Mixes & Recordings

Grand Central 2021 - Garçon

Recording of Grand Central Stream for Antigel Festival 2021.
@garcon played on the 6th of February at Motel Campo.

Grand Central 2021 - Garçon

Konduku @ DOGMA x Nous'klaer ADE 2021

Welcome https://soundcloud.com/garcon from switzerland to our RIOCAST series. Find the interview here --> https://riolabel.com/riocasts

RIOCAST05 Garçon - Flimmer

We probably don't need to tell you who Deadbeat is. (He even did a previous RA Podcast for us, all the way back in 2007.) But if you need a refresher, he's one of the most important and revered artists in dub techno. The Canadian artist came up in the Montreal scene alongside other trailblazers like Akufen and other Canadians (think Cobblestone Jazz, Mathew Jonson, Wagon Repair, etc). His early records for ~scape are some of the most classic and influential minimal there ever was, but dub is always at the heart of his work, and runs in the veins of BLKRTZ, the prolific label he runs himself.

Sa Pa, on the other hand, sits somewhere in the ambient zone. Originally from Adelaide, he's found a powerful creative sparring partner in Deadbeat. The two released their first album together, The Mountain, earlier this year. It's the 50th release on BLKRTZ and maybe one of the most monumental records in either artist's catalogue, a triple-LP that harks back to the hypnotic, plink-plonk days of yore with the strong cross-genre underpinning that marks Deadbeat's work these days, and plenty of lovely atmospheric wiggles.

The duo's lengthy RA Podcast, taken from two different recordings at their Absurd Dub Lustre party in Berlin, mirrors the LP's sound, weaving through tracks new and old. It's full of warm, dubby vibrations and smooth transitions.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/836

@sapaofficial

RA podcast

RA.836 Deadbeat & Sa Pa

Founder of https://soundcloud.com/sure_thing Sure Thing, Aaron J https://soundcloud.com/arn_j and  Midgar Label Boss https://soundcloud.com/severja recorded live at Midgar x Harmony Rec Openair in gART.n, Berlin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon of late July. Not much was decided in advance but the BPM. It followed an organic, coherent and surprisingly decent ;) back 2 back. Love you Aaaron! This brings back lovely Summer memories.

Aaron J & Severja at Midgar x Harmony, July '22

With studied and meticulous elegance, Sa Pa summons a Dionysean tempest, a writ to harness the coming storm. It's humbling to share this and more so to listen, a fervent tour de force recorded live at Paral·lel Festival, a call to convergence under the boundless Catalonian sky.

@absurdlustre
@parallelfestival

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

Sure Thing Mix 116: Sa Pa

Sybil At Home - September '22

A lush current of kinetic energy pulsates underneath you, enveloping you until you forget your body has edges. Such is the sensation one gets when listening to our next guest, Sunju Hargun. Based out of Bangkok, he spends his time DJing and co-running the imprint Siamese Twins Records, which is focused on exposing upcoming talent from Asia and acts as a platform for exploring everything from ceremonial chants to Bollywood-inspired acid. 

As a selector and curator, Sunju's inexplicable ability to meld cultures, rhythms, and timbres has earned him a respected reputation at home and abroad. In fact, it was at their gig together in Leipzig at Institut für Zukunft that Unrush founder Mareena and him realized they were both fans of each other. In this spirit of musically-bonded friendships, it was only natural to have him contribute to the series. Let yourself dissipate into the mist with this ambient masterclass from Sunju Hargun.

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/sunjuhargun

Bandcamp: https://sunjuhargunmusic.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunjuhargun/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunju.aiff
RA: https://ra.co/dj/sunjuhargun

Unrush Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Unrush Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Unrush Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush_/?hl=de
Unrush Facebook: www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria
Words by Nathan Levenson

Tracklist:
CTAFAD - Acquifer 君毅多壮思 音雅纵横飞
CTAFAD - Land of Sadness 君毅多壮思 音雅纵横飞
Endurance - Glisten
Endurance - Transcend
YPY - MS
Gonno - Wander Other Worlds
Songs For A Tired City - PRN
夜光虫 - Noctiluca - Part One
Sapphire Slows - Will Tell you a Story
 Barbarika - Yūgiri
 Yukari Okamura - Circle
 Barbarika - Yerevan
 KEIHIN - Exhale
 Jonathan Kusuma - Q & Q
 Tadi - Dege
 P. Tul - Nueng Kum Tarm (Black Merlin Vision)
 Surabhi Saraf - Flowing Still
 Songs For A Tired City - Na sote hai na sone dete hai
 Arushi Jain - Cultivating Self Love
 Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Destiny (Cemetery of Splendour)

