I love your crazyness man;) this is something else!

I <3 you i just want to teleport there inside all your tunes right now, easy)) Much love

Mesh Series 015: Kayla Painter 

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, and what they listen to.

Adopted Bristolian Kayla Painter connects us (Mesh) to sound on this months series, which is also the name of her aptly titled radio show on Giles Petersons' World Wide Fm. Kayla brings us an hour long demonstration of her innovative and experimental palette ranging all the way from mid-paced downtempo bass stompers, bouncy jovial electro to warping melodic IDM productions with also some firm original works from her own projects. Big thanks to Kayla for contributing to the series. 

Words about artwork
"The cover for this mix was a collaboration between myself and my longstanding visual artist, Jason Baker.  We work closely together on creating a unique audio visual world with my live show, and this carries across to artwork too.  I wanted to reflect the detail in some of the tracks I’ve chosen for this mix in the artwork, which we did by choosing the texture of the landscape.  The artwork is an extension of the visual world we create, which explores lost futures through recontextualising objects and spaces that feel familiar."

Tracklist:
01. Telalla s – Nicolas Jaar
02. Rock in The Video Age – Jan Jelinek
03. Parallel 2 – Four tet
04. Powergraze 3D – Llyr
05. What Does Your Heart Tell You? – Eomac
06. Made of Light – Kayla Painter
07. Emergence in Nature – Hannah Peel
08. Timshel – M Vaughan
09. Broken Fury (Ikonika Remix) – Mr Beatnick
10. Pressure Points – Nosaj Thing
11. On – Kelly Lee Owens
12. Blood Orange Beach – Kayla Painter
13. Keep Under Wraps – Kayla Painter
14. 51 Endless Pulses – Lapalux
15. Square Fifths – Beatrice Dillon
16. waves – Shuttle358

Artist Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylapainter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaylapaintermusicuk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaylaPainter

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com

Mesh Series 015: Kayla Painter

Limited edition 12" signed and hand stamped, available from: https://shop.maxcooper.net

So this time it's a bit crunching. There is a reason for this abomination lacking softness or melody though - the album is called "Human", and it's my attempt to translate some common themes about the human condition, into musical form. And of course not everything about being human is beautiful or pleasant - we experience all sorts of things, and this one is about the impacts of life, in the form of pounding mechanical collisions. It's a club track really, and if you've seen me in recent months you've probably had your face smashed by it a little - sorry about that!

Big thanks to Pitchfork for featuring the original along with this amazing acid-style excursion from Gabe Gurnsey of Factor Floor.....AND....watch out for the Perc mix coming very soon, which takes the track to whole new labels of abrasion.

Here is the press spiel in case more info and fafferage is needed -

An album that sets out to examine sonic extremes, Max Cooper's debut Human juxtaposes a whole range of electronic styles: lush orchestration fighting savage distortion, and clinical digital sound anchored by warm analogue grooves. And nowhere is that restless curiosity to experiment as apparent as the contrast of the first and second singles - first, the delicate and downtempo Adrift, versus this second release, Impacts, the roughest, toughest sampler workout Cooper has produced.
On the album, they're sequenced in a focused line to be the centre of the album's first act and then its midpoint, before the album's more experimental final act. But as a single on its own? Impacts is a stop-start stomper that has had festival crowds asking WTF!?!? for months now, and the album's only purely dancefloor moment - as far from voguish k-house sounds as it is.

But despite the harsh uncompromising sonic contrast - and this is a track that grunts into focus like a sledgehammer picking a fight with a gang of hi-hats - Impacts is, to Cooper's mind, actually something very optimistic. It's the sound of a person beaten again and again by life, but each time bouncing back and wanting more.

For the remixes, Cooper has gone for two artists with their own take on high-contrast sonics. Gabe Gurnsey of Factory Floor has folded his band's hypnotic acid tweaking into the original's rasping beats, and Perc has gone balls out with an take-it-or-leave it experimental sub-lead mix for the serious heads and big systems.

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Impacts - Factory Floor Gabe Gurnsey Remix

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, and what they listen to.

İzel Baybars, known as Pleizel, was born in Istanbul, Turkey. An emerging sound designer and composer. Pleizel has constructed music for TV series, movies, digital media, immersive spaces and live events.

