Sebastian Mullaert

To dance is to reach for a word that doesn't exist,
To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations,
To feel the meaning of a moment in time.
- Beth Jones

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Sebastian Mullaert (aka Minilogue) - Dance thru Shadowed Structures Mix

Default Position welcomes Ukrainian-born DJ producer Andrey Sirotkin to the label - with his debut deep techno EP, 'Dusk'. 

As a seasoned music maker Sirotkin brings a wealth of experience, having produced several genres - from deep house and dub techno to drum and bass and dubstep under his alias I Wannabe.  

Sirotkin's latest four-track EP transports the listener into a spooky dark underworld, with its moody, acid-esque basslines, haunting pads, and mesmerising percussive melodies. 'In Ukraine, we have this trend of hard banging music', says Sirotkin. 'Some people have difficulty appreciating deeper grooves' So with 'Dusk' it was about making something that could be experienced in more spiritual ways. It's for people who are maybe not into the hard dance experience but still love electronic music.

Dusk releases on September 12, 2022. All proceeds will be donated to Red Cross Ukraine. 

Track List:
1. Dusk
2. Hotpalm Touch 
3. I'm Adam 
4. Sleep 

Written & Produced by Andrey Sirotkin
Mastered by Cono Dalton, Glowcast
Artwork by Joseph S. Joyce 
© Default Position Ltd.

Dusk

Buy on Bandcamp

Andrey Sirotkin - Sleep

Andrey Sirotkin - I'm Adam

Andrey Sirotkin

Andrey Sirotkin - Hot Palm Touch

We continue our series of Dub Techno podcasts🌲🌲🌲
Our 160th fresh episode is out today, 22 November 2023.

Welcome to our weekly music show, dear listeners, this time the special guest mix dedicated to the label's birthday for our DUBBISM podcast was recorded by a DJ and dub techno producer from Parma, Italy. Giacomo Pellegrino

Cover photo provided by the author of the mix.

#DUBBISM_SPECIAL 160 - Selected and mixed by Giacomo Pellegrino https://soundcloud.com/giacomopellegrino

Tracklist:
1. 💢00:00💢Rhauder & Paul St. Hilaire - No News (Assemblage Mix) [Ornaments]
2. 💢05:22💢Wade Watts - Altering Time [Superordinate Dub Waves]
3. 💢07:57💢Markus Masuhr - Silent Meadows [Cold Tear Records]
4. 💢14:44💢ADILR - Little Winds [Greyscale]
5. 💢18:24💢Federsen - Aeon [Lempuyang Records]
6. 💢24:04💢Van Bonn - Intronaut [Van Bonn Records]
7. 💢30:00💢Wade Watts - The Lazarus Pit [Superordinate Dub Waves]
8. 💢35:10💢Subset - Lacidus (Ignacio Tardieu Rmx) [Superordinate Dub Waves]
9. 💢41:41💢Matthias Springer - Simplicity [Complex Textures]
10. 💢46:46💢Klartraum - Manifestation (Giuliano Rodrigues Dub Remix) [Sofa Sessions]
11. 💢54:20💢Giuliano Rodrigues, Wellfox & Paula Frascari - It's a Revolution [afterdub]
12. 💢1:02:16💢Giuliano Rodrigues - Zon Bladeren [DUBGIU]
13. 💢1:09:09💢Resoe - Memory Line (Regen Version) [Kontakt Records]
14. 💢1:13:26💢Brenno Dellavecchia - Raw Quality [3-4-1 Cuts]
15. 💢1:19:06💢Thor & Matt Thibideau - Transparent Thoughts (Altitude Remix) [Thule Records]
16. 💢1:24:00💢BioRoot - A1 124NUN  [Kontakt Records]
17. 💢1:28:22💢Dima Kovadloff - Cph4 (Deepkomplekt Remix) [City Noises]
18. 💢1:34:34💢Deepa & Biri - Fade into Nothing [International DeeJay Gigolo Records]
19. 💢1:37:37💢Joseph S Joyce - Vedanta (Sebastian Mullaert Ambient Mix) [Default Position]
20. 💢1:40:40💢Joseph S Joyce - Vedanta (Federsen, SF Dub) [Default Position]
21. 💢1:47:47💢Steve O'Sullivan - Stripped (Exos Reconstruction Remix) [Sushitech]
22. 💢1:51:51💢Deadbeat - Lazy Jane 909 Dub [BLKRTZ]
23. 💢1:58:58💢Eric Miller aka Baaz - B1 Untitled [Sushitech]


PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB:
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/piranha-siberia
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@piranhasiberiadub
MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/PIRANHASIBERIA
VK: https://vk.com/piranha_siberia
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3h6EbjL

Giacomo Pellegrino: 
DJ, Producer and Remixer. Owner of Detroit Side Underground Vinyl-Only Records Label. Giacomo Pellegrino is part of that particular category of people that really knows very well the meaning of the word passion. He started djing when he was only fourteen. Son of a musician, following his father around to every concert, visiting the most important clubs and venues of Sicily. Thanks to that experience, he developed a true passion for music and clubbing and, later, for djing. Despite still being too young to perform at night as a DJ, Giacomo started to arrange a few shows for friends, playing sets focused on dance music from the 70’s and the 80’s, his first musical love. A few years later, his style became a “monolith” of dance and funk, house and tech. Giacomo has his hand in every aspect of the music scene.

He also founded his own record label called Detroit Side, which is dedicated to the very passionate vinyl and DJ community. A label that promotes quality over quantity in the house and techno segment. 


Links:
https://soundcloud.com/giacomopellegrino
https://www.beatport.com/artist/giacomo-pellegrino/234789
https://www.discogs.com/ru/artist/3022403-Giacomo-Pellegrino
https://www.discogs.com/ru/label/1193892-Detroit-Side
https://soundcloud.com/detroitside
https://detroitside.bandcamp.com/
http://www.detroitside.com/
https://linktr.ee/giacomopellegrino

DUBBISM SPECIAL #160

Giacomo Pellegrino

DUBBISM SPECIAL #160 - Giacomo Pellegrino

The return of original 90s pirate radio legend Russ XS back on https://soundcloud.com/threadsradio with an expert selection of music from the drum & bass jungle universe.

Connect with Russ XS:
https://soundcloud.com/russell-fisher
https://www.facebook.com/russellfisherdj

Tracklist: 
Krust - Jazz Note
Subreachers - Haunted
Rumbleton - Right Ingredients
Subreachers - Turbo Polyp
Steve C & DJ Monita - Full Cry
DJ Crystl - Too Deranged To Meditate. Dirty Dubplate Mix
Subreachers - Bandi
Nebula - Version 2
On Remand - Controllin' (Tango Remix)
Overlook - Enemy Within
Gremlinz & Jesta - Drain Clog
Overlook - Phantom

For more shows: https://soundcloud.com/threadsradio ~ Listen live: www.threadsradio.com

Russ XS (*London) - 28-Dec-23

We walk in an etheric way, to a disconnection with the outside with ''One Man Down'' by Stelios Vassiloudis, without a doubt is notorious his long trajectory in the craft of building such impacting soundscapes, the sensation when listening to his last release is to feel that something bigger than oneself is about to come, sincerely impressive.

Buy it:
https://defaultposition.bandcamp.com/album/one-man-down

Artist & Label:
https://soundcloud.com/stelios-vassiloudis
https://soundcloud.com/default-position

Follow Simplexia:
https://simplexiarecords.bandcamp.com
https://youtube.com/@simplexiarecords
https://instagram.com/simplexiaworldrecords

PREMIERE Stelios Vassiloudis - One Man Down (Default Position Records)

\\\Sciuridae///

Ohm (feat. Shīdo & Skwirl)

Joseph S Joyce
- Bandcamp - http://defaultposition.bandcamp.com 
- Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/default-position
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/josephsjoyce

Tune in on Thursdays 19:00-21:00 GMT to watch the Forward Movement Show live-streamed on www.twitch.tv/hoxtonfm

