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HNYPOT 382: Ben Bondy's Cocoon Mix

KMRU is a star in the making. In 2020, the Kenyan artist released three LPs – 'Peel', 'Jar' and 'Opaquer' – with the former landing via Viennese experimental imprint Editions Mego. All three releases – plus last month’s album, 'Logue' – signal an artist with a clear focus and boundless vision. 

Given his compelling approach to composition and arrangements, we thought we’d tap Kamaru for a specialist mix devoted to the sort of leftfield, experimental and ambient sounds he’s been quietly fashioning into something that sounds entirely unique to him. Kamaru’s mix showcases an array of tracks produced by Black artists from Africa, and the diaspora.

KMRU plays Intonal Festival 2021, which runs from 16–20 June.

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Leftfield sounds from Africa and the diaspora – Mixed by KMRU

@keptmale

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

Hi i’m Gigi — he/his — Austin, TX — I was a childhood ice hockey star

How is everything going with you right now?

I have been fortunate enough to be well.. been using this year off from work to dive into a practice and learn some discipline.

How did you get your dj name?

I got it from my partner, Mimi — she flipped my original g-name into gigi & it stuck. I never liked my birth name much anyway + it’s cute to match.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

ry, tito fuego/mister water wet, charles, bobby, nueen, boundary, jel, purelink, pascäal, ian kim judd, jung dj, shiner, downstairs j, hysterical love project,  perila, oli/px, thurlow joyce+ many more.. so many friends exploring inspiring places these days

If you had to describe yourself as a flower,which one would it be and why? 

Mimi says “frost flowers because they’re ephemeral”

Favorite weird drug/mind altering experience?

Sensory deprivation tank before the rave at Shirley’s Temple (r.i.p.)
What was your first gig? How did it go? 

A show put together by Ben Aqua at an upstairs club on downtown Congress that I don’t recall. I was 18 & had only started making music on ableton a few months prior, and played a live set that mostly consisted of pressing play on a 30 min composed production mix with a little knob twiddling & dj drop triggering. considering that, I’d say it went pretty well

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I think it’s obvious, but increased representation without tokenism. also, turn away from the dj & look at your fellow dancers.

Any cool releases upcoming for Gi Gi this year? 

I don’t want to speak too soon, but I do have a couple of records in the pipeline with quiet time & index, both of which I’m very excited about. working on some more uptempo material as kept that should be seeing the light of day soon as well.

For extended interview & OG pipipi track game please visit our website ------> pipipi.life <-----------

Gi Gi - 79˚ Cloudy

@milliamusic

"For this mix, I wanted to try something a little bit out of my comfort zone. Instead of a dance mix I went with the downtempo & trip hop sounds I've been inspired by as of late."
Milla's group project, Purelink, just released their debut full length "Puredub" via Chicago's Lillerne Tapes, the outfit's take on ambient, dub, downtempo grooves, and more.

Knekelhuis # 88 - Millia

Music for Whales, an ambient radio transmission. KMRU: his best ambient tracks mixed with fields recordings of his own recorder; A trip to Nairobi as a main oscillator of the sound, riding on the mind of this new ambient genius. 
Nothing else to say... Whales would not understand us.

Tracklist and links to albums:

1.  KMRU - Temporary stored (radiophonic) 
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-stored
2. KMRU – Drawing Water
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/drawing-water
3. KMRU – MR3
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-stored
4. KMRU – MR5
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-stored
5. Outro (KMRU remix)
https://ahossan.bandcamp.com/album/simulacrum-remixed
6. KMRU – Haal
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/saal
7. KMRU – Haal
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/saal
8. KMRU & Echium – Scarlette
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/peripheral-2
9. KMRU- Insubstantial
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/peel
10 . KMRU & Echium – Fain
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/peripheral-2
11. KMRU- Why are you here
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/peel
12. KMRU – Lulla
https://dagorettirecords.bandcamp.com/album/opaquer
13.  KMRU – Lantern
https://dagorettirecords.bandcamp.com/album/opaquer
14. KMRU – A meditation of listening
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/logue-2
15.KMRU - Temporary Stored (Radiophonic)
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-stored
16.KMRU - luminous beings
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/epoch
17. KMRU - In new fields
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/epoch
18. Courtesy - Night Journeys III (KMRU Remix)
https://kulorco.bandcamp.com/album/night-journeys-remix-ep-kul-r-012 
19.  KMRU – Dialog needs
https://dagorettirecords.bandcamp.com/album/opaquer
20. KMRU – Time of day
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/jar
21. KMRU - Life at Ouri 
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/jar
22. KMRU – Falling dreams
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/track/falling-dreams
23. KMRU – MR1
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-stored

Music For Whales - KMRU

www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/47-wzrdryav

Music for abstraction.

The final mix in the series this year is a 2+ hour ambient recording by one of my favourite producers, Kelly Nairn aka wzrdryAV. 

It was recorded back during the Canadian Summer and consists entirely of tracks by the Vancouver-based artist, “some released, some not…some remixes and things I did for comps”. It might be the most atmospheric recording we’ve received yet.

There’s a lot I could say (and have said) about Kelly’s music in the past but it feels right to let the music speak for itself this time round. There’s no interview to accompany this mix either. We hope it finds you well. Happy holidays.

@wzrdry
https://wzrdryrecordings.bandcamp.com/music

Theory Therapy 47: wzrdryAV

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Katatonic Silentio embarks on a tripped out crawl through "a combination of shadowy, ethereal and intricate ambiences," a glimpse of the sounds and textures she draws from for her latest album, Les Chemins De L'inconnu.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/02/06/fact-mix-894-katatonic-silentio/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 894: Katatonic Silentio (Feb '23)

a stunning escapade absorbing deep electronics and opiated ambient

by @kochvivian

₀₀₉ 𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗼𝗰𝗵

Off The Record this month takes a dive into the mind of Chicago artist and musician Beau Wanzer. 
Wanzer is commonly known for records on Ron Morelli's L.I.E.S. imprint as well as working with labels like Brew, L.A. Club Resource, iDEAL, Natural Sciences, and Nation. His in touch ear with industrial, electro and experimental music has seen him work alongside the likes Traxx and Steve Summers as the excellent Mutant Beat Dance, Dan Jugle as the head banging Juzer and more recently De-Bons-en-Pierre with Maoupa Mazzocchetti. 
For this mix Wanzer goes no holds bared into the world of tape culture with noisey and hissing electro and synth tunes as well as some chuggy industrial moments. We had a quick chat with Beau about the mix and what he has coming up!

Off The Record Mix Series 41: Beau Wanzer

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-122--upsammy

upsammy’s bumper mix for Bleep is as playful and adventurous as her studio productions. The rhythms of this ninety-minute set vary, particularly in the first half. One minute upsammy is running the kind of bright, glistening IDM that was heard on her recent Zoom LP, the next a downtempo break or dembow has shaken things up still further. No matter what speed the tracks are a charmingly excitable air runs through everything here, one that’s not dissimilar to the aesthetic of D. Tiffany or Reptant. Things heat up in the second half, with proceedings almost verging on junglism at points, before an increased number of half-time tunes bring the mix in for a smooth landing.

"I wanted the mix to be an homage to all the types of music that inspire me at the moment, steering away from the mix becoming about one particular genre, but more focussing on elements I appreciate in music like rhythms that tickle my ears or intricate and quirky melodies. Music that’s light and bassy at the same time and also has a dynamic element to it. The beginning is a bit more trippy and delicate, continuing to a more fast clubby sound and then it kind of zones out into a deep but bright part.”

Bleep Mix #122 - upsammy

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