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March 2014 Roundup

This Week In Mixes #1

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Functions of the Now: http://truantsblog.com/tag/FOTN/
Artwork: Joe Jackson @ http://deadgoodshit.com 

Functions Of The Now is a mix series charting modern developments at the innovative edges of dance music. Originally conceived in 2013 to shine a light on the once-again fertile grime production scene and its influence, the remit of the series quickly widened to incorporate all manner of interesting manipulations of existing club modes. Whether it's Air Max 97's "oblique club trax", E.M.M.A.'s baroque grime or DJ NJ Drone's hyperkinetic take on Jersey Club it all has a home in Functions Of The Now. We hope to draw connections between these often disparate forms. 

Functions of the Now

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2013/09/02/fact-mix-398-visionist/

FACT mix 398 - Visionist (Sep '13)

Taken from the album 'Music from Computer' released as LP
Recorded in 1968 

Jean-Claude Risset 'Computer Suite from Little Boy - Fall' (REGRM 011)

Taken from the album 'Toxic Cosmopolitanism' released as LP / Download

Kassel Jaeger 'Exposure Scales — Sunlight' (eMEGO 183)

TTT SHOP

Minor Science – The Beckoner

WO-JD01 forthcoming on Wild Oats Music
Pre-order here:
http://shop.wildkyleoats.com/product/jay-daniel-karmatic-equations-double-vinyl

B1. Royal Insanity

For the sixth edition of our series we check in with the hotly tipped Gage fresh from the release of his unhinged Crazylegs debut 12". After Jacques Gaspard Biberkopf's incredible set of weightless abstractions Gage moves us firmly back into the club with a percussive workout that matches the unrestrained energy of Telo/Shiftin. In true enigmatic fashion this edition’s mix comes with no tracklist, but look out for some special Gage edits & VIPs, dancefloor-destroying pulses and a very Bristolian remix of a Drexciyan classic. Trainspotters, your time!

For a full interview with the man himself head to: http://truantsblog.com/2014/functions-of-the-now-gage/ ‎

Functions Of The Now VI: Gage

http://disown.pcmusic.info

DISown Radio broadcasts on http://radio.dismagazine.com every Sunday from 2 EST and live at Red Bull Studios New York

00:00 - A. G. Cook @agcook
10:00 - GFOTY @gfoty
20:00 - Danny L Harle @dannylharle
30:00 - Lil Data @lil-data
40:00 - Nu New Edition @???
50:00 - Kane West @kane-west-official

Visuals by Kim Laughton

PC Music x DISown Radio ft. A. G. Cook, GFOTY, Danny L Harle, Lil Data, Nu New Edition and Kane West

Millie & Andrea are Miles Whittaker and Andy Stott, fellow labelmates at Modern Love who collaborated on an occasional series of 12” releases between 2008 and 2010. It’s been four years since we last heard from them but they now return with “Drop The Vowels”, their debut album. Produced fast and loose through late 2013 / early 2014, it’s an album that recalls the strict and stripped funk of Anthony Shakir as much as it does Leila’s incredible debut ‘Like Weather’, eschewing the dark aesthetic both producers are best known for in favour of something much more visceral. It’s an album borne from a love of both pop and club music, made to evoke an adrenalised, hedonistic, as well as an emotional response.

Opener GIF RIFF brings to life a Gamelan edit stripped bare before the over-compressed ‘Stay Ugly’ breaks out with a tumbling, broken arrangement situated somewhere between Richard D James and Jai Paul. “Temper Tantrum” and “Spectral Source” follow, versions of tracks originally released on the second and third Daphne EP’s respectively, the former a rugged rave anthem tempered by blue strings, the latter a proper dancefloor destroyer recalling Shake’s mighty ‘Madmen’. ‘Corrosive’ flits between a fillibrating, arpeggiated steppers rhythm and a brutal jungle breakdown, while ‘Drop The Vowels’ further explores and strips bare bass & drums before the slow but jacking warehouse killer “Back Down” provides pure percussive abandon. Quay ends the set with something quieter, a sublime coda made entirely from field recordings.

