This month on Pacific Spirit DJ D.DEE is joined by the multi-talented @Fredfades from Oslo, Norway. Fred has prepared a mix chalk-full of slow jams and electronic rarities from his collection. Loads of new wave, synth pop and British dub to keep the freaks satiated! 

The first hour from @derekdee is also full of interesting audio and teases some unreleased cuts and demos that will surface on Pacific Rhythm and other record record labels in the year 2022. Partial track-list below. Thanks for listening everybody!

Originally aired on Worldwide FM on October 7, 2021

DJ D.DEE Mix

Budgie - Pimples For Dimples [Not On Label]
Nicofasho & Asmito - Love From The Function Ft. Jay Worthy & G Perico [Outrun Records]
Toyin Adekale - Smile [Athens Of The North]
Eddie Chacon - Hurt [Day End Records]
Zen In Space - Lotus feat Maitê Inaê [Planet Trip]
??? - ??? [FORTHCOMING PACIFIC RHYTHM]
??? - ??? [FORTHCOMING PACIFIC RHYTHM]
??? - ??? [FORTHCOMING PACIFIC RHYTHM]
??? - ??? 
Neo Image - Sunrise [Unreleased]
Maya Killtron Ft. Format-440 Guaranteed Good Times (Good Times Mix) [Outrun Records]
??? - ??? [FORTHCOMING PACIFIC RHYTHM]

For ID's on @fredfades mix please reach out in the comments and he will sort you out!

Pacific Spirit No.68 | DJ D.DEE And Fredfades

Release 20.05.2022
Pieter Kock - Facial Recognition (RIO08)

R.I.O. welcomes Pieter Kock aka DJ Peacock, one of the guiding souls behind the Berlin based bar/micro club O Tannenbaum. Musically active since 1986 as singer, guitarist, drummer and noisemaker, Peter already released a string of albums under different aliases like Billie and Ballie, The Hitmachine and Taladu.  Since the early 1990s he narrates haunting sonic stories as a DJ, playing a vast palette of styles - from cosmic and leftfield techno to tape experiments, sound-art, wave, world, jazz, punk, industrial, and all that weird pop music. Last year saw him liberating his first solo recordings under his civil name as a cassette tape named “Flocks & Murders of Entitled Spirits”, dropped by the Berlin/Vilnius based label Musikii. It unreels twelve sensitive tunes, made with the help of online synths and drum computers, Youtube travel- and talk show-videos or samples from Youtube synths- and rhythm box-demonstration videos. Now he refined his idiosyncratic style of music crafting a bit deeper and shares “Facial Recognition” – a gently twisted album that unites hypnagogic pop, library dances, cosmic funk, leftfield grooves and experimental sonic zones under one roof. His seven found sound tunes are layering a rhizomatic veil of unidentifiable web sounds, all transmuted into hazy looped ambiances, that trigger unconscious brain activities with future samples from the past, woven rhythm structures and a simultaneity of moments, derived from myriad world wide web informations. When it’s true, that nothing can have value without being an object of utility, then Pieter Kock managed to give the internet a new rate while using its manyfold informations as a tool to create art. Art, whose originality isn’t defined by the creator’s playful virtuosity. Instead, his sensibility of deciphering unheard rhythms, harmonies, and melodies in an avalanche of prefabricated ideas is his mastery. Pieter Kock transformed them into unfamiliar compositions with a familiar touch, that can evoke the feeling of being synchronous in a world of the many. A data rain without drops, a stream of consciousness without cognizance. Come in, drop out.

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RIO08 Pieter Kock - Facial Recognition

Written & Produced by @jaschahagen
Mastering : MarcoAntonio Spaventi 
Artwork : Ventral Is Golden 
Lacquer Cut : Andreas Kauffelt @ Schnittstelle 
Distribution : Yoyaku / YY 
Manufacturing : Vinyl de Paris

For the label’s third LP release, Oath are extremely proud to present this extraordinary sonic journey from Jascha Hagen, one which continues to showcase the producer’s penchant for defying expectations and finding consistency in flipping switches and moving from one form of expressionism to the next. 

Who doesn’t love a record which seamlessly moves from one side of the audial spectrum to the other, whilst seemingly filling in all the gaps that persist inbetween? Well, this has been the career trajectory that Jascha Hagen has set himself out on since 2008, and his discography speaks for itself in this regard. Operating within the realms of House and Deep House, Hagen has made it his mission to push out the boundaries of what feels possible within the genre, deconstructing the meaning of rhythm and melody to really stamp his own sense of identity on proceedings. Each release speaks to this concept, with differing tones and beats stretched out and impeccably built upon as a means to provide an enriching experience and, first and foremost, a balanced and beautifully curated one. His ability to weave the notions of the house into other genres has become more prevalent in recent years, taking Downtempo and Techno-leaning vibrations into his already deeply engrossing sound. 

With releases on imprints such as Shh, Auditive, Mana All Nite, and his own imprint Physical Pleasure, there is so much goodness to dive into if you like your House music ever shifting and ever illuminating, along with the comforting knowledge that the next release will only add to the ever engaging soundscape Hagen has conjured up so far. 

