https://www.dratmagazine.com/

"Ella Blou is a DJ seeking the worlds we find only in dreams. Non-spaces, non-objects, and dereality preoccupy her imagination, but it isn't enough to be simply far from home. The visions and feelings in Ella's beckoning mixes are that of the impossibly familiar.

DRAT BROADCAST is created with love from fond memories of places we've never been, dear relationships with people who don't exist. It is a cryptic, playful challenge to the bizarre gloom that nostalgia so sweetly evokes. Explore your new hometown, face the strange. Dream while waking."

In early 2021 I had the pleasure of compiling and mixing a soundtrack for the online launch of Drat Magazine. Holding a deep affinity with the themes and semantics behind Esmeralda’s vision for the publication, I felt compelled to capture the essence of the digital escapism we grew up on. 

Honing in on the ambient, orchestral movements of god-player-mode PC gaming soundtracks that evoke the 3D rendered spaces and simulations of what modern suburban civilisation should look like, whilst later delving into the melancholy, bratty, ethereal, raw, emotional reality of a bygone youth. Featuring music from near and far, friends, enigmas, and heroes, here is a highly considered jumble of audio vistas.

DRAT BROADCAST: A Mixtape For Exploring Strangetown

https://softquest.world
https://www.mixcloud.com/RTM_FM/soft-quest-piggybankshoe-w-ella-blou-300421/

much love and thanks to @piggybankshoe for inviting me to be on April's show and for having such a beautiful vision!

SOFT QUEST 30/04/21 Ella Blou guestmix :3

For the 8th instalment of Transient Landscapes, Im thrilled to be joined by Boundary @bndofc! Based in the Dominican Republic, he has been putting out luscious breaks and ambient IDM dance gems left right and centre, with a gorgeous EP, Geotag IV, out earlier this year on his bandcamp and a stellar release on @secretsundaze earlier in 2020. He is easily one of my favourite producers and has kindly put together a wonderfully uplifting guestmix for the second half of the show :)
May bubbles, blossoms and blue sky shine through your headphones! Enjoy xxx

https://bndofc.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bndofc/
https://www.instagram.com/bndofc/

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~EP 8~ With Boundary 11/06/21

For the 9th edition of Transient Landscapes, I was delighted to be joined by New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based producer, DJ Chrysalis! @djchrisellis . Chris's playful production style first jumped out to me in 2019 after hearing his EPs out on @headrushenterprise, he has since released another stomper EP on @alfatriguena, fantastically layered progressive bangers laced with nuggets of bouncy grooves.

His mixes delve deep into evocative imagery and for that reason, I couldn't imagine a better guest for a 'place'-themed show. We have assembled a 2-hour 'non-place shopping centre special' inspired by the acoustics, seasons, anonymous shoppers, and the generally transient nature of consumer spaces that, in their hollowness, reflect our own lives back at us through a labyrinth of glossy glass, tiles, and tannoys. Enormous thanks to Chris for his absolutely beautiful contribution in the 2nd hour, in his own words:

"I imagined walking a shopping centre with sound canceling headphones seeing tall walls of candy-coloured consumables; swirling seas of desperate, urgent shoppers vying for the cheapest electronics; occasionally getting stuck in a loop - physically and mentally; taking right turn after right turn, sometimes calm, sometimes alarmed, always looking for an exit"

Much love and thanks always to Skylab-Radio <3

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~EP 9~ With DJ Chrysalis 24/09/21

Massive love and gratitude always to @skylab_radio for having me
https://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e10

SKYLAB

Transient Landscapes ~ Episode 10 ~ 16/04/22

https://noodsradio.com/shows/ella-blou-19th-november-22

A lovely welcome to living in a new city! Thanks for having me Noods :) <3

Artwork: Betty Parsons

Radio

Noods Radio 19.11.22

https://camfm.co.uk/shows/playtime-radio/
https://www.facebook.com/playtimecambridge

Many thanks to the angels behind CAMfm's 'Playtime' show, Ynys LB Masterson @ynys-lbmasterson and Talulah Thomas for the invitation <3

