Mix Series

Techno tunnel

May 2019

Hailing from Amsterdam and with De School as his homebase, @nawazworldwide’s sound is always evolving, sliding deftly from wormhole techno to fast rhythms and glitchy electronics.

His selections on this Patterns of Perception 119 melt together while also reinforcing each other, each transition subtler than the last, sometimes even employing his own tailor-made tools and tracks for the purpose.

Beginning from a visual image, this mix blends diverse rhythms and atmospheres, offering a story line from which the listener can create their own narrative, their own image, free of imposition.

Patterns of Perception 119 - Nawaz

Marking the culmination of 2023, our final mix features the debut release from one of our own, @zilkamarie. As the driving force behind comms within our collective, Zilka's music inspiration is drawn from the diverse array of artists she collaborates with.

Recorded live at Jacopo (@severja) and Fred’s (@fred-czital) Hitze party back in July, the set follows on from a daytime open air while also opening the after party. Progressing from wet, spacious ambient sounds to dubby, irresistible beats, Patterns of Perception 120 captures and plays with quintessential afterhours vibes.

Patterns of Perception 120 - Zilka

Hailing from Germany and now based in Portugal, @vril_01 has in recent years been quietly producing and performing some truly extraordinary electronic music. Going from strength to strength, he takes dancefloors on vivid, compelling journeys across Europe and beyond.

Patterns of Perception 121 takes us back to a very special live ambient set .VRIL performed at @nachtdigital MINT 2019, an immersive hour of lucid textures and swelling intensity.

Big thanks to @sentientechno for making this happen with us.

Patterns of Perception 121 - .VRIL

After an extended pause for much needed rest and slow reflection, the Patterns of Perception crew is excited to return to our mix series with fresh energy and a stellar new mix from Jasmin, aka softi (@jazz_brown). 

Soulful, breezy and groove-laden, softi's Patterns of Perception 122 shimmers with her kaleidoscopic, minimal sound. Weightless sparks float and flicker in dim light. Time dilates; seasons drift. 

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A few thoughts from Jasmin:

Hey Jasmin, how’s it going? What's been happening for you lately?
I’m well, I’m currently living between Lisbon and London this summer which has been a dream! Great food, beach sessions and writing music. It’s been a wild 3 months and I’m just getting myself ready for the seasons changing!

What can you tell us about your mix?
For this mix I wanted to mould my love of groovy minimal and psychedelic tones for the moody season ahead, which is usually my signature sound! I have been producing a lot of this recently and some of my unreleased bits are exclusively inside 💜

⁠Is there a track or tracks that are extra special for you?
I’d probably say my own productions are the special to me as it reminds me of how much I have developed as a producer and artist. I love connecting with the tracks and being able to create my own atmospheric world for listeners to get lost in. But one track that I always come back to is "bluep" by Underground City Loop (a producer from Aus). I have been playing this track for years and it has every sonic element you'd want from a track - low end sub groove with dark melodic synths.

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Links:
@jazz_brown
instagram.com/__softiii/

@cozi-716789961
instagram.com/cozi______/

Patterns of Perception 122 - softi

A slow-burning glide through hazy reverie - @leifsounds’ Patterns of Perception 123 blurs the boundary between waking and vivid dreamscape. 
Spectral melancholia suffused with gentle insistence. Sultry percussion whirs. Reflections dissolve, rhythms build.

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- Hey Leif, how’s it going? What’s been happening lately?
Hey, I'm good thanks - enjoying spending some time focusing on producing / mixing again after a bit of a break! There are a few things on the horizon including some new material and some radio shows this winter.

- Tell us a bit about this mix - what was your idea or direction behind it?
It was a chance to weave together a few dreamy slow burners around the 100bpm mark I've been really enjoying recently, and feature some fresh bits from Duckett and others along the way.

- ⁠Are there any tracks or moments in the mix that feel extra special or defining to you? 
'Pick a Headline' - one I made together with Duckett will always feel like a special track - it's a few years old now but still brings serenity every time I listen.

Links:
@leifsounds
instagram.com/leifsounds
www.leifsounds.bandcamp.com
www.leifsounds.com

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Tracklist:
Azu Tiwaline - Canopée Imaginaire
Clay Kin - 46°27'36.2-N 6°57'52.5“E
In Transit - A.2829
Sabla + Đ.K. - Totem Society - A Minute
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2410202
Duckett - Will You Hear When The Lion Within You Roars
Leif - Yes No
Valentino Mora - IIIIIIIII1IIII2IIIIIIIII
Leif & Duckett - Pick a Headline
Ido Plumes - To
Duckett - Grant Me Time To Let My Enemies Grieve
Dino Sabatini - Soul Capture
Baba Stiltz - Hotel Exile
Chants & Dave Schoepke - Cavernicole

Patterns of Perception 123 - Leif

Slithering techno and trance.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=655

@mamasnake

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.655 Mama Snake

Please enjoy this recording of So at the Labyrinth, September 23, 2018.

So: The Labyrinth 2018

Efdemin has all but perfected his deep, expertly reduced take on house and techno. The German artist has mastered his form over the course of numerous 12”s on various labels, including three albums on Dial Records. They are intricate, mind bending affairs that take you in on yourself and constantly explore new ground. His hybrid mix CD on his own Naïf imprint and Curle last year was another career high point, and recently he has turned himself towards experimental and microtonal composition with yet more fascinating results. February 2019 will see Ostgut Ton release New Atlantis, his latest album and one inspired by Francis Bacon’s unfinished 17th century novel of the same name. Promising to fuse his left-of-centre take on dance music with a new found passion for experimental sound art, it’s the latest chapter in a fascinating artistic story. 

