A post cosmic mix recorded in my parents garden ....2006 

For Franz Aumuller <3

Behind The Gardens Behind the Wall  Mixx

STONER LONERS X

Continuing the series is Mancunian producer, dj and music teacher Tom Burford who just released his LP 'Elevations' with us as Contours (@contoursmusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Tom. You just returned from a big hike, how was it?

TC: Hey! Yeah, we were able to get out on some beautiful hikes around the Anaga national park in the north of Tenerife. It’s a stunning landscape and a nice change from the overbearing grey we get in Manchester for half the year. 

MFM: Does nature play an important role in your life and music?

JC: Definitely in life, and then I guess that just seeps into my music. I grew up in a pretty rural part of Cumbria. It was very beautiful landscape but with very little to do from an entertainment perspective, so getting out in the landscape or jamming with friends always felt like the two most freeing things to do. 

MFM: About jamming with friends... Your new album Elevations includes a lot of collaborations with other musicians, of which you did the recordings yourself. Can you highlight one special moment from those recording sessions?

TC: When recording Pots, I had initially written and recorded the percussion and synth parts at home and hit up Abraham to see if he wanted to add some Trumpet parts. He is based in London and so he recorded initial takes remotely and sent them through. They sounded great, but I really wanted to transform and process his parts for the track to manipulate them into sounding more synth like at points. Doing, that without him in the space felt like there was dialogue missing. In the end I went down to London and we recorded and dubbed them out in the same space at the Rhythm Section studio (shouts to Mali on engineering duties). Being able to respond to his playing and him in turn being able to respond to the dubbing of his parts felt like it was able to capture some really special elements.  

MFM: The A side of your new LP has Elevations 1, 2 and 3. Was it intentional for these tracks to end up separately or did they used to be one larger piece?

TC: When I started writing Elevations 1, 2 and 3 it just began as a series of jams and recording sessions in my flat bouncing ideas back and forth between myself, Beka, Abel and Simmy. These sessions were always just me and one other collaborator at a time, partly down to schedules, the size of the flat, but also the chance to not have to rush the process and to really dig into how we worked together. I continued building out the same project over multiple sessions so that I could have access to all the material collated in one place. Specific sections and ideas started to come together, but I liked the idea of them forging part of a wider piece. I’d previously worked in a largely self-contained track basis but had been listening to a lot of pieces like Six Marimbas, Music for 18 musicians and Tehillim by Steve Reich that build over a long period and loved the scope this gave to get completely lost in the music. I love the hypnotic nature created when polyrhythms morph over each other for a long enough period, shifting emphasis and eventually melting away.  

MFM: What can you tell about the mix you've made?

TC: I wanted to create a mix that was able to showcase the variety of sounds that influence me, both as a DJ and Producer. I love listening to mixes and radio at home and the best club experiences I’ve had have always been when a DJ is able to surprise you and really take you on a journey. The album makes heavy use of strings through the violin and cello, but also the Guzheng, a Chinese Zither and the Clàrsach a Celtic Harp. The initial three tracks of the mix focus on these sounds before skirting into more percussive and jazz focused influences and then into some deeper acid-tinged downtempo tracks and sub heavy club sounds. Hopefully this mix takes people on a journey and is something for people to get lost in.

MFM Mix 051: Contours

FDLM 2024 Live Session - Alexis Le-Tan & Joakim

From the archives, a cute selecta of ambient electronica flavours recorded not far than 20 years ago, end of October 2005.
Playlist included :
1-Kim Hiorthoy - Hej, Vart Blev Det Av Dat En, Kim? (Alog Remix) - Smalltown Supersound
2- Super Numeri - Otter's Pool - Ninja Tune
3-Leila - Different Time (Reprise) - XL
4-A Reminiscent Drive - Smokey Mountains - F Com
5-Nini Raviolette - Je Tu Nous (Sir Alice Remix) - Tigersushi
6-Jan Jelinek - Poren - ~Scape
7-Boards Of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden - Warp
8-Pole - Round Two - Mute
9-Rhythm & Sound - Troddin Version - Basic Channel
10- The Chosen Brothers / Bullwackies All Stars - Mango Walk Dubwise Version - Rhythm & Sound, Wackie's
11-Vladislav Delay - No Name - Mille Plateaux
12-Köhncke/Heimermann - Albatros - Kompakt Extra
13-Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn - Warp
14-Robag Whrume Vs. Jay Haze - Don't Stop - Contextior
15-Howie B - Gallway - Pussyfoot
16-Tuxedomoon - KM / Seeding The Clouds - Celluloid
17-Autechre - Eggshell - Warp

New unrealeased Mix series #4 : Ambient (2005)

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The Breakfast Show - Stella Zekri & Ed Longo - 11 Sep 2024

Bakk Heia Podcast No.1 - Vladimir Ivkovic (Live at The White Hotel) 

We begin our podcast series with a recording from one of the great DJs of our time, Vladimir Ivkovic, playing the final 3 hours of Bakk Heia at The White Hotel in May 24. 

In typical Vlad fashion there is a distinct and unique narrative quality to the mix. Whilst genre defying psychedelia churns into spikey IDM, and wailing post punk iterations flow into mainline acid stomp, there is an over arching sense of tenderness to the selection. Vlad told us after the lights came on that it was his intention to hold and take care of us that night. Transforming the spiralling chaos of the club environment to one which nurtures, rather than obliterates, our frenzied minds. 

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did dancing.

Bakk Heia Podcast 001 - Vladimir Ivkovic (Live at The White Hotel)

Ramzilla for Radio Alhara (09.20.2024)

◉◉◉ @akvilina hailing from the woods of Lithuania and @menqui originally from the black forest teamed up at the cashmere headquarter for episode #94 ◉◉◉

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

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Past Forward #94 with Akvilina & Menqui

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