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Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 394: Lou Drago's Liebe im Mittelpunkt Mix

Read our interview with @fire-toolz and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/FirPod

Groove Podcast 314

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 314 - Fire-Toolz

The party hosts and edit maestros present a four hour freeflowing mix of oddball gems journeying from synth-pop and Balearic to organic house jams.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/10/14/extended-mix-good-block/

(Extended Mix): Good Block

A hybrid of live recordings and original material, blending electroacoustic, minimalism, ambient and field recordings, from the Finnish vocalist and composer.

Reduced is a new series that strips sound back to its most transcendental, restorative and atmospheric textures to block out the noise and aid focus, attunement and relaxation. Each one will be paired with a mental health charity and be accompanied by an interview focussed on self-care. The combination of all three will create an evolving resource of knowledge and experience that provides solace, inspiration, reassurance and company in difficult times.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/12/02/reduced-by-johanna-elina-sulkunen/

Reduced By Johanna Elina Sulkunen

Aloona - Subtle Radio - 01/03/2022

New Feathers
Text arranged by Lou Drago (@lou_drago)
Music and sound design by Valentino Mora (@valentinomora)
In conversation with Wanda Gaimes, ZD Harris, Mmakgosi Kgabi, 
Pedro Marum, Paul Mernagh, heather purcell and Camilla V. Barratt-Due

The intimacy of friendship, Derrida writes, lies in the sensation of recognising oneself in the eyes of another. But what chance do we have of truly seeing another in a world increasingly reduced to pixels, (binarised) swiping, and blocking? 
In a moment where societies are supremely polarised and fake-news permeates oft undetectable, it begs to question what has precipitated this shift. One speculation could begin with the way society is atomised into distinct family units and how increasingly, connecting is considered something done via social media. Hyper-connectivity and infinite information access give the impression of being able to know anything and anyone at once, and caught-up in the fast-pace of neoliberalism (the brainwashing endures the pandemic) we can suffer from the pressure to know more than is humanly possible as we skim-read headings in the same breath as friends’ posts.  

Capitalism both assumes intimacy to occur primarily between romantic partnerships and promotes the idea of success being attributed to a lone individual. Isolated and in competition with one another, capitalism thrives on the myth of the individual, attempting to negate that we are all entangled with the ideas and affects of others. In a society where friendship (like everything else) is co-opted by capitalism to be transactional, shallow, and disposable, subverting these conventions to create intimacy as well as acknowledging ones interconnectedness can be pivotal. “If capitalism works by dismembering transformative relationships” carla bergman and Nick Montgomery ask in Joyful Militancy, “can friendship be revalued as a radical, transformative form of kinship?” 

In the work for Spaces of Faux Intimacies, Drago troubles these capitalist assumptions by diving into intimate conversations with several of their close friends and comrades, exploring intimacy not only as the subject, but as a process by inviting discomfort, challenging social anxiety, and through broaching difficult topics to explore vulnerability. These conversations are later transcribed carefully keeping the voice of each speaker in tact, and fragments are woven together to create a dialogue.  Through the anonymity of the format and the intimacy provoked by the process, Drago’s confidants share their impressions of what it means to exist under digital-capitalism.

Lou Drago - New Feathers

► Community-led radio station
► Platform for young and fresh talent, with a range of established and emerging DJ’s and presenters
► Hackney, London