A mix series, presented by Neonlichter. 
Sounds, with no regard to age or style. 
Some of the guests may not even be producers or DJs.

Days Of Steam

Returning from hibernation with uncompromising and enveloping sonics from København's @silvertank / I keep telling myself I should write some sort of essay about the notions of queer ambience / sound sonics (the relationships + significations they have with each other), and then I hear a whirlwind of a mix like this that says more than an essay ever will.

"Inspired by the phrase you hear in the beginning of the mix from the late Vito Russo, a theme of disruption runs through the mix, from the blending, to the changes in sound, vibe, and tempo"

Kara-Lis Coverdale - Fantas Morbida [Editions Mego, 2021]
Vito Russo - Disrupt Their Lives [Anthology, 2023]
Claire Rousay - Discrete (The Market) [American Dreams, 2021]
Dustin Wong - Yves Tanguy [The Jewel Garden, 2021]
Burial - Rival Dealer (Jon Hopkins Edit) [Unreleased, 2015]
Boards Of Canada - Kid For Today [Warp, 2000]
ABADIR - II [Genot Centre, 2021]
aya - i know tsundoku (lxc x odeko) [Self-released, 2019]
Sekelembele - Simbisa [Nyege Nyege Tapes, 2020]
Slikback - Waxfigure [Self-released, 2020]
Adolescent Behaviours - Rubberband [A Colourful Storm, 2021]
Coil - Something [Chalice, 2000]
Frog Of Earth - Salamander Dub [wherethetimegoes, 2021]
Jago Nwaternbe - What's My Combo [GORGE.IN, 2022]
Michael J Blood & Rat Heart - Woaaah Mumsie!!! [Bodytronixxx, 2022]
Zedgar Infiniti x Maya Songbird - Blame Game (Queen Of Hell x Ghost Remix) [New World Dysorder, 2020]
Clippng - Black Up (Dave Quam Remix) [Sub Pop, 2021]
Boc Scadet - Sel Alterat [Clickclickdrone, 2004]
Autechre - Drane [Warp, 1999]
Flare - Turbinates [Sublime, 1996]
Caterina Barbieri & Lyra Pramuk - Knot Of Spirit [light-years, 2022]

Days Of Steam Podcast

Days Of Steam 006: Silver Tank

Slow-fast-slow / fast-slow-fast rhythms from @techniquenado's first time back in the studio in a few months. When I heard it, it sounded like I was watching Koyaanisqatsi backwards on half speed, if that explains anything. No tracklisting for this one - spotters, do your thing.

"This mix is inspired by unbearable, heavy heat - the one you can’t escape // Ce mixe est inspiré par la chaleur insoutenable et lourde - celle dont on ne peut se sauver."

Days Of Steam 009: Technique Nado

Friend / bandmate / composer / Tehrantologist @mahmoodschricker (@linkmusiclab, Toronto) presents an hour of deep jazz cuts, postmodern classical, his recent soundtrack work for "Fremont", and other musics of the Persian diaspora.

VHM Projekt - The Second One (In Four Movements) [Self-released, 2016]
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - Der Heimatlose Wanderer [Unknown, 1963]
Alice Coltrane / Pharoah Sanders / Joe Henderson - Ptah, The El-Daoud [Impulse, 1970]
nour - Never Saw Me Smile [Self-released, 2022]
Shaho Andalibi / Aria Rostami / Naghmeh Farahmand - Beshno Az Nay [Link Music Lab, 2020]
Mahmood Schricker - Globe Scene [Fremont, 2023]
Alireza Mortazavi & Carson Teal - Underground Flights [Link Music Lab, 2023]
Soft Verdict - Gorf [Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1982]
Lera Lynn - My Least Favourite Life [Harvest, 2015]
Negar Bouban - The Last Turn [Self-released, 2011]
Elsa Maurus - Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen [Sony Classical, 1996]
Laurie Anderson - Washington Street [Nonesuch, 2001]

Days Of Steam 010: Mahmood Schricker

Better late than never. Uploading all of my Noods shows from throughout 2023 because I'm probably one of the only people who's listened to them :) ...

