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 Los Angeles: Critical Mass [the emerging electric underground]
Label: Mindspore Records – MSP-0004-2
Format: 
CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Trip Hop

Tracklist:
00:00 1. Dove (29) & Mr. Soon - Quay-Czar (Cavestar Remix)
Programmed By – David Bianchi, Joseph Jakob*, Joseph Nugent, Kevin Crosslin
Remix – Cavestar

05:12 2. Trinity (19) – Lost Cities
Keyboards [Wurlitzer] – Roberto Antonio Chavez
Sampler, Programmed By, Keyboards, Bass – Steve Snow
Saxophone – Juss Renard
Vocals [Drum & Bass Section] – Lisa Woodward
Vocals [Dub Section] – Ia Kamandalu
Written By – Woodward, Kamandalu, Chavez & Snow
Written-By – Kamandalu*, Woodward*, Chavez*, Snow*

10:28 3. T.H.C.– Unsaid Warning
Music By, Programmed By – George Sarah
Vocals, Lyrics By – Sarah Folkman

15:53 4. Cavestar & Moore*– Say The Word
Music By, Programmed By – Kevin Crosslin
Vocals, Lyrics By – Mona Moore

21:14 5. Mr. Soon – You Are The Dream
Written-By, Producer – Joseph Jakob*

25:05 6. Zimar – Energy
Other [Words Of Energy] – Tom Hopkins
Producer – Zimar

30:05 7. Aldebaran (12) – L'Orque Epaulard
Written-By, Producer – Charles Askell, Jeff Hogan

35:34 8. Twist Top - Jangle
Written-By – Carlos Vasquez

41:00 9. Oversoul 7 – I Sing Loud
Written-By – Oversoul 7

44:21 10. TM – Kiss (DJ Hive Remix)
Remix – DJ Hive*

Copyright © – Mindspore Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mindspore Records
Compiled By, Producer – Kevin Crosslin, Kevin Lincoln (2)
Compiled and produced for K2K.

Los Angeles: Critical Mass [Full Album] (1998) Mindspore Records

The third offering in our mix series is a live recording of Priori and Cousin's dj set at Sustain Release 2024. Recorded on the last morning between 6am and 1pm on what was meant to be an ambient stage, it featured everything a 3 day festival closing set should. Eclectic picks, strange and emotional sounds, dubious transitions and a few feigned endings. Massive thanks to all the dancers, the Sustain staff (Aurora, Ash and everybody else who put their blood, sweat and tears into this), the music makers, the birds, the stars. 

Much love,

P & C

@secondcousins x @priori-ties

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naffcast003 ⦾ Cousin & Priori ༻ Sustain Release 2024 Bossa Nova Stage closing set ༺ ❁

Command D summons the gods of the deep to have us completely submerged in a world of interdimensional dub techno, traversing us through an hour and a half of infinitely looped reflections and subaquatic soundscapes. 

@commandd

Q. This certainly feels like one of your most immersive mixes to date, deeply contemplative and full of dreamy dub techno atmospherics. What inspiration did you draw upon, and what type of setting or situation could you imagine it being enjoyed in? 

A. I started to get into this sound when I was putting together my mix for the Moonshoe mix series. I didn’t know what to call it at the time but I found all of those tunes and tied them together with a certain feeling that was really inspiring me then, it was very organic and that is still one of my favourite mixes. You can hear dub elements scattered throughout that whole mix.

As I started incorporating more dub elements into my productions I discovered artists like Stephen Hitchell and Rhythm & Sound that had created a kind of music that was really extremely satisfying for me to listen to, especially considering my developing love for hi-fi and larger sound systems. I incorporated those artists into my FHUO mix which was a much more considered exploration of the style. Looking back on the process of making the mixes and how much I enjoyed them really assures me that the deep and contemplative sound is a big part of who I am.

For this mix I’ve taken inspiration from the MDC series itself which I’ve been listening to for years. I wanted to add little hints of deep house sounds as a nod to the mixes of the past. I personally think mixes like this are the best to listen to when you’re travelling and looking out a window, otherwise maybe sitting at a desk on a rainy day doing some work. I’d like people to listen to this in a time where they won't be distracted by something else or feel the need to skip forward, I’d want people to just throw it on and let it play, drifting in and out of the tracks and their own thoughts.

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. My favourite tracks in the mix are Saftig Komposition by Rasmus Hedlund and Sedlec Ossuary by Persuasion. At a base level I love these tracks because they take a more modern approach to a dub techno track with tight production. Going deeper, the thing that really resonates with me is hard to put into words and best left unsaid. I think this kind of music (along with many other kinds) allows the listener to feel emotions that aren't able to be put into words, part of why I love it so much. I find that dub techno specifically can feel sad and happy at the same time like lots of jazz ballads. That to me is a really beautiful sound that kind of encapsulates life in general.

Q. Tell us about the development of your live set, and where things are currently at with it? Do you feel like you’re able to explore different shades of your sound when playing in a live setting?

