This Week In Mixes #1

An integral member of the Bristolian trio, Livity Sound - alongside Peverelist and Kowton - Asusu (aka Craig Stennett) is admittedly the less well-known name in the outfit. But after making his debut on the Project Squared label back in 2009, he’s steadily amassed a run of 12” singles that place him quite pointedly within the circle of artists pushing the techno axis into new and interesting directions - especially considering the Livity label’s impact with their run of four singles and their compendium like compilation last year (a result of which they were voted the label of 2013 by RA). 

Seeming very much like an equal project, Livity Sound’s appeal comes from them presenting such a determinedly unified front, simply creating their own brand of raw, uncompromising music to dance to. As part of their mantra’s legacy, Asusu’s tracks have been remixed by artists like A Made Up Sound, Nick Hoppner and MMM and the trio’s combined live set has toured venues across the world. Ahead of his appearing in Room One for the June leg of the Hessle Audio residency alongside the Hessle trio and Matthew Herbert, Asusu’s put together this rather exclusive 55 minute mixtape which, with tracks from Jeff Mills, Beneath, Szare, Pris and Batu, really helps to further illustrate his position perfectly.

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Advance tickets: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/906

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Tracklist:

Jeff Mills - Striping Effect (Axis)
Szare - Volya / Action Five (Idle Hands)
Zenker Brothers - Vamp Like (Tresor)
Sleeparchive - Ronan Point 1 (Tresor)
Batu - Castrol (Unreleased)
Beneath - Worried (No Symbols)
Black Mags - Badda (Unreleased)
19.454.18.5.25.5.18 - When I Think Of... (Horizontal Ground)
Pris - Scuff (Resin)
Alex Coulton - Bounce (Pev Remix) (ytiviL dnuoS)
Deuce - Cue Ed (Ostgut Ton)
Pris - If She Cracks, She Bears (Forthcoming Resin)
Kobosil - Path (MDR)
Szare - Swarm (Frozen Border)
Kowton - Jam01 (Beneath Remix) (Livity Sound)
PH.2 - Constellation (Unreleased)
Bruce - Sensitive (Unreleased)


Asusu - FABRICLIVE x Hessle Audio Mix

Our seventh Functions of the Now mix comes from Berlin’s M.E.S.H. –  a thick and sludgy, irrepressibly restless collage of modern club sounds that beautifully represents Janus’ anarchic soundworld. Having released his first EP on Dyssembler, this month will see the release of “Scythians”, an incredibly diverse and lush sonic ecosystem released through Berlin staple PAN. A host of remixes can be found on his Soundcloud, and have fortunately satiated followers along the way. Together with Kablam and Lotic, M.E.S.H. holds a residency at Janus, a legendary party at Chester’s and radio show on Berlin Community Radio with a history of booking underground heroes.

M.E.S.H.’s tunes feel like they are being summoned out of raw electricity and thrust directly into hyperreality. It feels almost subliminal, sounds are more suggestions than anything concrete as origins are constantly deferred and obscured. “Imperial Sewers”, off the forthcoming EP, toys with hardstyle tropes but only obliquely – they are romanticised and rewired through a myriad of other influences. These exquisite corpses are littered throughout the mix, throughout the hell Janus have created.

Read the full interview and tracklist at Truants: http://truantsblog.com/2014/functions-of-the-now-m-e-s-h/

Functions Of The Now VII: M.E.S.H.

http://www.upperegyptseries.com/issue/issue-24/

Portada: Moebius en “Les yeux du chat”

“Hi-Eso-Tech-Jazz gira alrededor de los primitivos coqueteos del sector más vanguardista del Jazz de los 70 con la experimentación electrónica; desde las primeras exploraciones de Sun Ra y Jon Appleton a destacados puntos álgidos como el revelador “NoBu” de Herbie Hancock. Con especial inciso en aquellas propuestas que incorporaron el Moog, cualquier sintetizador de la serie ARP a sus herramientas, y escogiendo aquellos álbumes o piezas con cierto aire esotérico, malévolo e inquietante”. 

Frankie Pizá

"Aquí en Egipto no se estilan demasiado los tatuajes, pero a pesar de ello si vemos a alguien con la U del Unity de Larry Young tatuada en el antebrazo no nos queda más remedio que invocar a Osiris, dios de la resurreción, con tal de que sea testigo de ello y nos vuelva a traer a Larry junto a nosotros, a este mundo de muertos en vida".

"Porque no solo de golondrinas y anclas de marinero vive la tinta sobre la piel al igual que nuestros oídos y corazones no solo viven de músicas amables e inocuas de radio-formula, y eso bien lo sabe nuestro último invitado, el hiperactivo portador de la U, el señor Frankie Pizá".

