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Mixed Bag (2021) part 1

Amplify Berlin // MAY 2021

2021.11.19

Felisha Ledesma

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Felisha Ledesma is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Berlin, GER. In January 2021, Ledesma’s first full-length release on Psychic Liberation x Enmossed arrived after much experience in creating collaborative works, site-specific installations, and high-profile festival performances.

Over the past decade, Ledesma co-founded, directed, and supported various organizations focused on experimental sound and community engagement such as the Synth Library in Portland, OR, a lending library for electronic music equipment. Most recently Felisha co-founded Fors (fors.fm), creating "novel instruments that are elegant to use and adventurous in sound" in collaboration with Ess Mattisson and is studying sonic arts at Universität der Künste, Berlin.

https://soundcloud.com/felishaledesma
https://www.instagram.com/felishaledesma/
https://felishaledesma.com/

Felisha Ledesma - Room13

Lucca is a singer, songwriter and producer from Berlin. The main element in her alternative pop productions is her angelic broken voice that she uses to build dark soundscapes. With vocal layers, simplistic piano patterns and electronic elements she takes listeners on deeply emotional journeys through her melancholic world.

She has had appearances in local clubs and Berlins famous cabaret theater (BKA) and has recently released her haunting self-produced debut track “Valerie”.

https://www.instagram.com/lucca.bln/

Lucca - Poison

In this track, the cultural mix and the influences of Berlin's electronic scene meet the experimental rhythms of Brazil. The voice of Berliner artist Kotoe and the beats of Brazilian producer Meraki come together in this cover-style version of one of Brazil's most famous songs.

The remix was inspired by the song "Tic Tic Tac", a composition by Braulino Lima that became better known when it was released by the Amazonian group Carrapicho, becoming the number one hit in various parts of the world in 1996.

__The Artists:

_Kotoe: @kotoek 
She was born in Japan, spent a great part of her life in Brazil and currently lives in Berlin. The cultural mix and the influences from the Berliner electronic scene are the result of her musical work where she takes textures from the Asiatic culture, South American sounds and mixes with dark beats and her own voice.

Her arrival in Berlin in 2015 made her fell in love with electronic music and to get involved and active in several collectives. Kotoe already presented herself in countries as: Japan, Chile, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Portugal and she was included in line ups from festivals such as Garbicz, Katzensprung, Moyn Moyn, Artlake and Melt.

_Meraki: @meraki4
Pedro Sugiura was born in Brazil and has his musical base inspired by the rich diversity of rhythms from his continent, always seeking to transmit this energy to the dance floors. Currently living in Amsterdam, Meraki has a unique identity and a very energetic sound. 

Track ID: Bate Forte O Tambor (Meraki ft Kotoe Remix)
Producer: Meraki @meraki4 a.k.a Pedro Sugiura
Singer: Kotoe @kotoek
Master: @AfterClapp a.k.a Rodrigo Vellutini
Label: @tropicanarec

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Nesta track a mistura cultural e as influências da cena eletrônica de Berlin se encontram com os ritmos experimentais do Brasil. A voz da artista berlinense Kotoe e as batidas do produtor brasileiro Meraki se unem em uma versão cover de uma das músicas mais famosas dos anos 90 no Brasil. 

O remix foi inspirado na música "Tic Tic Tac", uma composição de Braulino Lima que ficou mais conhecida quando foi lançada pelo grupo amazonense Carrapicho, tornando-se o Hit número um em várias partes do mundo em 1996.

Sobre os artistas: 

KOTOE: @kotoek 
É nascida no Japão, morou em diversos países, passou grande parte da sua vida no Brasil e hoje vive em Berlim. A mistura cultural e as influências da cena eletrônica berlinense são o resultado do seu trabalho musical onde ela mistura a cultura asiática com a sulamericana com beats escuros experimentais e sua própria voz. Com formação de atriz e 10 anos de experiência em palcos e sets de filmagem, a narrativa é um fator inevitável em seus sets. Embora por muito tempo ela tenha se dedicado à atuação, a música sempre foi presente em sua vida.

