In the beginning of August there was a short window of opportunity to do club events in Riga again. Yours truly performed within a line-up set up shortly before announcing the night and was happy to play after a wonderful set from @markdartau and before the closing of the night by @skdsc 

This recording spans an array of records from the past and future and it was truly a pleasure to feel this music loud; the recording does not replicate that, but maybe it shall serve as a document to this weird time in contemporary history since the club – @clubserviss – is now closed too. 

Here is a partial tracklist for those interested: https://buymusic.club/list/elvisoulsystems-elvi-soulsystems-last-minute-at-serviss-aug-2021 

Featuring beautiful pieces from @canillacanilla, @pangarmusic, @danglesmaxime, @the-subliminal-kid, @jass-29, @gooooose, @iambruce, @panstarrs, @nzenze, @antakaatweed, @ellll, @el-se, @borusiade, @decemberxxx

Elvi Soulsystems Last Minute at Serviss AUG 2021

Hosted by @clubserviss in a new location called "Diagonāle" just before Christmas yours truly played a bit over two hours of some of the stuff that stood out this year in music that is akin to dark rooms and movement (even if it were in one's own mind). This should not be considered the classic "yearmix" that Elvi Soulsystems is used to doing – this is just a pretty impulse-driven DJ set that happened to have the constraints of not playing anything that has come out earlier than 2021. It was pretty hot in the studio-type basement space that this was recorded in, so don't judge on the skipping of rhythm at some points there. Love! 

Tracklist? Let's try. 

Featuring music from:
@user-706002706 
@voltek 
@ioiooioooiooioi
@granul 
@Gantz 
@vtss
@simocell
@el-se
@shespellsdoom
@glimmer_man
@batuuk
@rroxymore
@call-super
@zulimusic
@freddymn 
@user-821602187
@ellll
@nazareth-1
@ternesc
@tnght
@nzenze 
@panstarrs
@antakaatweed
@canillacanilla
@keitosuzuki
@para-one
and other people that we could not find on the cloud.

Elvi Soulsystems, Diagonāle 18. XII 2021

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photography by Kaspars Kursišs

ON NIGHT

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FOR THE NIGHT

THIS IS A 5-H RECORDING OF A DJ SET AT A BASEMENT IN RIGA THAT USED TO BE A SMALL CLUB CALLED DIAGONĀLE; BEFORE THE PLACE CLOSED DOWN THERE WAS AN INTENTION TO DO THIS THING CALLED TROKSNIS (LATVIAN FOR "NOISE") REGURARLY; MAYBE IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, MAYBE 5 HOURS OF A TRIP IS ALL WE NEED

TROKSNIS, 4 APR 2022

The Edit We're In

OOO-OOOOO (ELVI&FREE)

DO IT TO THE (FULL VERSION)

LOVE OVER GOLD EDIT

LEDIŅA GADA MARŠS

CRYSTALLINE (SOULSYSTEMS LIVE GARAGEHEAD BOUNCE)

“PALDIES LABĀKĀ DEJU MŪZIKAS GRUPA LATVIJĀ NEVIENS NEZIN TIEŠĀM? NU KĀ TAD TĀ KA NEVIENS NEZIN NĒ BET VIENS TĀ NORMĀLI SKAĻI VAR PATEIKT LAI ES SAPROTU MAN IR DĀVANA NU ES GRIBĒTU DZIRDĒT NĒ TUR VIENS GRIBĒJA KAUT KO TEIKT NĒ NĒ TAS NAV IZMĒĢINAM VĒL VIENREIZ TO KAS BIJA NO SĀKUMA TĀ UN TAGAD VĒLREIZ KONKURSA UZDEVUMS KAS IR LABĀKĀ DEJU MŪZIKAS GRUPA LATVIJĀ MALAČI TAM KURŠ PAREIZI PATEICA IR SINGLS VIŅA MAZLIET IZJUKA BEZ UZREIZ IEGUVA VAIRĀK DALĪBNIEKI UN ŠODIEN ŠODIEN PRET MILITĀRSIMU ĀĀĀ OOO TUR DZIRDĒT LEJĀ VAR? ČAU VISIEM ŠODIEN ES NEZINU KĀ JUMS BET MUMS GRUPAI IR NOTEIKTI IR TĀDA DĪVAINA DIENA JO MĒS PIRMO REIZI ŠAJĀ GADĀ ESAM IZNĀKUŠI SVAIGĀ GAISĀ UN PAMETUŠI KULTŪRAS NAMU SMACĪGĀS SIENAS TĀ KĀ VISPĀR ĻOTI LABI UN AR TO LAIKU ARĪ GODĪGI SAKOT ARĪ IR ŠAUSMĪGI NOSPĪDĒJIS UN PRAKTISKI ŠOVAKAR MĒS UZSTĀSIMIES SINGLĀ PRAKTISKI CIK ES SAPROTU MĒS ARĪ VARAM SĀKT TĀTAD 3 2 1 UN VISS NOTIEK PATEICOTIES TAM KA MĒS IENĪSTAM TĀDU LIETU KĀ MILITĀRISMU”

