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Calm & Steady tracks no. 151

creation: 2021/09/13

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Golden Hill

When I agreed to collab with TRC and started to have ideas about his spacey proposal, I didn't expect he would send me not less than FOURTEEN STEMS ! ! !   A fabulous variety, so I had a complex and funny job mixing them with mine. We got two bass lines going on, but any bass is never too much bass ;)

LYRICS: "ROBOT BLUES"

I'm a robot.
I can sing.
Artificial intelligence
can make me feel.

Then I can understand.
Then I can be like you.
Now I'll play my
Robot Blues.

As I was saying,
be careful, as soon,
you will not be able to distinguish
a human from a lovely lovely lovely lovely machine...

Robot Blues (with Tea Are Sea)

Willie Nelson composed this tune but Patsy Cline had a hit with it in 1962. Performed on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: https://www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #390

A sublime selection of dancefloor beats and downtempo dubs from around the globe, Mixes + Mavericks features seven remixes by Pitch Black, two live tracks that couldn’t be more different in nature or tempo, one seriously unorthodox situation (an unauthorised remix of a remix) and a track in between states, all highlighting the breadth of the duo’s sonic palette.

Whereas their previous Rarities + Remixes collection was predominantly rooted in New Zealand, Mixes + Mavericks is undoubtedly a more international affair, with all the remixed artists hailing from the northern hemisphere. Many of the connections are the result of the duo’s touring and festival appearances around the globe: they first met Gaudi at a gig in Japan, Animat and Nick Woolfson (Sounds from the Ground) at The Big Chill festival in the UK, while downtemple duo Desert Dwellers were encountered in the Californian underground. 

Other connections were more straightforward: Brighton-based Ink Project (run by Kiwi Jez Lloyd) approached them to remix “The End” and Mexico’s Sudden Reverb was introduced by label-mates Deep Fried Dub. Meanwhile Mike bumped into Radioactive Man’s Keith Tenniswood (of Two Lone Swordsmen fame) while he was getting a 7” record cut. 

Uber-producer/Killing Joke bass player Youth features in two very different ways. First up is Pitch Black’s pulsating dub mix of his collaboration with Italian producer Gaudi, from their Astronaut Alchemists album. Then there is his unsolicited remix of epsilon-blue’s 1999 remix of Speech, over which he added bass, beats and blessings.  This mash-up lurked for years in the archive under the title of Helmsdub, but only as a corrupted mp3 file. Thankfully a little detective work discovered that, much to everyone’s surprise, it had been released as Speechless (Big Circle Flat Pain Remix) on a 2004 CD compilation. A copy was tracked down, the tune was carefully re-mastered and then correctly named.

Mixes + Mavericks also features two very different live offerings: Notting Pill is a dose of atmospheric moodiness from a rare ambient set at Notting Hill Arts Club in London, held to publicise the upcoming showcase of New Zealand music at Fabric in 2003. The banging G202, meanwhile, was captured by Andre Upston at Rippon Festival in Wanaka, NZ at the turn of the millennium, and later broadcast on Radio New Zealand. It was a track that, despite being a staple of the live show for many years, was never finished, and following software updates and data dumps, the only version that exists is this live recording.

It's a Future Dub is a similarly embryonic track – eventually it became It’s the Future Knocking, from the Filtered Senses album, but here it’s a fascinating hybrid caught midway between creation and completion. Many of the elements of its future self are present, but there is a whole lot more going on, making this a fascinating signpost on a possible road-not-taken. 

Beautifully accompanied by Tim Prebble's Cyanotype images, Mixes + Mavericks is a showcase of Pitch Black’s sonic diversity as remixers and maintains the trademark production aesthetic that has won them thousands of fans and filled dancefloors around the globe.

Download/Stream

Youth & Gaudi - The Gods Must Be Crazy (Pitch Black's Hubristic Prayerformance Mix)(preview)

D-Echo Project - Dubby Space

Traversing a delicate balance of uplifting emotional fabrics over dark contemplative soundscapes, Obnubilation is a journey into the deep caverns of the mind, where no emotion is safe from expression. 

