No surprise that the records are spot on and sequenced with absolute class. Immensely enjoyable from start to finish 

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1. Ilario Alicante - Rouge Dub [Sudden Drop]
2. Reggy Van Oers - TRC02 (Developer Remix 1) [Affin LTD]
3. Michał Wolski – No Mind [Blank Slate]
4. Filip Xavi - WD-4D [Decoder Recordings]
5. Planetary Assault Systems – Undertow [Mote-Evolver]
6. Volster – Overture [Secession Rec.]
7. Punctum - Space Bound [Fides]
8. Yant - Electronic Space Storm [SK_Eleven]
9. AWB - Ecliptic (Antigone x Shlømo Remix) [Taapion Records]
10. Codex Empire – Fortyfive [Sacred Court]
11. Kaiser - Rotational Inertia [KSR]
12. Joel Mull - 4 To 7 Hz [Inside]
13. 80 xx- Creature [Plus 8 Records]

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Means&3rd is the alias of Manchester based Ben Marsden. A Manchester resident since 2007, his musical journey has been nurtured by this buzzing northern England city, including his many years as a promoter, all the way through to today, where he curates the House and Techno sections at the city’s beloved Eastern Bloc Records, the go to for vinyl purists and coffee lovers.

As a DJ, Ben makes regular appearances at Manchester’s White Hotel, Warehouse Project, Soup Kitchen and Eastern Bloc’s club. More recently, he has been honing in on his productions skills, and launched his own imprint ‘Unveiled Nuance’.

Ben has been an On the 5th Day friend for many years and we couldn’t be happier to bring you this beautiful 2hr20 journey crafted just for you, with masses of love.

Thank you Ben.

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/means3rd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMeans3rd
RA: https://ra.co/dj/means3rd

On The 5th Day Podcast #149 - Means&3rd

• Crescent Textures #78 • Latmos

Latmos is a Finnish Techno producer, DJ and live artist, known from his handcrafted and hypnotic tracks. All of his music is made live with hardware only. He first few attention in the Techno community with his strong debut 12” Pool of Intuition EP, released on Samuli Kemppi’s and Frederik Hatsav’s label Blacklabel Distillery. Latmos has released music on labels such as Subosc and Cinus. The music of Latmos has been supported around the globe by well respected DJs like: Oscar Mulero, Patrik Skoog, Dimi Angelis, P.E.A.R.L, Denise Rabe, Magna Pia, Dino Sabatini, Vincent Neumann, Samuli Kemppi and Juho Kusti to name a few.
Latmos is known from his adventurous style as a DJ. He is able to transition effortlessly from a different mood or tempo to another and keep the listeners always on their toes. As a verstile DJ Latmos can adapt into many different venues and occasions, always bringing something fresh and interesting to the table.

▫️ www.soundcloud.com/latmos
▫️ www.instagram.com/latmos_official
▫️ www.facebook.com/latmosofficial
▫️ www.linktr.ee/crescent.london

Tracklist:
- Dycide - Stillness [Different Exhibition]
- How to Levitate - Following Paths [Aarden]
- Luigi Tozzi & Claudio PRC - Lyra I [012]
- Claudio PRC - Utopia [Semantica]
- Dycide - Movement I [Different Exhibition]
- Knay - Visiteur [Circular Limited]
- Nils Edte - Lumin I (Forest On Stasys Remix) [Ordinamento Selettivo]
- Latmos - Labyrinthine Ways [Cinus]
- Alderaan - Upsala [Danza Nativa]
- Desroi - Hanabi [Desroi]
- Knay - A Window To The Mountains (Arnaud Le Texier Remix) [Crescent London]
- Save Your Atoll - Blind Runners [Fur:ther Sessions]
- Giuseppe Falivene - sunSET [Oslated]
- Anders Hellberg - Confidential Force (Moddullar Remix) [Northallsen]
- Blazej Malinowski - At The End [Inner Tension]
- Desroi - Stripped From Light [Desroi]

• Crescent Textures #78 • Latmos

Ben Marsden aka Means&3rd provided Forsvarlig Arkiv with its 113th outing this week. The Manchester-based deejay & producer has been keeping himself busy with music for over two decades by participating in and scheming multifarious activities.

From dancefloor experience all the way to a true professional understanding of what sustains a healthy scene, Ben has been involved in playing, promoting, producing and distributing. The latter comes both in the form of curating for Eastern Bloc Records as well as his label Unveiled Nuance, which is used as a platform for his own productions.

The mix serves as an outlet for Ben’s fine vision on techno by pulling you through broken structures and entrancing beats. A true joy to listen to.

