gorgeous mix ! thx I discovered Transient waves and I love it, also  love Felicia and Noriko 's tracks :)

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Animix Forty One presented by Austin, Texas based DJ/ Producer Gi Gi ( @keptmale ) with a beautiful trip. The artist focuses on deep and contemplative listening in this xtra long mix.  

In their own words, Gi Gi writes, "the idea for these mixes is to be a collection of longer-form tracks (7+ min) that demand (imo) to be heard front to back, producing a patient wander of a listen, and to serve as a greatest hits of sorts of songs that are especially personal/special to me-- as opposed to just an attempt to show off the deepest digs i've stumbled on (a thought pattern i think i and many other selectors can get caught up in at times..)."

Love the idea behind this mix, and it's the perfect extended listen for a sunny or rainy day wherever you are. 

Gigi released an LP on Quiet Tapes earlier this year, and has a few more LPs in the works, due out later this year --https://quiettimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/lumino-pleco

Thanks again for this one, Gi Gi!

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2022 kicks off with a mix by long time dear friend and Lullabies For Insomniacs mastermind Izabel (@lullabiesforinsomniacs) who recorded the mix live in Melbourne outdoors during a Wax'O Paradiso event. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Izabel, nice to have you kicking off the mix series in this new year. You're in sunny Australia now but before that you'd been living in Europe for quite some years. What made you decide to move back?

IZ: Europe was home for almost 7 years, I left Australia in my early 20’s thinking I would be away for some months but fell in love in Amsterdam and spent years living in the city. In 2018, I moved to Berlin where I lived for a year, I found inspiration through all walks and was surrounded by great crew but grew tired of life in the big smoke. I wanted new challenges and yearned to be amongst nature, so left the city and travelled south to the Atlantic where I spent time in France, Spain and Portugal before heading to Corsica. I slept in a tent or stayed with friends and got on by doing seasonal work. I had not been back to Australia to see family and friends for many moons and was homesick, so decided to make my way across the Indian Ocean. Australia had heavy border restrictions, so plans to return were slow.

MFM: Your label Lullabies For Insomniacs had some busy times from 2016 to around 2019, after that it got more quiet and also the format shifted from vinyl to digital and cassette. What can you tell about this transition?

IZ: The transition happened naturally, I was traveling a lot which effected the label and my creative output. The tapes from Unearth Noise and Baldruin are recordings that we had been sitting on for some time but for various reasons kept delaying release. We decided to bring them out on tape as the music was better suited to this format. My sound world has been heavily inspired by the DIY music and tape scenes of Amsterdam and Berlin in the 80’s and there are great tape labels around today that were also motivating, my friend Etkin’s label ‘Kinship’ is one of these.

MFM: And now that you're settled in Australia again, what are your thoughts and plans with the label and music? Did the past 2/3 years change your perspective/vision?

IZ: Visions and inspirations come and go, some solidify and take root while others are fleeting in dream form. My focus has certainly changed as I devote more time to learning new skills and pursuing other crafts like furniture design, ceramics and writing. The music scene here in Melbourne is thriving, there are a lot of great artists and as I was
away for so long there is much to discover.

MFM: What can you say about the set/mix? Perhaps you can describe the setting it was recorded in?

IZ: The records I packed were chosen while isolating at home, this setting could not be more different to the glorious Sunday afternoon on the lawns at the Wax’o event. I played before OK EG who did a live set to celebrate their new record released as the debut on the Wax’o imprint. It was the second time I had the pleasure hearing them perform, their set made way for a great night. I thought a lot about European winter whilst making selections, I do miss spending the end of the year wrapped warm in Winters caress. These reflections and the recent passing of someone close to the family has brought me into a state of deep
introspect these last weeks, the session is both celebratory of life and a lament to lost life. This mix is a recording from the first hour, the second hour I played some psych, dub and percussive jams. 

MFM: Any plans, wishes or anything else for the near future that you'd like to share maybe?

