Philip Sherburne - Mixes

Recorded at La Textil, Barcelona, on Wednesday June 8, 2022. 

A journey from 80 to 118 BPM featuring Gonno, Purelink, Yoni, Gescom, Leo Anibaldi, Autechre, DJ Python, Salamanda, Nicola Cruz, Physical Therapy and more.

Primavera Sound 2022

Philip Sherburne - Moog, Barcelona - April 23, 2014

Originally recorded for <a href="http://www.allez-allez.co.uk/2008/04/philip-sherburne.html">Allez-Allez</a> in April, 2008.

newworldromantic - spirit (delsin, 2002)
H3ÖH - mind loss (ash international, 1993)
newworldaquariuum - trespassers (delsin, 2000)
brendon moeller - jazz (third ear, 2007)
sasse - soul sounds (dirt crew solid diamond remix) (moodmusic, 2005)
session victim - no friends (no power) (real soon, 2008)
justin martin - the sad piano (charles webster remix) (buzzin fly, 2004)
furry phreaks - tearful (miso, 2004)
pepe bradock - 4 (atavisme, 2003)
i:cube - tunnel vision (versatile, 2003)
jamie lloyd - what we have (…is a zwicker remix) (future classic, 2007)


An Unseasonably Warm Mix

The second episode of my show Omni Mode, on Pitchfork Radio. This episode is all house and techno, mixed live on a pair of Technics 1210s.

*UPDATED, June 2016: I have re-uploaded a version of the mix without the radio voiceover. *

1. Jeff Bridges, "Sleep.Dream.Wakeup" from Dreaming with Jeff LP (www.dreamingwithjeff.com)

2. BNJMN & Best Available Technology, "Tred" from De/Re-Constructions LP (Astro:Dynamics)

3. Mark E, "Emergency" (ESP Institute)

4. Anthony Naples, "Abrazo" from Body Pill LP (Text Records)

5. SeixlacK, "Feitiço (Miltiades Remix)" from Feitiço EP (Bliq)

6. Call Super, "From Which I Fell" (Nous Disques)

7. Worker/Parasite, "Gourd" (Classicworks)

8. Fit Siegel, "Carmine" (Fit Sound)
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9. Hunter/Game, "Bermuda" from Speicher 83 (Kompakt)

10. Nick Höppner, "Mirror Image" from Folk LP (Ostgut Ton)

11. DJ Sotofett & Gilb'R, "Drippin' for '97" from Drippin' for a Tripp LP (Honest Jon's)




Pitchfork Radio - Omni Mode Episode 2 - 150202

A swift hour long excursion into the unknown. Expect the unexpected from host Tom Cathcart as almost anything goes: techno, post-punk, minimal synth, dub and new wave. Don’t be a prude. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/last-resort/episodes/last-resort-5th-october-2024

Last Resort w/ Balmat 051024

Recorded at VINT: Lapsus Records 20th Anniversary, Paral.lel 62, Barcelona, September 26, 2024.

Ken Ishii - Kala (Innerelements / Apollo, 1994)
Seefeel - Utreat (Succour / Warp, 1995)
DJ Trystero - VALIS (Castillo / Incienso, 2023)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Stress Waves (Returnal / Editions Mego, 2010)
uon - suB1 (zlo / Motion Ward, 2017)
Tammo Hesselink - Choice of Onto (Work Work Work / Midgar, 2023)
Elkan - Dub for Funny Cats (Elkan / Nous’Klaer, 2024)
Leo Anibaldi - Muta 4 (Muta / ACV, 1993)
Oni Ayhun - OAR002-A (OAR002 / Oni Ayhun Records, 2008)
Autechre - Teartear (Amber / Warp, 1994)
Boards of Canada - Hi Scores (Hi Scores EP / Skam, 1996)

