Those lockdown silver linings continue to reveal themselves when we least expect it… As proved, once again, by the inimitable Amsterdam techno HQ Deeptrax as they present this stunning analog exploration from scene stalwart Mark Peeters AKA Caim. 

Inspired, created and sculpted during those strange times when none of us could rave, Caim simply describes the moment by saying the “clubs were closed, but creativity kept on floating”… Now that floatation is bequeathed to us through these warm, rolling and wide-armed frequencies. Tapping into a spirit that goes right back to Detroit and Chicago, there’s an understated groovemanship at play as Calm jams out on the same instruments house and techno forefathers used to sculpt this culture. 

Music to get lost inside of, music to take away the stresses of the day, music that’s a joy to mix, weave and tell stories with… Caim has created another timeless collection of grooves that could resonate with or relate to any period in the last 35 years of dance music culture. 

From the warm, opening rumbles of ‘Nepi’ to closing rippling dubwise echoes of ‘Kapura’, very few stones are left unturned as Caim tells a tale of the ages that we can all float to. Here’s to silver linings.

Caim - Lupatan (Deeptrax Records - DPTX-034)

Our next mix comes from the supremely talented Lithuanian producer and DJ @pletnev. Having made some of our favourite club tracks of the last few years both under his own alias and as part of his collaborative project @moiskmoisk, it was a no-brainer to get him on the podcast. 

This mix is made solely with records from between 1992-98, enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/pletnev
https://www.instagram.com/pletnevdj/

Rotation 037: Pletnev

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/jjonjjones
Track: Oxygen Wub
Label: Self Release
Format: Digital EP
YouTube: https://youtu.be/th4ihfEHcw0

Oxygen + was created post lockdown, it has an eerie, yet hopeful tone within its production, representing weird times, then it goes untz untz.

PREMIERE | Jon Jones - Oxygen Wub [Self Released] 2023

Nathan Melja showcasing 1 hour of some forthcoming music on his label Parodia as well as some recent favorites releases.

http://www.instagram.com/nathanmelja

Nathan Melja @ The Lot Radio 01-25-2024

Monthly sketches about slow electronic music.

A platform for artists and DJs to experiment in various downtempo genres.

The show aims to expand the musical horizons of both artists and listeners and challenge their preconceptions about the genre, by demonstrating the wide range of possibilities of this music and its introspective influence.

Each cover of the mix is ​​a photo from the artist's personal collection that conveys his inner state at the time of recording.

AKU AKU (https://soundcloud.com/akuakuua) is a DJ from Kyiv and a real experimenter, a member of the Difficult Dance (https://soundcloud.com/difi_cult) project.

The fourth episode shows a slightly lighter side of downtempo and creates an atmosphere of calm, forcing you to delve into rhythms, simple melodies and Brazilian motifs. An ideal selection for contemplation.

Tracklist:

Till Von Sein - #LTD
CVLT Edits - Mojo Working
ALIEN ALIEN ft IGINO - Perfidia (Severino Horse Meat Disco & Robert Mang Remix)
Xavier do Sax - Mistura de Carimbó com Ciranda (Spaniol Remix)
Dj Steef - A2 (Biomix 03)
Kalocain - Groove Drift
Sasa Crnobrnja - Traditional Apparatus
Marcel Vogel - Doin It ( Noema Remix )
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi - Pé De Bode (Ney Faustini Edit)
Kalson & Hi - Acid Brazil
Dj Chãnce Da Silva - Saporra é Real (Edição Estendida)
Скрябін-Клей (D.Yaroslav Edit)
Carrot Green - Vodou

Inner Voyage 004 w/ AKU AKU

For Viscera 122, close friend and Gun FC teammate Lárus joins the series!

"Laurence McAulay aka Lárus is a London based Glaswegian DJ, radio host and club promoter.

He runs the Vicious Creatures party series which over the last 11 years has seen him share the booth with the likes of Job Jobse, Ellen Allien, DJ Fett Burger, Intergalactic Gary + many many more. Learning his trade at the Sub Club in Glasgow where he was a resident for 5 years he is now based in London where he has played sets at, amongst others, Corsica Studios, Printworks, Rye Wax,Pickle Factory, The Cause, & brilliant corners. Outside London he has DJ’d at venues such as Pikes in Ibiza, Sisyphos in Berlin, Oath in Tokyo, Club 77 in Sydney, Revolver in Melbourne & Potato Head in Bali.

