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“… the limbs of the beeches, spreading out and thinning into twigs, were the capillaries, wrinkles and veins and the leaves the skin cells and creases of a giant, crushing palm. I was just a tiny bundle of proteins caught in their trap. My sorrow, my neuroses and fears were minuscule flickers of electricity.”⁣
— Out of the Woods, Luke Turner ⁣
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Into the forest, where the writhing shadows of trees and miasmic sunlight filtered through branches leaves swirling, dappled patterns on the undergrowth. Woodland has long been a liminal place, historically owned and guarded by the nobility, yet also inhabited by those who were cast off from society, including vagabonds and mystics. For his show on Bar Jerusalem, André Pahl wanders down forest paths, exploring the duality of darkness and freedom harboured under the canopy.⁣

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💘 Thanks to Akvilina for inviting me to her programme "Bar Jerusalem" on Mutant Radio Tbilisi ~~ To Hannah Pezzack for your wonderful text and the narration in the mix ~~ And to Andra Ljos, Andrea Belfi, A Trillion Rah Sunns, Autonomie, Eva Geist, Joseph Tagliabue, Kйr, Ladr Ache and all other artists for their music.
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Listen to Akvilina's part of the show here:⁣
https://soundcloud.com/akvilina-ubartaite/bar-jerusalem-8-march-2022-mutant-radio
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@akvilina-ubartaite @mutantradio @hannah-pezzack @andra-ljos @andreanoce @andreabelfi @josephtagliabue @k6r @ladrache @trilliontapeman

Bar Jerusalem ~ 8 March 2022

Bar Jerusalem w. André Pahl ~ 8 March 2022, Mutant Radio

The Dutch prince of analog synths Danny Wolfers (@legowelt-official), has prepared a special sound set for the lonely galactic gigolo - purring synth-boogie, hazy ambient funk and stellar electro-dub, where nostalgia replaces sentimentality with reverb, and dotted beats dissolve at dawn.

Recorded specially for Grains of Peace - recreational zone and charity marathon on Kyiv-based 20ft Radio to help Ukrainians who have suffered from russia's aggression.

Listen to music and stay with Ukraine: www.20ftradio.net

Grains of Peace w/ Legowelt @ 20ft Radio - 31/03/2022

We are glad to present a seventh mix in our series. It was recorded by two music enthusiasts, selectors and DJs Versatility & Yulia Gerasimova. Describing the mix in few words there will be soothing, rhythmic and subtle. If you would like to get the feelings described above just press play.

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@v-versatility
@100_s

TESTFM )) Bandcamp

TESTFM MIX 07: Versatility & Yulia Gerasimova

Rinse France Podcast

Odopt Guest Mix - 15 Octobre 2022

Reckless melomaniac, passionate music collector and excellent DJ. One of the unsung heroes of the Russian scene. Has been DJing since late 90s — sharing his feelings for music through numerous mixes and sets, regardless of hype or trends. If you look him up you will notice a deep varied knowledge of music spanning from jazz to braindance, electro, disco, house, downtempo, ambient, experimental and many more. For listeners, he often offers a wide selection of musical genres and styles, collected in one single story.

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@panfilov

TESTFM ~ Bandcamp

TESTFM MIX 09: Maksim Panfilov

[Please scroll down for English version & tracklist]

Авторы о подкасте:
Влад Добровольский: «Сборку компиляции «Crystal World» мы начали пару месяцев назад, а в основе ее находится наша страсть к FM-синтезу. Одновременно мы исследовали способы применения в ней и традиционной азиатской перкуссии. В процессе стало понятно, что мы затронули богатую звуковым материалом жилу, и полноценное раскрытие стало возможно лишь в формате крупной формы.

Так появилась эта подборка релевантной моменту музыки, микс из двух частей — моей и Василия, и интерлюдия между ними. В каждой части музыкальный характер отличается, а гармоническая и структурная концепция остается неизменной на всем протяжении. 

Результат можно сравнить с проявлениями света — такими как отражения. 

