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The album is essentially about the brutality late capitalism unleashes on our souls, how we look for escape and distraction to get us through, and how music and rave can provide the greatest release. It came together when I was working on all the different tracks, and I kind of realied they fitted together cohesively, with a cohesive meaning.

In the middle are two tracks about Ukraine and Russia. For work I support Ukrainian refugees in finding employment here in Bristol. The track 'New light, scattered on the ground' represents my feelings about the people I have come to know and care about, the pain I have seen in them as they lead lives upended and shattered by Russia's invasion of their homeland. And it is about the refugee experience in general. The name of the track comes from a line in the song from the end credits to the film Spirited away, that has always stuck with me "When a mirror has been broken, shattered pieces on the ground, glimpses of new life are reflected all around".

'Waiting for swan lake' follows from it. The relevant backstory is that during a number of crises in the Soviet era, such as the death of Brezhnev and an attempted coup in 1991, Russian state television interrupted regular programming to broadcast Swan Lake. As the ballet become associated with political upheaval, Russian dissidents are using it as a protest symbol - to say they are waiting for Swan Lake to be broadcast again, when Putin dies.

I actually finished the album about a year and a half ago. Its been sitting as a private playlist on my Soundcloud as I debated whether to try and get it released properly, the samples (in 'Obsession', 'Swan lake' and 'the Rapture') cleared, and the edges of the album smoothed. In the end a lot of the original project files became corrupted and I ceased to be able to work on tracks in the album any more. But I think the slighly rough around the edges feel to the album actually works in it's favour to an extent.

Hope you like it.

Artwork: Alizee Marchand via Pexels

Fragments of our abandon

Beats available for vocalists. If you want to use any of these DM me

Beats

Winter 2021 mix, Pretty chilled, similar to my Autum 2020 mix. Tracklist:

Oops! There Goes My 20s (Bootleg) - Harriet Brown
2 Wangs in a Room - Luca Lozano
Just Off Wave - Mood Hut feat Seperated at Birth
Breathe - Rein
Sun Through Rain - AceMoMA
Osh - Hagan
PLZ XX - Vegyn
Stargate - Anunaku
MDS (DJ Plead remix) - Seb Wildblood and Theophilus London 
Deluxe - K-LONE
Music Is My Life (Steve Gurley's Vocal Mix)- DJ Phantasy ft Sonia Redd
Wanna Hold U - Soundbwoy Killah
Come Correct - Jordan Dessar
Myron (2Step Re:Re:Refix) - Groove Chronicles
Collateral - CYRK
Lean - Luca Lozano
Ida's World - Litherland
Aphrodite Dub (Peach Remix) - Jonny Reebok
Mahalanobis Distance - JUDO
Kindred Spirit - Kessler
I'll Take Care Of You - Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven

Winter 2021 mix

This is the most personal tune I have made yet.

The poem sampled is Wild Geese, read by it's author Mary Oliver. I first came across it when I moved to a community in Devon called Embercombe to recover from a severe bout of depression. There I learned the healing power of nature connection, that your troubles fade and your spirit rejoices when you realise you are a part of something much bigger than yourself. That there is a deep freedom in letting go of the concerns of the 'civilised' world and allowing the animal inside to experience nature as your ancestors did before you. To be in it and a part of it, not it's master.

After I left I tried to carry these lessons with me, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. After all I write this from my smartphone, in a room with a 50 inch television and a Playstation. But I carry it with me still, it is my favourite poem, and I hope I have done a good job of wrapping it in music that suits it's deep beauty.

It is doubly personal as while I was finishing it I heard the terrible news that Fi, one of the elders of the community, had lost her battle with cancer. Words cannot describe how much the wisdom she emparted to us all meant, the warmth that she radiated and the love that was felt for her by all who passed through Embercombe's gates. Her memory will live long, kept aflame by the many, many people whose lives she touched.

I never spoke with her about this poem, but have no doubt it would have been as close to her heart as mine. This track is dedicated to her.

