Guest Mixes

Original Productions

Set from April 02, 2021 at Shift Radio in Montréal.
https://shiftradio.live

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Shift Radio Mix

Recording from DJ set at Autobahn rave in Montreal, March 29th, 2024.

softcoresoft @ Autobahn Rave (29 March 2024)

A1 Nihilist – Amino Acid
A2 @softcoresoft – Borealis
B1 ADSX – Magnetic
B2 @idabux – Acidmania
Digital Bonus: ADSX – IDS

Dresden-based DJ and producer @AcidAdams collects four acid monsters, both from the glorious nineties and from a multi-layered present. The result is a record that dives deep into acid wonderland and bridges the gap between scene’s veterans and the new generation.

After Acid Adams discovered two forgotten acid tracks from the early nineties while digging for new music, the plan for this compilation slowly matured. While it was meant to be a tribute to every bird’s favorite genre, it shouldn’t be just a showcase for older tracks. Therefore, two new tracks were added to join the tracks by Nihilist and ADSX which have never been released on vinyl before. Each of the new productions is inspired by one of the older tracks, not in the sense of a remix or edit, but as a kind of homage to that particular squawking analog sound we all know and love. The energy and pace of these four unique tracks reaches from ambient to dance floor focused bangers.

According to the circumstances of scene and society at that time, the two older tracks were produced by (cis)men. That’s why, it was especially important to Acid Adams that the new tracks were produced by flinta* artists: softcoresoft is a DJ and producer from Canada, who has already released on Lobster Theremin. With Ida Bux, a native of Bautzen who now lives and works in Berlin, we connect the dots to a younger generation that is getting back into analog production setups. Both artists have in common that they have dealt extensively with the oldschool sound of the 90s in shaping their own sounds.

To round off the release properly, Saxony based illustrator frieedland has designed a matching sticker in the typical 90s style. And for those who can't get enough of acid: There's a digital bonus track by ADSX.

Acid Adams presents Acid Reflux (UV060)

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Softcoresoft – Borealis

Track list:
1. Open Air (feat. Voyce Wrice) - Tokimonsta
2. You - Gidge
3. She took the tortoise home (Genius of Time rmx) - The Tortoise
4. Polyethers (Jimmy Edgar rmx) - Py
5. Ghetto Whitney - Branko
6. Baby I don't know what you want - Jacques Greene
7. Africa - Digitaline
8. Untitled (How Does it Feel) (L-Vis 1990's Own Way Edit) - D'Angelo
9. Wish U Were Here - Deadboy
10. Celia - iZem
11. Brazil - Gold Panda
12. Hymn - Dubbel Dutch
13. Grind on you ;) - DJ Uniique prod. by DJ Bake

Never Trust A DJ That Doesn't Dance mix

This piece was made with recordings I made by mic'ing a stethoscope. Sounds come from the stomach, heart, breath, and handling/tactile sounds. 

Stethoscopic Body

opening DJ set for the last Majical Cloudz show 
Montreal (Sala Rossa – March 10, 2016)

Tracklist:

Noma Ninja (Legowelt) – Wild Strawberries
Vito Ricci – Bachelor
Yearning Kru – Multipass
Pole – Heim
Suzanne Ciani – East River Dawn
Roberto Carlos Lange – Leta
Tim Hecker – Song of Highwire Shrimper
Enjineer – Piece 7
Laurel Halo – Dr. Echt
Susumu Yokota – Imagine
Oneohtrix Point Never – Inside World
Roberto Carlos Lange – Lifer
Laurel Halo – Morcom
Jan Jelinek – Moiré (Piano & Organ) 
Laurie Anderson – Bright Red
VA – Nuages
3dg1rl – Bioluminicens
Jens-Uwe Beyer – The Bremen
Aphex Twin – Jynweythek Ylow

post-hibernation

DJ set – played on June 25, 2016 at Ritz PDB

Tracklist:

