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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

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Stuff

An-Ten-Nae, Amon Tobin, Apparat, edIT from the Glitch Mob and other influential musicians join  to combat climate change by preserving the Amazon Rainforest. 

Make sure to check out the rest of this amazing compilation 
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The Amazon Rainforest (a.k.a. the lungs of the planet) is a lynchpin, ensuring global climate stability. Take part, enjoy the music!
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An-Ten-Nae - Feel

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/09/only-you

Download at XLR8R

Sun Glitters "Only You"

Comfort Fit - Wicked Game (Swede:art remix)

Knowing We'll Be Here

Daniel Avery - Drone Logic (Album Preview)

ExOne Records 
Tales Of Ordinary Madness 1/3

http://www.beatport.com/track/debaya-remix/4726684

To mark a decade of their live techno outfit, Exercise One release a new album and series of vinyl remix EPs by friends and fellow travellers from along the road. Choosing 10 remixes for their 10 years of performing live and 9 tracks on the album for 9 years of releasing records.For the EPs, Exercise One invited some of their talented friends from along the journey to remix their favourite tracks of the duos back catalogue, for vinyl and digital release. On EP 1/3 you find the orignal Album Tracks Verlooka & Gatium, accompanied by Dumb Units boss Jeremy P Caulfields growling adaptation of Where Is My Keyboard (originally released on Num Records, 2006) and the playful bounce of Anja Schneiders rework of the duos Mobilee club hit Debaya (originally released on Mobilee Records, 2006)

Get it here!

Exercise One - Debaya (Anja Schneider Remix)

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Anja Schneider - La Roulette (Original Mix) - mobilee050

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Walrus Ghost - Seventwentyone

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CB-R - Hologram

Larry Gus 
"With All Your Eyes Look" 
DFA2430

1. Black Deer Remix
2. Tuff Sherm Remix

With All Your Eyes Look (Black Deer Remix)

Here's my remix for Arveene & Misk, out today on Mason's Animal Language label. Produced in winter, but reeled for springtime sunshine.

http://www.beatport.com/charts/april-mmxiv/265298

Beatport

Arveene & Misk - Don't Stop (Bottin Remix)

"J. Phlip's remix - both sensual and bold, her approach ingeniously fuses the cheerful bounciness of her native San Francisco's house template with the elegiac elation from GusGus".

Out 7th July on Kompakt

GusGus - Obnoxiously Sexual (J.Phlip Remix) Clip

Dollkraut - Fire (ICP Remix)

From Shabazz Palaces' forthcoming full-length 'Lese Majesty', out July 29th on Sub Pop Records.

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Lese Majesty

Forerunner Foray

Shabazz Palaces - Forerunner Foray

The Crystal Ark return with a double pack 12” containing some wildly engaging, stripped-down mixes of 4 tracks from their 2012 debut album on DFA. Contains brand new extended versions of the songs Rain, Paradise, Ascension, and We Came To.

The band has the following to say about these remixes:

“Mixing The Crystal Ark album was a deep process. Viva Ruiz and I spent a month in the studio with Matt Thornley and as we mixed the tracks we discovered that certain parts of them sounded so wonderful and driving when stripped down that we did some extra mixes to highlight this aspect. It felt connected to the "Dub" or "Techno" mixes you'd find on late 80's - mid 90's dance 12"s, which were often much more pounding than the original versions of the tracks, more geared to the dance floor than the radio.”
-Gavin Russom, The Crystal Ark

"We wanted to create some more DJ friendly versions of some of the songs, so we approached it like we would a traditional remix, with the difference of doing most of the moves live on analog gear. Kind of old school DUB style. This way it captured more energy and spontaneity than if we had planned every move before hand. "
-Matt Thornley, The Crystal Ark

“At the end of the very intense process of mixing the tracks for the record, Gavin, Matt and I were excited to approach these tracks with an entirely different perspective. In my mind, I saw these tracks going out to the people holding down the dance floor, those people who are the VIPS at any function, so for me essentially these dubs are dedicated to the dancers.”
-Viva Ruiz, The Crystal Ark

Ascension (Deep Mix)

Read about the history of @thebunkerny here:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2014/10/01/the-bunker-new-york/

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This mix was recorded by Bryan Kasenic at The Bunker Bunker on September 29, 2014 in one take. All vinyl with the exception of unreleased tracks from The Bunker New York, which were played via CDJ-2000s.


