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Final 15 - A Ghostly 15 Playlist Curated by Michael Cina

"Anyone that knows me, knows that my main passion is music. I spend all day listening to music at work and my vinyl collection of 16k pieces greets me when I get home. I knew about Ghostly International before they contacted me in the early 2000’s and we would write off and on. They used to send me big packages of white labeled vinyl, it was decadent.

Late 2007 I got a call from Ghostly asking if I was up for designing a new single for Dabrye. It was a dream come true and I feel like I found a friend who really understood me. I have had the distinct privilege to design over 100 covers for Ghostly, and that is only the half of it.

When they asked me to do a compilation, I was all about it. I wanted to do three or more compilations because I wanted to segment it up into different sections (Ghostly, SMM and Spectral). It is impossible to reduce the entire label to 15 tracks. Ghostly is dynamic, they don’t fit one sound, genre or idea.

So I approached it as a mixtape of sorts. I tried to find a common thread that spoke to me and create a mood around that idea. Some of my favorite tracks are not on here. JDSY 'Horizon Line' makes my head spin. Choir of Young Believers 'Paralyse' takes me to another place. There are so many more.

What you are hearing some songs that have spoken to me over the years in a distinct way. I don’t feel like they are obvious choices but they all are nothing short of amazing. I hope this compilation helps you see a different side of one of the best labels to ever do it." - Michael Cina

Tim Hecker - Sundown6093

Aeons | From the new Ep "REMNANT": htdc.bandcamp.com/album/remnant

Nightscapes Sessions: Those who desire without end.

Thank you in advance for your support.


Aeons

A short composition created from sample from an improvisation from processed piano and flute sample's

Angry_Child

Luigi Tozzi Vinyl Session June 2015

Mixed by Luigi Tozzi {Outis Music I Hypnus Records}
Artwork by Steve Johnson / IG: artbystevej

Links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/luigitozzi
RA: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/luigitozzi/
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/4098420-Luigi-Tozz

Lyrics of the episode: 
"Occupy yourself with remembrance continually until the world of imagination is lifted from you, and until the Remembered manifests Himself to you." -Ibn Arabi

What helps you remember yourself during your day?

Awareness X: Luigi Tozzi

Debut album out August 21 on Hammock Music. Preorder: bit.ly/1HZ7uJj

A Farewell Sonata

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

‘Loon’ will be released on Erased Tapes as a 12” vinyl as well as digitally on October 2nd. 
Pre-order it here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP072
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/loon

Containing five synthesiser-led pieces, ‘Loon’ was recorded in autumn 2014 across five days at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin, and continues on from the ambient sounds of ‘Stare’ but with the addition of more percussive elements and dub influences. For this new EP the duo wired an Oberheim 4 Voice and a Korg PS3100 to the mixing desk and performed live takes on both instruments. With all four hands on its pots, all mixes were recorded straight onto 2-track ½-inch tape.

Like on ‘Stare’, their first collaborative affair in 2012, they simply followed what was laying in front of them, and this time they were driven by some new synths, a kick drum and tape effects. Indulging in dub, the tracks where all performed rather than engineered, with Ólafur riding a few elements on faders and Nils bringing effects in and out. After running several mixes, they went for the five strongest moments from this session. The release was announced on a joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com together with the launch of an intimate 45-minute studio film titled ‘Trance Frendz’, featuring another seven improvisations.

“Nils got some new synths and we thought we’d try them out. We loved them so much that we didn’t actually end up using anything else to make these songs.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“When I was young I was smuggled to Goa parties by my brother. The music played there in the late nineties had a somewhat deep effect on me. ‘Loon’ is almost a blurry memory of these times. In other words, it is what I’d like to remember that music sounded like back then. In fact it sounded probably really cheesy.” – Nils Frahm

Loon

Four

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Four

Part 13 in the Kilchurn Session series.

"It dropped in my inbox as a surprise, the best possible kind of surprise, because todos' Kilchurn Sessions have been known to take quite some time to put together.  It's been nearly six months since Session 12, and with that amount of time under his belt to collect his next edition, you can expect only the very best to hit you in the 13th.