MERAKI: @meraki4 
Pedro Sugiura nasceu no Brasil e tem sua base musical inspirada pela rica diversidade de ritmos de seu continente, buscando sempre transmitir essa energia para as pistas de dança. Atualmente morando em Amsterdam, Meraki tem uma identidade única e apresenta um som de muita energia.

Free Download

Bate Forte O Tambor (Meraki ft Kotoe Remix)

Felisha Ledesma - big waves of light

ॐ To be inspired, to create and to re-inspired is a cycle ॐ
My intentions within experimenting new ways of blending music under the name MASALADOSA since almost 20 years has always been to give a fresh, ancient-modern, energetic and reviving visions unifying a wide range of cultures throughout the world. This Massive Chill Hop Trap tune aims to express aspects of the feeling as getting deep in relationship with the city spirits, ways, flows, dynamics...emulating all emotions as going deep underground Boombay...Away from any clichés...The tune was made on my last visit through the city and mixed during the night of the full moon of 20th October 2021. The main twisted vocals is included in the mix as a Tribute to one of the most iconic singer of India: Lata Mangeshkar. I am sharing with you this cinematic vision and leave it to your perceptions... To me it feels like an awaken dream, and more than ever, in this composition, the journey seems to be the destination...I am sharing with you this tune as an opening door to a new series of upcoming singles and a third album releases...ॐ

Feel free to send your feedback to contact@masaladosamusic.com

MASALADOSA Feeding Your Brain & Soul Since 2003...
Comin’up to Yours...  more
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released November 4, 2021
Music: MASALADOSA
Vocals: Lata Mangeshkar
Produced by Pierre-Jean Duffour aka MASALADOSA
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all rights reserved

Boombay (Full Moon Mix)

MASALADOSA Boombay (Full Moon Mix)

Listen, play & dance. My fresh Mantra vs Trøllabundin mashup

Warm thank you to Eivør and Naza for this music tracks
https://soundcloud.com/eivor-official
https://soundcloud.com/naza-musik

Mantra vs Trøllabundin -  Eivør & Naza (Alexey Kuzmin mashup)

Thanks to @echoesfromvenus for the opportunity to make the soundtrack to accompany a substance I am deeply in love with. 

Will release this soon in high quality with a video as an NFT or something. Profits will go to the bees. <3

If anyone wants to download the pre-master wave file, the interplanetary filesystem hash is QmZJ41K4XuEe8v2QHYQerS5dspBbwfXZ2Q8wf5SwVmYRU9

Thomash - White Potus (DMT Light Night Edit)

300 Years On Jupiter

Pensive melodies from Malmö.

"I needed to make something to reset, something for the new year." - Felisha Ledesma. 

Interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/felisha-ledesma

Theory Therapy 60: Felisha Ledesma

16 Psyche

Hi! Thanks to my fans & soundcloud for helping me get my login back so quickly. I wanted to post something now that it's back in my hands. Here's a cover of ~Voices Carry~. I've played it live a few times this year. It's always been one of my favorite songs but it's kind of deeply personal to me,lyrically. I recorded this in one day when a engineer had a room at Sunset Sound available.He let me use the studio for free as a favor, some of my friends came in and played the bass/guitar/drums for me after calling them 45 minutes before asking if they could try playing random stuff for me to work with/write on. Nobody has produced it (except me... I guess but this version isn't produced or mixed.It also doesn't have the synths & guitars I added today. I am out of the country so my computer keeps crashing.)I didn't want to wait until I was back to upload something. I have no idea what this sounds like in speakers either lol. This is what I call the infant demo because it's basically the scratch demo since it hasn't really been worked on & what not. It's also the only thing I can post without getting in trouble by other people involved on other songs.I promise I will be posting a lot more stuff on here & will let you know more about my album. I always feel a lot more comfortable sharing music related things here instead of Instagram etc 
thanks for the support 