IZ: At the moment I am taking each day as it arrives and am happy to continue on a journey learning and growing and enjoying time with family and friends. In February I will start a little party series in Melbourne with my friend Martha called Dub Cake. All the while my dream to move sea or country side lingers.

MFM Mix 036: Izabel

Bringing in a fourth world, celestial mix for Soothers #02, is Mike Smaczylo.

"This mix came up at a great time. After the chaos of recent weeks, and a generally intense few months, I've escaped to Paris to unwind, slow down, and feel a bit more present. My days have been filled with wanderings, drinking tea, and writing under the sun in Park de Belleville. This being said, the mix is more nocturnal in tone, evoking my most tranquil moments: clear nights talking to the moon by a pond near my home in Eccles, lysergic bath times melting into lengthy drone works. There's old and new stuff in there, moody and ethereal bits, zonked out 20+ minute jams. Nothing too jarring, a bit of a rarity for me.” Mike Smaczylo

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Tracklist -
Harold Budd - Sandtreader
Apricot Tree - Dle Yaman
Arushi Jain - My People Have Deep Roots
Palta - Optagelse 16A
Merope - Bitinelis
Meredith Monk - Do You Be?
Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharaos
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
Sandy Denny - The Quiet Land of Erin
Klara Livet - Fredens Fält
Світлана Няньо, Олександр Юрченко - Знаєш як, розкажи (Untitled 4)
Emerald Web - Shadow Walk
Tibor Szemző - Tractatus

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Soothers #03 is brought to you by Texas-based producer Gi Gi, taking us on a jazz-based journey of skittering rides and cascading woodwinds.

"This one was an exercise in tying together two disparate but interconnected styles: 21st century electronic jazz & a loosely idm-y strain of 90’s downtempo electronic music. The first third or so focuses on the former, the middle bit on the later, & the last section a sort of imprecise blend of the two. I find there’s a parallel in the complexity of the jazz instrumentalists’ performances & the electronic producers’ programming, a virtuosic streak that's balanced with restraint in service of texture & mood. I like how in many of these tracks it’s hard to parse what is organic vs synthetic— a live saxophone recording may be chopped & looped so that it sounds like a sample; likewise, a sample may be smoothed and blended so that you're fooled into thinking it’s a live take. Both of these styles share the sort of tranquil quality you’d associate with “ambient music”, but are (to my ears) a little more engaging or stimulating than your typical static, droning example of the genre due to a heavier emphasis on movement, both rhythmic & melodic. Think of it as a different panel of the ambient umbrella— Active Ambient?”

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Tracklist:
Marsen Jules - Swans Reflecting Elephants
Lifted - Trip Tongue
Kristoffer Eikrem & Bendik Baksaas - Juni
Dialect - Ringing The Web
Bugge Wesseltoft - Heim
Strange Cargo - Million Town (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
Plaid - Zamami
Sensorama - Echtzeit (The Echtzeit Retrofit)
Sleep D & Ad Lib Collective - Canyon
Warp 69 - Natural High (Global Communication Remix)
Beat Pharmacy - Safety In Dub
The Persuader - Kungsholmen
Domu - Up And Down
DJ Fett Burger - Track One

Origins Soothers 003 - Gi Gi

@milliamusic

"For this mix, I wanted to try something a little bit out of my comfort zone. Instead of a dance mix I went with the downtempo & trip hop sounds I've been inspired by as of late."
Milla's group project, Purelink, just released their debut full length "Puredub" via Chicago's Lillerne Tapes, the outfit's take on ambient, dub, downtempo grooves, and more.

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Soothers #04 is brought to you by Pasta Kebab, who navigates us through a downtempo, tribal mix to add to your relaxation ritual.

"I take pleasure in extracting the calm within a song, when it may seem chaotic at first. I adore the subjectivity in each track, I’m not always a fan of the obvious and I want people to put on their voyeuristic hats and worm through these melodies with me. I’ve navigated these past few months by keeping focused on what matters, I’m constantly evolving, growing and learning how to pause and breathe. I’ve found the sweet spot in my relaxation rituals with these songs combined with the help of my plants, as always, to keep me grounded. The cherry on top of this soothers mix is my final track, Lord Tusk, Space Invaders, a track that my crew always end our night with, and is an absolute soother groover for my mind."

