automatic writing on n10as

Delicate, sensual and a sure delight for lazy bike rides, basking in the sun of a balmy afteroon. A warm breeze spinning the weather vane due North, as winds rise from the South to thaw the East coast out from the chasms of a gloomy winter. 

For episode 25 of automatic writing, I am very happy to invite my friend Joey Power into the mix. Tune in for a two-hourlong serving of lo-fi soul, lovers (un)classics, new age delights and more.

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@n10-as

automatic writing w/ AKA Joey (March 2021)

Mixes

automatic writing on n10.as (July 2019)

Kosmiche radio mix inspired by the influence of south-east asian thought and sounds on the west from the mid 60s through late 80s.

automatic writing on n10as (August 2019)

Jazz special. Guest mix by Kathryn Firanski starting at 21:00.
https://www.instagram.com/privatepressed/

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons & privatepressed (September 2019)

Tune in for a special hour of automatic writing featuring the rare, lost and largely unheard selections from the 15,000 item vinyl collection at the Toronto Reference Library. 

This mix is part of a research residency on private press recordings that Christopher Willes and I have been conducting at the Toronto Public Library over the past 3 months. We will be a hosting a public listening session at 2pm on Saturday November 30th on the 5th floor of the Reference Library.

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons & Christopher Willes on n10as (October 2019)

Back half of the show features a delicious guest mix of AOR, boogie, house and jazz delights by Detroit's Isabella DiBlassio.

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons & Isabella DiBlassio on n10as (November 2019)

@silktits of Tender Grooves on the automatic writing show as part of our tender tender 2 tender December radio bonanza for @n10-as.

automatic writing w/ silktits on n10as (December 2019)

@camhildebrandt, as always, with the softest touch blowing early spring winds westwards for the automatic writing show on @n10-as.

automatic writing w/ Cam Hildebrandt (February 2020)

First half of the show features one of my favorite selectors in Toronto, the ever-eclectic Chris Giles with a deep, jazzy downtempo mix. Through the second half I play some personal favorite spirituals that lift me up in perilous times. Hope we can find the light, stay safe out there.

automatic writing w/ Chris Giles & Tender Buttons (March 2020)

Archive of the automatic writing show. This mix features mostly early-mid 80s cosmic roots sounds. Headphones recommended.

For me, these sounds are truly avant-garde. The playing is abstract and free, the studio mixing is painterly-- evoking alternate cosmos, eddies and realities. It's the Gospel of Babylon, a chant to Jah.  So lock yourself in for the first in a series on dub music.

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons (April 2020)

Mike Medow dubbing into overtime on this extended archive of his guest mix for the automatic writing show. 

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@mike_medow
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automatic writing w/ Mike Medow (May 2020)

Can't sleep these days, here are 2 hours of drifting lullabies that have kept me sane during quarantine.

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons (June 2020)

Light one up and get lost in this lifted 2-hour version excursion with Fergus Clark and Raf Reza. 

If you enjoy this mix, we kindly ask that you consider donating to the Remix Project TO. The Remix Project offers invaluable educational programming and facilities access for youth from marginalized communities looking to get into the arts. 
For more information: https://theremixproject.com/what-we-do/
Donate: https://remixcan.myshopify.com/

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automatic writing w/ Fergus Clark b2b Raf Reza (July 2020)

Enjoy a drugged out downtempo mix by Kourosh for the first hour, while Max takes you for a sunset drive in the second. 

Max recorded first and Kourosh conceived the first hour after listening. A small experiment in collaboration and intimacy. 

@ensoulmusic
@max-daley-971682604
@n10-as

While you're here, please consider donating to E.S.N. (the Encampment Support Network), which is responding to a Covid-related homelessness epidemic in Toronto by providing basic needs such as water, sports drink, sleeping backs and more to tent encampments in the city everyday. For more information check out there Instagram and to donate, write to the email.
https://www.instagram.com/esn.to.4real/
report.on.toronto@gmail.com

automatic writing w/ Ensoul & Max Daley (August 2020)

"Dear George, what's going on?"

For this mix, Hani paints moods in tone and texture. Atmospheric, ethereal and existential-- get lost for two hours in this cosmic, free-form episode of the automatic writing show. 

@hani-r
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automatic writing w/ Hani Hanbali (September 2020)

Archive of the latest episode features psych, folk, soul and jazz gems from the nether regions of some lonely hearts. Emotional comedown for a cosmic voyager. Get lost in the dream.

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automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons (October 2020)

I know a lot of people who love music and love it so intensely, but I don't know many who embody it the way Savannah does. For her, it seems to be both an extension of her deepest feelings and expression of pure abstraction. Listening to records with her can feel like an endless opening up, and it's a true joy-- like eating sun-ripened peach on an island beach, with your closest friends abound, slowly sinking into the sand, as the cool waves melt into your body. 

So close your eyes and lay yourself down for 2 hours of ecstasy, love and sex with the maestro Savannah at the decks.

@cruce123
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automatic writing w/ Savannah (November 2020)

For this month, we have a very special guest selector and dear friend, Jodie, holding it together (aren't we all?) for the second hour. 

Along with her partner Saad, she runs everyone's favorite bar, The Little Jerry. God knows how many saucy nights I've had there– early into the morning, dancing, on god knows what, barely holding it together (aren't we all?), having the TIME OF MY LIFE. Each week, we'd all compete for who on staff would win the ultimate title of being Head Cockroach (a nice 4-armed race to the dump).

I can't tell you how much I love her. And it's a deep pleasure to have her in for this month's radio show. So pop something bubbly, sit back and tune the heck in.

P.S. Small Jerry just launched a new mix series which may be in your interest to check out>>>>
@smalljerry

As always, no rules, no format. PLEASURE FOREVER.

automatic writing w/ Tender Buttons & Jodie (December 2020)

Before ever chatting with Izaak, mutual friends told us both how much we reminded them of each other. Somewhere in lockdown, we finally connected and have been messaging constantly; about music, but also this vacuum we call life on Earth. One day, we'll meet. For now, friendship takes many forms and this mix is one of them. 

Izaak says the sound is very January, and I'd have to agree. My roommate came in while it was on and said this mix was very sad. I think it feels more like a k-hole. Either way, here's to the blues and all the feelings that come with cold weather and out of body experiences. Catch Iz for the first hour.

@loveshadowdjs
@n10-as

automatic writing w/ Izaak & Tender Buttons (January 2021)

The last thing I really did before the pandemic started was spend 4 days in Detroit. It was exactly a year ago— Ryan, Andi, Benny and Mike invited me to come for the Salon party— and it’s a high that’s sailed me through the stormier nights this past year. 

We spent the days driving around, talking— and every night we cranked deep into the sounds— the ones we recently found, the ones that keep us going, the ones that affirm the intense pleasure of listening. I don’t remember sleeping much while I was there, although I know it must’ve happened. I do remember wondering where this magnificent energy I had came from. 

At some point, the term “Midwestern hospitality” was explained to me, which is unlike any other sweetness I’ve met on the planet. Is Michigan the centre of the universe? Maybe.

This the first in a series of lovers mixes — music by couples who DJ together (no Lovers Rock required). 

The automatic writing show is a free-form, freewheeling, cacophony of sounds; an experiment in friendship; a warm bath for the earwax. Stop, Drop, Listen. 👂

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automatic writing w/ Ryan Spencer & Andi K – Lovers Mix (February 2021)

“Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening. Listening is selecting and interpreting and acting and making decisions. Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening."
– Pauline Oliveros