Mixes & Live Sets

SMOOTH BRAIN SUNDAY - BELOVED.WTF

Post Metal (ID)

recorded at Podlasie Club on October 14 2022

Alejandro Marenco @ Podlasie Club [10.14.22]

https://soundcloud.com/alejandro_mrnco
Alejandro Marenco, the shortened moniker of Nicaraguan-born, Chicago-based musician Noel Alejandro Gutierrez Marenco, makes expansive electronic grooves designed for “throwing ass.” Marenco’s music is evocative of that night, the one that feels simultaneously driftless and gigantic, one that glimmers upon remembering hours spent in a sweat-drenched, dimly-lit club, or the last dance at a dive bar down the street, or a blaring stereo during a wide-eyed 3am cross-city drive to get home. Largely creating in Ableton (and occasionally bolstered by a drum machine and Moog synth), Marenco fluidly weaves a variety of sounds from endless inspirations - Jamaican collective Equiknoxx, the latin tribal techno of Nick León, and the influential dance label Livity Sound, to name a few. Elastic beats, industrial percussion, fluid synth, oscillating rhythms, and a flourish for ever-changing instrumentation, Marenco’s mixes are reverberating moments of kaleidoscopic euphoria.

RND 069 - Alejandro Marenco

Selections from the Naarm doom and experimental metal act...

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/divide-and-dissolve-3rd-july-2023

Divide and Dissolve 030723

For this new iteration of Chronolithe, 132 Hertz, multi-faceted clarinettist and digger, takes us on a journey to the heart of deep, intimate landscapes. Between field recordings and psychedelic electronic music, he invites us into his mental universe that is as beautiful as it is strange.



Texte : @Design Default


Pour cette nouvelle itération de Chronolithe, 132 Hertz, clarinettiste et digger aux multiples facettes, propose un voyage au coeur de paysages intimes et profonds. Entre field recordings et musiques électroniques psychédélique, il nous invite dans son univers mental aussi beau qu’étrange.

TRACKLIST 

FIELD RECORDING - CRAPEAUX FINISTERIENS
MATTHIAS PUECH - HOMEOSTASIS
MARTA SALONI & TOM RELLEEN - DESERT GLASS
PARADISE CINEMA - POSSIBLE FUTURE
IMAGINARY SOFTWOODS - NORTH OF ROSWELL
SAPHILEAUM - FLORA
TONY SCOTT - ZA-ZEN (MEDITATION)
JOSEPH SHABASON & GIGI MASIN - NOVEMBER
MYSTICA TRIBE - NEW BEGINNINGS
TOKI FUKO - SPRING RAY 
MONT ANALOGUE – DANS LES EAUX D’APSU
TIM HECKER & COLIN STETSON – MONOTONY II
MIKE MAJKOWSKI - SPIRAL
ALEKSI PERALA -  KINETIC THEORY
UPSAMMY – SQUARE TO SPHERE
SHACKLETON & ZIMPEL & SIDDHARTHA BELMANNU - THE OCEAN LIES BETWEN US (EDIT)
DESIGN DEFAULT & 132 HERTZ - L’ILE AUX TEMPLES
LOSCIL - WELLS
WUKIR SURYADI – CENTONG NASI BESAR
SUBMERSION & Mon0 – PASSAGE OF SILENCE

CHRONOLITHE W/  132 HERTZ - SOULSCAPES - Design Default LYL Radio's residency

For September, Alejandro Marenco blesses us with aquatic, textural, dub for Smooth Brain listening. This episode flows through a range of ambient, downtempo, and IDM sounds for a mind-relaxing experience. Alejandro Marenco is a Nicaraguan-born Chicago-based producer, dj, and sound engineer, working sound at the notorious Podlasie. 

