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Concept In Practice

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Mastering by @lastrackqlf

"The influence and presence of trap and rap in dance/experimental is obviously massive, and the lines between genres are more blurred than ever. HAJJ, however, says this is a recent thing; “I find that the electronic scene in France is just starting to encourage the integration of this culture. Not so long ago people insulted me when I played rap/trap in my sets.”

The underpinning idea for this compilation brought electronic producers not explicitly of that world to unpick whatever boundaries remain and contribute tracks for a mixtape – while a few of the artists are more obviously ready to “play the game” and already make music which exists pretty close to this horizon, this has been a challenge to think creatively for a few of the other artists invited."
Elliot Stevens for Ifonly

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SSIEGE - Corpo Libero

Social Anxiety

Cairo-based experimentalist @rami-abadir leans further into themes of vocal manipulation following his Genot Centre debut.

Read more: https://ifonlyuk.com/concept-in-practice-abadirs-voices-capsule-mix

Tracklist:

Space Afrika - judge
Otro - May You Find Some Comfort Here
Galen Tipton - urskeks (w/ John Object, Junior Astronaut)
Giant Claw - Soft Channel I 
Oneohtrix Point Never - Auto & Allo 
NTsKi - Kung Fu
ABADIR - VI 
Luis Pestana - Sangra
Tim Hecker - Violet Monumental 
Lyra Pramuk - Witness
Arca - Reverie
Amnesia Scanner - AS Aca
Lafawndah - Storm Chaser
Yen Tech - Assembler 
Charli XCX - pink diamond
Tori Amos - Precious Things
Bjork - Pagan Poetry
SOPHIE - Is It Cold In The Water?
MSYLMA x Ismael - Ending Unto Dust
Keru Not Ever - Equilibre De La Terreur
serpentwithfeet - four ethers
SKYLA - EL WA7L 
Patrick Belaga - Grey Eye (w/ Jazmin Romero) 
LEYA - Wave

Concept In Practice: ABADIR's 'Voices Capsule' Mix

SVBKVLT mainstay @nahashisalive demonstrates the considerable breadth of his tastes on this genre-defying blend.

Read more: https://ifonlyuk.com/if-only-podcast-94-nahash

If-Only Podcast #94: Nahash

https://www.nts.live/shows/corin/episodes/corin-7th-february-2022

Corin 070222

https://www.nts.live/shows/ZULI/episodes/ZULI-18th-january-2022

NTS 070 [18th January 2022] Ft Nuri

Dubby and hypnotic, @soreabuk puts rhythm-driven inclinations on a forward tilt for @a_m_radio.

'Perspectives' is out February 25th on Accidental Meetings.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3uIxTLC

Premiere: Soreab - Maranza Percussion Ensemble [Accidental Meetings]

Taken from Zoë Mc Pherson (@zoemcpherson) new EP, Abyss Elixir, out March 15, 2022, via Pendulum Recordings (@pendulumrec)

Read: https://bit.ly/3H2PVe9
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3IaLzDa

For the label's second release, Pendulum Recordings presents Abyss Elixir, a 5 track EP from Berlin based French sound artist and producer Zoë Mc Pherson.

Abyss Elixir is an EP made to self-heal and with a transformative perspective. Using warm low frequencies, Mc Pherson creates a visceral atmosphere that is personal and contemplative, yet the listener is present. At times it feels so intimate that the listener wonders if they should even be there. Are they allowed to be there? Unlike a lot of Zoë Mc Pherson’s releases, there are no collaborations here.

In the artist’s own words:

“The overall tracks are meant for heavy sound systems that are able to hit your heart, but also to be played loud in your headphones while taking time for yourself. The whole EP is an elixir, made to mend, if you are able to allow that space and process what is happening. Whatever the mood, it is full acceptance, strengthening and developing your position, observing what is around you, its history and what changes, as well as what needs to change further.”

Mc Pherson opens the EP with “I Expect Nothing (Straight), a 12 minute moody composition with powerful vocals that are at times sultry and at other times maniacal. Singing “I Expect Nothing,” Mc Pherson’s vocals can quickly turn from soulful and enchanting to hysterically laughing from one moment to the next. The track has a natural groove as the journey builds and layers upon itself. While the entirety of Abyss Elixir is a narrative, “I Expect Nothing” is a composition within itself.

Over the 5 track EP Mc Pherson leads the listener on an introspective journey using dub rhythms, noise and experimental textures, and creeping sub bass. Playful beats juxtapose between moments of darkness and intensity. The EP concludes with the track “Bound To Spill,” a powerful closer that feels like a final purge. By the end, the listener is left to process their own journey and start anew.

Cover photography by Suzy Polin

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Audio Mastering

Released by Pendulum Recordings

Premiere: Zoë Mc Pherson - Sub Town [Pendulum Recordings]

MUBI and NTS affiliate @florencesa takes the reins for our latest Concept In Practice mix!

Between MUBI's ‘Notebook Soundtrack’ mixes and ‘Sounds on Screen’, an ongoing series for NTS, the Berlin-based curator is typically found paying homage and drawing attention to some of finest movie soundtracks around. Here though, Florence’s mix serves as a companion piece to a recent film project; a time capsule of sorts reflecting on that chapter.

“I see this as a mixtape accompaniment put together whilst shooting a film earlier this summer. The film, a diary piece now in the edit, is surrounding my experimentation with the 2 cup manifestation method, or something like that lol… A mix of some of the tunes and words that soundtracked my world during the production and shooting process. A sonic time capsule of sorts, wrapped up with thoughtz, feelz n fun. Featuring classiques, music from heroes, friends and filmic snipetZ of a journey from start 2 finish.” – florence

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Concept In Practice: florence's 'as it comes' Mix

@danielnessmusic bares his soul on new EP ‘Hell Is A Room’. Melding gossamer folkbient and trance euphoria with trace echoes of jungle and garage, the French-Icelandic artist’s latest effort toes a line between optimism and melancholy. 

