beutiful instrumentals..who does the vocals?

saw you in 'Dampfzentrale' in Bern, come agin!

The recently released Andy Cato album on Apollo Records was a time capsule of 20 years of rave culture.  It was a personal record of someone’s trip through the mortal maze of dance music. “I did it for me,” asserts Cato. “I was worried that anyone else might not have the same feelings when they heard the tracks, but I played it to some people and they seemed to get caught up in the journey as well.” It’s all in there somewhere. The squat raves. The Pepsi-sponsored stages. The DJ gigs in front of 100,000 people. Arriving at an LA gig in a Sopwith Camel. It’s a history of the past 20 years through the lens of one person.

Now this personal music has been re-imagined by two legends of electronic music who have  both previously released classic music on R&S and Apollo.
FSOL first appeared on R&S with their debut album ‘Accelerator’, their remix of ‘The Coastal Path’ as The Amorphous Androgynous comes as a three part opus of psychedelic rock, ambient and a funky wig out ending mixing live drums, hammond, guitars and flutes.
Biosphere aka Geir Jenssen released some of his most well known music on Apollo including the ‘Patashnik’ album.  It’s an honour to welcome him back to the label with his beautiful, spacious reworking of ‘Sunrise Sant Agnes’.








Andy Cato - Sunrise Sant Agnes  (Biosphere remix)

Howie B  -  Hey Jack  (Unkle Remix)

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British experimentalist Leifur James preps new EP The Year Turns To Air.

Fresh off the back of a fruitful few years that saw the release of the artist’s much-lauded debut album, notable live performances and audio-visual collaborations, the London-based composer returns with a brace of new recordings. James builds on the success of his breakout with a dense and emotive new offering wrought with organic sound design and accomplished instrumentation.

Born in part as a response to challenges that continue to be felt worldwide, the backdrop for the music is the Neolithic stone circle at Avebury in the UK near to the home of the artist’s father and where James spent much of the past year. Returning to a simpler existence, closer to nature and landscapes infused with such prehistoric lineage provided valuable insight during the composition process. The combination of acute isolation and remedy worked to draw a new energy upwards and into the light that transferred itself almost by osmosis into the music. The transformation is best described by the artist themself, recalling a new moon rising, gleaming on the horizon during a period of particular intensity in February 2021, “like a tide was turning for us all.”

Opener Sirens introduces the EP with cinematic verve before building patiently, propelled by an undulating piano riff. Buoyed by the gentle hiss and crackle of audio noise and complete with softly engineered field recordings, the track waxes and wanes in James’ characteristic style before opening up into a rousing and energetic piece of left-field techno music. Ethereal follow-up Marianna eschews the kick drums in favour of soft modular bells that drive the work throughout its runtime. If Sirens hinted at James’ ability to draw intensity out of the restrained and economic use of instrumentation, Marianna certainly proves the point: as a single, swirling synth lead gives the track its almost trance-like energy. On Locked James returns to drum programming–hi-hats shuffle while bells reignite to deliver a simple but hypnotic hook; piano riffs drop in and out alongside rising synth components and washed out vox to create an immersive experience made powerful by the artist’s admirable production techniques. New Moon bears all the hallmarks of an artist whose primary concerns include density, texture and moving songwriting. Opening simply enough, a processed piano riff introduces the piece while soft live drums draw and pull to create space for playful guitar and synth parts that drive the work onwards, simultaneously creating moving gestures across the sonic landscape. A mesh of glistening sonics executed with considerable assurance, the ebb and flow of the track makes for an invigorating outro to the EP, fading to silence in its final seconds to close the door–even if just momentarily, on the next exciting chapter in the artist’s development.

Released November 24th, The Year Turns To Air is supported by a new Leifur James European tour beginning in October this year, including stops at AB in Brussels, London’s Village Underground and Melkweg, Amsterdam.

#Music #LeifurJames #NightTimeStories

Leifur James - Sirens

More info and tracklist here: http://bit.ly/1m5kG8l

Lodown presents: Coma "comasmondaymorningmix"

Axel Willner - Monte Verità - The Monte Verità Mixes

The Monte Verità mix series was created by our longtime friend Axel Willner (aka The Field), and represents an extensive exploration of his vast and rare vinyl collection. Each mix is a psychedelic trip through lost sonic worlds, offering a deeply personal insight into the music that’s inspired his career.

We will be releasing a Monte Verità mix on the first of each month. All roads lead to somewhere...

Stuart Dempster - Morning Light
Brian Eno - Discreet Music
King Crimson - Waiting Man
Nick Drake - Horn
Pharoah Sanders - Kazuko
Stars of the Lid - Reqiuem for Dying Mothers Pt.2
Tim Hecker - I'm Transmitting Tonight
Colleen - Goodbye Sunshine
Holger Czukay & David Sylvain - Flux (A Big, Bright, Colourful World)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre
Loops of your Heart - Cries
Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Mein Freund Farouk
Pete France - The Swimmer
Love Inc. - Life´s A Gas
Do Make Say Think - The Fare To Get There

Axel Willner - Monte Verità - The Monte Verità Mixes

Welcome to the second edition of Zoon van snooK's (Lo Recordings) Oddtronica show, broadcasting from Dubai. 
We continue with the regular feature 'Feast From The East' - which showcases Oddtronica from all over the Middle East.

