Chilled / non-techno mixes

Samurai Music and Horo head honcho Presha presents an exclusive label mix that reflects the imprints' core sound identity.

"Instead of putting forward a mix that focused on upcoming music, I decided to go back to a period/vibe that I feel, in retrospect was one of the most important periods for Samurai Music as Horo began and started morphing into something of its own." — Presha

Read the feature: https://www.orbmag.com/features/label-showcase-samurai-music-horo/

@samuraimusicgroup
@horolabel

Label Showcase

Interview & Tracklist

Label Showcase: Samurai Music/Horo (Mix by Presha)

Recorded on 27 July 2022 > 01h30-04h00
@forest-drive-west

Forest Drive West - The Gardens 25 - Boom Festival 2022

Recorded live at the Labyrinth Festival, Sept 2013.
The set was a tribute to Pete Namlook who passed away the previous year.
Thanks to all @ Mindgames
http://mindgames.jp
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnR7Ow3qfo&t=7s

Live @ Labyrinth - Pete Namlook Tribute

Current mood - wishing it was warmer, wishing everything wasn't going to shit. But discovering and rediscovering old bittersweet music like Area, discovering new music like Spivak and having the promise of new Slowdive has me all gushy

NGC2020 - Deep Sky
Pale Saints - A Deep Sleep For Steven
Medicine - 'Til I Die
Ride - Today 
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu - Persona
Winter - Endless Space (Between You & I)
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
No Joy - Lunar Phobia 
Daysailer - Escape Room
Chapterhouse - In My Arms
White Poppy - Hardly Alive
Area - Sweet Revenge
Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad
The Cure - High
Kekko - Within You
Shana Falana - That Girl
Slowdive - Kisses
Low - Sea
Spivak - You Win Again

midsummer night's dream(pop . . . and shoegaze, slow core, sadcore etc)

One of the weirdest summers in years, with the stop-start weather and shifting moods - it never really got started so I'm both kinda glad it's over but also a bit wistful for what could have been. Oh well, spooky season to look forward to! Here's a few tunes to help with the transition . . .

Boards Of Canada - 1986 Summer Fire
Sun's Signature - Golden Air (CUTS Remix)
Kate Bush - An Architect's Dream
Porno For Pyros - Porpoise Head
Daydream Twins - Sunnmaschine
Medicine - Long As The Sun
Last Tourist - Riding Seas
Shana Falana - Gone
Galaxie 500 - Flowers
Ride - Here & Now
Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
Low - Walk Into The Sea
Slowdive - The Slab
Guisers - Boys Of Summer (Don Henley cover)
Chapterhouse - Summer's Gone
Rachel Goswell - Warm Summer Sun

Summer's Gone Mix (shoegaze, dreampop, IDM, ambient)

Gothic Hangover - Boys Don't Cry (The Cure cover)
Yo La Tengo - The Whole Of The Law (The Only Ones cover)
Sóley - N.Y. Hotel (The Knife cover)
Valet - Fire
Spivak - Satellites
Area - Michael Writes His Parents
Martina Topley-Bird - Lullaby
Sinead O'Connor - Black Boys On Mopeds
Tim Trainer with Redrose Collage - Sometimes Always (Jesus And Mary Chain cover)
Ashley Shadow - All For You
Julee Cruise / Angelo Badalamenti - Falling (demo)
Low - Will The Night
Jane's Addiction - I Would For You (live)
Slowdive - Here She Comes
Shana Falana - Come And Find Me
Grant Lee Phillips - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (The Smiths cover)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac cover)
The Cranberries - Linger (acoustic)
Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser - All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun

Valentine's Mixtape 2K24 (acoustic, folk, dreampop, indie, covers etc)

Recent events, travels and a lovely hillwalk had me in a reflective seasonal mood, so threw this together - still feel like winter is lingering but maybe just mentally, bring on the proper good weather (one day isn't enough) . . .

