Glad to welcome to the mix series @chrisbowenla, who co-runs Bears in Space out of LA. Enjoy this nice eclectic mix he made for us.

Samo Records / Podcast #53 - Chris Bowen

Exclusive: ROTCIV - Slipping

The third outing of Cormac's Polari Records comes from Berliner by choice and Brazilian by heart Victor Rotciv, better known under his ROTCIV moniker. Victor contributes four tracks of PUR NRG each following a different musical approach and each slightly differs in terms of sound-affiliation but are united by their vibe or NRG after all. Slipping, the third take on the EP, is probably the most euphoric and surprising track of this release. An almost break-ish baseline as well as unexpected changing synth chords over spheric pads create a rather hypnotic overall vibe which has its rave-moments when the listener is introduced to the vocal. Staying rather in the background and being dominated by glitchy and bleepy chords the track does not seem to slip and keeps the euphoria created throughout the end of the track. PUR bliss with PUR NRG.

ROTCIV'S EP PUR NRG will be released on Polari Records on March 31st, 2021.

Buy the EP: https://beatport.com/release/pur-nrg/3330392

Artist & label information
ROTCIV: https://facebook.com/rotciv1978 // @rotciv // instagram.com/rotcivmusic
Polari Records: @polarirecords // https://instagram.com/polari.records

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ROTCIV - PUR NRG

Slipping

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EXCLUSIVE: ROTCIV - Slipping [Polari Records]

1. Octarine - Ritual
2. High Lonesome Sound System - Bonus Drugs
3. Izm - Footloose (Mix 2)
4. Quark - Astral Voyager
5. Prototype 909 - Karma
6. Cari Lekebusch - Output 2
7. Subzero - Real Life
8. Vector - Turbulence
9. Nebula II - Casper (AA1)
10. Chimera - Inhibitor
11. Atomic Babies - I Love You
12. Khan - We’re Alone
13. Jörg Mager - Martenot-Klaviatur
14. B. Ashra - Pull
15. Dexter Moore - Compression
16. Carsten Fietz - Surprize
17. Holger Flinsch - Toranaga
18. Simex - Subsystem
19. IVM² - “R” Future
20. Troy Anderson - Doughnut Troll
21. Melt - Tag
22. Midiman - Phon
23. Sandmann - Schleichende Erkenntnis
24. Deluxe - Black Wax
25. Segment - Ektos City
26. Man Of The Last 3rd vs. Lando - Blow Station
27. Epic-Tone - Squirty Spiral 
28. Delerium - Duende (Spiritual Collapse Mix)
29. Sagittarius - The Archer
30. Fireball - Breathless
31. North Central Positronics - Smell The Glove (Slight Return)
32. Compassion Family - Devils Witches
33. The Source Experience - Slapback
34. Telesto - Shamanarchy.. 
35. Sybarite - The Calling (Debauched Mix)
36. Scattyx - Delirium (Room 101 Mix)
37. Orion - Promenade (Rolling Mix)
38. Xonox - Interstellar Connection
39. Damon Wild - Lazerium
40. Jata - Celebration
41. Diffusion - Firewater
42. Mijk’s Magic Marble Box - Autumn (Personal Generator)
43. The Golden Palominos - No Skin (Tempting Fate)
44. Disturbik - Vitalizer
45. Pure Science - La Teknosamigos
46. Pirate Audio - Dance Ov Kundalini
47. Corrugated Silence - Levitate
48. Direction Indicator - Dimension X
49. Mental Refreshment - Pinguin
50. Numerique - Do You Love
51. D G P - Here Again
52. Sugarglider - Bee Sting Smile (Sunscreem - Tranced Out Eclipse Mix)
53. Boombastic - Red Is The Color (XTRO & Qbrick Remix)
54. Ultraviolet - I Wish That (Radical Mix)
55. Waterlillies - Tempted (Apple Crumble Mix)
56. Delerium - Silence (Sanctuary Mix)
57. Perfume Tree - Instantaneous (Ian Mac Mix)
58. Tree Of Life - Fondant Indica
59. Source - Aqua Viva
60. ADSR - Infinities Of Life
61. Anaconda - Ideas For Virtual Reality

Mithrandir

Somfay - Mithrandir I

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Every law conceals a fracture, a subtle distortion that warps reality in ways no rule can contain. In the silent tension between order and deviation, truth reveals its shifting architecture. Patterns twist, forces collide, and the invisible framework of existence exposes its contradictions with quiet precision. Within these distortions, consciousness sharpens, showing that nothing is fixed, everything is flexible, and even the most rigid laws carry within them the seeds of their own transformation. To understand the world is to understand its fractures. To move through it is to learn to bend without breaking.

