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Beyond / Below B8 by Ali Wade of @frequency-domain. Received July 2021.
Photo by Ali

"I recorded this mix at home in London over a sultry July weekend. It starts with one of my favourite Jon Hassell tracks, 'Blues Nile', a piece he dedicated to his beloved dog. Hassell was an absolute master of gauzy, hypnotic music - rest in peace and thanks from my heart.

The photo I took some years back near Cape Tribulation in northeast Queensland, moments before I was chased through the rainforest by a six-foot cassowary."

Jon Hassell - Blues Nile (Lovely Music)
Marja Ahti - Coastal Inversion (Hallow Ground)
Tuluum Shimmering - Ulau Tau (Aguirre Records)
Imaginary Softwoods - Innerglow Portal​/​Aqua Drawer Lamp (Imaginary Softwoods)
Atoris - Atan (Jj funhouse)
The Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings Part 1 (Astral Industries)
Porn Sword Tobacco - Untitled (Acido)
Andrew Pekler - Humidity Index / Khao Sok (Chopped And Screwed) (Faitiche)
Imaginary Softwoods - Portable Void (Imaginary Softwoods)
Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina - Hula Om (Cramps Records)
Marja Ahti - Chora (Hallow Ground)
Bass Clef - Intergalactic Biodomes (Wrong Speed Records)
Valentina Magaletti & Marlene Ribeiro – Due Matte (Commando Vanessa)
Kilchhofer Anklin - Tal (Marionette)
Polypores - Gargantuan Part 1 (Frequency Domain)
Papiro - Romeo on the Beach (Marionette)
Datassette - Crystal Drool (unreleased)
Don Cherry - Nana's Solo (Black Sweat Records)
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - LesLang (Faitiche)

B8. Ali Wade

BEFORE,DURING and AFTER

RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2022

Note: Orders that include a PRE-ORDER title will be consolidated and shipped together when the last pre-order title is in stock. Contact us to make other arrangements.

Musique Plastique and Séance Centre are proud to present Jacques Charlier’s “Art In Another Way”, a 45RPM double LP compilation of the Belgian multi-disciplinary artist’s inimitable chanson regressive recordings from the 1980s.

Throughout a long career in the visual arts, Jacques Charlier has maintained a multi-disciplinary approach that includes forays in poetry, underground comics, acting, filmmaking and music. Besides performing with his punk group Terril (sadly, never recorded), Charlier took inspiration from the minimalist sounds of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, La MonteYoung, John Cage, and Meredith Monk. Throughout the 1970s he performed psychoacoustic pieces in Liège, Antwerp, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Milan and Düsseldorf, and in the astounding performance art video Desperados Music, filmed by Paul Paquay for Belgian television. Charlier hit a creative stride in the 1980s — armed only with a synth, drum machine, fuzz box, and his custom guitar, with occasional duets with vocalist Martine Doutreleau. He recorded a trove of proto-pop tunes which he self-released on three cassettes (Musique Regressive, Chansons Idiotes and Chansons Tristes) between 1984–1987.

“Art In Another Way” collects selections from these tapes, in addition to an ample supply of previously unreleased material, all mixed and mastered from Charlier’s original 4-track recordings for a wide angle view of his creative range. From the proto-house rhythm of “Jingle – Crepuscule”, to the minimal EBM experiment “Top” and Art Of Noise- inspired “PassingTime”. There are certain resonances within the catalogs of Belgian labels Crammed Discs and Les Disques Du Crépuscule, yet even with these genre-bending precedents, Charlier’s music is idiosyncratic and visionary to the extreme. Accompanying the release is a postcard featuring a behind-the-scenes performance photo and visual score by Charlier.

RIYL: Flying Lizards, Y Records, Young Marble Giants, Ashra, Naffi, Tuxedomoon, Aksak Maboul

Tracklist:

A1. Jingle - Crepuscule (3:09)
A2. L'Amour Dans Les Chansons (5:52)
A3. Samba (4:38)

B1. Vampirella (4:48)
B2. Perki Show (3:36)
B3. Check Up (4:55)

C1. L’Aube (3:09)
C2. L’Hésitation (4:45)
C3. Top (6:05)

D1. Passing Time (1:45)
D2. Tout Va Bien (4:35)
D3. Un Chat Dans Mon Lit (5:32)
D4. Morning (2:21)
D5. End of W.E. (1:39)
*Le Rockeur de Metro (3:28) - Digital Bonus Track

Purchase physical vinyl: 
https://www.seance-centre.com/shop/jacques-charlier-art-in-another-way

Purchase digital on Bandcamp: 
https://jacquescharlier.bandcamp.com/album/art-in-another-way

Release by Musique Plastique & Séance Centre
MP010/28SC

Art in Another Way (28SC/MP009)

Jacques Charlier - Top (MP010/28SC)

Brian Not Brian is a man of many stories, I enjoy someone with many stories. In the short time I've been in his presence I have been given countless facts, stories and been spread a wide variety of the musical encyclopedia to which of chapter's I didn't even know existed. Brian is a man who lives and breaths this industry, from digging in the furthest crates in the vast corners of the world reissuing never before seen or forgotten gems on his Midnight Drive, or more noticeably to finding some of the most interesting new talents coming up via Going Good. 
On top of all this he's an excellent DJ, a skill which has seen him play worldwide alongside underground greats like DJ Sotofett and Hashman Deejay to name a few. For his Off The Record Brian brings us on deep dive of various club sounds in house, disco and more. So get your pint of Guinness and have a quick once over of the chat we had with the man emself here:

Off The Record Mix Series 34: Brian Not Brian

@warehousepreservation is back representing L.A. this month with a very special guest: DJ Kerry.

