Name: Gemme I by Matthew Pepitone in Joyful Union Select 087
Duration: 11 min 37 s
Description: From the new album "MP3," coming soon on Jollies Records

87th installment of the Joyful Union Select series.

Tracks by Dylan Owen, LLWLL, Sleeve Of Skin, Blu & Exile, Fine China Superbone!, Original Flavor, Boyscott, Stereosity, Vic Spencer, and more

Joyful Union Select 087

Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Asadoya Yunta"  (Karmelloz Remix)

ANFANG

improvised electroacoustic collaboration with @AbraxasWandering

Derren Brown Ft. Abraxas Wandering (master)

Stream on Spotify/Apple here: https://dylanowen.ffm.to/dobeforeyoudie

"ROMANTIC LANGUAGE" CREDITS
Inspired by the language of love, and a girl from the desert who taught me how to dry my eyes.
Lyrics and vocals by Dylan Owen
Produced by naebird
Electric guitar by naebird
Background vocals by Astraia
Mixed by Jeremie Inhaber
Mastered by Héctor Vega at Bespoke Sonics
Bespoke Sonics Assistant Engineer Isaiah Chamberlain
Bespoke Sonics Studio Personnel Dasha Sands
Mixtape Cover Photo by Thomas Ford Flynn
Mixtape Cover Artwork by Dylan Owen

DO BEFORE YOU DIE MIXTAPE

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ROMANTIC LANGUAGE

Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild

Birdseed

Stena

Biskopskulla Hogstena

*title track from coveted LA vocal phenom, bandleader, songwriter Sharada Shashidhar debut album Soft Echoes, out Sept27 2024 via Leaving Records All Genre preorder vinyl cassette digital at leavingrecords.com/soft-echoes
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Los Angeles-based vocalist, composer, and producer Sharada Shashidhar has a deep awareness of the cosmos. There’s a distinct tug-of-war in her music, an understanding that scanning the heavens to answer existential queries isn’t quite enough; there are internal depths to plumb as well. Shashidhar’s first album, 2020’s Rahu, found her voice billowing out of smoky, post-beat-scene soundscapes, meditating on the collective unconscious and the energy exchange between all living things. Her newest work, Soft Echoes, is a bold step forward, eschewing her previous work’s hip-hop tilt for expansive compositions that blend jazz and Indian classical influences into a swirling, spiritual whole.

Though she has an extensive resume as a collaborator in LA’s experimental jazz scene, notching work with the likes of Carlos Niño, Zeroh, and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Soft Echoes marks Shashidhar’s first outing as a bandleader. Gathering an ensemble that includes Anna Butters on bass, Julian Rodriguez on keys, Devin Daniels on saxophone, and Timothy Angulo on drums, Shashidhar sought to create a band that ostensibly functioned as an extension of herself. Her primary goals in writing these songs were to “let [her] body do what it wanted to do,” to trust her intuition, and “play without judgment.” Through that process, making Soft Echoes became a practice of presence and exploration, a chance to unlearn rigid structures and rediscover the joy of creating for oneself.

Recording took place over three brief, distinct sessions at Altamira Sound in Alhambra, California. Though the full band wasn’t ever present at the same time, Soft Echoes sounds like the work of a group in complete, mind-meld focus. Splashy drums nudge up against skronkingsaxophone on “Canyon Song,” while mushrooming synth tones stack up behind rippling Rhodes piano on “Luckiest.” Shashidhar’s elegant voice is the anchor for each of these tracks, sometimes gracefully stretching between instruments like a lithe dancer’s limbs, other times scattering through psychedelic delay.

She describes the album as having “two poles,” illustrated by the whimsical, buoyant opener “Soft Echoes” and the darker, more anxiety-ridden closer, “New Echoes.” The songs in between may come from different emotional spaces, but “it’s all really reflective,” she explains. The album can play like a loop, with Shashidhar entering a portal “into the endlessness” during “New Echoes,” only to be transported back to the beginning, full of gratitude and pondering “how strange it is to be alive.” On Soft Echoes, Shashidhar leads us on a journey through her mind, traversing its peaks and canyons in search of greater connection. “I want to take people places,” she says, pausing thoughtfully. “I can’t always guarantee that they’re good places, [but] hopefully you’ll feel something.”

