Name: Tracers (https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/tracers-2016-2020) by Ben Vida in Soft / Long
Duration: 40 min 32 s
Description: https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/tracers-2016-2020

this makes my day, thanks for inspiration...

Soft / Long

"The CD is scratched.” A saying from the early millennium, it describes the phenomenon of skipping music on a damaged CD, the locked, repetitive groove. For nearly a decade, Fossilized Wilderness has been experimenting with a peculiar modification to CDJ equipment, birthed by long hours sorting through promotional CDs sent to a radio station. In embracing choppiness, a body of abrasive but bright ambient work has been constructed from the refuse of musical commodification.

The CD skip is both rhythm and tone on this LP, but if you expect the monotonous motions of a concept album, don’t: The moods here are just as granular. The six tracks shift from digital euphoria to shoegazing sentimentalism, a balanced mix of terror, plaintiveness, and joy, an impressive feat considering that the scratch of a CD produces potent nostalgia as well as Pavlovian irritation for many—a drive to eject the thing and fix the problem.

For those not growing up with it, the scratched CD is a relic phenomenon, something that happened with an artifact format. But just because it’s an artifact doesn’t mean it’s obsolete. On this LP, Fossilized Wilderness uses a sonic palette of subtly-shifting broken loops to create something new: delirious spectres rising from an ocean of plastic.

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Fossilized Wilderness is Ryan Martin, a pillar of the North Carolina underground music and arts scene. His most active artistic alias is Secret Boyfriend, with numerous cassette, vinyl, and CD releases on labels such as Blackest Ever Black and his own long-running DIY-informed imprint, Hot Releases. 

releases April 5, 2021

mastered :: Nathan Taylor

Fossilized Wilderness - 4 (ENMB07)

"I wanted to try approaching a mix a little differently. When I’m asked to record a mix I always find myself mixing really quickly so I tried to tell myself to just not do that for once. I got quite excited halfway through as you can probably tell, I was trying to build something which I could come back to and have to accompany myself letting my thoughts grow and be."

https://mantissamix.com/an-interview-martha/

1 Small Reptiles on the Forest Floor - Pauline Anna Strom 
2 Bromine (Yamaneko's Irusu Mix) - Chevel 
3 Renditions - Bruised Skies
4 Diving Birds [with Parris] - Facta
5 always try to remember - VRBA
6 Virgil (ft tr1nity) - MIC 
7 Death & Taxes (Outro) - Lakewest 
8 Odyssey - Jossy Mitsu 
9 Rituals VIP - Flore 
10 Dread Percent - Cassius Select 
11 Malaak - Fatima Al Qadiri 
12 dealing with death cults - VRBA 
13 crumble - SYYMZ
14 About Time - Meuko! Meuko!
15 Caught In The Coils - unperson
16 untitled - soltura 
17 Begin Phase - Matt Wrafter

Mantissa Mix 200: Martha

Kaki Kiffi Kiffi

https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/tracers-2016-2020

Tracers (https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/tracers-2016-2020)

Started out as a Rhumba Guaguanco experiment. 8 hours later!!!  LOL. Some serious bottom here!

Funky Space Rhumba

Tok Tru

Jan Matthé – Guest mix for The Word Radio x Jj Funhouse & Friends (18.6.18)

Taken from the album 'Hence' released on LP and Download.

Hence

Oren Ambarchi & Jim O’Rourke with special guest U-zhaan 'Hence One' (excerpt) (EMEGO 249)

Taken from the album 'Auflösung der Zeit' released as LP and Digital

Stephen O'Malley 'Auflösung der Zeit (excerpt)' (EMEGO 278)

OFFICIUM
Ronce - Lolita
Terrine - 02 k-béi
Monks of the Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery, Dharamsala - A Traditional Composition for Gya Ling and Dung
Raymonde - Soleil Arrangé
Death in June - Lifebooks (Whole Mix).
Peter Graf York - VW Polo.
Joel Vandroogenbroeck - New Wave Rock.
Chris Carter - Clouds.
A.N.I - Antipode Sessions 19.
The Black Drum - Big Masmoodi.
Death in June - Leopard Flowers (Of Mix).
Bruce Haack - Supernova.
Morton Subotnick - Until Spring II.
Etienne Daho - le grand sommeil

LEO CAMPBELL
Haruomi Hosono - Laughter Meditation
Merrel Frankhauser - A Visit With Ashiya
Fernando Falcao - Amanhecer Tabajara
Sugai Ken - Mukashi
Hiroyuki Namba - Tropical Exposition
Jacques Higelin - Fiche Anthropométrique 
Robert Haigh - Music for Piano
John Barry - Midnight Cowboy
Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep

FAYA
Aby Ngana Diop - Dieuleul
Terakaft - Hegh Ténéré
Toki Fuko - Spring Ray
Shine - Flowershigh 
Cabaret Voltaire - Low Cool
Gun Club - Cool drink of Water

GOUREN
Hematic Sunsets - Frottierzapfen
Mohamed Mounir - Batib Aleki
Wilfried Percussion - Andei (6mr yasmi!)
Nesthaken - After A Hard Day
W's - Crash
Freddy Machin - Cool Raoul
Bob Lind - Cool summer

OFFICIUM, L.CAMPBELL, FAYA & GOUREN - Neuray Zen Zone

Twitch livestream recording from April 16, 2020 - https://www.twitch.tv/againsta111ogic/

Hope I'm not breaking any rules by sharing this here. Enjoy.

april16.19.00GMT

Nicolás Jaar - april16.19.00GMT

'two thousand and when' is the opening track of 'big sad', an upcoming full-length by krāllār on amek collective. due aug 10 on tape & digital. 

mixed by angel simitchiev & mastered by marius costache
artwork by silvana ilieva 
order soon at http://amekcollective.bandcamp.com

big sad

krāllār - two thousand and when

From KR002 Aftelrimpje, Warabe-Uta, Canción infantil, Abzählvers
Available October 6 2020: https://krutrecords.bandcamp.com/
Music by Drywud: https://soundcloud.com/user-100976705-951766155 ~ http://www.drywud.fr/
Artwork by Rufus Mich

Drywud - Rijmelaar

Orphan Fairytale fell in love with a bear...

De Beer is the first track of the 'Tune in Tree Ears' record on Kraak.
https://kraak.bandcamp.com/album/tune-in-tree-ears

'Titania & De Beer' video made by Katja Stonewood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WydVWfp5M4&t=52s

De Beer

Masayuki Imanishi, 3untitled

https://wearevarious.com/jan-matthe/risiko-press-8/

Tracers (https://benvida.bandcamp.com/album/tracers-2016-2020)

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