"I rely on music and soundscape heavily when it comes to health in any form. I have tried on a few occasions to make a purely ambient, soft, slow burn of a mix but my energy always seeks to go faster, darker, beyond - the drums always creep in to ramp it up. this mix was no different, but I was able to slow down considerably and let myself and the story breathe. as a dj we are always competing with our own energy, to be a conduit and receiver, a carrier of the vibe. the less we calibrate and test that muscle, in playing and selecting, staying present - we’re still receiving all the energy, but it may be too much to balance, we’re less able to let it all flow. I suppose this is true of any practice and the foundation. movement and stagnation, slow or fast, life is only death in motion. music and dance is expression beyond an individual, we fuse with it and learn to flow.

I often lost sight of the current, its held up in certain areas and throws off my rhythm. once I start moving, I find the ever changing tempo and don’t have to overcompensate in any area to stay locked. left brain/turntable, right brain/turntable, the mind/mixer. we become disoriented as individuals as well as a global consciousness - out of sync with the rest of the orchestra. the scale of the planets reflects the activities on earth and so on. every polarity there is a dissonance and a resonance that will restore it, the two are inseparable. I tend to invest & rely more on sound than anyone or thing. it resonates so deep in me, ignites lifetimes, infernos of joy, sadness, war, love. waves of pure childlike excitement. As I laid these tracks out and began weaving them around and through each other I felt my body slow down and relax.

like any playlist I’d catalogued a few of the tracks to fit into the story, but others just found their way in with little intrusion. If time is flat circle, I felt a pull toward the center of that circle to a space Ive learned to access through music. A place that’s calm, reflective, Buddha like. I hope these sounds can offer restoration and calibration like they do for me. more to come ~"

- @origintxt

Tracklist: 

Origin Text - Bird + Bowl [unreleased]
Jacaszek - Ruins [Touch]
Klein - Saving Lala [self released]
Pontiac Streator - Eerie Dawns (feat Mathilde Chambon)[self released]
TIBSLC - A Shell-Like Object [KIIBERBOREA]
Shlohmo - Nice & Shiny [Friends of Friends Music]
Andy Stott - Don't Know How [Modern Love]
Nazar - Retaliation [Hyperdub]
The Blessed Kitty - Metal Jacket [Experiences Ltd.]
Nosaj Thing - Form [Innovative Leisure]
Kilchhofer - Suckfuell [Marionette]
Bandshell - Dust March [Hessle Audio]
Commodo - Köfte Cloud [Black Acre Records]
Burial - Afterglow (Unreleased Rip)[unreleased]
Jacques Greene - Afterglow (Slowed)[LuckyMe]
Skeleton King - Lockdown Eases… (Freedom)[Breaks 'N' Pieces]
Martyn - Frozen Bread Snaps [3024]
Pinder - Bit Darker [Instinct]
AGO - Blur [Innamind Recordings]
Samba - Un [Crucial Recordings]
The Bug - Jah War (Loefah Remix)[Ninja Tune]
Kode9 - Victims Dub / Victims [Hyperdub]

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EX072 by Origin Text

"This mix is a slow atmospheric burn exploring from deep to driving territory meant for your mind and hips. An hour long journey with melodic elements, spaced out psychedelic techno slowly morphing into harder and darker edged sounds. An hour long experience suitable for the escapism that I personally crave and seek from dance music. Enjoy."

- @DJHockey

Tracklist

Cio D’or - After and Before [Semantica]
Kwartz - A Tragic End [PoleGroup]
Dasha Rush - Time Coil [Full Panda]
Uun - Hope Within a Hopeless System [Modern Cathedrals]
Aerialist - The Search [ARTS]
Luca La Rocca - Recover [Prophet Recordings]
Symmetric, Future of Matter - 2009 [Dynamic Reflection]
Vase - Solarium (Mike Parker remix) [ARTS]
Judas - J_EX1 [ARTS]
Eric Fetcher - Rupture 05 [Warm Up Recordings]
Peter Van Hoesen - Circumference 12 [Time To Express]
Ocktawian - Frame 423 [ORBE]
Christian Gerlach - Signal Cassiopeia [Oktave Records]
Desroi - Glis [Envra]
Roam - Launching [Data Roaming Records]
Annē - Fairy Dust [Out of Place]
Bas Mooy - Zeis [mord]
Stanislav Tolkachev - When you are not at home [mord]

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