Electronic Explorations - Weekly Podcast Mixes

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sumr2016

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august

postrock

Mixes >> MODERN CLASSICAL

My second harmonic mix featuring some of my favourite modern classical and ambient artists. 

Tracklist
01. Codes in the Clouds - The Distance Between Us (Nils Frahm Remix)  (0:00)
02. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears (4:08)
03. Jon Hopkins - Small Memory (8:16)
04. Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight (9:50)
05. Field Rotation - Acoustic Tale 9  (15:59)
06. Brian McBride - Toil Theme Part 2   (22:53)
07. Kiasmos - Thrown (25:25)
08. Dustin O'Halloran - An Ending, A Beginning (33:27)
09. Oliveray - Growing Waterwings (35:33)
10. Moon Ate the Dark - She/Swimming (39:52)
11. From The Mouth of The Sun - Sitting In A Roofless Room (44:40)
12. Christina Vantzou - Homemade Mountains (47:08)
13. Olan Mill - Eye's Closed (For Rube) (50:17)

www.stevegibbs.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/stevegibbsmusic

Steve Gibbs - Ambient Mix #2

Real Name: Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie / Dustin O’Halloran
Age: 41 / 39
Nationality: Citizens Of The Universe
Location: Brussels, Belgium / Berlin, Germany
Occupation: Artificial Pine Arch Ranger / Handmade Italian Products Specialist
Links: http://awvfts.com

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Label:  <a href="http://sgustok.org/">Sgustok Magazine</a>
Catalog#: SMP019
Format: File, MP3, Mixed, Podcast, 320 kbps
Country: Belarus
Released: 31 Jul 2011
Genre: Classical, Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Neo-Classical, Ambient

TRACKLIST

01. Richard Wagner — Das Rheingold (L’oro del Reno) — Act 1. : Prelude
02. Main — Dry Stone Feed
03. Alexandre Desplat — The Kiss
04. A Wingded Victory For The Sullen — Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
05. Gavin Bryars — Epilogue From Wonderlawn
06. Hildur Gudnadottir — Heyr Himnasmidur
07. Alberto Iglesias — Adagietto
08. Christina Vantzou — 11 Generations Of My Fathers
09. Sparklehorse — Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
10. Olivier Messiaen — VIII Louange A l’immortalite De Jesus

Link: http://sgustok.org/music/a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen-sgustok-magazine-podcast-019

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Sgustok Magazine Podcast 019: A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Exclusive SSS podcast, mixed by r.roo.

Check the original post here including the tracklist here: http://www.seeksicksound.com/sss-podcast-070-r-roo/

SSS Podcast #070 : r.roo

02 Tephra Jets

LOOSE MEAT - CIRCULAR MOTIONS

Any profits will be donated to "The Sweet Stuff Foundation" (www.thesweetstufffoundation.org/donate/). 

Lyrics: 

Boulevard Voltaire

Do you really want to go there?
In the darkness and crowds
Send a sign that you love me
And then walk in Boulevard Voltaire

Do you really want to leave me tonight? 
I had planned to make you laugh
To discover how precious you are 
To follow your heart 

I can not stop you from going there
I thought I’d change your mind
You are a treasure in my heart
Do not get there tonight.

A haze has covered my sheets
Your scars have stayed there
I look at your watch that you forgot 
Has stopped in our last dispute 

I'm naked, cursed and breathless, in Boulevard Voltaire
In your lifeless hands, a note you left..
" Je t'aime mon coeur "

©2014 Paradox Obscur


Paradox Obscur - Boulevard Voltaire

A mix featuring the majority of the works of Hidden Agenda, from 1995 to 1999.