The special guest selector is Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes)

So if you want 2 hours of the finest, cutting-edge electronic music and to know what Screw-faced North London grot sounds like, hop aboard!...

First aired: 29/10/16

ZvS links:
www.zoonvansnook.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/Zoon-van-snooK-3…timeline/?ref=mf
twitter.com/Zoon_van_snooK
@zoonvansnook

Track List:

1. Krakaur 'h/e/a/r/t'
2. Kero & Gotshell 'Ex Adenoma Pleomorfico'
3. Sinoptik Music 'Messages From Jupiter'
4. Mi 'Twilight Forest'
5. Square Lines 'Shingaya Square'
6. Rook Vallade 'Gaifld'

'Feast From The East'
7. Cosmo 'A Virus From Outer Space'

8. Echologist 'Kavorka'
9. Magic Pockets 'Lunat Caustic'
10. Things With Wings 'Naija Beat 3.2'
11. Letherette 'Shanel'
12. Grandbrothers 'Neon' (Portable Sunsets Remix)

'Tunes For Zoon' w/ special guest: Rival Consoles
(x 5 - a surprise, you'll have to listen!!!)

18. Rival Consoles 'Odyssey'
19. Abstraxion 'Rinjani'
20. Vaal 'Wander to Hell'
21. Luxus Varta 'Wenn'

'Left of Field'
22. Joe Acheson 'Storms and Foghorns' (National Trust Edit)

23. Lost Idol 'Mechanically Void' (Kettel Remix)
24. Perc and Randomer 'Flooring'
25. Struction 'Dolly'

Bloop. London

Zoon van snooK presents: Oddtronica #17 w/special guest: Rival Consoles

Tracklisting:

His Name Is – One Year (Four Tet Remix)
Last Japan – Y.O.U (Last Japan & Avrgjoe)
DVA – Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix)
Osunlade – Envision
Brothers Hand Mirror – Untitled
Tune-Yards – Bizness
The Shining – Hey You
King Krule – Lead Existence
Radiohead – Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Remix)
Disclosure – Tenderly
Martyn & Mike Slott – All Nights
Patten – Plurals
Kwesachu ft. Ghostpoet – HCHMWBIA 
2562 – The Wind-Up
Hollis P. Monroe – I’m Lonely
Julio Bashmore – Ensnare
Zinc – Sprung
Mosca – Bax
Okain – Corner Boys
Modeselektor & Thom Yorke – Shipwreck
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Tomorrow
Dirty Projectors & Bjork – No Embrace


Ghost Tape Vol.6

Max Cooper - Balance 030 (Part 2) [Preview Edit]
For more info: www.balancemusic.com.au

Balance 030

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Max Cooper - Balance 030 (Part 2) [Preview Edit]

Apparat

Tracklisting:

Grauzone - Eisbär
Sonnymoon - Nothing Thought
Egyptian Hiphop - Yoro Diallo
Barney Artist - Arrival
Gacha - Bowl
Dauwd - What's There
Etta Bond/Raf Riley - Premeditated Murder
Onyx - Slam
TLC - Creep
Gentle Giant - The Advent of Panurge
Ruff Sqwad - Functions On The Low
Hardrive - Deep Inside
Okain - Corner Boys
The Invisible - Lifeline
Apron - Sweets
Cid Rim - Snaredrum Therapy
Mike Gao - Precipice
The Blank - Burn
Lapalux - Forgetting and Learning Again (ft. Kerry Leatham)
Gwilym Gold - Lust For Sale
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - High Rankin Sammy
SL2 - On a Ragga Tip
Kyle Hall - You Know What I Feel
Burial - Truant


Ghost Tape Vol.7

01 - The Mark 00:00:00
02 - Bad Kingdom 00:01:36
03 - Versions 00:05:56
04 - Let In The Light 00:11:09
05 - Milk 00:15:25
06 - Therapy 00:25:29
07 - Gita 00:31:15
08 - Clouded 00:35:38
09 - Ilona 00:37:12
10 - Damage Done 00:42:13
11 - This Time 00:47:38
12 - Last Time (Original Version) 00:53:23
13 - Last Time (Alternate Mix) 00:58:38
14 - Last Time (Demo Version) 01:03:00
15 - Bad Kingdom (Robag Wruhme 4-4 Edit) 01:09:05

Moderat - II (Tour Edition 2014) - Full Album

Doctor of Arts, Mercury Prize nominated musician. 
Poet, DJ, Activist. Tea addict.

Ghost Tape Vol.7

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