There was a problem with the recorder that caused a second-long dropout in the left channel every 20 seconds. I did a manual fix by copying over the audio from the right channel to fill the gaps; IMO it's almost unnoticeable, unless you're listening for it. I also did a more elaborate fix that papers over those moments, BUT the mix ended up losing some dynamics and stereo separation. I prefer the one uploaded here, but if you find the glitches too distracting, you can download the other version from the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/peb7ppsp550ah7t2za7l1/Philip-Sherburne-Lapsus-20th-Anniversary-Set-phase-corrected.aif?rlkey=ahv4442zqry4z2uu7nagydzj2&st=io2khe8n&dl=0

Lapsus VINT 20th Anniversary Set

Journalist, DJ, lapsed producer, and avid Twitterer Philip Sherburne has played at several notorious Unsound Krakow opening and closing parties over the years, so when we decided to throw a springtime soiree at Hotel Forum, it was natural that we would invite him to make the trip from Barcelona, bag loaded with vinyl and CDs. Playing a primetime set between Krakow's Olivia and Hamburg's Helena Hauff, Philip pulled out all the stops, proving that if the music writing gig ever falls through, there's a plan B tearing up dance floors with wild, eclectic sets full of surprises and experimentation. 

The set kicks off with Motiivi:Tuntematon's epic buzz-bomb "1939" (pitched up to +8 for the occasion), and zig-zags through a selection of scuzzy club cuts new and old from Matrixxman, Fit Siegel, Red Axes, Pal+, Kassem Mosse, Lowtec, Gesloten Cirkel, and more. Unfortunately, the recorder cut out not long before the final track, Violet's "Miami," so you'll just have to imagine that part.

Unsound Podcast 22: Philip Sherburne - "Live at Wake Up Call Party"

Four hours and 20 minutes recorded at Es Claustre, Maó, Menorca (May 30, 2025). Pulled out a lot of all-time faves. A tiny bit chagrined at putting so many "big" tracks into one set, but hey. Sometimes you just wanna hear what you wanna hear.

Philip Sherburne Presents Claustrephilia #1

This is one of the more schizophrenic mixes I've ever recorded, but that's appropriate, I suppose, given the subject matter. The introduction comes from the 1972 film adaptation of Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock, narrated by Orson Welles. I actually watched the film when I was still in grade school—just 12 or 13 years old, as I recall. I suppose some well-meaning teacher wanted to teach us to think critically about media and technology, but at that age, I remember feeling only baffled. Today, the film (which you can watch on YouTube, appropriately enough)feels both comically dated and woefully prescient. That collision of sensations dictated the overall shape of the mix, which leans heavily on broken-down techno and tangled retro-futurism. Instead of the streamlined designs and elegant circuitry that electronic music has supposedly promised, this mix is all about shuddering gears and time out of joint.

The majority of it was mixed with vinyl, using two Technics 1210s and an Allen &amp; Heath mixer; the final two tracks, along with additional passages taken from the film, were added in Ableton at the end. Ironically, as difficult as mixing some of the tracks proved, figuring out how to close it all out was infinitely harder. Just like the film says, "Every day we're bombarded by choices, we need to make instant decisions, we're in endless combat with our own environment 
with all its pace and variety, its choice and over-choice."

01. Intro – Future Shock (1972, narrated by Orson Welles)
02. The Hafler Trio, "Suppressed Noise" [Doublevision 1972/1984]
03. Vibert/Simmonds, "Submarine" [Rephlex 1993]
04. Roswell Return, "A Goldbach Vibe (Clean Cut Remix)" [SD Records 2009]
05. Caribou, "Bowls (Holden Remix)" [City Slang 2010]
06. P. Eladan, "Monochordium II" [Muting The Noise 2010]
07. Juju &amp; Jordash, "Chelm Is Dubbing" [Golf Channel Recordings 2011]
08. Morphosis, "Dirty Matter (NWAQ's Via Mezzacapo Dub)" [Delsin&#13;
2011]
09. Redshape, "Kracken's Game" [Present 2011]
10. Terekke, "Damn" [L.I.E.S. 2011]
11. Grackle, "Jungle (Original Mix)" [Discos Capablanca 2008]
12. About Group, "You're No Good (A Theo Parrish Translation)" [Domino 2011]
13. Daphni, "NPE" [Resista 2011]
14. Tilt (Trouble Funk), "Arkade Funk" [D.E.T.T. Records 1983]
15. Autechre, "Lost" [Warp 1994]
16. Laurel Halo, "Strength In Free Space" [Hippos In Tanks 2011]

