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Distant Signals Mix Series

"Abandonment is a part of signals that are distant. What has left that was once there and what remains distant in abandonment is going to be a concept to contend with as the world continues to change in its earth systems due to climate change. In abandonment and distance is a yearning psychedelia. Linear time ceases to exist. This mix blends psychedelia, jazz, and international pop from a different time. Great for when the sun is just coming up and the moon is still in the sky. A shared smoke and drink with a friend where silence can be shared and relaxation is a given. Abandonment will continue to happen and our interactions with the distances between all of us should be that of love and rest. Enjoy. "

@verarubin
IG: @surrealist_fantasies

Vera Rubin is the shadow self of an older weird woman named Katey. The shadow self is connected to the original Vera Rubin, an astrophysicist that discovered dark matter. Dark matter supports us without interacting with us and that support is deeper than any ocean imaginable. Through the exploration of shadow she has been DJing for over a decade, producing various happenings in nightlife, creating visual art and publishing anarchist philosophy. The music is concerned with building a tendency of sophisticated lipstick left field outside of macho conceptions of left field.

Tracklist:
Chrome- New Age
X'Lents- Psychedelia
Wes Montgomery- California Dreaming
Analogy- Milan on a Sunday Morning
The Golden Dawn- Reaching Out
Pink Floyd- Explosion (Zabraskie Point Remix) 
Susan Christie- Ghost Riders in the Sky
Jefferson Airplane- Comin' Back to Me
Santana- Song of the Wind
Sun Ra- China Gates
Baris Manco- Binboganin Kizi
Ancanthus- Flightless Bird
Lee Hazelwood- Your Sweet Love
Devadip Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane- Angel of Air/Angel of Water
Dorothy Ashby- Myself When Young
Mulatu Astake- Yekermo Sew
Tulay German- Mecnunu, Leylami Gordun Mu

Distant Signals

Distant Signals 011: Vera Rubin

"this transmission is a calibration device

i found it in the springtime under a shower of pink blossoms
my spirit, an ooze seeping out onto the floor
in this state of sub-being, words passed through untethered—
unintelligible, and touch was void

the device sent rippling waves through the air,
arranging it into mutating forms
they traveled inward and rebounded, inverting inside and out
wisps of feeling newly embodied pushed boldly from every pore

i watched as the shapes of people grew unimaginably
the glimmering swells were interspersed with pearls
which gradually came loose and fell
unlocked, my innermost madness unfurled into a spiraled conch

as the day darkened, the sounds became grim and hoarse
emotions scraped against each other with serrated edges
disintegrating madness into a fine lunar silt
voices came flooding, and in unison whispered: trust"

@enereph
IG: @_enereph
https://gravitypleasure.bandcamp.com/album/water-bodies
https://soundsofnaga.bandcamp.com/album/immortal-mirth

enereph fell through at least three dream worlds looking for sounds to send their nervous mind spinning.

Tracklist:
Mown - An Endless Sweet Sweet Storm
A Strange Wedding - Wormhole Breaker
Simone Bauer - Ego Hacker
Ettore Rigadello - Ooteca
Biocym - Vanishing Point
Souzo - A175 Levit8
Beatrice M. - Crossing the Rubicon
Circular Square - L - 80BN (Soa420 Remix)
Ettore Rigadello - Keratin
Smogo - Submit To The Forest
Khey Mysterio - Basalte feat. Under/Standing
AJO - Kawanone (La Serpiente Remix)
RM Estali - Pitfalls
Prieste5s - Golden Hour
SNKLS - Stir
Sytrjv - Vexomorphis
Nathan Ho - Immodality
Herbalistek - Sentium
Otik - Lightyear Dub
dBridge - Filtered Scenes
Laraaji - Universe
perila - Fallin Into Space
Aisha Vaughan - Campfires
Comechelet & ϙue - Forbidden Love

Distant Signals 080: enereph

"A utopian,
bright striver, turns their dial,
hears woven, strange sounds.

In resonance they
vibrate to the transmission
and recognize that

every return
implies the journey before:
past adreads present.

Time glimmers ahead,
but also trails their escape,
reaches, pulls backward.

A stubborn relic,
internalized deserving,
haunts like history.

Our listener leaves
their old self behind, shedding,
cutting time's chords;

broken rope rings out:
no person earns punishment
nor deserves reward.

Throw stones at the walls,
striking old sequestration ––
do you hear great music?

