Our new mixtape comes from the Norwegian transcendent artist Kjetil Jerve and producer Stian Balducci with a recording specially crafter for CLOT Mag and getting inspiration from their more recent album.

Tokyo Tapes: Piano Recycle, released on Dugnad Records in April 2021, is an epic archival collection fusing ambient, drone and experimentalist textures. Performed with a live emotion in mind, this aspect of the collection adds to the innovative spontaneity and the duo’s dynamic musicianship.  

Jerve is an artist known for his genre-defying curiosity, adventures transcending dogma and style and has been running the Oslo-based label Dugnad rec since 2016. He has been an important figure in the next wave of Norwegian jazz musicians, and likewise, Balducci, although coming from strictly electronic musicianship, has moved towards extended jazz and improvised genres. The clear jazz influences are felt moving throughout the 18 track album, in which classicism and electricity combine, crafted through fuzzy textures, cinematic soundscapes and hauntingly beautiful melody paintings. 

The album centres around Kjetil’s unique piano musings, it is then moulded by Balducci through creative warping in order to design and sketch new instruments through the initial medium of the piano. The result is a record that feels both archaic and contemporary, clearly drawing inspiration from and acknowledging Alva Noto/Sakamoto and Bugge/Schwarz as predecessors, but at the same time, residing on its own plane of artistry. The artists suggest a promise to provide a euphoric connection: the record asks to be listened to in a place of nature, free of distractions when its power can be felt most vividly.

For this mixtape, they share, they wanted to display a balance between the eclectic and narrow, selecting from a broad spectrum of inspirations and melding it together with a long take of piano improvisation recorded exclusively for CLOT: It sort of sounds like what could be a live DJ set from Stian’s studio with Kjetil’s piano built-in. There are also some gold nuggets from new and upcoming releases happening here in Norway, and it’s always really nice to present our peers’ work in a worldwide context. 

The artists also request their audiences to engage with the listening: Please let us know in the comments how you experienced it, and be sure to check out our socials to take part in our common future.

Tracklist:
Stian Balducci, Kjetil Jerve - 4.5 Goen Slo (edit)
Burial - Subtemple
Ben Frost - Forgetting You is Like Breathing Water
Robert Turman - Flux 3
Ø - Scene 1
Tortusa - I Know This Place  
Porter Ricks - Biokinetics 2
Damata - I Say Damata, You Say Matoma
Kim Dürbeck - Tma4ever
Laraaji - Trance Celestial Movement 4
Stian Balducci, Kjetil Jerve - 3.2 MIN
Lövgren - Car Crash
Bendik Baksaas, Maria Brinch - Inya Lake II
Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Uoon II
Basic Channel - Mutism
Loscil - Discrete Entropy
Biosphere & Maâlem Mohamed Kouyou - Boiler Room Marrakech
Tortusa, Jo David Meyer Lysne - Jazz Spot Candy
Stian Balducci, Kjetil Jerve - 4.5 Goen Slo

DUGNAD REC presents Stian Balducci & Kjetil Jerve

Artist:  +plattform
Title:  18-192
Label:  PLOINK
Release:  11th March 2022
Cat No:  PL029NK
Format:  Vinyl / Digital

Norway’s +plattform returns to PLOINK with new techno album ‘18-192’.

Having cemented itself as one of Norway’s leading Techno event series for over 20 years, PLOINK launched as a label in 2014 and has since hosted releases by Scandinavian talents such as Mental Overdrive, Joaquin Ruiz, Prins Thomas, Skatebård, Vakum, Christian Tilt, KSMISK and many more. 

Previously appearing on PLOINK with his Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) winning ‘Twelve’ album in 2017, +plattform returns to the imprint with ‘18-192’, another dense journey through his signature brand of esoteric techno.

Stretched generously across four sides of vinyl, each track brings with it a unique identity while remaining rooted in the wider vision of the album as a whole, with masterful use of space, distinctive sound sources, and oddball sensibilities evident on all tracks. From the metallic groans of opener ‘Huck’ through to the submerged rumbling of closing track ‘ngels’, ‘18-192’ shows +plattform at his most accomplished.

“Being stuck in a rut after ‘Twelve’ and being discontent with the general direction in techno, I found freedom in broadening my sound and letting time do its thing whilst continuing to look towards the future and its music. ‘18-192’ is the culmination of time, changes and travelling with my closest ones. Love and rhythm, it's the same thing.” 
- +plattform

+plattform ‘18-192’ drops on 11th March via PLOINK.