Unsound Podcast 12: Philip Sherburne - "Future Shock Mixed"

An open-air DJ set recorded at Barcelona's Lapsus Festival on April 2, 2016, that starts out ambient, descends into slow and murky vibes, and ends with wistful house and breezy breakbeats. 

Time Wharp – Castle (Astro Nautico)
Anna Homler and Steve Mosher – Celestial Ash (RVNG)
Arca – Gratitud (Mute)
Timeblind – Rastabomba (Orthlorn Musork)
Claro Intelecto – Second Blood (Delsin)
Seefeel – Extract (Warp)
Oni Ayhun OAR-002A (OAR)
Aphex Twin – Shiny Metal Rods (Warp)
Factory Floor – How You Say (Invisible Conga People Remix) (DFA)
nsi. – Nikia (Non Standard Productions)
Peder Mannerfelt – BZ Reaction (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
Kassem Mosse – 2D (Kinda Soul Recordings)
Kate Bush – Watching You Without Me (EMI)
P. Eladan – Monochordium II (Muting the Noise)
Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen – Space Pops (Donato Dozzy Remix) (Morphine)
Mr. Fingers – Quazars (Alleviated)
Actress – Ivy May Gilpin (Honest Jon's)
Gunnar Wendel – 578 (Omar-S. Rude Boy Warm Mix) (FXHE)
DJ Slyngshot – Ain't Got No Time (Japan Blues Remix) (Place No Blame)
Four Legs – Clarky Cat (The Trilogy Tapes)
Jupiter Jax – Armed for Peace (100% Silk)
Gnork – Chord Tool (unknown)
Yoni – Creepy Bitch (Source)
Ondo Fudd – Veto Plank (The Trilogy Tapes) 
Studio OST – Unnatural City (Lustwerk Music)
Traumprinz – I Love Ya (Traumprinz)
DJ Koze – Cicely (Philpot)
Eduardo de la Calle – I Think I Love You (Hivern Discs)
Photonz – Parque da Liberdade (The Phantom Remix) (Silverback)
Planetoid – Spectral Colors (Apollo)


Lapsus Festival 2016

Originally aired on Pitchfork Radio on June 10, 2016. 
http://pitchfork.com/radio/

1. Motion Graphics, "Brass Mechanics" (Future Times)
2. Sissel Wincent, "Investigation" (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
3. Forest Drive West, "System" (Livity Sound)
4. Darling, "Video" (Voyage Direct)
5. Mr. Fingers, "Outer Acid" (Alleviated)
6. Ploy, "Move Yourself" (Hessle Audio)
7. Powder, "Afrorgan" (Born Free)
8. Bender, "Think Green" (Kann)
9. Airaboi, "Endless Field" (Banned in Vegas)
10. Studio OST, "ITCZ" (Lustwerk Music)
11. Call Super, "Nervous Sex Track" (Dekmantel)
12. Mr. Fingers, "Qwazars" (Alleviated)


Omni Mode @ Pitchfork Radio - June 2016

Originally aired 26th March 2017 as part of a @radarradio_ldn special day of programming by Gabriel @szatan. Thanks @philipsherburne for the exotic explorations !
➫ ➬ Find everything from the takeover at: soundcloud.com/szatan/sets/radar-takeover

