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About the mix

I’ve been thinking about a concept for a mix titled “As the city sleeps” for some time. Soundtracking one of my favourite times of day, between 4-5am, the witching hour, when you fall in love, spend time getting to know the things about your friends you never knew and when towns and cities feel like your own.
When I was asked to contribute an hour of music to the inaugural “Monolithic Installation" (more info below), an immersive light installation in Bristol at Motion this summer it was the perfect catalyst to finally record the mix. I have gone back in and worked on it since and am happy to share it with you now.

"As featured in the Monolithic Installation, 5,376 suspended LEDs, an immersive light installation at Motion Bristol's recent day party by Squid Soup & Ben Price, hear the other mixes here and look out for it on the road this year" - http://bit.ly/2mrsYLo

Read more about it on Crack Mag - http://bit.ly/2D2yDAN

Tracklist 

"La Haine” Intro/Outro
Ian William Craig - Doubtshapes
Bruised Skies - Low
>>> Steve Reich - Come out
Benoit Pioulard - An Image Apart from Ourselves 
Oneohtrix Point Never - Behind the Bank
Body in the Thames - Brexit Music for a Film
Dj Rum - Projection
Vito Ricci - Inferno (Pt 2)
>>> Dorian Corey - Excerpt from Paris is Burning
Arthur Russell - Answers Me
Suzanne Kraft & Jonny Nash - Hanging Glass Structure 
Kraftwerk - Ananas Symphonie
Demdike Stare - Black Sun
Andés Zacco - Leit
Luke Abbott - Ovals 
Cluster -  Sowiesoso
Sun Ra - Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 2)
Cala Del Forno - Fast Moving Cars
Radiohead - Meeting in the Aisle 
Mark Pritchard - Give it Your Choir (feat Bibio)
Nick Drake - Horn 
Mark Hollis - The Colour of Spring

As the city sleeps, a mixtape [January 2018]

RA will return to host the GAIN stage at DGTL Amsterdam at the end of March.

13 acts will perform at GAIN BY RA across the two days. On Saturday, CC:DISCO! joins Honey Dijon, Mano Le Tough, Oceanic, Philou Louzolo and Australian house sensation Mall Grab, who'll go back-to-back with rising UK artist Or:la. The Sunday is similarly loaded with house and disco acts, as Phonox resident HAAi lines up alongside Oberman, Man Power, Nathan Fake (who will play live), Nightmares On Wax and Tom Trago (who'll play a disco set).

Ahead of his set for RA, Dutch selector Oceanic treats us to a mix that explores the full range of his repertoire.

RA / DGTL Amsterdam: Oceanic

Rinse FM Podcasts

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Hessle Audio with Ben UFO, Karen Gwyer & ZULI (Live from XOYO) - 3rd May 2018

RADIO MUMDANCE SERIES 02 EPISODE 02

THEY CALL HIM

THE GRIMEY BRIAN ENO

AKA

THE AMBIENT WAYNE ROONEY

AKA

THE NEW AGE GRAHAM NORTON

AKA 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUMZIE

New Series of Radio Mumdance on NTS Radio

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Visible Cloaks

Radio Mumdance

Mumdance b2b Visible Cloaks - NTS Radio - 18 May 2018

Rinse FM Podcast

Rinse FM - Laurel Halo - 18th June 2018

RDC 023 - EDWARD

Lisbon is enjoy plenty of time in the spotlight at the moment, not least thanks to artists like Violet, who is busy on many different fronts at once. As a lone force she producers anything from big techno breakbeats to rave tinged acid house. Next to that she’s also co-founded Radio Quântica, which is an essential platform for local underground artists and activists. She also performs as part of an all female rap group and covers classic tunes made solely by woman. Besides that, she even found time to start her own new label, Naive, this year. 

It should come as no surprise that such an active mind packs a lot into her 75 minute mix. Tripped out cosmic breakbeats kick things off before the drums grow more distorted and synths begin to howl as you’re dumped onto a dance floor at 3am. A subtle rave euphoria washes over the mid section before dusty breakbeats and slippery electro see things out. Despite the driving nature of the underlying drums, this is a mix that exudes warmth, soul and romance.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 203 - Violet

The ever-evolving artist shows yet another side of his sound. 

