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 * * *  traxlist * * * 
Omar S - Ganymede / FXHE
Xinner - The Chase / Piramide Registrazioni 
Casino Times - Awd / Wolf Music
K-rAd - 120_BSit / padK-rAd
Lief Muller - Fantastique / mule musiq
Per Hammar & Okain - Double Brew / Constant Sound 
Don WIlliams - Arrival / Colliding Worlds EP / Tokomak 
Matt Thibideau - Scrolling Through / Vade Mecum 
U-More - Bipolar / RORA
Eddie Hale - Revelation / Denude 
Forest Drive - Ritual / Dualism EP / Livity Sound
Damon Wild - Constant Search / Chronicle
Demetra - Mono No Aware / Olympos
100Hz - Calivon / Dawn State 
Zoo Brazil - Step By Step / Monaberry
Rydim - Sparkling / Variation Records
DimDJ - 9th of May / Recurring Patterns EP / June Records
D-Knox - Repetition / Sonic Mind
Gesloten Cirkel - Never / Murder Capital
Consequence - It Was Meant To Be / Downfall
Inga Mauer - Islington / Bad Manners
Naked Eye People - Short Distance / Stealth MIssion Vol. 2
Feral - L'Aube Rouge / Feral
Kike Pravada - Vortex (Exium Remix) / Senoid
Johannes Volk - Designing Evolution / Token
Nobusawa - Raspberry / Token
Kluentah - Circle Of Power / Zement
Museum - Raider / Marcel Dettmann Records 
Alphadrum - Symbolism / Unexplained Sounds EP / Symbolism
Nothing But Blood - White Of The Eye / Crimes Of The Future 
Mantra - Green Language / Corroded Circuits EP / Downfall
Crossing Avenue - Ortica / Spazio Disponibile
Cosmin TRG - Terminus Abrupt (Legowelt Remix) / Believe Music 
M5 - Celestial Highways / Rawax Motor City Edition

Sundown Vinyl Stream SVS 048 ▼ Fri Sep-24-2021

For Erika’s second album “Anevite Void”, she explores her live process as it permeates everything she does, including documenting the process of life in the elaborate sci fi mythology she created. 

@erikadotnet began performing live in Ectomorph in 1997 when she was gifted a TR-606 by BMG and asked to join the group. This grew to her building her own studio, performing solo as Erika, collaborating with people like Jay Ahern and Noncompliant, and performing as a member of Circle of Live. Her depth of thought and clarity of vision has led to her mentoring people on live performance through the In Bloom platform, where she has made a large impact on many up and coming musicians. 

“Anevite Void”, Erika’s new album, finds her organically writing songs for her live shows, allowing them to take shape through performance, and later recording them in the studio, making this the first album she has entirely written and produced on her own. Mixed by long time collaborator BMG, she finds this record as the launching point for a new process for her.

Conceptually, this album was inspired by “the irregular life cycles created by three suns circling over a planetary organism that presents two major biomes: rocky crystalline desert, and deep layered forest, each of which exists above and/or below ground, depending on what phase the suns are in.” From this realm the album took shape. She also chronicled this concept in drawings but found this painting by Detroit puckish punk legend Nai Sammon perfectly visually explained the concept, and chose it for the cover. She describes “each track is about an organic process that occurs: acts of survival of the biomes, or what happens between them and the multitude of other beings that they host.”

Erika is currently splitting her time between being based in Berlin and Detroit, is part of the triumvirate that runs Interdimensional Transmissions (BMG, Erika and Amber) that are releasing this record and produce legendary events such as No Way Back, Samhain and Return to the Source. She performs live and DJs and collaborates and oozes sonic truth in its many forms. Visit the “Anevite Void” in early 2023.

