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First track of 8-track 10-inch 'Autumn Rituals and Refugees' by Chris & Nogi // vinyl 300 copies, download & streaming // released 15 March 2021 // https://electronicemergencies.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-rituals-and-refugees & https://clone.nl/item63594.html

restored & mastered by Ruud Lekx, cover art by Niels Vrijdag

tracklisting:
A1. Autumn Ritual 1 / A2. Autumn Ritual 2 / A3. Autumn Ritual 3 / A4. Autumn Ritual 6
B1. Animals / B2. I Could Not / B3. Refugees / B4. Walk Away

The first Electronic Emergencies release of 2021 is by Chris & Nogi, founders of the legendary Shoc Corridor. It reflects our love for minimal wave, simply called new wave back in the days. Released as a 10-inch, 'Autumn Rituals and Refugees' consists of eight tracks taken from 4-track-cassette tapes recorded in 1985-1988. Three of these are collaborations with avant-garde voice artist Sharon Gal. The original tapes, which had to endure a journey from London via Israel to South Africa, were beautifully restored by Ruud Lekx, who was able to retain the original sound and atmosphere. The cover art of 'Autumn Rituals and Refugees' was designed by Niels Vrijdag, exhibiting the DIY-mentality and modern living-fantasy of the music from the eighties.

Autumn Rituals and Refugees

Chris & Nogi - Autumn Ritual 1 / EE034

https://www.discogs.com/Various-391-Vol7-Emilia-Romagna-1-Voyage-Through-The-Deep-80s-Underground-In-Italy/release/14865743

¢ãíùóôï Üëìðïõì (23/3/2021 1:55:30 ìì)

CRY OF DESPAIR   '' visions in our twilight ''  ITALY (BOLOGNA) 1983

from the forthcoming vinyl edition on growing bin records

A.r.t. Wilson - Rebecca's Theme (Water)

A.r.t. Wilson - Sun Sign Cancer

A.r.t. Wilson - Sarah's Theme (Air) Alt Version

Die Haut from Germany - Lydia Lunch from New York

Lydia Lunch and Die Haut - Der Karibische Western

Wydler - Soulsheriff Smells A Rat

Wydler - Get Cool

Liaisons Dangereuses - Avant-Après Mars

Heaven Is Over

Music For The NAACP

Feel The Heat (String Mix)

My friend Gabriel interviewed the half god Rother for Tidal. https://bit.ly/2DpIsLp And it made me think of this mix i recorded in another life... Copied from the growing bin blog Sunday, June 15, 2008: "The two of my turntables didn't spin at the same time for ages ... ... After finding some lovely LPs on the fleamarket yesterday morning something bit me and I blew of the dust of the left MarkII. In the beginning it wasn't working too well, but after a few more minutes I was in it and it was fun. It's LIKE CYCLING - once you got it ......... so here's something like a Megamix of my favourite Michael Rother jams." 
WELL... the sound quality is not really up to todays standards (where crackle meets encoding fractals...) nor the mixing technique (screw the pin until it's glowing). It was something that I just did - without thinking much. Rather with drinking much. ENJOY anyway!
PS. Thanks Dan for listening to an mp3, Thanks Rune for letting me know, Thanks Jan and Cesare by encouraging me with comments!

Diverse

Basso - Michael Rother MegaMix (2008)

Remixes

Non Stop

Past Forward

Past Forward #52 w/ Basso

Digging deep through old and new, Basso captures arcane woodland fusion, serene electronic suites and wide eyed Balearic bliss on this first Growing Bin compilation.

This collection celebrates those precious records which land in your life on their own terms. Even the most advanced digger will admit that chance is the secret ingredient in any successful haul. Sure, it helps if you know where to look, but if you arrive a day early at that secluded second hand shop, or an hour late at the convention, you might miss out on a rare sight of sound. But there are still ways to skew the odds in your favour. Even in the most crowded urban environment, a solitary tree soon becomes a nest, and Basso’s fostered an abundant garden in his Hamburg hometown. A decade on and the Growing Bin is a safe haven for those exquisite sounds crowded out of the mainstream, the rare birds with the most striking song.

‘Coffee’ comes right after cocoa in the bin’s headquarter, though start your morning with One Tongue and be prepared for a different kind of day. A witch’s brew spiced with a hint of Durian and the early bird, this 1990 composition could be the blueprint for the Teutonic trance dancers beloved by the Salon set. A more meditative magic flows through the A2, a smooth blend of fusion guitar, softly syncopated drums and counterpoint keys from one time art-rockers Inandout. This Growing Bin favourite from their ’93-95’ LP sounds right at home beside the majestic melodies and spheric bass of Matthias Raue’s ‘Brücke am schwarzen Fluss 2’. Taken from the soundtrack to a TV drama filmed in Mali, this digital homage to African rhythm shimmies in step with New Age dancers from Mkwaju Ensemble and Louis Crelier. The A-side ends with the unbridled optimism of Kosmische maverick Hardy Kukuk. The synthesist hit the studio with friends Karsten Raecke and Andreas Schneider in 86, coalescing crystalline electronics and gentle guitar into tender chord progressions suited for sun bathing beside the Sea of Tranquility. 

The second side slinks into motion with the deep beauty and sincere spoken word of Frank Suchland’s ’Schnee’, a subtle body in a cocoon of reverb which takes Sade’s ‘I Never Thought I’d See The Day’ to another level of placidness. Melancholic Germans Die Fische met in Cairo for the first time, and ‘Conversation Of Everyday Lovers’ could be the theme for that great city. Underpinned by primal percussion and a restrained groove, the track twists and turns between a trio of ineffable motifs, eternal combinations to the catacombs of Abusir. From there we go sublime, soaring skywards with a ten minute triumph from Hugh Mane. Balancing concentric sequences and space age synth riffs atop an irresistible breakbeat and bubbling bassline, the British producer finds a sensuous sweet-spot between fellow Growing Bin affiliates Krakatau and Singu. 

Lucky are we who hear the Bin’s sounds.
words by Patrick Ryder

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