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Donato Dozzyは日本にいる多くの友人たちへの想いを馳せ、またLabyrinthで私たちの前でプレイすることを思い描きつつこのミックスを作りました。彼の奏でる音楽にまた身を委ねる日が待ち遠しいですね。

Donato Dozzy - For Labyrinth

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@sky_h1

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RA.815 SKY H1

@sunjuhargun
@siamesetwinsrecords

~ Tracklist ~

Extans Mantra
น้ำ Na
อากาศ (Feat. Tulwai)
Ika & Tako
Shin (Subject to Space)
Silom
Dakini
Area Of Land
Vietnebula
Silver Haze
Lok
Circa Foreva
Starfruit

All tracks: https://sunjuhargunmusic.bandcamp.com

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The latest Deep Mind Music mix is a special one put together by Thailand's Sunju Hargun, as all tracks in the mix are his own productions from his Extans Mantra series. I've been a fan of Sunju's incredible Siamese Twins label since it began, and his prescient talent as a DJ, curator and producer makes him someone I'm very inspired by, and grateful to know.

This mix is a deeply healing and meditative journey, which takes the listener through immersive drones, twinkling acoustics and hazy, mystical pads, as Sunju envelops us in his sonic world. As the mix unfolds, a soft sunset slips into a warming indigo darkness, descending gently into the infinite depths of inner consciousness. There, we are washed by gentle waves of hypnagogic resonance, allowing us to enter a state of reflective peace, before fluttering arps and sunlit motes bring us to the outer world again. Sunju's emotional sensitivity in programming this mix shines through, and it feels particularly personal that he also made all of the deeply moving music in this mix.

https://sunjuhargunmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://siamesetwinsrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://instagram.com/sunjuhargun/

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Deep Mind Music

Sunju Hargun ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.19

Up next in our mix series is Berlin based Dutch-Italian recording and performing artist Grand River (@grandriver). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com
 
MFM: Hi Aimée. In the musical landscape nowadays it often seems to be all about the final result (or product even) rather than the process and path before it. With your music it feels that it's more about the process of making rather than the final outcome. Where does your profound interest for experimenting with audio and composing come from?
 
GR: Nice to hear that you see it that way and to know that it may be perceived like this from the outside as well. The work itself and how we experience the process is what matters most. It’s not always easy to be mindful about how everything is created along the way. The end result or end product is important, but if you don’t enjoy the process of how you get there, I don’t think it makes much sense to even undertake the journey. And of course this applies to many aspects of life.
 
MFM: You've got a rich experience in doing technical work for and at radio stations and with other kinds of media. Did you have someone to teach you all the ins & outs of audio and technical production?
 
GR: Most of the technical work I learned directly through working as I did not go to any audio school to study sound design or audio engineering. When I started to work as an audio engineer for radio stations and other media outlets 13-14 years ago, there were not many audio schools like there are now. Back then, the people I worked with were mainly composers that had learned audio engineering on their own, just as I had. However, as a child, I was formally taught music theory and musical instruments. That, of course, came long before the technical work.
 
MFM: Your first official release dates are from 2017 but you had been active with experimenting, composing, and recording for a much longer time already. At what point did you find yourself confident and pleased enough to share your productions with the outside world?
 
GR: When I moved to Berlin in 2015 I took the first few years to research and study the sound I wanted to express and felt a connection to. Long before that, I was building and playing other genres. It takes time to find your sound and style, and the interesting part is that it continues to evolve over time. Even when you think you’ve found it, it still changes slightly.
 
MFM: Do you go to the studio religiously, regardless of whether you feel inspired or motivated? Do you have a certain routine when working in the studio?  
 
GR: I don’t go to the studio religiously, at least not to make music. 
I do work every day, but often I am just sitting in my studio listening to music, writing emails, or having meetings. Many people don’t know how much work is behind a project. From the outside, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg. I mostly compose in phases; I might compose a lot for two months and then the next month I will be focused on researching, or preparing a live show, recording a mix like I did for you, or creating a sound installation. I need time to absorb what I compose and let it rest, and then get back to it.
 