LP version:

A1 Emergency Shutdown
A2 Opal Haze
A3 Dirt Breather

B1 Obsidian Sunset
B2 Star Line Down

C1 Anion
C2 Crystal Circuits

D1 Desert Red
D2 Tomorrow's Fires
D3 Wandering Mountain

Digital:
1. Emergency Shutdown
2. Opal Haze
3. Obsidian Sunset
4. Star Line Down
5. Anion
6. Desert Red
7. Crystal Circuits
8. Tomorrow's Fires
9. Dirt Breather
10. Wandering Mountain

Anevite Void

Erika - Anevite Void (Preview Clips) [IT 50]

The deep, immersive echo chamber that sits at the centre of DeepChord’s signature work with Echospace may appear inspired by the genre-defining work of first-wave dub-technoists that appeared on the Chain Reaction label in the mid to late 90s. But it’s also work that’s quintessentially building upon the Detroit scene where it was born, and that divine marriage of roots and vision makes the work of Rod Modell and Steve Hitchell at once so highly considered, so timeless, and so pertinent. The distinguishing feature of the duo’s sound is its ability and willingness to stand still; whereas much of dub techno attempts to propel the listener forward in either a lover’s rock groove or the cushioned reverb of a driving beat, DeepChord’s synth-driven analog warmth trades not only in static ambience but also propulsive design. Their set at Métropolis in 2011 was nothing short of enveloping and transcendent.

Mastered by LANDR: bit.ly/1kmLNtR


M15.009 - Deepchord Presents Echospace Live @ MUTEK 2011

FORMAT.FM

FFM396

FORMAT-REC

FFM396.2 | MIKE DERER & KATE ROWE - Recorded Live @ The Great Beyond Festival 7/29/23

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Nino - That Beautiful Place (Ambient) //  Batti Batti 
UNKNOWN
Clive from Accounts - Strictly Business /  Razor n' Tape 
Bengoa - Hustler's Convention / Meowfia EP 
Mateo Dufour - Dashed Streets (D'julz Remix)
DJ Steaw - Exotica /  Nu Groove 
Kristin Velvet - Get Down (Fred P Extended Remix)
Black Loops, Innocent Soul - Destiny
Mark Ambrose & Alexander Purkart pres. Bellringers - Sunrising 
Michel De Hey - Pressure You   
UNKNOWN
Emiliano Martini - Satellites 
Earth Boys - In The Sun /  naive     
Andrew Macari - When I Want    
House of Styles - Buttermilk Bottom  
Franco Cinelli - Tribute To Mike Huckaby 
Felipe Gordon - Keepin' It Jazz EP // Shall Not Fade
SISTO ‒ Unknown Paths   ^v
Tuccillo - Breaking Leds / Instante EP // MLDM 06
Dennis Quin - Fame to Blame (Extended Mix)    
Subjoi - The Way I Feel   
Pizzicatto - U // LSPD001
Harrison BDP - Aether 
END.

deep    d33p    deeper    d33per   disco   minimal  house  techno  vinyl mostly thanks for listening from Chicago  Los Angeles  Montreal Tokyo all LOVE old school like back in the day hip hop house techno original pioneers from Detroit Chicago midwest airwaves playing on the radio wishing you peace and total musical bliss free your mind and let the rest flow trust the DJ and UR third eye

Going Deeper vinyl session || SVS 112

Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ, a Research & Development resident, and artist who curates eerie, otherworldly, and longing sounds. While she is a philosopher and writer, Shanti has felt limited by words and has recognized the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity are explored in her sets through ethereal, foreboding techno, angsty EBM/dark wave, and squishy acid soundscapes. 

Music has always been a way for her to cope with the darker realities of existence. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory.

This mix was recorded from Shanti's set at Smartbar for Entropic. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shantiism/

WHPK Spotlight | Shanti

Sascha Hodler (@kaufmannlive), also known as Jon Donson, Kaufmann live, KFM live, or Jørg, is a seasoned musician and performer who has been shaping the European music scene for over 30 years. As a co-founder of the successful label Elektrostubete, he has made a name for himself through his creative versatility and passion. With more than 500 live performances across Europe, as well as the release of over five albums and numerous works in various musical formations, Hodler takes his audience on a journey through captivating soundscapes. His music is both deeply moving and experimental, embodying the tireless creativity of an artist who has continually evolved his craft over the decades.