@means3rd

Forsvarlig Podcast Series 113 - Means&3rd

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Born and raised in Holland, he is a well known producer, live-act and Dj with many solid releases on labels such as Non Series, Dynamic Reflection and many more.
His ability to create beautiful and textured techno landscape with elements of glitch, IDM and experimental music, keeps capturing the attention of crowds and fire up dancefloors all around the world! 

We are thrilled to announce our new podcast episode:
immersione cinquantanove_ Stefan Vincent

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Hey beautiful 5th Dayers!

Happy Summer! We hope you’re having a magical time immersing yourself in intimate forest festivals and the like that this gorgeous season gifts us with <3

We're back after a brief hiatus with podcast #156 from Bristol based DJ, producer and Unknown Movements label boss, Other Form.

Recording a special mix just for you, featuring tracks from himself and a whole host of other 5th Day favourites, it’s a deep, hefty, pulsating ride that had us hooked from start to finish. The perfect, energising come back setting the tone for a stronger than ever schedule for the series coming your way during the course of the weeks and months to follow, courtesy of more of our biggest inspirations and loves.

Enjoy the ride <3

Thank you, Other Form!

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/otherform
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otherformuk
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/otherformuk/?hl=en

Tracklist:
Other Form - For Safety [Unknown Movements]
Nils Edte - Cumaru (Laura BCR remix) [Secuencias Temporales]
Other Form + Alternate Current - Exploration V BLUE [Unknown Movements]
Geza - DIA006 [Avian]
Laima Adelaide - Air [Oslated]
Other Form - Oktober: revisit [Unknown Movements]
Polygonia - Division [Fur:ther Sessions]
Anthony Tring - Soaked in Flames [AWRY]
Unbalance - Maya [Overbalance]
Other Form - Mirrorpath (Polygonia Remix) [Unknown Movements]
Other Form - Incantation for Release [Observant]
Planetary Assault Systems - Rip The Cut (The Lady Machine remix) [Mote-Evolver]
Other Form - Oktober: revisit (Justine Perry remix) [Unknown Movements]
Rhythm Assembler - Synapses Workout [Rhythm Theories]
Bøngvr - Adherence [.inphase]
Amotik - Satavan [Amotik]
Other Form - Shaped by Change (Decka remix) [Observant]
Slight Function - Flexible Conscience [Illegal Alien Records]
Kameliia - Inside The Unknown [Unterwegs]
Rhythm Assembler - Fibra [Rhythm Theories]
Suhasya - Shadow [16SELVES]
Other Form - Oktober: revisit (Audio Units + Dotdat remix) [Unknown Movements]
Suhasya - Prison [16SELVES]

On the 5th Day Podcast #156 - Other Form

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Live set recorded at Vurt, Seoul on September 23 2022

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With the autumn season looming we have another prolific artist with us this week. AHIL, Arthur van de Hil, is an artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He uses mostly deep and hypnotic patterns, powered by rolling and heavy kicks. His love for the genre was established after visiting an event in 2014 in his hometown.

Regarding this set, he was mainly inspired by his second visit to the @monument-podcast festival last summer. The sounds present there were mostly organic, hypnotic and rhythmic and of great value for the aforementioned artist. With the usage of 3 decks, AHIL states he is able to amplify the intensity with his layering. This mix is more than suitable for any dancefloor, a place where AHIL likes to spend time and gain inspiration from.

We are happy to feature this rising artist from our homeland and be sure to enjoy his selection.

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Forsvarlig Podcast Series 118 - AHIL

• Crescent Textures #108• Means&3rd

A steady and fulfilling path has been walked by Means&3rd aka Ben Marsden to get him to the creative space he currently occupies.

A Manchester resident since 2007 his musical education has been nurtured by the city and the experiences that have come with it. First beginning with his musical education, shortly followed by many years of promoting events and culminated in securing a spot behind the counter at one of the UK’s finest record stores, Eastern Bloc Records, where he currently curates the House and Techno sections.

A local favourite and regular of Manchester's White Hotel, Warehouse Project, Soup Kitchen, and the close quarters of Eastern Bloc's very own club night his DJ'ing style has matured over the years to convey a more textured, headier but no less driving vision of techno that is always cohesive within its layers and never struggles to provide a boundless dynamic, especially when given the chance to play extended sets where he truly thrives, a keen intuition developed from over 2 decades of DJing.

More recently he has zeroed in on his production skills with 2021 seeing the launch of his own imprint 'Unveiled Nuance' which will serve as a platform for his own productions and a true introduction to his sound as an artist. After years of meticulous analysis of his craft and the invaluable knowledge gained via the record shop, he has truly begun to sculpt his own sonic identity with a sharp attentiveness to detail.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/means3rd
BC: https://means3rd.bandcamp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/means_3rd/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/DJMeans3rd
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• Crescent Textures #108• Means&3rd

Podcast 248 of atomar audio, featuring cutting edge techno artists. This week we present you Means&3rd from Manchester, UK. 

