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the joy of cooking from december 2011:
in winter i stay next to the stove where it's warm and cozy and i live from cookies only...

The Joy Of Cooking #16 Baking Cookies

PP Chill Pill III 80000 Takeover (SUZANNE KRAFT)

Up next are our dear friends The Zenmenn (@user-847972032) with whom we have a new 7" and more coming up soon. For the special occasion they came up with an unexpected mix extraordinaire while being generous in answering our questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: When did the first idea for The Zenmenn project present itself? Did it start with a few existing songs, or is it a conceptual project?

ZM: A couple of years back we got the opportunity to join this cool studio run by a gentleman called Franz. We did some stuff with friends and at the same time we just began jamming and recording what we did, and eventually we had a couple of songs in our hands, that we thought sounded interesting, and it dawned upon us that we should spend our time working on our own stuff. The name The Zenmenn came later, probably most of the album was recorded by then. There are still some old jams on the Zenmenn hard drive filed under Pharaohs Lounge, which is one of the earlier name ideas stolen from an alcohol free coctail bar near the studio.

MFM: Quite some fans refer in their comments on the LP to the '80s and include terms like 'melancholic' and 'nostalgic'. What are your thoughts on comments like these? 

ZM: Oh that’s nice. It’s generally very nice to hear people describe our music. Today a guy told us he thought we sounded like an Ethiopian band played on 45 with John Mayer on top… could be something to it. 
But true - it’s not really a party record and some of the songs like topaz or homage to a friendship certainly have a nostalgic, melancholic tone. Also the 80s vibe is well helped along by the Dx7 that features on every song. The presets we use are mostly the legendary e piano which features in all the 80s power ballads and the amazing fretless bass that still sounds better than any of the other fretless bass presets we’ve come across. Harp and steel drum are also great.

MFM: If all your current equipment would break down and you'd have to work with newer instruments of modern technology instead, how would that affect your music? Do you think you'd still non-mistakenly sound like The Zenmenn?

ZM: Most of our keyboards are from the 90s or even early 2000s, like the Triton Le and the Casio Ctk900 with which we recorded this whole mix. The 90s stuff is way more affordable. In some way we would probably sound the same cause we don’t loop, quantize or produce music in a contemporary fashion, and we’re into certain chord progressions and grooves. If we wanna play one pattern for 5 minutes, that’s what we mostly do, and then you always end up with some embellishments and quirks. But making music comes a lot down to workflow and if we had some fancy new synth in your hands with a thousand effects, sequences and menu diving we would probably do something different. That could be cool too,  but at the moment we prefer the old school approach. 

MFM: Thanks so much for this very special "mix". Tell us about it please?!

ZM: We made a mix of tracks we liked but it didn’t really come across too original so we decided to take another approach. Magnus plays around on keyboards whenever he can, and the way we make music is mostly just jamming something and then giving it structure as we go along. Magnus made 2 jams and we put them together and chopped out things that didn’t seem to fit, but mostly everything is recorded in one go. Our friend Helen Wells came by and played some harmonica, guitar and tweaked some pedals. We overdubbed some Casio, cool voices etc. Ben had a couple of curatorial suggestions in the end and did some great spoken words. Since our first little tour this summer Magnus has been carrying around some small drawing books and has been noodling away. This has been a great influence on this mix where all the decisions have been quick, with a loose hand and not too many layers. We’re happy to have the opportunity to make a mix and we’re very inspired to do more just like this.

MFM Mix 037: The Zenmenn

This week Bartosz Kruczyński AKA Earth Trax (@earthtraxonline) brings an exclusive mix for Lapsus Radio celebrating the release of his third album on the UK label @shallnotfade. Check it out!

You can also listen to all our shows at www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/lapsus

TRACKLIST:

1.- Enaune - Lõpro
Cycle du Petit Prince de Saint-Exupéry [Brutaż, 2020]

2.- Sayia - ΑΚΟΜΑ
love after life [Moneda, 2021]

3.- X-Asp - Terra Ferma (µ-Ziq Mix)
Terra Ferma [Rephlex, 1996]

4.- Placid Angles - A Moment Away From You
First Blue Sky [Magicwire, 2019]

5.- Versalife - Utopia In Distress
Soul Of The Automaton Pt.3 [Transcendent, 2018]

6.- FaltyDL - Paradise Lost
Love Is A Liability [Planet Mu, 2009]

7.- Vector Lovers - To The Stars...
Capsule For One [Soma Quality Recordings, 2005]

8.- Bandulu - Revelation
Guidance [Never Records, 1996]

9.- OCB - Aquaquest
Casa Sports Vol.1 [Casa Voyager, 2019]

10.- D3070 - New Era
Deep Impact [Cyberdome, 2021]

11.- Violet - Psyche
Espírito EP [Naive, 2021]

12.- CiM - Mobile Unit Downtime
Service Pack [Delsin, 2020]

13.- RX-101 - Morning Glory
EP 2 [Suction Records, 2016]

14.- Tony Hymas - Pictures Of Departure
Flying Fortress [Nato, 1991]

LAPSUS RADIO - 352 - Earth Trax

This week's show features a mix of exotica, private soft rock, Xian and electronic soul put together by Marseilles based architect and DJ Marwan Filali. Marwan also runs the RA/OI label which recently released a fantastic compilation of songs by Joe Sembene and is about to release a reissue of a great and fugitive Italian library record by the Vagal Group.

