Zero Tolerance Artist Mixes

It is an honour for us to be included on the 333 Sessions Podcast.  We spent many months working on this extended mix, and the entire process was extremely rewarding.  After shortlisting a large set of records, we set out to cohesively piece together just over 3.5 hours of deep hypnotic sounds that we love so much.  The mix starts off with deep slow house, and then extends to Progressive House and Progressive Breaks. It contains a lot of records we specifically wrote for the mix, both individually, as “Mckeown & Bassiray” and  “Depth Institute” production outfits, as well as unreleased and forthcoming releases on our much beloved Zero Tolerance label. 

Many thanks to our friends who provided us with records, and those from around the world who share our mutual love and understanding of progressive sounds that sit within a dark and moody aesthetic

We hope you enjoy the ride

Darius & Stuart

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333 Sessions 048 - McKeown & Bassiray

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What is techno? Scientists and philosophers have long since pondered the concept of its musical definition since it burst out of Detroit in the mid-‘80s. Is it that notion of the “ghost in the machine”, of soul from electronics that its inventors elicited? Or is it more the repetitive throb and thump of 4/4 beats and slow-burning momentum that the Berghain generation are proponents of? Croatian producer Petar Dundov’s stunning music manages to marry both ideals in the most explosive of fashions.

To Dundov, “techno is music that precedes movement. It is dance music, solid enough to carry emotions through the dance floor and abstract enough to be a template for ever”. And indeed his breathtaking productions embody this ethos, serving the inherent function of making your body pulse spontaneously while also challenging your brain with its complex melodies and slow-burning, hypnotic progressions. It’s the antidote for anyone who thinks that techno is about senseless, dull looping.

Although maybe the word “techno” doesn’t give enough detail about his style, it’s probably the nearest ballpark to whose principles his music adheres – and he is keen to expand the horizons of what people know and expect of the genre. But it’s that sense of his tracks being alive, forever evolving and expanding and increasing in intensity, which gives his music its unique sound and has seen his work crossover into a myriad of different areas of the global electronic music scene. The last two years have seen his mind-bending single Oasis (played by everyone from Dubfire to Sasha to Ben Klock to Prins Thomas to Timo Maas) take the scene by storm with its intricate, ever-changing melodies, John Digweed snap him up for an epic rework of Alan Fitzpatrick’s Reflections, and Gregor Tresher squeeze a deep, mesmerising remix of his track The Life Wire out of him.

His music shows you that he’s a producer with more than churning out mindless, functional and dispensable drivel on his mind. There’s a philosophy entrenched in his productions that breathes the very spirit of life and dynamism into them: “My ultimate goal as a producer and musician is to bridge the world of inspiration and physical world to the extent where the listener wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two. Music has this unique property to communicate deep emotions that are inherently in all of us. We just forgot how to use them, and my search is an attempt to revive those emotions where we all resonate as one.”

Born in Zagreb in the early ‘70s, his career in dance music stretches back the best part of 20 years, but it’s only in the new millennium that he’s been using his own name for his productions. Over the years he’s graced many of the world’s most prestigious and best-loved techno institutions – including mega-festivals I Love Techno, EXIT, Awakenings and Wire, and cutting-edge clubs like Berghain, Matter (RIP), Womb, Air, Fuse and Space. He counts a longstanding relationship with Belgium’s legendary Music Man label amongst his achievements, an imprint that has also played host to releases by everyone from Jeff Mills (for whose label Tomorrow he created the Sculptures mini-LP) to Green Velvet to Robert Hood, and after completing his acclaimed debut album Escapements in 2008, he’s got the follow-up in the works (for completion by the end 2010).

Petar Dundov makes intelligent electronic music that breaks boundaries, moves feet and twists minds. He is without a doubt one of the most inspiring, original and daring producers in electronica, and with the likes of Sven Väth, Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Adam Beyer, Josh Wink, Guy J, Glimpse, Hernan Cattaneo, Brendan Moeller, and Danny Tenaglia amongst his fans, it would be hard to disagree.

Music Treasures Series 021 - Petar Dundov

To the thinkers, question-askers, the ’follow your own path’ers, ARTists, and the dreamers - here’s some deep, hypnotic, groove-driven and dreamy dance music.

Mixed on 2 Technics SL-1210MKII turntables and a Technics SH-EX1200 mixer.