Klara Lewis – Once
Ctrls – Vocabulary
Din – Mono
Bjarki – Opalocka Acid Groove 12 Bit Mix
Robert Hood – Rhythm
Anthony Naples – Moscato B
Monolith – Ghost Cities
The Pump Panel – Confusion (Dub)
Adam X – Weapons
Pär Grindvik – Limits of Real
Klockworks – Voyage One
Powell – Should've Been a Drummer
Surgeon – Remnants of What Once Was
Dave The Drummer & Chris Liberator – Twinkle Toes (Glenn Wilson Remix)
Wanda Jackson – Funnel of Love

LIP XIII _ main course

Xaos

[last track from my live hardware set at Rosary - 29 July 2016]

Sentiment Analysis

Aired on August 11, 2016 8:00pm EST
http://www.wearetrp.com/

Tracklist:
Dave Madden – Romancing Drone
Ruff Draft – Curry and Cookies (feat. Mr. Carmack)
Chancha Via Circuito – Cumbion de las aves
Aïsha Devi – The Savious on Spilled Blood (softcoresoft edit)
Equiknoxx – Timebird
John Carpenter – Night
KABLAM – Nu Metall
Bill Converse – Riverbank
Neon – Voices
Bjarki – Opalocka Acid Groove 12 Bit Mix
BFTT – Mauldeth
Equiknoxx – Lizard of Oz
Peter Van Hoesen – P2me

Guest mix — Work in Progress — TRP radio

broadcast 3 December 2016 on FSL Radio 
7pm-9pm GMT 
www.dublindigitalradio.com
hosted by First Second Label founder Daire Carolan

Hear the entire show here https://beta.mixcloud.com/DublinDigitalRadio/fslradio-w-softcoresoft-fionjio-dcdadj-031216/

Tracklist:
Karen Gwyer — Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
Conforce — Renewall
Isabella — Phoney
Call Super — New Life Repercussions
Andrea — Outlines
Shanti Celeste — Lights
Hieroglyphic Being — HOME 95
Paula Temple — Cloned
Orphx — Sever The Signal 
Tessela — Rub
Ongaku — Mihon
UMFANG — Riffs
Isabella — Domestic Sensualists
Sciahri — Atonement
Sissel Wincent — Chrome
Ryan James Ford — Eiliat Tirrayl
PLO MAN — Type Damascus
Jean Jacques Perry & Luke Vibert — Moog Acid Plastician Mix

Guest mix — FSL Radio — Dublin Digital Radio

Deadlift 008 ft. softcoresoft ~ 
on www.berlincommunityradio.com
aired December 5th 2016

Tracklist:
Jenny Hval — Kingsize
Forest Drive — Circulars
Nomine — Confusion
Forest Drive — Turtle Break
Skeptical — Just One Kiss
Luke Vibert — Bizarster
Laurel Halo — Morcom
The Fear Rat — Lonor
Ro Maron — Le Mystère Opus 303
Full Circle – Some Bizarre
Not Waving — Redacted 2
Cop Car Bonfire — Our place
Old World — Peckham Rye Recording
Horos — Gorgona
Najem Sworb — K-166
Titonton Duvanté & Morgan Geist — Up Innis
The Pits — The Threshing 
Clouds — Pet Lock
DVA [HI:EMOTIONS] — B It
Planetary Assault System — Railer (Further Exploration)
Cybordelics — Adventures Of Dama
RP Boo — Bang With The Funk

Guest mix — Deadlift 008 — Berlin Community Radio

LIP x Dômesicle set
11 February 2017
Société des Arts Technologiques
Montreal.

LIP x Dômesicle

Rhizomatic Drive

Played on BBC Radio 1 in @umfang's 'Where Is The Ceiling' Mix 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059zrc7

An Act Of Fitness

recorded in one take at spacelab, Montreal.