Tracklist (at end of article)>>> http://drumtrip.co.uk/news/law-all-hidden-agenda-mix/

Law - All Hidden Agenda Mix

WEATHERALL MIX – Rainbow Disco Club

01 Walk With Me – The Visitor
02 Hard To Earn – DJ Kaos
03 MDMF – The Revenge
04 Fox – Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks
05 Synths Of Jupiter – Echo Echo
06 Maribol Noir - Midlake
07 Klub Psycho - Mondowski
08 Shiva – Guti & Fosky
09 Manilla Gold - Anzano

WEATHERALL MIX - Rainbow Disco Club

Take from the Debut Loose Meat album out 3rd June 2016
https://loose-meat.bandcamp.com/album/loose-meat
Loose Meat are Capitol K & Arp feat Cibelle on vocals

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Loose Meat - Edge Of Love

PREPARE FOR LEVITATION - April 28th, in downtown Austin!

Lineups, schedules and ticket info : levitation-austin.com/schedule/
Official mix by Al Lover. 

0:00 - Ringo Deathstarr “Heavy Metal Suicide”
1:48 - The Coathangers “Nosebleed Weekend"
3:48 - Studded Left (Indian Jewelry) “Calling Calling"
5:13 - The Veldt “In A Quiet Room”
7:21 - The Turns “Gone”
9:23 - Dead Forest Index “Myth Retraced”
11:25 - Sugar Candy Mountain “Cactus Dream”
12:43 - Pinkish Black “Special Dark”
14:15 - Chelsea Wolfe “Hypnos”
16:32 - Levitation Room “Crystal Ball”
18:42 - Al Lover "Zodiak Version"
21:59 - Silk Rodeo “All Yr Own”
24:27 - The Blind Owls “ Goodbye”
25:52 - Mystic Braves “To Myself”
28:01 - Hidden ritual “Judy”
30:20 - Quintron “I Hear Voices”
32:05 - The Golden Dawn “My Time”
35:10 - Vinyl Williams “Gold Lodge”
38:24 - Hollow Trees “Dirty Pennies”
40:19 - Death Valley Girls “No Reason”
42:50 - Blaak Heat “Sword of Hakim”
45:17 - Night Beats “No Cops"
48:20 - Troller “Not Here”
51:33 - The Well “Trespass”
53:56 - Single Lash “False”
55:54 - Florian “Daymare"

LEVITATION 2016 - THURSDAY, APRIL 28 official mix by Al Lover

Write up and tracklist: http://drumtrip.co.uk/mixes/brian-badonde-1993-dillinja-dill-mix/

Mixed and recorded by @Brianbadondey

Brian Badonde - All 1993 Dillinja [#DILL] Mix

"Now we're just a couple kids in burning towers.."

Written, Produced and Performed by XamVolo
Engineered by Tom Longworth

Runner's High

Freedom Blade

Grandfather Clock

"This Mix is an exploration of sounds born out of Durban’s electronic music scene between 2012 and 2016. It’s a Gqom mix but I also included new styles emergent from Durban townships: 'Core Tribe' and 'Sgubhu'" ~ Nan Kolè (@gqomu)

01 - Dominowe [Forthcoming Gqom Oh!]
02 - MFIH-DA DIONZ - NEVER SURRENDER
03 - Dj Mabheko - 3D SGUBHU X GQOM
04 - TLC Fam (Forthcoming Gqom Oh!]
05 - Dj Mabheko - Izinyosi [Gqom Oh!]
06 - Illumination Boyz _African warZONE
07 - Dj Lag - Umlilo 
08 - Citizen Boy - spank!!!
09 - Mafia Boyz - Dopeboyz_Spank!!! (Citizen boy Remake)
10 - Citizen Boy - indaba ka bani besibenuza [Gqom Oh!]
11 - Da Darkslaves [BluSoul] & TLC Fam [djMagic] - Tribute to LeeThandow & Queen Blu (Original Mix)
12 - Dj Mabheko - Indanda Yethu
13 - Dj mtu ?
14 - Dj Sgwile Ft Mnandy - Mtv Feeling (Tribal Core)
15 - Emo Kid feat Dj Bradolz - IYona [Gqom Oh!]
16 - Mafia Boyz - Bhengi yoKhalipha [Gqom Oh!]
17 - Dj_kendrick/t_space, wood boiz, Urban dogs - Nandi mngoma  Da Retun 
18 - Dominowe - TRIBUTE TO BLAQ ROOTS
19 - JULZ_DA_DEEJAY - SGHUBHU_WARRIORS
20 - DJ LAG - ITHUNA(GRAVE YARD)
21 - TLC Fam - Bang_ka_Bongz (Main_Mix)
22 - Forgotten souls feat Formation Boyz - Hhaibo (remix) [Gqom Oh!]
23 - FORGOTTEN SOULs (FSs) - Blow My Mind [Gqom Oh!]

