the day when music was playing at Sisyphos

Sisyphos

03 - Wasted History

Zwischen

12" / Streaming / Download via lnk.to/COL001

Circle Of Live is a brand new, live act only event series concept and record label curated by Sebastian Mullaert to honour the values of spontaneity and improvisation. 

For the inaugural release on the new Circle Of Live imprint, Sebastian Mullaert presents a joint EP with long time collaborator Eitan Reiter. The duo previously met on the 2014 album ‘Reflections of Nothingness’, (Mule Musiq) borne out of a week long jam spent together at Sebastian’s tranquil Röstånga studio. Following the album’s release, they arranged two live shows at Ozora festival in Hungary. 

For the first year the collaboration was mostly based on Sebastian's music with Eitan adding jams on top. For the second year, Eitan felt inspired to set up a more improvised live set, enabling a more spontaneous performance. Then, unexpectedly, Sebastian lost all his gear on the flight and the live show took a completely different turn. This time, the show relied more on Eitan’s music, with Sebastian jamming on top. Eitan had prepared simple sketches to jam around, similar to the way in which Sebastian plays. One of the sketches, "Loop for Today", later became one song on Eitan’s album called ”Give it Life”. Eitan asked Sebastian to remix this song. 

Sebastian accepted the remix invitation with the request to continue honoring improvisation and creativity, but instead of a normal remix it became an adventure out to the Dead Sea after Sebastian's gig at the Block Festival 2017. Eitan invited Ben Kirschenbaum to take care of the cameras and two more friends to carry gear and PA. As a result, the remix is an on the spot jam out in the desert … one take while the sun is going down. No time to think or plan, only the option to surrender to the situation and let creativity run its course. This is the ethos of Circle of Live in general, regardless of whether the expression is happening on stage or in the studio. Let it happen! Let it Be! Feel it. 

Back in the dense Swedish woodland, Sebastian made two more remixes under his Wa Wu We moniker. For the ‘Live In The Woods’ remix he restructures the expansive synthwork of the original in enclosed surroundings, whilst the ’Live By The Clouds’ interpretation looks upwards for a disorienting, dubbed out trip. 

” The main intention with Circle of Live is to inspire people to improvise; let their life be an improvisation; a spontaneous expression of life. In one perspective this is a concept with clear visions and definitions but at the same time the core aim of the project is to allow both us, the artists, and the audience to drop concepts and habitual patterns in the creative process of dance and music." 

Artists confirmed to take part in this inspiring new adventure are Ame (Live), Aurora Halal, Dorisburg, Eitan Reiter, Johanna Knutsson, Leafar Legov, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Mathew Jonson, Neel, Steevio & SuzyBee, Tobias. and The Mole. The Circle Of Live imprint will release spontaneous live jams from those participating. 

Tour Dates: 

Jul 8th 2018 - Freerotation Festival - Wales, UK 
Oct 5th 2018 - The Block - Tel Aviv, IL 
Oct 19th 2018	- LUX - Lisbon, PT 
Oct 27th 2018 - Inkonst - Malmo, SE  
Nov 2nd 2018 - Concrete - Paris, FR 
Nov 24th 2018 - Nitsa - Barcelona, ES 
Dec 14th 2018 - Shelter - Amsterdam, NL 
Dec 20th 2018 - Funkhaus - Berlin, DE  
Jan 11th 2019 - Blitz - Munich, DE  
Jan 26th 2019 - Fuse - Brussels, BE 
Feb 2nd 2019 - Village Underground - London, UK 

"Five boys in a ballon 
set out to catch the Sun. 
Over the Dead Sea, 
among sounds and light, 
that need dissolved 
beyond the loop of today." 

Sebastian Mullaert 

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Loop For Today

Eitan Reiter - Loop For Today (Wa Wu We Live In The Woods Remix) / Circle Of Live 001

Eitan Reiter - Loop For Today (Sebastian Mullaert Live By The Dead Sea Remix) / Circle Of Live 001

Featured on: http://www.dubtechnoblog.com/2018/08/30/yepecc-diary-of-space-free-track/

Accept - then act. Whatever the present contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Challenge reality and a new chapter will begin. It's all about presence, character. Step out of resistance patterns and you will be in the now. the only time there is.
This is inner freedom from external conditions, allowing you to simply be. Trust life fearlessly, be the witness and the witnessed, the silent watcher and the observed. From an alarm that no longer frightens but calls to be heard, the present holds the key to liberation.

The man is walking down, The astral is waking up.

yepecc - diary of space (original mix)

12" / Streaming / Download via: http://lnk.to/COL002

In the shadows of a soft-shell giant 
a group of seven astronauts. 
entered Space and Free Rotation. 
Guided by mr Holmes
abstract improvisation took place
in the purple heart; surrounded by fluffy sheep, 
and left us all in silence.

For the second release on their recently launched imprint, Circle Of Live is proud to present Live At Freerotation 2018.

The follow-up to Loop For Today is comprised of select cuts from an improvised live performance during this year's Freerotation festival.The artists took over the main stage with an unscripted, freeform live performance from open till close.

Offering a recorded first glimpse into the free-flowing experimental set-up currently touring top European venues, the EP is a collaborative soundscape with contributions from Dorisburg, Johanna Knutsson, Mathew Jonson, Sebastian Mullaert and Steevio.With no prior planning whatsoever aside from an agreed BPM, the recording presented on this unique release offers a snapshot into the imperfections and charm of truly improvised live performance - a refreshing notion in today’s overproduced musical climate. Conceptually, the EP can be understood as more of an open-ended argument in favour of spontaneity and collaboration than a collection of tracks.

Envisioned and created by Sebastian Mullaert, Circle Of Live represents an organic process which aims to detach itself from the habitual routines of dance music, to allow the weird and wonderful elements of collaborative performance to truly come to life. Utilising Sebastian’s unique live set-up which can accommodate any number of participants at once, artists drop in and out and collaborate as much or as little as they like.

COL002 captures the best of Circle Of Live at Freerotation, an odyssey of sound, with rich textures providing a grounding for playful melodic and percussive improvisations. Gently rolling kick and bass patterns drift in and out, carrying the listener along, whilst analogue call and responses showcase the pure synergy of the artistic interplay.

Sebastian Mullaert and Circle Of Live continue to tour Europe with select guest performers and have upcoming shows in Barcelona (Nov 24th @Nitsa), Amsterdam (Dec 14th @Shelter), Berlin (Dec 20th @Funkhaus), Munich (Jan 11th @Blitz), Brussels (Jan 26th @Fuse) and London (Feb 2nd @Village Underground).

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Live At Free Rotation 2018

A - Live At Free Rotation 2018

12"/Streaming/Download

Mathew Jonson, Steevio, Sebastian Mullaert, Johanna Knutsson, Dorisburg - A-LiveAtFreerotation 2018

Hirider ( the Remixes )

Deeperwalk - Hirider (R.Hz Rmx) [Superordinate Dub Waves]

The Island

07. Galaxies

Un Point De Rien

Circle Of Live is a brand new, live acts only, event series concept and a record label curated by Sebastian Mullaert, honouring the values of spontaneity and improvisation.

Contact: info@circleof.live
Bookings: alma@lb-agency.net