Acid She Said

from the entrails. 

push and pull. 

a synth and rhythm exercise

Gut Feeling

Support the compilation: https://powerpuertorico.bandcamp.com

Puerto Rico was devastated by hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 — the strongest storm to make landfall there since 1928. 

The island’s already-fragile electrical grid was completely destroyed. Half of Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million residents still remain without access to clean water. There are widespread major food and fuel shortages. In the face of this humanitarian disaster, the Trump government has repeatedly misinformed the public while carrying out grossly negligent aid distribution. 

100% of the proceeds of this compilation will be donated to The Hurricane Maria Community Relief & Recovery Fund, a grassroots organization working on recovery and rebuilding in the areas most affected by Maria. The Fund is housed at the Center for Popular Democracy and is governed by local grassroots organizations like Taller Salud. More info: bit.ly/2yrQ7l5 

Power Puerto Rico was curated by softcoresoft (Leticia Trandafir) and anabasine (Danji Buck-Moore), founding members of the Lagom collective in Montreal. lgmmtl@gmail.com 

We believe we have a role in creating a better future world through music, and hope this compilation can be a small help in redistributing resources to those who need them most. Making music in a vacuum in 2017 makes no sense. 

Thanks to all the artists from around the world who donated music to make this compilation possible and to Margaux Fraisse for the graphic design.

Power Puerto Rico

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Forest Floor (Power Puerto Rico Compilation)

Overstatement (Rave Edit)

"This mix travels trough techno, electro and broken beats territories. The through line is "rave" in the early/mid 90s sense. Although most tracks are recent or not yet released, my ear tends to converge towards a modern twist on that big room rave sound, which is fast, percussive-heavy, acidic and melodically rich." - @softcoresoft

DISCWOMAN 39 x softcoresoft

Felt like sharing, might delete later!💿 I am sharing this "new" track—well technically it's 5 years old. I was going through a folder full of unfinished tracks. This one felt finished enough to have little life of its own out into the world, maybe on some dancefloors.🌎 It's called "patterns": a no-frills trippy techno workout that unravels at the end. Available for download on my Bandcamp for 1$.

Patterns

softcoresoft b2b @anabasine at Datcha, Montreal. 

8 February 2018

softcoresoft b2b anabasine @ Datcha

Archive from my guest mix for @rhythmphazer's show on @quanticaonline(Lisbon), March 2018.

It had been a while since I wanted to make a slow mix, around 100 BPM.  I’ve been collecting quite a bit of music around that tempo that never gets to see the light of a dancefloor laser. The selection broadly belongs to the "noisy synth excursions” category, with a strong cinematic sensibility—I'm thinking John Carpenter's soundtracks, and lots of noise with a side of chaos.

TRACKLIST

Felicia Atkinson — MONSTERA DELICIOSA
Equiknoxx — A world of Welsh
Ritchie Muir — Cure
Moor Mother — Chain Gang Quantum Blues
Genn Ludd — Marraskuu
B12 — VOID/Comm
Borusiade — Rescue
Lonor — The Fear Ratio
October — Ritual
Pye Corner Audio — Resist
Mudwise — 2 Swoon
Moni Moni — 26,172 (US) Bombs dropped on short notice
October — Transient Bodies
Joel Eel — This Invisible Phantom
Nehuen — Ground Control (Can You Hear Me Mix)
Novo Line — The Movement 1 (Pythagoras 4)
Cutthroat — S U R V I V E (Lena Willikens Remix)
Orphx — Unknowing
Chris Moss Acid — The Destruction of Leviathan
Not Waving — Redacted 2
Mecánica Popular — La Edad Del Bronce
Solpara — Aguirré

Rádio Quântica — Rhythm Phazer — Guest Mix

POP Montreal DJ Set
Rialto Theatre
27 Sept 2018
https://popmontreal.com/en/calendar/enspectacle/venetian-snares-x-daniel-lanois-joanne-pollock-kazuki-koga-softcoresoft/2018-69499/