The main themes in the mix centre around wood percussions, thunderous synth pads and chopped Zulu vocals - creating a kind of dark atmospheric sound. It is anthem like, vivid, tribal, abstract in parts and yet specifically dramatic. 

The sound reminds me - in part - of techno in the late 90s where my dj'ing journey began at 'Teknival' and illegal rave party but also has elements of early dubstep which was deep and mystical.

Most of the tracks were new releases that came out of my recent trip to Durban as well as tracks recently sent to me via whatsapp.
 
The mix is a tribute to the artists of my label Gqom Oh!, their crews and friends. It also includes a handful of exclusive tracks from the next release "Gqom Oh! X crudo Volta Mixtape".

It is Rough, rugged and raw. It's riot music.

Social:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/malumzkole/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gqomu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/malumzkole
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nan_kole/
Website: gqomoh.com
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/label/882604-Gqom-Oh!
Boomkat: https://boomkat.com/labels/gqom-oh

A Durban Exploration

EE 431

Gqom Oh!  A Durban Exploration - 431 - Electronic Explorations

Layer #100 with a guest mix by Andrew Weatherall, which starts at 01:00:00. First hour is by Serial Experiments.
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1:  Serial Experiments - 'The Key' mix

2: Andrew Weatherall mix:
@andrew-weatherall (@rotters_golf_club) - Andrew Weatherall’s extraordinary twenty-five year career in music has been characterised by a series of unique partnerships, with twenty albums, thirty or so EPs and singles plus more than two hundred and fifty remixes under his belt. Bastion of the underground, Andrew has set up record labels, remixed in collaboration with artists including Paul Oakenfold on Happy Monday's Hallelujah and has brought a distinctive flavour to hundreds of other artists. Remixes led to a smattering of production duties.  Andrew only rarely wears the producer hat but on each occasion, from Primal Scream’s 1991 Screamadelica to 2009’s Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons, the results are outstanding.  This year he released one album as The Woodleigh Research Facility (with Nina Walsh) and one under his own name, titled 'Convenanza' after the festival he curates each September in Carcassonne.  A remix album of the tracks from Convenanza will follow in October.

http://www.rottersgolfclub.com  
http://www.convenanzafestival.com
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WHYPEOPLEDANCE:
facebook.com/whypeopledance
soundcloud.com/whypeopledance/

SERIAL EXPERIMENTS: 
http://experimentsserial.tumblr.com/
facebook.com/ExperimentsSerial
mixcloud.com/SerialExperiments/
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TRACKLIST this week at:
http://experimentsserial.tumblr.com/
https://mixcloud.com/SerialExperiments

LAYERS

LAYER #100 | Serial Experiments + ANDREW WEATHERALL

Bandcamp / http://found.ee/Vetiver-BC
iTunes - Google Play / http://found.ee/Vetiver-DL

“Absolutely love this” - Lauren Laverne "Headphone Moment" BBC6 music 3rd August

Snow Ghosts music ignores genre considerations and its ability to capture mood and feeling is no doubt a major factor in the use of the band’s music for a multitude of film and radio spots, from the official trailer for ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ to the recent studio interview on Apple Beats 1 Radio.

Both songs on this new release feature intensely personal lyrics from Hannah singer/songwriter for Snow Ghosts, with a positive message running through the songs as she explains: “‘Vetiver’ is about rebirth and renewal after being hurt by someone, I liken it to bursting out of a chrysalis and feeling the freedom of flight for the first time whilst ‘Dawn’ is about an ongoing battle with a loved one. Trying to fix a relationship through pure determination and hope.”