His Smooth Brain mix resembles his transcendental  rhythmic sounds in his own production. Whenever listening to his music, I feel as if I’m exploring the depths of an underwater cave. Be sure to check out his music and keep your eyes out for an upcoming EP :)

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:

Dialect - Ringing The Web
Salamanda - Overdose
DJ Double Oh! - WarmSands
RAMZi - Mille Et Une Nuits
Gent1e $oul - Magnesium Flakes
Cousin - Fifth Wall
Mistareez - Air XS
Zarina - Layali
Polygonia - Dreaming Trees
Kincaid - Getting More Sun
Stella Z - In The Woods, Will Be Late
Somatic Rituals - Cap Skirring
Gilb’R - Я не хочу знать (feat. Cosmic Neman)
Nueen - IV
Nikki Nair - Can’t Wait

Smooth Brain Sunday 09 wsg Alejandro Marenco (September 2023)

DJ, interdisciplinary artist & Club Chai co-founder 8ulentina expands their sonic world, rolling solo in a new monthly session... 
https://www.nts.live/shows/8ulentina/episodes/8ulentina-27th-september-2023

8ULENTINA 270923

Primal Colors Presents Hex #204F89 by Alejandro (@alejandro_mrnco) for our October edition of the series.  

Tracklist:
LWS - Rev Up
Kahter - Spores
Jason Hogans - Do That Thing
Capiuz - Shift III
Coffintexts - Activo
DJ JM - Erazer
TORIBIO - No Pare
badsista - JOGOU DE BEAT
Alejandro Marenco - Rana
BJF - Dengue
NOIRE - With That
El Gusano - Arrebatao (feat. El Descarao)
$&M - Bad Motherfucker
PRZ - Double Data
Verraco - Escándaloo
DJ Double Oh! - Desvelo
INVT - SUBELO Y BAJALO
Otherself - Squeek
Reptant - Lizard Eyes
Leibniz - Bomba (Instrumental)
Cousin - 88

Hex Code #204F89 by Alejandro Marenco

Lorelei blesses us with her October love song with an hour long session of ethereal, abstract, & alternative rock nrg. Lorelei is a Chicago-based producer and DJ, with previous affiliations at legendary local record stores Gramophone and Wild Prairie. 

Her sound is goth, cutting-edge, yet celestial. Lorelei’s smooth brain mix captures this essence as it transcends us through the lightness and darkness of post-punk. Many of you may already know Lorelei making waves across Chicago / the midwest and beyond. A beloved collaborator and dj partner circa 2016 — I’m stoked to feature her on Smooth Brain <3

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:

Drinking at a Stream - Deux Filles
Jacho’s Story - …The ‘2+2 = 5’
The Holy Hour - Cyrnai
Pocos Locos - Sueño Sueño
Black Market - Snatch
Follow Our Kode - The Creative Technology Consortium
Here Visit - Bruce Gilbert
Pink Rhythm - The Advanced Cookbook of Mr S and K
Wordless Songs - Justine
Spanish Reggae - The Durutti Column
Spinal Column - Stereolab
Promises - Vicious Pink
Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
Birthday - The Sugarcubes

Smooth Brain Sunday 10 wsg Lorelei (October 2023)

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. This mix shifts between the abstract sounds of downtempo, IDM, and ethereal soundscapes - emulating a smooth brain session in the cloud.

Track List:
The Dream - Planetary Assault System
Sneakin’ Out The Hospital - Beastie Boys
Safe From Harm (Just A Groove Dub) - Massive Attack
Moonrise Alpha - Palm Skin Productions
Plaistow Flex Out - Squarepusher
Es Ist Nur Der Rauch - Andreas Dorau
Sevillanas pink - Las Ketchup
Sunshower - Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
Rely (Lackluster Remix) - Korpi Ensemble
Misery train - Suicide
Electric Garden - Conrad Schnitzler
Hypnosis / Hypnose - Gina X Performance
Octopus - Sunfear
I don’t know why I’m crying now - Sunfear
Instrumental No. 2 - My Bloody Valentine
Cut - Seefeel
Seizure - Plaid
A Heart-warming and Beautiful Flower Will Eventually 
Wither Away and Become Dirt - Susumu Yokota

Aired on Nov 05 2023

for other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Smooth Brain Sunday 11 (Nov 2023)

This mix pushes my practice further than I believe I've ever gone before, folding rock, ambient, spoken word, and percussion into a post-western story of planetary exploration.

Lately, I've caught myself digging deeper into my past as a percussionist and writer. I played drumline (tenors) from 2009-2013, built instruments and wrote songs in a DIY/Stomp-inspired band called Groove (2013-2017), and trained across marimba, steel pan, vibraphone, and timpani. I also wrote a series of seven science fiction books in high school fueled primarily by Avatar the Last Airbender and queer escapism. The series was called Matter, and allowed me to craft worlds, personalities, heartbreak, and outlining (without me really realizing it) the belief that, collectively, the people we put ourselves in relation to help us build the world we want to live in.

