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Animix Thirty Eight comes from @steve-duncan, a talented digger and co-founder of the iconic @patternsofperception music collective. Born in Australia, but having spent his recent years in Berlin, Steve now resides in Helskini.

I am lucky to have met Steve through my travels, and also having been gifted an opportunity to play at one of the @patternsofperception parties in Berlin. What they have managed to achieve as a collective is beyond impressive. As a DJ, Steve's talent is equally notable - his creative and smooth mixing style, and classy selection of deep, crunchy & vibrant sounds. This mix here follows suit fittingly, meeting the perfect balance between sophistication and groove.  

Thanks so much for this one Steve <3

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Animix Thirty Eight: Steve Duncan

A beautiful blend of immersive atmospheres and abstract percussion by Steve Duncan - One of the brains behind the iconic music platform Patterns of Perception based in Berlin. We hope you enjoy the journey.
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Mirrors 009 - Steve Duncan

Mix from @steve-duncan , co-founder of @patternsofperception

Originally from Australia but now based in Helsinki. Steve runs Berlin based label, mix series and publication, Patterns of Perception with 5 close friends. A party & platform dedicated to interesting and innovative sounds. 

Steve's mix for citrus is deep, woozy sounds for the after party. In our interview we chat about the intimacy of the after party and what makes up the "australian sound". Hit up the FBi website for the full 2 hour show!

Aired on FBi Radio 21-01-23

Full show w/ trackist & interview via https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/citrus-tangela/2023-01-21/

FBi Radio

Citrus 099 on FBi Radio : Steve Duncan

"I wanted to reflect how my state of mind was after coming back home from a significant trip earlier this year. This mix is dark, trippy with an optimistic twist, conveying my shift between moods and emotions the past months."

@imhysteria

Mantissa Mix 305: Hysteria

The first Outsiders episode with Berlin collective Patterns of Perception comes from resident DJ, Steve Duncan. This set was recorded live at their party at OHM in February, where he warmed up the floor for Sybil and Solid Blake.

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Outsiders: Patterns Of Perception w/ Steve Duncan @ Kiosk Radio 25.09.2023

The Tokyo-based DJ compiles a sensitive mixture of ambient selections.

Download and tracklist: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/02/podcast-479-chris-ssg/

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XLR8R Podcast 479: Chris SSG

This morning I find myself sitting in a nearly bare office, which was once the headquarters of Headphone Commute for the last five years, as I prepare to depart this country and move on to London, hopefully for the better times. This is the last mix published from the United States (for now), and I’m happy that it will be by Roel Funcken, a friend and a confidant in various genres, whom I will be closer to, once I’m on the other side of the pond. This is the fourth installment in a six-part series that spans nearly 12 hours in length (please find the earlier sections on Roel’s page, linked below), and I’m honored to partake in this journey, as it fits neatly into my own virtual and physical, transatlantic, commute. See you on the other side!

Tracklisting
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01-Yuop-Autechre-Oversteps
02-Into the Nebulae - Intro -Martin Nonstatic-Nebulae Live at the Planetarium 
03-Snow Melt (Reprise)-Overcast Sound-Reflections
04-Where We Began-Tilman Robinson-Deer Heart
05-Lichen-Wil Bolton-Lichen
06-Reality Tunnel-Mind Over MIDI-Soft Science
07-Monument Builders-loscil-Monument Builders
08-Transitions-Omrr-Din
09-Le Silence Qui S'Installe-Sonmi451-Hummingbird
10-Aside-Ocoeur-Reversed
11-Left Standing-Spheruleus-Obsolarium
12-Oh My Ears And Whiskers-Sonmi451-Alice
13-A Completely Disingenuous Comparison-Florian von Ameln-Rvvr
14-Deceiver-loscil-Monument Builders
15-Messy Hearts-Moon Ate The Dark-Moon Ate the Dark
16-Dream Of The Nightmare-Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker-Fantasma Parastasie
17-ontemplation-User_Ambiguous-Whispers Of A Dream
18-Spring Affects Him-John Beltran-Everything At Once
19-Stagger (rework)-The Sight Below-Reworks
20-Sagan -Purl-Sagan
21-A Very Late Ceremony (2004)-Kettel-Unreleased 2002-2012
22-Empty Hallways-ASC-Near Death OST
23-Two Worlds-Western Skies Motel-Settlers
24-Vanished-Erik K Skodvin-Flare
25-Two Feel Studies-José Silva-Modulated Tones No.1: Music For Framed Works
26-Reprisal-Rafael Anton Irisarri-A Fragile Geography
27-Noir Dane-Funckarma-Psar Dymog
28-XIV-Benoît Pioulard-Stanza III
29-Bonus {2} "In a room"-Dedekind Cut-$uccessor (ded004)
30-We get along-Lambert-Excess