Vetiver / Dawn

Vetiver 

Snow Ghosts - Vetiver

The first track from our new Arla EP, out 29 July on XL Recordings. Get it here: http://x-l.co/ARLA



Lockner Union

David Howell has been working at FatCat since the very start of the label back in 1997, signing the likes of Animal Collective, Vashti Bunyan, U.S. Girls, David Grubbs, etc, as well as founding and running 3 imprint labels - 130701 (post classical), Splinter Series (damaged pop), and the legendary, long-running Split Series (whose artists include everything from V/Vm and Gescom to AMM and Merzbow, Matmos, Fennesz and The Dead C to Konono No.1, Kemialliset Ystavat and Katie Gately).

01.	Olivier Alary - Khaltoum
02.	2.Laura Naukkarinen - Genesis
03.	Stars Of The Lid - Fac 21
04.	Set Fire To Flames - Cote D'Abrahams Roomtone
05.	Hauschka - Sitze
06.	Sylvain Chauveau - Granulation 4
07.	Ian William Craig - A Single Hope
08.	Rachel's - Even / Odd
09.	Hildur Gudnadottir - Erupting Light
10.	Michael Nyman - A Walk Through H
11.	Resina - Afterimage
12.	Max Richter - in Louisville at 7
13.	Steve Reich - Piano Phase
14.	Dmitry Evgrafov - Ptichka
15.	Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch  - Tulsi
16.	Colin Stetson - Tiger Tiger Crane
17.	Set Fire To Flames - Fukt Percussive
18.	Arthur Russsell - Wax The Van
19.	Rachel's - Where Have All My Files Gone?
20.	Olivier Alary - Autodrome
21.	Adrian Klumpes - weave In And Out
22.	Hauschka - Vakuum One
23.	Chris Abrahams - Scale upon The Land
24.	Tsegue Maryam Gebrue - The Homeless Wanderer
25.	Max Richter - Song 
26.	William Basinski - Melancholia III

This is a mix based around a bunch of tracks from the 130701 vaults, expanded with the inclusion of a number of other artists, old and new, whose approaches I've found inspiring. It's all people who one way or another are stretching things. I love music that's rooted in strong melodies or rhythms, but I love it even more when these are eaten away at, undermined and pulled apart.  Hopefully this is a mix that takes you on a journey and shows how broad 130701's scope might be.

Dave Howell - 130701 Mix - Electronic Explorations 433

Limited Edition run of 300 - Neon Yellow 12" 
From us Direct: http://store.houndstoothlabel.com/bismuth.html 
iTunes / Google Play: http://found.ee/Bismuth-DL
Bandcamp: http://found.ee/Bismuth-BC
Juno Records: http://found.ee/Bismuth-JU

Under the Second Story alias, Alex Storey has always been good at joining the dots between vintage electro, Rephlex-style braindance, IDM and modern British bass music. He's at it again on this latest EP for longtime home Houndstooth. So, while "Grand Rapid" rattles along at a ghetto-tech pace, its' sub-bass pulse and intergalactic textures recall Drexciya at their robust best. These electro influences come to the fore on the shimmering, starburst strut of "Bismuth" and deliciously saucer-eyed "Vapor Valve", while "Helicat" packs more Star Wars-inspired funk into its' too-short duration than many would think humanly possible. [WORDS: Juno Records]

Bismuth EP

Vapor Valve

Second Storey - Vapor Valve (Phil Taggart BBC R1)

Since 2010, Djrum has been concocting a late-night melting pot of dubstep, garage, techno and dub, maintaining a gold label quality control throughout. 2016 sees a three-part series of releases on 2nd Drop Records and, to mark the occasion, Felix has put together a 30 minute Worldwide mix. 

