Outer Dark

"Once in the night she a heard a horse coming along the country road, a burning horse beneath the pale moonlight that trailed a wake of pale and drifting dust. She could hear the labored breaths and harness creak and the clink of its iron caparisons and then the hoofs exploded over the planking of the bridge. Dust and fine gravel sifted down upon her and hissed in the water. The pounding faded down the road to the faintest sound of heartbeat and the heartbeat was in her own thin chest." - Cormac McCarthy

TRACKLIST:

1. DC – Slept Badly
2. Ovis Aurum – Remover
3. BNJMN – Hydrofoil
4. Best Available Technology – D4OG
5. Monrella – Studio 4
6. White Peak – It's Something I Feel
7. Starfish Pool – Submerge
8. LABIIBAT – Decilinear
9. Best Available Technology – Twisted Ladder (Bantam Lions sidestep mix)
10. LOKP – MTG.001
11. BOA – Lunar Dope
12. LABIIBAT - Window


D1 | Best Available Technology (Astro:Dynamics / (left_blank) / Further Records) | Dimension Mix

When I was asked to provide a mix for Dimension Series, I decided right away that I should try to do something more conceptual than a usual ‘club’ mix. Arguably more so than ever, it’s worth asking ourselves what function a DJ mix serves. Is it to entertain? To transport? To provoke or challenge? Is it simply a meddlesome obligation on the path towards that elusive goal of a raised profile or status? 

I find myself listening to DJ mixes less and less these days, not so much out of choice, but more because my every waking minute is already spent researching, compiling, making or otherwise consuming music. It tends to be those quiet moments travelling between some A and B that I afford myself the time to listen to another DJ’s endeavours. Usually, I’ll close my eyes and immerse myself in the music as best I can. With a bit of luck, my mind soon shifts to an alpha rhythm, and a liminal state between waking and sleeping is achieved. This for me is when music is best appreciated, and I feel most at peace. Even those times when I slip into a deep sleep, and drift in and out of consciousness, I find the repetitive beat somehow relaxing; reassuring even. 

I wanted to, as best I can, induce that mental state over the course of this mix. Despite a near ever-present 4/4 kickdrum, it’s a dreamy, soporific journey, mixed live in one take. Far be it for me to tell you how best to listen, but I’ll be saving this one for the next ride. Enjoy the trip!

TRACKLIST:
‘My Nocturne - Riding The Alpha Wave’

David Bowie – Sense Of Doubt
Beatrice Dillon – My Nocturne
Laraaji – Trance Celestial Movement 4
Acronym – Isolated From The Land
Heinrich Dressel – Vocal Intro
Mohlao – Luminescent
BLNDR – The Untitleds (Svreca Remix)
Vester Koza – OPT_iCAL_IN
Exos – Eastwood
Tin Man – Riders
Mono Junk – Channel B (Remix)
Mod21 – Skyline
Plastikman – Consumed
Peter Van Hoesen – Attack On The Reality Principle (Sigha Remix)
Sensorama – Exil
Traumprinz – I Gave My Life
STL – Lost Satellite
Substance & Vainquer – Emerge0
Eduardo De La Calle – Guita Dharma
Ruhig – Alba (Luigi Tozzi Reshape)
D.A.R.F.D.H.S – Shoot! Rob!
Abdulla Rashim – Path Inwards
D’Marc Cantu – Black Tears
Wolfgang Voigt – Kafkatrax 2
Strategy – Lovely Loop
Rebekah Del Rio – Llorando (Crying)


Dimension Series 3