Ella Blou 'Playtime' guestmix on CAMfm 27.11.22

The first instalment of a 3 part, Bi-monthly residency on @noodsradio

Noods Radio

Noods Radio 18.01.23

https://noodsradio.com/shows/ella-blou-15th-march-23

Noods

Noods Radio 15.03.23

Squidgy, bouncy birthday cake mix to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Bristol's beloved Disk Frisk! Many thanks to Kayne and Corey for the invite

Ximer

Disk Frisk 1st Bday CAKEMIX Noods Radio 7.05.23

Noods Radio 10.05.23

love to https://noodsradio.com/

It’s midsummer a decade or two ago, you’re eating grapes in a park somewhere in a European city, the sun is searing through the trees, shadows are long, the sky, a peachy watercolour. You’re going out later to meet some friends at a bar, then maybe get bouncy n squeaky at the club, your ipod synchronises with every chapter of the night, life’s good. Artwork is by the Portuguese artist, Lourdes Castro

Noods Radio 05.07.23

For this episode I’m joined by @danielvrinov, a designer and DJ based between Croatia and London. In the wake of a major UK heatwave, we’ve put together a 30min-each indulgent extravaganza of Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi, and Café Del Mar compilation anthems that defined our childhood, and that now define our dj present☝️😌 full circle 🔄

NOODYS W DNLL

Noods Radio w/ dnll 13.09.23

Joining me from 24.55 minutes in, a delightful 🎀🧮🪄 guest mix from the lovely @brocolijoli aka Julia Henderson 🎈a french multi-disciplinary artist, photographer, and the genius behind this show's handmade artwork! Julia is also a wonderful DJ, weaving music like a tapestry, her mixes hatch the emotions, dreams and sensations of being alive.

Noods Radio w/ Julia Henderson 08.11.23

Unknown Album

Noods Radio 12.01.24

@andreas_palmer is a DJ, music tastemaker and architect working with sound and space. Known for his sassy, radiating vibe, bass-infused and house-fueled music blends. Palmer has been a loyal initiator and supporter of the evolving electronic & dance music scene in Athens 💙
~ and with that, SASS is SERVED, long time internet pals unite for the first time to deej in person 🥲

Noods Radio w/ Andreas Palmer 28.02.24

hOYPED to have a guestmix from NYC producer on my April Noods show, a major major ‘boop’ Dj in my books 😤🌟🕹🎧 @djshshunj ! ! ! Yes, that is the inimitable composer behind the happy99.online spring/summer 2020 collection soundtrack- a fantastically stylish, funky, musical mind. 30 mins each, me/Shshunj, guaranteed fun, squeaky beats a-plenty, enjoi x

Noods Radio w/ DJ Shshunj 24.04.24

Work

Guest Mix for Early Bird Show w/ Pam 020524

International Blue

A farewell homage to the suburban parks, plazas and non-places of Paris, or if you wanna go full-on Marc Augé: "(advertising, image, leisure, freedom, travel)"

Asuka Ohta - Tilt City
Collapse - My Love (Ambient Drops)
Deepside - Prélusion
Berkana Sowelu - Solid Fuel
C.R.K - Les Étoiles Sont Plus Hautes Que Le Ciel
Sun Electric - Sonification
Detroit Escalator Company - Manual Transmission
Unreal - Twin Moon
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Blue 
Tourist Kid - Learn
System 7 (feat. Derrick May) - Big Cloud City
rRoxymore - Universal Struggle
Kelly Lee Owens - CBM
Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi - World Off


http://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-2

SKYLAB-RADIO

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 2 ~ SKYLAB RADIO ~ 01/09/2018

a gentle excursion to Moomin Valley, home to some dear childhood friends.

