Tracklist, original post and download: www.seeksicksound.com/sss-podcast-110-erik-k-skodvin

SSS Podcast #110 : Erik K. Skodvin

From the album "Midisport - 14 Footballers in Milkchocolate"
(Rather Interesting, Cat. No. RI 056, 2001)

All Notes On (001-127)

Primary Conclusion

Life

E.R. - Running Shoes

bRUNA and Wooky are two key figures in Spanish electronic music. Regulars in the line-ups of festivals such as Mutek, Primavera Sound and Sónar, where they have performed on many occasions, both have a solid recording career behind them, which has led to them becoming part of the Red Bull Music Academy and topping the best of the year lists (bRUNA’s two LP's were named "Album of the Year" in Spain in 2009 and 2013).

Both are also co-directors of Lapsus, a multidisciplinary project founded in 2004 that has established three lines of activity: Lapsus Radio, their famous program on National Radio of Spain; Lapsus Festival, the avant-garde electronic music festival held annually at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; and Lapsus Records, for which they have already published distinguished artists such as Pye Corner Audio, Dalhous, Plaid, Etch, Kettel and Ametsub.

So it is of no surprise that the union of both creative talents would result in a split recording sooner or later. "Archives" is their first adventure together and also their personal vision of ambient music and its different branches. A further twist in the career of two unique artists.

Lapsus is also proud to announce that bRUNA and Wooky will be premiering "Archives" at Sónar Festival 2016 on June 18th along with the incomparable Alba G. Corral, who will be in charge of visual support to this really special occasion. 

The beautiful photographs that make up the artwork on the album are by Albert Miralles, Cristina Salinas and Alfons Pich, and the design was created by the studio Basora.

Now you can listen to the advance singles "track 1" by bRUNA and "Tropic" by Wooky. Vinyl, cassette, CD and digital formats are available for pre-order at www.lapsusrecords.cat.

bRUNA 'track 1' / Wooky 'Tropic' [Archives - LPS14]

LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/5-2-9-the-fox-with-the-dog

Leng Records is kicking off its 2019 release program by offering a debut to a previously unheralded producer from Russia’s fast growing nu-disco underground. Given the quality of the two original tracks on show on his first Leng outing, something tells us that we’re going to be hearing much more from Moscow-based Takovoi in the months and years ahead.

On the A-side you’ll find “5-2-9”, an effortlessly dreamy and Balearic affair that ebbs, flows and slowly unfurls over six spellbinding minutes. The track is built around a chunky, acid style bassline and loose, delay-laden drum machine beats. Yet it’s the drifting and dubbed-out musical elements that cluster around the groove – leisurely keys, yearning trumpet solos and kaleidoscopic, arpeggio style synthesizer melodies – that make “5-2-9” such a magical piece of music. Think of it as a statement of intent.

Takovoi’s love of TB-303 style acid lines and mind-altering electronics comes to the fore on “The Fox With The Dog” which sees the up-and-coming producer give his take on the timeless electro sound. It’s as spacey and atmospheric as you’d expect, with exotic electronic refrains and glacial synthesizer lines dancing across the sound-space. The groove – a combination of punchy drum machine hits, heavy acid-style sub-bass, occasional bursts of hand percussion and breakbeats – is pleasingly heavy, too, making this particular electro excursion a bona fide dancefloor delight.

LENG SHOP

Takovoi - 5-2-9

Mix by
https://soundcloud.com/michnaofficial 
Art by
Michael Cina (http://www.cinaart.com)

Honoring twenty years of Ghostly in mix format is no small request, but New York-based producer and longtime roster artist Michna has stepped up to the challenge. His 60-minute GhostlyCast set drifts through a static haze of catalog highlights as if each was accessed and processed from memory.  Adrian Yin Michna explains:
“I recently began composing audio parts for a Quadraphonic Sound Bath that I plan to eventually combine with Vinyasa Flow. My current studio chain has been re-wired solely for this purpose. When I took on the task of making a mixtape for Ghostly 20, I thought it would be interesting to take some of my favorite song moments and run those through the chain, then blend them all together for a continuous mix.”

TRACKLIST

1) Dabrye - With A Professional*
2) Ciel - Uri's Song (Ft. Wiretapping)*
3) Geotic - Billionth Remnant*
4) Kllo - Not Like Them*
5) School Of Seven Bells - Put Your Sad Down*
6) Ouri - K-Yen Dreaming*
7) Matrixxman - Enter Me*
8) Xeno & Oaklander - Chimera*
9) The Sight Below - The Sunset Passage*
10) Michna - Jace the Mind Sculptor*
11) Mary Lattimore - Their Faces*
12) Heathered Pearls - Holographic Lodge*
13) Fort Romeau - Lately*
14) Beacon - On Ice*
15) C418 - Subwoofer Lullaby*
16) Christopher Willits - Pacific 2*
17) Audion - On My Way To The Center*
18) Adult. - Tonight We Fall*
19) Avalon Emerson - Why Does It Hurt*
20) Black Marble - A Million Billion Stars*

*Michna Edit

Recorded in NYC Summer 2019
Designed as a 60 minute sonic tool

Equipment used:

Eventide H3000 Harmonizer
Electro-Harmonix Cathedral
Lexicon MPX 100
Alesis Midiverb 4
Zoom 9030 Advanced Processor
Art Tube Preamps
Hosa Cables
Mackie Equalizers

GhostlyCast #85: Michna - Ghostly 20 Heat Treated

Any botanist will extol the virtues of cross-pollination, and musical hybrids are a Growing Bin speciality. For the latest release Parisian outfit Maât splice jazz with Balearic, dub, house and Afro to create a free thinking LP dedicated to world fusion fore-runners Codona.
If Singu found calm amongst the chaos of Tokyo for ’Siku’ (GBR017), then Maât map out a Sunday stroll through the sun dappled streets of the Parisian banlieue on ’Solar Mantra’. Humming reeds converge into a pre-dawn chorus before dewy sequences and drifting syncopation signal sunrise over La Vilette, a perfect place to start ‘The Walk’. Skirting the Périphérique, the Parisian ensemble pick out a street percussionist by Boulevard d’Algérie then detour to Pré-Satint-Gervais to draw a bassline out of the Metro Area, adding an Environ cool to the uptempo ‘Jaki & Bryn’. With icy bells, brooding guitars and melancholic vocals, ‘Feuglace’ transports Miko’s garten to the 20th arrondissement while the polyrhythmic patter and micro-tuned guitars of ‘Solar Mantra’ see out the A-side with a fourth world hymn. 
Chakras cleansed and ready for a B-side rebirth, Maât take us dancing through Père Lachaise via organic house bomb ‘Quetzal Pacino’, an emotive exploration of rhythmic mallets, dreamy pads and propulsive bass, which moves like the Innerzone Orchestra re-arranged by Jon Hassell. Rest comes with the soothing pianos and swelling sine waves of the pastoral ‘Clarière’, a hazy homage to the noon sun on a clearing. Circular motifs, limber grooves and dubby bass mean we’re on the move again, slipping into Montreuil with the echo-drenched scat and firm back beats of ‘Mount Beuvray’, before ‘Llomé Dub’ takes us home in time for a cool beer and much needed smoke on the balcony. Acoustic guitar, lilting piano and a gorgeous female vocal ride the punchy bass and clattering drums to perfection, keeping us company until the day fades into a contented haze.

Patrick Ryder

Solar Mantra (GBR023)

Mount Beuvray (shortened clip)

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