Name: December 2022 by Tom McCarthy
Duration: 1 h 1 min 57 s
Description: Shuffling dub/ambient and downtempo for your holiday season, mostly old with a bit of new. Enjoy:)

everything is rolling and boiling so good!

For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

Welcome, new and old. Old and new. All walks of life. All waking life. All life yet to wake. (Get woke asap btw).

Every now and then something comes along that really hits a nerve, this is in fact one of those nerve-hitters, another beautiful case of 'nailing the brief’. This is a romantic story of a user-submitted piece of art from someone who just gets ‘it’ (define ‘it’ on your own time). I receive a lot of submissions, and I do take time to listen to them all, and it generally pays off because there’s a surprising amount of people that are passionate about the series (it has reached further than I could ever have hoped).

This submission comes from a Naarm local; DJ Upstairs, aka James. I don’t know much about James but god damn I know one thing and that is his impeccable taste in music. James also keeps busy with contributing to an online magazine and radio station called ‘Frockup’ (hot tip/link below) full of fantastically curated sounds and well constructed word pieces.

Shall we talk about the mix? We shall. 184 minutes of pure bliss, transcending every form of audible pleasure, pulling on all threads of the galaxy, knitted together to form your new favourite jumper to keep you warm throughout winter. From start to finish this incredibly eclectic journey keeps you completely enthralled and entertained, three hours has never felt so …….. short. There’s way too many amazing tracks to pin the highlights (except some lost Van Morrison track that instantly transported me back to my childhood / Bless up). You can almost smell the effort that went into this, a labour of love that has really paid off. I’ve listened to it at least once a week, I just came back from a big camping trip in NT and it was the family favourite by a long shot. A perfect soundtrack to a long drive to no particular destination.


Stay up. X

his sounds/stuff >>>>

https://soundcloud.com/upstairsdj

http://www.frockup.com.au/

https://soundcloud.com/frockup

FHUO # 56 // DJ Upstairs

During summer lockdown 2021, it was forbidden to have dancing at parties. And so when exemplary north-east London record shop Hidden Sounds asked me to DJ at a sitting-down event, it seemed like the perfect workaround, and a wonderful excuse to explore some deep corners of my record collection. 
Think blankets, incense, rugs, chess, cushions, fungi, tea and 50 people laying around in a cosy space for a psychedelic, horizontal, evening listening session - pure bliss!
Here is the whole thing.
Www.hiddensounds.co.uk

Shroom Sessions at Hidden Sounds August 6 2021

https://soundcloud.com/dynamo-dreesen
https://soundcloud.com/finn_johannsen

TASCAM DR-40

2022-12-03 Live At SUED Release Party (Dynamo Dreesen, Finn Johannsen, SVN)

‘For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

The stupid season approaches with much haste, Bublè is being defrosted as we speak, Mariah is on her way back to earth, the turkeys are scared and Santa is shitting himself. Don’t forget the good that comes with all of it, I.e time off work, being too full for days on end, and that first dip in a cold body of water on a hot day. Amongst all the chaos, it's very important to take some time to completely wind down and zone out. To help with such a thing we’re going to let Acid Chess Club aka Benji aka the mayor of Melbourne take the wheel and drive for the next 5 hours (no destination required). 

You ever meet someone and just be like “damn, this cat knows what’s up!” Well, that’s how I felt when I met Benji, and I'm certain I'm not alone. If/when some extraterrestrial beings finally come to this god-forsaken planet, I'm gonna vote to put Benji forward to be the first contact and show em around town. I reckon they’re not too far away after hearing this mix… A smile that’s better than a hug, and a hug that’s better than a tray of perfectly roasted potatoes. Music is his game, in all forms, and he knows it inside and out; Responsible for all types of conceptual avenues to enjoy music, including various jaunts into the hosting realm under the umbrella of Crate Mates, Chewin The Fat, and Tesselate, all whilst having a firm grip on the DJ’ing thing and playing in the band San Of The Rambutan (TIP!) A man of much know-how and he’s only getting started. 

Hmmmmmm, damn, where to start? It’d probably be quicker to go through the bases that aren’t covered in this masterpiece, but I won’t. This is a big mountain to climb, but a stunning one at that. The scenery, the serenity, the flora and the fauna are all beautifully captured. Completely chock full of picturesque backdrops and stunning saturations, it reminds me of an album of photo highlights from the best trip you’ve ever had, a soundtracked slide show if you will. Every picture is worth a thousand notes, each one adding to the overarching narrative. Benji has done this series justice tenfold, in doing so making me even prouder to present such a thing. So without further adieu, chuck on your Solomons, fill up your butter sessions water bottle, and go conquer this beast. 

With love. X

His sounds >>>> https://soundcloud.com/acidchessclub

FHUO # 77 // Acid Chess Club

Shuffling dub/ambient and downtempo for your holiday season, mostly old with a bit of new. Enjoy:)

December 2022

Recording of my set at Club Cosmos in Leeds....a special place with a special vibe in an old re-purposed mill....super chilled with people lying around on beanbags, tons of dry ice and lovely kaleidoscopic oil slide projections on every wall. Space IS the place!

Oh and set was recorded using vinyl, USB and Ableton Live...a real mish mash of formats!

