Forms In Space was written for the Dark Outside radio broadcast, planned to be from Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn as part of Aerial Festival - March 2020.

‘What is The Dark Outside?

The Dark Outside is a site-specific 24-hour radio broadcast that broadcasts sounds and music that you have never heard before in a place where nobody might hear it’

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I wrote this track in early 2020 specifically for The Dark Outside. It should have been played as part of their broadcast at Aerial Festival in the Lake District. Their 24-hour broadcast, consisting entirely of unheard material, was due to take place in March 2020 and broadcast from Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn in Cumbria. As with so many other events, Aerial was cancelled.

Until Covid-19 hit, the only way to listen to the occasional Dark Outside events was to head near the broadcast site with your FM radio and tune in. The broadcasts aren’t archived or available online, they exist only in the moment. However, after the cancellation of Aerial festival the broadcast was streamed on Twitch, where many artists spent a lot of 2020 having never used it before.

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The name Forms In Space comes from one of Schwitters’ collages (Mz 169. Formen im Raum).

The track includes broken breaks, shortwave sweeps, and some sounds that I don’t think FM radio can reproduce. I wanted to see what, if anything, would happen! The music is mostly samples, which reflects Schwitters’ collage work but isn’t the way I normally make music. The end result is not really like anything else I’ve produced. Along with being inspired by collages I also thought about what would sound slightly odd and disorientating to late night listeners in the middle of nowhere. Even better I thought if you could faintly hear in the distance other radios and groups of people tuned in to the same thing.

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More on the Dark Outside, Aerial Festival and Kurt Schwitters:

www.darkoutside.co.uk

www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/25/dark-outside-festival-radio-broadcast-portishead

aerialfestival.com

www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/kurt-schwitters-1912

merzbarnlangdale.wordpress.com  

released August 9, 2021

Forms In Space

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As we start a new year, Disco Gecko looks back over projects we released in 2022.

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Andrew Heath - Waldeinsamkeit
Flexagon - Fort Saumarez MP2
Animat - For Michael
Professor Chill - Astral Stasis
Banco De Gaia - Heliopolis (Framewerk Rewerk)

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Untether - us from moorings of self-limited selves - transcending all illusions and emergent activities. 

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Disco Gecko Recordings presents FLEXAGON. To celebrate the recent release of his brand new album, "The Towers I: Inaccessible", Flexagon crafted this deep exploration of towers in music. Flexagon is a Guernsey-based sound mangler and musical instrument collector. An experienced DJ, he is also a music producer, sound engineer and composer.

:: tracklist ::

1. Flexagon - Le Mont Saint Windmill
2. The Orb - Towers of Dub
3. Endeleas - The Crystal Towers
4. Flexagon - Ozanne Tower (live extract)
5. Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind
6. Underworld - Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
7. Malibu - Tilting on Windmills
8. Flexagon - Fort Saumarez:MP2 (live extract)
9. Zoe Keating - Monolith
10. Globular & Geoglyph - The Observatory
11. The Locust - The Towers
12. Towers - Towers IV
13. Flexagon - St. James Clock Tower
14. Kaya Project - 23 Towers (Eat Static Remix)
15. Bon Iver - Towers
16. Flexagon - Water Tower
17. Ikia - Steam Towers

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FLEXAGON | Disco Gecko Series EP. 24 | 19/02/2023

DJ Basilisk returns to the ecstatic idealism of the early 1990s on TRANSMISSIONS FROM LYONESSE, the latest in an ongoing series of concept mixes documenting electronic music subcultures of the past. This time around the journey leads from scintillating ambient techno arpeggios and idyllic IDM to the raging heights of full-on Goa trance (and back again). Ultimately the aim is to capture some of the magic of the outdoor festival experience circa 1996, particularly in the UK and continental Europe. Many of these tracks are rough around the edges, and several have been lightly edited and remastered exclusively for this mix.

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https://www.mixcloud.com/Basilisk/transmissions-from-lyonesse/

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, March 2023. Recorded using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax. Several custom edits were made especially for this mix.

Cover image: Clarkson Frederick Stanfield's "Mount St Michael, Cornwall", 1830.

Featuring tracks by Speedy J, Reload & E621, Holy Ghost, DJ Cosmix & Etnica, Sonic Sufi, Prana, Morphem, X-Dream, Tristan, Eat Static, Underhead, Inscape, Radiotrance, Third Man, The Source Experience, Musicology, and Pentatonik, among many others.

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Transmissions From Lyonesse [Goa Trance / Classic Trance / IDM / Ambient Techno / Electronica]

Profound cynicism in the notion of paradise after death - what awaits is a reflection of what we leave behind - opportunity to learn the ways of goodness surrendered – passed by in our rush to arrive at a place unearned.

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The June edition of the Delightful Imperfections show on Widgeon Airwaves, this month with some lovely chill sounds from the likes of Bluetech,  Pitch Black & a new release from Carbon Based Lifeforms.✌️👽

Ambient / Electronic / Psychedelic / Chillout / Downtempo

Perfect for ya wind down sessions 😊🌿

Broadcasted June 25th 2023, from www.widgeontheatreboat.com.

Tune in the last Sunday of every month from 6pm UK time.

Massive thanks to the all the artists for their wonderful sounds & continued inspiration! If you like what you hear, pease take a moment to check out some of their other music.

1. Halftribe & Space Scavengers - Are We There Yet
2. The Irresistible Force - Magic Acid
3. I-One - Persian Coast
4. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Seeker
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6. Sensitize - Lost Souls
7. Pitch Black - Empty Spaces, Missing Units
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10. Bluetech - Echoes Of Orion 
11. Shulman - Instability
12. Ascendant - Unearth
13. Robert Elster - Azurescens
14. Tripswitch - Indigo
15. Ancient Astronaut - Blackberries and Butterflies
16. Momentology - Making Space
17. Zen Baboon - Orchestra
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19. Younger Brother - Bedtime Story

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Specially curated for the Victory Beats charity, - please visit the link above to find out more.

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5. Sasha Malkovich - Lebedushka (feat. KaMMchatka) (Remastered)
6. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Fauna
7. Erothyme - Times of Peace (Live Love Create)
8. Tom Lemann - Shanti
9. Poranguí, Liquid Bloom, Shaman's Dream, Eric Zang - Olorum
10. I-One - Leave Your Mind
11. Iyakuh - Wahe
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I've been working on some special edits of legendary tracks for my DJ sets and close circle of friends... and now, after many requests, I’m excited to share this one with you!

Introducing my edit of Pete Lazonby's "Sacred Cycles" — a track that has stood the test of time as a pinnacle in progressive trance and techno. Originally released in 1994, it remains a symbol of the genre with hypnotic melodies, intricate arrangements, and a beat that’s kept dance floors alive for decades.

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Flexagon is a Guernsey-based sound mangler and musical instrument collector. He is also a DJ, music producer, sound engineer and composer.

As a DJ he is known for playing long eclectic and psychedelic sets spanning multiple genres, equally at home playing ambient and chillout as he is with dancefloor-friendly music. Flexagon’s own music productions are increasingly esoteric and wide-ranging. Recent musical compositions have moved well away from four to the floor material towards the ambient and downtempo realms. Along with this has come the opportunity to compose for orchestral instruments. His first piece for nine string players, piano and found sound backing recording had its premiere performance in October 2018.

Chillout (mostly!) mixes here:- http://www.mixcloud.com/flexagon/

Forms In Space

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