Representing a departure from more club-focused output, all in favour of placing vocals front and centre, it seems fitting that he’d contribute to our Concept In Practice series with a mix centred around traditional songwriting.

“This mix is an amalgamation of two worlds I hold dearly. It combines traditional songwriting with a range of electronic soundscapes and compositions taking inspiration from ambient, shoegaze, trance and club music. At its core, 'Writers Guild' is a praise to songwriting, moulding songs I grew up on such as Tom Waits, Mugison or Gillian Welch with music from the present. 

Folk music however is at the centre of this mix as it's a beautifully stripped back yet intricate and very communicative world which is an important part of my musical upbringing and has always impacted my own practice. It's vulnerable, melodic, blunt and versatile in its form and an ever-expanding realm that I think shares many similarities to the more-electronic tracks featured. 

'Writers Guild' is a little exploratory trip into how these worlds coexist in my head and an attempt at re-contextualising the timeless efficiency of folk music through the use of resampling, pitching and effects.” – Daniel Ness

'Hell Is A Room' is out now.

Buy it here: bit.ly/3AEObH4

Concept In Practice: Daniel Ness' 'Writers Guild' Mix

Recent @tobago-tracks debutant @canhota leans into nocturnal, dreamlike sensibilities for our Concept In Practice series.

An extension of her TT debut, the Brooklyn-based artist has recorded a mix evocative of nighttime scenes. Like ‘Night Glow’, where smudged r&b nocturnes gave the impression of sleepwalking through an unconscious mind, Swaya’s ‘Cycles of the Night’ mix recalls the blur of city and streetlights from a night bus’ top deck.

“Having spent the last 3 years working in recording studios, night clubs and DJing, I've been reflecting on what it means/how it feels to live a largely nocturnal life. I wanted to bring together music that relates to life at night whether through feeling or sonic and lyrical content to hone in on those experiences. Walking outside at night, dancing deep in the rave or being up late with a lover–these are some of the moments I was thinking of when putting this mix together.” – Swaya

Concept In Practice: Swaya’s 'Cycles Of The Night' Mix

Ahead of returning to @gabbereleganza's @neversleeplife label, our latest mix finds Lizzitsky on an ambient tip.

The British-Venezuelan artist heralds a sophomore release with a contribution to our Concept In Practice series. Where both 2020’s ‘Molto Crudo’ EP and the latest effort, ‘Miasma Jester’, consolidate avant-hardcore tendencies with dirgey electronics and dembow flourishes, his 'On the Verge of a Crisis' mix treads a gentler path.

“A selection of ambient tracks recorded between the end of the Cold War & the 2007-8 financial crisis. Mood: Mille Plateaux, Cuts and Clicks, G3 Macbooks, Affordable Housing, ISDN & Quake III mods.” – Lizzitsky

'Miasma Jester' is out March 17th on Never Sleep.

Pre-order: lizzitsky.bandcamp.com/album/miasma-jester-nsr012

Concept In Practice: Lizzitsky's 'On the Verge of a Crisis' Ambient Mix

@laila-sakini comin' thru with a beautifully meditative mix ahead of performing at Sweden's Intonal Festival.

Sakini’s music is quietly captivating; textured and bewitching, with a pervading sense of plaintive serenity. Each release draws from the same sensuous palette while being a world unto itself. Intimately beautiful and always providing room for personal interpretation.

As expected, the mix goes some distance to emulate those enigmatic, daydream qualities. 

“Performance, life, lights is a mix of warped regal ideas, drama and DIY, hierarchy and performance, context and setting.  

Lavish strings, stage ready pianos and ambitious compositions provide a crystalline opening yet after some twists and turns things eventually devolve into rudimentary components, the basics of life and sound, ending with the most primal instruments - the strings plucked from inside a piano, the  voices of town folk and found percussive home sounds.” – Laila Sakini 

Tracklist: 

Alexander Scriabin - Simple Affections
Francis Plagne - 07
Autumn Fair - The Town Clock
Laila Sakini - Unreleased
William Henry Meung - Airport Song
Mattin -I Could Die
Francis Plagne - 01
Laila Sakini - Ancienne Piano
Laila Sakini - Princess Market
Laila Sakini - 002

Concept In Practice: Laila Sakini's 'Performance, Life, Lights' Mix

ONLY IN YOUR ARMS - KOMPROMAT X IF LOOKS COULD KILL

We 're gonna try something different with this one
This is Scroll of Oblivion
A song about the mindless scrolling
A pursuit to reach braindeath before graduation

Scrolling—
Drifting—
Slipping—
Gone!

Can you hold a thought?
Can you find the thread?
Every touch, another cut
Your focus is dead

Oh mind of glass,
once whole, now cracked,
Each scroll a splinter,
Each swipe – pact

Fragments in your feed
Are seeds that never grow
You chase, you tap, you need
But there's nothing left to know

Endless noise
Inside your head
Can’t disconnect
You scroll instead

How long can you drift?
Before the drift becomes the sea?
How long can you split?
Before there's no more "me"?

We hear it, all of it;
the flicker behind your eyes
let it breathe…
and then let it break

You’re the product.
Not the user!

You forgot to feel.
You forgot to stop.
The scroll never ends...
'Til everything drops.

You Should Have Been There

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Concept In Practice: ABADIR's 'Voices Capsule' Mix

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