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Sydney's Albert Chiovenda challenges himself and the listener to immerse themselves in unusual sonic landscapes that slingshot the listener into abstract worlds full of wonder, mystery and self discovery. He believes music is about connecting and invites the listener to challenge themselves to look beyond the music to where the music takes you...the inner self that dwells within... This is music for the mind, as it works on many levels, consciously & subconsciously.

Artists featured in this mix include: Susumu Yokota, Sleeparchive, Robert Rich, Scanner, Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana, Thomas Köner, Inigo Kennedy, Robert Fripp, Jeffrey Fayman

Growing up in the 90's Albert Chiovenda was lucky to exposed to all the crazy Detroit, Dutch & German Techno that was coming out during that era…

Albert has been a playing at events such as 10th Planet, Jungle Punks, Acid Faction, Deep Space, Fuzz Box, Strange Signals, Anomaly, and the infamous Trench events, Machine and Bunker in Melbourne.  The journey started in 1992 when I was sent to Rome, Italy. “I was living in Sydney when I was younger when my parents sent me overseas - I got totally schooled when I was there in the early 90's.. musically & culturally.” It was here that the seeds of what was to be Albert was born and the young Chiovenda, only 17 in 1992, experienced the burgeoning sound of European techno. “All the raves I went to were quite big it was pretty crazy, I was quite young so it was all new to me, so many radio stations played techno 24/7.

His love of ambient music is pronounced in his sets with citing influences in Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Brian Eno, Thomas Köner, Phillip Glass & Steve Reich. Combine this with his techno heroes Stanislav Tolkachev, Inigo Kennedy, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Jay Denham, Female, Regis, Claude Young, Ben Sims, Surgeon, James Ruskin & Developer and you have a performer that redefines the notion of DJ as party room hero, to DJ as cognitive musical therapist

Albert has collaborated with Stanislav Tolkachev and has releases on various labels including Granulart Recordings, Hayes Collective, Evod Music ,SRIE, DVNTT, Music From Exo-Planet with plans for future releases.

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Machine isoStream 27 :: Albert Chiovenda (Ambient Mix)

Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop. Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop. Enhance 15 to 23… Replicants  2049 (aka Xavier Morel & Pat X) deliver a sci-fi soundtrack of neon saturated beats as their first in a series of Dj mixes for this isoStream to coincide with their upcoming releases on Machine later in 2021AD. 

Both Xavier and Pat share long histories as producers / Dj’s in the electronic music industry in France and abroad over the past 3 decades, between them they have been released a multitude of labels including : Trans’pact, X-DR Production, Rasputian, Atomic, Perfecto, Nachtstrom Schallplatten, Blueroom, Machine, Equinox, Universal Music, Distance, Metropolis, Wax Trax, Dragonfly, Solstice Music & many more.

We welcome the Replicants 2049 to Machine,  'Tyrell Trick EP' releases late 2021

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Machine isoStream 28 :: Replicants 2049  Dj Mix

For Machine Stream 29 we present Melbourne Techno stalwart, producer & Dj Ranjit Nijjer with a fresh set recorded live at the Machine Label showcase upstairs at My Aeon on Saturday 27th November 2021, featuring many of his new productions for the first time.

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Track List :     
1. Ranjit Nijjer - Visitation 
2. Shlømo - Obsession (Drums Takeover Mix)
3. Ranjit Nijjer - Observation 3
4. NØRBAK - Rutra 
5. Shlomi Aber - Liquid Pressure 
6. Irshad Hussein - Obastan 1 
7. Vinicius Honorio - Hypnosis 
8. Truncate - Reach 
9. Truncate - That Thang 
10. Ackermann - Consciousness (Marcal Remix)
11. Sam Duties - Bruna 
12. Ranjit Nijjer - Observation 4
13. Ben Sims - I Feel It Deep (Featuring Tyree Cooper)(Sandwell District Remix)
14. Juan Trujiilo - Throb 
15. Uncertain - Lick
16. Gabriel D’Or & Bordoy - 1984
17. Truncate - The Bell 
18. DJ Le Roy - I Get Deep feat. Roland Clark (Late Nite Tuff Guy Remix)
19. Tensal - Levia 
20. Truncate - Concentrate (Truncate Rework)
21. Ranjit Nijjer - Sacrificial 
22. Ranjit Nijjer - Blue Acid 
23. Ranjit Nijjer - Echoes In Time
24. Shit Robot - Lose Control (Spencer Parker Workmix) 
25. Ackermann - Consciousness (Marcal Remix) 
26. Preza & Cali - Beware OF Those (Rework)
27. Harvey McKay - Gravity 
28. Ackermann - All Weekend 
29. Chippy Nonstop & dj gender fluid - Straight To Hell (Gendered Dekonstruktion)

Machine Stream 29:  Ranjit Nijjer

Here is the Blind EP featuring Antony Hegarty on vocals, released on DFA Records. From the album Hercules & Love Affair. 2008.

