'Night Of The Endless Beyond', the sophomore album by Lord Of The Isles AKA Neil McDonald for the ESP Institute, had almost become a mythical piece of work. The tracks very slowly crept into formation from the lowest depths of 2021, and once the completed album finally made the leap from creation into manufacturing, an entirely new onslaught of follies and delays awaited at the pressing plant. We began to laugh, for not only did Mario Hugo’s otherworldly sleeve artwork visually translate this music so well, but it was an uncanny premonition to the album being lost in space, falling through a black hole, evaporating into the aether like a dream that never really happened. But, at long last, ground control has confirmed contact! It did happen, it will arrive, and it’s not a myth.
	Listening to 'Night Of The Endless Beyond' now feels like the return of a strayed friend, one whose distance left us pining for an embrace. Although this Techno relies on unassuming means, there is a remarkably complex and persuasive emotional statement embedded here, insisting we learn to endure the long game and allow ourselves patience to investigate and appreciate the minutiae contained not only within the notes, but their negative space. From its introduction, through its mellow crests and valleys, there is a conveyance of restraint — subtle dynamics that quietly beg for attention, repetition so hypnotic that imaginary melodies are inescapable, transient peaks so deliberately scaled that we mourn the subsequent decay. In accordance with Neil’s ESP debut, 'In Waves', we never feel attacked by instrumentation but shielded from sharp edges, able to step inside the music, breathe the air it occupies and know its true intentions, whether bright or bleak.
	Just prior to the album close, a film dialogue excerpt summarizes everything quite honestly by proposing, “The truth of the universe is waiting … the truth of what is … it’s all going to go away … everything … into blackness … the void … and nobody is in charge.”
	“…and what do you do with that?”
	We stare long into the 'Night Of The Endless Beyond' and answer… “You smile.”

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We're buzzing buzz buzz to have our good friend Jenifa break her hiatus for a session on O to O. A true creative in many frontiers, this audio-visual wizard has been playing all around Helsinki and has become known as a soulful selector of house-y house. With a keen ear for a more worldly avenue of said genre, Jenifa effortlessly weaves together emotional yet wonderfully groovy cuts. Here's an hour of music that Jenifa represent the fruits of a short break in active gigging in order to find some new inspiring paths in music.

TRACKLIST:

Jon Hopkins - Sit Around The Fire
Matthew Halsall - Mindful Meditations
AHO - Wave (Ripple or Gesture)
Gewächshausgärtner - Kind (Johans Brav Remix)
George FitzGerald - Further and Further
Palma Dulce - Metodologia do Encanto
Burial, Four Tet - Moth
Herbert - Fantasy (Floating Points Remix)
Tim Engelhardt - Third Place
DJ Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Be
WAKON - Tokyo Is Dying
Supreems - Amygdala (John Beltran Summer Drive Remix)
Jon Charnis - Prophecy
Llewellyn - In the Realms of Fancy
Genius of Time - Sunswell
Jon Hopkins - Sit Around The Fire

O to O with Jenifa

Angha
A dark journey into the past to recall old traditions and its ghosts of a lost past Blending folk, flamenco and popular music form japan, italy and england using synthesizer noise.

Angha [30.11.2022]

Studio and home version of the first hour of my set played during the now famous TETEUF DE NOËL of LYL RADIO MARSEILLE last December 02. With 59mn and 59 seconds of "Moderato" in trippy and saturated mode where the dub and Indus breaks crossing swords with the experimental beats.
more infos at https://lyl.live/show/chien-de-temps

Picture : Lugdivine Dupré

CHIEN DE TEMPS #7 w/Why Pink?

CHIEN DE TEMPS #7 w/ Why Pink? - LYL Radio (09/12/22)

Special Oldschool Mix  (10.12.2022)

On the eighth release, LLLIT (@lllit_3), one of the brightest representatives of electronic music in Chile, presents his new mini-album "Borderless Consciousness". Consisting of four unique tracks, as well as five remixes from label artists. 
"Borderless Consciousness" is a musical journey into the world of boundless consciousness, where there is no room for boundaries and limitations. Each track of the album immerses the listener into a new musical world filled with deep basses, penetrating melodies and unique sound effects. 
From the first note to the last, "Borderless Consciousness" keeps the listener in a tense atmosphere, leaving no room for relaxation. This album allows you to feel the power of electronic music and transport you to a world where rhythm and sound rule the world. 
With this album, LLLIT continues to prove its mastery of electronic music and offers its fans a new level of musical experience. There are also five remixes by Davor Tosovic (@davortosoviclive), Oldschool_Dubtechno .Producer (@x_fr and @enercube), Xyiz (@xyiz), RE.vila (@re_vila) and Orca Silent (@orcasilent).