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State Azure

Last year I wrote a track called Protocol and I thought it was well suited to remixing. 

Having taken part in one myself , I've wanted to do a remix EP by a group of different remixers for some time.

This release , Featuring my favourite Soundcloud artists , is the result.

I love how they each made their own mark on their version of the track ,  taking different choices about which parts to keep , combine or replace.

Huge thanks from me to the talented trio - Data Rebel , Need a Name and State Azure - for taking part.

Cheers

Spinger

Protocol - the remixes EP

This is mix 221 of the monday mixes. I hope you enjoy this collection of tracks released to my stream from 3/26/18 - 4/2/18.

Now you have new music to look forward to on Monday <3

ryan's rotation ~ monday mix #221 ~ 4-2-18

Electro

Ed Sheeran <3

Support me by giving it a <3 on hypem:
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Kygo
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Ed Sheeran - I See Fire (Kygo Remix)

Track 5 from the EP 'Chasing Honeybees' by Stumbleine Feat. Violet Skies

UK producer Stumbleine, who has built a rapidly growing following for his blissed-out, genre-transcending music, has forged a new collaboration with Welsh songwriter/vocalist Violet Skies.

The duo have been hard at work in the studio, crafting a collection of songs that fuse the dreamy, shoegazy atmosphere and beats for which Stumbleine (aka Peter Cooper) is beloved by many, with a more classic pop sensibility, framed in the soulful vocals of Violet Skies.

The result is a welcome progression of the pop genre, with nods to the pop music of the 60’s (including a modern update of the Phil Spector classic ‘And Then He Kissed Me’), 80’s shoegaze artists like The Cocteau Twins’, post-dubstep and R’N’B, with songs that drift serenely between heartache and ecstasy. “Shoegaze had a big impact on me – Kevin Shields is one of my favourite producers”, says Peter. “I’m also really inspired by Phil Spector, I love his dedication to finding the ‘perfect’ pop track.”

The music still retains the trademark lush production that Stumbleine is noted for, with strong melody lines and compelling lyrics penned by Violet Skies.

With Violet now involved in the songwriting, the likes of ‘Clip My Wings’ and ‘Just Tell Me’ sparkle and smoulder. Peter admits she’s given Stumbleine a face and stamped his music with her personality. “She makes the music stand out and has opened the door to a wider audience,” he says.

The collaboration has been so productive that a full-length follow-up album is scheduled for release in April 2014. “These five tracks give a good indication of what’s to come – I’ve got more aces lined up for the album. I’ve pushed myself much harder over the past year to create something a bit different”, says Peter.

With ‘Chasing Honeybees’, Peter has added Violet’s vitality to the dreamy essence of Stumbleine and the results are breathtaking.

Violet Skies has recently launched her own solo career, with the recent debut of her first track “How The Mighty” on popular music site The 405.

‘Chasing Honeybees’ is available digitally through all good retailers and also as a CD in a printed card wallet from the Monotreme Records web shop: http://monotremerecords.limitedrun.com/categories/stumbleine

Stumbleine:

http://www.facebook.com/stumbleineuk
http://stumbleine.bandcamp.com

Violet Skies:

http://iamvioletskies.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/iamvioletskies
@iamvioletskies

Stumbleine Feat. Violet Skies 'Caroline'

Some of my favorite songs from 2013.  A wonderful year for music.


Tracklist:

0:00 - 1:12 - Dustin O'Halloran - New Day (from "The Beauty Inside")

1:12 - 5:22 - Lusine - Another Tomorrow (from "The Waiting Room")

5:22 - 9:46 - Photek - Pyramid (from "Ku:Palm")

9:46 - 13:49 - Bibio - Tout L'hueure (from "Silver Wilkinson")

13:49 - 19:49 - Ben Boysen - Gravity (from "Gravity")

19:49 - 25:28 - Jon Hopkins - Form By Firelight (from "Immunity")

25:28 - 29:24 - Airhead - Autumn (from "For Years")

29:24 - 33:51 - Andy Fitts - Yarn Tale (from "Smoky Wilds")

33:51 - 36:12 - Don Peris - Swansea (from "The Old Century")

36:12 - 43:19 - Brambles - Half-Gramme Holiday (from "PF Edition One")

43:19 - 46:46 - Ex Confusion - What It Means to Me (from "With Love")

46:46 - 55:33 - Taylor Duepree - Shutter (from "Faint")


Cover image by Colin Kenniff.

http://www.unseen-music.com



Best of 2013 Mix

Iambic Seahorses (Groovy Mix)

I'm very into straight 4x4 beats these days.
Here you can check some tunes of mine.
This time - with no aliases.

