For several years I suffered from an eternal recurrence of poor sleep so this mix is my Fantasia inspired (the 1940 version, of course :) interpretation of insomnia. 

Awoken by Chernabog summoning his minions
Wraiths whirl and swirl into a black mass of worship.
Fiery harpies play upon his palms
Their flames dance dizzying despair.

Abandoned on Bald Mountain, solitude my only companion.
Sweat-crucified for sacrifice on the inferno’s edge
Noce Oscura! I repeat psalms 
His black eyes see no mercy.

Veering over the horizon hollows out hope.
I can’t avoid peering into the void 
Where demons taunt lost souls.
His menace grins: ‘nothing will save you’. 

In a liminal space between open and shut-eye: creatio ex nihilo!
Nothing is latent, possibility brims 
This is no devil but a prophet
Blessed be Moriah this hallowed ground!

With this revelation, Ave Maria pierces the dark, banishing his retreat
Nighttime fury fuels sunrise glory, spirits evaporate into morning mist.
Hecate’s torches haunt the glow, their amber light soothes my plight 
Releasing me, she whispers: beware of false dawns, ex nihilo nihil fit.


Tracklist:

1)Xerrox Monophaser 2 - Alva Noto
2)Sakura- Etapp Kyle
3) 16 Cygni - Acronym
4) Breathing Space- Pris
5) Flaming - Reeko
6) Ray- Refracted 
7) Diminuendo - Daniel Avery
8) Subterranean - Oscar Mulero
9) Clear Depths (Silent Servant remix) - Claudio PRC
10)Milobelus -Geinst
11) Floating Away Fire- Polar Inertia
12)Major Axis - Polar Inertia
13)Corporeal Form- Lakej
14)Unstable Thought - Geinst
15) Lucy's Dream (Orphx remix) - Denise Rabe
16) Eresidae - Flogo
17) Embellished Fury -Eskiya
18) Parallel Tranpost - Polar Inertia
19) Hell Frozen Over- Polar Inertia
20) Passage- Reflec
21)  J (UBX127 remix)- Lehnberg
22) Transmission - DJINN

TheAnointed10_DarkNightOfTheSoul

This is a recording of my set played on the upstairs floor at the Fox and Badge Day of the Dead party on Fri 3rd November 2023 at the Egg club, London.

I was asked to play an ambient, atmospheric set so I curated something haunting yet euphoric; sprinkled with ritualistic sounds and siren calls; and carried by deep rhythms.

I also wanted to ensure a narrative that could navigate the audience as they dance without and journey within. 

Enoy!

Playlist:
1) Xerrox Monophaser 2 - Alva Noto
2) Sacred In the Everyday - Simone Gatto
3) Living In the Paradox of Consciousness - Simone Gatto
4) Cave Of Lights - Nick Barber
5) Equilibrium - Joachim Spieth
6) P680 - Joachim Spieth
7) Akasha (ASC reshape) - Joachim Spieth
8) Pneuma - Caterina Barbieri
9) Sun- Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini
10) 404.3 - 404.zero
11) Quickening - Kelly Lee Owens
12) Rituals - Kelly Lee Owens
13) Olga - Kelly Lee Owens
14) 8 - Kelly Lee Owens
15) Transmission - DJINN
16) Distant Footsteps - Doctrina Natura
17) Distance - Taru
18) Cahaya Bulan - Joachim Spieth
19) Reve- Feral
20) Bloodline - Ntogn 
21) Anvil - Lorn
22) Arid- Lorn
23) Hui Gui (Ntogn’s Hex) - Unjin
24) Delta Trancer - Lunar Convoy
25) Spread Wings - ABSIS
26) Out Beyond The Settlements - Varuna
27) Respiro - Ronny Pinazza
28) Somnus - Darris Hopper
29) Perennial Fantas- Caterina Barbieri 
30) Fantas - Caterina Barbieri 
31) SV_Cheats 0 - Lorn
32) Hui Gui - Unjin
33) Gravity That Binds - Caterina Barbieri 
34) Perspective - Caterina Barbieri 
35) Scappa - Alessandro Cortini

DayOfTheDead_Fox&Badge_Mosheuch

In the mid 2000s, I came across James Holden. I remembered his early tracks because they had a trancey vibe (check out the 93 Returning Mix of 'Nothing') and then became obsessed with his Border Community record label that also seemed influenced by the glitchiness of music like Aphex Twin. In short, music influenced by two of my own influences. 

