For his first project since his ‘Reigi’ EP released via Antinote in 2018, Slowglide temporarily moves off the UK club music sound with ‘Mount Apeiron’ for more mystical and dreamlike atmospheres. Flirting with the low BPM zone, the tape and its 7 tracks use tribal rhythms, telluric beats, lush drones, trance sounds and surgical sound-design, resulting in an organic, melodic, slow-motion techno.

Inspired by the reading of René Daumal’s Mount Analogue, ‘Mount Apeiron’ is a spiritual and symbolic narrative of mountain climbing : initiation trip, search for meaning, self-transcendence. The listener is propelled into these harsh, deserted metaphysical landscapes, moving deeper into the blizzard to the rhythm of taiko drums for a long and tortuous ride. A journey that ends at the mountaintop to a climax of euphoria in a romantic vision, a last look back on the long road travelled.

Edition of 100 limited scanimated tapes
Composed, produced, mixed by Slowglide
Mastering by Krikor
Design & artwork by Unité Services

Digital/Cassette

「 Mount Apeiron 」

「 Mixes ; Radio 」

「 Tracks ; Releases 」

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After having invited, a few months ago, eight of the best producers France currently has to offer, La Forge now temporarily steps away from the ‘Crysta Ampullaris’ series for a more radiant and solar output. ‘Crysta Ensolaris’ is fueled by the optimism inspired by the perspective of soon getting back on the dancefloor, after more than a year of privation : this sheer need to reunite and come together, be it day or night, during these sweet moments of daydream that we’ve all been missing so much.
Back to an EP formula, our core main producers (Nigm, Slowglide, Lebird, Shonen Bat & Ayuji) gratify us with five tracks full of U.V. vibes. Soothing introduction ‘Ephemeral’, by Nigm, is an introspective downtempo nugget, not unlike a mystical journey under a zenith sun, with its load of sonic mirages and illusion. Then Slowglide turns the acid up, layering breakbeats into the incantatory ‘Solstice’, a big-beat-infused psychedelic track perfectly designed to launch a neo-pagan rave.
Suddenly, here comes the eclipse. Lebird’s ‘Adonia’, a high-energy electro banger, takes us to one of those sweltering nights when bodies undulate and collide, breathless as the kick drum hits. Then, wild kid Shonen Bat propels us towards a gigantic solarpunk rave in zero gravity with ‘Planet Serotonia’, a hybrid, alien-sounding track somewhere between breakbeat house & high-protein UK hardcore. Finally, Ayuji puts a finishing touch to this fantastic trip with ‘Heliopolis’, a swift, solar house gem mingling Detroit techno influences with some trance elements. Like an ultimate rush of dopamine at sunrise, just before the party draws to a close.
Digital release on June 23, 2021 (Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music,...).

PREMIERE : Slowglide - Solstice (Stonehenge Mix)

One hour of hybrid club music for @noodsradio

Tracklist : https://noodsradio.com/shows/slowglide-31st-march-22

Slowglide - Noods Radio - 31/03/22

For his first residency, Slowglide puts together ambient, jazz, folk and electronic oddities into an hour of mix/selecta ideally suited to drift in the aether.

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - Ş𝐡ค𝐩ēŞ𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭ē𝐫'Ş 𝐢ຖ𝐭𝐫໐໓น¢𝐭𝐢໐ຖ (11/10/22)

Full stream of Slowglide's "Frostbites," taken from Mount Apeiron EP on Vanishing Point Records out November 25.

More: www.orbmag.com/music

@slowglide
@vanishingpointlabel

Mount Apeiron

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Premiere: Slowglide - Frostbites

It was unclear how far the peak was, it stretched beyond the clouds, obstructed completely from view. The weather had been kind to them thus far, but it felt like a change in the air was coming. They followed the winding path through the snow, taking stock of how far they'd come as they reached each vantage point. Hours and hours had passed and the end was still a distant dream, but when they reached the summit it would all be worth it, they'd be on top of the world.

French DJ and producer Slowglide signals a new sonic direction with the launch of his label Vanishing Point. Previous music for Antinote, Global Warming and Comic Sans saw him exploring UK-leaning club sounds, but this next chapter takes him down a more psychedelic path.

For the first release, a seven-track tape called Mount Apeiron that marks his first new music in four years, he draws inspiration from a reading of René Daumal’s Mount Analogue, which documents a spiritual and symbolic take on mountain climbing. The music itself is a sonic representation of each stage of ascension, floating around lower tempos and exploring more psychedelic vibrations that touch on tribal, trance, drone, techno and electronica, but approached with Slowglide's singular eye and ear.

