Citizen Maze

If you follow our channel, you are familiar with the man behind Mirror Tapes Recordings and Analogue Attic affiliate, Naarm/Melbourne-based Adam McCoy better known as Citizen Maze. We've been huge fans of McCoy's work both in the studio and behind the decks, which is equally impressive, full of ever-evolving textures and soundscapes. McCoy has found an ideal balance in his style where ambient sounds work in perfect symbioses with dancefloor-oriented percussive grooves, creating a dreamy atmosphere that fits a wide array of settings. 
The mix Citizen Maze made for us is a splendid journey with complex seamless rhythms layered with magnificent melodies and intricate soundscapes. The level of detail in this mix is simply astonishing. 

We are honored to have this mix from Citizen Maze in our catalog, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do.

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Citizen Maze on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citizen_maze/


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Adam McCoy is a musician and dj based in Melbourne, Australia. To some he might perhaps be better known as Citizen Maze, a producer who has developed a following for his abstract, ethereal take on ambient, house and techno.

His two releases on Analogue Attic were critically acclaimed for their wise, deep and pensive approach to the genre. They cemented him as a producer operating at a level very much beyond his years. 

When he approached us and asked if he could contribute a mix to our series we weren't entirely sure what to expect, we knew it might be dreamy, we knew it would be dubbed out. However, it's wholeheartedly interesting and refreshing to see an artist deliver a mix showcasing a different side to their own musical interests.

This time Adam digs deep for obscure IDM, Drum n Bass and focusses on setting a mood. 

This is a beautiful mix, strap in.

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Citizen Maze: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Off-kilter dub journey.

Read more: https://www.orbmag.com/music/podcast/orb-podcast-056-citizen-maze/

@citizenmaze
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Orb Podcast 056: Citizen Maze

Adam McCoy is a talented Melbourne based music producer and live act under the alias; Citizen Maze. 

Much of Adams material focuses around the interplay of ambience in collaboration with dance music, reflected all too well in his inaugural EP for Analogue Attic Recordings - ‘Serenity In The Woods’. 

The track sequence for ‘trailmix. one’ takes inspiration from a long drive in overcast weather, echoing the calming transition felt whilst moving from ordinary Melbourne suburbia, to a more sensuous Wye River. 

Many of the tracks featured contain a vast selection of field recordings carefully blended together with expansive atmospherics and deep, introspective grooves.

Pack some Almonds, head outside, and get a taste for what inspires much of Adams own work.

trailmix. one by citizen maze

Click here for the interview with Citizen Maze: melbournedeepcast.net/citizen-maze

A couple of months into studio isolation and Melbourne's @citizenmaze presents us with a new live set and our deepest trip yet! Hitting the radars in 2018 with a debut EP of four incredible mind melters for local label Analogue Attic, Citizen Maze (aka Adam McCoy) has an innate sense for the natural spaces we inhabit, intertwining serene soundscapes, organic drum sounds and synthesised atmospheres custom built for deep sonic introspection. Ready your mind for a trance inducing bliss-out, live sounds from the suburbs of Melbourne and beyond!

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MDC.244 Citizen Maze

Welcome Citizen Maze to the Butter Mix!

Adam McCoy is a Naarm / Melbourne based live performer + DJ with an ultra refined sound. His inaugural EP ‘Serenity In The Woods’ released on Analogue Attic, 2018 captured the labels signature sound of field recordings, organic drum grooves and deep pads with elements of jazz. In this mix that zone is expanded upon. A perfectly executed exploration of ambient spaces and dance music rhythms spread over a two hour session that’s sure to take you somewhere fantastic. For lovers of deep-ambient-techno, feathery jungle and slightly sinister dub wise vibrations. Keep an ear out for his next EP on Analogue Attic coming soon!

@citizenmaze
@analogueattic

Butter Mix #94 - Citizen Maze

I discovered Adam through his EP on @analogueattic, which has become one of my longstanding favourite local releases.  I've been a big fan of his creations ever since.

I love the way he always manages to find the perfect balance between ambient and dance, with many of his tracks featuring acoustic instruments. Every new track he sends me is even more charming, innovative and unique than the last.

