Kedr Livanskiy - Ivan Kupala (New Day) (Иван купала) [2MR-043]

For Thinking (post 2020)

Thoughts and words from @ivy-dripp over at https://passingnotes.radio

Seeing the interstate circuit beginning to turn in Melbourne means the return of one of Sydney’s stalwart DJs, IV Drip. Ivy is radio host (Nomad Radio), events organiser (Headroom), expert mix curator (NTS, Animalia) and critical fixture in the Nectar family. Inherent to being part of the Nectar crew, is their commitment movement toward gender equality in the electronic music community. Ivy’s commitment to her community shines both on and off the stage - always tinkering away and bringing multiple creative projects to life, she’s undoubtedly drawn to creating spaces that keep Sydney’s nightlight alive. Beyond her backstage prowess, Ivy and IV Drip’s mixes have always left me floored. Luckily her in demand skills as a DJ and artist have landed her an ongoing slot on Nomad radio, where she has recently transitioned from presenting her show ‘Thanks for Sharing’ to newly founded ‘Home Time’ where she explores Australian music bounded by no sound. Ivy joins me for IWD X 2 Years Passing Notes, and also shared some thoughts with me over at https://passingnotes.radio.

Interview

Ivy - PN 106 (IWD & 2 Years of PN)

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The Death of Discourse [the tribulation]

The Toronto producer eases in with a tranquil blend of fresh Australian electronica.

Interview with @cl_lit:

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/ciel/

About the mix:

"I had toured for the first time in Australia late 2018 and it made a massive impression on me. In many ways, it reminded me of a warmer version of Canada. People were incredibly kind and welcoming and I was blown away by the hospitality the promoters and local artists showed me. I also absolutely adored the incredible nature I saw in Australia, having played in Hobart and Brisbane and Melbourne and Sydney and Adelaide and Hopkins’ Creek Festival in a volcanic crater, I fell in love with the landscapes I saw and the animals local only to this part of the world. So when I first sat down to think about this mix, the bushfires had just started raging and the news was beyond depressing to see. Everywhere I saw online was just videos and pictures of burned animals and ash that was once blooming flora & fauna. A fan from Australia sent me a DM on IG, telling me how my song “Terracotta”, as it’s a track that talks about the sea and land, was able to give them a lot of peace during a time that was anything but.

And so I decided I wanted to make a mix that not only paid tribute to this incredible music scene and country and its amazing artists, but was musically able to provide a sense of solace to people who perhaps feel hopeless about our time on this planet. That is partly why I began the mix with music by indigenous tribes from East Timor—as “modern” people it’s sad to see that we’ve lost touch with the roots of our life on this planet as we know it, and I think we have so much to learn from indigenous cultures and their respect for mother nature. I also chose a lot of dub music, and music that featured lots of organic drums for similar reasons, as these styles of music owe as much to indigenous folk music as they do to modern electronic music. Ultimately I wanted the mix to feel like slipping into a warm bath. Hope it was successful. 🙂"

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Read the interview

MDC.238 Ciel

~ Full tracklist can be found on the NTS website ~

Pacing the Platform 2 w/ upsammy on NTS (14.10.20)

Click here for the interview with DJ Earl Grey melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/dj-earl-grey

Finishing the working week with a mix of truly beautiful sounds thanks to one of Australia's very best music selectors, DJ @earlgreyradio! A true purveyor of introspective cuts that can transcend the dance floor and recalibrate the mind/body/soul, Nik Thorup has to be one of the deepest diggers we've encountered, specialising in nostalgic genre benders and soothing ambient, downtempo and dubby grooves of all shapes and sizes.

For this episode we're found gently swaying between 160bpm D'n'B atmospheres and majestic moody vocal cuts, perfect to wind down or ease into your weekend with. We also caught up with Nik to chat about his label @besteffort and the imminent closing of Sydney's iconic underground music venue Freda's, where he worked both as a booker and threw parties with Rimbombo over the years.

MDC.255 DJ Earl Grey

The last mix of 2020 comes from Jonah Sharp (@reflecto), electronic mainstay and part of 'Virtual Dreams' as Space Time Continuum. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Welcome to the series Jonah. Originally from Edinburgh, San Francisco resident since 1992, do you still live in San Francisco?

