Live and in Studio recordings from the Apt E DJs and their many aliases

Mixed by Apt E

OFF99 Presents: Apt E

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@apte is a record label, party series, and DJ duo based out of Seattle, WA.

~What is the inspiration and vision behind Apt E?

Apt E has always been driven by a freewheeling sense of artistic expression beyond outlets exclusive to music. A strong friendship in which we co-enabled each other’s off-kilter concepts and senses of humor catalyzed our growth through shared experiences in our community. Apt E was born as an outlet to share our visions, which manifest as conceptual pieces across sonic and environmental mediums.  

~Can you share a little bit about what you’ve included in this mix and your process?

Color, texture, inward observation, music that moves us and grounds us, favorites old and new taken from curious corners of our collection. 

It’s difficult for us to properly verbalize how these tracks come together or from where. We are constantly sharing music with one another and feeding off of each other’s energy. We both share a strong sense of what this mix is and where we wanted to take it but neither of us know how to put that down on paper. Our process is very organic and stems purely from our adoration for sounds musical and otherwise. 

~If resources weren’t an issue, what is your biggest dream for Apt E, if you could make anything happen?

Funding a full production (carbon neutral) vinyl plant locally would be a priority, plus a handful of loft/gallery/warehouse art spaces locked down in Seattle would help ensure the underground a future here. If our resources truly were not an issue, the entire world would be a space that shares the same strength in community, equality, and expression as we do in our dedicated underground spaces. Until then we’re starting small and taking it one step at a time. 

~Any exciting things coming up Apt E or as individuals?

The vinyl for our third output, Apt E Vol 3, has finally been delivered. Hear it Nov 1st at apte.bandcamp.com :)

Our Tomorrow w/ Apt E (Seattle)

DJ set recording from 1:30-3am at a winter underground soiree hosted and supported by a very kind community in BC 

thanks for having me! enjoy

recording mastered by Alex Markey
photo: IG @ sunatnight.art

tondiue dj at Dolly

Line and room recording from Apt E's closing set at The Lodge; a weekend-long retreat held annually, deep in the mountains of Central Washington. This recording picks up right where the OFF99 cats left off, beginning around 10:30am and wrapping up sometime past 4pm... Endless love to all the party people who kept it rolling into the afternoon. Truly the best party around, and an honor to close out Apt E style. See ya next time!

For domestic appointments to rock your spot, please contact apt.everyone@gmail.com

Photo by Markel Uriu

Tenacious E @ The Lodge 2022

" It was up in the mountains :)
we had this ceremony every year :) "

playing my favorite music for my favorite people in my favorite place as the sun sets behind the ridge 

Long Live tha Lodge
- Toni D

Toni Dewdrop - Sunset at the Lodge

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-6th-february-2024

Pender Street Steppers w/ Tondiue 060224

Streets 1:10 visualizes a society pushed past the limits of consumption. Aliens - which, as it turns out, look a lot like the little green beings we've always imagined them as - have completed their first successful landing on a distant blue planet. "We come in peace!" they exclaim after transcribing the local language... unfortunately they're too late to help. Those still living on the planet appear to be subsisting off of round pieces of phonographic plastic that survived societal breakdown.

Artwork by Ruben Griggs

TASCAM DR-05

E#1 - Streets 1:10 - The Visible Leftovers of Our Consumption

RX-0 Banshee dreams of a future where things are "just fine." A future that is not a glistening utopia, nor a cyberpunk hellscape. A future where our day to day problems may still exist, but we are equipped with the resources and community necessary to face them head on. A future where the impending threat of development and displacement no longer haunts us. A future that we can share, and celebrate. A future that's ours.


Artwork by Ruben Griggs

E#2 - RX-0 Banshee - Dreaming of the Future

E#3 - Rat Frames - DR0000_0031

The rain is finally falling. It's almost like you've been waiting your entire life for this moment. So has everyone else.

E#4 - tondiue - sweet scent

DJ SWIM treads through a neck-deep stew of rhythm and dissonance on their endless search for nostalgic artifacts of the past, present and future.

Artwork by Smelku

E#5 - DJ SWIM - Artifact Extract

Forbidden Zone slips and trips through The Space Between; the Nooks and Crannies of our world which humanity both fears and reveres.

Artwork by Smelku

E#6 - Forbidden Zone - The Space Between

Line & room recording from a very special set at The Lodge, August 17, 2019 22:30 - 00:30

For the fifth year, a handful of campers ventured deep into the Washington wilderness for a weekend of explorative electronic environments with a heaping helping of heavy hanging. Sandwiched between heavyweights T.Wan and Mystery Contusion, Apt E straps on the worm-vision goggles and dives in.