Words about artwork:
“This artwork generated by Midjourney’s AI. After I finished the set I started to listen the recording again. At the moment I created the keywords of some emotions and objects which reaches to my mind. While I was listening the set, I felt myself in microcosmos of the macro universe. So then I imagined human cells which are made from Nebulae and here is the result." 

Tracklist: 

1. Francesco Tristano - Ritornello (Ed Carlsen Remix) - (Sony Music)
2. Pleizel ft. Aither - Sabır (unreleased)
3. Aither - Proof - (unreleased) 
4. Franky Was - Get Me High - (Ministry of Sound) 
5. FJAAK - VERSION 1.3.3.1 - (FJAAK)
6. Sorrow - Chronicle - (Fent Plates)
7. Lapalux ft. JFDR - Thin Air - (Brainfeeder)
8. Rival Consoles - Unfolding (Erased Tapes Records)
9. Tale Of Us - Silent Space (R&S Records)
10. Pleizel - Pneuma (Future Forward Music) 
11. Pleizel ft. Aither - ID (live) - (unreleased)
12. Pleizel - Surrender To The Unknown - (Fomalhaut)

Artist Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pleizel/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pleizel

Artwork design:
İzel Baybars

Mesh Mix Series 023: Pleizel

This mix is the polar opposite of HARD/MAXIMAL/CATHARTIC. It's a 4 channel surround sound mix of drone/ambient that I made for a session I had in my basement. I set up a speaker in each corner, invited a bunch of friends around and we all lay melting in the middle of the dark room vibrating from the bass. I love that experience. I feel so refreshed afterwards, like I've had my mind reset. It's like a spa for my brain.

It starts and ends with one of my oldest binaural recordings of rain. This was to signify the start and end of the experience - only when the rain is playing are you allowed to speak.

This is a binaural mix down. If you want to try the full 4 channel experience, you can download the front and rear stereo files here.

Front LR:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hKzKYaXBxiNAY20a2YzyLSDDnn4GPx_9/view?usp=sharing

Rear LR:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jTxAfLkWnILssG-hPjll4K_ZyQsxcZAw/view?usp=sharing

Probs easiest to put them on separate tracks in Ableton or whatever and route the tracks to the appropriate speakers.

So get some pillows, take a big (but responsible) dose of your favourite dissociative and disconnect from reality for a while.

Tracklist:

Rob Clouth - the rain in dad's utility room (field recording)
Abul Mogard - On a Shattered Shell Beach
Douglas Quin - Weddell Seals (Underwater)
Lee Gamble - Inta Centre
Ulla Straus - Billow
Rob Clouth - sea bus rich tonal drone (field recording)
Murcof - Inevitable Truth
Thomas Köner - Ilira
Rob Clouth - dawn chorus, saint mary's vale after bivvying (field recording)
Pub - Cokeshandy
Rob Clouth - victoria (field recording)
Rob Clouth - Spaces Far Below
Murcof - Dropped Soul
Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Air)
Perila - Blanket
Rob Clouth - epic wind in st. andrews park in the dark (field recording)
Paul Wirkus - Physikerin
Tim Hecker - Music for Tundra Pt 1
Motion Graphics - Brass Mechanics
Abul Mogard - Along the River
Rob Clouth - the rain in dad's utility room (field recording)

SOFT/MINIMAL/INTROSPECTIVE

This is an opening DJ set I played at Klub Verboten in Berlin: from doors opening up until peak time. It's a club set focussed on dancing and physical interactions with a gentle warm-up moving onto some tactile techno. 
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Llyr DJ set at Klub Verboten Berlin 11.11.23

Mesh Series 003: Synkro

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.

Manchester’s Joe McBride pens elaborate, emotive & intellectual soundscapes, drawing in influences across a spectrum of bass culture and electronica. Having released with Exit Records, Brownswood, Styrax, Auxiliary & Med School, as well as remixes for Model 500, Snow Patrol, Lowb, Max Cooper & a plethora more, Synkro has found a home at R&S sister label ‘Apollo’. 

Major support for Synkro’s music has come from names like Chris Coco, Giles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Prefuse 73 and dBridge. A truly staple artist in the timeline of UK Bass.