Once again opting for his trademark mix of new, old, classics, edits and samples, todos' journeys have become slightly deeper over the past few editions, and this one is no different, albeit punctuated with a few rather sublime lead vocal tracks.

He has left us all with another bunch of artists to dig deeper into, including, Body Boys, Alaskalaska and Landside, whilst reminding us of a few recent greats by Abul Mogard, Planet Boelex, and Segue, alongside some of the best new productions of the year from Synkro and Rival Consoles.

I always say it, and I'll say it again, todos manages to capture the essence of what a mixtape should be for me - the perfect blend of old and new, painstakingly curated and crafted with care with no agenda - just a journey. " - Ryan http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com

Kilchurn Session XIII

Recorded at Nachtdigital in Olganitz, Germany , 08/2015
Words by RBMA Radio
Immerse yourself in the subliminal drones and fever-dream ambience of Donato Dozzy collaborator Neel. Live at Nachtdigital 2015.
For most electronic music aficionados, Neel is a name that first surfaced in 2011, when the Italian producer debuted the Voices Of The Lake project alongside production partner Donato Dozzy. In the years that followed, the Roman duo has made a splash with its cinematic, long-form techno, most notably on its self-titled 2012 debut LP and a handful of EPs for labels like Prologue, Concrete, and The Bunker New York. That being said, Neel, aka Guiseppe Tillieci, didn’t exactly come out of nowhere. Prior to Voices From The Lake, he had worked as a mastering engineer, and over the years has spruced up efforts from Dozzy, Dasha Rush, Marco Shuttle, Dorisburg, Cio D’Or, Terrence Fixmer, Mike Parker, Cassegrain, Abdulla Rashim, Varg, and others too numerous to list. In 2014, he also stepped out on his own as a producer, issuing the Mars-themed album Phobos via the Spectrum Spools label. Untethered to techno’s structural requirements, his solo work finds Tillieci exploring abstract beat patterns, ambient textures, and otherworldly, dream-like moods. For Neel, sonic exploration is a worthy pursuit in its own right, and his mastery of sound only makes his surreal journeys all the more captivating.

Hybrid Live at Nacht Digital

INFO & TRACKLIST

Last month I was in Copenhagen playing at Strom Festival & caught Surgeon playing a live modular set at God Goes Deep. He totally hypnotised the church with these droney, minimal, ice-cold tones, I fell asleep leaning against the wall and was roused by spooky dialogue some time later. The sense of space and timing was really powerful and i had that in mind when choosing music for this set.

Again, this is a mix of line out and microphone recordings, so you can get a feel for this amazing space. 

Hope you enjoy <3 Claire

Slow Riffs - Gong Bath
BVDub - Descent to the End
Loscil - Stasis
Nils Frahm - Our own roof (Victoria film)
*cinema field recording, Victoria film - CM edit*
Nils Frahm - Them (Victoria film)
John Beltran - Collage of Dreams
Bob Holroyd - African Drug
FS Blume & Nils Frahm - Four Hands
Stenny - Three Mile Island
Eden Ahbez - Nature boy (Nat King Cole & Pat Boone cover) + Eden Ahbez interview excerpt
Eden Ahbez - La Mer
Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
Aphex Twin - Rhubarb Orc. 19.53 Rev
Susumu Yokota - Toblume
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Ava + Skin (Ex Machina film)
*Bjork - Nativity play (1976)-  CM edit*
Arvo Part - Silouans Song
Lawrence - Marien
*Manuel Senfft - Comet 67P/C-G - CM edit*
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
BVDub - The Art of Dying Alone

Live @ God Goes Deep, Vor Frue Kirke Copenhagen - September 2015

Podcast 004 : Luigi Tozzi.

