SSFB Mix Series

Strange Sounds From Beyond Mixes

A selection of (live) mixtapes we recorded for friends, family and you. 

Strange Boutique Mixtapes

'Last Of The Summer Sunsets' 
A Strange Boutique Mixtape 
Recorded Live at Red Light Radio.

Last Of The Summer Sunsets Tracklist:
Happines And Tears – Jan Duindam	
ESL – Suzanne Kraft
Fools Are Friendly (Instrumental) – Exclusiv	
Baby Erik (Blackjoy Remix) – Monnette Sudler
Ahumbo – Pharoahs
Air of the day – Omar S 
Extraordinary – Yukihiro Takahashi
Boomerang – Ilya Santana
Alpha Zone – Mild Peril
Los Tarantos – Nickodemus
Get That Rhythm Right – !!!
Kimbayero (Lexx edit) – LEXX
Forrest Whistle (Daphni edit) - Francis Bebey
Benga Benga – Unknown
Endless Race – Wally Badarou
Zuti List – Drugi Nacin
Final Sunset – Brian Eno	


Last Of The Summer Sunsets

NO RIO
22.07.11 at SCHIEBLOCK ROTTERDAM

JACQUES RENAULT (dfa, nyc)
ORPHEO (red light radio)
JEFF SOLO (don)
STRANGE BOUTIQUE

NO RIO I

The idea of the 13 Mooncycle Mix is based on the natural time phenomenon. Within the system of natural time, it takes the moon 28 days to orbit the Earth; it makes this orbit 13 times each year. Each of the 13 moons possess unique characteristics, the purpose of then of the 13 Mooncycle Mix is to use each moon as an inspiration. Come each 28th day, INI invites an artist to curate a mix for the new moon, giving them total creative freedom to interpret, signal or share whatever they so desire to as a homage to uniqueness of each moon.

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For our 3rd edition of the 13 Moon Mix, we are pleased to have the dynamic duo, Strange Boutique, take us on a sonic trip. Do put on your intergalactic space suit, for ignition sequence is about to start. As the moon rises, the needle drops, our interstellar music voyage begins. Strange Boutique, in putting together this mix drew inspiration from the sense of rebirth, ever so present around us. In spur of inspiration, the duo has stitched together a peculiar 48-minute piece. In the mix, astro-coptic liturgy is interwoven with persisting chugging beats, mechanized rhythms is paired with lush syths, sounds of distant stars and drones compliment neo-Arabic soul – the familiar and unfamiliar are fused. Resulting from this fusion, just like the birth of a star from the vast stellar gases and molecular clouds, we emerge with an awaken sense of ourselves

https://soundcloud.com/strangeboutique


13 Moon Cycle Mixes - Strange Boutique (Solar Moon)

To start off our new Mix Series in fashion, here is Vladimir Ivkovic. Long time resident at the infamous Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf and the man behind Offen Music, a label specialized in authentic subjectivism. We had a talk with one of the finest selectors of hidden musical gems out there. 

Visit www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com to read more.

Strange Sounds From Oracular Dreams

SSFB Mix Series #1: Vladimir Ivkovic

For the second entry of our Mix Series, Josh Cheon pays tribute to the artists who lost their lives in the recent Oakland warehouse fire, spotlighting some of their music in a special mix.

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SSFB Mix Series #2: Josh Cheon

An incredible third mix for SSFB, provided by Nosedrip, founder of Stroom.tv and dj extraordinaire. Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com.

SSFB Mix Series #3: Nosedrip

Sinchi & Friends 35 - is the Dutch duo of Femke and Nicole known as @strangeboutique . A regular fixture on Amsterdam's Red Light Radio with their  Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting Show and connoisseurs of unique and rare music. We were delighted when they accepted our invitation to join the series and this is what they had to say..

