Sakura (techno)

A mystic desert trip. Is it real or unreal?

Sand Phantom

Substance K

Lateral (Machine Label) kicks off the first in the series of 'music for isolation' streams for Machine  as  we head into our first week of lockdown 2.0 in Melbourne.

LATERAL  ::  7 quick lockdown questions 

1.   Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
“ I like a good documentary movie if anything, can't sit down and get through many other movies these days.”

2.   Coffee, Tea or Alcohol?
"Coffee. I don't think I could start a day without it. But that's a tough one seeing as though I love my craft beer these days."

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

4.   Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album
"Albums are hard to choose. I usually go for my favourite sets from artists or DJ's. But I always return to The Mars Volta "De-Loused in the Comatorium". "

5. What art movement describes you the best?
"Probably Modernism.
I love experimentation. Especially when it comes to music. I hate making the same sound twice."

6.   Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal
"Can I choose none? Haha.
Opera if I had to choose. I respect the amount of talent that an opera singer has."

7.   Tell us something no one knows about you?
"I love high fantasy novels. Endless reading, And a lot of my track names come from reading high fantasy"

https://www.facebook.com/lateraltechno/

Image by VDMO

TRACK LIST : 

1. Composite Cone - Daybleed [Machine Label] [https://compositecone.bandcamp.com/]

2. Yagya - For The First Time [Small Plastic Animals]

3. Intrepid Soul - Under The Sun [The Gods Planet]

4. Plants Army Revolver - Introspettiva [Mental Modern]

5. Giuseppe - Falivene - Lune [Lowless]

6. Ness - Mutant Vision [The Gods Planet]

7. Xylème - Seongsan 성산일출봉 [Oslated]

8. Aquiver - My Valentina [OVUNQVE]

9. Doctrina Natura - The Awakening [Circular Limited]

10. Primal Code - Siwa [Hypnus Records]

11. Mown - Symbiosis [Circular Limited]

12. Aisle - Grieved [Edit Select]

13. Hyein - Soggy Eyes To Winter Light [Oslated]

14. OutpostLive - Fiore Bianco [Lykos Records]

15. Svarog- FF4 [Edit Select]

16. Luigi Tozzi- Demersal Zone [Hypnus Records]

17. Droneghost - The Stream 4 [Aarden Records]

18. Svarog - FF2 [Edit Select]

19. Dino Sabatini - Yabara [Parabel]

20. Hydergine - Light From Light (2030 Remix) [Subosc Records]

21. Wata Igarashi - Train of Thought [The Bunker New York]

22. Samuli Kemppi - Sirens [Parabel]

23. Mischa Pavlovsiki - Fra midt til slutning II [Northern Electronics]

24. KAS:ST - Hell On Earth [Flyance Records]

soundcloud.com/lateraltechno

Machine isoStream 01 :: Lateral

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

No. 26 | Virgo:  
Following our initial collaboration for CodeCast (@thecodecast), the excellent LD Hypno (@ldhypno) from Argentina returns for a second transatlantic deep & hypnotic techno transmission. Two hours, B2B:  Buenos Aires' LD Hypno versus London's Ben Cyan. 

For this set, we both contribute two ~30 min segments. The end result is an eclectic & evolving two hour journey, showcasing modern, atmospheric, tripping techno. 

Tracklist:

• LD Hypno: 00h00m - 00h35m
Saphileaum - Soft Warming
Rambadu - Mescam
Chaos in CBD - Drum Therapy
natural.electronic.system. - Rituale
Hardstedt - Sanyo Blue
Alume - Kotoka
Donato Dozzy - Aquatica
Acronym - To Breath Under Water
Salah - Dream Drums

• Ben Cyan 00h35m - 01h02m
Yukari Okamura - Meditation
s.soo - VIII (Kambium remix)
Di.Capa - Nausea
Kontinum & Mechanist - Urhx (Kontinum Remix)
Warped Core - Undertow
Antonio Ruscito - Nubr

• LD Hypno: 01h02m- 01h33m
Kontinum - Polytoxic
Petit Astronaute - Midnight in a perfect world
r²π -Latomor Fratern
Atypical - Elikon
Refracted - Linear function
Fase Bipolar - Question + answer
Peter Van Hoesen - Gadarene
Samuli Kemppi - Plasma Disco

