not all there

Sunshine

2005

arcade mode

128 kB/s of pleasure
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A1 Infinity And Intimacy

The American cable-television industry exploded in the 1980s, pushing broadcasts of diverse programming and emissions of low-laying cultures into homes. Community stations piggybacked on the digital developments of the time, extending their existence through telephony and broadcast affiliates. For those growing up in this time, in locations such as New York City, the localized communications beamed into their homes exposed them to an impressionable array of disparate sounds and visions. Move into the 1990s and New York was filled to the brim of emergent cultures drawing from this ebullition of communication. From Rammellzee’s shapeshifting to Frank and Karen Mendez’s Nu Groove imprint fusing reggae, poetry and house, nascent ideas emanated from the city walls, from within stores such as Sonic Groove store and on VHS releases such as Stakker’s The Evil Acid Baron Show, a legendary technicolor psychedelic trip along the wildest frontiers of acid house. As scenes expanded and identities developed, such individuals weather the events of the visceral now, expressing themselves right into an unpredictable future.

Function’s long career has seen him uncover a vast range of sonic identities, a mainstay through house, techno and industrial with collaborations with the likes of Regis, Damon Wild alongside his highly influential Infrastructure imprint. With influences deeply tied to pop art, rave and gay scenes, and early memories of block-parties emitting Kraftwerk and Strafe, he found himself seeking out the undercover illegal nights of the 90s on a quest of sexual unearthing, mixing the ever-yearning escapology mission of disco with the influential DJ sets of Jeff Mills. For his new album Existenz, he marks a clear step away from the corporeal techno of his recent releases. Pivoting around themes of religion, sexuality, trauma and healing, it is a work expansive and celebratory, a clear liberation from a deeply internalized past. Formed from a collection of recordings made in a period from late 2016 to mid 2019, Existenz takes the form of a creative outburst in reaction to a number of traumas - recent, childhood and throughout Function’s life.

Cosmic synths soar and swoop in ‘Pleasure Discipline’ through towering stacks of rhythm that stutter and creak to a halt before rebooting, a firm robotic response to human intervention. ‘Zahlensender’ reflects a spatial tetris of urban life, as digitalization set within an XYZ matrix confronts the sprawling city. Constant arpeggiated meditations echo synaptic transmissions, effecting a dissolution of boundaries. ’The Approach’ recalls the unification of the self, a state of delirium non-subjective and smooth, as all connections and functions give way to simple intensities of feeling, crossing the threshold into spirituality. ’Golden Dawn’, featuring Stefanie Parnow, marks a further elevation of dubbed-out euphoria, as once more positive rays emerge. Parnow assisted the production process in its entirety, providing inspiration and featuring vocal contributions. His ode to the effortless short-trip urban navigation 'Kurzstrecke' finds Function in motion, upfront and bold, snapshots of conversation and flickers of light. 'Ertrinken' finds metallic bass jabs swamping snipped synthetic voices, with hidden stores of emotion set as a nod to the history of vocoders as a tool for encrypted military communication. House icon Robert Owens features on 'Growth Cycle' and 'Be', entrenching a celebratory atmosphere over Function's clubwise leanings. Closing track 'Downtown 161' reflects the unmistakable filtered and squashed interjections of television, and sampled dance vocals - a sound for the curious, dreamers and dancers.

With Existenz, Function reveals an essential body of work, spread over 4LP/2CD - thought experiments on the role of identity and spirituality after a lifetime of upheaval and trauma.

Existenz

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Function - The Approach

Put on your ravin’ gloves! https://soundcloud.com/minusmagnus returns to Mhost Likely (Black) with a frosty, nordic, techno banger from the past. This track was originally recorded on a cassette back in 2007, when he was living and organizing raves in Lofoten, Norway. Recently, this hard-hitting, arctic track, was rediscovered from a frosty bin of early rave projects. "Beast From the Past" offers simple and effective techno with stone-cold drum programming - one for the late-night raves.

Originally produced in 2005-2007.
Re-edited and additional mixing in 2020.

