Name: GHKC [at] Tresor - New Faces [22.02.23] by cristo.gxc
Duration: 2 h 2 min 53 s
Description: opening set recorded at @tresorberlin // New Faces hosted by @laurabcr [22.02.23]

Back in July, Kuboraum collaborated with Terraforma to celebrate the launch of the new Terraforma Journal issue #1 at the evocative location of Berlin's Funkhaus Harbour.

On this occasion, Kuboraum + Terraforma invited legendary Dj Stingray and Dj Red bringing people together again on the dancefloor.

Representative of Kuboraum’s identity and project, Dj Red took over the spaceship at Funkhaus Harbour and brought us on a new mesmerizing sound journey. In her 4-hour set, she turned the dancefloor into a space of creative exchange, connecting the community grooving to the same beat in an ecstatic dance under the sunset light.

The new editorial project by Terraforma represents the desire to create a new, ever-accessible platform in which sound, art, ecology and contemporary culture intersect and interact. Composed by different editorial sections, the first issue explores and broadens the pure notion of festival, not only as a time-space limited entity but as a ‘collective, multilateral, interconnected manifestation of dynamicity’. In this attempt, the journal encapsulates a multiplicity of voices and perspectives that push this concept further with the final goal of providing a platform for creative exchange. The same definition of festival applies mutatis mutandis to what Terraforma Journal stands for, as a space of exchange and encounter within shared cultural, social and political symbols.

The collaboration between Kuboraum and Terraforma finds ultimate expression in the recorded soundscape curated by Dj Red during the event at Funkhaus Harbour in Berlin.

DJ RED_KUBORAUM + TERRAFORMA at Funkhaus Harbour Berlin

The delicate and dynamic sounds brewed from Detroit.

Read more: pure-g.co/pure-guest016

SoundCloud: @erikadotnet @ithqdetroit

PURE Guest.016 Erika

Altjira (@altjiramara), the new project of Netherlands-born, Berlin-based Marc Leerink, represents the eternal, the uncreated, a being without beginning.

Inspired by First Nations’ (Australia) Dreamtime and glimpses into Marc’s own lucid dreams, the selection glides effortlessly through deep, radiant waters, weaving an impressive palette of genres and sounds into a whole that is glitchy, atmospheric, and esoteric yet, somehow, superbly unified and hopeful.

With new releases on the horizon, including on @spekkiwebu's imprint @mirrorzone, Altjira is a bold new manifestation of a most fascinating artist entering an exciting, ascendant phase, a moment captured exquisitely by Patterns of Perception 97.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/altjiramara
https://www.instagram.com/altjiramara/

Patterns of Perception

Patterns of Perception 97 - Altjira

@timnah-sommerfeldt performed on the second day of #Mostra22 at Hangar. Her set was reproduced for the first time at our 9128.live takeover on 17 September 2022, through @astrangelyisolatedplace: 9128.live/takeover-mostra

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Timnah Sommerfeld’s signature approach to earthy dance music has been tried, tested and approved by swinging hips all over Europe. Developing her style from age 17 onwards, when she started playing in squats and industrial spaces around Basel, she’s continuously making her mark with warm, reverberating techno cuts from across the spectrum. During her residencies at Hinterhof Bar and nowadays, Elysia, Sommerfeldt’s sets fluently cover (and transcend) shades of electro, techno and house music, establishing her as a firm favorite amongst dancers and peers. Smooth mixing skills, strong emotional narratives and an intuitive understanding of dancefloor dynamics continue to define her style, seamlessly cruising through the small hours of the night. 

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia/
@timnah-sommerfeldt

Timnah Sommerfeldt @ Mostra22 🖤

Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube, Facebook and futureintelradio.com.

A Strange Wedding & Nelly ╚═ Future Intel ═╗14 10 2022

To mark the release of the first Future Patterns VA, we teamed up with @minimal_collective to host an extended session on @refugeworldwide in early December '22, featuring a selection of our contributing artists and collaborators: C-Refund (@consumer-refund), @toxido-mask (one half of @solidtraveller), @brent-jacko (founder of Minimal Collective) and @altjiramara.

Listen to Future Patterns 01 and grab your copy via Bandcamp: https://patternsofperception.bandcamp.com/album/future-patterns-01

Future Patterns x Refuge Worldwide - Toxido Mask

003 - Formant Value

“For this mix, I attempted to create a rarefied atmosphere in which one can lose themself. 

