When we decided to devote our summer issue to underground electronic music, one creative partner came to mind: @moogmusicinc, the all-analog-everything architects that still make their iconic synths by hand in Asheville, North Carolina. Rather than simply coordinate a sponsorship deal between the company and a few of our favorite New York producers—Laurel Halo, Gavin Russom and Brenmar—we gave each of them a card from Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies” deck as a source of inspiration for an exclusive song.

What we got back far exceeded our expectations and reflected the range of electronic music in our issue perfectly, from Brenmar’s hip-hop ballistics and Russom’s 11-minute “holistic workout” to Halo’s nocturnal emissions. 

Read about each track here:
https://issuu.com/selftitled/docs/st_19_issuu/24

Moog x self-titled

Artiste : @jonnnah
Album : Mental & Physical
Label : @worst_rec
Sortie : 18/6/21
Acheter : https://bit.ly/3xcqFgY

Tsugi Premiere : Jonnnah - Friendly Tribute

Sometimes so much modern classical and ambient music drives me to a desire to cut it up a bit. Slice all of those expanding pads with a sharp-edged and surgically-precise glitchy blade, which is an intrinsic part of my sonic DNA. With that said, I can always rely on the trusted raster to serve me a delicious cocktail of spiked-up goodness. In the case of their latest album, scheduled to drop this upcoming Friday, November 25th, the master chef, chief surgeon, and dystopian storyteller is the one and only Franck Vigroux, who, albeit has not appeared on these pages in the past, has been on my radar for many years, particularly from his releases on Leaf, Monotype, Aesthetical, and Matière Mémoire. In 2020 Vigroux appeared on this Chemnitz-based (Germany) artistic platform with his album, Ballades Sur Lac Gelé. This follow-up, titled Magnetoscope, is part of the same series of releases that "interrelate strict and cool analogue sounds, drum machines and noise landscapes in an epic, almost cinematic way." The title and the synth sounds which appear throughout the album (and on a piece which I'm premiering for you today) refer to the "terrifying time" of the 80s. The influences of "Blade Runner" as watched through an old VHS tape, the sounds of a warped cassette tape left out to melt in your steaming brick of a car in the parking lot, the unruly analogue music machines that never followed your directions and seemed to have a mind of their own - all of this is here, on Magnetoscope.

Magnetoscope

Paris NYC

TRACK PREMIERE : Franck Vigroux - Paris NYC

DTP#21 - Erkko

Erkko made this all vinyl mix for our series.
Based in Helsinki and rooted in the late 90s/early 2000s finnish electro scene he's now co-hosting the kätkö event series.

This mix takes you on a trip through an eclectic world of electro. Bleepy, doomy, (fever-)dreamish and back, ending with "a few more recent tracks from finnish friends" to put it in his own words. 
Let's have a dive.
https://soundcloud.com/erkko

Tracklist:
Michel Houellebecq – Célibataires
Clatterbox – Rosetta Complex
Passarani – Phonok
DJPP – Rippin'
The Consumer – Solve The System
Ibrahim Alfa – Untitled
Lazercat – Droplets
Mesak – (I Want) Blood!
Aquatrax – Flash
Frame – Abstract 3132
Sandbenders – Eyes Does The Sidecar
DJ Overdose – Back In The Jungle
Gyromaniac – Thermoplast
Jeku – Breaking Even
Airlocktronics – Untitled
Mesak – Katosi
Cult Of Spakling – Waters (Just The Arps Edit)
DJ Lifegoals – Green

DTP#21 - Erkko

Indefinite Pitch PREMIERES. Edition 576

ALPI - Primordiale (TAAR1 Remix)

Respiri
[03 | quartal.]

Produced by Gabriel Pivaro and Daniele Alessi aka ALPI
Remix by TAAR1
Mastered by Alec Troniq
Artwork by quartal.

Format: Handprinted 180g Limited Edition 12" Vinyl, Digital

Released by quartal. from Dresden, Germany
Release Date: October 1, 2023

ALPI

https://soundcloud.com/thisisalpi
https://www.facebook.com/alpimusic
https://www.instagram.com/alpi_music

TAAR1

https://soundcloud.com/user-316953473
https://www.facebook.com/taar1.music

quartal.

https://soundcloud.com/quartal-techno
https://quartal.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/quartal.techno
https://www.instagram.com/quartal.techno

Indefinite Pitch. Yantai

https://www.indefinitepitch.com

Respiri

Primordiale (TAAR1 Remix)

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Indefinite Pitch PREMIERES. ALPI - Primordiale (TAAR1 Remix) [quartal.]