• Ben Cyan: 01h33m - 02h06m
Victor Zala - Petlya
Rise 1969 - Dimethyltryptamine
Takaaki itoh - Endorsed
D-Leira - Offline
David Att - Spirits
Eyvind Blix - Blade Fury

Kaibosh No.26: LD Hypno vs. Ben Cyan [Collab Mix #2]  |  Virgo

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

Image by VDMO

machine isostream

Machine isoStream 06 :: Emmymaie

Please welcome back our next guest in TechnoColor Podcast; Ixbalanke on episode 192 

Hope you enjoy this amazing dark rithmatic techno mix! 👽🚀

Follow the artist:
@user2161660 
https://www.facebook.com/Ixbalanke-203641516325658/

Tracklist:
. Intro. Cassette (Original Mix) / Chris Page
.1 Comediante (Original Mix) / Netika 
.2 Inversion 2.1 (Original Mix)/ Egor Boos
.3 Places To Avoid (Original Mix)/ Marcal
.4 Nothing Left (Original Mix) / Ricardo Garduno
.5 Unexpected Path (Original Mix) / Ricardo Garduno
.6 Grees (Raffaele Attanasi / ad.lib & Silvision
.7 CX 343 (Into The Abyss) / Sphaereon
.8 Natural Beginning (Arnaud Le Texier Remix) / Joton
.9 Empty Shells ( James Ruskin Remix) / Cleric
.10 Mephi / Manni Dee
.11 Feeding The Apathy ( Oscar Mulero Remix) / Ricardo Garduno

If you liked this mix and would like to support the artist, please feel free to like it and share it <3

❥ li v e ☮ l o v e ♡ t e c h n o c o l o r ♫

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Released date: September 2nd, 2020

TechnoColor Podcast by Livier

TechnoColor Podcast 192 | Ixbalanke

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

Ranjit Nijjer (Melbourne | Australia)

With over sixteen years experience in all things Techno in Melbourne, Australia, Ranjit Nijjer has truly carved out his own unique piece of the city’s landscape as a promoter, DJ and more recently as a producer. His event Technoir has become an institution in Melbourne; an important Techno destination over its 16 year life, showcasing home made talent from across the full spectrum of Techno.

Ranjit’s DJ sets are full of energy and a delicate intensity, as he expertly layers and weaves high volumes of tracks to create a truly distinctive dance floor experience for Techno fans both young and old.

Whether it is deep, hypnotic, ethereal rhythms or relentless, pounding harder sounds (often tinged with his special brand of funk), Ranjit gives the dancefloor and the listener his all.
This passion and care has seen Ranjit consistently booked around town for many years now, including several appearances at the acclaimed Rainbow Serpent Festival.

2020 has already seen Ranjit release his first two EPs on Australian Techno imprint Machine, with another follow up in the pipeline. More releases and remix projects are very much on the horizon as he establishes himself as a producer to watch in the future.

Tracklist:

1. Samuli Kemppi - Plateau 
2. Cavüm - Merging Sees 
3. Claudio PRC & Luigi Tozzi - Lyra II
4. Abrial - Ancestral Guidance 
5. Forest On Stasys - Neon Portal (Claudio PRC Remix)
6. Vanoni - Haiken (Kaelan Remix)
7. Yan Cook - Macaw 
8. Michal Jabonski - Left Object (AWB Remix)
9. AWB - Radiant Crib
10. Mental Resonance - Delirium Tremens 
11. Nørbak - Macro 
12. Flaws - Constructed 
13. Sqeef - Stella Solaris 
14. Audio Units - Geodesic Power Sector 
15. Ranjit Nijjer - Observation 1 
16. KMYLE - Misanthrop 
17. Rebecca Delle Piane 
18. Infatuated Of Me 2 Vers
19. Deas - Inverter 
20. Viels - Conincidence One
21. Zigler - Expedition 
22. KMYLE - Tumulte 
23. ?? - ?? (Ranjit Nijjer Remix)
24. T-Dok - Twirk 
25. HD Substance - Decay and Oblivion (Fase Polar Remix)
26. Ranjit Nijjer - Atmosphere

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

Artwork by Dunkelschwarz
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Fur:ther Sessions | 023 | Ranjit Nijjer

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