Ambient Listening

July 2020 (Reclosing Jams?)

Eric Cloutier

2020 DJ Mix Sets

Lush techno from a seasoned selector.

Read more: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=502

RA.502 Eric Cloutier

We were lucky to have @cloutier from Palinoia Records drop by our little record store while he was on tour in Australia. While here he was kind enough to play on our weekly live stream which we recorded for your aural pleasure.... all the tracks that Eric played during the set were taken from the shelves of the record store..... there are links in the below tracklisting to the release pages so you can purchase if you like....

Eric Cloutier FB >> https://www.facebook.com/eric.cloutier.dj

1. Udmo ‎– Slow Day - Analogue Attic ‎– AAR010 https://bit.ly/2FzPYmx

2. Jayson Wynters ‎– Jet Lagged - Ornate Music ‎– ORN 026 https://bit.ly/2RG3CuH

3. Shaun Soomro & Mikael Stavöstrand ‎– Street Code Symphony (Schatrax Rework) - Lick My Deck ‎– LMDRMX016 https://bit.ly/2MQc2IO

4. Andu Simion ‎– Babadook - Palinoia ‎– PALINOIA004 https://bit.ly/2LWgPtf

5. Details I ‎– Untitled B - Details Series ‎– Details I https://bit.ly/2T2WdT0

6. Michael Zucker - Summer Time  - US I-75 EP - Finale Sessions ‎– FSS004 https://bit.ly/2HhXfsM 

7. Iron Curtis - Relaxer – ://about Blank ‎– ://about blank 005 https://bit.ly/2DlRdDs

8. Jayson Wynters ‎– Ancient Tones (Caldera remix) - Ornate Music ‎– ORN 026 https://bit.ly/2CuECMv

9. Details I ‎– Untitled A - Details Series ‎– Details I https://bit.ly/2T2WdT0

10. Andu Simion ‎– Heavy Glow - Palinoia ‎– PALINOIA004 https://bit.ly/2LWgPtf

11. Freak D ‎– Freakin' - Freak Beats ‎– FREAK 001 https://bit.ly/2SYwiLV

12. Diego Krause ‎– Kudzu - Sukhumvit Records ‎– SOI 008.2 https://bit.ly/2G7COya

13. Mood II Swing ‎– Move Me (Alternative Mix) - Power Music Records ‎– PMR 02B https://bit.ly/2Cc1H6O

14. Cinthie - Palm Trees In Wedding - We_r House ‎– WRH 02 https://bit.ly/2Rfv6CK

15. Derek Carr ‎– Take Me To Your Leader - Subwax Excursions ‎– SUBWAX E-X-C LP03 https://bit.ly/2qykML3

16. Lisière Collectif ‎– Z - 0504 - 17 - abc.ltd ‎– ABCLTD001 https://bit.ly/2DMK1la 

17. BMW - Serious - PLZ006S Pleasure Zone https://bit.ly/2OF2HEr

18. Cab Drivers ‎– Lagoon Of Endless Green - Ground Service Records ‎– GROUND 003 https://bit.ly/2VJZ3xV

19. Politics Of Dancing X D'Julz - P.O.D Cross - PODCROSS 002 https://bit.ly/2ATQc40

20. Cab Drivers ‎– Second Mush - Ground Service Records ‎– GROUND 003 https://bit.ly/2VJZ3xV

21. Diego Krause ‎– Resolve - Sukhumvit Records ‎– SOI 008.2 https://bit.ly/2G7COya

22. Mood II Swing ‎– Move Me - Power Music Records ‎– PMR 02B https://bit.ly/2Cc1H6O

23. Cinthie - Control - We_r House ‎– WRH 02 https://bit.ly/2Rfv6CK

24. Derek Carr ‎– Upside Down - Subwax Excursions ‎– SUBWAX E-X-C LP03 https://bit.ly/2qykML3

25. Eric Cloutier ‎– Opprobrium - Palinoia ‎– PALINOIA001 https://bit.ly/2yCIslQ

26. Achim Maerz - It's Been A While  - Wake Up! Records ‎– Wake Up! #010 https://bit.ly/2HgxUiS

Something Else #9 - Eric Cloutier - Live At Something Else Record Store 11.01.2019

cosxmes 2019

cosxmes 2019mix

On Friday 3rd Jan we start our 3 month residency at London's XOYO. To mark the occasion we have put together a mix that features an array of tracks from the special guests we have invited to join us along the way inc. Gerd Janson, Lone, DJ Tennis, Object Blue, Special Request and Yazzus. 