Tracklist:

01. Mu Tate - Ish [Utter]
02. Relic Radiation - Outermost [Annulled]
03. !inertia - Vibrationas [Seis Records]
04. Vanoni - Lawal [Danza Nativa]
05. Daniel[i] - Etrusci [Lowless]
06. Vardae - 12 262 [Cosmic Wave Records]
07. 9 Beats - Primitive Life Forms [Cosmic Wave Records]
08. 785 - Mada Theory [Apotek]
09. BLNDR - Melanocetidae [Scopávik]
10. Shoal - 108 [Oblique Music]
11. Cabasa - Excess (Otik Remix) [Boogie Box Records]
12. Queniv - Unknown Territory [De Lichting]
13. Sindh - ZeroInfinity [Useless Seconds]
14. Xanexx & Scøpe - Leak Away [Scopávik]
15. Agonis - Gamma Ray [Midgar Records]
16. JohannesK - Applied Force (Peryl Remix) [LowEnd Records]
17. Oscar Mulero - Body Of Interest [Semantica Records]
18. Marcel Dettmann - Works (Morphosis 2013 Rework) [Bad Manners]
19. Kon Janson - CUES003 B [Spatial Cues]
20. Esteban Miranda - Mereo [BAHN· Records]
21. Clotur - Apollo 17 [Warok]
22. Endplate - Unreal [Warm Up]
23. Carmelo Ponente - Reversal [Newrhythmic records]
24. NWHR - Schorl [MORD]
25. PWCCA - Decantation [Hardtools records]
26. JohannesK - The Ritual [LowEnd Records]
27. Kamen - Any Colour You Like [.inphase]
28. Nigm - Call To Endeavour [La Forge]
29. Tammo Hesselink - Sourced [Nous'klaer Audio]
30. Vitor Rua - It's Full Of Stars III [Holuzam]
31. Zemog - Derin (Daniel[i] Revisit) [Whispering Signals]
32. Blackbody Radiation - Particle Float [Faitiche]
33. Konduku - Dalgin [Delsin]
34. Dschen - Broken Rings [Secuencias Temporales]
35. Inkscape - Indeciphered II [Ritualism Records]
36. Morpha - Rattle [Indefinite Pitch]
37. Pianeti Sintetici - Satellite [Hypnus Records]
38. Aa Sudd - Pselum [Midgar Records]
39. Cedar - Sferics [re:st]
40. McGregor - Clean Lines [Sure Thing]
41. Zaumna - Sorcières (Feat. YL Hool) [sferic]

Means&3rd
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Polish Techno.logy | Podcast #244 | Means&3rd

Bio:
A steady and fulfilling path has been walked by Means&3rd aka Ben Marsden to get him to the creative space he currently occupies.
A Manchester resident since 2007 his musical education has been nurtured by the city and the experiences that have come with it. First beginning with his musical education, shortly followed by many years of promoting events and culminated in securing a place behind the counter at one of the UK’s finest record stores, Eastern Bloc Records, where he currently curates the House and Techno sections.
A local favourite and regular of Manchester's White Hotel, Warehouse Project, Soup Kitchen, and the close quarters of Eastern Bloc's very own club night his DJ'ing style has matured over the years to convey a more textured, headier but no less driving vision of techno that is always cohesive within its layers and never struggles to provide a boundless dynamic, especially when given the chance to play extended sets where he truly thrives, a keen intuition developed from over 2 decades of DJing.
More recently he has zeroed in on his production skills with 2021 seeing the launch of his own imprint 'Unveiled Nuance' which will serve as a platform for his own productions and a true introduction to his sound as an artist. After years of meticulous analysis of his craft and the invaluable knowledge gained via the record shop, he has truly begun to sculpt his own sonic identity with a sharp attentiveness to detail.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/means3rd https://www.instagram.com/means_3rd/ Bandcamp: https://means3rd.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMeans3rd

Polish Techno.logy | Podcast #244 | Means&3rd

After being an attendee since 2013 this was an insane opportunity for myself and I really hope I did it justice. A beautiful weekend in the welsh countryside surrounded by the most amazing community. The energy in there was felt by all and I think the recording captures it well. Thanks all for coming through, you all made it one that will be etched in my memory forever! 

Room 2, Sunday evening, 9:30-11pm

Means&3rd @ Freerotation 2024

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Artist: NADIR. 

Ep: Dasblut.

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WRD0185 - NADIR - Bettlagering (Original Mix).

