Mesh mixes

February 2021

DSmoothexploration

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

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Mesh Mix Series

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

Join the Hands In The Dark residency for an hour long smooth exploration of various forms of avant-garde and experimental music, featuring singular approaches to electronic music, jazz, modern classical amongst other genres.

more infos and tracklist at www.lyl.live

Hands On Deck (26/03/21) w/Hands In The Dark

I'm with you today
When you look up at the sky
Will you call me up and I will
Look into you?
I love you so...

I need you to find a way 
To look me into the eyes
If you need me
Up into the sky
You will find me there

I want you to love me.
Oh, when I fall down to the earth,
Will you be with me?
Will you be with me?

Angel Song

sogreatandpowerful and kreuhn pony own this song, i claim no rights


sogreatandpowerful + kreuhen pony - seawinkle

Le titre « Stay The Same » de Bonobo, via le tout nouvel album « Black Sands ».

BONOBO - Stay The Same

22 (OVER S∞∞N) By Bon Iver - HRRSN Trackpad Edtion

New track 'Muriatic' is out now on @atomnation
More info: https://atomnation.bandcamp.com/album/muriatic
Purchase: https://atomnationrec.lnk.to/Muriatic

Igneous

Album

Muriatic

DR0000 0141

Mesh Series 001: Voltereta 

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.  
 
Voltereta [Feli Navarro] originally from Barecelona, is based in the south of Spain in Cadiz, he creates and explores fields of electronic music, digital art and performance. His formative years were spent studying at the Music Technology Group in Barcelona followed by performing at La Biennale di Venezia with the Galata Electroacoustic Orchestra. He is currently a researcher and collaborator at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
 
Being a lover of thorough production, Voltereta brings the potency of melodic techno together with the depth of ambient and sound art, crafting a fluid and eclectic style of dense atmospheres that invite dancing and introspection. After ’Castigo Al Mar’ (Traum Schallplatten, 2015) and his EP ’Cabezas Bien Altas’ (Sr. Nadie Subcultura Recordings, 2016) he focused on creating visuals, collaborations with other artists and, step by step, recording his new album ‘Nubla’ (Làdeli Editions, 2020).
 
Due to his fascination with the evocativeness of electronic music, the narrative component always plays an important role in his releases. Memory and dreams, the dialogue between digital technology and nature, the ideas of dystopia and utopia or the meaning of home, have played a role in shaping his discography.
 
The artwork was chosen by the artist, some words below:
"Some months ago I commissioned the artwork for my new album Nubla to Rob Clouth. We ended up having a collection of really nice computer-generated artworks made with a custom software developed by Rob. I've chosen this one because I think it represents how the mix goes, something that looks organic but it's been digitally generated, that can resemble a peaceful picture taken in nature but it also contains darkness and some sort of void and uncertainty"

 
 
TRACKLIST:
Upsammy - Beneath The Stone [Nous’klaer Audio]
Richard Devine - Astra [Timesig]
Voltereta - Faro Fulgor [unreleased]
Varuna - Timoti de Foris [Amenthia Recordings]
Neil Cowley - Involution [-]
Christian Löffler - Bird [Ki Records]
Cop Envy - Cotton (Original Mix) [Hypercolour]
John Beltran - Himmelszelt [Delsin]
Voltereta - Avance Victoria [unreleased]
Vimøkha - Fool [Nebuleuses Records]
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - New Star (Gallwitz Dub) [Musik Gewinnt Freunde]
Shinichi Atobe - Regret [DDS]
Dots - Tonic Edge [Astral Industries]
Special Request - Double Rainbow [Houndstooth]
Karen Gwyer - The Way You Drive [Oscillate Tracks]
Brett Naucke - Youth Organ [Spectrum Spools]

Label contact: 
Anthony@thewildseeds.com

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

Mesh channels: 
IG - https://www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
Website - https://meshmeshmesh.net/
FB - https://www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Mesh Series 01: Voltereta

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 002: Cosmin TRG 

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.

The artwork was chosen by the artist, some words below:
I painted this sometime around 2014, ironically during a period of self-imposed isolation when I wanted to express myself through a different medium. It’s called “Cible” (French for “target”).

As a producer, DJ & label owner Cosmin Nicolae’s dedication to developing a rich and wholly personal artistic landscape provides the driving force behind one of dance music’s most unique & industrious individuals. 

Opening the door on Hessle Audio over a decade ago - an outlet that has gone on to become a defining voice within electronic music in the 21st Century, Nicolae’s list of affiliations reads like a who’s who of top tier contemporary dance music record labels. Appearances on Amsterdam’s Rush Hour and Gerd Janson’s Running Back, as well as a brace of singles alongside LP’s Gordian and Simulat on the now defunct 50 Weapons - not to mention work for Semantica and Bleep, have cemented Cosmin TRG deep in the psyche of the ever shifting amoeba that is the dance music zeitgeist. 