[00:00] Jo Johnson - Ancestral Footsteps - Weaving LP (Further Records)
[04:10] Reagenz - Tc - The Period Table 3LP (The Bunker New York)
[13:25] Gavin Russom - The Purge - Entropy Trax 001 12" (Entropy Trax)
[18:21] Forma - Cool Haptics - Cool Haptics 12" (The Bunker New York)
[25:25] Zemi17 - Impressions - Impressions 12" (The Bunker New York)
[30:00] Antoni Maiovvi - Spunnowt - Black Jesus 12" (Crimes of the Future)
[35:40] White Visitation - Blood Revision - Ancestors 12" (Styles Upon Styles)
[41:50] Cheap and Deep Productions - Time Stops (Ectomorph Remix) - Time Stops 12" (Modular Cowboy)
[46:35] Atom™ - Ground Loop 1 - Ground Loop 12" (The Bunker New York)
[53:23] Løt.te - Pressure Chant - Pressure Chant 12" (The Bunker New York)
[59:27] What We'll Be - Clara Moonglow's Magic - Subject/Object 12" (We Are All Machines)
[66:18] Ulysses - Nanook - The Casual Mystic 12" (The Bunker New York)

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Label of the Month: The Bunker New York (Mix by Bryan Kasenic)

Gavin Russom 
'Telemetry / The Beneficent, The Merciful' 
Entropy Trax 
1st December 2014 
Format: 12" 
Cat. #: ETX002

• Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering
• Limited to 300 copies
• Screen-printed paper sleeve

Gavin Russom returns to Ecstatic sister label Entropy Trax for the fledgling label's second release. Building on the brooding atmosphere of 'The Purge / Enthroned' with a pair of throbbing, synth-powered & acid-infused cuts, the 'Telemetry/The Benificent, The Merciful' 12" draws together sonic touchstones found in Russom's many projects - Black Metoric Star, The Crystal Ark, and his work with Delia Gonzalez - melding them into two singular productions that pump and drive like the sequenced machines that power them.

Gavin Russom on 'Telemetry': "This came out of some deep digging into the abilities of one of my self-designed analog processors. I was demonstrating to someone how a second layer of filtering can turn a simple 16 step sequence into an evolving line which seems to never quite repeat the same way, sequences that don't strictly repeat but rather seem to have a life of their own that expands as their more rudimentary parts lock into repetitive motion... I built a track around it by building up layers around the central sequence that grow in impact as the track unfolds."

"The title 'Telemetry' sums up a nice connection between the machine and the body, as often it is used to track or monitor living creatures from distance. It also functions like a metaphor for what happens in a club as a DJ or musician uses the technological medium to bridge the distance between his own inner rhythms and those of the others, at a distance on the dance floor. Or at least that's how it works for me."

Gavin Russom on 'The Beneficent, The Merciful': "Although I think of all music as prayer this may be one of the most overtly prayerful tracks I've ever made. The title comes from the asmāʾ allāh al-ḥusnā or 99 names of Allah and is a phrase that opens many Islamic prayers. My mother, although not Arabic nor Muslim, was raised in the Middle East, and I grew up in an atmosphere of much celebration of Arabic and Islamic culture through food, music, art and spirituality."

"This prompted me to study Islam and its traditions deeply for some time and I found them to be incredibly beautiful, deep and poetic. There is nothing overtly Islamic or Arabic about the music, except perhaps some unconscious inspiration from Islamic devotional music that I love. I chose the title to recognize the depth of spiritual devotion and love present in these traditions and how it has inspired me. Total devotion to the divine is what I seek in my own life, and what I seek to express through my music."

Tracklist: 
A. Telemetry 
B. The Beneficent, The Merciful

BUY!

Gavin Russom - Telemetry

Swede:art - Sex On The Airplane

Money

ft on recent album ABC Alphabeats..out on error braodcast.

Swede:art - Wonkycarz

An album of remixes of tracks from the album 'Swim'.
Released digitally Oct 26 (UK), Nov 1 (rest of EU), Nov 2 (North America).
itunes release will feature additional track 'Odessa (DJ Koze's Campfire)'
CD copies of 'Swim' will come with a free abridged CD version of 'Swim Remixes' in UK/EU. 


Bowls (Gavin Russom's Rework)

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"

Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SickKickEP
Buy on Beatport: http://bit.ly/SickKickBP

Now available for purchase is the full Sick Kick EP, featuring massive remixes from Wiwek and Santiago Alzate plus the instrumental version of "Insane."

A few months ago, we dropped Moska's big room monster "Insane."  It was such a success that we had to line up another release with him before he got too big for us, started touring the world non-stop and dating supermodels. So we're honored to release not one, but two HUGE tracks from Moska, "Sick Kick" and "Terminator" featuring friend from the other side of the Atlantic, Wiwek.  "Sick Kick" has no track like it, the satanic elastic band synth puts you in dance floor trance for eternity. The B-Side "Terminator" has been a staple in the Major Lazer live set for a few months now, It's ever-evolving marching synths turns into straight madness by the end of the track. Two humongous tracks from the mad man from Colombia, we couldn't be happier.

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moskahouse

Sick Kick - EP

Sick Kick

Buy on iTunes

Moska - Sick Kick

Mixed by Jeronimo Escajal and Agustin Rivaldo
Mastered by Sebastian Cordoves
Chancha Via Circuito courtesy of ZZK Records

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Barrio Lindo - La cueva feat. Chancha vía Circuito

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