Mantra Collective are honoured to present the fifth release from our digital sublabel Pandorea Records from Melbourne based Thomas David. With two impressive contributions to our previous Pandorea releases alongside a standout vinyl release on local imprint Ochre, Thomas David continues to cement himself as one of Australia’s finest minimal producers.

His four track EP is polished with the signature tripped out flavour Thomas David excels at. Cleanly cut details and low slung basslines make for understated tracks primed for dimly lit dancefloors. Embellished with spooky synth lines and propelled by a sludgy bass, Blue Bend is a sludgy after-hours cut reminiscent of the quintessential Australian bush doof. Taking a more rhythmic approach It Happens Always Lately immerses the listener in its rolling groove before seducing with a distorted vocal hook. Long Lost Brother takes a more housey approach, with its tight drum work layered with dreamy and gently swung percussion. Lastly, the psychedelic bounce of Pots + Pans rounds out the EP with its loopy atmospheres and unhinged soundscapes.

A versatile and well rounded release, Pandorea 005 is now available for streaming and purchase via the Mantra Collective Bandcamp. Special thank you to Venda for mastering and Ature. for artwork.

Mantra Collective would like to acknowledge that all tracks were produced on the stolen land traditionally belonging to the peoples of the Eora Nation and the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to their elders past, and present and emerging.

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Thomas David - It Happens Always Lately

Ryan Emm
MANCHESTER.
DeepTech & underground House is my Genre.
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*BIO IN PROGRESS*

Mantras are not small things, mantras have power. They are the mind vibration in relationship to the Cosmos. The science of mantra is based on the knowledge that sound is a form of energy having structure, power, and a definite predictable effect on the chakras and the human psyche.

DJ, Dancer, Music Lover, Supporter,Child of the 90's.

Born and raised in Germany, located in the Netherlands.

deep dive my guest mixes: 
lysergic minimal concoctions 
contemporary house 
much vinyl
Fiftyfive & Blackcat: 5 hrs of deep vinyl
Resident at Killing Time Bar Melbourne - TIMELESS
& montly for the CLVBS app :)

Recent Aust support for Silat Beksi, Herck, KNDO, Vincent Casanova, Harry McCanna & Gene on Earth :)

*spontaneous curations*
v i b r a t i o n : a p p r e c i a t i o n
4 d a n c i n g or m u s i n g
l u s h : m i n i m a l  

* Host of Selekt Sessions: freshly launched minimal series with Rupert  :Wall of Brooklyn - first guests - Last Pines, Valeria Croft, Fedo & MTPS!

*Co-owner of modern electronic music label & party series @motiontheorymusic with Ben Abrahams.

EP:01 Holographic Release - Jules David & Timmus, Vincent Casanova
EP:02 soon: Jules David & Ben Abrahams remixed by Herck & Jay Tripwire

*Vadim Svoboda of Makesense about my Rupert Wall mix:  "GREAT MIX Katharine, I have nothing to say but: tight, personal, varied but very homogenous... top notch."  

*Feeder Sound Romania: “her recordings are intense and with a sophisticated perspective on sounds and rhythms." 

Those who crave nourishing sonic sessions have followed Katharine’s journey along the Australian East Coast alongside her musical partner Ben Abrahams for over two decades as they’ve influenced the scene with their exciting taste & consistent delivery of stimulating underground house & techno, in clubs & outdoors. Known for 'that sound', they uncompromisingly brought West Coast house to the Australian underground scene.

Together they created ‘Strange Brew’, an all ages acid-house vinyl party at the Billinudgel Pub, Byron Bay, & for their first gatherings there, the infamous 'Shed' was built;  revelling in the Outback for sunset was deliciously surreal, dancing to stripped back house grooves amongst the gum trees. 

They ran eight extremely memorable years of Saturday nights at Elsewhere Bar on the Gold Coast. Katharine played psychedelic house before Ben's killer 5 hour sets, then both joined together for the heaving sweaty early morning hours.  Elsewhere won Best Music for a Club in Australia at the Sydney Bar Music Awards at that time. All vinyl back then.

Katharine had the first of her two children before returning to Melbourne and putting on high-vibe parties at the infamous Killing Time Bar & My Aeon,  always with a tight crew of Australia’s best underground djs.  