A nice interview in Kerry's living room that hosts monthly events in the bassement for the underground scene in L.A. 

Born in Vietnam and raised in Seattle, Kerry's life story involves crazy digging experiences since the age of 8 years old.

We'll let you savour this amazing mixtape at 2PM (CET).

LYNX U.S.A. 005 - Warehouse Preservation Society w/ DJ Kerry

I Monster - Daydream In Blue

Have you ever experienced a feeling as if time slows down during the cold winter days? When each moment seems drawn out and the bitter chill in the air slows your movements and routine. This feeling is captured in this musical mixtape, with stretched out downtempo tracks that give you an icy chill. However, the longer you listen and embrace the cold, the deeper its warmth will affect you. It builds gradually, like your courage would on a cold winter day, encouraging you to go outside once the sun and its icy reflection hit you. Finally, as the mix comes to an end and the sun sets, stars still twinkle with distant magic, always promising the return of light tomorrow.

The love for music that Sander Emil possesses manifests itself in many different areas. For years, he has been pushing soulful sounds by organizing Blauwdruk and helping to set up the local radio station, which has grown into the force that is Open Source Radio today. More recently, he has been co-producing electro & house and even a disco edit that have caught our attention lately. 

But most of all, his love for music shines through when he plays his finds for anyone who wants to dance. As a DJ, Sander passionately searches for unknown gems that move, captivate, and intrigue. With a keen ear for rhythm, deep, and euphoric tracks, Sander can take you on a real trip. And that's exactly what he did with this mix, except this time in an extremely slowed-down fashion.

Sticky Tapes is a seasonal mixtape series. Four times a year we ask our favourite selectors to compile a mixtape in the ambiance of the seasons.

Sticky Tapes 14 - Winter - Sander Emil

20 Years ago I was armed with two turntables, MTX mixer and a tape deck. Those days were my informative years, the deep days. I remembered I made a mixtape when i was 20 in "97" I probably only made three of them and if anyone had that tape it would be Kevin - DJ Phizyx. Recently I reached out to him and he had it! I said wow and he said yeah man i will send it over. The next day I got an email and he made this dope cover for it! Very fitting for the time. Thank you

Brown Acid Mix

SKYLAX 117 - A.DJ Sprinkles presents K-S.H.E "Crosstown"

Perpetual Sounds With Fred P . (Archived Sessions 1)

Late Vibing @Tracks on 8. Mixed by Todd Modes

Cosmic Handshakes E.P. The Delicate Details M1 Sessions #6

by Todd Modes & Dial81

Todd Modes & Dial81 (Cosmic Handshakes) EP.

Forthcoming on Going Good: 

Going Good pair up, once more, with Detroit's Todd Modes (1/2 of Cosmic Handshakes) for a 4 tracker of discoid motor city music. 

Featuring a plethora of international and local Detroit musical talents and movers (including our very own Tokyo connect - Yoshinori Hayashi), the 'Serpent EP' is not typical of the majority of sonic output from the city. Eschewing techno archetypes and operating within a distinctly 'live' group scenario, Modes and his crew offer us an organic 4 tracker steeped in ritualistic studio jamming and mixing, explosive live percussion, whispered chants and vocals, heavy dub stylings and jazz infused keys work graced with blasts of skilful saxophone and a feeling of hazy smoked out groove that only a lifetime of digging $1 thrift store disco not disco 12"s and basement mixing sessions can lead to.

TRACKLIST: 
A1 - Serpent
A2 - Rain Rituals 
B1 - Time Layers 
B2 - Shedding Skin

Release date: December 2020 / January 2021 TBC. 
Distributed worldwide exclusively by: GGHQ Distro. 
Info: goinggoodrecords@gmail.com

GOOD-16: Todd Modes 'Serpent EP' (Snippets)

Mixed from St. Petersburg by @mishasultan

Misha Sultan, a musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer originally from Novosibirsk, now based in St. Petersburg, has recorded an hour of healing ambient landscapes and improvised exoticism.

 By the end of last year, Misha released his first solo album «The Red Fern Road» on the @@digrecs label, which is perceived as one big adventure consisting of field recordings and improvisations.

«I finished this mix at the beginning of winter and it turned out to be a little melancholic and even in some moments nostalgic. It contains a lot of music from my friends,  unreleases  and all time favorites.
The most mystical and sad moment is the news of the death of Harold Budd on the day I finished the mix. His beautiful track opens the mix. RIP Harold Budd».


Tracklist:

Harold Budd - Down The Slopes To The Meadow
Misha Sultan - October
Vague Imaginaires -Louis' Boat
Pavel Milyakov - January
Mårble - Bilbao
Rosso Polare - 02 No. 4
Mårble_Vladimir Luchanskiy_Misha Sultan - Peace
Pan•American - Both Ends Fixed
Kolya Dykhne - Tezeta
Dyad - 2020August
AFR - Rising Sun
Пурпурный Дядя - bülbül (feat. Misha Sultan)
Misha Sultan - The Virgin of the Sun
Minereed - Heavy Air
Aphex Twin - Track #19

Download link:
https://bit.ly/3s6WZzq

Cover art by @pseudo-art-rose
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Todd Modes & Dial81 (Cosmic Handshakes) EP.

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