Grant Aaron

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caraúnas - fazer bem (2014)

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

deep nature - [ soundcloud.com/deepnature ] + [ www.facebook.com/DeepNatureMusic ]

TL: 

01 Tell me
02 Genesis
03 Edge of the earth
04 Morning on the seafront
05 Undersea
06 Along route
07 Elyzium
08 Leaf
09 Magic
10 Emilia

check also our music blog -> vk.com/hello_strange


deep nature - hello strange podcast #73

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

Thanks, @youANDme-martin!

Style: Dub, Techno, Downbeats, Below the Surface
Length: 01:44:03
Quality: 320 k/bits

Tracklist:

01. Paul St. Hilaire & René Löwe - "Faith" (Vox Mix)
02. youAND:THEMACHINES - "Sansula" (Deep Mix)
03. Little Owl - "Fav Mood"
04. Yagya - "Rigning Fimm"
05. Martin Kohlstedt - "Leh"
06. Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - "Rekondakion"
07. Hang Massive - "From the View" (Live) [feat. Baba Alex]
08. Hang Massive - "From the View" 
09. Ludovico Einaudi - "Lady Labyrinth"
10. Little Owl - "Fathers Footsteps"
11. Boards of Canada - "Music Is Math"
12. Delano Smith - "Thoughts"
13. Stimming - "November Morning" (Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Version)
14. Nils Frahm - "Less"
15. Basic Channel - "Lyot" (Remix)
16. Fingers In The Noise - "Dead River"
17. Herbert - "It's Only a Reprise"
18. Björk - "Pagan Poetry" (live)
19. Björk - "Pagan Poetry" (Matthew Herbert Handshake Mix)
20. Rhythm & Sound - "Let Jah Love Come"
21. Basic Channel - "Radiance I"
22. Martin Kohlstedt - "Exa"
23. Yagya's rain
24. Cold - "Strobe Light Network"

Alle der diesjährigen Kalendermixe finden sich hier:
http://www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de/blogg/category/adventskalender-2014/



2014 #08: youANDme - Below the Surface

E/Tape - MOJ Mixes 2

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"British ambient band Marconi Union has drummed up the world's most relaxing song: Weightless is 8 mins 10 sec. of aural bliss" - Time Magazine, Best Inventions of the Year. 

"An excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music" - The Sunday Times

"The Ambient Zone is an album that feels like the world is peeling away, layer by layer, into multi-colored panoramas, just for you" - Echoes (CD of The Month)

The Ambient Zone is a beautiful journey into ambient and electronica inspired by universal themes of calmness, purity, relaxation and enrichment where Weightless is coupled with some exclusive first releases and other blissfully ambient tracks from Just Music artists and alumni.

Created instinctively and intuitively by Marconi Union, Weightless has been claimed to have therapeutic properties in the way the track almost appears to have a heartbeat running through it which slows down very gently throughout the piece, encouraging a deep sense of relaxation in the body, It's use of specific rhythms, beep bass tones, frequencies and intervals induce an almost trance like state in the listener.

"The Ambient Zone is an album that just screams (albeit quietly) of pure class" - Fluid Nation.

Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

Weightless Part 1

Buy the album

Marconi Union - Weightless

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter I.
PHASE I of II by Grant Aaron. All vinyl ambient set.

Mysteries of the Deep I - GRANT AARON | PHASE1

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter II.
Phase II of II by Grant Aaron. All vinyl ambient set.

Mysteries of the Deep II - GRANT AARON | PHASE2

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter III. Atmosphere by Grant Aaron.

Mysteries of the Deep III - GRANT AARON | ATMOSPHERE

Grant Aaron [ Mysteries of the Deep ] U.S.

https://soundcloud.com/mysteriesofthedeep

www.smkmachine.com

UN #61 Grant Aaron

Joining us on our next podcast is Mysteries of the Deep founder Grant Aaron, who began the New York-based project in 2011 as a podcast and event series for ambient and experimental music, hosting the likes of Neel and Patrick Russell, before expanding it to a label in 2017. In true form Grant has provided us with a mostly-ambient mix, an hour which evolves patiently and profoundly over its course. Grant covers grand territory with his selections, dealing in sparse instrumentation, sweeping drones, and pared-down percussion, weaving these elements into a moving and cohesive whole. Dive in now, or save this one to accompany you on an upcoming journey. It’s worth the wait.

More from Grant Aaron (Mysteries of the Deep):
@mysteriesofthedeep
@insideout

Sure Thing Mix 63: Grant Aaron

Read our interview with Grant Aaron here: https://www.patternsofperception.com/post/a-chat-with-grant-aaron

The first time Grant Aaron (@insideout) went to an event with a chill-out room, everything clicked into place. It was the beginning of a long love affair with ambient and experimental music, with its sparsity and often beat-less nature leaving plenty of room for the imagination to take over. Grant went on to take up DJing in chill-out spaces himself before founding the influential platform Mysteries of the Deep in New York a decade ago. Initially a podcast, Mysteries has evolved over time into an event series and record label, and has established itself as one of the most revered sources for ambient music, both online and offline.

2021 is shaping up to be as busy a year as any other for Mysteries: there are releases in the works from Christina Chatfield (@anitserk), Mosam Howieson (@mos-how) and Grant’s label partner Oliver Chapoy (@ohm_sweet_ohm), plus plans to bring back the podcast after a brief hiatus. In the midst of this busy schedule, Grant took the time to showcase his cinematic, storytelling-driven style for our own podcast, with a mix recorded in a dense New York winter and inspired by the dampening of sound that comes with heavy snowfall.

Of the concept of his Patterns of Perception 80, Grant says: “The last eight or nine months have been some of the most difficult that I’ve been through in several years. A lot of it has to do with my work situation, which has been incredibly challenging and pushed me to rethink many things in my life. Then you have the pandemic, which has been this overarching theme for so many, most just trying to get through each day. But then there are these rays of light. I always try to be optimistic and hopeful about stuff, even when that can be really tough, so while this mix is very solemn, there are rays of light coming through.”

Links:
@insideout
https://ra.co/dj/grantaaron

@mysteriesofthedeep
https://mysteriesofthedeep.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/mystofthedeep/

@birdsofprey

Patterns of Perception 80 - Grant Aaron

Visionary electronic music.

http://patternsofperception.com