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Ambient Meditations S2 Vol 56 - Auf Togo and Sanctuary Holiday Special Double Header

To help you celebrate the holiday season, we have an extended edition of Ambient Meditations this week featuring London-based duo Auf Togo and Los Angeles-based duo Sanctuary. We start off with the spacey, disco-tinged, dubby vibes of Auf Togo, a true crate diggers delight filled with cuts that will get your head bobbing and your eggnog bubblin. The second mix from Sanctuary is the perfect soundtrack for a midnight winter stroll with lush cinematic soundscapes, sparkling synths, and dreamy vibes - make sure to pack your flask filled with spiced rum. Happy Holidaze!

Ambient Meditations 56 Tracklist Auf Togo Mix One

Auf Togo - Me And Alan

Markey Funk - Cry

Space - Carry On, Turn Me On [Architeq Version] 

Payfone - Sofian

Martha van Straaten - Everybody Anyone

Bato Bato - Son Castello

Woolfy Vs Projections - Neeve (The Time and Space Machine Mix)

Tony Carey - Radio Tokyo 

Tom Guycot - DETRESFA

Super Paolp - 5th Day (Ponty Mython Remix)



Ambient Meditations 56 Sanctuary Mix Two

Gallery Six - Sasameyuki

Huerco S. - A Sea of Love

Ego Death - Umbra

LNRDCROY - Land, Repair, Refuel

Satoshi & Makoto - Crepuscule Leger

metome - Breeding Tank

Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - Water

TEREKKE - Ambien

Naoto Taguchi - Join

Chihei Hatakeyama - Light From Garden

sit - asleep with my cat

Ambient Meditations S2 Vol 56 - Auf Togo & Sanctuary

to all the plants i loved

Sounding simultaneously from the past, the present, and the future, the debut album 'MLDE' by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble seeks to eradicate both the trite from disco and the sobriety from political music. Half poetic, half tongue-in-cheek, this stunning compact eight-track album is influenced by Eastern European and Mediterranean 70s disco records. In the words of band member Paolo, ''it was written in response to hearing 'I love America' by Patrick Juvet. The song prompted the question: why does disco, a genre originally created by oppressed minorities, eventually become synonymous with Western capitalist excess?" MLDE seeks to break this connection.

Merging disco, post-disco 80s pop, and boogie into the fold, 'MLDE' was recorded using only analogue instruments, giving it warmth and space. Recorded on cassette, ½ inch tape, this gives moments of lo-fi abstraction between the beats of an aggressive, tight drum kit. Instruments used for this recording range from saxophone, trumpet, harpsichord, guitar, and rare analogue synthesisers. The bass sound is shaped by early 80s boogie records, whilst the influence of artists such as Hamlet Minassian can be heard in some of MLDE's more driving-disco outings, such as 'Hues of Red'. In the tradition of Soviet vocal group records, which the band has studied, some songs are sung by a vocal quartet in homage to this tradition. 

Tracks such as '1905' and 'Brumaire' have a greater pop aesthetic, with Paolo's vocal style on these more pop-driven songs evoking early 80s bands such as Orange Juice and Chas Jankel. 

The format and message of pop and disco are commonly viewed just to entertain and move bodies around a dancefloor; however, lyrically, the subjects range from dialectical and historical materialism, class struggle, Marxist theory and praxis, as well as the concept of Marxist disco music. 

Adding the icing to the cake, mastering don Joker aka Liam McLean dusted the album with his magic, giving the songs space where the room is needed, as well as the kick and punch demanded by the modern dancefloor.

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble - Dust

Night Life

When The Rhythm Breaks

Tender / Wading

Wading the Plain

The Silicon Scientist - Sleepy Eyes

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The Silicon Scientist - Sleepy Eyes

The Shanghais - Black Forest Fancy

Existence in the Unfurling

Persona

Sun's Abandon

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Penelope’s Web - Potboiler

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