Ancient Methods: Mixtapes & Sound Collages

Eclectic summer mixtape with carefully selected records, courtesy of Ancient Methods and a delicious bottle of wine

Tracklist:

1. Lasher Keen - Rainmaker (Pesanta Urfolk)
2. Bain Wolfkind - Pimp Stick (Hau Ruck!)
3. Hirsute Pursuit - Boys Keep Swinging (Cold Spring)
4. Val Denham & O Paradis - She's A Witch (Hau Ruck!)
5. Spell - Johnny Remember Me (Mute)
6. Psychic TV - Lies And Then (Sweet Nothing)
7. Cult Of Youth - Lace Up Your Boots (Sacred Bones)
8. Der Blutharsch - Untitled XI from When Did Wonderland End? (WKN)
9. Menace Ruine - The Upper Hand (Aurora Borealis)
10. Gäe Bolg And The Church Of Fand - Hymne (Dysphorie)
11. Kinit Her - Murex Indigo (Reue um Reue)
12. Slowdive - Miranda (Creation)
13. Vincent Gallo - Goodbye Sadness, Hello Death (Warp)

Ancient Methods Seventh Summer Mixtape For Mosaic Theory

Baudelaires poetries remain one of the most influential centrepieces in my book collection and they are maybe my most re-read volume of poems. Like all great poets he was an acute observer and an ingenious translator of feelings. His words paint precise and poignant pictures of the shapeless and inenarrable, like a mood or a sentiment. Sometimes only music can have the same effect on me. However, the fascination and the bloom of „Les Fleurs du Mal“ goes beyond that. Baudelaire's observations, could be considered overall as „negative“, for example as pessimistic - like the unfulfilled human pursuit of integrity -, or as repulsive - like the tristesse of urban hedonism. Induced by the linguistic beauty the emotional experiencing of the seemingly „negative“ or „evil“ - which in some places of the book can be kind of an explicit sense of self - transforms into a bittersweet atmosphere that holds grace and grandeur. Here I see a strong commonality with some music I love and I feel there is a similar approach entire music genres might have pursued: Maybe more than other art forms, music is sometimes met with refusal, confusion and lack of understanding when things become aestheticised, that are distasteful, obnoxious, cruel or - to stay with Baudelaire - „evil“. But behind all this stands a reality, the musician as an acute observer is witness to. Ars longa, vita brevis.

This mix, rather a sound collage, is meant to sonically illustrate the pictures Baudelaire put in my mind; sometimes a direct reflection of the texts, sometimes a associative pairing to the feelings Baudelaire's words elicit. Many thanks to my speakers M’hmed (Znzl), Marie-Emmanuelle, Ronan (NZM99), Ruby, Sébastien (Hørd), Sébastien (UVB), Sydney Valette, Theo (Mind | Matter). Without you it would not have been possible to materialise the concept. Many thanks to Marie-Emmanuelle for sparking the initial idea.

BLANK #9 - "LES FLEURS DU MAL COLLAGE" BY ANCIENT METHODS

The Lightvessel's first transmission 

Tracklist:
1. Grey Gallows: @user-422301496 - Dying Light (@coldtransmission)
2. Blind Seagull: @user-32475565 - Nails (Detriti)
3. Nürnberg: @nurnbergminsk  - Pytanni (@youngandcold)
4. Closed Mouth: @closedmouth-music- Give Me Your Tongue (Icy Cold)
5. Property - Blood Cube (Alter)
6. Shad Shadows: @shadshadows - Sad Bodies (@wave-tension-records)
7. Chris Shape: @chrisshape feat. Velvet Kills: @velvet-kills - Crisis (@area-zed / @unknownpleasuresrecords)
8. Adam Tristar: @classic-beat-records - Never Wake Up (@youngandcold)
9. El Ojo Y La Navaja: @psychic-hearts-1 - Agoraphobia (Infravox)
10. Sistema De Entretenimiento - Su cuerpo esta apunto de explotar (Flexidiscos / B.F.E.)
11. Bloodygrave & Die Lust! - Weisse Wände (@aufnahme-wiedergabe)
12. Statiqbloom: @statiqbloom - Shivering (Vendetta)
13. Disaster Fatigue - White Rabbit (self released)
14. Autobahn: @autobahnmusik - Vanity (Tough Love)
15. Morelocke: @morelocke - A Death of A Friend (Clan Destine)
16. Sammy Osmo - Voor Een Grotere Zaak (Utter / Strange Life)
17. Fille Unique: @grande-rousse-disques/fille-unique-jungle-capitaliste - Ma Forêt (@grande-rousse-disques)
18. Mode in Gliany: @mode-in-gliany - Nocturne (self released)
19. In Death It Ends - Enter Exit (@aufnahme-wiedergabe)
20. I Tpame I Tvrame: @itpameitvrame - Who You Used To Be (@oraculo-records)
21. Equinoxious: @equinoxious - Cincelando éter (@youngandcold)
22. B.E.F. : @unequality_b-e-f - Groove Thang (@coldspring)
23. Opera Multi Steel: @operamultisteel - Dites-nous (Wave)
24. Derniere Volonté - En Espagne (Silences Et Gresillements)
25. Etage Neun: @etage-neun - Misplaced Childhood (Dead Wax)

