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SFM000 - One Arc Degree

A sublime selection of dancefloor beats and downtempo dubs from around the globe, Mixes + Mavericks features seven remixes by Pitch Black, two live tracks that couldn’t be more different in nature or tempo, one seriously unorthodox situation (an unauthorised remix of a remix) and a track in between states, all highlighting the breadth of the duo’s sonic palette.

Whereas their previous Rarities + Remixes collection was predominantly rooted in New Zealand, Mixes + Mavericks is undoubtedly a more international affair, with all the remixed artists hailing from the northern hemisphere. Many of the connections are the result of the duo’s touring and festival appearances around the globe: they first met Gaudi at a gig in Japan, Animat and Nick Woolfson (Sounds from the Ground) at The Big Chill festival in the UK, while downtemple duo Desert Dwellers were encountered in the Californian underground. 

Other connections were more straightforward: Brighton-based Ink Project (run by Kiwi Jez Lloyd) approached them to remix “The End” and Mexico’s Sudden Reverb was introduced by label-mates Deep Fried Dub. Meanwhile Mike bumped into Radioactive Man’s Keith Tenniswood (of Two Lone Swordsmen fame) while he was getting a 7” record cut. 

Uber-producer/Killing Joke bass player Youth features in two very different ways. First up is Pitch Black’s pulsating dub mix of his collaboration with Italian producer Gaudi, from their Astronaut Alchemists album. Then there is his unsolicited remix of epsilon-blue’s 1999 remix of Speech, over which he added bass, beats and blessings.  This mash-up lurked for years in the archive under the title of Helmsdub, but only as a corrupted mp3 file. Thankfully a little detective work discovered that, much to everyone’s surprise, it had been released as Speechless (Big Circle Flat Pain Remix) on a 2004 CD compilation. A copy was tracked down, the tune was carefully re-mastered and then correctly named.

Mixes + Mavericks also features two very different live offerings: Notting Pill is a dose of atmospheric moodiness from a rare ambient set at Notting Hill Arts Club in London, held to publicise the upcoming showcase of New Zealand music at Fabric in 2003. The banging G202, meanwhile, was captured by Andre Upston at Rippon Festival in Wanaka, NZ at the turn of the millennium, and later broadcast on Radio New Zealand. It was a track that, despite being a staple of the live show for many years, was never finished, and following software updates and data dumps, the only version that exists is this live recording.

It's a Future Dub is a similarly embryonic track – eventually it became It’s the Future Knocking, from the Filtered Senses album, but here it’s a fascinating hybrid caught midway between creation and completion. Many of the elements of its future self are present, but there is a whole lot more going on, making this a fascinating signpost on a possible road-not-taken. 

Beautifully accompanied by Tim Prebble's Cyanotype images, Mixes + Mavericks is a showcase of Pitch Black’s sonic diversity as remixers and maintains the trademark production aesthetic that has won them thousands of fans and filled dancefloors around the globe.

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Youth & Gaudi - The Gods Must Be Crazy (Pitch Black's Hubristic Prayerformance Mix)(preview)

Gathering together a large group of 14 top-tier seasoned sound designers, Hey! That’s What We Call Pads, vol. 1 contains 240 presets and is the first soundset in a series that explores a singular category of sound. In this volume, pads are in focus and the synth is Serum.

All the pads you hear in the demo above (34 in total) are single presets played straight from the soundset, with no additional effects used. See the preset list below.

https://www.luftrum.com/heypads

Presets played in the demo (no timestamps):

Orbital One [ARK]
Phasing Sizzler [H]
Summer of 1988 [LUF]
Forgotten [OSL]
Exosolar [BT]
Deep Dreams [ES]
Lost In Dublin [AW]
Legends of Avalon [MO]
Jarre Oxygene Fake Into [BT]
Endings [VT]
An Observance of Light [LUF]
Alive Mouse [ARK]
Photosynthesis [ES]
As Seen from Above [SU]
Babylon Strings [LUF]
Delta Horizon [ARK]
Radiate [VT]
Rapt [TU]
MTV [MO]
Transcendental [S1]
Skyfrit [LAU]
Stella Polaris [LUF]
Creepy Waves [BT]
JD800 Super Pad [MO]
Astropilot of 51 [LUF]
Beep Boop [ARK]
Moonwurm [OSL]
Exosphere [ER]
Luna Sea [TU]
Astral Experience [LUF]
Fallow [VT]
Copenhagen Ltd [LUF]
Vastness [OSL]
Lasting Occasions [BT]

Hey! That's What We Call Pads for Serum vol. 1

Cinematic demo by Jonathan van den Wijngaarden using only presets from the soundset.