Andrew Pekler - Humidity Index / Khao Sok [Chopped and Screwed] _ [Faitiche; 2016]
Nuno Canavarro - Bruma _ [Ama Romanta / Moikai; 1988]
Visible Cloaks - Mask _ [RVNG Intl.; 2016]
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Cin _ [Faitiche; 2016]
Slow Attack Ensemble - Bells _ [Mystic Roses; 2016]
Kilchhofer - Suckfuell _ [Marionette; 2017]
Vito Ricci - Dox E Koo _ [Music From Memory; 2015]
Don’t DJ - Disparata 69 _ [Berceuse Heroique; 2016]
Rupert Clerveaux & Beatice Dillon - Study I _ [Snow Dog; 2015]
Meredith Monk - Fragment from Travelers 1, 2, 3 _ [ECM; 1990]
Slow Attack Ensemble - Elegy for Elodie _ [Mystic Roses; 2016]
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Feel _ [AIR Records; 1986]
Georgia - Ama Yes Uzume _ [Palto Flats; 2016]
Wilson Tanner - Sun Room _ [Growing Bin; 2016]

Woven throughout -
* Francisco Lopez - La Selva: Sound Environments From a Neotropical Rain Forest _ [V2 Archief; 1998]
** Pit Piccinelli, Fred Gales; Walter Maioli - Amazonia 6891 _ [Sound Reporters / Black Sweat; 1986]

Gabriel Szatan – Radar Radio – 26/03/17

Philip Sherburne – "Exotic Desktop" Mix for Radar Radio

A 2014 mix I did for the late, great Portuguese label One Eyed Jacks' mixtape series.

Pedro Vian, "News from Near Future" (Modern Obscure Music)
Richard Fearless, "Gamma Ray (Legowelt Remix)" (Drone)
Sigward, "Black Mambo" (Something Happening Somewhere)
Pal+, "Motor City" (unreleased)
Andre Bratten, "Libra" (Full Pupp)
Project E, "Denbossa" (Golf Channel)
Pional, "It's All Over (John Talabot's Stormbreak Remix)" (Hivern Discs)
Enchante, "NT" (Born Free)
Sparky, "Portland (Tuff City Kids TB Mix)" (Numbers)
Photonz VS Negentropy, "STB" (unreleased)

OEJ mixtape series

OEJ Mixtape XIV - Philip Sherburne

A warm-up set before Parris at Barcelona's LAUT club, recorded on February 17, 2018.

00:00 - Klaus - Cry Tuff (Tanum)
05:04 - Leif - Sintra (Ambient Version) (Leif Sounds))
09:00 - Kilchhofer - Skimo (Marionette)
13:50 - Mark - "... Careful Development Without Haste." (A Colourful Storm)
19:52 - Bruce - Trip (Hessle Audio)
23:44 - Kane Ikin - VGA Tracer (Echovolt)
31:10 - Urban Tribe -  Nebula (Mo Wax)
35:25 - Equiknoxx - Heathen Emissaries From The Dens of Babylon (DDS)
38:06 - Leo Anibaldi - Muta 8 (Electronique)
42:12 - Caldera - Your Eyes (Noorden)
44:42 - unknown
46:40 - Al Chem - Baudelaire (Art Yard)
54:35 - Don't DJ - Disparata 69 (Berceuse Heroique)
61:35 - Kilchhofer - Suckfuell (Marionette)
64:42 - Peder Mannerfelt - Texas Is the Reason (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
69:48 - Bruce - Post Rave Wrestle - Mosca's Dead Leg Version (Timedance)
74:50 - Nick Klein - Smelling the Sheets (Alter)
79:47 - LFO - Them (Warp)
82:30 - тпсб ¬- дома (иду́щий пря́мо в эфи́р).mp3 (Noorden)
88:44 - Vester Koza - Far Aaway Dub (Maslo)
94:32 - Baba Stiltz & Samo DJ - Kling Party (Born Free)
100:18 - The Persuader - Dymlingharan (Templar)
105:18 - Ploy - Move Yourself (Hessle Audio)
110:10 - Matt Karmil - The House Sound (Smalltown Supersound)
115:20 - Midland - Blush (Graded)
120:55 - Autechre - Are Y Are We? (Warp)
125:50 - Mukqs - ゾッド (Doom Trip)
132:45 - Avalon Emerson - One More Flourescent Rush (Whities)
138:08 - Leif - July V (Tio Series)
143:25 - Mosca - No, We're Not a Couple (Not So Much)
146:12 - Jacques Palminger - Tüdeldub (Shackleton Remix) (Pudel Produkte)

