KMRU is a star in the making. In 2020, the Kenyan artist released three LPs – 'Peel', 'Jar' and 'Opaquer' – with the former landing via Viennese experimental imprint Editions Mego. All three releases – plus last month’s album, 'Logue' – signal an artist with a clear focus and boundless vision. 

Given his compelling approach to composition and arrangements, we thought we’d tap Kamaru for a specialist mix devoted to the sort of leftfield, experimental and ambient sounds he’s been quietly fashioning into something that sounds entirely unique to him. Kamaru’s mix showcases an array of tracks produced by Black artists from Africa, and the diaspora.

KMRU plays Intonal Festival 2021, which runs from 16–20 June.

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Leftfield sounds from Africa and the diaspora – Mixed by KMRU

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/sophiazhuravkova-14th-august-2022

Sophia Zhuravkova - 140822

Interview: https://www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/41-bluetung

Spellbound in Naarm.

Theory Therapy #41 is a spellbinding quiltwork of delicate folk musings and surreal soundscaping by Naarm-based producer Mitchell Reynolds aka Bluetung. 

Sonically, there’s a lot of similarities between this mix and the music Mitch has released, especially last year’s spectral Room Tone Paintings on Altered States Tapes and the kosmische-inspired Music for Our Dying Earth on jpeg. Artefacts. (If you haven’t checked these albums out already, I highly recommend you take the time to do so.) 

Like those releases, there’s an equally unadorned and intricate quality to this recording. As Mitch modestly puts it, “there are a lot of different vibes in here, my mixes are big collages or audio scrapbooks, very unceremonious”.

@bluetung

Theory Therapy 41: Bluetung

KNYX 25.11.22

TTT BANDCAMP

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mim - pleasure gallery s3 e10

Glasgow’s own Mother joins forces with Marseille’s own Ntn for two hours of moody landscapes via techno, noise, ambient, wtf ??

NTN and Mother [19.01.2023]

bushes – hildegard maxi
Richard Youngs – Automatic North
from here on it's all - decidi tu
Christian Love Forum – Pendant
Gavsborg - Did Not Make This For Jah_9 feat. Shanique Marie
Ripatti Deluxe – Sick But Not Rotten
A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE – SUPER OUT AND AWAY
The Taverners Folk Group - The Hard Times of Old England
Some dub tracks (need to find list fuck)
Jerry Johnson – Saxman Special
Hasan Bakr –Dub Special
A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE – WHO MAKES THE ENGLISH

TTT NTS 06.02.23

SSIEGE @ Radio Raheem - Mar '23

"Foggy downtempo atmospheric mix to feel and dissociate for a second in a warm fog. Big floor energy as I like to call these stoner moods."

Perila is a St. Petersburg-born, Berlin-based sound and visual artist, DJ and performer who works to explore the sensitive borderlines and depths of subtle matter. Her music explores thick narratives with shifting moods and textures, allowing the listener to drift through a rich psychedelic sound palette. Perila’s passion for radio led her to curate and design Berlin Community Radio, where she hosted monthly for four years, and to co-found Russian online station radio.syg.ma which specializes in experimental soundscapes. In addition to showcasing her unique ventures through ambient music, her show has also welcomed the likes of Andrew Pekler, Dynamo Dreesen, and Tomoko Sauvage. Perila also curates an online community WET (Weird Erotic Tension), which explores ideas of sonic sexuality in mixing spoken word, poetry, ASMR and field recordings. Since 2020 Perila has been involved with the musical projects Aseptic Stir, LOG, and Critical Amnesia.

Links:
http://zakharenko.es/
https://soundcloud.com/perila
https://www.instagram.com/_perila/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/7121715-Perila

Soundscapes Volume 2 • Perila - One Leg Stroking You Another In Water

A tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s long lasting influence on contemporary music.

http://www.instagram.com/pe_nt__

a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto with pent @ The Lot Radio 04-16-2023

Intimate storyteller Cara Mayer delivers tales of 'stolen kisses' in a sublime daydream of pastoral sounds. Exploring the intersections between overlapping sounds and structured song, Cara intricately blends personal and found field recordings with a unique assortment of curiously charming folk music. A beautifully obscure journey through buzzing and humming streets, in gleeful procession of Cardboard Lamb.

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𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓃 𝒦𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈
𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦

"This mix is about stolen songs – music overheard in the street; 
sounds that drift between song and half-song. 

A car playing salsa as it passes you,
a service in St. Peter’s Basilica,
an owl, a cricket;
subway buskers,
restaurant owners,
ice cream trucks,
Christmas markets…

I hope to pay a small homage to the fissure, to blur the boundary between the two; to send a big bright cotton bud to unclog your ears and expand the notion of ‘song’."

- 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳
@cara-mayer-yepez

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Somewhere #8 ~ Cardboard Lamb

Record label exploring emotive sound work and queering notions of experimental music and print. Sub-label Somewhere Between Tapes. Distro by Boomkat.

Somewhere #8 ~ Cardboard Lamb

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