Soothers #03 is brought to you by Texas-based producer Gi Gi, taking us on a jazz-based journey of skittering rides and cascading woodwinds.

"This one was an exercise in tying together two disparate but interconnected styles: 21st century electronic jazz & a loosely idm-y strain of 90’s downtempo electronic music. The first third or so focuses on the former, the middle bit on the later, & the last section a sort of imprecise blend of the two. I find there’s a parallel in the complexity of the jazz instrumentalists’ performances & the electronic producers’ programming, a virtuosic streak that's balanced with restraint in service of texture & mood. I like how in many of these tracks it’s hard to parse what is organic vs synthetic— a live saxophone recording may be chopped & looped so that it sounds like a sample; likewise, a sample may be smoothed and blended so that you're fooled into thinking it’s a live take. Both of these styles share the sort of tranquil quality you’d associate with “ambient music”, but are (to my ears) a little more engaging or stimulating than your typical static, droning example of the genre due to a heavier emphasis on movement, both rhythmic & melodic. Think of it as a different panel of the ambient umbrella— Active Ambient?”

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Tracklist:
Marsen Jules - Swans Reflecting Elephants
Lifted - Trip Tongue
Kristoffer Eikrem & Bendik Baksaas - Juni
Dialect - Ringing The Web
Bugge Wesseltoft - Heim
Strange Cargo - Million Town (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
Plaid - Zamami
Sensorama - Echtzeit (The Echtzeit Retrofit)
Sleep D & Ad Lib Collective - Canyon
Warp 69 - Natural High (Global Communication Remix)
Beat Pharmacy - Safety In Dub
The Persuader - Kungsholmen
Domu - Up And Down
DJ Fett Burger - Track One

Origins Soothers 003 - Gi Gi

Featuring a heavy version of Roy Ayers' Chicago by East Coast Love Affair, a cut from the Harvey Sutherland's debut album, breezy summer vibes from Melodiesinfonie, a deep and layered tune from K15, a Saucy Lady Japanese boogie banger & plenty more!

In the Essential Album Corner: Samuel Jonathan Johnson - My Music (Columbia | 1978)

568 > https://soundcloud.com/musicismysanctuary/balance-568-hosted-by-spacewalker

BALANCE #569 (Hosted by Spacewalker)

Catch Mimi every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 15h to 16h [CET]

Rinse France Podcast

Mimi invite Tornado Wallace - 17 Janvier 2023

Sadar Bahar for Worldwide Festival 2014, Sète - France. Gilles Peterson on the mic. Bootleg recording, not the entire set.

Sadar Bahar - Worldwide Festival - July 5th 2014 (Excerpt)

It's made by jamming with 808 and several hardware and software synths.

Septemba

NTS Apron Show with Fatima, celebrating their new single "Wraap't"

https://apronrecords.lnk.to/Wraapt

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NTS Apron Show w/ Special Guest Fatima - 7th Aug 2024

After a long break, caused by current events in the country (SUPPORT TO STUDENTS!), we are back for a moment with a new guest mixtape.
Made by our dear brother Yugoslavisha, on a special occasion, dedicated to his special person...
We can't find the right words to describe the situation in which it was created without invading the creator's privacy, so we'll just say that it's a very delicate and emotional thing.
Slaviša is not a DJ, he is a big lover of music, film and arts. He’s a professional designer, you can check some of his work on his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/slavisastarcev?igsh=ejMyeXdhMnAzbHdh

Love will save the World!

Enjoy this beautiful mixtape and feel free to share it.

Tracklist:
Tuum - Fridge
Rock your baby - Emerson Kitamura
What you are - Pete Brandt's Method
A Little Lost - Arthur Russell 
Moondog - Tony Schwartz
Canto do los flores - Santana
Amelianbad - Tosca / Fourtet - Chia
Otra bebera - Isabele Antena
leila_came_round_and_we_watched_a_video - fourtet
Hidden port - Hillside
Shining Moon - Cowboy Junkies 
You - Garry Franke
Buanoa Sarah - Tosca / Two Quotations In Dialogue - moondog
Izawe - mira furlan beatconductor rework
Swing it low - Morphine
Ambient Emely - Tosca 
Horizon - Jack Hotel 
Argonaut - Leifur James 
Holding Pattern - Alah Las 
Wild Mountain Honey - Steve Miller Band
Fourtet Rounds - First Thing
Mists of kraakatoa - The kilimanjaro darkjazz ensamble
Beach - Chrismar Chayell
Mystery Train - music from the film

Hawaiian Caravan by Yugoslavisha (Guest Mix 005)

This past week Tim Z and Raf Reza both shared some opening duties for Jamie xx on the In Waves tour in Toronto, Chicago and Minneapolis. They also threw down on a episode for last Friday's Star Creature Vibes Radio on WLPN 105.5 Lumpen FM. That mix is now on SoundCloud. If you feel like something may be missing from your life right now - This audio mix is probably it.

Star Creature Vibes Radio - 20250117 - Part 2 - Raf Reza

Monthly on the 3rd Monday, find Funky Bompa sharing his random finds and research, always defending the old vinyl format, and highlighting his fav funk, soul, jazz, latin and afro rhythms.



NTS Apron Show w/ Special Guest Fatima - 7th Aug 2024

Steven Julien