KMRU is a star in the making. In 2020, the Kenyan artist released three LPs – 'Peel', 'Jar' and 'Opaquer' – with the former landing via Viennese experimental imprint Editions Mego. All three releases – plus last month’s album, 'Logue' – signal an artist with a clear focus and boundless vision. 

Given his compelling approach to composition and arrangements, we thought we’d tap Kamaru for a specialist mix devoted to the sort of leftfield, experimental and ambient sounds he’s been quietly fashioning into something that sounds entirely unique to him. Kamaru’s mix showcases an array of tracks produced by Black artists from Africa, and the diaspora.

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Leftfield sounds from Africa and the diaspora – Mixed by KMRU

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This week we welcome UK producer and DJ, Laksa to our mix series. This one is packed with dance floor spirit, with heavy percussion, dramatic breaks and energetic rhythms maintaining the vibe throughout. Interlaced with snippets of audio from current politics, we twist and turn through selections in techno, funky, dancehall and more. Featuring unreleased music from Laksa himself alongside tracks from the likes of Jurango, Amor Satyr & SIM, this will seriously kickstart your day.

Cofounder of re:lax, the club-night and radio show with re:ni, Laksa is no stranger to enthralling listeners and dancers with his versatility, attracting the attention of labels such as Hessle Audio, Ilian Tape and Timedance.

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We are so thrilled to finally share this delicious mix recorded by the French/Polish DJ and producer ~ ina kacz. We met Ina last year in London during her visit and have immediately bonded over a few shared musical experiences, keeping in touch since. It feels so right to finally welcome her to the Introspective Electronics family. She recorded just over an hour of seamlessly flowing ambient textures weaved together with various shades of rhythm-driven experimental dance sounds for us  🤍

Ina’s music taste is refreshingly eclectic, yet she manages to keep her signature sound ~ combining deep atmospheres, breaks, tribalism and groove ~ well defined. A household name on her local Berlin scene, with DJ sets at Berghain and Tresor under her belt, Ina also tours around the globe, notably in Georgia, France, Portugal, or Colombia among other places. In 2022, she has released her first track ‘Sequoia’ as part of a compilation on the Colombian imprint ‘From A Lost Place’ 💫

This mix is the perfect example of challenging the frontiers between music for listening and dancing. Starting off patiently with droney ambient and glitchy downtempo, the mix picks up pace around its middle section to dive into heady, futuristic drum’n’bass weightlessness wrapped in soft, warm & fuzzy blankets of lush atmospherics. This one will take you places, we promise. Travel safe, friends! 

Sounds by @inakacz 🪶
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🫧

Podcast Series 34 | ina kacz

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00:00 pim
04:20 fens
07:42 bt gulf
10:58 delta
17:25 luc
19:35 neph
22:42 tele
27:30 strafe
32:13 tusk
36:05 phi
41:00 cry tuff
45:40 qua
49:27 gus
52:05 sabz
57:30 cypher

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And when it does happen—when things finally do "fall into place"—the moment is often quieter, more anticlimactic than we imagine. Not a triumphant crescendo, but a subtle, almost imperceptible shift. You look around and realize: Oh, is this it? Is this what I’ve been waiting for? The pieces are in place, but perhaps you’re not.

Andreas, who has been present since our very first party, is responsible for mix number 25 on Discos Movimiento. Titled "When Things Fall Into Place," the mix reflects his tendency to delve into electronic music's mental and sensory depths. Andreas creates a vortex where genres like ambient, deep psy, deep techno, psychedelia, trance, IDM, and bass converge. Through melancholic, textured, and hypnotic sounds, he captures the essence of the title: a harmony that emerges when everything falls into place. Inspired by the mystical landscapes of his native Scandinavia, the mix offers an immersive, meditative, and reflective experience that transports the listener to a space where the abstract and the tangible meet.

Artwork by Piero Demichelis

Andreas - When things fall into place / Mixtape Discos Movimiento #25

Residency show broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (22.11.2024)

Artist: @roelien

roelien @ Radio TNP 22.11.2024

i gotta say
i been attending to the bank
like everyday
im making a play
just in the way
i be getting paid 
ian never like a bitch know that they ain’t on shit
i would never like a nigga playing all that he say she say
nigga im saying
you couldn’t be me
& then this fit
came straight from my hand
stay out the way 
i gotta say
you don’t get paid to be talking on me & that’s far as i seee
you niggas been sleep
better not beef
grudges i keep
i gotta do what niggas don’t do
i gotta woo who nobody can woo & i mean what i say
i do not play
i just get cakee 
don’t play with my cakee
im passing the phone to a nigga that’s wrong
for ever thinking i wasn’t go pop
like fuck out me face 
i gotta say
i got romaine it’s all in my chase
i hop on the beat dissociating
hop on the scene off a lil xan
got smoke in my throaat 
so how do i know
if i should quit
if i should tote
leave me alone 
if you not talm 
about a bag you can render me gone
keeping my attitude on
drinking on Rena to sippin on Rum
planning to fight a garcon 
i couldn’t wait til i could put niggas on
Merica falling like Rome
the plan is get rich get money alone
i be alone on the road
cus trusting is something im not
yes i make money a lot
do nothing but still be on top

TRAPPING OUT THE BAG [PITCHED] (Prod. Kayonothuman)

A couple months ago I started a project to turn my normal journaling process into a channel flipping experience! All the scratch work and raw ideas packaged together. I noticed I loved listening to all my nascent and unfinished ideas playing through my composition journals, so I decided all the new ones I would start making into a listening experience!

Check out my YouTube channel for a simple visual that goes along with this piece. 
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https://www.spacecast.com.au/feature/lava-brain

It's an honour to present the first edition of the Space Cast mix series by good friend and wonderful human, Eric aka Lava Brain (@lava-brain). Eric is an exceptionally talented dj, producer and live visual artist. This year he released his debut single on his Bandcamp featuring two very distinct tracks, one of them a 19 minute long ambient exploration. Eric has created a stunning mix simultaneously capturing a sense of lightness and depth which has you drifting through subtle shifts in consciousness.

'I really love the concept for this mix series, diving into and appreciating the spaces between spaces, as well as the reflexive nature of the creation of art. Slowing down and getting lost in the spaciousness of music has been a great source of escape and solace for me this year. Spending less time listening to club-focused music has also inspired me to spend more time reflecting in nature and experimenting with some production of my own, using organic field recordings as a catalyst. Thanks to Space Cast Melbourne for allowing me to share this side of my music collection, putting together this mix felt like a meditative experience for me.'

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