Artwork: Still picture taken from the movie 'The Truman Show'

Enjoy :)

Dreams:
1. Mohlao - Amber
2. Frank and Tony ft. Eliana Glass - Eastern Meantimes
3. Moomin - The Game
4. Melon - Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine)
5. Frank and Tony - Dream Vibration
6. David Alvarado - Luna
7. Dan Goul - Summons Road
8. G-Man - Old School Drift
9. Eletun Selona - Untitled A1
10. Markus Suckut - Drippin Sweat
11. G-Man - K2
12. Molly - Palm Tree Right
13. Claudio PRC - Eelume
14. Markus Suckut - Haze

Awake In The Dream

Hello, g'day and welcome! So happy you can join us for a wee whizz around Planet Prog again on this wicked Wednesday. Bags packed? Passport safe? Then take a seat on our first class flight to another scorching dancefloor destination.

There are few producers in the Progressive House world who command more respect than our guest DJ today, and there's no one as happy as us when we introduce him to you. Il Modo, give it up for the amazing Gab Oliver!

“You just had to be there” is an oft-repeated refrain whenever the “Melbourne sound” – the dark, stripped-down, and gritty progressive house and breakbeat that dominated the city’s dancefloors in the early 2000's – comes up in conversation. 

Gab Oliver created and nurtured a sound that eschewed the big, bold, brash sounds of the late 90’s in favour of a deeper, darker, and more hypnotic aesthetic. In the process he shaped an entire movement that cemented Australia as a creative force in the global dance music scene, and led to the rapid maturity of Progressive house and Breakbeat. 

The legendary party 'Sunny' was the key Melbourne monthly event where punters could regularly hear these new sounds, thanks to the resident DJs being given free reign to experiment musically and the party having a strong emphasis on going against the grain. Without question, the driving force behind the uncompromising deep and dark focus of the event was Gab Oliver.

 “Road testing our tunes at Sunny was the biggest gift of all. That’s all that really mattered, people going off to our music, that was fucking amazing.” The pioneer of the deep and hypotonic sound has recently re-launched the much loved Zero Tolerance label which has given the current Progressive House landscape a shakeup from the mainstream, pointing towards a deeper, darker, and more moody aesthetic. He recently released "Drowning" EP on this label and has also joined forces with Bassiray & Mckeown under the guise "Depth Institute".  

Moody soundscapes, mediated by underlying tension and bathed in darkness, Depth Institute‘s haunted and sophisticated late-night progressive storytelling is uncompromising in every sense of the word. Their debut Remix on Gab's ‘Drowning EP‘ which focused on subtlety and deep textures representing the true ZT sound brilliantly. 

Their follow-up release was a remix of Hot TuneiK‘s ‘Poema‘, a track heavily supported by John Digweed on his recent tour of Argentina, on his Transitions Radio show, and peaked at #2 on the Beatport Top 100 Progressive House Releases Chart.

"I want the relaunched Zero Tolerance to be like it was back when we started it, a place for new artists to make music other people aren’t making. I’ve always had a passion for new music and supporting emerging artists, and I would love to see a new generation of producers given the kinds of opportunities we weren’t by other labels when we started out. If you’re making music that’s too deep and dark for other labels, we want to hear it." - Gab.. 

With that in mind, enjoy the mix! 

Gab Oliver - Moody Intro [unreleased]
Desaturate - Scurvy [False Dichotomies]
Hot TuneIK - Close Encounters [Dopamine Music]
Brian Cid - Shoreless Ocean [Infinite Depth]
Lostep - Burma (Mike Rish Remix) [unreleased]
Paul Angelo & Don Argent - Dear Cave [Movement Recordings]
Subandrio - Mein Sohn [Balance Music]
Alex O’Rion - Mastodon (Dub mix) [Sudbeat]
Mike Rish - Tunnel People [Lost & Found]
Paul Deep - Shakti (Matias Chilano Remix) [Sound Avenue]
Gab Oliver - Boogie Man [unreleased]
Jiminy Hop - Playground (Nicolas Petracca Remix) [Majestic Family Records]
Shanil Alox - I'm Too Weird (Original Mix) [Dopamine White]
Hi Fi Bugs - Lydian & The Dinosaur [Zero Tolerance]
Precision - Nightmare (Unreleased Mix) [unreleased]
Ric Niels - Falkner (Hobin Rude Remix) [onedotsixtwo]
Digby & Oliver - Human (Depth Institute Remix) [Zero Tolerance]