'To us a mixtape reflects our current mood and interests. 
The way they are put together is a very intuitive process. We react on each others individual selections and try to build a story that is not based on beats but on atmosphere. The purpose of a mixtape differs in that sense from a club-set and allows you to dig a bit deeper musically.  Its a very different type of listening experience'.

1) Who are you?

Strange Boutique are visual artist/designer NM | Nicole Martens and curator Femke Dekker. Used as a label for their various collaborative projects since 2009 — whether in fashion, art or music — Strange Boutique is a playground for two opinionated, kindred spirits. As Strange Boutique, they exhibit a fondness for all things strange and ethereal, seeking out both the obscure and objects hiding in plain sight.

2) What have been your highlights from the last 12 months?

Our first ever release; a limited edition 10” called ‘Eva Crane’. 
The track Eva Crane saw the light during a trip to our friend, artist and musician Christelle Gualdi who lives in Antwerp. This was three years ago and the track had been lying in a drawer ever since. So we were very happy to finally set her free. 

‘Eva Crane’ is an evolutionary audio–visual project, where we ask friends and artists we admire to make a remix, rework or interpretation of Eva and we subsequently turn it into new visual work ourselves.
The very first edition was launched on Oct. 20 2016 in collaboration with the Amsterdam design platform fanfare, as  part of their ongoing project Parallels of the Equator. 

3) What do you have lined up for the coming year?

More installations where we combine our love for music, spatiality and spirituality. More sit down DJ sets would be very nice. More musical exchanges with friends hopefully. More plants around us.    

Check out the full interview via the Sinchi blog  - http://www.sinchi-collective.com/sinchi-friends-35-strange-boutique/

Sinchi & Friends 35 -  Strange Boutique

Hugo van Heijningen aka DJ Soulseek – co-founder of Red Light Radio and front man of Firestone and White Slice, blends it up for the 4th entry of our Mix Series. Our editor Ocke Weeda tracks him down in between his flights for a little chat. For a tracklist and more info visit our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #4: DJ Soulseek

Australian born Steele Bonus is up for the 5th entry in our Mix Series. Besides being a respected digger, Bonus compiles, creates art, and passes on his knowledge to the uninformed. We’re delighted to have him, so our editor Ocke Weeda asked him some questions about life & stuff.

For more info visit our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #5: Steele Bonus

Number 9 in our series is none other than Traxx, Nation label head and frontman of Mutant Beat Dance. Brace yourselves for an hour, fifteen minutes and thirty seven seconds of interstellar travels.

Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #9: Traxx

For the 10th entry of our mix series, we searched and found the two kindred spirits that form Strange Boutique. Fueled by visual and auditory experiences, Nicole Martens and Femke Dekker translate their past wisdom into a vibrant and cosmic experience that surely will capture the beholder.

Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

Fems's Album

SSFB Mix Series #10: Strange Boutique

Zozo, a very diverse artist from Turkey who has been in the center of the Istanbul dance music scene since the late 90's.

Read more about her on our website: http://strangesoundsfrombeyond.com/magazineitem/zozo/

TASCAM DR-05

SSFB Mix Series #11: Zozo

Mino Abadier @ Red Light Radio 11-10-2017

Where boundaries place restraints on most of us, Detlef Weinrich flourishes. Tasked with the SSFB Mix Series' final entry of the year, this prolific German producer wears many hats. We know him as Tolouse Low Trax, part of the German quartet Kreidler, one-half of Toresch, as well as one of the men behind the infamous Salon Des Amateurs.

Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #12: Tolouse Low Trax

For the past decade and a half, this flying Dutchwoman (@marcelle) has been liberating audiences all over Europe from their self-imposed shackles. Her wings? Three vinyl decks, crafty pickings from from her 20,000 vinyl collection, and an adventurous spirit.

Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #13: DJ Marcelle

You Can Dance (If You Want To) every 4 weeks on Fridays from 6-7pm CET @redlightradio

Recorded on 04-07-2018, Amsterdam City

Gracias L. Dragon the wordsmith

www.redlightradio.net/