Ancient Methods: Mixtapes & Sound Collages

Baudelaires poetries remain one of the most influential centrepieces in my book collection and they are maybe my most re-read volume of poems. Like all great poets he was an acute observer and an ingenious translator of feelings. His words paint precise and poignant pictures of the shapeless and inenarrable, like a mood or a sentiment. Sometimes only music can have the same effect on me. However, the fascination and the bloom of „Les Fleurs du Mal“ goes beyond that. Baudelaire's observations, could be considered overall as „negative“, for example as pessimistic - like the unfulfilled human pursuit of integrity -, or as repulsive - like the tristesse of urban hedonism. Induced by the linguistic beauty the emotional experiencing of the seemingly „negative“ or „evil“ - which in some places of the book can be kind of an explicit sense of self - transforms into a bittersweet atmosphere that holds grace and grandeur. Here I see a strong commonality with some music I love and I feel there is a similar approach entire music genres might have pursued: Maybe more than other art forms, music is sometimes met with refusal, confusion and lack of understanding when things become aestheticised, that are distasteful, obnoxious, cruel or - to stay with Baudelaire - „evil“. But behind all this stands a reality, the musician as an acute observer is witness to. Ars longa, vita brevis.

This mix, rather a sound collage, is meant to sonically illustrate the pictures Baudelaire put in my mind; sometimes a direct reflection of the texts, sometimes a associative pairing to the feelings Baudelaire's words elicit. Many thanks to my speakers M’hmed (Znzl), Marie-Emmanuelle, Ronan (NZM99), Ruby, Sébastien (Hørd), Sébastien (UVB), Sydney Valette, Theo (Mind | Matter). Without you it would not have been possible to materialise the concept. Many thanks to Marie-Emmanuelle for sparking the initial idea.

BLANK #9 - "LES FLEURS DU MAL COLLAGE" BY ANCIENT METHODS

tracklist:

1. @Niedowierzanie - Volcano (edit)
2. 若潭 ruò tán - Moon (@Lujiachi Remix)
3. @loworder - Blind Youth (Original Mix)/ @fringesociety - I Bet He Lets You Carry The Carcasses In Your Mouth
4. @temudo - 20 Minute Challenge (Original Mix)
5. @jeroclares - Past Future (@jonas-kopp Remix)
6. Surgeon - Intro
7. @notaheadliner - We Are Not The Same	
8. @mental-fear-productions - W+Boson / @slow-slow-loris - Ashes	
9. Nailbiter - Feed Forward (@joefarr_ux Remix)
10. NGHTLY - Dispersione Emotiva
11. Evanti - Energize
12. @strahinja-arbutina - Weekend Warrior / @Sleeparchiveofficial - Static 1
13. @secondtension - Turbulent Flow / Irena Tomažin - Siren 5
14. @wild369wick - Dorsia / Birmingham 6 - Israel (Razormaid Mix)
15. @Rendered-audio - Bassporn / @Baglover - Drapeau Noir / Krikor Kouchian - Vent Solaire
16. @risataniguchi & @ blackasteroid - Acid Flesh
17.  @Drumcell - Fallbrook / Antoine Rouge - Street Sucker
18. @Videotraum - Ritual (@unhealed-vx Remix)

March

HÖR DJ Set 7 March 2023

In the 5th year of BITE we want to show you not only music created by our artists. We are happy to announce our BITECAST with our friend and family @othrmsc

