Mixes - Techno/Trance

Random Records presents DON PEPE and "The Secret Chamber of Dreams". This DJ-set is an extension of his upcoming album "Mossbädd Sessions", where a couple of the album tracks will be spotted. Not bound to any particular genre, this is a deep, pure and futureprimitive take on electronic trance music. Don Pepe fell into the rabbit hole of psychedelic music in his early teens 20 years ago, and started playing around with DJ-gear soon after. Many deaths and rebirths have passed since then, where the only constant has been a neverending, everlasting love for musical, natural and transcendental exploration. Although deeply rooted in ”Psy”, he’s equally active in chill out and alternative dance floor settings, fusing his many influences into dynamic, emotive marathon DJ-sets. In recent years he has put more focus towards the production side of things in the studio, resulting in two debut albums released later this year. Partly as Pepe’s Bodega, his Psytrance collaboration project, on Mark Day’s new label Muinima Sounds, and partly the "Mossbädd Sessions" album on Random Records. The latter is a compilation of tracks made in the spring of 2021, while living in Mossbädd deep into the woods of Södermanland. Influenced by past travels, nature and many corners of his record collection, it’s a deep dive into Don Pepe’s musical legacy. Apart from that he has worked as a music journalist within the Swedish Electronica scene, artist manager for international festivals like Midnight Sun Festival, and is currently running Navigare Audio, a record label focusing on deep, entrancing Techno.

:: Tracklist ::

01 - P.M.T.C. - Cool Waters
02 - Ex-Terrestrial - Mojave Skyline (ANF Remix)
03 - Fantastic Man - Diaspora
04 - Roza Terenzi - Elevate
05 - Sleep D - Danza Mart
06 - Shaolin Wooden Men - Are You Ready To Go? (Capac Urku Remix)
07 - DJ Bogdan - Love Inna Basement (Morning Dub)
08 - FaltyDL - The Ah Track
09 - James Holden - The Wheel
10 - Objekt - Needle & Thread
11 - Capac Urku - Bon Voyage
12 - Furios Frank & Ivy Barkakati - Ahora Sí (D. Tiffany Remix)
13 - Urulu - Precinct 9
14 - B'Zircon - Azure
15 - Fantastic Man - Sun Express (Emergency Mix)
16 - ANF - ANF Dub (D. Tiffany Remix)
17 - Earth Nation - An Artificial Dream (Glacier Mix)
18 - Koxbox - Acid Vol. 3

:: More info ::

https://soundcloud.com/don_pepe_sthlm | https://soundcloud.com/random_records

https://radiozora.fm/random-records-series/ep-12-don-pepe-the-secret-chamber-of-dreams/

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DON PEPE 'The Secret Chamber Of Dreams' | Random Records Series Ep. 12 | 09/07/2022

Capac Urku - Bon Voyage

Shaolin Wooden Men - Are You Ready To Go? (Capac Urku Remix)

Buy the track here:
https://navigareaudio.bandcamp.com/album/navig-ra

Marcus Henriksson - Fire Of Water (Don Pepe & David Laake Remix)

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/don_pepe_sthlm

Don Pepe has honored us by recording a set with early trance vibes to continue our exploration with the Hybrid pole 🚀 Much more than just a DJ, he is a true musical treasure, a living library that will guide you through the trance of the '90s. 

You may already know him under the alias Pepe's Bodega, his psytrance project in duo with his friend "Fyzz Production," or thanks to his Deep/Hypnotic techno label, Navigare Audio, co-founded in 2021.

As you've understood, Don Pepe is a versatile artist who, through his sets, offers a musical journey as unique as it is diverse !
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After several months of introspection, we are delighted to announce our grand return with a new visual communication and artistic direction! On the agenda, new sound experiences and uncharted musical explorations. The Jedi team is excited to present our brand new visuals and the various sectors that will punctuate your days and nights:

🌜Night Pleasure (ambient, psybient, downtempo, idm...)
A hybrid/multi-genre sector for your cocoon times. Immersive soundscapes await you, ready to transport you to unexplored dimensions.