Также эта работа навевает воспоминания о романе Джеймса Балларда под названием «Кристаллизованный мир». Автор описывает, как природа — растения, животные и люди — постепенно трансформируются в кристаллизованный мир. Они «застывают» и превращаются в драгоценные камни, которые сами становятся солнечным светом, набором фантастических световых спектров, а гармония миллионов отражений и порождает и уничтожает саму жизнь».

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Authors about the podcast:
Vlad Dobrovolski: «This compilation of Crystal World was began a couple of months ago and it is based on our FM fm synthesis addiction. And with that, our investigation of the wide range of acoustic manifestations of traditional Asian percussion instruments. During the realisation it became clear that this extremely rich sound material would open up new possibilities, which could only be done justice in a large framework.

Thus, a cycle of electronic music emerged, which consists of two parts Vasiliy and I made and interlude between them. In each part, the musical character corresponds to different aspects, while the harmonic and structural concept remains constant throughout the cycle. The recording process and the many electronic transformations of compositions and their overtone-spectra led to very unusual musical structures.

The resulting unique merges were comparable to various manifestation of light — such as reflections and also reminded of a novel by J. G. Ballard title The Crystal World. The author describes how nature’s plans, animals and also humans gradually change into a crystal world. Everything «freezes» into crystals and precious stones, which in turn, transform sunlight into an environment of countless fantastic light-spectra.

The paradox is the perfect harmony of millions of reflections of light,
which is at the same time responsible for the birth of all the livings and destruction of life».

Tracklist:
1. Zeitgeist & Tucceri — Without Body
2. Space Ghost — Virtual Age
3. Purelink — Fine Pink Mist
4. Sweatson Klank — Its 6am in Kyoto
5. 7FO — Weed
6. Giant Grouper — I wish my eyes did’t see the sunlight before I met the
purple dragon
7. Parc — Cycles
8. Jack J — Closing the Door
9. Maylee Todd — Fanatic
10. Delicate Steve — Looking Glass
11. Salamanda — Golden Tunic
12. No Moon — Are We Really Doing This?
13. Precipitation — Breakwater Acid
14. Carmel Smickersgill — Interval
15. Yoshio Ojima — Days-Man
16. Peter Graf York — Concav
17. Elite Beat — Budget Dancehall
18. CV & JAB — Hot Tub
19. Unknown
20. Pablo's Eye — Sonidos
21 . Angophora — Interchange
22. Christian Chevallier — Ondine
23. Oriental Homeward — Eolie
24.  Rod Hamilton & Tiffany Seal — Tryptic Dance
25.  Francesca Heart — Giochi, Dispetti, lo Sguardo Ninfa
26.  Lifted — Mecha Perfume and Variety
27.  Matt Carlson — Perverse Incentives
28. Euglossine — Temporal Logistics
29. Aboutface — 51°31'12.7"N 0°12'29.9"W
30. Bastian Void — Topia 2

S A D: @5ad5ad5ad

Fields Podcast 021: S A D «Crystal World And Divers Other Matters»

@freybenedikt b2b @menqui for the closing! <3

Benedikt Frey b2b Menqui @ Arkaoda Berlin November 19th

Listen back to our resident @untitledel show from Head Stream radio (located at lovely Potato Head) in Bali. Recorded live on February 1st, 2023. Enjoy <3

Roots United Show w/ El at Head Stream — Bali

Benedikt Frey is rocking your world with this tripy and über-interesting selection. New podcast alert! 

Benedikt Frey — не только автор крутейшего ремикса на трек BEREZA, но и запредельно эрудированный диджей, записавший для нас этот полуторочасовый музыкальный трип. Как говорят, тут шазам не работает.

@freybenedikt

SYSTEM108 PODCAST 136: BENEDIKT FREY

Gost Zvuk invites Andrey Ramonov, a well-known vinyl digger and music enthusiast based in Moscow, to prepare a mixtape dedicated to the Russian intelligent electronic scene of the nineties.

