New releases and current inspirations from your hosts Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang aka HTRK.

https://www.nts.live/shows/htrk/episodes/htrk-5th-april-2023

HTRK 050423

Life happens, things get put on hold, but true love of music never wanes. After an unplanned pause, I’m launching this mix series to stay connected to the sonic universe and share music to which I've been vibing. Enjoy x

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"Here at Distant Signals Laboratories, we are excited to present our recent discovery of an exoplanet with quite unusual gravitational properties. Lead scientist on the project, boxofbox, has obtained a gravimetric recording for analysis and reports their findings below:

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In March 2023, our Advanced LIGO detectors were able to hear a planetoid body in the star system Phustrus, 2.7 Gpc, Earth relative. The planetoid, hereafter deemed Aephus.5722.27a appears to be near the Roche limit with its star and the system also possesses a rapid, secondary, 0.5-hourly orbit around a nearby black hole, NGX-HL 3777. Over time this binary system has apparently forced the planetoid’s bulk into a bi-lobular conical form (confirmed by Vortex coronagraph), the most directly measurable consequence of which is that Aephus.5722.27a possesses multiple meta-stable gravitational norms. We hypothesize from the obtained recording that the beings of Aephus are attuned to this multiples-of-gravity effect as evidenced by the musical artifact extracted from the LIGO recording, as this “music” appears to express simultaneous, approximately integer-multiple, polyrhythmic tempos (61.1±10g, 90±5.2g, & 180±12.7g are the three most significant and consistently detectable of these quasi-static gravities) .

There appears to be some periodic (perhaps anxious) temporal dissonances (we’ve termed this ‘almost-clangs’) indicated by moments where the metastable time slips, degrades, and recalibration occurs in the recording. We hypothesize that this has to do with the difficulty in maintaining a planet-wide clock and rhythm synchronization with the relativistic effects. Alternatively, this could be a result of large scale gravitational fluctuations due to changes in angular momentum given the measured axial precession wobble.


During rare moments in its dual orbit, Aephus.5722.27a is at apogee with both NGX-HL 3777 and Phustrus; here we calculate an overall period of planetary “weightlessness” as the gravity goes below detectable levels during these periods. This has been difficult for us to precisely measure as it nearly always coincides with an Earth-NGX/Aephus syzygy, introducing significant gravitational distortional that temporarily blocks our detector. Yet finally, we are fortunate with this latest recording, as we were able to capture the onset of one of these events; the sudden breakdown of any discernible temporal consistency near the end of the recording seems to correspond to this event. A list of all our extracted measurements is provided in the tracklist appendix."

@boxofbox
IG: @boxofbox

boxofbox is an artist/scientist/engineer working on bioelectrical systems, adaptive signal processing, and the fundamental physics of rump-shaking. A long-time giver to the US underground rave scene as a dancer and afterparty DJ, they are known for their genre-slippy, psychedelic, qu-ear'd sonics, and a passion for longish sets. They can frequently be found in the form of a tender and weird light in chatty internet corners or as a sweat-drenched, grinning pumpkin, smack dab in the middle of the closest dancefloor.

Distant Signals 018: boxofbox

Just divine. Elaine Howley delivers our latest Sunday Mix ahead of a forthcoming show at London's Between the Lines Festival. The Cork-based musician's languorous set boils airy ambient, droney atmospheres and soft voices down into just under an hour's worth of captivating weekend listening.

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Sunday Mix: Elaine Howley

Bi-monthly emissions from Conrad Standish and Sam Karmel, aka CS + Kreme - keeping it loose, deep and free.

https://www.nts.live/shows/cs-kreme/episodes/cs-kreme-25th-may-2023

CS + KREME 240523

A monthly sonic journey from Lukid a.k.a Luke Blair. Expect a slow-burning, cinematic hour of hip-hop, epic psych, dub and synth soundscapes.

https://www.nts.live/shows/lukid/episodes/lukid-5th-june-2023

Lukid 050623

This mix is dedicated to opening. I had the good fortune to open for two fantastic events @Qaotiq-sf and Ever Afters - this mix contains a lot of tracks from the former with some new stuff I’ve been on sprinkled in there. I’ve found that opening allows for a little more creative freedom, giving space for a borderless dynamic. Attempting to recapture the essence felt on the floor is a fool’s errand, but I tried my best to record this while putting myself in that headspace. 

Been sitting on @MattBrownell’s words that opening for special events is a lot like being a Master of Ceremonies. Setting the table for the night. Imagine I’m watching people fill into the open floor, slowly welcoming attendees to the beautiful digital sound forest created by Envelope Soundsystem and @loafbkr. The beats are spaced out in parts, moody, up-tempo moments that come and go. (My happy place, tbh) The night is early, there’s a long way to go, and here is the first leg of your journey. 

Mix mastered by Shy @specialguest-DJ
Cover art done using hydra.ojack.xyz with help from Esteban using their Puertas II template

Dedicated to Opening

Rising Dutch producer + DJ Upsammy brings her ear for crystalline melody and intricate rhythm to the NTS airwaves for adventurous and narrative mixes once a month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/upsammy/episodes/upsammy-15th-june-2023

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I played my PYN 3D printed Native american flute and built up a track around it using various VST instruments and live percussion. This track is inspired by the Afro-Celt Soundsystem. P and C owned by Ralph Cree 2025

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