Milkwood June 2021 Playlist

2021

Mixes/Radio

B1 - Mirrors Of Perception

The Copenhagen based artist @thodenmcr is providing our 40th podcast. His deep, yet light-footed mix combines a fresh track selection ranging from Jon Hassell to IDM, Ambient and Dub creating its very own speed and atmosphere. Perfect cool off for hot summer days!

Tracklist:
Significant Other - Oblivion 
Lunar Convoy - Dzialandze 
Lokey - Inverse (endless)
Our - Fonction Naturelle
Jon Hassell - Last night the moon came
Ground Tactics - Supernatural
Troy Gunnner - The Way You Went Away
Healion - Gathering 
Skee Mask - DJ Camo Bro
Boards of Canada - 1969
De Grandi- Energy Blitz (Heat Mix)
First Epoque - Epoque No. 12
Big Ever - Burst Dial
Reality Check - Hoax (Low Mix)
Roza Terenzi - Lava Flow
Machine Woman - Strange Things Across the Ocean
Rhythm & Sound - No Partial

Photography by Joshua Amissah

Syntop Audio 40 – Thodén

Bad Summer

Rassvet

Silencing of the reefs forject in collaboration with TBA21 Academy. Recorded in Greenland, Belize, Dominican republic 2007, 2012 and 2013.

freeze to melt

After his recent release "Crunch Crunch Gloop Gloop" on Electroménager, Daniel 58 gives us an insight into what he is listening to with a selection of one hour, followed by label regular Thodén.

 Rinse France Podcast

Electroménager avec Daniel 58 & Thodén - 23 Septembre 2023

THODEN 3.10.23

@tadan127 & @thodenn - interpretations of "water"

Tadan tracklist:
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pneumasphere - zephmoraxx
echium - yellow Flowered
dycide - stillness
vedis - hermit going on a quest to save the forest creatures (doltz remix)
alan backdrop - sepora
vc-118a - endless
simone bauer - la quiete
konsudd - schhwebende
raär - orage
translucid - grabowsee
brendon moeller - refridgeration
conforce - eccv quay
klara - solar eclipse
monosym - subparcel
archypness - enter
claudio prc - tonal
daniel[i] - i4
neural network - aqueous

Thodén tracklist:
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shaded explorer - decline of an underwater city
trois quarts taxi system - gres
sindh - mehandi 
archypness - fantasmagoria
kick21 - wak3upf1lthy
aa sudd - subssparkx
harald uunk - unseen
dreaker - zreaker
loek frey - decipher
tadan & driven by attraction - parable
raar - 9_10
sindh - galathea 
kop 32 - aqua
medlock - focus 
raar - 10_07
extra dimensional - exit the void
feral - ultraviolet radiation 
ici mtn & trois quarts taxi system - square pressure 
fonzo - alioth 
tama - washed away by waves
smogo - les portes dy sublime reve

RadioVilnius /w Tadan & Thodén ~ WATER

For our 41st podcast, let us present: Thodén! 
An hour of texturally-dense up-tempo te(k)no, trance, and adjacent music drawing on a range of new influences. Rapid and reserved.

Having developed over the years and drawing from expansive British and European influences alike, Thodén gravitates sonically around stripped and non-linear experimentations in club-and-adjacent music. Neither foregoing in character nor lacking in affective energy, his is an effort towards intrigue, often suffuse with washed out sonics, subdued temporal variations, and off-kilter rhythmic structures. 

More info: @thodenn

DAS RADIO 41: Thodén

Thodén invites his London mate Allecto for a two hour improvised back to back session. Playing together for the first time, the two guide us from lazy afternoon to happy hour time, and deliver a stunningly executed progression of sounds and tempos, from experimental electronica to groovy techno passing through progressive and techy deep house. Keeping faithful to their unwritten commitment to the leftfield and their palpable UK heritage, this is definitely a tip from us !  

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Radio Panini is a Community Radio and Panini Bar broadcasting live every saturday afternoon and evening from Baggen, a legendary club in the heart of the meatpacking district, Copenhagen.
Visit radiopanini.com for more!