Temper Tantrum

Rinse FM Podcast - Visionist - 8th April 2014

tuff sherm feat. pmm - lyre (opal tapes) 
madteo feat. sensational - very sweaty palms (kassem mosse rmx) 
robert hood - torque one (music man records) 
severn beach - busy block 
chevel - cave dwellings (stroboscopic artefacts)  
eomac - no name (killekill) 
parris mitchell - computer (rmx) (dance mania) 
hank jackson - track 3 (proibito) 
dj vague - porsche trax 1 (templar sound) 
md3 - pressure cooker (pressure moan mixx) (pnd) 
call super - depicta (houndstooth) 
nightwave - go hard (hekatrax) 
alex coulton - bleep sequence (mistry) 
air max ‘97 - escalier 
jam city - banish him 2009 mix x dj slugo - work it
ballout feat. young gleesh & capo - what u got (tommy kruise rmx) 

this mix consists of old and new music i've been feeling a lot lately. the title is self-explanatory and also synonym to ‘april mix’. thx to the people who sent me some of their music! without a song or a dance what are we? 

some old mixes: https://soundcloud.com/sorayea
https://twitter.com/Sorayea

Truant: Soraya - Nayvadius Sonata Op. 49 No. 2

Our seventh Functions of the Now mix comes from Berlin’s M.E.S.H. –  a thick and sludgy, irrepressibly restless collage of modern club sounds that beautifully represents Janus’ anarchic soundworld. Having released his first EP on Dyssembler, this month will see the release of “Scythians”, an incredibly diverse and lush sonic ecosystem released through Berlin staple PAN. A host of remixes can be found on his Soundcloud, and have fortunately satiated followers along the way. Together with Kablam and Lotic, M.E.S.H. holds a residency at Janus, a legendary party at Chester’s and radio show on Berlin Community Radio with a history of booking underground heroes.

M.E.S.H.’s tunes feel like they are being summoned out of raw electricity and thrust directly into hyperreality. It feels almost subliminal, sounds are more suggestions than anything concrete as origins are constantly deferred and obscured. “Imperial Sewers”, off the forthcoming EP, toys with hardstyle tropes but only obliquely – they are romanticised and rewired through a myriad of other influences. These exquisite corpses are littered throughout the mix, throughout the hell Janus have created.

Read the full interview and tracklist at Truants: http://truantsblog.com/2014/functions-of-the-now-m-e-s-h/

Functions Of The Now VII: M.E.S.H.

http://www.upperegyptseries.com/issue/issue-24/

Portada: Moebius en “Les yeux du chat”

“Hi-Eso-Tech-Jazz gira alrededor de los primitivos coqueteos del sector más vanguardista del Jazz de los 70 con la experimentación electrónica; desde las primeras exploraciones de Sun Ra y Jon Appleton a destacados puntos álgidos como el revelador “NoBu” de Herbie Hancock. Con especial inciso en aquellas propuestas que incorporaron el Moog, cualquier sintetizador de la serie ARP a sus herramientas, y escogiendo aquellos álbumes o piezas con cierto aire esotérico, malévolo e inquietante”. 

Frankie Pizá

"Aquí en Egipto no se estilan demasiado los tatuajes, pero a pesar de ello si vemos a alguien con la U del Unity de Larry Young tatuada en el antebrazo no nos queda más remedio que invocar a Osiris, dios de la resurreción, con tal de que sea testigo de ello y nos vuelva a traer a Larry junto a nosotros, a este mundo de muertos en vida".

"Porque no solo de golondrinas y anclas de marinero vive la tinta sobre la piel al igual que nuestros oídos y corazones no solo viven de músicas amables e inocuas de radio-formula, y eso bien lo sabe nuestro último invitado, el hiperactivo portador de la U, el señor Frankie Pizá".

"Si te has paseado por Egipto con nosotros más de una vez suponemos que ya sabrás que es uno de los estandartes de ese oasis dentro del periodismo musical patrio llamado Concepto Radio (porque el concepto… es el concepto), un activista de mirada felina y curiosa, devorador leonino y exhaustivo de la historia musical y paramilitar de la palabra escrita. Sus artículos son los que hablan sobre su persona y no nosotros con esta verborrea".

