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study playlist - instrumentals / beats

twenty sixteen

LAIDBACK MORNING

around midnight

The nouvelle selection of Spring sounds, for your pleasure.


Selected Works Spring 2016 Vol. 2

Hardly soul searching now...

Sunday 05.01.16

New sun

~ Tu divagues ~

cumbia sobre el mar

Dhagpo Folk Song

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La Vie Dure

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Francois & The Atlas Mountains - La Vie Dure (Flavien Berger Remix)

From the album "Fog On The Lens" out 11/4 on Porchlight Records. Download at http://tomomusic.bandcamp.com

Cold Clear Moon

No Ghost
First single from the new album by Nelcaso, 'But not in silence'.
Credits:
Giacomo Morigi: Voice, guitar, banjo.
Gaio Biondi: Trumpet.
Rocco Monti: Bass, bass drum.

No Ghost

Dances In The Wrong Blubbery Wave (for FUSElab records)

Flavien Berger - Léviathan

Timewaves

Track 4 on the new album from Mammatus to be released on November 20th 2015!

Mammatus - Ornia

first single from the new 'Cataract EP', out July 24th on Burger Records & Last Gang Records.

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Dirty Ghosts - Cataract

Kocani Orkestar - "But Katili"

Marques Wyatt is an ambassador of house music for the West Coast and a cornerstone of electronic music in Los Angeles since the 80’s. His Om Records classic ‘For Those Who Like to Get Down’ (originally released in 2002) was loved the world over and championed in London by Ben Watt and Jay Hannan (at their legendary Lazy Dog nights), in NYC by Little Louie Vega and Kenny Dope (at the infamous Masters at Work), in Chicago by the likes of Frankie Knuckles and Derrick Carter and of course in San Francisco by the likes of Mark Farina, Miguel Migs and Kaskade.

Now, 13 years later Marques continues to spread his brand of aural love in Los Angeles, and through touring the width and breadth of the United States and other continents. He globe trots everywhere from Los Angeles to New York, Shanghai to Barcelona, and Tel Aviv to Dubai with the mission to bring musical unity, love and celebration of life to all souls in his pathway.

Joining him on the remix duties are future stars themselves; Soul Clap and Click Click.  The Soul Clap Remix injects the original vocal sample with an extra dose of funk laced booty shaking deep house. The flip Acid Smoothout mix takes the groove into even deeper and heavier territory. Not to be outdone, Click Click builds on the vocal loop into a funky deep house groove that’s perfect for ripping up dance floors. Finishing out the package is the original Deep Sunday Retro Vibe Mix that still sounds great 13 years since people originally got down to it. 


For Those Who Like to Get Down (Soul Clap & Click Click Remix)

For Those Who Like to Get Down

Marques Wyatt - For Those Who LIke to Get Down (Soul Clap Acid Smoothout Mix)

A simple improvised piano piece over an improvised drone played on synths and ebowed guitar, recorded this afternoon. 

A work in progress.

The photo is of Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona, taken from a plane on my way to Cailfornia.

The final version of this track is featured on my new album The Village, out on double CD and download on 14 December 2015. Details at http://www.bingsatellites.com/releases/thevillage/

The Village

Waiting

Life is a mystery that I don't understand
It puts the people in traction, in the palm of it's hand
And they get what they want, as long as it's all that they need
So I'll keep my pieces right where I can see them

Because I'm telling my future where it ought to belong
But it's a jigsaw puzzle and the pieces are wrong
And all that I need, is all that I want
And the TV was there but the screen is turned off, cause I know

It's a mystery that cannot be solved

Now I'm 20 years older than the day I was born
Still collecting the secrets but it's starting to show
A nervous excitement, what would you like to know?
Because I can get on the bus, and I'll put on my coat
Because I've got all the goods, and you know that you should
and you know that you like it, and you know that you would
But there's a hidden constraint and now the feeling is gone
But who is to blame? No one can tell you for sure, but I know

It's a mystery that cannot be solved
It's a puzzle but the pieces are wrong
It's your TV but the screen is turned off
It's a mystery that cannot be solved

Now we're turning our backs on the mistakes of the past
No more agendas, no more thoughts that we lack
Because life is a joke, that only we know
And I'd love to tell you but the punchline's too long, cause we know

It's a mystery that cannot be solved
It's a puzzle but the pieces are wrong
It's your TV but the screen is turned off 
It's a glove but the fingers are gone
It's the lord but his will is undone

It's a mystery that cannot be solved

Written, recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by Ethan Greaves
Art sourced from Canadian Artist Rob Gonsalves 

Stuart Mckenzie on Drums (one-take wonder)

DEERS

Ahead of our DJ tour to the US, we decided to create a mix that's composed of music which originates from all the places we are visiting along the way, as well as a couple of artists that are now residing in those cities! We've also peppered the mix with field recordings from our recent travels across the pond. 

Tour Dates:

12:02 : Denver : The One Up - Colfax
12.03 : Montreal : Newspeak
12.04 : Washington : U Street Hall
12.05 : New York : Baby's All Right
12.09 : Portland : Doug Fir Lounge
12.10 : Seattle : Q Nightclub
12.11 : Los Angeles : Echo
12.12 : San Francisco : The Independant

See you in December.

