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Lost In Ether | Podcast #201 | Chloe Lula

BIO:

San Francisco-born, Berlin-based artist Chloe Lula has been involved with the electronic music scene for more than a decade, helming record labels and throwing parties for years before beginning to DJ. She started producing her first live sets in 2019, when she completed a month-long artist residency with Drew McDowall of Coil. The experience ignited her confidence in composition and allowed her to combine her classical cello training with electronics, melding granular synthesis with acoustic riffs and metallic percussion to create an alloyed brand of droned-out industrial electronica. Many of these jams ended up becoming the tracks on her debut EP with [aufnahme + wiedergabe], where she’s been a resident for four years.

As a DJ, Chloe has played at Berghain, Tresor, Reaktor, Movement weekend in Detroit, and countless clubs, festivals, and DIY parties across Europe and North America. She’s performed regularly alongside artists like Ron Morelli, Silent Servant, DJ Hell, UVB, Kangding Ray, and Thomas P Heckmann, becoming known for atmospheric sets that dig deep into the niche recesses of electro, wave, industrial, techno, and experimental music. In addition to her career as a musician, she is also the Managing Editor of Resident Advisor, the Critical Beats columnist at The Wire, and a selector for her monthly radio show, ‘No Exit,’ on Refuge Worldwide.

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Lost In Ether | Podcast #201 | Chloe Lula

BACK FROM THE WAVE - Psychic (David Carretta Remix)

Romina Cohn, Naiborg - Sequences out of Control - Julien Mercier Remix

Hands Off / Lennart - Kamera (Local Suicide & Skelesys Remix)

Beatport

Fukkk Offf & Smitech Wesson - Good Time (Feat. Adam Stinemetz) David Carretta Remix

I find it very interesting to observe the range of different productions that fly under the banner of Dubtechno these days...
(Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
You also find the tracklist there.)

And although I like many of these variations, from the more ambient and chord-focused interpretations to the dry, atonal and polyrhythmic percussively  focused productions, I've been getting a sense lately that something is a little wrong. By this I mean since a certain point there has been a development towards a generic sound and format that somehow seems very superficial bringing the same flat and trivial sounds thrown together and promoted as  "Dubtechno"  and to me, often it seems like fast food compared to the original models. There is even  talk of a new wave. Both the production and the way it is presented seem somehow cheap, random and arbitrary to me. Often it is difficult if not impossible to avoid being interwined with these developments if you are enthusiastic about the often amorphous genre that is now labeled Dubtechno. 

Don't get me wrong I am not saying that there is no place for this "new sound" but the more I reflect on my enthusiasm - from my first exposure to dub and its techno hybrids, through rhythm & sound and through sound system culture in the late 90s to my renewed immersion in recent years, I realize that I should use the terms Dub and Dubtechno more and more carefully - coming from a place of a certain respect and appreciation. Because often these genres, carry a lot of cultural heritage, standing for a level of quality in delivery that in reality is hard to develop, and often lost to the disposable imitation economy we are beginning to see more and more of, which only serves to dilute things to an accepted average.

To me a big slice of what is promoted as Dub or Dubtechno these days falls well short of these original benchmarks that were set a long time ago. 

Through many conversations about these topics, reflecting on different perspectives, a mix was created recently where two fellows, I can call my friends, and I combined 3 sequential sets of 7 tracks each, to rest with and pay a little respect to some of the more remote but still relatable facets of dub in different ways. It's completely natural for styles to evolve and mix. It's great  to see with how much creativity and depth some artists do this.  And that's what this mix should stand for. 
You can listen now to this wonderfull journey through these divergent realms..this is Sai - MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System.

Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
you also find the tracklist there.

Sai-MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System

Louis De Tomaso -  I Want to Believe

Jensen Interceptor - Auto Express

ROMANCE DISASTER is Berlin based woman-machine project.
Founded by Aga Wilk (former 77™) in 2016. Aga has been making music and visual art for over 10 years, involved in several projects.
Romance Disaster is a mix between EBM, techno, and dark electro.
Space Factory is proud to indroduce you “BOY” debut EP !
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All tracks written and produced by Aga Wilk
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Cover photo by Anna Wilk
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Mastered by Alek Stark at Fundamental Audio
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vimeo.com/agawilk/boy
www.facebook.com/romancedisaster/
www.wedrivetoofast.com
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ROMANCE DISASTER - Boy

DJ Hell at Tresor Berlin - 20 Years Gigolo Records Anniversary - New Wave Rave Festival

Le catalogue electronique

David Carretta - Sequence Harmony

Romina Cohn, Naiborg - Sequences out of Control - Julien Mercier Remix

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