Craig Christon - Beyond Paradise - 28.03.21

Sunday 28th March ..SONIC TREASURE COLLABORATION WITH LOCKDOWN RADIO......featuring : Brother Joseph / Stephen Haldane / Graham Brand and special guest mix from STASH MAGNETIC....

Includes music from :
Cheval Sombre / Thom Southern / Modern Ruin / Automatic / SUSS / Casper Clausen / Gabe Knox / Herman Kristofferson / Morenas /El Michels Affair / The Keggs / Primal Scream / Angry Angles /Nicola Cruz / Zion train / Trees Speak and many many more

BJST LR March 28th Stash Magnetic

NTS Radio and Hyde FM resident MISHKA showcased her unique collection  of funky flavors live from our favorite deli for our fourth installment of the Aurora Sessions.

Mishka | Fault Radio DJ Set at Aurora Alimentari (April 25, 2021)

Minale

Love It

So, what is a "Utility Groove" anyway?  

I imagine this like a back-up generator.  When the beat has abandoned you, when the vibe is absent, when you feel everything starting to wind down--you call on your "Utility Groove" and it will get things going again--perhaps not for very long, nor at full power...but enough to get you by.  

This is the latest track from Interbay--and if you've been following along and reading these descriptions, you know that I'm constantly trying to force my neurodivergent/adhd brain to keep things simple.  And usually, my efforts result in something that could be collected and shared by FailArmy.  I just have to color in every blank space--and it can make for some very interesting compositions, but those can often confuse listeners not prepared for lurches into different tempos or the blendings of genres never meant to blend (not to mention the songs that drag out for seven, eight, even nine minutes in length.  Fine if you're an acid rock band or if you're making trance records, but thanks to MTV and TikTok, not really built for modern attention spans.)  

I had a little piano figure I wanted to work with...and I knew I wanted it to be slower paced...and I didn't want to overstuff this one, I wanted to keep it (say it with me now) simple.  

...and I think I did it.  For once, I kept the track simple!  

There's not much too this--it's a little slip of a song, based around that piano, an upright bass and a boom bap beat.  (I couldn't even kid myself long enough to add the hip hop & rap tag--this would only piss off fans of those genres if they got linked to it.)  

I'd call it triphop--and thus, part of electronic music.  There's also some electronic processing, some thunderous 808s...a vintage soulful vocal sample, a couple of saxophones...and that's about it.  It did the job assigned to it, it gets in...it does its thing...and it gets out of there.  

I did have thoughts about adding more vocal samples, possibly explaining the title/narrative with words in the song instead of words in the description, but I think you can "get" what its going for without them...and that opens up the space and lets this track breathe a little--thankfully!  

It always seems like such damnedable faint praise to describe this as "pleasant"--but compared to the often much noisier and abrasive tracks that Interbay has shared with the world in two and a half years...I think "pleasant" is EXACTLY what this track is.  

It is the groove you need when you just need a groove.  Thus, it is your "Utility Groove".

Listen, like, repost, share, comment, playlist and follow for more, please!

(Even, sort of, kept the description simple!  Who am I?????)

"Utility Groove" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Live Recording from Friday Night at Camp Cosmic, 2016 in Leipzig.

Albion - Live from Camp Cosmic Friday 22/7 2016

Having had these nights with the boys at Paradise Garage in NYC or Front in Hamburg must have been a blast. Too young to know. But at least in my fantasy, them blokes would have danced and partied to such a soundtrack: disco, funk, garage, house – and many many beautiful vocals!

Tom Of Finland Mix

01: Gaussian Curve - Clouds
02: Joan Biblioni - Sa Fosca
03: Sth NOTIONAL - Yawn Yawn Yawn (Dream Another Reality Instrumental)
04: The Breeze - That Look In Your Eyes
05: My Friend Dario - Domenica
06: Atlas - Mediterranean Breeze
07: Seaside Lovers - Evening Shadows
08: Coastlines - Half Moon Shadow 
09: Hanners - You
10: Michael David - Rain II (Jexoplis Remix)
11: Hear & Now: La Marsa

eclectics Mix 127 | Dan Sharp |

Texture Radio is back this evening with Fred Nasen delivering the latest electronic to disco releases from System Olympia, Sun Runners, Mozaika to classics from Ron Trent to Shantel.

More info via wearevarious.com

Texture Radio w/ Fred Nasen at We Are Various (14-07-20)

"When I received the invitation to participate as a resident of Radio TNP, it gave me the opportunity to share a little bit of what I like in music. I immediately imagined which paths to take to showcase artists I admire. Today, with great honor, I myself sign episode 5 of Seiva with a mix after thorough research, with serious and striking breaks and downtempo beats. It is my way of thanking TNP for the space they provided. Enjoy this trip with me." - Fruno, TNP resident

Artist: @frunolima

Seiva w/ Fruno

Co-founder of www.wearevarious.com.
Hosting the Texture Radio show since 2010 on a weekly base.
Now monthly on We Are Various since 2018.

With national to international guests like James Holden, Suzanne Kraft, Ruf Dug, Lauer, Zambon, Eddie C, Discodeine (DFA) & Huerco S. 
Every 2 months you can find him at a different venue in ghent, where he’s hosting a Texture night.

Texture Radio w/ Fred Nasen at We Are Various (14-07-20)

Fred Nasen

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