I always welcome new music, new connections, new friendships that then come along. In this example, a track premiere by Joachim Spieth at the end of last year made me relisten to his works on Wolfgang Voigt’s  Pop Ambient series, taking me to releases on his very own Affin imprint and finally asking him for a mix. In this process, this seemingly random stranger quickly became a musical friend, as we exchanged grand ideas and connected with music. I really appreciated the spectrum of electronic music genres covered on Spieth’s German label and requested that he showcased the output through a traversal of styles. The result is a beautiful 90-minute journey that will take you from soothing to upbeat, through highs and through lows. I’m very happy with how it turned out and honoured to host this showcase on Headphone Commute. 

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Mixes

Affinities

Joachim Spieth - Affinities

This piece is part of my new album titled "In a Few Places Along the River" released today 01 February 2022 via Bandcamp.

https://abulmogard.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-few-places-along-the-river

In a Few Places Along the River

01/02/2022

Against a White Cloud

recorded at Gare Porto 17th September 2022 | Art Bei Ton 
event https://ra.co/events/1579051 
thanks to all involved!
https://linktr.ee/joachimspieth

@ Gare Porto 17|09|2022

An ambient soundscape from the unknown depths of the Zeropage Studio

Ambient Soundscape 20231020

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-303-abul-mogard

With his latest solo album Quiet Pieces initiating his imprint Soft Echoes, Abul Mogard mixes composers and collaborators that have permeated his discography and inspirations. An impeccable sense of flow and continuity defines these selections, as Mogard says: "I imagined this mix as an atmosphere you could inhabit – a quiet weave of pieces I’m drawn to. It’s a sound collage of old and new music, where tracks meet and overlap gently, carrying you along in a flow while subtly shifting the scenery beneath your feet." From groaning ambience to trilling winds and warm washes of glitching noise comes a frisson of flutes on Stefano Pilia’s ‘CADUX / Plectere’ over an all consuming rumbling bass drone. Mogard highlights vocals in the midsection: the hissing of ‘Anticredos’, Meredith monk’s harmonic conterplay with arrays of pointillist vocal notes, Félicia Atkinson’s spoken word barely rising from its quietude, before brewing a dense buzzing electrical storm of swirling currents and gyres with the final few tracks, the rugged and visceral clockwork of Rafael Anton Irisarri mechanically crumbling as William Basinski’s piano notes eternally intone.

Bleep Mix #303 - Abul Mogard

Fractal (Techno version)

MTRL @ Jim Camp Festival (28.07.2018)during IO night.

Visuals by Polygonia (www.instagram.com/_polygonia_).

Thx @das_netzwerk for having us.

Tracks:

MTRL x Epsilon - Tide pt.01
Claudio PRC - Night Shift
Feral - Reaching the Peak
Dycide - Instant
Giorgio Gigli - Introspection
Circular Limited - Maath ovum
Relic Radiation - Outermost
Reeko - Desolation (Deep Version)
Ntogn - Draki
Ntogn - Ziggurath
Natch Records - Unwise (Polar Inertia Remix)
HOBI - Noxious Stimuli
Periskop - North IV
Feral - Descending (A Shaman's Dub)
Ben Preisinger - Amandine
MTRL x Epsilon - shore.01
Ntogn - Susurrus
ITRAKLEN - ossified current
Ruptur3 - Akyna
Rrose - The Stare
MTRL x Epsilon - shore.02
Lucy x Rrose - Stained Glass
Deepbass - Process (Cio D'Or Remix)
Ena - Froth
Cio D'or - Wirbelkraft
MTRL x EPSILON - shore.03
Kas:st -  Pathos
Svreca & Voices From The Lake -  Isolation
Svarog - Third Myth
Crossing Avenue - Crucial
Acronym - The Sending
MTRL - Chandrila
MTRL - Iego
Dycide x MTRL - fear
MTRL x EPSILON - shore.04
Dycide x MTRL - Esca
MTRL x EPSILON -Tide pt.02
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2
Tensal - Roj0

MTRL @ JIM CAMP FESTIVAL 2018

Eon Archive (Epsilon Interpretation)

Part 1: BAYOU 
hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/bayou 

Part 2: SAVANNAH 
hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/savannah 

Part 3: PLATEAU 
hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/plateau 

Written produced and mixed by David Sabel.
Artwork by Henrik Jacobson.
Mastered by Mattias Fridell.

Love and light

Fractal (Techno version)

Bakke