Her family have set up a fundraising page in her honour, in aid of Embercombe's continual re-wilding. I am selling this track on Bandcamp and will donate the proceeds to the same cause. Links to the Bandcamp page and original fundraiser are below:

https://joeleebristol.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.gofundme.com/f/regenerating-and-rewilding-the-land-at-embercombe

Wild Geese

As a kid in the 90s, I grew up surrounded by the sound of Jungle and UK Garage.  Over time Jungle morphed into DnB, which I eventually lost the love for, and Garage suffered a few lean years after it's early 00's commercial peak.

Fast forward a few years and the Garage scene has never been healthier, plus a new generation of producers are chopping up breaks and making full fat Jungle once again.

This is my two part mix celebrating the best of both resurgent sounds.

TRACKLIST -  JUNGLE

Power cuts (synapse mix) - Pépe
Quite 808 - PJ Bridger
Get ur freak on (Gilmore remix) - Missy Elliot
Electric dreams - Pickleman
Nice 'n' easy - DJ Chromz & Tim Reaper
Ripgroove (Rico Tubbs remix) - Double 99
So sweet (in the jungle remix) - Nicolas Duque
Puszi Puszi - Muna
Solaria - Breaka
AF0156984  - dgoHn
Red type room - JD. Reid

The Garage is Massive part 2 - Jungle

As a kid in the 90s, I grew up surrounded by the sound of Jungle and UK Garage.  Over time Jungle morphed into DnB, which I eventually lost the love for, and Garage suffered a few lean years after it's early 00's commercial peak.

Fast forward a few years and the Garage scene has never been healthier, plus a new generation of producers are chopping up breaks and making full fat Jungle once again.

This is my two part mix celebrating the best of both resurgent sounds.

TRACKLIST -  GARAGE

All that I could (Lavonz remix) - DJ Q
Burberry - Manj
It's hard to say - Eliphino
Walk on by VIP - Groove Chronicles
Jus Money refix - Groove Chronicles
Shadow Fight - L&F
Watch this - Finnaman
All night - Soul Mass Transit System
Let U forget - Chungo
Mega Globule - Desert Sound Colony
Ghosting in the rave - Main Phase
U know what's up (DJ Crisps remix) - Donnell Jones
Underclass (Seb Wildblood remix) - King Krule

The Garage is Massive part 1 - Garage

Tin Hinson's moderately interesting facts

Shadowboxing in the Broken Mirror

During a number of crises in the Soviet era, such as the death of Brezhnev and an attempted coup in 1991, Russian state television interrupted regular programming to broadcast Swan Lake.

As the ballet become associated with political upheaval, Russian dissidents are using it as a protest symbol - to say they are waiting for Swan Lake to be broadcast again, when Putin dies.

The last remaining independent TV station, TV Rain was forced to close last year because of it's coverage of the war. It signed off with a clip from the ballet. Pussy Riot released a track called Swan Lake last month.

I have to admit I did not know all of this when I started this remix of a section of it. But when I discovered the cultural connotations of the piece I decided to make a video for the track with relevant photos and footage.

View the video for Techno Swan Lake here:

youtu.be/BoJKrtzikVQ

Available for free download on my Bandcamp, together with Acid drum track, at https://joeleebristol.bandcamp.com/album/waiting-for-swan-lake

Waiting for Swan Lake

The Preset That Justified the Impulse Purchase

From forthcoming album 'Fragments of our abandon'

Cant Get Enough

On a slightly different time this month, back to my usual monday slot next month.