I will give you one hint about one of my first two singles:

There's a fire on your street
x
Sky

VOICES CARRY COVER INFANT DEMO

Preorder available at
Deejay.de : https://bit.ly/2NF5yOq
Decks Records: https://bit.ly/2unVH72
Juno Records: https://bit.ly/2unkqYV
REDEYE: https://bit.ly/2KMAu1r
Triple Vision : https://bit.ly/2L38eqE

Fractured Textures

Lemn

Felisha Ledesma Live with 16mm projections by Mia Ferm 
Sarah Davachi Live at S1
Christina Kubisch 

@sarahdavachi @christina-kubisch @s1portland @n10-as

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from the album ~~~
https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/-

Ana Roxanne is an intersex Southeast Asian musician based in Los Angeles. Born & raised in the Bay Area to immigrant parents, Ana's love for music and singing began through her mother's cd collection of 80's/90's R&B divas. Raised in the catholic church, she became a devout choir nerd and found any opportunity to sing, whether for religious mass, the jazz ensemble of her catholic high school, or karaoke at family gatherings. Her commitment to singing led her to a brief stint at a vocational jazz program in the cornfields of the midwest; in a remote town of 7,000 people, she began a formal study of jazz and classical music. During these years she would tour with her jazz and chamber ensembles to beautiful old cathedrals in nearby cities and became enamored with the sacredness of choral music, as well as the enveloping sound of harmony. 

A near death experience, too, served as a connection between music and spirituality, and music as a healing art after facing tragedy. 

In 2013, Ana was also fortunate enough to spend a few months in Uttarkhand, India where she met an incredible voice teacher who introduced her to classical Hindustani singing. Living and studying with this teacher deeply impacted her outlook on the voice as art. It was there that she began to see the singer - the Diva - as a symbol of divinity; that the unique power of one's voice comes from the vulnerability of using the body as an instrument. Be it romance, love, or worship of a deity - in order to access such depths of emotional expression, one must be willing to be intensely vulnerable, lay one's heart in the open air, expose what is kept hidden. This brief study was the catalyst that led her to finish her music study at the experimental Mills College in Oakland, CA, where she began to combine all of these influences into her current self-titled project. This album ~~~ was created during her last years residing in the Bay Area, a tribute to the great musicians who inspired her and the landscape where she spent her formative years. 

In addition to the worship of R&B and pop divas, Ana's current practice explores themes of gender & identity. In October of 2018, she decided to come out publicly as intersex, and is dedicated to being a voice for her community and speaking out about social justice for intersex youth.

Ana Roxanne - Nocturne

Beautifully arresting ambient from @flug-8 on @ransom-note-records.

Read more: http://www.stampthewax.com/2019/04/29/premiere-flug-8-ein-licht
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/flug-licht

Hypnotische

Listen on Youtube

Flug 8 - Ein Licht (STW Premiere)

FEATURE > inverted-audio.com/feature/listen-learn-a-voyage-into-the-mind-of-lo-recordings-visionary-label-boss-jon-tye

Ahead of the release of 'Spaciousness', the top-notch forthcoming ambient compilation from London's @lo-recordings, we caught up with label boss Jon Tye to find out more about one of today's most iconic record labels.

Spaciousness

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Ode To Flora [Lo Recordings]

Music by Èlg
Text and vocals by Catherine Hershey

Taken from "Les Particules" original soundtrack released by three:four records in digital and LP.

