Julian O'keefe

shinnan again

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Amentia - Gravity - Space Travel

Geode - Agriculture (Sub Basics Remix) (Clip)

Ital Tek - Mega City Industry EP

Civil Music - April 7th
12" Vinyl + Download
Published by Just Isn't Music

1. Mega City Industry
2. Shinra
3. Swamp Beat
4. Universal Decay

Pre-order: www.civilmusic.com/buy/mega-city-industry-0/

Mega City Industry is Ital Tek’s sophomore effort for Civil Music. Formed of four liquid hybrids exploring Footwork's accelerated template the EP splices the rhythmic memes of Chicago with UK sci-fi sonics rooted in classic '90s AI and jungle music.

With three albums for Planet Mu to his name and an uncanny knack of always sounding completely unique Ital Tek has been evolving his dexterous dance-floor electronica, techy IDM, glitch-hop and post-dubstep forms for approaching a decade. Impressively adept at shrugging off the constraints of genre identification his output has most recently been inspired by the febrility and tension/release of Chicago Footwork rhythms. In addition to releasing on his own Atom River imprint Myson is now a regular contributor to Civil Music and his 2013 debut for the label 'Hyper Real' further revealed his stylistic slipperiness. Morphing the rhythmic geometry around footwork’s 160BPM tempo the release's highly melodic, nimble dance-floor sophistication was equal parts cerebral and hedonistic.

'Mega City Industry' continues where he left off and for an artist that has never put a foot wrong, with a catalogue which must be the envy of the vast majority of electronic musicians, it is with some gravitas we suggest that Mega City Industry is his most engaging work to date. Blending widescreen space and chimeric panorama with iron-fist industrial rhythms and cosmic dread Myson draws subtle, sinuous electronic connections between complex rhythm structures, sleek synth contours, frozen ambience and the darkside rush of growling bass. Rendered with breathtaking sound design the production is almost unfathomable - crisp and airy whilst pneumatic and heavy. Brimming in sensation, tempered skill and emotional mastery Mega City Industry is a sophisticated and expertly reduced EP.

An artist making some of the most exciting incursions in footwork to date Ital Tek continues to tour the world with his breathtaking live performances. Mega City Industry is released on 7th April 2014 on Civil Music. 12” and Download. 

Artwork by Edward Myson.

Mega City Industry (EP Preview) - Out April 7th on Civil Music

This is my contribution to the InTerraTree compilation, which also features work by Icaro, Numatik, Futexture, Biomigrant, bioLuMigen, Mumukshu, Soulacybin, eelko, Somatoast, Spundose, Floating Thought, SMNCHNT, and Subaqueous.

This short but sweet track is inspired by tribal drumming and includes recordings of myself and my friends (thank you Jason Sanders, Matt Murtha, Kaylyn, Jason Burruss, Sean McCutcheon) playing drums in various places across the US, as well as a few samples of some genuine African tribal drumming. The title is derived from the notion of merging cultures and places and times through music, and also from the fact that the recordings happened to occur at very significant moments of transition in my life.

100% of the proceeds of this album go towards InTerraTree; an ecovillage project in Togo, West Africa modeling autonomy through regenerative land stewardship, locally-owned social enterprise, and transcultural exchange.

www.drumsfordevelopment.org
www.interratree.org

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Bridging the Gap

From the album 'This Is All Yours'
Available on iTunes here: smarturl.it/TIAYitunes
Available on CD / Double LP here: www.altjband.com/

Hear more here: smarturl.it/TIAYPlaylist

Forthcoming live dates: showsnear.by/alt-J

Left Hand Free

Warpaint have joined forces with Daughter to reveal one-off remixes of one another’s work. 

The second of the remixes is unveiled here - Daughter's reimagining of Warpaint's ‘Feeling Alright’. Listen to Warpaint's remix of Daughter's 'Winter' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmY9rMVul2I&feature=youtu.be

The remixes will then come together on an ultra-limited edition 12” EP that will be available exclusively as part of Record Store Day 2015. 

More info: 

www.warpaintwarpaint.com
www.facebook.com/warpaintwarpaint 
www.twitter.com/_warpaint

www.ohdaughter.com
www.facebook.com/ohdaughter
www.twitter.com/ohdaughter

Warpaint - Feeling Alright (Daughter Remix)

Toasted

POAN explore soundscapes using only acoustic instruments and a looper, setting up a multiple layered sound texture, to achieve dreamlike states, relaxing mind and body for the well-being of our inner vibe.

POAN is a musical duo composed by:
_ Lorenzo Mantovani_ (Lo.Renzo, Imran and Lorenzo) on guitars, sarangi, banjo, mandolin mouthorgan, ocarina and live looping
_ Giacomo Barbari_ (Daddario) on sound creation, cymbals, gong, whistles, water percussion, udu, bongo, shakers, jawharp

Tramonto

OUT NOW!
Reso - Kodama (RX001)
A1 - Kodama
A2 - Fluid Mechanics
B1 - Tiberium
B2 - Mantis
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Vinyl Out Now + Streaming at Spotify and Download at Beatport!
On general release 25th Aug
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RX001 - Kodama EP - Minimix

from the original soundtrack of the same name released by Matthew Cooper on Temporary Residence Limited 2011

Some Days Are Better Than Others

ORDER HERE:  https://sq.lnk.to/RX002

RESO
Avenoir / Chibaku Tensei

RX002
20th April 2018
12” Vinyl & Download

A. Avenoir
AA. Chibaku Tensei
Bonus. Aural Animation

File under: Electronic, Jungle, DrumFunk, Atmospheric Drum & Bass, Experimental, Halftime



Reso — the alias of London-based producer Alex Melia — returned to the dance music world in late 2017 with the inaugural release of his new RX0 label, Kodama, a four-track EP of spirited dance music. For the second release on the label, Reso has chosen two productions that act as a counterpoint of sorts to the first EP. Where RX001 was a broad mission statement, RX002 is a laser-focused burst of breaks, moods, and programming finesse.

