Aaron J ( @arn_j ) is a Boston based DJ and label head, running the @sure_thing imprint. The talented DJ has become known through Sure Thing's exciting bill of events, mixes & releases, with an unwaveringly genuine commitment to music and the bright community that surrounds it in the US and abroad. 

As a DJ, Aaron has become known for his taste for deep & dark, yet somehow always whimsical and warm music, having pulled together beautiful musical narratives for a range of notable mix series - this mix is no exception. I'm so happy to have him as part of the series - and can't wait to meet someday in the (hopefully) not too distant future on a dance floor :-)

You can check out Sure Thing here -- https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com

Thanks again Aaron! 

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"I often build mixes up from light, floaty frequencies, slowly layering in sounds, but for this mix, I wanted to be right in the intensity of the situation from the start.

This story follows an abandoned spaceship, adrift in the depths of the cosmos. Something strange and perplexing has happened here. Unnerving and claustrophobic from the get-go, this initial constriction of pressure is gradually unwound as the mix twists and turns through a variety of ominous soundscapes…"

INVEINS \ Podcast \ 094 \ Sybil

The recording of the mix I made for @lowless-music's Rinse France show on the 30th of September 2022. 

I wanted this mix to be a kind of part-2 to the show I did at The Lot Radio in NY back in February in 2020 (if any of you remember that one - https://soundcloud.com/syberkid/thelotradio).

Basically, another mix journeying through hazy-deep-broken-strange music. I have a playlist under that name, where anything that feels like this lives, and as we head back towards colder weather, it’s these tunes I’m reaching for.

The mix criss-crosses through deep techno, inquisitive percussion, lazybreaks, slowed-dubstep, and ye I dunno, some gnarly alien noises? The main thing I wanted to capture is a central sort of frazzled feeling around the edges of the sounds, and a morphing gelatinous groove which feels like it could fractalise in unexpected directions.

Hope you enjoy the trip. Feat music by: Toki Fuko, Skee Mask, Monolake, Rvshes, Calibre, D-leria, Ntogn, Alva Noto +++

The full show with the 2nd hour by @seb_alcachofa can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/rinse_france/lowless-invite-sybil-30-septembre-2022

Lowless - 30.09.22

Founder of https://soundcloud.com/sure_thing Sure Thing, Aaron J https://soundcloud.com/arn_j and  Midgar Label Boss https://soundcloud.com/severja recorded live at Midgar x Harmony Rec Openair in gART.n, Berlin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon of late July. Not much was decided in advance but the BPM. It followed an organic, coherent and surprisingly decent ;) back 2 back. Love you Aaaron! This brings back lovely Summer memories.

Aaron J & Severja at Midgar x Harmony, July '22

Remember Chinese Whispers, Stille Post or Rikkinäinen Puhelin? That children’s game, known all over the world, that illustrates the difficulties of transmitting information, but which also reveals the creativity of discontinuous conversation? It feels like the Patterns of Perception and @awalkingcontradiction collectives have been in such a conversation for the past years across a multitude of label nights, private hangouts, and shared festival experiences.

Based in Basel, Switzerland but unhinged from national contexts, A Walking Contradiction is a label for music and research. Curated by @varuna4053, @lemont-eana and Dead Electronic Space Limited (@ltd_dead), the collective share a penchant for beats - broken and straight - yet can't help but churn out music for the quiet hours. A deeply reflective group, you’ll find snippets of their conversations on social, political, economic, and environmental issues hidden in sounds or in plain sight on the sleeves of their records.

Compiled entirely from new and unreleased material, their Patterns of Perception 102 is but the latest product of interlocutions and whispers between Basel, Berlin, Helsinki and the world in general, paying tribute to the significance of community where the legitimacy of commons is increasingly impugned. 
Levitating within a field of sophisticated textures and percussion, this set burns slowly, but with a luminescent intensity. Angular experimental ambience builds into winding, complex rhythms. Inspired minds elevate delicate melancholia into a true sense of hope.

Links:
@awalkingcontradiction 
https://awalkingcontradiction.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/awc_awalkingcontradiction

https://soundcloud.com/varuna4053
https://www.instagram.com/varuna_awc
https://soundcloud.com/giomar
https://soundcloud.com/monteforte-1
https://soundcloud.com/ltd_dead
https://soundcloud.com/mario-7
https://soundcloud.com/lemont-eana

Patterns of Perception 102 - A Walking Contradiction

With studied and meticulous elegance, Sa Pa summons a Dionysean tempest, a writ to harness the coming storm. It's humbling to share this and more so to listen, a fervent tour de force recorded live at Paral·lel Festival, a call to convergence under the boundless Catalonian sky.