Build bridges, not walls,
crossing inherited rifts ––
do you feel deep love?

Thanks for pulling me into the Distant Signals universe :) recorded
with a Xone + DD500. Vocals by @user-76549051
reading Ursula le Guin's The Dispossessed."

@ok-carty
IG: @ok_carty

Distant Signals 083: OK Carty

“You head down from the installation into the glacier, breath fogging the air. You hear echoes of splintering icicles reverb back to you from under a frozen lake. Deep unseen movements in the dark vibrate the walls as you go deeper into the ice. Underneath the loudspeakers of the installation above, you hear whispers and distant murmurs below.

You follow the whispers, turn to page 56.
You go back to the installation, turn to page 89.”

@s_h_o_p_p_i_n_g
IG: @sandelephants

Tracklist:
1. Burner - BunZer0
2. Soundcheck - Ekcent
3. Cracked Plates - Korzi
4. Kalo - Mulholland
5. Tension - Saule
6. Look After The Dead - Mosca
7. Adelia - Honeydrip
8. Filtered Contact - Slow83
9. Archos Gmini - Danny Goliger
10. Humo - Andrae Durden
11. Movements - Mia Koden
12. TAB3 - Průvan
13. Second Room - R4NS0M
14. Agora - Hiroma Keo
15. Layer 03 - No Sir
16. Grill Party - SPLT
17. Crunch - K-Lone
18. Melting Ladies - Roza Terenzi & D. Diffany
19. Should Be Looking - Arina Krondeva
20. Melt! (Coby Sey Rework) - Kelly Lee Owens

Distant Signals 081: shopping

“Recently, I’ve been really inspired by bass music in the 80-85 (or 160-70) BPM range that shifts between slow and fast registers, opening up space for a deep interior journey and for a driving, percussive dancefloor experience alike. Much music in this space that I’m drawn to has a visceral, haptic, and earthy quality -- body music for mental landscapes. 

The mix is conceived as a journey into a densely foliated forest of ever-shifting dimensions, drawing you deeper and deeper into its cavernous shadows and spectral pockets of light. Dewdrops shiver on pillowy moss ,flanked by the hungry mouths of carnivorous plants; burly vines dangle low and heavy under velvet leaves. Mysterious and heretofore unknown flora abound, beguiling you with their sensuous textures, suffusing the humid air with smells both luxuriant and noxious. Finally you emerge into a softly-hued meadow, your journey into the darkness having brought you closer to a sense of calm.”

@papayaofficial
IG: @papaya.official

DJ Papaya's approach to mixing draws upon downtempo, ambient, leftfield electronics, and bass music to craft surreal and emotionally complex narratives, rich in texture and rooted in the sensibilities of dub. They are a co-founder of the ambient/experimental series Spindrift, with Pontiac Streator and Opheliaxz, as well as the bass music party Chrysalis, with Amylia.

Tracklist:
Carrier - Slow Punctures
Blue - Slow Wave
Officium - Heartlapse ft Yolek
Gi & Trois Quarts Taxi System - Swarm
Chewlie x Fiesta Soundsystem - Savory
Proc Fiskal - A Fragrance
Anta Doma - Temples
Ancestral Voices - Mist of Avalon
Furtive - I Always Try to be This Gentle
Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:Mental Moog Remix)
Es.Tereo - Ancestral Path
K Wata - In A Mug on a Rug (Ronan’s Ecophilia Mix)
Trois Quarts Taxi System - Clef
Itoa - Diceman
Mike Parker - Spaceship Galliot
georg-i - Nightlife under the Arclight
Kobayashi Maru - Aesthetics of a Wormhole
traverse - Turpitude
Forest on Stasys - Sideral
Khey Mysterio & Stacktrace - Low Heat
felt. - Life Formed
Jonnnah - U Made Me
Ghjuliu - Sheila

Distant Signals 082: DJ Papaya

"The context:
I am alone. I am found. I died alone. I never thought I’d be found. I am overwhelmed by memories of a dystopian existence on a collapsing planet where evil took over and subsumed good. All of the kindness evaporated and was swallowed by greed. Memories of my past life occlude my consciousness causing confusion between modes of time like a mirage. Is it the past, present, or future? I can no longer tell.