In many ways, what lies at the heart of Nicolae’s work - beyond the extraordinary pairing of high end sound design and club functionality, is an innate ability to bind his discography - to create a streamlined sonic vision without compromise, one that moves with purpose and vigour outwards to explore in depth structures that exist on the very periphery of House & Techno, Ambient & experimental electronics - but maintain a unique and recognisable finish. Few artists could boast a discography that marries 2016’s ubiquitous In Your Body, an anthemic spoken- word-meets- Tool-Techno leviathan released via Nicolae’s own club-focused Sportiv outlet, with Semnal - a gloriously executed LP of shifting, otherworldly Experimental music delivered under the artist’s given name via the Opal Tapes label. 

Cult concept missive Hope This Finds You Well, Nicolae’s 2019 reflection on corporate culture furthers this same dichotomy - a stunning wide-angle Ambient LP on Fizic - the label operated by the artist as a home to more conceptual iterations, that followed hot on the footsteps of a remix for Bpitch founder Ellen Alien & the fourth instalment on Sportiv - both offerings heady club constructions in their own right. 

On the road, both DJ sets and live performances mirror this healthy sentiment - with Nicolae as comfortable on main stages showcasing his take on hyper-modern propulsive Techno, as he is presenting the low slung avant-garde preoccupations of his more leftfield alias’. There’s the constant feeling that both these practices feed back into one another, and that from each respective vantage point, Cosmin TRG is able to make the kind of dynamic & intuitive artistic decisions that few can - keeping his work fresh & current without concession - ceding to his own desire to further his vision as a creator of sonic abstraction without losing sight of the dance floor. 

TRACKLIST:
Cosmin TRG - B1 (Protection 1)
Aubrey - Lost in Tucana (Out-Er)
Felix Leifur - Brot 4 (Lagaffe Tapes)
Tom Place - Organic Motion (Bade)
natural/electronic.system - Grecale (Tikita)
Henry Greenleaf - Patent (Glass Talk)
Margaret Dygas - Zeitgeist (fabric)
Cosmin TRG - Aquator 
Sa Pa - Rose Bay (Mana)
Cosmin TRG - Zwin Corala 
Kosei Fukuda - Suiren (Reiten)
Harmonious Thelonious - Kabriman (Midnight Shift)
Cosmin TRG - Impasse Ronsin
Edward - Mental Drive (DFA)
Cosmin TRG - Paduri
Pleaxure - Go to Sleep (Anthony Naples Remix)(Nice1)

Artist Info:
https://www.cosminnicolae.com/
www.instagram.com/cosmintrg/
www.facebook.com/CosminTRG/

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


Label contact: 
Anthony@thewildseeds.com
PR Contact:
rosalie@tailored-communication.com

Mesh Series 02: Cosmin TRG

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 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

Mesh Series 013: SaffronKeira

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.

New year and new beautiful experiments for your ears this month by Saffronkeira. There's been some serious deep digging involved to provide us new listening to absorb and escape into. 

"This mix It's a selection of some of the music I've enjoyed listening to and playing also in some DJ sets before the quarantine time... but also records from my personal vinyl collection, In the mix I try to create an up & down mood keeping a steady energy but with a constant ambient mood environment" - Saffron Keira

Words about artwork:
"St Sebastian's Martyrdom", an homage from the photographer Willy Vecchiato to director Pupi Avati's and his masterpiece “The House of the Laughing Windows”. My colours, they transcend me into darkness.


Tracklist:
01. Donato Wharton -  Senke [City Centre Offices]
02. Evan Caminiti  - Holo Dove [Dust Editions]
03. Jon Hassell - Timeless [Ndeya]
04. Cristian Vogel - Barefoot Agnete [Shitkatapult]
05. Jan Jelinek - Facelift [~Scape]
06. Ammer & Console - White Screen [Ammer & Console]
07. A-Symmetry - Life 6 [Agfproducktion]
08. Demdike Stare - Overstaying [Modern Love]
09. Evitceles - Ravishing Ketana [Opal tapes]
10. Max Cooper -  Impermanence (feat. Kathrin deBoer) [Mesh]
11. Rival Consoles - Untravel [Erased tapes]
12. SaffronKeira with Paolo Fresu - Religion As An Illusion [Denovali]
13. Jon Hassell - Moons Of Titan [Ndeya]

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

Artist info:
Instagram: http://instagram.com/saffronkeiraofficial
Facebook: http://facebook.com/saffronkeira
Label: http://denovali.com/saffronkeira

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

Mesh Series 013: Saffronkeira

Mesh - the platform for exploring the intersection between music, art, and
science. 

For label enquiries please contact rosy@thewildseeds.com

Founded by London-based artist and electronic producer Max Cooper, 
Mesh isn’t a typical record label, more an avenue to pursue ideas and 
collaborations with creative people who are pushing the boundaries of their
disciplines.