Side to Side (Unreleased - Beyond the Moon)

Wanted By You

the glaciers disappear and the chocolate becomes liquid isn’t that a sign?

fun and chocolate

Amsterdam-based DJ Hary Shanthi describes himself as a metaphysial educator; his music is a personal story based on his own experiences.

As well as being part of the Sinchi Collective crew - a blog, label and mix series who represent some of the most exciting underground artists - when Hary isn't completely immersed in music, he works as a climate researcher and scientist in the fields of climate mitigation, zero carbon technologies and energy transition.

We invited him to take control of this week's Wednesday Alternative mix and boy did he deliver! Based around the idea of "if “Nietzsche” was a DJ" channelling his musical four part text “Thus spoke Zarathustra“, Hary uses only tracks composed in minor: the first part harmonic, the second with the use of scales under the Dorian mode, the third using Phrygian mode and the final part utilising the natural/aeolian mode. 

Strap in for a trip like no other...

Hary Shanthi: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Benjamin Fröhlich has struck many chords in the arena of electronic music over the past years: as a DJ, label owner and producer.
He is the co-founder of Permanent Vacation - one of the strongest running labels that has delivered genre-defining hits over the past decade. As such Benjamin Fröhlich has worked together with the household names of the international electronic dance scene. Artists on Permanent Vacation's roster include John Talabot, Todd Terje, Mano Le Tough, Tuff City Kids, Red Axes, Lauer, Koze, Pional and many more.
On top of his dedication to explore and feature rising as well as accomplished artists, Benjamin Fröhlich himself has emerged as a producer of vibrant tracks that are testament to his versatile and compelling approach to club music. His 12 inches, which were well received by DJs and clubbers alike, are accompanied by acclaimed remixes including his Tuff City Kids rework, which made it on Roman Flügel’s Fabric Mix.
Starting out as a record shop owner in his hometown Munich (prior to his PV label work), Benjamin Fröhlich has developed an uplifting style in his DJ sets, which fuses House, Disco and Cosmic into hypnotic and enthusiastic nights. Through his in-depth background, Benjamin Fröhlich passionately combines the unforgettable past and the gripping present with the hits of tomorrow.

https://soundcloud.com/benjamin-fr-hlich-permvac

LAYER #233 | Benjamin Fröhlich

Kiara Scuro was live with Disco Halal’s Autarkic - 2 hours of strung-out ambience, trance and left-field electronica. New music from Mamazu, E.M.M.A, Hivern Discs, Nice Girl and Nummer all coming up.

Kiara Scuro w/ Autarkic - August 2020

art:cast °97 | Jennifer Touch

Stepping into the virtual ring Berlin artist Jennifer Touch knocks you off your feet with her contribution for the art:cast series – a blissful mixture of darker discoid sounds paired with her signature IDM-note and some sweet Acid bleeps, but foremost the multi-talented Jennifer delivers a straight four to the floor mix, or an almost forgotten feeling of club night tales in dark and sweaty rooms. As ecclectic as her productions, and Jennifer spoilt her beloved followers with the release of her Behind the Wall album on Fat Cat as well as a track on Riotvan's Familiar Faces N°. 3 in spring, she now has compiled the soundtrack for your fall-madness. Being more than a homage to a night out, the latest art:cast morever tells the story of skilfully blending music, deep and raw, together still remaining true to her style. 

Artist & label information
Jennifer Touch: www.facebook.com/touch.jennifer // @jennifertouch // www.instagram.com/jennifertouch
Riotvan: www.facebook.com/riotvanevents // @riotvan-family // www.instagram.com/riotvan_family

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art:cast #97 by Jennifer Touch

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art:cast °97 | Jennifer Touch

Thomas Jackson, Hailing from Argentina but currently living somewhere in Mexico, Thomass Jackson it's a musician producer and DJ, as well as the owner of Calypso Records.

Thomass Jackson [Viscera Takeover]

We’re delighted to welcome @AkkanLife as the latest instalment to the Sinchi & Friends series. The Spanish duo consisting of @BeGun and Ocellot  (@discoslagabia) are a production partnership who came together after a magic mushroom psychotropic journey in the Kalahari Desert, which is clearly reflected in their sounds that build upon idiosyncratic / trippy melodies and ethnic rhythms. They are now at the dawn of releasing their debut album on Barcelona’s @Foehn-Records which is coming out on the 4th December (Pre-order available here - https://akkan.lnk.to/AKKAN) . So we caught up with the guys to find out more about the album, their year and more.

Check their full interview via - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/sinchi-friends-103-akkan/

INTERVIEW

Sinchi & Friends 103 - AKKAN

Sinchi Collective crew member “Hary Shanthi” is a  deeply earnest sound designer and a lifelong student who experiments with technology believing in the "Art of Equalization" and "Management of Varied Frequencies" paired with intense attention to the "Art of Crate Digging". He sees DJ’ing as an “Art of Philosophizing”, the objective nature of truth in music and its alleged communication of its meaning to the human consciousness. This investigation is manifested through his personal interpretation of sonically rich enigmatic tracks which lead the dance floor through journeys not spoken but still told.

https://soundcloud.com/haryshanthi

LAYER #251 | Hary Shanthi

@IanBlevins - Air Penguin

Remix by @Chida73

Label - @NotanAnimalRecords

Release Date - 18/12/20

♫ Info + Buy ♫ - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/ianblevins-airpenguin-chidaremix/

The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE - Ian Blevins - Air Penguin (Chida Remix) (Not an Animal)

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