Lotus is track 1 from the ambient synth drone album 'Digital Leaves' by Excellent Birds. Out end of July 2025 on Crystal Fuzz Records. 

Excellent Birds is the electronic project of songwriter and producer Annie Gardiner. Check out Crystal Fuzz Records bandcamp for full releases, and www.anniegardiner.co.uk for more info

https://crystalfuzzrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.anniegardiner.co.uk/
@gards_annie 

Lotus

Tetrapanax is the second track on Ambient record 'Digital Leaves' by Excellent Birds. Out on Crystal Fuzz Records at the end of July 2025. 

Excellent Birds is the electronic project of songwriter and producer Annie Gardiner. Check out Crystal Fuzz Records bandcamp for full releases, and www.anniegardiner.co.uk for more info

https://crystalfuzzrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.anniegardiner.co.uk/
@gards_annie 

Tetrapanax

Giant Butterbur

A collection of home recorded lo-fi covers of songs I love, if you like to imperfection, vulnerability  and truth you are in the right place.
This covers have been recorded over many years starting with the oldest recorded probably around 2003 on a tape cassette multitrack.

Silence is easy.(Starsailor cover)

The Drugs Don t work.(The Verve cover)

I wanna make it with chu. (Queens Of The Stone Age cover)

Hey that's no way to say goodbye. (Leonard Cohen cover)

Comfort me. (Sparklehorse cover)

Half the world away. ( Oasis cover)

This Magic Moment. (Lou Reed Cover)

Norwegian Wood. (Beatles Cover)

And Then She kissed me..(Spiritulized cover)

I ll be your mirror. (The Velvet Underground Cover)

aug_18_2025.mp3

freestyle sept82025

E N O T H E R S 
(collaborative instrumentals featuring Brian Eno)
1 - Dead Man Whistling - Brian Eno & James
2 - Brich Uns, Herr, Das Brot - Brian Eno, Roger Eno / Hans Friedrich Micheelsen
3 - Bird Dreaming - Brian Eno & Rick Holland
4 - The Milky Way - Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm
5 - Solo Guitar With Tin Foil - Brian Eno & David Byrne
6 - White Mustang - Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
7 - Drift - Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Daniel Lanois
8 - The Dance # 3 - Brian Eno & Laraaji
9 - The Centriphone - Brian Eno & Max Eastley
10 - Fur Luise - Cluster & Eno
11 - Tarazed - Fripp & Eno
12 - Bass Trap - U2 with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
13 - Moss Garden - David Bowie & Brian Eno
14 - Chain Home - Tom Rogerson with Brian Eno
15 - Celebration - Brian Eno & Karl Hyde
16 - Midday - Michael Brook with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
17 - Six Small Pictures - Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm
18 - Ba-Benzele - Jon Hassell / Brian Eno
19 - Weird Dream - Brian Eno / Harmonia 76
20 - Chartered Flight - Brian Eno & Penguin Cafe Orchestra
21 - First Light - Harold Budd / Brian Eno
22 - LUX (Nicolas Jaar Remix) - Brian Eno & Nicolas Jaar
23 - Transmitter And Trumpet - Brian Eno & Jah Wobble
24 - Hydrophone - Brian Eno & Max Eastley
25 - Bell Set No. 1 - Michael Nyman (with Brian Eno)

ENOTHERS FLUXGENO

Emre Ramazanoglu, acclaimed session drummer, mix engineer and Atmos specialist, joins Kevin Paul to discuss his unique career journey, the rise of his reputation as a mix engineer and his lasting passion for the music industry.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Education, Drums And Early Recording
06:44 - Touring And Programming Drums
11:21 - Constructing Fashion Show Soundtracks
16:30 - Studio Work And First Zero G Release
21:23 - Versatility And Enthusiasm
27:40 - Being Creative On Tight Deadlines
30:47 - Drum Processing
34:03 - Being A Reducer, Not Producer
37:48 - Live With Your Mixes For A While
41:42 - Atmos Mixes For Brian Eno
43:55 - Working In Atmos And Binaural
51:21 - The Future Of Atmos And Immersive Audio
01:00:45 - Arturia Mix DRUMS Plug-in
01:07:33 - Career Advice For Future Engineers

#ArturiaMixDRUMS #Eno

Emre Ramazanoglu Biog
Emre Ramazanoglu is a London-based immersive audio engineer, producer, stereo mixer, programmer, and session drummer renowned for his versatility across various music genres. From the south coast,  Emre moved to London to pursue a career as a session musician. His diverse skill set has led him to collaborate as stereo mixer, producer, engineer, drummer and programmer with a wide array of artists, including Noel Gallagher, David Bowie, Sia, Lily Allen, Richard Ashcroft, David Holmes, Paloma Faith, Carly Rae Jepsen and many more.

