KMRU is a star in the making. In 2020, the Kenyan artist released three LPs – 'Peel', 'Jar' and 'Opaquer' – with the former landing via Viennese experimental imprint Editions Mego. All three releases – plus last month’s album, 'Logue' – signal an artist with a clear focus and boundless vision. 

Given his compelling approach to composition and arrangements, we thought we’d tap Kamaru for a specialist mix devoted to the sort of leftfield, experimental and ambient sounds he’s been quietly fashioning into something that sounds entirely unique to him. Kamaru’s mix showcases an array of tracks produced by Black artists from Africa, and the diaspora.

KMRU plays Intonal Festival 2021, which runs from 16–20 June.

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Leftfield sounds from Africa and the diaspora – Mixed by KMRU

Urban Sonic Derive - A Sonic Deterritorialization

The "derive" is a psycho-geographical technique with exploratory, politic and artistic purposes that consists in a break from the classical way of crossing a territory, and that prefers a casual way of walking and moving, letting oneself go to new stimuli and unexpected events and adopting new points of view.

It consists in taking escape routes from hegemonic notions of order, rationality and structure, encouraging the emergence of an open, borderless, unpredictable territory: the linearity of time is suspended, deceived by the transitions and hidden forces of the city; there is emotional disorientation. In this way it is possible to capture non-dimensional information that expands the vision of the territory: aspects and nuances from real life, information and sensations that help us to understand, deterritorialize and riterritorialize space. The urban context thus loses its organization, is reset and reconstructed through the emergence of new situations and new models.

In terms of sound, this becomes an act of decomposition, disintegration and subversion of the structured and organized urban soundscape, for the benefit of an emergence and reorganization of the individual elements that compose it: each sound-object-event takes on meaning as such, and not only as part of a structure, linked in an ecosystem, revealing in turn new meanings and languages.

All material was recorded, collected and processed in September 2021 in the city of Milan (Italy) for the performance by MMT Creative Lab “Parade Electronique 2021: Paesaggi Sonori” at Teatro Arsenale in Milan.

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Katatonic Silentio

Sound artist and independent researcher in Sonic Arts and Media Cultures; Scientific Board Member of USMARADIO: Interdepartmental Research Centre for Radiophonic Studies, UNIRSM; Curator of Expanded Radio Research Unit: an independent radio art platform for innovative works at the intersection of music, spoken word, performance and sound to challenge the limits of broadcasting; resident artist on EOS Radio.

Mariachiara, aka Katatonic Silentio, has been exploring the fields of experimental and electronic music with a unique approach to sound design, releasing music and performing in many national and international festivals, theaters and venues across Europe.
In addition to pursuing a career in music, Mariachiara is also active as an independent researcher: her practice converges halfway between sound and performance arts. Her keen curiosity for cultural studies, combined with a strong passion for music, led her to approach the world of sounds with a sociological and anthropological eye, viewing it as a critical device and indicator of society and its changes.

https://soundcloud.com/katatonicsilentio

Katatonic Silentio - Urban Sonic Derive - A Sonic Deterritorialization | Live In Milano (24Jan2022)

TRACKLIST:

Mikkel Rev - Revelation In A Chillout Room
Hidden Horse - Transcendência Corpórea no Limite da Cidade
CELL - Auxin
Millia - Mana V
Pablo's Eye - Double Language
nthng - With You
Vardae - Ouverture
ABSIS - Static Trip
Artos Eleven - Sand River
Dashiell - Scratching The Surface
Luis & Lis Dalton - timmy chalamet
Mikkel Rev - Anestesi
Mikkel Rev - So Surreal
Dashiell - Under the Ice
Christian Coiffure - Trees Used To Speak At Dawn (Yushh Remix)
Sansibar - Aurora Eclipse
ABSIS - In The Way (Bas Dobbelaer & Vand Remix)
Orphic - Half Ten
Uanamani - Punaturi
Luis - or anyone said it
Illuvia - Titicaca (Descent) (Sea of Vapor)

Introspective Electronics w/ Avsluta x Netil Radio | June 22

My three hours in the Sonic Garden of the @iklectikartlab on a Sunday night. Thank you @avsluta and @dvka for the invite!