@absurdlustre
@parallelfestival

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

Sure Thing Mix 116: Sa Pa

We have been eager to share this new chapter of our Podcast Series with you for a little while. It comes courtesy of the Basel-based Timnah Sommerfeldt, the empress of all things occult and hypnotic in the realm of electronica 🔮

Part of the well-respected amenthia recordings crew, co-host of Home Radio she runs together with Garçon and a resident at Elysia ~ arguably one of the most loved clubs in Europe ~ Timnah is a well seasoned DJ with strong sensibility in navigating the the deeper, headier waters of techno and atmospheric bass 💫

Timnah’s introspective contribution is a perfectly balanced blend of deep, aqueous drones and murky downtempo carving out and holding space for the patiently emerging stormy rhythms taking the reins for most part in the second half of the mix. Time to brace yourselves for a one way journey into the maelstrom. Safe travels, friends 🌝🌚

Sounds by @timnah-sommerfeldt 
Visions by @marcomaldarella 

TRACKLIST: 

Mike Parker - Voice Three
Ishq - Night Sky Dreaming
Neel - Storm In Stickney
Alan Backdrop - Kair
Sciama - Pigment
Toki Fuko - Narration 2
Varuna - Untitled
Birds of Prey - Black Vulture (Patrick Russell Remix)
Recent Arts - Pull The Emergency Break
Alan Backdrop - Sepora
2350 Broadway - Hands Of Light Part IV
Sciama - Observe
Varuna - Untitled
Konduku - Helles
Strië - Man And The Cosmos Around
Claudia Sin - Panic

Podcast Series 29 | Timnah

Embrace the formative experience of Space Drum Meditation's 3-hour long podcast, progressing into an organized chaos of symmetrical rhythm in MNMT 351.

Read More :

https://mnmt.no/magazine/2022/11/25/monument-351-spacedrum/

MNMT 351 : Space Drum Meditation

Live recording of my set on the sunday afternoon of @parallelfestival 2022

Konduku at Paral·lel Festival 2022

We are glad to share with you the highly-interesting downtempo selection from @elysiabsl's resident @garcon, recorded at this year's @parallelfestival.

Read our review of the festival: https://mnmt.no/blog/2019/10/01/paral·lel-festival-2019/

Full tracklist: 
Seekers International - Movement I-IV
JAB - A Little Breeze
Deadbeat - Sunday Morning
Kombé - Untitled (unreleased)
Kilchhofer - Leng
Biosphere - With Their Paddles In A Puddle
Akkord - Monolith
Akatana & Ombossa - Souffle Au Coeur
Konduku - Untitled (unreleased)
Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Another Trip In The Forest
Joey Beltram - South Pacific
David Morley - Limbo
Pugilist - Encrypted
Felix K - Flowers Of Construction #4
Loop LF - Always NV (Martsman Remix)
Levl - Arcola_#3
Bear Bones, Lay Low - Voces De Humo (тпсб Needles In The Heart Mix)
Birds Of Prey - Geomancy
Varuna - Branded (unreleased)
The Durian Brothers - Flüstertüte
Katatonic Silentio - Path Of Uncertainty
Varuna - Milenica (unreleased)
Christian Vogel - Hold
Porter Ricks - Bay Rouge
Varuna - Bosco Verticale
Varuna - Cupertino
Pessimist - SCIFI
David Morley - NAB
Daemon Tapes - Mutable Instruments Braids
Uwalmassa - Untitled 07
Muriel - Untitled (unreleased)
Don’t DJ - Veles (Newworldaquarium 451 Dub)
TV Victor - 130509 (tobias. Edit)
Laksa - Lost Code
Porter Ricks ‎- Anguilla Electrica
Sabla - Fire/Wire
Sabla - Di Lei
Varuna - Repeat (unreleased)
Khidja - Máquinas Maravillosas
Bored Young Adults - Shy Dancers On Bungalowdorf Beach
Alex Cortex - Untitled
Ninos Du Brasli - Animais Soar O Alarme (Patrick Russell Remix)
T++ - Space Pong
Theorem - Graviti

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