Joining me this month for episode 49 is Canadian producer and live performer Mathew Jonson. Initially from the west coast of Canada and now based in Berlin, Mathew’s upbringing in electronic music started in the nineties with the jazz-meets-techno live band Cobblestone Jazz. Collaboration and improvisation continue to play key parts in Mathew’s music career, extending to inform his creative process, his solo work, and his techniques as a live performer.

With this in mind, he created the Freedom Engine Academy, a music school offering intensive courses around electronic music production, music theory, and creativity taught by a roster of talented musicians and Mathew himself. In this episode, we’re discussing collaborative learning, and how the group experience can make music better. 

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Music:
"Magic Through Music" - Mathew Jonson (2020)
"Chance" - Cobblestone Jazz (2010)
"Rays from the Cosmos" - Units & Measurements (2016)
"Lunar Lander" - Cobblestone Jazz (2011)
"Typerope" - Mathew Jonson (2020)

AIR 049 / Mathew Jonson

Cobblestone Jazz - India In Me

Aleksandir (Alexander Lawrence) is an Istanbul-based DJ and producer. Alex’s first releases and debut album explored laid-back house, while his breakout hit ‘Yamaha’ (2018) hinted at a more club-ready sound and its overnight success threw him onto international stages, developing his skills as a DJ. In 2020, Aleksandir released his sophomore album ‘Skin’ on Omena, distilling disparate influence into inventive and emotive electronica. 
Off the back of a long writer’s block, recent singles ‘Sacro’, ‘Momus’ and ‘String Game’ see Aleksandir celebrating a newly found inspiration and love for the craft. Merging the serene calm and melodies of his previous work and a new taste for more unhinged, techno-leaning production. 
When he’s not noodling on Logic or nudging the jog wheel, Aleksandir co-pilots the Artesian Sounds label and co-curates the club night Miks in London. 

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NR Sound Mix 028 Aleksandir

Cobblestone Jazz es un colectivo de música electrónica originario de Vancouver, Canadá, conocido por fusionar elementos de jazz, house y techno. Formado por Mathew Jonson, Tyger Dhula y Danuel Tate, el grupo se destaca por su enfoque en la improvisación en vivo y el uso de instrumentos acústicos junto con sintetizadores y equipos electrónicos. 

Su sonido es orgánico, atmosférico y rítmicamente complejo, lo que les ha valido reconocimiento en la escena de la música electrónica underground.

ARTISTS Links:

COBBLESTONE JAZZ:
SC: @cobblestone-jazz
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MEDELLINSTYLE:
SC: @medellinstyledj
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IG: www.instagram.com/medellinstyle/?hl=es-la

Cobblestone Jazz / MedellinStyle.com Podcast 145

Tracklist:
Franz Lehár – In Ipnosi [Connaisseur]
André Lodemann – Leaving The Comfort Zone [Innervisions]
Timo Maas – Shadows of Your Suns [Rebellion]
Dubspeeka – Outland 1 [Skeleton]
André Lodemann – Between The Notes [Innervisions]
Fur Coat – Limiter [White Label]
Scuba – Glacial [Life and Death]
Goldffinch – Unworthy (Fur Coat Remix) [Twin Turbo]
Cardace & Perazzini – Into the Hollow [Kina Music]
Radio Slave – Don’t Stop (Tale Of Us Remix) [Nonplus Records]
Rødhåd – Kinder der Ringwelt [Dystopian]
Agents of Time – Obsidian [Ellum]
Alex Niggemann – Virgo (Fur Coat Remix) [Last Night On Earth]
Alex Niggemann – Angular [White Label]
Rampa – Newborn Soul [Keinemusik]
André Hommen – Centrifuge [Poker Flat Records]
Gemini Voice Archive – Horizonte de Sucesos [Soma Records]
Lee van Dowski – If Jack Was Only Here [Rebellion]
Matrixxman – Augmented [Ghostly International]
Mark Evemport – Bagus [Sticky Music]
Rework – Acid Control (Fur Coat Remix) [Yakazi]
Bambook – Snowstorms (The Drifter Remix) [Culprit]
Dave DK – Smukke Lyde [Kompakt]
Marc Romboy – Hypernova (Stephan Bodzin Remix) [Systematic]
Cobblestone Jazz – Northern Lights [Itiswhatitis]

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Fur Coat - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

15 years ago, Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula released their first record as Cobblestone Jazz - an improvised live techno project - on Itiswhatitis.

They're a trio that continue to occupy an important space within the electronic music stratosphere. Together they operate as a band, with Dhula and Tate manning analogue drums and keys while Jonson works the drum machines and SH-101 that have brought him such renown as a solo artist. 

Here we have two of music's favourite condiments, live performance and improvisation, seasoning the techno party, a genre where “live” more often than not means pressing play on a software program. 

Tyger Dhula casts his net across broken beat, deep house and techno in this cocooning mix for Boiler Room. 