🍃 Bass Garden (psybass/psydub & bass music)
Vibrate to the rhythm of hypnotic bass, psychedelic sounds, and music that resonates with your soul. The journey into the world of bass music begins here.

☀️ World music
Explore the riches of electronic music from around the world. From ethnic rhythms to enchanting melodies, prepare for a sonic world tour.

🚀 Hybrid
Where the nostalgia of the 90s meets the modernity of downtempo, techno, and break music. A unique musical fusion awaits you, blending retro elements with a contemporary sound experience. A more dancefloor-oriented and colorful sector, celebrating genre hybridization.

📷 Graphic design by Emilie Ghashghaie

Jedi’s Chillout | Don Pepe • Fullmoon Juice Stomper

https://soundcloud.com/don_pepe_sthlm: My understanding of "Trance" has less to do with a specific genre, and more to do with a certain state or feeling. Rooted in this notion, this recording is an amalgam of my lifelong love for entrancing dance music.

https://soundcloud.com/pepes_bodega
https://soundcloud.com/navigare-audio
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/oniss
🔊 https://youtu.be/vaIRFaCLN6A

Mostly connected with the lysergic festival circuit, Don Pepe has always refused to be pigeonholed, often labeling his diverse sound palette as “Travel Music”, plain and simple. Old, New, or Timeless – as long as the music is authentic, groovy, and transcendent, Pepe will share it, in one context or another. Having been a borderless “adventurer” in his youth, music is today his way to channel this “divine fool” archetype constructively.

His productions tend to have a similar non-conformist feel, often flirting with certain schools of sound, yet always staying outside looking in. Most notorious is his collaborative Pepe’s Bodega project, of which the debut LP “La Chorrera” from 2023 has been universally praised for its coherent concept and uncompromising danceability. The studio is currently boiling – stay tuned!

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LAYER #373 | Don Pepe

Warm up for Younger Brother/Prometheus. Thank you Tudor and Marian for inviting me back to this little paradise. Best festival on the planet.

Afternoon @ Waha Festival 2024

I entered the circle in a summer ritual and a man was playing. My body started to move and my soul started to sing. I heard many asked him what he was playing and that his answer was "rhythm". So that is what he gave me...

Sim Bohlism

As weird as it sounds - I was raised to the sound of the early 90's Ambient Techno scene. Although I was still being breastfed when "Little Fluffy Clouds" hit the charts, the analogue warmth, acid bleeps, gentle pulse and curious yet deep psychedelia of the golden years 1990 to 1994 always felt so strangely familiar.

So how and when did I fall in to this rabbit hole? 2002, 14 years old, buying any record I could get ahold of with "entrancing" music. Hearing more made me crave for more, which made me hear more that got me craving for more. Napster. Kazaa. DC++. Discogs... 
Contemporary trance music felt stiff, uninspired and cheesy, while that 90's Eye Q, Harthouse, Platipus, Superstition and all this Goatrance took me so deep. Especially those who dared to bring the tempo down. So hypnotizing. So challenging. So rewarding... Levitation music....

The last months I've sold off big parts of my record collection, and while digitizing the music I've sold I've re-discovered many of these diamonds. This is truly sacred music for me, music that has been with me for so many travels the last 10-15 years. So I invite you to sit down on your magic carpet and explore space from a time long forgotten.

A Spacetime Odyssey 2016

Excerpt from a 6 hour-set at Andra Vaerlden Gathering in late june 2017. This piece was recorded some time after midnight until the first light of the day. We travelled.....

I'm proud and amazed to see the seeds of Andra Vaerlden bloom into something this beautiful and seriously powerful. Thank you brothers and sisters for all the love, dedication and awareness. And thank you enchanted forest for inviting us back to this little sanctuary. We heard your call......


PS. Downloadable in lossless ALAC, ca 770mb.