La Stèle des Pleurs - La Mort de L'Oiseau 
Sumio Shiratori - Muumin Tani Fuyu (Springtime In Moomin Valley intro) 
Suzanne Menzel - Goodbyes and Beginnings
Noise Abroad - The Valley of the Blue Men
Deux Filles - Oakwood Green
Klaus Schønning - Cygnus 
Samantha Glass - Return to the Sky Pt.3 
Pavel Ovsyannikov - Weightlessness 
Sven Grünberg - Linalakk Ja Rosalind
Wally Badarou - Mt. Fuji And The Mime
Magnus Lindgren - Troutfishing in America 
Eden Ahbez - Full Moon
Hajime Mizoguchi - 森の中のキング・コング
John Barry - Boom!
Ralf Kothe - Regendurst
Sumio Shiratori - スナフキンの旅立ち
MJ Lallo - Deep Dreams
Leafy Suburbs - L'Hermitage

http://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e3

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 3 ~ SKYLAB RADIO ~ 22/11/2018

fibreglass choir / urgent metallic tubes stab and crash but eventually dissolve into mirrored distance droplets.


New Composers - Crop Circles
Alexis Le Tan - We Are Full Circle
Marie Davidson - The Psychologist
Céline Gillain - Youth and Beauty
E-Unity - Everlasting Legacy (Collage Mix)
Bamao Yendé - Boukantié
The Bermuda Triangle - M
Steven Julien - Bloodline
Makeda - Me First
Overmono - iii's Front
Nostramus - Let's Fuck It Up
Tetrphnm - Track11
Palomatic - Halo
Jason Kolàr - Corners
Rei Harakami - Sequence 02


http://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e4

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 4 ~ SKYLAB RADIO ~ 05/04/2019

http://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e5

Back for Transient Landscapes E5 and thrilled to be joined in the second hour by Melbourne’s very own, Carmen K (@baba_sib / @carmensk )an artist, curator, film maker and DJ who makes fantastically rich and evocative mixes that I would strongly recommend giving a listen. She’s put together a beautiful selection titled « ‘COLD WINTER JAZZ’ a transcendental breeze dedicated to AW19.
For this episode, expect themes of distance, dappled dusty light, snippets of places and memories: some layered and abstract, some clear as blue sky.

1st hour ~ Ella Blou

Garland - S.am  
Leslie Winer -John Says 
Devushkin Son - Around The World
Rangers - Zeke's Dream (instrumental) 
Eleventeen Eston - East Perth Stories 
Robert Ashley - The Park 
Bartosz Kruczynski & Poly Chain - Quietism
Lara Sarkissian - Peninsula 
 Karl Lindh - Jag. Mitt Jaffe 
Ariel Kalma - Japanese Dream 
 Tom Wolgers - Söderscenario 
Baffo Banfi - Astralunato 
Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom - Talk 1
Thomas Almqvist - Dream Games 
General Strike (Steve Beresford and David Toop) - Next Day
 Nuno Canavarro - Blue Terra 
 Jon Hassell - Paris II 

2nd hour ~ Carmen K

Joel Andrews - Violent Flame Part1
Harold Budd - Two Songs: Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord / Butterfly Sunday
Yoshi Wada - Earth Horns with Electronic Drone 
Jocelyn Pook - Blow The Wind / Pie Jesu / Flood
Musica Sacra - Buddhistic Sh My & Gregorian Chant  
David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir - Arc Descendants / Multiplying Voices 
Aphrodites Child - Loud Loud Loud 
Robert Ashley - The Backyard 
Gondwanaland - Ephemeral Lakes 
Leif Andersson - Med Andra Ord
La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela - 13 | 73 5:35PM - 6:14:03PM NYC
Hollis Taylor - Absolute Bird 
Kuniyuki Takahashi - Day Dreams
David Parsons - Durga 
UnicaZürn - Stems of Shadowmind 
Emmanuelle Parennin - Le Sablier 
Ghédalia Tazartés - Ouvture Fragile 
Joanna Brouk - The Creative 
Amy Dickson & Willian Barton - Traditional: She Moved Through the Fair
Tomonari Nozaki - Introduction 
Ross Edwards - Water Spirit Song