The world is certainly a crazy place. While the Covid quarantine is slowly being lifted as humanity emerges into a new sense of reality, many of us are feeling more hopeful for the future after having the space to recharge, reassess, and recuperate. 

Unfortunately, juxtaposed against that emergence is the destructive nature of man's greed and lust for power as the world plunges into chaotic sociopolitical imbalance, war, division, and social unrest. 

We are witnessing humanity reach a new precipice as old emotions are processed, old ways are changed, and letting go of what no longer serves us. We are witnessing the death of the world while seeing the birth of a new spiritual reality all around us.

This mix is a tribute to this insanity. This big beautiful crazy mess we find ourselves in has so much beauty strewn about and there is a lot of potential for self-realization during these times.

Let curiosity carry you through this twisted psychill journey as you sit back, relax, and enjoy the music. Immerse your mind and spirit into these vibes and I'll see you on the other side.

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." - Rachel Carson

Track Listing:

Ishq - Kgliders
Recording Life - An Afternoon at Heraion Perachora pt. 1
sqncr - Never Seen
S1gns Of L1fe - Branches in the Sky
Hinkstep - Easily Distracted
Escape Into - Ancient Language
Stefan Torto - Music Tape Box
Huron - The Morning And The Cloud
Access To Arasaka - Kaguya
Access to Arasaka - Auriga
Huron - Wrong Information
Subheim - Space Corridor
Infrequency - Sunrise
Audiovoid - Schedule One
planet4 - So Simple
Akoarela - Heliosphere
S1gns Of L1fe - Equilibrium
S1gns Of L1fe - Cell Theory
Stèv - Safe (feat. gimlii)
Endpermia - Pahsimeroi
Shwamp - Ape In Love
Felix Ando - Encounters
Felix Ando - Unexpected
Rukirek - X-Files
Sabla - Sensorario
Sole Massif & Jacob Newman - Santrauka II
Taotempo - The Juice
Llyr - Dream Sequence 3D
Integral - Haunting Voices
Jonnnah - Friendly Tribute
Solar Fields - Levitate
Sigil - Movements
Rukirek - Open, Sesame
Planet Boelex - Leaving Quietly (Weldroid remix)
Survey Channel - Gold Garden
Solar Fields - Insum (Remix)
Miramorf - Ignite
SESEN - The Observer
Side Liner - My Guardian Angel
Birds of Paradise - Riding The Froth (with Morphatrix)
Kiphi - Eternal Molecule
Miktek - Dawsonia
Lorenzo Montanà - Nordland EQ
Shwamp - Peach
Birds of Paradise - Soulgasm
Ziyal - Malia (Endless Spiral)
Integral - Encompassing
SESEN - Joanne
SKY H1 - Topaz
Subdream - Point Of Ayr
Tea Tree - Fossil Forest
Lab's Cloud - The Friendship of the Lonely Chords
Gentle - Radioactive Sandwich (Machines with Voices remix)
Panda On The Bamboo Tree - Eastern Orange Psyco Fruit
KUBA - The Road To Yegan
Psychoz - Spiral Galaxy (Cosmic Touch Remix)
Lorenzo Montanà - Invisible Subwire
Mystral - Primordial
Lorenzo Montanà - Prisma
Recording Life - An Afternoon at Heraion Perachora pt. 2
Tim Hecker - Ghost Writing pt. 2
Grains of Sound - Booming Dunes (Down Mix)

[ 12 ] Obnubilation

Featured on the  'Changa Renegades 2' compilation by Visionary Shamanics Records.
https://visionaryshamanics.bandcamp.com/album/changa-renegades-2-va

Changa Renegades 2

Hypnotizer - Magic Honey Hunters (Strange Substance Remix)

