Alternate Current / Tom McShane

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For the 10th episode of the Unknown Movements podcast, we have an exclusive live set from Roam — a duo made up of French producers @dc11music and @kerst-techno. The two met through their respective girlfriends, who’d known each other since they were children, and once they realised they shared the same taste in music, they began working together as a live act. Their approach is improvisational, using a modular synth (operated by dc11) and Ableton (operated by Kerst), enriched with multiple effects. Whenever the duo meet in Brittany, they aim to play dark, brooding, and rolling techno without interruption, and yet with enough space to surprise the listeners and dancers, as well as the performers themselves.

Unknown Movements Podcast 10 - Roam (LIVE)

For the 11th episode of the Unknown Movements podcast, we welcome Glasgow’s @kairogen — the artist who’s been creating the beautiful textural paintings we’ve been using on the covers for our recent releases. Her artwork has also adorned records from Soma, Aedi, No Signal, and Ancestral Process, and 2021 has seen her debut her own musical compositions on compilations from Soma and Space Textures. We feel incredibly fortunate to be working with such a talented artist, and it’s a great pleasure to have her on the podcast with a selection of deep and hypnotic tracks to see us through the weekend.

Kairogen on SoundCloud: @kairogen
Kairogen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kairogen/
Kairogen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kairogen

TRACKLIST:
Germind - Ambient Wave 3 
HVL - Moliti St 
Foreign Material - The Carnelian Congregati
Ntogn - Djungelboken
Giulio Maresca - Physical 
Knay - Window To The Mountains 
Adhil Moorish - Oblivion 
Einox - Modern Tribe 
Minu Jr - Deepest Line 
Tim Vitek - The Beginning of The Mind 
Wanderwelle & Bandhagens - Black Spheres (Ptwiggs Remix)

Unknown Movements podcast 11 - Kairogen

For the #36th instalment of our series, we welcome Alternate Current with a showcase of his music, with plenty of amazing ambient, techno, grey area and 170bpm stuff. Gaining support from names like Karim Maas, he is definitely one to watch - and if you're a label owner, he is one to get in touch with. We're so excited about this one!

Tracklist:
01. Alternate Current - Crystalline — [Unreleased]
02. Alternate Current - Hissssss — [Unreleased]
03. Alternate Current - Iterated Function — [Unreleased]
04. Overlook - Travelling Without Moving (Positive Centre Remix) — [UVB-76]
05. Alternate Current - Falling Into Place, Hammered Into Position — [Unreleased]
06. Long Meg & Her Daughters - Untitled — [Unreleased]
07. Alternate Current - Bleached Bone — [Unreleased]
08. Alternate Current - Contact Binary — [Unreleased]
09. Alternate Current - Polarity Symbol — [Unreleased]
10. ASC - Black Vector — [Horo]
11. Alternate Current - Form Constant — [Unreleased]
12. Mønic - Habits (Mønic Version) — [Osiris Music UK]
13. Alternate Current - Digital Infinity — [Unreleased]
14. Alternate Current - At One With Nothing — [Unreleased]

Alternate Current:
https://www.facebook.com/AlternateCurrentUK/
@alternatecurrent

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Budapest, 2018

Come Meditate

Come Meditate Mix #36 - Alternate Current

Tracklist and download: http://www.seeksicksound.com/sss-podcast-444-alternate-current/

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SSS Podcast #444 : Alternate Current

After an early career making dubstep, London-based Tom McShane made the move to atmospheric, textural techno and unveiled his new monicker @alternatecurrent, enjoying appearances on podcasts such as @seeksicksound and a spot on the debut compilation from @dissonanzerecordings. We’re proud to have him on board for our fourth mix, which includes several unreleased tracks from the artist himself. 

— Alternate Current on SoundCloud: @alternatecurrent
— Alternate Current on Facebook: https://facebook.com/AlternateCurrentUK

Full tracklist:

@alternatecurrent - Fear, Failure, Resilience [unreleased]
@alternatecurrent - Hissssss [unreleased]
@rrose-music - The Surgeon General (No Child Left Behind)[Eaux]
@antigone - Shadow Play [Token]
@alternatecurrent - Vassalage [unreleased]
@jeff-rushin - Graphite [Weekend Circuit]
@otherform - Oktober [Unknown Movements]
@alternatecurrent - Felsic [unreleased]
@alternatecurrent - Contact Binary [unreleased]
@aleksiperala - UK74R1620050 [AP Musik]
@dino-sabatini - Modulation A [Outis Music]
@conrad-van-orton - Center for Cyborg Data and Control 80 [Modularz]
@alternatecurrent - Iterated Function [unreleased]
@sntsrecords - Figures In The Mist [Horo]
@killawatt_uk - The Roamer [47]
@patricksiech - Tessellation [Parabel]
@refracted-music - Shuffle Transmit [Sublunar Records]
@asc - Coriolis Effect [Auxiliary]
@alternatecurrent - Polarity Symbol [unreleased]
@donato-dozzy & @retina-it - Automa Pandora (Retina.it Version) [Semantica]
@samkdc - Breaching the Void [Horo]
@alternatecurrent - Form Constant [unreleased]
@prismusicuk - Kink [Empathy Corp]