PREMIERE: Slowglide - Reach For The Ridge [Vanishing Point]

I’d been dreaming of it. Almost every night, even during days sometimes. An extreme warmth would wake me up in a sweat and an intense light would blind me, even though my eyes were closed. Though, when I finally managed to open them, only cold and darkness would surround me.
Somehow, I knew it was waiting for me up there. Above my head, hidden from sight behind a padded sea of clouds. Far beyond reach, yet I couldn’t get it out of my mind. 
What could I do, other than hope to finally feel its shiny beams taking me for a relieving rise?

Parisian Slowglide to introduce on Nov. 25 his new Vanishing Point label with his personal 'Mount Apeiron' cassette. A 7-track mesmerizing, mystical release inspired by the reading of René Daumal’s 'Mount Analogue'.

https://slowglide.bandcamp.com/album/mount-apeiron

℘ཞɛɱıɛཞɛ ≈ Slowglide - Altitude Sickness [Vanishing Point]

Slowglide - Cryomaque

Slowglide - Head For Heights ?

Glide into a one-hour misty trip of krautrock, psychedelic pop, ambient and experimental electronics with Slowglide.

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-1

@lyl_radio

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝙎≋𝙝≋𝙞≋𝙛≋𝙩≋𝙞≋𝙣≋𝙜 𝙒≋𝙖≋𝙫≋𝙚≋𝙨 (06/12/22)

Last mix of 2k22 for Dublab.de (Cologne)

Take a ride for a one hour kaleidoscopic trip from 130 to 180 bpm, exploring trance, tribal & halftime meanders

Ask for IDs :)

Slowglide - Guest Session @ Dublab.de - 15/12/2022

Let your mind wander through worlds of echoes and dive into seas of reverb for an hour of psychedelic & leftfield dubs.

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-3

@lyl_radio

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - ᗪᑌᗷ ᔕᕼIᖴT (31/01/23)

Hear an epic six-handed action of laser-fuelled & syncopated UK Bass from the occasional trio of producers First Epoque, Slowglide & Vina Konda, with a gentle take on sound design and vocal science, to be released on Lyon’s oddest electronic bird nest Dill Dodos Recife.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/dill-dodos-recife-first-epoque-slowglide-vina-konda-droseliane

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PREMIERE: First Epoque, Slowglide & Vina Konda - Droseliane (Dill Dodos Recife)

Fourth episode of my LYL Radio residency. Let's take a journey through pulsed ambient music (or what I call "trancebient") : an hour of throbbing synths, stuttering echoes, staccato chords & sparkling arpeggios.

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-4

@lyl_radio

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 【﻿Ｓ░Ｈ░Ａ░Ｐ░Ｅ░Ｓ░ ░Ｏ░Ｆ░ ░Ｔ░Ｒ░Ａ░Ｎ░Ｃ░Ｅ░Ｂ░Ｉ░Ｅ░Ｎ░Ｔ】 (28/03/23)

Slowglide [11.04.2023]

Fifth episode of Shape/Shift on @lyl_radio. An hour of ambient bliss, blurry downtempo, spectral electronics and other digital abstractions.

CORELL - Fragility
MIKE MIDNIGHT - Glinter
THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE - Nepalese Bliss
MISTAREEZ - Affectionate
STONE - Beacon
ROZA TERENZI - Illusions
ANDRIY KOSTYUKOV - Habar
ACEMO - Deep Down (Don’t Drown)
STONE - Glyph
CHESTNUT PEOPLE - III
BJARKI - <|)
PURELINK - Spirit & Sport
GI GI - Pyxis Glint
XEN MODEL - Lurch
PURELINK - Not That Deep
IKE - Nurture
MU TATE - Benz w/ Santebela
SLEEPDIAL - Exo
THE BLACK DOG - Raxmus
CORELL - Open Air


https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-5

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝗗≋𝗼≋𝘄≋𝗻≋𝘀≋𝗵≋𝗶≋𝗳≋𝘁≋𝗶≋𝗻≋𝗴 (23/05/23)

https://soundcloud.com/darksmogo
https://soundcloud.com/slowglide
https://soundcloud.com/bluenightjungle
🛒 https://bluenightjungle.bandcamp.com/album/sharp-knowledge-ep
🔊 https://youtu.be/hGAljViD7tM

At least! Here comes Smogo's debut EP on his own imprint, 6 years after the beginning of the label. With a blend of dark drum'n'bass vibes, trancy rhythms and heavy percussions, the Marseille-based producer is exploring wild territories of modern underground dance music. For this first release on the catalogue, he conveys two heavy figures of the french scene : Slowglide and Drawbridge, each one going one step beyond with their slow-trance interpretation of Vocifer and the intense, rumbling remix of Narcopirate.