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=650

@keinobjekt

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.650 Objekt

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO with Kara-Lis Coverdale - 4th February 2019

UPSAMMY & OCEANIC (@upsammy & @oceanicocean)

RECORDED 2019 02 27, SOMEWHERE IN THE HAGUE

NO STATION SUCH DEDICATION / WWW.INTERGALACTIC.FM

https://youtu.be/FacvlhL7myk

UPSAMMY & OCEANIC

When Courtesy is behind the decks, you opt in for a ride through space and time. Her siren sounds meander through genres and rave history, looking for that sweet spot inbetween resistance and melody. In this set, played live at Livity Sound night Bassani, you’ll find a well-curated selection of trance classics clashing with contemporary takes on the future-yearning side of techno.

@courtesy707

Bassiani invites Courtesy / Podcast #49

Melodic daydreaming.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=676

@croatianamor
@poshisolation

RA.676 Croatian Amor

Kaleidoscopic techno from one of Kazakhstan’s foremost selectors, Nazira...

Interview & tracklist: https://dj-m.ag/2Iz5Hmh

Music

Fresh Kicks 108: Nazira

Violet with BLEID - 12 July 2019

FM042: Desert Sound Colony

(@desertsoundcolony)

It’s been a monumental last year for Desert Sound Colony, boss of Holding Hands records. At the forefront of a new wave of tech-house and breaks coming from London’s underground, in 2018 he also became a firm favourite with the likes of Lena Wilikens, Weatherall & Midland all heavily supporting his releases.  

Two EPs on his label, ‘Aunt Wendy's Wedding in Wales’ and ‘Tickle Me Pink’ displayed his talent for lithe, wonky grooves, unexpected turns and intricate sound design. But it was his EP for Nick Höppner’s Touch From A Distance which helped nudge him into the box of ‘those who have played Panorama Bar’.

With Holding Hands pushing a whole host of fresh artists going forwards, a new reissue label, Holding Hands Again, will be circumnavigating cog sharks to bring sought after tracks to the kids (and old people who were listening to funky house first time around) - starting with Timmy s & JB’s ‘A Long Weight’ EP, previously released on Wiggle and lots more to come! We are very happy to have Desert Sound Colony at FM as part of Nick Höppner's Touch From A Distance label showcase. Here's a little taste of what to expect. 

"It's a pretty well rounded selection of the sort of tracks that I am playing out at the moment. Quite banging in general with some trancey, broken beat and electro elements. There are also some forthcoming bits from myself as well as some from Holding Hands and Holding Hands Again... Expect a lot of this sort of thing at the festival this year. I can't wait!"


FM042: Desert Sound Colony
1. Next Is The E (Synthe Mix) - Moby
2. Mother Earth - Dubtribe
3. Atomic Playboy - Space Trax
4. Screaming Hands (Dreamscape Mix) - Radio Slave
5. Breakers In Space (DSC Edit) - DJ Mau Mau
6. Shmartie Pants - Rudolph C
7. Rat Break - Cop Envy
8. Stoffi - Oskar Offermann
9. Zoom To Your Doom - Desert Sound Colony
10. Your Mind - Sandoz
11. Belair Parm - Prioleau
12. Stagga - Adam Pits
13. Gymnasty - Los Hermanos Rodriguez
14. Murky Waters - Cameo Blush

FM042: Desert Sound Colony

Brother Tristan Da Cunha with his Nu-Step Blend. Check it out!

Slapfunk

Tristan Da Cunha - SLAPCAST046

Ostgut Ton's Barker welds together recent live performances for this special mix of exclusive material.

For more information head here: https://www.factmag.com/2019/08/07/barker-ostgut-ton-fact-mix/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 720 - Barker (Aug '19)

Toronto's Ciel goes deep on this exceptional journey through house, electro, breaks and techno.

For more information and tracklist head here: https://www.factmag.com/2019/08/20/ciel-parallel-minds-fact-mix/

FACT mix 724 - Ciel (Aug '19)

JS _Mix 18

Digging into an assorted box of breezy techno, breaks and fractured electro, Daisy Moon's show hurtles with a kinetic zeal.

More info here → https://crackm.ag/2SWppOr

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