James Holden played this ambient / other mix at a Speckle gathering last year.

He will share more like this on Fri 8 Dec 2023 in London. Info–> https://speckle.se/daw

This mix bears nearly three hours of winding explorations as James DJed for a lounge of interlocking bodies: 
–drifters in obscure motion and silent during a non-verbal hour.

There were paper and pens, so people wrote and drew to each other instead of talking. They would also mime, or speak with the body.

For December's event at Limehouse Town Hall, James will bring a fascinating set of ambients for dream or dance.

@syberkid, Inner Child Labour & @specklesound bring further textures on the night. 

Tickets & timings: https://ra.co/events/1799650

@jamesholden
@border-community

More Speckle news at: http://eepurl.com/bUwbsb

Dance or Dream:  James Holden

Temise [BCR14/12/23]

With the success of Jam City Vol 1 it's time to start 2024 with a bang and release Vol 2 of the Jam City Kwaito project. With the club season in full effect at the moment it felt like a good theme for this mixtape. Expect higher bpm Kwaito by the early hour legendary producers released on everybody's favorite labels. These tunes will vibrate every water molecule in your body on a proper PA system!

Jam City Vol 2 - A Kwaito Club Mixtape

Spring is barely on the horizon here in Ontario and we’ve been in a strange slushy stasis for the past few weeks. To help focus on warmer days my longtime friend Aaron Levin has put together a melter of a mix featuring 100% Canadian dance music from the past and present. Despite currently residing in Oakland, Aaron is no stranger to Canadian music and spent years at the helm of Weird Canada, a website, archive, and distributor passionately devoted to homegrown Cancon of all stripes. I’m thrilled to have Aaron on the show and his mix has helped shake off the winter doldrums.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 70 -  100% Candance w/ aaron levin

Elado @ Piknik

Bill Spencer shares weekend recordings from his living room studio in Detroit, Michigan, from where he brings a range of soulful jazz rock, and ambient sounds, spanning to electronica and psychedelic dub.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/bill-spencer/episodes/bill-spencer-3rd-march-2024

A Month of Sundays w/ Bill Spencer 030324

Under The K Bridge - Brooklyn, NY 5th May 2024

MTT Explorations is our new series of free tracks to promote emerging artists.
We are starting with "Fiesta Del Sol", a superb balearic house tune, by Issam Dahmani, a DJ, producer and record collector based in Italy.

Please show some support to the artist :
https://soundcloud.com/issam-dahmani-589503580
https://www.instagram.com/issamdahmani10

Free DL

Issam Dahmani - Fiesta Del Sol (Free DL)

Based on the DnB part of my set at Insomnia's Mixology Series on April 9th, 2025. At the very end I tried to capture my transition into the deep house portion of the evening as well.

Celestial Lounge Drum and Bass

Traversing through relms of emotive braindance with bass rhythms, techno, trance, jungle and breaks.

Tracklist:
suade - Ether
Hugo Massien - Chasing Shadows
Mesak - Sauhu
Datawave - Ceres
DJ SWAGGER - Elder Dragon feat. Mathis Ruffing
Peverelist - Pulse II
Sam Goku - Libellenflug
Alpha Tracks - Double Exposure
Europa - Den Haag Drummer
Piezo - Wacky Water Kooler
Yushh - <3URNRG
MJ Cole - Never Thought (Cole Cuts 2)(Benito Remix)
DJ Fokus - Watch Out
Tim Reaper - Lite Speed
Kloke - Lost Technology
fugitive - dark times
Main Phase & Lille Høg - Lost Spirit
Canblaster - Aerian Dance
Big Zen - Rumble Ball
dgoHn - Robin's Windmill (Skee Mask Remix)
Stones Taro - Hunter Hides In Trench
Wordcolour - Mallets
Debba - Theories
Pixelord - Sunday Jungle
DJ SWAGGER - Banshee feat. Moodrich
peeple - feberdröm 7
Floral Resources - Botanic Panic 
Blue Ringed Baby & Kamī - Endless Brainspill
yingtuitive - braided cords (Tristan Arp Remix)

DYP-002

Blockletter is a Hamilton-based producer, DJ, and live PA artist who explores the outer edges of sonic patterns. Unbound by genre, his sounds reach far and wide, from electro and breakbeats, to ambient and minimal.

"When Brad from Pick a Piper reached out to have me remix a song from their forthcoming album, I was immediately drawn to Dissonant Hearts. The drums blew me away, and Sophia’s vocals were captivating. The theme of the cognitive dissonance surrounding grief and heartbreak hit close to home too.

To put my own spin on it, I stripped things back a bit, leaving some of the brighter melodies behind in favour of darker textures. I added some weight with an aggressive kick/bass groove and fractured breakbeats, then finished it off by warping the vocals to give them a touch of otherworldly character."

Dissonant Hearts (blockletter remix) - FREE DL

Brad Weber + Sophia Alexandra
@caribouband drummer
co-runs @stereoferment

RBMA New York 2013 participant

BOOKING EUROPE: kalle@pitchandsmith.com
BOOKING ELSEWHERE: winnie@samarasound.ca

Dissonant Hearts (blockletter remix) - FREE DL

Pick a Piper

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