Echo Sequence

Step into the lobby. The receptionist has been expecting you for twenty years.

In Nostalgia For A Future That Never Came, Dr Lepus White constructs a sonic mausoleum dedicated to the timeline we were promised but denied. This is not merely music; it is the audio residue of a corporate utopian dream that rotted on the vine. It is the sound of a 1996 shopping mall at 3:00 AM, where the fountains are filled with liquid mercury and the mannequins are slowly turning to look at you.

"Dr Lepus White doesn't compose music; he excavates it from the recycling bin of a timeline where the Y2K bug ended the world, and we are just the ghosts haunting the hard drive."

Dr White's The Gamification of Knowledge

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Huntleys + Palmers in conversation with James Holden  - 06 January 2021

Common Factors is the meeting of minds of producers James Welsh and Alexander Church. The pair, both based in rural Yorkshire, have had their fair share of individual achievements stretching back decades: Alex with his Configurations of Self imprint and output both solo and in various groups like Dronelock and Figure-Ground, and James with his long-running partnership with Phantasy Sound and work as part of post-punk group The Rise.

Like their name suggests Common Factors celebrates their combined influences, at times conjuring up an early 90s nostalgia, and their shared passion for synthesisers. The beginning of the year saw their debut release on the newly-founded sub-label of Alexander's imprint, and they're already gearing up for instalment number two in April.

We handed the reigns over to them for this week's Ransom Note mix which is a fusion of recent Common Factors productions which showcases the different sounds at the core of the project.

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Common Factors: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

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art:cast °105 | Eden Burns

Hailing from New Zealand, Eden Burns is one of the artists who has steadily gained more and more recognition within the electronic music scene – quite rightly. With releases on Optimo and Public Possession the blithe spirit made artists notice the quality of his inimitable groovey music, which seems to be a positive highlight in these times. Most mentionable are his recent  EP Big Beat Manifesto Vol. II, which includes Invercargirl and 22 Dance Demo, and his remix for Berlin-based Aussie Bell Towers' track Maybe We Can Work It Out. It's this easiness and simplicity in his music - not to mix up with triviality – combined with intriguing chords and lush bass lines that makes any dance floor worshipper feel heard or relegated to a time when this was reality. And despite most club around the globe being closed Eden Burns chose exactly this approach to make music, designed for people joining each other on the floor and around, be heard again as he comes from a country where all this is possible and gives people a reminder of what they might be able to experience soon again – hopefully. Consequently Eden Burns' art:cast is a melodic hope, provided with a feel of nostalgia for many, of carefully compiled and mixed music that is needed in order to remember the beauty of a collective dance experience. 

Artist information
Eden Burns: @djedenburns // www.instagram.com/edenburnsoneism

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art:cast °105 | Eden Burns

Freeride Millenium pres. Queer Base 
Takeover @ Radio 80000
www.radio80k.de
Sat. Feb 20th 2021

Please make your donations to:
friends.queerbase.at/donate/?lang=en

All artwork by Daniel Rajcsanyi

Timetable:
12:00 - 13:00 WILMA
13:00 - 14:00 ROTCIV 
14:00 - 15:00 Modular Project 
15:00 - 16:00 Stacy Christine 
16:00 - 17:00 BASHKKA 
17:00 - 18:00 Clark Price 
18:00 - 19:00 David Elimelech
19:00 - 20:00 Josh Caffe 
20:00 - 21:00 Zombies In Miami
21:00 - 22:00 Raphael Schön 
22:00 - 23:00 Matisa 
23:00 - 24:00 Therese Terror

Matisa  - FM pres. Queer Base Takeover @ Radio 80000 20/02/2021

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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