Release date: 09/04/21

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180g vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Originally released on CD in 1999, Astral Industries present a first vinyl issue of Monolake’s much-loved ‘Gobi’, licensed from Imbalance Computer Music. Set to the backdrop of the Gobi desert in eastern Asia, two shimmering vistas plunge the listener into a vast and deeply hypnotic nocturnal soundscape. The perennial hiss and rattle of insects float along the fresh night air in soft waves. The desert thrives with quiet activity as a westerly wind skitters across moonlit dunes, granulated folds dancing like sheets of thin silk. Tectonic plates murmur beneath the shower of stars overhead, their millennial cycles whispering of aeons past. Vividly textured and enticingly synthetic in its sound design, Gobi succeeds as a stunning piece of minimalism.

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Side B

Side A

Despite nightlife coming to a standstill over the last year or so, it's been a privilege to see many emerging talents coming to the fore and getting the recognition they deserve. 

London-based activist, DJ and radio host Charles Olisanekwu AKA DJ Winggold has been putting in some mileage over the last few years with his Unbound parties and Netil Radio show, but 2020 saw him gather even more steam; not just through his musical activities but as an active voice for pushing forward cultural and social change, within the industry and further afield — all while holding down a day job as a lawyer. 

His sets are a treat, pulling from a vast array of influences and keeping you on tenterhooks for what's round the corner: you're just as likely to hear dream pop and jazz as you are UKG, electro and grime. But it isn't just about the music, it's about the principles that guide it. Much of Charles' musical work is steered by Afrofuturism, as well as the concepts of identity and self-determinism; in particular how these intersect with the experience of being a minority.

What's special about his outlook is that, although he's pushing his own musical output, working a tasking job and being a voice for change in the industry, he still manages to find the time to bring up, support and push his contemporaries, giving them a platform wherever possible.

Now, anyone who knows Charles will know he does not do things in half measures, and his mix for us is evidence of that. Coming in at a whopping two and a half hours, he takes no prisoners on this one, leading us down a murky path through jungle, acid, electro, broken rhythms, dubstep, grime and techno, with tracks that speak to his personal past, present and future.

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DJ Winggold: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

a mix tape from way back which features plenty of classics (including a few that never really left my bag) and was one of the tapes i passed around to promoters to get gigs.

Ben Sims presents....Hard Groove Trax/1997 Mixtape (Techno)

vp40 - Agonis (amenthia recordings / Basel, Swiss)
recorded at Springkell 2022 (Scotland)

테크노, 하우스, 앰비언트, 드럼 & 베이스의 요소를 혼합한 장르를 넘나드는 사운드로 유명한 스위스 출신의 프로듀서/ DJ Agonis. 저명한 클럽 엘리시아의 레지던트인 그는 일본 라비린스 페스티벌, 대만 오가닉 페스티벌 등 전 세계 무대에서 자신만의 독특한 사운드를 선보이고 있다.
10년이 넘는 커리어를 쌓아온 Agonis는 파트너 Garçon과 공동 설립한 자신의 레이블 Amenthia 레코딩과 Smoke Machine, Kynant, Traumgarten과 같은 국제적인 레이블에서 음악을 발표했으며, 2021년에는 비평가들의 호평을 받은 데뷔 앨범 'Neutropia'를 발표했다.

@agonis-amenthia
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4701056-Agonis
https://ra.co/dj/agonis
https://amenthia.net

Meet Agonis, the Swiss-based producer and DJ who emerged in 2015, known for his genre-defying sound that blends elements of techno, house, ambient, and drum & bass. As a resident at the respected club Elysia, he's had the opportunity to showcase his unique sound on some notable stages around the globe, from the Labyrinth Festival in Japan to Organik Festival in Taiwan and many more. 
With a career spanning over a decade, Agonis has released music on his own label Amenthia recordings, which he co-founded with Garçon as well as international labels such as Smoke Machine, Kynant and Traumgarten. In 2021 he released his debut album "Neutropia" which has been well-received by the critics.

vurt podcast 40 - Agonis

Full information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-264--katatonic-silentio

"A journey through the archives of Honest Jon's and Rhythm & Sound, plus a dub-reworked 1979 Italian gem“ - @katatonicsilentio

Bleep Mix #264 - Katatonic Silentio

Track List 
1 AdilR - Little winds
2 Rai scott - Atropos
3 Jordan GCZ - Tongue Twister
4 Try Error- Grace
5 Simon Mann - Weaving strings
6 Anton Lanski - Illuminated mannequins
7 Dycide - Front
8 Owain K - Corona Borealis
8,5 Deemkeyne - So far
9 Anton kubikov - Sunny sunday cut
10 Russ Gabriel - The multicolored
11 Tm Shuffle and Tapanni Rinne - Nightime
12 Balmr- Drifting
13 Krissky - Candaleria - Altone Remix
14 Benjamin Philippe Zulauf - Le king Charbon 
15 Drøn - Eve Shores
16 Giancarlo Puigbo - Eight o nine
17 Philipp Priebe - Fool
18 Tm shuffle, Electranica - Into the night
18,5 Dub Taylor - Crescendo
19 Waage & Quantal - WQ3
20 Echo inspectors and Subset -Youthman feat prince morella - Biodub remix
21 Andre - Anton * J dream
21,5 Habise - Curbs
22 Cesare vs disorder - Leo
23 Katatonic Silentio - Hide
24 Salat - Wooble
25 Dycide - Smut
26 Elmono - Fields of Shells

OHM Series Promo Show July 2023

Manchester upstart Everett runs through a flurry of cuts spanning at least one tempo leaving little room for respite on PMx 16

Tracklist:
Cyrus - Enforcement (Recall)
Kangding Ray - Brume
OAKE - Zafire
Lucid Dreams - Totenism
Rilla - Get Up Eight
Karim Maas - Beyond The Blakk Rainbow
Kangding Ray - Safran
JK FLESH - Crawler
Havelock - Untitled Brock
Torn - Fireball
Last Life - Nootka
Erkiu - YRA
Effra- Herder 
Djinn - Nine Grounds
MAKO - Come Down
Reeko - Confront The Serpent
Ancestral Voices - Sleepless Ritual (Samuel Kerridge remix)
Varuna - Out Beyond The Settlements
Ziro - Oni (Om Unit's Wrongspeed)
Ancestral Voices - La Purga
Boreal Massif - Black Rapids 
Sorcery - Orbature
ASC & Sam KDC - The Inevitable
Metrist - Third Law (Eomac Remix)
JK FLESH - Nothing Is For Free (Surgeon Remix)
Kamikaze Space Programme - Leyland Def 45
Sam KDC - Usurper Babas
Giant Swan - YFPHNT
Demdike Stare - 40 Years Under The Closh
Cressida - Sambo
Horsepower Productions - Ruf Justice
NHKyx - Perfectchange

PMx 16 - Everett

Svreca. Four To Eight / Berlin. 11/04/2015.

- im Luftraum einer geträumten Klangwelt -

glour's 'everything before "but" is bullshit' mix

DJ Winggold - eternal deep

vampire music  

currently run coalescence, pushing cross-pollinated dance music 

Texture - parties and mix series in Edinburgh - 2016-2019:

Giant Swan (LIVE) // Inga Mauer // Forest Drive West // Rune Bagge // Courtesy // Dona aka DJ Plant Texture // Broken English Club (LIVE) // Schwefelgelb (LIVE) // Anthony Linell (Abdulla Rashim) // Stenny // Andrea // Matrixxman // Cosmin TRG // Dr. Rubinstein // DjRUM // UVB // Ansome // Cleric