Emre's expertise extends to immersive audio mixing. He has worked on over 2000 immersive audio mixes so far, including mixing the Atmos version of Bowie's “Ziggy Stardust" with renowned engineer Ken Scott. In addition to work on regular major label projects he also is often the mixer of choice for more independent creative projects such as Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, These New Puritans and many more! Beyond his work with individual artists, Emre has contributed to film and television scores, including projects like "Killing Eve," "Logan Lucky," "Mosaic," "The Laundromat," “Eric”, “The Radleys”, "Mindhorn." and many more. He is also a founding member of the UK jazz group Ill Considered, which has released 12 albums to date and regularly tours worldwide.

In addition to his musical endeavours, Emre has composed and mixed music for fashion shows and promotional campaigns for renowned brands such as McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Givenchy, Armani, Tom Ford, Rihanna, River Island, Fendi, Lancome, Chloe, and many others. His passion for audio also extends to plug-in and app development with a signature plugin being released in 2025 with Arturia called Mix Drums which has had amazing response from the pro audio world as well as his own audio app called Realm with the company RT60. Throughout his career, Emre has been recognised for his adaptability and breadth of knowledge in the music industry, continually evolving and contributing to various facets of music production, performance, and composition.

https://www.emreaudio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/emre_ram/
https://www.arturia.com/products/software-effects/mix-drums/overview

Kevin Paul Biog
Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.

Full biog at https://www.soundonsound.com/people/emre-ramazanoglu-atmos-mix-engineer-drummer-sos-podcast

http://www.kevin-paul.com/

Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts

People & Music Industry

Emre Ramazanoglu - Atmos Mix Engineer, Drummer

Show Notes

Emre Ramazanoglu - Atmos Mix Engineer, Drummer | Podcast

Fifteen years ago today. 11/27/2010
A decade in the new century Ithanks to blasthaus prods. I opened for Bonobo a number of times after  Simon had heard me DJ at a SF Restaurant one night. This the set from the  the first one at Mezzanine in SF. This one was a worldly/funky/jazzy affair to a packed house before the Live Band. Enjoy.

BRIAN ENO W/LEO ABRAHAMS  “BONE JUMP”
HOLGER CZUKAY “PERSIAN LOVE”
NICKODEMUS  “2 SIPS & MAGIC” (SECOND SKY & THOMAS BLONDET REMIX)
AHMED FAKROUN “SOLEIL SOLEIL” 
LITTLE BIG BEE “CITY COUNTRY CITY” (FRANCK ROGER MIX) (WAR)
MIM SULEIMAN “NYULI”
SLEEP WALKER “BROTHERHOOD” (MARC MAC'S DIRTY JAZZ MIX)
THE SILHOUTTES “FONKY FIRST”
GARY BARTZ “DR. FOLLOW’S DANCE”
SOIL & PIMP SESSIONS “A.I.E.” (TUGG EDIT)
BRASSROOTS “GOOD LIFE” (INNER CITY)


DJ TOM THUMP OPENING SET FOR BONOBO LIVE 11/27/2010

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Musician based in London, Uk
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Artist, Songwriter and Producer based in Bristol, from South Wales. 
Projects: Annie Gardiner, Excellent Birds.

DJ Tom Thump has been moving dance floors, bringing smiles for a few exhuberant years now. Originally  from Detroit, with a stop in Los Angeles and now San Francisco, his immersion and knowledge of the world of dance music (and good music in general), combined with his skills DJing, allow the musical language of each style to speak clearly and powerfully. 