BITECAST001 w/ OTHR

REKA@TRESOR

The Lightvessel's first transmission 

Tracklist:
1. Grey Gallows: @user-422301496 - Dying Light (@coldtransmission)
2. Blind Seagull: @user-32475565 - Nails (Detriti)
3. Nürnberg: @nurnbergminsk  - Pytanni (@youngandcold)
4. Closed Mouth: @closedmouth-music- Give Me Your Tongue (Icy Cold)
5. Property - Blood Cube (Alter)
6. Shad Shadows: @shadshadows - Sad Bodies (@wave-tension-records)
7. Chris Shape: @chrisshape feat. Velvet Kills: @velvet-kills - Crisis (@area-zed / @unknownpleasuresrecords)
8. Adam Tristar: @classic-beat-records - Never Wake Up (@youngandcold)
9. El Ojo Y La Navaja: @psychic-hearts-1 - Agoraphobia (Infravox)
10. Sistema De Entretenimiento - Su cuerpo esta apunto de explotar (Flexidiscos / B.F.E.)
11. Bloodygrave & Die Lust! - Weisse Wände (@aufnahme-wiedergabe)
12. Statiqbloom: @statiqbloom - Shivering (Vendetta)
13. Disaster Fatigue - White Rabbit (self released)
14. Autobahn: @autobahnmusik - Vanity (Tough Love)
15. Morelocke: @morelocke - A Death of A Friend (Clan Destine)
16. Sammy Osmo - Voor Een Grotere Zaak (Utter / Strange Life)
17. Fille Unique: @grande-rousse-disques/fille-unique-jungle-capitaliste - Ma Forêt (@grande-rousse-disques)
18. Mode in Gliany: @mode-in-gliany - Nocturne (self released)
19. In Death It Ends - Enter Exit (@aufnahme-wiedergabe)
20. I Tpame I Tvrame: @itpameitvrame - Who You Used To Be (@oraculo-records)
21. Equinoxious: @equinoxious - Cincelando éter (@youngandcold)
22. B.E.F. : @unequality_b-e-f - Groove Thang (@coldspring)
23. Opera Multi Steel: @operamultisteel - Dites-nous (Wave)
24. Derniere Volonté - En Espagne (Silences Et Gresillements)
25. Etage Neun: @etage-neun - Misplaced Childhood (Dead Wax)

For more information about selected releases please visit www.lightvessel.net

Lightvessel Transmission #1: Ancient Methods - At The Deep End - Mixtape

Doze Music - A Functional Soundtrack For The Burning Sun

For The Lightvessel's second transmission @ancient-methods collects sonic narcotics and hallucinatory lullabies.

https://www.lightvessel.net/logbook/ancient-methods-doze-music-mixtape

Tracklist: 
1. Igis Osim Lara - Walkersdenn Initiation (Breath Sun Bone Blood)
2. @the-myrrors - El Aleph (@bbib)
3. @ofearthandsun - Daughters Of Light (self-released)
4. Caleb R.K. Williams - Drops of Light (@eagle-stone)
5. @hawthonn- Five Skulls (Larkfall)
6. @transientwaves - What I'm Shootin' For (@fatcatrecords)
7. @sphyxion - 30 (@zoharum-stream-channel)
8. The Knit Separates - Moonboys (on a beach) (@brave-mysteries)
9. @winterblood-music- Graue Magie I (self-released)
10. @ennovelthuys - 09 Untitled from Ontmoeting (Dead Mind)
11. @varg - Wizard Howling WIth The Silver Box (@northernelectronics)
12. Serpent's Isle - Isles On The Horizon/Intro (Lost Armor)
13. Fera - Caliber Harp (@mapledeathrecords)
14. @tgeruis - Vierde (@losttribesound)
15. @oejerum - 14 Untitled from Selected Organ Works (Vaagner)
16. 马木尔 Mamer - 梦弹 - Tüsindê xêrtw Playing in a Dream (Old Heaven Books)
17. Verge - Shards (@veylrecords)
18. @auragaze - Ananda (@aural_canyon)
19. @fatima-al-qadiri - Malaak (@hyperdub)
20. V.A. - excerpt from Haustur 2 (@cryo-chamber)
21. @prurientofficial - R*ping Plaster Busts (@hospitalproductions)
22. Sacra Fern - Low (@black-mara-records)
23. @starsofthelid - Be Little With Me (@kranky)

Lightvessel Transmission #2: Ancient Methods - Doze Music Mixtape

2023 in a nutshell. 2023 in a nuthouse.

Tracklist:

1. Uranium - Pure Nuclear Death (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
2. Duma - Sin Nature (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
3. Kadaitcha - Claw (Ant-Zen)
4. V:XII - Mindworm (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
5. Evitceles - Hydrogenic Murder (Opal Tapes)
6. Sonar - Turn You On (Hands)
7. Slikback - Ten (self-released)
8. Riotmiloo - I Want To Get Out (Ant-Zen)
9. Siobhan - Helicopter Parent (Opal Tapes)
10. Exploding Mind - 66&GO (Wrong Revolution)
11. Restive Plaggona - Distorting Reality (NEN Rec.)
12. Svenska Likbrännings Föreningen - Life´s Orgasm (Old Europa Cafe)
13. Abattoir & Satori - Hesychasm (GH Records)
14. DØDSMASKIN - NÅR MØRKET TAR DEG (Tesco)
15. Raison d'être - Après Nous Le Déluge - Acte II (Urashima)
16. Burial Hex - excerpt from The Most Foolish Son Is Always The Oldest One (Nightfall Version)
17. BAD DOG - GOD DAB (Public Sex Regime)
18. Ausströmen - Blood & Water (Cloister)
19. GENOCIDE ORGAN - DISOBEY ENDS (Tesco)
20. Mai Mai Mai - Anatole (WV Sorcerer)
21. Bengal Chemicals - চিতায় সব শেষ (Biswa Bangla Noise)
22. Lavatone - Betbells
23. Orphx - Sepsis (Hospital)
24. Half Mortal - You Will Not Be Remembered (Hospital)
25. Matriarchy Roots - We Are Not The Same (Strange Therapy)
26. Second Spectre - Death Note (Strange Therapy)
27. Sandling - Phosphorus (The Third Movement)

