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Observatory by Sungate on OpenLab

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Tune in for this week's episode of Observatory by https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records. This time they are joined by Metrolux Music label founder and avid record collector Kosta Athanassiadis a.k.a XDB (https://soundcloud.com/xdb) 
The mix was done in one take straight away without preselection, picking records out of the shelves. It’s downbeat, slower than his usual mixes and more of a listening than a dancing experience. https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic continues during the second hour of the show with a mix full of breaks, dreamy pads and hipnotic atmospheres.

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Observatory 014 - Sungate [with XDB & Hakk]

Head of the E2-E8 record label and radio show Luca joins us for the 24th edition of the Off The Record Mix Series. Full feature with interview and tracklist coming soon. Check back!

Off The Record Mix Series 24: Luca (E2-E8 Records)

Radio 80000 x Blitz Take Over —  Molly [11.09.21]

Welcome Sean La’Brooy to the BSRMIX!

So happy to have our dear friend Sean La’Brooy offer us this soothing mix out of the blue from his new home in New York. The co-founder of Analogue Attic Recordings (with Alex Albrecht) has long been pleasing our ears with a unique blend of improvisational jazz inspired ambient recordings and live sessions. All that and more can be heard in this one hour beauty, and if you're not satisfied there check out his brand new album ‘Out Moving Windows’ on Analogue Attic. Enjoy!

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BSRMIX #116 - Sean La'Brooy

FLAC Download Available ::: Tracklist www.eric-cloutier.com/episodes/09-panacea
"Materialize" by Tilman Zitzmann : www.geometrydaily.com

Legendary sessions happen without planning or precognition. They almost always are the after-hours or transitional shifts when audiences are at their loosest, bordering on heading home and calling it quits. Keeping them engaged and really turning their brains to putty is an art in and of itself. Those waning hours, when energy and audience are both dwindling, calls for a keen sense of shamanistic guidance as well as an educated record bag full of rollers and percussive grooves. Progressive as a descriptor will elicit eye-rolls from some, winces of pain from others, yet it is impossible to deny the elevated state one can invoke when presented artfully in the proper context. As we near the end of “The Arsonist & The Architect” as a series, it’s worth giving the faithful followers something to cure all that ails them, resolve all their worries, and make their post-party a memorable one. Herein lies your “Panacea.”

The Arsonist & The Architect

The Arsonist & The Architect : 09 Panacea

PART 1
The opening few hours of my all night set at Elysia in Basel, October 20201. A really long, slow build up of many variations. My ideal comfort zone...

Part 1 - Jane Fitz all night at Elysia, Basel, 23102021

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In this episode of Observatory, the https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records crew welcomes electronic duo from Madrid https://soundcloud.com/uanamani to the show
https://soundcloud.com/uanamani was formed in Madrid by Derk & Iterbio in 2008. They create sonic journeys through a wide variety of styles including dub, techno, cosmic, electro, IDM or ambient and they will be showcasing some of their influences during the first hour of the show. After that, Sungate label manager https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic takes over with a mix with tracks by artists like Overmono, Kosh, Carsten Jost and many more.

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Observatory 025 - Sungate [with Uanamani & Hakk]

Nous'klaer's founding father Sjoerd Oberman kicking off the label's residency with a one-hour set filled with dub, breaks and nineties trance. 

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The https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records crew is back with a brand new episode of Observatory

On today’s show they welcome https://soundcloud.com/stelios-vassiloudis: a multifaceted composer, producer and DJ hailing from Athens, Greece. Active in electronic music since the early 2000s, Stelios has cultivated a sound of his own - one that reflects his rich and diverse musical background, transcending the dancefloor via an emotional narrative of complex soundscapes, intricate harmonies and hypnotic rhythms.
https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic will then take the reigns for the second hour of the show with a special downtempo mix featuring tracks by artists like Omar S, D.K, Facta and Om Unit.

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Observatory 027 - Sungate [with Stelios Vassiloudis & Hakk]

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The https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records crew is back with Observatory and this time they are joined by Rotterdam producer https://soundcloud.com/mattheis ⚡️
Mattheis has a string of digital releases to his name, exploring a starry-eyed, glittering techno sound. His mix handles the form with delicacy, striking a deft balance between propulsion and ethereal drift. Sungate co-founder https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic will then continue for the second hour of the show with a jungle/funk dnb mix with mostly tracks from the 90s.