A film by Blaise Harrison
Les Films du Poisson / Bande A Part Films / Les Films du Losange

Les Particules

Buy on bandcamp

Les Particules - Original Soundtrack - Particles

Алексей Борисов, студент исторического факультета МГУ, создает свою первую группу Проспект в 1981 году; вдохновленные летними посиделками на столичных кухнях, они с друзьями играют легкую гитарную музыку с оглядкой на западную «новую волну». Группа распадается в 1984 году, чтобы через год вернуться на сцену в обновленном виде, уже как Ночной Проспект. К Борисову присоединяется энтузиаст электронной музыки и коллекционер редких синтезаторов Иван Соколовский, а новое звучание группы совершает плавный переход в «сумеречную зону» индастриала и тягучего синти-попа. Под новой вывеской коллектив записывает и издает несколько концептуальных, новаторских альбомов, работая с важными деятелями советского авангарда — например, Жанной Агузаровой, — после чего Борисов и Соколовский решают сфокусироваться на сольных проектах.  
	В 1986 году музыканты воссоединяются на студии Борисова на Проспекте Вернадского, чтобы записать единственный инструментальный альбом в дискографии группы, «Курорты Кавказа». Главные инструменты на записи — перкуссионная драм-машина, звуки которой придают альбому несколько афро-карибский, «тропический» характер, а также редкие синтезаторы: от советского «Фаэми» до итальянского «Бонтемпи». Альбом получит противоречивые отзывы и останется непонятым современниками, во многом из-за того, что звучит слишком странно и нетипично, даже для самих участников дуэта.  Запись так и не будет издана официально, эти композиции ни разу не сыграют вживую. Вскоре после своего появления на свет «Курорты Кавказа» уберут подальше в архив и забудут, а музыканты переключатся на создание более монументальных произведений — например, своих культовых «Кислот». 
	Спустя 33 года после записи «Курорты Кавказа» издаются впервые.
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In 1981, Alexei Borisov, a history student at the Moscow State University, formed his first band Prospekt (Avenue), drawing inspiration from kitchen table talks and new wave music coming from the West. They broke up in 1984 and 
a year later Borisov joined forces with Ivan Sokolovsky, 
an electronic music enthusiast and a connoisseur of rare synthesizers, to introduce the new and «updated» version of the band. By becoming Notchnoi Prospekt (Night Avenue), Borisov and Sokolovsky started moving towards industrial music and viscous, psychedelic synth pop. 
	In 1986, after a few conceptual, revolutionary albums 
as Notchnoi Prospekt, various solo projects and collaborations, the duo reunited in the studio to record their only 
instrumental album «Kurorty Kavkaza» (Resorts of the Caucasus). Built around the hypnotic meshing of afro-caribbean drum machine percussion and vintage Soviet and Italian synthesizers' vivid sonic palette, the resulting record was something that was absolutely different from Borisov and Sokolovsky's dark signature sound and wasn't well 
received both by the public and underground scene. Until now, these tracks were never released and Notchnoi Prospekt never performed them live. Shortly after the recording session the duo focused on a return to their industrial roots that resulted in a number of monumental albums including «Kisloty» that became an instant underground classic. 
	«Kurorty Kavkaza» lay dormant and forgotten for decades, and thirty three years after its recording, it gets the deserved official release.

Notchnoi Prospekt  "Health Resorts of the Caucasus" (1987)

Side 1
A1 – From the depth (5:09)
A2 – Fishes (8:46)
 
Side 2
B1 – This Night (7:40)
B2 – On the coast (6:27)
B3 –  Sea walk (4:23)

Side 3
C1 – Lukich on the beach (5:20)
C2 – Oriental sweets (4:12)
C3 – Heat (4:47)

Side 4
D1 – Road to mountains (11:59)
D2 – Caves (6:02)

guitar, percussion, effects — A. Borisov
keyboards, electronic percussion, TB-303 – I. Sokolovsky
text – E. Galochkin, S. Sharifullin
photo – O. Kornev, V. Marochkin
art direction – P. Milyakov
executive producer — I. Zaynetdinov

2 x 12" LP, 180 grams
© «ГОСТ ЗВУК», Moscow, Russia, 2019

Bleep

ГАР002: Ночной Проспект «Курорты Кавказа»

cyanescens airs every 4th thursday on @n10-as
tracklist: 

