Dialog - DOT 2 (feat. Benji & Josei) - DOT002

http://dialogsound.com
bookings: dialog.sound@gmail.com

A1. If You Know
A2. Stranger
B1. Warm
B2. High Grade

Maintaining the decades-deep dubwise practice of conscious musical tradition and exploratory sonic futurism, Dialog return with a second drop on their DOT series of soundsystem-spirited plates. This latest EP features the return of Jamaican vocalist Daveron Dawkins, aka Benji, joined this time by his son David Dawkins, aka Josei, on an intergenerational vocal collaboration.

Dialog is a production and performance partnership between Dutch artist Samuel van Dijk, (aka VC-118A and more) and Finnish producer Rasmus Hedlund. The pair first explored overtly ambient pastures on a double-pack LP for Astral Industries in 2022, bringing a dub-informed sensibility to their richly sculpted textures, before deciding to experiment with forthright riddims while jamming in the studio in Helsinki. A friend from a neighbouring studio heard the meditative pulse they were working on and connected them with Benji, originally from Jamaica but a resident of Finland for more than 30 years. 

When he was in Jamaica, Benji’s affinity for music came second to his footballing talent, which incidentally led to him crossing paths with Bob Marley and the wider reggae community in the 70s and 80s. In recent years he and Josei had worked together intermittently on jams and tracks, but the sessions they attended with Dialog marked a new chapter as they committed their improvised, universal flows to the broad sweep of riddims laid down by van Dijk and Hedlund. 

Many tracks were recorded, setting Dialog up with Benji and Josei for a sustained project which moves beyond the cuts into the dance. The debut performances in November 2023 saw van Dijk and Hedlund manning an extensive live rig alongside Benji and Josei’s singing and toasting, appearing in prominent Helsinki club Kaiku one week and at an intimate dance on the Salamari Sound System the next. The Dialog sound has exactly the flexibility for both scenarios, forged in crisply defined production that draws on techno, electro and ambient as much as dub, but also steeped in tradition and coloured with the warmth and character of instrumentation and vintage signal processing. 

On DOT 2, we get a deeper insight into the progression of the project from the loose and flowing possibilities of the first recorded tracks through to more considered structures as the focus on Dialog’s direction sharpened in response to Benji’s inspiration. It’s a celebration of the merging of energies - the radiant glow of Benji’s Jamaican heritage colliding with the snow-capped sonics of North European techno, a living music rooted in community and collaboration but also fashioned with a modernist outlook which naturally translates to the club.

DOT 2

Dialog - DOT 2 (feat. Benji & Josei) - DOT002

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« I envisioned this mix as an ode to a wild summer in nostalgic house form. Full of groove-oriented 90s and early 00s cuts where infectious rhythms come together with bouncy basslines to channel the euphoric release of the dance. As the weather cools down and the days get shorter, blast this one and envision yourself on a beach somewhere at sunset, surrounded by your favorite people, without a care in the world… »

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Break A Leg : Mars O10C invite Aquamarine (23.10.24)

Pour le dernier événement de notre résidence à Aperto, nous avons organisé une session radiophonique en collaboration avec Radio Sofa, une webradio et collectif oscillant entre événements festifs et méditatifs, diffusion radiophonique, arts visuels, sapes et micro-label.
Une heure d&amp#39;ambient, bass et experimental avec Thaïs, résidente de Radio Sofa.


Aperto session w/ Radio Sofa w/ Thaïs (21/10/24)

For the first episode of Spectrum, her new radio show at RP and club night at Baggen, Vika took over the RP booth in the closing slot and invited berlin based sweetheart Ophélie  for the first hour. Tune in for a very sophisticated, minimalist yet details rich mix of contemporary dubstep, percussive broken beats and atmospheric techno. It's gentle, it's gloomy, and sometimes it goes angry and punchy mode - and we must say, its overall rather beautiful! Definitely a recommendation from us. 

