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Al Wootton returns to ZamZam with two more stunning sides of deep dubwise for late and later. It’s been a prolific year and a half since his last ZamZam, with multiple killer 12”s and an LP on his own Trule label, a four-tracker for Livity Sound, and two thrilling EPs as Holy Tongue alongside drummer Valentina Magaletti. Informed equally by UK dub, garage, roots reggae and techno, Al Wootton creates unique amalgams that always hit, and this 7” adds to that legacy in fine style.  

‘Every Knee Shall Bow’ opens with swimming percussion and echoing pads, ramping the tension before dropping into a potent, simmering 4/4 powerhouse, a perfect marriage of steppers and dub techno, at once visceral and cerebral, up front & deep, clear yet heavily atmospheric. Galloping drums, massive reverb splashes and FX, a wide-eyed drop into space… pure fire for the dancers. 

B Side 'Every Tongue Confess,’ drops the tempo down to 120, pulling us into pure heartbeat territory with drum kit, bass guitar, live percussion and keys all played by the artist and dubbed hands-on-desk style. A deep internal grounation in the timeless Count Ossie to Rhythm & Sound continuum, this is true healing music whether on a proper Sound or at home on the hi-fi.  

Strictly limited to 700 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastered by Sam at Precise. Releasing late October 2021.

Contact: zamzamsounds@gmail.com

Al Wootton "Every Knee Shall Bow" b/w "Every Tongue Confess" ZamZam 85 vinyl blend

Carmen Villain (NO/MX) @carmenvillain
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Play 2 on August 26, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Carmen Villain made her debut at MUTEK Montréal by showcasing her latest album, Only Love From Now On, in which the artist’s aesthetic sensibilities give way to an exuberant, dreamlike and mysterious sensuality; a collection of brilliantly polished pieces whose themes are as diverse as they are cohesive.

Presented with the support of @smalltownsupersound

Only Love From Now On

Bandcamp

MUTEKLIVE262 - Carmen Villain

Masterminded by Ricardo Villalobos and named after a group of Russian revolutionaries, laptop supergroup Narod Niki made their debut at MUTEK in 2003. Using the then, relatively new Ableton Live software to network their live jam, some of the biggest names in techno participated in this auspicious performance: Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Akufen, Robert Henke, Dimbiman, Dandy Jack, Cabanne, Luciano and Dan Bell. While bootlegs of this recording have been circulating on the web for a while, this is the first time we have released the recording.

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M15.001 - Narod Niki Live @ MUTEK 2003

In 2011 Amon Tobin made his MUTEK debut with the world premiere of his massive 3D audiovisual behemoth, ISAM.  The original  25′ × 14′ × 8′ set that he performed in acted as the vehicle for his seventh album of the same name — an experimental and accessible ride through invented instrumentation and synthesis. As a live, generative and reactive audio and visual performance, ISAM was narrative, subtle and bombastic. The project took Tobin around the world for two years, finally wrapping up, fittingly, at MUTEK Mexico in October 2013. We are proud to present the audio recording of this unforgettable performance, for the first time.
 
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M15.002 - Amon Tobin Live @ MUTEK 2011

Tiger & Woods (IT) @tigerandwoods
North America Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 6 on August 28, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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After focusing on their productions and DJ sets for the last 5 years, Tiger & Woods came back with a brand new form of live show : a performance based on "sound patterns sculpturing", blending Italodisco, House, Booogie and even Techno together in a perfect harmony.

MUTEKLIVE281 - Tiger & Woods

Vanyfox (PT/QC) @vanyfox
Exclusive Set at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 23
Expérience 2 on August 24, 2022
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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To celebrate his MUTEK debut, Vanyfox rocked the esplanade Tranquille stage with tracks from his latest EP Banzelo, produced and recorded between Portugal and France. His Batida-infused musical selection also featured unreleased tracks explicitly produced for the occasion.

MUTEKLIVE288 - Vanyfox

One of the most pivotal and influential figures in modern electronic music, Carl Craig celebrated his twentieth year during MUTEK’s tenth anniversary in 2009. The most recognizable member of what is commonly known as the second generation of Detroit techno producers, Craig began his career as a teenager apprenticing under techno pioneer Derrick May and quickly established himself as an in-demand producer under aliases such as Psyche, 69, and BFC, before moving on to progressive disco manifestations as Paperclip People and jazz-tinged house as Innerzone Orchestra.    The founder and owner of the highly regarded Planet E label, Craig was also one of the central figures behind the 2000 and 2001 Detroit Electronic Music Festival - legendary showcases that attracted a combined two million people in two years.  In 2007, Craig was nominated for his first Grammy, for his remix of Junior Boys’ “Like a Child”.  We are thrilled to present for the first time, his masterful set at our marquee all-night Saturday program at Métropolis, in 2009.

