TD - Sleepy Butterfly - Platipus Preview

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Platipus Archive 14: Mixed by Luke Brancaccio

Format: Digital. Mixed/Unmixed 

Global Release: 16.9.19

In a departure from previous Archive instalments, half the tracks featured on Platipus Archive 14 are either brand new, previously unreleased, or available digitally here for the first time. 

The 20 strong line up also includes 7 Remastered Classics from the PlatiVaults and quite possibly Luke Brancaccio’s finest DJ mix for the Archive series to date.

Tracks and mixes from Oliver Lieb aka L.S.G., Telefon Tel Aviv, Gai Barone, Union Jack, C.J. Bolland, TD, Thomas P Heckmann, Simon Berry, Markus Schulz, Kansai, Terra Ferma, Martin Merkel, Art Of Trance, Ratio Featuring LDF,  Patrick Reid, Fran Von Vie, POB, Praha Presents Xia, Rolo Green, Rouge and ON3.

The five tracks previewed below are all brand new / previously unreleased:

TD - Sleepy Butterfly
Union Jack & Terra Ferma - Medusa
Union Jack -  Nuclear Soul
POB Featuring DJ Patrick Reid - Fly (Rolo Green Remix)
Simon Berry - Every Second Breath

TD - Sleepy Butterfly - Platipus Preview

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TD, aka Tomas Dahl from Oslo, Norway has spent the last 20 years playing in various rocks bands, recording albums and touring the world.
He started out playing drums, but soon took up guitar, bass, keys and singing. He also has his own one-man band called Caddy, where he writes everything, plays all the instruments, sings and produces. In the summer of 2015 he released his solo album to rave reviews, and Norwegian press appointed it the "album of the summer".
Sometime in the late 90s, tired of being in bands, rehearsing and touring, he was introduced by friends to the Global Underground series. Already loving bands like Kraftwerk, this was a great way to get the inspiration back. Getting on a different musical path, deep diving into electronic music, learning about its history and how a DJ can keep a crowd on a dancefloor for hours on end. 15 years later, still loving everything from Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys to Detroit techno, progressive house and ambient, he combines elements from his many influences to create a sound of his own.


I've been listening to electronic music since I was old enough to tune into the John Peel show on Radio 1. Peel first introduced me to Chicago House, Detroit Electro and Rap. I would listen to an entire show with my finger hovering over the record button of my 'tape-recorder' close to the radio speaker just to record whatever 3 electronic imports he would play each night. I wish I'd kept those recordings.
From the moment I first heard 'Roxanne Shante' I sought out everything I could ranging from Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Kurtis Mantronik, Africa Bambata, Grandmaster Flash, Gorgio Morodor, Axel-F, Jean Michel Jarre and just about anyone who used a synth to make music! With the arrival of House in the mid-late 80's the likes of Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve Silk Hurley, Adonis and many more American underground House producers, the music had developed into a new, seriously exciting phenomena.
Music progressed at pace with House and Acid imports driving change, the UK in particular underwent an epiphany of sorts in the 80's and 90's. From Break-Dancing to New Romanticism, the music developed, finally morphing into the early genres of Acid Trance, Techno and Progressive Trance. Heavily influenced by American and underground Dutch and German artists and with the advent of clubbing and non-speaking mixing DJ's, it opened up a Pandora's box of new music, influences, sounds and styles. What that amounted to for me (and most others like me) was an ever-growing range of electronic music that was continually breaking free from pigeon-holes and mainstream pop culture. Electronic music had become the new classical music of a generation.
I can only say that electronic or computer music has evolved beautifully in the past 40 years and I love it as much now as the day I first heard John Peel play fantastic American imports.
I'm not anything more than a bedroom DJ and electronic music enthusiast. I have the greatest admiration for those who DJ publicly and seek to build a following or career from DJing, but that’s not a path I’ve tried to follow. I do love to put together great tunes, so for me using this sort of platform for sharing music is perfect for me. I do mixes both on my decks and using Ableton, as sometimes I find it easier to create a journey through that medium. 
As for making music, I’m slowly finding my way around Ableton in order to bring life to the musical ideas rolling around my head. 
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the mixes I post, please give me some feedback and if nothing else, support the artists themselves and buy their music.

Angrish

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