"Para la ocasión, y como parece ser que no podía ser de otra manera, el compañero Pizá ha optado por el camino más angosto y seco, en el que a pesar de las condiciones, si uno abre sus sentidos y expande su percepción comprobará que hasta el pasaje más extremo y oscuro contiene tanta luz y belleza como el despertar de las flores en primavera".

Sr. Galleta. Upper Egypt Consortium. Abril 2014

Listado de temas:

1-David Lee Jr. “Spirit Voice”
Álbum: Evolution (Supernal , 1974 / Universal Sound , 2010)
2-Aktuala “Churinga”
Álbum: Tappeto Volante (Bla Bla, 1976)
3-Vicious Teengirl “Tutampiga”
Álbum: Extreme Music From Africa (Susan Lawly , 1997)
4-Tasaday “Nel Corridoio Dei Riflessi”
Álbum: Aprirsi Nel Silenzo (ADN , 1984)
5-Joe McPhee And John Snyder “Shadow Sculptures”
Álbum: Pieces Of Light ( / Bo’Weavil Recordings , 2014)
6-Et Cetera “Milkstreets”
Álbum: Et Cetera (Global Records, 1971)
7-Igor Wakhévitch “Eau Ardente”
Álbum: Docteur Faust (Pathé Marconi , 1971 / Fauni Gena, 2013)
8-Tasaday “Effigi Inquietanti”
Álbum: Riflessi Sensibili (ADN , 1984)
9-Don Cherry & Jon Appleton “BAO”
Álbum: Human Music (Flying Dutchman , 1970)
10-Wolfgang Dauner “Bruch”
Álbum: Output (ECM , 1970)
11-Igor Wakhévitch “omo Sapiens Ignorabimus”
Álbum: Logos (Pathé Marconi , 1970 / Fauni Gena, 2012)
12-Nathan Davis “Theme From Zoltan”
Álbum: Happy Girl (SABA , 1965)
13-Joseph Jarman & Anthony Braxton “Morning (Including Circles)”
Álbum: Together Alone (Delmark , 1974)
14-Jon Appleton “Infantasy”
Álbum: Appleton’s Syntonic Menagerie (Flying Dutchman , 1969)
15-The Sun Ra Arkestra “Space Probe”
Álbum: Space Probe (El Saturn , 1974 / Art Yard , 2011)
16-Ilhan Mimaroglu “Coucou Bazar, Fragmentation”
Álbum: Music For Jean Dubuffet’s Coucou Bazar (Finnadar Records , 1973)
17-Herbie Hancock “NoBu”
Álbum: Dedication (CBS Japan , 1974)
18-Joe McPhee And John Snyder “Les Heros Sont Fatigues-Red Giant”
Álbum: Pieces Of Light ( / Bo’Weavil Recordings , 2014)
19-Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra “Door Of The Cosmos”
Álbum: Sleeping Beauty (El Saturn , 1979 / Art Yard, 2005)

UPPER EGYPT SERIES #24 - HI-ESO-TECH-JAZZ by Frankie Pizá

From Postbridge to Dartmeet along the banks of the Dart.

Dartmoor field trip recorded by Ian Humberstone and David Chatton Barker for the project Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor. 

(Promotional piece for DFTVI box set to be found here)
http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/theo-brown-and-the-folklore-of-dartmoor


DFTVI - Dartmoor Field Trip Podcast

Smoke Machine Podcast 101 Lee Gamble

Tracklist:
LIFE SIM - RAIN
LIFE SIM - CARRION
LIFE SIM - LIKEVER
LIFE SIM - XARRACA
LIFE SIM - MILYON
LIFE SIM - POUNCER

@lifesim
http://thislife.pcmusic.info

Life Sim - This Life

We are thrilled to present our 97th installment of our Truancy Volume series from Pariah himself. Where the not long past Karenn and Works The Late Nights releases are centred around music that is meant to be elevated by the club atmosphere, Pariah’s Truancy Volume digs further into the origins of where this emphasis stems from. This mixtape is a solid representation of Pariah’s sonic ethos and the mix itself features the inclusion of records like the definitive Oni Ayhun track “OAR002-A,” Sven Vath and a more current Trilogy Tapes release in its introduction, that all focus on the spacious and warmer side of techno. On the other hand, it later showcases a more merciless and weighty side alike in atmosphere to recent productions of his own, such as Power Vacuum and SCKT. Truancy Volume 97 is a welcome addition to our series and a rightful interpretation of the musical tastes and various influences from the producer cum DJ. 

