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Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube and futureintelradio.com.

Just Claudia  ╚═ Future Intel  ═╗ 28 07 2023

Proper full-length outing from Naarm quartet and venerable live show Polito! Though prior associations with Butter Sessions have birthed EP’s and compilation appearances, Collapse Phase gathers the most cohesive body of work from the group to date. Self-described as "a meeting of improvised contemporary dance and live improvised techno music, working together to create entrancing performance experiences", the project translates impressively to the long-player format. Holding no pretence with its title, opening cut ‘Chuggalug’ swirls around the stereo field building upon sustained synth warbles with low-key basslines and breaks propelling the track. As the album progresses from the chug into gridlocked, Mills-ian loops and fast, extra-terrestrial sound design (all swinging 909s + decay), we’re also treated to contrasting downtempo acid cuts and dubwise, day-time festival vibes (‘Fortune Teller’). ‘Nine Lines’ layers various patterns in a classy exercise of dancefloor tension building, with an undoubtedly in-the-moment feeling evidencing Polito’s live show foundations. Across the board the group showcase their mastering of a kind of addition/subtraction push and pull, but the varying influences in sound design provide an extra layer of depth to the whole thing and cement the Polito brand. On both ‘Inside The Sphere’ and ‘The Sphere Is Collapsing’, the dreamier, more reflective edges of 90s IDM are given a nod and these two strike as up there with the best on the album. Head for ‘Mercado Waltz’ for a super interesting fusion of loopy techno and modular dubstep. 

Polito is a collaboration between musicians Robert Downie and Finnian Langham, and dancers Arabella Frahn-Starkie and Hillary Goldsmith.

1. Chuggalug
2. Inside The Sphere
3. Fiasco
4. Signal
5. Mercado Waltz
6. Fortune Teller
7. Nine Lines
8. Coming Up For Air
9. The Sphere Is Collapsing

Collapse Phase

Polito - Collapse Phase (BSR039)

Dj set grabado en @operator-radio en Róterdam el pasado 17 de enero del 2024.

I have selected a collection of songs that convey different states, starting with a serene and meditative peace, and gradually moving into moments of uncertainty that interrupt that tranquility, with trippy sounds, sometimes incessant and repetitive and other times with melancholic moments. It's as if we were navigating a labyrinth, looking for a way out, and each path we choose is reflected in the different styles we go through throughout the mix.

Tracklist:
Transmuteo - Cnidarian Sunset
Klaus - Gus
Windowseeker - Z-Travel
Eva Geist - La Ragazza del 6 Giugno
Maara - Plum Plum Paradise
YOZY - And Now Im Lost
Mayurashja - Miyabi Noboru
The Higher Intelligence Agency - Hubble
Naomie Klaus - Network Junkies
Uffe - Pizzica Tarantata n015 (rework)
Bergsonist - Inside the System
Muslimgauze - A Small Intricate Box, Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan
RIP Swirl - Love Song
Laurie Anderson - Speak my Language 
Šventinis Bankuchenas - Baudu bauduzé
Deradoorian - Dali's Elephant Caravan Melting Desert
Inre Kretsen Grupp - Oss
Inga Copeland - Because I'm Worth It
soFa elsewhere - The Dices
Moin - Melon

Baldman || Operator Radio || 17.01.2024

What are the songs you want to be played at your funeral and why?
Luis Felipe Farfán explores life, death and the hidden fun in planning one's funeral. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/the-last-playlist/episodes/the-last-playlist-24th-january-2024

The Last Playlist - Juan Mendez: In Memoriam 240124

Jason's World - Jacques Satre [25.01.24]

Thumb is a Ngunnawal and Ngambri based DJ with a deep appreciation for more interesting dance floor oriented music and innovative sound design. A co-founder and one of the heads behind Ngunnawal and Ngambri based record label FITT Tek Records (@fitttek), he has toiled behind the scenes and in front for years in the local scene, playing and hosting parties, and becoming a well known face around town.
Here we are provided with an almighty 100 minute blend of breaks, dubs, wubs and IDM glitches. Moving effortlessly from high energy dancey freak outs to contemplative dubby space outs.

Tracklist:
Swampy - Dregs
makeout - Special Guest DJ
Treasure - Froid Dub
Submarine (feat. Narpi) - Amarou
Liquid Rats (Environment Mix) - DJ RELAX
Through Glass - Freda
Dobe - Nummer
Sunday Slo - Roza Terenzi
Get Back To You Soon - D. Tiffany
Pride 2019 - MDA Analog
Fern - Fred & Jackson
Development (Imposter Syndrome Mix) - DJ RELAX
SYNC 2 - Hugh B
In Opposite Reality - Noda & Wolfers
Uneasy - Dregs
Run (Babe Roots Remix) - Another Channel, Babe Roots
Dub It Naturally - Froid Dub
Bookaar Dub - OK EG
Stealth - LOIF
Indx - Homelander
Filtered Contact - Slow83
Ember - OK EG
Plunge - LOIF
Hualien - Valentino Mora
Minus - Homelander
Night Prime - Kasra V
Bound By The Not Yet - cypha
Solaristics - Homelander
Sequence 2 - cypha
Vesper - Kasra V
Cy-1er - cypha
First Breath - Tangerine
BADDIE - VOOCOO
Embrace My Young And Whole New Shoots - cypha
A Great Pink Thing - Max Sturm

Chalkboard TT #008 - Thumb

Kitsta is live in the studio until 11pm bringing you high energy tunes to keep the Friday night vibes going

Kitsta - 22/03/24 - [Voices Radio]

Forget the club; enter the ceremony. Fértil Discos beckons you through a new portal, “Fértil Club,” a new series curated by DJ Nim through which the heartbeat of ancient South America meets the pulse of the future. The inaugural transmission arrives from Pawkarmayta, a solo project of Peruvian artist Anthony Paucarmayta. His album, “Aramu” (Serpent of the Andes), is a nine-track ceremonial voyage composed in C minor, a rich and expressive key known for creating music with a strong emotional impact, which can influence a listener's mood and state of mind. Crafted during the pandemic's silence, the work draws from Paucarmayta’s dedication to sound healing and his vast archive of Peru's auditory landscapes – forest winds, flowing water, and avian conversations collected over decades. Rooted in his classical training from Cusco, the music weaves ceremonial tradition with electronic minimalism, transforming field recordings into a potent medicine for the mind and a vessel for escape.

Premiered here, AWKA unfolds as a deep, percussive meditation anthem. A low, steady BPM anchors the atmosphere, over which soft, resonant vocal hooks emerge, enveloped by an ethereal, phantasmagoric layer of airy vocals that float like a spectral choir through the mix. The result is a profoundly hypnotic soundscape – a slow-burning fusion of rhythm and aura that feels both ancient and transcendent, embodying the album's ceremonial purpose through its serpentine, undulating flow.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://fertildiscos.bandcamp.com/

Follow @pawkarmayta and @fertildiscos, peeps!

PREMIERE809 // Pawkarmayta - AWKA

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Record label, events and mix series based in Ngunnawal/ Canberra. 

Chalkboard TT, every Wednesday 12:00AEST.

Chalkboard TT #008 - Thumb

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