His podcast for us is a decidedly club-focussed mix, featuring the sort of warped synths and underlapping grooves you would expect of the man. There are multi-layered tracks of percussion, sound design and stringy rhythms to start, then things slip into long, draw out passages of tunnel vision techno before the drums begin to hit harder to carry you home. At times playful, at others deadly serious, it sums up the career of Efdemin perfectly.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 214 - Efdemin

An album's worth of new music on our 666th mix.

@matrixxman

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=666

RA.666 Matrixxman

Icelandic rave.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=668

@exos

RA.668 Exos

Latest R-Imprint Podcast comes from Nuel who recently had some amazing releases on Northern Electronics, Midgar and Sublunar Records. This recording is part of his  DJ-Set from the Patterns of Perception night at Ohm in Berlin.

Also don't forget to show Nuel some love on his recently relaunched soundcloud channel, to make sure you don't miss any of his new EP's or Podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/nuel_official

Show April Sets

R-Imprint Podcast 060 | Nuel

Monday Morning Show 002

[PALINOIA005] A1 Eric Cloutier - Apeirophobia FULL

RA Live - 2019.20.04 - Ben Klock (House set), DGTL Amsterdam

Lars Dales & Maarten Smeets aka Detroit Swindle make their AUS debut with the 'Rhythm Girl Swing’ EP. We're extremely honoured to release the first EP away from their Heist imprint in over four years. The classy duo continue the sonic exploration heard on their superb 2018 LP ‘High Life’ and deliver 3 electronic cuts varying from warm and soulful to raw and pumping. We’ll see a lot more new music from Detroit Swindle in 2019 and we’re happy to present you their unique sound with this release.

Detroit Swindle 'Wado Baya'

Label: Mord
Artist: P.E.A.R.L.
Title: Life Of Pleasures EP
Cat No: MORD061
W + P by P.E.A.R.L.
Format: 12" and Digital

Buy at: mord.bandcamp.com/album/life-of-pleasures-ep

A1 Life Of Pleasures
A2 Sub Rosa
B1 Fears & Knowledge
B2 The Pain Of Regret 
D1 Collapsed [digi only]
D2 Four Gates To One Place [digi only]

Release date: May 31st 2019

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Collapse. 
New days,
Two faces,
Four gates.
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Life of Pleasures EP

P.E.A.R.L. - The Pain Of Regret (MORD061)

There is an effectiveness and simplicity to Mall Grab’s house music
that very quickly made him a star. The artist from an Australian town
makes tracks as dusty as homeland, but imbued with feel good melodies,
irresistible drums and smart samples that elevated them above pure
tools. This raw, instinctive, unfussy sound has found him on labels
like Looking For Trouble as well as the Steel City Discs label he runs
with Jarred Kennedy and Jackson Fitzsimmons. Back in February he
stepped out with an EP under his own name in a mission of
“self-discovery” and it’s a journey the world continues to be closely
tuned in to.

His mix is a high octane selection of brilliantly physical sounds.
From supersized house to throwback breakbeats, he slams it all
together with a fist pumping efficiency that means two hours race by
in a flash.  It’s a fun mix, too, with old school rave flavours, saw
tooth stabs and bumping kicks all brimming with the sort of life that
makes Mall Grab such an appealing and accessible talent.

Dekmantel Podcast 229 - Mall Grab

D. Tiffany plays for us at Wire on 31st May along with NYC house hero Justin Cudmore. Don't miss it!
Tickets here: www.residentadvisor.net/events/1233022

Ahead of our party with her at the end of the month we have a very special podcast from none other than the mercurial D. Tiffany. 

We're stoked to be hosting this mix from the Montreal based artist, as she seamlessly takes us through a percussive trip spanning downtempo joints, deep rolling breaks, techy wiggles and tranced out techno cuts. It's a colourful sound palette that reflects both Sophie's strengths as a producer, DJ and label head, with her influences spanning a broad range of sonic textures.

31st May Wire Tickets

Rotation 019: D. Tiffany

As an electronic music artist, @petervanhoesen needs little introduction.

A techno veteran renowned for his innovation and creativity, Peter has spent his career balancing the cerebral and the physical, in line with his ethos of producing ‘mental body music’. Most recently, his musical inspiration has come from the halcyon days of the Belgian electronic music scene in the 1990s. This new focus was the result of a period of self-reflection for Peter, in which he determined that the mental side was starting to outweigh the physical in both his own music and within segments of the wider techno scene. To bring the balance back, he started the Center 91 label, and upped the urgency, groove and BPMs of his world-spanning DJ sets.

Patterns of Perception 50 is a snapshot of Peter’s refreshed, idyllic vision of techno, an intricate tapestry of visceral psychedelia and compelling rhythms. It perfectly captures and illustrates the balance of mind and body music that has been the cornerstone of his work to date.

Read our full interview with Peter here: https://patternsofperception.tumblr.com/post/184904221864/a-chat-with-peter-van-hoesen

Links:
@petervanhoesen
www.facebook.com/petervanhoesenofficial/
twitter.com/petervanhoesen
www.instagram.com/petervanhoesen/

www.t2x.eu/
@time_to_express
www.facebook.com/timetoexpress

Patterns of Perception 50 - Peter Van Hoesen

Patterns of Perception