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"There are days when all you can think about is the arrival of summer and the air breathing its free will behavior. These thoughts come when the BPM's you listen to duplicate the rhythm your chorus carries and even more so when the rhythms are polyrhythmic and unsyncopated. It is during the course of this hour that I find the need for the solstice change to break with the current despotism."

Born in Figueres, Sumluv (@sumluvmusic) is an electronic music duo based in Barcelona. Their first works are based on sampling records using classic machines and sequencers from 90s.
In February 2017 they release "Ascend" (Self-Release), and after several singles Sumluv debuted with their first EP "Silk Holds Everything" (@beautifulaccidentlabel) 2019. This project placed them into the national electronic scene, described by the media as “electronic music loaded with glam, as captivating as it’s deep”. In 2020, they return again with "Balance EP" (@faneca_music), formed by three instrumental tracks and a remix by the barcelonian producer Sau Poler (@sau-poler). This last release is more focused on the club than ever, with the DNA that characterizes the duo from the beginning. Analog and digital synthesizers, samplers, noises, textures... all mixed to take a firm step in their career.
The production process of the duo is focused on the live shows, where we see their real potential and intentions: make people dance without losing the introspective part of their speech.

https://sumluvmusic.bandcamp.com/

HOCast #61 - Sumluv

If you enjoy this mix or download it, id really appreciate it if you click on 'repost' and / or 'share' it...

A selection of Acid and House tunes from 1988 to 1990 mixed by me. Back to when the raves began and the music started getting exciting. I did this mix and first uploaded it online in 2011, but as of from December 2013 iv re-mixed it and its now improved. Iv got this mix on a couple of sites and the original version i did of this has been quite popular on YouTube. Even tho the original version has been one of my most popular mixes, (apart from my breakdance mix) there was a couple of areas of sloppy mixing, but most significantly after listening to it on a particular occasion i realised just how bad the audio quality was and i wasnt totally happy with it so i thought id try and rectify that, so iv totally re-mixed it (almost identically with only a few minimal changes) and its also now extended with two extra tunes on the end.     This mix is now a better experience ! 

As i say the original copy was bad quality and even when i then put this re-mixed version on YouTube it still had a slight few distorted areas on a couple of tunes, but this is the nice clean copy of it with no issues.
(Altho in hindsight i have put to much sparkle on it in my music producing software, but iv learnt from that since to be abit more minimal with it)

(Contains jingle/ident. I always include these on mixes that are downloadable or for public consumption) 

This Mix is Available for Download. (But isnt anymore cos it's exceeded its download limit)

Another mix of mine thats worth a listen for Breakdance sounds is 'Back to The Early 80's - Breakin / Electro / Funk...
Its available to play / download here >>  http://scott-lee-s.podomatic.com/entry/2014-01-27T19_25_59-08_00

To hear my other mixes visit my YouTube channel... http://www.youtube.com/user/scott31

My mixes are also available to play / download under my name at House-Mixes.com & Mixcloud

Old Skool Classic Acid / House 1988 to 1990 Mix Part 1

Autonomous Africa Volume 3

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This is the third Autonomous Africa EP, the idea being that one EP is released each year and all proceeds are donated to a charity in Africa. Last year's second volume, along with a fundraising night in Glasgow and another in London raised several thousand pounds for the Mtandika Mission in Tanzania (more info on that below). Midland grew up in Tanzania and his parents run the aforementioned charity so it feels fitting that AA continues to raise funds for that. Midland has once again contributed a stellar track as has AA stalwart Auntie Flo (who has now contributed to all three releases). This year they are joined by Glasgow funksters General Ludd and then Twitch rounds off the EP. All being well, this year will also see an AA compilation album of music from Africa.

EP tracks are

A1) Midland - Safi
A2) General Ludd - Burning Mack

AA1) Auntie Flo featuring Anbuley - Daabi
AA2) JD Twitch - Maya

All tracks mastered by Matt Colton.

Distribution by Above Board. Released 28th July 2014 on 12". Digital will follow.

A big, warm thank you to I AM in Glasgow and Trouble Vision in London for putting on AA fundraising nights and for their immense generosity. 
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Why Autonomous Africa?

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Many of the problems Africa faces are a result of outside interference by other countries, and as the 21st century progresses we will see the continued pillage of African resources to feed the global capitalist machine on an unprecedented scale. Corrupt and greedy regimes gladly sell their land and mineral wealth to finance their own extravagant lifestyles while the vast majority of ordinary people see little or no improvement in their own lives. An autonomous Africa run by the people for the people, where African land is predominantly used to feed African people and Africa's vast wealth of resources is used to benefit the people of Africa seems the only logical way forward. Autonomous Africa's goal is to highlight this message and here presents to you 4 tracks of African inspired grooves.

We fully realise a small run, independently released 12" is going to make very little difference to the world, but doing something has to be better than doing nothing. The idea of an autonomous Africa may be naive and unrealistic, but at some point the world we live in will have to change or future generations are going to be left with very little as we consume way more than our fair share. We have collectively buried our heads in the sand thinking we are powerless to engender change. Individually we have little power but collectively, the power is ours.

