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"If I knew I were alive, I could do so much better. If I knew what I had, then I could use it more wisely. If only I’d known before then I’d be in a better place already. If only."
London-based singer-songwriter Douglas Dare releases new EP, following on from his debut album Whelm. Named after album track Caroline and new track If I Knew I Were Alive, it also features remixes by fellow label mate Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles and Houndstooth’s own electronic producer Ross Tones aka Throwing Snow.

Caroline has always been a precious track for Douglas, one of the first tracks he recorded and a story in which he imagines his grandfather is writing to a loved one during the war. As the only song on his debut album that is stripped down to just his voice and piano playing, and it being a favourite amongst fans at his concerts, it was a natural choice as a first single.

The new track If I Knew I Were Alive Douglas wrote by creating beats, looping them and recording parts live. Dancing around to the beats in his room, he started singing melodies and coming up with ideas that he wouldn’t usually have, sitting at the piano. The idea that we can do a lot more if only we appreciated our own ability and opportunity encouraged Douglas to not take the track to anyone else to re-record it, but to work with what he had created himself.

“The recording has this demo quality, which I really enjoy. I love how revealing a demo can be. It seems to expose the fundamental ideas the songwriter had and the basic quality of the recording is very revealing. One of my favourite records is PJ Harvey’s ‘4 Track Demos’, where the songs are so stripped back that you can appreciate the finest details.” – Douglas Dare

Ryan Lee West, who crafted the Rival Consoles remix of album track Swim explains, “the track existed in a minimal state for a while, and I kept thinking something was missing. There's always something missing! And then out of casual chance, I was sorting through my portable recorder files, and I came across a recording of an installation that I did, which included four motors hitting glockenspiel or xylophone notes at random. I chopped it up in a few seconds and it worked perfectly. It adds texture and movement to the remix. But what's important about these sounds is that they are not in time. I think this remix creates sense of space, subtlety and physicality.” 

"The original is so well put together, and the vocal so unique that it was a hard one to approach. I set out to reflect the beauty of the vocal in the intro, so that I could build it into something darker later on. This also mirrors the meaning of the vocal. The last sections are meant to evoke feelings of being washed away by a torrent” – Ross Tones about his Throwing Snow remix of Nile.

The cover photograph was taken by Douglas Dare himself; printed on silver card, so that the seawater shimmers against the light.

Douglas Dare and Rival Consoles will both perform a special in-store show at Rough Trade, presenting their respective EP releases, before embarking on an Erased Tapes U.S. West Coast tour and Douglas accompanying Fink throughout 13 countries in North America and Europe from September to November as their special guest.

TICKETS: http://www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/22/Douglas+Dare

TRACK LISTING:

A1. Caroline
A2. If I Knew I Were Alive
B1. Swim (Rival Consoles Remix)
B2. Nile (Throwing Snow Remix)

MORE INFO: douglasdare.com · erasedtapes.com

Caroline/If Only

Nile (Throwing Snow Remix)

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Douglas Dare – Nile (Throwing Snow Remix)

"Warm" Progressive House, Tech House, and Trance. Inspired by cold days, standing around a campfire, hugs, tea, and love
Tracklist:
1)Lane 8 - Coming Back To You ft. JF July
2)Araoz - Jeremey Olander
3) Savannah (Mariano Mellino Remix) - Nick Warren, Tripswitch
4) Triangles - Andre Sobota
5) North - Yotto
6) Supermassive (Extended Mix) - Foxhill
7) Watching the Lights Go Down - Forerunners
8) Relic (Max Graham Extended Remix) Forerunners
9) Devil's Elbow (Max Cooper Remix) - Nick Warren

Warm

Inspired by and made for the Mercante di Venezia cocktail bar in Venice, Italy.

A Marco Polo's Journey

It's an ode to the beauty of life in the sea, and to swimming in it. It's an ode to the freedom and beauty of swimming, and its challenges. It's a contemplation before the stunning oceans and it's  to great music and its power, hopefully helping the world. And it's to beautiful voices like Douglas Dare' and Thom Yorke's.  Finally, a magic wish for a great 2019 with more cool music (and mixes) coming up.

SWIMSKILLS (Before Your Very Eyes) feat. Douglas Dare

TRACKLIST
1. @Omni - Motion Control (Hannes Wiehager Remix) [Friday Lights Music @fridaylights ]
2. @the_lostsoul (CH) - Landscapes (Original Mix) [ @Steyoyoke ]
3. Hannes Wiehager - Instinct (Original Mix) [Trippy Code @dark-monkey-music ]
4. Async - Bank Angle (303 Mix)	[ @wonderworks-recordings ]
5. @volkan-erman - Black Shadow ( @sam-scheme Remix) [ @bc2records ]
6. @blancah - Preludios de Uma Noite Sem Luz ( @clawz-sg Remix) [Steyoyoke]
7. Jizaxx - Equilum (Original Mix) [ @structed Records]
8. @rickpieroneil aka RPO & @stivenrivic & Michael & Levan -Obsession (@darinepsilon Remix)	[ @perspectivesdigital ]
9. @danito-athina - Pontos ( @d-formation & Rick Pier O'neil Remix) [Perspectives Digital]
10. Kiva & @robusamp - Mirror (Original Mix) [ @3xa-music ]
11. @chaumofficial - Magnet (Original Mix) [ @midnight-lab-official ]
12. @ndcatani - Aground (Danito & Athina Remix)	[ @lauter-unfug ]   
13. Hannes Wiehager - Lifeform (Original Mix) [Trippy Code]
14. @matt-h13 - Her (Alberto Blanco & Nahuel Lucena Remix) [3xA Music]
15. Strinner ( @jonny-strinati) - Deviation (Original Mix) [Steyoyoke]
16. @adanatwins	Pavan (Original Mix) [TAU] @tautautauofficial
17. @gmj-fulcrum , RPO - Primacy (Original Mix) [ @parquetrecordings ]
18. Sam Marques - Sore Throat (Original Mix) [Native Wolf Records]
19. @soul-button -Ojas (Clawz SG Remix) [ @inner-symphony ]   
20. Kachas, Ember Fran - Aeon (Original Mix) [ nativewolfrecords ]
21. K.A.L.I.L. - Shori (Original Mix) [Steyoyoke]
22. Eeemus - Cellar Door (Alegra Remix)	[Recovery Collective]
23. @Diamandy & @arieldinik1337 - Shelter Rush (Original Mix) [Friday Lights Music]
24. @djlilypita - Purple (Original Mix) [ clinique-recordings ]
25. @patrickkunkel & @tygr_tygr - Reproductive (Original Mix) [ @lostonyoumusic ]