Gathering together a large group of 14 top-tier seasoned sound designers, Hey! That’s What We Call Pads, vol. 1 contains 240 presets and is the first soundset in a series that explores a singular category of sound. In this volume, pads are in focus and the synth is Serum.

https://www.luftrum.com/heypads

Presets used in the demo track:
Counterpoint (TU)
Copenhagen Ltd II (LUF)
Data Cloud (VT)
Deep Dreams (ES)
Ace 1985 (LUF)
Mezzotint (TU)
Mountain Breeze (LAU)
Rapt (TU)
Delta Horizon (ARK)
Departure (LAU)
Altered States (mw+pb+vel) (BT)
Endings (VT)

Jonathan van den Wijngaarden - Everything That Exists (Cinematic)

'Falling Petals' by Sacred Seeds
@wasim-cosmic

Full album: https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/album/emerald-landscape

Audio mastering by Seth Bellow
Cover art design by Anthony Asher - Yates

Emerald Landscape

Falling Petals

Sacred Seeds - Falling Petals

D-Echo Project - Dubby Space

Gateway 721 and Subdream, bring together a meditative journey of psychedelic charged ambient spaces that are filled with rhythmic percussions that lift you into a blissful space. Combined with beautifully modulated melodic synths that bring emotive feelings to the forefront of the minds' eye, Transcendental Departure lives up to its name, as a trance-like meditative state arises out of this truly psychedelic phonic experience. Come join us on a departure into the transcendental realms as Mindspring Music presents Gateway 721 & Subdream - Trancendental Departure.

Trancendental Departure

Gateway 721 - Stellar Gateway (Subdream Remix)[Mindspring Music]

From the album Messenger Retrograde, exploring the anxiety of technology and artificial intelligence. Recorded and constructed in Silicon Valley, USA during the 2024 elections, with sonic landscapes that reflect the uncertainty, absurdity and post-truth world that the dimension of digital synthesis has unleashed on humanity.


STREAM HERE (SPOTIFY)
https://open.spotify.com/album/62nR8ACLWOFGoLoWwkPAe0?si=lYpHLVH3SvSdufRzi6yqZw

STREAM HERE (APPLE MUSIC)
https://open.spotify.com/album/62nR8ACLWOFGoLoWwkPAe0?si=lYpHLVH3SvSdufRzi6yqZw

www.krisvango.com
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https://www.instagram.com/kris.vango
https://www.tiktok.com/@kris.vango

Messenger Retrograde

Going Off Grid

We are pleased to share our most popular installation, which was visited by tens of thousands of people during the @NUR festival. "Laser Meadows" allows each visitor to walk barefoot along the slopes of valleys covered with the complex abstract patterns of Laser Lumia. These patterns unfold in sync with the music, forming long loops and waves without a clear beginning or end, free from digital and physical confines.

Working in a very extreme and experimental manner, creating music and visuals out of disorder and chaos, we have been surprised to find that people are ready to spend hours inside our works. The experience becomes akin to a hypnotic picnic, where visitors find themselves engrossed for extended periods—reminiscent of a joyful, carefree childhood, cheerfully running, dancing, meditating, or just sitting on the curves of the floor and chatting with friends.

We have felt that people have found here a unique connection between the technogenic and natural worlds, experiencing a sense of unity with the modern environment. In this place, where nature is precisely a mirage, the purely artificial environment has ceased being intimidating. Instead, it becomes something understandable and pleasing for everyone.

BandCamp

laser meadow curve

Xperiambi 2

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Luftrum is a Danish sound designer, crafting auditory magic since 2008. 

From chasing elusive harmonies on synths to creating innovative Kontakt libraries, his work is used and endorsed by a diverse range of artists, from aspiring bedroom producers to Grammy and Oscar winners. 

Luftrum has collaborated with industry giants like Apple, Steinberg and Native Instruments.