Mar 2020

CoVid19 techno

Mix Series

Art bei Ton & .apart were added in 2021 an can be found a the bottom of the List (ca #130 onward)
also : since 2022 : Human Lessons ( ca #290 onward)

Patterns of perception ; Precept ;  Modyfier ; Forsvarlig Arkiv ; Ohrwert; Art bei Ton; .apart

ambient / experimental

Favorite mixes 2020

Producer, DJ, promoter, and @soundsofvala label head, @soundsofkaspiann's work straddles a range of paces and moods, always with an eye toward the innovative. With a lower-tempo release due early next year on an undisclosed label, Kaspiann's more recent sonic explorations wade into swampy techno with psychedelic inflections.

In Patterns of Perception 117, Kaspiann pulls you into the flow through these murky sounds that dips and stomps along, with a selection of unreleased tracks from both his and his friends' studios, along with a handful of carefully unearthed gems.

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/kaspiann__
https://valaseries.bandcamp.com/album/vala-2
https://ra.co/dj/kaspiann
https://www.facebook.com/kaspiannhki/

Patterns of Perception 117 - Kaspiann

Known for her hypnotic dives to the psychedelic reaches of deep techno, London-based @freyacaldwell signature style emphasises meticulous sound design and the incorporation of lush and evocative textures. 

Having graced the stages of renowned venues and festivals throughout Europe, she has appeared at prestigious locations such as Amsterdam's De School, the Positive Education Festival, and London's own Village Underground.

Faery's Patterns of Perception 118 circles around echoes, resonances and hauntings, shifting between shadowy low-ends and moments of ecstatic crescendo. Encapsulating the tension and drama held in dnb's darker edges, the mix also weaves in touches of eerie contemporary classical-esque ambient.

Patterns of Perception 118 - Faery

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

2011 i guess..
You re welcome :)

http://www.biosphere.no/store.html

Biosphere live in Iceland

Italian duo https://soundcloud.com/naturalelectronicsystem have been a force within techno’s underground since 2004, gaining respect through their much revered podcasts for cult websites such as mnml ssgs and Smoke Machine, as well as their international dj sets, including at Labyrinth in Japan. 

After a mesmerizing set at the Patterns of Perception opening party at OHM in April, we are pleased to have natural/electronic.system. provide the seventh installment of our mix series - an hour of groovy, slowly unfolding dub techno.

We also had a chat with the duo about the mix, their push into production, and the music that makes them 'vibrate': http://goo.gl/LxTbOH

Patterns of Perception 07

Patterns of Perception 07 - natural/electronic.system.

Precept 001 | Maïore

Irshad Hussein is an Azerbaijani electronic musician and dj from Baku.  İnspired by atmospheric and deep sounding he moves in the direction of techno and ambient. He recently realized his EP Obastan on the spanish label Circular Limited, which promote artists like Svarog, OWL, Concept of thrill, Kanthor and more... Enjoy its contribution

Precept 002 | Irshad Hussein

Ephere is a 23 years old french producer from Lille (FR). His work represents well the kind of vibes we try to promotes. His track "Vain" has met a lot of success on soundcloud, he already has two EP released and a new one is coming soon... A man to follow!

@ephere

Precept 003 | Ephere

@hydrangeamusic ’s life as a producer and DJ began relatively recently, when in 2014 she began expressing the quietness, wonder and intensity of nature in techno. For this prodigious French talent, creating and selecting music is an act of entering a deeper dimension, both transcendent and grounded in the hypnotic beauty of the natural world.

As a producer, she has released her own productions – which are lucid, mesmerising, arresting – on @annulled_music, @two-two-records, and @silent-season.

As a DJ, she is equally inspired by the dancefloors she plays to across Europe as by the nature around her home. She describes this mix for Patterns of Perception as a musical trip for one of her walks in the forest, creating an inner journey while being connected with the surroundings.

Wherever you happen to listen to it, we are confident it will have a similar effect on you.

Links: 
@hydrangeamusic
https://www.facebook.com/musichydrangea/

Tracklist:
Lena Deen - Lateral
Ntogn - Draki 
Meta - Ambiente 2
Kanthor - Ballet Mécanique
Bichord - Analog Wind
Adam Michalak - Evening Later
Void & Materia - Sonar Call
Andaman - Vision III (Refracted Remix)
Mohlao - Patchbay
Kanthor - Kirtana
Chnl - Ion (Terra)
Perial - 2019
Teste + Edit Select - Ascend
Aquarium - Sandalwood
Mohlao - Rotar
Depthon - Polygraph (Ricardo Garduno Remix)
Sicarius Hahnio - Resto Domani
Vytis - Ocean

Patterns of Perception 26 - Hydrangea

This week be transported to far away places with Amsterdam duo Wanderwelle’s addition to our podcast series.

