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Hoi Polloi is delighted to announce our latest gift from we, the people, to you the people - The Hoi Polloi Podcast Series. 

Kicking things off is one of our nearest and dearest and a true gentleman of Melbourne Techno, Ranjit Nijjer. 
 
With nearly fifteen years involvement in Melbourne’s underground techno scene, Ranjit can lay claim to contributing to a few special moments in its history. Best known to many as the man behind iconic club night Technoir, Ranjit is also a regular at other Melbourne Techno insitutions including Machine and Melbourne Techno Collective. 

Not only is he a gentleman and a scholar, Ranjit is also a deeply considered sound theorist. With the ultimate precision, he gets inside the music and somehow unpacks it; you can hear this in his mix as a DJ and in his production as an artist.

Ranjit's debut EP, Ruins, is now available on Machine Label: https://machinelabel.bandcamp.com/album/ruins
Follow Ranjit: https://soundcloud.com/ranjit-nijjer
Catch the latest news on Technoir: https://www.facebook.com/technoirmelbourne/

Track List: 
1. Zeitgeber – Seventeen Zero Four 
2. Mudrost – 8:00 PM (Opening) 
3. Unknown Artist – A1 STAUB 005 
4. Divide – Sfera Celeste  
5. Tension – Deform 
6. P.E.A.R.L. – IVC (Svreca Remix) 
7. Psyk & Architectural – Biting Nails feat. Architectural  
8. Evigt Morker – Altaret Restes  
9. Ben Buitendijk – Stardust  
10. AWB – Daze 
11. Roman Lindau – Way Down 
12. Psyk – Night Currents  
13. Spear – Blood Inside (Miki Craven) 
14. Jereon Search – Staring Into The Abyss  
15.  Boskøw – Les Autres (Alderaan Remix) 
16. David Att – Visions 
17. Altstadt Echo – Modern Cathedrals Pt. 3 (Luigi Tozzi Remix 1) 
18. Evigt Morker – Skenet Av Den Nedre  
19. Mudrost – 8:40 PM (Phoenix) 
20. James Ruskin – If (Loft Mix) (2019 Remaster) 
21. Refracted – Uku Che 
22. Luigi Tozzi – Automa  
23. Fred P – Turn Up 
24. Forest Drive West – Functional  
25. Billy Turner – Intentional  
26. Reggy Van Oers, Trinity & RVO – Small Vices  
27. Ribe – Objects In Mirror  
28. Tensal – Levia  
29. MTD – Vortice  
30. Fisssh – Panaque  
31. Deas – Inverter  
32. Translate – Capricorn Dilemma  
33. Anthony Linnell & Adiel – Decoro  
34. Benjamin Damage – Ripple 
35. Oxygeno – Blurred Lines 
36. Ranjit Nijjer – Submission

Ranjit Nijjer - Hoi Polloi Podcast

Hoi Polloi Podcast June 2020 - Ranjit Nijjer

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Tracklist:
Noumene (Original Mix) - Kas:st
System Planet (Edit Select Rework) - Kalter Ende & Sarf
Continuum (Original Mix) - Arnaud Le Texier
Misplaced Emotion (Marco Bailey Remix) - Hans Bouffmyhre, Flug
Marduk (Original Mix) - Alfredo Mazzilli
Obsession (Original Mix) - Apart
A Man Is No Island (Original Mix) - Pjotr G & Dubiosity
Annealed (Original Mix) - Tyche
Dry Me (Original Mix) - Heiko Laux
Concept 3 (Original Mix) - Subjected
Circle In A World of Squares (Original Mix) - Pjotr G & Dubiosity
Mantra (Original Mix) - Re:Axis
Tears Of Tender (Original Mix) - Ferhat Albayrak
Critical Mass (unreleased Original) - DFA
303.003 (Original Mix) - Unknown Artist
Outlines (Original Mix) - Andrea

podcast 178 by Sonic Identity

Machine resident Simon Slieker presents the second mix for our 'music for isolation' streams.  
Dive in head first to this excursion of sound
 
SIMON SLIEKER  :: 7 quick lockdown questions  

1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie? 

Whichever one has a sweeping epic hero. Unfortunately this means I have dubious taste in cinema, lacking nuance, eschewing complexity, and constantly craving something to believe in. I’m increasingly disappointed. 

2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol? 