JD Twitch, June 2013.

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About The Mtandika Mission
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Mtandika is a large village in the dry Ruaha river valley, 400km west of Dar es Salaam. It is a very poor village.

One of the prime movers in the village is Sister Barberina Mhagala. Since she retired from being Headmistress of the Primary School in 2005, Sister Barberina has been developing a Trade School at Mtandika to provide skills training for girls who are either orphans or have no fees for secondary education. She started by building a classroom and dormitory for the Trade School girls who were given sewing lessons and learning to make garments to sell.

Because many of the children do not have homes locally, accommodation is critical. So Sister then built extra accommodation blocks, not only for some of the girls attending the Trade School but also for some 80 girls attending the local Lukosi Secondary School where there was no accommodation.

The girls are taught to be as self sufficient as possible and as well and grow their own food and rear animals in the school grounds.

Water supply is critical, as water is not only required for every day purposes at the school but for irrigating the shambas [allotments]. Water is currently pumped from the nearby perennial Lukosi river some 500 metres away using a petrol pump. Investigations into a cheaper alternative are being investigated.

Education is essential if Tanzania is to fully develop its full potential and anything is possible given the opportunity. As well as supporting Sister Barberina in her capital expenditure, some 10 of the children at the Trade School and 30 at local Secondary Schools who cannot afford the fees are sponsored by funds raised by the charity.

More information - www.actioninafrica.org/about-mtandika.php

Autonomous Africa 3 EP (sampler)

"A slow descent into shadow: drones coil like incense smoke, subtle fragments flicker at the edge of perception, and a quiet ritual begins to take shape. The mix moves with the gravity of a half-remembered dream. An abstract journey carved from stillness, depth, and a darkness that never overwhelms, only draws you in."

Yoshitaka Shirakura (@user-309855222) is a Tokyo-based DJ and event organizer specializing in Techno, Ambient, and Avant-garde music. Since 2015, he has been actively booking avant-garde live performances at dance parties, bridging genres and expanding musical perspectives. In 2019, he began performing solo drone live sets using a bass guitar. Since 2022, he has also been performing live hardware sets.

HOCast #267 - Yoshitaka Shirakura

"A spark becomes momentum: rhythms splinter and recombine, bell-like echoes circling through coils of bass and kinetic percussion. What unfolds is a hybrid voyage shaped in real time - instinct over structure, curiosity over certainty - a shared current of energy where experimentation finds its own pulse."


On one side, Parautas (@parautas64848754) is the electronic music production and performance project of Santiago de Compostela–born artist Charli Gómez. Centred on sound creation through a range of electronic devices, Parautas focuses most of his work on the live format. On the other, Marini (@mmmarini) is a regular fixture in the crowd at Espacio Perpendicular, only stepping behind the decks in the summer of 2023, inspired by the venue’s distinctive musical direction.

Author's note: The idea for the hybrid set was a last-minute suggestion for a New Year’s Eve private party - an intimate gathering of friends with no greater ambition than ringing in 2025 in the best company possible. It was a gift to kick off the year with a session there, taking that shared impulse to play and experiment into a hybrid format, without rehearsals and using new gear such as Torso Electronics’ S4. What you hear is the result: a live jam blending sampled bell chimes, old patterns and newly discovered labels like Third Foundation, creating a fresh and communal space for both of us and our closest friends.

HOCast #269 - Parautas & Marini (Hybrid) @ Espacio Perpendicular

“ NIL. Evening unfolds in smoke and soft light. Looped guitars, drifting drones, and delicate field recordings carve a vast, meditative space — a live improvisation where intuition shapes every texture. Shadows and melody coil together, dissolving boundaries between memory, sound, and presence, carrying the listener into a quiet, introspective journey.”

Florian aka MORDIO (@mordiomusic) is a Berlin-based music producer and teacher. With years of experience in the field, he is known for his rich sound design in both groovy primal instinct techno and soft meditative texture-based ambient. Alongside his music, he shares his knowledge with the world through online tutorials and courses.

Author's note: It's evening. Guitar, TORSO S4 sampler, SOMA Cosmos pedal. Incense. Candle. Everything on my desk in front of me. I breathe. I connect. I press record. The guitar melody loops, slightly offset, until it becomes a texture placed into a space so vast it transforms into a drone. Here the journey begins. I let go of consciousness and become the medium. No control just intuition. Textures recorded throughout the year, moments from my life, atmospheres. Blended with effects and soundscapes that ease me into meditation. After an hour, I come back. It is what it is. Fully improvised. Left as is. I hope it brings you down in these stressful times.

NIL is the product of this jam turned into an album. It will be available on their Bandcamp.

