The paradoxical theory of change

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JVXTA is a DJ and producer based in London (UK). He also co-founded the label Hardmatter.
  
Here, Scissor And Thread, the Brooklyn imprint headed by Francis Harris and Anthony Collins share JVXTA’s debut album - Euston Blues. 

The album is a collection of moods and textures, from woozy soundscapes like opener No One Needs to Know and Voyager, to grooving, dusty house tracks like Hold On, Water Temple and Lost in Place. 

Tracks develop from ambient textures into leftfield beat excursions (Beyond) and incorporate thoughtful samples such as the spoken word poetry in The Stolen Child.

Elements of free improvisation and experimentation pepper the album, while a strong thread of atmospheric cohesion winds its way through the eight tracks - making Euston Blues a truly rewarding and rich listening experience. 

"Euston Blues synthesises deep chords, classic house rhythms and jazz laden influences to chronicle an intimate journey of physical and psychological isolation." says Charles Field, the man behind the JVXTA project. 

"Scope is relative and this transposition is explored from the seclusion of a single room to the expanses of the Beyond".

Euston Blues

No One Needs To Know

JVXTA - No One Needs To Know

Two Chambers

Taken from the Re-release of Boards of Canada - Hi Scores ep Ska008 - 2014 Edition.
Release date October 13th 2014.


Boards of Canada - Hi Scores

Myttys "Sloggilukio" Oma333 No.024 

Seeing Myttys perform at H2Ö festival in Turku last summer was a jaw dropping experience. Certainly my favourite set amongst a damn fine line up and I demanded to release something of theirs before they'd even packed away their stuff.

I'd known Heta for years via Olimpia Splendid/Toblerones and Samuli from when he came to play with Clouds. The idea of them as a duo had gold stars written all over it but the results are far beyond my already high expectations. This is one of the best tapes I'll ever put out.

Delving in to the music and attempting to describe what I hear was quite a daunting task and my notes got kinda fun in the process. 
For example Lenak and Street Person made me think of Drunken Fist Kung Fu. Heta's effortlessly cool vocals (and the occasionally perfectly placed scream) echoed by either an imaginary twin sister or the weirdo boy next door. 
Ekkä Ota comes across like an off kilter hip hop soundtrack for a Sci-Fi film. 
Kallupää, Pamsypak and some of the interlude tracks sound, to my ears, beautifully close to the Broadcast and The Focus Group experiments of the "Witch Cults of the Radio Age" album and I hear traces of early Múm stuff in Paksotal. 
Another favourite Foliojakku holds its own unique beauty, quite different from the other tracks. Its machine music with heart and grace which builds and builds until waves of submarine echo's and rapid morse code sequences wash over you. 
Oh and the title track Sloggilukio is the bees knees! 

Certain parts of some of these tunes veer into territory only Finns seem to get away with. I find this hard to explain but there is a certain kind of relaxedness I often hear amongst my favourite Finnish bands which oozes either tons of self confidence or a massive indifference to not fitting into any kind of musical category. Or both. This unpindownable quality is what makes me instinctively trust most of the music which comes my way from there, in whatever form, yet I'm also aware of how blessed I am to have got to know the Fonal/Avarus etc crew so early on. 
The experiments they all create help make that country shine to me and I'm dead proud to finally be able to play a small part in that great history

133 jelly green tapes with white body printing will be made available from Feb 27th. Cover beautifully designed by the band themselves and risograph printed by Jan Matthé at Het Bos in Antwerp. 

Pre order; http://oma333.com/product/no24-myttys-sloggilukio

"Lenak" by Myttys from "Sloggilukio" on Oma333

Replica

Andro

Relating to the Immediate Surroundings of Something; or, This is What I'm Talking About was a sound installation created for Next Wave Festival 2016
Performance from Superstar
Sound design/audio programming by Ben Carey
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through
the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the NSW Government through Arts NSW.

Relating to the Immediate Surroundings of Something installation Day 4: Superstar

Relating to the Immediate Surroundings of Something

Megan Alice Clune - Passage 1: Saturday 10AM Art Wilson

Sarah Davachi - "Let Night Come On Bells End The Day" LP with CD (R45)
www.recitalprogram.com/let-night-come/
www.recitalprogram.com/purchase/

R45 Sarah Davachi - "Buhrstone" from Let Night Come On Bells End The Day  LP w/ CD

Meditations

1/1 Singing Bowl (Ascension)

Track taken from the new album 'Rites', released via Subtext Recordings.

Read it:

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2013/04/paul-jebanasam-rites/

Buy it:

www.subtext.bigcartel.com/product/paul-jebanasam-rites

The paradoxical theory of change

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