Guest Mixes

"Dear dirt, I am sorry I slighted you,
I thought that you were only the background
for the leading characters—the plants
and animals and human animals.
It’s as if I had loved only the stars
and not the sky which gave them space
in which to shine. Subtle, various,
sensitive, you are the skin of our terrain,
you’re our democracy. When I understood
I had never honored you as a living
equal, I was ashamed of myself,
as if I had not recognized
a character who looked so different from me,
but now I can see us all, made of the
same basic materials—
cousins of that first exploding from nothing—
in our intricate equation together. O dirt,
help us find ways to serve your life,
you who have brought us forth, and fed us,
and who at the end will take us in
and rotate with us, and wobble, and orbit.

This mix is dedicated to Abe, who loves dirt." @musiccompanyco

Art by Sacha Lovell @soft_s
www.instagram.com/soft___s/

XCV - music company

Many labels strive for the cutting edge, but few pull it off. Melbourne’s Music Company is only a year – or eight releases – old but is quickly establishing itself as a foremost publisher of the freshest sounds from Australia’s constellation of artists making ambient, experimental and otherwise avant-garde music.

The label’s founders Brad Shawyer and Lauren Mitchell have thus far built a discography ranging from single-instrument live recordings to the most inventive forms of ‘computer music’ you’ll hear. Tune in to Lauren and Brad’s mix for episode 28 of our series and get a taste for one of the most interesting new labels in Australian ‘electronic’ music.

@musiccompanyco

Beats by Beat #28: Music Company Mix and Interview

Mr. Big Happy is a graphic designer, artist, DJ, and music archivist from San Francisco, California. While he is an accomplished designer and artist, over the years he has always had a love for music and spends time searching for rare and obscure vinyl. Big Happy’s focus is the late 70s into the late 80s - modern soul, funk, boogie and disco.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/the-big-happy-show/episodes/the-big-happy-show-26th-september-2023

The Big Happy Show - WEEKEND SOUNDS 260923

Hip-hop and soul-inflected sounds from Richmond's Ohbliv. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/ohbliv/episodes/ohbliv-20th-november-2023

Ohbliv 201123

What are the prerequisites for Senay Kenfe and his 2 hour bi-monthly show playing only heat. Chase the Quiet Storm, live and direct from the LA Studio.   
https://www.nts.live/shows/quiet-storm/episodes/quiet-storm-31st-january-2024

Quiet Storm 310124

Tropical rhythms, devotional boogie and soulful shenanigans with a heavy jazz undertone, Patrick Forge gathers it all up for your listening pleasure.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/patrickforge/episodes/patrickforge-26th-february-2024

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Morriarchi was in the booth with The Record Caddy & Babylon Fox for 2 hours of vinyl picks. Tracks from Brief Encounter, Ivy Sole, Karen Dixon & more.


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Morriarchi w/ The Record Caddy & Babylon Fox - March 2024

LD and guests deliver a slice of realness via jazz, fusion, deep soul, funk, warm techno and the rest. Expect music you can move to from the long-time DJ and producer. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/spacebass/episodes/spacebass-9th-march-2024

LDLDN: Harmonic Frequencies Vol 1 Special 090324

Carnival meets club once a month with Kazabon & Hootie Who. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/hipsters-dont-dance/episodes/hipsters-dont-dance-15th-march-2024

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Off Record w/ Heléna Star + Malik Hendricks 02.04.24

Expect another musical riot from the Floating World crew featuring rap and experimental hip-hop, modern indie, 00s pop and alt-rock, and a special tribute to Prince.

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Floating World Radio - April 2024

Jay Esko from NY joins Sean Lyles from Arizona for a dance-floor forward B2B exploring deep house soulful house & percussion rhythms as one half of the Vinyl Kitchen collective.

http://www.instagram.com/jayesko

Uptown Vinyl Supreme: Jay Esko b2b Sean Lyles @ The Lot Radio 05-11-2024

For Episode Sixteen we host a guest transmission from favourite new local label Music Company. Their debut release, Grace Ferguson's 'Voler', quickly became a COVID classic - an introspective and sensuous collection of piano compositions that stay with you long after the final note is played. Their second release ‘Vector Fields’ collects 17 Australian musicians. It’s a breathtaking experience from start to finish - a rare accomplishment for a compilation of its length. Thank you Lauren and Bradley for sharing your musical world. 

In their own words: 
“We started the Music Company label with the idea of showing people music for all three spaces in their life, the home, the not-home and the internet. Ambiguous maybe, but we feel there is a slither of sound that is suitable for all three environments, and that small gap between the real and unreal is where we've found a home. 

This mix was recorded in a similar space, between the real and unreal and in a home that is not ours. We are currently in South Australia and have been for a few months in hope of some pandemic reprieve and much needed family time, but we've ended up here much longer than we anticipated. Creating a new home, for now. 

This is a mix for the days that pass without warning, perpetuous in their monotony. An ode to time, and the times, full of warmth but rife with distance. Familiar and weird.”

@musiccompanyco

Lucy Liyou - Some Form Of Kindness
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Tracing Back The Radiance
Felicia Atkinson - Hope Alarm
Karin Krog - Open Sandwich
Yann Tiersen - Hent I
Anenon - Sardinia
Samdee Jabar - Glögi
ᕦ ( ò_óˇ ) ᕤ - Neo Wēt
Grace Ferguson - strange kind of in between thing
Aaron Martin - First Time Underwater
Wayayisma Petra - Forgotten Prayer
June11 - Who Is Still Dreaming?
Nick Storring - Pretending You and I
Other Joe - No Body Of Water Is Safe (Extended Mix)

The Best Effort Show - Episode Sixteen (Music Company)

Theory Therapy was live for with @theory-therapy for their first show of 2021. They brought a  bag of soothing electronica, woozy ambience and leftfield synthesis from Yunzero, ju ca, Susumu Yokota and new Music from Memory. In the second hour, they're joined by  Melbourne based record label Music Company heads Lauren and Bradley.

Theory Therapy w/ Music Company - January 2021

@musiccompanyco

Although brand new to the scene, Music Company have already established a spectacular presence in the Melbourne music community. The all-star cast behind the scenes (Bradley Shawyer and Lauren Mitchell) take a broad-brush approach to beautiful music, with particular focus on unearthing lesser-known local acts, many of whose creative gifts deserve to be household names. Take their debut release, ‘Voler’ by Grace Ferguson, a stunning piece of modern classical. Dynamic piano balanced with perfectly placed electronic ambience - beautiful, expansive. In between the beauty, Music Company also showcases the weird and wonderful, their top notch compilations peppered with experimental gems. Music Company joined me on Passing Notes episode 102.

Music Company - PN 102

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