This is a free EP, but you can support it on Bandcamp:
http://daniilvavilov.bandcamp.com/album/night-boy-ep

Support

daniil vavilov - sustained

Laundry

Download

Niklas Paschburg - Dawn

From the Adrift EP out now on Bandcamp, https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/adrift-ep

Bandcamp

Send & Receive

Adrift EP out now on Bandcamp. https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/adrift-ep

Adrift

Taken from the album Phantoms get it for free at: https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms

State Azure - Phantoms

Taken from his forthcoming album 'Spells' out June 10 on Erased Tapes.

Pre-order the LP/CD/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP085
iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/spells
Spotify: http://snip.ftpromo.net/goldentimes
Bandcamp: http://snip.ftpromo.net/spellsbc
or any other good record store worldwide

"It's just incredible" – Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music
“Strangely upbeat nocturnes" – The Wire

‘Spells’ merges programmed piano pieces with live instruments, combining the controllable technical world and the often unpredictable aspects of live improvisation. In some ways it continues where his underground debut ‘Gravity’ left off, though a lot of weight is lifted, making room for a lighter and more energetic listen. Friend and fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm mixed and mastered both albums. Ben is not a master pianist like his dear friend, but his sound collages are so meticulously designed that after hearing the result an impressed Nils declared: “from now on, if anyone asks – this is a real piano”. 

His intricate, humanised programming – enhanced by drummer Achim Färber, cellist Anton Peisakhov and harpist Lara Somogyi, and a considerate selection of echoes, delays and compressors – has been used to create a hybrid sound that intends to deceive, question and challenge existing listening habits. Utilising the contrast between reduction and decoration, ‘Spells’ can be seen as a quest to find out how much or how little composition is required to constitute a song. Why the ear can and should be deceived about the authenticity of instruments. What significance these instruments have within this process, and why the personal perception of balance and sound exclude ultimate truths. 

Linking the two albums are the four movements of ‘Nocturne’, an ever-developing conversation that on occasion flirts with the grandeur of compressed rock drums. The first single, ‘Golden Times 1’, received a world premiere by BBC 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs, proclaiming it as "incredible." An alternative version of ‘Sleepers Beat Theme’ – composed for the soundtrack to a short film about the Trans-Siberian Express – opened Jon Hopkins’ Late Night Tales album from 2015, who noted “I thought it was such a calming and sensitive piece that sounded to me like the beginning of something...the warmth and depth of the sound entrances me every time”. 

Though ‘Spells’ and ‘Gravity’ are his first albums recorded under his own name, as acclaimed electronic producer HECQ he’s released nine albums since 2003, exploring everything from ambient to breakcore. He has simultaneously established himself as a trusted composer and sound designer, working for a wide array of clients including Amnesty International and Marvel Comics; composing for feature films, games, art installations and convention opening titles.

After embracing this demanding line of work, in 2010 Ben felt the need to explore his roots and early education, which inspired these albums under his own name. Born in 1981 as the third child of opera singer Deirdre Boysen and actor Claus Boysen, his classical music training on piano and guitar began when he was seven years old; the works of Bruckner, Wagner and Bach laid an important foundation. Rediscovering this music shared with his parents – united with the sounds of Autechre, Cristian Vogel and Jiri.Ceiver to Pink Floyd and Godspeed You! Black Emperor – brought back an understanding of why he wanted to write music in the first place.