TRACKLIST
Susumo Yukota - Black Sea (Skintone)
Cousin Cockroach - nah backside!! (2000 Black)
Osunlade - 2Thousand Cowries (Soul Jazz)
Move D - Silk Dub (Compost Black Label)
Sven Weisemann - Motion Beats (Mojuba)
Next Evidence - Longing (Basic)
Sven Weisemann - Motion Capture (Mojuba)
Ben Nevile - Awshashen (Context)
Calibre - Don't Watch This (Signature)
John Arnold - We're Not [Ayro Remix] (Ubiquity)
Benjamin Wild - Untitled (Kompakt)
Paul Hannah - Adventures Of A New Jack (Ferox)
Dego & Kaidi - Adam Rock Dissed!! (Sound Signature)
Jimpster - Knuckle Shuffle (Kudos)
Dego & Kaidi - Acting Up On Shit That Don't Count (Eglo)
Mustang - Twilight (Visions)
Nu Era - Terah (Planet E)

BOILER ROOM

Tyger Dhula (Cobblestone Jazz) for Boiler Room

Exclusive Samples of our new upcoming release, Paul St. Hilaire & Rhauder - Reconstructed.I _SUSH47

B1_Paul St. Hilaire & Rhauder - Control (Amorf Reconstruction)

A1_Paul St. Hilaire & Rhauder - Skank (Cobblestone Jazz Reconstruction)

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422 - Daniel Bell - 'Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!' (2003)

Trust the Bha crew to bring you some holiday cheer. 

Back in 2011, the Bha crew hosted The Modern Deep Left Quartet, an offset the acclaimed Cobblestone Jazz, led by the singular Mathew Jonson alongside Tyger Dhula, Danuel Tate and The Mole at Aurus, Bombay, one of our (and the city’s) most unforgettable sun-kissed terrace parties, which spawned countless “Sundowner” imitations. 

The music shuttled between jazz improvisation, deep electronic music cuts and some of the irresistibly hypnotic Cobblestone Jazz & Mathew Jonson sound. It was tasty, it was groovy, it got downright rowdy (as most Bha gigs eventually are) as four men huddled behind a ton of analogue gear produced inspired moments of a spontaneous electronic music jam. 

Here’s the recording of that two-hour plus journey as proof.

BHA Podcast #045 - MODERN DEEP LEFT QUARTET

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AIR is an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. 

Created in 2017, AIR aims to be something different in the wide world of music journalism. Tired of the usual promotional fluff, host Emma Robertson invites artists, DJs, and musicians to get deep on one topic that inspires them — everything from nature, to film, to spirituality — in the hope that it inspires you, too.

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As a producer Fur Coat’s consistent release schedule places emphasis on quality and expressing himself as an artist. With two acclaimed albums including 2020's ‘Polyphony’ on Renaissance the Fur Coat sound can be heard on the likes of Balance, Last Night On Earth, Just This, Systematic, Watergate, Crosstown Rebels and of course Øddity Records - the label that Sergio Muñoz (Fur Coat) founded in 2017. On the remix front his takes on the music of Stephan Bodzin, Eli & Fur, Röyksopp, Sasha and WhoMadeWho…along with highly prized Fur Coat originals all see heavy rotation of his music from the likes of Pryda, Tale Of Us, Adriatique, Mind Against, Kölsch, Solmun and many more.

On the DJ front Fur Coat sets are all about creating a journey for the listener founded on melody creativity and taking his audience through a range of emotions - something evident in recorded sets for BBC Radio 1’s legendary Essential Mix and mix CD for the iconic Balance Presents series. Based in Barcelona, Fur Coat can be seen live every weekend at Europe's best clubs and events like Extrema Outdoor, WeCanDance, DGTL, Fabric, Watergate, Rex Club, Hive and Pacha. Sergio maintains a busy schedule that sees regular Fur Coat tours of North America and South America appearing at top festivals and clubs like: Space Miami, Spybar, Stereo, Warung, D-Edge, Crobar, as well as touring around Asia and Australia.

As a true artist with a thirst for new music and creativity Fur Coat can be found hard at work in the studio when not on the road. Constantly looking for new music to present in his DJ sets or release on Øddity, Fur Coat strives to innovate and explore - pushing his personal musical vision and that of his label forwards. The Fur Coat sound keeps evolving, never standing still as Sergio sets aim for new high points and goals in a career he’s truly passionate about. This exciting path has led to Fur Coat’s recent live performance with a 20 piece orchestra at unique event space Gashouder. A major career high point with many more to follow in a journey that never stands still, full of excitement and endless possibilities.

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“As we’re all made of the same kind of stuff as it’s resonating with me then hopefully it’s going resonate with other people who are listening to it as well.” A.B

/stepping through the looking glass
 into parallel dimensions
that s where this music takes me, too many zones to mention/
like a seed planted in the ground, one day will become a tree/
. similar to our soul in many ways cause our soul grows free.

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

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