(Extended Mix)~ all-night specialists

2021 The Ox Year Epic Moments

(Extended Mix): Lemon Lounge

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A four hour (Extended Mix) that moves through the motions, from ambient to electronica and house to breakbeat, from the Better Days boss and Noods and WWFM resident.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/03/31/extended-mix-manami/

(Extended Mix): Manami

A four hour (Extended Mix) of bright rhythmic oddities, squelchy acid and leftfield electronics from the Percolate residents.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/04/29/extended-mix-raw-silk/

(Extended Mix): Raw Silk

Part one of a nine-hour mix from residents and friends of the South London soundsystem and community, including Emma-Jean Thackray, Lex Blondin, Romaal Kultan and resident Borge.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/07/20/extended-mix-lemon-lounge/

(Extended Mix): Lemon Lounge ~ Part 1

Part two of a nine-hour mix from residents and friends of the South London soundsystem and community, including Emma-Jean Thackray, Lex Blondin, Romaal Kultan and resident Borge.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/07/20/extended-mix-lemon-lounge/

(Extended Mix): Lemon Lounge ~ Part 2

Dolfin Records' Ben Hixon takes us on a journey through Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas' musical history, expect to hear some of the best in southern soul, gospel, and RnB.

Dolfin Records w/ Ben Hixon: A Portrait of Dallas and Ft. Worth - August 2021

Cosmic DJ set from Deer Trap Cabin, Nagano Japan with DJ VQ

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The DJ, producer and member of The Ballistic Brothers, X-Press 2 and Black Science Orchestra delivers a mix of songs that inspired the sound of the latter project.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/08/11/diggers-directory-ashley-beedle/

Diggers Directory: Ashley Beedle

The latest addition of the  Bring down the Walls show over on Universal Rhythms radio was such a blast to record . getting a chance to chat with one of the most inspiring and forward thinking musicians and academic power houses , Hillegonda Rietveld cofounder of the seminal & ahead of it's time Dutch-British band , Quando Quanqo which was signed on the hugely influential Factory Records , alongside New Order , A Certain Ratio , The Happy Mondays , 52nd Street + many more . 
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Read more on Quando Quango via - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quando_Quango
find out more about Hillegonda's academic work via https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/people/people-finder/prof-hillegonda-rietveld .
Peace !!

Bring Down The Walls with Lakuti & Hillegonda Rietveld - Quando Quango 29/08/2021

Originally hailing from Mzansi, South Africa and firmly rooted in Manchester, DJ and producer Levi Love has become a prominent figure within the Northern city's music scene.

For over nine years he's been a resident at one of Manchester's finest music establishments, SOUP Kitchen, where he's strengthened his passion for fusing global and Euro-centric sounds. Like his selections, his own musical output is guided by these two loves; releases which form the backbone of his own label Mas O Menos, founded as a platform for cultural and musical exchanges between the UK and South-Africa.

Ahead of his appearance at Audio Farm Festival this weekend, he puts together a mix that paints a picture of the flourishing South African underground scene, showcasing music from solely South African producers, including a couple of his own tracks.

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Levi Love: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

A 3hr+ mix from South Africa-born, Berlin based polymath and dance floor doyenne Lakuti - DJ, booking agent and label owner (as head of Uzuri), and co-founder of the London parties 'Sud Electronic' (with Portable) and 'Your Love' (with Tama Sumo).  

She has curated a mix that promotes introspection over dancing, mirroring her own anger and sadness during this time, while also "serving as something to reflect upon as well as heal."

Read the interview + donate: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/06/16/extended-mix-lakuti/

(Extended Mix) is a new charitable series that celebrates all-night specialists and more simple, carbon-friendly lineups.

We now premiere all our mixes a week early on Mixcloud. Subscribe to our channel to listen first, download all mixes, and ensure that the artists included in each one gets paid: https://www.mixcloud.com/stampthewax/select/

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(Extended Mix): Lakuti

"I had to explore the unbearable pain of injustice and oppression my people have suffered that the world is standing up against...but also the love and creativity that pain gave birth to."

4hrs+ with New York DJ and producer Ge-ology, an all-vinyl set titled '400 Years (Voices and Scars)', which expresses the raw emotions he's been feeling in recent weeks.

Interview + Donate: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/06/23/extended-mix-ge-ology/

(Extended Mix) is a new charitable series that celebrates all-night specialists and more simple, carbon-friendly lineups. Instead of paying on the door for this extended experience, we invite listeners to donate to the DJ directly while their gigs are cancelled. 

To pass on your gratitude, please direct to Geo at: paypal.me/geology360

(Extended Mix): Ge-ology

"I decided to go with tracks that made me think, tracks that I had wanted to play in clubs but didn’t have the courage, and somehow share a subtle message."