Zero Tolerance party in Melbourne -> https://www.facebook.com/events/1649075792272645

The Progcast - Episode 178 - Gab Oliver (Zero Tolerance)

Tracklist//

1. Forty Cats - Forest Beast (Paul Deep Remix)  
2. Pedro Aguiar - Perceptions  
3. Mango & Aman Ananda - The project (Subandrio Remix) 
4. Kasper Koman - DIM
5. Alex Orion - Drift
6. Eitan Reuter - Fade Away (Guy J remix)
7. Hoffman - Fusion (Diego Moreira Remix) 
8. Digby & Oliver - Human (Mike Rish Remix)
9. Peace Division - Black Light Sleeve (Mike Rish Private Remix)
10. Mike Rish - ID
11. Mike Rish - ID 
12. Mike Rish - Stormjur 
13. Mike Rish - Shoreditch Funk
14. Mike Rish - Tunnel People 
15. Syncom Data - Beyond The Stars (Speedy J Remix - Mike Rish Edit)
16. Sian - Sacred Geography (Guy J Remix) 
17. JD.NM.GJ - Trezzz
18. Speaking In Tongues - Voodoo Moon
19. Lostep - Burma (Mike Rish Remix)

Mike Rish live at Zero Tolerance Pres. No Nonsense, Melbourne, 9/09/2023

Live recording of Depth Institute (Gab Oliver / McKeown & Bassiray) at Zero Tolerance presents NO NONSENSE, September 2023. Melbourne, Australia.

Depth Institute - Live at Zero Tolerance Presents No Nonsense, Melbourne, September 2023

McKeown & Bassiray - Frisky Radio Podcast (November 2023)

Digby & Oliver - Human (Framewerk Intro Mix) [Zero Tolerance]
Digby & Oliver - Human (Laura Rose & Trevor Rose Remix) [Zero Tolerance]
Dop'q - Snorkeling in the Space (DP-6 Remix) [DP-6 Records]
Brian Cid - Welcome Them [microCastle]
Hoffmen - Fusion (Diego Moreira Remix) [Venture Records]
Forty Cats - Custom (McKeown & Bassiray Remix) [Mango Alley]
Kiz Pattison - Weekend Existence (Mckeown & Bassiray Remix) [Zero Tolerance]
Gav Easby - Reconcile (Gai Barone Remix) [inU]
ID - ID
Shanil Alox - I'm Too Weird [Dopamine White]
Stuart McKeown & Diego Moriera - Knipfer [Belong to Label]
Stuart McKeown & Diego Moreira - Lunar Sailing [Belong to Label]
McKeown & Bassiray - Flat Surfaces [Zero Tolerance]
Ohmme - Helium [Suruba X]
Volen Sentir & Makebo - Alchemist [Lost Miracle]
Arkajo - Truth (Forest Drive West Remix) [Arkajo]
Stelios Vassiloudis & Alex Avdis - Heat (Breaks Mix) [Bedrock]
Yo Speed - Naranja [83]
Framewerk - Enjoy The Silence (McKeown & Bassiray Behaved Edit)[Not On Label]
Kohra - Akarshan [Qilla Records]
McKeown & Bassiray - Atom [Not On Label]

McKeown & Bassiray - Frisky Radio Podcast (Affiliate) November 2023

Zero Tolerance

Zero Tolerance NoNonsense Party Sep 2023 - Laura Rose & Trevor Rose Opening Set_Master

In 1998 the first of a highly renowned series of colour-coded vinyl singles appeared in record stores: Orange. Green. Blue. A new production duo were born, Circulation, and they delivered a sound uniquely theirs. Check the past releases on labels from Hooj Choons to End Recordings; an amalgamation of deep tech and moody hypnotic house, it’s a sound that doesn't fit into any neat categorisation. 

They continued their chromatically named ways until 2005 when the duo parted. Now, Paul Davis fly the Circulation flag solo, regularly releasing on labels from Bedrock to Selador. As showcased on this Balance Selections mix, his take on dance music is still as cerebral and mood-inflected as it was 20 years ago.