Sound Of Eight Cities

Blue Velvet Revisited

Tuxedomoon / Cult With No Name - "So Fucking Suave"

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This track is taken from upcoming full length "Dead In A Ditch" by rarely-seen Michigan act Billowing. Regularly a duo of Scott DeRoche on prepared guitar and Fred Thomas on a spectrum of electronics and tape delays, this album was edited from a particularly inspired session where the band extended to include saxophonist Daniel Bennett, drummer Shigeto and bassist Tim Flood. The collective improvisations took on a tone of mostly bleak, wintery despair that lifted only slightly for the still-dour groove of this tune.



Billowing "Corner Dregs"

Full article: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2015/11/stream-a-track-from-the-forthcoming-krts-album/

Full stream of 'White Privilege,' KRTS' new LP, Close Eyes to Exit, out November 27 via Project: Mooncircle. 

@KRTS
@projectmooncircle

Premiere: KRTS - White Privilege

taken from the debut album 'Scan The Blue' due Friday 25th March on Bella Union. 

Scan The Blue

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exmagician - Job Done

Clip : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRBiLuZ56Q

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Produit et enregistré par PARADE707.
Masterisé par Julien Courtois.
Sorti le 10/01/16.

Paroles :
La descente est silencieuse,
La masse avale mon corps sacré,
Au delà de ces remparts,
L’étreinte se resserre sur mon corps.

Buvons cette eau salée à l’écume de la canopée,
Relation tendancieuse,
Sensations granuleuses.

Vertiges tendancieux,
La houle est langoureuse.


Contact: parade707@gmail.com

Corps et sables mouvants

Please <3 it!! http://awe.sm/jPKOf
'Ashes' coming 2/15/16!

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ILLENIUM:
@illeniumofficial | facebook.com/illenium | twitter.com/illeniummusic

Joni Fatora:
@jonifatora | facebook.com/jonifatora | twitter.com/jonifatora

Lyrics:
no light in the distance
we were shadows holding on (holding on)
all the things i resisted
now far from gone (far from gone)
armor on
you use your heart as a fortress
ticking bombs
all the weapons are useless
so can you just let down your guard
before everything is marred
armor on
you use your heart as a fortress

how’d you get so far away from me
how’d you get so far away from me
la da la la da da
how’d you get so far
la da la la da da
how’d you get so far away
how’d ya get so far away
you use your heart as a fortress
you use your heart as a fortress
you use your heart as a fortress

la da la la da da
how’d you get so far
la da la la da da
how’d you get so far
armor on
you use your heart as a fortress
ticking bombs
all the weapons are useless

all the weapons are useless
you use your heart as a fortress
so can you just let down your guard
before everything is marred
armor on
you use your heart as a fortress
la da la la da da
you use your heart as a fortress
la da la la da da
you use your heart as a fortress

Composed, Engineered, Produced & Mastered by Nicholas Miller

Written by: Nicholas Miller, Joni Fatora

Released by: Kasaya and Seeking Blue Records

Youtube Premiere: https://youtu.be/5auyUSI6as4

Alt Download Link: https://www.facebook.com/Illenium/app/208195102528120/

For Licensing inquiries: Licensing@mrsuicidesheep.com

Fortress (ft. Joni Fatora)

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Illenium - Fortress (ft. Joni Fatora)

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Published by Mute Song.

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Seven Birds

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Huge thank you to @thechainsmokers for letting me remix this amazing tune!! Hope to see you guys on the road!!

THE CHAINSMOKERS
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The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down (Illenium Remix)

Cover of Beirut's awesome track "Nantes"..

Cover version arranged by You Are Number Six
Original Music & Lyrics by Beirut

Nantes (Beirut cover)

Taken from the compilation Piano Cloud Series - Volume One
Release date: March 11, 2016

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Oskar Schuster - Singur

"..an exquisitely delicate work that unfolds like buds on the trees in spring."
THE INDEPENDENT,UK
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Recorded and mixed by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon Studios, London
Cover Photo: Dan Isaac Wallin
Written and produced by Markus Sieber

Markus Sieber - ronroco
Alexander Nickmann - fender rhodes, synthesizer, beats

In a lot of ways, Aukai’s self-titled debut is the sound of Markus Sieber bringing his career full circle. Having spent part of the ’90s playing rock music in East Germany, the composer/multi-instrumentalist then shifted his focus to acting, only to have music creep back into his life after a mind-altering move to Mexico.

“This album and project has a lot to do with memories from travel,” explains Sieber, “but also memories from childhood and nature. How did the river smell in summer? I wanted to create a sonic space where music guides the listener into some imaginative inner world.”

Which explains why he came up with the name Aukai in the first place; it’s the Hawaiian word for a seafaring traveler, the sort of person who seeks out the stillness in uncertain waters. In the case of Sieber’s new record, that meant spending a winter holed up in a mountainside cabin around Colorado’s La Plata Canyon. Basic tracks were then cut in a Berlin studio and brought into full relief alongside cellist Anne Muller (Agnes Obel Band, Nils Frahm), violinist Bogdan Djukic, pianist Angelika Baumbach, sound designer Alexander Nickmann, and longtime collaborator Jamshied Sharifi (Laurie Anderson, Sting, Dream Theater).