He’s just as focussed on musical dynamics; with expansive chords but intimate effects, and how sounds move about in the club as well as in your head. He makes soundscapes rather than tracks, where euphoric moods and thunderous basslines can coexist, and where minute little details capture your mind’s eye while punchy drum work makes an immediate physical impact. He explores the rough and the smooth, the loud and the quiet, the cerebral and the visceral in aquatic and naturalistic worlds where electro, techno, dub and ambient are blurred into one. 

This means that as both a producer and comprehensive live act, the Dutchman can take you from the furthest reaches of outer space to the depths of an oceanic abyss via crackling and frozen tundras. He does so under three aliases—VC-118A, Mohlao, Multicast Dynamics, but all are interconnected and related, with a modular approach to making and performing music meaning that a pumping breakbeat live-set can easily be transformed into an abstract sonic landscape by reducing and modifying elements, playing with textures and reworking structures. 

“I’m always searching for a duality, something that marries dance floor functionality with an end of the world melodrama that gets deep inside your head,” says the artist. “My process is intuitive and unplanned, so I can start with sound design and atmospherics first, or get lost in rhythms.” This understanding of narrative, as well as groove, means that whatever alias he assumes, he can pump out a peak time festival set, twist you inside out with an intimate session in a cosy club or play an experimental soundscape set in more thought provoking settings with his own avant garde visuals. Dancers at cult places like Tresor, Denovali Festival and a Boiler Room showcase in Nijmegen have all experienced this in the recent past. 

Known by electronic music obsessives as one of electro’s shining lights, the last decade has seen van Dijk excel in both EP and LP format. His achingly beautiful melancholic moods and roomy, absorbing grooves are so fully realised that they work well beyond the club context and have come on top labels like Delsin, Frustrated Funk and Silent Season amongst others. They include highlights like the tension between raw machine sounds and ethereal pads that were explored on VC-118A’s underground classic Vaxna; Shift Register, which was made from largely one-take hardware jams with an instinctive and lo-fi finish, and the slow burning techno of Mohlao’s Landforms LP. Of course, his Multicast Dynamics album quadrilogy on Denovali also laid out immersive ambient worlds in truly escapist ways. 

The future will bring more multi-layered interplay between these varied but related projects on both solo and collaborative releases. This exploration of opposing forces will continue in the live arena, too, where van Dijk can arrest your attention with thrilling sets of guttural and gritty techno, take you into the future with his electro or zone you out with cathartic ambient. Whatever he does, dance floor experiences are rarely as immersive and emotional as those crafted by this multifaceted artist.

INVEINS \ Podcast \ 058 \ Mohlao

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Upcoming:
28/02 2025 - Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester 
13/03 - Soundboy @ Eastern Bloc records, Manchester
29/03 2025 - Rhythmwerx @ Imaginarium, Leeds

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24/01 - Lace @ Stage & Radio, Manchester 

2024
07/12 Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
30/11 Tari3x Studio, London
22/11 Motif @ Eiger Studios, Leeds
22/11 Sparkling Water Dreams Presents @ Eastern Bloc records
26/10 Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
28/09 Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
31/08 Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
27/07 Unveiled Nuance @ Eastern Bloc records, Manchester
05/07 Freerotation Festival @ Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye, Wales
29/06 Rhythmwerx @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
08/06 Sparkling Water Dreams Presents @ Eastern Bloc Records
11/05 Unveiled Nuance  @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
29/03 Pseudonym @ Eastern Bloc Records, Manchester
16/03 Unveiled Nuance x Crescent London @ Eastern Bloc, Manchester
03/02 DMF @ the Klondyke, Manchester

A steady and fulfilling path has been trodden by Means&3rd aka Ben Marsden to
bring him to the creative space he currently occupies.

A Manchester resident since 2007 his musical education has been nurtured by
the city and the experiences that have come with it. First beginning with his
musical education, shortly followed by many years of promoting events which
culminated in securing a place behind the counter at one of the UK’s finest record
stores, Eastern Bloc Records, where he currently curates the House and Techno
sections as well as running the events side of the business.  

A local favourite and regular of Manchester's White Hotel, Warehouse Project,
Soup Kitchen, Stage & Radio as well as the close quarters of Eastern Bloc's very 
own club night his DJ'ing style has matured over the years to convey a more textured, 
headier but no less driving vision of techno that is always cohesive within its layers 
and never struggles to provide a boundless dynamic, especially when given the chance
to play extended sets where he truly thrives, a keen intuition developed from over 2
decades of DJing.

In recent years he has launched his own imprint 'Unveiled Nuance' which has served as a platform for his own productions and a true introduction to his own unique sound as well as an umbrella term for his event series 

After years of meticulous analysis of his craft and the invaluable knowledge gained via the record shop, he has truly begun to sculpt his own sonic identity with a sharp attentiveness to detail.

On The 5th Day Podcast #149 - Means&3rd

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