Lightvessel Transmission #3: Ancient Methods - Sorrow Behind The Squares - Mixtape

Lightvessel #4

1. 1982 - The Sailor’s Vanity
2. Lovely Heroin @https://soundcloud.com/user-613117363   - 80 Steps
3. Spiritual Slum - Disconnected
4. - Y - La Puerta Latente
5. Post California - BlueNext
6. @dead-band - Revelation 
7. @gnoomesofficial- Irma
8. Korb - Lords of Nazca
9. @chinoburga - E
10. Ak’chamel, The Giver Of Illness - To Travel The Path Of Every Sickness
11. 43 Odes - Hvo Ov Hvo
12. Lamp Of The Universe - Immortal Rites
13. Karma Voyage - Silent Towns
14. Jay Glass Dubs @https://soundcloud.com/aylassubs × @laura-agnusdei- Jungle Shuffle (JGD Rework)
15. @raktaofficial - Forma
16. Karl Lihn - Stars are Back
17. @hexvessel - Older Than The Gods
18. Blood of the Black Owl - Cursed Be All Missionaries! (excerpt)
19. @kingdudeofficial & DBATICOTLH - Black Rider On the Storm
20. Gravemist - Ghost On The Road
21. Jonquera - Dzar Bleu
22. @crushofsouls-music - Who Will Silence The Pigs
23. Cacophony '33'  @kevin-kettle-127441576 - Fusion
24. Languor - Between Forever and Goodbye
25. @borghesiaofficial - Evropa umira

Lightvessel Transmission #4 - Ancient Methods - Echo & Affinity Mixpate

Where to start with @ancient-methods . . . .

I remember back in 2007 after a trip to Hardwax I came back with several coloured 12's with not a great deal on them bar Ancient Methods and 1st, 2nd & 3rd Method on the labels. Upon listening I was immediately hooked and thought at the time this was the most exciting music I had heard coming out of Berlin for quite a while. Fast forward 2 years and the duo (as they were at the time) were on their way to London to play at our 3rd birthday with a load of other Hardwax related artists. Unfortunately they never got to play that set as a couple of nasty chancer thieves literally stole their laptops off the stage before they performed, never to be seen again. The worst thing about this situation was the fact that they both backed up to each other's laptops for their productions which meant a lot of unreleased WIP music was forever lost that morning. 

Needless to say we felt awful but made it as right as we could by giving the profit we made on the night straight to them (along with their fee of course) and Corsica also chipped in a sizeable donation so they were immediately able to buy replacement laptops but it still wrangles me to this day all that lost AM material.

It was however the start of a very long standing relationship between AM & Plex. Michael (bar residents) was the artist that played the most times at our parties  over the years and it became pretty much an annual tradition from our 5th birthday onwards that you would get an Ancient Methods live, dj or hybrid show. He remains a great friend of ours to this day so it's fantastic to finally get one of his sets from Plex out there.

This set is from our 9th birthday and is a really special 90 min journey. Hope you guys like.

PBT2 - [06.11.15] - RM1 [Plex]

[PLEX ARCHIVES #40] - Ancient Methods - [06.11.15]

Look who's back for the29Nov films. Ancient Methods!

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Ancient Methods Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Reclaim Your City 229 | REKA

We are jubilant to share with you an interview with the legendary duo Orphx together with the recording of their mesmerising performance at https://soundcloud.com/reaktorevents's 2018 Katharsis .

Read the interview: https://mnmt.no/blog/2019/03/04/interview-recording-how-orphx-channels-the-negative-into-something-powerful/

Read the interview

MNMT Recordings: Orphx – Katharsis 2018

Je tiefer ich mich in mich selbst hineinkehre, um so mehr werde ich der Welt teilhaftig. (Gustav Landauer)

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Upperberry | Ancient Methods

Born in Australia and raised in Southeast Asia, Zanias has been a purveyor of emotional catharsis since 2011 when she found her voice in the band Linea Aspera while living in London. Since moving to Berlin she has collaborated with artists such as Sid Lamar of Schwefelgelb (in the project Keluar), Dax J, Ancient Methods, I Hate Models and IV Horsemen, and co-founded the body music imprint Fleisch Records for which she is currently the sole custodian. Through her vocals, productions and DJ sets she aims to draw together influences from EBM, darkwave, italo and techno with a common thread of expressive and melodic resonance, exploring the chemistries that lie between darkness and euphoria. In early 2020 she released two solo EPs and in September will unveil the long awaited second album from Linea Aspera. Her second full-length solo LP is currently nearing completion.