Kate Bush - Under Ice 
Penelope Trappes - Bleak Midwinter
IKSRE - Dawn In A Foreign City 
Julianna Barwick - Nod feat Nosaj Thing
Boards Of Canada - You Could Feel The Sky
Massive Attack - Teardrop feat Elizabeth Fraser 
Yo La Tengo - Sea Urchins
Sam Rosenthal - Dark Mist, Rain
Sam Rosenthal - From Within The Cold (A Fragment)
Aphex Twin - Acrid Avid Jam Shred
Nicolette - Beautiful Day
Spivak - The One In Front Of The Sun
Xarah Dion - Delight Frozen Over Ether 
Closed Mouth - Icehouse 
Daysailer - Wandered Lonely
The Black Dog - Pot Noddle
Beaumont Hannant - Departure

Into Springtime Mix (ambient, trip-hop, IDM, synth, chillout)

Recently been lots of gigs, football, outdoors stuff but still not quite feeling like it's summer yet - all of this has me in the mood for this bunch
Layday  休息日 - Sun Machine
Future Nostalgia - U
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
Adorer - Unkind
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Slowwves - Anywhere Else
Winter - The Lonely Girl
Animal Ghosts - Sometimes (feat Japanese Heart Software)
Daydream Twins - Bombinate
Superdrone - In A Dream
No Joy - Everything New
The Cure - Pictures Of You (Remix)
Big Country - Just A Shadow
Yo La Tengo - Decora
Chastity Belt - Hollow
Beverly - Madora
Mannequin Pussy - I Don't Know You
Slowdive - Chained To A Cloud
Flyying Colours - Wavy Gravy
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Ride - Time Of Her Time
Shana Falana - Everyone Is Gonna Be OK
Wire - Blessed State
Darksoft - Endless Day

Dream of Summer (shoegaze, dreampop, grunge, post-punk etc)

DYL, through ECHO, is going to travel between musical genres and collect music that pushes forward new sonic possibilities.

Produced by @dyl170 
Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Friday, from 17:00

See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3o0hdMz

Echo w/ DYL & Roberta - 7th March 2025

𓂃 Episode 07-- Pelle Svanslös ╰╰Movie Original Dialogues╰╰ 1981 (SE) ꒱꒱ જ⁀

Today, presenting a founding of recent digging in Sweden- the original movie dialogues of Pelle Svanslös (1981).
Brining the Swedish cats out for a kosmische kraut journey, full of scrunchy and psychedelic sounds.


Broadcasted on Radio Alhara ━┈ 19.03.2025━═

Morning Mantra w/ Amanita • Pelle Svanslös ┈ Original Dialogues

The sun is out, the birds are singing, just chilling in the garden, seemed like a good afternoon to record a few recent 7"s. The first 4 tracks are taken from the Moon Garden 7" series (Mystica Tribe & Hidden Sequence). The last 2 tracks are Mystica Tribe from Silent Season.

Thx to my source @dubwisevinyl for supplying the freshest beats.

Moon Garden @ Discogs https://www.discogs.com/label/3818086-Moon-Garden

Dub in the garden 🌿

DYL, through ECHO, is going to travel between musical genres and collect music that pushes forward new sonic possibilities.

Produced by @dyl170
Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Friday, from 17:00

See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3o0hdMz

Echo w/ DYL - 4th April 2025

A set I played for @low-indigo at The Deli (Vancouver) - April 5, 2025
with Tor & Modern Biology, Ritual Purification, Playback Head, Chris Strickler & Michael Red.

Ambient, Etc [Low Indigo - 04-05-25]

Music at it´s core enables us to drift throughout different landscapes constructed out of waveforms, like a UFO exploring the inner workings of the cosmos. Some artists have such a diverse array of work that their musical expeditions are considerably more complex, and tell a tale of many different bizarre and extraordinary planets. James Clements, also known as ASC, is such an artist. With a back catalogue of work that stretches 20 years and a variety of genres, it is safe to say he has established himself firmly within the music community. Through heading a number of his own labels such as Grey Area and Auxiliary, he has successfully explored the relationship between ambient, techno, and drum and bass inspired material like few artists have before. James is also well known for his work with the endlessly dubby Silent Season imprint, and has recently released records on ARTS and the new Horo label to much acclaim as well. For this edition of UNRUSH we catch up with him to see what musical paths he has been following recently, and find out what has lead him in these enticing new directions.

