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Our 49th SoHaSo podcast is courtesy of Amsterdam-based Anne Korteweg aka https://soundcloud.com/villete. She has been releasing her blissful electronica since 2016, including a very nice addition to our SOMEWHERE IV compilation back in 2020. Korteweg really takes us on a journey on this mix. It starts out puffing, scratching and tingling with the pure joy of ambient textures, before sprinkling bits of dubby electronics and piano motifs on top. Villete demonstrates a keen ear for subtlety, patience and cohesion, weaving tracks together in such a way it feels like they were always meant to be heard in this particular context. All in all, an hour of beautiful meditative music. Thanks Anne!

SoHaSo Podcast Series | Villete

something strange [Live]

A couple of weeks ago, I was very very lucky to be invited to play records before Seu Jorge's Life Aquatic Concert at Paris' concert hall l'Olympia. Here is a recording of the music I played that night.

Opening for Seu Jorge - Olympia Paris - May 31st 2017

will be made available on cassette and digital via the label Vaknar (https://soundcloud.com/vaagner)

Hidden Terraces by Sofie Birch (16/02/20)

Confinement mix for my dear friends @ Public records
please go support them via
https://www.patreon.com/publicrecordsnyc

The gentle years mix  // Public Access 004

Buy: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-iv

Various Artists - SOMEWHERE IV Compilation
+ Cassette

1. Omit Iwik & Dwaalgast - Fucking Oyster 
2. queniv - Hervonden
3. Ranie Ribeiro - Morning Meditations
4. Stijn Sadee - Salpae
5. Love Over Entropy - Discoconnected
6. Kurt Baggaley - Mind Glide
7. Mattheis - t8
8. Machines Of Loving Grace - Sometimes 
9. Villete - Fields
10. Fader From Borneo - Cold Sore Adonis 
11. Kurt Baggaley – Former Self (Nadia Struiwigh Edit) 
12. Vela Uniform - Endure
13. Will Oirson - Minor Figures .1
14. Bas Dobbelaer - Rest
15. Omit Iwik & Dwaalgast - Not Sure Where I Am But It's OK

Something Happening Somewhere  
www.somethinghappeningsomewhere.com/

Artist: Various Artists  
Title: SOMEWHERE IV
Releasedate: 11-12-2020 
   Artwork: Bas Dobbelaer
Distribution: Kompakt

In a time where dancing with others is forbidden, and most clubs in Europe remain closed, we felt it was time to shift gears. The fourth edition of our compilation series SOMEWHERE is best enjoyed lying down.15 tracks that will chill you out, put you at ease and comfort you in this difficult year.

It will not surprise you there is a strong Dutch presence on SOMEWHERE IV. Machine master Mattheis (best known for his stunning work on Nous’ Klaer) showers us with beautiful arpeggio’s that seem to stem straight from his modular. Fader from Borneo (but actually from Rotterdam) takes a much different approach, with long floating chords that move up and down like the surge near the shore after a violent storm. And then there is the sample wizardry by the experienced producer Love Over Entropy, who tackles analogue sounds and lets them run rounds in ever smaller concentric circles. It’s as hypnotic as it is intriguing.

There is something for everyone on SOMEWHERE IV. As long as you’re cool with absent kickdrums or aggressive hi hats. In fact, there is room for a kick. On the wonderful wonky 'Endure', by Utrecht based knob tweaker Vela Uniform. It’s one of the highlights of the album and it reminds us of the heydays of Warp’s Artificial Intelligence Series. Yes, it’s that good.

Another gem is 'Sometimes' by Machines of Loving Grace, an alter ego of the veteran dj & producer Eric de Man. He takes us to a nearly deserted rain forest, where birds and insects seem to go around in slow motion. De Man made this melancholic highlight more than 13 years ago. It clearly stood the test of time.

Ambient music has been around long before Brian Eno gave the genre it’s name. But over the last few years and thanks to a string of strong releases by artists like Huerco S, Kara Lis Coverdale and Kaitlyin Aurelia Smith, the genre is on the rise again. SOMEWHERE IV is the perfect antidote for stressful times and the sorrow of a closed down nightlife.

Villete - Fields (snippet)

hi!
i make music on digitakt what you hear is live from my drum machine

something strange [Live]

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