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Calm and Steady tracks series no. 375

created 2023/04/30


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"Schmerzen" by FLUR marks the second single from their soon to be released first album “Dämmerung”. The icy ambient drone throughout the track makes this a somber seasonal tune. The lyrics align with the dark nature of the track, remarking on a disillusioned generation trying to find meaning in the occult.

written & produced by Merlin May & Jakob Kammermeier 
mastering by Gleb Lasarew
mixing by Maurice Schirm

FLUR - Schmerzen

The photos of Shackleton's ship discovered last year are fascinating, as is the whole story of the expedition. I attempted some kind of soundtrack to go with the underwater photographs.

The female vocals is from @megi-angelova vox library Vandria 1 & 2. The guitar is Epiphone Custom Pro. The pedals I used belong to my bandmate racoon 6ix and I don't know how they work :)

The  Grave of Endurance (demo)

Golden Man

Fluttering Flute

Porto

A psy-fi power hour from one of Australia’s most exciting artists, LOIF. 

Based in Naarm/Melbourne, LOIF made his production debut in late 2019 with the release of ‘Electronic Organism’ and has since landed on a broad selection of record labels such as Animalia, Ute.Rec, Amniote Editions, INDEX Records and Pressure Dome. Most recently, LOIF released his new album ‘GHOSTWORLD’ on Steeplejack. A project that was five years in the making, featuring collaborations with sina, bluhol, and Nū, ‘GHOSTWORLD’ shows the full breadth of LOIF’s ability to build these immersive worlds, journeying through impeccable sound design and psy-influenced soundscapes whilst accomplishing the balancing act of drawing inspiration from both the natural and the digital. Some stand out moments include the deeply emotive, melancholic tone of ‘As Above, So Below’ featuring sina to the tunnelling, skittering energy of ‘Ektoplazm’. On the album, LOIF has created a world that is so distinctively his sonically that lends itself to his live and DJ sets - a couple of the tracks on there are expansions from a live set LOIF had been working on. Whilst LOIF prefers to play outdoors and is deeply influenced by the nature he is surrounded by in Australia with the DIY park parties and bush doofs, over the last few years, LOIF has made a global leap with performances at Persona, Dekmantel Selectors, Dripping, Ohm, Osmosis, Fata Morgana and Recess (in NYC, which is run by como se DJ, who we featured last week), with plans to return to Asia and Europe in the coming months.

Interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-219-loif

GHOSTWORLD: https://loif.bandcamp.com/album/ghostworld

@loiflan

Untitled 909 Podcast 219: LOIF

Parcae https://soundcloud.com/parcaeparcae
eora, so called australia
steeplejack 8.03

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Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics VOX Remix)
Yosuke Tokunaga - Le ngths
gi - coil
Carrier - Markers
Zero Crossing - curse
Bereneces - Numb
Catartsis - Djúpavog
A.dixen - Ksueroh (Cycles Dub)
Anta Doma - Temples
DJ Maria. - Gentian
Clay - Reticulat
Iscariott - El Cachorro
Mattdemon - Aliénation
Huong Federkeil - Jötunn
Kincaid - 71122.0 (Stone Remix)
Atoloi - Forse No
Andriy K. - Hypogaea
Agonis - Thermo (Carrier Version)
RXEX - Unreleased
Rhodia - Nazaré
Mike Parker - Spaceship Galliot
Varuna - Jewel Changi (Jan Loup Remix)
Høll - Relics
Emma Rak - Tattoo Worship
Blanca - Aft
AINT.S - Purest Form
Medlock & Philip Kylberg - Flummox
Access to Arasaka - Crawler
Ghost Warrior - Follow Her
Uglyy - Jamais Defonce
Glass, Lisa More - I Prowl The Night (Original Mix)

Parcae

JAN LOUP 10.6.25

100% production mix de Old Man Crane à l'occasion de la sortie de son EP "Hepp" sur le label Bait.