TRACKLIST

Anchorsong -  Mindscape
Jawad O - Sky Speaks Through You
Kornel Kovacs - Dollar Club
1-800 GIRLS - Slipping
Mr. G and Duncan Forbes - G's Funk (New Moon Mix)
Clikk - New York
Libianca - People (Mutable Mercury Remix)

Artist Spotlight Mix - Pépe

Drake - One Dance (Cupidon Flip)
Shanti Celeste & Hodge - Whispers (Deep Mix)
Papa Nugs - Jagged
Glances - Bulwark (Nikki Nair SE Breaks Remix & Paperkraft Tokyo Mix)
Mogwaa - 11khz
DKVPZ - Bonde do Neo Soul (Lo5ive Refix)
Fonzo - Boy Don't Waste My Time
Aaliya - One in a Million (Darama UK Funky Edit)
Joe Smooth - Promised Land
Litherland - What If This Is The End
High Contrast - If We Ever (Dunmaster)
Wolters - Coney Stereo
J Wax - Uber
DJ Crisps - Pray
Dutchie - Sound Man (Too Many Men Edit)
Antiself - Sanctuary

Decadance Bristol radio show 27 Sep 2023

New Light, Scattered on the Ground

David Graeber's classic book 'bullshit jobs' , summarised by Chat GPT and performed by text to speach software. From the forthcoming album 'Fragments of our abandon'

Bullshit Jobs

Embrace of the Machine

The Rapture

Went in a bit harder on the months show for the second bangers special of the year.

Featuring an artist spotlight mix of Eris Drew & Octo Octa tracks.

Broadcast on 23/10/23 on Decadance Bristol.

TRACKLISTING

Paige Tomlinson - Butts Bumpin' (Baby Rollén Remix)

Rosalia - Malamente (Rednote Edit)

SNAP Vs Motivo - The Power of Bhangra (Camoufly Remix)

Orwell - Wish The Night Away

A$AP Ferg - Work (Belk Remix)

Ramadanman - Bass Drums

Effy - Mad

Kenya Grace - Back to Strangers (G3RM4N remake)

DJ B - Acid Rain

Future - DOH DOH (gum.mp3 Breaks Mix)

Knights - Call U Back

Fracture - Loving Touch

Baby D - I Need Your Lovin (Nightwave Refix)

Constantstill - Pro at Ikea

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (Naken edit)

Longeez - Less Ordinary

M4A4 - Rinse Out

DJ Marfox - 2685
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Eris Drew and Octo Octa Artist Spotlight Mix:

Octo Octa - Let Me See You

Octo Octa - Can You See Me

Eris Drew - Reactiv-8

Eversines - Achterna (Eris Drew Remix)

Octo Octa - Move On (Frendzone Mix)

DJ Q - It's You (Octo Octa's Slammin' With U Mix)

Octo Octa - Beam Me Up (Please Take Me Away Mix)

Octo Octa - I’m Trying

Eris Drew - So Much Love To Give

Eris Drew - Trans Love Vibration (Eris Goes to Church)

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Dunman & Kane Ed - MF4U Dub

Liam Doc - Bus Dem Rhymes

Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Z. James Breaks mix)

Main Phase - Sonique 2019

Joyrider (Y Tribes Underground remix)

Animated Audio - Trip

Gresha - Renegade - Terrorist (Gresha Edit)

Desperado - MJ Cole (Azelia Banks version)

Dunman - Dominica

Decadance Bristol October Show - Bangers Special 2

Decadance Bristol show broadcast on 29 Nov 23. As usual it was mostly a dive into the deeper side of electronic music, spanning a wide range of genres. Guest mix this month was put together by Adam from Pick & Mix London, and is a hazy mix of house, edits and wavey club abstractions.

TRACKLIST

Orwell - You Hide Your Feelings
Nyra - Looks Like Another Fine Day
Two Shell - {: unnamed track :}
T.Williams - Deepest Vibe
Ketiov - LikeLikeLike
T2 - Heartbroken (Lua Preta Remix)
T.Williams - Dub Three
1-800 GIRLS - Slipping
Mr. G - Back To Love
Radioactive Man - Goodnight Morton
Bill Withers - Grandma’s hands (HUNT3R refix)
JD. Reid - Hurt You So
Irene J - About That
Success - Tripwire (Deep Space Dub)
Django Django - Don't Touch That Dial feat. Yuuko (Make A Dance Remix)
DJ Metatron - Rave Child

Guest mix

Dutchie - Drama ft. Lo-End Dub
Local Group - Water Dub
Beckett - Loaded Gust
Calm Stiege - Lion Bar Riddim
Moony - The Reason
Baalti - Spilling (SUCHI Remix)
Ciel & Ali Berger - Damn Skippy!
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Lucent's 132 UK Funky Edit)
Jex Opolis - Drive Safe
Roy of The Ravers - Emotinium

Decadance Bristol radio show 29 Nov 2023

In the last month, four compilations of electronic music have been released as fundraisers for Gaza. This mix is constructed solely from tracks on the compilations, I hope it will expose the compilations to music fans who aren’t DJ’s that buy music from Bandcamp.