Tickets & Info: https://www.riseforlove.co.uk/

Tracklist:
Lone - Dragon Blue Eyes
Romare - Gone
Roy Davis Jr. - Transition
Kapote - Jaas Func Haus (Sworn Virgins)
Dusky - Metropolis
Paranoid London - Give Me The
Mushy - Ladykilla
Roman Flügel - Too Hot To Sleep
Big Miz - Barn Dog (Hot Shot)
Kingdom - Mind Reader (Todd Edwards Dub)
Jasper James - Still Trippin (Object Blue’s What Are You Doing Remix)
Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath (LFO Remix)
One One One - Jolt
Third Son - Path Of Least Resistance
Boddika - Beats Me
Dusky - Buckets (Paleman Refix)
DJ Haus - Blip Blorp
Christian Piers - Raw Cut
Special Request - Lolita (Warehouse Mix)
Polymod - Gatemate
Awesome 3 - Don’t Do (Gerd Janson Rework)
R-Tyme  - R Theme (Derrick May Dramatic Mix)
Loco Dice - Roots (DJ Tennis Remix)
Tronik House - Uptempo (Fabio & Grooverider Mix)
Simian Mobile Disco - Space Is Filled With Ringing 
Benton - Like Peace
Zed Bias - Copper
Loefah - Rufage
Yazzus - Raspberry Tool
Skream - Phatty Drummer (Yazzus 160 Mix)
DMX Krew - You Can’t Hide Your Love (Aphex Twin Remix)

Rise For Love Mix

Delicate textures and wistful atmospheres.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=710

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Melodic is 8 with Lost & Found. Our next Podcast comes from Melodic resident Ste Flynn. A mix entirely comprised of L&F releases from 2012-2019 ahead of our 8th Birthday celebration on Jan 25th with Guy J, Roy Rosenfeld and Ste Flynn. Get Lo&t in this mix!

Melodic Podcast 020 - Ste Flynn (Lost & Found Showcase)

I had an amazing start into 2020, playing at the Giegling night at @Bassiani`s Horoom. You gotta love the Georgian dancers, they really feel it and dancing as if there is no tomorrow. Thank you so much for traveling with me, it was pure love. <3

Eli Verveine @ Bassiani (Horoom), Giegling NYE 2020

For more info: www.balancemusic.com.au
@oonadahl

The past decade has seen Öona Dahl solidify her status as one of underground dance music's most refreshing artists. As a producer, she has steadily built her repertoire, with a penchant for experimentation that's guided by an innate understanding of what makes a great song.  Punctuating those musical attributes, her debut album “Holograma" on the Hallucienda label, further revealed the emergence of a songwriter hinting at influences ranging from the ambient vocal stylings of This Mortal Coil, to the electronica offerings of Bjork, without ever sounding like anything other than herself.  

Öona Dahl continues to develop her versatility as both producer, and DJ by effortlessly weaving through electronica, ambience, and cosmic warehouse grooves.

Balance Selections 116

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Balance Selections 116: Öona Dahl

Eric @Cloutier on the inspiration for this mix: "It's impossible to fully describe the importance of Theorem (@theorem-thx) in my life. Upon first hearing the “Nano” album I was immediately sold on his sound. Moving artfully between psychedelic, dub and chill varietals of techno, the picture he painted on this full length on Plus8 blew my mind…and honestly still does. Fast forward to the “Mantra One” EP, and I knew this wasn’t a fluke but a revolution of a genre. Almost like clockwork, singles on a sub label of M_nus started dropping; I was indoctrinated in to Theorem's sound 100% at this point. Beautiful, patient, delicate, unique, and timeless - Theorem’s records, both solo and with a handful of equally amazing friends, such as Stewart Walker, Sutekh, and Swayzak, are at once undefinable and unquestionably from one defining point in electronic music history. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay friends with Theorem for well over a decade, and he’s blessed me with a trove of unreleased transmissions I’ve never felt comfortable putting to a recording until now. Without this music  I honestly don’t know where my techno life would have taken me, but I am forever indebted to Theorem for what he unintentionally did to a random connoisseur back home in Detroit. 

