2017

Sri-Lanka born, Sweden raised, the enigmatic @Kalawila has an affinity for the uncertain, drawing inspiration from unconventional experiences and remote travels.

Through his time in Berlin, he realised techno was a modern way of describing a fundamental feeling dating back to ancient times. He explores this feeling within his DJ sets and productions on the likes of Bossmusik and his own label Mountain Explosion Device, examining textures and the void-like space between spaces.

We are happy to present the first Patterns of Perception mix of 2017 – a forward thinking, uncompromising affair from the immensely talented Swedish artist.

Links
https://soundcloud.com/kalawila
https://soundcloud.com/bossmusik

Patterns of Perception

Patterns of Perception 10 - Kalawila

Our 11th mix is a recording from a memorable night.

Headlining our party in December, 2016, Dutch DJ and producer Ben Buitendijk put on a flawless 3 hour set that spanned genres and emotions, showcasing his inimitable skills as a DJ.

We’re particularly excited to share this one with you, as it perfectly captures what a Patterns of Perception party is about: energy, openness and flow.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/benbui
https://soundcloud.com/oblique-music

https://www.facebook.com/benbuiben
https://www.facebook.com/obliquemusicnl

Patterns of Perception Live

Patterns of Perception 11 - Ben Buitendijk

The next contribution to our mix series came as a very natural choice. Ever since its first release in 2014, https://soundcloud.com/midgar_records has remained a huge influence for Patterns of Perception, offering a steady schedule of deep, psychedelic techno by artists like https://soundcloud.com/bvongrall, https://soundcloud.com/wata and https://soundcloud.com/ruhig_ruhig. This time label founder https://soundcloud.com/jacopo_s treats us with an intelligent, genre-defying mix from a recent Midgar showcase at https://soundcloud.com/institut-fuer-zukunft in Leipzig.

Links:
@jacopo_s
@midgar_records

Tracklist:
1. Joey Anderson - Dive Deep
2. Baby Ford - Messenger Vox
3. Simo Cell - Piste Jaune
4. SERi - Acid Bubblebath (Wata Igarashi Remix)
5. Clint Foster / DJ Powerout - SW37 B
6. Damon Wild - Between the Lines
7. Jeroen Search - Aparatus
8. Gonno - ACDise #2
9. Surgeon - Floorshow
10. Civil Duty - No Dexterity
11. Civil Duty - Pure Tums
12. Intrinsic - Tachyon
13. Wata Igarashi - Cocytus (r2π Remix)
14. Giorgio Gigli - Self-Reflection
15. Surgeon & James Ruskin - Sound Pressure Pt. 3
16. Surgeon - Sleep (Ultraviolet)
17. Peverelist & Kowton - Raw Code (Surgeon Remix)
18. Asusu - Velez (A Made Up Sound Remix)
19. Skirt - Collider (HG. Remix)
20. Alex Cortex - Klein Bottle 
21. Dino Sabatini - Ritual
22. Vatican Shadow - Atta´s Apartment Slated for Demolition
23. Ruff Cherry - Endless World (Future Mix)
24. Dj Qu - Be Who You Want (Hardnock Shaker´s Dub)
25. Alex Cortex - PS-LL-11 (Bad Cop Bad Cop Remix)
26. Wata Igarashi - Lucifero (Orphx Remix)
27. Matt O´Brien - Without Warning
28. Ben Kaczor - Asta

Patterns of Perception Podcast

Patterns of Perception 12 - Jacopo [IfZ / 27.11.16]

Read the interview: http://patternsofperception.tumblr.com/post/158406301279/a-chat-with-ichinen

Italian producers @robertobosco and @kinymuzik are @ichinenofficial, an experimental techno project reflecting their long-standing friendship and complementary musical styles. After years spent focusing on their solo work, the duo first earned acclaim for last year’s A Morning Without Glory, a dance floor-oriented EP with remixes from techno heavyweights @dasha-rush and @etappkyle.

Since then, their music has taken a more experimental turn. As long-time friends but more recent collaborators, Bosco and Kiny set up their label @lastdroprecords to release the kind of music both were craving to make. Their first LP Dual Craters, set for release on March 31 2017, fuses Bosco’s rhythmic elements with Kiny’s more experimental sounds.

Ahead of the release, Bosco and Kiny put together this live set for Patterns of Perception. With it, they explore the elements that bring Ichinen to life: hazy dub, sun-drenched reverb and subtly driving percussion.

We also sat down with the duo for a chat about what made them switch from techno made for the dance floor to the dubby, experimental ambient that characterises Dual Craters. 
Read more here: 
http://patternsofperception.tumblr.com/post/158406301279/a-chat-with-ichinen

Patterns of Perception 13 - Ichinen

@volte_face_bleed has emerged as a key figure in London’s techno scene and beyond, thanks to an impressive list of releases on his label BleeD Music, collaborations with artists like @danielavery and @blind-observatory, and the diverse, deep DJ sets which remain the staple of his work.