For more information about selected releases please visit www.lightvessel.net

Lightvessel Transmission #1: Ancient Methods - At The Deep End - Mixtape

Doze Music - A Functional Soundtrack For The Burning Sun

For The Lightvessel's second transmission @ancient-methods collects sonic narcotics and hallucinatory lullabies.

https://www.lightvessel.net/logbook/ancient-methods-doze-music-mixtape

Tracklist: 
1. Igis Osim Lara - Walkersdenn Initiation (Breath Sun Bone Blood)
2. @the-myrrors - El Aleph (@bbib)
3. @ofearthandsun - Daughters Of Light (self-released)
4. Caleb R.K. Williams - Drops of Light (@eagle-stone)
5. @hawthonn- Five Skulls (Larkfall)
6. @transientwaves - What I'm Shootin' For (@fatcatrecords)
7. @sphyxion - 30 (@zoharum-stream-channel)
8. The Knit Separates - Moonboys (on a beach) (@brave-mysteries)
9. @winterblood-music- Graue Magie I (self-released)
10. @ennovelthuys - 09 Untitled from Ontmoeting (Dead Mind)
11. @varg - Wizard Howling WIth The Silver Box (@northernelectronics)
12. Serpent's Isle - Isles On The Horizon/Intro (Lost Armor)
13. Fera - Caliber Harp (@mapledeathrecords)
14. @tgeruis - Vierde (@losttribesound)
15. @oejerum - 14 Untitled from Selected Organ Works (Vaagner)
16. 马木尔 Mamer - 梦弹 - Tüsindê xêrtw Playing in a Dream (Old Heaven Books)
17. Verge - Shards (@veylrecords)
18. @auragaze - Ananda (@aural_canyon)
19. @fatima-al-qadiri - Malaak (@hyperdub)
20. V.A. - excerpt from Haustur 2 (@cryo-chamber)
21. @prurientofficial - R*ping Plaster Busts (@hospitalproductions)
22. Sacra Fern - Low (@black-mara-records)
23. @starsofthelid - Be Little With Me (@kranky)

Lightvessel Transmission #2: Ancient Methods - Doze Music Mixtape

2023 in a nutshell. 2023 in a nuthouse.

Tracklist:

1. Uranium - Pure Nuclear Death (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
2. Duma - Sin Nature (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
3. Kadaitcha - Claw (Ant-Zen)
4. V:XII - Mindworm (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
5. Evitceles - Hydrogenic Murder (Opal Tapes)
6. Sonar - Turn You On (Hands)
7. Slikback - Ten (self-released)
8. Riotmiloo - I Want To Get Out (Ant-Zen)
9. Siobhan - Helicopter Parent (Opal Tapes)
10. Exploding Mind - 66&GO (Wrong Revolution)
11. Restive Plaggona - Distorting Reality (NEN Rec.)
12. Svenska Likbrännings Föreningen - Life´s Orgasm (Old Europa Cafe)
13. Abattoir & Satori - Hesychasm (GH Records)
14. DØDSMASKIN - NÅR MØRKET TAR DEG (Tesco)
15. Raison d'être - Après Nous Le Déluge - Acte II (Urashima)
16. Burial Hex - excerpt from The Most Foolish Son Is Always The Oldest One (Nightfall Version)
17. BAD DOG - GOD DAB (Public Sex Regime)
18. Ausströmen - Blood & Water (Cloister)
19. GENOCIDE ORGAN - DISOBEY ENDS (Tesco)
20. Mai Mai Mai - Anatole (WV Sorcerer)
21. Bengal Chemicals - চিতায় সব শেষ (Biswa Bangla Noise)
22. Lavatone - Betbells
23. Orphx - Sepsis (Hospital)
24. Half Mortal - You Will Not Be Remembered (Hospital)
25. Matriarchy Roots - We Are Not The Same (Strange Therapy)
26. Second Spectre - Death Note (Strange Therapy)
27. Sandling - Phosphorus (The Third Movement)

