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Fresh from Stochastic Drift, Barker’s buzzing second album named Bleep Record of the Month alongside an exclusive 12”, Barker sends a mix that really digs deep into the unique sonic methodology he has constructed across his solo career width a suitable breadth for what is also a milestone in the series, Bleep Mix #300.

From Debiasing to Utility to Stochastic Drift, Barker has been reimagining club music without its definitive thump, instead driven by melody and tactile synthesis, and this selection of tracks expands Barker’s soundworld with a host of artists walking a similar path. “For this mix, I picked out some of my favourite uptempo ambient tracks, recorded at home with two decks and a mixer. It’s music I've used in a lot of different contexts, as a DJ and listener, and I hope you enjoy it.”

Though the occasional dancefloor thump makes itself known, such as on Adriana Lopez’ ‘What Lies Behind’, it’s mostly in quaking subs rather than actual four to the floor, providing some ground for this mix’s airy freeform variety to fly over. We have the wooden plunks and seaspray of Afefe Iku’s Kenyan island sound, the wonky gamelan of Tyler Friedman’s maze of bells and chimes, the dense atmosphere of shaker-produced rain and electrical chirps forged deep in the ruins of The Future Sound Of London.

The midsection of this mix contains some magic in particular: the maestro of drumless trance Lorenzo Senni creates motion from pure jagged synth energy on ‘The Power of Failing’, dissolving into the aether of an unreleased Barker track, which further discharges into the kaleidoscopic stutters of Caribou’s ‘Never Come Back’ with jubilant piano chords and vocal clips wrought into a glitchy, swirling maelstrom of Koreless' prickly warmth. Digital Justice’s ‘Theme From It’s All Gone Pearshaped’ follows, a timeless staple for anyone wishing to dabble in melodic motion and synthsmithery, or any DJ set seeking to add some lift without losing momentum, of which this mix is in no short supply.

Bleep Mix #300 - Barker

From the Transition EP, due to be released 23/02/18 on Mesh.

Also as part of the EP release, I've made an algorithmic summary of my entire musical output since I started writing in 2003.

You can listen/watch the A/V experiment here:
robclouth.com/transition/

The artwork is based on growth-rings in trees and is a data-visualisation of my entire back catalogue. You can read more about it in the link above.

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Like A Second Sun

Carl Lozito Jr is an English electronic producer from Norfolk. In partnership with EMI Production Music he has created an odyssey of Sci-Fi Electronica fit for TV and film in the form of a new album of Library Music. Following in the footsteps of the likes of Delia Derbyshire and Ron Geesin (whom EMI have Library albums by) Luke (as Carl Lozito Jr) creates an album of experimental electronics perfect for the screen. The album features 15 new compositions of avant-garde ambience. 

The album will be released digitally on 9th March 2018.

The album is the third album in collaboration with the publishing roster of Domino Publishing (The Publishing arm of Domino Recording co – home of Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Four Tet, Animal Collective etc) following on from MH 140 Domino presents: Folk, MH 159 Domino Presents: Dance and MH 179 Domino presents: Electronic. Artists included so far have been Ikonika, Luke Abbott, The Memory Band, Tunng.

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Carl Lozito Jr - Lost In Space

** Disclaimer - This is NOT a mix, but a narrator-style presented Radio Show **

A Metalheadz stalwart and pioneering producer steps up for the next label podcast.

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Metalheadz Podcast 63 - Paradox

After numerous compilation appearances, the first half of 2018 saw object blue put out her first two solo EPs—‘Do you plan to end a siege?' on Tobago Tracks and 'REX' on Let’s Go Swimming.’ Their impact, next to her spellbinding live shows, was so significant that by the end of the year she was one of the most talked about new artists around. The reason is that the Chinese sound designer contorts her drum machines and smudges her synths with utter disregard for any rules and lands somewhere fresh and new; some grey area between broken techno, warped bass and experimental club. 

A sonic meticulousness always manages to shine through object blue’s work, despite what can often be carnage beneath the surface. And that’s the case with the one hour session we end the year with here: it’s a symphony of layers that variously sooth and seduce or rough you up with rhythm. Despite the shades of sound art and musical collage that are never far away, a dance floor narrative underlines the whole thing and will keep you moving well into 2019, a year which promises plenty for object blue.

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When Courtesy is behind the decks, you opt in for a ride through space and time. Her siren sounds meander through genres and rave history, looking for that sweet spot inbetween resistance and melody. In this set, played live at Livity Sound night Bassani, you’ll find a well-curated selection of trance classics clashing with contemporary takes on the future-yearning side of techno.

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Bassiani invites Courtesy / Podcast #49

Ostgut Ton's Barker welds together recent live performances for this special mix of exclusive material.

For more information head here: https://www.factmag.com/2019/08/07/barker-ostgut-ton-fact-mix/

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FACT mix 720 - Barker (Aug '19)

3 hours recorded at Calibre's XOYO residency this summer
Starting at 140 and moving fwd from there :)

Photo is from one of our first sets together at Plastic People nearly 9 years ago!
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Ben UFO b2b Joy O - Recorded at XOYO in August 2019 (Calibre Residency)

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