01. Theorem - Emerge [MINUS TH 3]
02. Theorem - Evolve [SWZLP2]
03. Theorem - Graviti [PLUS8057]
04. Theorem + Sutekh - Mitochondria [MINUS THX 5]
05. Theorem - Fallout [MINUS TH 4] 
06. Theorem - Clone [PLUS8070]
07. Theorem - Igneous [MINUS TH 2]
08. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Recoil [MINUS THX 3]
09. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Too Distant Images [MINUS THX 3]
10. Theorem + Swayzak - Break In at Apt 205 [MINUS THX 1]
11. Theorem + Swayzak - Devil of Rotations [!K7193EP]
12. Theorem - Shift [MINUS TH 1]
13. Theorem - Embed [MINUS TH 3]
14. Theorem + Swayzak - 020100 (Swayzak Mix) [SWZ11]
15. Theorem + Swayzak - Day From Hell [MINUS THX 2]	
16. Theorem + Sutekh - Canis [MINUS THX 5]
17. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Intervals [MINUS THX 4]
18. Theorem - Formulate [MINUSMIXMAX1]
19. Theorem - Dilate [PLUS8057]
20. Theorem - Gelidity [UNRELEASED]

The Bunker Podcast 209

The Bunker Podcast 209: Eric Cloutier

"I rarely get asked to do a mix so specific, but given the subject matter of this one I immediately got working on it and dug for some of the headiest afterhours vibes I could think of. I probably could have made this thing seven hours long..."

@cloutier

Mantissa Mix 149: Eric Cloutier

Out Of Focus

Chekov - embrace from a distance

Here's my set from @worldwide-fm's broadcast on April 10th, 2020. 

01. Earth Trax - Denial [Shall Not Fade]
02. Northworks - Friends for a Day [Savour the Moment]
03. Orbital - Semi Detached [FFRR]
04. Unjin - Dragonfly [End of Perception]
05. Agonis - Spacejam (Valentino Mora Deep Blue Rephase) [Amenthia Recordings]
06. Forest Drive West - The Base [Midgar Recordings]
07. Malvito - Origin [Syncrophone]
08. Konduku - Uzaktaki Işık [Nous’klaer Audio]
09. Daniel Avery - Diminuendo (Patrick Russell Remix) [Phantasy Sound]
10. Valentino Mora + Yoshitake Expe - Trans Format Eurotica (Underwater Rephase) [IDO]
11. Avancera - Who Is Princess Zorldo? [Mountain Explosion Device]
12. Queniv - Redesign [De Lichting]
13. Jocelyn Abell + Roger Gerressen - Probability One [Irenic]
14. Shades of Orion - Did You Ever Retire a Human… [FAX +49-69/450464]

https://worldwidefm.net/show/global-roots-radio-thris-tian-5/

Eric Cloutier - Worldwide FM Mix

Every so often we find ourselves lost in a mix that melts our surroundings away, pulling us straight back to our favorite memories from the dance floor. Enter London's Riccardo Villella, designer by trade and expert co-curator of the beloved Truants series, who deftly translates those rare, fleeting feelings into this blissful two-hour mix. Suffused with subtle euphoria, this set is a bittersweet ode to those beautifully hazy moments in the dance, and is one you'll want to queue up with friends near or far. Here's to the memories ahead.

