damn – loving this ambient goodness. more please

This week featuring Nottingham based Mimm founder Nate Coltrane with his 'Past Through' Mix celebrating 'A mix of peeps who have passed through mimm events over the past 10 years'.

Track list:

BDQ - Praise Dance
Kenny Cox - Beyond The Dream
Las Cuatro Monedas - Buena Suerte
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Lingus
Emma-Jean Thackray - Venus
Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek - The Trip
Plunky and Oneness of JuJu - Plastic
Children Of Zeus - Be Someone

Nathaniel Coltrane Wilson 'Past Through Mix' (Mimm)

Fatima – Cinnamon
Tulip88 – Learning 
Nate Coltrane ft. Na Tee – Fight or Flight
Quest – The Oceans Of Time
Yazmin Lacey & Congi – Dreamer 
Om Unit – Cold World 
Flako – Desert Ride 
Bambooman – Moters
Peaceful Ones – Rainbow Power (RIP PETE WOOSH)
WU15 – The Anthem 
Jack Wolff – Double Fold 
Guohan – Walking Down Alfreton Road 
Major Ruse – All Things
Ella Knight – All Around  

Greg Surmacz - Legitimate Concerns
Petwo Evans - Lock10
Lavan - Out 4 Da Gusto
Halal Sol - Hearing Deficit

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Musica Macondo on Jazz FM with Tim Garcia Ft. Nate Coltrane (Mimm)

Jazz FM Tony Minvielle On Sunday 4/7/21 Guest João Donato

After huge support and love for their MGIC EP, this beautiful EP from Edseven & Tan Brown receives a heavy weight remix treatment from Jonny Faith (Tru Thoughts), Steve Spacek (Ninja Tune), Kid Sublime (BBE) and Peret Mako! Sultry vibes on this one!

Exclusive Premiere: edseven "Heart Wars" (feat. Tan Brown) (Steve Spacek Remix)

‘Caminhos’ is a tribute to the late samba composer Catoni, featuring the masters lush vocal & guitar samples (with the permission of his family). The hard swinging hip hop track bridges gaps between classic Brazilian samba & bossa nova sounds with hard hitting Dilla-esque grooves, raw funk and boom bap, taking us on a trip to the shores of Rio de Janeiro. “The type of track you could loop forever”.

https://www.musicamacondo.com/2021/09/premiere-abase-caminhos/

Premiere: Àbáse - Caminhos (for Catoni)

We are very happy to premiere the meditative sounds of  “Spaceland”, by pedal steel player, visual artist and composer Joe Harvey-Whyte. Forthcoming on None More Records, London. 

Like everyone else anywhere that’s been opening up, we on the MIMS team occasionally feel overwhelmed by the new pace of life, work, events, new releases, social engagements and more besides, so it’s a real pleasure to take a step back sometimes and listen attentively to such soothing music as this. 

“Spaceland” is taken from a track EP, ‘Flatland/Spaceland’, Harvey-Whyte’s debut solo release. ‘Flatland/Spaceland’ blurs the borderlines between ambient and neoclassical to create an engaging and meditative listening experience.

The first side of the 2 track EP, titled “Flatland” is a glacial ambient creation made using pedal steel guitar processed through multiple effects together with field recordings and occasional revelatory sounds from Himalayan singing bowls. “Spaceland”, on side B, takes the composition and refracts it through an orchestral lens. A 26-piece ensemble delicately creeps into the calming world echoed by side A. As the piece develops the result is something more akin to a film soundtrack. Inspired by Edwin A. Abbott’s 1884 novel Flatland, in which a two-dimensional protagonist encounters a three-dimensional world for the first time, and struggles to explain it to his fellow natives of the 2D Flatland, Joe Harvey-Whyte attempts conceptually to give depth to what that which appears flat. 

On “Spaceland”, Joe Harvey-Whyte worked closely with Ell Kendal, a sound artist and orchestrator from London. Kendal is known for his use of experimental scoring techniques to create notated works for classical ensemble. His influences range from avant-garde composers and performance artists, to early religious music, and ritual, and you can hear that in his interpretation of the original piece here. The process of orchestrating and recording all the instruments for “Spaceland” took around a year, with additional challenges to the process caused by working through COVID. Everything was recorded at Joe’s studio in North London, with the exception of a few remote recordings. 

Joe says of the process of orchestrating the piece “Ell’s scores are quite idiosyncratic and were more of a gentle guide than a definitive representation of the piece as it should be played. Flatland was an improv creation and I wanted this orchestral refraction to embody that level of randomness and chance. Many of the beautiful blossoming moments in Spaceland came about by ‘accident’”.

