We are very pleased to welcome 'X or Size' (Josiah Wolfson) to the Good Morning commune.  @xorsize

Currently residing in New York City, Josiah owns the incredible esoteric vortex that is Aeon Bookstore - where by chance we first met a few solar cycles ago. (https://www.aeonbookstore.com/)

During that visit to Aeon (just like the open hearted & friendly soul that we've come know) he kindly gifted us with a cassette of his own original productions - painstakingly & mindfully crafted over many years, of which we are very excited to present to you now, alongside some of his newly conceived pieces of grand(heart)expansion.  

Some honest words below from X or Size on this amazing EP....

"Covert ID consists of 7 tracks spanning 7 years, 7 planetary bodies distinct in climate and chemistry but all spun around the same sun, the core of which comes from the search for a specific sound sensed in adolescence, a sound which began to meet its potential around the start of this period.  This time was marked by a series of transformational events, starting with the end of a band and leading up to the founding of Aeon Bookstore in New York City.  Alongside those events these years were marked by a time of deep personal realignment, including a strongly rekindled interest in Eastern Mysticism that had been fostered at age 14, a return to visual art practice left dormant (culminating in the creation of the collage which adorns the cover), as well as the discovery of the dance floor and the revelation of liberation that came from it.  In some ways a debut, with very limited releases under various names more than 10 years in the rearview, this was a period of total rebirth and regeneration, a stripping away of expectations more closely situated with the childlike curiosity that first came about with the purchase of a 4 track and drum pad at age 11, the 4-track being the ideal space to escape the alienation of youth and a world all too real for an already oblique mind.  

That foundational feeling is distilled here through an anomalous approach that has developed naturally since then and which is rediscovered and realigned each time within the act of creation itself.  An array of analogue elements are foraged to form a loose lattice which congeals at its own pace through musical practice as a daily method of meditation, sculpting around the pulse of a work-in-progress as a form of centering on a kind of breath, informing and informed by the pursuit of peace, presence, and personal growth. This runs through the course of the work, as the tape opens with a piece that was initially conceived in a moment of purest bliss only to be refined throughout a period bleakly bedridden by injury, with all energy focused on sound as both escape from and expression of existential acceptance.  That balancing act reached its peak in the title track, first formed in the face of lockdowns and worked on bit by bit each day for several months as the dread in the air would dissipate and rise again, on the one hand embracing the harsh reality as a platform for reflection and on the other hand allowing this as the only space to remain free from it's baggage. These pieces were all cauldrons of self-discovery and self-recovery during times of great upheaval and ecstasy, a pivot point to be lost and found through hypnotic sublimation, finding root for regeneration in repetitive rhythm and a means for mystery in the minutiae which orbit the origin.  An exercise in focus, and exorcism of attachments, X as the unknown, cut to Size but always allowing for either/or, one foot on earth the other in the aether." 

The 'Covert ID' EP is available now on cassette via our online store & coming soon to our supportive stockists.

Cover Artwork by Josiah Wolfson

GMT41 X or Size - Covert ID (Snippets)

What does dancing mean to you?
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" It’s quite primordial for me. I think that dancing in a dark place, on drugs, enveloped by a sound system really distilled the trance-inducing properties of dancing for me and solidified my passion/ need for it, but I also know everyone has their own relationships with it, which I find so special as well!  Dancing in general has helped to shed through so many hang-ups [ego/ pre-tension]. I remember how embarrassed I used to get when I was younger and my mom would dance in the grocery store isles when a fun song would come on. Now I’m so glad I do that too! "
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As a Colombian artist based in Montreal, Daniel Rincon has taken many forms with other artists such as his Ambien Baby project with D.Tiffany. However, as his solo project NAP, he delivers an eclectic range of sounds the reflect his diverse music taste and upbrings which are evident in the multitude of deviate label and production projects he runs. For us, he has put together a wild sonic journey touching on influences from across the globe that tell the tale of "house of mud, with lots of love, strong foundations" ...
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@napmusick

PMIX014 | NAP

Who better to step up to the platters for BSRMIX#107 than our old fried Max Graef, this time providing a very special mix of unreleased and forthcoming music from his label Tax Free. 

What are you working on at the moment?

I am working on guitar music as Iris and on a full length western movie.

How and where did you record this mix?

The mix was recorded in logic using digital files of music. Most of it
is coming up on tax free records this year, some of it is already released.

Anything coming up you'd like to mention?

We have a new album coming very soon by ccctyyy, also featured in the mix.
I recommend everybody to listen to it. It’s very romantic. I am also
excited about a new magazine coming up featuring the mesmerising art
of Ö. C. Kiliç. It’s accompanying an epic LP entitled running out of time - business trip, out in summer on Tax Free.

I want to thank BSR for asking me to record this, Mississippi records for the inspiration and Funkycan for the enlightenment.