“Finding my views understood, reflected and welcomed by Erased Tapes was an encouraging experience, crowned by the offer to release ‘Spells’ and re-issue ‘Gravity’ with them. Through many caring conversations with Robert I felt that there’s no better home for the existing ideas and no better cradle for new ones.”  – Ben Lukas Boysen 

TRACK LISTING:  	

01. The Veil  02. Nocturne 3  03. Sleepers Beat Theme  04. Golden Times 1
05. Nocturne 4  06. Keep Watch  07. Golden Times 2  08. Selene

Spells

Golden Times 1

Buy LP/CD/DL

Ben Lukas Boysen – Golden Times 1

Trying to get back into the swing of things... I hope you enjoy

Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0wf15AAvHmiiHayNu0VdlL

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Fort Road - Lost

Before Dawn

Veteran Erased Tapes recording artist Peter Broderick set to release new studio album 'Partners' on 19th August 2016.

Order it on LP/CD/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP088

In an email to Robert on February 3rd 2016: 

Dear Robert.

There’s a lot I’d love to tell you about this music.

The inspiration really came when I decided to learn to play John Cage’s In A Landscape on the piano . . . I listened to a recording I had over and over again, five seconds or so at a time, picking out every single note. Then cross referencing what I’d learned with other versions of the piece as well as the original score. The feeling of playing this piece really brought me close to the piano again, and brought new life to my own piano songs.

Beyond Cage’s music, his life and practice have interested me more and more, after having read about his love for foraging wild foods and using chance operations to compose music, in a sense taking his ‘self’ out of the music. I love his so-called ‘mesostics’ and began to write several poems using that method, around this phrase:

I    
N

A

L
A
N
D
S
C
A
P
E

When it came time to record in the studio, I rolled two dice to decide how many poems to read. I rolled 5. Then I assigned a number to each poem and rolled the dice to see which five poems would be read and in which order. That’s the first track Partners, which is also the last word of the last poem I selected through this chance-based process. Track two is my version of In A Landscape. I love playing that piece so much. Carried  is a piece I wrote in Berlin which I’ve played live from time to time. There was a soft vocal loop playing out through an amplifier in the room while I played the piano.

Under The Bridge is my first ever chance-based composition, written by assigning different numbers to different notes and then rolling dice to decide in which order to play those notes. Conspiraling is another piece I’ve been playing for a while. Actually a version of this was recorded in the session that became ‘How They Are’, but it didn’t quite feel right. I like to pretend my voice is like a synthesizer in this song. Then there’s Up Niek Mountain which is a piece I finished composing while in residence at a farm in the Netherlands back in 2010, and is named after one of the family farmers there, Niek, who passed away shorty after I was there. We miss you Niek. The last song is a cover of Brigid’s Sometimes. Brigid to whom I dedicate this recording.

And then there’s Tucker, Mr. Martine, who agreed to record this album without me ever hearing the mixes. We talked about all the sounds and he set up several devices with which to manipulate the sound live, as it was being recorded and mixed down to tape. Francesco also agreed to master the record without me hearing it. I like to imagine maybe one day, five or ten years from now, I’ll walk into a café or roadside diner and hear it for the first time, playing as background music while people eat.

OK surely that’s enough for now! Sorry for blabbing, Robert. Your support has really meant a lot to me. I’ve loved having you in mind while working on this project, knowing it could very well have a home on your sweeeeeet label. Hope all is well.

With love,
Peter

Partners

Carried

Peter Broderick - Carried

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2016/11/hear-a-new-mix-by-robot-koch-and-savannah-jo-lack/

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Exclusive: Robot Koch and Savannah Jo Lack - Time Travel Tape

"Ulenflucht" from Niklas Paschburg's debut EP "Tuur mang Welten".