17feb2018 @ LAUT

Warm-up @ LAUT Barcelona - 17 Feb. 2018

Back in April, Barcelona's @tutumusique and Philip Sherburne went back to back to close out final night of the city's Lapsus Festival. Here are the results: 90 minutes of dark techno abstractions and claustrophobic broken beats.

Originally recorded for redbullradio.com. 
Photo: Pablo Conejo.

For the tracklisting, see https://www.redbullradio.com/shows/main-stage/episodes/philip-sherburne-b2b-tutu.

Philip Sherburne B2B TUTU at Lapsus Festival 2018

Recorded at Berlin's Horst nightclub on November 2, 2012, opening for Midland and Kyle Hall. There's a bit of digital clipping at a few points towards the end, but I liked the track and the ones following it enough that I decided to leave it in. (The set went on for another 30 minutes, but the clipping was pervasive by that point, so I faded out this edit of the set at a natural breaking point. Alas.)

Helm – "I" (from To An End) [Alter, 2010]
Jan Jelinek – "Fragments One" [Faitiche, 2012]
Oval – "⌘X" (from 94diskont.) [Mille Plateaux, 1995]
U-202 – "Straightjacket" [L.I.E.S. Black, 2012]
Panasonic – "Uranokemia" [Blast First, 1996]
Holly Herndon – "Fade" [RVNG, 2012]
Gesloten Cirkel – "Twisted Balloon" [Murder Capital, 2009]
Fake Left – "Roots in the Sky" [iS Records, 2010]
Arttu – "Rise Up" [Philpot, 2011]
Pal + - "The Forest (Snuff Crew Drum Jam)" [One Eyed Jacks, 2012]
Kassem Mosse – "2D" [Kinda Soul, 2010]
Willie Burns – "Duh Duh Dunk" [The Trilogy Tapes, 2012]
Christopher Rau – "Weird Alps" [Smallville, 2012]
Joey Anderson – "Hydrine" [Deconstruct, 2012]
No Smoke – "Koro Koro" [Warriors Dance, 1989 / Warp, 1999]
Delroy Edwards – "Bells" [L.I.E.S., 2012]
Disco D (Larry Heard) – "Beat It" [Alleviated, 1986/2012]
Magic Mountain High – "Untitled" (B2) [Workshop, 2012]
DJ Yoav B. – "Energize" [Delsin, 2012]
Eddie Fowlkes – "Reach Your Soul" [Detroit Wax, 2008]
STL – "Your Turn" [Smallville, 2012]
Juju & Jordash – "Deep Blue Meanies" [Dekmantel, 2009]
Delroy Edwards – "Feelings" [L.I.E.S., 2012]
Yan Cook – "Rhomb" [Delsin, 2012]

DJ Set: Horst Berlin 02 Nov 2012

This mix dates from nearly a year ago, when I began, somewhat obsessively, trying to sort out a selection of slower house and disco, with the odd smattering of hip-hop.

At the time, I was unsatisfied with a couple of the transitions, and had intended to try another pass at it. Eleven months later, I'm not so bothered; it was a spontaneous session, and re-recording would only dampen that rough, exploratory spirit. (At approximately 59 minutes in, there's one mix that's a little rocky, but hey, stormy weather is to be expected, this time of year.)

