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A Failed Creation collects 7 tracks that express a distinctively gnostic mood and groove. Based upon various Gnostic creation stories, each track expresses a melancholic longing rooted in the sense that something is wrong with this world, that it is a failed creation poorly made by an idiot god. The album captures the truth of this sentiment, surfacing knowledge based upon moments of ecstatic revelation both on and off the dance floor.

Teeming with emotive dubby synths, captivating atmospheres, and rhythms rooted in the fundamental human yearning for escape from the failed creation of this world, this album promises to be a sonic exploration of existential depth.

All tracks written & produced by APS
Mastering by Kevin McHugh
Artwork by Kelly Filreis

Available on Bandcamp

A Failed Creation [CTHXS003]

Without (One Year)

Opening set for the September 19th, 2021 Anthracite party in Philadelphia.

Live Recording at Anthracite (Philly 9.18.2021)

Recording from the opening set at Locked Groove (December 11th, 2021) with Yant and Takaaki Itoh.

Live Recording at Locked Groove (Brooklyn 12.11.2021)

A slower set exploring the feeling of movement amidst exhaustion. 

"The world's atoms are all drunk with love/drowned between negation and affirmation."
-- Farid ad-Din 'Attar

One Passage (Drunk Atoms)

Opening set from Yearn's first night moving from an occasional house party to a club night. FadeFace and Spencer rounded out the line-up.

Live Recording at Yearn (Heaven or Las Vegas 4.22.2022)

“I can imagine as an apocalyptic: let it go down. I have no spiritual investment in the world as it is.” — Jacob Taubes

In his “On the Concept of History,” the messianic-communist philosopher Walter Benjamin asks us to imagine an angel who is unable to stop the suffering of the world. The angel cannot do anything at all but be witness to the ruin of the world, because the angel cannot close their wings, which are held open by a strong storm called “progress.” Before this angel is the entirety of history as wreckage and ruin, one single catastrophe piled up before the angel. The proof of this vision of history is given in the remarks by Benjamin that feel as if they could have been written today as we marvel at the stupidity and cruelty that must be protested over and over, “One reason why Fascism has a chance is that in the name of progress its opponents treat it as a historical norm. The current amazement that the things we are experiencing are "still" possible in the twentieth century is _not_ philosophical.” 

For those of us who seek something otherwise than history on the dance floor, the hagiography of raving does not serve us well in this moment. When Pat Parker tells us that “they will come” and asks “where will you be, when they come,” it simply is not true that techno or dancing or this community will save us. For too many “they” have already come and “we” have done very little, almost nothing, precisely as is allowed by the demands to survive in the world. In a very real sense, _we are them_. The hagiography of the dance floor may allow us to imagine that the reason the party sucks has everything to do with them, but the dance floor is us and we share it alike with our favorites and violence workers from Palantir, lovers and unkown abusers, those who are committed to this life despite the financial burden and those who fund their lifestyles with dirty family money, and so many of us are substance users whose favorite chemicals are caught up in exchanges of violence beyond any single person’s control, as well as other angels with dirty faces. 

Crafting a slow burn that ends in ecstatic and intentionally wasteful movement, this mix meditates on the idea that techno is not about release, not about community as a mystical body hiding its relationship to power, not even about freedom in the usual sense we take the term. Perhaps the power of techno's 4/4 beat is the way it captivates, allowing for somatic and sonic access to the deeper experience of world-captivation. To recognize techno and the movements it provokes in the body as a meditation on the inextricable link between submission and resistance may allow us to to reject the hagiography of the dance floor and recognize that in the struggle for pleasure the greater struggle is with the self. That even if and when the external oppressor is subdued, the oppressor within us may still lie in ambush. Techno allows us to give attention to the idea that the meaning of liberation might be the very undoing of the borders between us and them, between good and evil, between servitude and freedom. 

As these thoughts guide the mix, brought tracks by friends into conversation with older and new tracks by some of my favorite contemporary producers. I have also included a number of my own unreleased tracks as well as two off of my recent EP, available on Cathexis Records. Track IDs happily available upon request.

One Single Catastrophe (They Will Come)

Louche Club (They're in the Toilets)

Revenge Procrastination or the Death Drive

Delayed Demands

Che vuoi?

