Sudden Reverb returns with another subversive groove, drenched in dub and delay. His original is complemented by Pitch Black's uptempo breaks remix and SUBSET's wonky downtempo dub.

Sudden Reverb - Distanced (SUBSET's Radio Future Remix)(preview)

A sublime selection of dancefloor beats and downtempo dubs from around the globe, Mixes + Mavericks features seven remixes by Pitch Black, two live tracks that couldn’t be more different in nature or tempo, one seriously unorthodox situation (an unauthorised remix of a remix) and a track in between states, all highlighting the breadth of the duo’s sonic palette.

Whereas their previous Rarities + Remixes collection was predominantly rooted in New Zealand, Mixes + Mavericks is undoubtedly a more international affair, with all the remixed artists hailing from the northern hemisphere. Many of the connections are the result of the duo’s touring and festival appearances around the globe: they first met Gaudi at a gig in Japan, Animat and Nick Woolfson (Sounds from the Ground) at The Big Chill festival in the UK, while downtemple duo Desert Dwellers were encountered in the Californian underground. 

Other connections were more straightforward: Brighton-based Ink Project (run by Kiwi Jez Lloyd) approached them to remix “The End” and Mexico’s Sudden Reverb was introduced by label-mates Deep Fried Dub. Meanwhile Mike bumped into Radioactive Man’s Keith Tenniswood (of Two Lone Swordsmen fame) while he was getting a 7” record cut. 

Uber-producer/Killing Joke bass player Youth features in two very different ways. First up is Pitch Black’s pulsating dub mix of his collaboration with Italian producer Gaudi, from their Astronaut Alchemists album. Then there is his unsolicited remix of epsilon-blue’s 1999 remix of Speech, over which he added bass, beats and blessings.  This mash-up lurked for years in the archive under the title of Helmsdub, but only as a corrupted mp3 file. Thankfully a little detective work discovered that, much to everyone’s surprise, it had been released as Speechless (Big Circle Flat Pain Remix) on a 2004 CD compilation. A copy was tracked down, the tune was carefully re-mastered and then correctly named.

Mixes + Mavericks also features two very different live offerings: Notting Pill is a dose of atmospheric moodiness from a rare ambient set at Notting Hill Arts Club in London, held to publicise the upcoming showcase of New Zealand music at Fabric in 2003. The banging G202, meanwhile, was captured by Andre Upston at Rippon Festival in Wanaka, NZ at the turn of the millennium, and later broadcast on Radio New Zealand. It was a track that, despite being a staple of the live show for many years, was never finished, and following software updates and data dumps, the only version that exists is this live recording.

It's a Future Dub is a similarly embryonic track – eventually it became It’s the Future Knocking, from the Filtered Senses album, but here it’s a fascinating hybrid caught midway between creation and completion. Many of the elements of its future self are present, but there is a whole lot more going on, making this a fascinating signpost on a possible road-not-taken. 

Beautifully accompanied by Tim Prebble's Cyanotype images, Mixes + Mavericks is a showcase of Pitch Black’s sonic diversity as remixers and maintains the trademark production aesthetic that has won them thousands of fans and filled dancefloors around the globe.

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Youth & Gaudi - The Gods Must Be Crazy (Pitch Black's Hubristic Prayerformance Mix)(preview)