Support his music: https://mordio.bandcamp.com/
Support his channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MordioMusic
Web: https://mordiomusic.com/

HOCast #268 - MORDIO - LIVE

"A hush settles over the winter landscape as shadow and melody intertwine. Field recordings drift in like cold air through a cracked window, grounding each passage in a world both distant and near. Darker currents move beneath the surface, yet something gentle keeps breaking through — small motifs, brief clearings, moments of quiet lift. An abstract, atmospheric journey shaped by contrast, restraint, and a kind of beauty that thrives in low light."

William Selman (@wselman) is a Portland, Oregon-based multi-disciplinary artist whose sound work uses field recordings, synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and digital processing techniques to explore themes such as place and non-places, embodiment, atmosphere, and the dialectic between the real and the artificial. He co-manages the Critique of Everyday Life label with Chris Miller (Gunnar Haslam) and plays in the improvisational trio Wild Card of Cascadia with Paul Dickow (Strategy) and Marcus Fischer. He has released works on Old Technology, Hausu Mountain, Mysteries of the Deep, Digitalis, and Critique of Everyday Life.

https://williamselman.bandcamp.com
https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandcamp.com
https://old-technology.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-moves-between

Tracklist:
Incantation - Jean-Claude Eloy - Reminiscences (hors territoires)
Cave Calls - Mariolina Zitta - Concert for Bats, Voices and Natural Sounds (Black Sweat)
at eric ericsonhallen - Daniel M Karlsson - Towards a Music for Large Ensemble (fonstret)
Glass Bits - Chloe Alexandra Thompson - They Can Never Burn the Stars (SIGE)
Lyren - Jen Reimer and Max Stein - Sonic Topologies (Institute of Landscape Architecture)
Üzias - Bart De Paepe - Zürahümnah (La Scie Dorée)
Score for Rhythm Clusters with Accents Pt 1 - Chandler and Dickow - Play Fischer (Critique of Everyday Life)
Mount Mansfield - Sam Boston/Shawn O'Sullivan - Mount Mansfield (Critique of Everyday Life)
Sumatra Method - Émile Zener - Sumatra Method (Critique of Everyday Life)
Sanctioned Departures Pt 1 - William Selman - Sanctioned Departures (Critique of Everyday Life)
Passages - Octavian Nemescu - Passages... À Travers Le Temps (Metaphor)
The Willow Bends and So Do I - Magnus Granberg and Skogen - The Willow Bends and So Do I (Another Timbre)
then, silence - Bernhard Günter - then, silence (trente oiseaux)
Errant Ear - Brunhild Ferari - Errant Ear (Persistence of Sound)
I[0] = I[1] - Christophe Charles & Kozo Inada - i[] (Gestalt)
Everything Nice 1 - BJ Nilsen, Ragnar Jónsson, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson - Everything Nice (Some)
L'expérience caustique - Elsa Justel - L'ombre du pont (empreintes digitales)
Chant d'ombre - Michèle Bokanowski - Musiques de concert (Sonoris)
The Clear Observatory - Massimo Toniutti - The Clear Observatory (Klang Gallerie)
Katko - Ø - Sysivalo (Sähkö)

HOCast #270 - William Selman

It's here.

To celebrate Björk's Mixmag December cover, she's recorded an exclusive studio mix.

We'll let the music speak for itself, but here's a message from Björk herself:

dearestest music-lovers !
here is a little set for you . it is most definitely flute and air themed and perhaps reveals the sonic environment my ears were in last year . i thank all the musicians . kindness , björk.

Tracklist: mixmag.net/bjorkmix2017

Tracklist and Feature

The Cover Mix: Björk

LA-based Australian three-piece RÜFÜS DU SOL are steadily becoming one of the world's most popular live electronic acts. Their third album looks like it will be the tipping point for a band Pete Tong says "are about to hit a whole new level"

The Cover Mix: RÜFÜS DU SOL

The Horn ‘Trinity’.
RVDS & Sneaker ‘Inside Me’.
Betonkust ‘Digital Cemetery’.
I-f ‘Midnight Connection To Mars’.
Marco Bernardi ‘Keep On Looking’.
Electroids ‘Digital Warlock’.
Das Ding ‘Speedbump’.
Legowelt ‘Deep Magic Begins Here’.
Auto Sound City ‘Ayu-2’. 
Ellis De Havilland 2 ‘B2’.
Alessandro Adriani ‘Fuoco’.
Delroy Edwards ‘Crazy Cool Beats’.
Jean Nippon & The Magendie High School ‘Tepco Cunts’.
Gladio ‘Olympus Panspermia’.
Dungeon Acid ‘Acid Girl’.
Black Merlin ‘Psych 73’.
Dona ‘Vrs3’.
Lhasa ‘Premonition’.
Innershades ‘Cold Fronts’.
DJ Spookie ‘Twilite’.
Perseus Traxx ‘How The Mighty Fell’ (Timothy J. Fairplay Remix).
Basic Soul Unit ‘Church Short’.
Monojunk ‘Melody Boy’s Melody’.
Victrola ‘Game Of Despair’.

Timothy J. Fairplay Threads Radio 9th April 2019

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HOCast #61 - Sumluv

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