TECHNO #197

Daily Drops

Daily Drops - 21/10/2023

members of mayday - sonic empire

In early 2023, Tresor Records will reissue the sole output from Shifted Phases entitled The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope. Initially released in 2002, soon after James Stinson passed away, this LP plays a mysterious and compelling role in the Drexciya journey. While other records of Drexciya and related projects have received numerous reprints and editions, The Cosmic Memoirs... has remained out of print since its release. This rarity leaves it more open to interpretation with its place in the Drexciyan storm series, as it became increasingly hard to find and underexplored. 

Track titles Solar Wind, White Dwarf, and Lonely Journey of the Comet Bopp reveal a focus on cosmic realms, suggesting a link with the Drexciya LP Grava 4 that moves from the underwater to the galactic. As it launches with mechanical blows on a precise orbit, each repetition entrenches the gravitational pull in the galaxy of Shifted Phases. In many places, it sounds like the readout of frequencies harvested from outer space, pockmarked with packet loss from the millions of kilometres distance travelled. 

The music is hard to contain, intuitively restless in motion through its unfolding universe and achingly resonant. It shapeshifts across affectedly melodic sequences such as in Lonely Journey..., to the sparse, hard-hitting timbres found in Alien Vessel Distress Call and the mangled reverse vocals in The Freak Show, somewhat reminiscent of another Drexciya side-project, Glass Domain. The mythology of Drexciya is evident in how keenly James Stinson and Gerald Donald created their imaginary worlds. In Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula, there is an undisputable reference to another Afro-futurist who delved deep into a galaxy of their own making.

This reissue does not merely close the loop on Tresor's reissue series of the Drexciya catalogue but brings Shifted Phases to fresh ears more than other records. Accompanied by newly commissioned artwork from Matthew Angelo Harrison, the 3xLP vinyl reissue also features the tracks Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula and Alien Vessel Distress Call, which were previously only on the original CD release.

BANDCAMP

Shifted Phases - Scattering Pulsars

Phase O' Matic, an eccentric treasure hunter, ventures to the Parcel Islands after hearing about Erik and Huber's psychedelic antics. Intrigued by tales of a telepathic shark guarding a hallucinogenic treasure (Shadowfin), he dives deep into the South China Sea wearing his signature glowing shark tooth necklace.

Amidst swirling colors and cosmic jellyfish, Phase communicates telepathically with the school of sharks and ends up locating something he did not expect to find: hundreds of aged vials labelled 'Acid Lean'. Phase O' Matic quickly realized that the 'Acid Lean' vials were the very eau de vie Serb and Paramedic initially sought. He decides to deliver the treasure to Qassem Acidmani himself, hoping to claim the elusive reward promised by Gandalf OG...

Buy here: https://lifewater.bandcamp.com/album/lfr002

LFR002

Phase O'Matic – LFR002 (snippets)

Ukrainian Field Notes VA is a fundraising compilation with a difference, music with a backstory that gives a first-hand account of the unfolding events since the full-scale Russian invasion in real time, and presents an overview of the changing face of the Ukrainian music scene dictated by blackouts and curfew restrictions.

What started off as an ongoing series of interviews with Ukrainian artists for the experimental music website A Closer Listen has now become a book comprising all 170 interviews conducted over the course of a year mapping out the electronic and experimental scene in Ukraine.

All musicians involved were asked to submit a track composed after February 24, 2022 to mark its publication. The resulting material reflects the diaristic nature of the book and deals with PTSD, displacement, separation, and loss, and shows at the same time the strength and resilience of Ukrainian artists with a meditative and uplifting reach.

The track listing follows the chronological order of the interviews, switching from ambient and electronic to classical and experimental in a seemingly random fashion, but war is chaotic and shattering, or as Serhii Zhadan writes in Sky Above Kharkiv, “War sharply changes ways of seeing, changes feelings.” Ukrainian Field Notes is a testament to the shifting sonic and human landscape.
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Ukrainian Field Notes VA - це благодійна фандрайзінгова компіляція, що відрізняється від інших, музика з передісторією, яка розповідає з перших вуст про події, що розгортаються з моменту повномасштабного російського вторгнення в режимі реального часу, і представляє огляд зміни обличчя української музичної сцени, продиктованої відключенням електроенергії та обмеженнями комендантської години.

Те, що починалося як серія інтерв'ю з українськими музикантами для сайту експериментальної музики A Closer Listen, тепер перетворилося на книгу, що містить усі 170 інтерв'ю, взятих протягом року, які окреслюють електронну та експериментальну сцену в Україні.