All Gaudi tracks, collabs or remixes

Gaudi & Keita - Benares Tech-Locks
DESMOND DEKKER - What A Wonderful World (The Orb & Gaudi remix)
The Dub pistols vs Dubmatix -  Blue Monday (Gaudi dub Remix)
 CAST - History (Gaudi remix, 1997)
Gaudi Ft. Lee Scratch Perry & The Orb -  I Start To Pray
Gaudi - Nocturnal sonata
GAUDI - Theremin in Hand
Mad Professor Meets Gaudi -  Bolly Bop
Youth, Gaudi -  Outer Space
SIMPLE MINDS - The Man Who Sold The World (Gaudi remix, 2003)
Gaudi with Prince Fatty - Theremin Dub Mafia
HARDAGE ft MAXI PRIEST - Don't Let Me Down (Gaudi mix)
INDUBIOUS -  I Can Breathe (Gaudi Dub)
Youth, Gaudi - Astronaut Alchemists -  Apollo
Youth & Gaudi - Dropping the Pressure (Saafi Brothers Remix)
THE BEAT - Mirror In The Bathroom (Gaudi remix, 2014)
SCREEN -  The Weather Report
Gaudi & Adamski -Pawa 2 Da Ppl
GAUDI -  To The Source -ft. Ashtech (DAT Master 2005)
CAPAREZZA ft MICHAEL FRANTI - E' Tardi (Gaudi remix, 2014)
BOB MARLEY - Soul Shakedown Party (Gaudi steppa remix, 2003)
INXS - Need You Tonight (Gaudi remix, 2006)
YOUTH & GAUDI -  The Gods Must Be Crazy (BDO's International Spice Station Remix)
YOUTH & GAUDI -  Four Horsemen of Dub (The Orb's Uraniborg Castle In The Sky Mix)
N.O.I.A - Time Is Over Me (Gaudi & The Orb remix, 2013)
GAUDI - Bad Boy Bass

A Very Gaudi Affair

What an honor it was to play with you all in dance and music this year... Noise stage and everyone who came out made the vibe unforgettable. Here are my selections from Saturday daytime, hope you enjoy the Love Long Beach vibe from wherever you find yourself. Live in Love

TRACKLIST - All tracks courtesy of their respective record labels and artists. Thank you all so much for making such love-evoking music. 
The Road Back (with Evoke) - Kalya Scintilla
Numatik - Ensename (Kalya Scintilla chill remix) - Kalya Scintilla
Silent (Original Mix) - Seathasky
Computer Brains (Bop Remix) - Bcee
Domino Effect (Original Mix) - In:Most
Don't Go (Original Mix) - External Subway
Pieces (Instrumental Mix) - Confusious
Like The Sun (Original Mix) - Disrupta
ID(Upcoming Release) - Badlama - Momentive Recordings
Dance All Night (Original Mix) - Low:r
Breath In (Waeys Remix) - Bcee
Cups (Original Mix) - Moonaddict
Mistrust (Original Mix) - 107
Run Deep (Original Mix) - Polarized, Alithis
Monotonia (Original Mix) - Electrosoul System, MSDOS
Locked Love (Original Mix) - Gunston
I know (Original Mix) - Maykors, Alyness
Sacred Temple (dela Moon Remix) - Equanimous, Geometrae, dela Moon
Mola (Original Mix) - Zombie Cats, Safra
Drift (Freshney Remix) - Zombie Cats, Freshney
Goon Squad (Original Mix) - Low:r
About This Thing (Original Mix) - Seereal
Unforgiving (Original Mix) - QZB
Never (Original Mix) - Zombie Cats
Attitude (Original Mix) - Crimson, Neve
Lesion (Original Mix) - Subdue
Acidic Love (Original Mix) - Waeys
Ignite feat. Madrush MC (Original Mix) - Annix, MadRush MC
Hypa (Original Mix) - Cecil Hotel
Radiator (Original Mix) - Mandidextrous, Matt Scratch
Flow (Original Mix) - Lok, Beterror
Far Out (Original Mix) - Furious Freaks
Warrior (Original Mix) - Solsan
Signals (Original Mix) - MidKnighT MooN
Deep Space (Data 3 Remix) - Sub Focus
40hz Funk (Original Mix) - M:FX, Iamdoomed
Ali Murda (Original Mix) - Cecil Hotel
Surrender (Original Mix) - AKA

Love Long Beach Festival - Live (July 2022 - Noise Stage Saturday)

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A4 A - WA  I'm A Tribe [dunkelbunt Remix]

B6 Modus Operandi

B5 Santi & Tuğçe - Istanbul'a [dunkelbunt Remix]

Track list:

Atmøsphäre - Boarding Time (Original Mix)
Zy Khan - Vent (Original Mix)
Lojak - Arenal (Original Mix)
Randy De Silva - Groovy Forest (Lio Q Remix)
Kay-D - Quadrant (Original Mix)
Soul Button, Gravity Vibes - Unraveling (Original Mix)
Platunoff - Unbreakable Soul (Stan Kolev Remix)
Samaxdhi - p.s.b. (Brian DE Santis Remix) MOD
Square One - Osmosis (Paul Hamilton Remix)
Bram VanK - Take Me Home (Instrumental Mix)
Topo Larocca - Galaxia (Mayro Remix) MOD
Nasser Tawfik, Sione (SP) - Insolence (Bardeeya Remix)
Felix Raphael - Pieces (Dub Mix)
Into The Ether - Praia (Extended Mix)
Flow & Zeo - Saturn (Morttagua Remix)
Faminski - Legacy (Original Mix)
Agustin Pietrocola - Frenzy (Maze 28, Redspace Remix)
Ary Garay - Hound (Original Mix)
Faminski - Invasion (Original Mix)
Matan Caspi, Angie Be - Escape (Original Mix)
Shayan Pasha - A Thousand & One Faces (Original Mix)
Morttagua - Hypnos (Soul Button Remix)
James Harcourt - Bloom (Original Mix)
Faminski - Revenge (Original Mix) MOD
Soul Alchemist - Phallos (Original Mix)
Martin Cozar - Dribbling in the Sky (Original Mix)

Tropical Beach Party 2023

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Mon album instrumental "Patchwork" est une invitation à voyager à travers des paysages sonores variés, à s’immerger dans des atmosphères changeantes, et à se laisser surprendre par la créativité d’un projet qui célèbre la diversité musicale sous toutes ses formes.
Hip-hop, ambient, touches électroniques, influences jazz ou encore sonorités cinématographiques se croisent et dialoguent librement, reflétant ma volonté d’explorer sans limite.
Il s’affranchit des frontières de style : on y trouve des ambiances tantôt douces et contemplatives, tantôt rythmées et percutantes, toujours portées par une recherche de texture et d’émotion.
Chaque titre est pensé comme une pièce de tissu différente, cousue à la suivante pour donner naissance à un ensemble cohérent, riche et surprenant.

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The king of café dunks into a multifaceted concept album, everything hand-drawn and hand-crafted: Synthwave, dubstep, breakbeat, but also ambience, ballads and idm, to name just a few, but I don't want to give too much away.
Come with Klikmagne (ˈklɪk-mayn) and enjoy a travel through time and space! 🚀😼

Klikmagne

Everything Is Everything Is Relatively Normal (Klik Mix)

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Explosive sets, electronic-instrumental crossover, funky and eclectic sounds: The worldly cosmopolitan living in Vienna, Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] who as DJ, soloist, producer and bandleader has set out a genuinely transglobal musical agenda and for over 15 years has been one of Europe's most innovative leaders of the electronic and world music scenes.
Whatever the pulse of the current club music scene that inspires the DJ, the composer transforms it with his international band into contemporary musical statements about how WORLD | MUSIC sounds today: 15 languages on stage, transglobal sounds from oriental to western merge with electronic beats to form an intelligent and energetic mix and guarantee a passionate live experience.

History:
[dunkelbunt] has been a pioneer of the „Balkan Beat“ and „Electro Swing“ genres since 2001 . His international breakthrough came with the Balkan-Hip Hop single „The Chocolate Butterfly“ ft. Raf Camora (2003) and the Electro Swing follow up hit „Cinnamon Girl“ (2007). The album „Mountain Jumper“ (2015) was awarded the ORF „Album of the Year 2015“. [dunkelbunt] + Band is an internationally booked live act in the genres of „World“, „Global“, „Club“, „Balkan Beats“, „Electro Swing“.

Collaborations:
Raf Camora, Anuradha Genrich, Kadero Rai, Lisa Cantabile, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban Markovic Orkestar, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Waldeck, Hari Stojka, Otto Lechner, Balkan Beat Box, 17 Hippies, 5'Nizza, The Cat Empire, A-WA, Chancha Via Circuito, Sara Lugo and many more.

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