Roel Funcken - Isotope Cobalt (Part 4)

We were first introduced to Muscut via the intriguing Waltz 7" that our good friend House of Traps was stocking in his temporary record shop The Living Mountain. Operating out of the former Eastern Bloc, Muscut is a label with it's own unique identity and sound. We became fans right away. Fast forward a couple of years and thanks to our mutual friend Daniel Hallstrom (who happened to be spending a summer in Kiev), we eventually met up and got to play some records together. Big thanks to both the Dmytro's for recording this mix for us and all the best for 2018! Look out for a forthcoming archival compilation that Nikolaienko is working on. Wild, experimental electronic music from the former USSR taking in animation soundtracks, library works and more....

Forecast 023: Nikolaienko & Prutkin (Muscut)

We live in a world of transmissions. In a flurry and fluster they shimmer across an ethereal plane, filling our modern world to the brim with information. Our next guest, Antenes, specializes in taking these transmissions to a new dimension with her unorthodox methods of musical composition. Utilizing vintage telephone equipment, she shapes and molds sound as if she were a sculptor. Her work on L.I.E.S., and more recently Silent Season, has been met with a resounding praise and for good reason. Antenes is the ethos of the unknown, the sound that became lost between the cracks. With her skills as a DJ parallel to her music, it was only natural that we ask her to transmit something special for UNRUSH. Enjoy!

Thanks a lot https://soundcloud.com/antenes

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesantenes
Hand built synthesizer: http://meridian7.net/
Homepage: http://antenes.net/
RA feature: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2856

Cover artwork by Joop Schroen
Cover picture by Harald Solberg

Tracklist:

1.Antenes - Telecom Recordings, synthesizer >>> [continuous]
2.Monolake - Gobi - Imbalance Computermusic >>> [continuous]     
3.BLNDR - Temples And Mothership - Natch Elements
4.Earthen Sea - The Time Past - Silent Season
5.Raica - Drone - Further Records
6.SETI - First Fragment - Instinct Ambient
7.MIIA - Search In Destruction - Unreleased
8.Binsy (Miriam Bordoni) – Alti Forni - Cabiria
9.Evan Caminiti - Acid Shadow I - Dust Editions
10.Byron Westbrook - Precipice - Root Strata
11.Jo Johnson - Weaving - Further Records
12.Dan Joseph - Digital Ephemera - Dendroica Music
13.Lea Bertucci - Sustain And Dissolve - NNA Tapes
14.Sky H1 - Huit - PAN
15.Antenes - Chicago, Metra Train, 1000x [version] - Silent Season
16.Last Faith Studio- For Faith (Feat. Sebastian Mullaert) - Last Faith Studio
17.Abul Mogard - Trembling With Tenderness - Houndstooth
18.Antenes – Dream Uncreates Abstracted / Live Excerpts @ Issue Project Room
19.Lawrence English - Negative Drone - Cruel Optimism
20.Richard Lainhart - Mist - The Deep Blue of Twilight [release]
21.Internazionale - Protection Glass (Love Is The Cure) - Posh Isolation

Unrush 027

027 - Unrushed by Antenes

More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix77

For his isolatedmix, Markus has brought the same respect for beautiful instrumentation and a similar ability to capture the imagination we've seen across his modest discography. Featuring true masters of their craft, Markus blends the likes of Nils Frahm, Otto A Totland, Ben Lukas Boysen and even Harold Budd into one beautiful enchanting journey.

