Static Thematic radio shows

May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021
Alvin Lucier - Chambers (recorded at The Coffeehouse, Middletown, CT, 2002)
Alvin Lucier - Criss-Cross (performed by Oren Ambarchi & Stephen O'Malley, released 2018)
Alvin Lucier - I am sitting in a room (recorded in Paris, 2018)

15 Static Thematic - Alvin Lucier

Tousist Radio Episode 10 comes from Hi-Vis, an artist based in Lower West Side Chicago, they run the Dreamtone label, as well as the Beyond / Below mix series. Their selections combine dub, ambient and house which creates a contemporary blend electronic, fuzz and deep rhythms. Iv'e found all their mixes to contain a constant theme of quality, patience, and beauty. This hour of music contains Pole, Best Available technology, Hoavi, amongst others.

Hi - Vis (Chicago, Dreamtone) - Tousist Radio -  Episode 10

Russian-born Anastasia Vtorova makes music that is autobiographical in style, but also in name. The titles of @machinewoman's tracks reference things like her favourite bouncers ('Camile From OHM Makes Me Feel Loved’) as well as her least favourite genres ('I Want to Fuck Tech House'). The beats themselves bare the hallmarks of the different chapters of her life, from the industrial she was first exposed to growing up in a post-Soviet environment to the late-night eeriness of Salford where she lived before moving amongst the minimal rhythms of Berlin. All this came out most recently in her distinctly glitchy, mechanical sounds and abstractions for toucan sounds with Derek Muro late last year. 

This week's mix feels like a continuation of that, with spacious after-dark electronics, moody ambient and shadowy dub techno soundtracking a walk through a desolate network of abandoned warehouses. Ghoulish sounds lurk around every corner as the pace picks up, with the occasional ray of light, drip of water or hallucinatory synth pulling you ever further into her world. It's a fascinating place to be.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 368 - Machine Woman

Beyond / Below 47 by @aka_r-ss. Received January 2022.
Image(s) taken and manipulated by the mixer

"For the beginnings and the endings. loss and grieving. Love and support. Pain and suffering. Birth and renewal. Death and rebirth. Learning and unlearning and relearning and forgetting. Sorrow and isolation. Hatred and loathing, self. Love, respect. Communication, and expression. Compassion and empathy. Friendship and companionship. Family, blood and chosen. Community. Heritage, and culture. Romance and union. Envy and resentment. Patience and forgiveness. Ignorance and mindlessness. Justice and peace. Peace and unity. Knowledge and truth. Failure and acceptance. Wisdom and growth. Endings and beginnings. 

Thank you for showing love and support when I needed it :)" .r.s

Area - One Less Me - One Less Me - Sequencias 
Autechre - Yulquen - Amber - Warp
Global Communication - 12:18 - 76:14 - Dedicated 
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo - Sakura - Leaf
Terre Thaemlitz - Fina • Departure - Tranquilizer - Instinct Ambient
Ulf Lohman - Untitled - Because - Kompact
Shorelights - Untitled - Bioluminescence - Astral Industries
Seefeel - Meol 2 - Succour (Redux) - Warp
Masterknot - Merge - 9-15 - Masterknot Self-Released
Sons Of Melancholia - Theme From the Lake - Field Records - Collection - Field Records
Seefeel - Meol 3 - Succor (Redux) - Warp
Loscil - Steam - Plume - Kranky 
8i11 - Unprepared Piano - Loud of Unknowing - Reserve Matinee 
Atom Heart - Cobal 1 - Orange [Monochrome Stills] - Fax +49-69/450464
Neina - Foresight - Subconsciousness - Mille Plateaux
Sonmi451 - Inner Structure - Vladivostok - U-Cover CDr Re-Issue
Shuttle 358 - Calty - Frame - 12k
Michal Turtle  - Loopy Madness - Phantoms Of Dreamland - Music From Memory
Harold Budd • Elizabeth Frazier • Robin Guthrie • Simon Raymonde - Why Do You Love Me? - The Moon And The  Melodies - 4AD 
Boards of Canada - Zeotrope - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country - Warp
Yves Tumor - Limerence - When Man Fails You - Apothecary Compositions
Ahu - Untitled 3 (ft. Lenta) - Sad Eyes  Shahr Farangh
Andy Stott - Peace of Mind - Merciless - Modern Love
Laurel Halo - Mercury - Raw Silk Uncut Wood - Latency
gayphextwin - carveyourname - it’s been a while - gayphextwin self-released 
Trux - Aziol - Trux - Office Recordings 
Wolf Müller & Cass. - Miyazaki - The Sound of Glades - International Feel Recordings 
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Signal F - Pier & Loft - 17853 Records
Forest Management - A Place to Remain - Drift - Sequel
Shuttle 358 - Spiff - Frame - 12k
Nicolas Jaar - Mistress - Nymphs III - Other People
Clinic Stars - Who Will Stop The Rain - 10,000 Dreams - Clinic Stars Self-Released

47. r.ss

Sometimes you just gotta go for the obvious theme.