La Femme Approximative Mix (ambient)

The Shoreline is an interactive web documentary by Prof. Liz Miller which explores the impacts of sea level rise in coastal areas.
http://theshorelineproject.org/

"By featuring stories of resilience from shoreline communities around the world, we hope to inspire diverse ways of responding to our changing environment." — Liz Miller

For this website, I've designed soundscape loops for each of the six chapters: Stormy Skies, Living Shorelines, Rising Waters, An Endangered Ocean, Currents of Migration and Manufactured Coasts. Blending and effecting samples of Ondes Martenot, whale songs, water, birds and noise, I've sought to create a cohesive and inviting sonic narrative which speaks to each chapter's theme. 

This documentary was presented at RIDM festival 2017.

The Shoreline theme

softcoresoft joins the Lobster family with her debut release on Lobster Theremin Black, with five propulsive, space jams. Dropping 18th October, Otherworlds EP is cosmic Techno from the Montreal-based artist that will have you hooked!

A1, Meteor Shower signals the shape of things to come, kicking off the EP with mesmeric, acid lines. Mycophilia (A2) is a deeper, driving cut, layered with rave wiggles and ethereal elements. A3 offers broken-beats, bleeps and bloops - ‘Overstatement (Space Edit)’ is a dizzying brain-tickler. On the flip, B1’s ‘Social Compost’, is a tripped out, warehouse wobbler. Rounding out the EP with a final acid cut, ‘Thalassa’ (B2), nods to early Detroit machine music with extraterrestrial influence. A tip for digi buyers, you’ll find ‘Sentiment Analysis’ (B3), stripped back yet pacey, frantic machine music.

A1. Meteor Shower
A2. Mycophilia
B1. Overstatement (Space Edit)
B2. Social Compost 
B3. Thalassa 
DIGI. Sentiment Analysis 


>> @softcoresoft

Otherworlds

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LTBLK012 // softcoresoft - Otherworlds EP

Lobster Theremin es de esos sellos que se han hecho a ellos mismos y que incluso cuentan con tu propia distribuidora. 
Tan bien lo hacen, que han sacado un subsello Lobster Theremin Black para poder publicar referencias más technoides, que se alejan del estilo con el que empezaron a funcionar.
Y esto es lo que nos trae hoy por aquí, la referencia 12 de su subsello más oscuro a cargo de softcoresoft, que debuta en el sello con ‘Otherworlds EP’. 

5 tracks ácidorros que van desde el techno hasta el electro, pasando por el breakbeat. Uno de esos plásticos (porque saldrá el día 18 de octubre en 12”) que cuando llegas a tu tienda favorita te lo llevas porque tiene un corte para primera hora, otro para cierre, otro para hacer transiciones, etc.. Y que podrías poner hasta de canto, que seguro que también se aprovecha.

Os dejamos con ‘Social Compost’, probablemente el corte más mental y melódico del EP. ¡Dadle al play!

[PREMIERE] softcoresoft - Social Compost [Lobster Theremin Black LTBLK012]

Guest mix for @rinse_france
Aired October 2nd, 2019 23h CET
www.rinse.fr

Tracklist:

Diagonala - Rodion G.A.
Ommens Unpaved Road - Lewski
Baby E - Local Group
Voironzinor - Voiron
Wildest Way To Go - Project Pablo
Blue Illusion (Flat Horizon Mix) - Stevie Be Zet
Perfect Day - The Visions Of Shiva
Spit Exchange - Keepsakes
Meteor Shower - softcoresoft
Apfelbraun - MTHZK Pozek & MMTHS
Thalassa - softcoresoft
Heart Less - Sugar
Trained To The Floor - Schacke
E2.2 - Lady Starlight
Bioturbation - Absurde
Acidphoria - AADJA
Rave Shower - Johnny Island
Kaltes Klares Wasser - Malaria!
Promise - Pro Athlete
Duat - Introversion
202 B1 - Unknown Artist
Repulsion - Rune Bagge
Purple Dawn (Original Mix) - Moth
Devil may care - VTSS
And The Night Was (Original Mix) - Tkivilsaari
K002 - Kuss
How To Fake Success - Hadone
trance mania - playstation 303
Gateway - DJ Lucid
Goodnight My Love -Tonni 3000
Acperience 3 - Hardfloor
Brand - Juli