Tracklist:
00:00 Nils Petter Molvaer - Sober | Thirsty Ear Records 
03:20 Aukai - Snow (Abul Mogard Rework) | Self Release/Aukai Music 
07:04 Martyn Heyne - Afar | K7! 
10:34 Nils Frahm, Anne Müller - On Our Roof | Erased Tapes 
15:35 Hecq (Ben Lukas Boysen) - Nescient | Hymen Records  
17:52 Dmitry Evgrafov - Wandering | 130701  
21:02 Snow Palms - Circling | Village Green 
24:47 Walter Fähndrich - Viola II | ECM 
30:04 Sven Helbig - Meernacht | Neue Meister  
35:09 Harold Budd - Wanderer | All Saints Records 
39:14 Mogwai - Dust Bowl | Lakeshore Records 
41:53 Penguin Cafe - Half Certainty | Erased Tapes  
44:17 Aukai - Colorado | Self Release/Aukai Music 
47:40 William Ryan Fritch - By the Letter | Lost Tribe Sound
48:34 Michael Price - Budapest | Erased Tapes 
52:18 Gustavo Santaolalla - Requiem | Sony Masterworks
54:08 Otto A Totland - The Lost | Sonic Pieces
57:20 Balmorhea - Dream of Thaw | Western Vinyl 
1:02:09 William Ryan Fritch - Glass Slowly Shifts | Lost Tribe Sound
1:03:17 Anne Müller - Silbersee | Nonostar Records 
1:05:38 Alex Nickmann - Day Dreaming | Self Released

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Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter I.
PHASE I of II by Grant Aaron. All vinyl ambient set.

Mysteries of the Deep I - GRANT AARON | PHASE1

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter II.
Phase II of II by Grant Aaron. All vinyl ambient set.

Mysteries of the Deep II - GRANT AARON | PHASE2

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter III. Atmosphere by Grant Aaron.

Mysteries of the Deep III - GRANT AARON | ATMOSPHERE

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter XCII. The Sun's Rotation by Steve Duncan. 
Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

Tracklist:
1. Field Recording, Berlin
2. K. Leimer - In The Passing Distance
3. Djrum - Unblocked 
4. Dynamo Dreesen & Porn Sword Tobacco - Wormhole 
5. Pablo's Eye - I Have No Other Compass 
6. Abul Mogard - Where Not Even 
7. Ryo Murakami - Doom 
8. Saåad - Opaque Mirror 
9. Mika Vainio - Heijastuva 
10. Lee Gamble - You Hedonic 
11. Valentino Mora - Wavellite 
12. Keadz - Maître (x Visagio & ida)
13. Biosphere - Two Ocean Plateau 
14. Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson - Orchid Sedation 
15. Main - II 
16. Grand River - Ecouri
17. Laraaji - Sun Gong No. 2 
18. Billow Observatory - Nulstil 
19. Toshimaru Nakamura - NIMB 53 
20. Ryuichi Sakamoto - ff 
21. Dreyma - Underwater Trees 
22. Lussuria - Serpentine Labyrinth 
23. Paul Jebanasam - Rites III 
24. Varuna - Second Orifice 
25. 0N4B - dotdotdotThree 
26. Samuel Regan - Sweetness & Light 
27. Lawrence English - The Quietest Shore 
28. Ligovskoï - G.Y. 
29. Q3A - The Very End of You 
30. DJ Richard - Dissolving World 
31. Field Recording, Helsinki

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Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter XCII

Mysteries Of The Deep XCII - STEVE DUNCAN | THE SUN'S ROTATION

Mysteries Of The Deep Podcast, Chapter IV. Amorphous by Eric C Holmes.

Eric grew up in southwest Florida in a very musical Baptist family. At an early age he discovered skateboarding, and this became his foundation and community for music, art and fashion. One thing led to another, and after playing various instruments in different bands in his early 20's he found himself tending bar at a club in London. It was there that he discovered contemporaries that allowed him to expand his ideas of music from acoustic to electronic.

Now in Brooklyn, he feels like he his surrounded by more talented people than ever before. He and his high-school buddy John Petro play together in a electronic-based project called Mariner.  He is inspired by people, ideas and endeavors that traverse the spectrum - those that cross through genre and subvert expectation.

Mysteries Of The Deep IV - ERIC C HOLMES | AMORPHOUS

For our 101st session we have a mix from dub techno specialist and one of our favourite selectors at the moment, Solace. 

Photo-credit: Luqman Davids

TRACKLIST:
01 Ayqix - 'Awkish' (Maurizio Miceli Deep Mix) 
02 Volunteer - 'My Emptiness' 
03 Overcast Sound - 'Proceed To The Exits' 
04 Twin Peetz - 'Alternation' 
05 Martin Schulte - 'Diving' 
06 Advanced Dreams - 'Walking Under Water' 
07 Slownoise - 'Dub Pipe' 
08 Lars Leonhard - 'Supernova' 
09 Philip Laoss - 'Thinking Distance' 
10 Subset - 'Sky Water' 
11 El Choop - 'A Jaded City' (Heavenchord Reshape) 
12 Domestic Science - 'The Signal' (BDTom Remix)

Links:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/solace-mixes
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/solace-mixes/

