Tech

K² is a music addict and 1990’s rave scene survivor from Oslo who occasionally DJ's. A vinyl freak for over two decades, his ever-growing record collection includes a little bit of everything – from ambient to deep house, acid and hardcore. And techno – lots of it. This mix explores the deep, driving, hypnotic side of his favourite genre, where current  “drone techno” stalwarts such as Milton Bradley and Giorgio Gigli nestle snugly alongside oldschool heroes like Orlando Voorn and Robert Leiner. One of the intentions was to bridge the past and the present: The oldest track is from 1992, the newest is from this year. 

K²’s favourite track of all time is “Elektra” by The Source Experience. The first record he bought was a Knutsen & Ludvigsen LP (apologies to non-Norwegians). He’s written a few hundred record reviews and compiled a techno CD with some friends to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Oslo’s oldest squat (Blitz) . He gets misty-eyed at the sight of abandoned warehouses and disused industrial sites. His motto is borrowed from Max Duley and goes like this: "Raving is a way of life. In fact, I'm raving right now. I'm going to bed soon and I'm gonna rave there too." If you like this mix, you may buy him a beer. Or a copy of “Uncharted”. 

See you on a dancefloor somewhere, androids.

Track list:

1 Oz Artists - Art Of Wrestling (Thule)
2 Aubrey - Digital Wave (Textures)
3 Pure Science - Cool Shak (Re-Hab)
4 Plantastik - Tardis (Kickin')
5 Defence - Travelling Through The Speed Of Music (Night Vision)
6 Mengz - Mengz Hauz (Listen Twice)
7 Alien Rain - Alienated 1B (Alien Rain)
8 Minilogue - Clouds and Water (Rrose Remix) (Enemy)
9 Night On Earth - My Brain (Brave New World)
10 K.A.B. - Heat (Azurite)
11 Baby Ford - Dead Eye (ifach)
12 Giorgio Gigli - Hidden in the Darkness (Zooloft)
13 Claudio PRC - Oes (Prologue)
14 Robert Leiner - Trance Antwerp Express (De:Tuned)
15 Function - Descending (Sandwell District)
16 Dino Sabatini & Giorgio Gigli - Proteus (Outis Music)
17 Abdulla Rashim - Endasilasie 3 (Abdulla Rashim Music)
18 Alexx Aiyax / Marcus Füreder ‎- Hamunaptra (Bushido)
19 Petar Dundov - Running Man (Music Man)
20 NX1 - NX1 Version (Informa)
21 Random XS - Fading Away (Djax-Up Beats)
22 Rrose - Waterfall (Lucy Remix) (Eaux)
23 Iesope Drift - Korot (Seico Corp)
24 Inigo Kennedy - Accordion (Token)

MNMT 21: K²

Hello and welcome to episode 23. Our guest for today is @Ntogn (Entheogen). 

“An entheogen is a psychoactive substance used in a religious, shamanic, or spiritual context” This is mix is and entheogen for the mind.

-Who you look up to?- 
I look up to creative, independent and forgiving people. Those who let their passions guide their life and shine on those who dare not.

-Why techno?- 
I think it is because of the ritualistic elements in it. It is hard, repetitive and thus also a powerful tool for trance and to me it has become some sort of modern electronic shamanism. It is serious. It speaks and bends the mind.

-What is a good techno party for you?- 
Anarchy.

-How is your playing style?- 
I think my way of performing may rise some controversy among some colleagues as I prepare my sets for days. Sometimes a full week! People keep talking about feeling the vibe and choosing your tracks on the spot (which of course can be good!). But I believe in Creating a vibe and an optimal musical experience. So I choose my tracks with a lot of care and try to make it as pleasant and coherent a journey as possible. I like ranging my sets from deep to hard, dark to light and back and pick up the pace from maybe 100-110 bpm to end it in a ecstatic 135-140 beats per minute. Yin & Yang. This is an amazing experience, for me at least! Hehe. More technically I use Ableton Live for flexibility, controlled with a Ableton Push and a Allen & Heath Xone:K2 MIDI-controller. It takes a lot more preparation, but when you have everything laid out it is great! You can throw in compressors, all sorts of VST's and whatever you want on the fly and prepare loops so you can switch kicks, percussions, FX and do this kind of semi-Live thing. Truly awesome!