Falling Out on Leinestraße

006 - aps

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NO DAWN with AJ_XO, threehz + APS @ The Lot Radio 12-14-2023

A suite of three related pieces: What It Feels Like Before This/What It Feels Like Now Here/A Secret Evil Within a Little Ice Age (1616)

There is reason to doubt that the arc of the universe bends towards justice, but even if it did there would still be a need and a demand to give attention to those who have fallen and who have lost.

A Threnody for the Losers of History

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APS was captured by both the carnal and intellectually abstract nature of techno. In his sets and mixes he looks for encounters of these seeming opposites and brings them to the foreground. As a producer he’s released on his own label Cathexis Records and has thrown the occasional party known Yearn in Philly, Brooklyn, and select house parties in the UK.

Tantra 009 - APS

Divine Embarrassment (On The 7th Day)

Seed of Desire (Sethian Line)

Afterthought, Antagonist of the Powers

Borne from Resentment and Forced to Forget

Mated with the Mindlessness in Him

Sophia's Regret

Ialdabaoth Emerges from Wisdom's Error

The debut release from the a.nomia project! Immerse yourself in a mesmerizing soundscape featuring expansive drones and richly saturated echoes that are restrained with rhythmic and profound percussion. Each element unfolds to captivate the listener, pulling them into an intriguing experience of the uncanny. Whether you find yourself in the chillout room or gearing up for an extended dance floor session, this track sets the perfect tone.

CRS003

Alone, Awash in a Pale Red Light [a.nomia]

If you like what you hear, please hit that REPOST button!

Designed to put you in a state of hypnosis.

APS has been dancing on local dance floors since 2015 and began DJing and producing in 2020. He was drawn to the meditative and ecstatic nature of the genre and in the scope of a single party one can regress to an animal-like state but also progress spiritually in equal measure. In his sets and products he seeks to find an underlying rhythm that holds these opposites together, as that difference and repetition works to create an encounter with one's body and desire that breaks apart the coherence of the ego.

This set blends some neu classics, older tracks that fell through the cracks of memory, and recent dance floor favorites. Recorded at home with three CDJs on a Xone92, the set's driving and frantic nature emerged in reflection on a summer of heartbreak. In its grooves and shifts, the set expresses a yearning for what has been lost and actualizing joys in the dark.

Tracklist
SAMA - Do You Love Me? (Original Mix)
APS - Identity Is an Anxious Fantasy [unreleased]
Deano - Octagon (Original Mix)
APS	- Seldom Present and Attending [unreleased]
Edit Select - Ascend (Claudio PRC Remix)
Len Faki - Sexuality (My Reality) (Original Mix)
Falling Falling Echoes - Slope (Original Mix)
Exos - In No Time (Original Mix)
Deluka - Sub Away (Original Mix)
DJ Dextro - Humana (Original Mix)
APS	- Expectation (Original Mix)
Nuke - Cookie Love (Original Mix)
Peryl & Rødhåd - KALLAIT 01 (Original Mix)
APS	- A Coward Never Knows a Real Individual Life [unreleased]
Arkan - Reverse (Original Mix)
Planetary Assault Systems - Bang Wap (Original Mix)
Stef Mendesidis - Cyber Document (Original Mix)
APS	- Now There Is Nothing Here [unreleased]
Insolate - ReWerk (Original Mix)
Kian Gast - Blyss (Original Mix)
D.Dan - Nightshade (Original Mix)
Oktobr - Rollback (Original Mix)
KOLO55 - Tatao (Original Mix)
Josh Reeves - Rigid (Original Mix)
Åre:gone - Chasing Rabbits (Original Mix)
b.mod - Mueve Lo (Original Mix)
Nørbak - Res Extensa (Original Mix)
Egotot - Egotot - Marrast (Original Mix)
BLANKA - This Takes Time (Original Mix)
Flits - Centipede (Original Mix)
Obstructor - Taboo (Original Mix)
Dave Angel - May I Have This Dance (Original Mix)
Kameliia - Above Me And You (Original Mix)
Regis | Female - Meat (Original Mix)
Guilt Attendant - Our Blade Of Righteousness Shouldn’t Be Kept So Sharp (Original Mix)
Ackermann - Love Is Good (Original Mix)

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Hypnotherapy Vol. 29 - APS

#leftfield  #hypnotictechno  #house 
Mix by APS | https://www.instagram.com/a_p_s | https://soundcloud.com/anthony-paul-smith
New sets EVERY FRIDAY 4 PM ET

