@ilind for @st_romain on @1020radio.

1. Shadow Ring - Start Repeating & Cooper Moore - I Want to Give Thanks 
2. Wax Doctor - Atmospheric Funk
3. Dave Wallace - Future Realities Pt. 2
4. Nick OD - (Non) Sence
5. Tek 9 - You Got to Slow Down (Nookie Remix)
6. Cold Mission - Music Is Music (Share My Love)
7. The Original Playboy - Come to Me
8. 4 Hero Ft. Carol Crosby - Universal Love (I Double remix) 
9. Aquasky - Alien Honey
10. Olly Wilson - Cetus [extract]
11. Immortal Minds - Voodoo Culture
12. Nookie - The Blues
13. DJ Pulse - Destiny (Flytronix Remix)
14. Björk - Hunter (State of Bengal Remix)
15. Sonar Circle - Bass Flip
16. Physics N’ Tricks - Meridian (Remarc Remix)
17. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Rahsaan Roland Kirk remake)
18. Cecil Taylor - Taht [excerpt]
19. Rufige Kru - Beachdrifta
20. DJ Logic - Black Buddha [excerpt]
21. William Parker’s In Order To Survive - Drum & Bass Interlude [excerpt]
22. Wolfgang Mitterer - Scherzo 1 [excerpt]
23. Paradox - Chord ans Discords [excerpt]
24. Konflict - Obsidian
25. Lemon D - Jazz Is
26. George Lewis - Emergent [excerpts throughout]
27. Delta & Format - Shine On
28. Arthur Doyle Plus 4 - Development - Alabama Soul for Arthur [excerpts throughout] 
29. Rognvald - The New Selecta
30. Hlite - Green Youth Heattech + little bits of George Lewis
31. Kemal - Let it Move You
32. pantea - Cicadas? (زنجرهها) [excerpt]
33. David S. Ware - Book Of Krittika [excerpt] 
34. Kemal & Rob Data - Startrails
35. Derek Bailey - An Echo In Another’s Mind + more Arthur Doyle?
36. Mazen Kerbaj - Flooka Brooka Clooka 
37. Zuli - Where Do You Go
38. Frank Ocean - Seigfried (DJ airdnb in the dark rmx)

ilind for St. Romain

i.lind for St. Romain

@wngdu is the alias of Iranian, Denver-based DJ, journalist, painter, and organizer Padideh Aghanoury. One of the founders of @hcplive and member of the (now-defunct) Seattle-based collective, TUF, Padi has been a long-time friend of AW/OA and close colleague of previous contributors, @madamedupetitmatin & @safi_yahh

As a DJ, wngdu's sets are consistently among our favorites coming out of the mile-high city & environs. Hot on the heels of their fantastic mix for the new series @dirtylittlehushhush, Power Bottom Electronics is no exception and a testament to everything that is good about still being alive in 2021. 

Tune your circuits, inhale, go after your nastiest, tainted-love desire, and obliterate yourself.

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 047

AW/OA 047: Power Bottom Electronics [mixed By wngdu]

Separation, celebration, remembrance, rejoicing & rejoining. The circles and cycles of what we go through and why we choose to do this thing called DJing are embodied, amplified, and perfectly paced in this incredible contribution to our humble mix series; recorded before an intimate gathering of friends in the woods outside of Chicago by a DJ, producer, and friend we have long-admired, @dana-chicago. Clocking in at just over 2 hours and 15 minutes, the trip is rowdy, decisive, and emotional. Do yourself a favor, dear listener, and shine your light through this ebullient prism to catch visions of love at the end of one world, and the beginning of many others.   

Discover more at:
https://danachicago.bandcamp.com
https://identityspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com

AW/OA 048: Visions of Love at the End of the World [mixed by Dana / دانا]:

Joanna Brouk – Calling the Sailor
Werner Herzog – Encounters at the End of the World
Earl Grey – Burnt Cinnamon
Eric H –The Lights (Dj Joseph remix)
Keerd – Manor
Adam F – Circles
A-Sides & Nut-E-1 – Tonight
James Shinra – Kord
D.I.E. – U Can’t See Us
gayphextwin – moon
Anthony “Shake” Shakir – Frictionalized
Drexciya – Bubble Metropolis
Koga – ORKL-0114-03-B1
Sedgwick – Belief System
Aux 88 – Electronic Cinema (dynArec remake)
Transglobal Underground – Chariots (Planet Mix)
The Galleria – Calling Card (Razor Dub)
Daniel Wang – All Flowers Must Fade
Morgan Geist – Most of All (feat. Jeremy Greenspan)
Mr. Flagio – Take A Chance
International Music System – An English ’93
Giorgio Moroder – Utopia (Me Giorgio)
Audiocad – Postsoviet Drive
Goldfish Und Der Sulz – Kratzerkiller
Imbue – EMR
Copacabannark _ Ouane Forzeshow
I:Cube – Arp Surface
Modeselektor – Ziq Zaq
Bitstream – Madame Resonance
Stasis – Betters Theme
Not Waving & Romance – Say Goodbye
John Beltran – Ayla
Nev – Log N
Siviyex – Vicidian
Yaaard – Oss Sensei
Shifted Phases - flux
ratsnake – gc-2002
Imugem Orihasam – Time
Eurythmics – I Did It Just The Same

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 049

AW/OA 048: Visions of Love at the End of the World [mixed by Dana / دانا]

2.2.2022.

Louisiana-born, Denver-based femme fatale, belle of the ball, charmed spirit, roller-skate addict, and perennial party DJ, Sensitive Jock, joins us for the first mix of the year with an offering that reflects their prismatic energy and ear. 

Amidst all of the emotion and experience of our current world; the Aquarian depth, the hope, fatigue, exhaustion, enjoyment, and defrosting promise of the Lunar New Year, Jacques' sound reminds us to stay hopeful, fight, be free, and to continue to EXUDE while working towards the creation of creative enclaves free of coercion, exploitation, and prejudice.

Discover more @soviet-cajun-scum

AW/OA 049: Hollywood Spy [mixed By DJ Sensitive Jock]

In celebration of our guest's birthday and the 50th offering from our fledgling nest at the Abstract without Abstraction HQ in Denver, Colorado, we are incredibly honored to present a special offering from an irreplaceable presence in the city's scene, Routing Number. 

Routing Number is a gifted DJ and keen selector who we first encountered in the realms of Denver's house & disco parties, but who we quickly learned is unable to be pigeon-holed; effortlessly traversing the sounds of the spectrum and seen beaming with an infectious enthusiasm on the dance floor as often as they are found behind the decks. Here, they pay homage to their metalhead roots, exploring the intersections between ambient, noise, heavy metal, and dance music in a mix delivered in a style that epitomizes what this series was originally intended to be all about.

As moods reflect, morph, and mirror the weather (here the depths of winter), we hope that you stay warm, look out for one another, turn the volume up, and enjoy pouring over this chapter in our guest's sound. For us, we hope it is just one of the opening chapters, with many more to come. For those in Denver, make sure to join Routing Number at the Black Box on Saturday February 19th going back to back with Drifter Angle at the newly minted Heart 2 Heart party.
 
