Groovy, moody, and dynamic, Cloud Studies is a mix diary for sky gazing. Hosted by agraybé and based out of LA, Cloud Studies features ever-changing genres, moods, and textures that are varied yet cohesive in scope.

Cloud Studies Mix Series

Mix for the new year 

Tracklist:
Gradually | Daisuke Matsukura
Yardmaster Pt. II | Nice Girl, Eden Burns
Hug Yourself | Polito
Crystaliser | Rudolf C
Sxc Saloon | Roza Terenzi, Saoirse
Mxyzptlk | Der Zyklus
Navsegda | S || P, Svetlana Seka
Thewizzwasfordillysmissus | Youandewan
Revolve | Trevino
Strong Sense | Cassy
Pearl (Bright Edit) | Cockroach
Steel Mirror | Guan
Inna Your Bongoclart | Apple
Cus' I Vuct It | Addison Groove
Fuck This Dub | VIL, Cravo
Vaaxan | Zahremaar
Eccentric Electrix | Oshana
North Hex | Erika
Network Processor | Hugo Massien, DJ Haus
Programming | D.I.E.
Arcana | DjRUM

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As we leave winter behind, we transition out of our dens and into spring with a mix that reflects on the best of what the cold brings so we may not forget its serenity. Get comfortable, this mix is a train ride through a Midwest wonderland.

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We have paired kerosine’s mix with a work by Julie Mehretu, “Among the Multitude VI.” This suite of works follows Mehretu’s interest with spotlighting contemporary political crisis. Using images that document the active migrant detention centers at U.S. borders and the violence of far-right anti-immigration protests. Mehretu remains dedicated to drawing attention to critical social and political concerns across the world through her work. Click here if you’d like to learn more about Julie Mehretu: https://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/51-julie-mehretu

Moods 68: kerosine

5 years of Surrealchemistry, 5 hours of music from yours truly.

Spent many long nights pulling all the records I wanted to play to serve as a document of this lil show so far--faves and influences, deep eyes-closed dancefloor cuts, smoked out rave jams, euphoric downtempo drum trax... the sounds I've had the pleasure to showcase as well as a way to feel how those disparate sounds have evolved into something sprawling + broad yet (I hope) cohesive + holistic, representing the power of psychedelic electronic music alongside more frenetic, 'club-ready' tracks. 

Thanks to @virtualpublicnetwork for the platform to share music I love <3

Tracklist: 
Badskin - Jourama
ASC - The Machinery of Night
Romance & Dean Hurley - Always & Forever
Pieter Kock - Caroline Your Cart Has Changed
HANAH - For Street's Sake
Takayuki Shiraishi - Fluorite
DJ ojo - Skip Top
Keppel - Stanley Knife
Uwalmassa - Untitled 10
Tonto - Rust
Dino Sabatini - Lewa
Liem & Eddie Ness - Fujiyama
Khidja - Back To Vid (Azu Tiwaline Remix)
K-Lone - Bells
Valentino Mora - Introspection
Konduku - YTK
Fred P - Energy Soul
Sollmann / Gurtler - Watte (Efdemin Version)
Department of Dance - An Outdoor Overture
Lil Louis - How I Feel
Boof - Luam Has Found Her Z
Quadrant - Infinition
Nev - Ilone Vune Cortex Nex
Teakup - Lose My Mind
Klon Dump - Do the Dump
Peverelist - Pulse VI
Hiver - Teasel (Tobias. Remix)
Nisennenmondai - B-1' (Shackleton Remix)
Altstadt Echo - For a Purpose
GD Luxxe - Hydraulic Buildings
Reptant - Skatter Tek
Gent1e $oul & Cubemod - Recurve Bow
Aleksi Perälä - Nl-L56-18-07381
Priori - Red 1
Simo Cell - YES.DJ
Patrick Russell - Stewart Road
Jdotbalance - Precipitate
Cloudsteppers - The Limit
Saphileaum - En
Tobias. - Spectrum V
Vardae - Rites
The Untouchables - Time Travelers 
Sam KDC - Detached
Benedikt Frey - Silverblade (feat. O-Wells)
McGregor - Clean Lines
Drush - Birds and Bass
Objekt - Dogma
Toma Kami - Gymnase Chaos
Parris - Yūrei
Laksa - The Amala Trick
Pugilist - Symbiosis
2562 - Cosmic Bounce
Solvent - King Vincent (Martial Canterel Remix)
BBRB - Two Policemen (Mr Ho Snake Cop Mix)
Minor Science - Volumes
Will Alfred - Look From Below
Leif - July V
Siete Catorce - Derretido
Ruff Cherry - Siren
Old Apparatus - Meets Shangaan Electro
Mogambo - Matum (Benedikt Frey's Space Cat Re-Interpretation)
Scotch Rolex & Shackleton - Love Songs
Ciel & Ali Berger - Damn Skippy! (Davis Galvin Remix)
Millia - ACAB Break
Ramadanman - No Swing
undercurrent - No Data
M4A4 - Ukno
Kode9 & the Spaceape - Konfusion (Vox)
Martyn - Twenty Four
Caldera - Infinite Beginnings
Drexciya - Powers of the Deep
E.R.P. - Alsoran
Shawn Rudiman - Too Far Gone

VPN Radio: Surrealchemistry 2/27/24 w/ Max Ellington (5 Years of Surrealchemistry)

Our 5th episode features first gen Iranian DJ, design engineer, and environmentalist, zahremaar, who transitioned us from sunset into twilight hour at our second Anemone party (DTLA, March '24).