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 5 ~ SKYLAB RADIO~ 06/09/19 With Carmen K

https://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e6

For the 6th Episode of Transient Landscapes I'm very excited to welcome the Finnish Dj and Fashion Designer, Emkay aka Maria Korkeila. Having just returned from Milan Fashion week where she presented her beautiful collection in collaboration with FISKARS Finland ™, it is such a joy to have her on the show with a delightful mix in the 2nd hour. Keep an ear out for wooshing breaks, zingy leads and some chunky bouncy beats. Check out her work and other mixes here! -> http://www.mariakorkeila.com/ @emkaybymk

Ella Blou

Coil - Theme from The Gay Man’s Guide to Safer Sex
Sweet Control featuring Georgie Ô - Lighter Than The Wind
Bjork - Human Behaviour (Close to Human Remix)
Axis Mundi - Parrot Scream
Lost Scripts - Giske
Alaska - Accuse
Girls Chat Room - Masticar Y Masticar
Paul B.Davis - Deep Wine
Leikeli47 - Bad Gyal Flex
exael - Room of Veiled Lights
Epsilove - Sea Snakes (HAJJ and Lastrack remix)
Estebahn - Monorail
Rolf Laureijs - Awareness
S-Transporter - S-Transporter 1
Mike Maureen - Dancing in the Dark (Galactica remix)
ADSR - Infinities of Life
László Hortobágyi - Organix

Emkay


Jeals - Finally (Original Mix)
Escape Artist - Carpentaria
Priori & RAMZi - Coeur Cassé ft. D.Tiffany
ANF - State/Function
Ex-terrestrial - Mojave Skyline (ANF Virtual Music Mix)
SANSIBAR - Technology
Furious Frank - Hallucinations
Sleep D - Central 
Roza Terenzi - Paranoia On Tap
DAWL - Let’s Go
Ronan - Dream Portal
Nathan Micay - The Party We Could Have
Yves Deruyter - Back To Earth
Psy Def X - Lunar 
Katerina - It’s Too Late

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 6 ~ SKYLAB RADIO ~ 17/01/20 With Emkay

https://skylab-radio.com/shows/transient-landscapes-e7

Welcome to Transient Landscapes Episode 07: a glimpse into 00's online learning games, boopy zippy bouncy soft play slides and Strangetown bops, where glitch shimmers meander into glistening melancholy and deep chasms of introspection.

In the beautiful words of Father Figure herself, "Since this pandemic began, I've been fortunate to find maself back in the town and the home in which I grew up. I've spent a lot of this time blissfully disconnected from everything new I'm normally in the habit of chasing. I've had a lot of time to piece together memories of the person I was before I moved away.
A bit inspired by the cringe of my late 00s self, cos it is of her which I am most often fondly thinking about here, this mix is a tribute to the sad end of slow times." @fatherfigure90

Tracklist:

-Ella Blou-

Don Campau - Life Coach Part 2 
Shakatak - Watchin’ The Rain
Tokenki - Cascade
Beth Anderson - Country Time
David Chesworth - No Particular Place
(Excerpt from Lampofilm’s ‘ Make New Figures - Two Dimensional / 2D Shapes from Learning Adventures')
SPACE GIRLS - who do you think, tengo sueño (¿tu qué piensas?)
Cyberia - Let Me Now (Extended Mix)
Ω Master - O-Mega-Temple 
DJ Chrysalis - All I Wanna Do (Dirty Club Edit)
Die Patinnen Teil II - Disco Dog
AMADEEZY - Bass Boss
Eden Burns - Organ Torque
CX  AUDIO  IE - Intro 
Takako Minekawa - Milk Rock (Cornelius Mix)
Nalepa - Blue
Pseudo Fruit - Pseudo Fruit 3
Mr Mitch, Milo MB & Oscar MB - Youth

Father Figure mix

TRANSIENT LANDSCAPES ~ EP 7 ~ With Father Figure 16/10/20

big thanks to @lyl_radio :)

tracklist: https://lyl.live/episode/ella-blou
artwork: Architects of Air 'Levity II' 2005

Ella Blou on LYL Radio 10/11/20

blue distance romantic • emoji poetess • civic impressionism évocatrice •  1/4 of 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓥𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓮

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