Balance Selections 273

TRACKLIST & INTERVIEW

Balance Selections 273: Circulation

Henry Saiz Remixed: The Downtempo Experience

Henry Saiz Remixed: The Downtempo Experience (Mixed Version)

Henry Saiz Remixed: The Downtempo Experience (Continuous Mix)

RP3D b2b MALLEGHEM

Creamer:NOAM Dj Set Rapture Radio

McKeown & Bassiray - Frisky Artist Of The Week Mix

1. Dan Robbins - DBD Chanting In The Dark (McKeown & Bassiray Intro Mix) [Not On Label]
2. Rambadu - Indra [Hypnus Records]
3. Mike Isai - Exit [Sudbeat]
4. Eddy Tango – Rausch (Paul Hamilton Remix) [Superordinate Music]
5. CJ Art - Ancient Artifact (Rick Pier O'Neil Remix) [Deepersense Music]
6. Jamie Stevens - Path Of None (Analog Jungs Remix) [Zero Tolerance]
7. Michael Bennett - Arnhem Land (Roger Martinez Interstellar Remix) [Mango Alley]
8. Paul (AR) & NuFects - Something Different (Jamie Stevens Remix) [Nightcolours]
9. Stuart McKeown - ID 
10. McKeown & Bassiray - ID 
11. McKeown & Bassiray - ID 
12. McKeown & Bassiray - Flat Surfaces [Zero Tolerance]
13. Jamie Stevens & Stuart McKeown - Freaking In The Basement [Not On Label]
14. Precision - Nightmare (McKeown & Bassiray Remix) [Zero Tolerance]
15. Hraach - Mental Frame [Hidden Dimension]
16. Framewerk - Back From The Bass (Dub Mix) [Capital Heavan]
17. Circulation - Swank (McKeown & Bassiray Breaks Remix) [Mango Alley]
19. James Beetham & Bill Hunter - Blindsight (Fourthstate Remix) [Late Night Music]
20. McKeown & Bassiray - ID

McKeown & Bassiray - Frisky Artist Of The Week Mix 2024

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“I really enjoyed putting this mix together. There’s no grand theme or anything, just tunes that I love, both new and not-so-new. I love taking twists and turns and being able to play around with tracks that might not easily fit into a regular club set, so I hope you enjoy this. Thanks to the amazing Electronic Groove for having me again and for the continued support, and congratulations on the forthcoming 1000th episode!”

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🚨 To commemorate 20 years of Balance 006, Anthony Pappa compiled a special 2 hour mix, a 2024 rendition if you like of his revered Balance entry: one hour of lush prog breaks and one hour of hypnotic 4/4. 🚨

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Few DJs capture the imagination of prog punters like Australia’s Anthony Pappa. Known for his technical proficiency and ability to mix tracks with surgical precision, he is a generational talent who rightfully became a pivotal scene figure.

With a sound rooted in darker, rebellious tones, he fully embodied the underground at a time when the term still held weight.

Achieving what Pappa did requires a life filled with experiences. Given the way social media, marketing, and promotion have transformed the scene, his story is unlikely to be replicated.   

A pivotal part of our story, we dived deep with Anthony Pappa to discuss his career and his peerless Balance 006. 

Check Balance website for full article and tracklist.

Balance Extra: Anthony Pappa

Interview & Tracklist

Balance Extra: Anthony Pappa (20 years of Balance 006)

On July 6th, Progressive visionaries Dave Seaman & Anthony Pappa, joined forces at the one and only Stereo Montreal for an all-night long b2b of incredible proportions. This week, we bring you the full mix - a stunning showcase of musical prowess from two of the industry's most respected artists. Enjoy! 

Read more: https://whenwedip.com/2024/08/when-we-dip-155-dave-seaman-anthony-pappa/

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Dave Seaman & Anthony Pappa - When We Dip 155 (Live at Stereo Montreal)

Welcome to Flow Music! A pioneering Australian based label & mix series. Our mission is to give a new outlet for creativity to the international electronic music industry through our innovative long format mix series. It invites the artist to create a magnum opus of a composition which will endure over the years due to discovery both through the artists profile and our profile. 

Flow Music’s mixes are designed to take the listener on an energetic journey, allowing each artist to express their full creativity and truly find their flow. 
3 hours and 33 minutes allows the artist to delve into realms they rarely explore to create the ultimate journey. It is also an opportunity for the listener to completely immerse themselves in the intricate complexity of their favourite artists. 

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Founded by Gab Oliver & Stewart Hanna & Phil K at DMC Records, the label is synonymous for that deep and dark sound that haunted dance floors from 1998.

In 2021 we're bringing that sound back along with digital remasters of the existing catalog & new artists.

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