Katharine made mixes for Art-E Romania and the Microtechno Podcast series 10 years ago, having long been recognised for her way with intricate sounds, particularly with Romanian collectives and lovers of micro-house &  minimal.  She appreciates music which alludes to the transcendent - both gently & powerfully.  As an undeniably charged up being she just keeps on lovingly creating fresh soundtracks for her friends’ lives. Last year she made 21 mixes for amazing collectives around the world, including Half is Enough Romania's Strangers in the Night: each session is an experience. 

Her unique way elevates and deeply satisfies at both sunset & sunrise, and she has played magical closing sets out in the forest, most recently for the Comfort Zone crew on their final day on the main stage by the creek. 

Find her playing at Killing Time Bar & Fiftyfive Bar: where she seamlessly mixes fresh minimal with the best of early 2000s West Coast house, she's at Motion:Theory parties & playing for local crews, but experience her anytime through the Motion:Theory mix series and the sessions she makes for collectives who appreciate her taste and storytelling ability: 
it’s LUSH MINIMAL for the dancefloor.

Recent gigs:
Launch of online Script Club :) 
18/11 KT for Wax on Wax off with Lucca Tan
24/11 Supporting Silat Beksi at Killing Time
1/12 Comfort Creek Boutique Festival
8/12 Waxflower Bar 3hr vinyl set
22/12 Killing Time for Subterrania & Over
15/3 Section 8 4 Minima - 2hr set
24/3 Cable - Fitzroy Beer Garden
27/3 FiftyFive Bar - 4 hrs of vinyl
27/4 M:T:M & Subterranian at KT
29/4 - 3hr vinyl set Breakfast Club
4/4 - 2hrs at Danceflora, Howler
15/5 The Music Room - 2hrs 4 Skylab
8/6 Opening Main Stage - Melburn Shipwrecked
9/6 2 hrs vinyl at Momentum - Killing Time M:T:M
26th July for OVER at KT - closing
9th Aug: My Aeon - M:T:M
17th Aug: Republica.Economic - vinyl
23rd Aug: Spincycle wth Bex - vinyl
24th Aug: Rumbler Bar - all night with Blana - vinyl
20th Sept: Motion:Theory:Music - Killing Time
5th Oct - vinyl set - Gene on Earth for SASH
13th Oct - QuietTime cassette launch - Bump Into
2nd Nov Hope St Radio Nov 2nd  
8th Nov Revolver Nov  
21st Nov FIftyFive Bar 
Black Cat Fitzroy Dec 13th 8pm-1am
Earwig @ Rumbler Bar 6-9 Dec 22nd
Vincent Casanova - B.C. Dec 24th
Black Cat 5hr vinyl set Jan 10th
Timmus Soundscape - ambient Jan 12th
Hosting Herck - Killing Time - 15th Feb
Over - Killing Time - 16th Feb
Avant 14/8 Section 8
Killing Time 15/8 - Timeless 
WAVES - Solace Bar  5/9 Harry Mc Canna 
SENSE Sydney - 20/9 at Kalyx
The RooftopBar- 28/9
 
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"The researcher Majix says our brains are so sensitive, that they are like liquid crystal in response to the magnetic component of the earth. We are sensitive to earth’s magnetic changes, changes in the ionospheric cavity and resonate those frequencies ourselves. We are incredibly complex entities, beyond the layperson‘s comprehension. Our brains are indeed a type of bio-cosmic transducer." Nicholas Jones.

*Established the first Trip Hop section at HMV Brisbane Mall back in 1995 :) 

*Follow Motion:Theory:Music on Soundcloud as well: these mixes of Ben's are essential for any true appreciator of the profound dance floor experience :- 

 http://soundcloud.com/motiontheorymusic

www.facebook.com/MotionTheoryMusic 

*For more details of the crew's history influencing Australia's East Coast scene, see the 'About' section on our Motion:Theory:Music fb page.

Bilder einer Ausstellung. Ich höre also bin ich. Egal wann und wo aber wenn dann so!! Wenn Zuhörer zuhören können, dann können Zuhörer zuhören aber nicht mehr aufhören zu hören! Nichts ist so wie es sein sollte, dennoch ist es besser so, alles. Wer nicht versteht was es bedeutet hat es noch nicht richtig angehört. Jedenfalls ist es anders als alles andere…höre lieber ungewöhnlich🔊🪩