Tracklist: bit.ly/djrum-mix

Tracklist

Djrum mix on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW1008)

Pre-order the album 'Aforger' out October 14th on LP/CD/DL here: http://phonofile.link/aforger

In a digital age where memories are mimicked by pixels and identity is as malleable as static, Douglas Dare’s new album Aforger questions the boundaries between reality and fiction. 

Inspired by recent events and revelations encountered in his life these songs depict Dare at his most vulnerable, whilst simultaneously reflecting our own obsession with reality and technology back at us.  

Aforger was mixed at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and produced by long-time collaborator Fabian Prynn. In the following conversation Douglas strips back the personal journeys and realisations which preceded its recording.

In a conversation with Douglas Dare on July 11th 2016:

The album title plays with the idea of a forger – someone creating imitations or copies, and reimagines them as the creator of something that’s no longer real. Prior to writing the record, I came out to my father and came out of a long relationship, both were hugely challenging for me and questioned my idea of identity and reality. These thoughts leaked out into the record and formed the core of Aforger. I was determined not to write a break-up album or repeat what I’d done before..

I grew up on quite an isolated farm in Dorset, surrounded by fields and not much besides. My mother taught piano from home and we didn’t have a computer, or the internet or mobile phones. In fact, my family still chooses not to use these things. It’s worlds apart from my life now in London where technology seems to dominate everything I do.

After finding out my boyfriend had been leading this double-life, I became obsessed with the question of what is real and George Orwell’s 1984 felt appropriate for me to re-read. Orwell explains this idea of reality control and Doublethink, and it struck a chord with me. The idea that truth can be steered or changed, and we might be able to believe two contradictory things at once. In my case, ignorance was my protection from the truth and ignorance really is bliss, until you’re no longer ignorant.

Binary talks about the idea that technology is allowing us to live on after we’re gone. A relative of mine whose parent passed away kept a picture of them on their phone as a background image. A friend saw this and asked ‘how can you have that there to constantly remind you of your loss?’ They replied, ‘no I have to, it shows me that they’re still here’. This resonated with me and I thought ‘okay, this is just an image to me but to them it’s more than a reminder or a reassurance, it’s a reality’. At the same time, I was finding myself haunted by the digital reminder of my ex-partner and wishing they would disappear. I had to realise that it’s all just pixels on a screen. 

I think New York can be thought of as this fabricated, magical place. I was there with my boyfriend after touring the U.S., but when I came back to London I discovered all these lies and began questioning everything. I even questioned whether New York actually happened or not. New York is a song that’s literally describing that very real feeling of not knowing who or what to believe any more – scary and magical at the same time. 

Lyrically I wanted to be as honest as possible. The album deals with so much dishonesty, so I felt the lyrics had to be the counterbalance. I was inspired by Björk’s album Vulnicura and how everything is almost awkward in its honesty. Like my first album, Aforger started as poetry, but I consciously tried to be less poetic. For instance, Oh Father is an example of complete unambiguity. It’s certainly the most personal song I’ve put out there, and the realisation that people may hear it makes me feel very vulnerable. That’s the most real feeling of all for me right now. 

Aforger

Doublethink

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Douglas Dare - Doublethink

@sntsrecords

''We are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable.''

01	Cut Hands -  River Mumma
02	Reggy Van Oers - Ingrained [Acronym Remix]
03	Abdulla Rashim - Of Water And The Spirit
04	Mike Parker - Desintegrating Sand
05	Antigone - Shadow Play
06	Clip - Gebre
07	Deepbass & Ness - Outer Limits [Shølomo Remix]
08	Rrose - Specimen 2
09	Giorgio Gigli & Vsk - Memories Of An Unconnected Era
10	Convect - An Empty Ground
11	The Soft Moon - Whitout [Codex Empire Remix]
12	Hail Blk - Hypno Blk [Tomohiko Sagae Remix]
13	Kobosil - Kienitz
14	Neel - Vandal
15	Stanislav Tolkachev - Follow Me
16	Dyl - As Above, So Below
17	SNTS - Our Only Hope

EE 9th Birthday

Electronic Explorations - 455

SNTS - 455 - Electronic Explorations

Symmetry of 6s [Live, The Netherlands 2009]

It is an absolute honour to have Icelandic Jóhann Jóhannsson, the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy-nominated artist on EE.