Lightvessel Transmission #3: Ancient Methods - Sorrow Behind The Squares - Mixtape

Lightvessel #4

1. 1982 - The Sailor’s Vanity
2. Lovely Heroin @https://soundcloud.com/user-613117363   - 80 Steps
3. Spiritual Slum - Disconnected
4. - Y - La Puerta Latente
5. Post California - BlueNext
6. @dead-band - Revelation 
7. @gnoomesofficial- Irma
8. Korb - Lords of Nazca
9. @chinoburga - E
10. Ak’chamel, The Giver Of Illness - To Travel The Path Of Every Sickness
11. 43 Odes - Hvo Ov Hvo
12. Lamp Of The Universe - Immortal Rites
13. Karma Voyage - Silent Towns
14. Jay Glass Dubs @https://soundcloud.com/aylassubs × @laura-agnusdei- Jungle Shuffle (JGD Rework)
15. @raktaofficial - Forma
16. Karl Lihn - Stars are Back
17. @hexvessel - Older Than The Gods
18. Blood of the Black Owl - Cursed Be All Missionaries! (excerpt)
19. @kingdudeofficial & DBATICOTLH - Black Rider On the Storm
20. Gravemist - Ghost On The Road
21. Jonquera - Dzar Bleu
22. @crushofsouls-music - Who Will Silence The Pigs
23. Cacophony '33'  @kevin-kettle-127441576 - Fusion
24. Languor - Between Forever and Goodbye
25. @borghesiaofficial - Evropa umira

Lightvessel Transmission #4 - Ancient Methods - Echo & Affinity Mixpate

"In Wolkenfetzen trommeln die Propeller.
Völker zerfließen. Bücher werden Hexen.
Die Seele schrumpft zu winzigen Komplexen.
Tot ist die Kunst. Die Stunden kreisen schneller."

(Wilhelm Klemm, Meine Zeit, 1919)

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tracklist:

1. Barbarossa Umtrunk - Rumelia Eyalet
2. Tristwch Y Fenywod - Blodyn Gwyrdd
3. Camerata Mediolanense - Corallus
4. Urze de Lume -  Bramas pt. I
5. Jrpjej - Quedzoque Tole Ts​ı​k​’​u (Single Version)
6. Kapela Brodow - Kiej Maryja Wędrowała
7. Teeth of Devine - С​л​ъ​н​ц​е (Sun)
8. Wagner Ödegård - Griftudijke I
9. Aeson Zervas - Χωρίς τίτλο 1
10. Wael Alkak - The Live, Pt. 2- Electro-Jobe
11. Ariel Kalma - Slow Wah 1975
12. Kaboom Karavan - Mindus
13. Giöbia - Julia Dream
14. Osi And The Jupiter (feat. King Dude) - Ain't No Graves 
15. Swallowed by the Thicket - Once a Brother
16. Backworld - The Children of Eden
17. Mogollar - Katip Arzuhalim Yaz Yare Böyle
18. Of The Wand & The Moon - Hail Hail Hail
19. Aset - Partisan

Lightvessel Transmissions #19: Ancient Methods -Melting People

tracklist:

1. Llora feat. SRSQ - International Discotheque
2. Sydney Valette - So Lost
3. Bruch - The Vampire
4. Sir Percy - Kill Me With Your Love
5. Fatal Gift - Bridge Of Sighs
6. DK Postoronnih - Podozhdi
7. Konstantin Unwohl - Sein ist Nein
8. Frederik Schikowski - Rubik’s Cube
9. Dada Pogrom - Walk Away
10. Nublo Roboten - Brisa, La Brisa
11. Transsolar - Reflexion
12. Wermut - Complainte Du Galgo Noir
13. AGE O.P.F - Aufstehen
14. Anti Trust - Neon Menschen
15. Silent Signals - Taste Your Joy
16. Techniques Berlin - Run Away
17. TSTI - Sincerity
18. Guerre Froide - Hellebore
19. Marta Raya - Vicious Circle
20. Suburban Vanguard - Suburban Vanguard
21. guinæpig - Begin With The Skin
22. Dj Salinger - La Belle Vie

Lightvessel Transmissions #24: Pale Ordinance

Ancient Methods joined me this week and played a selection of melancholy songs.

