Still one of my favorites. Can't wait for the next album. You inspire me Nanagon.

From the debut album "Dust Red Skies".
Release date: September 9th, 2013

Vocals by Angie Donkin.
Produced and engineered by Nonagon.
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield at Audible Oddities.

Temporary track artwork by Kalliope Amorphous.
www.behance.net/kalliope-amorphous

Shadowless

The Nonagon Remix of Hopscotch's Emotion. 
check more from Nonagon https://soundcloud.com/nonagon

Get the whole remix pack!  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotion-remixes-ep/id715624798

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Emotion (Nonagon Remix)

We regularly feature fantastic breaks and house sets on this podcast, but every now and then we have to flip the script. And that's why we're so excited about this week's special guest mix from Nonagon. He's a local producer who flawlessly blends a crazy range of musical styles from... well, we'll let him tell ya. 

Nonagon sez: 

For a guy who's constantly reminding everyone that he's not a DJ ("producer and controllerist" just doesn't have the same ring to it), I had a great time with my Ripecast debut. Because I only play original material in my live sets, being able to draw from the entire history of recorded sound was an awesome and humbling experience. It was like Christmas day in the world's biggest candy store!

I built this mix exclusively from songs that deeply affect me. Some punch me in the gut. Some burrow into my brain. Some play games with my feet. All of them have a piece of my heart. My goal was to create a sonic journey through all the ways that I connect with music. My goal was NOT to throw gasoline on the party fire (though there are some moments…); instead I started at the beginning and let the feel of each song and the emotional arc of the overall story dictate how the pieces fit together. I hope you enjoy the ride!

About Nonagon
As a producer, Nonagon is at once technical, intuitive, and expressive. His focus on marrying emotion and beauty to the raw core of underground dance music has led to a large body of original work running the gamut from grimy hip hop to cinematic drum 'n bass. He is also the production half of the new trip-hop / downtempo duo "Dust Red Skies" with vocalist Angie Donkin.

As a performer, Nonagon brings the skill and technique of a traditional instrumentalist to the cutting-edge of live electronic music. His live sets -- always composed entirely of original music -- are heavily improvised through hands-on manipulation of a carefully-curated combination of commercial and hand-built hardware and software. An engineer and contributor to live electronic music site Controllerism.com, Nonagon is constantly pushing the state-of-the-art and setting new standards for electronic music performance.

Every Nonagon release (two albums and an EP so far), all of the remixes he has rights to distribute, AND the brand new Dust Red Skies debut album are available on a pay-what-you-want basis on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. Check them out!

Links
http://nonagon.net

http://soundcloud.com/nonagon
http://nonagon.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nonagonsf
https://twitter.com/9gon

https://soundcloud.com/dust-red-skies
http://dustredskies.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dustredskies
https://twitter.com/dustredskies

Nonagon - RIPEcast 2013

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HTRK - Poison (Mika Vainio Remix)

Robot Koch feat John Lamonica _ Nitesky
taken from the album "the other side"

http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side | http://www.projectmooncircle.com/ | http://www.robotsdontsleep.com/

Berlin producer Robot Koch is back for his third full length release, “The Other Side”.

Although Robot Koch has an international reputation as being "One of Europe`s finest producers of the beat generation" (Low End Theory), he is much more than just a beatmaker… “(Post)-dubstep infused Electronic Hip Hop“ is far too constrained a label to understand what this producer is all about. Instead of following the sound of his previous albums “Death Star Droid” ("Essential listening" - Bobby Friction BBC) and “Songs For Trees and Cyborgs“ ("Music for a modern age that has rarely sounded so good” - Boomkat), Koch takes the genre defying ingredients from these previous records to another level. There still are some of those “Galactic ten ton beats and space age melodies“ (Dazed and Confused) that made the previous albums staple drops in the playlists of Mary Anne Hobbs, Starkey, Daedelus and Gaslamp Killer to name a few, but there is a new dimension to Koch`s production and songwriting that didn’t show on his previous records.

The cinematic vibe of tracks like “Nitesky”, the quirky and moody feel of “Bugs” and the electricity of “Tapedeck” show how Koch more than ever manages to create intimate and timeless pieces of music that are soulful, deep, mysterious and that will appeal to fans of cutting edge Electronica and modern pop music alike. This is the most personal record of Robot Koch to date. Instead of going for big name features Koch teamed up with lesser know artists like Kansas based vocal talent John LaMonica, long time friend and theatre composer Nielson and mexican singer/songwriter Graciela Maria to find the right voices for his compositions. John LaMonica infuses his whimsical and heartfelt melodies that breathe an air of darkness and nostalgia with Koch`s fresh and forward thinking instrumentals to create something that fans of Radiohead, The XX and Jamie Lidell should not sleep on.

”I`m glad John contacted me, we were thinking of collaborating on one song for my album but it ended up being five songs, they were all fantastic and helped me find the right direction for ‘The Other Side’.”

After the release of the John Robinson collaboration album (“Robot Robinson” – Project Mooncircle) earlier this year, it seems surprising how extensive Robert’s output is, but don’t be mistaken, this album is a longer term project than just releasing the songs Koch made in the last year. Some of the songs found on “The Other Side” were made seven years ago.

”I didn’t know what to do with songs like ‘Bugs’ back then. Now it felt like the time has come to release them, they just made sense with of the most recent stuff I’ve been making and it all fell into place. But it was not an easy album for me to make. The previous albums just came together rather quick but this one was a real mission, something I’ve been trying to do for years and I could never really get it together until now.”

Legendary John Peel (BBC) knew in 2003 already when he said about Koch`s productions "Wonderful and strange, pop music from the future“.
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011

Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)

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Beacon - Split In Two

A new project from 
producer Nonagon 
and vocalist Angie Donkin.

Debut album available NOW! http://dustredskies.bandcamp.com/
Coming to iTunes, Spotify, etc. October 9th.

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Dust Red Skies

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