A four hour mix of shapeshifting electronics from Manchester-based DJ producer and NTS Radio resident. Known for her meticulous live sets and crafting haunting and emotive electro, since the release of her debut album in 2018, she's been going from strength to strength.

Interview + Donate: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/07/23/extended-mix-afrodeutsche/

(Extended Mix) is a new charitable series that celebrates all-night specialists and more simple, carbon-friendly lineups. Instead of paying on the door for this extended experience, we invite listeners to donate to the DJ directly while their gigs are cancelled, or to a chosen charity. For this one Afrodeutsche has picked Tear Fund who are currently focusing on funds for coronavirus hit refugee camps in war-torn countries.

(Extended Mix): Afrodeutsche

It's with great pleasure to welcome long time dear friend Jonny Nash (@jonnynash) who in 2019 released 'Make A Wilderness' with us (MFM037). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Jonny, welcome to the series. So, it's already been over a year ago since Make A Wilderness came out. How do you look back on that now? 

JN: In many ways Make A Wilderness marked the start of a new chapter for me, the first steps into new territory - a wilderness you could say! That record was really about exploring a simple question - what kind of sounds resonate with me, and why. I think the record was primarily an exercise in sound, and not necessarily in arrangements or songwriting. I felt it was necessary to open the doors to new sounds in this record, and I feel like I got pretty close to creating the album that I wanted to make. 

MFM: You went to different places to record specific instruments and in certain environments. Why? 

JN: It took me a long time to make the record, not in terms of actually writing the music, but determining what the instrumentation should be. I wanted a finely balanced mix of alien, unfamiliar sounds and organic human sounds, to somehow express a feeling of “ancient future”, the sense of floating in some timeless space that could be millions of years in the past or in the future. I found that the Cristal Baschet, was perfect for expressing this feeling of “deep time”. Capable of beautiful harmonics and also wonderful atonal textures, it was a central part of the album. I contrasted these sounds with familiar instruments such as piano, vibraphone and voice. It was very important to have some sparse elements of voice in the record to somehow keep it grounded on earth. 

MFM: Have you always been that interested in sound and sound sculpturing?

JN: Well, I’m a naturally curious person and I think my brain and also my ears are always developing and learning new things. I think that I am able to hear sound in a different way than I did a few years ago. A big switch from focussing on melody as the dominant element that catches my attention. Of course, melody is still a central element for me but I now spend alot of time thinking about timbre, the colour of the sound and how the distinctive character of a sound sits in context with other sounds in a given composition. New ways of hearing influenced the record and took me to a place where “sound sculpting” was of equal importance as deciding what chords and melodies to choose. 

MFM: You mentioned earlier that the past couple of months your label Melody As Truth got a lot support through digital sales. Does that have effect on your label vision and strategy?

JN: The switch towards digital and especially streaming does undoubtedly have an effect on how I think as a label owner. It is pretty clear that this is an important area of growth and although there are lots of issues with certain platforms and revenue models, I find it important to keep on top of what is going on and try to adapt. In the future I can see the label experimenting more with digital only releases, I think there are interesting areas to explore here. Quiet dynamic music cut on vinyl in 2020 often sounds worse than a WAV file to my ears. I also buy hardly any vinyl myself these days, it is expensive, taxing on the environment and often a form of object fetishism. The other side is that a physical object looks amazing, can sound great, gives full importance to the artwork and design, can be treasured and won’t be lost. So a physical object is almost like an insurance policy for not losing the music too. I guess I’m sitting somewhere in the middle.

MFM: Thanks for contributing your mix. Can you tell us a bit about it?
 
JN: The mix is pretty much a selection of music I have been enjoying or discovered this year. A few older favourites too. I had no idea except to make something that I would enjoy listening to whilst having a walk or reading in the morning.

MFM Mix 020: Jonny Nash

Mix 21 comes from the hands of Potato Head resident and Second Circle affiliate Dea Barandana (@dea-barandana). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Dea, welcome to the series. How have you been lately? How are you spending your days in Bali?

DB: Hi!! Thanks for having me. I’m actually doing well, i’ve been living in Jakarta for the past 3 months. I moved to Jakarta in order to work in the music industry, which is more alive here, where in Bali 93% of the income are coming from  tourism.

MFM: I assume dance floors in Indonesia have been closed for a while too, right? As a resident of Potato Head, do you fear for what will become of nightlife after all this is over or do you extract positive energy from it too maybe?

DB: It is pretty much dead regarding club scene in Indonesia, but there are still nightclubs open illegally here and there. I don’t want to think about too much, I just hope the best for everyone who work or involve in anyway with this industry to survive this pandemic situation.

