The Light That Flickers in the Mirror

The Light That Flickers In The Mirror

GET IT HERE:
`CANDIDASA´ DIGITAL: https://pampa.lnk.to/candidasa
`WESPENNEST´ DIGITAL: https://pampa.lnk.to/wespennest
12" Vinyl Wespennest/Candidasa EP: https://album.link/WespennestEP

DJ Koze unveils a spiritual and surprising journey into rapturous spheres with `Wespennest EP´. The visionary artist and master of electronic sound, presents his first own release after 2018's global club hit `Pick Up´.

`Candidasa´ and `Wespennest´ are the result of DJ Kozes inspiring stay in a secluded Benedictine monastery on the enchanting island of Sulawesi. Amidst this idyllic setting, he found the perfect environment to unleash his musical vision. He composed all of the music of `Candidasa´ while lying on his stomach, in an act of deepest devotion and self-reflection. In doing so, he fed exclusively on so-called heroin kebabs to immerse himself in a trance-like state of creative flow. The result is a soundscape of unimagined depth and beauty that enchants the senses and transports listeners to another dimension by massively increasing the frequency of flicker fusion.

On `Wespennest´ the wonderful Sophia Kennedy takes the stage and breathes a new dimension into the music with her impactful lyrics and vocals. With generous dedication, Sophia has provided exclusive excerpts of her yet unreleased songs, giving this track a radiant psychedelic power. The combination of DJ Kozes musical genius and Sophia Kennedy's glorious vocals creates a club track full of wonderment, opening up a mystical rapturous world for listeners. Already an instant classic of German dance music. 

With `Candidasa´ and `Wespennest´ DJ Koze has once again pushed the boundaries of electronic sounds and created a spiritual journey that touches the soul and frees the mind. This EP is the first harbinger of his highly anticipated new album, which will be released in 2024. The time until the release can be wonderfully bridged with the magical album `Hit Parade´, which DJ Koze has produced for the British legend Róisín Murphy and on which we can be carried away into the world of musical brilliance.

RELEASE DATES
Digital `Wespennest EP´: 13th July 2023  
Digital `Candidasa´: 27th July 2023  
12” Vinyl: 28th July 2023  

12” Vinyl - Distributed by WordandSound  
Digital Release - Distributed by Zebralution

Original Tracks written and produced by Stefan Kozalla / Published by Kosikos Publishing
Vocals and lyrics on `Wespennest´ by Sophia Kennedy

Wespennest EP

LISTEN/STREAM/BUY

DJ Koze - Candidasa (PAMPA040) Snippet

Read an interview with the artist here: http://www.nofearofpop.net/blog/interview-hama

Hama “Tarhanam Remix (Fruityloops version)” (exclusive)

Kahn & Neek - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

* Daughter Produkt - Direction Asymmetry 
* Prince Far I - Negusa Nagast
* The Specials - Stereotype Pt. 2
* Snowy Red - Movin’ In Twilight
* Toasty - Metal
* Kraftwerk - It’s More Fun To Compute
* Simian Mobile Disco & Roman Flügel - Hachinoko
* Malibu - Held
* Alec Empire - Addicted To You (Raw Mix)
* Nitzer Ebb - Shame (Mix 2)
* Kinlaw - cry lvl5
* Kahn & Neek - Shimmer
* Lamont feat. Grim Sickers - Racks
* SelfEvident - Flicker
* Jamakabi - Hot It Up (O$VMV$M remix)
* Killing Sound feat. Chester Giles - Pass This On
* Impey - Inner
* O$VMV$M - By Ca
* Unovidual - Like I Am Comme Je Suis
* Tapes & Diggory Kendrick - Pipe Cleaner
* Jane Bee - Careless Lover
* Prince Jammy - 32 Bit Chip
* Tippa Irie - Dreaming Of A Brand New England
* Bush Chemists - Digi Dub 3
* O$VMV$M feat. Rider Shafique - Lion
* Equiknoxx - Porridge Should Be Brown Not Green
* Ward 21 - OG Kush
* Muslimgauze - Desent With Selim Ahmad
* Farah - Into Eternity
* Asala Yousef - Mawal 'Taali'
* Miss Red - Deep Space
* Ward 21 - Bada Bada
* Ishan Sound & Neek feat. Bogues & ManonMars - Burning Paper
* O$VMV$M feat. Lemzly Dale - 40
* Epoch feat. Rider Shafique - Listen This
* Soft Moon - Black
* Muslimgauze - Bismillah
* Gantz feat. DEDW8 - Shivy
* Commodo - Untitled
* Tricky - Overcome (Rough Monitor Mix)
* Epoch - Dust (Artillery Mix)
* Andy Stott - Violence
* Boofy - Blank Canvas
* Mala - Pop Pop Epic
* Deadbeat & Paul St. Hilaire - Hold On Strong
* Tuff Scout All Stars - Up Mill Lane
* Trends & Boylan - Untouchable
* Boofy - Steel Toe Cap
* Armour - War Talk
* Muttley - Yam Yam
* Samba - Malignant (Bukez Finezt remix)
* Kahn - Fierce (Commodo remix)
* Gantz - Normal Girls
* O$VMV$M - Rain (Epoch remix)
* Kahn & Neek - 16mm
* TMSV - Bazooka
* Gemmy - Bamboozled 
* Karma - Smear Dub VIP
* Hi5Ghost - No Sleep
* Trends & Boylan - Norman Bates (Kahn remix)
* Drae Da Skimask - Geeked Up
* Jabu - Bones
* O$VMV$M - Hmmm