BSRMIX107 - Tax Free Special

For the next instalment of our mix series, we are so lucky to welcome Naarm based, miscmeg. Co-founder of the amazing @vortexvortexvortex party series, Meg is an incredible deejay and producer who has an ear for glistening soundscapes across a wide range of genres. Miscmegs tranquil mixes have soundtracked many of our days at home over the past year or so, making us feel honoured to be able to share this with you. Full of dreamy textures and lush downtempo, this mix is a beautiful journey.. enjoy xx

@mgmldrm
@mgmldrm
@mgmldrm

Neurocrank Mix: miscmeg

"More and more I think about the way we consume media. Skipping, fast forwarding, getting the point. 
This mix was made to listen to on a bus (or any other vehicle) - Look out the window and get bored.
You don't need to tell anyone or even prove it. This moment is yours" @lowflung (@moontown-records)

Art by Kavil Patel

C - low flung

Ben Bondy – Rest
Bongwater – Stone (excerpt)
D. Strange – IRO
Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg – Der Tode von Allen der Welt
Djivan Gasparyan – They Took My Love Away
Dome – Linasixup
Flaty – Feeding Of The Negativity
??? – ???
??? – ???
Holy Tongue – Breicha
Joseph Spence – Down By The Riverside
Little Roy – Natty Yard
One Bok – RG Voicenote
One Box – Leo
??? – ???
Paul DeMarinis – The Lecture Of Comrade Stalin At The Extraordinary
8th Plenary Congress
Richard Holhburn – The Ceaseless Attempt To Subserve Sound As A Means
To Some Other End Or Value
Severed Heads – Hummahbubbah (Live To Air)
Something Else – Something Else
Space Afrika & Tibyan Mahawah Sanoh – Untitled (To Describe You) OST
Stack Waddy – Girl From Ipanema (edited)
Spacemen 3 – Spacemen Jam
Straw Man Army – General Rosas' Laugh
Straw Man Army – The Ruins of Concepción
Taqbir – Tfou 3lik
Teitanblood – Mass
Taqbir – Al-Zuki Akbar
Sublink – Pulverise
Walter Maioli – Queen Bee
Walter Maioli – Cosmic Buzzers

TTT NTS 26.07.21

TTT BANDCAMP

Mixtape named after a pub in Land's End. Fleetway Tapes 006.

Andy Mac - First & Last, Sennen

swiftly ending

888 bit_3

Our debut release for 2021 aligns with the debut solo release from the U.K. producer Angel Hunt. @angelhunt

'Apparition Floor' is a set of musikal responses to excerpts to Giorgio de Chirico’s wild metaphysical novel Hebdomeros. It follows the protagonist Hebdomeros' journey through an enigmatic, sullen landscape of doorways, columns, gas lamps and blind windows. The sounds map the weird architecture and wonky lay of the land.

Cassettes now available via the Good Morning Online store!

GMT39 Angel Hunt - Apparition Floor EP (Snippets)

@kohwi
@executive_lunch

For the 2nd edition of pi2pi-- we are joined by kohwi and his internet elusive partner executive lunch in the good ole spirit of the b2b experience. 
For the Q&A they will go back in forth in the pipipi style...
Thank you for listening & enjoy the journey <3


K: Who exactly is executive lunch?

EL: Executive lunch is an afternoon special at Cafe Brasil in Culver City, a gentleman’s short-lived escape from atomization, a creature birthed in São Paulo and raised in the desert.

EL: This is your second pipipi mix. What has changed since your first?

K: Well first of all I guess I live in California now. Very grateful to you for luring me out to the crazy weirdness of Los Angeles. It’s been a strange year to move to a new city, but I feel at home having you as my rock and the handful of friends that have woven in and around our lives these past 12 months. Musically this one feels so different than my last pipipi - every song has some story or place associated with it that we shared together. Also, there’s a certain playfulness that you brought out in me which doesn’t come out as much solo.

K: If you could live inside of a fruit, which would it be and why?

EL: I would live inside of a pomegranate, for the texture

EL: What was your best interaction with a more-than-human life form this year?

K: When a black & white cat appeared at my back porch in LA and left a dead mouse on the door. We tried to leave water or food but he didn’t really stick around for it. Still not sure if he wanted anything in return or if he was just feeling particularly generous that night.

K: Take your favorite song from our mix, and describe the feeling you had when you first heard it

EL: I don’t know if it was the very first time I heard it, but the track with the most potent memory is no vale Na by Chico Blanco. Early in the lockdown, vibing down PCH with dear friends Sam & Chase en route to Topanga, where we all snuck into a park to watch the meteor shower from the wet grass

EL: The song you imagine you were conceived to?

K: https://youtu.be/l3_kndxPVrY

Check out the extended interview & some fun lockdown pics on the website

http://pipipi.life/mix/375-2/

pi2pi: kohwi b2b executive lunch

For all enquiries please get in touch here:
contact@goodmorningtapes.com

GMT41 X or Size - Covert ID (Snippets)

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