Recorded at our March 2017 party, his expansive set covers a lot of ground, ranging from deep, lush techno to trippy acid and dub. We couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.

Read more about Volte-Face’s current and upcoming projects in our recent interview: http://patternsofperception.tumblr.com/post/157835880119/a-chat-with-volte-face

Patterns of Perception 14 - Volte-Face

From his home in the rainforests of Vancouver Island, Canada, @silent-season label head Jamie McCue brings us a mix infused with warm, ethereal textures, spacious dub elements, and insistent rhythms.

Jamie founded Silent Season after moving to the remote woodlands of British Columbia in the mid-2000s. Deeply influenced by the colours, scents and ambience of the environment around him, Jamie’s tastes are reflected in Silent Season’s releases, which include titles from @refracted-music, @yuka, @archivistseattle, @emanuelepertoldi (Shaded Explorer) and @edanticonf.

Tracklist:
01. Artefakt - Somatic Dreams [DELSIN]
02. Artefakt - Entering The City [DELSIN]
03. Ben Buitendijk - Equilibrium Two [ESHU]
04. Ben Buitendijk - XXX [Planet Rythm]
05. Waage - W1 [THULE]
06. Waage - W2 [THULE]
07. Skudge - Polar [SKUDGE]
08. Skudge - Falling [SKUDGE]
09. Sebastian Mullaert - Fusion (Markus Suckut) [KONTRA]
10. Brendon Moeller - Abandon [Silent Season]
11. Feral - Heruka 2 [HYPNUS]
12. Luigi Tozzi - Demersal Zone [HYPNUS]
13. Evigt Mörker - Unity and Rose [SEMANTICA]
14. Conforce - POD [DELSIN]
15. Etapp Kyle - Autem [SEMANTICA]
16. Sstrom - Fyren [SEMANTICA]
17. Romans- Coptos (Patrick Russell) [BUNKERNY]
18. Skudge - November [Indigo Aera]
19. Makam - Psilocybin Research 2004 [Indigo Aera]
20. White Visitation - Horizontal Dub - [Blank Slate]
21. Ancestral Voices - Eiyani [HORO]

Patterns of Perception 15 - Jamie McCue

@deep-space-series founder Hendrik Bergs (aka The Lizard of Oz) presents a luminescent ambient mix for Patterns of Perception, a sister mix of sorts to our own mix for DSS in 2016.

Since its launch in December 2015, Deep Space Series has placed itself at the forefront of deep techno, with its podcast series featuring mixes from artists of the calibre of @ness, @skymn, @isorinne, @joachim-spieth, @ntogn and @hydrangeamusic.

Recorded live as part of the Museum of the Moon exhibition at Belgian trans-disciplinary sound festival OORtreders, Deep Space Series’s mix for Patterns of Perception is sparse and spacious, drawing the listener in with layers of darkness and light.

Patterns of Perception 16 - Deep Space Series

Antonio Vázquez (@versenkt) hails from Seville, Spain, but learnt his art as a DJ in Madrid in the 2000s. After moving to Berlin in 2011, he began focusing his energy on producing and mixing deep techno, while never losing his eclectic edge. He has released on such forward-thinking labels as @shaded-explorations, @hypnus Records, and @semantica-records, while taking up bookings at clubs including ://about blank, Komme, psuescho_club, B/RUT, Research, Tresor and Berghain.

Distinguished by atmospheric and organic timbres, his music floats between austere minimalism and vivid expansiveness, but never loses its drive and urgency. This kaleidoscopic fusion of elements characterises his mix for Patterns of Perception.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/antoniovazquezhypnus/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/antoniovazquez
https://soundcloud.com/versenkt

Patterns of Perception 17 - Antonio Vázquez

Since beginning his electronic music career as a seventeen-year-old immersed in the prevalent 160+ BPM rhythms of the time, @abrehme has since shifted his focus to the hypnotic textures and slower grooves of deep techno.

A key resident at Brussels’ Technoon day parties alongside @petervanhoesen, A. Brehme is also a fixture at the legendary Fuse nightclub. 
In addition to his appearances as a DJ, he has a serve of deep, psychedelic productions slated for release later in 2017 through new Belgian label Form and Function and his own imprint Sonata Forma.

Patterns of Perception 18 exemplifies his style, with an hour of driving, hypnotic techno, edged with hallucinogenic and melancholic detail.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/aabrehme/
https://soundcloud.com/abrehme

Patterns of Perception 18 - A. Brehme

Svreca needs little introduction. The Semantica label head has carved out a reputation in his hometown, Madrid, and internationally as a master of deep, hypnotic, forward-thinking techno.

For our One Year celebration at ://aboutblank in Berlin in May 2017, he held us spellbound under the glow of the late-spring sun with this luminescent mix of colours, textures, and sounds.

We are very excited to present the live recording of this set as the latest installation in our mix series.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/svreca1999/
https://www.facebook.com/SemanticaRecords/
http://www.semanticarecords.com/
https://soundcloud.com/semantica-records

Patterns of Perception 19 - Svreca

One of the most captivating new voices in Berlin’s electronic music scene is @consumer-refund. A multi-talented channel of diverse arts and performance, her music - dark, ambient and shimmering - is as difficult to categorise as her artistic practice.