Read more (including our interview): https://mnmt.no/blog/mnmt-182-wanderwelle-interview/

MNMT 182: Wanderwelle

All tracks written and produced by @tokifuko
Recorded by @tokifuko for The Memoir, 2019
Curated by @hypnus

TRACKLIST:
01. @tokifuko - Connector (Epilogue Re-Edit) [Unreleased]
02. @tokifuko - Don't Trust The Humans (Element One) [@concreterecords]
03. @tokifuko - Mammals (Ambience Version) [Unreleased]
04. @tokifuko - Abyss [DP-6 Records]
05. @tokifuko - Imagine (Ambient Version) [@slowdance]
06. @tokifuko - Spring Ray (Outtake) [@silent-season]
07. @tokifuko - Don't Trust The Humans (Element Two) [@concreterecords]
08. @tokifuko - Don't Trust The Humans (Apocalipto Version) [Unreleased]

The snowfalls of recent days has melted under the new moon and we are finally ready to turn another page in The Memoir.

This time we're greeted by the blissful beats of @tokifuko who's sounds and work with his outboard gear has been inspiring us lately. His music can be described as "mechanical signals structured into a hypnotic substance".

"I always liked tactile music writing and I've always wanted to control the electric wave by using drum machines locking them into a chain. It was hard for me to get results with the use of virtual instruments which led to the purchase of my first synthesizer. As a result, it has become an experiment in search for new forms and a race for the best sound in order to achieve better results."

Recently this talented producer released a wonderful EP on @silent-season which is well worth checking out.

Without further ado, we invite you to take a swim through the silky sounds of @tokifuko.

Love and light

Buy his latest record

Page 31: Toki Fuko

Sasha is a trained violinist and choir vocalist who grew up with an addiction to music. Her first ventures into her own productions were a strong mix of distorted electronics, a far cry from her classical background. With the studio foundations in place she started producing a multitude of related genres like drum n bass, ambient and electronic music. Inspired by the dark ambient people in her life she surrounded herself with she slowly drifted into the scene and started turning her productions towards the depths. She has described dark ambient as something that gives her a freedom of thought in relation to the complexity of the world of wonders, a mix between the simple and the difficult.

https://soundcloud.com/protou
https://www.cryochamberlabel.com/artist/protou/

Tracklist

00:00 protoU & Hilyard - Nature Abstractions
05:15 Ari Porki - Low-pressure
08:21 Dronny Darko & Utu Lautturi - Tribal Urbanism
16:45 protoU - Eyes of the Shaman
24:32 Mathias Grassow - The Sleeping Forest
32:05 Dronny Darko & protoU - Riparian Forest [ 300 million years ago ]
36:15 Juta Takahashi - Quiet Rain
45:22 protoU - Stones in Snow
48:54 Ajna & Dronny Darko - The Strange Demeanor of Solitude II (Dronny Darko Remix)
52:00 Oil Texture - Somnium

Have a good listening.

Deep Breakfast 017 - protoU

Stationary Travels is a blog based in Richmond, Virginia that has been actively discovering, curating, and sharing immersive and transportive music from all over the world since 2013. The scope of coverage embraces a variety of predominantly instrumental genres such as experimental ambient, drone, field recording, modern composition, post rock, emotional electronica, electro-acoustic, and original soundtrack. From album reviews, song premieres, and interviews to playlists and mixes, the focus is on taking memorable journeys in music and sound and supporting the artist & labels that make it possible.

https://soundcloud.com/stationary_travels
https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/

Tracklist

00:00 Ian Hawgood - Loneliness/Whispers (from Impermanence on Slowcraft Records)
07:55 Windy & Carl - Forest Trails (from Pure Sounds of Michigan on Assemble Sound)
13:40 The Volume Settings Folder - Adequately Sized Heat Plate Exchangers (from Hothocleana on Oscarson)
19:44 Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea - passé tranquille (from Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea on Past Inside the Present)
25:40 Andrew Tasselmyer - Affordances (from Surface Textures on Eilean Rec.)
30:25 Pepo Galán - How Not To Disappear (from How Not to Disappear Completely on Lontano Series)
37:15 Black Brunswicker - Bohemian Paradise (from In the Age of Aristocracy on Stereoscenic Records)  
42:05 Adzuki - Snow of Sugar (from Undeveloped Land on Shimmering Moods)
45:42 Darren Harper - Wooded (from Paths on Shimmering Moods)
56:12 M. Grig - Form (from Mount Carmel on 12k)
60:30 Jens Pauly - Vihne (from Vihne on Whitelabrecs)
65:29 Josh Mason - Untitled (for Amy) (from Conduit on ScissorTail Records)

Have a good listening.