Huerco S. - A Sea Of Love (excerpt)
Eli Escobar - aLUVpoem
Prefuse 73 feat. Jenny Vasquez - Why I Love You
James Blake - I'm So Blessed You're Mine
Anthony Naples - Love Loop To Fade
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Chris & Cosey - October Love Song (Five Mix)
Caribou - Can't Do Without You
Duke Dumont - The Giver
Logic1000 - Your Love
Four Tet - You Are Loved
Moodymann - Let Me Show You Love
DJ Python - Angel

23 Static Thematic - Valentones

Photo by Gina Koppel, don't know the year.

Carl Stone - Chao Praya (1973)
Carl Stone - Shing Kee (1986)
Carl Stone - Bia Bia (2019)
Carl Stone - Baroo (2019)
Carl Stone - Figli (2020)
Carl Stone - Banteay Srey (1991)

24 Static Thematic - Carl Stone

Music from the HAUS of ALTR label, NYC

Russell E. L. Butler - You Think We Ain't Have To Go This Hard, But We Really Do
DJ SWISHA - New Luv
Black Rave Culture - Black Rave Culture (Amal x James Bangura)
Lamin Fofana & Speaker Music - the road is not there except when you move toward where it needs to be
AceMoMA - A Future
Loraine James - Now
JADALAREIGN - 2B2S
DJ Nativesun - Brainwash Bop
James Bangura - Resolve
Kush Jones - SHUFFLED STACK
Devoye - Some Kinda Drum Machine
TAH - Breathe
MoMA Ready - Holy Water Other (Huey Mnemonic Remix)
FAUZIA - Untitled 001

25 Static Thematic - Haus Of ALTR

The Free Design - Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?
Moondog - 2 W 46th Street
Phil Moffa - Eighth Avenue Anthem (Reprise)
Cromie - Street World
Burial - Street Halo
Policy - Grove Street Freeze
Squarepusher - Beep Street
Russell E. L. Butler - The Streets Aren't Empty, Their Hearts Full Of Heat
Amon Tobin - Stoney Street
St Germain - Street Scene (4 Shazz)
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk - Along Deserted Streets

27 Static Thematic - Street Scene

Just a taste of the over 80 releases on the label founded by Gudrun Gut in 1997.  I wish I'd had more time to talk about the artists. monika-enterprise.de

Gudrun Gut - Musik
Malaria! - Kaltes Klares Wasser
Myra Davies w/Beate Bartel - Mobilis in Mobili
Greie Gut Fraktion - Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt (Wolfgang Voigt Freiland Klaviermix 2)
Sonae - White Trash Rouge Noir
Julia Holter - Coyotes of the Canyon
Quarks - Kikyo/Wiederkomm (Japanisch)
Gudrun Gut with Anita Lane [RIP] - Yadiyadi
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix) [long distance dedication to Lisa Q]
Sonae - Majority Vote (Electric Indigo Rmx)
Pilocka Krach - Do You Like The Beat?
Danielle de Picciotto - Horchata
Natalie Beridze + Werkstatt - Doodle
Lucrecia Dalt + Werkstatt - Blindholes
Chica And The Folder - I'll Come Running
Gudrun Gut - The Ocean Club II

28 Static Thematic - Monika Enterprise

smart mix 63: @sparkletone

a true smartbar devotee, sparkletone has been djing since 2008. here, she delivers a mix of highly groovy selections. 

check out sparkletone's charity of choice https://translifeline.org/donate/ and consider donating!

sophia loizou - anima
gwen stefani - luxurious (daws adhd edit)
pearson sound - everything is inside out
flora fm - half a groove
in flagranti - paroli
body mechanic - the deputy
neana - american drums
tostarena ruins (night) (sunareht sleep edit)
nikki nair - cclluubb
a made up sound - hang up
zongamin - bongo song (kid color edit)
doc daneeka - cloud walk
thomas bangalter - what to do (mark broom edit)
four tet - sing (banton's indian chants remix)
wheez-ie - five fingered salute
hodge + simo cell - u think too much
baby d - let me be your fantasy (bored lord edit)
mix your own stars (cratebug edit)
untold - just for you
sweet female attitude - flowers (dj paypal remix)

Smart Mix 63: Sparkletone

Representing the lone star state with the dark side of dance.

IG: gavin_g_tx_connect, xinexport

CHGG (Christine Hoang + Gavin Guthrie) @ The Lot Radio 09 - 02 - 2022

Sassmouth hails from Chicago and she is one bad azz vinyl DJ lady that we love to dance to, pop on this mix to find out why!

