2021_Aug

Sound Metaphors Mix Series

30.8 and then god made trance

Related tracks: Pender Street Steppers - 290621

'twas a breezy & bright easter Monday morning. The air was warm and it filled our lungs with optimism. The mudlarks & magpies chirped a-like, filling the space with harmonies & song. Oranges were squeezed & celery sticks munched. Bellies full of laughter & upturned lips. The tree gently swayed above us & the bodies moved in unison. Protected, together, our nest.  Looks shared, turn for turn, a partnership. Smoke rises, rays part through. "Friends for life?" "Okie Dokie!"

@montana-bourke

Photo: Aaron Parker

Montana & DJ Earl Grey at Okie Dokie

Recorded live at Antenna Radio, Tel Aviv
June 4th 2021
https://www.antenna-radio.com/

Idit Frenkel - Antenna Radio 026 // June 2021

コミュニティーを作るのは一人だけでできることではない。~  Making community is not something one can do alone.

Umé Records presents the new album from V. Kristoff (@v-kristoff @rene-najera) "Golden Pacific", out July 11th, 2021.

Listen: https://umerecords.bandcamp.com/album/golden-pacific

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V. Kristoff ~ Golden Pacific (snippets)

Sound Metaphors mix series featuring David Fogarty, head honcho of Transmigration - Berlin based label, party and radio show - the techno connoisseur responsible for re-issuing a stellar 90's Ambient Techno focused catalogue of essential releases from around the globe.
@transmigration_records

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 01 : David Fogarty

Pender Street Steppers - 290621

Long time pal and driving force behind Invisible City it's Gary Abugan (@invisible-city) from Canada serving up the 29th mix in the series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hey Gary. How's life in Toronto today? Did you manage to do some more gardening? :)

IC: We have a really nice garden in front of the shop and also at home in my backyard, both get some nice sun and shade and are where I spend all my time. So yes, gardening everyday ;)

MFM: (Before the pandemic hit) You've seen quite a few bits of the world by now while touring. How would you describe Toronto as a city if you had to promote it to the readers who haven't been there yet? 

IC: It’s summer here now in Toronto and we’re in the middle of a heatwave. We’re lucky to have an island with nice beaches as a nearby getaway via ferry. Toronto is a very large sprawling city compared to most European cities. Our multiculturalism definitely sets us apart. We have heaps of reggae and island music here along with lots of record shops, and the variety of food here can’t really be beat. I miss giving guided Invisible City tours of the city to any traveling DJs passing through.

MFM: Would you say it's a good place for an artist to be, whether being a young upcoming talent or professional and all in between?  

IC: Sure you can make it here if you’re skilled/talented and not overbearing, the problem is that there isn’t that many music venues to play. Between the crazy expensive visa you need to play the USA and the costs of flights to Europe, we are kind of isolated musically. Rent is crazy expensive here and most artists have another job, but I’m not sure if Toronto makes it specifically harder or easier compared to other cities. 

MFM: People may know you as the driving force behind Invisible City, the record store and label. How much time do you spend with the one compared to the other? 

IC: I would say pre-Covid more focus was on the shop and getting that to a sustainable level and stocking the store. We didn’t even have a sign for years until recently. During Covid, when the shop was closed for about a year and a half, a lot of focus was on development and signing artists paying advances and getting back into production. I learned alot about Music Publishing too… Laura helps me a lot with organizing everything, label and shop, I would be lost without her.

MFM: Looking back on running a record store and label for over 10 years now, what would you say are some key changes that took place over time?

Back then there were not that many reissue labels and it wasn’t as competitive or extensive, now everyone has a reissue label. I only wanted to put out records that I was strongly connected to or somehow found on a whim. If someone showed me a record, I would ask them if they were planning on reissuing it, now people just go ahead. It’s crazy how many reissues there are so it’s challenging now as a label to dig even deeper. The record shop also was really niche and specialized in the past and now there’s just more in each genre. It’s still pretty curated, but I am finding that I didn’t know a lot of good common records, so we like having “high end cheapos”. I like that most people can just come off the street and buy records now, although we still have some niche stuff too. It feels overall more balanced and varied and for the people.

MFM: The label seems to run at a nice and slow pace. Is it on purpose to not have a heavy and steady output? 

IC: I like to only do a couple records a year, it’s only me and Laura who do it all and it takes me ages to figure out artwork, I’m very picky. The shop, DJing, and occasionally throwing parties also takes up a lot of our time. We always have a lot on the go. I also like to focus on one or two artists at a time, but also it costs a lot of money to make a record! Now things are totally slowed down and our plant says I can’t get pressings out till next March!

MFM Mix 029: Invisible City

Further Information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-196-Derek-Carr

Allegiant of the Detroit-via-Sheffield club sound and innovator of minimal electronic music, Irish producer Derek Carr has earned his status as a high-ranking official of modern deep house with releases all over the map, from Subwax to Craigie Knowes to his own Trident Recordings imprint. As such, Carr’s exclusive Bleep mix comes off as a perfect DJ set of interwoven rhythms, complexly layered textures and ingenious drop deferrals. Carr vibes off his own track ‘Arrival’ just as much as Bufo Bufo’s ‘Scrying Mirror’ or Iron Galaxy’s ‘Refining ‘Fire’, his steady melding of beats keeping the entire hour between the 120-130 bpm dancefloor-primed sweet spot.

