Name: Space Kingdom by Surface Horizon
Duration: 2 min 17 s
Description: I was going for a 1975 vibe. Those vocal chops turned out sweet.

@laylow elevates the daytime vibe at Canyon Vibration 2023 in Tygh Valley, Oregon.

Photo by Drew Cornwall.

Laylow @ Canyon Vibration 2023

Live @ The Secret Grove - June 30 2023

I put together some 90s-trip-hop-inspired downtempo tracks that I feel captures the meditative and melancholy reality of winter alone, mixed with the upbeat optimism of better springs to come. 

Part of what I was channeling in this mix are the dub-laced sounds I’ll be exploring in the parks of DC this spring, where I plan to make playing records outdoors a semi-weekly reality. More to come on that :) 

I titled the mix “a time to break the silence” in honor of MLK’s famous anti-war speech that seems about as relevant today as it did in 1967. While I don’t claim this mix to be any sort of political statement beyond that, the name also speaks to the universal need to escape to some pleasant sounds during times of global and personal anxiety. I hope you find some peace in it.

A time to break silence

Under The K Bridge - Brooklyn, NY 5th May 2024

Four Tet invited us to stream the second stage of the massive party he threw May 4th & 5th under the Kosciuszko Bridge in NYC.

The first day was curated by Incienso and the second one by 9000 Dreams.

Four Tet & Friends x 9000 Dreams with Avalon Emerson

'Childish' Tour announced. Tickets & info: https://lane8music.com/tour/
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Mixtape Stream: https://thisneverhappened.ffm.to/fall24

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Lane 8 Fall 2024 Mixtape

1,000% positive vibe house heaters. Inspired by seeing my teenage hero @djsashaofficial play a quality warehouse party this weekend, I threw in some late 90s progressive house tracks that got me into this music 20+ years ago. It’s an energy changeup from the chill previous two installments. Listen to it in the gym, not watering your plants :) 

I set out to make this mix series positive and consistent, which is pretty much the opposite of the environment I find myself in. DC is a strange place to be an optimist, especially now as my civil servant colleagues in government are being laid off left and right with little explanation. 

So what keeps me positive aside from surrounding myself with great music? Well, I had a conversation on Friday with someone I greatly respect who laid out a case for why this country is irreparably f-ed. While there weren’t exactly holes in her argument, I would argue that similar cases could have been made at pretty much any point in history. Yet most would choose to live in this moment over almost any other. 

No one knows the future and we as individuals have limited control over it. But we can choose to believe that a better tomorrow, a better next week, a better next year and a better next generation could possible. We can choose to do what we can to make it so, in our own lives and for others. That’s always seemed like a more attractive approach to me than assuming the worst. 

The moral arc of a great DJ mix is long, but it bends towards justice. 

Thank you for listening to my DJ promotion spam. Peace and love from tranquil Washington DC :) 

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Echo Garden - March 2025 Mix

The latest echo garden mix covers a range of downtempo flavors conveying both the optimism of spring and the melancholy of persisting winter. Includes new tracks that came out this year as well as several from 25+ years ago (that sound like they could have been released this year).

Echo Garden - April 2025 Mix

I was going for a 1975 vibe. Those vocal chops turned out sweet.

Space Kingdom

Try To Find Me - Needs Ending

The euphonic articulations of Jacob Penderworth, fueled by metropolitan adventures, mixed professionally on iPhone speakers.

Space Kingdom

Surface Horizon

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