Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

@sekucci recorded at Mizz Softee in Brooklyn, NY. 

March 22nd, 2024

Favorite Flavor: Cookies and Cream

MS 13 - Sekucci at Mizz Softee 22 March 2024

Recorded live from @RefugeWorldwide - this show inspired by Mist, all things deep, atmospheric and spacious, with some warmth and soul -- dub techno, deep house, dub-wise tracks.

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #12 Mist @refugeworldwide

recorded live at camp kennybrook in monticello ny from 3am to just after 7am on Kiddo's birthday to greet the sunrise and close out what turned out to be a killer night of Friday (the 13th) programming that we lovingly curated (feat. our friends and yours POSI-TRACK, Rachel Noon, and Purelink) for the debut of the new and improved Bossa Lounge at Sustain-Release Year 10 (2024).

curatorially, we imagined the room to be an affirmation of the aesthetic wonders and general badassery of LOUNGE as not only a tragically overlooked piece of the electronic music history puzzle but also a vastly under-appreciated form of rave-adjacent social practice. 

conceptually, this mix builds upon and extends the project of sonic-affective worldmaking that was initiated and established by our previous performances at S-R (years 4 & 5). regardless of genre, playing at sustain is always an opportunity to focus on cherishing the juicy site-specificity of listening to psychedelic music in nature with your friends, and the rare forms of potentiality held therein. 

this time, we chose to allow the form of the set to be organically guided by the concept of THE FOUR ELEMENTS. dynamically following the progression WATER • EARTH • FIRE • AIR the set prioritizes and performs an ethos of maximal transport, simultaneously journeying inwards, onwards, upwards, and outwards. 

we really put a lot into this one, and sincerely hope you enjoy the ride!


Tracklist: 


Part I: WATER 🌊 

1.	Björk – The Anchor Song 
2.	Underwater Sounds Channel – Soothing Natural Water Sounds for Sleep 
3.	Underwater Sounds Channel – Underwater Bubbles 
4.	Valentino Mora – Hadal Zone 
5.	Michael Stearns – Craft: Dimensional Release 
6.	Sequential (a.k.a. Pete Namlook) – Lost in the Sea
7.	Polygonia – Lullaby of Yews 
8.	John Lyell – The Deep Unknown 
9.	Patrick O’Hearn – Slow Time 
10.	Dorisburg & Sebastian Mullaert – Archway
11.	Gabriel Hops – Sina (Laura BCR Remix)
12.	David Morley – Aquarium 
13.	ASC & Inhmost – Wave Clouds 
14.	Klaus Wiese – Ocean I 

Part II: EARTH 🌿

15.	The NRG – Earth Mother 
16.	Yialmelic Frequencies – Auric Massage 
17.	Tulpa Atma – RVEAL 
18.	The Orb – Just Because I Really Really Luv Ya 
19.	Pole – Paula 
20.	Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger – Portal 
21.	Suspended Memories – Shaman’s Dream 
22.	Randy Greif – A Riskier Joint 
23.	Brin & Dustin Wong – Texture I: Bespoke Trapeze 
24.	Sam Goku – Before I Knew 
25.	Brian Eno – Tal Coat 
26.	Arnaud Le Texier – Murazzi 
27.	Tourmesol – Scapeland 
28.	Sun Electric – Opening 
29.	Jack Wall – New Worlds 
30.	Re:Axis – Syntonize 
31.	Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook – The Final DAT Part I
32.	The NRG – The KLF 

Part III: FIRE 🔥 

33.	Prins Thomas – H (The Orb Orbient Mix)
34.	Pete Namlook – Lost in Passion 
35.	Between Interval – Aerolith 
36.	Mist – Mist House 
37.	Global Communication – 8:07
38.	Tangerine Dream – Sensing Elements 
39.	The Irresistible Force feat. Nik Turner – Duende (Mixmaster Morris Ambient Sunrise Mix)

Part IV: AIR 🌬️

40.	Silence (a.k.a. Pete Namlook) – Master of the Sky
41.	Thom Brennan – Silver Part 3
42.	Low Leaf – How to Open a Portal 
43.	Sam Goku – Things We See When We Look Closer 
44.	Jonn Serrie – The Sentinel 
45.	Biosphere – The Things I Tell You 
46.	Varg feat. Ecco2k – Vanity Lights (First Crush)
47.	The NRG – De-NRGizer 
48.	Anugama – The Empty Sky 
49.	Sounds of the Earth – Wind Chimes 
50.	The NRG – Dr Sunshine (California Trippin’) [Chill-Out Room Mix]

Pure Immanence Live at Sustain-Release Year 10

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At the Equation 2025 afterparty, Lydo delivered a mind-bending, unforgettable set that left the crowd reeling—in the best way possible. 

A Filipino-born Vietnamese-American sound artist and resident DJ of BASEMENT NY, Lydo is renowned for dismantling the boundaries of techno and reshaping them into something deeply personal and genre-defying. Whenever they take the decks, expectations dissolve, making room for a thrilling sonic experience that’s as visceral as it is emotionally charged.

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Cat.Nr.: LQD029
Artist: Bob Semp
EP Name: Cradle
Format: Digital
Artwork: Nico Rinker
Design: Nico Rinker
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