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Blind (Frankie Knuckles Vocal)

Music and art can very much touch us with the essence of symmetry, balance, fluidity, cohesion whilst their counterparts: dis-juncture, chaos, inertia, provide the tension that makes for the through-line: Story.
Join UK based Xavier Morel with this very special 90's retro mix travelling back in time to Amsterdam's infamous Sunday nights run by Dj Lucas at Club Mazzo .  This mix is packed full of tracks that sound fresh and still stand the test of time over the decades past.

Track List

1 - Earth Nation - Green Sky Is Red 
2 - Ø - Tutkamaa 
3 - CJ Bolland - The Tingler 
4 - CJ Bolland - Desolate 1
5 - Fluke  -  Amp 
6 - Encephaloid Disturbance - Anaesthetic Influx 
7 - Drax Ltd II - Amphetamine (Original Version) 
8 - The Risings Sons - Biodreams Remix 1  
9 -  Ø - Medusa
10 - CJ Bolland - The Tower Of Naphtali 
11 -  Encephaloïd Disturbance - Magnetic Neurosis 
12 - The Martian - Stardancer 
13 - RND Technologies - Ultrafilter 
14 - Earth Nation - An Artificial Dream(Partial Colour Mix) 
15 - Encephaloïd Disturbance - Dax  
16 - Overlords - God's Eye On Goa (Bionizer Mix)
17 - R.N.D. Technologies - Breakdown Rmx (Automatic Mix) 
18 - CJ Bolland - Mantra 
19 - The Source Experience - Nightshift  
20 - X Dream - Radio  (Der Dritte Raum Remix)

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Machine Stream 30 ::  Xavier Morel -  Sunday Sessions at MAZZO 94-97

Frankie Knuckles - Your Love (Original)

Tribute for the GODFATHER of House Music 
R.I.P. Frankie Knuckles 
Legend Tribute

Frankie Knuckles - Tears (Tommaso Dibello Edit)

Written by David Morales / Satoshi Tomiie / Robert Owens
Produced by David Morales
Vocals by Robert Owens
Perfecto Re-edit by Paul Oakenfold
Originally released on Perfecto / Sony BMG in 1991

Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend (Perfecto Re-edit)

Frankie Knuckles-Tears

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"

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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]

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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

Jani Ho presents a very special live electro set for the third in the series of 'music for isolation' streams for Machine.   

JANI HO :: 7 Quick lockdown questions

1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
"Easy, Documentary for sure."

2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol?
"Beer, Of course"

3. Sleep in or get up early
"Sleeping in has been a welcomed change."

4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album
"Currently I been enjoying Spiral Deluxe’s "Voodoo Magic”  on Axis.  (Jeff Mills’s jazz band) "

5. What art movement describes you the best?
"Funk, because Im funky!"

6. Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal
"Black Death Metal every time."

7. Tell us something no one knows about you?
 "I'm a model railroad enthusiast. "

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Machine isoStream 03 :: Jani Ho (live Set)

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’."

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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 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]

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Machine isoStream 05 :: Composite Cone

Originally hailing from Brazil, now based in Melbourne, 4NG3L4 evokes an innovative and boundary-defying style of music to her set for Machine isoStream #16, dripping in heavy textures & hypnotic beats this is a real treat.

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4NG3L4 :: 7 quick lockdown questions
1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
'Documentary'
2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol?
'Alcohol'
3. Sleep in or get up early
'Sleep in'
4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album
'Anything Bob Marley'
5. What art movement describes you the best?
'Futurism'
6 Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal
'Black Metal'
7. Tell us something no one knows about you
'I get frightened really easily'

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Machine isoStream 16 :: 4NG3L4

Kicking off 2021 with a stunning mix of deep hypnotic techno from NOFCE, a Berlin-based Melbournite, who has been making waves with his releases on labels such as ARTS, Krill Music & Bomphcast.  


NOFCE :: 7 quick lockdown questions
1. Action, Drama, Romance or Documentary movie?
- Documentary.
2. Coffee, Tea or Alcohol? 
- Lately coffee
3. Sleep in or get up early 
- Sleep in. 
4. Favourite Sunday afternoon listening album
- At the moment a toss between “Do You Ever Regret Pantomime? - Pub” or “Triplicity - Earth Leakage Trip” for something a bit funky
5. What art movement describes you the best?
- Don’t know much about this, but probably Minimalism if I had to choose.
6 Opera, Country, Folk or Black Death Metal 
- No brainer, Black Death Metal all the way
7. Tell us something no one knows about you.
- I still have never seen Stars Wars, or The Godfather. I’ve none of my own.

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Machine isoStream 26 :: NOFCE

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