Early DJ support from the likes of Marcel Dettmann, Ben Sims, B.Traits, Ben UFO, Korea Town Acid, Elena Colombi, Giant Swan, Azu Tiwaline, GiGi FM and many more.

Tracklist:
A1  Huck
A2  Stelt
A3  Kasaan
B1  Richter
B2  Point
B3  Paana
C1  Urakami
C2  End
C3  Menfjor
D1  Khadra
D2  ngels

Mastered by Kassian Troyer @ Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.

www.ploink.no
www.ploink.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/PloinkFromNorway
www.facebook.com/plattformmusic

PL029NK - +PLATTFORM - 18-192 (ALBUM) - SNIPPPETS

@kameliia-music, Dj, producer from Norway.

1/ Who are you ? What do you do?
I’m Kameliia, exploring all the mental possibilities of making techno and art.

2/ If you were an animal, which one would you be?
Lioness ! they like cuddling

3/ B2B of your dream?
Dvs1 indeed

4/ Favorite quote?
“Not knowing is better than assuming“

5/ Your podcast in one word?
Mental journey :)

SC: @kameliia-music
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kameliia.music
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kameliia.p/

KAMELIIA - SPECTRUM PODCAST 064

Distant.Koban (Android133)

Ask for track IDs/tracklist. More than happy to share good music :)

Beats to explode pipelines to

Dawless live remixing of Imogen Heap Hide and Seek. Using Octatrack, Sub37, Analog Four, Roland SH01A, TR8. No post mixing, only mastering on final recording.

Hide and Seek (Sigvaldsen Live Remix)

Our new episode of the Blankhaus Podcast Series delivered by @kevmachine

Kevmachine is a Chicago-based musician / DJ interested in pairing sound with experience. Time spent working in record stores, as an instrumentalist, and exploring music has developed a unique ear to augment a range of distinct settings. He has a collaborative release on Merganser Recordings, co-guides intimate sound excursions with a focus towards natural environments, and curates mix series (Armchair Safari / OASIS>>) intended for field use and deep listening. A member of the Listening Club, he is continuously inspired by Chicago’s dynamic music community and all the circles he’s been lucky to hold.

Tracklist:

1. K-rAd - 127_PouringOutDrumulation [padK-rAd)
2. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 3 [Honest Jon’s Records]
3. Harrison Fnord - Dubgirl [Statik Entertainment]
4. Shielding - Indoors [Kimochi]
5. Passion Dance Orchestra - Present Past [Inner Music]
6. Nick Beringer - Visco [Self-released]
7. Aardal - Do You Know? [Self-released]
8. Janeret & Miroloja - Lutetia [Joule]
9. Lokua - Spritely [Self-released]
10. Laima Adelaide - Rain [Oslated]
11. Natural/electronic.system. - Marea [Delsin]
12. Romenn - Mesaj [Self-released]
13. Potions - Zero Gravity (Ahseed Wiggle Mix) [Self-released]
14. Aspetuck - Emuloop 2 [Self-released]
15. H Takahashi - Tera [Constellation Tatsu]
16. Pascäal - Horizontally Draped Angel [Dreamtone]

Blankhaus Podcast 038 - Kevmachine

ʙ.ᴀ.ʙ.ᴇ sᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ | sᴇᴀsᴏɴ 𝟷 ᴇᴘɪsᴏᴅᴇ 𝟷𝟷| @kameliia-music

🍾 Starting off the second half of the series it is… Kameliia

🇳🇴 Hailing from Norway, Kameliia’s work can be described as dense groove, hypnotism and atmospheric music, telling a story to be unravelled through body language on the dance-floor. 

🎵 After her outstanding releases on Overbalance and Unterwegs, she is paving her way as one of the most sophisticated young techno producers in the current landscape.  

🥁 Her approach to producing is well translated into her DJ sets, ranging from atmospheric soundscapes to driving techno for the head and the body.

ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʙᴜʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴀᴛ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴇɴᴅs

B.A.B.E Station | S1E11 | Kameliia

DJ Lexie @ Teateret (Opening) 09.12.23

Minimal techno inspired by a recent experience I had listening to Dennis Johnson.