My favourite kitsch, beautiful and weird finds in the realms of ambient, experimental, folk, soft rock, chanson & the rest.

Image credit: markos zouridakis for Blank Canvas - Ten Tales of Ordinary Madness

Melodic Odds on Noods Radio (April 2023)

Intense introspections from beau mensch of many hats Simon St-Louis (Système (Loose Screws x Air Supply) x Moab x Necklace) - restrained guitars and drum machines crawl inexorably along the Bowery, plaintive abstractions for the soul, suffocating Southern ambience, inverted psychedelia, staring at the horizon a la récherche du temps perdu

Jackie-O Motherfucker - The Cage [2000, Ecstatic Peace!]
Troth - Kind Of Cure [2021, Digital Regress]
Hysterical Love Project - Glass (I Want More) [2021, Self-released]
Joanne Robertson & Sidsel Meineche Hansen - Doll [2021, Tenderbook]
Megabasse - Dark [2023, All Night Flight]
Ben Bondy - Pool [2023, Good Morning Tapes]
Niecy Blues - The Nite B4 [2023, Kranky]
Rat Heart Ensemble - Liar’s Eye [2023, Shotta Tapes]
A Bad Diana - Chant d’Amour/Da Mort [2007, United Jnana]
Unknown Artist - Unknown Track [Unknown Year]
Mark Fry - Rehtorb Ym No Hcram [1972, IT Records]
Hizumi Hirakawa - 太陽の彼方* (Movin’) [2021, Pink Layke]
 * taiyō no kanata (au-delà du soleil)

Days Of Steam 011: Faux Sommets

Kenjiro is Ben Saginaw, Co-Founder of record label Portage Garage Sounds and artist collective Hamtramck Ceramck. Based in Detroit, Michigan. He also plays bass in Ritual Howls and is a resident of Monday Is The New Monday (MITNM) at Motor City Wine.

Rare Occasion w. Pablo R. Ruiz guest Kenjiro [12.02.2024]

First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-jack-rollo/episodes/early-bird-show-jack-rollo-1st-march-2024

The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo 010324

full broadcast

http://m50.net/playlists/2024.03.08.html

@lekande...
no setlist

@m50... (1h 1m)
The Humble Bee : The Same Fall : An Opposite Fall : VAKNAR
Agents Of The Culture Industry : CD MX FNLX : The Long Road South : Logic of the Signifier
Agents Of The Culture Industry : North Circular : FNLX : The Long Road South : Logic of the Signifier
The Humble Bee : I am sorry I trespassed in your heart : Daymark : Dauw
Elif Yalvac : Quaoar : Vection : Eliane Tapes
Thomas Fehlmann : Feuchter Kubismus : Umdrehen : Edition DUR
Sense : Alone : Inside : Sense
Salamanda : Offertorio : Sphere : Métron
Roméo Poirier : Impression couleurs : Living Room : Faitiche
Terre Thaemlitz : Tranqulizer : Tranqulizer : Comatonse
Elif Yalvac : Harmonicity : Vection : Eliane Tapes
Fabio Keiner : Meditation IV : Nowhere Lands : tonAtom
Elif Yalvac : Theia : Vection : Eliane Tapes
Elif Yalvac : Vection : Vection : Eliane Tapes
Terre Thaemlitz : A City on Springs : Tranqulizer : Comatonse
Vertical Cat : The Gecko Pt 1
Thomas Fehlmann : Gehuepft : Umdrehen : Edition DUR
Sankt Otten : Angekommen In Der Letzten Reihe : Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol 2 : Compost
Ming : Une Certaine Beaute Urbaine (Ruth and Richard Remix) : Extérieur Remix : Doxa
Terre Thaemlitz : 20min Epoch (The 16 Listenable Minutes Edit) : Tranqulizer : Comatonse
Terre Thaemlitz : Fat Chair : Tranqulizer : Comatonse
Roméo Poirier : Les grandes lignes: Living Room : Faitiche
Olivier Alary & Johannes Malfatti : Are you awake : u,i : 130701

broadcast on @datafruits @sphere_radio wax n cats

Lekande + m50 @ etc 2024.03.08

A "c80 drunken stumble taking the wrong shortcut back to a flat full of odd convos and good mixers" from Rye Wax doyen / one half of @fyichris Nowt (aka Watson). 