Away from the club he has hosted shows on Rinse FM, had guest appearances on the likes of HÖR, The Lot Radio, Red Light Radio & Rinse France and is currently a semi regular resident on Glasgow’s Clyde Built Radio as well as having mixes on platforms such as The Feel My Bicep blog, Stamp The Wax, Ransom Note, Craigie Knowes, Bordello A Parigi & ZeeZout."

Keep it locked, you're going to love this one.

@laurencemcaulay

Lárus | 122

Stefan Vincent - Post Melancholy
BUY LINK: https://stefanvincent.bandcamp.com/album/post-melancholy
Label: Musar (https://soundcloud.com/musar-recordings)
https://www.instagram.com/musar_recordings
> Stefan Vincent (https://soundcloud.com/stefanvincent)
https://www.instagram.com/stefanvincent_/

For Dutch artist Stefan Vincent, the feeling of melancholy also offers the opportunity for beauty to be found. “Decay and loneliness can serve a purpose. Depression can teach you things. To feel deep sadness also means the ability to feel profound emotions.” he says. With this in mind, his debut album on MUSAR Recordings, “Post-Melancholy”, unpacks the twists and turns of grappling with this emotion, drawing from breaks, electro and IDM to make his most intricate work to date, after previous releases on Token, Dynamic Reflection, Symbolism, and Non-Series.

Throughout “Post-Melancholy” Vincent traces the wave of melancholy and how it moves through the body, which allows for lighter moments alongside darker moods. Perhaps the lightest track on the album is its acidic-breaks opener, “Eyes Unclouded”, with its soaring acid lines and dazzling synths, which acts as a false pretense for the rest of the album. Tracks like “Poise”, “Arpeggino” and the meditative “Yonghegong Lama Temple Exit F” also break up the intensity. However, nestled between the more pacey, bass-weighted tracks on the album, these lighter openings still feel like tear-jerkers.

The more common associations of melancholy show up on tracks like “Another Skin To Wear” and “You Know This Isn’t Going To End Well”, which all create a more ominous feel via IDM and the polyrhythmic structures of drum’n’bass. Particularly on “Another Skin To Wear”, which borrows its name from a Radiohead lyric, the track's swooping motion feels realistic to melancholy’s chaotic and often unpredictable path. But, like all great storytellers, Vincent leaves the most poignant moment of the album for last with the rolling “8AM on the Train… (For Maarten)” devoted to his dear friend, Maarten, who sadly passed away at the young age of 36.

This LP is dedicated to Maarten de Vries (1986-2022)

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Stefan Vincent - Poise

Giroscopio 010 w/ Jake H

Jeremiah R - Read Only Memory (Heinrich Mueller Remix)

JMX 999 (DJ TOOL) - no breaking

#beat #instrumental #apollog #pt #us #gunna #roodyrich #traphouse
#Dollarwithaniceone 

Splash x Trap type beat

Team O/A → 

Beppu - IPOP (feat Demdike Stare Remixes) - https://bit.ly/OA12-PRE-ORDER

V/A - 10 Years Of Dancing - https://bit.ly/-OA011

HVL / Gacha Bakradze - Splits - https://bit.ly/SPLITS_OA10

Jean-Louis Huhta - Wormhole Of Time 2xLP + Zine - https://bit.ly/OA-009

HVL - Ostati L.P - goo.gl/bjQYqA

Croza - Lady Killer (Ad Bourke Rmx) 
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/croza-lady-killer-feat-ad-bourke-remix/665386-01/

Marvis Dee - Alpha E.P 
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/marvis-dee-alpha-orgue-electronique-mix/660669-01/

Aleks - Pool Daze L.P 
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/aleks-pool-daze-feat-hvl-kiyadama-mixes/655081-01/

MNLTH - Laser 80 
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/mnlth-laser-80/626026-01/

DJ Guy - Structures & Rhythms 94 - 99
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-guy-structures-rhythms-94-99/606823-01/

HVL - Away From Everything We Know 
https://clone.nl/item35248.html

Jeremiah R. - The New Wave 
clone.nl/item29272.html