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September 2020

27.10 Mixes

Juanita's mix 51 with Simisea @simisea

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I’ve been a part of it for as long as I’ve lived here, which is 10 years now. Before that I was working in nightclubs & for promoters in Miami, my hometown, before I moved to NYC to go to music school. The music communities I’ve been a part of here have been my life & family for the past decade. I don’t really know that I can do anything else but work in music. I’ve had a few different music jobs throughout the last decade, but currently I work at the record label RVNG Intl. which has been my musical home for the last 6 years. There I project manage records and manage artists. I also run my own label with Tristan Arp called Human Pitch, and run another label and party series with my pals Enayet, K Wata and rrao called SLINK.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is my love letter to summer, my favorite season. Just as I was about to begin pulling tracks, I came across a beautiful book called Summer Solstice by Nina MacLaughlin. It’s a heartwarming essay exploring the meaning of summer in our lives. A perfect and inspirational coincidence that this book and I would find each other for this mix.

In this mix is a full summer day and all of its possibilities….Waking up to a balmy summer morning, sun bouncing off leaves from vines desperately trying to crawl through your apartment window. A cold shower to rinse off the dewy night’s sweat. It’s hot out. A stroll outside, thick humidity filling your lungs. A car ride to the beach with friends, windows down. Nothing beats a summer ride to the ocean; the perfect amount of time to listen to a mix. A BBQ in the park; a loud PA system blaring summer’s ecstatic joy. Sunset…an endless pastel New York sky that stops everyone in their tracks, no matter how many summer days they’ve seen come to a close. You feel cute, you’re kissing your newly blossomed summer crush. Is this the best day ever? Is this summer better than the last? An evening out with friends. What’s the move? Too many. You're unstoppable. Stumbling into bed, full moon so bright your cheap window shades don’t do shit; but it’s ok, you lay there and reminisce on a beautiful summer Saturday. “I have so many more left”….You wake up abruptly the next morning to a knock at the door. Fall is here.

Juanita's Mix 051: Simisea

The seminal ambient album from The KLF... 
A1   Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border  1:47  
A2   Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast  1:29  
A3   Six Hours To Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold  3:01  
A4   Dream Time In Lake Jackson  2:35  
A5   Madrugada Eterna  7:40  
A6   Justified And Ancient Seems A Long Time Ago  1:08  
A7   Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul  3:01  
B1   3AM Somewhere Out Of Beaumont  9:24  
B2   Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard  5:56  
B3   Trancentral Lost In My Mind  1:16  
B4   The Lights Of Baton Rouge Pass By  3:34  
B5   A Melody From A Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back  1:41  
B6   Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond  1:26  
B7   Alone Again With The Dawn Coming Up  0:16  


The KLF - Chill Out

For the inaugural show of their NTS residency, SLINK resident Simisea gives a first time listen to unreleased SLINK tracks and forthcoming music from fellow friends & fam. 

Artwork by Nina Muro. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/slink/episodes/slink-4th-october-2023

SLINK w/ Simisea 041023

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached." Franz Kafka

The above quote was kindly provided by Chris SSG for our sixth installment of our podcast series which features a set by him. A good friend of the collective, he needs no further introduction. This podcast is a recording of his set at the final of five parties we threw late last year to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of the Observatory. Chris’s set was the final one in a long series, closing what was a  wonderful sequence of events. Forward indeed.

Chris SSG - NLDMIX 006

Tracklist: http://bit.ly/roy-ayers-75

Celebrating the 75th birthday of Mr Roy Ayers with this mix, showcasing some of my favourite tracks from his slightly lesser known material… Well, I mean compared to tracks like Everybody 
Loves The Sunshine, Searching, We Live In Brooklyn, Running Away, Love Will Bring Us Back Together…

I also hear new stuff that I hadn’t noticed before when I listen to his music - the track with Jack Wilson that opens the mix up is so heavy and cosmic for its time, and I’d forgotten about the track with Wayne Henderson! There are so many great albums out there including the 2 Virgin Ubiquities BBE put out... We could devote a whole week of radio programmes to Roy, his archive is so large… 

He is the key to all things between jazz, soul, disco and hip hop…. Thank you roy for all the music...


Tracklist

Roy Ayers 75th Birthday Mix

Gacha Bakradze (@gacha) 'Word Color'
Mini-LP [LPS17]

Pre-Order: https://lapsus.bandcamp.com/album/word-color
Release Date: April 12th, 2018

For a number of years Lapsus Records has closely followed the career of producer Gacha Bakradze and has kept in touch with an artist who previously participated on the "DEU" compilation (Lapsus Records, 2014) with the track "Blackout", under his more ambient moniker, Winter Flags. It was therefore simply a matter of time before a record collaboration materialized in the form of "Word Color", a nine-song mini-LP in which Gacha gives free rein to his most introspective electronica. 

