:) biosphere is always appropriate.. great mix

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

DARK AMBIENT - AGELESS TERROR

The Haunting 幽霊

DENTRO

PRESALES START 4/9/2020 FireScope BandCamp

ARTIST: Morphology 
TITLE: Horta Proxima
Label: FireScope Records 
Cat no: FS024
Format: Vinyl/Digital/CD
Artwork: Mass Roman
Genre: Techno
Release date: 28/9/2020
In 2018 Morphology released their third album, debuting on FireScope with Traveller. The sci-fi inspired ten tracker was an immediate success. It also marked a subtle evolution in the sound of the Finnish pioneers of Michael Diekmann and Matti Turunen. Compositions became more complex, melodies more refined. 2020 sees that transformation continue with the pair returning to FireScope for a brand new album: Horta Proxima.
This twelve track album, recorded between 2018 and 2019, sees the electronic partnership continue to further hone their audio craft. The otherworldly is ever present, in the liquid harmonies and sliding synths of “Photospehere” and the shapeshifting brightness of “Aphelion.” Countering these aural journeys into the beyond is a balance, the pulsing keys and crunched beats of “Rustbelt” and the fluid warmth of “Downlink” tethering the narrative to the here and now of terra firma. A central tenet of Horta Proxima is possibility, the possibilities of a technological future expressed through cables, filters, oscillations and permutations. Morphology have delved deeper into the potential of their machines, resurfacing with a wondrous wealth of musical works. From the chopped percussion of “Parsec” to the spirited playfulness of “Triangulum”, new advances and avenues have been explored by the duo. Despite the future gazing focus, the carnal persists. “Shadows from the Past” bares its teeth, rumbling drums chase sailing notes and acid spectres. And within this range, what the listener leaves with is an irrefutable sense of awe. The understated grandeur of “Luminous Entity”, the sensuous stratification of “Multiplex”, the reduced radiance of “Horta Proxima”, only go to further exemplify the respect and reverence this album deserves. 
Horta Proxima is firmly set in the Morphology canon. The collection is undeniably daring. Diekmann and Turunen have continued their musical journey from Traveller, pushing their sound further, developing their technique and delivering sheer quality. A beautifully crafted album that broadens themes and horizons, a musical milestone, a triumph. 
1.	Binary Star
2.	Photosphere
3.	Digitalis
4.	Rustbelt
5.	Parsec
6.	Luminous Entity
7.	Aphelion
8.	Downlink
9.	Triangulum
10.	Shadows from the Past
11.	Multiplex
12.	Horta Proxima

FS024 Morphology - Horta Proxima - FULL ALBUM PREVIEW

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Further Electronix with Jack Smooth Guest Mix - 04.09.2020

Montreal duo Biochip return to Central Processing Unit with their new LP Crux Alley. The pair of Melissa Speirs and Julian Kochanowski turned plenty of heads when they first rocked up on the Sheffield label back in 2019 with debut drop Synthase. Synthase found Biochip twisting up Braindance, IDM and electro to their own ends, and Crux Alley is an album which hits similar sonic sweet-spots.

It’s clear from the off that Biochip have brought their A-game here. Opener ‘Mind Bubbles’ has no time for pleasantries, dropping the listener straight into a nocturnal IDM-electro groove where bass dances nervily around shadowy synth pads. ‘Mind Bubbles’ is followed-up ‘Polymorphic State’, a tune whose laser-gun synth-bass plumbs even more energy into the pair’s Rephlex-indebted sound. It’s a hugely arresting way to begin an album, and the bold sonics here align Crux Alley with recent CPU releases like Bit Folder’s Silicon Frontier and Annie Hall’s Fum.

Other tracks on Crux Alley ease up on the frenzied feel of those opening numbers. Take ‘Orbital Rendezvous’, a cut which is still full of zippy melodies and keening keyboards but whose contemplative strut recalls the legendary electronic music duo referenced in the track’s title. There’s also a distinct cyberpunk flavour to this track, and this is brought out further on the vivid ‘Dopamine City’ and ‘Tower 13’ - it is at these points where Biochip most resemble the work of fellow CPU act B12.