Intrinsic Audio Sessions [IAS] #101 - Solace

Submersion & mon0 ~ Unison // Einklang [SSV14]

A1. Beginning of the End
A2. The Vault
B1. Passage of Silence *
B2. Substrate
C1. Motion of Stillness
C2. Current
D1. Prism
D2. End of the Beginning

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Silent Season have carried the music of Submersion and Mon0 independently before, but now the dub techno producers have teamed up to take their sound onto new plains of exploration. The sound palette is consistent with both their music and that of the label, but the familiar dancefloor tropes have been jettisoned in favour of a more meditative end result, leading in with the achingly beautiful tundra excursion of "Beginning Of The End". From there the album drifts with glacial motion through a range of finely crafted soundscapes, wielding a world of rumbling, harmonious noise in the middle distance without ever losing that seductive dub techno ambience.

@submersion
@mon0

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2x12" black 180 gram vinyl 

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/submersion-mon0-unison-einklang/707729-01/

Digital at Bandcamp

https://shop.silentseason.com/album/unison-einklang

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Written and produced by Submersion and mon0 (USA/Germany)
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum (UK)
Illustrations by Linn Setane (NOR)
Vinyl distributed by Juno Records (UK) 
Silent Season [SSV14] 2018 (CAN)

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www.silentseason.com

Unison // Einklang

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Submersion & mon0 ~ Passage of Silence [SSV14]

Mysteries Of The Deep Podcast, Chapter V. Cold Is The Void by Eric Cloutier.

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Mysteries Of The Deep V - ERIC CLOUTIER | COLD IS THE VOID

Nous’klaer Radio #22! We've been big fans of the @PatternsofPerception platform Steve co-runs.  Anyone following his impeccably curated series of podcasts knows he has a fine ear for the deeper, experimental side of techno. Tune in for a 73 minute trip by @Steve-Duncan.

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Click here for the interview with Steve Duncan melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/steve-duncan

Step inside the mind of @patternsofperception's @steve-duncan with the Australian DJ and long time Berlin-based tastemaker treating us to a soothing fusion of chillout techno meditations spun at 33rpm. Now settling into a new life in Helsinki while navigating the pandemic, we chat about where he got his start back in Canberra and Sydney around the turn of the century, and how it lead him to Berlin to start the wonderfully curated Patterns of Perception series alongside five friends in 2016.

www.melbournedeepcast.net

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MDC.249 Steve Duncan

patterns of perception | moiré in motion | 116mins | 89 - 115bpm
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Formed in Berlin in 2016 by six friends, Patterns of Perception is dedicated to cultivating compelling, visionary electronic music through their residencies at OHM Berlin and ://about.blank, in parallel with their long-running and influential mix series and zine.

This mix is a collaborative effort, with track selections from all six members of the crew: Kim Bergstrand, Bianca Shu, Steve Duncan, Zilke Grogan, Ray Pham, and Andreas Maan. Among the wide variety of artists represented, a couple of friends and collaborators can be heard: Aleksi Perälä and natural/electronic.system, however the majority of the music is drawn from other times and places. In putting the jigsaw puzzle together as a mix, Andreas Maan tried to allow the selections themselves to guide the way, and the result is a meandering journey: a subtle, glimmering collage punctuated by rising and then dissipating tensional layers.
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Harold Budd - Jane 14
Stars of the Lid - Swellsong
Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1407020
Autechre - Bronchusevenmx
Kato De Vidts - The Watcher
Synkro - Knowledge
nthng - A Soul's Search
Reinis Ramans - Luminosity
Diane Barbé - Something for the Mountains
Micus - Violetta
Marylin Mazur - Pathway
Si Matthews - Radial Velocity
Steevio - Hiraeth
natural/electronic.system - Cerbero
Steven Rutter - Neuro Fracture
Anthony Linell - The Levels of Existential Space
Dream Carpets - Melon City
Mick Chillage - Hypersleep
Sonmi451 - Probe
jjjacob - Entering Autumn
Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix)

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Mysteries of the Deep is a New York-based record label, podcast, and event series — focused on ambient & experimental music in various forms. Mysteries — as fans lovingly call it — is concerned with exploration of unknown realms, and its focus, in addition to showcasing a dynamic spectrum of electronic music from foremost artists in the field, is to thoughtfully engage its audience. 

Conceptualized in 2011, Mysteries began as a podcast series that, now in its eleventh year, has hosted an array of mixes and original works. The project has since evolved, expanding into a curated global event series and record label.