4. Settle the Fire

Heat rises but composure holds. 

Rise Up – Ease in Motion – The Fitness Ritual (Album 3 of the Six Pack) teaches calm strength through intensity.


Rise Up! Ease In Motion, The Fitness Ritual

Settle The Fire

These walls have made us the beings we are. 
They have listened and echoed, 
our words, our creed, our hate. 
These walls have tied down the souls of us; 
they made us insane, 
hysterics, in observing defenceless, 
uncredulous that there was not, 
any reaction.
We can only halt us, 
after having used up our nails, 
over these walls now rough because of our shouts, our burned hopes,
 by our passions damned; by our minds, dinned.
None could ever help us, because as slaves we feel and now we are, 
of these cursed walls and of these walls damned that, 
however
still give a sense, to our cold life.

- UTOPIAN SOUL - 

Ness - A Personal Voyage ( Evigt Mörker Remix)

Read our interview with @johannaknutsson and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/JoKnuPod

Groove Podcast 84

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 84 - Johanna Knutsson

Artist: Juxta Position
Title: Failsafe 02 
Release Date: 19.05.2017
Label: FAILSAFE
Cat. No: FA-SA-002
Format: Vinyl/ Digital

Following on from the very robust debut of his own label Failsafe, Juxta Position deviates back to the more melancholic aesthetic with which he initially made his mark back in 2013 on Mistress Recordings.

Drawing palpable influence from ambient electronica like Boards Of Canada, he then reframes the aesthetic, with the help of rhythmic anchoring, on the 12 minute opening opus “Eureka”.

However, not to disappoint lovers of the slightly harder, more uptempo, electronic beat, the flip then dishes up two significantly more pressurised techno pieces, the former “Made In Belgrade” more linear, the latter “Reimagined” more flamboyant.

Failsafe 02

Buy at Hard Wax

Failsafe 02A: Eureka

♫ Read More ♫:
http://www.deephouseamsterdam.com/london/exos-secret-solstice-podcast

This week, Exos will be back on home turf as he joins a handful of his countrymen, as well as International artists at the one of a kind Secret Solstice Festival. Exos will be playing at the festival's nighttime dance venue Hel on Saturday, 17 June alongside Kiasmos, Nitin b2b Droog, Thugfucker, and Krysko & Greg Lord.

https://soundcloud.com/exos
https://soundcloud.com/secretsolstice

♫ MORE ♫

Exos - Secret Solstice Podcast

Dark disco mix with tracks from our first Microclimat EP to start (Remote "Klein")and to finish (Nicol "More & Moor"), plus tracks by Manfredas, Theus Mago, Holger Hiller, Markus Gibb, Lena Wilikens, John Tejada, Red Axes, The Golden Filter...
If you want to download our EP for free : https://microclimat.bandcamp.com/

Techno Import Podcast #117

The LA-based @AsceticLimited releases a V/A compilation featuring tracks from Aleja Sanchez, Cliche Morph, Greenbeam & Leon and @Fabrizio-Lapiana, whose track "Trastiber" is Monument's pick for the premiere. The release is out on August 30th.

MNMT Premiere: Fabrizio Lapiana – Trastiber

From the album "Melt in Time" - 2003 - digital release 2019
SAAZ AND VOICE (Nazar - Kurdistan - Iraq) : this is an Oriental lute with strings producing  a very open and distinctive  sound. Some keys are at the interval of a fourth of tone according to the tradition of a large region that includes the Middle East and part of the Mediterranean. The tunes that Nazar sings and plays are very ancient but sound extremely lively even to our modern ears.
KEYBOARDS (Maurizio Dami - Firenze - Italy): they represent the “primordial soup”, the sound of “reality as it is”, unaffected by history and culture. They provide the “glue” and  create the environment where  tunes can swim like fish in the water.
KEYBOARDS and VOCAL (Smail Kouider Aissa, Algeria) : They represent the dialogue amongst different Mediterranean cultures and the gateway to the Arab world. Smail comes from Algerian Rai.
TABLAS ( Arup Kanti Das, Rashmi v. Bhatt, India): the most typical and universally famous Indian percussions need no further presentation. Due to their precise tuning they are not only rhythmic but also harmonic instruments.
DAF, DARBOUKA, Jembè (Paolo Casu - Italia) : The rhythmic colours of Africa and the Middle East.

Melt In Time

The Third Planet - Lorke (2003)

Hi and Welcome to ITALO MODERNI Mixes + Interview!

We continue with this format of mixes with a new Interview of one of our favorites labels from Seattle, USA. @medical-records-llc a.k.a Dr Troy. 

