Matthew Shustack - The Architect

Evening beach fire had on the Isle of Arran, August 2022

Fire & Waves

We welcome DJ Life to Ape-X for our 49th Ape Cast of the series. Coming all the way from Naarm, Australia, Dj Life takes us on an hour-long journey filled with House, Tech-tribal-progressive house and techno.  

DJ life has quickly made himself well known in the underground music scene with his up tempo trance sounds and a generous handful of releases on acclaimed underground dance labels such as; Craigie Knowes, Potato Headz Records and more, DJ Life & Reflex Blue have since then started their own label label - Progress Earth - which is now a solid platform for their own quirky impulsive tunes to be aired on. 

You will be able to see him around Europe this summer at both festivals and smaller events this summer 👀

Head over to our Instagram for the full interview.

APECAST 049 - DJ Life

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/thom-yorke-21st-june-2023

"This is my first mix for NTS.. no particular genre, era or anything … just stuff i’ve come across recently that really affected, excited me or made me think." - Thom

Thom Yorke 210623

http://syouryu.co.jp/

Orin performance recorded at Unryuzan Shoukouji Temple, a national treasure.

The orin was made by Shimatani Shoryu Koubou, which has inherited the technique from the Edo period in Takaoka, Toyama.
The orin is made by Shimatani Shoryu Kobo, a company that has been using this technique since the Edo period in Takaoka, Toyama.
Recorded on a moonless November new moon, in the solemn, dimly lit main hall of the temple, the rich resonance and ripples of sound meld and mingle with each other.

国宝、雲龍山勝興寺にて収録したおりんの演奏音源。

おりんは富山高岡にて江戸期よりその技術を受け継ぐ、シマタニ昇
龍工房のりんを大小20以上の作品を使用。
月のない11月の新月、薄らと明かりの灯された厳かな本堂内にて、豊かな響きと音の波紋が溶け合い混ざり合うような音像を収録した。

Playing Orin In Shoukouji - Temple

Hailing from Amsterdam and with De School as his homebase, @nawazworldwide’s sound is always evolving, sliding deftly from wormhole techno to fast rhythms and glitchy electronics.

His selections on this Patterns of Perception 119 melt together while also reinforcing each other, each transition subtler than the last, sometimes even employing his own tailor-made tools and tracks for the purpose.

Beginning from a visual image, this mix blends diverse rhythms and atmospheres, offering a story line from which the listener can create their own narrative, their own image, free of imposition.

Patterns of Perception 119 - Nawaz

Shinji Wakasa - Affair 131

03 Waltz for Debby

DC Promo Tracks #284: "Return to the earth" by UNKNOWN ME is part of the release "Astronauts" on Not Not Fun @not-not-fun-1 @yakenohara 

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DC Promo Tracks #284: UNKNOWN ME "Return to the earth"

Piece originally written to be used in a film but eventually omitted from the final cut. Written, performed and produced by me. 

Instruments: Viol, Gong and a very large blackboard that served as the "kick"

Smokescreen

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Music is an innately social activity, even music created in the interest of self-reflection and meditation. Early in 2020, Australia's response to the rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic had the music community close its doors not only to the outside world, but to each other. By order of a government directive, all social gatherings - including live music performance, group rehearsal and collaborative recording - were to cease around the country.

It was unclear at the start of the pandemic what role peer-to-peer interaction played in the lives of Australian composers. Many already worked from home, well versed in the art of creating spaces of solitude in cities, of building environments conducive to self-reflection, innovation and creativity.

But how much do we really depend upon our community? In a world where self-isolation is no longer a personal choice, will creativity flounder, or flourish?

The recordings in this series are a document of these months and these reflections. A meditation on the way we exist and create, both together and in solitude. As with any creative work, it is up to the listener to draw what they will from these works, and to carry this forward into the world they now inhabit.

New releases will be added ongoing 1 by 1, fortnightly from October. Depending on how long this V2 lockdown goes, we may add even more. Who knows, we may continue this until 2022, forever in hibernation and isolation, yet not isolated. 

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Blue Divers - Wholly

Artist / Composer / Sound Designer/Sound Selector from Japan.

Playing Orin In Shoukouji - Temple

Shinji Wakasa

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