Tracklist: 

Smogo - Les Portes du Sublime Rêve
Smogo - Sharp Knowledge
Smogo - Vocifer
Smogo - Lords Of Gwaranjar
Smogo - Narcopirate
Smogo - Vocifer (Slowglide Remix)
Smogo - Narcopirate (Drawbridge Remix)

PREMIERE: Smogo - Vocifer (Slowglide Remix) [Blue Night Jungle]

For the final episode of Shape/Shift season 1, let's dig deep into the discography of Aleksi Perälä. Take a deep breath and dive through the Colundi realm with a one hour mix of eclectic gems from the Finnish producer.

꧁ Colundi everyOne ꧂


Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-6

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - ƈօʟʊռɖɨ ֆքɛƈɨǟʟ (18/07/23)

https://soundcloud.com/slowglide
https://soundcloud.com/laforgemusique
🛒 https://laforgemusique.bandcamp.com/album/crysta-ampullaris-vol-6
🔊 https://youtu.be/QGHAMTWsaJk

We remember over a year ago the latest installment of Crysta Ampullaris, bringing together a host of guests from all corners of the country to offer us an eclectic opus, where stylistic boundaries were shattered to give prominence to sound design and a post-covid club vision unique to each individual. While it goes without saying that we thrive on sharing, we must also know how to refocus on the essentials, and it is through reflection on a common aesthetic that this new volume was born.

“Tribe.” A marginal musical style, long nestled in the free party culture, now seems to infuse into the most mental and fast-paced forms of electronic music. We wanted to take a look at our own roots, in the muddy grounds of our regional soundsystems, where everyone is invited to uncompromising sonic journeys. It is where nature, humans and technology come together in a joyful celebration of inner and outer life. The familiar faces from previous volumes are present: Nigm, Slowglide and Ayuji deliver three energetic and shamanic tracks, exploring fast grooves, hypnotic patterns and twisted landscapes. New faces also make their appearance, such as Numa, a founding member of the collective, presenting a generously psychedelic and textured debut track. Additionally, Perdu et Retrouvé from Venus Club introduces a superb dreamy and tribal collaboration with Shonen Bat.

As you can see, this new volume is an invitation to travel, to move and to connect ; as moving and being moved is our mantra.

Tracklist: 

1. Nigm - Rift Of Spirits
2. Slowglide - Ikeda Map
3. Ayuji - The Lost Lagoon
4. Numa - Mapinguari
5. Perdu et Retrouvé & Shonen Bat - TribeAdvisor

PREMIERE: Slowglide - Ikeda Map [La Forge]

Tune in for the first episode of new Shape/Shift season with a one-hour selection of mellow guitars, airy voices, twangy sitars and lysergic folk songs.

INDIRA VALEY - Straight Arrows
KSIĘŻYC - Historyjka
CORMORANT TREE OH - The Cave
RICK HAYWARD - Light In The Sky
ŽENKLAS X - Sokis
VANISHING TWIN - You Are Not An Island
MAGNET & PAUL GIOVANNI - Willow’s Song
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Scarborough Fair
DONOVAN - Three King Fishers
GRAIL -  Grail
MOONKYTE - Way Out Hermit
KIKAGAKU MOYO - Can You Imagine Nothing ?
THESE TRAILS - Psyche I
EMMANUELLE PARRENIN - Thibault Et L’Arbre D’Or
THE LYTTLE FOLK - A’Soalin’
REGRELH - Esmai
PATRICIA WOLF - The Grotto

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝓐 𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓴𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓢𝓱𝓲𝓯𝓽 (12/09/23)

https://soundcloud.com/slowglide
https://soundcloud.com/vanishingpointlabel
https://soundcloud.com/laforgemusique
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/n74Duz9XSfQ

Since 2013, Slowglide has been creating a unique sound which recalls ancestral mysticism, altered states of consciousness as well as cyber-tech fantasies. With a special emphasis on sound design, he crafts uncanny atmospheres, dense rhythms and otherworldly soundscapes. Fed by psychedelia, electronic hybridisations and non-Western music, he’s constantly in search of fresh and unusual techniques to renew his sound palette. After a breakthrough 12” on Antinote in 2018, Slowglide’s music has found its place on labels like Comic Sans Records, Global Warming, Vernacular Records or his newly founded imprint Vanishing Point. He’s also part of the Reims-based techno collective La Forge, considered by Tsugi as “one of the most talented French labels” in 2020.

