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48th installment of the Joyful Union Select series.

Tracks by Devio, Alpha Sect, //turntboiフォレバー95, Maylay Sparks, Machineprinz, Lucid Express, Prolaps, Juga-Naut & Giallo Point, and more.

Joyful Union Select 048

Artist: Giant Claw
Album: Mirror Guide
Format: Digital / Vinyl
Release: May 7 or 14, 2021

Music by Keith Rankin
Visual art by Ellen Thomas and Keith Rankin
Mastered by Starkey

Artist Statement:

I have been recording Mirror Guide off and on since my previous album Soft Channel came out in 2017, working on pieces in my spare time while co-running Orange Milk Records and trying to make a living as a freelance visual artist. 

I wanted Mirror Guide to feel less frenzied than some of my previous music, and decided to use a hyperreal string sound as a lead instrument the rest of the sounds could orbit around. I improvised long stretches with the digital instrument and picked moments that elicited some emotional response in me as the foundation for each piece. It helped to imagine a small synthetic ensemble playing every additional part, considering the choices an individual might make if they were focused primarily on their instruments’ role within the group. 

In my improvised sessions I also gravitated towards what I called a ‘bouncing ball’ rhythm - later described to me as an exponential rhythmic sequence. After thinking about how genres often center around a core rhythmic pattern I adopted the sequence as another consistent feature for the album. 

In the past I’ve cut up pop acapellas as vocal elements, but on Mirror Guide decided to work with several artists I had come to know from three very different music scenes. I traveled to Pittsburgh for a few days and recorded with vocalist Tamar Kamin (from the band the Van Allen Belt) generating hours of improvised and lightly prepared melodic material that I later edited into several songs. I also incorporated more poetic almost spoken word vocals from Japanese musician and photographer NTsKi and a small segment of screeching moans from fellow Ohioan Diana Gruber. 

More generally I found inspiration from artists like Paul Lansky, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the range of emotion in the music of Geinoh Yamashirogumi Orchestra, best known for scoring the Akira soundtrack which is a longtime favorite. I was also encouraged to complete Mirror Guide through conversations with the late composer, tape collage pioneer, and friend Noah Creshevsky, who gave me several boosts of confidence after hearing early versions of the music.

Giant Claw - Earther

Ocean Hue Hours (prod. navy blue)

Side A - Track 2 - Sundays Clown

"This LP album is a representation of how making music like the old school record producers would look like in 2021. Featuring 2 of the most talented saxophone players (Vladimir Lebedev, Omri Abramov) on 4 different tracks, DX-Digital is combining the art of being a record producer/arranger/mixer and synthesizer extraordinaire on this 9 track album. Coming from a background of funk, jazz and smooth jazz, DX-Digital is able to bring a different flavor to the synthwave-based genre and create a positive vibe that reminds you of driving in the sunset of a nostalgic and romantic 80's scenery."
Reviews:
David Rotenburger:
"This is retrowave heaven with tons of awesome sax prevalent on each of the tracks! This music would be cool on the dancefloors of beach side bars!"

PACIFIC RYDER

B U Y H E R E

MIKKIS GYM

ISKRA DELTA log in. Morning teleport gives way to a rush of high dopamine emails and missed calls. Boardroom sound theme animates the hallways, kick-starting the processes of complex problem solving and multilayered global communication. The hyper-operation continues in the power-dancing zone, a standard procedure of declutterification of the corpo-mind with energetic-pop emotional engineering. The drones power up, and you’re off to the city. Swarming through the neon-lit tubes particles enter their mindful practice cubicles to generate some peace and quiet. Meanwhile, the gravity-elevator takes the authorised ISKRA DELTA care-squad to the top of the 112 floor highrise, a sanctuary for state-of-the-art technological artefacts that keep the brisk tempo of life going. In the simulation the sun rises again and nebula is refracted in the surface of the bio-digital city.

Provider of service: Nimaš Izbire for International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) and the 34th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts.
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www.instagram.com/mglcljubljana/

[Freely downloadable through the Buy button]
https://nimasizbire.bandcamp.com/album/iskra-delta-onboarding-soundscapes

Curated by Gabriele Steffe, Tjaša Pogačar & Dorijan Šiško
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Artwork by Dorijan Šiško
www.instagram.com/dorijansisko/
Additional mastering by Toyota Vangelis
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#iskradelta #34grafičnibienaleljubljana #34thljubljanabiennaleofgraphicarts #mglcljubljana

Tracks contributed by:
Galen Tipton (www.instagram.com/genderlessgenderfulgirl/)
Astrosuka (www.instagram.com/astrosuka/)
Petal Supply (www.instagram.com/petalsupplyco/)
Toyota Vangelis (www.instagram.com/toyotavangelis/)
Digitonica (www.instagram.com/digitonica_/)
Warrego Valles (www.instagram.com/warregovalles/)
Ascyth (www.instagram.com/900ascyth/)
msn gf (www.instagram.com/msn_gf/)
Himera (www.instagram.com/h.imer.a/)
Toiret Status (www.instagram.com/toiret_status/)
umru (www.instagram.com/umru/)
Torus (www.instagram.com/torvs/)
Princess Ketamine (www.instagram.com/princess_ketamine/)
Kristjan Kaluza (www.instagram.com/kristjankaluza/)

Toiret Status - #172

Mariposa Bohemia es un canto al vuelo interior, una danza sonora para quienes sienten. Nacida entre los brazos del sol, con susurros de maíz y flores, cuando el alma pidió moverse. Aquí la mariposa emerge desde la luz, tejiendo sus alas con símbolos de serpientes, tiempo de lunas y flores que no se marchitan. Este track es invitación a vibrar, a soltar los miedos y danzar. Que cada escucha sea un acto de comunión contigo misma. Escúchala, compártela, baila con ella y si sientes su energía, usa #MariposaBohemia para que vuele más allá.

Mariposa Bohemia

endless cutie.mp3

https://postpartum.bandcamp.com/album/straight-from-da-unda

peace to the underground heads!! keep it real yo

Devio - Underground beat

questionmarkquestionmarkquestionmarkquestionmark ~ F UP YA B

GOBSMACK (2017)

BYZ- Void Title

FROM THE BONEY HORSE'S MOUTH:
"I WISH I HAD HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PUT GOOD MUSIC IN THIS MIX"

HASHTAG MINE GALA
SHOUTING OUT TO OPEN PIT, HELLO AND THANK YOU

ACTIVIA BENDS

SLUGA B2B KLAHRK @ MINE GALA 2019

Remaining Or Unmarked

Lead single taken from the new mixtape AW 20/21, due to be officially released on 15th December. Pre-save the single now: https://www.gate.fm/9KNHuR44

Mixed and mastered by Drew Holliday.
Graphics by Daniel Drabek.

Giant Claw - Earther

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