A. Putting together my first live set was an awesome experience. I got to play it all around Australia from clubs to rainforests. I’ve put the current live set to bed for now and am starting to work on a new one with a slightly different setup. Although it was a challenging experience, I loved making a live set because often when I would dig for tunes to play out I’d think ‘I wish I had a song like this’ and writing a live set meant that I could bring those ideas to life and curate a set exactly how I wanted. I think I’m really starting to settle into ‘my sound’ in production and DJing, but there are creative limitations in both like finding new music or learning new skills. Overcoming technical barriers in production allows me to get closer to my most true form of expression when it comes to what’s coming out the speakers so I’ve been really working on that recently. Hoping the next live set will be bigger and better : )

MDC.302 Command D

Mosey is an Austin-based dj and producer, whose melodic, MPC and Casio-driven house productions have been released by Future Times, Later in Life, and birthportal, to name a few. He cut his teeth as a DJ on KVRX student radio, and for 15+ years has cultivated a love for mixing and collecting vinyl (and mp3s), blending fresh new releases and 12-inches from every era of dance music.

Mosey | TC MIDI Labs | January 2025

Pour bien débuter l'année c'est Eva Loza du collectif Turtle Corporation qui l'invitée de Vanadís pour la première Digressions Auditives de l'année !


TRACKLIST :
Fafi Girls - Joel Noct 
BrinsonVrilles - Couleurves & The Lifted 
IndeKhali - Enayet
Precipitation - OK EG
Become the experience - Roy Savage
Lizard Lounge – Tangerine Dream
Metadub - Scarper
Other Worlds - Kloke
Audio Blueprint - Dividens
Pipa Pipa - Ophélie
Lana - Polyphonie - SWL 2TON
Vertige – Coco Bryce
Time Signature - BRKLYN (Fast Mix) 
Kairos Arrieta - Kemuri 
Corduroi- Deluxe Model
 Your Move– Amy Dabbs
Inside - äöü
IAFG - Moriilis J.
Soft Fascination - Carré
Earl - Hylu
AHE - Amor Satyr & Siu Mata
View Source - Aloka
Seasonal Grief – No Nation

Digressions Auditives avec Eva Loza · Janvier 2025

Emissive (@emissive) is a Toronto DJ and producer.  They form one half of the production duo Active Surplus and run the net-label earthNetwork.

Sparkling 06 | Emissive

21st century electro-futurism, Helsinki style. 

Sometime around a decade ago, electro started to surge onto dance floors again. A new generation of DJs, from Helena Hauff and DJ Stingray, brought the sci-fi, cyborg funk to new audiences, as a modern retool of the style began enjoying the ubiquity of its four-to-the-floor cousins. And few embody its future for our current decade like Sunny Seppä, AKA Sansibar.

Cutting his teeth in Helsinki's underground with residencies at Kaiku and Post Bar, Seppä's sound draws from a broad range of influences far from the Finnish capital. His first releases channeled the high-definition Motor City school of electro, but he has since evolved.

Not one to be confined by the narrow confines of any genre, the Finnish producer and DJ's discography has steadily begun to encompass a wider palette of influences, including releases with fellow new-gen electro artist Reptant.

It's no wonder Seppä has found a home on Kalahari Oyster Cult. Sans Musique was released by Rey Colino's label, and both are united by a love for an amalgamation of gritty and ecstatic sounds of the '90s. As Colino put it himself, the Cult espouses "nostalgia with a modern sound design."

You can hear that peppered throughout Seppä's RA Podcast. From Simulant's stone-cold classic "Wav.Form" to shades of tech house from the late '90s and early '00s (as well as some of his own unreleased material), the full vision of his broad sound world comes alive on RA.976. You won't technically hear too much electro in this mix—but underscoring many of the selections is the retro-futurism that electro elicits, that bleary-eyed optimism of dance music's halcyon era.

@sunnysibar
@sin-sistema-sin

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/976

RA.976 Sansibar

Australian producer Cousin warms up for his performance at Horst Festival's Moon Ra stage.

Cousin @ Kiosk Radio 29.04.2025

recorded live at good work in a backyard on a lovely saturday in brooklyn

Loidis @ Good Work - 12 July 2025

FFS MIX 250 | Globex Corp (Dwarde & Tim Reaper) 

This week we welcome the Simpsons-inspired duo Globex Corp, aka jungle trailblazers Dwarde & Tim Reaper, to the mix. For this one, they switch things up with a rare 90-minute session of pure techno, recorded live at their set for Strange High Dais at Dalston Den back in February.

They’ll be bringing the techno vibes back for one night only this Saturday at For Fuck Sake, have a listen and get yourself in the mood 🎧

FOR F**K SAKE @ CORSICA STUDIOS | 13th September ▻ bit.ly/FCKSEP25

FFS250: Globex Corp (Dwarde & Tim Reaper)

∆AIMON - Current (BITES Remix)

Black Cross Remix I did for ∆aimon. This track and many other remixes are featured on this amazing remix compilation: http://tundradub.bandcamp.com/album/flatliner-remixes

∆aimon - Black Cross (Rainn Remix)

"Qualia" from the New EP "Jangala" on Raw Paw and  Hel Audio records

www.helaudio.org 
www.rawpaw.net

Artwork by Nick Gregg 
www.nickgregg.carbonmade.com

Corduroi - Qualia (From "Jangala" out April 20 on Hel Audio and Raw Paw Records)

from the new ep "Jangala"

www.corduroi.bandcamp.com

limited cassette on Hel Audio

helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/jangala

Dream Lemur/Low Tides

Vinyl/Tapes - htttp://www.corduroi.bandcamp.com
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/61Fosp1aNRRK1e0JqbtZMW
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/mz/album/oceanarium/id982971531

all inquiries - corduroimusic@gmail.com

Corduroi - Qualia (From "Jangala" out April 20 on Hel Audio and Raw Paw Records)

Corduroi

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