Remix by Tyler Smith at Androcell Studio, USA https://androcell.bandcamp.com
Mix and Mastered by Colin Bennun  - colin@oood.net
"Tropical Falls" - Written and Produced by Tyler Hovestadt / Encounters
Drums by Eddie Salazar, Guitar/Bass by Erick Cervantes, and Lead Guitar by David Wachsman

Tropical Falls (Androcell Remix)

Vėjopatis - Pasikalbėti

My research has taken me across the world’s oceans, but I haven’t made it to the polar regions yet. I imagine them as the magical worlds where time is frozen and ice holds memories of the past. With climate change and melting ice these memories are fading away. Even though I haven’t been there, this recording evoked a strange feeling of nostalgia in me. Maybe in my previous life I was there, perhaps as a whale, which is why I chose to study them in this life. 
As a marine biologist and bioacoustician I worked with different species of marine mammals, focusing on their social learning, vocal communication and culture. The longest I spent studying the songs of humpback whales, which inspired two electronic music albums that I released. 
As an artist I find endless inspiration in the sounds from the ocean. It is the place which feels like home, but at the same time like another reality. To these mysterious polar sounds which are new to me I added some of my own recordings in order to capture this feeling of familiar yet strange and mysterious environment. I used lots of reverb and delays to represent the sound propagating through the ocean, and echoes of ancient times coming from ice. 
I hope that my composition with its enchanting sounds will inspire people to think about our impact on this planet and all its beautiful and fascinating creatures.

This track was originally made for the Polar Sounds project:
https://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds/

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Written & produced by Sara Niksic a.k.a. Inner Child
https://innerchildmusic.bandcamp.com

Mastering by Jordan @ Senna Sound
@bloopnz

Frozen Memories

Inner Child - Frozen Memories

Ep. 40 - Fractalfest 2023 FutureFi Minimix - Zepha | Dystopia Stage

🎟 Grab your tickets @ theticketing.co/e/fractalfest2023

@zephamtl
fractaltribe.org/fractalfest2023/music/zepha

This minimix series features teaser mixes from dj's & producers who are playing music at Fractalfest 2023. These mixes will be in the same style of music that each artist will be presenting at the festival. In Episode 40, we present a a fractal favorite - the fun bubbly housey tech tunes of Zepha, joining us from Montreal!

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Ep. 40 - Fractalfest 2023 FutureFi Minimix - Zepha

Closing set for Moss Audio at the Nevern tavern.
(25.11.23, 2am-3am, Trewen Arms, West Wales)

Tracklist:

Medjula - Depth Control
Medjula & Vis Vires - Liq_uid
Hybrid - Rust
Medjula - Theory Of Mind
Xeonzyne - Alpha XT - 34
Neurolabz - Mental Model
Brojanowski - Deep Attraction
Sumiruna - Kinetic Anaesthetics
Sumiruna - Kinematic Mechanic

Sumiruna - Eponym


Thanks to all the above artists for there great work.

Moss Audio - OmegaNT-23

Практика использования пустоты в личных целях или разумные игры

Falcons

Abstraction

Calm

Something I recorded along with my brother (Atomic), a deeply spontaneous and beautiful expression, which happened around 2015-2016. 


The stringy ambience was recorded from an electric Washburn guitar, simply by my brother tapping the headstock, which by itself produced those multi harmonic ambience background elements and then hooked to a reverb.
Then the melody and the accelerating car effect are from a digital synth I played.
Reminds me a little bit of the Fax Records classic ambient tunes

Atom Aura - South Shores

Somptueusement

This story began in May 1994, when two people, having no musical education, decided to make music. Started from the oldschool industrial noise and psychedelic avantgarde nowadays project turned to more experimental electronic sound mixed with analog drones and ambient waves, spiritual ethnic tribal percussion and ancient folk songs of Pomor region from the desert North shores of the White Sea

Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
 ...

I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
...

This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

...

You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
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I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
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Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.

Falcons

Six Dead Bulgarians

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