Melodic House & Techno Mix By (Hannes Wiehager - Spring 2019)

A classic-rock track interspersed with great new music to set the mood for a heady mix that takes many sleek shades. And needs to be listened (possibly) with headphones on and not too low. Main feature is James Blake 'the Catch', from his latest album 'Assume Form'.
This is an ode to spring and its fresh things peeking up full of life and rain. Cloudy seas first. But also it is a thanks to the Verdi theatre guy 2018, good tea and coffee in the right places, thinking great ideas. It all comes from --good music.

AIR OF BRUMA ( plus Margutta Street bonus track)

Nørbak - Claim [SEMANTICA111.3]

Freemann Invites Amiti - FRS02 016

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Red Code

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Premiere: M0b & Hannes Wiehager - Red Code - ERASE RECORDS

A long sinuous mix carrying the intensity and light of deep late summer evenings and the fragrances that these  indian summer days bring via the breeze. Salt, fruits, flower, brine and sand. Smell of ashes and magma from a vulcano island. This is also a tribute to late amazing musician Ennio Morricone ) and my attachment to his incredible music and grandness.

I hope this mix will surround your head with/ and get to your ears the intoxication of each slected amazing track. It may extend the orange warmth of summer into deep autumn colors.

AVIV (w/ tribute to Morricone)

في الحلقة السادسة من برنامجنا الشهري على راديو معازف 
دراوند باي لوكالز
يُقَدِّم
أوليفر كوتس وميس  
في عرضٍ من البطاقات البريدية المُرسلة من عُزلة الفنانَيْن، والتي تستدعي تيارات من الألم والنشوة -كما يضُمّ العرضُ مقطوعة وترية حصرية عن الحظر وجلسة ارتجالية من عازف التشيللو والمُنتِج والمُؤلِّف أوليفر كوتس

For the sixth episode of our show on @Ma3azef
Drowned By Locals
Presents 
@olivercoates and Mayss
in a curation of postcards sent from isolation by the artists, summoning currents of pain and desire -and featuring an exclusive lockdown string edit and an improvisation session by Oliver.
Tonight, Friday 13th, 2020
at 8 p.m. Amman time (GMT+3)

Oliver Coates works as an ambient artist and releases music on RVNG Intl, exploring drone and drone metal techniques, a slime improvisation method with a viscous and melting approach to live sound, through digital loopers, distortion and chorus. He writes and records music for film, TV and theatre and moves continuously between roles of composer, performer, experimental musician and record producer. In broad strokes, Oliver has collaborated with Radiohead, Laurie Spiegel, Dean Blunt and Micachu. He has recorded with composers Jonny Greenwood and Mica Levi on the scores for There Will Be Blood and Under the Skin. He has also played live with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Actress and Genesis P-Orridge.

AND

Mayss, a Jordanian curator & DJ dedicated to the values of art as a means of inner expression. She curated subversive events in Vancouver; skip_py and New Forms Festival hosting artists like Drew McDowall, Shed, DVS1, Traxx, Vladimir Ivkovic and Tadd Mullinix. She initiated Star Chamber in Amman, hosting artists like Chris Douglas and DJ Stingray. More recently, she started an initiative called Dreaming Live that entails discussions recounting the stories of uncompromising artists - so far hosting Martin Rev, David Lynch and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.

Artwork by Rebecca R Peel
Rebecca R Peel (b. 1990) resides in the Rocky Mountain West of the United States. She received a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2013 and stashes her coins in a brass chamberstick. She is currently waiting for some bullet casings to patina and for 6 yards of rust-colored velvet ribbon to arrive in the mail.

TRACKLIST

Oliver Coates:
00:00 Oliver Coates - lockdown string edit for Drowned by Locals
04:05 Oliver Coates - slime uk (from ETM podcast)
07:50 Oliver Coates - Still Life
09:30 anon artist (using London Contemporary Orchestra Textures library) - private
track
15:05 Joanne Robertson (strings by Oliver Coates) - Doubt
19:02 Matt Marble - Lupine Aurora
27:46 Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation part 9 (reversed)
32:00 Kool Music - Movement Chart for Extra-Large Elevators
35:05 Thomas Newman - Ghosts
38:33 Oliver Coates - live slime improvisation session for Drowned by Locals
46:30 Cocteau Twins - Half-Gifts (BBC session)
50:18 Malibu - Isle of Us
52:50 Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation parts 4-5

Mayss:
Coil - Broccoli (Live in Paris)
Smagghe & Cross - Cock Of The North
Coil - Mu-ur
Coil - Die Wölfe Kommen Zurück
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Coil - Paint me as a Dead Soul
Secret Pyramid - A Descent
Deutsch Nepal - The Hierophants Of Light
Jerusalem In My Heart - 3attam Babey
Nina Simone - Isn't it a Pity

AIR OF BRUMA ( plus Margutta Street bonus track)

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