MFM: Are there any new projects that you're working on and can share with us? 
 
GR: I am working on several beautiful projects at the moment. This year I am working on different collaborations of which the releases will follow in the near future. I have a new album coming out either at the end of the year or beginning of 2023. I am currently working on an immersive installation and I will also be premiering a new AV show with the visual artist Marco Ciceri this summer.

MFM Mix 041: Grand River

Ambient Sleepers 008: Eric Cloutier
( @cloutier )

Four 8th podcast, We're thrilled to release the recording from Eric Cloutier's beautiful 1 hour Ambient set at our last event Ambient Sleepers #5(05.05.22.)!

We had the chance to invite this legendary Techno DJ and producer from NY/Detroit to perform a special Ambient set, offering us a dreamy journey between atmospheric ambient, field recording, drone and experimental sounds - Enjoy!


More info about Eric Cloutier:

Cloutier’s nature - one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

Eric Cloutier’s standards are representative of the pre-social media craze and arguably the old adage of letting music speak for itself. Cloutier’s twenty-plus year commitment has been built upon his integrity as a DJ and authority as a selector. A self-described "record digging psychopath," one only has to refer to his mix of highly sought after cuts from Driftwood Records to see the lengths Cloutier will go to in order to procure the perfect selection. This is truly Cloutier’s nature - one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his masterful ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

An exception to the norm, Cloutier is not one to capitalize on his Detroit origins. Moving to New York in his 20’s, he became a regular face at The Bunker where he began to further define his innate style of body orientated music. Now situated in Berlin, where he often shows up behind the decks of niche alcoves as well as the world’s best clubs, Cloutier’s reputation as an unequivocal, dexterous force is increasingly becoming one of note. His talents as a producer have also been growing of late, with the establishment of his own imprint Palinoia, Greek for “the obsessive repetition of an act until it is perfected or mastered.” The label has become the new home and optimization for Cloutier’s evolving undertakings. Through Palinoia, Cloutier manages to further synthesize slick, dubby club music to slide into his DJ sets as well as feature lesser known talent he's discovered. He’s a DJ for whom quality - above all else - is the watchword.

SC: @cloutier
FB: https://www.facebook.com/eric.cloutier.dj
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ericcloutier/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/ericcloutier/

Ambient Sleepers 008: Eric Cloutier

The second week of August 2022.
Oslated Special Mix 023 - Joan Gila

HOC Radio
Tarragona
Spain

Joan Gila is defined as a music eater. He has been collecting records since he was 15, and his great passion is searching from box to box and discovering jelly beans. He is the thinking head and curator behind the HOC radio podcast platform. Joan is also a part of the DJ duo Binomi alongside his longtime friend, where they have played across different venues in Barcelona and others. They recently released a music talk show at Dublab Barcelona called Geography and History, give it a listen to get to know more about the duo.

A history/mix composed of titles of each track, walking you through an entry into planet earth and guiding you back through the exit. A journey experienced through the perspective of a foreign entity viewing our planet, always hidden, peacefully observing. 

The podcast is built around the concept of track titles. Subjectivity is always present, especially in muzak music that leaves out text. Each author proposes a title based on an idea, and this is how this journey is built. Something coming from somewhere in the universe, quietly entering into planet Earth, observing; the atmosphere, the forest, the oceans, the people, its dance… Once done, it moves away from where it has entered, without causing any disturbance.