Jóhann Jóhannsson - both his recent album ‘Orphee’ and soundtrack ‘Arrival’ both on [Deutsche Grammophon] have been out for a while > http://www.johannjohannsson.com

Two hours in the company of Jóhann.

01	David Munrow - Zed's Memories
02	David Lang - Pain Changes (Ft Shara Worden)			
03	Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 3 / Beginning
04	Eugen Doga - My Sweet And Tender Beast / Waltz			
05	Lutoslawski - Funeral Music / Prologue	
06	Mohammad - Sakrifis				
07	Jacques Brel - Au Suivant	
08	Ennio Morricone - Victima Paschali Laudes	
09	Ennio Morricone - Le Voci Dal Liuto
10	Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zentrum Udssr (Russland)/4th Centre				
11	Ennio Morricone - Sinfonia D'una Citta 4
12	Roomful Of Teeth - Pieces: Iii. Courante		
13	Michael Gordon - Rushes For Seven Bassoons	
14	Morton Feldman - Jackson Pollock: Vi. Painting On Glass			
15	Morton Feldman - Jackson Pollock: I. Signature	
16	David Munrow - Woman On A Horse

Jóhann is a figurehead in a dynamic and developing scene of composers who move freely and inventively between film scores, minimalist classical, ambient and electronic music. He is equally at home writing commissioned works for the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can and Theatre of Voices ensembles, as he is collaborating with Tim Hecker, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Pan Sonic, CAN drummer Jaki Liebezeit, Marc Almond, Barry Adamson, and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))).

Requests from filmmakers to use Jóhannsson’s music in their films has led to a flourishing career in writing original music for more than a dozen movies. Jóhannsson was awarded a Golden Globe in January 2015 for Best Film Score for The Theory Of Everything, directed by James Marsh, whilst his music for the film also earned him both Oscar and BAFTA nominations for Best Original Score.  Jóhannsson’s score for Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was similarly honored with a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination in 2016.  

This year will see two major films featuring Jóhann’s original music: Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, and James Marsh’s The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz.

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Electronic Explorations - 461

EE 461

Jóhann Jóhannsson - 461 - Electronic Explorations

This mix is a slight departure from my usual ‘tried-and-tested’ format. I wanted to play with a steady 140 BPM throughout, letting melodic elements and sound textures control the flow. It features a blend of recent vinyl releases and some of my digital-only favourites found on bandcamp, as well as a track from the new label I’m starting (Intrepid Skin) and a track my friend Nikolaj exported the very same day I recorded this (Sugar - Dark Side Of The Spoon).

TRACKLIST

01 - Unknown Artist - STAUB 003 B1 [I/Y]
02 - Somewhen - Null Drift [Unterton]
03 - Banke - Totem [Token]
04 - Kalli - Profanity [Self Released]
05 - Wrong Assessment - Close To Red [Planet Rhythm]
06 - Genau - Don’t Speak [Genau Recordings]
07 - Insolate - Fallin Apart [User Experience]
08 - ADM - Verdict [Pure Conscience]
09 - VTSS -  Linked [Intrepid Skin]
10 - r0swell - Xenomorph [Ōtomo Trax]
11 - Wacky Kid - Poison [Mephist]
12 - Herbschleb - Consistent [Industrial Techno United]
13 - Ripper - Colliding Sun [Industrial Techno United]
14 - Draugr - Shame [Insulin Records]
15 - Chris Liebing - Ping Pong Pineapple [Masters of Disaster]
16 - NTBR - STHK [Self Released]
17 - Brain 37 - Shake With The Devil [Brain Recordings]
18 - Maureille - Telefon Spaces [Everyone On Acid]
19 - Riesenfeld - Auto Self [TRTLNCK]
20 - Sugar - Dark Side Of The Spoon [Unreleased]