At the moment tea. That’s the morning ritual. But I don’t really like tea, it’s too watery and insipid. But coffee is brutal, so I like to roll off it periodically. Hence the tea. As for alcohol, if you’d asked me last lockdown, it was all about Damned Murphy and his crazy specials, hmmm a spirit, all the fun of the mixed case of wine, may well get this six pack as well, oh and these ciders, and on the way out that shopping trolley with random bottles was so much fun; wow $1.39 for a bottle of citrus stout: bargain! Bleaugh. This time I’ve stopped altogether. Dry. So the tea has become quite the ‘high’. High tea. 

3. Sleep in or get up early 

Ah this is becoming about the contrasting lockdowns: 1 and 2. Lockdown 1 I didn’t sleep, I stayed up the whole time. Lockdown 2 I’m going to bed early and have made a surprise discovery: getting up early. Which sounds bad, like you’re being punished. But it turns out it means you’re getting enough sleep. I’ve not experienced this before so it didn’t make any sense. It’s amazing you should try it. 

4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album 

I don’t have one.

5. What art movement describes you the best?

Pre-Raphaelite.

6 Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal

Maybe folk. But I think you’ve chosen the four exceptionally problematic and compromised genres there. Were they chosen especially for me? I’m going with folk because when I was 16 I decided to become quite good with a harmonica and I think that had something to do with folk, or Bob Dylan at least. 

7. Tell us something no one knows about you?

I don’t have a favourite listening album. Oh that cat’s out of the bag. Um, I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I think I’m starting to go bald.

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Machine isoStream 02 :: Simon Slieker

Melbourne techno stalwart Ranjit Nijjer lays down some deep hypnotic grooves for stage four of the Machine weekly isoStream series. 

Ranjit Nijjer :: 7 Quick lockdown questions

1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie? 
"I’ve only managed to get through a couple of movies throughout both lockdowns; action would probably be my top pick of those three."

2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol? 
"A couple of strategically placed coffees throughout the day without fail." 

3. Sleep in or get up early 
"Due to having young kids; it’s always, always, always get up early." 

4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album 
"Loom Dream by Leif has been a regular in the last 12 months." 

5. What art movement describes you the best? 
"Surrealism"

6 Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal 
"I’d probably have to say folk but all of those aren’t in my regular rotation."

7. Tell us something no one knows about you?
"According to Spotify, my most listened to album of 2019 was Dean Martin’s ‘Italian Love Songs’."

https://www.facebook.com/ranjitnjjerDJ/
https://soundcloud.com/ranjit-nijjer


TRACK LIST:
1. Ranjit Nijjer - First 
2. Paleman - 2068
3. Abstract Division - Shifted Reality (Milton Bradley Remix)
4. NØRBAK - Pledge IV
5. BLNDR - C.Q.J.D.A.A.
6. Paleman - The Peg Loosens
7. Rèdacs - Elysian Fields 
8. Svarog - Frankincense 
9. 10. SAMSQN - Walking In Circles
10. Antidote - Insomnia 
11. Blovk - Amianto 
12. SAMSQN - State Of Decay 
13. Abstract Division - Patient Zero
14. Augusto Taito - Pleurant En Silence
15. NØRBAK - Pledge I
16. P.E.A.R.L. - Station2
17. Hattori Hanno - Sword 2
18. Fabrizio Lapiana - Pan
19. Dark Quadrant - The Strangest Planets 
20. Abstract Division - Observance 
21. CØRE - Illustration 3 
22. Hattori Hanno - Sword 4
23. Physical Therapy & MATRIXXMAN - Radiation 
24. Christian Bloch - Refuse (Original Remastered)
25. Dark Quadrant - Not Of This World 
26. SAMSQN  - Rejection 
27. Moses - Disturbing Thoughts 
28. DJ Dextro - City 3000
29. SAMSQN - Humans Have Sick Minds 
30. Arthur Robert - Forceful
31. P.E.A.R.L. - Station1 (Manni Dee Remix)
32. Szmer - Collapse 
33. Ranjit Nijjer - Desolated 
34. Vinicius Honorio - Stagger 
35. Chain Reaction - Destroyer 
36. CNCPT - Peonia 1 
37. Dark Quadrant - Disturbed Photon Wave

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Ranjit Nijjer - Machine Isostream Mix

Machine isoStream 04 :: Ranjit Nijjer

Machine resident Emmymaie packs a punch with her isoStream mix featuring a selection tracks from Machine Label artists over the past 10 years.  