Rinse France Guest Mix

Ahead of her release on LTBLK, softcoresoft unleashes an hour of dance floor driven goodness for the LT podcast series.

In softcoresoft's Own Words:
A high-paced mix showcasing softcoresoft's deep love for modern trance and acid

>> @softcoresoft

softcoresoft

LT Podcast 103 // Softcoresoft

Better known for occupying the higher reaches of BPM,  Montréal's @softcoresoft turns in a curveball mix of dub, ambient, breaks and old Romanian records.

Read more: https://ifonlyuk.com/if-only-podcast-65-softcoresoft

Tracklist:

1. Romica Puceanu - Tinerețe, Tinerețe [Electrocord] 1982
2. Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack (Lick 2) [No U-Turn] 1994
3. Ocean Youth Club - B Nor A [HVNX] 2019
4. Ion Creanga - Prostia Omenească [Electrocord] 1980s
5. Eye Non - Puff [Mad Habitat] 2019
6. Bola del Desierto - Tuétano [Animah Records] 2018
7. Palta - Sagens Natur [Extra Help] 2019
8. Healing Force Project - Shadow Manipulation of Mind [Ambiwa Records] 2016
9. Gauss - Least Squares [Gauss Ltd] 2017
10. Thaumazein - B2 [Extra Help] 2018
11. Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire - Spend Some Time [Burial Mix] 2003
12. Maria Teresa Luciani - The Port [Finders Keepers] 2017
13. Jean-Marc Foussat, Jamal Moss, Jean-François Pauvros - Dimanche Lourd Couvercle... [Fou Records] 2017
14. John Selway - Untitled Remixed By Subliminal Others [CSM] 1999
15. Eye Nono - Shining Light [Mad Habitat] 2019
16. Max Segal - Safe In Sound [La Rama Dubs] 2019
17. Stephen Halpern - Trans Pan Dance [Halpern Sounds] 1975
18. Andrei Proșteanu - De Ce Nu Crezi ? [Electrocord] 1969

Photo by Landon Speers.

If-Only Podcast #65: softcoresoft

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MUTEK Festival Takeover: Softcoresoft - 12 September 2020

My set for @piknicmtl À La Maison, August 16th 2020.

To watch the video https://youtu.be/qEunFGO7GE8

Tracklist:
Atlantis – LTJ Bukem
Will U Meet Me – Solitary Dancer (forthcoming)
F. T. P. No Justice No Peace – Karmaboy
Extacy – Ripley
Creepin – Cyan85
Lyn Track – Luke's Anger
4 – Train To Eltanin + Dj Iodosan
Never Mind – Edenhouse
Spiritual Flatline – HyperionORBIT
Breath Exercise – Ben Ritz
Pull Up (HT Mix) – Oprofessionell
Half-Loiner – Millia Rage
Black Eyes – Jan Vercauteren
i absolutely will not share your even flyer unless all of the letters are lowercase – dj genderfluid
Delirio – ISLA 24
Surface Approach – ASTYTEKK
Bio-Man – Blixaboy
WELL FAIR – Jasmine Infiniti
Persuasion – Solitary Dancer (forthcoming)
The Rooster Song – Jaymie Silk
Control Mission (Massive Mix) – MnemonicDeejay
Acidphoria – AADJA
Land of Creation – Submerge
you or me – Space Afrika
4 Pole Voiron (Acid Mix) – VOIRON

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