UPCOMING GIGS:
27/04 Ben UFO Residency /// XOYO /// London, UK
11/05 Oramics x Szkalunek /// Jasna1 /// Warsaw, PL
12/05 Femme Fatale /// Schron /// Poznan, PL
19/05 Universe Of Tang /// London, UK
20/05 Herrensauna /// Tresor /// Berlin, DE
26/05 Techno Rączka /// Krakow, PL
01/06 Distortion Festival /// Copenhagen, DE

Tailgating SPFDJ is no easy task. Her sharp ascent is born of a taste for dynamics that approach and bank with ecstatic momentum. Occasionally working at vicious speeds, acidic techno climes are funnelled through kaleidoscopic wares from the wealth of high-energy
outposts found across dance music today.

Though hailing from Sweden, SPFDJ’s beginnings were in London as part of the infamous collective Universe of Tang, an ongoing club operation steeped in DIY means and mystifying aesthetics. Then a relocation to Berlin prompted a new chapter of projects and activity, and the chance to import her affiliations. With sprintf, she runs the Cranial Handles transmission as well as the System.out sound system. Power Play is the latest party coerced into life by SPFDJ, sprintf, and others.

Catch SPFDJ at XOYO - BenUFO Residency this Friday 27th April.
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1073782

https://www.facebook.com/officialspfdj/
https://soundcloud.com/spfdj
https://www.instagram.com/spfd.j/
https://twitter.com/SPFDJ
http://intrepidskin.com/

Electronic Explorations - 497

SPFDJ - 497 - Electronic Explorations

Uriel - Joy Wants Eternity

EE500 - SPECIAL REQUEST

The Electronic Explorations podcast series has become a much loved and influential archive of dance music’s evolution over the last 11 years. Despite starting way before the medium exploded, and years ahead of the online radio explosion, it has remained utterly vital to this day. It is perfectly fitting, then, that the rather monumental 500th episode is taken care of by Paul Woolford, a producer who has been around just as long and is arguably more relevant than ever. He is a meticulous producer whose music is deeply layered, with finely crafted synths, devastating drums and perfect mix downs. From big piano house to vocal classics via twisted techno, he is impossible to pin-down and, frankly, a wilful contrarian.

The Special Request project started out as an ode to the youth of his pirate radio, to the sheer thrill of illicit raving and the raw power of the breakbeat. By now—two albums and countless EPs on Houndstooth and its own eponymous label later—it is about so much more: it is cinematic sound design, striking ambient, futuristic electro and IDM, soulful 2-step and whatever else Woolford fancies, all crafted to a dizzyingly high standard.

And, predictably, it’s the same story with this podcast, which is a storytelling one hour 45 minutes with a number of different chapters. Starting off as an ambient soundtrack with spoken word snippets and space travel motifs, it could be the recording of a cosmic exploration. 20 minutes later, you’re welcomed to the heart of smoky, strobe lit, euphoric dance floor and taken on a breathless trip through all the unadulterated, heart-on-sleeve and sweat-on-brow sounds that make Special Request such an utterly thrilling project.

“I started to work with Rob Booth on bringing the Special Request project to wider attention through signing to Houndstooth in 2013. Along with Rob Butterworth at the label, the three of us forged a clear connection based on mutual respect and a shared passion for spannered tracks of all persuasions.

“During the first conversation I had with Rob Booth in December 2012, I said to him how much I loved and respected the Electronic Explorations podcast series. The depth and detail in this vast archive of mixes is testament to Rob’s tireless and never-ending quest to look under every possible rock and boulder to see what emerges.

“His obvious delight and enthusiasm in the process is as engaging as it is a joy to behold. Once we had the Soul Music album completed, Rob started to ask me for a contribution to EE, to which I always said, “we’ll get around to it”. We released the Belief System album last year and of course Rob was asking me again for the mix. There was always something in the way, which is often how things can be in this game.

