"Direct Messages" displays a sonic patchwork of melodic improvisational works, ambient minimalism, experimental synthesizer modulations, chants & hums, as well as middle eastern influenced drones & loops.

All pieces were recorded on tascam 4 track tape machines, which highlights on textures of tape hiss to create a hemi-sync listening experience. All songs were hand-mixed on analog equipment to highlight human manipulation, imperfection & subtle movements.

These sessions were intended for self meditation purposes, and also an exercise to create minimalist improvisational pieces. Most songs were created on the spot & recorded in a dark room.

It is recommended to listen on headphones, or in a quiet space and set positive intentions, relaxation, humor & escapism.

Instruments used: (analog synth - arturia microbrute, casiotone 610, an array of cracked midi synthesizers, natural sounds, & other acoustic instruments.)


The pieces found on Derek White’s latest release, direct messages, were created on the fly in a dark room, and seek to instill meditative states within the listener. Tones coaxed from analog synths, cracked midis, acoustic instruments, and the world itself bloom and drift and swell like trains of thought floating free through an emptied mind. “perhaps I should be more kind” centers on a repetitive guitar figure whose warmhearted chord change, underpinned by gentle maraca, acts as a clock’s second hand tick, anchoring the flow of the piece as it accumulates layers of muted drones, grainy trills, alien warbles, and humming chants. It gives off the feeling of an elaborate windup diorama, created and set in motion by a mysterious hand, in which each element finds its place and moves in conjoined harmony with all others.
-writeup by (bored in pittsburgh)


There's a elegiac quality to many of the pieces that gives the album a nice unity. -Andrew Pekler (faitiche records) 
credits
released May 10, 2024

Composer, Engineer, Mastering: Derek White
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08 - Derek White  When You Arrive

07 - Derek White  You're Giving Me A Wah Wah

06 - Derek White  Peaceful Easy Feeling

05 - Derek White  Shuttle Bug

04 - Derek White  Magick Marker

03 - Derek White  (dream Phase) Pgh Mills Food Ct

02 - Derek White  Perhaps I Should Be More Kind

01 - Derek White  Airplane Mode

Second mix from the 'Calm Your Mind' series comes from https://soundcloud.com/specimensmusic

Specimens is the London/Paris based British/Jamaican artist Alex Ives. His work explores the avenues of self awareness & racial identity through the medium of cassette loops, ambient drones, distorted piano samples & saxophone.

Ives has released 4 full length LPs featuring collaborations with the likes of Benoit Pioulard, Midori Hirano & Peter Broderick. His album ‘In The Dust Of Idols’ featured as one of FACT Magazines “Ambient Albums Of The Year”. He also featured on the @0 compilation released on Ninja Tune imprint Ahead of Our Time alongside artists Ryuichi Sakamoto, Julianna Barwick, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Suzanne Ciani and more.

Astrid Sonne - Light & Heavy
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Time after Time
NikNak - Dawn’s Broken Thoughts 
Shabaka - End Of Innocence
Lauren Duffus - Soho Road (Crying Song)
Penelope Trapps - Veil
NEXCYIA - Ancestor
Natalia Beylis - Black Sea, 1967
Bianca Scout - Anon’s Song
Gaussian Curve - Winter Song
Chihei Hatakeyama - Wind From The Mountains (feat. Nailah Hunter)

Calm Your Mind #002 - Specimens

1 Leafar Legov - Wild is the wind
2 HLLW - TN606_1 
3 Raär - Santori
4 The Das - Nano spinacio
5 Baltra - Never let go (of me)
6 Roman Flügel - Church of dork
7 Yovav - Botanical garden
8 E.R.P - Lament subrosa
9 Datassette - Mannequin on the run
10 Hiroshi Yoshimura - Time after time
11 John Maus - Time is weird
12 Claro intelecto - Sirens
13 TRP - Things won't change
14 Skatebård - Agfachrome RSX II
15 Connan Mockasin - Forever dolphin love (Erol Alkan rework) 


Eelco Lost Mixtape 2

Eelco’s music has always been eclectic. He has been passionate about music from an early age, drawn to a wide range of sounds, from indie, rock, metal, jazz to hip-hop and drum & bass. But everything changed when he experienced his first AWAKENINGS techno party in Amsterdam over 20 years ago. That day, he had an epiphany! The pulsating energy, the hypnotic rhythms they were a calling.
From that moment on, he became addicted to the raw, driving force of Techno and Electro.
"The first time I stepped into a warehouse and FELT that hard bass, those hissing  sharp hi-hats, and the deep, hypnotic groove of proper Techno, I knew I had come home!"
Ever since then he wanted to share his unrelenting passion for TECHNO with the world!

Eelco自年少时就开始沉迷在音乐的世界当中，与许多Techno DJ一样，他有着自己不拘一格的品味，从金属到爵士，再到古典和鼓打贝斯等。20年前第一次参加Techno派对时，他感受到一种前所未有的顿悟，以至于不可自拔地爱上了这种声音。Techno与Electro是他最喜爱的音乐风格。
“当我第一次走进被低音填满的仓库，尖锐的镲声与令人着迷的Techno之声，我知道自已经回家了，我希望用我纯粹的热情来传播这特有的Techno之声！”

Calm Your Mind

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Inspiration. Creativity. Calm.

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