This imaginative producer from Tbilisi (Georgia) has deservedly earned plaudits throughout the European scene, becoming a mainstay of the Belgian label Apollo –a sub label of R&S Records, a fundamental label in the development of underground electronic music over the last three decades-, for whom he has released half a dozen releases to date, receiving reviews from prestigious publications including Pitchfork and Resident Advisor. Furthermore, since 2015 Gacha has combined his facet as producer with the running of his own label Transfigured Time. 

"Word Color" is a cinematic arrangement of captivating melodies, rhythmic experimentation, textured landscapes and micro-vocal samples. Gacha has once again reinvented his musical ideology, bestowing it with mood defining authenticity and excitement, through superbly and dextrously programmed rhythms and harmonies. Songs like "Leaf", "Oneself" and "Stray" travel into ethereal wastelands and are ambient soundscape pieces replete with nuances and unexpected twists. "Word Color" also makes room for beats, with the low pulse of jungle rhythms in "The Prayer"; IDM and electro fusion in "Word Color"; and even the sound of hi-tech breaks in "Saphri Rocks".

Word Color

Gacha Bakradze 'Word Color' | Included in 'Word Color' Mini-LP [LPS17]

Labyrinths

Shtum records is the sub-label of Dresden's mighty Uncanny Valley. Here we present Leif Müller's "Nightcleaner" - a beatless 7 minutes that peaks and troughs through eerie pads and toothy, acidic sounds. Leif has already churned out a quality release for Mule Musiq and this is no different. Expect to hear tracks from the EP on plenty of dancefloors across Europe.

Released: 10/09/18

Check:
https://soundcloud.com/leif-mueller
https://soundcloud.com/shtum-records

First Play: Leif Müller - Nightcleaner [Shtum]

From the EP 'Ambitions'
Release date : 5th April 

Smalltown Supersound is a norwegian independent record label with artists such as Neneh Cherry, Annie, Lindstrøm, Kim Hiorthoy, Carmen Villain, Diskjokke, Arp,...

Artist : @soundcloud.com/prinsthomas
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/prinsthomas
www.facebook.com/Prins-Thomas-66565233112/

Label : @soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound
www.smalltownsupersound.com/
www.facebook.com/smalltownsupersound

Premiere : Prins Thomas - Ambitions  [Smalltown Supersound]

Boards Of Canada - SOCIETAS X TAPE

A recording of us going one for one on the warm up for Palms Trax at Secretsundaze's final party of 2019. Thanks to Giles, James and the rest of the team for the warmth and support last year  :-) Happy 2020 xx

Tokyo Fantasy warm up Palms Trax @ Secretsundaze

@simisea

Hoping everyone is staying safe and healthy out there! With our parties on hold for the time being, we’re starting a mix series to shine a light on DJs pushing slinked-out sounds from across the globe. 

Our very own resident Simisea is up first with an hour of nonstop rhythmic motion.

"To inaugurate our SLINK mix series I made a mix exploring what “slink” means to me. Equal parts booty and brain (the way I like it!) the mix explores various tempos, rhythmic patterns, and layers of electronic music from around the world. There are moments of freaked and fried pop mutations, moments of darkness emerging into neon light, and moments I imagined slipping out of my skin on the dancefloor to. It’s my favorite mix I’ve made and emblematic of where my musical interests are at these days. Hope you enjoy <3 SLINK Responsibly" - xoxo, Simisea

Mix art by Yaeji


Tracklist:
Christoph El Truento - GOT2B
OSAMU KIMOTO - RYŪJIN 
Maluca - El Tigeraso (Gant Man Remix)
SMP - Natty Bop
Addison Groove - Footcrab
Pugilist - Ingonyama
Low Jack - Grass 29
Cop Envy & DJ Plead - Hinged
LOFT - Lassanamae
Piezo - Steady Can't Steady Can't Stay
M. Bootyspoon - Who Got It
CCL x Flora FM - Liquify Interference
Joy O - Burn (Ft. Infinite & Mansur Brown)
Leif - Igam-Ogam
CO/R - Agin Melt Faw
Tambura, Tornado Wallace - Tikitaka (Dazion Remix)
SHYQA - Hiding (Galtier Remix)
SANDUNGA - Selva (MX)
El Bolero de Raquel - Braian
DJ Nigga Fox - 5 Violinos
Chants - Gulfoss
Klein Zage - Womanhood (DJ Python Remix)
NKISI - Can You See Me
El Irreal Veintiuno - Colapso
Britney Spears - I’m A Slave 4 U (Instrumental)
Parris - Hanging With The Birds 
Equiknoxx - Enter A Raffle Win A Falafel

SLINK MIX 001 - Simisea

I wanted to share a live recording that we have listened to multiple times in our home  :) 

Last year we spent some time in Bali at Potato Head (@potatoheadmusic). Alongside my night time gig I asked them if I could play a "sunset set" by the beach. Instead a biblical thunderstorm rolled through and we all huddled under the covers. 
Some records I have played before, some I haven't all of them special to me in some way. 

x

Sunset/Thunderstorm @ Potato Head Bali [14-01-2019]

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The Mosaic of Transformation

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Carrying Gravity

Episode 6 of the soundcast sees us welcome Oscar to the series with wide open arms. 