Each compilation has a different focus genre wise. Gaza Fundraiser by Atteral is mostly deep house. Slump Recording’s Artists For Palestine Compilation stays true to the sound of the label - bouncy, electro tinged house. Over and Out’s In aid of Gaza is stack full of bass heavy club heaters, while Pana Radio’s Good Deed Dubs is more eclectic, containing everything from low-fi melodic numbers to jungle and footwork cuts.

It is possibly the best mix I have ever recorded;  a testament to the generosity of human spirit displayed by all artists who contributed music to them. All of these tracks could have been big singles in their own right. I hope they get the exposure they deserve, and more importantly raise a significant sum to help the various organisations support the people of Gaza through Israel’s latest atrocities.
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The four compilations can be found at:

https://aterral.bandcamp.com/album/gaza-fundraiser
https://overandoutsounds.bandcamp.com/album/in-aid-of-gaza
https://panaradio.bandcamp.com/album/good-deed-dubs-palestine-support-album
https://slumprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/slump-recordings-artists-for-palestine-compilation-2023

If you enjoy this mix but do not buy music in the way DJs do, please consider donating to the organisations the compilations are fundraising for:

Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) - www.pcrf.net/about-us
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) - www.map.org.uk/about-map/about-map
UNRWA - https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace - www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Palestine Solidarity Campaign - https://palestinecampaign.org
Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke - www.ms.dk/palaestina

Alternatively, you can purchase the mix in lossless WAV format from my Bandcamp (click the buy now function to be taken to the link) and I will split the proceeds equally between the organisations.
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TRACKLIST

Boding - Er Du Ikke Bare Heldig (GDD)
Arfa - Fragments (IAOG)
Demi Riquísimo - Roland's Day Trip (SRAPC)
Hunter Starkings - HypeFunk (SRAPC)
Ruff Stuff - Groovettone (GF)
Gemi - Every time (IAOG)
ELOQ - Bingo (GDD)
M4A4 - Hear This (IAOG)
DJ Ridler - Boys a Liars pt2 (GDD)
STONSTERR - SEILO (GDD)
Xander - Solemn (IAOG)
Joe Koshin - Dance (IAOG)
Jarl - Bring It Back  (GDD)
SAVI DJ - 2400 Cashflow (GDD)
Nøøia - Ai Gen Kid (GDD)
Longeez - Pure Grit (IAOG)
Carla Clay - Candle  (GF)
Nephews - You Remain  (GF)
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The name of the mix is obviously a play on the phrase ‘from the river to the sea…’. There has been an attempt to discredit this long used Palestine solidarity slogan, some have labelled it a ‘call to genocide’. Aside from the gross indecency of making this claim at a time when Israel has killed over 20,000 Gazans and is obviously trying to make Gaza uninhabitable, itself a form of genocide, this could be no father from the truth.

The slogan ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ does not mean that Palestinians are looking to drive Jewish Israei’s out of Israel/Palestine, but that all Palestinians must have freedom. Palestinians are split between the Occupied Territories, Israel proper, and refugees living in the diaspora. All must have freedom and justice.