post-punk poetry / slovene tape sculptures / synth clouds / sermons / brass reconstructions / house classics / Baltimore club deconstructions / proto-everything / non-euclidian transitions 

John Cooper Clarke - Nothing [1979, Epic]
Keller - Tom Jones Bones [1986, FV Založba]
Patrick Cowley - Mechanical Fantasy Box [2019, Dark Entries]
S/Z - Who Is The Author? [1985, Touch]
Gossiwor - Domestic Saga #2 (All is Lost) [2019, 5 Gate Temple]
Nocturnal Emissions - Bowl Dance [1991, Earthly Delights]
Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen - Spacepops (Donato Dozzy Remix) [2010, Morphine]
K-S.H.E - Hobo Train = 浮浪者 [2006, Comatonse]
Da Posse feat. Martell - Searchin' Hard (Mike Dunn's AC mix) [1989, Dance Mania]
Andreas Gehm - Fucking Face [2017, Solar One Music]
Masters at Work - The Ha Dance (Ken/Lou Mixx) [1991, Cutting Records]
DJ Class - Roldatshit [1995, Hardhead Records]
Marlon D - Dance 2 Da Dub [2007, Strictly Rhythm]
Mr. G - JB's [2010, Bass Culture Records]
KOOLMFL - atonbow (ft. Ken Nordine) [2024, Thinner Groove]
Nick Holder - Erotic Illusions [1994, DNH Records]
Diamond K - Dance Like A Freak [2008, Baltimore Club Classics]
KW Griff - Rock Wid It [1995, Hardhead Records]
Oliver Ho - Heart of Darkness [2005, Meta]
Loefah - Life Dub [2004, Big Apple]

Days Of Steam 012: Nowt

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com



Mimosa w/ Yonca Yildirim, Vikki & Vitaminka @ Kiosk Radio 31.03.2024

A soundtrack for moonscape trespassers taking over greedy mortals. Might think about it with a constellation of club-focused ballads, dubbed-out echoes and timeless treasures.

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by labels, collectives, agencies, venues, clubs, ... worldwide
📡 Connect with the Outsiders, every day, at 9 am or 9 pm CET
🔗 kioskradio.com


Outsiders: Huveshta Rituals w/ Kreshik @ Kiosk Radio 14.04.2024

NCA is a London tape label specialising in experimental, techno and hip-hop, co-run by Brassfoot. Tune in to his monthly NCA Show for exclusives and jams from across the range - techno, house, hip-hop and more... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/brassfoot/episodes/brassfoot-17th-april-2024

The NCA Show w/ Brassfoot 170424

First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-jack-rollo/episodes/early-bird-show-jack-rollo-3rd-may-2024

The Early Bird Show w/ Somewhere Press 030524

I first encounter Stefan though through Casa Del Popolo, the Main’s main den of épatering the bourgeoisie since the 90s, when they booked me for what was only the second Days of Steam night after the first at Rye Wax. The old booth was set up like you were in a chapel, dim as hell for me but enough of a remove from the audience without being too removed. They’re a longtime organizer in Montréal activist circles, the mind of @freecityradio, with a CV too long to summarize here but one that shows genuine belief and investment in the causes he champions. I’d seen them years back before we knew each other, as part of the city’s experimental undercurrents, with releases of introspective piano for Howl Arts alongside local luminaries Sam Shalabi and Peter Burton and mainstays d’la marge like Aural Canyon and Beacon Sound. Tapestries of field recordings and plunderphonics, part of a long tradition of musique actuelle in the city without intentionally trying to be so. The mix he sent over is almost entirely as of writing recent pieces, with compositions (what they all feel like more than ‘pieces’ or ‘tracks’) from Berkeley, Brooklyn, Brazil, Houston, Jaffa, Milan, Montréal - the sound of the uncertainty and rage of the now, but never restoring to despondency, moreso righteousness.

