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Different Shades Of Blue

all
that comes
be sure it runs
to none
of 
which
make what you will
of it

what will you make of it?

the wisp

planet 👣💝  ᵉⓐ𝐫𝓽н  👨‍💼🎉 (demo)

overgrown
vines from my head to my toes
on foreign roads
other languages i can hear

i proved u wrong
finished 5 books in a year
forever more
forever is my biggest fear

solitude in f#

Believe in Us

ARBOU-Road so long…   [DARK NATURE CONCEPT]

There is something spesh going on musically along the Berlin / Montreal / Warsaw axes these days, and this tape is your one way ticket to never going back to unknowingness. Consisting of 11 heretofore unreleased tracks from the M&M stable and beyond, Mixtape 1 serves to document a scene which spans significant geographic distance all the while maintaining a cohesive aesthetic sensibility. 

Magic Island’s “Ostsee” opens the proceedings, and it finds dream pop inhabitant Emma C sounding more confident than ever, not only in songwriting but also in production. Same goes for Antoine93, whose pop star ambitions haven’t been dulled by his time spent basking in the glory of being one of Berlin’s new star club kids. If anything, he has emerged from the haze of all those late nights with a pop sensibility that is tuned to perfection. 

Pascale Project delivers a spaced out track which brings to mind a simpler time in electronic music and Bataille Solaire shores up the Quebecois contributions to the tape with a track that will satisfy the heads who like their tuneage knotty and complex. 

Dylan III is sorely missed around Neukölln, so his contribution here, a skewed take on 80s AM gold replete with flamenco guitar and emotive vocals is very a welcome reminder of his immense talent and charisma. While we’re talking sorely missed, how about Jason Harvey? No two ways about this guy is a beauty, and his track, though objectively “weird” is, in its own way, perfect. Just like him. 

Jack Chosef, Normal Echo and Helen Fry weigh in with punchier, harder takes on their respective brands of outsider electronics, while scene linchpin Sean Nicholas Savage teams up with his Polish partner in crime (and current touring guitarist), Better Person, for a smooth as cover of Chris Isaak’s “Can’t Do A Thing (To Stop Me). 

One of the most pleasant surprises on the mix comes from Karolini. After years spent fine tuning his coffee making skills, then his cooking skills, then his joke telling skills, Karolini finally found time to produce some music, and, by gosh, it was worth the wait. “Twice As Much” is a timeless piece of songwriting, as instantly memorable as it is distinct from the other tracks on offer here. 

Finally, Warsaw based Olivier Helm and Pictorial Candi collaborate on Ballroom, a digital only bonus track that, like a jellyfish from the depths of the Vistula, is so smooth it hurts. 

All told, what we’ve got here is a beau-tay of comp, an immensely pleasing snapshot of a scene operating at its own pace and in its own world. There's no going back now. 

Kevin Halpin / Shameless/Limitless / Berlin, October 2015

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Karolini - Twice As Much

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◯ Adore1996 ◯ City Smells

send this to someone you love.
i am sending this to max and kieran-
among others.

max,
i love you.
this gray will turn to stardust soon.
i promise.
you just have to push forward, and i know you will.
my strong boy,
you light up everything around you
and brighten all that's already lit.
you are beautiful,
inside and out.
the confusion,
the pain,
the frustration,
is all a part of this beautiful life we have been given.
and it gets taken away so suddenly.
don't let the pain of things blind the joy in the rest.
i know you are so wise,
and i know you have so much to give.
please keep giving it.
remember these words and all the others i've said to you if i happen to disappear.
i don't plan on it,
but the future is unknown.
my lovely archer.
my beautiful brother.
i would do anything for you.
please never settle for anyone who won't
or can't see why they should.
you deserve eternity in serenity.
nothing less but everything more.

sincerely,
lucas.
x

kieran,
you are the best brother i could have ever known.
no amount of songs,
words,
smiles,
car rides,
text messages,
or company,
could ever explain how much you mean to me.
i know words are hard for us a lot,
but i hope with my being here beside you-
in due time-
you begin to feel tranquil in the stability of my love for you.
you are the best friend and the brother i wish i could have had the pleasure to know earlier in life,
but i know you now.
i don't know what i did to deserve such a genuine person,
someone who thinks of me even in the worst
and has taught me so much,
but i'm glad i did it.
this life you are set in is not all there is.
it's been a long time,
and i know the sinking feeling well,
but you and i both know that there is so much more than what we are sitting in.
none of this will last forever.
and i always see you.
i always hear you.
you are never alone as long as i am breathing.
ever.
please,
never doubt what you mean to me and the lengths i'd go to ensure your contentment.
you are everything right with this place,
and every place you'll ever roam.
i love you so much.
and it doesn't feel weird to say to you.

everlasting,
lucas
x

Different Shades Of Blue

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