071 - Unrushed by Sunju Hargun

We have been eager to share this new chapter of our Podcast Series with you for a little while. It comes courtesy of the Basel-based Timnah Sommerfeldt, the empress of all things occult and hypnotic in the realm of electronica 🔮

Part of the well-respected amenthia recordings crew, co-host of Home Radio she runs together with Garçon and a resident at Elysia ~ arguably one of the most loved clubs in Europe ~ Timnah is a well seasoned DJ with strong sensibility in navigating the the deeper, headier waters of techno and atmospheric bass 💫

Timnah’s introspective contribution is a perfectly balanced blend of deep, aqueous drones and murky downtempo carving out and holding space for the patiently emerging stormy rhythms taking the reins for most part in the second half of the mix. Time to brace yourselves for a one way journey into the maelstrom. Safe travels, friends 🌝🌚

Sounds by @timnah-sommerfeldt 
Visions by @marcomaldarella 

TRACKLIST: 

Mike Parker - Voice Three
Ishq - Night Sky Dreaming
Neel - Storm In Stickney
Alan Backdrop - Kair
Sciama - Pigment
Toki Fuko - Narration 2
Varuna - Untitled
Birds of Prey - Black Vulture (Patrick Russell Remix)
Recent Arts - Pull The Emergency Break
Alan Backdrop - Sepora
2350 Broadway - Hands Of Light Part IV
Sciama - Observe
Varuna - Untitled
Konduku - Helles
Strië - Man And The Cosmos Around
Claudia Sin - Panic

Podcast Series 29 | Timnah

~~ fading light ✧｡⋆. ~~ 
a blustery expression of 85BPM wintery weirdness, darkening evenings and rainy bus journeys 🌬️🌫️🌙


On the 4th of November, I stopped by the @noodsradio studio in Bristol to spin a few tunes before playing at Strange Brew that night -- this is the recording of that show, thanks Noods for the invite.

fading light ✧｡⋆.

From Naarm's Zara, a seismic dawn to the new year. Halftime rhythms tremble, atmospheres kiss the wind, valleys of unbridled emotion nestle in-between. A colossal mix of sincere gravity, cleaving a path forward, brimming with new light. Thanks Zara!

@zaraolsen
@kinesis-recordings

Artwork by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Sure Thing Mix 119: Zara

The first Patterns of Perception mix of 2023 comes from a luminous presence and dear friend of our collective - label head, mix series curator, promoter and esteemed selector Aaron J (@arn_j).

Over the years, a combination of passion, openness and tireless energy has seen Aaron become a trusted voice for experimental, boundary-pushing electronic music across both the US and the wider scene. 

Founded over eight years ago, Aaron’s much-loved platform @sure_thing is the embodiment of his forward-thinking curation and clarity of vision. Now based in Brooklyn, Sure Thing started as a series of parties in San Francisco before growing outward, later blossoming into a renowned mix series and record label. 

As a DJ, Aaron’s level of empathy and attention-to-detail are unmistakeable, allowing him to deeply connect with the dance floor no matter the context - layering, building and driving emotions ever onwards.

Aaron J's Patterns of Perception 106 is both radiant and personal - an idyllic snapshot of the perfect dance floor, glowing with wide-eyed energy. Pensive darkness simmers into hedonistic psychedelia. Intensity turns reflective. Endless rhythms vibrate and flare into nurturing light. 

Links:
@arn_j
https://www.instagram.com/arn_j/
@sure_thing
https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/surethingevents

Patterns of Perception 106 - Aaron J

For the third installment of our podcast series, we welcome Australian-born Berlin-based dj, producer, and soundscape artist Sa Pa. With a name referencing northern Vietnam's high, foggy mountains, expect a live recorded podcast from our May party that resembles the northern parts of Vietnam: Hazy, clear and unclear, mystic, and at times pushing forward, finding directions, this podcast feels like a (musical) journey of ambient soundscapes, dub, and pitched down that leaves one to reach the higher spheres (of Vietnam).

Sa Pa - NLDMIX 003

Our latest mix is a 3.5hr recording from  https://soundcloud.com/absurdlustre founder and Astral Industries artist https://soundcloud.com/sapaofficial, recorded at a recent sleep in event, from 2am until 5.30am. Read more about the mix and words from Sa Pa: http://asip.me/isolatedmix125

isolatedmix 125 - Sa Pa (Sleep In)

A taste of new material from the mysterious Giegling affiliate.