AW/OA050: Mixed by Routing Number

1. 103000648 – i sea u
2. James N. Murray - Agony
3. Godflesh – Forgive Our Fathers
4. Electric Wizard – Ivixor B_Phase Inducer
5. Refracted – The Choir That Missed The Rehearsal In Hell
6. Aphex Twin – White Blur
7. Hell – Infernus
8. Orior – Larbico Alt Mix
9. Oryx – Lamenting A Dead World
10. ISIS – SGNL_03
11. Matriarch – Transmissions of Time
12. Meshuggah – Elastic
13. Acid Warrior – Drop Out
14. KLF – Alone Again With The Dawn Coming Up
15. Andy Stott – Violence
16. Rings Around Saturn – Grip
17. Datawave – Scanshift
18. Kangding Ray – Nuis Octury
19. Pinch – Brain Scan
20. Job For A Cowboy – Entombment of a Machine
21. Walton – Abyss
22. Cameo Blush - Clearcutter

Discover more @routing-number

AW/OA 050: Routing Number

i.lind for Leftfield Lounge

A handful of tunes I’ve been wiggling to for Pittsburgh’s MESH crew; recorded on a busted knee after getting home from Honcho Campout 2022. Dedicated to Calin & Dov “You Should Learn How to Mix Fun Music” Fischer.

soundcloud.com/ilind
soundcloud.com/awithouta

1. DJ Cor Blimey - More Gauze
2. YMO - Be a Superman
3. A Guy Called Gerald - Inter Funk
4. David Vunk - Troubles Tonight
5. Black Cadmium - Muted Chaos
6. Eddie Fowlkes - A.C.C
7. Ali Berger - Headrush The Dream
8. Denver McCarthy - Concentrate
9. Geo Rip - Underwater Bodycam
10. Junq - Stealth Shadows
11. J. Albert - Wake Me Up
12. H Lite - Conservative Basketball
13. The Soft Pink Truth - I Love Your Ass
14. Orlando Voorn & Patrick Steger - Batman 25
15. Africans With Mainframes - Yaounde
16. Kool Keith - Wiggle
17. Mark Stewart - Stranger Than Love

i.lind Hanging in the Leftfield Lounge

For the October, 2022 edition of Abstract without Abstraction's 1020 Radio residency, we listened back to some moving moments from the legacy of conductor, bandleader, and improvising trumpet player Jaimie Breezy Branch, who passed away in her home in Red Hook New York in late August, 2022.

1. Christopher Parker & The Band of Guardian Angels - Soul Food
2. Mars Williams Presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol.3 “Live in Krakow” - The
Hannukah-Xmas March of Truth For 12 Days Of Jingling Bells With Spirits
3. Jeremy Cunningham - Sleep
4. Jason Ajemían & Jaimie Branch - With or Without the Universalator (Birdie’s Dream)
5. Party Knüllers X Jaimie Branch - Until Next Time
6. David Gisler Trio with Jaimie Branch - Cappuccino
7. David Gisler Trio with Jaimie Branch - Spiegelgasse
8. Predella Group - Signal (for Franz Kline)
9. Booker Stardrum - Dome Ship

https://jaimiebranch.bandcamp.com
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or-die-live
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/pink-dolphins

Abstract without Abstraction on 1020.Live

1020 Radio Residency: October 2022

It's a rare honor to hear the fruits of a musician's obsession with one particular aspect of the spectrum; be it an artist, a city, a label, or-- in this case-- a lifestyle. 

In the US, with the midterm elections fomenting, the seasons changing, climate chaos continuing it's relatively undisturbed course, and catastrophes and joys of all manner hiding in the wings and in plain sight, we're humbled to offer our 53rd episode; a glimpse into the proclivities of producer Tommy Metz. 

Tommy Metz is a Colorado-based abstract electronic producer & veteran of the scene, with releases on local labels too storied to recount: Plastic Sound Supply, Bocumast, Laserpalace and-- more recently-- the new Denver imprint Multidim Records. Growing up in Fort Collins and moving to Denver in 2002, he has been heavily and consistently involved in the DIY/Indie music scenes of Colorado. 

For the next hour, allow your mind-body-spirit to revel in the effervescent memory of a 10-year period between 1992 & 2002 & the fruits of Metz's deep dive into this thing called BRAINDANCE.

AW/OA 053: Brainphlex [mixed by Tommy Metz]

Brainphlex: A Tribute Mix to Braindance and Rephlex Records
1992 - 2002

1. "Afternoon Girl" by Ovuca from Wasted Sunday - CAT 110 (2001)
2. "On The Romance Tip" by Caustic Window from Joyrex J5 EP  - CAT 005 (1992)
3. "Greenwich" by Bochem Welt from Feelings On A Screen - CAT 046 (1997)
4. "Psultan (Squarepusher Mix)" by Chaos A.D. from Remixes 12" - DOG 059 (1998)
5. "Foid" by Cylob from Cylobian Sunset - CAT 033 (1996)
6. "The Soundtrack Of Life" by The Gentle People from Sountracks For Living - CAT 045 (1997)
7. "Analogue Bubblebath" by AFX from Analogue Bubblebath - MIGHTY 001 (1994)
8. "Muminaa" by Astrobotnia from Part 03 - CAT 125 (2002)
9. "End Of The Night" by DMX Krew from Nu Romantix - CAT 061 (1998)
10. "MyLoveILove" by Bogdan Raczynski from MyLoveILove - Cat 115 (2001)
11. "Vodka" by Mike And Rich from Expert Knob Twiddlers - CAT 027 (1996)
12. "Phlexio 14" by D'archangelo from Broken Toys' Corner - CAT 127 (2002)
13. "27" by µ-Ziq from Bluff Limbo - CAT 018 (1994)
14. "Long Whiney" by Global Goon from Cradle Of History - CAT 058 (1998)
15. "The Garden Of Linmiri" by Caustic Window from Joyrex J9 EP - CAT 009ii (1993)
16. "I Left My Heart In Syntax Error" by Cylob from Cylobian Sunset - CAT 033 (1996)

A few related links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua4Q_-at5FI
https://www.discogs.com/label/107-Rephlex 
https://web.archive.org/web/20000229182804/http://www.rephlex.com/

Compiled and mastered by Tommy Metz 2022

Discover more at:
https://tommymetz.bandcamp.com
https://glissline.com
https://tommymetz.com

AW/OA 053: Brainphlex [mixed by Tommy Metz]

Monday, November 28th, 2022: 

"This mix was recorded in a cabin nestled between Coloradan mountains; an expression from the heart that experienced the depths of grievance, love, and hope all at once."

"nuit / night: Any state which provokes in the subject the metaphor of darkness, whether affective, intellective, or existential, in which s/he struggles or subsides." [...] "'To darken this darkness, this is the gate of all wonder'." - Roland Barthes

During this first week of Advent, we remember and honor minerality; all of foundational elements -- geometrically arranged -- so as to provide support for life and speak to us through the voices of seashells, crystals, and bones. From the crystals within our ears to the brittle dust forming the substrate of our first phonograph records, we are also grateful for Lauryn Lesley -- Stay In Crew collective member, Minneapolis <=> Denver traveller, and regular at Intellephunk's Great Beyond gathering. For the next 45 minutes, set aside the time and space needed to calm and to quell all manner of sorrow, by listening to her contribution and observing the march into the darkness that we will all walk over the next month.