About the artwork: "The artwork is by my good friend Jack Lever, It was made with a scanner, photographs & some digital wizardry" - Synkro

TRACKLIST:
Humpback Whale - Songs Of The Humpback Whale
Hank Jackson - Snake Pit
Hubert Bognermayr & Harald Zuschrader - Erdung
Clannad - Ocean Of Light
Iasos - Formentera Sunset Clouds
Mesmer - Mesmer (Resolution Mix)
Haron - Marimbaman
F.S. Blumm ‎- Spieluhrsand
Pauline Anna Strom - Rain On Ancient Quays
Bochum Welt - MVS
Synkro - Harbour
The Edge With Michael Brook - The Dream Theme
Michael Brook - Distant Village
Andrew Cronshaw - Peristalsis

Artist Info: 
https://www.facebook.com/synkromusik/
https://www.instagram.com/synkromusik/?hl=da

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts: 
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press and Radio: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 03: Synkro

Mesh Series 006: Ben Lukas Boysen

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.


"This particular mix blends together many of the influences that follow me around in my every day work. Often the biggest inspiration lies in very basic harmonic structures or textures that’s why i combined some of my favourite ambient pieces with a number of, partially binaural, field recordings i took in the black forest last year. I’d love this to be an inspiration and relaxation tool that sparks ideas in good and bad times alike" - Ben Lukas Boysen

Ben Lukas Boysen has made a career out of transforming unusual sounds into compelling music. His first electronic compositions at 18 were experiments with samplers and tape loops leading to an album in 2003 and the subsequent foundation of his own Berlin studio. Since, he has produced multiple albums (many under the alias HECQ), and led numerous workshops on composition and sound aesthetics, as well as creating custom sound design for films, commercials, video games and installations. Boysen’s first film score for „Restive" premiered in 2011, followed by his debut album under his own name in 2013, and the award-winning score for the Sony Playstation game, Everything, in 2016 as well as Amazon series „BEAT“ in 2018 and the score for the  film adaptation of best seller „The Collini Case“ in 2019.

Tracklist 
01: Ben Lukas Boysen - Black  Forest Field Recording 201, Afternoon Rain Pt.1 (Excerpt)
02: Jakob Ullman - Solo I+II+III,1992_1993; 2010
03: Siavash Amini - The Dust We Breathe (Excerpt)
04: Max Richter - Shadow 5
05: Navicon Torture Technologies - Everything I Have Is Yours
06:  Biosphere - Bird Watching
07: Ben Lukas Boysen - Lichtenau Field Recording 2018, Morning Rain Pt.1 (Excerpt)
08: Fennesz - Pannonique
09: Kissy Suzuki - Rubbish & Beauties Pt.1 (Excerpt)
10: Jiri. Ceiver: T.Tne Poise
11: Jónsi & Alex - Boy 1904
12: Ben Lukas Boysen - Black Forest Field Recording 2018 Pt.2, Dog (Excerpt)
13: Nils Petter Molvaer - Nebulizer (Deathprod Remix)
14:  Ben Lukas Boysen - Odense Field Recording. Heavy Rain, 2014
15: The Caretaker - Place In The World Fades Away (Excerpt)
16: Autechre - 32a_reflected
17: Illusion Of Safety - Lilt (Excerpt)
18: NSI - 19
19: Undisclosed - 7C858C 01
20: Taylor Deupree - Thaw
21: Svarte Greiner - Forest in a Circle
22:  Ben Lukas Boysen - Lichtenau Field Recording 2018, Purring Cat
23: Toumani Diabate - Elyne Road
24: Víkingur Ólafsson - Prelude in G Major
25: Eric Carl - The Love of Order of Our Senses
26: Shinjuku Thief - …in Form.
27:  Ben Lukas Boysen - Lichtenau Field Recording 2018, Pt 2 2018

Artist Info:
https://www.facebook.com/benlukasboysen
https://www.instagram.com/benlukasboysen

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press and Radio: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 06: Ben Lukas Boysen

Mesh Series 004: John Tejada 

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.

John Tejada is a Vienna-born, Los Angeles-based electronic music composer and DJ. Tejada’s professional output of music began in 1994 and has never let up, including four albums for the revered label Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playhouse, Defected, and his own label since 1996, Palette Recordings. Tejada has also been responsible for remixing over 100 songs for acts including The Postal Service, Télépopmusic, The Field, Bomb The Bass, Way Out West, Kevin Saunderson, Darren Emerson, Gui Boratto, Simian Mobile Disco and many others. Tejada’s latest venture as Wajatta is a new musical collaboration with international star Reggie Watts, having released their debut album, Casual High Technology, in 2018 and latest album Don’t Let Get You Down in 2020 on Brainfeeder. 