Unknown Movements podcast 04 - Alternate Current

✝ Temple.Prayer ✝

https://soundcloud.com/alternatecurrent

After an early career making electronic music, London-based Tom McShane made the move to atmospheric, textural techno and unveiled his new monicker Alternate Current in 2019 debuting with releases on Dissonanze Recordings and Unknown Movements. With an immersive sound that draws tones from ambient and grey area without losing sight of its techno orientation, Alternate Current creates a hypnotic soundscape that takes off, imperceptibly, without giving up the opaque smoke and textures that accompany listening

More about artist: 
https://www.facebook.com/AlternateCurrentUK/
https://www.instagram.com/alternate_current/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/alternatecurrent

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Temple.Prayer #052 Alternate Current

I’ve been an @Eomac fan for a long time and Ian has been a huge supporter of our label’s output this year, so it’s an absolute pleasure and honour to welcome him onto the Unknown Movements podcast.

With his creative output spanning so many genres across his many collaborative projects — Lakker, Lena Andersson, and noeverything to name just a few — as well of course as his own monickers Eomac, EeOo, and OMIC, not to mention his role as label owner of Eotrax and resident DJ at Dublin Digital Radio, it’ll come as no surprise that Ian has curated a truly eclectic hour of music for us well beyond the realms of techno. Thank you, Ian!

Eomac on SoundCloud: @eomac
Eomac on Instagram: instagram.com/eomac_official/
Eomac on twitter: twitter.com/eomac

TRACKLIST:

Shaw & Grossfeldt - Klavier [Drone]
Biri - Beneath the Skin [Counterchange Recordings]
Two Shell – Touchpad [Mainframe Audio]
Sault - Don't Shoot [Forever Living Originals]
Phelimuncasi - GQOM Venus Cemetary [Nyege Nyege Tapes]
Ren G - I Eat Boys [Club Eat]
Baby T - Acid Science [CPU]
Dexorcist – Centurion [Ecstasy Garage Disco]
Sister Zo - No Hesitation [Club Eat]
Pessimist - Love in the Jungle [Illian Tape]
Debby Friday - Stay Up [Self-released]
Missy Elliott - Lick Shots [Elektra]
Hudson Mohawke – System [Warp]
Hudson Mohawke – 100HM [Warp]
Enyang Ha – Diver [Ameniia Records]
Troy – Y.B. [ÆX]
Eomac - Drip, Splash, Bubble & Flow [Impxins]
AG Cook – Xxoplex [PC Music]
Max Dahlhaus – E.P.E. [Hyperboloid Records]
Atom TM – R3V [Raster]
Mana - Dormi Bene [Hyperdub]

Unknown Movements podcast 07 - Eomac

The label’s final podcast of the year comes from yours truly. If you’ll forgive the self indulgence, I decided to do a 2020 retrospective mix to collect all of the music I’ve put out this year. Most of it came out on Unknown Movements, but there are also a couple of tracks on @dissonanzerecordings and @soptikorg. Hope you enjoy it. LOTS more on its way already for next year.

TRACKLIST:
@otherform - Not My Leader [Unknown Movements]
@otherform - Not My Leader (@shifted remix) [Unknown Movements]
@otherform - Unpicking Sides [Unknown Movements]
@alternatecurrent - Hissssss (@otherform remix) [Unknown Movements]
@otherform + @alternatecurrent - Exploration I [Unknown Movements]
@otherform + @alternatecurrent - Exploration II [Unknown Movements]
@otherform - Togetherapart [Dissonanze]
@otherform - Don’t Let Them Taint You [Unknown Movements]
@otherform - Further Still [Unknown Movements]
@rowka-2 - Hunt (@otherform remix) [Unknown Movements]
@otherform - The New Normal [Soptik]

Unknown Movements podcast 08 - Other Form

We’re back for our first podcast of 2021 and extremely excited to welcome @psychic-health, who’ve put together an incredible selection of their music, including many unreleased tracks. It’s a huge honour to host them — their self-titled debut album, released on Time No Place in 2015, remains one of our absolute favourite records of recent years.

Gabriel Mounsey and Devon Steffens have been producing and performing their brand of cinematic techno and ambient under the guise of Psychic Health since 2015. Along with producing, the international duo perform hardware-heavy live PAs. The psychedelic and atmospheric combine with driving techno, a mixture perfect for headphones or the dance floor. Their tracks have been featured in the Netflix series Sense 8. Devon also hosts the Triptronics Research series of live performances, with over 400 live electronic performances and counting. A new EP is anticipated early this year. 

Psychic Health on SoundCloud: @psychic-health
Psychic Health on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychic_health/
Psychic Health on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Psychichealthband/
Time No Place on BandCamp: https://timenoplace.bandcamp.com/

TRACKLIST:
Performance (00:00)
Downstairs (04:58)
Chui Tou Sang Qi (10:36 )   
Version Eight (15:32)
Basement (21:10)
Ice (27:48)
Apparition (32:58)
Ryso (36:51)
JKKE (41:03)
Disarm (48:06)
Black Aura (53:57)

Unknown Movements Podcast 09 - Psychic Health

Unknown Movements is a Bristol-based record label run by @OtherForm, releasing music in vinyl, cassette, and digital formats, as well as a semi-regular series of podcast mixes.