Tracklisting: 

The Sound Breakers - Marooned
The Bridge - Joy Of Your Love
Patrick Gammon - Driving (Down Pacific Coast Highway)
The Diamond-Zoot Band - Daytona Sunrise
805 - Mad Woman
Eden Ahbez - Eden's Island
David Ireland - Small Talk
Amy Levin - Good To You
Justin Time - Close Your Eyes
Quatres Aventures De Reinette Et Mirabelle - L'heure Bleue by Eric Rohmer 
Gerry Cott - Alphabet Town
Supaslix - Mercury Lady
Terry Vonderheide - Beauty And Time
Reflex - Stop, Think About It
Jones - Close To Myself
The Key Of Creek - Child Of Nature
Just Us - Easy

Séance Centre Radio Episode 48 NTS w/ Marwan Filali NO BANTER

Delighted to host @melodyastruth influence mix on Oddity Radio.

@jonnynash : It is a selection of music I've been enjoying over the last year, with a loose focus on "guitar music".

Turn on, tune in and don't drop out!

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Jonny Nash - Oddity Influence Mix

Mix of the Week #443 is "The Voice of Twilight"  by Dawn to Dawn

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Mix of the Week #443: Dawn to Dawn - The Voice of Twilight

You might have first heard of Earth Trax under his original alias, The Phantom. Or maybe his given name, Bartosz Kruczyński, which he uses for gorgeous ambient music. Or Pejzaż, where he cuts up Polish records from his vast collection. Or as part of Ptaki, another sample-based project he did with fellow Warsaw resident Jaromir Kamiński. You get the idea—dude makes a lot of music. And a lot of it is very good. Earth Trax is the project that really made us swoon, with a soft-focus, sunset-hued meld of techno, breakbeat, progressive house and trance.

On wonderful records like LP1, melancholy is the operative word, but Kruczyński isn't exactly a sadsack. It's more complex than that, nailing the tears-on-the-dance-floor vibe with the part that many people forget: it's still club music. That's why tracks like "Dream Pop," which kicks off this mix, are so successful—they're heavy but never weighed down by emotion, with a skip in their step and a robust low-end to go with the sighing vocals. 

Kruczyński's RA Podcast is something of an excavation of this sound, using his own tracks and those of like-minded producers to sketch out a style that's equal parts rousing and pensive, midtempo but still propulsive. Over two and a half hours he lets these tracks breathe and leisurely mixes them together, almost like an old-school progressive house double mix CD but in the more vibrant, varied clothes of today—before it starts to unravel into an extended, beatless outro that's worth sticking all the way until the end for.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/863

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RA.863 Earth Trax

Tracklist:
NTsKi - Orca
Cosmic Baby - Sea Of Tranquility
Hamatsuki - Adaptation Is Inevitable
ESP - LDM
Subsurfing - The Number Readers
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Last Breath
CiM - Mobile Unit Downtime
Bochum Welt - Radiopropulsive
Whylie - In The Sky
AZARI - Telewave
Malin Genie - Amulius Numitor
Unity Vega - Lyra
Celer - (06.23.17) From The Doorway Of The Beef Noodle Shop, Shoes On The Street In The Rain, Outside The Karate School
Celer - Rains Lit By Neon

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Earth Trax Mixtape for KALTBLUT Magazine

The latest edition of the Warning Mix Series comes straight outta Warsaw and the studio of Bartosz Kruczyński better known under his stage name Earth Trax. The Polish artist made himself quite a name with a steady flow of top notch productions, praised by labels such as Rhythm Section, Shall Not Fade, Aus Music and Les Yeux Oranges. 

With this recording he’s once again proofing that his skills as a DJ are not any inferior those as a producer. You’re in for an hour of jacking yet spherical techno sound!

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Warning #96 Earth Trax

Earth Trax - On The Record #194

Back by popular demand: Tako's wonderful Holiday Mix!
Here's what I wrote 7 years ago:

I was about to post this beautiful summer mix of Tako with the following words:

"What do you expect from a mix when it's done by a supernice guy with an excellent taste in music and a wonderful record collection? Yeah and that's exactly what you get here. Also make sure to get a copy of the first 12" of the Sombrero Galaxy, released on Lovefingers long awaited ESP Institute. Sombrero Galaxy is the collabo between Tako and Jonny Nash and their "Journey to the center of the sun" is one of my favourite releases of the last years, cheers!"

That was yesterday. In the meantime something terrible happened. Tako's friend Petros Malevis from Athens passed away without a warning. This mix is dedicated to Petros! He will be missed. Rest in peace, Petros.

Tako - Holiday (Guest Mix, 2010)

Beautiful, complex ambient, performed live at our fundraiser for Salon Des Amateurs. Recorded on May 20th, just before the release of Passive Aggressive, his collaborative album with Suzanne Kraft. Check out the RA Review here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/20642

RA Live: 20.05.17 - Jonny Nash, Salon Des Amateurs, Dusseldorf

D.DEE is away exploring new and exciting DJ booths for the next few weeks so Pacific Spirit will be guest mixes from our favourite DJs all month long.

First up! A lovely session from Sydney, Australia's finest, @aditoohey. Dip your toes and sink in, you'll be glad you did!

Pacific Spirit 021 | Adi Toohey

Bartosz Kruczynski (Earth Trax) - SANPO 138

here and now

mix recorded in may 2020
photo by janine kühn

Here and Now

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Lapsus, Shall Not Fade, Phonica Records, AUS Music, Into The Light, Growing Bin, Emotional Response

Bartosz Kruczynski (Earth Trax) - SANPO 138

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