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TRACK ID
1. Lucy @Lucy - The High Priestess (Blawan Remix) @ternesc
2. ANOHNI @anohni - Drone Bomb Me (Anthony Edit)
3. Rrose @rrose1921 - The Surgeon General (No Child Left Behind)
4. Function @function-sc - Vampir
5. Vatican Shadow @vaticanshadow - Rubbish Of The Floodwaters
6. Oscar Mulero @oscarmulero - Water
7. Surgeon @dynamic-tension - earth-sinking-into-water
8. Ackermann @ackermannmusic - Wiggle Your Neck
9. Ø [Phase] @ashley-phase - Exiting The Delusion
10. Monovsn & ASEC @monovsn @asec_music - Magmatic
11. Neel @neel - Dongmak
12. Adriana Lopez @adrianalopez - Nudo
13. Truncate @truncate - Room Mode (Nemoral Remix)
14. APS @anthony-paul-smith - Angelic Antisocial Provocation
15. amotik @amotikmusic - Ikat
16. APS @anthony-paul-smith - Some Things Are Lost Even for St Anthony
17. Regis @rexregis - Death Head Said
18. Nuke @nuke_dj - Ignorant Groovers
19. Maōh @maohtikal - Xibalbá
20. Volster @volster - Granite
21. Viers @viers - Let My Mind Breathe
22. Cevi @cevi_vice - Kucha
23. KUSS @kussmusic - Expect
24. Valentino Mora @valentinomora - Portal
25. Len Faki @lenfaki - Solar (Original Mix)
26. LHVB @lhvb - Labour
27. Procombo @procombo - Shadows
28. Giri @giri-official - XX 16 A1
29. Epi Centrum @epi_centrum - Finding The Flaws
30. Fadi Mohem @fadimohem - Thrust
31. Nørbak @norbakmusic - Nove Zero Nove
32. APS @anthony-paul-smith - Flowers on the Chain
33. Inox Traxx @inoxtraxx - Effekt Symph
34. Pris @prismusicuk - Crush
35. Inna Ravvena @innaravvena - Saiga
36. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (Radio Edit)

APS // NO SIGNAL 039 | OCT 25, 2024

One Obdurate Singular

The One Who Withholds (Losing)

Track list:
Luna - Etapp Kyle
160602 - Rødhåd & Alex.Do
Dripping Acid - Tin Man
Walk To The Mountain And See - L.B.Dub Corp AKA Luke Slater
Death By House - Len Faki
Binaural - Function
Drift - Jay Clarke
Proof Mass - Oscar Mulero
Mirror - Rrose
Love (Burial Remix) - Luke Slater
BX 3 - Len Faki
Untitled - Steve Bicknell
170913 - Lucy & Rødhåd
Speed And Sound (Regis ZArts Lab Mix) - Sandwell District
Physik E7532 - Atom™|Tobias.
Subzero - Ben Klock
New Day Rising - Dustin Zahn
Rebirth - Emmanuel
Spring - Oscar Mulero
Safe, Load, Verify - Scale 81
Ratu (Perc Remix) - Tommy Four Seven
Underground Access - UZB
The Surgeon General (No Child Left Behind) - Rrose
Nylon Mood - Function
Liquiddity - Aurora Halal
Zion - Dax J
190709 - Antigone & Rødhåd
Bat (FTP APS Edit) - amotik
False Prophet	 - Distant Echoes
Frequentist - Project [KR008] - Frequentist
The Etheric Body - Surgeon
G3 (Vincent de Wit Remix) - Chané
I Will Always Hate You - UVB
Hate Is Such a Strong Word - British Murder Boys
To Wander On The Moon - Under Black Helmet
Navigate - Rotwang
190319 - Ø [Phase] & Rødhåd
Khashan - Kobosil
Iktalis - Amotik
Attack To The Mothership - Imminent Collision
Push Me In The Groove - Marcos Fagoaga
The Black Ranger - Xiorro
Ikat - amotik
Cyber Document - Stef Mendesidis
Schattenkrieger - Marsi
Who’s Who In Society - Balrog
Methylorange - Marsi
Ek - amotik
I Lost My Soul On Saturn - OCD, Aahan
Whip It Good - Planetary Assault Systems
On Request - Karenn
Forever In Total Negation - Schacke
Pain Killer - Stef Mendesidis
Flux - Troy
Protect The Prophecy - Dax J
Get On Your Knees - Regis
O-Ton Reassembled 3 - Luke Slater
Never Grow Old - Floorplan

