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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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In Session: KOAN Sound & Asa (Influences mix)

OP 𓅛 mix 7 - Nicolas Jaar - Our World (2013)

Hello and welcome to episode number 186 of the Stress Factor Podcast. We've got DJ B-12 back with a stupendous drum and bass studio mix filled with loads of Springtime vibes to get you ready for the warmer weather. We've got a big 2 hours full of new stuff from Friction, Cyantific, Culture Shock, Dimension, SPY, DC Breaks, Total Science and Riya, June Miller, Spectrasoul, Break, Wilkinson, the Brookes Brothers and much much more. 122 minutes, 279 MB and 320kbps.

Tracklist
01. Friction - Floating Frames [Shogun Audio] 
02. Cyantific - High Water Mark (Original Mix) [Viper Recordings]
03. Culture Shock - City Lights feat Bryn Christophervv [Ram Records]
04. Gerra and Stone - LIES [Ram Records]
05. Dimension - Jet Black [MTA Records]
06. Pennygiles - Change My Name [Liquid V]
07. Benny V - Oldskool Box Reopened (Blame Remix) [Dance Concept]
08. S.P.Y - Changes [Hospital Records]
09. DC Breaks - Faithless feat Bianca (Original Mix) [Ram Records]
10. Hamilton - In The Air [Ram Records]
11. June Miller - Reach Out Feat. MVE [Ram Records]
12. Skuff - New Tone [Ten Tons Deeper]
13. Total Science ft Riya - Walk the Same Lines [CIA Records]
14. Vandera - Make Believe feat Alicia Romero [Fokuz Recordings]
15. Nphonix and Enei - Shadowdancer (L 33 Remix) [Elevated Spirits]
16. Rizla - Soul2Soul (Original Mix) [Lush Stuff]
17. Spectrasoul - I Don't Mind [Shogun Audio] 
18. Frankee - Excalibur [Ram Records]
19. Tali - Forces (Trei Remix) [Viper Recordings]
20. Dimitri Vegas - Body Talk (Mammoth) (SPY Remix) feat Julian Perretta [3beat Productions]
21. Skuff - Find The Feeling [Ten TonsDeeper] 
22. Rowpieces - V Like Vivacious [Liquid V] 
23. June Miller - The Promise Ring [Ram Records]
24. Joe Ford - Off Centre [Shogun Audio]
25. Randall - We Ramping [Intrigue Music]
26. Facing Jinx - Consumed (Hyroglifics Remix) [Elevated Spirits]
27. Crissy Criss - Create the Future VIP [Technique Recordings]
28. Friction - Crucifix [Shogun Audio]
29. Jaybee - Holding Pattern [Intrigue Music]
30. Spectrasoul - Always [Shogun Audio] 
31. Safra - Life [Genome Records] 
32. Vandera - Sparkin Up [Fokuz Recordings]
33. Gerwin - Life Cycle (Break Remix) feat Lameduza [Dust Audio]
34. Preditah - Selecta (Dexcell Remix) [3beat Productions] 
35. Broken Drum - Don't Know Why [Fokuz Recordings]
36. Mako - Moonlight (Break Remix) [Elevated Spirits] 
37. Jus Now - Leh Go (Break Remix) [3Beat Productions]
38. Tough Love - So Freakin' Tight (SPY Remix)  [Get Twisted Records]
39. The Prodigy - Wild Frontier (Wilkinson Remix) [Take Me To The Hospital]
40. Brookes Brothers - Anthem Feat Camille [Viper Recordings]

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Stress Factor Podcast 186 - DJ B-12 - 2-Hour Spring-Time March 2015 Drum and Bass Studio Mix

Read Thump article premiere here: https://thump.vice.com/en_us/track/tigas-hudson-mohawke-collaboration-gets-a-colossal-remix-from-dense-pika

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New York, NY – February 11th, 2016 – Montreal’s very own DJ and producer, Tiga, has just released a remix for his latest single, “Planet E” that comes courtesy of UK producers Dense & Pika. The track is now streaming exclusively via Thump. PRESS HERE to listen! The original version, a collaboration with Hudson Mohawke, premiered on Pitchfork and became an instant favorite amongst fans and critics alike. 