VHS Podcast #065 - KFM live

There’s nothing like playing No Way Back. It’s such a unique environment. All the DJs look forward to their set all year, but then low key freak out before they play. Will they live up to expectations? Will they surpass their previous sets? You ask yourself, is this what feels like to throw lightning? You can sense the room expand and contract. Connecting to the audience and taking them on our journey is what it is all about. For this adventure I played on 4x CDJ-3000’s, a Pioneer V10 using 2 internal delays and a Strymon El Capistan pedal. I played some new tunes I had remastered, as well as a remix from Love Letters I had just completed on my new mixer, along with an edit of an unreleased version of Jordan Zawideh’s “Magellanic Cloud”, also mastered through my new mixer. What an amazing space to test these new tones. This was quite a sonic journey for me, and put me on an amazing trajectory where I feel like I’m constantly growing and improving and adding newly remastered music to every set. Looking forward to playing this coming weekend at No Way Back in NYC with the Bunker at the Chocolate Factory. 

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain (BMG dub) 
CHBB – Disconanz
Terence Fixmer – Paroxysm
Matrixxman – Opium Den (Mike Parker Remix) 
Stanislav Tolkachev – Now We Are Talking 
Analog Solutions – Oxygen Tank Failure
ASEC – Reconnaissance
Kyntral – Yuco 
Neel – Afro Aliena
Cabaret Voltaire – Silent Command (Function Edit)
Marcel Dettmann – Throb
Silent Servant – Invocation of Lust (12” Mix)
Freddy Fresh & Tim Taylor – 5 Mouths
Architectural – Rare Ceremony Tapes
Lory D – John Carpenter
Architectural – Bad-Tempered Drumming
Robert Hood – Unix
Phuture – Rise From Your Grave
Mood II Swing Productions – 8 Ways To Knock Down A Wall
Jordan Zawideh – Magellanic Cloud (2024 BMG V2 Edit)
The Fantasy – Strong Dub
Love Letters – Morse (BMG Mix)
DJ Who – Give A Little More (MIke Parker Remix)
The Maghreban – Patterns
Ratsnake – Hole 
Mike Dred – Macrocosm
Jamie Jupitor – Computer Power


IT.podcast.s13e04: BMG at No Way Back 2024

The producer best known as Huerco S. accompanies One Day, our record of the year, with two hours of minimal and dub introspections.

This summer, Kansas-raised DJ and producer Brian Leeds released One Day under his revived Loidis alias. Enamoured with the restrained, loopy sounds of early '00s dance music, the album’s eight tracks linger in the air, luxuriating in dubbed-out chords, swung beats and sub vibrations. It's our favourite record of 2024 for a reason. 

It's a sound he's coined, in his typically teasing fashion, "dub mnml emo tech." All winks aside, it’s no wonder One Day became the soothing balm we all needed. In a scene overwhelmed by hard and fast trends, the softer—and Leeds might argue, more sincere—stylings of minimal and dub techno enjoyed a welcome second wind. 

Not only was One Day one of our favourites of the year (more on that this week), but it also inspired us to break our usual no-repeats rule, inviting Leeds back to the RA Podcast under a different alias after his 2019 turn as Huerco S. 

"The prevailing trends in dance music are more and more maximalist," Leeds noted. "I missed restraint, subtlety, and sensuality." Clocking in at just under two hours, RA.965 embodies that ethos in spades.

@huerco_s

Read more at ra.co/podcast/965

RA.965 Loidis

For our next podcast we head out to the Far East, specifically to Chiba in Japan, where the cult favourite DJ Nobu resides. From there the man behind legendary party Future Terror and esteemed label Bitta has been putting out weird electronics, spacey electro and atmospheric techno since the late 90s. He releases rather infrequently, but when he does you can be sure he never does the same trick twice. It is the same story when he is DJing: he always manages to conjure up fresh tricks, textures and tunes depending on the situation and has put out many official mix CDs to that end. From contemporary electronic pieces to abstract techno, his wide repertoire has made him a favourite with the likes of the Berghain crew and Hessle Audio associate Ben UFO, who played with him recently at the Red Bull Music Academy, whilst he also played a stand out set on Boiler Room at our own Dekmantel festival earlier in the year.