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Explore a succession of in(de)finite hallways and other strangely familiar places with Slowglide through a musical travelogue inspired by recent dreams. Lose yourself for an hour of liminal ambient and drone bliss.

https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-8

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide -  𝗟⁀𝗶‿𝗺⁀𝗶‿𝗻⁀𝗮‿𝗹 𝗦⁀𝗵‿𝗶⁀𝗳‿𝘁 (07/11/23)

Take a trip through Slowglide’s unreleased catalog with a one hour collage of misty productions, swampy jams and other works in progress.

https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-11
@lyl_radio

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 (23/04/24)

ブラックナイト

Season finale ! A one hour mix of my latest sonic crushes, from ambient to bass and back again.

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝐓»𝐞»𝐱»𝐭»𝐮»𝐫»𝐚»𝐥» 𝐒»𝐡»𝐢»𝐟»𝐭» (18/06/24)

Like architecture aims to create spaces with a specific atmosphere that will cause a particular behavior and evoke feelings - this mixes serie intends to connect dj sets with emotional spaces - reel or imaginary soundscapes.

Rinse France Podcast

Machka présente Emotional Scapes avec Slowglide - 15 Juillet 2024

Live from LYL Paris&amp#39; new studio at aperto, follow Slowglide for a murky journey through ambient, industrial, jazz &ampamp; leftfield electronics.


Aperto Opening Session w/ Slowglide (07/09/24)

Back from Cévennes’ mountains, Slowglide opens this new season with a selection from old-to-hyper forms of folk to botanical electronica. Breath deeply, feel the sun on your skin and take a ride through a one-hour sonic pastoral journey with original music from Koreless, Emmanuelle Parrenin, The Books, Halosar & many more.

https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-13

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - 𝓐 𝓟𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓢𝓱𝓲𝓯𝓽 (10/09/24)

After 13 shows on my own, it is time to introduce my first guest on Shape/Shift. Alexandre Wa (@alexandrewa) and I met a decade ago while studying history at college, we instantly shared a common interest about odd music, arts & silly memes. Years later, our paths crossed again as we’re now colleagues in the same research library. 

But enough chatter. Like me and even more, Alexandre is a massive krautrock enthusiast. That’s the reason I invited him to design a one-hour perilous but epic collage of motorik beats. Fasten your seat belt and get ready for a hallucinated ride on the autobahn !

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-14

Shape/Shift w/ Alexandre Wa - M⊶o⊶t⊶o⊶r⊶i⊶k S⊶p⊶e⊶c⊶i⊶a⊶l (05/11/24)

Slowglide gently starts 2025 with an hour between frosty ambient, emotional leftfield electronics and other wintry bits.

Tracklist : https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-15

14.01.2025

Shape/Shift w/ Slowglide - F࿐r࿐o࿐z࿐e࿐n࿐ S࿐h࿐i࿐f࿐t࿐ (14/01/25)

Hardware live recorded on a sunny afternoon at the Underscope stage at the 2021 edition of Peacock Society.

Gear : Elektron Octatrack, Moog Mother-32, Korg Monologue, Novation Mininova

「 Live @ Peacock Society 2021 」

Sombres Hérauts w/ https://soundcloud.com/slowglide et https://soundcloud.com/vinakonda 

Pour cette 57ème émissions, nos Hérauts reçoivent Slowglide et Vina Konda pour une rencontre au sommet. S'attendre à autant de musique sérieusement bresson autant qu'à de la franche déconnade histoire de ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser.
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Sombres Hérauts est une émission diffusée chaque mois sur Station Station.
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Sombres Hérauts #57 w/ Slowglide & Vina Konda

For this episode, Slowglide invites French producer Alohn to craft a one-hour mix, progressively shape-shifting from psych folk to minimalistic ambient to bass music. Last year, he released the Insekt EP via Lolo Batten’s traverse imprint : an hypnotic 4-tracker blending IDM, ambient & bass, in which he showed particular skills for intricate microrhythms & crispy sound design.

@ahlonne

https://lyl.live/episode/shape-shift-12

Shape/Shift w/ Alohn - ̗̗ɮ̗͐ɛ̗͐ȶ̗͐ա̨͐ɛ̨͗ɛ͗́ռ́͐ ̞͐ʟ̞̗ɨ̗̞ɢ̞̞ɦ̞́ȶ́͗ ̗͗&̗́ ́͐ɖ͐́ą̈̄́ʀ̨́ӄ̗́ (11/03/25)

Paths Of Movement

Artiste : @slowglide
Compile : Crysta Ampullaris Vol.4
Label : @laforgemusique
Sortie : 05/02/2021
Acheter : https://bit.ly/3qrysV1

Tsugi Premiere : Slowglide - Kinetic Violence

「 Sound research for impossible futures ; Sonic archæology from pasts that never existed 」

✻ Shape/Shift bimestrial show on @lyl_radio ✻

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