Tejada has traveled to more than 30 countries DJing and performing live at clubs – Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London), Rex Club (Paris), Womb (Tokyo) – festivals such as Dance Valley (Netherlands), Decibel Festival (Seattle), Dekmantel Festival (Amsterdam), Detroit Electronic Music Festival (aka Movement), Mutek (Montreal and Mexico), Sonar Festival (Spain and Tokyo) and Sync Festival (Greece), as well as esteemed venues such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and twice at Walt Disney Concert Hall, both in Los Angeles. 

About the artwork: 
"Hayley Rheagan, Santa Fe New Mexico utilizes naturally found geometric shapes and patterns in order to create vibrant and colorful abstractions. This piece is from her ongoing series titled ‘Heavy Grounding’."

Find more of her work on her instagram: @heyraygun

TRACKLIST: 
1. Atypic - 01 Henkhisesui
2. Psyance -  Andromeda's Dance
3. Fast Eddie and Traxman- Ain't It Funky
4. E.R.P. - Vox Automaton
5. Noah Gibson - Krash 2 (Convextion Remix)
6. Wax 70007 B
7. Reedale Rise - Barbary Coast
8. Fantastic Man - Sun Express (Emergency Mix)
9. Robag Wruhme - Cassave
10. Ste Roberts - Poem 87
11. Mike Ink - Dadajack
12. Mount Kimbie - Carbonated
13. Lennie De Ice - We are I.E.
14. Isaac Rohr - Bx Drums

Artist Info:
https://www.facebook.com/johntejadaofficial/
https://instagram.com/johntejadaofficial/

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press and Radio: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 04: John Tejada

Mesh Series 005: Rob Clouth 

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.

As a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of electronic music, computational sonics and new media, Rob Clouth's motivations include searching for raw emotion amongst intricate musical structures, developing experimental audio software solutions and, in the broadest sense, rethinking the ways in how we interact with music and technology.

Initially received as an IDM artist, his sound has evolved consistently over the years, with critically acclaimed excursions into techno, ambient and neoclassical. Today, he employs a range of influences, drawing upon research-based practices with a heavy dose of improvisation to forge microscopic textures rich with melody and harmony. A proficient software developer, he codes his own digital instruments in tandem with the music, an iterative cycle in which one feeds off the other.

After a few years exploring the outer realms of dubstep as Vaetxh, Rob’s first EP under his own name arrived with 2012’s Cloud Complex on Traum Schallplatten. Fusing the glitchy aesthetic of his previous work with fragile melodies and techno rhythms, it signalled the merging of his detail-oriented production with multigenre, dancefloor-ready tracks. Two acclaimed 2014 releases on Barker’s Leisure System imprint - Clockwork Atom and Deep Field - expanded further on his interest in atypical structures and sweeping spatial arrangements, landing him a spot on Bleep’s best releases of the year.

Hidden Structures - a 2015 EP, again on Leisure System - considered the inner workings that lie within the universe, using the notion of concealed structures to build a delicate 30-minute release of mind-melting sonic explorations. The follow up to this, 2018’s Transition - Rob’s first release on Max Cooper’s Mesh imprint - represented a new direction in his methodology. The landmark four-track EP is accompanied by an online algorithmic summary of his entire musical output since 2003, documenting his development as an artist as part generative music piece, part visual summary, and rethinking the traditional formats attributed to a release. 

March 2020 saw the release of Rob’s debut album Zero Point - a love-letter to noise, chance, chaos and order. Written over a year and a half between Barcelona and a remote village in Northern Spain, the album is inspired by the zero-point field, a quantum sea of random energy that exists everywhere in the universe. Seemingly complex scientific processes might suggest a challenging listen, but Rob’s music positions the listener firmly in the centre, encompassing moments of awe and affect amongst shifting rhythmic structure

Artwork was created by Rob Clouth

TRACKLIST:
Hiromi - Kaleidoscope
Avishai Cohen - Chutzpan
Dorian Concept - Dishwater
Niels Broos & Jamie Peet - Sparrows
Elusive - Alien Simulation
Oak - Escapist
Rippps - Plush
Eero Johannes - bel_air.obj
Anomalie - Velours
Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile (E. Train Remix)
J-E-T-S - Pink Beat
Rochelle Jordan - How U Want It (feat. Machinedrum)
Bop - Spiral
Harald Grosskopf - B. Aldrian
Nathan Fake - Pentiamonds
Lusine - Chatter

Artist Info:
https://www.facebook.com/robclouth/
https://www.instagram.com/robclouth/?hl=en

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press and Radio: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 05: Rob Clouth

Mesh Mix Series 009: Reid Willis 

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.