I don't want to say too much here about the tracklisting, because I think this is one of those mixes better enjoyed without advance notice. About 1/3 of the tracks are from 2009; the others are from 2010, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997, and 1982. They come from Detroit, Brooklyn, London, Barcelona, Tokyo—the usual places. You'll find a detailed tracklisting at www.philipsherburne.com.

The mood ranges from tropical  to damp and blustery—hence the title. A stiff drink is optional, but recommended. 

Cruise Collection: All-Weather Edition

Constructed the last week of March, 2020.

***

Chris Burden – Poem for L.A. (1975)
François Muduga – Chant Avec Cithare (Ocora, 1968)
De Leon – 06 (/\\Aught, 2015)
Chris Watson – Embleton Rookery. Northumberland, England (Touch, 1996)
Giraffe – Vapour (Marionette, 2019)
Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus – Chat Two (West Mineral Ltd., 2018)
Lea Bertucci – At Dawn (NNA Tapes, 2018)
Rosy Parlane – Untitled (Sigma Editions, 1998)
Sarah Davachi – Gentle So Gentle (Important Records, 2016)
naemi – hum 2 (Carpet Group Recordings, 2017)
Jana Winderen – Bronx Tunnel (Touch, 2017)
Malibu – Held (PAN, 2017)
Gastr del Sol – The Sea Incertain (Drag City, 1996)
Vito Ricci – Dox E Koo (Solo Voice) (Music From Memory, 2015)
Meredith Monk – Travelers 1, 2, 3 (ECM, 1990)
HELM – Lizard in Fear (PAN, 2019)
Ka Baird – Pulse (RVNG Intl., 2019)
Enchante – Vigil (Jolly Discs, 2019)
Clarice Jensen – Cello Constellations (Miasmah, 2018)
Eli Keszler – Sudden laughter, laughter without reason (Empty Editions, 2016)
Félicia Atkinson – Lush (Shelter Press, 2019)
Raphael Roginski – Blue Train (Bolt, 2015)
Andrew Pekler – Feedback TT (Faitiche, 2016)
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society – St. Cloud (Eremite, 2017)
E+E – Sword (2013)
Oliver Coates – Another Day (Bryce Hackford Remix) (PRAH, 2014)

Time Kills | Another Day (2020)

A vibey Sunday-afternoon set live-streamed from my attic for LAUT Barcelona's Unexpected Sessions series. 

Leif - Sintra (Ambient Version) (Sudden Drop, 2014)
Reagenz - Shibuya Day (Workshop, 2009)
Urban Tribe - Nebula (Mo Wax, 1998)
Komet - Gold (Raster-Noton, 2003)
Pugilist - Encrypted (Whities, 2019)
Yoni - Aquasonics (Dub Mix by Dan Donovan) (Source, 1994)
Bullion - Hula (DEEK, 2020)
Move D - Soap Bubbles (Source, 1995)
Sun Electric - Spreewald (Apollo, 1996)
Boards of Canada - Nlogax (Skam, 1996)
Floating Points - Truly (Eglo, 2009)
Bola - Forcasa 3 (Skam, 1995)
Herbert & Dani Siciliano - Going Round (hmmmmmix) (Phonography, 1997)
Theo Parrish - I Can Take It ft. Dwele (Sound Signature, 2001)
STL - Silent State (Smallville, 2009)
Blaze - Lovely Day (Friends Experiment Remix) (Playhouse, 1999)
Coser Musik - Maria (Kompakt, 2002)
Contriva - Stuck (Superpitcher Remix) (Monika, 2001)

LAUT Unexpected Sessions 2020-04-06

Next up on our podcast series, we're happy to have Philip Sherburne, writer, dj and artist currently living on the small Balearic island of Menorca
Tracklist: https://leftbank.club/archives/809

Left Bank 006 - Philip Sherburne

Writer, DJ, lapsed producer. 
Bylines in Pitchfork, NYT, and others.
Weekly newsletter: futurismrestated.substack.com
Mixes ranging from techno to ambient to who knows what.