ORIGINALS & REMIXS

La Fe is Daniel Rincon (@napmusick) and Michael Red (@michaelred)

“made over a weekend here in montreal while michael was visiting. we juss put our lil heads and hearts together and then boom. also the weekend I found out my studio was haunted. the ghosts were so into it that the lights would start going crazy flickering. ever since they flicker that shit when the beat is phat” -daniel

preorder up at
https://www.rubadub.co.uk/records/rico

La Fe 'Rico!' xpq?555 clips

No Smoke No Fire [MM002]

Fade To Light For [MM002]

@michaelred
@mahmoodschricker
@Sinasalimi
Ata "Sote" Ebtekar Mixed and Produced "Zolfonoon Mystry - Moody Style"
Mount Dilaudid is an homage to some of Iran’s most prominent musicians (Parisa, Delkash and Zolfonoon) from a Dub Techno perspective. This album is dedicated to Marjaneh Moghimi

Mahmood Schricker & Michael Red — Parisa's Spring

Mahmood Schricker & Michael Red – Delkash Full Splash

Mahmood Schricker & Michael Red feat Sina Salimi - Zolfonoon Mystry

subtractions and abstractions from
'Mount Dilaudid' by @mahmood-schricker and @michaelred
mahmoodschricker.bandcamp.com/album/mount-dilaudid

four versions, created with knowing nods to tradition
- kept raw & immediate, with little pre-emptive thought, and no backwards movements or second-guessing. reacting on instinct and first inspirations. "live" or the spirit of "live".
- no new sounds. only source sounds from the original tracks
- maintaining the original structure of each track in most cases. and when not the case - breaking that structure boldly, but locking to the first new structure mapped out.
- heavy on the hypnotics, delays and reverbs
- heavy-handed on the subtraction. many principle elements of the original work were fully removed immediately, to force a deeper exploration and revealing of what's underneath and beside.
- making sure to actually experiment and come with new ideas and methods. and when using established methods and sounds, doing so respectfully and knowingly.

deepest respect the original dub innovators, and to all who push the sound. thank you to Mahmood, and acknowledgement to the music and players which inspired him. these dubs would not exist with out the originals they abstract from.

mixed, produced and (roughly) mastered by Michael Red
photo by Rojin Surreah

Parisa DUB

spontaneous upload for bandcamp friday (may 7 2022).

this was created as a studio exercise while re-building my analog set up in my studio for dubwise ('rhythym and sound' related) productions, in the fall of 2020. i made a series of recordings of very improvised / guided / instinctual recordings, while calibrating this set-up (to be ready to create in that way, right away, if the inspiration or a project landed). the bass is played live on a real 'kee bass' unit (that happened to be in the trash at the studio when i first moved in. ..talk about divine). this track has very little edits and is true to form of how the mixer and fx and set-up was played, how instinct was followed, and how guidance interacted.

very little post-treatment was done to the recording off the board too (also, talk about how & why analog is better in many ways and captures certain things). so this track is technically un-mastered. i just couldn't touch it. it didn't want to be touched. ..maybe i'll get around to seeing about a pro touching it at some point.

'discovery dub (raw loop)' was created in ableton, then looped and fed into the analog set-up - resulting in the full featured "version".

best and brightest to you. shine a light. reveal the shadows. love over everything.

Discovery Dub

Sabota - Teacher (Michael Red Version)

Magnum Dopus 2

Album

Palacete (Michael Red Remix)

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/05/harpoon

Download

Michael Red - Harpoon

Seven suites of deep and sprawling sonic meditations built around ‘call and response’ improv sessions between Randy Raine-Reusch and Michael Red.

Initially realized over the course of a few days in Randy’s instrument museum in Vancouver BC [December, 2014] 'ERAS' is made up of processed, and sometimes multi tracked, improvisations between Randy and Michael. Through these sessions Randy would choose instruments he sensed possibilities within, and Michael then revealed and sculpted these possibilities. Both resonating, sensing sonic structures, environmental nuances, and further worlds in each other’s art, all within the moment. Being present for each other, they acted on instinct, trusting a first thought, trusting each other; committing, responding to that commitment, then mutating and letting go. Always moving forward, synthesizing and letting the living moment lead the way. 