-How did you fall in love with the genre?- 
It has grown since I started to DJ about seven years ago. Since then I have been listening to electronic music constantly and my taste has evolved. Today I indulge myself in deep, dark, atmospheric, hypnotic, pshychedelic, ritualistic and intelligent sounding techno. Which will be the foundation of the label I will be launching sometime next year: Hypnus

Track list 

01. Periskop - Polar 1. I
02. Blackfilm - Eastern
03. Abdulla Rashim - Endasilasie 3
04. Silent Servant - The Self
05. HanChi - TBA
06. Svreca - Jade (Orphx Remix)
07. (In the background) Ventress - Untitled B2
08. The End of All Existence - The End of All Existence
09. Amlin - Uncertainty (Acronym Remix)
10. Voices from the Lake - Drop 2
11. Rödhåd - Entering 101
12. Ntogn - Lapse
13. Svreca - Hagagatan (Rödhåd Remix)
14. Shifted - Sektor D
15. Voices from the Lake - Drop 4
16. Shifted - Out of Tune
17. Blackfilm - Mahabharata

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https://www.facebook.com/hypnus.records
https://www.facebook.com/ntogn.official
http://www.beatport.com/artist/ntogn/356410

Psychoactive

MNMT 23: Ntogn

On le découvrait grâce à l’excellent album VR Plan que publiait Prologue mi 2013. Cette année fut d’ailleurs un tremplin pour ce producteur italien avec notamment 4 Eps dont 2 sont sortis sur le label suisse Motoguzzi. Un univers fascinant que l’on découvre encore avec ce podcast d’une heure, sorte de peinture abstraite (une heure déstabilisante) aux multiples reliefs (rythmes chamaniques). Avant de rentrer à l’aveugle dans un weekend s’annonçant festif, on se relâche pour se faire finalement masser par cette musique astronautique (pression atmosphérique – 100 hPa). Alan Backdrop.

Original:

http://midi-deux.com/podcast-118-alan-backdrop/



MIDI DEUX Podcast #118 - Alan Backdrop

"Alan Backdrop" is the project started by Alessio Meneghello, an artist born and raised in the north of Italy.

Fascinated by electronic music and inspired by nature, he is concentrated in the realization of atmospheric musical journeys like producer as well as Dj.

His latest release is featured on OGUN Records, and is now available in record shops; Alan Backdrop - N.a.t.t. EP

http://www.deejay.de/OGUN002_-_Alan_Backdrop_-_Natt_Ep_-_12-Vinyl__179983

Not much more to say about this guy, other than; LET HIS MUSIC SPEAK!

Links:
@alan-backdrop
http://www.discogs.com/artist/3107615-Alan-Backdrop
https://www.facebook.com/alanbackdroppage 

Artwork: 
Jenny Downing - Long Shadows 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jenny-pics/ 

MNMT 81: Alan Backdrop

A. Brehme is a DJ and producer who is born and raised in Brussels. An audiophile with a worrying obsession about music who gradually developed a definite personal approach with a firm focus on deep atmospheres and hypnotic vibes enveloping the last twenty years of musical history. 

Since the age of twenty he's a regular guest at one of Europe's most renowned techno clubs Fuse in Brussels. The rest of Belgium soon followed: in growing numbers he performed at venues all over the country and abroad, Brehme made his first release on Coincidence Records in 2014

As a resident dj at the booming Sunday afternoon concept Technoon in Brussels and the infamous Hertz nights in Antwerp, he proves that he excels in constructing both short, profound and lengthy intensifying sets whether it’s as a warm-up act, during peak time slots or throughout late morning closing sessions.

Artwork:
Frédéric Glorieux - Poussières, dust #13
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chieute/

http://www.discogs.com/artist/4073106-ABrehme
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/a.brehme
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MNMT 86: A Brehme

A COSMIC JOURNEY WITH DEEPBASS (RECORDED AT OUR PARTY IN OSLO). READ MORE + PLAYLIST: https://mnmt.no/music/monument-88-deepbass/

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/deepbass
https://www.facebook.com/Deepbass-106339422751176/
https://www.facebook.com/MonuMnt/

MNMT 88: Deepbass

MYSTICAL, DEEP AND MESMERIZING TECHNO FROM SWEDISH NTOGN.  
READ MORE + PLAYLIST: https://mnmt.no/podcast/monument-89-ntogn/