Read more/tracklist: http://truantsblog.com/2014/truancy-volume-97-pariah

Truancy Volume 97: Pariah

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2014/06/16/fact-mix-446-m-e-s-h/

FACT mix 446 - M.E.S.H. (Jun '14)

Muslim Trance

Soundcloud: @r-i-p-dj
Artwork: Joe Jackson @ deadgoodshit.com
Read More: http://truantsblog.com/2015/functions-of-the-now-xiv-dj-nj-drone

DJ NJ Drone has been occupying precarious borderspace for some time, tip-toeing around genre in his production of frantic, hi-speed abstractions. Overdriven, overloaded, NJ Drone is like déjà vu, an anomaly simultaneously familiar and distant. Travelling through his ‘mind club’ at 150+ bpm gives the sense of breaking through space-time, of continuous momentum accompanied by bizarre vocal incantations that affect the mind like the hideous but kinda cute soundworld of Fitch and Trecartin. But at the end of the day, we break through the mind to find a body lurking beneath, we find embodied ritual beyond weltschmerz, beyond acidic regurgitations of technological positivism. While NJ Drone’s speed may lend itself as a metonym for accelerationism’s privileged desires for cyber-disembodiment, ultimately we are directed towards a firmer politics of the body as resistance in real space (that some of the more optimistic amongst us might hope to find on the dancefloor). In the words of Laboria Cuboniks: “no more futureless repetition on the treadmill of capital, no more submission to the drudgery of labour, productive and reproductive alike, no more reification of the given masked as critique.” Rediscover yr bod with DJ NJ Drone!

Functions Of The Now XIV: DJ NJ Drone

Tracklist/Interview: http://truantsblog.com/2015/functions-of-the-now-xv-e-m-m-a
Soundcloud: @oiiemma

For the fifteenth edition of Functions Of The Now we're extremely pleased to present a long time Truants favourite: E.M.M.A. Although E.M.M.A’s release schedule has slowed since her debut album Blue Gardens landed, her Functions Of The Now mix hints at the wealth of dubplates waiting to be unleashed, including the exquisitely titled Magna Kanye. Elsewhere, E.M.M.A finds common ground with producers on the dreamier end of grime: rising star Iglew, Gobstopper Records label head Mr Mitch and Coyote Records affiliate Tom E. Vercetti (solo and together with his production trio Silk Road Assassins) all make an appearance.

Functions Of The Now XV: E.M.M.A.

Soundcloud: @Rushmore
Full interview/tracklist: http://truantsblog.com/2015/functions-of-the-now-xvi-rushmore

For Functions Of The Now XVI we tapped up House Of Trax/Trax Couture boss Rushmore, who ably supplied us with a potent mix of percussive heaters. Today sees the release of the latest edition of Trax Couture's World Series: a singular set of inventive rhythm tracks from Malaysian producer Moslem Priest. Rushmore's mix taps into the same energy, with upfront material from the extended World Series family as well as the man himself.

Functions Of The Now XVI: Rushmore

Tracklist/Interview/Download: http://truantsblog.com/2015/functions-of-the-now-xvii-malin
Soundcloud: @malinss

For the seventeenth edition of Functions Of The Now we travel to Sweden to meet Evolver co-creator Malin. After a series of incredible mixes for Rodeo, Sister and Tobago Tracks we were desperate to get her on board for FOTN, and we're thrilled with what she came through with. Malin's mix taps into an aesthetic that's been sorely missing from the series so far, joining the dots between Quantum Natives’ noisy abstractions, the more deconstructed end of Non Records and the sound art of E. Jane and plus_c’s SCRAAATCH project - and of course, a hefty helping of dark ‘n’ doomy club tracks for good measure.

