UNDERGROUND

Lisa Oakes is a rising force in the techno underground, known for her relentless sound and raw energy. Her journey into music began with a deep love for techno, evolving into a full-fledged passion that led her to teach herself music production.

Her debut EP shot straight to #1 on the Beatport Hard Techno charts, setting the tone for a career that continues to gain serious momentum. With support from techno heavyweights like Ben Sims, DJ Rush, James Ruskin, A.Paul, and ANNE̓, Lisa's music has found its way into some of the most respected sets across the globe and Apex Recordings is delighted to welcome her to the team. 

Lisa Oakes - Flashback

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

Read our interview with @maralsalmassi and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/MaraPod

Groove Podcast 268

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 268 - Maral Salmassi

Machine label artist Composite Cone serves up smörgåsbord of sounds, offering a fine selection of techno, electronica, electro and drum 'n bass with his mix for the fifth in the isoStream series.

Composite Cone :: 7 Quick lockdown questions

1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
 "Documentary"

2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol? 
"Coffee"

3. Sleep in or get up early 
"Sleep In"

4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album 
"Kristuit Salu vs Morris Nightingale (Jimmy Edgar when he was a kid) - My Mines I"

5. What art movement describes you the best? 
"Don't know really but I can say I resonate with the art of Louis Wain. "

6 Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal 
"Black Death Metal"

7. Tell us something no one knows about you?
"Not sure who knows this but I have been in a psych ward several times due to mental health related issues. Music helps me today."

Track List
1. Vortex Count - phase SW02 -exoenzime- [Detroit Underground] 
2. Aleksi Perala - NL L56 19 08697 [Clone Basement Series] 
3. John Tejada - A Flexible Plan [Kompakt] 
4. Alexander Dniel - Nihse [Panel Trax Records] 
5. Stanislav Tolkachev - There Is No Cure [Token Records] 
6. Source Direct - The Crane (Inland & Function Remix) [Nonplus Records] 
7. The Alchemical Theory - Pentacolo (Farceb Deep Mix) [Subosc] 
8. Vortex Count - mettareflector [Detroit Underground] 
9. The Advent - Electrical Sounds [Cultivated Electronics] 
10. Autechre - Eutow [Warp] 
11. Der Zyklus - Formenverwandler [Clone] 
12. AFX - Bodmin 2 [Rephlex] 
13. TONY 2000 - Tunnelvision [Unreleased] 
14. Luke Eargoggle - Nancy Is Data [Kust Musik] 
15. Jeremiah R - Signals From the Parallel Universe [Voodoo Gold Records] 
16. Tensal/Komatssu - Finite In Nature [Tensal] 
17. Composite Cone & Klaps - Untitled [Unreleased] 
18. Aoki Takamasa - abbey [Op.disc] 
19. intermission (interview with Source Direct) 
20. D Kay, Lee - December [Metalheadz] 
21. Lee Gamble - Ghost [Hyperdub] 
22. Calibre - One Drop [Signature] 
23. Doc Scott - Blue Skies (2015 Remaster) [Metalheadz] 
24. Luke Vibert - Animen [Hypercolour] 
25. Source Direct - A Made up Sound (2017 Remaster) [Metalheadz] 
26. Composite Cone - Childhood Groove [Unreleased] 
27. Soichi Terada - Dark Ruins [Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.] 
28. Paul Blackford - Hyper Active [Self Released via Bandcamp] 
29. Q Project - Five 13 [Computer Integrated Audio] 
30. Minor Science - For Want Of Gelt [Whities]

https://www.facebook.com/CompositeCone/
https://soundcloud.com/compositecone
@compositecone

Machine isoStream 05 :: Composite Cone

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

Machine isoStream 06 :: Emmymaie

Filipino-American DJ and producer based in San Francisco CA. 888 was first Introduced to electronic music through the San Francisco underground techno scene. Slowly, while collaborating with friends, she honed her skills by playing at local bars and clubs. She hosts monthly events namely "Tone Exploration", creates a safe environment for new artists to openly express their musical talents and "texhno.exe", an event that highlights the unsung heroes of the Bay Area music scene. 888 plays varied sounds that range from downtempo, house, experimental to hard techno. She loves the opportunity of exploring newer genres and finds excitement in playing styles she never played before. 888 has a special affinity for industrial techno, electro and new/synth wave. 
"My intention is to share ecstasy by invoking a juxtaposition of emotions out of beautiful order and chaos. It aims not to contradict but to harmonize variances through music." -888
Resident: Supervixen, texhno.exe, Forbidden Transitions
https://soundcloud.com/888nc
https://www.facebook.com/888sf
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/888

TRACKLIST:
Experimental Housewife - Iceberg Gridlock
Two Dudes in Love - Schizophrenic (Lily Ackerman Remix)
Avalon Emerson - Groundwater
Kudeki - The Point of No Return
Erica Mar - Marchita
Anakhemia - The Prophecy
Elisabeth Dixon - Technique of Self 
Damie - Glacier’s Lullaby
Jamaica Suk - Stinger Ray
Lindsey Herbert - Eine Reise Durch Den Geist
Bralle - Hammer and Nail
Saire - Kontrolle
Hiroko Yamamura - Class 0
Euyinn - Wild Energy
Paula Temple - Decolonization
888 - Uprising
Paula Temple - Colonized (Perc Remix)
888 - Clash of the Titans
Mind Control - Touch Me Like That
Minimal Violence - Can’t stop loving you
Rubidium - The Wolf
Anetha - Nikita
Miss Crafty - Veiss0301
888 - Sulking in Remorse

f:p podcast episode 68_888

Tim Xavier - Aufklapp Spiegel

eleased October 30, 2020

Written & Produced by Jhon Christian Cardenas
Mastered by Artefacts Mastering
Artwork by Juan Campuzano

Special thanks to:
Nando Lumba (Gaita)
Jennifer Meza (Percussion)
Genis Navarro (Trumpet)
Beren Gaston Sanchez (Sax)
Toti Guixe (Banzuri)
Tito Medina (Marimba)
Foxglove (Cello)
Marcel Capell (Guitar)
Erol Lleri (Vocals)

!nertia - Ampliando Horizontes

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