MFM: Can you tell a bit more about how you initially got involved in becoming a resident for Potato Head?

DB: It was all started on 2012, which is pretty much day 1 . Back then I was only a resident DJ and soon it progressed to managing their audio engineering thing, setting up all their music venues such as Studio Eksotika, Kaum Jakarta, etc, even involve in designing room acoustic for them. So pretty much I’m doing almost everything related to sound and music in that company. And the actually gave me a cool title as AUDIOPHILE DIRECTOR hahahahha..

MFM: You were a musician at that time too already, right? What's the balance like in between all those roles?

DB: I wouldn’t say I’m a musician, I do play instruments but I don’t consider myself as a musician. I see myself more as an audio engineer and a sound designer. DJing is not my main income, I did it just because of my obsession on collecting music in any physical form, and I like to share it to others. DJing is just one of many ways to do so. But yeah 70% of my income comes from music or audio work related.

MFM: Exactly one year ago your first release as part of Zatua came out via Second Circle, as result of a live improvisation of 4 members. What can you say about how the EP was recorded?

DB: It’s recorded live, I don’t use any samples. My role in the band is the rhythm section. I wrote most of the bass line, both acoustic and synth based. I also wrote melodies and ideas for pretty much everything.

MFM: It initially was never a planned project, correct? Now that the first release is a fact, do you have more future ideas and plans for it? 

DB: For now, I’m more focusing on working with my other band than Zatua. The band are called White Shoes and The Couples Company, it’s one of the biggest independent group here in Indonesia and I'm in charge of the production of their 3rd album, I wasn’t part of the group but I took full responsibility on their recording process. It's different from my usual style but its more applicable for Indonesia local market. I supposed to release 2 mini album of my solo project this year, but it got postponed because of the pandemic. For Zatua itself, hopefully we can record a new album by the end of the year.

MFM: Thanks a lot for sending in your contribution to our mix series. What can tell about the mix? 

DB: I’m just let it flow. I don’t think to much when I play records.

MFM Mix 021: Dea Barandana

2020, in my opinion, was an amazing year for ambient music. I don't know if it was simply the right conditions due to the pandemic and producers being stuck at home, or if I'm just starting to notice stuff more, but I ended up buying more ambient than I ever have. I have loads of it on wishlists for future purchases as well on Bandcamp and record store sites. 

For this mix, I compiled some of my favorite ambient tracks that I bought on vinyl this year, all of which I believe were released this year. There are so many good ambient releases that aren't released on vinyl, so I wouldn't necessarily consider all of these my top favorites of the year, but they're all certainly up there. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it, and let's hope 2021 is a better year altogether ;). Happy New Year!

TL:
Bartosz Kruczyński - IV [Emotional Response]
Nikolaienko - Jazz Tape [Muscut]
Piper Spray - First Snow [Gost Zvuk]
Gia Margaret - Apathy [Dalliance Recordings/Orindal Records]
Vera Drale - Sirutumine [Good Morning Tapes]
Eden Burns - Kelly 1 [Public Possession]
Robert Merlak - Skele [SWIMS]
Evano - Grandel_s Musyc [Voiceless]
Todd Mattei - Lake Charles [Standards & Practices]
Pontiac Streator - Trizlang Gem ft. Ulla [Motion Ward]
Folder - Smaze [Experiences Ltd.]
Haji K - Black Against An Orange Line [Daisart]
J. Albert - Skitter [anno]
Ben Bondy - Flejlern [Experiences Ltd.]
Ulla - New Poem [Experiences Ltd.]
Kaiji - ჭოლევი [Kimochi Sound]
Exael + Arad Acid - My Love Is An Extension of You [Motion Ward]
Axel Boman - Echoes Of My Mind [Studio Barnhus]
Ben Bondy - Suelti [West Mineral Ltd.]
Grand River - Equations For A Falling Body [Editions Mego]
Ura - Neo Piano (Unextended Version) [NAFF]
Echium - Yellow-Flowered [Sferic]
Arv & Miljö - Fireworks In The Sky [Discreet Music]
Pontiac Streator - Triz Cohors Pt. 3 [Motion Ward]
Broshuda - Airlite DMV [Soda Gong]
DVL - Hotel Vibes [ÆX]

Alex Steiner - Best of Ambient 2020 Vinyl Mix

Kenyan artist KMRU records a deep, transportive mix of ambient electronics, rustling beats and found sounds for the Fresh Kicks series

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-147-kmru

Fresh Kicks 147: KMRU

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

(Extended Mix): Lemon Lounge ~ Part 2

Stamp The Wax