Joe elaborates on his process: “With my music I often like to create a sonic landscape and just sit there. Breathing slowly and contemplating. When composing, my pieces allow me to take some time out from the fast paced nature of much of life here in London. The pedal steel is manipulated through effects beyond recognition. I didn’t really set out to make a “pedal steel” ambient EP. More that the pedal steel is my expressive tool and the means by which I can access a whole range of different tonalities which perhaps others might get with synths, voice or classical instruments like strings.”

'Flatland/Spaceland' is due for release in full on October 15th via None More Records. A limited 300 run of 10" vinyl with embossed sleeves are available to pre order now via bandcamp - https://joeharveywhyte.bandcamp.com/album/flatland-spaceland

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Exclusive Premiere: Joe Harvey-Whyte "Spaceland" (Forthcoming on None More Records)

Short Truth

Short Truth (Southern Shores Remix)

This is another taste of sounds from his forthcoming sophomore album ‘All Werk Is Play’, following on from singles, ‘Eterno Retorno’, ’In Saint-Gilles’, ‘Move Different’ and ‘Battered Mars Bar’, which respectively received spins from BBC 6Music’s Jamz Supernova, Tom Ravenscroft, Huey Morgan and Afrodeutsche, as well as love from selectors such as DJ Paulette, Scratcha DVA, Zakia Sewell (NTS) & Jyoty (Rinse).

In 2020, Werkha released ‘The Rigour’ on First Word, and dropped ‘Beat Tapestry ’ in late 2021 on a limited cassette. All Werk Is Play’ marks Werkha’s first full-length solo project since his debut album ‘Colours Of A Red Brick Raft’ on Tru Thoughts in 2015.

‘Beauty & The Bloc’ is another uptempo composition from Werkha(real name Tom Leah), fusing analogue jazz-funk vibes with modern dance music sensibilities. Horns from Aaron Wood lead the way on top of a 5/4 rhythm track, with Werkha’s signature squelchy saw synths, subtly turning the smooth to rough for another triumphant heads-down groove, which has been doing the business live on dancefloors from Low Four in Manchester to The Jazz Cafe in London.

Werkha hails from Manchester and has been releasing music for a decade, collaborating and remixing artists such as Quantic, Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Marcos Valles and Andrew Ashong, and touring with Bonobo, Chet Faker and Mr Scruff.

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Exclusive Premiere: Werkha "Beauty and the Bloc"

An irresistible slice of dancefloor-ready Afro-Brazilian fusion, "Can Do" is taken from Bristol  6-piece Dundundun's second EP for the ever relevant hometown label Worm Discs.

Following their sold-out self-titled EP, Dundundun are poised to share their ‘Future Hope’ EP, featuring special guest, poet, visual artist and filmaker Nadeem Din-Gabisi, and a remix from fellow Bristolian, world renowned DJ & producer Red Rack’em.

Packed with a wealth of experience, Dundundun members have spent the past decade touring the world and darkening studios with The Heavy, Alice Russell, Unforscene, DJ Die, Ben Westbeech, Pete Josef, Dele Sosimi, and Ishmael Ensemble to name but a few - bringing a rich heritage of sound straight out of Bristol’s thriving music scene. Electronic, arpeggiating multi-layered vibrations born from a mutual respect of past musical idioms and future musical legacy.

Their debut LP received love and support from the likes of BBC 6 Music's Gilles Peterson and Tom Ravenscroft, whilst recent support slots with Ashley Henry, Balimaya Project, Nubiyan Twist and Run Logan Run have helped hone the band’s live sound. 

Dundundun are Justin Fellows (Drums), Jackson Lapes (Percussion), Benji Muscat (Bass), Dorian Childs Prophet (Keys + Synths), Ben Plocki (Baritone Sax) and Brian Hargreaves (Tenor Sax).

'Future Hope EP' is released on April 8, available on all streaming platforms, limited vinyl and download via Bandcamp.

Future Hope

Exclusive Premiere: Dundundun "Can Do" (Forthcoming on Worm Discs)

https://www.nts.live/shows/ifmusic/episodes/if-music-presents-you-need-this-w-jean-claude-17th-april-2022

If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude 170422

The Singles Club

Premiere: Matt Wilde - Pivot

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Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Exclusive Premiere: Joe Harvey-Whyte "Spaceland" (Forthcoming on None More Records)

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