Kahn & Neek - Essential Mix (originally aired on BBC Radio 1, April 2017)

https://soundcloud.com/m-e-s-h - Hart... Aber Fair!

M.E.S.H. - Undine
M.E.S.H. - Antechamber
M.E.S.H. - Dzonot
M.E.S.H. - 10 Alarm
M.E.S.H. - Rüstung
M.E.S.H. - Verletzte
M.E.S.H. - Complicit

Cover by M.E.S.H.

M.E.S.H. - Hart... Aber Fair! (JANUS008)

2019 was a tremendous year for all things amen breaks and sub bass, with the genre being as innovative as ever. Here's a selection of 20 tracks that ruled my DJ sets, one for all the rude girls and rude boys inna rave!

1. Heartbeats - Soundbwoy Killah
2. Haunted Dub (DMC Josimar’s Ruffneck Version) - Dead Man’s Chest 
3. Lost Hope - Slacker
4. 2A2 - Hoover1
5. Blankness - Blue Matter
6. Impact Proxy - Artilect
8. Leviathan - Special Request
9. Uprated Night Zone - Hamilton Scalpel
10. Dolorous Dick’ead - dgoHn
11. Double Dip  - Refreshers
12. Riddem Track - Sum
13. Run - Sully
14. The Good Old Days Are Tomorrow - AQXDM
15. OpxThermin - Cucumb45
16. Fast Fade - Stenz
17. Shimazu Clan - Acid_Lab
18. Hard Rave Aesthetic  - Thugwidow
19. B.C.2 - Martyn
20. Wish We Didn’t  - Coco Bryce

Opium Hum - Best Of Jungle 2019 Mix

INSS research associate Adi Kantor and Dr. Henning Lahmann, senior researcher at the Digital Society Institute at the ESMT Berlin, analyze how Germany, the leading member of the European Union, is coping with the current coronavirus crisis. How has the pandemic affected Germany’s economy and health system? How is Germany balancing the need to maintain public health while protecting individual rights to privacy, freedom of speech, and movement? How can one explain the relatively low mortality rate in Germany? What will the social and political implications of the crisis be – are anti-migrant and extreme political views in the German discourse expected to rise? These and related issues are addressed here.

The Corona Crisis: A Look from Germany

Camden Arts Centre, Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Ignota Books present a new series of sonic fictions inspired by "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" by Ursula K. Le Guin, reimagining the mix as a container, medicine bundle & chronometer telling the time on another world. 

100% unreleased material from myself, friends and artists I admire, in the form of sketches, drafts, field recordings and archival sounds. Featuring (in order of first appearance) DJ Python, Lyra Pramuk, Jenna Sutela, Steph Kretowicz, Ariel Zetina, Bendik Giske, Mari Matsutoya, Parris, Hanne Lippard, James Ginzburg, Mark Leckey, Steven Warwick, Claire Tolan, Oliver Coates, Kevin Beasley, 1995 Epilepsy, Laurel Halo, Eli Keszler, Yair Elazar Glotman, Julia Holter, Colin Self, Coby Sey, JAB, Shanti Celeste, Reece Cox, Yu Su, Lucrecia Dalt & Regina de Miguel, Lafawndah, Michael Salu, Jessica Pratt, Hodge and Alex Arthur.

Sections of a spoken word suite which appear in this mix will be available on an EP releasing soon called ‘World Without Heroes’.  



camdenartcentre.org
hkw.de
ignotabooks.org

artwork by Lee Bul

Public Knowledge: Carrier Bag of Music

kohwi - morning, the scripture the scroll

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