Narrative / Tracklist

The approach (00:00 to 19:00):
1. Salome Lamas - What If The Meteorites Would Talk (10) [2021 / Mousse Publishing]
2. Byron Westbrook - Yellow Horizon Line [2021 / Hands In The Dark]
3. vidnaObmana - Moonstream [Amplexus / 1994]
4. Yoshio Ojima - Entrance [2018 (1988) / We Release Whatever The fuck We Want Records] + Aurelio Arturo - Sol [poem]

Earth observation - Forest, oceans and humans (19:00 to 54:10):
5. Simone Giudice - Terra [2021 / Semantica Records]
6. Abul Mogard - Clouds [2021 / Ecstatic]
7. Hiroshi Yoshimura - 森の夜明け (Down Of The Forest) [1984 / Shiseido]
8. Luís Delgado - El llanto de Nauronihar (w/Marine trumpet) [1986 / El cometa de Madrid] + Deep Voices - The Second Whale Record [1977 / Capitol Records]
9. Iury Lech - Nautilus [1992 / Hyades Arts]
10. The Chi Factory - Travel In Peace [2020 / Astral Industries]
11. Vakula - New Civilization [2020 / Arma]
12. Aix Em Klemm - The Girl With The Flesh Colored Crayon [2000 / Kranky]

The dance (54:10 to 1:33:20):
13. ABSIS - ID (Bridge To The Dance) [Unreleased]
14. Adhémar - A Slightly Darker Fog Layer [2020 / Secuencias Temporales]
15. Walden - Microcosmos [2020 / Hivern Discs]
16. Estrato Aurora ft. Ilona - ID [Unreleased]
17. Formant Value & Simone Bauer - Veduta V [2018 / Annulled music]
18. Le Petit - Sukia [2022 / Maga Circle Musica]
19. Doctrina Natura - Horned God [2022 / Crescent London]

The escape (1:33:20 to 1:37:50):
20. Adham Shaikh - Journey To The Sun [2021 (1995) / re:discovery records]
21. First sound of “Gravitational waves” detected by LIGO [2016]

https://soundcloud.com/joan-gila
https://www.facebook.com/joa.gime
https://www.instagram.com/joan.gila

HOC Radio
https://soundcloud.com/hoc-radio
https://www.facebook.com/binomidjs
https://www.instagram.com/hocradio.eu

- Artwork by Clément Davout

Oslated.
http://www.oslated.com
https://soundcloud.com/oslated
https://oslated.bandcamp.com
https://formaviva.com/oslated

Oslated Special Mix

Oslated Special Mix 023

Oslated Special Mix 023 - Joan Gila

This set was recorded in the National Park of Circeo on the 24.8.22 a few meters away from the Tyrrhenian Sea. There were 60 people audience lying on the sand, a few candles and a 4+1 Turbosound system.
I played my own productions including a few unreleased tunes.
Thanks to "Le Passeggiate Poetiche" and Exotique.it for making this possible.
Hope you enjoy the ride same as we did on that night.

visioni sonore dalla via lattea

Diane, noir et bleu

@formant-value
A deep and obscure rhythm opens the dimension of the watchful dream and the initiatory journey. The obsessive beat opens the doors of the underworld, to the bowels of the earth, to the chthonic, telluric dimension of the unconscious

RA: 
https://ra.co/dj/formantvalue 
FB: 
https://www.facebook.com/formantvalue 
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/formantvalue/

Human Lessons #068 - Formant Value

@garcon

~ Tracklist ~

Sarah Davachi - Cadence I
Aleksi Perälä – UK74R1619190
Grouper – Adorned
hoodie – justin
Space Afrika – Yuly
Inhmost – Healing Hand
Ishq – And Awake
Inhmost – Outside Space
Agonis – Sunlight Filtering Through Skyscrapers 
Holovr – Nascent Dawn
Jo Johnson – Vigil
Lamin Fofana – Unfinished Elegy
Imaginary Softwoods – Destination Stone
Locust – Moist Moss
Malibu – So Far Out Of Love
High Skies – The Shape Of Things To Come
Robert Rich & Ian Bondy – Lagrange Point
Pauline Anna Strom – Eighteen Beautiful Memories 
Donnacha Castello – Slowly, Through Fog

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For the first Deep Mind Music of 2023, I am delighted to welcome garçon, one of the brains behind the impeccable amenthia label, a dynamic and highly-inspiring DJ, whose sets I always find special. After many years of mutual online mix-appreciation, we finally got to hang out in person last year, and it’s been so lovely to connect with a fellow deep-feeling DJ.