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Radio Panini is a Community Radio and Panini Bar broadcasting live every saturday afternoon and evening from Baggen, a legendary club in the heart of the meatpacking district, Copenhagen.
Visit radiopanini.com for more!


Spectrum w/ Ophélie @ Radio Panini (19.10.2024)

...Moving in to a whole new place, it took quite some time to find the gear to record this mix but it was worth the wait

@bartoli_bartoli
Marseille
02/12/24

Motorium Podcast 009 - Bartoli

maxiu live streaming @ TOHA Radio 2024.12.23

maxiu，柏林音樂場景的新生力量，足跡遍及底特律、都柏林與北京。他成長於中國的地下夜店文化，曾多次在 DADA 和 MAO Livehouse 演出，隨後前往底特律探尋電子音樂的根源。

他曾是 Dublin Digital Radio 的常駐 DJ，主持每月節目 Porcelain 瓷，也剛在柏林的 Refuge Worldwide 客座演出。maxiu 的音樂風格融合 底特律 Electro 與 Deconstructed Club，現更專注於音響系統文化與 Ambient 迷幻聲響的結合，選曲橫跨 IDM、Dubby Breaks 與實驗氛圍，打造沉浸式的聲音旅程。

maxiu, a newcomer to Berlin's music scene, has roots in Detroit, Dublin, and Beijing. Growing up immersed in China’s booming underground club culture, he spun several times at DADA Beijing and MAO Livehouse before seeking out the origins of electronic music in Detroit and Pittsburgh's legendary underground hotspot, Hot Mass.

A former resident at Dublin Digital Radio, maxiu hosted Porcelain 瓷, a monthly radio show exploring Asia's underground music scenes and cultures, and recently just appeared on Refuge Worldwide. While his club-oriented sound draws from Detroit Electro and Deconstructed Club, his current passion lies in sculpting textured, dreamy soundscapes influenced by sound system culture. His sets weave together selections from IDM, dubby breaks, and experimental ambient, creating immersive sonic journeys.

maxiu @TOHA Radio 23.12.2024

• @i-shaa •
Ivan Robirosa - Scred (Ambient Mix)
Driftmachine - The Plans were never accomplished
Shinbu - Hollow Thoughts
Pessimist - The Woods
Mike Parker - Chant With Me
Last Life - Astral Tribe
K.S.U. - Free Interpretation 4
J Majik - Tranquil
Rezzet - Kermit
HR FOR DRUG DEALERS - COCAINE
Mecanica Popular - Impresionistas 2
Markus Masuhr - Echoes of Polyrhythmic Harmony
TMSV - Mokujin
?? - Flo

• 55:00 N.E.GIRL •
Jah Warrior - Visionary Dub
GOTH-TRAD - Voyager
Tracing Xircles - Surface Level
Sepehr - Diaspora Simalucra
End Train - Into The Sun's Maze (Oscar Mulero Percussive remix)
Lithe - Mainline
Krithi - Fissures
Anastasia Kristensen - Cordyceps Disco
Memory Play - Anxious Attachment
Danil Leitner - little bit
Luz1e - Language of the Unheard ft. DALO
Alex Jann - Function Collider
Katatonic Silentio - Evolutionary Inertia
Alex Jann - Sustain Contact
Aphex Twin - Come On You Slags
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - High Grade
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Kush Pressure

The Secret Shade w/ i-sha & N.E.GIRL: 21st March '24

I’ve been recording guitar more lately; feeling this one - drop a comment an let me know what you think 🙏❤️

Spark It (85)

Codename: RCRDS favourite NonRev returns to the label for his first full-length release on the label, the beautiful 'The Trivial Sublime'.

Featuring 10 brand new solo tracks along with collaborations with Fortune & Chance, and TRC2, this is a stunning example of this fast-rising stars' journey in dancefloor focussed Atmospheric Drum & Bass.

Links:
https://codenamercrds.bandcamp.com/album/the-trivial-sublime
https://cygnusmusic.link/k9grm3e

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