Beautiful Trash (Lanu House Dub Edit)

You are my universe

EXCALIBUR (NO VOX)

23 09 25 sleilek.

Nothing Changes Under The Sun

Golden Touch

At the time I made the painting in 2010, the IRS (Dutch: belastingdienst) had laid claim on all my possessions. Every week or so I had to visit the IRS headquarters here in Zwolle. And when I sat down in the waiting room I always felt anxious, because they might know more than you do and have some bad news up their sleeve (the IRS have massive sleeves..) 

However, I discovered that the right, 'hypnotic' music in my earbuds could act like a rosecolored filter on my mind, changing my perception of any moment. 

Previously when I sat down in the waiting room at the IRS, I focused my mind on feelings of anxiety about my appointment with the IRS agent. But now I put earbuds in and tuned my mind onto weird dub-mixes and psychedelic disco-instrumentals. 

And the music hypnotized me, pulled me along with its melodies and spacey delays, and I started staring at details in the waitingroom; cracks in the ceiling, the moisty grass on my shoes, a tiny bug, scurrying around on the shiny floor. He's probably looking for food, I thought - there's just no room for swordfighting or pilates in the life of a bug... 

Anyway, by the time the IRS agent came to get me, I was in a dreamy state of mind. Dreamy, but awake and alert. And I felt good! I'd found a little oasis in a desert of financial trouble.. 

Now when I think about making music, I often think of those days in that waiting room. And I've realised that above all else, I want to bring hypnotizing and fascinating music into this world, so that you as a listener can turn your afternoon into a dreamy day too.... 
credits

The Oasis

Buy / Stream: https://LateNightTales.lnk.to/needledrop

Session Victim today announce their forthcoming 11-track album titled ‘Needledrop’, with new single ‘Made Me Fly’. The single is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Beth Hirsch, best known for her work with French duo Air on their 1998 album ‘Moon Safari’. The music video was created by animator Mike Scott and tells a computer game love story visually inspired by 80’s and 90’s point and click adventure games.

The German pair of Hauke Freer and Matthias Reiling are no strangers to releasing quality long-format albums and while rising through a discerning community of DJ’s have previously released three consecutive albums on tastemaker label Delusions of Grandeur culminating in 2017’s “Listen To Your Heart”. 

Their latest and fourth studio album set to be released on 'Night Time Stories’, the London based sister label to the coveted ‘LateNightTales’, marks a notable move towards the downtempo dynamic of artists like Nightmares on Wax, DJ Shadow and Portishead. Artists that have all played a strong influence in Session Victim’s variety of output over the last decade. ‘Needledrop’ provides a suite of both uplifting and easy-listening moments, refined and understated individually, yet cohesively crafted with the honest musicianship and inarguable credentials that we know of production duo Session Victim. 

As accomplished producers, Session Victim have been intent on delivering a characteristic body of work for uninterrupted play, and with ‘Needledrop’ they have landed with significant inspiration from the lavishly textured and subtly layered jazz and soul compositions that found their way into late 90’s trip hop. 
Fusing an array of live instrumentation and organic groove through their intuitive sampling sessions, Session Victim’s fourth album succeeds in actively engaging the listener’s mood and intellect in equal measure.

Session Victim with Beth Hirsch - Made Me Fly - snippet

"Husbands" is now available via Microphone Recordings:

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/husbands-ep/id643217230

http://wearehusbands.bandcamp.com

Let Me Down (Don't)

Godsdog

Night Time Stories is the sister label of Late Night Tales for original artist releases. The label hosts a family of artists connected by a common thread of authenticity. Releases have featured the likes of Khruangbin, Garden City Movement, Sasha’s ‘Scene Delete’, Rae & Christian and Chaouche.