"Amalgam of sounds, nuances and atmospheres. Always seeking the best frequency to transition. A kaleidoscopic journey of countless landscape possibilities. Choose your own adventure."

Sabla (@sabla) is a project born and raised in Turin, devotely committed to the study of hypnotic sounds and polyrhythmics. He’s co-founder of Gang of Ducks (@gang-of-ducks), a collective which takes care of music releases, editorial issues and art projects. In November 2021 he has released his first album, Music for Melted Floors, on Pensaments Sònics, a new project run by the team of Hivern Discs.

HOCast #149 - Sabla

Preparing for what did not eventuate. Recorded at home, April 2023.

Music for non-existing chill out rooms

"These records changed my emotional perspective on music." Recorded live at Dekmantel, the Italian techno artist dissects the records that shaped his approach to DJing and production.

There are few artists as widely respected as Donato Dozzy, who is known for his unique approach to building hypnotic, acid-infused atmospheres as a solo artist and as one half of Voices From The Lake. He is also a singular curator at the head of Spazio Disponibile alongside Neel, and a DJ with a reputation for building sophisticated and slowly unwinding sets at festivals like Labyrinth, Terraforma and Horst, as well as in public spaces and museums.

In this Exchange live from Dekmantel 2023, Resident Advisor's editor-in-chief, Whitney Wei, asks Dozzy about the songs that shaped his craft in our Playing Favourites flagship series. He takes us back to his childhood, playing the first track that introduced him to electronic music before moving chronologically through his life and the pieces that acted as lynchpins in his creative development. He discusses how he grew up in a musical household, listening to classical orchestrations with his parents before finding Italo disco and the stylings of Giorgio Moroder, Lory D and The Future Sound of London. These albums, he says, influenced how he builds his sets, leaning into slowly unfolding narratives as he moves from one track to another. "When I started releasing albums, I decided that I wanted to create stories," he says. Listen to the episode in full.

Tracklist:
Franco Battiato - Summer on a Solitary Beach
Giorgio Moroder - The Chase
Lory D - Abrupt Interruption
The Future Sound of London - Cascade
Kruder & Dorfmeister - DJ Kicks 1996
Mike Parker - Dispatches
Die Woodys - Fitchtl's Lied
Verde Prato - Nina Sonando
Donato Dozzy - Valentina

EX.675 Donato Dozzy

recorded live on the 22/8/23 at the beach of Sabaudia for "Le Passeggiate Poetiche"

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recorded on the 23/8/23 in Sabaudia, for "Le Passeggiate Poetiche"

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A recent unplanned show in Bejing was a rare chance for me to share what I call my 'love songs' - beautiful, emotive records, most of which have been with me for a long time. I've only DJ'd this way a few times, and this is the first time I've got the recording. While many of the tracks have beats, I tried playing them in an ambient way, gentle and simple. Music from: Function, NWAQ, Larry Heard, Plastikman, old Kompakt and Dial-related, a few recent selections + more. Thanks to Lyu Zhiqiang (@mohemann) for making it happen. I sincerely appreciate the people who follow and listen to my sets, I am happy to share this with you.

Love songs in Beijing

This month we welcome Tokyo-based electronic sound artist and lyricist, Yumi Iwaki.

Yumi is an extraordinary talent, who layers her voice, acoustic instruments, field recordings, modular synthesisers, and small synthesisers, as if travelling through an imagined landscape.

Her mix takes us through a selection of music she likes to listen to when she wants to relax, but at the same time add something spicy. The flow of sounds take her to different places while in a daze.

Tracklist:

1. Zane Trow - a call from minyon falls [Room40, 2021]
2. IDRA & Hiroshi Ebina - IV [Mystery Circles, 2022]
3. Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft - Hanging Glass Structure [Melody As Truth, 2017]
4. Suso Saiz - Scrub Your Ego [Music From Memory, 2019]
5. Ryan J Raffa & Yumi Iwaki  - Rains of Keelung [泊人ANKR, 2023]
6.  |||||||||||||||||||| - Outlook Remains Untouched [self-released, 2021]
7. Valance Drakes & Ivan Shopov - Our Choices Are Prepaid [Etheraudio Records, 2018]
8. Ann Annie - By Morning [self-released, 2022]
9. Carlos Ferreira - Imaginary Soundscape I (Postcard Six) [Past Inside the Present, 2020]
10. Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi - Trebizond [Shelter Press, 2021]
11. Bana Haffar - Sit Still [Touch, 2023]
12. Federico Durand - Salvia [laaps, 2021]
13. r beny - alone in the pavillion [self-released, 2020]
14. J Foerster / N Kramer - Four Glass Steps [Leaving Records, 2021]
15. Shuttle358 - Can you prove I was born [12k, 2015]

Mix mastered by Holosuite Mastering
Artwork by Clayton Ciolac

The Observatory - Yumi Iwaki

A love letter to the BWCA, deployed at Omega Lake, a mix for the quietest rave. An incredible autumnal trip that saw the aurora borealis make an appearance for three nights in a row. Music for listening during the quiet hours...


TRACKLIST:

Toàn :: malachite :: Phonolite

KMRU :: Uneven :: Drawing Water

Taylor Deupree :: Rhythn :: Harbor

Hainbach :: Into The Fabric :: Voice Magnetic

ovïd :: everything changes, nothing perishes :: everything changes, nothing perishes

TEREKKE :: Swim :: Plant Age

Alexi Baris :: Tilde :: Support Surfaces

DJ Olive :: Baby's Out :: Fir

Echoton :: Deafening Silence :: Metamachine

Illusion of Safety :: Stillpoint :: In Opposition To Our Acceleration

Yumi Iwaki :: Sleepless Forest :: Nocturnal

Glacis & The Humble Bee :: Five (V3) :: 6X5

Gramm :: siemens.bioport :: personal rock

Günter Schlienz :: September :: Autumn

Annea Lockwood :: For Ruth :: Tête-à-tête

Omega Lake - BWCA Mix '23

"I’d like to find out what reality i’m in"

Tracklist:

Vidna Obmana - Spatial Prophecy (Song Of The Tribal)
natural/electronic.system. - Terrae Nullius
Al Chem - Prophet
Loop LF - Terra
B12 - Terra Incognita
Dino Sabatini - Afra
Deano - Terra Amata
Dark Arts - Songs Of Earth And Sky
Elverlys - Prophecy

session (prophet/terra)

This month’s episode welcomes Reykjavik based Australian producer, composer, and sound artist @BenFrost. Early albums like Theory of Machines, By The Throat, and Solaris established Ben Frost as a frontrunner in conceptual, boundary-pushing, and sometimes aggressive electronic music — echoed in his earth shaking live performances, which themselves are celebrations of spine tingling bass frequencies and volume. 

Not for the faint of heart, his music is inspired by punk rock guitar, minimalism, and in the case of his most recent album, heavy metal, often eschewing storytelling altogether in favour of a visceral, physical musical experience. And yet, his work in film and TV scoring, dance, and even opera suggests he’s still interested in narrative artwork. 


In this conversation, Ben and I explore the different facets of storytelling, or lack thereof, as a musician, his new album Scope Neglect, and his approach to composition across these decidedly different fields.


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Music:

"Unreal in the Eyes of the Dead" - Ben Frost (2024)
"Chimera" - Ben Frost (2024)
"Ich Dachte, Ich Haette Mehr Zeit" - Ben Frost, from the Netflix series Dark (2019)
"The Burning World" - Ben Frost (2022)

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