Mix Umi | September 2023

“Owelle": frenchified word derived from the English expression “Oh well”. Repurposed by Valérie Siron as her pseudonym to reflect her work ethos: serious, but without making a fuss.

Surfacing from Geneva’s club culture with a graphic design background, Owelle’s drive to synergise the audio and the visual power her expression of creative identity. Her compositions are imagined and built without boundaries, albeit replete with nods to previous genres ranging from early 2000s breakbeat, braindance and broken beat techno.

Intrigued by sensory immersion, Owelle further laces her art with interactive tools including programming, sound spatialisation and installation. Diving into a spatiotemporal journey, subtly incorporating their uses into her musical works. By blending her passion for diligent sound designing, field recordings and psychedelic vocals is how Owelle presents her approach to experimental music. Owelle’s creativity offers an intrinsic connection of her tailored rhythms and melodies to birth an original hybrid of sound and visual art. 

The music within this record questions the importance of sound in relation to the individual’s environment. To blur the border between noise and aesthetically pleasing. To ride the waves between discomfort and delight and to find the potentially hidden role of situational awareness and relating it to musical endeavours derived from the emotions within. 

Credits:
Graphic design by Valérie Siron.
Mastering by MarcoAntonio Spaventi at Maspaventi Studio.
Copyright by Maija Jussila.
Vinyl pressing by Deepgrooves.

Release Link
https://deedeespicks.bandcamp.com/album/ddp009-its-okay

Read about Owelle in the chat we had titled "Deliquescent Sonic Patterns".
https://www.deedeespicks.com/chats/owelle

Socials
Dee Dee's Picks
www.deedeespicks.com
https://deedeespicks.bandcamp.com/
insta: dee_dees_picks
https://www.facebook.com/deedeespicks/
https://soundcloud.com/deedeespicks

Owelle
https://owelle.ch/
https://www.instagram.com/_owelle/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKY6QIiuKOPNREPQrqFVhhA?view_as=subscriber
https://soundcloud.com/o_welle

PREMIERE: Owelle - Lucide [Dee Dee's Picks]

I'm back
Only for tonight 
Cause I'm so horny
Baby, tonight, I'm back
Look at my little pretty pussy
Come on, dance with my body
On my little pretty pussy
I'm back, tonight
Only for you, tonight
Look at my fuckin ass
Baby, look at my fuckin ass
I'm so horny
I'm back, tonight
I'm so horny, tonight
Hmm, I'm back, hmm, I'm back
Dance with my body
And with my pussy, my ass
I'm back, tonight, I'm back
Look at my eyes, hmm
I'm so horny
Baby, tonight, I'm back
Come on, come on, come on
Dance, dance, dance with my back cause
Tonight, I'm back

I'M BACK (live no master)

Follow Hoshina Anniversary - https://soundcloud.com/hoshina

In prehistoric Japanese folklore “Amanojaku” is the name given to a demon-like creature. This creature is usually depicted as a kind of small troll-like demon (known as an “oni”) who was thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires, instigating them into perpetrating wicked deeds. A “twisted person”. Sometimes used to describe a being with an extremely contrary nature, someone that if ordered something, would do the opposite. This might be a strange introduction but might be the best way to set a discussion about our friend Hoshina Anniversary and his new introspective album “Leave Behind” from where the tracks “Amanojaku (天邪鬼)” and “Landscape (風景)” are lifted. Not that we would ever think of Hoshina as a small troll demon, but to say he is an artist not unaccustomed to doing the opposite of what is expected, then a fitting description indeed. 
“Leave Behind” is an electronic album created mostly using non-electronic instruments, featuring Hoshina’s vocals and socially noncompliant lyrical styling. Inspired by Steely Dan and Weather Report, “Amanojaku (天邪鬼)” is a song described in Hoshina’s own words “created with a rather strange chord progression”. A song he says is about the crisis in social networking, which is no doubt a location where one finds many a “twisted person”. Quote the lyrics: “If you tell me Yes, Then I’ll tell you No. It’s a boring communication. Desire for recognition. You are always right. I’m always wrong”. Words spoken by someone who if ordered to do something, would not be unlikely to do the opposite. But what other choice would you make when finding yourself tied into knots by the endless scroll of social activity. Regardless, “Amanojaku (天邪鬼)” is a total vibe of a tune.

On the opposite end, “Landscape (風景)” is a song described by Hoshina as “About death, and when I wrote about death in relation to the landscape, I felt a sense of selflessness”. It’s a tune that wouldn't find itself out of place on an album by synth maestro’s AIR and which contains as much gravity as I think the French legends ever did. Quote the lyrics: “I thought I was obsessed with so many things. I feel myself becoming numb. Our own joys and sorrows seem to have nothing to do with the landscape that is spread out here.” A beautiful sentiment and fitting taste of what’s to come on “Leave Behind”.