In lieu of a tracklist, we recommend the following reading: 

* Norman O. Brown, 'Love's Body', 1966.
* Roland Barthes, 'A Lover's Discourse', 1977.

Discover more at:
@lauryn-lesley
instagram.com/laurynxlesley

AW/OA 054: On loss, love, and regeneration [mixed by Lauryn Lesley]

For the December 2022 episode of Abstract without Abstraction's 1020.Live residency, it's back to the regularly scheduled program, with dub-wise neuro phunk and robotic machine musick from around the globe as we slide into the end of the year.

For more, visit 1020.live/residents/abstract-without-abstraction

1020 Radio Residency: December 2022

Andi Roets is the self-proclaimed rave-wraith and identity behind those that the US queer techno underground know as West Philly-based, @great-circles affiliated DJ Anarres. As the year comes to close here in our little corner of the world we could not be more thrilled to present their offering to our humble series; a mix that embodies the qualities of boundless love that we value above all else. In Andi's own words:

This mix is a vinyl set from Fountain Green, a long running Thursday night renegade in Philly. It is an exploration of the psychedelic qualities of Romantic Love, played under the moon & trees at the end of a marvelously metamorphic summer. 

***

“The potential of psychedelic drugs to provide access to the interior universe, is, I believe, their most valuable property…. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change your character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it.” - Alexander Shulgin, PIHKAL(Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved): A Chemical Love Story

"If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home." Ursula K LeGuin, The Dispossessed


AW/OA 055: PIHKAL(Persons I Have Known And Loved): A Human Love Story [mixed by DJ Anarres]

Fountain Green 9/8/22 Tracklist:

1. Cleo Sol - Music
2. Narcotic Syntax - Romantic Infinity
3. Farben - farben Says Love Oh Love
4. My Good Friends Tell Me That - You Speak What I Feel
5. Mike Huckaby - Jupiter
6. Reaganz - Ge
7. K-rAd & Opcode66 - From Dark To Light
8. John Selway - Shimmerdown
9. Beautiful Place - ? 
10. Forest Drive West - Dualism
11. Marko Furstenburg - Falling Leaves
12. Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald - Riod (Version)
13. Shaded Explorer - Skyward
14. Polygonia - Bloom
15. pH - 001z
16. Circadian Rhythms - Morphing Chords
17. PLO Man - TX-i
18. Sunshine Productions - Lonely (Sample the FXXX Out of the Piano Mix)
19. Calibre - Let Me Hold You
20. Dextrous - Moments of Pleasure (Drum n Bass Mix ft. Beverely Gage)
21. Hoax - The More I See You
22. Styro2000- My Luv
23. Blue Magic - I Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely

Discover More at:
https://www.mixcloud.com/DJ-Anarres
https://soundcloud.com/dj-anarres
https://museummollusc.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/an-ambiguous-utopia/
https://soundcloud.com/daisychain_podcast/dj-anarres-daisychain-114

Until the days start to lengthen again...

AW/OA 055: PIHKAL(Persons I Have Known And Loved): A Human Love Story [mixed by DJ Anarres]

On January 22nd, 2023 the world celebrated the Lunar New Year, and the gate was opened to welcome the astrological proclivities and inclinations of the Yin Water Rabbit. Now, on February 1st, patiently and excitedly awaiting for the arrival of the Rabbit, which is to occur on February 4th, we celebrate the new year and the arrival of a very special contribution to our fledgling series, provided by the inspirational selector, and friend of many years, Cay Horiuchi.

In Cay's words: 

"This mix features some of the tracks I played for a cute underground NYE party organized by my friends in the unceded lands of the Chinook and Multnomah tribes. Living in the Pacific Northwest, this season is when I long for sunshine the most. Take a sonic journey with me all the way from South Africa, Japan, Algeria, U.S., Taiwan, and beyond. 
It’s about the celebration of the new year, 癸卯 (mizu no tou). New growth, new beginning.
It’s about dancing with your family and friends. 
It’s about the celebration of life.
It’s about love."

And so, dear listeners, in whatever state or corner of the world this mix finds you, we invite you to return to the untarnished listening you were born with, and to begin again.

AW/OA 056: 癸卯 [mixed by cay horiuchi]:
1. Muslimgauze - A1, Arab American Radio [Staalplaat] (2020)
2. 松浦 雅也 - たまねぎ先生のカンフー・ラップ, PaRappa The Rapper オリジナル・サウンドトラック [Sony Records] 1996
3. Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) [Cutting Records] 1987
4. Trinere - All Night, All Night, [Jam Packed] 1985
5. Asha Puthili - Chipko Chipko, Hari Om, [Pan Music] 1990
6. Shavonne, So, Tell Me, Tell Me (Vocal Mix), So, Tell Me, Tell Me [M-Pire Records] 1989
7. Stevie B - Party Your Body, Party Your Body [LMR]
8. Hassan Ideddir - Ibini, Atfalouna [Dark Entries] 2022 Re. 1989
9. Big Ben Tribe - Tarzan Loves the Summer Nights [Dark Entries] 2021 Re. 1983
10. 容祖兒 (Joey Yung), 未知, EP/Joey [EEG] 1999
11. Ntombi Ndaba - Heart Attack, Tomorrow [Afrosynth Records] 2018
12. The Hard Workers - Ayoba-yo, Ayoba-yo [Red Label] 1988
13. Stella - Réalité, D​é​tends​-​toi [Cosmic Romance] 2022
14. Poly-C - Soy Pijo (Boite Pijo Instrumental), Ritmo Fantas​í​a: Balearic Spanish Synth​-​Pop, Boogie and House (1982​-​1992) [Compiled by DJ Trujillo], [Soundway Records] 2021 Re. 1990
15. Elado - Massi Tobo [Bonfido Disques] 2022
16. Mameen 3 - Spacecamel, Spacecamel  Jahrab, [Les Disques Bongo Joe] 2019
17. Cheb Runner - Dalila - Law Kan (RCCR Remix)
18. De Los Miedos - Yali Yali (De Los Miedos Edit), Edits Vo.1 [Ostra Discos] 2014
19. Manjeet Kondal - Ishkaan De Mamle, Holle Holle [Multitone] 1986
20. Elado - Gulab Jamun, Elado Edits [Razor N Tape] (edit of Asha Bhosle - Tutak Tutak Tutiyan from Ghar Ka Chirag (1989) soundtrack)
21. East-West - Can’t Face The Night (Chuggy Dub), Can’t Face The Night [Emotional Rescue] 2022
22. Moonlight vs Azoto - San Salvador (Original Mix), San Salvador (The “Teasing” Remixes) [Axis Records] 2004
23. fana' - Kurdish Gold, Karantina, 2020
24. Acid Arab feat. Cheb Halim - Halim Guelil, 2022
25. Ethno League - Radio Arabesque (Saudi-club version), Milagros Del Ritmo Obscure Rhythmic Tunes From 1988 -1991 Selected By Jose Manuel [Harmonie Exotic] 2022
26. 高凌風 (Frankie Kao) – 愛像青橄欖, 借錢, [CYP] 1983

Discover more:
@cay-horiuchi
instagram.com/unico_moomin_fanfiction

AW/OA 056: 癸卯 [mixed by cay horiuchi]

Today, in many parts of the world, new year celebrations come to a close, with lanterns being lit and allowed to float into the sky over beaches and city skylines. With those lanterns, all kinds of worries and suffering are being released to the wind, welcoming a new chapter and serving as a reminder of the migrations and transmigrations that have occurred every cycle for untold generations. 