Follow @clubcosmos and if you're in Leeds....go there!

GK Machine @ Club Cosmos, Leeds (26.02.23)

One of our longest serving staff members @AlexEgan serves up the 13th mix in our Friends & Family series. The set features 60 tracks across 4+ hours and is the first to be filmed live.

Alex currently works part-time behind the scenes on Phonica’s labels and full-time in production for @Ninja-Tune. He also runs a handful of his own labels including @U-t-t-e-r.

This mix has been a very, very long time coming…!

Interview, tracklist and video of the entire set: http://offtherecord.net/phonica-friends-family-mix-series-13alex-egan/

Phonica Friends & Family Mix Series 13: Alex Egan

Nowadays’ DJ G is joined by Salon Des Amateur icon and Offen Music boss, Vladimir Ivkovic.

https://www.instagram.com/vladimir_ivkovic

DJ G and Vladimir Ivkovic @ The Lot Radio 05-01-2023

Live recording from BUKA, Milan 08.07.23
Mix of the day on @resident-advisor: https://ra.co/news/79329

Alicia Carrera @ BUKA live DJ set 08.07.23

@aliciacarrera has been quietly working away in the underground for a number of years. She is Barcelona based after a spell in Berlin, and is a multi-disciplinary talent who works as a graphic artist, photographer and editorial designer all while managing the cult Hivern Discs label and (in other times) spinning weird and wonderful DJ sets all round Europe. She has a penchant for sounds that come from opposite ends of the spectrum - colourful and psychedelic, dark and experimental, slow and cosmic or more hard and techno - and hearing her join these up is always a thing to behold, as are her radio shows for the likes of NTS Radio amongst others.

This week, no doubt mindful of the fact many of us are spending most of our time at home, she takes on a far-flung journey through mid tempo grooves and cinematic sounds. It's a mind-expanding trip that opens with worldly ambiance and takes you through a number of wide open spaces littered with sombre trumpets, gently tumbling jazz drums and cosmic drones. It's pensive and absorbing as it slowly shifts through the gears, and is a perfect catalyst for escapism.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 306 - Alicia Carrera

The last mix of 2020 comes from Jonah Sharp (@reflecto), electronic mainstay and part of 'Virtual Dreams' as Space Time Continuum. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Welcome to the series Jonah. Originally from Edinburgh, San Francisco resident since 1992, do you still live in San Francisco?

JS: Actually I recently just moved back to SF after spending most of 2020 in the UK. I had planned to be in Europe for an extended break from the US but Covid saw an end to that and my plans had to change. I miss British and European culture. I have family and friends there so I intend to be back over as soon as I can!

MFM: According to your discography the majority of your output started to shape up right after you moved abroad, in '91. How would you explain this creative outburst? 

JS: Before I arrived in San Francisco i was still figuring out how to produce the music that I wanted to make so when I got here I started to collect gear in earnest - it was a little moment in time when most people thought analog synths and drums sounded shit so I managed to find a TR-909 for $150, a Roland SH101 at the flea market and so on. So yes, suddenly having some decent gear and fun gigs to play was very inspiring! I did feel a kind of creative freedom being so far from South London and the pressures of living there as an artist. SF in the 90’s was very affordable for artists and it gave us the freedom to really focus on the music.
 
MFM: You started your own label Reflective in '93 and had quite a busy release schedule, especially during '95/'96, before it suddenly seemed to stop right after. What happened? 

JS: I started Reflective in '93, the year my first son was born. Flurescence EP was my first solo release and it got noticed around the world so that enabled me to keep putting releases out. With the momentum of the Terence McKenna collab album, things were going pretty well. But what we found was that even though there are lots of amazing labels in the US, it was actually pretty hard to sell them domestically so most of our stock was exported to Europe and Japan. We ended up pressing in the UK and running the label from SF and that presented problems so I had to put the release schedule on hold. At that time I had also signed a deal with Astralwerks so had contractual obligations to deliver albums and tour. It was a very busy time and by 1997 when our second son was born we decided to take a hiatus from the label. Not to say the label is gone forever though!
 
MFM: Flurescence, now found its way to the Virtual Dreams compilation, almost 30 years later. How does it feel that your older music is being re-released and rediscovered by newer generations?

JS: I am very happy and honored to be part of the Virtual Dreams compilation. Yes, there seems to be a bit of attention for this time period of electronic music at the moment, and the chill out thing in general. With so many online resources, everything is discoverable by anyone so all those tiny labels like Reflective that were putting out small runs of 1000 records (that was a small run then) are maybe enjoying some retroactive attention now. 
 
MFM: Does this new interest change your motivation and/or inspiration in the studio maybe?

JS: I follow my own interests and direction when it comes to making music but reaching new audiences has to gratify the artist whose work was made for sharing. My development as an electronic musician has come through thirty years of studio experimentation, initially with hardware and then incorporating digital software. When I made Fluorescence in 1993 there was no computer in my studio, but by the early 2000s San Francisco was the epicenter of computer innovation, people like my friend Josh Clayton were writing amazing software and so I went off on a long exploratory trip to integrate digital technology both in my studio and in my live rig. My aim right now in the studio is the same as always: make sounds and keep the good ones.

December 2022

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