Dan Tracklist 
E.S.G - Insane - The Pushamann Sane Edit [NON MUSIC]
The People in Fog - Night Driver [SOUND OF VAST]
The People in Fog - New Life [SOUND OF VAST]
Paul Mitchell - Ascend [OHM SERIES]

Joseph’s Tracklist
Joseph S Joyce - Untitled [DEFAULT POSITION]
Forrest Drive West - Parallel Space (Conforce Remix) [ECHOCHORD]
Leo Anibaldi - Evocation (Seabastian Mullaert) [CANNIBALD RECORDS]
Polygonia - The Desire for Power
Saebius - Kelpie [LOWLESS]
Ohm & Octal Industries - Photokeratitis [LEMPUYANG]
Polygonia - Synaptic Paths [FREE BANDCAMP DOWNLOAD]
Mathew Jonson - New Identity [ITISWHATITIS RECORDINGS]
Elon - Juan [DUMB UNIT]
Sebastian Mullaert - Direct Experience [TRAUM]
Polygonia - Confluence 02 - [LOWLESS]
El Choop - Bismuth [UNKNOWN]
Seabastian Mullaert & Aril Birka - Radiate [MULE MUSIQ]
Joseph S Joyce - Dumpster Truck [DEFAULT POSITION]
Joseph S Joyce - The Magician [DEFAULT POSITION]
Parallèles - Eclosion (Forteba remix) [LOVEZONE RECORDS]
Joseph S Joyce - Mechanical Evolution [DEFAULT POSITION]

The Forward Movement Show 2514 with Joseph S Joyce

ENTER S45010: HYDROFLUX EP

Buy: https://stereo45.bandcamp.com/album/hydroflux-ep-s45010

For our tenth digital release, we've got a contemporary Jungle two-tracker featuring four artists who are solidifying themselves as essential producers in the modern scene.

Close collaborators Worsleyy & Glinks lead with 'Robing', coupled with 'Glass Moon' by Arcane & Weighty Jungle on the flip.

@arcane_official_music

Arcane & Weighty Jungle - Glass Moon (S45010)

As played in my B2B set with Sasha at Parklike Festival.

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Sebastian Mullaert - You're An Orchestra In The Cosmos (Joris Voorn Remix)

We're happy to present the recording of Sebastian Mullaert and Ulf Ericksson's live/dj set at the Labyrinth 2015. Seb and Ulf played the first night, entitled "Full Circle". It was a set where everything came together beautifully and organically, crowd and artists and music, and we all felt it was something worth sharing.

Here is the full 3.5 hour recording, together with a few words from Seb and Ulf: 

"For me, everything comes and goes in circles. And like everything else these circles are unpredictable; spiralling and reformulating like a kaleidoscope. Manifestations of patterns in this very moment; Consciousness.

I played the first edition of Labyrinth, had a few returns during the years and now returned for the 15th edition. Russ and Yasuyo, together with their Mindgames crew, have always performed their festival with a focused and radical mind; one intention, one passion - to create a psychedelic experience of dance surrounded by the Japanese nature. While the festival has grown in many ways since my first episode at Labyrinth, this radical focus on the mind-altering experience and the true love for dance have remained the same, with no sign of resignation.

This year I shared the stage together with Ulf Eriksson; a friend who has become a very special creative collaborator. To be a part of Labyrinth and to play this specific gig is the most magical experiential puzzle of moments I've shared with Ulf. This is an experience that will continue to remind us why we are doing this – why we are part of this ever shifting circle, spiralling into inspiration upon aspiration - something that never stops. I'm forever thankful to Russ and Yasuyo both for giving us the opportunity to play, sharing this recording and also creating a series of experiences and stimulations, resulting in each of us that listens as individuals becoming a part of something bigger and more all-encompassing – a circle that connects us beyond the realms of materialism, into the unpredictable.

Russ, Yasuyo and the Labyrinth are a true source of inspiration and a reminder to all of us in love with dance and electronic music that there is no end to the power of experience. 