In the spirit of the Spring that is to come, we are again humbled to be able to offer a mix from a relatively new acquaintance, the Denver-via-Daytona DJ and 1/2 of the frontrange hardcore duo Loudmen (along with @wngdu), Mitch Smith. 

With a mix that is pitched to glide perfectly between a web of dub, ambient, downtempo, and triphop influences, there is little more that we can recommend you do beside open a window and listen. It is the sound of things to come, again, anew, thankfully.

AW/OA 057: Mixed by Mitch Smith
1. planet woob - woob
2. solar prohet- insanity sect
3. tripple threads - slim
4. demat dubrim - rockers hi-fi
5. ??? - nicolini
6. italo orb (too blessed to be stressed mix) - the orb
7. savage - pieter kock
8. played by this ya sound - bunny general
9. blackboard jungle dub - the upsetters
10. I killed the barber - dr alimantado
11. delta river - oss
12. sebb didn’t get the job at fruit loops - instrumensch
13. ramframe - sw.
14. ungerade 19/36 - das wettbüro
15. regeneration - kosma
16. penni chasing - nicolini
17. small talking - carlton lewis

Discover more at:
@djmitchsmith

AW/OA 057: Mixed by Mitch Smith

Saturday night @ Ever Afters, 2023 the yurt was curated by San Francisco's Matt Sussman (@auralboros). The running order for the evening was @mayajaal-indrajaal, @rainensemble, @ilind, and @auralboros taking the group into the morning. 

Thank you to all the organizers, performers, listeners and especially to @faited and crew for the sound.

Ever Afters Campout, 2023

Giving Back to the Yurt @ Ever Afters Campout, 2023

"Diamond Knot" is the first track from the upcoming release, "True History" by Montana-based electronic music composer Jed Logsdon, out on Abstract without Abstraction on 9.14.23. 

Hear the whole record at awoa.bandcamp.com

True History

Bandcamp

Jed Logsdon - Diamond Knot

i.lind, live at the Chillits ambient music campout in Northern California, September, 2023, between the hours of 3:30 and 5am.

Thank you to @auralboros, all of the organizers, performers, and listeners.

Live at Chillits, 2023

i.lind, live at Chillits, 2023

Abstract without Abstraction presents #1 in its ongoing series of weekly mixes brought to you by ilind & Entrancer. Tune in every week at awoa.co. This week (Mayday; both International Worker's Day and the emergency radio transmission) is dedicated to the workers (labor/knowledge/sex) of the world.

1. Cooper-Moore - If Only piano and morse code 
2. George Lewis - Homage to Charles Parker [excerpt]
3. Mazdaratti - Fox Hunt
4. DJ Sotofett - Nekta øl på City Club
5. Rival Consoles - Night Melody
6. DJ Windows XP - I Cried Last Night
7. DJ Sprinkles - sisters, i don't know what this world is coming to
8. Kowton - Iodine
9. Jock Club - Don't Hold Back
10. Hodge & Peder Mannerfelt - All My Love
11. Track ID - 5
12. Åmnfx - Build A Home
13. Skee Mask - Kordman Return (Swing Mix)
14. Basic Rhythm - Bury Him
15. Lurka - Partials
16. Yally - Dread Risk
17. Iglew - Regalia
18. DJ Spooky - Time out of joint
19. Ø - Eetteri
20. Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - W
21. Carl Stone - Wall Me Do
22. I-LP-O - Paradise Capital
23. Loefah - Veal Digidub
24.  Lorenzo Senni - Elegant, and never tiring
25. Helm - Blue Scene
26. Burial - Stolen Dog
27. Frank & Tony - Bring The Sun (Feat. Gry)
28. Simon Fisher Turner - Colour Fullness
29. Shinichi Atobe - The Red Line
30. Cooper-Moore - Emancipation 
31. Christopher DeLaurenti - Live in NY at the RNC Protest [excerpt]
& other bits sprinkled in

Abstract without Abstraction

AW/OA 001: Mayday [mixed by i.lind]

In the second hour of episode 10 we're treated to a special guest mix from Istanbul's Kerem Sevinçli, with a searing, full-moon palette-cleanser and a number of world premieres from his İskeletor project. 

Find İskeletor at:

@tektosagrecords: https://iskeletor.bandcamp.com/
@boomarmnation: https://boomarmnation.bandcamp.com/album/iskeletor
@innamindrecordings: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/iskeletor-lurker/626685-01/

Hour One: ilind

1.	Pierre Henry- Prelude
2.	Chino Amobi- GÆNOVA
3.	Tzusing-日出東方 唯我不敗 
4.	Randomer- Smokin
5.	Whip N Doug – Hooker Boulevard
6.	UMFANG- Symbolic Use Of Light
7.	Turinn- ESO
8.	Laurel Halo- Jelly
9.	Hodge- No Single Thing
10.	Porter Ricks- Scuba Rondo
11.	Zeno Amsel- Spellbinder
12.	Renick Bell- Trying to Control The Four Winds
13.	Shanti Celeste- Hinoki
14.	Deena Abdelwahed- Untitled 1
15.	R.A.A.A.- Lemon Slices In My Cup
16.	Machu Linea- Damn Baby Ft. KoKoLA
17.	Asmara- 4 Anything feat. Alexandria
18.	Frankie Paul, Lukie D, and Axeman- My Sound Is The Answer

Hour Two: İSkeletor

1.	Julee Cruise- The World Spins 
2.	AS- SEMBLY
3.	Collector- Thomas Salto
4.	DRIPPIN- ???
5.	gin$eng- Tortured
6.	Réelle- Satura
7.	Kamixlo- Bloodless Y (Evian Christ Remix)
8.	ISKELETOR- BNSU EVYL PLOT EDIT
9.	EPROM- BFG
10.	minciisha ieraksti- 3 000 000 (W3C Remix)
11.	HANZ- ???
12.	SD Laika- Tropic of Cancer
13.	Two Fingers- Saint Rhythm
14.	WWWINGS & SILK ROAD ASSASSINS- SHADOW REALM
15.	チェスマスタ- And Now I Am Like You
16.	Venetian Snares- Let The Dog Out
17.	JK Flesh- Tunnel
18.	Haraam- The People That Have Walked In Darkness Have Seen A Great Light
19.	Lōtic- Coming Together
20.	Marshall Applewhite- LETS GO TO DINNER
21.	AS- WANT IT
22.	ISKELETOR- ONE PUSH
23.	ISKELETOR- CATCH22
24.	Triple Six Mafia- Now I'm High Really High

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 010

AW/OA 010: İskeletor [mixed by İskeletor & i.lind]