A journey through being:
Confronted by the pain of knowing but trying to exist and embrace being in the world. Did I give up too quickly? Did I fail to change reality? What did I sacrifice in order to function and live a worldly existence like everyone around me? Blinded by hedonism, the collapsing of the mind and soul into the throws of desire left me empty. I gave up. I lost myself. I returned to the comfort of despair. It’s throbbing. To live without hope is to live in despair. Was there a reprieve from it all? Distractions, pleasure, and attachments turned into a vicious cycle of yearning and loss. Accepting impermanence with a half-open heart. It never got better. It just got worse. Functioning with an ever-growing sense of doom. And now I’m here. Alone. All I have are my memories. But existing in confusion from when these memories took place. Introspection with escapism outside of time. The vicious interplay between existence and non-existence. I am left with nothing."

Opening for Rrose at Smartbar, Chicago in June utilizing 4 CDJs and a V10 mixer.

@shantievanti
IG: @shantiism
https://ra.co/dj/shanti
https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=iwapv-7i2LFIPNlG

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.

Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene. Shanti has had the privilege of warming up and closing out dancefloors for incredibly inspirational artists such as Rrose, DJ Nobu, Ø [Phase], Aurora Halal, Mozhgan, Lady Starlight, Black Light Smoke, Esther Dune, Zenker Brothers, Noncompliant, Xtin, and more. She has had the immense pleasure of conjuring spirits at Chicago’s most beloved clubs such as Smartbar, Smoke & Mirrors, Podlasie Club, and several underground gatherings.

Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows. This past year, Shanti has expanded her surreal storytelling beyond Chicago by playing in Amsterdam, LA, Detroit and notable Midwest festivals such as Minnesota’s The Great Beyond and Madison’s Musique Électronique. This Halloween, she will be playing at Chicago’s notoriously dark music festival, Sanctum.

Distant Signals 084: Shanti

Krautback, Cowboy, Desert Goth

Needless to say, the excitement on our side was palpable when Üllar agreed to record a mix for us, and we’re incredibly proud to let you in on Üllar’s digging world once again. Carefully handpicking every single one of these records for more than a year for this 7th guest mix, Üllar showcases once again a versatile side of his craft and his one-of-a-kind ability to put together a mix that will resonate in each and every one of us. 

TRACKLIST :
01. João Kzan - Cantiga Avarandada
02. Eme Ballantyne - My Life
03. Lord Cody And The Coralites ‎- China Gate
04. Marcelo - Bom
05. -
06. Grupo Arco Iris - Coisas Da Vida
07. Fat Chants - When The Rivers Are Hot
08. The Lord Dome Connection ‎– Tell Me What You Want
09. Hammatan - A Beautiful Day
10. Beira Banda da Lagoa - Doce Demais
11. -
12. Andre Luiz - Filhos de Odé
13. Pupil Banda Perfil - Sem Querer
14. Dianne Mower ‎- The Secret Sign
15. Hierro - No Quiero Ser Un Tonto
16. Fran Carlos - Tudo De Novo
17. Celso Bahia ‎- Mandinga
18. -
19. Zequinha Miguel - Costeira
20. Lometta & Eddie - If I Lose You
21. -
22. Conjunto Vanguarda - Woman
23. Ramal 3 - A Paz Que Eu Quero
24. Pet - Don't Leave Me In The Cold
25. Lilian And The Why Nots ‎– Peace
26. Grupo Ponta Cristal LP

@exte82

Guest Mix 007 w/ Üllar Siir (exte82)

Episode 13 of Séance Centre Radio featuring an amazing guest mix from Henry Jones of Smiling C and Mixed Signals, enjoy!

Tracklisting: 

BH
Akira S - Brown Rice
Teresa De Sio - Lupita Nel Bosco
G. Rizo - Je Me Mentis (Version)
DWart - Red Mambo

HJ
Helen Ripley-Marshall - Kodiak Sound
Cybernation - Drifting 
Special Fun - Felucca Journey
Germán Bringas - Nos Observan
Vinicio Adames - Hay Frio En La Ciudad
Naffi - Blues For Toxteth
D.J. Dream - House 90
La Fábula - Changanyika
Broken Toys - Inside
Old Nick Old Nick Old Nick - On An Axe
Five Graves To Cairo - Wishing Is Not Enough
Jamezee's Changing Name - Untitled

Séance Centre Radio Episode 13 NTS feat: Smiling C (Aug 21st 2019) NO BANTER

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Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Distant Signals 011: Vera Rubin

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