Palestinians are clear on what they want out of any future peace settlement - the rights of the refugees to be upheld, an end to the occupation, and equal rights for Palestinains living within Israel. In fact, they couldn’t be clearer, it’s literally on their website:

https://bdsmovement.net/what-is-bds

None of these goals are unreasonable or genocidal. As we agitate to demand a ceasefire in Gaza now and for wider Palestinian freedom, we should be free to say:

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

From the Rhythm to the Beats

Decadance Bristol show broadcast on 19 Dec 23. Featuring a guest mix from JAJ, for more of his mixes head to:

https://www.mixcloud.com/j_a_j/

TRACKLIST

Peven Everett - Stuck
Casement - Moto
Brandy - I Wanna Be Down (Rednote Bootleg)
Hunter Starkings - HypeFunk
AceMo - TrackWays
PISTASHIO - U, U, U
Darama - Holloway Road
Knights - Reset
Flextime - In My Mind
Drake - God's Plan (Sharpson's Shite Speed Garage Remix)
Otik - God Given
Frazer Ray - Count Me In
Nathan Micay - Fangs (Avalon Emerson’s Re-Chip Remix)
Supreems - Being
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes (9TRANE Edit)
Burial - Archangel (Noneohone UKG Edit)
Headache - Miss Understood

JAJ guest mix

Soul 2 Soul - Back to Life (Cupidon Flip)
Slim Steve - Machine Workout
Ind - (M)-2
Clara La San - Let You Go (Marchborn Edit)
Elkka - Thirsty
Roaming Data - Such Is Life
Villager - In Town
Otik - Geronimo
A$ap Rocky ft. FKA Twigs - Fukk Sleep (Dr. Baghiu edit)

Decadance Bristol radio show 19 Dec 2023

Look at me

Small experimental piece. I found a youtube channel that hosts pieces of classical music, together with recordings of them in MIDI format that you can download. MIDI is the standard format for music production, so you can use these files to make synthesisers play the music. I downloaded the MIDI for Bach's Minuet in G Major and saw what I could make using only drum loops and synths playing the MIDI.

Classical Music Experiment 1 - Minuet in G Major (Bach)

Gimme Gimme (Re-MIDI)

Synth loop

Hip Hop/Grime type beat. Free DL, free to use for commerical purposes, just let know if you do use it.

Contains no copyrighted material.

130 Beat - free download

Cut The Midrange

vocal shots beat

Garage from the scattered forgotten 

Free download -  https://joeleebristol.bandcamp.com/track/memories-of-the-distant

Memories of the distant

Download enabled, feel free to use just let me know if you record something with it. 

No copyrighted samples in the beat.

Boom Bap Beat With Vocal Arp String - Free download

Dub Electro Beat

TRACKLIST

Mr. Ho - 000 Baby (Om Unit remix)
Spindu - I Need Luv
Mella Dee - Donny's Groove
BBL Drizzy - REDD house edit
Sally C - Control
Eris Drew - I Can Move Move (Baby Rollén Remix)
Yo Speed - Man Of The Speed
Make A Dance - Mad Queen
MARSWALKZ - Everybody Loves The Sunshine Dub
PHJ - Give up the Dubs
Pj Bridger -  Roots
Fonzo - Boy Don't Waste My Time
DRESSCODE - Separated
CLIKK - Whatever It Is
Saydou - SAHARA BY NIGHT
Saydou - SAHARA BY DAY
Xander - Save Me
Calm Stiege - Ginseng Dub
Seb Wildblood - For Emotional Use Only

Summer 2024 Mix

Nostalgic Aura

Mellow Beat

Breakbeat hardcore edit of Shake it off. Enjoy

Free Download

Shake it off hardcore edit

believe it or not, this was made using MIDI data from American pie

American Pie (Re-MIDI) - weird version

I like to take the MIDI data for tracks and recreate them entirely, but with different instruments playing each part

Streets of London (Re-MIDI)

American pie (Re-MIDI)

The March

Obsession

dark beat I made in 2013. Free download and free to use, buy FYI samples Miles Davis bitches brew

dark boom bap - free download

old boom bap beat I made around 2013-2014, sampling terrorist

terrorist beat

187 Lockdown - Gunman (Joe Lee's Handforth Parish Council edit)

Bristol based producer/DJ.

DJ: house, garage, breaks, electro
Producer: hip hop plus the above

Joe Lee

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