Sarah is actively involved in international networks of female and non-binary artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts.

Her mix for Patterns of Perception features a myriad of her own productions, embedded within a selection from some of her musical influences that she felt resonated with the Patterns of Perception driving force.

Tracklist:
@consumer-refund - Nephthys
Healing Force Project (@user-587012667) - Strange Apparitions in my Recording Room
Consumer Refund - Anonymous
@demdikestare - Procrastination
Consumer Refund - Moon
@positivecentre - Disappearing Trick
@gesloten-cirkel / Ratsnake - Hole
Consumer Refund - Run
@pessimist - Orphic
Consumer Refund - Broke
@Woob - Strange Air
Woob - Wuub

Hybrid mash-up/Live set with respect and gratitude.
Gongs played by Roberta Perzolla.
“Broke’ samples in collaboration with @Akkamiau.

"there is a place, a shared space:
there, you’ve always been everything
there we have all been, always : nothing
Y O U A R E M E / I A M Y O U
R E F U N D Y O U R S E L F
C . R E F U N D ."

Links:
http://www.consumer-refund.com/
https://soundcloud.com/consumer-refund
https://www.facebook.com/consumerrefund/

Patterns of Perception 20 - Consumer Refund

For the 21st chapter of the Patterns of Perception mix series, we are proud and excited to present one of the key members of our collective, @kimbergstrand.

Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, his unique sound and vision has become a crucial thread in the fabric of Patterns of Perception.

With recent Berlin performances at OHM, Tresor and About Blank, Kim’s unyielding intensity and erudite selections have been garnering the attention they demand.

In this mix, Kim channels the trippy, hypnotic qualities that are at the core of the Patterns of Perception sound, while also bringing a sense of driving urgency and a dash of cinematic melody.

Links:
@kimbergstrand
https://www.facebook.com/patternsofperception/

Patterns of Perception 21 - Kim Bergstrand

London-born, LA-based Ryan Griffin began @astrangelyisolatedplace a decade ago as a manifestation of his love for collecting and sharing music. The project soon grew into a vinyl label and a community of artists sharing a reverence for a diverse and esoteric range of genres, from ambient to electronica, modern classical to techno. Artists releasing on the label currently include Merrin Karras aka @chymera, Arovane (@arovane-1), Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri (@irisarri), @purl, and @markusguentner.

This atmospheric selection incorporates into A Strangely Isolated Place's signature sound additional elements of the trance and house music genres on which Ryan cut his DJing teeth. An organic approach to selection and mixing ensures a richly layered collage that manages to take some startling turns while remaining effortlessly cohesive throughout.

Links:
@astrangelyisolatedplace
https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/astrangelyisolatedplace
http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/

Patterns of Perception 22 - A Strangely Isolated Place

With his solo project @Cyspe, Robin Koek of @Artefakt-official paints deep, electronic atmospheres inspired by nature, cybernetics and architecture.

This podcast is a very personal voyage through Cyspe's record collection, moving from charged drone atmospheres, old tape experiments and dissonant voices into the ‘braindance’ works and melancholy of the early 90s, slowly diverging into early Japanese minimal techno and modern syncopations: a full spectrum eclectic journey that is crafted to resonate within the body, the mind and the all-encompassing spirit.

It comes in the lead-up to Cyspe's first live set at Patterns of Perception, on 22 September 2017 at OHM Berlin.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/cyspe/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/cyspe
https://soundcloud.com/cyspe
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1006296

Patterns of Perception 23 - Cyspe

The 24th edition of the Patterns of Perception mix series comes from the Australian duo @albrecht-labrooy. Hailing from Melbourne, Alex Albrecht and Sean La'Brooy form a unique live act – one that’s often improvised and takes inspiration from the performances of the jazz greats. Inspired by a recent visit to Berlin and the organic techno sounds they encountered, their slow-building yet captivating contribution to our mix series is a fully improvised live set recorded in a single take.

Links
@albrecht-labrooy
@analogueattic
@aalbrecht1902
https://www.facebook.com/Albrechtlabrooy/
https://www.facebook.com/analogueattic/

Patterns of Perception 24 - Albrecht La'Brooy

One of the most exciting talents to have emerged out of Italy’s techno scene in recent years, Serena Butler has released on @marco_shuttle’s @eerie-records, @konstrukt-5 and on the new imprint Bene Tleilax, of which she is one of the founding members.

As defiant of genre categorisations as of gender binaries, Serena’s work as a DJ and producer draws energy from the concepts of a post-humanity and post-gender future. Fittingly, it conforms to few expectations.

This selection builds on diverse musical sources to project a futuristic vision of dark and light, shadow and sight.

Links:
@serena-butler-717672730
www.facebook.com/butleriandryads/
www.facebook.com/BNTLX/

Patterns of Perception 25 - Serena Butler

@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