A note from zahremaar:
The anemone team gave me what is undeniably the best vibe prompt I’ve ever been given: “Dubbed out textural minimal groovers embodying the intricate and entrancing movement of a feather star.” Dubbed out textural groovers are a space of music I’ve been collecting for years and love dearly — I usually reserve a lot of these tracks for last-leg afters hangs when the sun has come up and brains are mush. I went into the set with a folder of tracks knowing I wanted to begin with stripped down, groovy house belters, building energy towards psychedelic, bassline driven minimal. I started ~7 minutes after 6:30, so I adjusted my timing a bit to let Daphni’s ‘Xing Tian’ (looove) breathe its mighty organs to send the sun past the horizon at 7:07pm. I then transitioned into a sound that represents what I imagine rubbing a feather star on one’s forehead would feel like: gentle, persistent, wiggly diggly — made even more tripped out by long, imperfect blends with three decks. So thankful to the anemone team for trusting me, to the friends who shook their butts, and for the opportunity to be able to share this mix with you all.

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Track list:
Mike Gervais - Future Tool
Zahremaar - Behtamarg
Mix Master Kutyma - Thank You (intro)
Audio Werner - Ever 
Seafoam - We Hear Him 
Instict - Union 
Tim Deluxe - Sawubona (President Bongo Remix)
Cabanne - Cubirm 
Ghostwhip - Je'taime (Mooves Remix)
K.O.D. - Workin' Out 
Polygonia - Bloom
Daphni - Xing Tian
Point G - Ether 
Facta - Mirage 
Oshana - Arcadia 
Eduardo de la Calle - a2 
Levon Vincent - Impressions of a Rainstorm
Polygonia - Coleus

Anemone 005: zahremaar

Tovar spins an hour of liquid funk on a dry lake-bed in the the Mojave Desert. Lock in for an hour of jazz-bent drum &bass thicc with classics and new releases. Shout out to the SF-based Vitamin1k crew for having me back in 2024 for another fast, windy weekend at the Space Ranch in Southern California.

Special shouts to LTJ Bukem for the eternal inspo and Jazzsticks Recordings for keeping jazzy DNB alive and thriving. https://jazzsticks.bandcamp.com/music
  
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Track list: 

Electric blue - Deepness 
Mindgaters - Apollo 69 (Peshay remix) 
Jazzthetics - Zero Gravity 
Pillow talk - Detroit's Filthiest 
From dust & noise - Flowriance 
Outlined - Carter 
Flip the narrative - LTJ Bukem 
Parts of me - Paul SG 
Tamra Maew - Prince Ozay 
Bawrley - The Jazzassins 
Automatic - Continuous cool 
King's Town - Paul SG 
The Change - Zero Gravity (Paul SG remix) 
They're from scam planet - Driss Bennis & Swoze

VITARAVE006 - Tovar

A live recording from Nocturnal Medicine's Prayer for a Softer Era, at Nowadays NYC March 21, 2024. The gathering asked how we might honor the concept of renewal by transmuting it into a renewed ability to be present with and responsive to today’s world. Razrbark opens and closes the night, with a guided meditation by Nocturnal Medicine nestled between.

Incantation 2: Razrbark Opening Set (Track 1)

Recording of my Friday night set at Gradient under the starry sky. Huge thanks to Gradient, New Palm & Print Shop for having me play, and of course, gratitude to the listeners, dancers, and everyone involved. It was an absolute pleasure! :)

Mix mastered by: Dennis Cao (@one-child-policy)

Weekend lineup:

agraybé
Amy Pickett
Charles Edward
J.dB
Kaleb Marshall
Kosmik 
Luke Mele & Radha
Matt Sussman 
Max Ellington
One Child Policy
Scott Zacharias
Weatherheads
Zahremaar

Kaleb Marshall @ Gradient, Johnson Valley 04.26.24

‘Crude Principles’ was recorded last month by Mr. Isopoulos over in Athens - ‘A mixtape inspired by friends, Venice and the deep bush’. 

We met Panagiotis last year while over playing a super special show in an old factory in Pireaus. The gig featured live oud, a modular synth performance and a solo percussion show using nothing but old materials from the factory by Christos Chondropoulos, who you might know from our Athenian Primitivism album. After the performances Fergus DJ’ed followed by Boomkat’s own Conor Thomas late into the night. Great times.

The weekend took a special turn after Panagiotis drove Tako, Terra Exotica and I out to a particularly Lynchian town called Marathonas. Many drinks were shared at a slightly time-forgotten beach bar and then at the even more Lynchian ‘Roadhouse’. The drive there and back was soundtracked by some super old burned CD’s Panagiotis had which took us all back to those 2010-2015 golden years, hearing some tracks for the first time in forever.

This mix features tons of crazy industrial, oddball futuristic library and global folk traditions and was one of the coolest things we heard recently so we wanted to share it too. Check Panagiotis on soundcloud here >>
@panagiotis-isopoulos

Forecast 069: Panagiotis Isopoulos

Fresh from her European tour and set with Dekmantel Naarm, we are excited to chat with the ever impressive Pjenné.
Co-head of the sonic hypnotic label ‘companion’ and radio show host of Passing Notes on PBS. A respected name in Naarm's growing underground electronic scene, you might have seen her grace the decks atsome of our favorite festivals, such as Inner Varnika, Strawberry Fields and Golden Plains.

Pjenné, or known by her real name as Penny - does a lot more than just digging (and that already takes up a heap of her time), but she is also in academia with a Phd. As usual we chat beyond music and understand how she balances it all whilst giving her all.

Talking with Aliens w. Pjenné - 21st of May 2024

Recording of techno discs for https://radiorelativa.eu/

Mediated Reality w/ Medium J ~ Relativa Radio ~ June 2024

Los Angeles-based, Midwest-rooted 
groove scientist and sonic emoter (^*^)~

email: agraybe@gmail.com

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