Let us continue to remind each other, again and again, circle by circle, moment by moment into eternity."

- Sebastian Mullaert

"To play the Labyrinth festival has always been a bit of a dream of mine. Why, I do not know exactly. Maybe it's because it takes place far away, in Japan. Maybe it's because of all the stories you have heard from the festival. Maybe it's because of the unique tribal mystic that surrounds it, in combination with the nature of the location. Maybe it's because of the small group of artists, who all become like family for a few days. I do not know. But what I do know is that this dream has always been there and I am sure I share I it with a lot of musicians and DJs around the world. Anyway, 2015 I was lucky enough to be offered a slot, due in large part to my collaboration with Sebastian Mullaert, who already played there many times, both as Son Kite and as Minilogue.

So there we were behind the Labyrinth tipi, me and Sebastian, ready to go. Or, rather, not ready at all. We had prepared each to our selves but never found the time to meet up and rehearse together. I remember that Sebastian looked at me just before the set, and said something like: "I will not be sad or disappointed if things do not go well". I guess he was trying to calm me down since he knew I was kind of nervous. Anyway, off we went and thankfully, for some unknown reason, it was one of those gigs where everything just felt right.

So here is the recording. I still have not listened to it, and I do not think I will. I think I prefer to stay with the live memory of how it sounded. But I do hope that you will listen to the set, and that it will give you pleasure and meaning, just as my memory of it."

- Ulf Eriksson

Sebastian Mullaert & Ulf Eriksson - Live @ Labyrinth 2015

The duo make their debut to Drumcode Limited with a heavy, two track release. The EP showcases a mix of their talents and influences to create a moody, dark techno groove. The atmospheric EP is enriched with gritty reverbs and a deep kick drum and the slow, deep crescendos in each track create an intense sound. Mullaert and Siech prove themselves again with a powerful offering to Drumcode Limited.


Patrick Siech & Sebastian Mullaert - Rivers Will Turn (Vox Version) - Drumcode Limited - DCLTD18

Buy on Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/windmaker/1775322

Sebastian Mullaert is well known for his work as one half of the highly respected Swedish duo Minilogue, responsible for killer releases for the likes of Cocoon, Crosstown Rebels and Wagon Repair, alongside breathtaking live shows as a solo outfit as well as their joint live act with Matthew Jonson.

Working from the idilic setting of the mystical Swedish forest, Sebastian Mullaert has has been making serious waves on his solo artist journey, lending his signature hypnotic sound to labels like Mule Musiq, Drumcode, Minus, Kontra-Musik and Ovum. His one of a kind spellbinding live show is illuminating the world’s finest stages such as Panorama Bar - Berlin, Concrete - Paris, Fabric - London, Labyrinth Festival - Japan, Black Market - NYC to name a few and can be witnessed on his recent Boiler Room and XLR8R sessions. 

At nearly 13 tantric minutes long, ‘Windmaker’ bubbles and teases with freestyle keys with an almost Middle Eastern flavour, as Mullaert plays snake charmer to his machines, coaxing out deft melodies, airy cymbals and on point beats and percussion.  It’s a track to completely get lost in, crafted with fine sonics and a gloss that only an artist like Mullaert can achieve with ease.

The enigmatic Ukranian producer, Vakula, is drafted in to give a re-interpretation of ‘Windmaker’; edgy phased stabs puncture the minimal techno beat, bouncing and reverberating off the kick drum to create a glorious wall of dubby sound that compliments the original mix a treat.  Vakula has always impressed with his creative and original music for labels like Firecracker, Dekmantel and his own Leleka imprint, so it’s a privilege to have him remix on Hypercolour.

Windmaker

Sebastian Mullaert - Windmaker [Hypercolour]

Revered Swedish producer Sebastian Mullaert, releases his first exclusive vinyl on Default Position after the huge success of his remix to “Vedanta” in 2014.

