MIXES

This Spring, we had our inaugural New Palm campout in the high desert of Johnson Valley for two days and two nights of seasoned raging. After several years of delays, it was quite the feeling to have this come to fruition.

 We revisit our seasonal mix series with an approximation of a set from that weekend by New Palm regular Kevin Lipman, aka @under_current, who closed out our first night. Sure-footed, stoic, and moody, Kevin brought out the desert bleak with patient selections and sprinklings of his original work.
 
The campout was a veritable group effort, so thanks to everyone who came and did it right, and as always, big thanks to core enablers Carter & Leah for the brains and sound, Robbie & Mark for the muscles, Saba for the hot car, John for the tasteful shade, Michael, Tim & Sabrina for the libations, Alka, Josiah, Cha Cha (+ others) for the sustenance, and Phil for the wonderful eye. 


New Palm 05: Spring - undercurrent
 
Tracklist:

1) Tool - Parabol
2) Christopher Ledger - Noxious Folio
3) Sigha - Ascension
4) Szare - The Silver Number
5) Answer Code Request - Meta
6) Sigha - Stabbing
7) Kastil - Vedanta
8) Asusu - Serra
9) Alex Coulton - Freefall (Function/Inland Remix)
10) Stenny - Eternal Restriction
11) Artefakt - Curvature Of Mind
12) Scuba - Ruptured
13) Andrea - Passage
14) Stenny - Westward
15) Akkord - Typeface
16) Objekt - Unglued
17) Alex Smoke - Tommy Knockers
18) Gëinst - Self Sufficient
19) Stenny - Ruins
20) Mike Parker - Shakuhachi One
21) Plaster - Terminal
22) Forward Strategy Group - Elegant Mistakes
23) Hiroaki Iizuka - Floating Point
24) Szare - Invern
25) Emmanuel - Diaspora
26) Regis - Blood Witness
27) undercurrent - Liquid Space

New Palm 05: undercurrent

Body Tools Sessions: 001 w/ DJ Economy & undercurrent - Live on VPN Radio (10/06/23)

Links: 
Website: www.bodytoolsinternational.com
Bandcamp: www.BodyToolsInternational.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/body_tools_international
VPN: www.virtualpublic.net 

Track list for Episode 001 (October 6th 2023):

DIFERIT - ERETZ TERRA

INDO - R U SLEEPING (ADMNTI EDIT)

VID - ANASILOGU

ARAPU - TRAVEL IN 

QILI - MILO 

 UNKNOWN ARTIST - B

MARTIN M - MONDAY OFF

GUY CONTACT - SMOKE MACHINE FLUID

UNDERCURRENT - MISPLACED

SUBLEE - STILL ABOUT YOU

Body Tools Sessions: 001 w/ Resident: undercurrent - Live on VPN Radio (10/06/23)

Undercurrent is the alias of LA based producer Kevin Lipman who released a recent minimal breaks EP, on vinyl via New Palm records, that has been making waves on dance floors around the world. He has also previously released work on Body Tools first Compilation entitled Worldwide Dance: Vol 1. For his set at FLOW:002 he dished out a full hour of all original and unreleased material featuring his signature blend of minimal breaks, dub techno, and post dubstep flavors.

FLOW is a curated monthly event that seeks to promote the cutting edge of LA’s thriving underground music community, hosted in the friendly and intimate environment of The Love Song Bar in DTLA. Each event is centered around a special guest, with Body Tools International residents acting as direct support to the headliner.

Track List:

UNDERCURRENT – CALIBRATION (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – CORDIAL (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – VAGUE (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – FRACTURED (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – TRIED FOR YOU (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – OURSELVES (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – REPLACEMENT (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – ITERATION (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – DISSUADE (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – WHAT YOU DID (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – PLANET NINE (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – PROTON DECAY (UNRELEASED)

UNDERCURRENT – CONFLICT (UNRELEASED)

FLOW:002 - Resident: undercurrent - Live at The Love Song Bar DTLA (12/29/23)

TRACKLIST COMING SOON

undercurrent – Beliefs EP Release Party [Live Mix] (June 11 2023)

Recorded live in Los Angeles @ New Palm HQ

undercurrent – Beliefs EP Release Party [Live Mix] (June 11 2023)

Body Tools Sessions: 017 w/ Guest: undercurrent - Live on VPN Radio (01/04/25)

Buy the EP:
https://djeconomy.bandcamp.com/album/deconstructivism-ep-bt007 

About the Mix:
"With a nod to the past and an eye on the future, this mix was organized to showcase some of my most cherished musical influences from over the years while also showing where the future might take me. Interspersed with some of my favorite tracks by producers such as Peverelist and Christopher Ledger are a selection of recent, unreleased works of mine that hint at where I might be headed musically. Similarly, the Deconstructivism EP made in collaboration with DJ Economy pays homage to some of our favorite sub-genres like jungle and breakbeat while also exploring the possible paths forward." - undercurrent

About our Guest:
Kevin Lipman aka undercurrent is an L.A.-based producer focused on exploring all manner of broken-beat, from mid 90s UKG and jungle to modern minimal and techno sounds. With a penchant for hazy, minimal aesthetics, undercurrent is gearing up to release a collection of original works that span a wide variety of influences.

About the Show:
Body Tools Sessions is a live audio video broadcast that happens on the First Saturday of every month from 1pm to 4pm PST on the VPN network. Each episode features a mix by a Body Tools resident on the first hour and a half, and then a special guest mix is featured on the second hour and a half. Once the stream is finished we always post the videos and audio the following week to our archive on SoundCloud, YouTube, & Vimeo.

Links:
Website: www.bodytoolsinternational.com
Bandcamp: www.BodyToolsInternational.bandcamp.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/body_tools_international
VPN: www.virtualpublic.net

Recorded live at the Body Tools studio in Highland Park, CA.

Video Versions:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/qlIM1wOsHm4 
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1044092628 

Tracklist for Episode 017 (January 4th 2025):

PEV – AZTEC CHANT

UNDERCURRENT – COLOR CONFINEMENT [UNRELEASED]

PEV & KOWTON – BENEATH RADAR (PEV VERSION)

UNDERCURRENT – WAYS OF BEING [UNRELEASED]

UNDERCURRENT – AS FACT [UNRELEASED]

TRG – PUT YOU DOWN

EMALKAY – WEAPONS OF MASS

UNDERCURRENT – NO DATA

CHRISTOPHER LEDGER – NOXIOUS FOLIO

ORGANIT – STRAIN

AND – LIGHTS DOWN

AKKORD – CONTINUUM

UNDERCURRENT – PLANET NINE [UNRELEASED]

UNDERCURRENT – PROTON DECAY [UNRELEASED]

UNDERCURRENT – BREAK FROM FEELING [UNRELEASED]

UNDERCURRENT – IN DIALOGUE [UNRELEASED]