Bleep Mix #196 - Derek Carr

Episode 007 invites special guest Estimulo for an extended 2 hour free-flow b2b session, centered around the theme "Afterhours". Atmospheric, breezy and deep tracks that work just as well on a sunrise-drenched dancefloor as for tripping out on the sofa, be that Deep House, Italo House, Ambient House, Atmospheric Dub Techno or Proto Trance - simply music for when late becomes early, and those blurry moments where the afterhours slide into the pre-hours.

Telephones' New Massage 007 w/ Estimulo [Refuge Worldwide]

https://soundcloud.com/lodding

https://www.retreatradio.net/mattias-looks-around

Mattias Looks Around #23 (31/07/21)

Tracklisting available via the LYL Radio site :^)

https://lyl.live/episode/peace-pilgrimage-2

Peace Pilgrimage w/Good Morning Tapes 300721

The last intrinsic Speculations of this season features a guestmix by the co-founder of Fors.FM, Synth developer and artist Felisha Ledesma, collaging electro-acoustic pieces, spoken word and blissful ambient scapes into an immersive & gratifyingly heady listening experience.

more infos and tracklist at www.lyl.live

Intrinsic Speculations (29/07/21) w/Broshuda & Felisha Ledesma

Blitz @ Radio 80k July 2021

Radio 80000 x Blitz Take Over — Julietta [31.07.21]

Another freshie for you all and it sure is sweet :)

London-based DJ duo, reissue record label and not for profit party starters Heels & Souls light up the incense and settle in for a 90 minute dreamscape, taking in ambient, downtempo, Balearic and beyond. Sit back, unwind and give yourself some space from the madness.

Gigantic cuddle to H&S for this <3

Heels & Souls @heelsandsouls


Recorded using:
1 x Carmen V 
2 x Technics 1210 MK3D
2 x Pioneer XDJ-1000 MK2
1 x Boss RE-20 Space Echo Pedal
1 x Zoom H2N Recorder

Artwork by Peita Blythe

Discrete Circuits w/ Heels & Souls

Music in praise of the Moon
Mix series hosted by Stathis and Luigi Di Venere
13th Episode by @massimilianopagliara
Artwork by Thodoris Dimitropoulos

Moon Gazing x LoveSexDreams by Massimiliano Pagliara

Yuzo Iwata aka Fabio, 50% Cubano, 50% Japanese, Karate blackbelt and DJ/producer, originally from the Iwata Juku Dojo in Japan and now based in Berlin, Yuzo shares with us his latest fascinations from dancefloor land. A rich and thoughtfully put together excursion throughout breakbeat, synthetic psychedelia, new beat and other stellar four-on-the-floor nuances. From working in some of Berlin's finest record stores (*wink*), Yuzo has clearly developed a relationship well beyond familiar with records in a wide range of genres - let this mix take you where you need to go.
@fabio-konair

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 03 : Yuzo Iwata

Tsugi Podcast 636 : Sacha Mambo

Rinse FM Podcasts

Luca Lozano - 22 August 2021

Very excited to feature a really special new mix by an old friend from Milan, Gabriele (Sunny Crypt) collects records, occasionally enjoys playing weird music to dancing crowds and also spends some of his happiest days working in a record shop. 
Driven by a strong curiosity towards a wide range of musical genres coming from different eras and different cultural contexts, in a previous life he’s been a resident DJ at Milan’s Dude Club, a true institution for italian clubbing during the last decade. Open you hearts <3

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 05 : Gabriele

A previous guest of honor at H.A.N.D. as we debuted the series with a recording of his first class workings at Have A Nice Day a few years back - Piers Harrison presents us with yet another generous offering to our new mix series. One of the minds at Test pressing and 1/4 of team Soft Rocks, Piers' insightful relationship with music and dance floor culture has clearly led to a discerning understanding in a wide range of genres - kindly displayed in this pleasant excursion - listen carefully :)
@soft-rocks

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 04 : Piers Harrison

https://soundcloud.com/alfred092

https://www.retreatradio.net/alfredo92

Alfredo92 #14 (16/10/21)

An A-class selection of mind-bending techno by vinyl aficionado @playvlada.

More info: https://kioskradio.com/episode/2022-10-22/vlada

Vlada @ Kiosk Radio 22.10.2022

As we approach the end of year and Christmas celebrations I thought I should share this mix we released with Good Morning Tapes earlier this summer. 

The 'Trip to Knowhere' is a new mission. Our sounds haven’t changed, but as this tide spits us back out on to an uncertain shore, our knowledge and ambitions realise the potential of a world where No can become the New Know, and it’s a place for us all to find. It could be infinite locations, where the dust from a Goa beach in '92 takes you beyond the covid highway to a beauty-fuel path, or just that imaginary journey liberating us with an elsewhere of possibilities. Out hear in Knowhere we are the patchwork harmonies, we are the fluorescent heros of an old trip. For now, Full Circle is a destination to Knowhere. 

(Remember: beyond this trip, a vessel shall bring you some extracts From Knowhere... )

An hour can also be streamed here: https://lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-1

Full Circle - Trip To Knowhere (GMT 33)

Little intro needed here - one of the resident wizards behind the cocktail d'amore curtains - Juan Ramos puts together a beautiful excursion taking one's psyche to novel degrees of darkness, a true expression of musical research and knowledge, Mr. Ramos goes deep in the archives and continues to surprise. This time in a completely new direction - take a trip!

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 02 : Juan Ramos

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Sound Metaphors Mix Series 03 : Yuzo Iwata

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