Photo by Valerie Calano

Apt E @ The Lodge 2019

Walkie Shiitake steps into the Environmental Nexus, where textures of everyday life become indistinguishable from the objects associated with them.

Artwork by @Smelku

E#7 - Walkie Shiitake - Toad's Tools

We’re welcoming a special guest, with an altogether exceptional mix today. Maxwell, going with today’s moniker, S’hell - has put together a heartening and illuminating sound that we couldn’t be more delighted to share. An integral member of the community, and an architect within the Apt E organization, S’hell’s predilections and rich acumen of the craft shine brilliantly through this work. 

Like a locomotive departing and later barreling through a sanguine and buoyant fog. The set begins by building a slow, meticulous foundation, expanding into a dense and progressive marvel. What could easily evolve into an angst-ridden expedition if helmed with inadequate fervor and passion transforms into a familiar, unshakeable pilgrimage that many have yearned for. New growth, saluting the old. A sign, acknowledging a flourishing optimism not stamped out. A spiritual successor to other mixes created for Apt E under a handful of different aliases, it’s refreshing and inviting to find a common denominator amongst an artist’s growing work. Different mixes, cut from the same cloth. 

Apt E is wrapping up the finishing touches for their third release, heavily influenced by a deep love of krautrock, listeners can expect it in the near future. We can expect anything and everything from the label moving forward. S’hell, and the entire team behind Apt E are a phenomenal crew that represent the best parts of the Seattle community.

A special thank you to Simone Pierson for the exceptional visuals. Stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy!

Apt E - https://bit.ly/3jr0BbA
Apt E Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/30sXkAS

LCM077

S'hell

LCM077 - S'hell

To celebrate 4 years of Portal hopping, we're going a little deeper into the other side this month with the Apt E selectors, Sword of Thorns, and host Feu du Camp.

Thanks to all of you have transported yourselves through the Peace Portal, and to all of the DJs throughout the PNW and West Coast who have chosen tracks for the show. Our pages are now host to 65 hours of selections from more than 50 regional artists.

Be sure to scope the interviews with each of today's guests over on the new Peace Portal blog!
pnwpeaceportal.com/blog/

See you on the other side...!
@apte
https://www.instagram.com/apt__e

@swordofthorns

54. Apt E, Sword of Thorns, & Feu du Camp

For our third edition of Afrofuturism is NOW, we are pleased to welcome tondiue.

Seattle based producer, DJ, and record label cofounder Cameron Kelley explores the synthesis of many creative disciplines through their tondiue alias. 

As a designer and bird watching hobbyist, they have an eye and ear for the details of the natural world and environment.  This is expressed through their productions as well as DJ sets; often opting for the slow burning and meditative pace of rhythmic new age and textural ambient music, while bringing earthen timbres and human rhythm to the dance floor.  

In addition to their explorations as Tondiue, they make up one half of the DJ duo, party series, and record label Apt E alongside their friend, collaborator and roommate Max. Apt E has been making waves in the Seattle underground since 2017, starting with a series of all nighters at off-the-beaten-path locations around the city, and later developing into a record label.  Their vinyl releases focus on acts from in and around the Seattle area, and seek to provide a platform for up and coming artists. Look out for a handful of releases from tondiue in 2021, including an Apt E record from their newly formed band, Tape.

If you enjoyed the mix, please consider donating to the artist at @cameron-kelley-1 (Venmo)

Instagram (Apt E): @apt__e
Instagram (tondiue): @tondiue
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/apte
Bandcamp: apte.bandcamp.com

AIN003 - tondiue

1. Terumasa Hino - This Planet Is Ours - Hip Seagull (1978, Flying Disk, Japan)
2. Teruo Nakamura - Cat - Rising Sun (1976, Kitty Records, Japan)
3. Masaru Imada - Touch & Go - Andalusian Breeze (1980, Full House, Japan)
4. Shunzoh Ohno - Don’t Get Down - Bubbles (1976, East Wind, Japan)
5. Isao Suzuki Trio - Blow Up - Blow Up (1973, Three Blind Mice, Japan)
6. Toshiyuki Honda - Vento Vigoroso - Opa Com Deus (1979, Electric Bird, Japan)
7. Ryo Kawasaki - Agana - Prism (1976, East Wind, Japan)
8. Pastorius / Metheny / Bley / Ditmas - Vampira / Overtoned - Pastorius / Metheny / Bley / Ditmas (1976, 9. Improvising Artists Inc., USA)
10. Tarika Blue - You’ll Be With Me - Tarika Blue (1977, Chiaroscuro Records, USA)