In 2008, I came across Henry Saiz at the Boom festival and his dawn set blew my mind. I then became obsessed with his Spanish record label, Natura Sonoris, that supports progressive sounds infused with sounds inspired by nature. 

I've always wondered what would happen if the two record labels collaborated on a night or set together? Well, here is my guess. Enjoy! 


Tracklist

1. Vapoware 07 - Donato Dozzy
2. Jet (Ben Klock remix)- Ellen Allien, Apparat
3. Museum of acid- Tin Man
4. Tiger forest (Ryan Davis remix)- Dibby Dougherty
6. Ice - Thomas Bjerring and David Skog
7. Get together(James Holden remix)- Madonna
8. Water jump - Daniel Avery
9. Irminsul, Le Pilier du Monde- Damabiah
10. Break in the clouds - James Holden
11. Vancouver (Mark Mazenit remix) - Henry Saiz
12. The Turtle - Nathan Fake
13. Prior - Ryan Davis
14. Blackheart (Henry Saiz's 95 Cassette version) - Cora Novoa
15. Noveria - Dartek
16. Arpeggiator stories continued - Eelke Kljein
17. Whitebox - Luke Abbott
18. All that matters (instrumental)- Kolsch
19. Finally first- Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve

TheAnointed2_2008

HOOYAH!

Last month's battlecry from the incredible Thai cave rescue is apt for the theme of the next Anointed mix.

Curiosity lures us into the cave. 
Initial misgivings about its dark sounds are soon overcome as we frolic unaware of the pitter patter of the arriving rain. 
Water rises like when Fantasia's Apprentice plays after the Sorcerer retires for the night. 
Acid sounds soon call out innocently in hope of rescue; the only response- rhythms push us deeper into the cave to find dry ground.
Dark spirits of the cave cast their delusional spell. What's real? Did we ever call for help? Are these acid sounds just echoing in our minds?
These dark spirits have triggered our worst fears. The water has settled but now time will suffocate us. It's an urgent race to survive.
Hooyah! Uplifting chords finally find us like daylight banishing the shadows of Bald Mountain.
Groovy rhythms carry our exhausted souls.
We emerge back onto dry land though now transformed, secretly allied to the cave's dark spirits having survived our fears. 

Tracklist:

1. Alienated 4C - Alien Rain
2. Magmadiver - Ruhig
3. Lucifer - Wata Igarashi
4. Interstellar - Boston 168
5. Alienated 2B - Alien Rain
6. Prime mover - Antigone
7. Quatar (Audio Injection remix) - Mikael Jonasson
8. Dryad - Luigi Tozzi
9. Alienated 4A - Alien Rain
10. Orbit - Boston 168
11. Mechanical winter (VSK remix)- Conrad van Orton
12. Blood meridian - Luigi Tozzi
13. Mirage - Artefakt
14. Ye ye - Daphni

TheAnointed3_Hooyah

More pumping than the last summery mix, and a little darker with some spooky sounds- I had hoped to get this mix out for Halloween. The darker vibe reminded me of Berlin. Voila: an ode to Berghain!


Soldiers slain battling Berlin bars
A clubbing army marching at dawn.
Garrisons of goths, regiments of ravers
Platoons of punks, fleets of freaks.
Don’t be afraid
Of this ghostly brigade.

Rising as a fortress of freedom
Berghain tech-no prisoners.
All black dress codes whisper, party armours twitch
Standing in formation staring at the draw-bridge.
Klocking All Blacks guarding the moat
Who’ll be let in? 
Which corpses will float?