LABAAKAA-DEJU-MUUZIKAS-GRUPA-LATVIJAA.MP3

ONE FOR THE ARTIST. VIDEO VERSION HERE: YOUTU.BE/Nf0WmHwXxmE

HEREWEARE

Went through the old folders and found some of the soundtrack we did together with @kristaps-krievs for the Aik Karapetian 2012 film People Out There (Люди там) – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783254/ 
We did the piece from a few piano chords from way back that we re-recorded on a grand piano at a school. It was an honour to work on our first ever feature film soundtrack and have the pleasure of liking the film ourselves.

PEOPLE THERE (MAIN THEME)

OLD LOVE/ELVI DUB

EPITAPH

"YOU WANNA GET THERE SOON 
I WANNA GET THERE LAST"

WAS HOPING THE MAN COULD HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS BUT WITHIN HIS LIFETIME SOMEHOW DIDN'T MANAGE TO SEND IT OVER TO HIM. SO NOW I'M SENDING IT OUT INTO THE DIGITAL VOID AND HOPING I'VE DONE NO WRONG TO HIS LEGACY. IT'S FAR FROM A EULOGY, RATHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ENJOYING PEOPLE ENJOYING ON THE DANCE FLOOR FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.

SLOW (SOULSYSTEMS EDIT)

THE B-SIDE TO THAT SINGLE THAT NEVER WAS.

UNTITLED (ELVI&FREE)

CLIMAX VOCAL LEAN DUB (VIP)

WRITTEN AND SUNG BY LINDA LEEN. RECORDING OF SAID VOCAL RESHAPED AND REMODELLED WITHOUT USING ANY SYNTHESIS OR DRUM MACHINES OR OTHER SAMPLES. HENCE THE "VOCAL LEAN". A THANKYOU FOR THE MIXDOWN & MASTER TO THE WONDERFUL @minciisha-ieraksti

WHO IS IN CHARGE (ELVI VOCAL LEAN REPRISE)

THE ELVI VOCAL LEAN REPRISE AND DUB OF @pikasolv "U (CAN KEEP YOUR COOLS)" AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. MIXDOWN + MASTER BY ANDIS ANSONS AT @mute-lv

U (ELVI VOCAL LEAN DUB)

AGAINST THE SKY EDIT

BUY/SUPPORT

HEARTLAND

Angel Bat Dawid, Kim Gordo, M.E.S.H., Xiu Xiu, Emptyset, Deena Abdelwahed, Thom Yorke, Ossia, Not Waving et Dark Mark, Fantastic Twins, rRoxymore, Pessimist, E-Saggila, Off The Meds, 33EMYBW, Rosa Anschütz, Borusiade, Cosey Fanni Tutti, VTSS, Leila Samir, Milena Glowacka, Lokier, Stanislav Tolkachev, DJ JM, ANZ, Zaliva-D, Yilan x Ren, Dis Fig, LOFT, Slikback, Andy Stott, Resina, Lim Kim, ELLLL, quest?onmarc, Lingua Ignota 
_ 
PHOTOGRAPHY PĒTERIS VĪKSNA

_too contemporary twenty nineteen (CLUB VERSION)

Alvo Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, ASUNA & Jan Jelinek, Sarah Davachi, Abul Mogard, Kali Malone, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, Félicia Atkinson, Ana Roxanne, Karen Gwyer, Pye Corner Audio, Lankum, Sunn O)))), Uboa, Iggy Pop
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_too contemporary twenty nineteen (FILM VERSION)

Tkay Maidza, slowthai x Denzel Curry, Tyler, The Creator, Camp Blood, The Underachievers, Scarlxrd, Memo600, Milli Major, Koba LaD, Baby Keem, Stormzy, OBOY, 13 Block, Skepta, A$AP Ferg, House of Pharoahs, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, 21 Savage, ScHoolboy Q, DaBaby, E-40, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Yves Tumor, JPEGMAFIA, Mach-Hommy, Quelle Chris, Flying Lotus, Mavi, Kanye West
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_too contemporary twenty nineteen (POP VERSION)

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THE CARNIVAL IS OVER (SOULSYSTEMS EDIT)

BENDE, ELVI, MARY, CURRENTS, THE CURE, WHITE, OUMEIMA EL KHALIL, ATOMS & VOID, FLOORS

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