KDJWave Presents Ancient Methods 10.13.19

TF # 210: 

@ancient-methods celebrates with this special recording their recent release on their own label, Persephonic Sirens (bit.ly/2WOBJBC). The mix includes some of the music that has influenced him in the last days and months.

Artist links:

Facebook: bit.ly/2A2OBew
Bandcamp: bit.ly/2ZzQsCi
Instagram: bit.ly/2LXxU6S
Bookings: michael.matuschek@triangleagency.com

Tracklist:

1. Jakuzi - Ne Teselli Ne Avuntu
2. Crystal Cage - Aisha’s Soul In Decay
3. Edward Ka Spel & Motion Kapture - Currency
4. Wermut - Winter 1998
5. Yoran - Montparnasse
6. Paese Fertile - Lampusu e Tronusu
7. HTRK - Antitwilight II
8. Bragolin - Into Those Woods
9. Destroying Angel - Force The Occasion
10. Luminance - Colony
11. Lycia - A Failure
12. The Devil & The Universe - Dream Machine 1
13. Dark Arts - Grey Eyes Is Glass
14. Meipr - Aurora
15. Offermose - Mosekonen Brygger
16. Lisieux - Memory Of Walls
17. Стасік - Колискова Для Ворога | Lullaby For The Enemy (KOTRA remix)
18. Paulina Anna Strom - Spatial Spectre
19. Peter Bjärgo - Withdrawal

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Upperberry | Ancient Methods

We are delighted to celebrate our 5th anniversary with the German producer Ancient Methods (Persephonic Sirens / [aufnahme + wiedergabe].

Ancient Methods is the project of Michael Wollenhaupt.

Since its emergence the project the has been often labelled as „pitch black techno war funk“ (quoted after an early Boomkat review) and closely associated to what later on would be tagged as the „industrial techno“ - movement. 
This is possibly due to the radical machine aesthetics Ancient Methods has developed into an unmistakable trademark sound, since more than a decade. 
However the mechanical framework is - no more, no less - a physical ambassador for a deeper content, there is a profound human emotionality enclosed in the rhythmic shell.
The project is pictorially associated with „The Fall Of Jericho“-picture, that adorned the first releases of the eponymous „Ancient Methods“ label. 
The wall-breaking image is metaphorical not only for the sound of the project. 
Bringing formerly rather dissociated musical subcultures closer to each other has been an integral and fertile part of Michael Wollenhaupt’s work. 
The results are not only well documented by releases on labels like aufnahme + wiedergabe, HANDS and Hospital Productions. 

As a prolific remixer he worked among many others for the post-punkers of Soft Moon, synth-pop greats Wolfsheim, industrial-legends Bourbonese Qualk, synth-wave icon Beta Evers and beat-scientist Powell. 
The project has also been playing genre- crossing festivals like Maschinenfest, Wave-Positive Education - to name a few.
The genre-crossing qualities of the projects not only become obvious in his productions or during the live shows (the latter supported by Wahiba Khadri on drums and guitar) but also during Ancient Methods’ DJ-sets. 
Michael is dragging his obvious influences such as wave, EBM, industrial but also classical, liturgical, psychedelic and folk music into the techno frame to drop them on the dance floors and hereby delivering an intimate, rather introverted euphoria. 

Under the Room 506 moniker some of his DJ-edits (e.g. for Killian Camera or Deutsch Nepal received vinyl releases due to public demand).
Throughout the years Wollenhaupt has been collaborating with Regis to form Ugandan Methods, with Orphx as Eschaton, with Cindytalk as In The Mouth Of The Wolf, and Prurient taking the project to new levels.
The border crossing is furthermore elaborated with a monthly radio show on Berlin Community Radio and the launch of a new label from Ancient Methods, Persephonic Sirens, which aim is to support new and like-minded artists.

We could not be more honored to host one of our favorite artists on the series.
Enjoy the ride!

@ancient-methods

Sounds From NoWhere Podcast #133 - Ancient Methods

Some Techno. Soundcloud of Ancient Methods and the Persephonic Sirens label.

worldwide booking: clara@acheron-booking.com