CHAPTER ONE IS CALLED PAIN
BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE BORN, YOU WERE FLESHLESS
I SAW YOU, IN A DREAM, I SAW YOU AND I CALLED YOUR NAME
AND SO YOU ARE HERE NOW
BEAUTIFUL BOUNCING PUSSY PINK FLESHLESS THING,
DRIPPING HONEY AND MUCUS
YOU ARE PERFECT AND UNDONE IN
THE
NAME OF LOVE

CHAPTER TWO IS CALLED
LA POSESYON
AND YOU EXIST ONLY IN THIS CIRCLE OF SALT
ONLY IN THIS MOMENT OF THOROUGH HONESTY
THERE IS AN EVIL IN THE BODY AND AN ABSCESS IN THE HEART
SWELTERING AND SORE,
HEAVY HOT / HEAVING ROT
YOU BECOME SOUR AND I HAVE HELD YOU BEFORE AND
I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND SO FORTH
AND FOREVER AND AGAIN

THE THIRD CHAPTER IS CALLED POWER
IT IS EVERYTHING AND YOU HAVE BEEN LET LOOSE
I RELEASE YOU NOW
I FORGIVE YOU IN ALL WAYS
I CAST YOU OUT OF THIS STILL GARDEN
THIS IS A COMMAND:

CHANGE.

February 23, 2018. debbyfriday.bandcamp.com | Abstract without Abstraction awoa.co

1.      CHAPTER 1 – DEBBY FRIDAY
2.      DEFIANCE (SONG OF REBIRTH) – AUSSCHUSS
3.      B.YHZZ OWA X GOLSHIFTEH FARAHANI (FOOZOOL EDIT)
4.      INTENSIA DIAMANDA – KABLAM
5.      PROFILER – ODDLAW
6.      NYMPHOMANIAC (2013) (VENDREDI SLICE)
7.      ABYZOU – THOOM X ITSÏ
8.      BLEEDING (HYPH11E REMIX) – SHYQA
9.      TRAIN HOP – TEARZ
10.  TOTOTO (WASTED FATES REMIX) – MC BIN LADEN
11.  YEAH – TSVI
12.  GOLEM – MYSS KETA FEAT. RIVA
13.  BLACK DOG (W/ LURU) – TSVI
14.  A REBEL FROM THE WAIST DOWN – HABITS OF HATE
15.  DELTA (VETA.M REMIX) – OPOSITION
16.  STRIPES ON A TIGER DON’T WASH AWAY – SULLY
17.  EL HOUSE (IMAABS TRASH EDIT) - ALEJANDRO PAZ
18.  UMBRELLA – CELES7E
19.  ATISH – SADAF
20.  ORGANISMO APERTO NO. 1 – GUILIO COLANGELO
21.  BXXCH - NASENBLUTEN

TERROR : A MIX/TAPE

Consume

DEBBY FRIDAY - TERROR : A MIX/TAPE

This episode AW/OA welcomes @zonemotif - the ambient-inflected alias of Denver's Lone Dancer - in advance of his new release 'Augment Reality Breakdown' (out on March 23rd on @alwayshumantapes). Listening in to the swerve and drift of a perpetual fall between genres (ambient, jazz, Tibetan chant, and abstract freakquencies) the mix is a hypnagogic mirror through which to hear and feel your self.

Zone Motif's 'Augment Reality Breakdown' is out on @alwayshumantapes March 23rd: http://alwayshumantapes.com/

Lone Dancer's 'House Is a Tunnel' is out now on @deepclubdenver: https://deepclub.bandcamp.com/album/lone-dancer-house-is-a-tunnel-ep-dc-04 

AW/OA014: Zone Motif

1. Xth Reflexion - 4
2. wzrdryAV - Sleeping Room 
3. Kink Gong - Tibetan Buddhism Trip, Part 1
4. Rezzet - Zootie (Yavas mix)
5. Soul Project - CF01
6. Anto - Untitled
7. Maria Teresa Luciani - Courtyards Citizens
8. Pharoah Sanders - Kazuko in an Abandoned Tunnel 
9. 1991 - High Tech Cold Life
10. Zone Motif - Babylon Implant
11. wzrdryAV - Medicinal Circuits
12. The Gamelan of the Walking Warriors - Gilak Melasti
13. Xth Reflexion - 5
14. Brother Ah - Celestial Strings
15. Zone Motif - Inside Mist
16. Gerardo Iacoucci - Produzione Industriale
17. Alice Coltrane - Affinity
18. $3.33 - +
19. Batu - Don't
20. FOANS - Shrine
21. Yiamelic Frequencies - Spores
22. Andrea Porcu - Leaving Chichibabin
23. Foan Dancer - Untitled Dub
24. Lee Gamble - Istian
25. Zone Motif - Maelcum's Ship
26. Alice Coltrane - Vrindavana Sanchara

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series

AW/OA 014: Zone Motif

Lychee (@lycheefrut) is the creative force behind Spontaneous Affinity (@spontaneousaffinity), a freeform platform focusing on the support and elevation of those connected with the communal nature of the dancefloor. As a DJ, their monthly residency at Distrikt 1 at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Brooklyn focuses on the harder and darker edges of techno, so it is a real pleasure to hear them round a corner for Abstract without Abstraction with a special two-hour long ambient mix. While the world approaches the summer solstice this week, let them calibrate the atmospherics of your pure sensation. Find your favorite place in the world (https://mountauburn.org) and put yourself there in the sound.

Discover more at:
spontaneous.zone &&
facebook.com/lycheefrut

AW/OA016: Mt. Auburn:

1. Yagya - Through the Zodiacal Cloud [Delsin]
2. D'Marc Cantu - Fatal Frame [New York Haunted]
3. Potter Natalizia Zen - Chaosmosis [Ecstatic]
4. Relaxer - Regime Change [TRANQUILITY]
5. Dasha Rush - Ocean Shy [Deep Sound Changel]
6. Primitive World - Space Movement & Light [Ecstatic]
7. Anthony Linell - Leaves of Glass [Northern Electronics]
8. Marco Shuttle - Adrift [Spazio Disponibile]
9. Norah Lorway - wave change IV [Xylem]
10. Ryan Wick - Mixed Feelings [Jungle Gym Records]
11. Potter Natalizia Zen - Che Osmosi [Ecstatic]
12. Yamaneko - Glacial Healing Aid [Local Action]
13. Luigi Tozzi - Yavin 4 ((Ambient Mix)) [Hypnus]
14. Kohl - The Possibility of the Infinite [Umor Rex]
15. ZZZZRA - Aurore pneumatique [Romance Col]
16. Severnaya - Proud Cliffs Garbed in Blue [Fauxpas Musik]
17. Coralcola - Eight [self-released]
18. Peter Van Hoesen - Entrance to Entropic City [Time to Express]
19. Shinichi Atobe - The Test Of Machine 2 [DDS]
20. Soramimi - Deep Time [Detroit Underground]
21. Rrose - Undergrowth [Eaux]
22. ASC - Sequence #3 [Auxiliary]
23. Hydrangea - Arborescens [Annulled]
24. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - First Flight [Western Vinyl]
25. Pan Daijing - The Nerve Meter [PAN]
26. Adonai Atrophia - The Infinite She [Eighth Tower]
27. Leghau - Speculate [Dynamic Reflection]
28. Kessel Jaeger - Aster [Editions Mego]
29. Voices From The Lake - Mika [Prologue]

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 016

AW/OA 016: Mt. Auburn [mixed by Lychee]

Recover from the perpetual hangover of misguided fanatico-patriotism & juvenile nationalistic segregationism with a special, dark tonic from @verarubin. Hot on the heels of her recent @dieselcast, the force selector behind @xrayfm's Shadow Cruising show frequent collaborator with Portland's @hurtr shows us (hears us?) in one focused hour that the will to harness our destiny is an inalienable right in chorus with the chaos of the world (as if there were ever only one). 