Tiga will release his highly anticipated third studio album, No Fantasy Required, March 4th via Counter Records (a Ninja Tune imprint). Full tracklist can be found below, and the album can be pre-ordered now HERE.

In addition, he will be bringing his full live production to the US for the first time as a part of his North American No Fantasy Required Tour – More information on the dates can be found below. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements in the coming weeks!

No Fantasy Required Tracklist 
1. No Fantasy Required 
2. Make Me Fall In Love 
3. 3 Rules 
4. Having So Much Fun 
5. Tell Me Your Secret 
6. Always 
7. Planet E 
8. Plush
 9. Bugatti
 10. Don’t Break My Heart
 11. Blondes Have More Fun



Pre-order album

Tiga - Planet E (Dense & Pika Remix)

Archived in aid of Dense & Pika return to Room Two on 19/03/2016 where they'll play alongside Slam and Terry Francis.

Tickets: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/1228

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Dense & Pika - Recorded Live At fabric 06/06/2015

Dense & Pika - I - D  Podcast - March 2016

Drumcode Live this week is an hour from Dense & Pika’s set at Studio Club, Essen. Expect to hear tracks from Markus Suckut, Surgeon and Nina Kraviz. 

01. Yotam Avni - Unknown  
02. Markus Suckut - Turn On - Mosaic  
03. Stenny - Hagale - Ilian Tape
04. Unknown - Euphoria 
05. Ken Ishii - Wobbly Sniper [Steve Rachmad Remix] - MB Elektronics
06. Unknown  
07. Slam Vs Mr V - Take you there - Soma
08. Tres Demented ‎– Demented [Laurent Garnier Edit] - Planet E
09. Unknown 
10. Mental Reason - Eternal Adolescence - Children of tomorrow
11. The Knife - Silent Shout [Dense & Pika Live Edit] - Rabid Records
12. Jay Clarke - Mirage - Klockworks
13. Cleric - The Key of Dawn - Figure
14. DJ Sodeyama - Miles - Arpa Records
15. Dax J - West Bank - Soma
16. Unknown 
17. Unknown
18. Nina Kraviz - Let's Do It - Trip 
19. Surgeon - Atol - SRX
20. Unknown
21. DJRum - Untitled 9 - Ilian Tape

DCR299 - Drumcode Radio Live - Dense & Pika live from Studio Club, Essen

Dense & Pika - Soundwall podcast 7_07_16

So..............another year of having the honor to play at the incredible White Ocean camp. The energy was truly remarkable all week long and I couldn't imagine a more perfect way to end this year's burn than playing the last set for the final sunrise on Monday morning. Big thanks to everyone who stuck around to share a magical morning together and thanks to the entire White Ocean family for working so hard to create such a memorable week for patrons and artists alike. Till next year my dusty friends... my heart is with you always. 

with love, 
- Goldcap

https://soundcloud.com/goldcap

Spotify Playlist

Goldcap - White Ocean Sunrise - Burning Man 2016

NEW DOWNLOAD LINK: http://technimatic.com/news

"This mix is designed to be played loud, on those beautiful blue sky days, whether in the car with the windows down or in the garden on a Sunday afternoon spring BBQ.  Its packed with feel good music to reflect that feel good feeling that summer is on the way.  Featuring the amazing music we've been playing in our sets for the last couple of months, and a sprinkling of exclusive, never-heard-before material too. We hope you like it!"

Pete & Andy

Technimatic Spring Mix

Spring Mix 2017

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

Massive thanks to Eleven for this mix!

01. Simstah – Lost Path
02. Mr. Carmack – Give In
03. SP:MC – Slugfest
04. Stenny – Stress Test
05. Joe Seven – Vertica
06. Barefoot – Fulmar
07. Itti x Paracusia – Forbidden
08. Kaizen – Influence Lines
09. Simstah – Untold
10. Vromm – Decentralized
11. Jaskin & Uneven – Stolen Memories
12. Fixate – Tic Tac
13. Jaskin & Uneven – Fiction (none60)
14. Aquatone – Aquatone 7 (Jaskin & Uneven Remix)
15. Nausica – Obey
16. Kasra – Outside In
17. Ben Soundscape, RoyGreen & Protone, Ill Truth – Kai
18. Ed:It – Broken Dawn
19. Fixate – Hold That Thought
20. Jaskin & Uneven – Calling
21. Roho – Akuma
22. Eusebeia – Night Drones
23. Kop-Z – A.I.