Functions Of The Now XVII: Malin

Tracklist + Download + Interview: http://truantsblog.com/2015/functions-of-the-now-xviii-dj-haram

Soundcloud: @djharam

For the final Functions Of The Now of the year we travel to Philadelphia to meet Jersey club experimentalist DJ Haram. Splitting her work between the DJ Haram and Abdul Kadir aliases, her music encompasses everything from noise to club bangers, via fiercely political collaborative work and Middle Eastern bootlegs. Excitingly her mix is one of the wildest we’ve had, with lots of new DJ Haram/Abdul Kadir productions, a collaboration with Fade To Mind rising star Rizzla and mind bending noise from exciting new face N-Prolenta.

Functions Of The Now XVIII: DJ Haram

Juicy J - You Want Deez Rackz [Prod. By Lex Luger & Sonny Digital]

The producer, real name Marco Sterk, first appeared on the Juno Plus radar with two EPs of spectral disco on his own, now defunct Hand Of God imprint back in 2010. However his talents were truly unveiled with last year’s beguiling Nonono 12” for the New York based ESP Institute label run by Lovefingers. Both the title track and “Darwin In Bahia” shimmered with a melodic warmth all too lacking from house music these days, and belied a predilection for sweet, minimalist percussion - not too dissimilar to what a Steve Reich house track might sound like.

This was preceded by an appearance on the Amsterdam All Stars compilation from Dutch imprint Rush Hour – where Marco works full-time as a designer – and an appearance on another Dutch label, Studio Soulrock, in collaboration with Tom Trago and Awanto 3. This year has seen Sterk settle down as a member of the ESP Institute family, first remixing Melbourne-based producer Michael Ozone's "Hetrotopia" to hypnotic effect, before returning last month with another solo outing, Video Days, which further demonstrated his ability to deliver music that doesn't quite fit into neat categories.

Marco's Juno Plus mix takes us on a journey through all manner of instrumental oddities, and he was kind enough to respond to some questions we fired at him via email, revealing news of a debut album slated for 2013 in the process. Check it out here: http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/11/07/juno-plus-podcast-47-young-marco/

Juno Plus Podcast 47 - Young Marco

A remix of our remixes!  This 23 minute mix by Tony Dunne (WAR@East Bloc, Dalston Superstore) takes you on a journey through Casino Classics, the collection of remixes of our tracks by people such as Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, DJ Tiesto and many more. 
The re-issue of Casino Classics gathers all our remixes together, featuring reworkings by Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Masters At Work, David Holmes, Broadcast, Richard X and many more. 
Order the 4CD set here - http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/121115181508
Order the 2CD set here - http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/121115181333 
Order the Digital set here - http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/121115181436

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10th - York Fibbers
11th - Edinburgh Liquid Room
12th - Manchester Ritz
13th - Brighton Concorde 2
14th - London Shepherds Bush
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Saint Etienne Casino Classics Mix

Maceo Plex live from Coco Maya at BPM festival 7-1-2013.  Circo Loco party.

Maceo Plex at BPM Festival (Mexico) (2013-01-07)

http://www.djbroadcast.nl/podcast/id=797/episode.html

DJBroadcast podcast

Mix by @visionist for DIS Magazine. 

Tracklist at: http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/44171/visionist-only-eye/

Visionist - Only Eye

Mariah Carey f/ Miguel #Beautiful 

Available at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/iBeautiful

Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

#Beautiful (feat. Miguel)

Amsterdam-based DJ and Producer Young Marco has been on the forefront of the city’s bustling underground scene for nearly a decade. Coming up through several now infamous residencies, he quickly gained notoriety for his genre-defying and ballsy DJ sets with a unique take on dance music, playing everything from lost proto-house and raw jaktrax to Libyan disco anthems.
 
After releasing several records on Rush Hour he soon found a home on Lovefingers’ ESP Institute where he continues to craft his signature zonked out house sound filled with broken drum computers and uncool 90’s new-age synthesizers.


LN-CC Store Mix 025 -Young Marco

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