Experiments in creating soundscapes / atmosphere. Close your eyes and see what you hear <3

Ambient Projects

It's been a while since I put something like this up, but I think that makes it more refreshing. 

This is a live jam I came up with today. Something I am always trying to do with my music is contemplate some of my own feelings through the sound. I think in this genre of techno, trance, EDM, whatever you want to call it, it is so easy to slip into the pattern of only making tracks that exist purely in a functional, dance floor orientated sense, something I'm quite guilty of. I don't think there's anything wrong with this but I also think that electronic music can be such an amazing medium for more than this, for real expression of personal emotions through the sound. 

With this track I tried to soundtrack my own emotions currently. I'm not doing so great at the moment (is anyone?). The changing of the seasons, darker days, and my own struggle with mental health and physical illness has culminated into one big lump of general sadness. This is absolutely not helped by the evil force of social media and the endless scroll. I feel like my career is in the hands of the algorithm, this omnipotent presence that I'm devoting hours of each day to pleasing. I miss my friends, people I don't see so much lately, because all I can do is scroll. 

However, I'm hopeful that things will change, because they always do, and I hope this piece of music reflects this. Today was good because I spent the afternoon making this track instead of scrolling on Tik-Tok for hours. This is a good start, and I think there will be more and more days like this. 

Feel free to download, this is my gift to anyone else wrestling the endless scroll at the moment. I know it may seem insignificant but it's something :)

Lots of love, 
Joe

the endless scroll

After a number of releases for R&S, A R T S, Holding Hands, Scuffed Recordings as well as many other imprints, Russian enigmatic producer Dawn Razor returns with another EP composed with his long-time friend and collaborator ArcheTech.

The last few years have been intensely productive for Dawn Razor, whose tracks and mixes were featured regularly by XLR8R and Mixmag, played by DJs like Richie Hawtin, Chris Liebing, Scuba, Rødhad, Nastia, remixed by Julia Govor, Psyk and many others. This time Dawn Razor joined forces with ArcheTech, who he has worked with since 2008. Both are natives of Naro-Fominsk in Moscow Oblast. “Living among five-story buildings undoubtedly left its mark on our initial sound sketches, from which full-fledged tracks are subsequently born,” says Dawn Razor who keeps pushing his limits on Kontrol.

He wastes no time slumping back percussion on opening ‘Pad Break’, continuing with ArchTech on their signature deviational techno with broken beats and mutated bass. It keeps twisting and turning in unpredictable ways, ending with infectious ‘Lift Me to Pleasure' and therapeutically paranoid ‘Shmon’. Although these tracks can surely work in a club setting, throughout the EP they stay not only functional but also inventive. Another trademark release for Get Busy label that has become known for its eclectic sound & community

Dawn Razor: @awnazor
art: instagram.com/soso_gyal
mastering: Andres Nolvak

Pre Order

Dawn Razor, ArcheTEch - In Kontrol

A track I started during the week I spent in Copenhagen working on my EP at the Euromantic studio in Copenhagen last winter. 

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Shoreline

having the luxury of DJing full time means I end up with a lot of spare time, and I've definitely fallen victim to procrastination (see the endless scroll). 

so recently I've been trying to force some sort of busyness, and I'm really enjoying these ambient sessions at the moment. It's always a gamble, I either feel it or I don't, and when I don't that's ok, I just get up and go clean or something.

However generally when I do, it REALLY clicks, and that's how all these ambient pieces get made. Always done in a few hours, in one session, usually during periods of heightened emotions. 

Today I felt super sad. The changes in my life have really caught up with me recently. It only recently occurred to me that I never really got any time to process what was going on around me. I went into lockdown a child, was forced to become an adult in isolation, then the pandemic ended, I moved to manchester, became a touring DJ and got into a serious relationship. Maybe some people can handle this stuff fine, but as someone who's spent their whole life dealing with a pretty tough anxiety disorder it's finally caught up with me, and I'm only now processing wtf is going on, and it's a little bit scary. 

I'm not saying I don't love it, because I do. But I can't help feeling a bit of nostalgia for simpler times, hence the track name. There was this really dreamy phase of my 19th year, where I'd just moved to Manchester, just met my girlfriend, had the most amazing friends around me, (I still do tbf) was so excited for what was to come, and looking back I really miss that feeling. I feel so burnt out these days. The hyper-socialisation of this scene has really taken it's toll on my head.

I'll figure it out, I usually do. In the mean time, you guys get to enjoy these ambient pieces inspired by my lack of knowing what the fuck is going on. 

Love you all <3

Joe

i was 19 once

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Resonator

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Lullaby 002

Ambient Dreamscapes for you to enjoy. Relax, unwind, meditate and chillout

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A sonic portrait of a city suspended in twilight, it traces the quiet pulse of urban dusk — moody and gently immersive. As the day exhales and the skyline softens, textures emerge — quiet synths, distant echoes, and the hush of passing lives.

Le Code is a French ambient artist known for creating soft atmospheric soundscapes with subtle synthesizer or piano sounds inspired by nature (especially water and the ocean). He also co-founded Mare Nostrum Label, largely continuing the ocean theme.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Alexandre De Charrin (Le Code)
Cover picture by Alexandre De Charrin
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

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where the freshness blossoms, and my growth is all that's worth <3

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