Sven Marquardt, you’ll never forget.
Metalhead chic, battle scar tattoos
Doorman photographer, he’s seen this scene.
Oden judges the half dead, half alive
You're lucky to enter
But will you survive?

Valkyrie voices guide souls to Valhalla
Welcome back home to Hotel Cali-fornia.
This castle has no prince or princess
No damsels in distress, just states of undress.
Rumours swirl about dark room vice
You’re all just prisoners of your own device.

Charge! Forget retreat
Stay forever, you’re in for a treat.
Lose your mind in this musical delight
Is it ever morning or a never ending night?
Beats beat bodies, the dancing mass heaves
You can check out when you like
But you can never leave.


Tracklist:

1. No New Violence (Instrumental) - Tin Man
2. Verity Acid (Megan remix)- Tin Man
3. Caldera - Recondite
4. Opto - Etapp Kyle
5. Cleric- Recondite
6. Kracken - Luigi Tozzi
7. Eclipse- Wehba
8. Is This Insanity (Ben Klock Remix)- Martyn featuring the SpaceApe
9. Phoenix - Luca Agnelli
10. Primary K293 - Dubspeeka
11.  Sub Zero - Ben Klock
12. DRGN2 - Recondite
13. Corp- Markus Suckut
14. Hermelin - Recondite
15. MDF - Shingo Suwa
16. Fiery - Recondite
17. Stiller - Alex Do
18. Depthy Acid (Foreign Material remix) - Tin Man

TheAnointed5_BerghainKnights

Tracklist 

1) Whining Acid - DOVS
2)Pink Limousine - Rolling Ones
3)Nostalgic Oblivion (John Tejada remix) - DOVS
4)Nostalgic Oblivion - Acid Test/Avenue 66
5)El Angel Exterminador (Dubspeeka remix) - Javier Orduna
6)Myrmidon - Chris Moss Acid
7)Expedition 3 - Refracted
8)Whining Acid (Tin Man's Sweet Harmony mix) - DOVS
9)Fernweh - Artefakt
10)A Mechanical Sky - Daniel Avery
11) Red Smoke - Ghost Culture 
12)Ghost in the Machine - Artefakt
13)00455 - Dubspeeka
14)Leeward Tripping - Gunnar Haslam
15)Darkly Sunset in Barcelona - Ness
16)Sephirot (Artefakt remix) - Ritvik Neumann
17)Whining Acid (Tin Man's weepy remix)- DOVS
18)Sneaky Acid- Richy Ahmed

TheAnointed6_AcidCollage

I loved going to Portugal's Boom festival that has now been going biennially for 20 years. It's always a positive pilgrimage celebrating freedom, nature and self-expression. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh4Yv7jZIWQ

I first went with friends in 2008. When we returned in 2010, we discovered the art of Android Jones (his Dharma Dragon's sits above right), as well as a secret, smaller stage- 'Tripical beach'- whose softer vibe provided respite from the main stage's full-on psy trance. For a couple of days, Tripical beach seemed to be just ours and a sprinkling of other sun worshippers. This is the slower temp set I'd play there as we sit on the shore, staring out across the beautiful water in hope of seeing the Lady of the Lake emerge with Excalibur. 

Tracklist 

1)I Am A Dagger - Lorn
2)Second degre- Hydrangea
3)Displacement - Wata Igarashi 
4)Lucid dreams- Hydrangea 
5)Bird- Kelly Lee Owens
6)Perle- Ruhig
7)Unwise (Polar Inertia remix) - Synthek and Audiolouis
8)Growls Garden - Clark
9)Alias- VSK
10)Uysring (Daniel Avery Remix)- Chris Carter
11) Interaction With Instability (Uriah Klapter remix)- OCHERii
12)These Nights Never End- Daniel Avery 
13)Black Hole Party- Thousand Foot Whale Claw
14)Blood Walk - Cabaret Nocturne
15)Post Love (Uriah Klapter remix)- Eliezer
16)Dancing On My Own (instrumental)- Robyn
17)Take Me Out (Cabaret Nocturne remix)- Black Light Smoke
18)Deridium Rail- Thousand Foot Whale Claw

TheAnointed7_TripicalBeach

This mix is the last mix's twin sister for its inspiration is also Portugal's Boom festival. Whereas the main stage played full on psytrance day and night, I preferred Groovy Beach that attracted wider talent who would play techno but with a psy twist. I always wondered: what set would I play on that stage? Well, here it is.