Luca @ Sonic Garden – 26.06.2022

For this second episode of Chimaera for Lyl Radio, we invited a dear Milano Artist, Atoloï. his productions and mixes search for other depths, in which the listener can get lost in a dense "no boundaries" journey between the worlds of dance and meditation.

Lyl Radio - 15/12/2022 - 6pm
https://lyl.live/show/chimaera 

"When i started thinking about the way i could build this mix i had a completely different idea of it in my mind, in fact, i was planning to create a deep and fast-paced broken beat mix, like a continuous flow of rhythms directly polarized to the body. After actually starting, things took a completely different route, leading me to go search in that gap that links the mind to the physical world, the whole process of losing ourselves to search for a higher state as a Sufi that dances in a full trance. So, as an ecstatic experience, the mix grows slowly from a dreamy and crystal clear ambiance to deep and gritty sonorities, reaching its clue point with rattling percussion and cutting the silence with twisted rhythmic patterns. That fair of sounds won’t last much and just right after touching the peak, it will come back to nothing, concluding the mix without any kind of goodbyes."

Meet him here :
Soundcloud: @atoloi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_atoloi/

Tracklist:

Us and It - Carbonite 
Sabla + Đ.K. - Waterflow
Kincaid - Cairn
Tristan Arp - Invertebrate
Robert Fleck - Bromine
Konduku - Rosenmeer
Akkord - Hex_ad
Lurka - Minds Eye Tript
Krokakai - Horn Please
Kincaid - Nothing Is 
TSVI - Tambo
Lithe - It's Rhythm
Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Nah

Chimaera 02 ⊙ with Atoloï

re:36
@inhmost

Digital + 12" vinyl, edition of 222.

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/inhmost-the-feeling-of-vinyl/948026-01/
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/163176-re36-inhmost-%E2%80%93-the-feeling-of--

Following on from ‘The Meaning Of…..’ on re:st, Inhmost takes the ambience and warm atmospheric sounds further down into the space infused rabbit hole with an emotively charged vision & continuation that has culminated in ‘The Feeling Of…..’

The second outing for Inhmost on re:st aims to take the listener on a parallel voyage of discovery which complements the first album. Six new pieces have pulled various emotions and energies together to form a dreamstate experience which will hopefully allow you to be transported into a realm of peace and tranquility.

For those who are familiar with previous Inhmost works expect another textural nature driven outing with plenty of time for reflection. ‘The Feeling Of…..’ feels like the perfect follow up and companion to ‘The Meaning Of…..’ so this is a must have for those of you who have already dipped your toes into these sounds, for those who haven’t maybe the time is now.

The FeelingOf.....

Inhmost – The Feeling Of​.​.​.​.​.

Segue - Community Dub
Harbour Cove Dubs [HNP001 / Huinali Recordings]

Produced by Jordan Sauer aka Segue
Mastered by Xergio Córdoba at Eternal Midnight, Spain
Artwork by Off T
Curated by Jongmin Lee
Released by Huinali Recordings from Jeju Island, South Korea
Release Date : June 05th. 2023
Format - Vinyl and Digital

A Harbour Cove is a place of refuge from a storm. A place of peace and calm; where people gather to find protection and safety from storms out in the open water.
The music on this EP was produced from samples and concepts that took shape between 2018-2021. The music is longer form, hypnotic, and with melodic elements that bring warmth and positive energy.
I hope you find something that inspires you in this music.
Much love and respect.

- Jordan Sauer aka Segue

Segue (Vancouver, Canada)
https://soundcloud.com/segueambient
https://www.facebook.com/seguemusic
https://www.instagram.com/segueambient

Oslated.
https://linktr.ee/oslated

Harbour Cove Dubs

Community Dub

Support & Buy

Segue - Community Dub [HNP001]

Jo Johnson has been releasing music and organising events since the early 90s. She is a regular performer at Freerotation festival in the UK, and organises electronic music events with Bleep43 in London. Her debut solo album, Weaving, was released on Further Records in 2014 and has been described as a modern classic.  Her latest solo release, The Wave Ahead, came out earlier this year on Brooklyn-based label, Mysteries of the Deep. Jo also collaborates with pianist and composer, Hilary Robinson, and they have a live album, Session One, on 9128.live (a sub-label of A Strangely Isolated Place).

