@mongtong [ 夢東 ] Taiwan

Unreleased & Untitled tracks by Mong Tong

Mong Tong 兄弟3人組，他們聽著電子琴音樂、電玩配樂和迷幻搖滾長大。從民間傳說到外星人為題材，創作自稱的「迷信音樂」。

Mong Tong are brothers Hom Yu, Jiun Chi and 仝. They listened to what they describe as “Dianziqin music” along with video game soundtracks and psychedelic music. 

These inspirations combine with Taiwanese folklore and a love of conspiracy theories to form what they describe as “superstitious music.”

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UN #66 Mong Tong 夢東

“A mixtape of unreleased music and a few collaborations with friends which I thought would be a perfect mix for a Monday listen.”

KMRU, also known as Joseph Kamaru, is a sound artist originally from Nairobi and currently based in Berlin. He explores sound to convey various interpretations in his work, drawing from his listening experiences in Nairobi and beyond and grounded in the discourse of field recording, noise, and sound art.

Working under the guidance of Jasmine Guffund at Berlin’s Universität der Künste (better known as UDK), KMRU looked at waveforms and embarked on a process where he would “write scores from the shapes, gradually turning the scores into raw synth sounds.”
 

Kamaru’s ambient-experimental music has taken him to the Barbican, Berlin Atonal, Présences
électronique, and seen releases on Editions Mego, Subtext, Seil Records.

His new LP ‘Dissolution Grip,’ released on his OFNOT imprint, marks a shift in his approach, blending field recordings with synthesized sounds, hinting at his evolving musical direction.

With all that in mind, we thought we’d ask Kamaru to put us together this week’s mixtape for a Monday… let’s get stuck in.

@kamarujoseph

INTERVIEW

KMRU - The Ransom Note 'Monday Is OK' Mixtape

Jaywalking with Yumi @ The Lot Radio 02-19-2024

Warming up with Slowfoam

Opening our October edition of A NEW WAVE - Slowfoam's place for introductory ambient sonics certainly found itself here, helping raise the curtain on a Winter edition that welcomed in the warmer sounds for the colder months. A certain tastemaker and selector at large, enjoy the first movements of Slowfoam's inagural Absurd Lustre set.

Event: https://ra.co/events/1752085

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/6862620-slowfoam
Bandcamp: https://slowfoam.bandcamp.com/album/worlding-with-earth

ALxFW: Slowfoam (01.10.23)

A season finale closing set from @keinblume at large

Having physically installed her Format Wars Records shop upstairs at arkaoda Berlin for four months straight as part of A NEW WAVE - all roads for this finale edition of Absurd Lustre x Format Wars in essence led to this set.  

Befitting the moment to fulfil the space after Woody92 and Timnah Sommerfeldft - this recording is an impassioned take that runs its course through not only a year that was, but an epic poster campaign and an electrifying journey of sonic exploration and emotional release.

Event: https://ra.co/events/1752087
Format Wars: https://www.formatwarsrecords.com
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/user/formatwarsrecords

ALxFW: Blume (17.12.23)

For this month’s show @djwiggles was joined by the wonderful @basicchanel for 2 hours of deep trippers. 

Some super special guests also dropped by the studio for the second hour - @max_q_ldn @theotheorist + @beatricemasters 🌀

music from the likes of ~ Dayzero, teqmun, tano, konduku, al wootton, big hands + more

kinetic w / Dj wiggles & basic chanel | netil radio, apr 24

Nick Malkin hosts Post-Geography, featuring ambient and atmospheric selections, live from the NTS studio in L.A.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography/episodes/post-geography-17th-may-2024

Post-Geography w/ n9oc 170524

i composed an ambient track, i recorded Lehna on guitar, his style is half oriental half psychedelic, then i recorded my violin and Indian flute. the track is peaceful, happy, open horizon with an deep oriental touch

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Sahoti (feat Lehna)

original music composed for the play:
"Il grande inquisitore e altre parabole"
by Fabrizio Sinisi
directed by Silvia Rigon

production:
ERT - Emilia Romagna Teatro
2021

Il Grande Inquisitore

Buy on Bandcamp

Uomo ridicolo

A new experience in the electronic music style of the late 1970s

05 Transformer Station

I visited Pikes in Ibiza and played a set of the music that inspired my Bed Wetter album, as well as the sounds that are informing my ongoing work for Sage Gateshead as their artist in residence for 2020/2021.
I also performed live for the first time, playing some of the early sketches from the performance I'm writing which will debut next year.

You can find the following process diary on instagram which I'm using to currently document the process of making a live experimental performance, and where I'm detailing things like learning about working with symphony's as well as listing information on the influences that are informing my work.

instagram.com/bedwettermusic

 - Geoffrey JL Kirkwood



You can learn more about Sage by visiting https://sagegateshead.com/

and you can learn more about Pikes at https://pikesibiza.com/


I'd especially like to thank Mark Broadbent for all of his support and his hospitality in making this appearance happen.

"Bed Wetter" at Pikes Ibiza. Influences DJ Set & Live Performance 19.09.20

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