Dan Croll - From Nowhere (Âme Remix)

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We're back with TAPE 004, a mix by SOUL TWIN.

SOUL TWIN is the musical exploration project formed by Blanca Rodríguez and Sergi Idiarte, founders of the Mind Product Records collective. Their work draws inspiration from the aesthetics of the Ebro Delta, where they are both based, and encompasses deep investigations into field recordings, sound processing, and electronics. Their compositions blur the lines between experimental and avant-garde music genres.

Tracklist
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Soul Twin - Neula
Machine Woman - SD001
Laurel Halo - Mercury
Dania - The Other Thing Is
Paloma Peñarrubia - Amanece en el secadero
Meemo Comma - Bit Of A Boy
Aphex Twin - Gwely Mernans
Rainer Veil - Uk Will Not Survive
Soul Twin - Nit
Soul Twin - V
Soul Twin - Town90
Soul Twin - Abismo de

TAPE 004 — SOUL TWIN

TAPE 005 by ETHR is now online.

ETHR (pronounced /ether/) is the solo project of composer and producer Manu Torres (Alicante).

Halfway between contemporary ambient and experimental electronic music, his compositions are characterized by an instrospective style aimed at active listening. Contrasting melodic sequences typical of minimalism, with extremely saturated bass lines, his work is often defined by the use of a few resources taken to the limit.

ETHR's approach to music and sound design has caught the attention of media such as DJ Mag Spain, Clubbing Spain or Electronic Groove, as well as of other artists with whom he has collaborated through his own studio, Little Island - Sound Lab. A good example of this is his recent collaboration with Joana Dark, whose joint work has led them to tour several cycles and renowned festivals such as Eufònic Festival, Festival Grec or La Mercè (Barcelona).

Tracklist
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Dexter Story & Carlos Niño - For our Ancestors
Fred Again.., Brian Eno - Cmon
Büşra Kayıkçı - Genius Loci
Kara-Lis Coverdale - Splash 144
Caterina Barbieri (feat. Bendik Giske) - Fantas for Saxophone & Voice
Brendan Eder Ensemble - #3 (Aphex Twin cover)
Fischersund, Alex Somers, Kjatan Holm, Sin Fang, Jónsi - Birki
ETHR - Unreleased
Samuel Organ - Guidance
Marina Herlop - Miu
Ocean Clusters - The man who plays a burning piano in Berlin
Hélène Vogelsinger - Apparition
Astrid Sonne - Moderato
Tim Hecker (feat. Colin Stetson) - Monotony II
JakoJako & Rødhåd - Passeri (Original mix)
Carlos Izquierdo - Wanderlust
Ian William Craig - On The Reach of Explanations

TAPE 005 — ETHR

TAPE 006 is mixed and polysomnographed by LauradeDíaz.

LauradeDíaz explores and composes with analog sound, field recordings, samplings, and cassette tape loops. With this combination of techniques, she generates variable sound patterns that evoke dreamlike sensations and immerse in hypnotic states, encouraging the exploration of alternative realms of reality.

Deeply interested in the healing nature of sound and vibrations, she works across various disciplines, including sound installations, performances, and meditations.

She has recently released her first work, "Grupo Frágil" with Ediciones Populares, creating pieces that traverse the realms of light sleep, wakefulness, and vigil. She hosted the radio program "Campo Base" on dublab.es until its conclusion.

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This mixtape for VELA is presented as an open letter to the night, an ode to insomniacs who are familiar with the depth of wakefulness and the faint border of light sleep.

In the manner of a polysomnography of the night, I delve into the complex states of sleep and wakefulness. Inspired by the interplay between dreams and reality, this project blends ambient music, experimental music, and sound art to create a rich and immersive sonic experience. I explore the ebbs and flows of consciousness, from the tranquility of deep sleep to the tensions of wakefulness, using layers of sounds to capture these moments.

(The ambient music creates ethereal atmospheres that represent the whispers of dreams, while the experimental music tracks and sound art reflect deeper emotions and interruptions during wakefulness)

This sonic collection is a tribute to the fragility of our mind as we navigate between sleep and wakefulness, inviting us to explore the fascinating corners of our psyche through a unique blend of sounds and emotions. As Alejandra Pizarnik wrote, "I know little about the night."

Tracklist
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Federico Durand - Se Hizo De Noche
The Ghostwriters - Slow Blue in Horizontal
Dania -  Whale Song
Ki Oni - Floating In A Stream Of Consciousness
Imaginary Softwoods - Portable Void 
LauradeDíaz - 1.10 am 
Veronika Paleeva / Ivy - pt. 1
Salamanda - Sun Tickles 
Maddalena Fagandini - Interval Signal
J.G.G. - Desquicio
Kazumi Sakoda - Carrer Comtal 
Don The Tiger - Ojos secos como cuernos 
Grim - Divine Music For Sleeping II.
Nana - Lole y Manuel 
Haruhisa Tanaka - Floating 
Carmen Villain - Multicolor
Nadja Lind - Deep Space Binaural Delta
Tomasz Bednarczyk - Sloth River
John Livengood - Véhicule 
Nieve Fuga - Cuatro osciladores B01
Etelin - Nine Whorls
Puce Mary - Hypersomnia
Peter Shin - Screaming Shapes 
Martyna Basta - Awakening
Sergi Botella - Vall Stroom
Elori Saxl - Bela
Delia Derbyshire - Running
Tommy Mandel - I. Alpha (Flutes)
Sophie Birch - Reverie

TAPE 006 — LauradeDíaz

This is TAPE 007, a live recording by Sr.Charli accompanied by Martin Ivars and Revendless, performed and improvised exclusively for VELA.