Two years after his debut LP effort, ‘Harmonies Romantiques’, Hagen graces us with the presence of ‘Songs for a Future Generation’. Continuing with a similar vein of musical exploration that occurred on his debut LP and records such as the highly vibrant ‘A Touch of Cold Water’, Hagen turns on the style in regards to creating a deeply compelling series of sounds that all for one but deeply individual all at the same time, with the micro evolutions that occur throughout giving much over to the idea of creating a rounded and fulfilling experience. The album begins and ends with two uptempo numbers in the form of ‘QQQ’ and ‘Slide Through the Valley’, both of which allow for a release of sorts through the inspired use of live instrumentation and the layering of elements that makes the music feel so very alive. Quiet spaces are found in the cuts ‘Rivers of Absence’, ‘Too Far’, and ‘Swaying’, all of which persist between the rhythms impeccably and act as these thoughtful, beautified interludes that touch upon the question - what will the future look like? All of which is answered in three differing tonal ways. ‘L7 Dreams’, ‘Gem’, and ‘XX Blues’ all shift between the other vibrations, exploring in their own exciting ways a very conceptual manner of being, and it caps off the experience beautifully. 

Jascha Hagen has always had a knack for making the extraordinary feel effortless, the in-sequential feel complete and whole, and the wide-reaching feeling laser-focused and total. This new record is a testament to these notions, and from the moment you press play until the record wraps itself up, there is a deep satisfaction to be had, a journey that merits revisiting time and time again. So why not take a little meander, and loose yourself within an audial experience of such quality… 
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XX Blues

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B2. Jascha Hagen - XX Blues [OATH007]

Full stream of Ciel's Enchanted Forest Dub of "Silver Flying," taken from Night Swimmer Versus RUI HO & Ciel, out November 10.

Pre-order: https://night-swimmer.bandcamp.com/album/versus-rui-ho-ciel
More: www.orbmag.com/music

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@ciel_dj

Night Swimmer Versus RUI HO & Ciel

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Premiere: Night Swimmer - Silver Flying (Ciel's Enchanted Forest Dub)

Full stream of RAMZi's remix of "Transient Communications," taken from Transient Communications (Remixes) EP on Dummy Hand, out November 30.

Pre-order: https://dummyhand.bandcamp.com/album/transient-communications-remixes
More: www.orbmag.com/music

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@dj-2button
@phubu

Transient Communications (Remixes)

Premiere: dj_2button - Transient Communications (RAMZi Remix)

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* Pre-order: https://tartelet.lnk.to/ritmofreak

Zopelar returns to Tartelet with Ritmo Freak, an electric eight-track album from the beating heart of the Brazilian underground, out May 10.

In a flurry of madcap sampling pitched towards the heat of the night, Pedro Zopelar builds on the premise of his 2022 electro-funk love letter Charme, shifting his approach towards a particular 90s flair and a method with a specific end result.

Ritmo Freak took root in studio experiments for a momentous — and rare — live set at São Paulo festival Não Existe in 2023, where Zopelar was caught up in one of those right-place, right-time moments we carry with us through life. As he explains himself:

“This album is dedicated to freaky club culture. While I was playing at the festival there was a crazy tropical storm outside and the room was packed with the freakiest crowd. I've tried hard to immortalize that feeling on this record."
With the intended energy in mind, Zopelar focused on a particular mode of production centred around 12-bit sampling from his ample record collection.

Considering his background as a trained pianist, here his musical instincts are forced to work within the limitations of short, snappy cuts from dusty 12”s. The lo-fi sound sources and the resourceful ways Zopelar works them gives the record an unmistakable old-skool flavour which he applies to forthright house, techno and electro funk rhythms, always taking care to draw out the soul of the music.

The stylistic touchstones flow past thick and fast on Ritmo Freak. From the amped up fierceness of the title track with its gaudy, cut n’ paste, vintage techno flavour to the effervescent electro funk of ‘Gabriellinha’s Boogie’ on to the surreal Balearic inversion of ‘Distraction’, this is a high-velocity, endlessly charming record bursting with the musicality Zopelar has made his name on.

As the driving force behind many warehouse parties in São Paulo, Zopelar has been immersed in club culture for a long time, and his distinctive catalogue of jazz, funk, acid and techno has graced highly respected labels like Apron, Selva Discos and Mother Tongue. Throughout, he’s displayed an affinity for the tangled roots of the groove with an open-eared, big-hearted sound. That’s what comes through on Ritmo Freak — a record as infectious as it is well- informed.

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PREMIERE: Zopelar - Safe In The Dark

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B1 on VARIOUS W&LL FOLK VOL.1
Released on Woodsmen & Lady Log 2015

7 - Mils Stövler (VARIOUS W&LL FOLK VOL.1)

Live recording of the Eiland Gasten Radio Show @ Operator Radio Rotterdam. 26-08-2017

Ben La Desh - Eiland Gasten 03 @ Operator Radio

Percussive and ever-so chuggy new age exoticism from a Dutch debutant @zootime-edit on his new label Moefment.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/09/13/premiere-zootime-amazonia/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/zootime-amazonia

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