1. Between Is Six
2. Five Names Of Peace 
3. Shifting Silence
4. Inner World
5. Unquiet Night
6. Winter Water

Out November 13
Pre Order Vinyl: https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1696331221/Randy-Raine-Reusch-and-Michael-Red-ERAS
Pre Order Digital: https://isla.bandcamp.com/album/eras

Isla 34 - Randy Raine- Reusch & Michael Red - ERAS (Previews)

@sonidoisla

BC: https://isla.bandcamp.com/album/eras

Seven suites of deep and sprawling sonic meditations built around ‘call and response’ improv sessions between Randy Raine-Reusch and Michael Red.

Slow and tempered recordings of Asian flutes, African harps, temple gongs and a myriad of obscure instruments from Randy Raine-Reusch's deep collection mutate and ebb into swirling gossamers of tone. Sonic incantations stretched and magnified further by Red's Sends. An otherworldly play between light and shadow worlds; at times idyllic and light-filled, at times dark and eerie– all engrossing. Dream-reality reconciliations weave between the spectral world of Michael Red's sound processes and the direct physicality of Raine-Reusch's playing. The tension across the pieces builds between the live playing and processing techniques, dutifully revealing a growing familiarity with collective transcendence through sound (bigger than the sum of its parts). Real-time interactive dream music.

Initially realized over the course of a few days in Randy’s instrument museum in Vancouver BC [December, 2014] 'ERAS' is made up of processed, and sometimes multi tracked, improvisations between Randy and Michael. Through these sessions Randy would choose instruments he sensed possibilities within, and Michael then revealed and sculpted these possibilities. Both resonating, sensing sonic structures, environmental nuances, and further worlds in each other’s art, all within the moment. Being present for each other, they acted on instinct, trusting a first thought, trusting each other; committing, responding to that commitment, then mutating and letting go. Always moving forward, synthesizing and letting the living moment lead the way.

The recordings were left to distill and mature for many years before the composers felt it was ready. With minimal judicious edits and a very light dusting of FXs, both careful to preserve the direct and intuitive process that permeates the recording, ERAS now emerges. 
credits

pi pi pi premiere: Randy Raine-Reusch & Michael Red - Shifting Silence (Isla)

ISLA39 - LA FE - RURU/ CREER
From the collaborative project of Michael Red and Daniel Rincon; two pieces of idm forward dreambow. Originally composed over the summer of 2022 for a compilation which passed on the tracks, now released from the vault as its own release.

Mastered by Nik Kozub.
Art by Shy aka Special Guest DJ.

Digital:
https://isla.bandcamp.com/edit_album?id=2899849581

ISLA39 - LA FE - RURU/ CREER

@goopsteppa x @michaelred

fresh and free spirited first collab between two west coastal pisces. shouts tyrese

Michael Red & Goopsteppa - All These Years

~ Out Now ~

BPP-001

Taal Mala / Michael Red - 'Elegant Replica' b/w 'Change'

A1 - Taal Mala - Elegant Replica
A2 - Taal Mala - Elegant Replica (M. Red Remix)
B1 - Michael Red - Change 
B2 - Michael Red - Change (Taal Mala Remix)

@taal-mala @MichaelRed

150g vinyl. Edition of 300.

Orders: babel-pressed.bandcamp.com/releases
Vancouver Area Orders: email babelpressed@gmail.com to avoid shipping costs.
Juno Records (UK) Orders: www.juno.co.uk/products/taal-mala-michael-red-bpp-001/639635-01/

Lighta! Sound and its crew of artists are largely credited with bringing dubstep and UK bass music into Vancouver's consciousness. Hugely influential to the fabric of dance music in the city, they are at the heart of a dynamic community built on inclusion and respect. For more than a decade they have remained firmly rooted in many facets of Western Canada's electronic music subculture.

The inaugural Babel Printed & Pressed record contains two retrospective original tracks and accompanying remixes from Lighta! Sound founding members Taal Mala and Michael Red. The accompanying magazine insert contains first hand accounts from the early days of Lighta! and this defining time in Vancouver from community members Jamie Abugov and Andrew Ryce.

Mastered by Beau Thomas

B1 - Michael Red - Change

@low-indigo 012

@synkro & @michaelred - smoke mountain
synkro & michael red - smoke mountain (@jadestatues rmx)
synkro & michael red - smoke mountain (@elimuro rmx)
synkro & michael red - smoke mountain (@self_evident rmx)

synkro played vancouver in 2010 for one of low indigo's very first events. when returning in 2016, he and label-head michael red wrote a tune together during some extra days stay. low indigo's 12th release is filled out with perfectly tempered remixs from artists all representing their own unique pockets in the growing vancouver underground landscape - jade statues, eli muro, and self evident.

