@keptmale

Tracklist & Interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/theory-therapy-19-gi-gi

The latest Theory Therapy mix comes from Austin-based artist Gi Gi. I became aware of the producer after they released Lumino Pleco, one of the most spellbinding releases I’ve heard in a long time. The album, released on New York’s Quiet Time, is made entirely of samples from artists including Prince, Erykah Badu, Vangelis and Miles Davis, then reshaped and recontextualised to say something completely new. If it wasn’t for the liner notes, you would have no idea that this tactile, otherworldly ambient album contains tracks from some of music’s biggest icons.

The fact that it does though adds to the magic of Lumino Pleco. The record brims with life just as a city skyline is filled with people unseen to the naked eye. It is rich, intricately layered ambient music that moves and slowly unfurls, revealing new details with every listen.  

Since the release of the LP, I’ve been catching up with everything that Gi Gi has been involved in, including their incredible three-hour mix for c- and more recent recording for Mitamine. Like the music they create, the Texan’s mastery of rhythm, texture and tone are clear; each mix is absolutely seamless. 

The same can be said for their Theory Therapy recording. There’s unreleased music from Perila, Nueen and an unnamed musician alongside the likes of Dettinger and Massive Attack, tied together in a way that they become almost imperceptible from one another, regardless of how familiar you are with their songs. “The seams are blurred in a way that might allow the listener to become easier enveloped”, they tell us.

Theory Therapy 19: Gi Gi

1ST HOUR/前半 Chee Shimizu / 2ND HOUR/後半 CHLOE

aired 2021.4.27 on lyl.live

An authority on little-known gems, Chee (@OrganicChee) has been quietly but ceaselessly working on bringing forgotten music to the light, as shown in his essential book Obscure Sound (reissued in 2020). He is mostly found behind the counter at his record store Organic Music, in a quiet suburb of Tokyo. His mix (first hour) is a quiet journey across genres and worlds, representative of what is one of Chee's most well-known fields of expertise, a beautiful and mysterious zone sometimes called "listening music". 

知る人ぞ知る名曲の権威、Chee Shimizuは、忘れられた音楽を世に送り出すべく、静かにしかし絶え間なく活動を続けてきました。その成果は、2020年に再版された彼の重要な著書『Obscure Sound』にも表れています。
彼の姿は主に、東京の閑静な郊外にある自身のレコード店Organic Musicのカウンター越しに見ることができます。
前半のCheeさんのミックスは、ジャンルと世界を超えた静かな旅です。これは、彼の最もよく知られた専門分野の一つを代表するもので、時に「リスニング・ミュージック」と呼ばれる美しく神秘的な領域を体現しています。

Artwork by Jeremy Nealis (https://aerti.me).

Chee Shimizu
AGRIDULCE - aún no sabe
GAIA - o orinocco
DJALMA CORREA - fogo/xangô
MARTIN MULLER, HAKIM LUDIN, MICHAEL HOFLER - canto ossanha
MUSICA URBANA, BLAY TRITONO, LA RONDALLA DE LA COSTA - teresa marsé
MELAO - verte otra vez
SUNDANCE - yea yea
CARLOS DAFE - despertar da solidão
GERALDO AZEVEDO - um outro um
CAETANO VELOSO - haiti
FAIROUZ - version I
DOUDOU GOUIRAND - procession
MAKI ASAKAWA - gogo
TIM MAIA - these are the songs

Chloé Juliette
AYUO TAKAHASHI - from j.s.p.
CARLOS NIÑO & MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON - part II
MEREDITH MONK - travel song, for voice & piano
DIGA RHYTHM BAND - razooli
THE DEAD GOLDFISH ENSEMBLE - chewing shoes
DUNKELZIFFER - network
DWART - mate
RALPH TOWNER - piscean dance
ASHER GAMEDZE - interregnum
THE MCCRARY - emerge
MARIA TERIAEVA - spritz
PEDRO AZNAR - la gente es la misma
KEIYAA - rectifiya
L'EMPIRE DES SONS - moitié panthère
TOMMY MANDEL - soul tango

The Greater Good #10 with Chee Shimizu / LYL Radio

Feb, 2010

Mix originally for http://noncollective.com/

夕方の影「Evening Shadows」[Mix, 2010]

Alex Albrecht - Refuge Worldwide Guest Mix

Out there...in the perimeter with GK Machine [15.02.25]

forwards and backwards through bits of a [mostly] electronic music timeline. reverence for BCR. records i’ve played forever and new records i’ve just found. boil it down. one z in drizle. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/drizlefm-w-plo-man/episodes/drizlefm-w-plo-man-6th-march-2025

drizle.FM w/ PLO MAN ft. Olya Smok 060325

| MOODSHIFT | w/ Miscmeg | E1

Recorded live mix at Tender in Melbourne, Australia on 23rd March 2025, part 2 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/organic-music/episodes/organic-music-23rd-april-2025

Organic Music Tokyo w/ Chee Shimizu 230425

Twice does not lead to a tradition - but it feels like playing for @swimsupply 🏊 . Whenever the community organisation focusing on lysergic sounds calls, I am more than happy to meet beloved Ellen, Mark Lando and Tesdorpf and to play for their fine events.

So here is a 2h recording from my gig at Wurm in Basel / Switzerland a few months ago where I met and played with fantastic @sellyourmania and @sprtsmanship and its a rare past forward 🦦💃.

15.03.25 Philipp Otterbach @Swim, Basel / Switzerland

Nordic Mountains; Wind Frontiers; Hammer Dulcimer (chorus)

Resurrrection

Interview + tracklist:

http://www.thefader.com/2016/08/24/fader-mix-kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-suzanne-ciani

FADER Mix: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani

The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Through in-depth reporting and a distinct street sensibility, The FADER aggressively covers the most dynamic breadth of music and style emanating from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of the underground. The FADER is the authority on what's next.