"With this mix, I wanted to create a tapestry of sounds and genres that fuel my creativity and inspiration. These artists and composers have tapped into some of the most beautiful melodic frequencies that haunt me and press all the right buttons in my brain. Mood is key for me, and all of these pieces have a very distinct, unique energy that elevates the listening experience into total escapism" - Reid Willis 

Artwork by Reid Willis 

Tracklist:
01. Hecq - Nightfalls
02. Debussy - Nocturnes: Nuages
03. Lilt Eliasion - Vicente
04. Boards of Canada - Nothing is Real
05. Lorn - Timesink
06. Amon Tobin - El Wraith
07. Jóhann Jóhannsson - One of Twelve
08. Jon Hopkins - The Low Places
09. Clark - Catastrophe Anthem
10. Eskmo - SpVce
11. Shades - Threnody
12. Clint Mansell - Stay With Me
13. 0Cavern of Anti-Matter - Mannequin Metric
14. 0Mono/Poly - Ra Rise
15. Apparat - Silizium
16. Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimer, Reinhold Heil - Meeting Laura
17. Ravel - Prelude

Artist Info:
Website: https://www.reidwillis.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reid_willis

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 09: Reid Willis

Mesh Series 010: Indian Wells

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, and what they listen to.

A journey of the unexpected for the Indian Wells Mesh mix series. Twists and turns and beautiful new music throughout. A guided sonic tour into the realms of his consciousness. 

Words about artwork: 
The Artwork of this mix is a print of Hercules Segers, ‘Mountain Valley with a Plateau’ .  In these weird times where we are forced to stay at home and we have to avoid socialising and seeing places, imagination is a big resource. This mix is full of different genres and for me it’s also a trip to see different places.

Tracklist:
01. Alessandro Cortini - Iniziare (The Point of Departure)
02. Biosphere - Angel’s Flight  (AD 93)
03. Boards Of Canada - Uritual (Warp Records)
04. James Holden - Renata (Steve Moore Remix) (Border Community)
05. Resina - Muschià   (Mousikelab)
06. Sabrina Bellaouel - Nasser (InFiné)
07. Nicolas Jaar - The Three Sides of Audrey And Why She’s All Alone Now  (Other People)
08. Malibu - Held  (PAN)
09. Jon Hopkins - Cosm (Domino)
10. Sully - Swandive  (Astrophonica)
11. Floating Points - Bias  (Ninja Tune)
12. Onehotrix Point Never - Cross Talk IV Radio Lovely’s (Warp Records)
13. Plaid - Maru  (Warp Records)
14. Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates (Parlophone)

New Ruins EP by Indian Wells, out October 22, 2020 on Mesh. Limited to 300 copies. 
Listen here: https://ffm.to/indianwells
Buy here: https://indianwells.bandcamp.com/album/new-ruins

Artist Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indian_wellsss

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press: rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 010: Indian Wells

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Max Cooper has carved a unique space as an audio-visual artist with a science PhD & an international reputation as a leading electronic musician. 

His work carries an emotional resonance & sensory immersion, often focusing on humanity’s place in the world. He merges electronic music & visual art with scientific enquiry through installations, live performance, immersive audio-visual experiences, a range of digital media & award-winning music videos. 

Unspoken Words is Cooper’s 6th studio album & the latest in an impressive back catalogue that dates back to 2007, when he juggled studying Computational Biology with being resident DJ at a local techno club. 

He recently supplied the music for a powerful video narrated by Greta Thunberg & Pope Francis & played at COP26, urging world leaders to consider climate and environment in Covid recovery plans. 

Last year, he became the first techno artist to play at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. 

Other work includes commissions from The Barbican, France TV & collaborations with Zaha Hadid Architects, The Babraham Institute, & L-Acoustics. 

Remixes include contemporary classical musicians including Philip Glass, Nils Frahm, Terry Reilly & Michael Nyman, & pop artists Hot Chip & Moby. 

His label, Mesh, is keenly placed to explore the intersection of music, art & science through interdisciplinary creative collaborations.

Impacts - Factory Floor Gabe Gurnsey Remix

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