Because of this, this set starts with a 1991 rendition on "The Songlines" from the Robert Hohner Perc. Ensemble—from a gift my percussion teacher gave me around 2010 or so. From there, all tracks come from the 21st century (there is good to be found here!), including two new pieces from myself that score an upcoming film I'm making titled Prednisone. The goal is to launch you from land to sky to space, see some planets, find some havens, heal wounds, purge toxins, and return home.     

                                                            — Endash, 2023

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:
The Songlines - Robert Hohner Perc. Ensemble
My Prayer - Mansur Brown
Clouds Race Across the Sky - Joe Satriani
Tricks Me My Mind - Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society
Anemometer - Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society
Scattering - Steve Gunn & David Moore
Reroute - Endash
Repiseog - Endash
Optical Haze, Pt. 2 - JOHN SELLEKAERS
Parasympathetic - Seconds
Yaupon - Jake Muir
Intro - lan Pooley
The Universe - A Guy Called Gerald
Exist By Hope Alone - Nexcyia
pyramids - Zekkereya El-magharbel
The Unity of the Mind - Valentina Magaletti
LOG 4 - LOG
Colouring Of Pigeons - The Knife, Mt. Sims, and Planningtorock
羽毛能指（Feather Signifier) - Howie Lee
Oakmoss - Bibio

Smooth Brain Sunday 12 wsg Endash (Dec 2023)

January is the start of a new year: a reset, fresh chapter, closing the door on what no longer serves you. A chance to set a timed measure of your goals and set routines to live the best version of yourself. 

This mix depicts the spectrum of feelings and internal conflict over the course of the year that still lingers in your body. Unexpected love, joy, and wonder will come your way. So will disorder, pain, and death. It is not easy to cope with changes - you will sometimes resort back to old ways. Find the balance of accepting this while letting go to be who you want to be. Most importantly, give yourself flowers while you can still smell them!

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:
Honey - Ultramarine
Soft Landing - Ursula 1000
Lilted Song - Gi Gi
Afterglow - Garbage
Fidelity - The Durutti Column
Autosuggestion - Silent Servant
My Joy - Sixth June
Habitat of ‘o’ Negative - Drexyica
Unit - Logic System
Mockingbird Dream - Patrick Cowley
Flipside - Everything but the Girl
Urbi Et Orbi - Mappa Mundi
I Miss Your Love (dub-Ronic mix) - Petria
U Make Me Feel (Running Water) - Elsi Curry
Celestial V.S.U. - Final Cut
The Angel - Ministry
If You Want To Soar With The Angels - Transient Waves

Smooth Brain Sunday 13 (Jan 2024)

An overview of the immediate explosion of hard-edged rock and psychedelia bands that formed following the rise of Birmingham's finest sons: Black Sabbath. Selected by NTS. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-after-sabbath-9th-february-2024

NTS Guide to: After Sabbath - Early UK Hard Psych 090224

It's luv szn <3 Shout out to all my strong, independent, single girlies that spread love each n every day!! Love is a feeling, state of mind, lifestyle. Sharing this with another person is special and a blessing.

Track List:
Definition of Love - Aaron-Carl
Strangers on a Train - Lovage
That’s The Way Love Is - Dwight Skyes
Love Played A Game - Ann Peebles
Tell Me - Groove Theory
Thinking Of You (Dream Mix) - Maureen Walsh
Your Laugh As My Ringtone - Hysterical Love Project
Anyways - Esthero
Climax (Girl Shit) - Slum Village
Fake Loathe - Blue Iverson
I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony mix) - Soul Family Sensation
Road Of The Lonely Ones - Madlib 
You’ve Gone - Bassline ft Lorraine Chambers
Any Love (Larry Heard Mix) - Massive Attack
Thinking - A.S.O.
quiero sentirme bien - Kali Uchis
By Your Side - Love Spirals Downwards
Angel - Goldie

Aired on Feb 4 2024 on beloved.wtf

Tune in every first Sunday of the month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

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Smooth Brain Sunday 14 (Feb 2024) - Luv Mix

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[aired 08 February 2024 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

abstract science >> future music radio chicago

absci radio 1302 – alejandro marenco + chris widman

1/2 of CD for Flora Protection Unit 2/2/2019


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Smooth Brain Sunday 09 wsg Alejandro Marenco (September 2023)

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