Some Field recording: Vague Imaginaires, 
Edited talking: : Gaston Bachelard - Causeries sur limagination poétique - Les poèmes de l'air
Spencer Doran - Estelle's House
Deep Nalström – Transmutation
Takehisa Kosugi - マノ・ダルマ '74
Marc Anderson - Della
Leviot - Sharav - Night Hunt
Felix Hess - Fogg Dam
Jon Jones - Transupial
Simone De Kunovich - Addio Mondo Nuovo
Gilbert Cohen & Ariel Kalma - De Luscious
Memotone - Forest Zone
Rudiger Lorenz - sumatra rain
Dazion — I'm Proud Of You
Bjorn Torske; Trym Søvdsnes - Pizzica Tarantata N 026 (Bjorn Torske & Trym Søvdsnes Rework)
Ninos du Brasil - Nu Na Lama
Om - Brother That (Tribal Om Mix)
Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan (Poolside Rework Extended Intro)
Felicity Mangan - Train Travel
Ashra - Oasis (VI mix edit)
吉村弘 - 音の島 (Island Mix)
Domenique Dumont - Merry-Go-Round (VI mix edit)
I:Cube - Kaszio plus 1
Eric_Vann - Algues Marines
Rudiger Lorenz - Sumatra Rain ((VI mix edit)
Los Jaivas - Del Aire Al Aire
Nozomu Matsumoto - Filippo Pacini
December 1705 Buxtehude & J.S. Bach - (VI mix edit)
Felicity Mangan - Stations In Between
Anthony Naples - Strobe
ANIMA - Glad u came
Nubiferous - Manaraga
Masaaki Takano (高野昌昭) - 準備は・・・？
Holy Tongue - Saeta

DJ MIX VAGUE IMAGINAIRES

Benedikt Frey, German producer, DJ and founder of the label Love Pain Sunshine & Rain in charge of number 16 — A true favourite of ours, a real DJ with serious taste and an idiosyncratic way of harmoniously weaving everything together.

DUMMY MIX 016: Benedikt Frey

“A mixtape of unreleased music and a few collaborations with friends which I thought would be a perfect mix for a Monday listen.”

KMRU, also known as Joseph Kamaru, is a sound artist originally from Nairobi and currently based in Berlin. He explores sound to convey various interpretations in his work, drawing from his listening experiences in Nairobi and beyond and grounded in the discourse of field recording, noise, and sound art.

Working under the guidance of Jasmine Guffund at Berlin’s Universität der Künste (better known as UDK), KMRU looked at waveforms and embarked on a process where he would “write scores from the shapes, gradually turning the scores into raw synth sounds.”
 

Kamaru’s ambient-experimental music has taken him to the Barbican, Berlin Atonal, Présences
électronique, and seen releases on Editions Mego, Subtext, Seil Records.

His new LP ‘Dissolution Grip,’ released on his OFNOT imprint, marks a shift in his approach, blending field recordings with synthesized sounds, hinting at his evolving musical direction.

With all that in mind, we thought we’d ask Kamaru to put us together this week’s mixtape for a Monday… let’s get stuck in.

@kamarujoseph

INTERVIEW

KMRU - The Ransom Note 'Monday Is OK' Mixtape

André Pahl crafts sonic odysseys. His eclectic selections conjure pitched down cosmic journeys to distant stars, descents into the depths of the ocean and lush, tropical jungles. Infectious, introspective and cinematic, his sound oscillates between psychedelic trips, experimental disco and voodoo percussions, exploring the slowed-down heartbeat of danceable music.

Originally from Düsseldorf by way of Amsterdam, Mexico City and Berlin, he’s been infused with the musical flavour of each new home base while, at the same time, retaining a palette that’s unmistakably his own. With a vast collection of rarities, including choice folk, kosmische and prog rock, André’s firmly plugged into the world of contemporary electronica.


@andrepahl

LIO Press mix #16 ~ By André Pahl · 'Future Darkness'

We are very pleased to welcome @philipp-otterbach to our RIOCAST series!