Allecto & Thoden @ Radio Panini (11.05.24)

SULLY / UH-02 / UNCERTAIN HOUR
12" & Digital / 8th March 2019

https://uncertainhour.bandcamp.com

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Porcelain

Bleary eyed, he picked his head up off the kitchen table, confused why he'd awoken here instead of his bedroom. Head pounding, he stuck his mouth under the faucet and turned the tap on full blast, spraying water across the kitchen worktop in the process. Memories from last night had faded and anxiety began to set in. This was another kind of delirium.

Next up on All Centre, the fresh London label offering their own take on bass and techno, comes from Liverpool-based DJ and producer M T Hall. Following previous releases from the likes of Yushh, Alexis, BLEID and label heads Simkin and DJ Pitch, M T Hall's offering is made up of two acid explorations for the dance floor, with our pick 'Another Kind Of Delirium' bringing together otherworldly pads and intricate acid lines peppered with field recordings.

New Ruins

PREMIERE: M T Hall - Another Kind of Delirium [All Centre]

Brin - Alone Jazz On Safari

MIKI YUI, Aperio!, LP
Release date - Sept 25th 2020
Catalogue nr. - HG2007
Format - Vinyl/digital

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1) Listening (oneness) 10:03 
2) Dancing (swamp) 04:00 
3) Chanting (afar) 03:57 
4) Dreaming (now) 05:25
5) Rhyming (colours) 02:58
6) Breathing (buds) 04:10
7) Babbling (mono) 04:45

Credits:
Music and Mix Miki Yui at MY Studio Düsseldorf
Mastering Giuseppe Ielasi
Drawing Excerpt Miki Yui 
Cover Design Ruth Stofer

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The title of Miki Yui’s seventh solo album “Aperio!” is derived from the latin origin of April, "aperire" meaning “to open” or “to reveal”. Hinting at the way her music unveils another reality which is hidden beneath the surface. The title also reflects the aperiodic character of the music, its irregularity. Like a magic word to reveal the mysterious cosmos, each song opens up another intimate world of wonders.

„All my work emerges from my physical experience, the inspiration often comes much later though, after the experience is digested and almost forgotten, then it crystallises and becomes a source for my music.“

It is indeed no accident that the first track of „Aperio!“ is entitled
„Listening (oneness)“: it vibrates for ten full minutes with and within us. It reflects the art of Miki Yui coming into existence. The Düsseldorf based Japanese artist approaches the world around her from a sensual perspective rather than in an analytic-logical way, still both paradigms of art production manifest their influence on the process.
Miki Yui says: „In my music, I play the game of turning the abstract into concrete and vice versa.“

This is obvious in all of the compositions on „Aperio!“. Her music combines otherworldly and dream world experiences, creating environments of multiple atmospheres, both warm and inviting but at times irritatingly cold and airless. They stimulate all kinds of feelings in us: astonishment, sadness, yearning, wondering, and hope.
For her it does not matter where the elements of her cobweb originate: from field recordings to abstract and artificial creations to electroacoustic sounds. She remarks, “revealing the source would only limit the imagination of the listeners. My sounds exist to trigger their own imagination“

Miki Yui is born in Tokyo, based in Düsseldorf. Crossing the boundary of music and fine art, she is known for her unique minimalistic and organic approach towards music since 1999 exploring the grey zone of our perception and imagination.
Since 2008, parallel to her own work, she is in charge of the Klaus Dinger Archive, who was her partner.

- Text by Thomas Venker

MIKI YUI - Dreaming (now)(HG2007)

Sully  - Swandive (APHA023)
Ltd 12” Vinyl & Download Released: 25th September 2020

Get 12" / Digi: http://bit.ly/APHA023

01. Werk
02. Poison 
03. Swandive 
04. Memories

Jack Stevens aka Sully has become somewhat of a cult figure in the jungle world with his output being in high demand. His work is unmistakable. It’s always true to it’s origins while simultaneously adding new takes and juxtapositions in palette and composition. A true artist that excels in his field.