Hour 1: Vera Rubin

1. Chris & Cosey - Allotropy 1st Movement
2. Lamaze - A Romantic Solution (Or Charade)
3. Bill Converse - Inward Fathoms
4. Nagamatzu - Der Gute Kamerad (Life 85 Version)
5. Section 25 - Sutra
6. Antlers Mulm - White Tears
7. Apex - Void
8. Jean Conflict - Exercise
9. Exillion - Numbers
10. Einsturzende Neubauten - Blume (French Version)

Hour 2: ilind

1. -1348- - Crystal Nights (Excerpt)
2. Harrius - Ebola Time
3. Abdulla Rashim - Moral Blinds
4. Pip Williams - Outer Limits
5. Alessandro Adriani - You Will Note Be There For The End
6. Lone Dancer - Void Simulation X1
7. Renaissance Man - What Do You Do When You Do What You Do (Paul Woolford Remix)
8. Ami Dang - Manali
9. Sharp Veins - Glowworms (Noelsferatu's Broken Circuit Edit)
10. Hieroglyphic Being - The Jacking Zone
11. Electric Music Foundation - Disco Foundation
12. Sympathy Nervous - Money Crisis
13. Norma Loy - Lesbiche Voodoo Teenagers
14. OLY x SISQO - Cave Thong (Lao Bootleg)

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 017

AW/OA 017: Vera Rubin

Soul Abstractions; abstract takes on soul, soul-full abstractions, and the transposition of soul, drawn away ~ into new contexts and landscapes. For episode 021 of Abstract without Abstraction, we are heartened to present a special, vinyl-only mix from Alala.One. An offering from a veteran selector, Soul Abstractions finds Alala plumbing the depths of her collection for a number of classic gospel & disco spirituals that she 'rarely has the opportunity to play out' in an effort to connect the dots and limn the overlaps of soul's connotation across recordings from 1960 to 2017. The journey is a force of buried voices rising. Soul, free from the machinations of exploitation that leverage the term to caricature and contain blackness, and free from overwrought romanticization; soul as breath activated in dance and work. To those who labor, who suffer, who dream, who defend the rights of the working, and to those who refuse: thank you. 

AW/OA 021: Soul Abstractions [mixed by Alala.One]

1. Gil Scott Heron “Where Did the Night Go” 2010
2. Theo Parrish “Creepcake” 2014
3. Andres "Keep Tryin” 2009
4. Elmore Judd “Air Makes My Day” 2008
5. Geoffrey Landers “Breedlove” 1984
6. Hieroglyphic Being “Hollow Earth” 2015
7. Ambrose Campbell “Ashiko Rhythm” 1966
8. The Staple Singers “Pray On” 1960
9. Lee Fields “Money I$ King” 2009
10. Baby Huey “Hard Times” 1971
11. The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band “Do Your Thing” 1969
12. 3 Chairs “Demi Gods” 2013
13. Patrice Scott “Eclipse” 2010
14. Abacus presents iDrum “iDRUM This Djembe [Drum Dub]” 2011
15. Ricardo Miranda “Thank U Chicago Dub” 2011
16. Marcello Napoletano “Before The Riot” 2010
17. Ron Trent “Altered States” 1990
18. DJ Spider & Hakim Murphy “Submerged Giant” 2012
19. DJ Qu “Be Who You Want [Hardknock Shaker’s Dub]” 2008
20. Amir Alexander & Dakini 9 “Black Ops” 2011
21. Hieroglyphic Being “Machines For Lovers” 2004
22. The Godfather of House Presents Shannon Low “The Promised Land [The Jackmaster View of Shannon Mix]" 1995
23. Robert Hood “A Time To Rebuild” 2012
24. Amir Alexander Presents Richie Rachet “Infinity!” 2015
25. T.B. Arthur “Track 1” 2016
26. Erika “A Cellular Meltdown [BMG Club Edit]” 2013
27. 313 Acid Queen “Aquarium [Belle Isle Acid] [Ryan McCray Remix]” 2017
28. Eddie Fowlkes “Boom Boom” 2015
29. Adonis “No Way Back” 1986
30. Lady Blacktronika “Lil Re Re [Fred P Reshape]” 2012    
31. Norma Jean Bell “Dreams” 1998
32. Tevo Howard “Lost In Love [Lost Mix]” 2008
33. XDB “Frocks” 2013
34. Quest “Mind Games [Underground Mix feat. Liz Torres]" 1985

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 021

AW/OA 021: Soul Abstractions [mixed by Alala.One]

💊 From the @mirror-fears compilation, 'EATEN: reconstituted', bringing together 30+ remixes of her work. This one from the studio of Elenor Lutter aka °Lalouve.

Get the full compilation at awoa.bandcamp.com

EATEN: reconstituted

Mirror Fears - Arrow Fletching (°Lalouve Remix)

Alright, why not fit one more mix in before the end of the year? In anticipation of their first, self-titled album (due out on 1/1/2019), Abstract without Abstraction is honored to host @tech_noallah, the Denver-based gabber princess. A perfect sister-mix to DJ Dreamcast’s, this mix finds techno Allah (aka Aisha Jeylani) running the gamut from their eponymous genre through footwork, speed garage, and breakcore, with all manner of 160+ scorchers in between. It’s an ascendent, frenetic mix to crack the turning of the calendar wide open. For those whose 2018 is better left unremembered, let her offering cauterize it. 

For those in Denver, techno Allah plays NYE 2018 alongside @h-lite, the Nightshift DJs and a host of other AW/OA favorites at ÑÇRÇ. 

Discover more:

Bandcamp: https://techno-allah.bandcamp.com/music
More Bandcamp: https://hxcmidi.bandcamp.com/music
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabberprincess

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 027

AW/OA 027: tECHNO ALLAH's NYE 2018 Mix

When we listen to— or better yet, are absorbed by— a rhythm, we are at the same time being enraptured by time signatures that bear unique genetic makeups and that have evolved over the course of human musicking. These time signatures code for the experiences of the people who have sounded them in celebration, idleness, mourning, and protest.  

Opening up the new year, with our dial set on listening to the events of this world, we are honored to present Radio Maghreb, @fanafellahin’s reminder that we have, in many ways, the countries of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan to thank for the for rhythms today construed as ‘techno’. 

This mix is dedicated to the people of Sudan who have been protesting their totalitarian fascist government since mid-December 2018, the opposition leaders who have been arrested and killed because of their anti-fascist views, and the martyrs who have died alongside protestors. Şehid namirin; inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raj3un.