Formally manager and buyer at the world renowned Groove Merchant Records, San Francisco. Most recently sponsored by SOL REPUBLIC Headphones (solrepublic.com)
Tom is currently Co-Producing with DJ BMG (EctoMorph, Detroit) the FUNKADELIC REMIX PROJECT for Westbound Records. Featuring mixes/edits and covers from Tom Thump, Carl Craig, Claude Young, Marcellis Pittman, Moodymann, The Dirtbombs, Recloose, Alton Miller, Mike Banks, BMG, and others...

Touring the world Tom has also played gigs in London, Berlin, Budapest, Basel, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, New York, Denver, Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne.

Tom has played alongside Gilles Peterson, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Mark Farina, Thievery Corporation, Fat Freddy's Drop, Nickodemus, Morrissey, Jamiroquai, Femi Kuti, Tricky, Morcheeba, The Original Meters, Roy Ayers, Gang of Four, George Clinton, Boozoo Bajou, Bonobo, Herbert, 4Hero and many more.

He has Programmed/Sequenced and Mixed six commercially released Compilations on Cosmic Flux (SF) and Kinkysweet Records(LA),and has released a remix of San Francisco Producer/Artist Romanowski with DJ U9lift,also, producing a booty moving remix of Funkadelic's "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" with DJ Smash (Blue Note Records).
In this time, Tom has also hosted and played at some of San Francisco's
biggest, and best club nights, such as, Release, Budonkadonk!, Twice as Nice, Mushroom Jazz and Loose Joints!. Often boundary pushing, always satisfying.

CD Releases:
Panatone:Warm -Cosmic Flux Musiq
Midnight Soul 1 -Kinkysweet Records
Midnight Soul 3 -Kinkysweet Records
Loft Party:Sydney -Kinkysweet Records
Frequent Flyer: Havana -Kinkysweet Records
Also A+R on After Dark:New York Revisited and After Dark:Chicago Revisited

Events and Venues:
FACEBOOK Event 12/11 SF City Hall
SF MOMA Openings and Corporate Sponsored Events
THE PEPSI FESTIVAL Budapest, Hungary
RED BULL DAYLIGHT FESTIVAL Auckland, NZ
THE JAZZ CAFE, London
GOOGLE Event, Lake Tahoe
"NightLife" at the Academy of Sciences
ORACLE, Christmas Party on Treasure Island
Icer Air Event, AT&T Park
YELP Pool Party, San Jose
KPMG Christmas Party, The Four Seasons
PIXAR Car Toons Wrap Party, Sausalito
iNDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC Star Trek Wrap Party
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
ABC Sitcom, In House DJ plus Wrap Party, Burbank
Dennis Kucinich Benefit, St Marys College
Start SOMA Openings, Hotel des Artes
APPLE Apps Event
The W Hotel
The Clift Hotel
Armani Exchange Event
Miss Sixty/Energie Event
Art Openings 111 Minna Street Gallery
Blinkx Private Event
J Date Event
Puma Store Event
Zip Car Event
SONY Event
Oatv Event
RAPTR Private Event
Wedding Ceremonies and Receptions, San Francisco to Carmel to Napa
Indian Wedding Receptions and Sangeets.

Talented International Artists Tom's Played Alongside:
De La Soul,
Jamie Lidell,
The Meters,
Morcheeba,
Jurassic 5,
Ladytron,
Tricky,
Kruder & Dorfmeister,
Fat Freddy's Drop,
Natural Self,
Bonobo,
P Funk Allstars,
Morrissey,
SantoGold,
Nickodemus,
Kraak n Smaak,
Legba's Light (Miles Davis All Star Band),
Thievery Corporation,
Social Distortion,
Jazzanova,
Wagonchrist (Luke Vibert),
Roy Ayers,
United Future Organisation,
Norman Jay,
Miguel "Migs",
Charles Webster,
Femi Kuti,
Gavin Smith (Mr. Bongo/Disorient Records),
Truby Trio,
Koop,
John Beltran,
DJ Smash,
Madrid de los Austrias,
Dennis Ferrer,
Nicola Conte,
Turntables on the Hudson,
Desmond Williams,
Lamb,
Alton Miller,
Nu Spirit Helsinki,
Kaskade
and Gilles Peterson,
and many others.
All Styles & Smiles...

I used to get drugs for rock stars, now (psyche)logically, I am a DJ.

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