JS: Actually I recently just moved back to SF after spending most of 2020 in the UK. I had planned to be in Europe for an extended break from the US but Covid saw an end to that and my plans had to change. I miss British and European culture. I have family and friends there so I intend to be back over as soon as I can!

MFM: According to your discography the majority of your output started to shape up right after you moved abroad, in '91. How would you explain this creative outburst? 

JS: Before I arrived in San Francisco i was still figuring out how to produce the music that I wanted to make so when I got here I started to collect gear in earnest - it was a little moment in time when most people thought analog synths and drums sounded shit so I managed to find a TR-909 for $150, a Roland SH101 at the flea market and so on. So yes, suddenly having some decent gear and fun gigs to play was very inspiring! I did feel a kind of creative freedom being so far from South London and the pressures of living there as an artist. SF in the 90’s was very affordable for artists and it gave us the freedom to really focus on the music.
 
MFM: You started your own label Reflective in '93 and had quite a busy release schedule, especially during '95/'96, before it suddenly seemed to stop right after. What happened? 

JS: I started Reflective in '93, the year my first son was born. Flurescence EP was my first solo release and it got noticed around the world so that enabled me to keep putting releases out. With the momentum of the Terence McKenna collab album, things were going pretty well. But what we found was that even though there are lots of amazing labels in the US, it was actually pretty hard to sell them domestically so most of our stock was exported to Europe and Japan. We ended up pressing in the UK and running the label from SF and that presented problems so I had to put the release schedule on hold. At that time I had also signed a deal with Astralwerks so had contractual obligations to deliver albums and tour. It was a very busy time and by 1997 when our second son was born we decided to take a hiatus from the label. Not to say the label is gone forever though!
 
MFM: Flurescence, now found its way to the Virtual Dreams compilation, almost 30 years later. How does it feel that your older music is being re-released and rediscovered by newer generations?

JS: I am very happy and honored to be part of the Virtual Dreams compilation. Yes, there seems to be a bit of attention for this time period of electronic music at the moment, and the chill out thing in general. With so many online resources, everything is discoverable by anyone so all those tiny labels like Reflective that were putting out small runs of 1000 records (that was a small run then) are maybe enjoying some retroactive attention now. 
 
MFM: Does this new interest change your motivation and/or inspiration in the studio maybe?

JS: I follow my own interests and direction when it comes to making music but reaching new audiences has to gratify the artist whose work was made for sharing. My development as an electronic musician has come through thirty years of studio experimentation, initially with hardware and then incorporating digital software. When I made Fluorescence in 1993 there was no computer in my studio, but by the early 2000s San Francisco was the epicenter of computer innovation, people like my friend Josh Clayton were writing amazing software and so I went off on a long exploratory trip to integrate digital technology both in my studio and in my live rig. My aim right now in the studio is the same as always: make sounds and keep the good ones.

MFM Mix 023: Jonah Sharp

closing out the year live and direct from @radio-relativa with a power hour containing exclusively @myflower1 solo material and collabs.

shouts to @are-human-resources & @slumpymelatxnin

plenty to come from the ts family in 2021

100% My Flower | Dec '20

A new Safe season has begun. This one turned out slightly different and longer than anticipated since I have so much to say. Wanted to highlight a tiny bit of the amazing music out there - almost 5 hours of different styles, tempos, old records and forthcoming ones. Just how I personally like a mix to be!

BIG thanks to the following people for keeping me inspired, their music and continuous support:

Natal, Milan, Mathias, Mette, Simon, Nils, August, JR, Julius, Fergus, Morten, FH, Martin & Mads (Probably missed someone, but you are not forgotten!)

Last but not least - thank you for listening.

C.K - Safe Radio S05E01

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@kohwi
@executive_lunch

For the 2nd edition of pi2pi-- we are joined by kohwi and his internet elusive partner executive lunch in the good ole spirit of the b2b experience. 
For the Q&A they will go back in forth in the pipipi style...
Thank you for listening & enjoy the journey <3


K: Who exactly is executive lunch?

EL: Executive lunch is an afternoon special at Cafe Brasil in Culver City, a gentleman’s short-lived escape from atomization, a creature birthed in São Paulo and raised in the desert.