@riccardovillella

Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Alva Noto - Xerrox Isola [Raster-Noton]
Faki - Rainbow Delta (Ambient Mix) [Ostgut Ton] 
Shed - Estrange [Ostgut Ton] 
Daniele Baldelli DJ Rocca - Sky Dump (Cachu Remix) [Rogue Cat Sounds] 
Jamida - Wad II [Harmony Rec.] 
Bas Dobbelaer & Vand - Body Electric [Something Happening Somewhere] 
Joy O - Burn feat Infinite & Mansur Brown [Hinge Finger] 
Doctrina Natura - Rite Of Passage (Saphileaum's 5th Sky) [Aarden Records] 
Dycide - Sputia [Lowless] 
Claudio Prc - Segmento (Svreca & Blazej Malinowski Remix) [Semantica]
The Exaltics - Journey to Jupiter (Objekt Remix) [Solar One Music] 
Ruhig - Stillness [Midgar Records] 
Toma Kami - This Side Up (Forest Drive West Remix) [Oscillate Tracks]
Shlømo - Ivory [Taapion Records] 
Hydrangea - Lune&D [Dust Rec.]
His Master's Voice - Eve [Delsin] 
Wata Igarashi & Voiski - Pronom [Delsin] 
DJ Nobu - Wwww [No ‘Label’]
Plastikman - Are Friends Electrik? [M_nus]
2030 - Step Forward [Subosc] 
Forest On Stasys - Golden Scales [Danza Nativa] 
Laertes - Argonaut [Mental Modern] 
Vincent Vidal - A Ritual Scene (Antigone Remix) [ARTS] 
Ness - The Spaceship Of The Imagination [Informa Records] 
Axones - Psychic Lemons (Messiahwaits Remix) [Poincare Records] 
Evigt Mörker - Stigning [On The 5th Day
Agonis - Maschinenlogik (Marco Shuttle Remix) [Amenthia] 
Atomic Moog - Floating Motion [Lowless] 
Realitycheck - Modern Talk [Renascence] 
PRGM - Line Fault [Midgar] 
Dold - Eva [Arsenik] 
Neon Chambers - Cascade [Dekmantel] 
Quirke - Spinhaunt Coil [Whities]

Sure Thing

Sure Thing Mix 092: Riccardo Villella

Camden Arts Centre, Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Ignota Books present a new series of sonic fictions inspired by "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" by Ursula K. Le Guin, reimagining the mix as a container, medicine bundle & chronometer telling the time on another world. 

100% unreleased material from myself, friends and artists I admire, in the form of sketches, drafts, field recordings and archival sounds. Featuring (in order of first appearance) DJ Python, Lyra Pramuk, Jenna Sutela, Steph Kretowicz, Ariel Zetina, Bendik Giske, Mari Matsutoya, Parris, Hanne Lippard, James Ginzburg, Mark Leckey, Steven Warwick, Claire Tolan, Oliver Coates, Kevin Beasley, 1995 Epilepsy, Laurel Halo, Eli Keszler, Yair Elazar Glotman, Julia Holter, Colin Self, Coby Sey, JAB, Shanti Celeste, Reece Cox, Yu Su, Lucrecia Dalt & Regina de Miguel, Lafawndah, Michael Salu, Jessica Pratt, Hodge and Alex Arthur.

Sections of a spoken word suite which appear in this mix will be available on an EP releasing soon called ‘World Without Heroes’.  



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artwork by Lee Bul

Public Knowledge: Carrier Bag of Music

V/A - Freaky Friends Volume 1
(incl. P.Leone, Nasty King Kurl, Sentient State, Ole Mic Odd, Dj Swagger, Main Phase)
PRE-ORDER LINK: https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/various-artists-freaky-friends-volume-1
Release date: 5th June 2020
Label: Nerang Recordings (https://soundcloud.com/nerangrecordings)
https://soundcloud.com/sentient_state

Nerang Recordings returns with ‘Freaky Friends Volume 1’ featuring the likes of P.Leone, Nasty King Kurl, Sentient State, Ole Mic Odd, Dj Swagger, and Main Phase.

The Berlin-based label has been going strong since its founder - Australian DJ and producer Dj Whipr Snipr - launched it in 2016, with recent genre-spanning releases traversing acid, house, breaks, and electro from artists such as DJ Bowlcut, Low Tape, Soela, Subjoi, Interplanetary Criminal, J.Albert, DJ Safeword, Anthony Fade, and many more. Nerang now invites six quality artists for its most ambitious release yet to inaugurate the imprint’s ‘Freaky Friends’ series.