Tracklist:
Primal Scream- Don’t Fight It, Feel It (Whistling Mix)
LadyMonix- Blow Your Mind
Garrett David- Loop Soup
MAW & Company featuring Xaviera Gold- Gonna Get Back to You (Mood II Swing “Big Thick” Dub)
Sami- Marty & Jack
Cantor- Phaedra
Red Axes- The Phone Call
Croon Inc- Schloßallee
Midnight Music Club- Platinum Buttons
UR- Hardlife
Blue Flame- City Limitless
Dawl- System Check
Mr G. Featuring Garfield King- Pause for Thought….With You
Maara- Can’t Slo Down
Ron S.- Front Range (Matt French Remix)
Fibre Optixx- What If

Bottom Forty Mix Series

Bottom Forty Mix 128 :: Sassmouth

Beyond / Below 50 "Omega Lake Safari" by @kevmachine. Received December 2023.
Photo: Sean Jacobi - BWCA 2023

"We spent three nights under incredible auroras on a spit of bedrock beside a remote glacial lake in the North Woods just before the fall equinox this year. Prepared listening to further grasp the significance and connect deeply with our experience has been the ritual. At the center of each trip, and mix, was the glimmer of opportunity to see the lights. At this confluence of time and space, in the midst of powerful reflection, we let the music do its thing at the listening point on Omega Lake.

Keep looking up."

Miguel Isaza : El mundo era tan reciente : Macondo  Biosphere : Sendai-1 : N-Plants
Waveform Transmission : V 2.8-2.9 : V 2.0-2.9
Shorelights : Late Summer Rain : Ancient Lights
Lord Of The Isles : ISOLARIAN : Night Of The Endless Beyond
The Humble Bee : Inscription For An Old Book : A Miscellany For The Quiet Hours
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma : Tracing Back The Radiance
Celer : Tremendously Unaware : Collected Depths
lostwhere : meet me in the meadow : Semi-Sweet
technomind : Gammadrone : Meditation Drones
Ulla : Smile : Tumbling Towards a Wall
Purelink : Personal Velocity : …it wasn’t really me
Chihei Hatakeyama + Hakobune : Slightly near : It is, it isn’t

50. Kevmachine

Beyond / Below B16 by @lokua. Received December 2023.
Photo by Joshua Kleckner

This mix is made of all original and unreleased Lokua tracks made specifically for Beyond / Below.

It Was Rainy (2023 Revisit)
Sunk
Cosmic Candy Caper
Terraformer Supreme
Dorian's Alley
Folding Floor
Magnecumulator 
Mutable
Unto
Umbrivortex
Disjaunted
Float
Riplect
Cauldron
Tangential Radiance
Cry

B16. Lokua

Beyond / Below B17 by @chriswidman of @abstractscience. Received January 2024.
Photo by Chris

"The vision + photo of a winter sunset on Lake Michigan became the starting point. From there, the mix evolved into three movements that were influenced by the Metro/Smartbar "23 Hour Party People" chill room sets through which I first got to know Hi-Vis. Even though it is intended for deep listening, it sounds best at high volume with proper bass."

Laurie Anderson "We have to Imagine …”
Fennesz “We Trigger the Sun “
Monolake “Allure Publison”
Purelink “At Nest“
rRoxymore “Sun in C”
Davis Galvin “Latest Fruits”
Conrad Schnitzler & Pole “Wiegenlied für Katzen”
Bug vs Earth “City Of Fallen Angels” 
Barker “Paradise Engineering”
Batu “Emulsion Of Light”
Time Wharp “East River Dusk”
Laurie Anderson “…Different ways…”
Fluxion “Sol” 
Deepchord “Orbitals”
Theo Parrish “Sky Walking”
Appleblim "Bladed Shogun (Deadbeat Remix)"
Daniel Avery "Lone Swordsman"
June “Lost Area (DJ Sprinkles' Lost Dancefloor)
Shawn Rudiman “There's a Darkness Under Every Sun”
Laurie Anderson “…to Describe..
Photek “T’Raenon”
ASC “Threeform” 
Aural Imbalance “Aphelion's Edge”
µ-Ziq “Green Chaos”
PAN-AL “It's Rigged”
Ulrich Schnauss + Jonas Munk “Faint Lights In The Distance”
Laurie Anderson “…the Ends of Things”
KMRU + Aho Ssan “Rebirth”

B17. Chris Widman

Curated selection of old and new releases with a focus on club music from around the world.

https://www.hi-note.nyc/shows/club-scout/episodes/club-scout-january-20-2025-2000

Club Scout w/ Florica 01-20-2025

Hi, I'm Kat. This is a near-complete archive of my Static Thematic radio shows on WLUW 88.7 FM (final show is currenly offline for personal reasons), and a partial archive of the Destination Unknown shows that I hosted prior to that. Also included is "Radio Catnip" (a Winter Freeform 2023-24 special series) and some guest mixes I've done over the years. Message for more information on anything. Currently on hiatus from radio... stay tuned.

15 Static Thematic - Alvin Lucier

Static Thematic/Katzenmusik/Destination Unknown

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