Stevens returns to Astrophonica with Swandive, a body of work presented in dual energies - dark & light, body & mind, Yin & Yang. In Werk you’re put to the test physically as es- ki-like percussion stabs grab the attention and demand a response. A staple in Fracture’s DJ sets for the last year or so.

Poison demonstrates a side to Stevens’ production that is harder, meaner, cruder and all together more brutal than he is known for. The result is an infectious mix of venomous bass and corrupted drum breaks fit to kill any dance.

The title track Swandive begins to counterbalance the fierce energy and bring some har- mony opening with calming strings and trademark icy melodies before elevating to an intense state of amen divinity that twists and turns in a story like fashion.

Memories completes the balance with euphoric bass stabs and emotional strings culminat- ing in a searing and conclusive anime-like solo. Some of Stevens’ most daring work. The cycle is complete.

Swandive (APHA023) (MP3)

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Sully - Swandive (APHA023)

TR095 - Nemeton / Rafael Anton Irisarri - '...spin into nothingness'

Track from:
Simon Whetham "Forced to Repeat Myself" CD

“When performing with a limited set of resources, through choices in materials to work with and the constraints of being nomadic, there can be a tendency to repeat actions and scenes that 'work', even when improvising and having to respond to each new situation in a unique way.”

One characteristic aspect of the touring experience that is not discussed often enough is the dilemma of repetition. Not repetition as a mechanism of the work itself, but as a tedious consequence of being obligated to perform night after night in quick succession. Generating a completely unique performance for each stop, even with the assistance of improvisation,  is a laborious undertaking that consumes too much time and sanity, while adhering to a rigid set of rules leaves one open to both burnout and diminishing returns. Is there a way to split the difference so that both performer and audience are always engaged to the highest standard?

“I set these constraints on myself. The need to produce something (at least a little) different in each event of a tour was fierce, especially when traveling with other musicians.”

Explicitly within the title itself of his latest CD, Forced To Repeat Myself, UK sound artist and composer Simon Whetham tackles these questions with both a sly wit and sincere inquisitiveness. The tracks, all collected from recordings documenting a 2018 tour, utilize analogous source material and means of execution.  Whetham paid particular attention to the contour and character of each venue when deciding how to best put the pieces together, offering a customization that subverts pure deja vu for a sharp observance of the unfamiliar.

“In each situation objects and materials unique to the space were incorporated into the performance setup and structure, generating sounds or resonating with them. And yet I could hear similar scenes, movements, even spaces. This repetition determined the dynamic of the composition, working with it and against it.”

By the very nature of their disseminating sparseness, the tracks of Forced To Repeat Myself demand from the listener an attentiveness fixed on nuance and variation. The amplified cracks and static of ethereal currents and anonymous electronics infer the works of others who’ve made it their mission to attune our attention toward sounds outside our natural perception, including Christina Kubisch’s electrical walks, Toshimaru Nakamura’s no-input mixer excursions, and Jason Zeh’s experiments with blank tapes and the mechanizations of his cassette players. Whetham’s shaping of the album’s source material to highlight certain exclusivities of each live performance emphasizes how the inherent dynamics of time and chance guide his self-imposed constraints into pathbreaking spectrums. 

“The title references a phrase many of us will have heard in our formative years, ’Why do you force me to repeat myself?’ I have no answer to this question. I never forced anyone to do anything. But with this work, I did.”

One inherent paradox of Forced To Repeat Myself is that each listen naturally manifests a distinct, individual experience. The way sounds are received and processed in one instance to the next each forget their own entryway into transcribing meaning from this abstraction. And Whetham is keenly aware of this as the sounds of Forced To Repeat Myself find consistent, unique ways to perpetuate themselves, ensuring any repetition to be delicately understated.

Forced to Repeat Myself

Forced to repeat Myself

Simon Whetham "08-11"

berlin based collective,
combining different shapes of sound