EL: This is your second pipipi mix. What has changed since your first?

K: Well first of all I guess I live in California now. Very grateful to you for luring me out to the crazy weirdness of Los Angeles. It’s been a strange year to move to a new city, but I feel at home having you as my rock and the handful of friends that have woven in and around our lives these past 12 months. Musically this one feels so different than my last pipipi - every song has some story or place associated with it that we shared together. Also, there’s a certain playfulness that you brought out in me which doesn’t come out as much solo.

K: If you could live inside of a fruit, which would it be and why?

EL: I would live inside of a pomegranate, for the texture

EL: What was your best interaction with a more-than-human life form this year?

K: When a black & white cat appeared at my back porch in LA and left a dead mouse on the door. We tried to leave water or food but he didn’t really stick around for it. Still not sure if he wanted anything in return or if he was just feeling particularly generous that night.

K: Take your favorite song from our mix, and describe the feeling you had when you first heard it

EL: I don’t know if it was the very first time I heard it, but the track with the most potent memory is no vale Na by Chico Blanco. Early in the lockdown, vibing down PCH with dear friends Sam & Chase en route to Topanga, where we all snuck into a park to watch the meteor shower from the wet grass

EL: The song you imagine you were conceived to?

K: https://youtu.be/l3_kndxPVrY

Check out the extended interview & some fun lockdown pics on the website

http://pipipi.life/mix/375-2/

pi2pi: kohwi b2b executive lunch

One of the hands at the tiller of New York’s @sweat-equity imprint and party series, Dan Creahan/Alien D(@aliendan) takes a turn out for Fake Rolex, bringing a batch of tunes featuring friends, family and forthcoming material (The Three F’s). A chuggy, slow-burn affair for those last nights of the cold months up in the Northern Hemisphere, and the wind-down of the hot ones in the Southern Hemisphere, this one’s a love letter across the Equator. ❤

Dekalb Works (@dekalbworks), a new project between Alien D and studio mate Austin Peru, has their debut record out now on Where to Now? (@where-to-now-productions)
https://wheretonow.bandcamp.com/album/duologue

Recorded in October of 2020.

Artwork by @iq94

FR070 Alien D (Brooklyn, New York)

This Month on Rádio Quântica On Earth brings you a very special emotional whirlwind from Chicago’s @dj_leesh! Leesh, aka Alicia Greco, a longtime purveyor of emotional dance music, has gig’ed around at some of our favourite parties in the midwest including Pittsburgh's @hot-mass and Detroit’s Movement Weekend Industry Brunch. She’s also put out mixes on some of our favourite platforms; @walkingandfalling, @acidcamp, and @ravescout Cookies to name a few. We are super honoured to host her today and the mix she’s crafted for us stays true to the emotional brand!

Leesh is not only a dj but also works tirelessly behind the scenes running the enormous @daisychain_podcast Platform. In her words, “Daisychain is a movement to showcase power, beauty, and strength of DJs and artists” featuring trans, gender nonconforming people and women in particular. Daisychain is a force in our greater community, hosting everyone from octo octa to past OE guests Rachel Noon, Darwin, and Davis Galvin, to even some OE residents themselves! We are so grateful and inspired for the energy and passion Leesh brings to the community with Daisychain ❤

In this mix, leesh takes us on a ride through soaring, shimmering synths and choice vocals all to the tune of an ever pounding drum. Emotional bangers indeed.

She's followed in the second hour by resident @ceremoniesdj playing a little slower than she usually does, weaving in and out of some uncharacteristic house music vibes, all while throwing in some tried and true bangers from hodge and minor science.

Tune in! 💥

ON EARTH 027: LEESH & CERMONIES

The Federation mix is a series of mixes curated by Wokoundou’s commander @philoulouzolo. With The Federation, Wokoundou launches a platform to both hidden talent and the establishment, introducing its guests as science fiction superheroines - superheroes with special powers to honor their talent.

@wonj

As always, we ask our superheroines - superheroes to their special powers.
Wonja's a shapeshifter! 💫

More @wonj
https://www.instagram.com/wonjwonj

More Wokoundou:
@philoulouzolo-wokoundou
Instagram.com/philoulouzolo
www.wokoundou.com

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