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M15.008 - Carl Craig Live @ MUTEK 2009

The deep, immersive echo chamber that sits at the centre of DeepChord’s signature work with Echospace may appear inspired by the genre-defining work of first-wave dub-technoists that appeared on the Chain Reaction label in the mid to late 90s. But it’s also work that’s quintessentially building upon the Detroit scene where it was born, and that divine marriage of roots and vision makes the work of Rod Modell and Steve Hitchell at once so highly considered, so timeless, and so pertinent. The distinguishing feature of the duo’s sound is its ability and willingness to stand still; whereas much of dub techno attempts to propel the listener forward in either a lover’s rock groove or the cushioned reverb of a driving beat, DeepChord’s synth-driven analog warmth trades not only in static ambience but also propulsive design. Their set at Métropolis in 2011 was nothing short of enveloping and transcendent.

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M15.009 - Deepchord Presents Echospace Live @ MUTEK 2011

Cinthie (DE) @cinthie
DJ set at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 6 on August 27, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Berlin’s Cinthie has grown to become one of the most prominent figures in the contemporary house scene in recent years.

MUTEKLIVE305 - Cinthie

NegoO (PT/FR) @nego0
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Expérience 2 on August 23, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Thanks to the hype he generated at Moonshine and the notable inclusion of one of his tracks on the SMS For Location vol.5 compilation, NegoO was a logical choice to showcase the Montréal Afrocentric collective’s fevered rhythms and irresistible grooves at MUTEK, as a North American premiere no less.

MUTEKLIVE323 - NegoO

.VRIL (DE) @vril_01
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Métropolis 1 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Known for his ability to craft immersive atmospheres, .VRIL showcased the gamut of his Dub Techno sounds at MUTEK, focusing on tracks from his latest album Animist. The musical performance was enhanced by a stimulating visual environment, thus creating a truly comprehensive experience.

MUTEKLIVE346 - .VRIL

µ-Ziq & ID:Mora (UK + CZ) @mikep
North American Premiere at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Nocturne 4 on August 26, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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With this performance, µ-Ziq embarks upon an intrepid and emotional journey into the jungle genre and the most bittersweet IDM typical of his work. Videographer and visual artist ID:Mora is the perfect partner for this project; together, they deliver an intense audiovisual adventure as humorous as it is delirious.

MUTEKLIVE348 - µ-Ziq & ID:Mora

Italian producer and master synthesist Guido Zen has mesmerised my mind with his incredibly rich tapestry of sound since he appeared on the scene as Abul Mogard. He's got a particular sonic aesthetic that I tried [and failed] at replicating - something soft and slow-burning is rising and evolving into a velvety, faint and fuzzy vibration, perfectly sculpted to hold it all in one place. If there were just a bit too much reverb it all would be blurry, and if not enough, it would be just dry. And yet, in the hands of Guido, the frequency spectrum is dense and alive, "shaking kosmische synth fantasies into post-industrial ambience and blissful shoegaze memories." His most recent release with Rafael Anton Irisarri, for which I premiered "Place of Forever", was a fantastic example of all of the above, plus an amazing showcase of what a collaborative production may bring to the fans, combining Raf's distorted layers of bowed guitar with a myriad of perfectly saturated effects. On June 21st, Guido returns with yet another collaboration, this time with Berlin-based Dutch-Italian composer and sound designer Aimée Portioli, known as Grand River. Released via Caterina Barbieri's light-years imprint, this new work, which Guido admitted to me has taken him into new territories, is indeed yet another captivating dimension of a multi-faceted composition that truly unites both artists as one. Here, we are gifted with Aimée's strong sense of sensual organic soundscapes that develop into nearly overpowering tide crests, static washes, and serene expense, all carried by the widescreen cinematic tension and resolve in the hands of the fictitious synth factory worker. A truly enjoyable journey, which I hope you'll explore. I recommend turning up the volume a bit beyond your usual setting...

