Enigmatic Japanese producer Shinichi Atobe evokes a range of sensations in his music that few others can. Whether he's listened to in headphones on a long journey, on the sofa on a lazy Sunday, deep into an afters or during a peak time reprieve, the rich, vivid strokes of his heady work has equal power to relax, heal, move, energise, envelop and flaw. 

Another scholar of patient tension-building in electronic music, Prins Thomas included Atobe in the footnote homage of his sixth album, alongside luminaries from all sounds and ages. As a mark of how much Atobe's work has impacted on his own, Thomas has paid tribute with an hour mix.

Read a mini-essay from Thomas: http://www.stampthewax.com/2019/04/16/praise-you-a-shinichi-atobe-tribute-mix-by-prins-thomas/

Praise You: a Shinichi Atobe tribute mix by Prins Thomas

Tokyo's @sapphire-slows has her own distinctive aesthetic. The music she makes is ghostly and delicate, eerie yet beautiful. The multi-talented artist plays her own synths and keys and layers her own beautiful vocal drones into her tracks to lend them extra intimacy. This of course means she has toured extensively and released on labels such as Japan's Big Love, Greece's Nous and LA's Not Not Fun/100% Silk. Despite often making and playing music with the brain cleansing purity demonstrated on 2017 album Time, Sapphire Slows can also do more caustic and mechanical sounds, as on 2014's Allegoria LP.

This week's mix explores a melancholic and introspective mood, but it is never dark. A range of mid-tempo rhythms set the tempo. Sometimes they're dubby and linear, at others more bubbling and off-grid, while the synths above glow like fireflies or glisten like knives in the sun. Organic bird calls float above hyper-real synthetic textures and the overall effect is to cocoon you in suspensory and meditative sound that feels out of this world.

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5ive of Cos/Mes, a long time friend and source of inspiration! We first stumbled upon his music back in them MySpace-days when we flew over to Tokyo the hang out in his Sadistic Skatepark. This time he gave us a mix of different field recordings, that gives us a glimpse of dance floors, dj booths, streets, bars, markets, shores and after hours from around the globe. 

When listening to this , what first came to my mind were some deep down inside childhood memories. From when my parentes were throwing parties and me hanging out under a table listening to the music and the grown ups chatting, drinking and smoking. So put on some headphones close your eyes and get with the program! /Sling

BORN FREE Radio - 18 - 5ive (Cos/Mes)

Our 700th podcast is a masterclass in entrancing grooves.

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=700

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余ったものを後で皆に分けようと思っていただけなのに、すっかり忘れていた。

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ーーーー なんともいえない発酵した匂いと、複雑な味！

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Coming in from across the ocean it's our pal DJ D.Dee (@derekdee) with his 'Sounds From The Patio, For The Patio' mix. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Dee, great to have you on board! Living in Vancouver since 10+ years, could you name some of the city's most relevant cultural changes? 

DD: Happy to be here! Hmm, tough one. I’d say the biggest one for me has been the natural growth and progression of the underground scene. When I was first introduced to the scene here it was quite small and consisted of a dedicated core of like-minded individuals with a penchant for deeper music. Since then it’s grown and grown and there’s scenes within scenes and it feels like there’s more of a place for everybody to do their thing, which is nice. Then again, it may have always been this way and I just didn’t notice, scenes are so subjective and everyone here tends to live in their own little bubble. It can be quite an isolating place, especially in the winter months.

MFM: You've been running Pacific Rhythm since 7 years, did you expect/plan it to be where it is now?

DD: Honestly I’m still figuring it all out and learning along the way. When we started we only put out a record once a year and this year it’s looking like we’ll put out at least 6. I’m very grateful to have so many other friends who run labels now, when we first started I didn’t really have anyone to go to for advice that wasn’t also learning the ropes themselves. It’s a tricky industry to navigate, especially from Vancouver where you’re so far away from the manufacturing, distribution process, and frankly most of the places that actually stock your releases. People really aren’t buying records like they used to and honestly I feel like the whole process of creating them is a bit archaic and convoluted. Pacific Rhythm will always produce physical artifacts because I think that’s important but I could see us drifting away from producing vinyl in the long-term. The reality is there are so many better ways to share music in the modern world and we’re often all kind of just caught up in this nostalgic haze. 

MFM: What is it like being both a DJ and promotor, and could you share some of your highlights with us? 

DD: To be honest I think way more DJs in North America have to do both if they want to make a living in dance music. There’s way more of a club and festival infrastructure in Europe and in my experience most good events in North America are a lot more DIY and grass roots, especially in underground music. I started being a promoter because there weren’t really other people around that were interested in the kind of music I wanted to hear and I’ll likely continue being a promoter for that same reason until I inevitably age out of the scene and focus on something more daytime oriented. I just got home from touring Australia and that was really something special. They have such a well developed scene down there and a lot of really open minded dancers, very refreshing! Big love to Mike (Planet Trip) and Jamie (Crown Ruler). Most recently I’ve got my US visa and I’m looking forward to playing more there. I’m also planning on spending the bulk of the summer in Europe and have some interesting dates scheduled here. Truthfully though! Who knows. I think our scene is going to go through some major changes post Covid-19 and things may not normalize for quite some time.

MFM: What can you tell about the mix?

DD: I’ve been asked to self-quarantine for two weeks by the Canadian government and this mix was recorded smack dab in the middle of it. I’ve been pretty deep in the self-reflection zone and doing a whole lot of the “deep listening” thing. I wanted to record something to help people pass the time and share some new music from friends and toss in some percy’s to round it. The approach was very easy going, not so much mixing, more about trying to let the tracks breath and staying out of the way. 

Stay in mate, it feels great!

MFM Mix 013: DJ D.Dee

here and now

mix recorded in may 2020
photo by janine kühn

Here and Now

Etelin - Been Really Good Today // The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa - Vacuum Blow // Heavenly Music Corporation - Innerdimensional // Newworldaquarium - Levels Halo // James Booth - Locus // Tim Jackiw - Silicon Dream // Tarzana - Gemini Observatory Landingstrip // Ghostride The Drift - Untitled // Claude Young - Gates Of The Afterlife // Trans-4M - Amma // Modulator - Timmy’s Trance // INTe*ra - Aqueduct A 697 // Tim Taylor & Damon Wild - Lazer Worshippers

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BIS Radio Show #1055 with Khotin

For our second installment of the Musik Mix series we are joined by 5ive from japan and Samo from Sweden in a remote joint effort.
Tupplur simply means - to take a nap in swedish. 
Taking an afternoon nap is happiness!

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