"It is my pleasure to share these tracks with you. On a basic level these tracks were shared mostly by friends in the context of exchanges and ongoing collaborations with folks in cities all over the place, around creating content for Radio AlHara in Palestine and beyond. I love that this mix jumps between vibes and styles. I also included a couple of tracks from recent releases that I worked on. I hope you enjoy the mix. – Stefan."

Notnef Greco - Scooter Riding in Bombay [2024, Sublamental]
Grimório de Abril - A Torre Poligonal do Astrólogo Caldeu [2024, Subliminal K7]
Matteo Uggeri - ...for You Bleeding Goddess [2024, 13 Records]
Totenbaum Träger - Fleur de néon VI [2023, Cuchabata]
Stefan Christoff - Guitar in Griffintown [2024, Cuchabata]
Matteo Uggeri - ...for Daughters and Sons [2024, 13 Records]
Stefan Christoff - Chalga Remixed [2024, Samizdat]
Grimório de Abril - The River Used to be a Signal  [2024, Municipal K7]
Stefan Christoff - In Burgas [2024, Samizdat]
Azraq - Baby Please Don't Go [2021, self-released]
Badawi - A Curse on All Murderers (Extended Dub) (excerpt) [2024, self-released]

Days Of Steam 013: Stefan Christoff

&ampquot;Finally I got the carrot&ampquot; is a collage of music by Luzi Gehrisch.
The collected songs provide a glimpse into a music discovery and archive of music built up over the past years.
&ampquot;Sitting in a park in the grass, I feel like a donkey that enjoys eating the carrot that was dangling in front of its nose.&ampquot;


Outgrow Our Madness w/  Luzi Gehrisch (14/05/24)

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. 
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

La Cucaracha w/ Lou & Clyde Arcalis @ Kiosk Radio 15.05.2024

@n10-as 6 pm every 1st Wednesday of the month
« DAYS OF STEAM » released every now and then
Turntables + textures in Dastgamachine
neonlichter.dj@gmail.com  // NYC + MTL

[formerly known as Bonaventure 2007-2016]

2024
04.28 Sounds Good (Toronto)
04.27 Standard Time (Toronto)
02.17 Heatsync (New Haven)
01.18 Tapestry (Toronto)

2023
12.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
12.14 Système (Montréal)
11.28 The Lot Radio (NYC)
10.19 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.30 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
09.24 The Little Jerry (Toronto)
09.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.15 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal) 
08.10 Sans Soleil (Montréal)
07.14 Revival (Toronto)
06.07 Système (Montréal)
01.19 Sans Soleil (Montréal)

2022
10.25 Système (Montréal)
09.24 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
08.27 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal)
04.29 Bambi's (Toronto)
03.24 Houndstooth (Toronto)
03.16 The Little Jerry (Toronto) 

2021
12.11 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
09.05 The Little Jerry (Toronto)

2020
03.14 Bambi’s (Toronto)

2019
12.09 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
05.27 Giant Steps (London)
05.25 Ransom Note (London) 
05.23 Rye Wax (London)
03.01 El Rey Theater (Los Angeles)
02.28 Mezzanine (San Francisco)
02.23 Neumos (Seattle)
02.22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland)
02.21 Imperial (Vancouver)
02.16 Bottom Lounge (Chicago)
02.15 El Club (Detroit)
02.14 Mod Club (Toronto)
02.13 Théâtre Corona (Montréal)
02.10 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.09 Union Stage (Washington DC)
02.08 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.07 Brighton Music Hall (Boston)

2018
05.12 Brilliant Corners (London)

Days Of Steam 006: Silver Tank

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