In uno spazio immenso

Sulle barcane

TRACK PREMIERE : Grand River And Abul Mogard - Sulle Barcane

https://bergsonist.bandcamp.com/album/maghreb

Maghreb

Attachement

Andrea (IT) @andreamusik
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Originally from Turin, Andrea draws inspiration from his city’s post-industrial aesthetic to craft music that blends IDM, 90s breakbeat and techno. His performances are marked by intense rhythms and refined textures, balancing sonic experimentation with raw energy for the dancefloor.


MUTEKLIVE351 - Andrea

Steffi (NL) @steffi_official
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Métropolis 2 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Steffi presents a specially commissioned live performance for MUTEK that reflects her decades of experience and relentless innovation in electronic music. With a career highlighted by her residency at Berghain and the creation of influential labels such as Klakson and Dolly, she continues to reinvent her music. This rare live set recording is a chance to experience the essence of her ever evolving sound.

MUTEKLIVE353 - Steffi (live)

Bored Lord (US) @BOREDLORD
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 2 on August 21, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Bored Lord presents her first live performance at MUTEK, bringing together breakbeat and acid influences with a personal and dynamic style. Rooted in rave culture and a DIY ethos, her music blends club energy with emotional depth, offering a fresh take on contemporary electronic sounds.

MUTEKLIVE356 - Bored Lord

DAPASHU? (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

DAPASHU? captivates with their eclectic fusion of electro, blending house, techno, and bass. Using a mix of retro and modern synthesizers, their set is designed to energize and excite. Their approach reflects a sharp synthesis of nostalgic and contemporary influences, promising an hour of music filled with emotion.

MUTELIVE359 - DAPASHU?

Arc & Texture (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Arc & Texture fuses the talents of Toronto's Vanese Smith (Pursuit Grooves) and Caleb Klager. Their debut at MUTEK will showcase unorthodox cinematic percussive sounds and emotive modular synthesis tones, creating techno that is as thought-provoking as it is visceral. This bass-driven performance marks their beginning of their collaboration.

MUTEKLIVE364 - Arc & Texture

Bénédicte (CA/QC) @benedictemusic
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

In this partial sound recording from her performance at MUTEK, Bénédicte blends distorted field recordings, ethereal vocal samples, and dynamic synths within her electronic compositions. She delivers a live set that contrasts ambient soundscapes with intense, glitched rhythms, demonstrating her unique ability to translate complex emotional themes into captivating experiences.

MUTEKLIVE365 - Bénédicte

BLK MTR (PA/QC) @blkmtr
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 3 on August 22, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

BLK MTR crafts eerie, entrancing soundscapes blending pop, ambient, and noise elements. His performance at MUTEK featured modular synthesizers and samplers, weaving unsettling electroacoustic compositions with field recordings. Expect a deep dive into hyper-stimulation and cognitive dissonance, reflective of modern societal navigation.

MUTEKLIVE366 - BLK MTR

Rhyw (UK+GR) @rhyw
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Métropolis 1 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Rhyw presents a live performance that pushes the boundaries of techno, blending precise sound design with dynamic broken beat elements. His approach merges minimal structures with intricate modular synthesis, offering a set that balances dancefloor energy with experimental depth.


MUTEKLIVE367 - Rhyw

Piu (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 5 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Piu presents Echoes, a performance that marries Indian classical vocals with expansive electronic landscapes. Through her live set, accompanied by dynamic visuals, she explores the evolving nuances of a single theme, transforming it across varied musical territories from contemplative atmospheres to rhythmic techno pulses. Her approach involves a fusion of organic and synthetic sounds, drawing on minimalist influences and modern electronic vibes, that invites deep emotional engagement.

MUTEKLIVE368 - Piu

Liftkit (CA) @liftkit
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Liftkit brings an electrifying MUTEK-exclusive live set, directly from their rural Epekwitk studio. Integrating mostly unreleased tracks, their sound is a unique blend of dance genres with a flair for analog and digital synthesis. Expect a dynamic journey through lush, melodic soundscapes enriched with psychedelic vocal samples.


MUTEKLIVE369 - Liftkit

Ribambel (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Expérience 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Ribambel is an explosive fusion of jazz, synth-pop, and techno.Based in Montreal, Massyl and Ellxandra offer a one-of-a-kind duo performance, drawing from their rich individual repertoires.Joined by Pulsatilla, their chemistry of pulsating rhythms, catchy melodies, and soulful harmonies creates an electrifying atmosphere that is sure to captivate the audience.