Philipp also took some time to answer our questions. About him, his music and future projects --> riolabel.com/riocasts

RIOCAST11 Philipp Otterbach - ..Is A Little Bit Disturbed By The Silence Here

Sanguine Ideas w/ Sanguine - 04.11.23

12th Isle co-founder Fergus Clark runs a monthly session through chaotic record shelves, tascam nightmares, label related tracks and unreleased music from the global sphere.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/fergus-clark/episodes/fergus-clark-21st-november-2023

12th Isle & All Night Flight [Live from Soup] 211123

"Continuing the loose 'isle' theme with a fictional soundtrack to flying over Benbecula at sunrise. Looped & layered voices, scuzzy psych rock concrete, modern downtempo, warped club stuff, field recordings, 90s Futurism, songs about the land & sea, plus a smokers cough for good measure...." - Fergus Clark

@fergus_clark

Fergus Clark - Soon Over Benbecula (Side A)

♾ De Kat Memwa #53 w/ Andrea Ida ♾

Track ID: @ae-ida

Embarking on the new calendar season of De Kat Memwa with a guest I've been eagerly anticipating. There's always been an imaginary roster of creators in my mind that I'd be thrilled to host in the series. Vienna-based artist Andrea Ida has long been on this list, but somehow, due to my own negligence, I couldn't get in touch with her. Finally, I managed to correct this glaring mistake.

I recall stumbling upon Andrea's mixes somewhere around 2019, and I was absolutely mesmerized. Nearly every corner of the sonic internet space was filled with tropical sounds, which we were also cultivating at that time. However, Andrea stood out among music enthusiasts with her love for krautrock, punk, NDW, and other dark arts and matters.

I deeply admire individuals with diverse musical interests who can showcase a wide array of genres in their mixes, while evoking a specific emotion or association. Andrea is precisely one of those musical weavers. Her mixes are comprised of different nodes and intertwinings that form a unified masterpiece.

For me, her works are always about active listening, surprise, inspiration, and most importantly, immersion in sound, transitioning from one state to another, and also about charisma and daily protest against routines. And this unique release, recorded by Andrea specifically for De Kat Memwa, is no exception.

As I was crafting this text, I wanted to encapsulate the impression of listening to the mix in the form of a metaphor. Perhaps it was obvious to write something about an esoteric shamanic ritual.... But not today... 

For me, this mix is akin to riding on Falcor the Luck Dragon from the movie The NeverEnding Story, only you're not a teenager anymore, but an adult!

The mix is, as always, available on De Kat Memwa's SoundCloud, link in the profile description!
 

Postscript: The mix number is 53, and 5+3=8=♾.

Draw your own conclusions, but nothing is accidental in our world of narratives and simulacra!

De Kat Memwa #53 w/ Andrea Ida

There was one person who immediately came to mind when this series came to live, Mark Knekelhuis. So you might understand how happy we are, that when we asked him, he straight away said yes. Mark recently announced that he will quit his DJ-ing, but luckily will keep on sharing his musical vision through his Label 'Knekelhuis', and now for us as well. 
We asked him to open a bottle of Iago's Marina, a rosé from the central Georgian region of Kartli. The wine is made from Chinuri and Tavkveri by the Iago's wive Marina. When we asked him about the wine, this is what Mark had to say.

"With pleasure I drank this full bottle of Marina by Iago. 
The color is some sort of autumnal dark amber, and the first smell reminded me to the smell of morning dew from autumn leaves, after a rainy day. My first taste seemed a bit plummy, slowly evolving into kind of nutty cognac hints and dark chocolate. It reminds me of the woods, temperature changes and a fireplace. The wine feels elegant to me, but also astringent in a good way. I like that contrast.
That was my starting point to go into the deep and contrast. By tracks that evoke some kind of cold and grounded association. While being just as much heart-warming and full of melancholy.
Last year I visited for the first time Tblissi - to play for Mutant Radio (check them out) and Bassiani. I remember I was so impressed by the people, the colors, the architecture and vibrant atmosphere. A country that has been the intersection of many shifting cultures. The Byzantine, Persian & Ottoman empires left their traces, as well the Arabs & Russia. 
And I learned Georgia is the birthplace of wine, and that they still use the tradional way of making wine. By putting the wine in clay pots that get buried in the ground for fermentation.  
I experienced this wine as complex, with many layers, and I love to believe that I taste a bit of Georgia’s complexity. 
I also discovered crazy good music from Georgia (check CES Records) at Vodcast record store. This mix contains a handful of those tracks. Plus, a favorite from Daan and a bit of Knekelhuis of course."

That's it for this time. Thank you Mark, and thank you Marina for making this incredible wine

Fairly Fermented mix. 604 - Mark Knekelhuis / marina

@somewherepress
Somewhere Press is a Glasgow-based record label that embodies the emotive, narrative-led spaces in sound work, uplifting outsider voices and queering notions of experimental music and print. 

This mix explores the discrepant sounds of dream states.
Ethereal choral vocals are entangled with distorted and disturbed voices and a drifting psychedelic ambience is broken apart by rumbling atmospheres of industrial.
As layers break apart, raw and resonant drones float beneath the surface; an opiated, eternal delirium.

Photo credit: Marilena Vlachopoulou

Knekelhuis # 110 - Somewhere Press

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