But the mood of the mix is also motivated by the 2020 pandemic. I wanted to respond to the feelings of lockdown as it reminded me of the Exodus story when the Israelites covered their doorposts with blood and then hid indoors as the Angel of Death passed through and delivered the final, tenth plague: death of the Egyptian firstborns. So the story for the mix has three parts: Panic spread. Death arrived. We waited...

Tracklist

1)	Departure- Deepbass
2)	Tender Is The Night- Luigi Tozzi
3)	Curvature Of Mind- Artefakt
4)	Plan D- Mark Groot
5)	Foggy Destiny (Ness Vision)- Mari Mattham 
6)	Perception- Deepbas and Ness
7)	Bionic Harp (Deepbass Remix)- Ness
8)	Osmosis VI- Hydrangea
9)	An Encounter With Myself- Ness
10)	Hololoop- Ness
11)	The Alchemical Theory- Reflection
12)	Ecate- Luigi Tozzi
13)	Wad II (Luigi Tozzi Black-Eyed Mix)- Jamida
14)	9AM- Thomas Hessler
15)	Continuum (Edit Select Remix)- Sonitus Echo
16)	Fluid Identity (Edit Select Remix)- Limo
17)	Mysosis (Andrea Cossu Remix)- Alkini

TheAnointed8_GroovyBeach

The hero's journey has been proposed by mythologists, and especially popularised by Joseph Campbell, as a common narrative across cultures. First, the hero departs their ordinary world and, often reluctantly, follows the call of adventure helped by a mentor. Then, the hero undergoes an initiation as they cross the threshold into an unknown world where they face tasks or trials that climax in the chief ordeal that they must endure to gain some reward. Finally, the hero returns, sometimes reluctantly, back across the threshold to their ordinary world to use the reward for other people's benefit. Depth psychology provides a more spiritual interpretation, focusing on the major internal transformations that the hero experiences. I set out to structure a mix with a narrative to capture this dynamic. Hear the call; journey well.

Tracklist
1)   Pneuma - Caterina Barbieri 
2)  Sun- Daniel Avery 
3)  Sciara - Neel
4)  Sensing Through Particles (Crossing Avenue Remix) - Morphing Armor
5)  Abandoned City (Deepbass & Ness Remix) - Woo York
6)  Industrial Assaults (Rrose Remix) - Giorgio Gigli
7)  Devoured by Rhythm - Tangram
8)  Never Allow Anybody to Rule Your Life - Ness
9)  Control - Blazej Malinowski
10) In the Meanderings of Shibuya - Ness
11)  Bionic Harp - Ness
12) Semblance - Ness 
13) Whistle Viper (PAS Live Edit) - Planetary Assault Systems
14) Nothing (93 Returning Mix) - Holden and Thompson
15) D1 Mantle - Wata Igarashi
16) Unsaid IX- Judas 
17)  Ectoplasm - D-Leria
18)  Nu Trance - Emmanuel
19)  Everything Connected (Stephan Hinz Remix)- Jon Hopkins
20) Presage - Emmanuel

TheAnointed9_HerosJourney

Welcome to my garden of sensory delights! A creative canvas to guide you down the rabbit hole: bimonthly mixes and short stories explaining their inspiration.

I enjoy mesmerising electronica: hypnotic techno, groovy acid, warm synths, trippy trance, dreamy psychedelia and nostalgic rhythms. 

Also check out my ideas about cultural innovation in the experience economy: www.blowminds.co.uk

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