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KHIDI Podcast NR.21: Philipp Strobel

Twenty-seventh guest of KHIDI podcast series is a German resident of the club, founder of Persephonic Sirens and Ancient Methods, DJ, producer and live-performer - Ancient Methods

Tracklist:

1. Mary Stark - Lavender / Rome - La fin d’un monde
2. Spiderwrap - Strobe / Scarlit Port - Cheeta (rising)
3. Vere - Analogue (AEIT Remix)
4. SSSS - Damaged Beyond Repair
5. Owem - Man Of War / Arnica feat. Trepaneringsritualen - Guresar Guako
6. Rommek - Haraka Haraka / War Scenes - Gibletz (Exome Remix) 
7. NN - The Sky Is Burning From Our Hubris / Deathprod - Disappearance/Reappearance
8. Patrick DSP - Skip To My Dirt / Därr - e-316
9. Ogmah _ Sharp Objects / (5P4C3) - Don’t Let Nothing Get You Down
10. Mickey Nox - Midrange Mud / La Breiche - Le sortier thérianthrope
11. Relapse - Fire (6SISS Remix) / Haus Arana - Keine Tränen
12. Perc - Destroyed By Jazz / Tchaikovsky - Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom Op. 41 VI. Cherubic Hymn / Soho Rezanejad - Stages II
13. SLV - Finding The Others / Group A - Trance
14. hel.IV - Midnight Mass / Mater Suspiria Vision - Uncontrollable Flesh
15. JTPC - Project #003 / Peter Hope & Exploding Mind - Apple Eye (Kuvera B Remix)
16. Tommy Four Seven & Ancient Methods - XIX / Christina Vantzou - Marmara Beach II
17. Second Tension - Schisma
18. Deena Abdelwahed - Wein Al Malayeen (Ancient Methods Remix)
19. DJ Boss - Depka / Muslimgauze - Arab American Radio 03
20. Phil Denton - Only / Manos Brujas - Dose Heroica
21. Dead Can Dance - Avatar / Gatto Nero - Dirt
22. Penelope’s Fiance - Revenge is a Double-edged Knife / Dubfire presents Evolve - Deadbug
23. Mystical - End Of The Brigade / Grand Lodge - Avekko
24. Militia - Demand For Pleasure
25. Tymon - Woodsman / Raed Yassin - A Fistful Of Stardust
26. Deep Dimension - Cold Rush / Theologian - Finding Comfort in Overwhelming Negativity / Géométrie Du Coeur - Le livre du serpent
27. Seleccion Natura - SNT0073 
28. Sharplines - Passion & Blazing Guns
29. Downwell - I Need Two More Bodies / Miracle - The Parsifal Gate
30. Roll Dann - When The Hate Goes Away / AGB - Brecht Hat Er
31. 2+2=5 - Descration / OFF - Be My Dream
32. Slime Coca - DCRF#2
33. Machino - Nada Es Real (Sarin Remix)
34. Asymmetrik - Before Dawn (EAS Remix) / Crush Of Souls - Confusion
35. Artillery Nightspace - Align / Templebeat - Horrock
36. Nathaniel - Entering The Gate
37. Black Kolor - Iceberg / Daren Seymour & Mark van Hoen - Involution
38. Mariano DC - The Black Bogle / Le Travo - Hips
39. Nightly - Luminescenza
40. Sydney Valette - PTSD / Luca Morris & Mozzy Rekorder - Paper Charms
41. Soj - Land Of Love and Hammers (IV Horsemen Remix)
42. Foreign Policy - What Can You Suggest / Chris Shape feat. Blind Delon - Shaped To Deform
43. Henning Baer - All Over (Inhalt Der Nacht Remix) / T.G.T.B. - Homebound
44. Inventory With Hamilton - You Feel By Mistake
45. The Panacea - Storm / Zero Call - Stellar Wind
46- Endrik Schroeder - Take Off  / Timothy Leary - excerpts from Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
47-. Konstantin Unwohl - Ein Gewitter Zieht Auf

KHIDI Podcast NR.27: Ancient Methods

Some Techno. Soundcloud of Ancient Methods and the Persephonic Sirens label.

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