Sr.Charli (@srcharli) is a multi-instrumentalist, painter, composer, piano luthier, and piano teacher based in Valencia, after having spent a significant part of his career in Germany. His recent artistic activity focuses on visual production, 2D animation, and sound research.

He is currently founding Proyecto Nulo, an independent collaborative project centered on artistic creation, creative web design and development. He is also part of the Valencia-based band Virgen de la Periferia and has collaborated with Elsa Moreno on her work "En un lugar limítrofe."

On October 7, 2023, Sr.Charli joined the studio of Proyecto Nulo with Martin Ivars, vocalist and guitarist of Lago Vergel, and Adrián Camáñez, @Revendless, guitarist in Hiss and Gazella, for an improvised session that would serve as the pilot for EXPERIMENTAL NULO, an event that Proyecto Nulo currently carries out monthly.

This session, provided to VELA for publication as the first live-recorded TAPE, is a passage of experimental ambient where Sr. Charli's synths and programming blend with Martin and Revendless's guitars and pedals. It is a recording with two segments, totaling about 45 minutes, mixed by Martin Ivars and VELA.

TAPE 007 — Sr.Charli feat. Martin Ivars, Revendless (Live)

We're happy to bring TAPE 008 by Mario Herrero to you all.

Mario Herrero is a friend of VELA, a music selector, and many other things. He studied Journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid. In the early years of his career, he wrote music reviews for Muzikalia, co-directed the program "La naranja electrónica" on Radio Enlace, and took photos for the Hip-Hop magazine Serie B. However, he left music journalism to focus professionally on his audiovisual production company, Pólvora.

In 2020, he embarked on the CONSTELAC10N project, a musical overview of the 366 songs that defined the decade of 2010-2019.

In this session for VELA, he combines his film editing technique with his love for music to create a cinematic and dreamlike journey through a world of unsettling calm, a non-fictionalized bizarre reality, on the borders of dream and wakefulness. As the poem by Calderón de la Barca "La vida es sueño" (1635), which is sampled at the end of the mix, declares: "We are in such a singular world, that living is only dreaming; and experience teaches me, that the man who lives, dreams what he is until he wakes up (...) What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a fiction, and the greatest good is small; for all life is a dream, and dreams are nothing but dreams."

Tracklist
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Dylan Henner - We're So Young That We'll Never Grow Old
Low - Dancing and Blood
Sarah Davachi - Stations IV
Four Tet - LA Trance
Johnny Hess - Je suis swing
Marcus Fischer - Cascadia Obscura
Grouper - Holding
Felicia Atkinson - I’m Following You
Angel Bat Dawid - Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef)
Autechre - Metaz form8
Jon Hopkins - Luminous Beings
Taylor Deupree - Unearth
Simon Fisher Turner - Hope Swims
Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (1970)
Divide And Dissolve - Mental Gymnastics
Daniel Bachman - Ferry Farm
Soundwalk Collective - Killer Road
Kangding Ray - Trade On Azul
Deepchord - Darkness Falls
Murcof - Ruido
Fennesz - Liminality
Fourcolor - empty sky 1
Joseph Shabason - Aytche
Dirty Beaches - True Blue
Sea Oleena - Will I Know
Sufjan Stevens - The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
Balam Acab - See Birds (Moon)
Ólafur Arnalds - RGB
Richard Skelton - The Viscid Substance
Dylan Henner - The Peach Tree Next Door Grew over Our Fence

TAPE 008 — Mario Herrero

Give a Man a Rod (|||||||||||||||||||| Remix)

Melenas signs our TAPE 009, the last one of the year, which is special for this and other reasons.

It's been a fantastic year for Melenas. The quartet from Pamplona has released their third album, "Ahora" (Trouble in Mind, 2023), acclaimed by national and international press, including a recent very positive review from Pitchfork this December. Additionally, they have an extensive tour planned for Europe and the United Kingdom in 2024.

As this year comes to a close, Oihana, Leire, María, and Lauri have kindly accepted the offer to curate a music selection for VELA, showcasing their personal influences and references, both for "Ahora" and in general, filtered through the prism of our label. Essentially, the records that Melenas listens while half-awake.

It's a marvelous one-hour music selection, mixed by VELA, daring to traverse pop, kraut, new wave, post-punk, shoegaze, ambient, guitars, and synths, all while maintaining a common language that helps us understand the roots of their sound.

Tracklist
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La Houle - Phil's Odyssey
Beak> - Mono
great area - follow your nature
El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem
Второй этаж поражает - Музей космонавтики
Comateens - Pictures on a String
Figure Study - Lesson One
Yo La Tengo - Green Arrow
Sophia Kennedy - Seventeen
Khruangbin - Dearest Alfred (MyJoy)
Broadcast - Echo's Answer
C418 - Aria Math
Francis Bebey - Pygmy Love Song
caroline - Dark blue
Ian William Craig - On The Reach Of Explanations

TAPE 009 — Melenas

OLDE GUARDE EP

ENGINEER OF WOE

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Celebrating 20 years, Innervisions brings its sound to NTS with monthly shows featuring its core artists and special guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/innervisions/episodes/innervisions-24th-january-2025

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