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Remember to grab the latest none60 release! https://none60records.bandcamp.com/album/nsy042-red-sun-drive-ep

none60 Podcast 046

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none60 Podcast 046 (Eleven Mix)

Welcoming one of Germanys finest selectors KOT. Opening our downloadable podcast series were we asks producers and DJs to show off what they are creating or music they are feeling. Enjoy the selections from KOT!

N E T W O R K S:
https://soundcloud.com/kot_68
https://www.instagram.com/kot.stagram68/

T R A C K L I S T:
1. Nastika - Mount Lalish
2. Foreseer - Séance
3. Noised - Monolith
4. Om Unit - Exodus
5. Cid Poitier - Pressure
6. dBridge - Ember
7. Thing - Outbreak 19
8. Fixate - Hold that Thought
9. Confusious - Need Your Love
10. Dexta - S30
11. Maok 7 - Unovalo
12. Gremlinz & Aspect - The Gavel (Ahmad Remix)
13. SHINBU - Daahra
14. Dreadmaul - Inka (Fuj Remix)
15. Ahmad - Incubation
16. Code 906 - Ork
17. Conspired Within - Orlok
18. Kit Curse - Max
19. Finite-Loops - 538685
20. Foreseer - Astral
21. Darkgray Heart - Music Asks Questions

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Rupture with Mantra & Double O - 08 April 2020

Welcome to Ellum Radio by Maceo Plex. Each week, Ellum Radio delivers exclusive guest mixes, live recordings, new unreleased music, and the very best from the Ellum audio label boss and his special guests.

Please enjoy this guest mix from French Dj & Producer Madben.

https://soundcloud.com/madben
https://www.beatport.com/release/blooming-ep/2634452
https://www.facebook.com/madbenofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/madben_official/?hl=en
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Ky9YENYbC5XUBRGLQUZBY

ER005 - Ellum Radio by Maceo Plex - Madben Guest Mix

https://www.nts.live/shows/four-tet/episodes/four-tet-22nd-april-2020

Four Tet 220420

Stream the full two hour mix via Spotify or Apple Music: https://anjunadeep.ffm.to/de300

Follow Anjunadeep New Releases on Spotify: https://Anjunadeep.lnk.to/NewReleases
Bookmark Anjunadeep 24/7 Radio: https://youtu.be/DXFdM_Vkq6A

We celebrate the 300th Anjunadeep Edition with a mix from label founder, James Grant.

Follow Anjunadeep:
Website: https://www.anjunadeep.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anjunadeep
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/anjunadeep

Spotify: https://Anjunadeep.lnk.to/NewReleases

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anjunadeep
SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/anjunadeep
Youtube: https://www.Anjunadeep.lnk.to/DeepSubyo

Tracklist:
 
1. Nikola Melnikov & Max Sorokin ‘Sun Wakes Up Earlier Than All’ (Anjunadeep)
2. Nordfold ‘Trondheim’ (Anjunadeep)
3. Nikola Melnikov & Max Sorokin ‘Pandawa’ (Anjunadeep)
4. Rezident ‘Pure’ (Anjunadeep)
5. Massane ‘No Return’ (This Never Happened]
6. Nopi ‘Famous’ (Anjunadeep)
7. Kasper Koman ‘Like Clockwork’ (Anjunadeep)
8. Dusky ‘Buckets’ (17 Steps]
9. Ben Böhmer ‘Cloud 21’ [Bongbeck Remix] (Anjunadeep)
10. Ben Böhmer & Malou ‘Lost In Mind [Volen Sentir Vision]’ (Anjunadeep)
11. Cubicolor ‘Wake Me Up’ (Anjunadeep)
12. Nox Vahn ‘Brainwasher’ [Warung Remix] (Anjunadeep)
13. Durante & HANA ‘13 Voices’ (Anjunadeep)

#Anjunadeep #AnjunadeepEdition #JamesGrant


The Anjunadeep Edition 300 with James Grant

Heute lassen wir die Engel Tanzen. <3

Alles gute zum 23. Geburtstag Bruderherz ! 🎉

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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 - 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.