Interview: 
http://unrush.me/podcasts/unrush/un014/

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/asc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASC77/?fref=ts
Blogspot: http://theasc.blogspot.de
Bandcamp: https://asc77.bandcamp.com
Auxiliary Store: http://bit.ly/1FstUhf
Auxiliary BC: https://auxiliary.bandcamp.com

Cover artwork by Joop Schroen
Cover photography by Sarah Kindermann

014 - Unrushed by ASC

Tracklist

Got some long journeys coming up (the joys of the Glasgow-London Megabus) and feeling a little bittersweet about the summer coming to an end as well as the prospect of reuniting with some old friends, so felt like putting together some shoegaze tunes to soundtrack it all. Been meaning to do an electronic-leaning shoegaze mix for a while but thought I'd just do a more general, playlist-style sesh where I haven't focussed too heavily on mixing / beat-matching etc, more on placing songs together and keeping a mood going. Lots of classic shoegaze but maybe not people's first picks of songs, plus lots of stuff that might only be borderline (some IDM, dream pop, grunge etc) and lots of my fave new stuff that honors the form, looking to the future.

Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Neil's Theme ('Mysterious Skin' Score)
Valet - Sunday
My Bloody Valentine - Slow 
No Joy - Starchild Is Dead
Butcher Birds - Bare Arms
Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
Jefre Cantu Ledesma - Blue Nudes (I-IV)
Slowdive - Morningrise
Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drop
Suede - Introducing The Band
Julia Shapiro - Shape 
Chastity Belt - Stuck
Cheetahs - Mission Creep
Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Scylla (Toni Halliday & Alan Moulder) - Helen's Face
Aris Kindt - Snowbird 
Timothy Clerkin - Knife Edge Heart feat Natalie Reiss
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
The Cranberries - Put Me Down
Ride - Sight Of You (Pale Saints cover)
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Beverly - Honey Do
The Breeders - Cro Aloha
Pixies - I've Been Waiting For You (Neil Young cover)
No Joy w Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3) - Obsession
Black Hearted Brother - (I Don't Mean To) Wonder
Black Strobe - Last Club On Earth
Beaumont Hannant - Autun
Daniel Avery - New Energy (Live Through It)
Hoops - Management
Helen (Liz Harris) - Motorcycle 
Shana Falana - Go
Yo La Tengo - From A Motel 6
Medicine - Move Along Down The Road
Winkie - Paper Tiger
Seefeel - Polyfusion
Ulika Spacek - NK
Erik Blood - Phenomenal Pornography
The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
Mannequin Pussy - Beside Yourself
Chapterhouse - Breather
The Cure - Just Like Heaven 
Penelope Trappes - Burn On (Mogwai Remix)

Shoegaze Smorgasboard

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-152-Shackleton

The enigmatic genius Shackleton’s contribution to Bleep’s mix series is completely and utterly captivating. In his first mix in almost a decade, the music blends tracks from 2019’s Reach The Endless Sea and 2020’s Like The Stars Forever And Ever, the two LPs Shackleton has made as part of the group Tunes Of Negation. These numbers are spliced together with live versions, improvisatory passages and droning interludes which were fashioned by Shackleton resampling pre-existing tracks. Those who know Shackleton from his dubstep days will find that his sound has changed considerably since then - his intoxicating style now nods more to Jon Hassell’s fourth world explorations, Indian classical music, the rhythmic phasing of Steve Reich and post-minimalist artists like Midori Takada. This earthy, psychedelic hour serves as a fascinating chronicle of how Shackleton’s artistic voice has developed down the years.  

"The mix is made up of tracks from the two "Tunes Of Negation" albums, some live versions, and some studio improvisations.  I made some bridges between the tracks with drones and the like that I created out of parts from existing tunes that I resampled and generally messed around with."

Bleep Mix #152 - Shackleton

Glasgow-based DJ, has played alongside the likes of Keepsakes, Christina Sealey of Orphx, DJ Andi of Synthicide (NYC) and JD Twitch of Optimo, and put on international live guests such as Multiple Man, Celldod, Autumns, and Qual.

Shoegaze Smorgasboard

Dave NULL / VOID

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