I love the way garçon weaves together sounds, rhythms and harmonies into compelling patchworks which transport the listener into whole new worlds. He has a very subtle way of putting together tracks, delicately contrasting soundscapes to bring out new shapes and motifs, lightly morphing the visual landscape around us.

garçon's mix for Deep Mind Music is a space for nocturnal daydreaming, a gentle dive into the ocean of the mind, going ever inwards in a swirling haze of thoughts. A poignant expression of emotion that perfectly captures the wistful energy of January 🕯️

The first half of the mix slowly coalesces out of gossamer veils of sound, each new layer melting into the next. In the second half, we gradually descend into deeper pools of emotion, detaching from reality and getting lost in the waves. By the end, we’re adrift in an intimate cerebral realm, a space for pensive imagining and unbounded feeling. The closing track by Donnacha Castello is one of those pieces of music which is at once an expression of the deepest sorrow, and the purest joy. Thank you garçon for this very moving entry 🕊️🤍☁️

@amenthia-recordings
https://instagram.com/garcon_amenthia/

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garçon ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.25

Rooftop StunMix 36 ~ Orlando

2016年のラビリンスにて、日曜朝にプレイしたIshqのライブセット録音音源がこちら。

A recording of Ishq's live set on the morning of September 18th at The Labyrinth 2016.

Ishq in the Rain: Labyrinth 2016

ambient mix i made a while back that never ended up getting used. this was recorded just as winter was starting to hit nyc and things became cold and grey.

Eric Cloutier - The Secret to Creation Lies In the Wave

Zen Garden Recordings are farewell to one chapter of Mo:Dem Festival. From next year's edition, we are opening a new one: The Seed.

The Seed is the stage hosting the alternative music program of the festival. A place where you can find a wide selection of genres and styles, from ambient beatless excursions to dubstep and world music, through different interpretations of the downtempo environment. Created to highlight and remember the importance of keeping a multi-dimensional point of view on the music world as an infinite source of psychedelic inputs, The Seed will be planted in the Spirallabs, a totally new area of the festival that gathers visual art, healing and wellness practices, lectures, workshops and the kids garden.

With love and passion,
Mo:Dem Crew

::Next Edition ::

[MoDem Festival 2018]
06th - 12th August 2018
Info: www.modemfestival.com

[Tickets]
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Online shop: bit.ly/205cB6v

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LUIGI TOZZI Live @ Zen Garden | MoDem Festival 2017.

Yannic is part of the Monticule Festival gang, has a residency at Munich's Unterdeck and, although he just moved to Vienna, he is an inherent part of Munich's nightlife. Enjoy!

Interview: http://iliantape.de/ilian-tape-podcast-series-036/

ITPS036 YANNIC BARTEL

@Axymt. aka Axy Tmt is one our most precious resident artists. He has been spinning records at every single event since we started to spread music in our hidden forest - 3 years ago, proving his versatility by playing sets at any time of the day or of the night. 

Last summer we've entrusted him the opening duty, and he shown once again his ability to take people straight in his own world, with a captivating, blissful ambient selection. We are very glad to present the recording of this set, played on Friday, July 20th 2018 at the Forêt stage. 

Oh, and more info about this year's edition will be released super soon. Friends of the Valley, stay tuned at https://fb.com/LaValleeElectrique

LVE2018

LVE 2019

Axymt. @ La Vallée Électrique 2018

Opening DJ set from Organik Festival 2019. Over the duration I revisit themes expressed across various mixes released throughout the last year. It was such an honor to play this incredible festival, and I hope to return in the future.

Featuring selected tracks by The CHI Factory, Biosphere, Jonathan Fitoussi & Clemens Hourrière, Aleksi Perälä, Drexciya, Donato Dozzy, Archivist, Ekin Fil, CV & JAB, Mind over MIDI, Ancestral Voices, ASC, Sam KDC, Alva Noto, Unjin, Cyme, Pariah, O Yuki Conjugate, KWC 92, Mark Van Hoen, Toki Fuko, Sylvia Monnier, Skee Mask, and many others.