Dino Spiluttini - Rainbow Bridge @dino-spiluttini
Lyra Pramuk - Scrytch @lyra_songs
7038634357 - Balance Beam @neo_petal
Isabella & Felisha Ledesma  - Hypnic Jerk (first draft) @networkerror
Les Tempes Barbares - Un Velo, Un Mar Negro @lestempsbarbares
Angelo Harmsworth - Auctioneer @angeloharmsworth
Omeed Norouzi - lil stems  @omeednorouzi
Ssaliva - 2drown @ssaliva
Not Waving - Level 2 Importance @notwaving 
Felisha Ledesma - stems & whispers 
Klein - 99
Mica Levi & Oliver Coates -  Bless Our Toes @ollycoates @micachu-music
Felisha Ledesma - kiss (Isabella grain) 
KYO w/ Jeuru - To All My Future Lovers

cyanescens: end of

Production Unit Xero-Variable States

Bismuth Caverns

Track i did for this compilation "It's Always Raining Vol.1

https://soundcloud.com/rainworldwide/its-always-raining-vol1-donate-to-youth-music-foundation

https://rainworld.bandcamp.com/album/its-always-raining-vol-1

We have compiled together a ‘pay what you want’ 100% donation based VA raising money towards the amazing Youth Music Foundation charity. The album features tracks from all friends and family - spanning from drone, ambient, chug, post punk, new wave, jungle and all things in between.

What the Youth Music Foundation do:

“Each year more than 350 Youth Music projects are happening across England. That’s around 83,000 children and young people regularly making music. We invest in music-making projects where they’re really needed. Bringing opportunities for children to learn a new musical genre in a town where not much happens. Supporting a ground-breaking initiative in a deprived part of a city. Responding to difficult challenges like young people at risk of radicalisation.

Communities divided by prejudice or gangs can be brought together to perform. Writing lyrics can enable a bereaved teenager to express their grief. Making hip-hop beats can help a kid understand maths in a way they never grasped at school.
Being young can be hard. And we know that troubles don’t end the moment you hit 18. That’s why we work with children and young people from the moment they’re born right up until the age of 25.”

*Support this compilation and the Youth Music Foundation via the links to the Rain World Bandcamp…
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released February 10, 2020

It's Always Raining Vol.1

Etbonz - Dream Rift Synth Collage -  It's Always Raining Vol.1

taken from the new spite V/A from @nebuchadnezzariii

support us buying the full release, on the link

SUPPORT

结束 (accuracy)

Repainted

ZERO IS MORE THAN NOTHING - VARIOUS ARTISTS
@ecstaticrecordings @angeloharmsworth

https://ecstaticrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/zero-is-more-than-nothing

Felisha Ledesma & Angelo Harmsworth - PDA (ECSTATIC 057)

Amplify Berlin is a residency program that provides emerging Berlin-based musicians with guidance, a focused work environment and access to resources in the form of month-long artist residencies driven by a mentorship approach to creative development.

Artists are invited to apply via an online open call process (occurring twice yearly) wherein they select which mentors they want to work with. The mentors then select from those applicants. During each one-month residency period, two selected artists receive feedback and advice from their mentor, are given access to a music studio with a range of equipment and software and are able to develop their live set in the ACUD Club’s concert space (both with the support of a technician). They are required to complete at least one track to be
shared online, contribute to a monthly radio show on Reboot.FM and at the end of the residency, they perform at a showcase event at ACUD Club, on a lineup alongside their mentor.

Mentors include:
Caterina Barbieri, Laurel Halo, Lucrecia Dalt, Robert Lippok, Ziúr, Born In Flamez, Ville Haimala of Amnesia Scanner, Andi Toma of Mouse on Mars, Drew McDowall of Coil/Psychic TV, Max Boss of Easter, Pan Daijing, Farao, Black Cracker, Sasha Perera, Andrea Belfi, Rabih Beaini.

Presented by ACUD Macht Neu, this program has been co-financed by the Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) and Musicboard Berlin until 2021.

http://www.amplify-berlin.de
http://www.acudmachtneu.de

Felisha Ledesma - Room13

AmplifyBerlin