Tracklist : 
﻿﻿Sadly stored
Hepp
Didgeridoo
Untitled
Brew
Skylla
Quork
Kelo Dub
Olive
Minitaur
Grey
Styx
Veil
Lori

Bait présente Old Man Crane (100% production mix) - 02 Juillet 2025

Mika Oki at The Swirl, Horst Arts & Music 2025

✧ Hyperterranean presents a 60-minute excursion through the fractured borderlands between granular amen splinters, sub-bass pressure and footwork futurism by @djstrawberrymusic ✧

✧ Aired 10.07.2025 on @lyl_radio ✧

www.lyl.live

Hyperterranean #030 with DJ Strawberry

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-353-james-k/ 

Soundcloud: @jamesk_1

With her forthcoming album ‘Friend’ set for release on @ad93rec in September, james K weaves memory and emotional directness into a sprawling map of love, euphoria, and intentful listening.

Music by Conna Haraway, Idoplumes, Terra Utopia, Marco Shuttle, Akio & Okihide, Marina Herlop, Carmen Villain, Konduku, MARMO, Pugilist, Pod & more...

Access the download and full tracklist (TBC) on our Patreon (patreon.com/truants). However if you need anything leave us a nice comment here with @jamesk_1 tagged and either of us will get back to you with an ID! Your support helps cover all our costs allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform.

james K

Truancy Volume 353: james K

One hot night of May during the Refractor festival x Blue Night Jungle takeover at infamous dublin’s club Tengu, Emilia Grima and Jan Loup recorded their steamy closing set blending darky halftime and percussive drum’n’bass, finishing their adventure into heated jungle, rocky tunes and industrial gems.

Follow Jan Loup - https://soundcloud.com/janloup
Follow Emilia Grima - https://soundcloud.com/emiliagrima

354⚡️Jan Loup x Emilia Grima

“i wanted to create something with a sense of anticipation, rising out of the deep building the listener up into a sense of relief as more functional and 4/4 forward takes heed like warming up a dancefloor. with so many influences i feel like my ideas can feel convoluted when planning and recording a mix but this i really took my time to move through different styles whilst them all being connected by a deep & trippy style which gels the mix together.” 

a heads down session from london-based dj, producer and label owner dyslecta who delivers this week’s 909 mix. a mix filled with tension, swirling rhythms and wonked-out drum patterns - it’s a masterclass in building pace and letting the restraint lock you in before the heaviness is unleashed. 

from the rolling fields of east yorkshire to the thrum of london’s dancefloors, dyslecta’s story is stitched together by tapes, family lore, and a deep, instinctive relationship with sound. raised on a steady diet of hardcore, techno, and trance blasting from his parents’ rave collections, his earliest encounters with electronic music were less about clubs or community than about atmosphere. his productions and mixes channel that same sense of place and texture: raw, shape-shifting worlds built from fragments of loops, hardware experiments, and a visual imagination that maps sound to colour, rhythm to landscape. with his label tenuous links, launched earlier this year, dyslecta continues to expand on this vision, with an aim to champion artists who thrive on curiosity and experimentation. 

in the interview below dyslecta talks about the constant learning and experimentation of being an artist, how growing up in yorkshire influenced his sound, and the process behind his productions - from starting with a sound to creating an atmosphere or world with it and being able to visual and feel the track he’s working on. 

interview:

@dyslecta

⋆˚࿔ untitled 909 podcast 235: dyslecta ⋆˚࿔

æther w/ Notte Infinita

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International Vermin Consortium
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The vermin will outlive your grand children's grand children.
Like Mickey Mouse the vermin is immortal.
: )
Antifa is my cousin.  I heard some people were looking for her.  Since I like to be helpful when I can, she was in Alexandria last time I talked to her, three weeks ago.  I think she mentioned going to Zurich in the near future.
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Is it 1984 already?!?!
...

I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
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This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

...

You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
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I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
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Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.

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