MUTEKLIVE370 - Ribambel

Factory Floor recorded live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Métropolis 2 on August 24, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Factory Floor – Live at MUTEK 2024

Seulement (CA/QC)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 2 on August 1, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Seulement crafts a unique live A/V performance, Bricolage Architecture. This project delves into a tactile dialogue between stop-motion animation and live modular synthesis, merging handcrafted cardboard cutouts with electroacoustic manipulation of voice and flute loops. His work exposes human vulnerability within technological perfection, celebrating bodily imperfections in an era dominated by artificial intelligence.

MUTEKLIVE371 - Seulement

Korea Town Acid (KR/CA) @koreatownacid
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Korea Town Acid unleashes her avant-garde electronic explorations in Sonic Chaser. Her performance weaves dubby beats, syncopated rhythms, and industrial textures into a compelling narrative, highlighted by mesmerizing live finger drumming. Her innovative use of analog and digital tools crafts unpredictable soundscapes that bridge classical influences with futuristic sounds.

MUTEKLIVE372 - Korea Town Acid


Cobblestone Jazz (CA)
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 4 on August 23, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Cobblestone Jazz melds jazz's improvisational flair with the precise beats of minimal techno. Known for crafting their music live using keyboards and drum machines, the trio of Danuel Tate, Mathew Jonson, and Tyger Dhula eschew pre-recorded elements, ensuring that each performance is a unique sonic exploration.

MUTEKLIVE 373 - Cobblestone Jazz

Mike Shannon (CA/DE) @djmikeshannon
Live at MUTEK Montréal | Édition 25
Nocturne 6 on August 25, 2024
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Mike Shannon's performance at MUTEK Montréal is a riveting exploration of deep techno through a sophisticated array of modular synthesis and drum machines. Embodying the essence of Detroit and Chicago influences, Shannon crafts a unique sonic signature that defines Canadian minimal house/techno.

MUTEK LIVE 374 - Mike Shannon

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/aurora-halal-shapeshifter/571992-01/

Just Tell Me (MD002)

KARA-LIS COVERDALE (CA) https://soundcloud.com/klissay
PLAY 1 :: DADA SALON 
Friday, May 29 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

Montréal-based musician and composer Kara-Lis Coverdale gives concerts made for full body immersion, multi layered through multi timbral synths, her computer a virtual organ engine. Couched in symphonic, post sacred tonalities and harmonies, the music on Coverdale’s releases Aftertouches (on Sacred Phrases) and A 480 (on Constellation Tatsu) uses virtual sounds from vocal and instrumental sources to confront traditional genres and consolidate them in the artist’s own precise ways. Currently an organist and music director at St. John’s church in Montréal, Coverdale contributed piano and keyboards on friend and mentor Tim Hecker’s Virgins album in 2013 and most recently has collaborated with LXV (musician David Sutton) on their 2015 album, released by Umor Rex. Her live set for MUTEK 2015 draws on that album and recent compositions of pipe organ, sensorial electronics and glittering drones while leaving room for inspired improvisation.

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You can also watch THE WIRE SESSIONS with KARA-LIS COVERDALE here: https://vimeo.com/132852323 - Q&A streamed on May 30, 2015 at Phi Centre.

MUTEKLIVE086 - Kara-Lis Coverdale @ MUTEK 2015

OHM HOURANI (CA) @ohm-1
Sunday, June 5 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC)
Mastered by Pheek

STYLE: Long form, laconic tech house punctuated by traditional instruments, vocals, soul and subtle Eastern flair
LABELS: ANOMA
MORE: Hourani operates vinyl-exclusive label ANOMA, dedicated to the distribution of distinctive, minimalistic and organic sounds kissed with soul. In 2015, Do Mi took part in television's The Voice, making it to the semi-finals of the competition.
MUTEKs: Montréal: 2014

Arriving from the Middle East, Hourani infuses his music with a global sense of the folkloric and the technoid. His productions unfold with a long form minimalist’s patience, snippets of traditional Eastern percussion, vocal chants and jazz gurgle throughout, punctuated by live instrumentation and singing, including recent live and recorded work with Do Mi.

Following up on his 2014 appearance at MUTEK, Hourani presented AL/VE, an exclusive new set celebrating the unity of archaic machines and modern man, with Do Mi joining him in the festival’s finale position in the underground Salle BWR.