AW/OA 028: Radio Maghreb [mixed by فناء (fana)]

1. Oumou Sangare – Moussolou
2. Al Balabil – Habibi Ana 3ayan
3. Hashim Merghani – Enta w' Ana
4. Mona Alkhair – Layam wa Layali
5. Rimaz wa Mohammad Mirghani wa Manar – Helwa 3ayoun
6. Haram Alnour – Qatarna Fat
7. Cheb Khaled – Ya Diri Ki Tebghi
8. Cheba Nouria – Sayada
9. Etab – Jani Al'asmar
10. Mona Abdel Ghani – Ashob
11. Hanan – Albesmeh
12. Hakim – Garh Alhawa
13. Najwa Karam – 3allala
14. Cheba Zahouania – Yama Wassi Abdellah
15. Abdel Halim Hafez – Gana Alhawa
16. Dalal Abu Amneh – 3araftul Hawa

 فناء (fana), who first crossed our radar by way of their Disco Paradiso night, is a Cleveland-based organizer, DJ, and producer of Kurdish/Moroccan/Southern Mediterranean descent with an EP, “Ancestor Syndrome”, due out on Crisis Urbana in 2019.

Discover more at:

soundcloud.com/fanafellahin

& on Monday, January 14th, 2019 at: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1189196

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 028

AW/OA 028: Radio Maghreb [mixed by فناء (fana)]

A full moon, Easter (Ēostre) weekend, the beginning of Pesach, finally feeling the dehiscence of Spring; of everything that happened two weeks ago, perhaps one of the most serendipitous was being able to finally meet @sisgirlpgh, the recent San Francisco transplant and co-organizer of MESH, an all-inclusive queer dance party based in Pittsburgh, PA. 

This season, we’re ecstatic to turn the tables over to Sis for a journey deep into the flow of the most aqueous DnB; traversing time-scales as they skip– like a liquid prism bouncing on the surface of a lake– along with this most celebratory, liberating, and hypnotic kaleidoscope of genres. 

In Sis Girl’s words, Liquid Percussive is “a collection of atmospheric breaks mixed with other genres to reflect my feelings of spending the weekend in the woods with my queer family listening to some queer music”

Discover more at:
@sisgirlpgh
@meshparty

AW/OA 030: Liquid Percussive [mixed by Sis Girl]

Lush - Oblivian
Photek  - Rings Around Saturn
Tayla - Dimensions 
Blame - Groove Research
Appaloosa - Traveling
New Balance - Reflections
Danny Breaks - Solar Funk
Istari Lasterfahrer - Extasy
Coco Bryce - Worries in Da Dance
Arkcade - VGM
Deskai - Looplove
Laroque - Yield
Mark - Integrier Dich Du Yuppie
Necrotype - Yosei
Proem - She Never Cries
Octo Octa - For My Girls

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 030

AW/OA 030: Liquid Percussive [mixed by Sis Girl]

"Welcome to Abstract without Abstraction. As always, I’m your host ilind. i, l, i, n, d. Which, seems to autocorrect to "Blind" in most messaging services. In this episode, we’re going to be playing with a lot of silly words that get autocorrected, as we are thrilled to present the first in a series of DIY label showcases, listening exclusively to the work put out on the Copenhagen-based computer music label, FLUF. f. l. u. f. FLUF is the truly do-it-yourself labor of love of Stephen McEvoy, also known as tuuun. (That’s a t with 3 u’s and an n).  Though, the tag “computer music” doesn’t really do the imprint justice, as Stephen recently reiterated to me that FLUF has zero interest in what they call the “elitist, wealthy, boring, staid, poe-faced kind of posturing that is associated with "computer music" or out-there electronic music.” So, perhaps we’re better to think of FLUF then as a zone of intersecting artists taking a stand on multiple fronts - pushing against the pallor-faced seriousness unto death, and against the exclusionary, gear-enfranchised attitudes implicit in so many scenes. However we choose to think about them, FLUF are a deadly serious label, with a seriously playful sense of humor.

They are, by all accounts, FLUffy. And it’s an attitude that, to my ear, hearkens to a spirit I love about these musics, from the braindance of Rephlex to the breakcore of Tigerbeat 6. From Violent Onsen Geisha to Narwhals. Have they listened to Planet Mu-founder Mike Paradinas’s Star Wars-themed records about Jawas, Banthas, and Sexy Tusken Raiders, I wonder? Whatever the case and context may be, they’re in good company with you listening.  Right now, we have FLUF artist NYZ underneath us, and we’re about to hear one from tuuun themselves. For the next 2 hours join me in exploring the work they’ve released over 20 releases since late in 2016 and find all of FLUF's catalog at fluf.space or on bandcamp at flufrecs.bandcamp.com"

Discover more at @flufrecs

AW/OA 033: FLUF Records Showcase [mixed by ilind]

1. NYZ - 0009A
2. tuuun - 0005A
3. MOSCA - Touchie Riddim Pt.1[M]
4. Blood Music - QUANTITATIVE EASING
5. EVOL - 0007AA
6. PLOM - Untitled 09
7. Guy Birkin - 0006A
8. Agnès Pe - 0013AA
9. Sarah Rasines - 0016AA
10. Onin - non (dj}}water}} remix)
11. Calum Gunn - 0003AA
12. Phil Julian - 0010A
13. tendencyitis - 0020A
14. Blood Music - When you asked does the work have a political dimension
15. tuuun - 0014AA
16. bamboo - 0004AA
17. PARSA - 1didone256hanning2
18. shedding - 180716_01pittsburghPA
19. shedding - 180716_02pittsburghPA
20. shedding - 180716_03pittsburghPA
21. shedding - 180716_04pittsburghPA
22. shedding - 180716_05pittsburghPA
23. Drvg Cvltvre - 0012A
24. Victor Moragues - 0015AA
25. Empathic Window - A1
26. PARSA - a2
27. PLOM - numèric_A51HPE (my pupils move so fast that I cannot focus version)

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 033

AW/OA 033: FLUF Records Showcase [mixed by i.lind]

As Abstract without Abstraction was coming into being, there were a handful of projects that served as direct inspiration for the series; projects that sought to voice the sonic perspectives of the rich, diverse worlds of exploratory dance music and experimental electronic sounds flowering in the otherwise oppressive and increasingly violent, fascist wasteland of twenty-first century Turtle Island. Of those, Acid Daddy's DIESELcast is exemplary. In that light, it is an honor and privilege to present a two-and-a-half hour excursion mixed by @dieselcast's head curator Acid Daddy (@mynameisjarvi) themselves.

jarvi (aka Acid Daddy) is a Detroit-born, Chicago-based DJ, organizer, label head (at the recently launched @identityspectrumrecords), and member of the Naughty Bad Fun Collective crew. Above, beyond, and because of those things, jarvi is also a vocal proponent of discourse on non-binary identity (see a recent feature at the Sequencer series, here: http://sequencer.club/sequencer-spotlight-jarvi/) and Taurean gardener, catalyzing and tending to spaces (sound-space, event-space, relationship-space) where queer energies of acceptance, being, and becoming can flourish. In their contribution to AW/OA, "Wandering Through the Swamp of Sadness", we are given glimpse into their vision of mix-as-worldmaking; mix-as-portal; mix-as-reconciliation and therapeutic return. For the next two-and-a-half hours, remember that when we listen, we are given the right to inhabit whatever times and spaces we desire, wandering outside of those prescribed by the ruling class, and that wandering is often how we find our way.