Beast From The Past

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FREE DOWNLOAD | Minus Magnus - Beast From The Past (Tape Mix) [Mhost Likely Black]

Dystopian atmospheres and dark electro-funk from the astral plane summoned by @Rude-66.
A pioneer of the Hague’s acid and electro sound, Rude 66 has been operating in the shadows of the front-lines for over 30 years, armed with his astounding arsenal of analog hardware weaponry. In addition to his Intergalactic FM show ‘Cosmic Overdrive’ and numerous classic releases on Bunker Records, Crème Organization, Viewlexx, Speedster, Bordello a Parigi, and his own Vynalogica he is sometimes appropriately billed as ‘the king of the dark electro-wave death race’.
Plunge into the ominous depths of the dark side of electro-wave and into slow-acid territory with this hour-long mix entirely in Rude 66’s distinctive aura.

ZeeZout Podcast 149 | Rude 66

We are opening our podcast section. In our first episode we have the pleasure of having one of the most influential artists of northern Spain, the Asturian Alex Ohmios, who gives us a fantastic and thrilling set of electro music. Alex is owns Ohmios Records. 
When the podcast reaches 300 listeners, we'll upload the tracklist. 
Enjoy it!

Inauguramos nuestra sección de podcast. En nuestro primer episodio tenemos el placer de contar, con uno de los artistas mas influyentes del norte de España, el asturiano Alex Ohmios, que nos regala un trepidante y fantástico set de electro. Alex es propietario de Ohmios Records. Cuando el podcast llegue a las 300 escuchas, subiremos el tracklist de la sesión. 
Disfruten!

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/ohmiosrecords
https://soundcloud.com/ohmiosrecords

Tracklist:

1-  Sonar Base - Arrival At Dwell Probe - Deeptrax Records
2- M.S.L - Enterprise - Lex Yeux Orange
3- Nail - 1987 - Dominance Electricity
4- Kovyazin & Moralez - Sunken Space Sea - Eidetic
5- Anthony Rother - This is 3l3c7ro - Psi49net
6- The Exaltics Feat. Egyptian Lover - I Want You  - Solar One Music
7-  Umwelt - Days Of Dissent  - Boidae
8- Sons Of Slough - Boxhead  - Sprüngcartellwachs
9 - Univac - Lectro City - Moustache Records
10- Sons of Slough - Snares and Temptations  - Sprüngcartellwachs
11 - Univac - Eniac  - Moustache Records
12- Thomas Schumacher - When I Rock  [Anthony Rother Remix] - Bush
13- Maelstrom - Blue Stamp - Private Persons
14- Carl Finlow - Vortices - 20/20 Vision
15- Foremost Poets - Moon Raker [Patrick Pulsinger Remix] - Gigolo Records
16- Rogue Frequency - Projectile - New Flesh
17- Aux 88 - My Aux Mind [Cybotron Mix] - Direct Beat
18- UHF - Reality - Gladio Operations
19- Boris Divider - Remote Operator - Drivecom
20-Univac - AreUthere - Femur
21- Dibu Z - Battleship Routine  - Dominance Electricity 
22- Projekt Eins - Hit'N'Run - Rat Life
23- L.F.T - The Cure For My Kind  - Zement
24- Lost Trax - The Saturnian System - Delsin

Gladiocast #01 - Alex Ohmios

Static Nomad

Recorded live at the opening of "Het Poolcafé" in Rotterdam.

www.operator-radio.com

K.O. - Het Poolcafé - 24th July 2020

Glasgow Party Scum (27/12/20)

At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future. 

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit. 

Tresor Records was founded in the same year and began to serve as a platform for exporting the new sounds associated with Tresor all around the world. Emergent musicians from Michigan, such as Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance and Drexciya, were pivotal in shaping these early years. Their visits to Berlin would kick-start dialogue between the youth movement in Europe and these musicians. This story is one of friendship and community-building, inextricably linked with cities like Detroit, Birmingham or Edinburgh, where like-minded friends built something truly special, where revelatory rhythms soundtrack decaying industry in corrupted metropoles. 

Tresor Records has been the fertile soil for dozens upon dozens of creative minds, from the very luminaries of the scene who developed electronic music over the last three decades through to contemporary protagonists who are currently defining the sound of the future -  A more than 300 strong catalogue displays an unmistakable identity - the Tresor spirit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.