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Light in the Attic Records

Techno has always been about futurism, but in Russell E.L. Butler's (@russellelbutler) hands it becomes a vehicle for a more inclusive, communal and positive now. The Oakland based producer pairs their stripped back and powerful rhythms with uplifting sound design to make for music that is both defiant yet welcoming to all. They have done so on Left Hand Path, Mister Saturday Night Records and Spectral Sound since 2015, with 2018's 'The Home I'd Build For Me And All My Friends' album being a particularly standout work that showcased Butler's mastery of their machines.

In the studio, Butler is most at home manipulating modular machines and making propulsive techno, but as a DJ they expire wider sonic terrain. That's demonstrated on this week's mix, which begins with dystopian atmospheres and heavy rhythms that eventually break out into jerking EBM, bleak cold wave and mechanical house sounds. It's a brilliantly taught and tense selection with a careful smattering of human vocals that keeps it rooted in an approachable realism.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 324 - Russell E.L. Butler

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Light in the Attic w/ Matt Sullivan 291021

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Light In The Attic w/ Matt Sullivan 130522

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Light In The Attic w/ Emilee Booher 100622

Since starting in a basement apartment in Seattle back in 2001, Light In The Attic has established itself as one of the best and brightest reissue labels around. With releases ranging from D’Angelo to Serge Gainsbourg, Lewis to Betty Davis, Sly Stone to Karen Dalton, LITA prides itself on the breadth of its output.

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Light in the Attic: Angie QQ's Mahjong Money Mix 080722

This episode tells the story behind our reissue of the 1984 Los Angeles loner folk album Songs From Suicide Bridge by David Kauffman and Eric Caboor. Album producer Patrick McCarthy describes how the reissue came about, author Sam Sweet reads his liner notes, and we play several tracks from the album.

Light In The Attic Podcast Episode 2: Greetings From Suicide Bridge

Solid Steel (7th October) There are reissue labels out there and then there's Light In the Attic, who have been releasing long forgotten musical gems with the upmost care and attention to detail since 2002. They started with the reissue of albums by The Last Poets and continued with releases from The Free Design, Betty Davis, The Vagrants, Lee Hazlewood, Marcos Valle, Public Image LTD and the recent compilation of music from Vangelis, Ash Ra Tempel, and Popol Vuh. This is what they said about the mix;
"Autumn in Los Angeles leaves something to be desired, so living vicariously through sound will have to suffice. This nostalgic mix, full of mellow yet purposeful tracks, is intended to conjure brisk snappy strolls through fallen leaves, hot toddies in small bars with close friends, listening to records on the floor next to a crackling fire, and other familiar cozy-type feelings that one might be privy to living in a place that has seasons. Various Light In The Attic favourites are scattered amongst conscientious covers and gems from friends across the globe"

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Hour 1 - Light In The Attic  https://twitter.com/lightintheattic

1. California Dreaming / Lee Moses / Time and Place (Light In The Attic)
2. After The Gold Rush / Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris / Trio II (Asylum)
3. I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean / John Angaiak / Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985 (Light In The Attic)
4. Do, Lord, Remember Me / Gospel Supremes / Art of Field Recording Vol 1 (Dust-to-Digital)
5. N.Y. Woman / Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus / Quick Joey Small - I'm In Love With You (Buddah)
6. A Charge To Keep I Have / Rev. Johnny L. Jones / The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta (Dust-to-Digital)
7. Marhaban Ahlan (Hello, Welcome) / Mohammed Ben Mohammed Ba Soweid / Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s from Yemen (Dust-to-Digital)
8. Katie Cruel / Karen Dalton / In My Own Time (Light In The Attic)
9. Eternal Day / Georgia Sacred Harp Convention / Art of Field Recording Vol 1 (Dust-to-Digital)
10. Blood / Algiers / Blood 7" Single (Matador)
11. Sare Mabo / L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti / L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti (Mali Kunkan)
12. Paris 1919 / John Cale / Paris 1919 (Reprise) 
13. I Only Have Eyes For You / Mercury Rev / Goddess On A Hiway (V2)
14. Friday's Child / Nancy Sinatra / Movin' With Nancy (Reprise)
15. You Only Live Twice / Alvarius B. / Baroque Primitiva (Poon Village)
16. Miracles / Johnnie Frierson / Have You Been Good To Yourself (Light In The Attic)
17. C visar vägen / Dungen / Tio Bitar (Subliminal Sounds)
18. The Hundredth Time (with Duffy Driediger & Ryan Peters) / Gigi / Maintenant (Tomlab)
19. The Sun / Shin Joong Hyun / Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974 (Light In The Attic)
20. So Long, Marianne / Leonard Cohen / Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia)

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 7/10/2016 Hour 1 - Light In The Attic

Amelia Holt - i might be awake or asleep by the end of this recording

For those who asked for my FMB mix on soundcloud, I hear you xx

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Closet Yi FeelMyBicep Mixtape 159

Solid mix of floatation tank techno grooves and downtempo from Tomohiro Yanagisawa from Saitama, Japan. Headphone favourite!

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Light in the Attic w/ Matt Sullivan 291021

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