"Tuur mang Welten" is available as 12" vinyl and digital download here:
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LP|DL

Niklas Paschburg - Ulenflucht

Buy on iTunes: apple.co/2qI23Ls
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All The Troubled Hearts

back to meaningless covers w no sense of rythm
(vance joy cover)

its been a year, i love you

Riptide

Upcoming release on @diynamic-music from @robot-koch due out Friday June 2nd. Premiered via EARMILK http://earmilk.com/2017/06/01/robot-koch-debuts-on-diynamic-with-fluid-exclusive/

Fluid

Robot Koch feat. Julien Marchal - Fluid

Framework's first single off the upcoming LP "Kings" on Loci Records

Titles

Spotify Playlist: http://spotify.fluidified.com

An ambient mix showcasing the finest in ambient and atmospheric chillout music. Some of my favorite tracks of the year are included in the mix, so hope you enjoy and be sure to show your support to the artists as well if you do :)

Tracklist:

0:00 Osk - Aurora
DL: not currently available

- http://soundcloud.com/osk-music
- http://twitter.com/osk_official

3:43 Reasy - Fading Clouds
DL: http://soundcloud.com/reasy/fading-clouds

- http://soundcloud.com/reasy

7:33 Colin McAllister - Cliffside
DL: http://soundcloud.com/colinmcallistermusic/colin-mcallister-cliffside

- http://facebook.com/ColinMcAllisterMusic
- http://instagram.com/colinmcalliser

10:31 Kazukii - Design (feat. Dianna)
DL: http://soundcloud.com/ohthatkazuki/design-feat-dianna

- http://facebook.com/ohthatkazuki
- http://twitter.com/Ohthatkazuki

- http://soundcloud.com/xdianna
- http://facebook.com/diannathebanana

13:15 Und1fin3d - Try
DL: not currently available

- ?

16:45 aLone - Voices
DL: http://a1one.bandcamp.com/track/voices

- http://soundcloud.com/alone1official
- http://promodj.com/whatcha

21:53 Nicolai Patricio - Somewhere But Not Here
Buy: http://nicolaipatricio.bandcamp.com/track/somewhere-but-not-here

- http://soundcloud.com/nicolaipatricio
- http://twitter.com/nicolaipatricio

26:43 Kazukii - Time We Lost
DL: http://soundcloud.com/ohthatkazuki/time-we-lost

- http://facebook.com/ohthatkazuki
- http://twitter.com/Ohthatkazuki

29:42 Spaceouters - Path
Buy: http://spaceouters.bandcamp.com/album/veter

- http://soundcloud.com/spaceouters
- http://facebook.com/spaceouters

31:53 Woolookologie - ∞
DL: http://woolookologie.bandcamp.com/album/cloudspotting

- http://soundcloud.com/woolookologie
- http://youtube.com/Woolookologie

35:26 Evocativ - Maia
Buy: http://evocativ.bandcamp.com/album/timekeeper-maia

- http://soundcloud.com/evocativ
- http://twitter.com/evocativ

38:09 Woolookologie - Cloudspotting
DL: http://woolookologie.bandcamp.com/album/cloudspotting

- http://soundcloud.com/woolookologie
- http://youtube.com/Woolookologie

44:10 A Cerulean State - Without Even A Single Lead, Time Moved Onward
DL: http://soundcloud.com/aceruleanstate/without-even-a-single-lead-time-moved-onward

- http://facebook.com/aCeruleanState
- http://youtube.com/aCeruleanStateMusic

46:45 Oleg Byonic - Broad Expanse Of Heaven
DL: http://promodj.com/olegbyonicmusic/tracks/5942555/Oleg_Byonic_Broad_Expanse_Of_Heaven_Original_Mix

- http://soundcloud.com/oleg-byonic
- http://promodj.com/olegbyonicmusic

54:30 Woolookologie - Forest
DL: http://woolookologie.bandcamp.com/album/cloudspotting

- http://soundcloud.com/woolookologie
- http://youtube.com/Woolookologie

'Natural Phenomena' - Ambient Mix

This is my ambient piano rework of the track "Protocol" from the new remix EP.

 Featuring remixes by Data Rebel , State Azure and Need a Name , its available on Bandcamp. 

 Huge thanks to all the artists for taking part !

I hope you enjoy it.