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release date: august 15 2017 / mastered by beau thomas
artwork and slow video by jason mannings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hen-wvM5RoA&t=2s

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https://lowindigo.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-mountain
https://www.facebook.com/groups/203164773042442
http://www.jasonmannings.com
http://beatroute.ca/2017/08/15/video-premiere-low-indigo-smoke-mountain
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/synkro_and_michael_red-smoke_mountain

Synkro & Michael Red - Smoke Mountain

Stargate is a bass driven journey into deep space and inner realities. Revisiting a 2008 jam with label partner Seed Organization, the final iteration combines elements of bass music with dripping dubby leads, lush textured melodies and mystically charged percussive particles. 

Michael Red, the label owner of Low Indigo and a pioneer in shaping the Canadian west coast bass music landscape, cleverly extracts aspects from the original piece and launches them into a futuristic space for his remix. The end product is a bold, sonically powerful piece that could easily lend itself to epic sci-fi visual accompaniment.  

Rise Ashen, the most prolific artist on Balanced, drops a moody head nodding version. The two time JUNO award nominated producer, fresh from recent work with his Silla + Rise project, adds a new layer of bass strata while changing up the pacing of the original and inserting the perfect, solitary lyric - Gaze into the eyes of the infinite…

The ambient version casts away most of the rhythmic elements revealing a pulsating, meditative experience. 

Stargate is a complex multi spectral track that is entrancing and stimulating, introspective and cosmic-seeking.  Reflecting on the significance of Stargate and the long evolution of this release, Kasm adds “It’s important to complicate music, to show nuance, a plurality of moods, a plurality of views, a raw cathartic reflection of life.” 

Adam Hannibal (Kasm) is the co-founder and manager of Balanced Records, the JUNO award winning record label based in Winnipeg and Montreal, established in 2001. He has been DJing since 1995, incorporating an eclectic range of global, electronic and bass oriented genres in his sets. Kasm has remixed and collaborated on numerous projects including work by DJ Brace, Cayetano, Seed Organization, Rise Ashen, the Ukrainian ensemble Paris to Kyiv, Amsterdam's Process Rebel, Swedish soundscape artist Skyscaper, the Iraqi French troupe Aiwa and many others. He also co-hosts Quadrafunk, Winnipeg’s longest running DJ show on CKUW 95.9FM which has been on the airwaves since 1999.  In 2010, he helped co-found the Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME) one of the largest urban electronic music festivals in Western Canada. 

Graphic design by scenere0, original photo by Sunny C.

© 2019 Adam Hannibal
℗ 2019 Balanced Records Inc

Kasm - Stargate (Michael Red Remix)

Nuuksiik is Tsimka's three original songs first, then collaborative remixes with talented electronic producers Handsome Tiger, Michael Red, Pacha Papa and Sweet Anomaly. 

The album artwork, a diving osprey, is by Ora Cogan.

Nuuksiik means "composing a song". Levi Martin is my main mentor, is featured on Kakawin, and helped me with a lot of the lyrics.
This project was made possible with the support of a First People's Cultural Council arts grant.

Owl [Michael Red rmx inst]

Owl [Michael Red Remix]

vancouver-based music producer, collaborator, DJ & Live

releases with: mood hut, hotham sound, isla, xpq?, new kanada, modern math, mutek_rec, subtempo, debacle, beacon sound, babel, dsms, south fork sound, king deluxe, low indigo, chapel sound, ..

label & events & studio lead for: @low-indigo
active project w/ @ultimaesuna : Oro Azul
active project w/ @napmusick : LA FE
active collaboration w/ @tsimka
active collaboration w/ @donna-dada
ambient alias: @souns-3
@bass-c0ast music festival resident
boilerroom 2019: https://youtu.be/6KGQi6NBxJ8

founder of @lightasound
project w/ gabrial saloman: @chambers-theta
+10 years former collaborator w/ @tanya-tagaq
+10 years former curator for @newformsfestival

major influences include: dub music, soundsystem culture & origins, all nature & the natural world, water, bird songs, the unseen world, transcendence, evolution, movements towards balance & harmony, resonance, collaboration, transformation