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Espacio Perpendicular radio show at 9128.live by Yoshitaka Shirakura (@user-309855222)

In 2023, a new private space opened in Madrid with the goal to become a  meeting point purely for the enjoyment and discovery of underground music. Since 2023, Espacio Perpendicular has broadcasted some of its many meetings and recordings on 9128.live. 2024 sees the second season of the programme.

This Thursday we broadcast this set by Yoshitaka Shirakura recorded some months ago, in September 30th, during a wonderful trip to Japan, the label Astral Industries took over the cosy club Bonobo in Tokyo.

Radio Show #12 - Yoshitaka Shirakura (@Bonobo X Astral Industries, Tokyo)

This Excursion was recorded together with my Brother Stefan Yürke.
We focused on the German Experimental, DIY, Synth,Wave and Punk scene from the 80s.
Bands like Der Plan, S.Y.P.H, Die Tödliche Doris and Conrad Schnitzler are just a few of the better known artists from this era.

Different Excursions by Ralf Hitsville guest Stefan Yürke [25.06.24]

Read about our campaign with @moogmusicinc here: 
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/06/27/download-an-exclusive-oblique-strategies-ep-featuring-laurel-halo-gavin-russom-and-brenmar/

Oblique Strategies Card: 
"Spectrum Analysis"

Equipment Used: 
"Logic as my master clock and recording deck; an MPC2000 as MIDI Sequencer and beat programmer; and a TR-707, KPR-77, DX-7, two Slim Phattys, MF-104M Analog Delay, MF-105M MIDI MuRF and MF-102 Ring Modulator for sounds and processing"

The Story Behind the Song: 
"I look at music very physically, from constructing patches of gear that function like living organisms to creating sounds that impact the body, with a strong element of spontaneity. This track was partly about getting pumped up, like the soundtrack for a workout montage in a movie like Rocky. Only it’s a holistic workout that includes spiritual and physical fitness. Maybe that relates to the card in how 'Spectrum Analysis' is like going over the whole system and tuning it up. I found interesting ways to use the new Moog gear, too, playing the knobs live and thinking of ways to use each piece that might not be the standard 'set and forget' approach. Keeping everything moving like that made each sound feel alive, like they’re all getting together and doing their thing."

Gavin Russom - "Our Streets"

Read about our campaign with @moogmusicinc here: 
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/06/27/download-an-exclusive-oblique-strategies-ep-featuring-laurel-halo-gavin-russom-and-brenmar/

Oblique Strategies Card: 
"Remember Those Quiet Evenings"

Equipment Used:
Little Phatty Stage II, MF-104M Analog Delay, MF-102 Ring Modulator, MF-101 Low Pass Filter, various hardware/software samplers

The Story Behind the Song:
"You could dedicate an entire discography to exploring ‘those quiet evenings,’ so I focused on the gear itself. I knew that the Moogerfoogers would be great, but I had to spend some time with the Little Phatty to see what I could get out of it. I wanted the track to have a vague nighttime feel—a bit spaced-out and impressionistic. So with the Oblique Strategy prompt in mind, the track came out sounding freer than previous ones I’ve made, exploring modal types of improvisation with the recording and responding to the pitches the Delay pedal would create. I enjoy creating both percussive and ambient tracks these days, focusing mostly on sound design, and this project was a good way to explore both a looser sound and writing that places a premium on mood and timbre before structure and complexity."

Laurel Halo - "M-14"

Read about our campaign with @moogmusicinc here: 
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2013/06/27/download-an-exclusive-oblique-strategies-ep-featuring-laurel-halo-gavin-russom-and-brenmar/

Oblique Strategies Card: 
"Be Extravagant"

Equipment Used:
Little Phatty Stage II, MF-101 Low Pass Filter, MF-102 Ring Modulator and MF-105M MIDI MuRF, recorded/mixed on a Mac Pro running Ableton Live

The Story Behind the Song:
"When I think of Moog and most analog synths in general, they usually represent a previous era of synth-based electronic music. I gave myself the task of using analog gear to sound very contemporary and fresh. I had to do a fair amount of post- processing to get there, but the actual journey of making the track was the most fun I’ve had in a while. I’m a sound nerd at the end of the day; actually playing with the knobs and waveforms in real time is so great. I basically made a heavy hip-hop beat utilizing a lot of my own processed Moog samples—pretty cool. It’s meant for the club. I make music I can DJ out; I’ve already added it to the setlist."

Brenmar - "Moog Beat"

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