@smokemachinetaipei

Organik 2019

Grant Aaron | Organik Festival 2019

This recording should have been made elsewhere.
Due to a forgotten passport Raheem settled for an older mix,
Waiting over five years for the right place.
Ethereal planes in which different universes collide
Bringing the passenger somewhere faster than expected.
What was once old is now new.
A philosophy that shouldn’t be overlooked,
Whether one stays true to ones self or doesn’t.
The journey hasn’t just begun,
It will carry on forever.

More info and tracklist here: lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-27/

The Other Side 26, Lyl Radio 12/11/19

TASCAM DR-22WL

2020-10-09 Live At Paloma Double Vision (Laura BCR)

The last mix of 2020 comes from Jonah Sharp (@reflecto), electronic mainstay and part of 'Virtual Dreams' as Space Time Continuum. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Welcome to the series Jonah. Originally from Edinburgh, San Francisco resident since 1992, do you still live in San Francisco?

JS: Actually I recently just moved back to SF after spending most of 2020 in the UK. I had planned to be in Europe for an extended break from the US but Covid saw an end to that and my plans had to change. I miss British and European culture. I have family and friends there so I intend to be back over as soon as I can!

MFM: According to your discography the majority of your output started to shape up right after you moved abroad, in '91. How would you explain this creative outburst? 

JS: Before I arrived in San Francisco i was still figuring out how to produce the music that I wanted to make so when I got here I started to collect gear in earnest - it was a little moment in time when most people thought analog synths and drums sounded shit so I managed to find a TR-909 for $150, a Roland SH101 at the flea market and so on. So yes, suddenly having some decent gear and fun gigs to play was very inspiring! I did feel a kind of creative freedom being so far from South London and the pressures of living there as an artist. SF in the 90’s was very affordable for artists and it gave us the freedom to really focus on the music.
 
MFM: You started your own label Reflective in '93 and had quite a busy release schedule, especially during '95/'96, before it suddenly seemed to stop right after. What happened? 

JS: I started Reflective in '93, the year my first son was born. Flurescence EP was my first solo release and it got noticed around the world so that enabled me to keep putting releases out. With the momentum of the Terence McKenna collab album, things were going pretty well. But what we found was that even though there are lots of amazing labels in the US, it was actually pretty hard to sell them domestically so most of our stock was exported to Europe and Japan. We ended up pressing in the UK and running the label from SF and that presented problems so I had to put the release schedule on hold. At that time I had also signed a deal with Astralwerks so had contractual obligations to deliver albums and tour. It was a very busy time and by 1997 when our second son was born we decided to take a hiatus from the label. Not to say the label is gone forever though!
 
MFM: Flurescence, now found its way to the Virtual Dreams compilation, almost 30 years later. How does it feel that your older music is being re-released and rediscovered by newer generations?

JS: I am very happy and honored to be part of the Virtual Dreams compilation. Yes, there seems to be a bit of attention for this time period of electronic music at the moment, and the chill out thing in general. With so many online resources, everything is discoverable by anyone so all those tiny labels like Reflective that were putting out small runs of 1000 records (that was a small run then) are maybe enjoying some retroactive attention now. 
 
MFM: Does this new interest change your motivation and/or inspiration in the studio maybe?

JS: I follow my own interests and direction when it comes to making music but reaching new audiences has to gratify the artist whose work was made for sharing. My development as an electronic musician has come through thirty years of studio experimentation, initially with hardware and then incorporating digital software. When I made Fluorescence in 1993 there was no computer in my studio, but by the early 2000s San Francisco was the epicenter of computer innovation, people like my friend Josh Clayton were writing amazing software and so I went off on a long exploratory trip to integrate digital technology both in my studio and in my live rig. My aim right now in the studio is the same as always: make sounds and keep the good ones.

ambient mixes

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