A beautiful ride that perfectly executes a story from those Swiss mountains 🌬
 
This one's creamier than a gruyère & emmental fondue x

@oscar-in-stereo-space

Arcadia Soundcast 006: Oscar (Trinité sur Wax)

dub lab eid mix 08/03/20

Ura _Mix 23

Matteo and Tommaso, two young bucks from northern Italy, form an emerging duo trying to make it on the local scene of Treviso.
They invite us to embark on a discoid journey, back to the future. Sexy italo-house, breaky bumpers, electro/robotico groovers, with a strong 80's flava, and an upper echelon energy.

sc : @soul-vibe-1

KERMIX-9 - Soul & Vibe

Back after summer break with Lorenzo, deep and groovy tunes to extend the vibe.
Lorenzo is a digger and DJ born in Buenos Aires. He is co-founder and member of Eclex, a podcast and artistic collective that brings together collectors from different parts of the world and also of Amalgama, a cycle of parties based on Buenos Aires that aims to expose the work of DJs from the local circuit.
Very happy to share with you this 1hr mix !

Follow Lorenzo :
@lorenzoc-nwd
https://www.facebook.com/lorenzo.musiquita
https://www.instagram.com/lorenn.______/

Follow Eclex :
@eclex
https://www.facebook.com/eclexmusic
https://www.instagram.com/eclexmusic/

Basic Movement #18 - Lorenzo (Eclex)

tracklist:
world premiere - share the night
oby onyioha - enjoy your life
slave - party lites
ahzz - new york's movin'
kano - i need love
the flirts - helpless (you took my love)
telex - moskow diskow
kraftwerk - it’s more fun to compute
kraftwerk - musique non stop
kraftwerk - techno pop
kraftwerk - numbers
grischa lichtenberger - 001_0415_07_re1214_11_ns_ss_ms-Vc
luomo - synkro
rockers revenge - walking on sunshine
dr. john - jet set
tcp - twonga
konk - your life (party mix)
radio slave - the revenge (luca lozano ‘how bow dis’ remix)
anz - body + mind
orphx - sever the signal
alexander robotnick - problèmes d’amour (usa 12’’ original version)
plustwo - melody
newcleus - space is the place
mad mike - hi-tech dreams
la funk mob - motor bass gets phunked up (richie hawtin’s electrophunk mix)
gesloten cirkel - zombie machine (acid)
nackt - blight town
kris wadsworth - rhumba
vista - look to the future
bassbin twins - one step in front of the other
interplanetary criminal - sensational (breaka mix)
phuture - we are phuture
xxxy - blup blup
quango quango - love tempo (remix)
marie davidson - work it
shadowax - a & b (version)
underground resistance - transition
underground resistance - elimination
brian eno & david byrne - help me somebody
mariah - hana ga saitara
plug - drum ’n’ bass for papa
dj dr-660 - phonky no. 69
quirino do canto - mino di mama
infectious - i need your lovin’ (’95 happy hardcore heavy version)
new order - your silent face
inner life - make it last forever (larry levan remix)

house of kass

This edition of Bleep’s mix series finds @simisea (Brandon Sánchez) from @igetrvng leading us on a deep dive into both the label’s own releases and music admired by those involved with the acclaimed imprint. As anyone familiar with the RVNG Intl. aesthetic might expect, this is a varied and expansive set of blends - across almost fifty-five minutes here Simisea takes in widescreen spiritual music, outer-edges electronics, dreamy post-jazz, harmonious folk-rock and pretty much everything in-between. The fact that Lucrecia Dalt, Coil, Sugai Ken and The Soft Pink Truth are just a few of the artists to feature should indicate how this mix manages to strike a great balance between compositional ambition and lush sonics. It all makes for a delightful trip. 

"I’ve been wanting to make a non-dance mix for a while. A lot of the music in this mix has comforted me throughout quarantine. It includes tracks that have brought me euphoria, to tears, and all ranges and depths of emotions and states of being, embodying the kind of music I associate with RVNG."

Bleep Mix #135 - Simisea - RVNG Intl. Label Mix

Phase 1 of the Reptilian mixes comes to an end with the third installment of the series, introducing 192 cinematic universe's very own prince of darkness: @Frd_192.

In this episode, you can expect more intensity, a darker tone, and the epic ending of the first trilogy in the podcast series. By remaining true to his vision and his craft, Frd delivers a progressive trip from ecstatic grooves to spooky and emotional tunes, diving on lime through moods and textures in a flawless manner. 

Buckle up, turn the rice cooker on and get ready for the big bad bowl and his faithful Discounet delivering together a one hour-long sonic quest.

Artwork by our beloved @just1lpt

Frd - Reptilian Mix 03

SYSTEM gets wet and wild this week with a selection of slippery club rhythms courtesy of @simisea aka Brandon Sánchez, a Miami-born and Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, and co-founder of record label Human Pitch, and label and NYC night SLINK.

SYSTEM Mix 038: Simisea

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