E-Missions founder and Rekids regular P.Leone leads the way with a thudding breaks number called ‘Parting Currents’. A rumbling bassline is later joined by lush pads and a hammering piano melody destined to rocket listeners into new heights. Following appearances on 777 Recordings and Low Income Squad, Nasty King Kurl is next with a raw sounding ‘Lawless’ - a syncopated cut that blends acid and electro with Memphis rap and R&B.
In fine form off the back of releasing on Hilltown Disco and 99cts RCRDS, Nerang veteran Ole Mic Odd brings a sweaty Ghetto House stomper named ‘Hydro Anthem’ complete with a gritty acid bassline and Pointdexter-esque chopped vocals, making way for Sentient State’s ‘4 Tha Freaks’ which exhibits the New York-based artist’s softer side as he layers lush pads on top of a stripped back electro rhythm for pure euphoria.

With releases on Natural Sciences, Who’s Susan and E-Beamz, Germany-based producer Dj Swagger ups the energy, clocking in with the compilation’s fastest track in a bouncing Chicago House inspired cut entitled ‘The Phone Talky’. Tying it all together, Warehouse Raves and ec2a artist Main Phase’s ‘Get Higher’ is a punchy UK garage track complete with thudding 909 kicks, purring bass, fluttering vocals and rave stabs.

PRE-ORDER LINK

PREMIERE : Sentient State - 4 Tha Freaks

One hour Radio Show for Montez Press Radio, New York 
Aired 25.06.2020

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INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/steve-rachmad/

Dutch producer @steverachmad turns in a no-holds-barred live set under his Sterac guise recorded at a small Sunday party at Razzmatazz club in Barcelona from November 2019.

IA MIX SERIES

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IA MIX 335 Steve Rachmad

Two musical veterans team up for an installment in the Coloring Lessons Mix Series.

Levon Vincent

Levon Vincent has been producing records for nearly two decades, starting in Manhattan, New York. His music taste and processes were shaped by early ’90s house music and the energy that surrounded him in places like the Lower East side and Alphabet city. The explosion of music sampling in the ’80s informed his processes and, influenced by the elder producers in his orbit, he began his own experiments using an Ensoniq EPS-1, one of the first few affordable samplers on the market. He released his debut EP, No More Heros, in 2002 via his own More Music NY. Levon also founded the label Novel Sound. 

Eric Maltz

Eric Maltz is an electronic music producer from New York City, now based in Berlin. A multi-instrumentalist with a degree in Studio Composition, Eric Maltz was raised a trained pianist, now turned synthesist. With an ear for the improvised and experimental, he runs the label Flower Myth, a platform where he curates and produces the muzine Acoustic Jaguar.

Eric has releases on Possible Futures, Midnight Themes, Novel Sound, and Flower Myth, and has brought his live performance to Berlin Atonal, Tresor, and Cashmere Radio.

Follow Levon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levon_vincent/?hl=en

Follow Eric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericmaltzmusic/?hl=en

If you are in the position to do so, Levon and Eric would like any donations sent to ActBlue Charities: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 019: Levon Vincent & Eric Maltz

Back to normal schedule and today we welcome @mamasnake. A DJ, founder and owner of the mixed media arts label Amniote Editions and junior doctor operating out of Copenhagen, who’s bringing her viperine sounds all around the globe. Her love of melodic, warm and fast paced sounds has secured a steady following in the world of electronic music.

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Not one to shout too loud or make a scene, Eric Cloutier is a resilient disc jockey and producer who perhaps represents techno and its truth in the most humanistic and humble of senses.

For many years he has worked tirelessly perfecting his craft and for anyone who has witnessed him dj, they will know that the intricacy, dedication and commitment is meticulous. 

His sets are free roaming, fast paced and wild. They are designed to encourage as much provocative thought as they are to move the feet and sound best played loudly beneath the cloak of darkness.

This special mix which he has recorded for us is no exception to that. A pensive, beat juggling affair which blurs the lines between techno, IDM and dub. It's a real treat and we are humbled and delighted to be able to feature him as part of our Ransom Note mix series.

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Eric Cloutier: Brainsurgery Beat Science Mix

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