‘Avenoir’ is a dedication to Reso’s roots, a tip of the hat from the man today to his younger self. This is most evident in the way breaks are chopped, layered, and sequenced to feed tension and tease expectation. A student of the artform, Reso also tips his hat to early pioneers like Dillinja, Paradox, and Goldie. Rubbing against the youthful exuberance of this rhythmic ride is the older Reso, a man with a better understanding of melodic progression, chord sequences, and song structure. The result is what Melia refers to as “prog jungle” with guitars, pads, and ambient melodies easing the breaks in and evolving throughout, guiding the listener towards memories that haven’t happened yet — an idea implied by the track’s name, a noun invented by John Koenig and meant to represent, “the desire that memory could flow backward.”

On the flip side of this prog jungle escapade is ‘Chibaku Tensei’ (Japanese for planetary devastation), another expansive production that riffs on darker shades of the same ideas: intense drum manipulations, with breaks cut sharp and twisted to breaking point, mood-setting ambient pads for short bursts of respite, and tense but necessary forward motion.

Both tracks were cut to 45rpm on vinyl for maximum dancefloor impact while the digital release includes a bonus track, ‘Aural Animation’, a tongue-in-cheek roller that indulges musical fantasies, the ideal soundtrack to a car ride into space.

RX002 affirms Reso’s return and dedication to finding new directions without forgetting the paths that brought him there.


All tracks written & produced by Alex Melia.
Artwork by Morrk.
Mastered by Lewis Hopkin at Star Delta.

RX002 - Reso - Avenoir/Chibaku Tensei/Aural Animation OUT NOW

Mare is the new soundscape composed by POAN release throught Aquatic Collective. 
This musical journey is inspired by the story of a seaman sail across the sea.

Instruments:
 
Classic guitar, sarangi, chimes, frame drum, ocean and spring drum, water, cymbals.


Aquatic Collective: www.facebook.com/AquaticCollective/ 

Mixed by Lorenzo Mantovani 

Mastered by Dario Casillo

Mare

We're excited to share a premaster preview of the third track included in our upcoming album "Silva", out next month!

Preorder: https://poansoundscape.bandcamp.com/album/silva

Silva

INCONTRO preview - New album out 13/3/2019

Another preview from our second album "Silva"  out next week!

This new journey embodies the acoustic experience of an imaginary night journey through a forest full of singing and dancing creatures.

As a listener you will be invited to be guided by every single sound to the essence of the forest where the dark embraces the light, bringing its own music to life.

Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2QwnSqZbps&t=94s

No sampled nor pre-recorded sounds feature in this album

Rituale

RITUALE preview - New album out 13/3/2019

Silva is the new sonic journey from the duo Poan. 

Silva embodies the acoustic experience of an imaginary night journey through a forest full of singing and dancing creatures. 

As a listener you are invited to be guided by every single sound to the essence of the forest where the dark embraces the light, bringing its own music to life. 

This record is dedicated to our number one fan and friend Michele whose inner strength has proven to all of us that any goal can be achieved. 

No sampled nor pre-recorded sounds feature in this album 

Lorenzo Mantovani: acoustic guitar, ocarinas, flutes , birdcall whistle, sansula, kalimba, charango, drop vessels, spiral pipes, bar chimes, chimes, frog buzzer, leaves, water, live looping 

Giacomo Barbari: Udu, shakers, claves, cymbals, birdcall whistles, castanets, coconut shells, jawharp, nut shaker, caxixi, vibratones, bar chimes, boomwakers, rainsticks, guiro, jamblock, bass drum, floor tom, frog buzzer, leaves, water 

Mixed by Lorenzo Mantovani 
Mastered by Dario Casillo 
Artworg Gabriele Gafo

SILVA

Bosco

BOSCO (full track)

Our second track from the march 16th DreamDance in Seattle.
Mas Higasa - guitar
John Ames - cello 
Michael Maricle - keys
Julian O'keefe - percussion
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Julian O'keefe
Photo by Stephy Kass

"With the wind" live- at DreamDance 3-16-2013 DreamGuiders Band

At the March 2013 Dream Dance in Seattle, i was invited to play percussion with the DreamGuiders band, the resident live jam project with different guest performers each month. This was the first tune from our set that night. This is the newest remastered version of mine, much louder with editing of some soundcard interference.
Masaru Higasa- tank drum (bells)
Michael Maricle- keyboards, programming
John Ames- cello
Julian O'keefe- udu drum
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Julian O'keefe

"The Bells" -live at DreamDance DreamGuiders Band 3-16-2013 remastered

Heavy tribalish minimal funk. Featuring my wonderful friend Aleah Robbins on vocals. Created May 20th 2013 <3 Photo by Stephy Kass

Julian O'keefe ~ Life is heavy ~ feat. Aleah Robbins

This ones got the tribal lovestep bass groove with the ambient touch of my back yard. I sat and silently listened alongside my trusty field recorder and captured this perfect dark ambient tone from the dull roar of the seattle city, on a spring day, with some birds chirping. Amazing how the light and dark feelings from just the ether like "silence' comes thru so hauntingly. Final production May 23rd 2013. Photo by Stephy Kass

Shelter Bass Forest by Julian O'keefe

Ilen Halogram and her amazing voice in slack canyon, Washington, featuring myself on percussion. Trippy times at a very special gathering in the desert. ;^) Recorded at 3:30 am in a windstorm on sunday night.
Julian O'keefe - production
Photo by Bobby West