Full bio: bit.ly/mutek-Ohm-Hourani

MUTEKLIVE106 - Ohm Hourani & Do Mi pres. AL/VE

Sarah Davachi (CA) @sarahdavachi
Thursday June 2, 2016 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC)
Mastered by @Pheek

WHO: Vancouver, now Montréal-based musician, composer and musicologist Sarah Davachi
STYLE: Minimal electronic and electroacoustic compositions, synthesized ambient sonics of a bygone era, extended drones and harmonic textures
LATEST WORK: Barons Court (2015), Qualities Of Bodies Permanent (2015), neustadt/altstadt EP (2015), Σ = 4 (2015)
LABELS: Students of Decay @studentsofdecay, Constellation Tatsu @constellationtatsu, Cassauna
MORE: Holds an MFA in electronic music and recording media from Mills College in Oakland, California and works for the National Music Centre in Calgary as an interpreter, researcher and archivist of their collection of acoustic and electronic keyboard instruments

Making her MUTEK debut last festival, Vancouver now Montréal-based composer and synthesist Sarah Davachi, turned in a gorgeous sweep of richly emotional electronic harmonics and textures. This is the live recording of her delicate and elegiac set.

Full bio: http://www.mutek.org/fr/fm/podcasts/muteklive/735-muteklive112-sarah-davachi


MUTEKLIVE112 - Sarah Davachi

Dasha Rush(RU) @dasha-rush
Friday June 3, 2016 - Métropolis 
Presented by @redbullmusicacademy

WHO: Russian-born, Berlin-based Dasha Rush
STYLES: A techno of sophisticated, minimalist melodies nestled in thick atmospheres and driving rhythm; downtempo dreamscapes and ambient/noise too
LATEST: Illusive Reality EP (2015), Sleepstep - Sonar Poems for My Sleepless Friends (2015)
LABELS: Raster-Noton, Full Panda, Hunger to Create, Sonic Groove
MORE: Also performing this year during A/VISIONS with Stanislav Glasov
MUTEKs: Montréal: 2015; Mexico: 2015

A child of Perestroika, the electronic music apprenticeship of Dasha Rush began at Moscow raves when she was a teenager. She started DJing at 14, dabbled in piano, and left for France when she was 16. An ambitious experimentalist, and fiercely independent, she continued to teach herself machine music, worked in fashion and sought out multidisciplinary collisions with theatre, dance and installation.

Full bio: www.mutek.org/en/archives/artists/9049-dasha-rush

MUTEKLIVE144 - Dasha Rush

https://bergsonist.bandcamp.com/album/borft-split-w-isabella-141

ATENEM (B01 - Borft141 )

Anthony Linell @AnthonyLinell
Friday August 24, 2018 MTELUS (Main Room)
Mastered by Anthony Linell

Who: Stockholm-based producer Anthony Linell, also known as Lundin Oil and one half of Ulwhednar with Jonas Rönnberg (aka Varg)
Style: Percussive deep techno on the fringes, shadowy experimental electronics, twisted acid and textured noise and drone
Labels: @NorthernElectronics, @Semantica-Records, Abdulla Rashim Records, Prologue
Latest: Alienation from Self (2018), A Sens Of Order (2018), Layers Of Reality (2017), Emerald Fluorescent (2017), Consolidate (2017) 
More: Initially disinterested in using his real name—he invented Abdulla Rashim, a moniker informed by his profound interests in the Arab world, in particular Levantine culture and politics—and his Arabic studies at university.

Abdulla Rashim's contemplative techno surges through every last manipulated hardware layer to unveil a fervid and unpredictably beating heart, a core that at once reflects Sweden's pastoral melancholic beauty and the incessant, vibrating rhythms of urban ritual.

Full bio: bit.ly/mutek2018-anthonylinell

Presented as part of North-West Passage, a project by Insomnia, Intonal and MUTEK, with the support of the Nordic Council and the Quebec government.

MUTEKLIVE167 - Anthony Linell

LADA(DE/RU) @dasha-rush @user-943357333
Saturday August 25, 2018 - MTELUS
Mastered by @pheek

Who: Russian-born, Berlin-based Dasha Rush and German producer Lars Hemmerling (half of L & G Hemmerling, Asyncron and 4 Creators with brother Gunnar).
Style: Dark melodic techno, industrial bass and noise, thick ambient atmospheres
Labels: Raster-Noton, Full panda, Hunger to Create, Sonic Groove
Latest: LADA (2017), Rush: Acid Sketch EP (2018); Hemmerling: Space Bolero EP (2016)
More: Dasha Rush has proved her audiovisual acumen, and a poetic bent for environmental science and physics in the abstract atmospheres of screen projects like Antarctic Takt and Dark Hearts of Space.

