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Oversky

Bluebird

Luke Howard
https://soundcloud.com/lukehoward
https://twitter.com/lukehowardmusic

Nadje Noordhuis
https://soundcloud.com/nadje-noordhuis
http://www.nadjenoordhuis.com/
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https://twitter.com/nadje

Picture by Nate Bittinger
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Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis - Oversky

Shift

As you would expect of someone called Lovefingers, American DJ and producer Andrew Hogge has a very special touch when it comes to making, playing and releasing emotionally involving, blissed out music. Hailing from LA, he runs the magical ESP Institute label and is also half of The Stallions as well as being a self-proclaimed hippie. That always comes through in the organic, loved up music he works with, and visual aesthetics always seem just as important to him as musical ones. 

The romantic and intoxicating mix he serves up is dedicated to Red Light Records owner Tako Reyenga and Mule Musiq affiliate Kuniyuki Takahashi. It is a loose-limbed, love-fuelled and fully horizontal delight made up of underlapping grooves, oriental motifs and gluey pads. The second half touches on more physical drums but also offers up yet more heavenly ambiance, bird song and jumbled percussion that will have you reaching for your shades and dreaming of summer. 


Dekmantel Podcast 061 - Lovefingers

Gerd Janson is the influential label boss, journalist, DJ and producer behind the Running Back imprint an doesn't need any introduction nowadays. With a fine ear for unearthing new artists and developing them on his label, Gerd has a very busy schedule and puts out a dizzying amount of music from ambient to disco, house to techno. As a DJ, he has no identifiable style but is a master of many and is someone who can play to just about any crowd and make them move. As if that wasn't enough, as one half of Tuff City Kids he kicks out the club-ready jams that keep kids dancing. 

Back on New Year’s Eve 2015, he played back-to-back with Irishman Krystal Klear, who is at the heart of the modern house scene in his hometown Manchester. His fresh take on a classic sound has seen him win plenty of favour with the youth of the day, as well as getting him signed to Kerri Chandler’s MadTech label. Only active for six years, he has already become a regular on the global circuit and now heads up his own Cold Tonic label as well as hosting an influential show on Rinse FM. With a great sense of humour that always permeates his music, former Hoya: Hoya resident Krystal Klear has a passion for a wide range of sounds. 

Our latest mix is taken from the five hour b2b the pair played that NYE. As such it really found them stretching their legs and playing across the board. From slow disco to playful r&b grooves, 80s synths to classic house, it is a truly playful set that is chock full of jams, all carefully mixed into one explosive and loved-up whole. 

Dekmantel Podcast 062 - Gerd Janson X Krystal Klear

Alex Albrecht, half of the thoughtful duo Albrecht LeBroy and Analogue Attic label, welcomed guests to Otis Armada with a collection of solace sounds. As diners tentatively found their seats, Albrecht unravelled a brutalist selection which heightened the gentle power of considered concrete. 

Mirroring this rawness was an amuse bouche of Raw Kingfish in Mustard Leaf and a glass of unhindered Pierre Rouse 'Martingale' Chardonnay from the Languedoc.

@albrecht-labrooy
@analogueattic

Tracklist:  
DJ Guy - Basf Ferro / Shinichi Atobe - Waste Land 2
LNRDCROY - Now I'm in Love
Objekt - Agnes Apparatus
Klara Lewis - Clearing
LNRDCROY - Sphere of Influence
Earthen Sea - All Men Know the Truth / Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 2
Panoram - Bad Request
Hrvatski - Gemini (Early)
DJ Guy - Computape Trk 2
Andy Stott - Missing
FKA Twigs - Preface
Nathan Fake - Rue / Terre Thaemlitz - Penrose
Shifted - Disconnected / Terre Thaemlitz - Penrose
Fennesz - Shisheido / Terre Thaemlitz - Penrose
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica

Otis.Brutal. (2016) 'Hors d’oeuvres' Alex Albrecht

Rote, a collaboration with @volte_face_bleed. EP2 out now on BleeD Music, vinyl and digital.

https://rote.bandcamp.com/album/ep2

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