The podcast he has put together for us is just over an hour of occult ambient littered with the sounds of the Far East. It is patient and absorbing, zoned out and eerie as well as being hugely organic and natural sounding. Drums only appear in the latter half and when they do, they still come embellished with pixel thin pads, metallic surfaces and harmonic sounds that continue to sooth your mind in fresh new ways. 

Dekmantel Podcast 042 - DJ Nobu

A veteran of the music industry, Dave Ellesmere is way past his hardcore drumming days. Harboring the accumulated skills with a multitude of instruments, his electronic productions are intricate and meticulous. His passion for Detroit and Chicago soundscapes is evident in his latest vinyl release for MixxRecords.

‘Caught In A Moment’ starts off the EP with a steady techno grip engulfing a serene melody interspersed with sharp and gritty accents.

The second track opens up with solemn piano progressions combined with high pitched synths, conjuring different spheres of the musical spectrum. Aptly entitled “Universal Vibe”, the track evokes a very diverse array of sounds layered on top of a dubby bassline.

The sub-bassy ‘From Now On Only Good Things Will Happen’ kicks off in a very introspective manner, developing into a dreamy yet dark journey filled with anxiety ridden chords and drum pads.

Label chief’s Tony Rodriguez aka Brothers’ Vibe is on duty for the ‘Universal Vibe’ remix. Percussion takes the main lead, giving the track a rolling pace. Stripping down a lot of the global elements but keeping some bell chords, Rodriguez’s reinterpretation offers a tribal infused piece with a completely different mood that is just as contagious as the original.

Buy vinyl @ . . .
www.juno.co.uk/labels/Mixx

Dave Ellesmere
https://www.facebook.com/dave.ellesmere
https://soundcloud.com/daveellesmere
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/daveellesmere

From Now On Only Good Things Will Happen

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drawing from early musical influences including Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, New Order, The Cure, Tears For Fears and of course the strange and beautiful music of Kraftwerk, James has remained dedicated to the art of digging and performing as a DJ for nearly three decades. Starting his first weekly DJ residency as well as a live mixed radio show in 2001 at WNUR 89.3FM, he has played at several hundred gigs in Chicago, around the midwest as well as in Detroit, Miami (WMC), San Francisco (Spundae, Loveparade) and internationally as well including Sydney & Melbourne/AUS, Tokyo/JP, London/UK, Mexico, Canada, Bulgaria, Serbia and elsewhere. He has booked, promoted and organized major events and has opened for many pioneering and influential artists including Juan Atkins, Ritchie Hawtin, Chris Liebing, Satoshi Tomiie, John Digweed, James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas), Claude Young, Derrick Carter, Diplo, John Tejada, Phil K, Steve Lawler, Sandra Collins, Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method, Way Out West, BT, Paul Oakenfold & others..
Re-locating from downtown Chicago to Los Angeles in early 2013, James enjoys the chance to share his love for real house music, detroit inspired house-techno, acid house, electro, ambient, dub and other properly heady dance music. His dedication to the rich musical roots of Chicago, Detroit, Berlin can be heard (and felt) in his dynamic vinyl DJ sets as well as live performance.

His passion for the music is also extended through to his his ongoing studio efforts and DIY analog-style productions, remixes and collaborations..

 ◁◁  USA gigs, residencies & appearances || 1999-2024
Rhythm Rapport | Dublab  ||  LOS ANGELES
Smartbar | Redno5 | W Lakeshore | WNUR 89.3 FM  ||  CHICAGO
Club Bleu | Movement Afterparty  ||  DETROIT
Proton WMC Sessions | ULTRA Festival  ||  MIAMI
Loveparade | Lovefest | Studio Z | Skylark Bar  ||  SAN FRANCiSCO

◁◁  INT'L appearances || top gigs  
Club Tilt (Melb) - Two Tribes (Sydney)  || AUSTRALIA 
Foro33 - HardPop - Afterhours BPM  ||  MEXICO
Chervilo Club Budapest  ||  BULGARIA
Pirate FM - XTC Radio  ||  LONDON
Club SECO (Shibuya)  || TOKYO JAPAN
...

Going Deeper vinyl session || SVS 112

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