Download

Hoshina Anniversary - Landscape (風景)

W+P: Daniel Cramer [ https://soundcloud.com/electronicwitchcraft ]
M: Damian Henderson [ https://damian-henderson.com/ ]
A: Daniel Cramer & opticalsandwich [ https://www.instagram.com/opticalsandwich ]

Fractured

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Whatdufaque?! Dutch artist Renée Van Trier is back on Swiss label CAF? for another record! Following her first album released in early 2020, she comes back with "HUMBLE," the soundtrack of her new eponymous show performed at De Pont Museum (NL) and Arsenic (CH).

"At birth you are a promise, but at the same time also the greatest possible risk." Inspired by children's dances on TikTok where happy facades coexist with exploitative backgrounds, Renée Van Trier creates a fantasy world that's anything but Disneyland. You're invited to experience its soundtrack, taking you through dark atmospheres, eerie voices, glitched techno, and uplifting climaxes. Over the course of the 11 tracks, Renée Van Trier morphs into a dolphin, a puppet, and many other different characters, maintaining a blurry border between amazement and creepiness. Everyone wants the best for their children, but sometimes it doesn't end well.

Produced by Renée van Trier
Mastered by Andrea Merlini
Design by Julien Fischer and Pablo Perez

HUMBLE

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'Basement Philosophy', the long-awaited debut album from Glasgow’s legendary Domenic Cappello, is out Friday 2nd March on Alien Communications.

Domenic started making music under his Hutton Drive alias over 20 years ago, releasing on Soma Records and through his own label, Seven Sign Recordings. More recently, his productions have featured on Sub Club’s Nautilus Rising, Verdant Recordings and Alien Communications.

Cappello’s very own Subculture sound is present throughout 'Basement Philosophy', in which he travels through varying sonic textures and moods, to create something which is captivating and potent in equal measure. Introductory track 'Mushroom Waltz' eases the listener in through a combination of dreamy pads and upbeat chords, before 'Midnight with T' moves into more soulful territory with a New York-inspired cut which is both moody and spacious. 'Early Flight' manages to build a cerebral atmosphere, whilst possessing the snapping drums which are so characteristic of what you can expect to hear from Dom in full flow. 

'Acid Rain' carries an air of nostalgia around it, as Cappello turns to a vocal sample from friend and house music luminary Kerri Chandler’s seminal house anthem 'Rain', utilising the lyrics in a way which perfectly complements the gradual progression of the track towards a powerful, acid-tinged crescendo. This rising intensity is also present on '3am Jamaica Street', a throbbing, peak-time belter which would no-doubt be best listened to through Sub Club’s pulsating sound system. A different type of atmosphere is created on 'Moon Jump,' where languid melodies allow to create a track which does justice to the inspiration of the more house-orientated work of classic Underground Resistance. 

'Basement Philosophy' rounds off with two more electro-inspired euphonies, which signifies why Domenic Cappello and Alien Communications are such an appropriate pairing. 'Burning Past’ is a blissful, floating number whereas 'Not for Instagram DJs' is an aptly-named way to conclude the album, with a driving, floor-focused beat providing a fitting and dynamic finale. Imagine Marty Bonds meets Glenn Underground.

Burning Past

PREMIERE : Andrea Tempo - Kiling Joke [Taste Rec.]
Label: Taste Rec.
Artiste: Andrea Tempo
Track name: Kiling Joke
Release name: Killing Joke EP
Release date: 0004-03-15

Infos : Andrea Tempo returns with an EP on the Taste Rec’ digital catalogue. Three tracks with clear sonic references to a diverse world: liquid sounds, fuzzy guitars and guys with ties and leather jackets. Cosmik Intro is a hymn to Psychedelic Kraut Rock from beyond the Alps, which leads to the roaring Killing Joke, a modern tribute to the London band with the same name. Vigorelli, a sweet psychedelic dream, is the last original take, followed up by a banging remix by DC Salas that closes the entire EP.

Links : 
https://soundcloud.com/tasterecmilano
https://soundcloud.com/andreatempo
https://www.instagram.com/tasterec_
https://www.facebook.com/TasteRecMi/
https://www.instagram.com/andrea.tempo/
https://www.facebook.com/tempo.slowmotion/

Killing Joke

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PREMIERE : Andrea Tempo - Killing Joke (Original Mix)

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