Deep Breakfast 023 - Stationary Travels

Resident dj at elysia, basel. co-runs amenthia recordings together with Agonis.
There’s beauty in the art of teasing. To build the groove of a night slowly and piece by piece is a commonplace ideal, but not many are willing to sacrifice the early moments of gratification for a potentially more rewarding experience. Enter Garçon: The Basel-based music afficcionado has steadily built his reputation as an expert in mood modulation. Combining hypnotic grooves from all corners of electronic music, he’s crafted a style firmly rooted in techno, with a singular affinity for the rhythmically dexterous landscapes that stretch beyond. An original resident of (now defunct) Basel institution Hinterhof, Garçon – in cooperation with ally Agonis – continues developing the Amenthia imprint’s unique sonic identity at Elysia, taking full advantage of the utilitarian space.

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INVEINS \ Podcast \ 060 \ Garçon

No need for introduction when it comes to https://soundcloud.com/naturalelectronicsystem Originally from Naples, the duo has been playing in the most reputed festivals and clubs worldwide from Labyrinth to Paral-lel Festival, providing always acclaimed productions with a big respect of a large fan base.  On this fourth instalment of my residency, I’m hosting half of the duo, friend Valerio Gomez de Ayala for a journey into some of his favorite ambient records, he doesn’t use to play in clubs. I’m on the first hour, Valerio the second.

Back at the end of the ’90s, Valerio started to collect techno, IDM, ambient, experimental, house and electronic music records from all over the world. In the early ’00, he had the opportunity to work in a local club in the Vesuvian area where he had to play very Mainstream music, but training also himself in the meantime hours before the party or when the club was closed by recording tapes with music he liked. Following this very first experience, he finally had the opportunity to buy his own turntables and improved his technic. 
Then, in 2004 , he started with his high school friend and musical soulmate, Antonio Giova , the natural/electronic.system. project in order to express their personal idea of sound. 

Next for duo, Mediterranea EP on Tikita which will hit the stores this month. They are also preparing an upcoming EP on Delsin, one of their all time favorite labels and are working on lot of music right now.

Rinse France Podcast

Rinse France / Laura BCR with Valerio Gomez de Ayala - 06 Janvier 2020

An incredible mix of deep dubby hypnotic house & techno, straight out of Essex UK. A perfect representation of the DRED sound

Get Paul's latest release on DRED Records here:
https://dredrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dred-015-above-the-prince-paul-mitchell-bowyer-318

more to come from this man on DRED in 2020!

Paul Mitchell - DSLM009

F-on@Alpenglühen#51 at La Matriz Espacio (January 10th, 2020).
Closing set, excerpt.

F-on@Alpenglühen#51

Eric @Cloutier on the inspiration for this mix: "It's impossible to fully describe the importance of Theorem (@theorem-thx) in my life. Upon first hearing the “Nano” album I was immediately sold on his sound. Moving artfully between psychedelic, dub and chill varietals of techno, the picture he painted on this full length on Plus8 blew my mind…and honestly still does. Fast forward to the “Mantra One” EP, and I knew this wasn’t a fluke but a revolution of a genre. Almost like clockwork, singles on a sub label of M_nus started dropping; I was indoctrinated in to Theorem's sound 100% at this point. Beautiful, patient, delicate, unique, and timeless - Theorem’s records, both solo and with a handful of equally amazing friends, such as Stewart Walker, Sutekh, and Swayzak, are at once undefinable and unquestionably from one defining point in electronic music history. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay friends with Theorem for well over a decade, and he’s blessed me with a trove of unreleased transmissions I’ve never felt comfortable putting to a recording until now. Without this music  I honestly don’t know where my techno life would have taken me, but I am forever indebted to Theorem for what he unintentionally did to a random connoisseur back home in Detroit. 