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Observatory 030 - Sungate [with Mattheis & Hakk]

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https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records artist https://soundcloud.com/trommellive is the guest artist for episode number 31 of Observatory on Openlab radio. Since 2018 Trømmel has been regularly releasing on Sungate and also joining the lineups of the label showcases. Today he’s also with us with a deep mix that represents a combination of organic and hypnotic sounds. Temperamental techno loaded with textures.

For the second hour of the show https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic will be mixing some ambient and experimental electronica, including one upcoming track by Cøre and Einerlei that will be released on Sungate this Friday.

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Observatory 031 - Sungate [with Trømmel & Hakk]

XDB ALL NIGHT LONG @ Club krokant / Alkmaar / 16. April 2022

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In this week's Observatory radio show, the https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records crew has invited Japan-based DJ & Producer CTAFAD aka https://soundcloud.com/sulumi for the first hour of the show, followed but yet another great mix from label co-founder Hakk (https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic )
"The music in this mix covers a very large time span. I started producing electronic music in 2000, and now it has a large span and rich musical history. I have been following the musicians who have influenced me from 2005 to the present, although some are unknown. But I hope I can introduce their music to everyone, to the music of some musicians and friends I have met in recent years, and my latest unreleased music." - CTAFAD

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Observatory 037 - Sungate [with CTAFAD & Hakk]

The last mix of 2020 comes from Jonah Sharp (@reflecto), electronic mainstay and part of 'Virtual Dreams' as Space Time Continuum. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Welcome to the series Jonah. Originally from Edinburgh, San Francisco resident since 1992, do you still live in San Francisco?

JS: Actually I recently just moved back to SF after spending most of 2020 in the UK. I had planned to be in Europe for an extended break from the US but Covid saw an end to that and my plans had to change. I miss British and European culture. I have family and friends there so I intend to be back over as soon as I can!

MFM: According to your discography the majority of your output started to shape up right after you moved abroad, in '91. How would you explain this creative outburst? 

JS: Before I arrived in San Francisco i was still figuring out how to produce the music that I wanted to make so when I got here I started to collect gear in earnest - it was a little moment in time when most people thought analog synths and drums sounded shit so I managed to find a TR-909 for $150, a Roland SH101 at the flea market and so on. So yes, suddenly having some decent gear and fun gigs to play was very inspiring! I did feel a kind of creative freedom being so far from South London and the pressures of living there as an artist. SF in the 90’s was very affordable for artists and it gave us the freedom to really focus on the music.
 
MFM: You started your own label Reflective in '93 and had quite a busy release schedule, especially during '95/'96, before it suddenly seemed to stop right after. What happened? 

JS: I started Reflective in '93, the year my first son was born. Flurescence EP was my first solo release and it got noticed around the world so that enabled me to keep putting releases out. With the momentum of the Terence McKenna collab album, things were going pretty well. But what we found was that even though there are lots of amazing labels in the US, it was actually pretty hard to sell them domestically so most of our stock was exported to Europe and Japan. We ended up pressing in the UK and running the label from SF and that presented problems so I had to put the release schedule on hold. At that time I had also signed a deal with Astralwerks so had contractual obligations to deliver albums and tour. It was a very busy time and by 1997 when our second son was born we decided to take a hiatus from the label. Not to say the label is gone forever though!
 
MFM: Flurescence, now found its way to the Virtual Dreams compilation, almost 30 years later. How does it feel that your older music is being re-released and rediscovered by newer generations?

JS: I am very happy and honored to be part of the Virtual Dreams compilation. Yes, there seems to be a bit of attention for this time period of electronic music at the moment, and the chill out thing in general. With so many online resources, everything is discoverable by anyone so all those tiny labels like Reflective that were putting out small runs of 1000 records (that was a small run then) are maybe enjoying some retroactive attention now. 
 
MFM: Does this new interest change your motivation and/or inspiration in the studio maybe?

JS: I follow my own interests and direction when it comes to making music but reaching new audiences has to gratify the artist whose work was made for sharing. My development as an electronic musician has come through thirty years of studio experimentation, initially with hardware and then incorporating digital software. When I made Fluorescence in 1993 there was no computer in my studio, but by the early 2000s San Francisco was the epicenter of computer innovation, people like my friend Josh Clayton were writing amazing software and so I went off on a long exploratory trip to integrate digital technology both in my studio and in my live rig. My aim right now in the studio is the same as always: make sounds and keep the good ones.

MFM Mix 023: Jonah Sharp

Back from his album release on @dial-rec last year we v happy to have @XDB on our field today. Enjoy a play or two through the deep and timeless records from his collection – of course mixed with sporty drive and finesse in Goettingen. 

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KANNMIX 39 - XDB - 121min

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KANNMIX 39 | XDB

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