additional Produced by Eugenio Caria (Castel Sardo-Sardinia-IT) at Suvitas Studio
Original Artwork by Francesca Chirigoni
Visuals by Riccardo Bernardi (Aconite VJ)
Released by Save Your Atoll (Self-release) from Sardinia, Italy
Release Date : January 12th. 2021

The Universal Pattern is an ep. of three tracks that aim to explore the relationship between the understanding of ourselves and the reality outside of us. 
Each track is accompanied by a mini-story in allegorical key and three original videos.

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The Universal Pattern EP

Inner Dance

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://about blank is a multi-room club by Ostrkeuz S-Bahnhof in Friedrichshain. It's a short walk from Salon Zur Wilde Renate, and like that club, it's a lightly renovated re-purposed building with seemingly endless nooks and crannies. There are two main dance floors inside, one tent outside and in the summer DJs play out in the garden (this is open in the winter too, often with a bonfire going). 

The music policy is open-ended but mostly focused on house and techno, with occasional bass or disco nights. The overall atmosphere is gritty, and the parties often go well into the following afternoon or evening.