Emmymaie :: 7 Quick lockdown questions

1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
e) footy replays ;D*

2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol?
Coffee - though if you’re talking instant, I’ll pass. I’ve lately had to temper my caffeine intake; finding great organic decaf coffee beans has helped, but I have also developed a renewed appreciation for pots of herbal tea, most varieties (except chamomile - bleugh ;)*, in many combos... As for alcohol: having, by my early-mid-40s, drunk enough for three or four lifetimes, I now no longer drink booze (I know, huh? :)*. It’s not a hard “no”; I’ll have the occasional vodka-cranberry / Moscow Mule / Frangelico on ice with lime / etc. whilst working at Machine (for instance) but the last time that happened, well... ;/*

3. Sleep in or get up early?
Definitely the former; in fact, I sleep in so hard I’m basically noctural. And I’ve been that way since I was a kid. It’s not that I don’t like mornings; I do, and (one reason) I love our dance music culture (is) for the opportunity it affords to see the sunrise after staying up all night!

4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album
Techno (any). Or footy replays xD*

5. What art movement describes you best?
Hmmm, maybe Fauvism? For the colour and whimsy...

6. Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal?
After techno, I like all those almost equally; metal probably wins (being most like techno! ;P*) \nn/-

7. Tell us something no one knows about you
You know, I can’t think of a single thing about myself that isn’t known by at least one other person... If I was a book, I’d be open ;o*

Tracklist: 

01. Unu - Patience (Linas remix) [Machine]
02. Lateral - Atium (Juan Tellez remix) [Machine]
03. Ranjit Nijjer - Ruins (original mix) [Machine]
04. G3D9 - Alone (original mix) [Machine]
05. The Black Moy - Codex (original mix) [Machine]
06. Brian Burger - Far Away (original mix) [Machine]
07. The Black Moy - Abyss (original mix) [Machine]
08. The Black Moy - Haddock (original mix) [Machine]
09. Brian Burger - Serious Drive (original mix) [Machine]
10. Ranjit Nijjer - M. N. P. (original mix) [Machine]
11. Metapattern - She Travels Alone (original mix) [Machine]
12. Composite Cone - Agoraphobia (original mix) [unreleased]
13. Ranjit Nijjer - Collapsing (original mix) [unreleased]
14. Enclave - Copykey (original mix) [Machine]
15. Metapattern - Osmosis (original mix) [Machine]
16. Ranjit Nijjter - Desolated (original mix) [unreleased]
17. Lateral - Fermion (Ground Loop 2am remix) [Machine]
18. The Black Moy - Mute Fly (original mix) [Machine]
19. Enclave - Element 115 (original mix) [Machine]

https://soundcloud.com/emmymaie

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Machine isoStream 06 :: Emmymaie

Ripplefactor (Savage Arts | Red Moon | Melbourne)

Hailing from Melbourne, Ripplefactor had been experimenting with different styles and genres which finally led him to what he was looking for - a style of sound that is an intricate dance of repetitive aural flow and subtle changes. His inclination towards Deep Techno and ambient soundscapes has completely captivated his style and identity. He is known for his ability to play thematic sets with soundscapes sending the audience on a journey.

In this mix he takes us through a journey quickly ascending into a colossal mix crafted with works from artists like Surt, JC Laurent, Lewis Fautzi, Cristian Varela, Tensal, Amotik and Anthony Linell. He also showcases some ace production from Melbourne artists like JXTPS, Ranjit Nijjer and Metapattern.

Artist Support:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ripplefactor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ripplefactorAUS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Ripplefactor

Fur:ther Sessions x Savage Arts | Ripplefactor

Releases Friday 2 October 
https://machinelabel.bandcamp.com

Ranjit Nijjer - Emenation EP  [MACH056]
1. Decompression Therapy
2. Meditation
3. Emenation
4. Nearly Lost

Written & Produced by Ranjit Nijjer
Mastered By Hesius Dome
© MACHINE 2020

Ranjit Nijjer - Meditation [MACH056] Trim

Amulador Dj Set - #FanzineFest 19 - Fundación Luis Seoane X SON EG

MACHINE is an Australian based record label for deep futuristic techno music.
Established in 2009 