Random Mixar

Ritual @ Andra Vaerlden Gathering 2017

Acid housebreakstechtrance

01 - Lone - How Can You Tell
02 - Perishing Thirst - Poplar Object
03 - Luca Luzano & DJ Fett Burger - SignalRod
04 - Life Sciences Division - Frog Tech
05 - Reptant - Liquid Acrobatics
06 - Posthuman - Airwave Uranium (Lou Karsh Remix)
07 - Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi - Strobe Fountain
08 - Urulu - Groove Therapy
09 - Furious Frank - Ahora Sí (D. Tiffany Remix)
10 - PMTC - Cool Waters
11 - LAPS - Who Me (D. Tiffany & Roza Terenzi Remix)
12 - Rudolf C - Second Hand Love
13 - DJ Shark - Outro (Fantastic Man Remix)
14 - Djrum - Tailing
15 - SMP - Natty Bop
16 - Ambien Baby - Ciclón
17 - Mor Elian - Persona Non Grata
18 - Ambien Baby - Stab Me
19 - Djrum - Abandon Me
20 - Falty DL - Because You
21 - Way Out West - Dancehall Tornado
22 - Funkopath - Skwirm

Saturn Return 2020

The moon is up and the gate is open. Welcome to the Navigare Audioverse. 

Stay tuned for upcoming mixes and releases.

https://soundcloud.com/don_pepe_sthlm

Tracklist: 

01 - Marco Shuttle - Adrift
02 - X-Dream - The 1st (Eitan Reiter Remix)
03 - Verrina & Ventura - Una Glornata Particolare
04 - Mikael Stavöstrand - QS
05 - Brendon Moeller - Ode To The Basement
06 - Patrik Skoog - Flowing Ions
07 - Joachim Spieth - Under The City (Rolando Remix)
08 - Will Saul - 3000AD (I:Cube Remix)
09 - Alexi Delano & Tony Rohr - Neuropastivity
10 - Cosmin TRG - Fizic
11 - Josh Wink - Denial
12 - Planetary Assault System - Kat (Josh Wink Remix)
13 - Agaric & Walker Barnard - Coconut Cartel
14 - Quenum - Ritual (Frank Haag Remix)
15 - Stefan Tretau - Ellis Perry (Mikael Stavöstrand Remix)
16 - Kamran Sadeghi - Dig Out
17 - Little Fritter - Raw Fix (Egal 3 Remix)
18 - Mandingo - Universe II (Melchior Productions Ltd. Remix)
19 - Minilogue - Clouds & Water (Jesper Dahlbäck Remix)
20 - Marcus Henriksson - Remains Of Earlier Temples
21 - Mathew Jonson & Sebastian Mullaert - Pollen 4 Life
22 - Cari Lekebusch & Jesper Dahlbäck - Latinator
23 - Blaze - My Beat (AMbassador Remix)
24 - Tim Xavier - At Least Once (Deepchild Remix)
25 - Ken Ishii - Malfunction Manipulation (Agent Orange Remix)
26 - Fredrik Astevall - Bean V2
27 - Keith Carnal - Objective (Joel Mull Remix)
28 - Jesper Dahlbäck - No Control
29 - DJ Shiva - Hackjammer
30 - The Rockitmen - Ego Tripping
31 - Krumelur - All Imaginary
32 - Radio Slave - Screaming Hands (Josh Wink Remix)
33 - Alexander D'niel - Klona (Truncate Remix)
34 - Mattias Fridell - Forgotten Pathway
35 - HAB - Dialectic
36 - Keikari - Uskoa
37 - Gareth Wild - Limehouse Cut (VSK Remix)
38 - Yan Cook - Perfect Storm
39 - Myler - In The Dark On The Estate
40 - Vertical Spectrum - Intruder (Patrik Skoog Remix)
41 - Fredrik Astevall - Koriander
42 - VSK - Decree
43 - Kaelan - Self Deception (Kessell Remix)
44 - Keith Carnal - Prospect

Navigare 001  - Don Pepe

Excerpt from a mix from the vaults, probably recorded in 2016, at a giant limestone quarry in central Sweden. Most artists are old farts from Germany. 'Old' as in the direct inheritors of "Autobahn" and anything Kraut. Minimal, repetitive and dreamy - my kind of music for an introspective road trip.

Functional Music - Driving 2016

"... selector extraordinaire, aural archeologist, free-form philanthropist, merry prankster, sonic sufi, and the list goes on..."