“It's been a pleasure to spend time listening to someone else’s music rather than my own! I've been writing and playing out much more this year, which has been amazing, but it's not left as much time for listening, so it's been refreshing and inspiring to delve into some of the great music that's been coming out recently. I've created a Buy Music list – please support the artists and labels included by paying for their work, if you can, and helping them to keep making great music." - Jo

Tracklist:

Luke Sanger - Ghosts of the Uranium Forest (Frequency Domain, 2023)
Jo Johnson – Untitled (unreleased, 2023)
Xenia Pestova Bennett - King of Cats (Pomeranian Snout/TakuRoku, 2023/2020)
Bana Haffar -  Save This Manual For The Future (Touch, 2023)
Ryan J Raffa - All At Once (Group Tightener, 2023)
Cate Brooks – Tapeworks I (Café Kaput, 2023)
Imaginary Softwoods – Chalked Outlines Of A Polybius Square (Field Records, 2023)
D1G - Drawing 1 (self-released on Bandcamp, 2022)
Bea Brennan – Everlasting (Old Technology, 2022)
Simon McCorry – Full Circle (Polar Seas, 2021)
Florian Fricke – Spirit of Peace I-III (Celestial Harmonies, 1983)
KMRU – MR4 (self-released on Bandcamp, 2022)
Field Lines Cartographer – Sunrise Through Wires (Castles in Space, 2023)
Jo Johnson – Orbit (Mysteries of the Deep, 2023)
Patricia Wolf – People Moving Freely (i u we records, 2021)

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Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/werkhouse-the-observatory-mix-jo-johnson

Also, Jo recently launched a Bandcamp subscription service. If you love her music as much as we do, please consider supporting her and subscribing. The first offerings to subscribers are two stunning improvisations recorded just recently.

Subscribe: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/subscribe

And catch Jo playing at IKLECTIK on 16th June, supporting Luigi Tozzi, Laura BCR, and Luke Carter.

IKLECTIK: https://iklectikartlab.com/luigi-tozzi-live-jo-johnson-live-laura-bcr-dj-luke-carter-dj/

The Observatory - Jo Johnson

AVSLUTA 20.6.23

A love letter to the BWCA, deployed at Omega Lake, a mix for the quietest rave. An incredible autumnal trip that saw the aurora borealis make an appearance for three nights in a row. Music for listening during the quiet hours...


TRACKLIST:

Toàn :: malachite :: Phonolite

KMRU :: Uneven :: Drawing Water

Taylor Deupree :: Rhythn :: Harbor

Hainbach :: Into The Fabric :: Voice Magnetic

ovïd :: everything changes, nothing perishes :: everything changes, nothing perishes

TEREKKE :: Swim :: Plant Age

Alexi Baris :: Tilde :: Support Surfaces

DJ Olive :: Baby's Out :: Fir

Echoton :: Deafening Silence :: Metamachine

Illusion of Safety :: Stillpoint :: In Opposition To Our Acceleration

Yumi Iwaki :: Sleepless Forest :: Nocturnal

Glacis & The Humble Bee :: Five (V3) :: 6X5

Gramm :: siemens.bioport :: personal rock

Günter Schlienz :: September :: Autumn

Annea Lockwood :: For Ruth :: Tête-à-tête

Omega Lake - BWCA Mix '23

01. Agf - Impulse - Musork
02. Spacemam 3 - An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music - Space Age Rec.
03. Robert Henke - Layer 1 - I/CM
04. The Residents - Birth (Eskimo) - Ralph Records
05. Edgar Froese - Ngc 891 (Aqua) - Virgin
06. Oni Ayhun - B - OAR 1
07. Aube - Sensorial Inducement - Alien 8 Rec.
08. Polmo Polpo - Farewell - Constellation
09. Analog 1 - Reduced - MCMLXV
10. Pub - Cokeshandy - Ampoule

donato dozzy - process part 084 (nautical drones)

City Sonic Sound Art Label (citysonic.be) - By Transcultures Belgium (transcultures.be)

Katatonic Silentio - Urban Sonic Derive - A Sonic Deterritorialization | Live In Milano (24Jan2022)

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