 Spinger

Spinger - Protocol ( Spinger Ambient Piano Remix )

A remix of Spinger's 'Protocol' track, which is just released today as an EP, with other remixes from Spinger, Need a Name and Data Rebel. https://spinger.bandcamp.com/album/protocol-the-remixes-ep

Protocol - The Remixes EP

Spinger - Protocol (State Azure Remix)

LYRICS: 
"Everything's spinning, all the time, dripping atoms into night - oh - everything's spinning all the time - everything's spinning."

"Sea - like the blackest night - reminds me of the first fight, when early beasts swam up to feel light beyond the ocean, but every claw and every tooth dragged them back to primordial soup, to the blind depths and dogged tests of the sickly potion"

Stream my music on Spotify(Also on Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer etc.):
open.spotify.com/artist/79pL93bVDKh0DJrSfSZfgz

Keep up with me on social media:
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www.twitter.com/mothequals

Pyjama shark

NET DEATH - Hypertext Apathy

The Wave

The Wave (feat. Leikeli47)

In the Water

keep my mind on track again,
character and depersonalisation,
i feel the rapture and when you hold me it is happiness


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leave a comment to support please <3 
on spotify soon, i promise x
love u

You & I

download xx

Remix for my friend https://soundcloud.com/spinger

Protocol (Remixes)

Spinger - Protocol (Need a Name Remix)

State Azure - Snowblind (Offworld Recs.)

Taken from the album 'So Long, Eternity' out now on Bandcamp.

http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/so-long-eternity

State Azure - Tall Skies

The Corner OF Her Eye

Instrumental Music to Relax, Study and Work - Snowy Woods -  relaxdaily N°064

Listen to another piece of relaxdaily music with lots of piano and a soundtrack-like arrangement. Last week I ordered a new piano-like master keyboard and some new piano sounds, to get closer to my vision how a soothing piano should sound like. I made use of both with creating this one. 
Hope you like the music,
Michael (relaxdaily)

This track (N°064) became part of my album Season 2: https://itunes.apple.com/album/season-2/id952813936

watch the beautiful snowy woods video that I shot only half an hour drive from where I live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwQFYrE21fE

© 2013, relaxdaily

visit my website: https://relaxdaily.net
visit my YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/relaxdaily
join me on Facebook: https://facebook.com/relaxdaily

Season 2

N°064

Instrumental Music to Relax, Study and Work - Snowy Woods -  relaxdaily N°064

Producer of electronic, ambient and experimental music from the south coast of England.

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Bio:

Immersed in the synth-pop and electronica of the Eighties growing up in southern England, State Azure (b. 1972) found early inspiration in Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis. Deconstructing their tracks ignited his passion, leading him to develop a foundational understanding of electronic music theory, composition and production entirely by ear and experimentation.

He honed his skills as a keyboardist and producer within live bands before venturing into solo ambient/experimental territory. This self-taught journey fostered a deeply improvisational and emotional approach, free from the confines of formal training.

State Azure's sonic world is further shaped by influences beyond music, drawing heavily from science fiction, cosmology, physics, and technology.

Seizing the opportunity presented by the burgeoning online music scene, he launched the State Azure project to connect directly with listeners, debuting with the album 'Outlines' in December 2011.


Thanks for listening and leaving your comments/feedback, it's very much appreciated and really helps to keep me motivated and pushing forward.
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Releases:

"Disconnect" - Album released: 30/3/2014
https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/disconnect

"Snowblind" https://offworldrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ofw034-transmissions-volume-4

"So Long, Eternity" - album released 21/3/2013
http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/so-long-eternity

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/so-long-eternity/id628160193

"Candle" 2-track Single http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0020.cfm

"Reminisce EP"  on Loodma Recordings http://www.loodmarecordings.com/loodma0016

"Outlines"  Album released 24/12/11 - Free or pay what you want. Download: http://stateazure.bandcamp.com/

"Passing City Lights" track - part of a compilation album "Beautiful Sounds Pt.1". A Loodma Recordings release can be found here. http://www.beatport.com/release/beautiful-sounds-pt-1/395218

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Other projects:
http://soundcloud.com/synapsia ambient/dark ambient.

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Contact: stateazure@gmail.com