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@amelia-constanti
www.instagram.com/pastakebab/

Tracklist:
Quilsk - Voyage 
Tagliabue - Velocita Orbitale 
Ambient Temple of Imagination - Sirius Dog-Ma 
Hanna Maria & Mattia Onori - Stimme (Feral Lysergic Vision) 
MATA HARI - Τισιφόνη 
Agorero - Mariri
cryptic moses - opiate dreams (colorful lagoon pt. 2) 
Resili - Gees Peace 
Dreamlogicc - The Situation Around Here 
Chris Carter - Generic Terrorists 
OL - Senor22 
Golden Bug - Carbone ft. Jessica Ho 
Eric Schumacher + Andrea Clavadetscher - Greguar 
Lord Tusk - Space Invaders

Origins Soothers 004 - Pasta Kebab

Christian Duka serves us a chill soundtrack of visceral soothing moments for Soothers #05.

"My loved one always says (borrowing from Rick & Morty): “you can’t learn anything until you learn how to chill” - and she’s damn right. Chilling is something I am pretty bad at though. You know, living in London and being slightly enslaved by my passions… but still, there is one place I am able to chill: the space in-between spectral voices, dub-infused grooves and weird & wonderful textures of the likes featured in this cocktail of, personally, very emotional tracks. As I listen, the oomphs and throbs flying out of subwoofers transport me right where stress lives - inside my own body. There, whispering words of comfort to my stiff muscles, I finally take a moment to take care of myself. 

I hope this mix will serve as a soundtrack for many other visceral soothing moments like this - a warm bath, incense and candles are highly recommended :)” 
Chrisitan Duka

Website: 
https://www.originssound.com/os-soothers/christian-duka-mix

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Tracklist: 
Pontiac Streator - mystical eyelids (feat Mathilde Chambon)
nthng - Son
Human Mesh Dance - In Pools
Tagliabue - Persuasione
Babe Roots - World Struggle (Ambient Dub)
Space Afrika - oread
OK EG - Precipitation
Pontiac Streator - platinum rose in hand (feat Desiree Monique & MWW) 
Cousin - TUB1
Black Merlin - Wave
Sunju Hargun - Shin (Subject To Space)
nthng - 50 Flower
Pontiac Streator - right here
Otik - Neuron Blossom

Origins Soothers 005 - Christian Duka

Pascäal serves us a space rock, downtempo soundtrack to help escape daily anxiety for Soothers #06.

"Stress is a funny thing. The more you notice it, the more it envelopes you. Despite multifaceted input mechanisms (it can come from any direction, from any part of your life), it is nearly impossible to divide into buckets and it piles onto itself, overflowing. I allow myself to escape from daily anxiety during periods of transition: the day's beginning and the day's end. This mix is a collection of songs that I use to help me shift my focus from post-dream-early-morning-internal-reality to the day's stress-laden list of to-dos. I hope the listener finds functionality in these songs as well :) <3”

Website: 
https://www.originssound.com/os-soothers/pascaal-mix

Follow Pascal:
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https://soundcloud.com/pascaaal

Tracklist: 
Bark Psychosis – "Pendulum Man"
Felicia Atkinson with Sylvain Chauveau – "Aberdeen"
Transient Waves – "Paradise"
His Name Is Alive – "Livonia"
Jadelain – "1950"
Mus – "Duerme Nenu Duermete"
Windy & Carl – Lighthouse (Alt Version)
Light – "Turning (Glass Version)"
Low Flung – "Open plain"
Dntel – Soft Alarm WEB VERSION
Other Joe – "I Was That Book"
Wechsel Garland – "Komm"
Frz – "M Like Magnetic"
Tujiko Noriko – "Tablet For Memory"

Origins Soothers 006 - Pascäal

~ Bobby Vibe Positive For the MJ jersey ~  Truely jazzed with this smoked out hour sent to us from one of the Sydney underground's vital pillars of party. A love letter to Moonshoe not only showing a more laid back side of BVP but also paying homage to the early discs of the label, and too, the more recent dubbed and clubbed ventures. The ultimate house warmer, strung together with Jan Jelinekish crackles, pops and jazzy chops. An undoubtedly versatile listening session; suitable for a cold winters day or a hazy summer night alike - We do hope you like.