"Born and educated in Rome, the young Italian producer Luigi Tozzi was strongly influenced by the roman scene and its local artists, many of whom gave a crucial contribution to the birth and growth of the deep techno sound. Luigi’s music has so far been released on the established label Dynamic Reflection as well as setting a regular cooperation with the very promising and mysterious techno label Hypnus Recordsfrom Sweden, where he found a platform that inspired him to develop his style. Melting the tribal and hypnotic elements of techno with the atmospheric and emotional side of ambient music he is making his own path in the world of electronics. Recently this has gotten him in contact with Dino Sabatini which led to the opportunity to join Outis Music that has released well known artists such as MODERN HEADS (Official page), Brando Lupi, Donato Dozzy among others"



INVEINS \ Podcast 004 \ Luigi Tozzi

Lucid Void | From the new Ep "ABSENTIA": https://htdc.bandcamp.com/album/absentia

ABSENTIA:

01. Half
02. Lucid Void
03. Perpetual
04. Straight To Nowhere (Static)

Nightscapes Sessions: Recorded in October 2015 (Location: At night, in an open field). 

All perceived silence is intentional.

Lucid Void

This 23rd Podcast is a long cosmic ballad led by ethereal strings, airy waves and a deep sense of contemplation. 

Tracklisting and infos 
http://www.infine-music.com/news/370/podcast-023-siavash-amini



PODCAST 023 - SIAVASH AMINI

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2015/12/matthew-dekay-drops-new-fur-die-liebe-mix-download-here/

"I’ve always been sensitive to my surroundings and the world is in a very vulnerable place at the moment. I felt I needed to express my true emotions through something a little bit different to a conventional DJ mix and also that just writing one song was not going to be enough.

It was almost like composing a score, the only difference being that the pictures were only in my head. My ambition was for the music to evoke a visual response in the listener rather than just an emotional one. To do that I took some audio snippets of real life current affairs scenarios that really struck a chord in me and then used my DJ instinct to think of a track/musical piece that would fit well to that particular scene. Sometimes when I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted I added my own music over existing music or did my own sound design to create my own sound effects and also wrote some original pieces in the moment. It was very important to me to create ultimate flow and I felt this could only have been achieved without having any beats supporting the music. I also didn't want to make it eclectic nor constant as I felt that would disrupt the listener’s focus emotionally. There is a strong dynamic range throughout similar to classical music and also some parts that are almost meditative and then in contrast some more intense moments.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed making it." - @MatthewDekay

Download

Download: Matthew Dekay - Fur Die Liebe II

Taken from the "Music For Machines" compilation by John Beltran.

Released on vinyl and CD via Delsin Records in 2014.

Buy at Delsin shop: http://www.delsinrecords.com/release/4598/john-beltran-presents/music-for-machines

Lung

Amazing selection of sounds by these two. The J mix was made in support of the earthquake/ tsunami victims in Japan - please donate to the cause if you like the mix.

Cio DOr and Donato Dozzy--J

LADA (Dasha Rush & Lars Hemmerling) [ Fullpanda ] Germany

Thanks to Dasha and Lars for finishing this experimental techno mix during a busy year of them. For this mix, they called it " B SIDES " techno, the idea of this mix came from dirty techno with experimental edges, live made special techno for Smoke machine. When we received this mix, it reminds us that Dasha played a very unique experimental set at Labyrinth festival in Japan, when you start listening to the mix, you'll know what to do.

Dasha also played at Smoke Machine party last year, it was one of craziest night we never had. This year, we will have LADA live first debut in Asia, event hosted by Smoke Machine and Bitta from DJ NOBU's label at Unit Tokyo. You can also check LADA's tour schedule below or follow www.dasharush.info
Enjoy.

07.12 LADA Live @ Phoenix bar/ Sydney / Australia
14.12 LADA Live @ Aeon , Melbourne / Australia
21.12 LADA live @ Unit / Tokyo / Japan

http://www.dasharush.info/LADA.html
http://goo.gl/nOEC0

www.smkmachine.com 
www.facebook.com/SmokeMachineOfficial

Release date // 26th November 2012

Smoke Machine Podcast 068 LADA

Pale Horses (Ambient)

Techno, Minimal, House, Funk, Ambient. From Paris with love and beats.

Ambient

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