Full bio: bit.ly/MUTEKLIVE175

MUTEKLIVE175 - LADA (Dasha Rush & Lars Hemmerling)

Aleksi Perälä(FI/UK) @aleksiperala
Friday August 24, 2018 - MTELUS
Mastered by @pheek

Who: England-based Finnish artist Aleksi Perälä, formerly known as Ovuca and Astrobotnia
Style: Esoteric galactic techno, transportive cascading harmonic structures, invented melodic spiritualisms
Labels: Rephlex, AP Musik, Clone Basement Series, Trip
Latest: Simulation (2017), Paradox EP (2017), la compilation Colundi Sequence Volume 2 (2017)
More: Perälä and Grant Wilson-Claridge from Rephlex developed an alternate tuning system called Colundi–Perälä has based his music on it since 2014.

More than 20 years ago, Rephlex records signed Perälä after he bombarded them with IDM-styled demo tapes under the moniker Ovuca. His palette evolved and expanded into a lush tapestry as Astrobotnia, leading to more minimalist releases under his own name while he studied music technology and experimented away from his classical piano training. With Rephlex co-founder Grant Wilson-Claridge they set off on experiments that tied music theory, philosophy, science and mysticism together, and invented a microtonal tuning system named Colundi.

Full bio: bit.ly/mutek2018-aleksiperala

MUTEKLIVE181 - Aleksi Perälä

Akufen @aku-en
Expérience 2
"It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…"
August 22, 2019
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Who
Montréal-based electronic musician, producer and DJ Marc Leclair, who also operates under aliases Horror Inc. and The Stowaway

Style
An exquisite corpse of fidgety microsamples; abstracted four-on-the-floor glitch funk; tightly wound minimal house syncopations

Labels
Perlon, @musique-risquee, @quartetseries, Telharmonic Texture, @karat, @compost

MUTEKLIVE223 - Akufen

Uji @ujitimebeing
Expérience 1
August 21, 2019
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)

Who
Buenos-Aires born producer and DJ Luis Maurette, formerly half of Lulacruza

Style
Alchemic incantations merging Indigenous traditions with modern music aesthetics; folkloric syncopations that help people get in tune with themselves and each other

Labels
@MultiCulti, @jumpsuit-records, @chaco-world-music, @zzkrecords

MUTEKLIVE231 - Uji

EN:
@segueambient is the name used by Jordan Sauer, an electronic music producer from Vancouver, BC. He creates ambient and dub-techno music with layers of field recordings, acoustic and electronic sounds, creating sonic soundscapes that conjure images of nature and emotions of peace and introspection. He has released numerous solo albums and collaborations with artists from around the world, including three LPs on the Silent Season record label. A high point of his career was the 2013 release of the dub-techno album Pacifica and the following performance at Mutek the following year, captured here in this live recording. In 2020, Jordan was commissioned by Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre to produce Gene Machines - an album based on field recordings and atmospheric sounds from one of the most advanced genetic research labs in Canada.

Presented as part of STREAM ON, a project by MUTEK, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

FR:
@segueambient est le nom utilisé par Jordan Sauer, un producteur de musique électronique de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. Il crée de la musique ambient et dub-techno avec des couches d'enregistrements en milieu naturel, des sons acoustiques et électroniques, créant des paysages sonores qui évoquent des images de la nature et des émotions de paix et d'introspection. Il a sorti de nombreux albums solo et collaborations avec des artistes du monde entier, dont trois albums sur le label Silent Season. Un point culminant de sa carrière a été la sortie en 2013 de l'album dub-techno Pacifica et la performance qui en a découlé à MUTEK l'année suivante, capturée ici dans cet enregistrement live. En 2020, Jordan a été mandaté par le Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre du Canada pour produire Gene Machines - un album basé sur des enregistrements en pleine nature et des sons atmosphériques de l’un des laboratoires de recherche génétique les plus avancés au Canada.

Présenté dans le cadre de STREAM ON, un projet de MUTEK, avec le soutien du Conseil des Arts du Canada.

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