As always, art is courtesy of lindersculpture.com & more can be found at awoa.co

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 034

AW/OA 034: Wandering Through the Swamp of Sadness [mixed by Acid Daddy]

Adam 2 (@adamtwo) is a Vancouver-based DJ who helps run the Sustainable Rave Resources and Wax Time parties (with DJ Overland and Zander, respectively) in BC. For this episode, we're happily turned on our head, as Adam 2 throws a wrench in the recent tempo-machinery of the series, opting to present a mix of slow-burning grooves full of tension that center around 100bpm and reflect the descent of the seasons towards the hibernal solstice. Sleaze & sustain. It can always go slower; it can always get steamier.

For those in the Vancouver area, fix your radar on their gig opening for @randomer this coming February. For everyone else, discover more at @adamtwo & FB at /adam.two

AW/OA 036: Electro Body Music [mixed by Adam 2]:

1. Cosmic Force/Legowelt/Orgue Electronique - Transmitting Illicit Logic
2. Tzusing - Esther (Original Mix)
3. Mr. Assister - Mambala
4. Thee J. Johanz - More Cowbell! (Original Mix)
5. Photonz - Hospital Acid
6. Sepehr - 303 Diaries
7. Bildertal - Futurebots (Original Mix)
8. Syclops - Jump Bugs
9. Gamma Intel - Beyond Doubt
10. Luke Vibert - 107 Acid
11. Cardopusher - Out On A Limb
12. DECIUS - Rupture Boutique
13. Privacy - Query B
14. Jensen Interceptor - Route E
15. Marie Davidson - The Psychologist
16. Cardopusher - Morning Traffic Dance (Original Mix)
17. The Populists - Yes Needs No (Original Mix)
18. Mr. Assister - Bebny
19. brokntoys - Post Factum
20. Syclops - Monkeypuss
21. Gladio - Temple of Pervesius
22. Mark Archer - a1-2 a1-2 - E1
23. Drexciya - Neon Falls (Original Mix)

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 036

AW/OA 036: Electro Body Music [mixed by Adam 2]

MIdway through a rare video interview with Steven Stapleton, the musician behind the legendary surrealist industrial outfit Nurse With Wound, conducted by the brainwashed.com crew and posted to 4iB records sometime in late 2012, Stapleton shows off a prized collection of CDs that he keeps stored in his studio, consisting entirely of work by female rappers. 

Here at Abstract without Abstraction we've become convinced over the past year that SAFiYAH, an OKC-born, Denver-based DJ and producer, is the logical inheritor and embodiment of the strange, alchemical crossings revealed by Stapleton in that moment. 

Through a string of brutal, passionate offerings that blend a breadth of post-acidic, Pan-African forms, what continually catches our ear In SAFiYAH's work is the way that she blends harddance and hiphop in a way that makes for the ecstatic, alien transitions that are the consistent highlights of her mixes.

It goes without saying then that we are honored to host her most recent transmission: a dive through the hypnotic gateway into a thoroughly mechanized vision of human energy, in which SAFiYAH offers our various quarantines and shelterings vibrant atomic light worthy of techno's midwestern US roots.

Discover More At:

@safi_yahh
https://www.instagram.com/safiyahh__
https://twitter.com/safiyahh_

AW/OA 039: SAFiYAH for AW/OA:

1. NEBUCHADNEZZAR - N1 [ECT-001]
2. aitch & von Wrangel - Rhythm Gangster 
3. DJ VALENTIMES - DJ VALENTIMES 
4. Emily Glass - Uvula
5. Your Planet Is Next - Last Of LDB-1
6. Rerekat - Jungle 
7. Bergsonist - Tentation
8. PTAF - DO YO SHIT
9. LIX - Misplaced 
10. Garneau - Bromeliad
11. Neri J - We Rave
12. Onleash - Isolate Pro
13. Rune Bagge - Alprox
14. SPIRAL - quest?onmarc
15. Taken Name - Step Out (Haven)
16. Isabella - Freethrow
17. Queen Key - My Way
18. Julien Andreas - Sex on the beach
19. Moodrich - Playaz Play
20. TMILLZ1100 - LEAN (Feat. HOOK)
21. yair1 - Interstellar
22. meach - BATTLETOADS
23. Miilie Mesh - Lil Hoe
24. Rune Bagge - The View From Halfway Down
25. Killavesi - I Know
26. Unknown Artist - Trance 2
27. DSavage - I Know II

Abstract without Abstraction Mix Series 039

AW/OA 039: SAFiYAH for AW/OA

When we started to put the forces in motion to wind down the mix series aspect of Abstract without Abstraction after AW/OA 040, we knew well that there would be a handful of errant mixes arriving in our inbox in their own time. And that's deeply related to how we've always functioned; itinerant, suspicious of overly formalized protocols that would attempt to standardize communications in a world where messages are intercepted, lost in postal relays, misinterpreted, and delayed (if not forgotten) as much as they arrive at the exact 'right time', to the exact 'right place' (that being, of course, your ears, dear listener). 

So all we can say is that we're glad to have received this love letter to techno from Matt Miville (here recording under his Ponk moniker), delivered over the course of this new-moon-in-Gemini weekend when we're celebrating the birthdays of Arthur Russell, Sun Ra, and most explicitly in this mix, hearing Ponk's celebration of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, which is held every Memorial Day weekend, here in the US. 

Without further ado,

AW/OA 041: Is There Anything it's Like to a Brutal Poodle? [mixed by Ponk]:

1. Radijo Taisykla - Creed [Circular Limited]
2. Mike Parker - Lustration Six (Megalith)[Prologue]
3. Scøpe - Tak [SCOPÁVIK]
4. Great Circles - Kokoon [Great Circles]
5. Varg - Aprikos [Posh Isolation]
6. CHP - Alex Oliver [Circular Limited]
7. Nørbak - Denervation [Circular Limited]
8. Echologist - Dispatch [Mord]
9. OWL - Embrace [Circular Limited]
10. Unclear - Mind [Circular Limited]
11. Planetary Assault Systems - Engage Now [Mote-Evolver]
12. Aleksi Perälä - NLL561606931 [Clone Basement Series]
13. Paula Temple - Don't Use Your Eyes Now [Noise Manifesto]
14. Permafrost - Freeze (Beatless Version) [Circular Limited]
15. Rrose - Sister (remix) [Eaux]
16. ORPHX - Outcast [Sonic Groove]
17. Impulse Array (ALLEN REMIX) - Stasis Field
18. SHMИ - Fata Morgana [Circular Limited]
19. Uun - Lower Norfair [Mord]
20. Cavüm - Respect the rules [Circular Limited]
21. Wata Igarashi - Death Orange [Semantica]
22. PAULA TEMPLE/SOS GUNVER RYBERG/AISHA DEVI/RROSE - DR2-3 [Noise Manifesto]
23. Drvg Cvltvre - Running In Front Of Cars [OMNIDISC]

Abstract without Asbtraction Mix Series 041

AW/OA 041: Is There Anything it's Like to a Brutal Poodle? [mixed by Ponk]

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