Biochip record their music straight from the mixing desk, an approach that gives their tracks a spontaneous energy and one which sometimes leads Speirs and Kochanowski into novel sonic terrain. Crux Alley’s ‘Antagonist Part 6’, for instance, is a spiritual successor to Synthase’s ‘Acid Billy’ in how the overload of electronics almost pushes it into industrial-techno territory. Furthermore, while most of the LP draws on the Detroit electro continuum of Drexciya, DJ Stingray et al, ‘Neutral Current’ obliquely recalls the jazz-tinged house of Theo Parrish - although the wobbling synth chords and reverb-laced drums make ‘Neutral Current’ sound more like an extra-terrestrial reimagining of the Motor City legend’s music.

Biochip continue to mark themselves out as one of contemporary electro’s most exciting new acts with the Crux Alley LP.

RIYL: Cygnus, B12, Annie Hall, Orbital, Silicon Scally

Crux Alley

Biochip - Crux Alley

Hallowed eve ambient special

Nils Petter Molvær - Kakonita (Deathprod Mix)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Death And Ashes
Dean hurley - Far Boundaries
Jane Weaver, Andy Votel, Suzanne Ciani, Sean Canty - Neotantrik Globes
Mark Pritchard - Come Let us
Magnétophone - You Should Write Music
Low - Dancing And Blood
Tim Hecker - Celestina
Biosphere - Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings v2
Leo Anibaldi - Evocation 2
Autechre - Metaz form8
Skee Mask - Mbass123 Excerpt 
Christoph De Babalon - Opium
Burzum - Gebrechlichkeit .ii.
Continental Fruit - The Ungodly Hour
Aphex Twin - Stone in Focus

2020

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Distant Worlds - Aaja Radio - 12 01 21

Slowly catching up with tracks I purchased in 2020. This mix uses vinyl bought during the middle of the year.

Sound Synthesis - Lost In Orbit [Gated Recordings]
Plant43 - Density Wave [Plant43 Recordings]
Datawave - Breach Out [Gated Recordings]
Composite Profuse - Linear Drifting [Onrijn Records]
Armec - Replication [AC Records]
Versalife - Binary Worlds [20:20 Vision]
Versalife - Manifold [20:20 Vision]
Sound Synthesis - For Microlith [Fundamental Records]
Plant43 - Wintergreen Rust [AC Records]
Teslasonic - Magnifying Transmitter (Animistic Beliefs Remix) [Bar Records]
Deemphasis - My Territory [AC Records]
Privacy - Slide Back [Klakson]
Animistic Beliefs - Blind Submission [Brokntoys]
Zeta Reticula - Digital Card (Exzakt & BFX Remix) [Monotone]
Kronos Device - Hyperqub3 [Avoidant]
The Advent - Vast [Cultivated Electronics]
Zeta Reticula - Sonic Assault [Blind Allies]
Luxus Varta - Holy Pressure [Klakson]
w1b0 - Hammer Down Protocol [Discos Atónicos]
Locked Club - Atom Hell [TRAM Planet Records]
Dez Williams - Layin Down [Mechatronica]

Sputnik - Let Off Some Steam, Bennett

DECENNIUM15 - Adapta (Frustrated Funk)

The 15th edition of our DECENNIUM series comes courtesy of the mastermind Steve Conner, aka Adapta (Frustrated Funk).

Amongst the discerning heads in the underground electronic scene, Steve has gained almost mythical stature due to his unique, twisted style and productions of the highest quality, releasing as Adapta since around 2011 and much earlier as one half of Bitstream since around 1999, with his Brother Dave Conner.

Adapta is well known for being one of the key artists on Frustrated Funk, a label of royal importance in the Electro world, for which he has released a string of records since around 2016. As Bitstream Steve has had numerous achievements and releases on heavyweight labels such as Frustrated Funk, Signal Recordings, Touchin' Bass and notable claims to fame with Modern Love's first ever release and a remix for the mighty Depeche Mode.

Adapta and Bitstream have performed their forward thinking live sets all across Europe and we were honoured to have Steve play for Natural Selection at FOLD as Adapta in March 2019, alongside Claro Intelecto, Sterac, dynArec, Antigone and our co-founders Kodah and Funk Ethics. This was one of the most memorable events in our history and we can't wait to have Steve back in future.

We knew Steve's exclusive set for our DECENNIUM series would be a special one and he has not let us down with this recreation of his FOLD set from back then, which is one of the most well informed selections we have ever heard.

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