Yearn/Linn's Birthday Party (Part 1)

Luna - Etapp Kyle
160602 - Rødhåd & Alex.Do
Dripping Acid - Tin Man
Walk To The Mountain And See - L.B.Dub Corp AKA Luke Slater
Death By House - Len Faki
Binaural - Function
Drift - Jay Clarke
Proof Mass - Oscar Mulero
Mirror - Rrose
Love (Burial Remix) - Luke Slater
BX 3 - Len Faki
Untitled - Steve Bicknell
170913 - Lucy & Rødhåd
Speed And Sound (Regis ZArts Lab Mix) - Sandwell District
Physik E7532 - Atom™|Tobias.
Subzero - Ben Klock
New Day Rising - Dustin Zahn
Rebirth - Emmanuel
Spring - Oscar Mulero
Safe, Load, Verify - Scale 81
Ratu (Perc Remix) - Tommy Four Seven
Underground Access - UZB
The Surgeon General (No Child Left Behind) - Rrose
Nylon Mood - Function
Liquiddity - Aurora Halal
Zion - Dax J
190709 - Antigone & Rødhåd
Bat (FTP APS Edit) - amotik
False Prophet - Distant Echoes
Frequentist - Project [KR008] - Frequentist
The Etheric Body - Surgeon
G3 (Vincent de Wit Remix) - Chané
I Will Always Hate You - UVB
Hate Is Such a Strong Word - British Murder Boys
To Wander On The Moon - Under Black Helmet
Navigate - Rotwang
190319 - Ø [Phase] & Rødhåd
Khashan - Kobosil
Iktalis - Amotik
Attack To The Mothership - Imminent Collision
Push Me In The Groove - Marcos Fagoaga
The Black Ranger - Xiorro
Ikat - amotik
Cyber Document - Stef Mendesidis
Schattenkrieger - Marsi
Who’s Who In Society - Balrog
Methylorange - Marsi
Ek - amotik
I Lost My Soul On Saturn - OCD, Aahan
Whip It Good - Planetary Assault Systems
On Request - Karenn
Forever In Total Negation - Schacke
Pain Killer - Stef Mendesidis
Flux - Troy
Protect The Prophecy - Dax J
Get On Your Knees - Regis
O-Ton Reassembled 3 - Luke Slater
Never Grow Old - Floorplan

Yearn/Linn's Birthday Party (Part 2)

Bookings/promos/Yearn: anthonypaul.smith@gmail.com

Upcoming:
04/19/2025: Secret Easter Afters, Philadelphia (DM for details)
04/26/2025: Yearn, Hell Phone, Brooklyn
05/9/2025: Fender Fender, Philadelphia (https://posh.vip/e/fender-bender-techno-grv)

Recent:
9/18/2021: Anthracite, Philadelphia (https://fb.me/e/1GLlgbjk3)
10/2/2021 Wedding Rave, NYC
10/13: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC 
10/29/2021: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
12/11/2021: Locked Groove (w/ Yant and Takaaki Itoh) (https://ra.co/events/1484444)
12/31/2021: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
1/2/2022: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
4/22/2022: Yearn @ Heaven or Las Vegas, NYC
6/9/2022: Yearn @ Trans-Pecos, NYC (b2b w/ Violet Flux)
6/17/2022: Adverse Effects @ Large Warehouse, Philadelphia (https://ra.co/events/1546626)
9/29/2022: Yearn @ Trans-Pecos, NYC
10/14/2022: Anthracite x Yearn @ Foto Club, Philly
12/5/2022: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
12/10/2022: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
1/5/2022: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10)
1/10/2023: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10) 1/13/2023: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10) (Unofficial album release party for “Trapped (In the Dream of the Other)”
3/16/2023: Facetime @ Mansions, NYC
12/14/2023: No Dawn @ The Lot Radio, NYC
12/22/2023: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC (7-10) before Flux
3/22/2024: Adverse Effects (w/ Jamaica Suk), Philadelphia
4/17/2024: Isla Ray, London (UK)
10/25/2024: Fender Bender, Philadelphia
11/15/2025: Fender Bender, Philadelphia

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