Soft Echoes

Sharada Shashidhar - Soft Echoes

Download the collection of @magicfades remixes here: https://magicfades.bandcamp.com/album/push-thru-remixes

Magic Fades - "Stressin"  (Karmelloz  Remix)

From the new album "MP3," coming soon on Jollies Records

Gemme I

More info and track list: http://dotheastralplane.com/2015/05/13/karmelloz-mix-for-the-astral-plane/

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Karmelloz Mix For The Astral Plane

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MOONGLADE SOUND is a soundtrack for life.

Collaborative and independent music/video artists join together to create.

We believe that for creating something you need spirit and nothing. Let's enjoy what we have. Let's keep the vibe – vibe.

Tracklist:

Konduku - Hafif
Antagonist - Jungian
Local Knowledge - Dark Grid
Nosewise - Plasticity
Mahakala - Desert Road
CLOUDWARMER - Lauren Qbert, Founding Father
Smogo - The Nine Forms of Invisible
mauxuam - wiggly bits
mauxuam - sounds a lot
Deadbeat and the Mole - New stone
Deadbeat and the Mole - Return to the towers
Mr. 3 - Kissing You Inside
Julius Theory - Monster Rising

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MOONGLADE SOUND w Kirill Matveev - 23.05.25

Recovery Channel's high time summer guest is Andriy K., gracing us with an effervescent invitation to deeper listening. Brimming with unreleased gems of his own and his community, the Berlin-based, Kiev-born Shape+ artist guides us through mid summer via wide sound-on-land scapes, a few guitar strings and a holy harmony.

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Following his touted 2024 release MP3, Portland based composer and producer Matthew Pepitone returns with MP4—a bold and enveloping new album that expands the scale, scope, and imagination of his work.

Where MP3 explored longform ambient soundscapes, MP4 takes the next step forward: bigger, more diverse, and more cinematic in scope. The project embraces minimal structures, shifting tonalities, and playful references that push Pepitone’s practice into new territory.

Drawing inspiration from Berlin-school masters like Klaus Schulze, Klaus Wiese, and Mathias Grassow—MP4 pays homage to the pioneers of drone and minimalist sequencing while charting its own adventurous course. Pepitone filters these influences through his obsession with modular synthesis, incorporating tongue-in-cheek nods to gear culture, YouTube influencers, and the often absurd rituals of music-making.

Equally self-aware, introspective, and playful MP4 weaves together unexpected references: from pop culture, mass market icons, and lesser know content creators. These moments highlight Pepitone’s unique ability to balance deep craft with humor curiosity, and a wide range of emotions challenging perceptions of what soundscape can be while celebrating the joy of experimentation.

The result is an album that is at once epic and intimate, reverent, and irreverent; a visionary furtherance of Pepitone’s sonic universe. With MP4, he invites listeners into a space that feels not only heard, but seen: a sprawling dreamscape whose vision remains long after the final note dissolves.  

Wowza

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Sound as mood altering substance is a well-covered trope in the annals of dance music, but rarely do the genre’s historians look beyond ecstasy when discussing how music effects/affects the mind. Psychotropia is a look at the in-between periods that make up most nights, from the literal come up and come down to countless hours spent in bathroom queues, on public transportation and waiting to fall asleep. Like the states induced by actual psychotropic substances, these instances all seem to coagulate into a singular, semi-lived experience. This compilation, through 10 idiosyncratic takes on modern club music, seeks paint a fittingly blurry picture of this psychotropic environment. 


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Karmelloz - Tattoo Dad (feat. Abraxas Wandering)

https://dotheastralplane.com/2016/04/20/premiere-karmelloz-returning-series/

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Gemme I

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