There is definitely nostalgia, lightness, and tenderness. I tried to return to what I like, and to a feeling that encloses, within undefined limits (dub, downtempo, tribal?), contemporary sounds alongside those of the past, in an eternal moment, in an ethereal but immanent dimension.”

@luceclandestina

INVEINS \ Podcast \ 098 \ Luce Clandestina

opening set recorded at @tresorberlin // New Faces hosted by @laurabcr [22.02.23]

GHKC [at] Tresor - New Faces [22.02.23]

fast-paced and frenetic, gliding along as if in weightlessness.

"The intention with this set was to create an immersive experience in which the listener is led into various twisted soundscapes. From aerial drums to caustic heavy basses, spooky atmospheres diverging into epileptic alien music -- while maintaining some kind of danceability and playfulness."

@barnemax
@kiebitzcrew

recorded in Leipzig, Germany
19.02.23

rdg tape 12 - Barnemax

"If, like many others, your introduction to Black Merlin began only from the point of the highly successful Hipnotik Tradisi, your curiosity might have been piqued enough to attempt a little digging of your own, only to be gobsmacked once you realize that you’d been missing out on 90% of a highly productive, almost a decade long career that had preceded the Black Merlin stage name. By the time his jungle-infected LP arrived, Thompson had already carved out several niches for himself in various corners of the electronic music world.

Way back in 2008, Thompson was already making music as one half of Spectral Empire, a duo act with fellow Brit Kyle Martin. Since then, and in between his solo creations as Black Merlin, he has collaborated with partners under no less than two other guises (Kommune, Karamika). His musical catalogue is nothing short of spectacular, having released on such diverse labels as Omnidisc, Bird Scarer Records, Island of The Gods, LN-CC, Common Thread, Pinkman, Berceuse Heroique, SORN, ESP Institute, Boysnoize Records and Jealous God, among others. The recurring theme here appears to be one of constant reinvention, as the genres he has dabbled with oscillates from warped spacey disco, synth-driven krautrock, droney minimal wave, retrogressive EBM, to the hypnotic dark techno of recent years.
From the outside looking in, Thompson’s career trajectory thus far appears to have been less dictated by fickle industry trends and more intrinsically motivated. Running on his own internal clock, he’s been releasing music and reinventing himself at a steady and relentless pace both before and after Hipnotik Tradisi brought his name to the forefront. Few musicians would be tempted to stray from a formula that has tasted success. Not Black Merlin. Following hot on the heels of his 2016 tour de force are already two completely different records by Thompson, all within the span of a year. Clearly, he wasted little time basking in past glory.
Any bid to decode this artist and reduce him to a mere label for one’s own categorizing convenience would be a futile endeavor; it’s akin to a cynic’s vain attempt to deconstruct and unravel one magician’s trick: you’ll likely come out none the wiser and risk missing out on the pure and simple appreciation of his art form. Much better to let each of his music pieces speak for itself."

@black-merlin
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/blackmerlin
https://www.discogs.com/artist/2630152-black-merlin
https://blackmerlin-music.bandcamp.com/

Phormix Podcast #193 Black Merlin

cristo.gxc[at]protonmail.com
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resident @mutantradio - 𝒍𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆 - bimonthly show
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next: 

10.05.24 - w. Rami Abi Rafi, madame claude, Berlin (DE)
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previously on:

05.04.24 - máquinas blandas, avant garten, Buenos Aires (AR)
16.03.24 - portal fantasma, espacio seguí, Buenos Aires (AR)
17.02.24 - ansiedance.club, Barcelona (ES)
22.02.23 - new faces, tresor, Berlin (DE)
12.03.22 - la cura crew, La Plata (AR)
19.02.22 - neu kultur haus, Buenos Aires (AR)
05.03.20 - PLU x On Board Music, zur klappe, Berlin (DE)


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It's relatively safe to lock gaze with Christophe as his primarily focus is lucidity itself. 

The techno that he serves aims to keep you awake so that you don't fall prey to known and unknown forces. It's mental enough to hum along to it - and punk enough to shake  your insidiously comfortable dreams away. Some might find it gloomy, others use it as protection. Inspired by Midwest Techno and steel teutonic non-grooves alike, his vibe is direct and rough. It has to be. 

Like a seasoned driver taking you to an after-party in Buenos Aires suburbs, he reminds you that the crocodile that falls asleep becomes a purse. 

Already played Tresor and shaved his hair off. Here's to grim truths! And to a way out.

GHKC [at] Tresor - New Faces [22.02.23]

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