DRIFT returns with the 32nd episode from Berlin-based Loft Garten. As co-founder of the exciting new experimental label NIA Records, they find themselves situated at the centre of the fast-paced electronic music scene in the German capital and, alongside co-founders Collo and Delfine, have come up with one of my favourite releases of the year so far. Intentions Vol 1 is a compilation of experimental tracks filled with echoing hyper-melancholia, fragmented orchestral pieces and yearning ambient alongside the occasional scattered and wapred club sound. I have used multiple songs from this release in my own mixes and radio shows, including Loft Garten's own track let's meet by the canal. It's with great pleasure that I welcome them to the series for DRIFT 032!

The mix is a sublime blend of experimental tracks with wistful, textured ambient seamlessly transitioning into distant percusive elements, a variety of sounds which paint an overall picture of longing and time away. It features many of my favourite artists and is a nod to all those who have been pushing the experimental exlectronic scene into uncharted waters over the past few years!

Tracklist:
Loft Garten - Unreleased 
Tander Limfot - Husker Du?
Thomas van der Putten - Anemoon
Bridget Ferrill - Sacrum Gates
Bendik Giske - Cruising
Hôy La - Øya
Kedr Livanskiy - Celestial Ether
COLLO - Bantu Nilote
Forces - Dandelion
cktrl - Mazes 
Ouri - High and Choking, Pt. 1
Oli XL, Instupendo - Ribbon Bone [Silk Chaser]
Neana - Calling All (The-Dream, JJ)
ELLLL - Housebreaker (Alantis Dub)
Delfiné - ARR_1
Vegyn, Jeshi - I See You Sometimes
Vilde Tuv - Bending Over
lemonboy - im at a dark party in an orange dress

Links:
NIA Records on Soundcloud --> https://soundcloud.com/nia-records
Loft Garten on Soundcloud --> https://soundcloud.com/loftgarten
Intentions vol1 on bandcamp --> https://niarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intentions-vol-1

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DRIFT 032: Loft Garten

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