Solar x – Miro (art-tek) 1994
Alexandroid – ssSession (art-tek) 2001
Block four – Тридевятое (snc records) 1996
Introtom – voyage (solaris) 1999
Cf – track3 (unreleased) ?
New Composers – Sputnik Of Life (ark) 1990
Alex-Under – Connected To My Mind (citadel) 1998
Cool front – Let’s Go Back In Time (general records) 1993
The Fantom – Planet Caladan (air fish) 1993
Борис деарт – No More… (ZeKo Records) 1995
Chuk & Gek – In Jazz only Robots (unreleased) ?
Moscow Grooves Institute – Mountain Wedding (citadel) 2004
Los Chikatilos – You Can Dance At The Realm  (exotica) 2001
Мегафон – лицо 7 (DanJet Records) 2000
Cold Hand Of Moscow – Cool Head (Purple Legion) 1997
Arrival – Disturbance (general records) 1994
Block Four – Кто С Тобой Работает (Job Mix) (air fish) 1993

GOST ZVUK x Dublab: guest show with Andrey Ramonov

We are excited to share the new heartful sonic story made with love by two generations and a couple of secret agents behind Moscow music club culture. Here is what they say: "The set was recorded in the eto.polye space, at Vlas Leskin's Overload party. We sticked to +/- 100 beats per minute, sorting out dark matters, no rush. Thanks to everyone who joined us and will join this trip again."

Делимся новой сердечной историей в звуках, рассказанной нам парой секретных агентов (и поколений) клубной культуры. Вот, что говорят сами ребята:
"Сет записан в пространстве «поле», на вечеринке Власа Лескина Overload. Держались +/- 100 ударов, без спешки перебирали темные материи, спасибо всем, кто присоединился и еще присоединится к этому трипу."
@andreykling b2b @tasyan

№45, Andrey Kling + Sergei Golikov

This mix is a game of fascinating juxtaposition. The goal of the game is to assemble a coherent story from the contrast of hyper-emotions, a playful groove and cartoon sound overlay. Spinning it in a circle, it will help to blur the familiar sensual stereotype, focus on the context, see it in details and reconstruct it to focus on new accents that will excite creative energy. Take a ride on this emotional swing!

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@chuddigg

Unknown Album

TESTFM MIX 14: Chuddy

This number fifteen episode was recorded by lutin, whom you may know from our broadcastes and her "gradual change of pleasure" EP that was released on our label in April and has been provided on streamings recently. Nika Maurer – her name in real life – is an independent Russian electronic musician creating music in different genres. Her two main projects are lutin — weird dub experimental electronica and Lost Helmet — raw post-industrial sound with broken rhythms. In this mix she combined the sound of both projects. On that note we leave you with the mix and recommend to keep an eye on her music activity. 

lutin: @losthelmet
"gradual change of pleasure" EP: https://lnkfi.re/lutin

lutin's EP

TESTFM MIX 15: lutin

The 16th issue of our mix series was recorded by Chaotic Discord, known for his meticulous selections in DJing, producing tracks, and running his own record label, @tsarskoyeselo

TESTFM MIX 16: Chaotic Discord

Heaven On Earth is a transcendental act standing at the crossroads of a whole spectrum of genres related to noise, full of religious awe.

The mix we collected especially for TESTFM will show the origin and the direction our project is going to follow — from the classics of post-industrial to its latest emanations. Our debut album is ready and will be released soon on the label, the name of which we would like to keep secret for now. Besides, in the second part of the mix you can hear our unreleased demos.

@colour0
@losthelmet
inst: https://www.instagram.com/heavenonearth.project/

TEST MIX 17: Heaven On Earth

Emil Mirzoev—sound enthusiast, dj and vinyl collector with ever evolving territories of sound explorations from electro-acoustics and world music to experimental electronics and bass/dub music. Curator of charity events in Tbilisi  "fff". Recently shared his selections on radios like Rinse, Lyl, Kiosk, Mutant radio and Tempo Não Pára.

This mix is mainly a reflection of what Emil would play in a club recently, straight forward narrative of deconstructed bass, contemporary dub techno, bleep and some dubby songs and airy ambient for intro and outro.

@emmiill24

TESTFM Bandcamp

TEST MIX 18: Emill Mi

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