@spiritmirrormix back at it for another circle around the sun

Gabriola ~ Midnight Vapour Trail Ep.64

Gabriola ~ Midnight Vapour Trail Ep.70

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Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/4CwNaWRnt3Y

How in the dusty old name of Anjuna Beach did it ever get so fast..? So ponder Trance loyalists Alexis Le-Tan and Tom Colebrook as they reflect on their past exploits. Pace wasn’t an issue back then; Soho, Somerset, Ibiza, Goa.. all were the unified stomping grounds of these two old muckers. Bound together back then by the depth and breadth of psychedelic music, the endless parties, and of course the wondrous hilarity of it all… The naughties saw their paths wind off in different ways, but as the wise traveler returns to his beginnings, so too was a re-melding of mature minds inevitable... A re-appraisal of the past saw a yearning for a slower pace. Colebrook joined Le-Tan on his hitherto hugely influential half speed mission, and so, with the pure gusto of Now, the ALTC project was born. A living archive where old flames find a fitting new purpose at a different speed. ALTC is on a quest to uncover, adapt and rearrange past glories, making them more in tune to their common vision and goals.

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LAYER #329 | ALTC

We're extremely excited to kick off our kineti-cast 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 series with a very special recording from Brighton based @caldera-caldera

Malte headlined our inaugral kinetic party back in September, where he took us on a psychedelic journey which is quickly becoming his trademark. 

+ 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 / 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬 / 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞?
Malte, He/Him, Living in Brighton

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?
I didn't plan the tracklist but had the idea of starting quite uplifting and energetic, then raising the tempo and going a bit more trippy and fast.

+ 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 & 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?
Thank you! I mostly go with rhythmic or melodic elements that fit together and see what feels right in the moment. I feel like theres so much good music that can be mixed together that I don't want to limit myself. At the other hand I'm not sure if I'm being a bit all over the place sometimes - I suppose it's always a bit of a fight finding your sound and this year I have really noticed that with djing.

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐉?
I started playing the flute when I was 6 or so, then was in some death metal & hardcore punk bands in my teens playing bass and guitar but really started getting into producing around 2009 with a sampler and then around 2011-2012 properly into producing with the computer. Started buying & playing records in 2010.

+ 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?
I really love having some kind of soundworld in my music. I just like to create it and sort of sit in that kind of place. I find that very peaceful, even if it maybe sounds quite dark from the outside. I also try to add so many sounds that it's hard to tell where they start and end. Some kind of organised chaos - definitely an inspiration that comes from listening to Flying Lotus' Los Angeles Album.

The other big thing for me is sub bass. I somehow find very deep kicks extremely satisfying so that's an important factor for me, too.

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 / 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨?
Ormside in London.

+ 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 & 𝐃𝐉 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩?
Fortune Sessions & Dub Athlete

+ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞) 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
The main stage at @abovebelowfestival this year has been so wonderful... a very eye opening experience. 

+ 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲?
Fog, a good soundsystem, minimal light, lovely people and a trippy musical journey.

𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈…
+ 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞? Waikiki Moo Cow
+ 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤?Heart & Hand
+ 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝? Rarekind / RK Bass (+ Directly from David Loja)
+ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭? The Jolly Brewer
+ 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤? Brighton Borough Cemetery
+ 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? I've been asking this myself...

+ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨?
@solarythm_deeptech_side at La Vallée Électrique festival 2023 

>https://soundcloud.com/melifera_records/solarythm-la-vallee-electrique-2023<

+ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨?
André 3000 - New Blue Sun

+ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭?
Eat Static – Bony Incus

+ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐉 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝?
@djrum at @freerotation 2022

+ 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐱?
@djrum - Soundtrack to an imaginary film mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

kinetic live 01: Caldera live at the carpet shop 010923

Rinse France Podcast

Hewan Aman Dub Delights VI - 04 Janvier 2024

Resuming the mix biz in 2024 with Nak. The three letters on everybody’s lips - her rapid rise speaks to the incredible array of sounds you can associate with nak, building a portfolio of gigs, festival appearances and mixes that even in a short space of time are each as adored as they are plentiful. We’ve been lucky enough to have her grace a party, and it was only right we play our part in adding to the Nak treasure trove with her contribution to the mix series. Dive in 🌊

@isabel-nak
@isabel-nak
@isabel-nak

Neurocrank Mix: Nak

Recording from @andreadama's only vinyls + closing set at @sameheads on the 16th of March 2024.

Andrea Dama @ Proxima x Sameheads

@23suspect and @weevill, residents and sound explorers of Radio Vilnius, delve into dub in all its forms. Catch their dynamic duo performance on Thursday night after Froid Dub live at Yaga Gathering 2024.

》tickets: yaga.lt/tickets
》www.yaga.lt
》www.instagram.com/yagathering
》www.facebook.com/YagaGathering

YAGA'24: Offbeat Metamorphosis | Pinegrove

a great initiative by lukas winterhalter and Janto Schönberg to create a listening room as part of going public exhibition at the muthesius university of fine arts and design Kiel.

Tracklist (not complete): 

Space Water - Walton
DJ Lostboi - Open World
The Peach Tree Next Door Grew Over Our Fence - Dylan Henner
Saku - Susumu Yokota
Cloud Monolith - Plant43
Homelander - Displai (fourthcoming)
SAW:II CD2.6 / [unknown] - Sexy Bit - Aphex Twin
Azukiiro no Kaori - Susumu Yokota
Probe - Sonmi451
地下公園・Lowline - Hegira Moya
Hidden Treasure - Leafar Legov
Niña Soñando - Verde Prato

Unfortunately with recording stops, because vinyl were played there that were not recorded by the mixer.

Happy contemplating

OTO•N Listening Room im Holstenpavillon - 03.07.24

Bandcamp

Ebende - Pluto

Funk le Prince - Rockstars (Original Mix)

Rockstars

Rockstars (Original Mix)

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Bookings (Ben) : ben@higher-ground.de
Management (Helen) : instituteofadvancedthinking@gmail.com

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Gabriola ~ Midnight Vapour Trail Ep.70

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