“Fast forward to April this year, and Rob called me in Amsterdam and asked me to do EE500. I immediately agreed and said, “three weeks”. Six months later, after driving Rob up the wall with frustration, I managed to find the time last week to make it happen. I had a right doss banging this lot out. I sincerely hope you enjoy the mix as much as I enjoyed putting it together.”

Electronic Explorations - 500

EE 500

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Special Request - 500 - Electronic Explorations

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Pretty Lights' track "So Bright"

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Pretty Lights - So Bright

BASSNECTAR - THE FREESTYLE EP - OUT NOW
www.bassnectar.net/freestyle

Bassnectar & DC Breaks - Breathless feat. Mimi Page

Hello all,

Here, you could listen a mix, recording during all a night  for the next Headphone Commute amazing compilation "… And Darkness Came" where I had the nice opportunity to have one of my track included with Evö Luthi between some a plenty of great music artists. 

More infos soon on their site here :  http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2012/11/08/and-darkness-came/

Listen / Order here :
http://headphonecommute.bandcamp.com/

Official release : December 10th, 2012.

All the music artists are included in the mix.  
86 songs in a 77mn mix improvisation Set.

Some parts will need some level changes, but see it like a one shot recording. 
Hope you will like it.

For more infos, the tracklist in order of appearance for the mix session :

Marcus Fischer 
Antonymes 
Marcus Fjellström  
Bersarin quartett  
Sun Hammer
Christoph Berg 
Kreng
wndfrm 
Autistici
Somatic Responses
Absent Without Leave
Dakota Suite
Aria Rostami 
Clem Leek 
Boy Is Fiction
David Wenngren 
Machinefabriek 
Takahiro Kido
The Frozen Vaults
Ben Lukas Boysen
Netherworld
Ex Confusion
Talvihorros
Brambles
Wabi Experience
Dalot
Gen Ken Montgomery
Dustin O'Halloran 
Max Richter 
Celer 
Simon Scott 
Christopher Willits
Lawrence English 
Clint Mansell
A bleeding Star
Roel Funcken
Hummingbird
Kane Ikin 
David Newlyn 
Ezekiel Honig 
SaffronKeira 
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Monolyth & Cobalt + Évo Lüthi 
Minus Pilots 
Floods 
Julien Neto 
Offthesky 
Pinkcourtesyphone  
Erik K Skodvin 
Helios 
Black Swan 
Loscil 
Good Weather For An Airstrike 
Kate Carr 
Radere
Honig + Templeton 
Ian Hawgood 
Pleq feat. Strië 
Scanner 
Trifonic 
Johan Johannsson 
Stray Ghost
Simon Scott, Tomoyoshi Date, Corey Fuller, Marcus Fischer 
Rafael Anton Irisarri 
Waves On Canvas 
Rival Consoles / 
Olan Mill 
Riverrun 
Last Days 
M. Cadoo 
Jase Rex 
Maps & Diagrams
Mike Jedlicka 
Yuri Murata 
James Murray  
Fabrizio Paterlini 
Papercutz
Peter Broadrick 
Peter Prautzch 
Olafur Arnalds
Nils Frahm
Hauschka feat. Samuli Kosminen  
Leah Kardos 
Hammock 
Infinite Scale  
Anoice 
Marcus Fischer 
Antonymes 

Thanks a lot again to all the artists involved  for the great pieces of sounds
 and for sure to Headphone Commute for the amazing work.

really inspiring & for a great cause.

all the best & take care

(m)


Headphone Commute - … And Darkness Came - The Complete Monolyth & Cobalt Mix (05/12/2012)

Remix for the Pledge Music Update.
Track of the forthcoming album

Celladoor [Pledge Remix]

Preview of the forthcoming The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation album 'Anthropomorphic'. 



Anthropomorphic [Preview]

Text and tracklist: http://www.seeksicksound.com/sss-podcast-023-field-rotation/
Streaming only for this one.

SSS Podcast #023 : Field Rotation

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