Burial mix ~ part 1

Vol. 2

JJULIUS - Du Aldrig Märker

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2023

A contemporary product of relentless capitalism has been a trend called slowness for several years now. In order to counteract the perceived fast pace of the times in which we live with a little deceleration, sustainability and relaxation, phenomena such as Slow Food, Slow Travel, Slow Fashion or even Slow Cruising, the tourist sailing of the world's oceans with somewhat smaller cruise ships "away from the mainstream", have been introduced into the world. 

That slowness is more than the opposite of speed, that elements, things, sounds that move as if in slow motion unfold a special power, precision, aesthetics and beauty, doesn’t need to be explained twice to ambient musicians. The 23rd edition of the Pop Ambient compilation, compiled as always by Wolfgang Voigt, is no exception, but instead provides the proof. Already with the first tracks of Leandro Fresco/Thore Pfeiffer, Gen Pop (Burger, Pfeiffer, Würden), Morgen Wurde feat. Tetsuroh Konishi and Max Würden up to Triola's gloomy and melancholic "Kupferblüte", the feeling of a slowness and calmness not experienced before, of an exceedingly lively standstill, creeps over us. A mental state that resembles dreams, in which we follow strange events as if paralyzed, yet awake and sensory. 

The Cologne-based Sono Kollektiv, an association of experimental artists Annie Bloch, Stefanie Grawe, Joel Jaffe, Alex Linster, Luis Weiß, Moritz Riesenbeck, Lukas Schäfer, Emily Wittbrodt and Max Würden, is represented for the first time with two contributions on Pop Ambient. The two works, the fragile "Bolzano Sessions IV" and the rather light-flooded "Bolzano Sessions V" (only available on CD and in the digital version) nestle perfectly into the musical whole of this year's compilation, not only in terms of their majestic leisureliness. 

In Jens-Uwe Beyer's "Nero", melancholic guitar chords reduced to the bare minimum are carried away by the wind like leaves, the reverberation holding the last note so long that it almost comes to a stop in the ear. If you like it synesthetic, look at the once again ravishing cover artwork by Veronika Unland right at this moment. Colors and shapes in which there is both everything and nothing to discover. Both feel equally right. 

The final third of Pop Ambient 2023 begins with Reich & Würden's herbaceous "Receiver," a track so dignified and carried by pads reminiscent of the sound of bagpipes that it would have perfectly punctuated her majesty the Queen's 8-hour funeral ceremony - a wonderful example, by the way, of the spiritual confluence of deceleration and precision that eventually turns into trance. 

The slowness is joined by togetherness at the end: Pop Ambient veteran Joachim Spieth cooperates with American sound artist zakè on his literally weightless "Air", Thore Pfeiffer co-produced the wonderful "Instinct" with Scottish brother duo Andy and Mike Truscott aka Kinbrae. California duo Patrick Hills and Morgan Fox aka Blank Gloss close out the vinyl version with the yearning "Down At The Heel," while that honor falls to debutant Ümit Han on the Pop Ambient CD. "Sieg über das Ungute" (victory over the unpleasant) in all its beauty brings us painfully back to reality.

Pop Ambient 2023

Leandro Fresco / Thore Pfeiffer - Sonne

Insurance Against a Great Thirst 013 Christmas Special / 22.12.2022

Avec ses sélections toujours soignées, La Mverte attaque la nouvelle année avec un mix lent, introspectif et voyageur.

La Mverte (Janvier 2023)

XOGN musical culture swings somewhere between Brussels and Dakar. Dj-selector/party organizer/record dealer, he spent 10 years in Senegal. He run a music store, organized a monthly party and had radio shows there. Step by step, African music has become a real passion. Back in Belgium, he specialized in records sale, being dj regularly for African and Tropical parties. And he really enjoy mixing at Kiosk Radio every month!


XOGN @ Kiosk Radio 07.09.2023

This Love

Guest mix for Berlin Community Radio, June 2016. 
Originally broadcast live 15:00 - 16:00, Thursday 30th of June. 

Tracklist: 
The Au Pairs - It's Obvious (Human Records, 1981)
Vincent Over The Sink - I Found A Genie (Another Dark Age, 2015)
Carla dal Forno - DB Rip(Blackest Ever Black, 2016)
Chandra - Kate (Go Go Records, 1980)
Fall Of Saigon - On The Beach At Fontana (Atem, 1982)
Shiny Two Shiny - 7/4 (Being Cut, 1988)
Tones On Tail - Lions (Beggers Banquet, 1984)
Pitch - What Am I Gonna Do For Fun (On/Off Records, 1982)
The Cannanes - Cardboard (Self-Released, 1988)
Robert Rental - Double Heart (Mute, 1980)
Suburban Lawns - Janitor (I.R.S. Records, 1981)
Alive She Died - She's Lost Control (Self-Released, 1985)
Karen Marks - Won't Wear It For Long (Astor, 1981)
Deux - Dance With Me (Minimal Wave, 2010)
Messer Chups - For Everyone Over the 30 (Solnze Records, 2000)
Carla dal Forno - Better Yet (Blackest Ever Black, 2016)

Berlin Community Radio - June 2016

A beautiful, subtle jam through odd conversational field recordings, ocean ambience, layers of hypnotising pads and swells. Taken from @hugogerani's new EP on @cosicosirecords, for fans of Superconscious Records, Freak Out Cult and other left field house wonkiness.

A man of many monikers, you might also know Hugo as balearic psychedelic rocker @eleventeeneston or new wave specialist teaming up with Andras Fox on Wilson Tanner.

Read more & buy: Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/06/07/premiere-hugo-gerani-m-u-s-i-c-take-you-no-bro/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/music-take-you-no-bro

Esplore

Listen on Youtube

Hugo Gerani - M-U-S-I-C Take You No Bro (STW Premiere)

► Performed days before Steve Reich's 80th Birthday, this site specific performance of different trains was the first to pair the piece with a visual element. In the form of an accompanying newly commissioned work by artists and filmmaker Bill Morrison. 

This project is presented by Metal during Liverpool Biennial and in partnership with Southbank Centre, Culture Liverpool and Boiler Room. www.differenttrains1947.com
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Steve Reich’s Different Trains with London Contemporary Orchestra

Helemaal Het Einde

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