Thanks for this beautiful mix Adam! @citizenmaze

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Animix Ten: Citizen Maze

@citizenmaze, a.k.a. Adam McCoy, is among the most interesting talents to emerge from Melbourne in recent years. As an artist, much of his work explores the interplay between ambient sounds, acoustic instrumentation and dance music, creating lush, beautiful compositions which also find a natural fit as sophisticated club pieces. 

This approach was perfectly highlighted in his 2018 release on @analogueattic, Serenity In The Woods. Produced using a gaming laptop, a motorised Beringher mixer, and Fruity Loops, this EP showcases richly textured, intricate soundscapes, and blended field recordings with organically percussive grooves and live instrumental elements - all drenched in some of the most sublime-sounding pads we’ve had the pure pleasure of hearing. 

On the horizon for 2020-21 is the release of a second EP on Analogue Attic, plus the launch of Adam's own label, Mirror Tapes, which promises to delve deeper into the intersection of ambient sounds, dance music and experimental sound design.

This mix for Patterns of Perception, recorded alone at home on a stormy isolation-period night, also showcases Adam’s masterful attention to texture and soundscape, but in rhythmical terms brings more energy and intensity. Seemingly effortless shifts between tempos and genres flow organically, yet never muddy the distinctive atmosphere – both industrial and dreamy – present throughout the recording.

Links:
@citizenmaze
https://analogueattic.bandcamp.com/album/serenity-in-the-woods
https://www.facebook.com/CitizenMaze/
https://www.instagram.com/citizen_maze/

Patterns of Perception 69 - Citizen Maze

1st mix in the series by label curator Citizen Maze.

Photography by Patrick McCoy

Mirrors 001 - Citizen Maze

Rosa 009 - Citizen Maze

Name: Fallon
Alias: Darwin (@darwinspec)
Pronouns: She 
Location: Berlin/ Puerto Escondido 

Influences: sci fi, waves, transcendental experiences, collective energy 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Runs the REEF party @ Berghain and SPE:C Records, part of Clean Scene, an environmental initiative for our community

Favorite Quote: “For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” -Carl Sagan

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: This is your time! Dont let any-fucking-one tell you otherwise <3

With this mix Darwin asks to please learn more about and consider getting involved with: Clean Scene (https://cleanscene.club/)

About the mix: "This is to the summer lost, to going nowhere, the autonomic... this is for the lovers and all the wave jumpers" -Darwin

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Daisychain 144 - Darwin

"This mix was made after a couple of weeks collecting music and producing non stop. Definitely a way to get me through isolation. I recorded all of it alone whilst sipping cheap wine in the dining room - it's actually fun to party by yourself once in a while - you feel that you don't have to read the crowds vibe, you just do as you please" @citizenmaze

Cover: 'Study for Homage to the Square', Josef Albers (1964)

LXXXVII - citizen maze

Melbourne-based Citizen Maze presents us with an absorbing recording this week, unlike most of what we have seen before in the series. The rising artist has a distinguished taste and approach where he knows exactly how-to composition textural layers of sound, which unobtrusively pulls you into musing atmospheres. Back in 2018, Citizen Maze released his debut EP ‘Serenity In The Woods’ with four incredible and truly mind-melting tracks. As Forsvarlig Arkiv we are elated to feature Adam in the series. So please be sure to ready your mind for some veracious delight. Enjoy.

SC: @citizenmaze
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Forsvarlig Podcast Series 085 - Citizen Maze

Next on the podcast is this full-field wonder from Naarm/Melbourne's Citizen Maze, member of the beloved Analogue Attic family and curator of the Mirror Tapes series. This set is a boundless horizon, a mix overflowing with so much pure, radiant feeling that you'll swear it was twice as long. Its density is staggering, yet moments of gentle and poetic bliss coalesce like visions in the fog. As melody burns into afterimage and heartbeat becomes rhythm, our senses give in completely. Enjoy this one, and thanks Citizen Maze!

@citizenmaze
@mirrortapes

Artwork by Alyce Currier.

Sure Thing Mix 102: Citizen Maze

Not a musician. Here for listening pleasure, sharing mixes, and promoting the artists whose work I so dearly appreciate.

Citizen Maze

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