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Blissful electronics, impeccable selections.

We're kicking November off with a mix from California-born DJ and producer P Relief, who has recorded 60+ minutes of blissful electronics for Theory Therapy 45. 

This mix aims straight at your dopamine receptors; at least for us it does. Ambient pads, breakbeats, dubbed-out drums—it’s such a good example of the range that Parker consistently brings to his sets. It weaves between a bunch of different styles and sub-genres but even with all the twists and turns, the Berlin-based DJ has carefully constructed a coherent vibe and as usual, the selections are absolutely on point. We’ll be listening to this one a lot over the Aussie summer, thanks Parker <3

Theory Therapy 45: P Relief

Free-flowing sonic immersion from Belgium. 

Download and tracklisting: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_RoméoPoirier

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XLR8R Podcast 773: Roméo Poirier

London-based pair Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney aka Time is Away are continually exploring the relationship between time, place and power. They do so in a wide variety of ways from exhibitions for the Arts Council England to site-specific sound works, research projects to their nearly 10-year-strong NTS show. Each one weaves spoken word pieces with atmospheric music into soundscapes that physically and mentally move you. 

The pair's exceptional record collection and ability to manipulate your mood are laid bare once more in this week's mix. It's an escapist daydream where gently lilting rhythms melt away into psychedelic dub with intimate vocal whispers. Indian meditations captivate the heart and mind while lo-fi guitar fuzz lulls you into a hypnagogic state. It's a delicate but powerful world of sound that reveals more and has an ever-deeper impact each time you listen.

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Khotin has been a key figure in the developing Electronic music scene emerging from Canada - for over ten years he has been producing and releasing music.

His sound has evolved exponentially, weaving between sounds and styles with cohesive ease of which others might only dream of. His records have found a home somewhere between the heady 90's ambient and trip hop era, deep house and has drawn upon abstract influences from balearic roots, trance and a whirlwind of other other cultural guises.

All of this makes his music remarkably interesting and hard to pin down.

His forthcoming album "Release Spirit" is forthcoming on acclaimed label Ghostly International. It features a collection of ambient soundscapes, tape recordings and off piste samples as Khotin draws inspiration from far reaching influences such as World of Warcraft, train journeys through Europe and Japan, family vacations and beyond.

We asked Khotin to record a mix which reflects a similar nature of the new album - the result is a delicate assortment of textures which lend themselves to a brooding optimism for the year ahead. At least we hope..

Khotin: The Ransom Note Mix

Our guest mix for Jack Rollo's Early Bird Show, originally aired on NTS, 17 February 2023.

Eylül Deniz - Waiting (forthcoming, Müstesna Records)
JON & 宇都宮泰 - 四つの足
Ani Zakareishvili - After
Chantal Michelle - Departure of Light (forthcoming)
Игорь Лень - Здесь...
Félicia Atkinson - L’Après-Midi
Bobby Jewell - Graphene
Delia Derbyshire - Falling
Lucy Duncombe & Feronia Wennborg - Point
Hildegard Westerkamp - Kits Beach Soundwalk
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Endless Experience
perila - wanting is a substance derived from unexpressed
Pefkin - Redshanks (live in Brighton March 2017)
Camille Mandoki - Dreams and Bells
Man Rei - Thirty (forthcoming)

Guest mix for Jack Rollo ~ NTS Radio 170223

Bristol based Noods resident, Junior, trudges us through an hour and a half of what he describes as the fruits of "a years worth of procrastination" that he would have named "Delay and Deliberation" had it not clashed with the title formatting tradition we've established. Dive in.

Forecast 064: Junior

There’s No Finish Line, Just The Next Dance.

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