Sebastian first made his name as one half of the acclaimed duos Minilogue and Son Kite, but in recent times focuses on his solo career, which sees him appearing at clubs and festivals all over the world and releasing on some of the industry’s most respected
labels and imprints. “Samunnati” is a brand new double vinyl EP featuring four original mixes from Mulleart, with remixes from fellow Swedish duo Knutsson/Berg, Belgium’s Daniel[i] and label founder Joseph S. Joyce. Its genesis lies in a melody recorded live on
Sebastian’s Roland SH101 which features as the intro to his Dance thru Shadowed Structures Mix. Some time after this mix was published, a young artist named Daniel[i] was so captivated and inspired by the melody he took it upon himself to sample it and create a twelve minute remix without, we might add, Sebastian’s prior consent! Sebastian was however very impressed with the remix and admired Dan’s bold initiative. The pair later decided to approach Default Position with an idea of turning it into a full EP.
The project resulted in seven individual mixes, with the melody being processed and re-sampled in many different ways, offering several contrasting styles.

Up first on the EP we have Sebastian’s “The Vocal Expression” mix, chosen as the feature track for its incredible funk and high versatility. In this version Sebastian delivers a kind of “call and response” treatment to the melody, using clever filtering
and signal processing techniques.

Up next we have Sebastian’s “In That Distorted Light Remix” which is an epic main room anthem guaranteed to lift the roof! In this version the melody is more recognizable in its original form, with additional layers from the SH101 and lots of analogue distortion, pushed to the absolute limits!

On the flip is the Samunnati (Original) mix, which perhaps lends itself most to Sebastian’s unmistakable signature sound. In this take the melody really blossoms and flowers in into a beautiful composition with layers upon layers of intricate patterns,
drowned in luscious delays and spatial effects.

Sebastian’s fourth and final mix on the EP is the “Wa Wu We Simplification” which takes us in a totally new direction, with it’s low slung dubby vibes and amazing high frequency textures.

On track number five we have the truly refreshing, unique and quirky “Samunnati (Knutsson/Berg Remix)”. When given the challenge of creating a remix from just one melody the duo have risen to the task well, with their clever choices of resampling, drum programming and signal processing.

The sixth rendition of Samunnati is by label founder Joseph. S Joyce. In this version the melody is dropped down a semitone and looped with some very subtle modulations, vocal ambiences, percussions and shakers.

Finally track seven is handed over to the instigator of the Samunnati adventure. Mr Daniel[i] reveals the famous unsolicited remix which triggered this fantastic body of work.

Buy Vinyl @ Juno

Sebastian Mullaert - Samunnati (In That Distorted Light Mix)

Smith Inc feat Simon Bassline Smith - Palomino 
Dj Buz - Slave 
Dj Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith remix)
Studio Pressure - Resolution 
Jmj & Richie - Hall Of Mirrors 
Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Peshay remix)
Dj Crystl - Let It Roll 
The Invisible Man - The Bell Tune 
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis 
D.O.P.E - Travelling Pt2 
Jmj & Richie - Case Closed 
Bukem & Peshay - 19.5 
Foul Play - Being With You 
Dj Crystl - Meditation 
Source Direct - Secret Liasons 
Parallel World - Tear Into It 
LTJ Bukem - Music 
Swift & Zinc - Dezire (Z mix) 
Photek - Complex 
Orca - Intalect (Promised Land Vip mix)
Peshay - The Piano Tune 
Seba & Lotek - Sonic Winds

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Default Position is a London/Berlin-based record label founded by Joseph S Joyce which specialises in emotive forms of electronic music. The label gets its name from a term that is widely used in psychology, referring to a person's natural tendency or reaction to something or someone. A person's default position is often based on deeply embedded core beliefs about themselves or the world around them, often originating from childhood. Many of us will have to challenge our default positions in life, especially if we've developed negative ones. In terms of creativity, however, we believe that the default position serves something of great value. We believe it represents an artist's fundamental frequency, a place of creative authenticity, devoid of external influences or material motive. When an artist's output comes from their default position they express their truth. Our aim is to help them deliver their message.

Sebastian Mullaert - Samunnati (In That Distorted Light Mix)

Default Position

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