"Si te has paseado por Egipto con nosotros más de una vez suponemos que ya sabrás que es uno de los estandartes de ese oasis dentro del periodismo musical patrio llamado Concepto Radio (porque el concepto… es el concepto), un activista de mirada felina y curiosa, devorador leonino y exhaustivo de la historia musical y paramilitar de la palabra escrita. Sus artículos son los que hablan sobre su persona y no nosotros con esta verborrea".

"Para la ocasión, y como parece ser que no podía ser de otra manera, el compañero Pizá ha optado por el camino más angosto y seco, en el que a pesar de las condiciones, si uno abre sus sentidos y expande su percepción comprobará que hasta el pasaje más extremo y oscuro contiene tanta luz y belleza como el despertar de las flores en primavera".

Sr. Galleta. Upper Egypt Consortium. Abril 2014

Listado de temas:

1-David Lee Jr. “Spirit Voice”
Álbum: Evolution (Supernal , 1974 / Universal Sound , 2010)
2-Aktuala “Churinga”
Álbum: Tappeto Volante (Bla Bla, 1976)
3-Vicious Teengirl “Tutampiga”
Álbum: Extreme Music From Africa (Susan Lawly , 1997)
4-Tasaday “Nel Corridoio Dei Riflessi”
Álbum: Aprirsi Nel Silenzo (ADN , 1984)
5-Joe McPhee And John Snyder “Shadow Sculptures”
Álbum: Pieces Of Light ( / Bo’Weavil Recordings , 2014)
6-Et Cetera “Milkstreets”
Álbum: Et Cetera (Global Records, 1971)
7-Igor Wakhévitch “Eau Ardente”
Álbum: Docteur Faust (Pathé Marconi , 1971 / Fauni Gena, 2013)
8-Tasaday “Effigi Inquietanti”
Álbum: Riflessi Sensibili (ADN , 1984)
9-Don Cherry & Jon Appleton “BAO”
Álbum: Human Music (Flying Dutchman , 1970)
10-Wolfgang Dauner “Bruch”
Álbum: Output (ECM , 1970)
11-Igor Wakhévitch “omo Sapiens Ignorabimus”
Álbum: Logos (Pathé Marconi , 1970 / Fauni Gena, 2012)
12-Nathan Davis “Theme From Zoltan”
Álbum: Happy Girl (SABA , 1965)
13-Joseph Jarman & Anthony Braxton “Morning (Including Circles)”
Álbum: Together Alone (Delmark , 1974)
14-Jon Appleton “Infantasy”
Álbum: Appleton’s Syntonic Menagerie (Flying Dutchman , 1969)
15-The Sun Ra Arkestra “Space Probe”
Álbum: Space Probe (El Saturn , 1974 / Art Yard , 2011)
16-Ilhan Mimaroglu “Coucou Bazar, Fragmentation”
Álbum: Music For Jean Dubuffet’s Coucou Bazar (Finnadar Records , 1973)
17-Herbie Hancock “NoBu”
Álbum: Dedication (CBS Japan , 1974)
18-Joe McPhee And John Snyder “Les Heros Sont Fatigues-Red Giant”
Álbum: Pieces Of Light ( / Bo’Weavil Recordings , 2014)
19-Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra “Door Of The Cosmos”
Álbum: Sleeping Beauty (El Saturn , 1979 / Art Yard, 2005)

UPPER EGYPT SERIES #24 - HI-ESO-TECH-JAZZ by Frankie Pizá

Ndijinn - part of the GCW Danish Mafia drives us around his record collection with his eyes shut. 

3hrs of meandering around the place, sometimes pedalling hard, sometimes smashing into the hedge like a farmer in a Mk1 Landrover.

Greta Cottage Workshop Radio 10/5/14 Ndjinn

From Postbridge to Dartmeet along the banks of the Dart.

Dartmoor field trip recorded by Ian Humberstone and David Chatton Barker for the project Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor. 

(Promotional piece for DFTVI box set to be found here)
http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/theo-brown-and-the-folklore-of-dartmoor


DFTVI - Dartmoor Field Trip Podcast

Smoke Machine Podcast 101 Lee Gamble

TTT SHOP

TTT NTS 15.05.14

Our 11th podcast is an adventurous trip from Roger 23. We also had a nice chat with the man from Saarbrücken, who has been releasing records for more than a decade, but not very many altogether. Enjoy!

Interview: http://www.iliantape.de/ilian-tape-podcast-series-011/

ITPS011 ROGER 23

This is the 21st recorded Instore Session at the Public Possession Headquarters. Mixed and compiled by Albion.

www.publicpossession.com

PP INSTORE SESSION #21 (ALBION)

Alleys of Your Mind
Mix / Interview Series