Download and tracklisting: https://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts/podcast-601-sa-pa

XLR8R Podcast

Download & Tracklist

XLR8R Podcast 601: Sa Pa

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/sa-pa/

We kick off the New Year with a deeply atmospheric IA MIX from Sa Pa (@sapaofficial), dredging us through a thick haze of reduced experimental dub techno, composed of field recordings and a mass of unreleased material from the producer's archives. Listen out for forthcoming music from Sa Pa's next release @lamassusounds. Sit back, put on your headphones and soak up the ambience.

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EVENTS // 2024
June 8 - In-Store: Overload Liverpool with The Cyclist & Waxtek
May 18 - In-Store: Baroque Sunburst https://inverted-audio.store/blogs/news/in-store-baroque-sunburst
May 4 - In-Store: Ramjac Corporation (Reel-To-Reel)
Apr 13 - Antepop All Night Long At Rons
Apr 6 - In-Store: Dying In Beauty
Mar 22 - Joe Davies, JVXTA, Antepop, Beeches at The Waiting Room
Mar 8 - Boaksi In-Store (Project Indigo)
Mar 3 - Leyton Record Fair
Jan 21 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio x Out Of Joint Records

2023
Dec 16 - Christmas In-Store
Dec 2 - Joe Davies (Smallville Records) In-Store
Nov 18 - Ben Kaczor (Dial) In-Store
Sep 15 - Inverted Audio Record Store Launch
Aug 18 - The Carpet Shop, DR MYSTERY, Nightwave, Antepop, Dweedo
Aug 10-14 - Houghton Festival Record Fair
July 15 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio Store x Out Of Joint Records
Jun 3+4 - Near Mint East London Record Fair
May 7 - Near Mint Brighton Record Fair
Feb 19 - Peckham Record Fair

2022
14 May - Inland, New Magic Media, Freddie Hudson, Pablo Garduño at Fuchs2, Prague
25 March - Konduku, Kate Miller, Severja, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN

2021 
05 Nov - Rhyw, Gramrcy, Golden Medusa, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
03 Sept - GiGi FM, Vivian Koch, Jesse G, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
01 Sept - Flaminia, Ireen Amnes, JacqNoise, Peter Kirn at ://about blank
07 Aug - Levon Vincent, Margaret Dygas, Catharsis Soundsystem
28 July - Ignez, Inland & Magna Pia, Sam Goku, Toxido Mask at ://about blank

2020
May 30 - Inverted Audio Live From Fiese Remise
Apr 24 - Inverted Audio x Wilde Renate [Cancelled]
Apr 3 - Diskothek Melancholie 2 [Cancelled]
Feb 11 - HÖR Berlin, Carsten Jost, Fred Mann (live), Antepop
Feb 08 - His Master's Voice, Fred Mann, Stereociti, Antepop at Zur Klappe 
Jan 17 - Jacques Bon, Alexis, Antepop at Zur Klappe

2019
Dec 7 - Benedikt Frey, LDY OSC, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Nov 8 - DJ Rubio (live), BNJMN, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Sep 13 - Christopher Rau, Carsten Jost, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Aug 10 - Gramrcy, DJ Assam, Antepop at Zur Klappe
July 10 - 10 Years of Inverted Audio: Kassem Mosse, Low Jack, Antepop, Elise at Griessmuehle

2018
Nov 10 - Inverted Audio meets Newtype Rhythms, Chalet Berlin
Oct 12 - Inverted Audio meets TOYS Berlin, Farbfernseher
Aug 31 - Doc Sleep, Laura BCR, Antepop at LAUT, Barcelona
Aug 31 - Inverted Audio x Discos Paradiso In-Store, Barcelona
July 5.6.7 - Inverted Audio Campfire Headphase stage at Farr Festival
April 19 - Deeper Than Deep at Paloma, Berlin

2017
July 13 - 16 Inverted Audio Stage at Farr Festival
May 13 - Peckham Rye Music Festival, Inverted Audio Stage
Mar 3 - Emotional Response / Emotional Rescue x Inverted Audio, Brilliant Corners
Jan 20 - Inverted Audio x Smallville Records, Peckham Palais

2016

Feb 5 - Inverted Audio x 45 ACP (L.I.E.S. Records) at Bussey Building

2015

Nov 13 - Inverted Audio x Young Male (White Material) at Bussey Building

Writer & Sound Artist

Exploring the subtle dissonance and melody of modernist, futuristic music.

Founded @absurdlustre in 2019

www.absurdlustre.com

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