1-Medical Records in one word? 

Exploratory

2-How was it creating a new label?

 It was very challenging for a few years before I ever was able to release my first two titles. I had endless unanswered emails and messages from artists. I was lucky to have advice from other labels in the beginning which was valuable to me but a lot is just taking chances and learning from mistakes along the way!

3-How was working with Geneva Jacuzzi? 

It was real honor to work with such an interesting and diverse artist. Her mastery of sounds, imagery, performance artist are all unparalleled. I appreciated her willingness to work with Medical and her “all in” philosophy and collaboration working with a label. We have both had a lot of success and fun along the way.

Favorite track from Luminance?

 Definitely “Essentialize”. I’ve been jamming it out during my dj sets long before the release was out there. It was luckily very popular on the dance floor. A very nice blending of styles with it’s own unique aesthetic.

What do you think about Italo disco? 

Oh man… I first starting hearing it in the very early 2000s. I instantly fell in love! I was already a synth pop/wave fanatic person. Hearing the robotic edge to disco with the cheesy yet heartfelt romanticism won me over instantly. I used to be pickier about the tracks but find myself almost loving it all these days.

Some Electronic obscure label to search?

 Oh there are many good ones. Most aren’t too obscure anymore to be honest. I am pretty into all the Dutch labels for some time now which are all gaining momentum like Rotterdam Electronix. Rat Life out of Berlin is amazing too (Credit 00’s label). Anything Credit 00 releases is gold right now IMO.

How many vinyls you have in your collection?
 Well I have 3600 logged in discogs but I’m guessing maybe another 1000 not logged? I’m not 100% sure. Too many…

McDonalds or Burger King?

 McToxins for life J

Ebm or New Beat?

 Ebm for old times sake, but I’ve been getting into more New Beat over the years. I heard a lot of it a bit later tbh and heard EBM/industrial may years before so I’m biased.

Most wanted record?

 I have been wanting a copy of Ecstacy Of St. Theresa “Sussurate” for years now with no luck. Still looking! It’s like $200 bucks now sadly. Mind blowing early shoegaze classic from Czech.

Best remind from 80s?

 I love New Romantic. I love the imagery, makeup, hair and colors. Such amazing videos and synth textures. I also love early Skinny Puppy and industrial from that time as well as all the obvious amazing synth and cold wave.

New favorite track? 

I’ve been stuck on this one: Danny Daze “Late Night Snack” (Moustache Records). So intense and motivating!

The worst and the best of the musical industry?
 
The best is the love for the music and spreading the gospel and helping artist obtain a larger artist for their well deserved crafted art. The worst is all the greed of the past and all the resentment (most deserved) by artists. They have a right to distrust labels as so many took advantage of artist in the past. This resonates into the present and the future and it is a challenge to reassure artists this is all a labor of love. Nobody is getting rich anytime soon in the DIY music scene sadly… Especially with the seemingly collapse of physical media and the pool being so saturated these days. I’m not quitting any time soon though.

What do you like expressing playing this mix? 

I wanted to really give a good representation for my style and vision of what I’m trying to relay with my djing these days. I love taking a “genre theme” and completely intertwining it with the music of my childhood and past that doesn’t even necessarily match but still gives off the similar vibe. That my was my intention at least.

IM MIX #30 : Medical Records + Interview

CYRK - Distant Bodies

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Download https://bit.ly/36PZy19 | Official page https://balance.hr

Tracklist:
01. Eluize - Oceanic - Craigie Knowes
02. Ena Cosovic - Druga - Svedjebruk 
03. Andy Garvey - Eternal Recurrence - Lobster Theremin
04. Dewemer - Leo's Shuttle - Nous'klaer Audio
05. Hans Berg, Johanna Knutsson - Tokan - UFO Station Recordings
06. Eluize - Enervation (Energized Edition) - Craigie Knowes
07. Two Shell - Run - Livity Sound Recordings
08. Haider - Levitate - AUS Music
09. Deniro - zoom 303 - Trip
10. Ena Cosovic, Josefine Hellström - Pisces Moon - DRED Records
11. DJ Lily - Meet the High Priestess - BROR Records
12. Artur Lääts - Dead Rose - Unreleased
13. Schacke - A Future Not Materialized - KULOR
14. Raam - 8 (Dold Remix) - Raam Records
15. Djrum - Tailing - 2nd Drop Records
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BFMP #576 | Ena Cosovic | 05.12.2020

Alexander Robotnick is the artist name of Maurizio Dami, an electronic musician, DJ and producer living in Italy.