Here’s what Sieber had to say about its lead single, “Cachoeira,” along with a complete rundown of the record and its cover art:

“Cachoeira”, meaning waterfall in Portuguese, was inspired by my travels to northeastern Brazil, a region rich of rivers and waterfalls. It’s the track on the album which goes farthest into an electronic direction, merging the acoustic and natural sounding layers of the Ronroco, a Latin American string instrument, with Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, and beats. For each piece of the album, I had a particular vision for the instrumentation and musicians I wanted to collaborate with; for “Cachoeira”, I worked with my brother Alexander Nickmann, a Berlin-based sound designer and composer. " 

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Cachoeira

Making Noizz with Emily (Special Edition) is out now ! this tune is part of the EP, buy it (for £1 only) and support the project :
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Inspired by poetry and paintings of Emily Jane Carmen
Poems, reading and artwork (paintings) by Emily Jane Carmen: https://www.facebook.com/emilyjane.carmen
Music and production by Noizz Factor https://www.facebook.com/NoizzFactor
Remixed By Negroom: https://soundcloud.com/negroom


Chillwind (Negroom Mix)

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"I've been a huge fan of BTWS since hearing their first re-animations. It was an honour and joy to rework my fellow sonic crusaders" – @Shock-Machine

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, the sonic brotherhood of @ErolAlkan and @RichardNorris, present a brand new single, 'Diagram Girl' released April 8th 2016 on @Phantasysound. Taken from a forthcoming album, 'Diagram Girl' glides into view on the wings of @hannahpeel's reflective, androgynous vocal, glacial synthesis and a haze of woozy electronic beats, as if its willing spring into existence.

Pre order the limited edition vinyl: go.phantasysound.co.uk/PH51

1. Diagram Girl (Original Mix)
2. Diagram Girl (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)
3. Diagram Girl (Shock Machine Remix)

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Diagram Girl

Diagram Girl (Shock Machine Rework)

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Tuxedomoon / Cult With No Name - "Do It For Van Gogh"

This is a remix of Paper Unicorn from Ochre's album Isolette which actually turned into more of a cover version.  I've been a huge admirer of Chris' work right from his early demos - REM Sleep Research will always be somewhere in my all time top 10 electronica tracks.  

He's continued to release some of the most beautiful and intricate music in the field.  You can find the original of this track, and all his fantastic music at his bandcamp: http://bandcamp.ochremusic.com/

This cover version has been made available to download with the artist's permission.  Thanks to Chris, it's a wonderful piece and I had a lot of fun putting this together.

Unreleased

Paper Unicorn (Digitonal Transcription)

Ochre - Paper Unicorn (Digitonal Transcription)

OUR ISAAC TICHAUER REMIX OF HIGHER LEVEL - OUT NOW

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ISAAC TICHAUER | HIGHER LEVEL (BICEP REMIX)

The Night Noise Music label returns with a brilliant new EP from a collective of artists,
musicians and producers known as Sinchi Music. The creative alliance serves up two top tracks and Moscoman and Oli Warriner deliver a remix each to round out a perfect package.

The ‘Never Found’ remix comes from Newcastle’s Oli Warriner, a fast rising
talent who brings us this beautiful piece.
This is fresh disco music with real menace and mood in its bones and is another great outing from Sinchi Music and friends.

Tracklist:
1) Never Lost
2) Never Found
3) Never Lost (Moscoman remix)
4) Never Found (Oli Warriner remix)

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Water On Mars

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Drake - One Dance (Koni Remix) (Casey Malone Cover)

Tuxedomoon / Cult With No Name - "Frank"

Seraphim, the first single from Unpatterns - Out Now

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Seraphim

English Translate 

The Golden Tunnel (Le Tunnel D'Or )

http://lyricstranslate.com
Look, it's freezing, right there under my eyes
Stalactites of dreams, too old
All these promises vanishing away
To other heavens, to other harbours

And my dreams get caught on your phalanxes
I love you too much, it bothers you
And my dreams get shattered on your phalanxes
I love you too much
My angel, my angel

Out of a thousand flavours, only one touches me
When you lips brush my mouth
Out of all these winds, only one carries me away
When you shadow passes the doorstep

And my dreams get caught on your phalanxes
I love you too much, it bothers you
And my dreams get shattered on your phalanxes
I love you too much
My angel, my angel

Take my sighs, give me some tears
By dying too much, you end up laying down the arms
Breathe my sweet lie again
(I wish that) Under your breath time expand*

And my dreams get caught on your phalanxes
I love you too much, it bothers you
And my dreams get shattered on your phalanxes
I love you too much
My angel, my angel

Alone on our ashes, balancing
My lungs weep, my heart is free
Your voice fades away from my memories
I'll tame my freedom

And my dreams get caught on your phalanxes
I love you too much, it bothers you
And my dreams get shattered on your phalanxes
I love you too much
My angel, my angel

Tuxedomoon / Cult With No Name - "Do It For Van Gogh"

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