Artwork: Bob May


MNMT 89: Ntogn

FROM ANOTHER MIND TECHNO COLLECTIVE – INTERVIEW WITH JAVIER BÄHR:  https://mnmt.no/podcast/monument-94-javier-bahr/

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/javierbaehr

MNMT 94: Javier Bähr

READ MORE:  https://mnmt.no/podcast/chptr003-liveset/
"A new CHPTR has begun - Listen to a special live set recorded by the mysterious entity"

Links:
Listen to snippets from CHPTR003 here: https://soundcloud.com/chptr/sets/chptr003
Buy your copy here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/chptr-003/615049-01/
Visit CHPTR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chptrlive/
CHPTR  on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/chptr



For booking inquiries please contact: will@radiatebooking.com

MNMT 107: CHPTR Live

Recording of Sandrien's set at Dekmantel Festival 2016.

Dekmantel Festival 2016

Sandrien at Dekmantel Festival 2016

As humans we have been performing rituals since the spawning of  our cultural heritage. Adhering to this tradition, we welcome back our friend Ntogn as he reveals this years' Midwinter Mix.

https://mnmt.no/
@ntogn
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3641884-Ntogn
https://tomerecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/ntogn.official/
https://www.facebook.com/hypnusrecords/?fref=ts

MNMT 120: Ntogn

INFORMA celebrates it’s 10th release with a special compilation for Monument. Read about the release:  https://mnmt.no/exclusive/informa010-compilation-modern-atmospheric-techno/

Tracklist:
@claudioprc – The Place Where We Were Born 
@alfredo-mazzilli - Gandharva 
@hironori-takahashi - Foreav 
@naxacid - Crisium 
@ness – The Spaceship Of Imagination 
@takaaki_itoh - Terraria
@reggy-van-oers – Ebullient 
@deepbass – Battle For The Mind

more techno

MNMT Mix: INFORMA010 — A Compilation Of Modern Atmospheric Techno

The Gods Planet (TGP), composed of Italian techno mainstays Claudio PRC and Ness, is a perfect encapsulation of the modern Italian sound.

Full story + Tracklist: 
https://mnmt.no/blog/mix-the-gods-planet-label-mix/ 

Image credit: http://i.imgur.com/KuzNhfa.jpg

MNMT Label Showcase: The Gods Planet

Carefully curated techno from Bryan Chapman. 

https://www.facebook.com/MonuMnt/

tracklist

MNMT 148: Bryan Chapman

Foggyswoggle is a creature born out of the depths of psychedelic electronic music.  This bog-trottin’, swamp-walker crafts hypnotic grooves that will leave you in a trance, with bass that rumbles you from the ground up, and back again. Influenced as heavily by UK Bass/Dark UK styles, as by psychedelic styles, Foggyswoggle creates a very tasty blend that will make your mouth water.

Tracklist:
Singing Spectrum- Tdel (Silent Season)
Lost Code- Laksa (Timedance)
Factory Rehab- Xenoscapes (Occultech Recordings)
Wrong Pills- Quantaloop (D.M.T. Records)
Cosmic Trigger (Executive Producer Remix)- Aerodromme (Digital Diamonds)
Tunnel- Vincent Svenson (North of Nowhere Records)
Lower Levels- Hexagon Son (Nonplus Records)
Zoom- Ploy (Timedance)
Airless (live)- Dense & Pika (Hotflush Recordings)
Fluo- Beatrice Dillon & Call Super (Hessle Audio)
Murphy’s Law- Recondite (Afterlife)
Final Descent- Acronym (Auxiliary)
Regando- Niukid (Padang Records)
Rangda- Folic State (Padang Records)
Abgrund of Mind- Egomorph (Zenon Records)
Deadly Connection- Fraction & Belua (Padang Records)
No Time at All- Bratenschneider (Digital Diamonds)
Jolly Roger- Stoertebeker (Electric Power Pole Records)
Little Animals (Trilingo Remix)- Daäna (Digital Diamonds)
Elephants in the Sky- MYDA (Electric Power Pole Records)
Angst- Ken Zo (Techgnosis Records)
Another World- MNGRM (Techgnosis Records)

<a href="https://theartistunion.com/tracks/a0f47e" rel="nofollow">Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

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Digital Diamonds #PODCAST 12 by Foggyswoggle

For this weeks podcast Primal Code have curated an hour of hypnotic rhythm and sound, with ethereal atmospheres and tinges of acid. Sit back and drift away.

Tech

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