01. Theorem - Emerge [MINUS TH 3]
02. Theorem - Evolve [SWZLP2]
03. Theorem - Graviti [PLUS8057]
04. Theorem + Sutekh - Mitochondria [MINUS THX 5]
05. Theorem - Fallout [MINUS TH 4] 
06. Theorem - Clone [PLUS8070]
07. Theorem - Igneous [MINUS TH 2]
08. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Recoil [MINUS THX 3]
09. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Too Distant Images [MINUS THX 3]
10. Theorem + Swayzak - Break In at Apt 205 [MINUS THX 1]
11. Theorem + Swayzak - Devil of Rotations [!K7193EP]
12. Theorem - Shift [MINUS TH 1]
13. Theorem - Embed [MINUS TH 3]
14. Theorem + Swayzak - 020100 (Swayzak Mix) [SWZ11]
15. Theorem + Swayzak - Day From Hell [MINUS THX 2]	
16. Theorem + Sutekh - Canis [MINUS THX 5]
17. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Intervals [MINUS THX 4]
18. Theorem - Formulate [MINUSMIXMAX1]
19. Theorem - Dilate [PLUS8057]
20. Theorem - Gelidity [UNRELEASED]

The Bunker Podcast 209

The Bunker Podcast 209: Eric Cloutier

www.smkmachine.com

Smoke Machine Podcast 137 A. Brehme

late night electro, wormhole travel, intergalactic gyration, off the deep end

T/L

Electro Music Union - Structures 2
T.N. - Tension Seeker
Brother Nebula - Going Clear
Carl Finlow - Undertones
Moy - Wisdom Track
Alonzo - The Dead Cry
Theus Mago - Bum Bum
Hoffman - Wormhole Travel
Motorbass - Get Funked Up (Electrophunk remix)
Analogue Audio Association - Silkton
Grumptronix - Dirty Sheets
Qnete & Carmel - Caterburied
Gnork - ur so fkn good
Area Forty One - Nocturnal Passions III
Single Cell Orchestra - Knockout Drops

214 Space Nights Mix

HUGE thank you to Osúnlade for playing one of the standout sets at Festival No.23 this year and for being a total legend in the mix and in life ✴︎

Osúnlade ✴︎ Festival No.23 ✴︎ Feb 2020

Goa Club Vol.3 | DONATO DOZZY & EVA GEIST

Much loved London selector https://soundcloud.com/janefitz steps up with a beautiful, twisting and textured journey. More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix97

ASIP - isolatedmix 97 Jane Fitz

More info

isolatedmix 97 - Jane Fitz: We Fall Into The Sun

Idiosyncratic music for the club.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=720

@joemakemusic

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.720 Joe

Hailing from Naples and well-known as one half of @naturalelectronicsystem, Antonio Giova is a selector and producer of unparalleled talent and vision. Over the course of a career spanning over 1.5 decades, and which includes a tight relationship with the esteemed record label @tikitarec, a collaboration with @neel, and key performances at festivals such as Labyrinth (@mindgameslaby), @wakinglifeportugal and @parallelfestival, Antonio has developed a unique sense of texture, atmosphere and narrative which glows deeply in both his productions and his mixes.

Based on his set from our Winter Edition party at ://about.blank in late-February 2020, Antonio let his intuition guide him with this Patterns of Perception 60. The outcome is somehow both raw and seamless, a vignette of ethereal proportions: eternal and infinite, timeless and dimensionless.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/naturalelectronicsystem
https://www.facebook.com/naturalelectronicsystem
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/naturalelectronicsystem

Patterns of Perception 60 - Antonio Giova

These are some new tracks that I would have been playing in my DJ sets. 
Since everything has ground to a halt I decided to upload a mix for your pleasure during self isolation. 
Stay safe, clean and please look after each other.

Please support me by buying something at https://dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com

queniv - Unfold
Ryan Elliott - The Move
Orlando Voorn - The Illest
Xhin - Link (Lucy remix)
Biri - Ursa Minor
DJ Bruce Lee - "Beatz" (John Heaven's Pel Tiet Bruce Remix)
Nicola Cruz - Ripple
Peder Mannerfelt - A Queen
MSDMNR - Emergency
Donato Dozzy - Sotto Ma Sotto (Lucy remix)
Nicola Cruz - Yeva
Batu & Lurka - Curved
Luciano Esse - Rainy Night (Joton Remix)
Peder Mannerfelt - Black Alert
Troy - Surge
Makaton	- Bruise Violet
PWCCA - Ningyo
Temudo - Tough To Say
Stanislav Tolkachev - Be Careful And Nobody Dies
MSDMNR - Reign One
Perko - Stutter
Alex Banks - Revolutions (Jinjé Remix)

Isolation mix

Self Isolation mix Vol.1

Bassiani podcast # 68 invites DJ Nobu for an exclusive hour of tripping techno. The Japanese artist is famous for using multiple decks to cast his sonic spells on hypnotized dance floors. In this mix metallic sounds build up beautifully, arranged in his signature style.

@djnobu_bitta

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Dj Nobu / Podcast #68

Visionary electronic music.

http://patternsofperception.com