Щоб відзначити її публікацію, всім музикантам, які брали участь в інтерв'ю, було запропоновано надіслати трек, написаний після 24 лютого 2022 року. Отриманий матеріал відображає щоденниковий характер книги і стосується ПТСР, переміщення, розлуки та втрати, а також демонструє силу та стійкість українських митців з медитативним та піднесеним звучанням.

Трек-лист відповідає хронологічному порядку інтерв'ю, переходячи від ембієнту та електроніки до класики та експериментальної музики у, здавалося б, випадковий спосіб, але війна є хаотичною та руйнівною, або, як пише Сергій Жадан у "Небі над Харковом", "війна різко змінює способи бачення, змінює почуття". "Ukrainian Field Notes VA" - це свідчення мінливого звукового та людського ландшафту.

Credits:
The book "Ukrainian Field Notes" is available on the Bandcamp page of the UFN VA (https://systemnapotvora.bandcamp.com/album/ukrainian-field-notes-va)

Album mastering by Clasps
Album artwork by Dmytro Prutkin
All proceeds go to the charitable foundation Musicians Defend Ukraine (musiciansdefendukraine.com/en)

Ukrainian Field Notes 567 pages book is also available as PDF and ePub.
Spanish translation by Chema Chacón.
ebook PDF version: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hhbt2 
ebook ePub version: https://tinyurl.com/2znsn7rf 

Bonus items on the Bandcamp page for the UFN VA are the PDF & ePub versions of the book "Ukrainian Field Notes".

Ukrainian Field Notes VA

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Mar'yan Kitsenko - I Have Become The Void I Was Always Afraid Of (UFN version)

UA : Маріупольський продюсер та діджей @peshkamusic записав 17-й епізод DTF Magazine Mix. На обкладинці — фото зруйнованого будинку музиканта в Маріуполі. 

Peshka: «У століття світового гіперспоживання я маю нахабство все ж вважати себе творцем і споглядачем. Я вважаю, що музика має викликати думку, адже думка — це і є енергія. Енергія жити, створювати. Моя мета — занурити слухачів у власний світ і, тримаючи їх за руку, провести крізь мої чертоги розуму.  Я неодноразово чув, що мої записи — це історія, яка починається з одного, але зовсім невідомо, куди вона приведе наприкінці прослуховування, принагідно звертаючи на темні стежки моєї свідомості. Цей мікс — це алюзія на період часу, в якому ми живемо зараз. Прихід війни, розпач, після чого — прийняття реальності, яка говорить, що потрібно не опускати руки і рухатися далі, але що буде далі? Це залежить тільки від самих нас»

Peshka — продюсер, діджей, засновник формації ŲNFORM та резидент букінг-агенції Strela Agency.

ENG : Mariupol producer and DJ @peshkamusic recorded the 17th episode of DTF Magazine Mix. The cover features a photo of the musician's destroyed house in Mariupol.

Peshka: ‘In this age of global hyper-consumption, I have the nerve to consider myself a creator and a contemplator. I believe that music should evoke thoughts, because thoughts are energy. Energy to live and create. My goal is to immerse my listeners in my own world and, holding their hand, lead them through my mind palaces.

I've repeatedly heard that my records are a story that starts with one thing, but it's unclear where it will lead at the end of listening, occasionally turning onto the darker paths of my mind. This mix is an allusion to the time period we live in now. The beginning of war, despair, then accepting the reality that says you don't have to give up, you have to move on, but what happens next? It depends only on us’.

Peshka is a producer, DJ, founder of theŲNFORM formation and resident of the Strela Agency booking agency.

DTF MIX / 17 — PESHKA

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Niki Airlines -  Brighton Couture

Bass Prayer ~ Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay 2023 ~ Tribal Trap, Afrobeat, Basshouse

Not So Perfect (feat. Shiloh Dynasty)

Free download 

https://djkisslove.bandcamp.com/track/simple-moves-bootleg-edit-way-out-by-j-j-fad

Way Out

DJ KISSLOVE - Simple Moves ( J.J. Fad bootleg edit )

State Trooper

Where did you sleep last night

Drexciya  -  Unknown Journey IV

Circuit Breaker - Overkill

International digital Music Label and Live Cast serie, Art and music events organizer/in situ projects conceptor working on the relationship between architecture and live music. Odesa-UA based project, active worldwide. We work against the GATEKEEPERS in the music scene and industry and give space to newcomers, unheard and forward thinking music.

Mar'yan Kitsenko - I Have Become The Void I Was Always Afraid Of (UFN version)

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