Presenting a new mix series : LUBRIKATE YOUR LIVING ROOM.
As I approach my twentieth year of mixing records together, I've been on a mission to widen my musical horizons and explore some of my more fringe interests in greater depth. It took me a little too long to realise it, but presenting myself to the world as purely a techno artist was actually chipping away at my happiness. I think a big part of that was realising that I had put myself definitively in a box, and was spending the vast majority of my time listening to a very narrow musical cross-section. some fantastic experiences and lasting friendships, came with it, and I achieved some long-held dreams along the way, but I've decided that now is the time to express myself more freely and open myself up to more collaboration and community building. i remain open to occasionally using the Volte-Face moniker, but will mainly be focusing on finding new creative avenues under the lubrikant umbrella as well as djing more freely under my own name.
But what exactly is Lubrikant? Essentially, It's a way of sharing my knowledge and experience with some of the people I've met along the way by opening the door to collaborative events and using my platform to share some of the brilliant musical minds i've met over the years. The new series 'lubrikate your living room' will be a repository for some of my own mixes, and i'll also be inviting artists (and non-artists!) to express themselves without limitations of expectation, genre-strictures or time-limits. My hope is that, over time, this series will present a full-spectrum cornucopia of sonic possibility. And by inviting from a deep and wide pool, the possibilities for cross- pollination and new discoveries are practically endless. i invite my guests to follow their hearts and challenge their own patterns or any concept of audience expectation. The modern world and its precision engineered algorithms are very effective at keeping us in neat boxes and interminable feedback-loops, to be pre-packaged and sold to. I'm hoping this series can go some way towards breaking those chains and opening some minds along the way, including my own. I'd appreciate your support in helping me to spread the word as i get the series off the ground. Casper x

💦 Lubrikate Your Living Room 💦 : A Mix Series

In 2019, following a weekend playing in Berlin, I experienced a prolonged psychotic episode, my second (and first since 2004). The consequences  to my life and career were manifold and all-encompassing, and by the time the psychosis was retriggered in early 2021, the volition to engage with music on any meaningful level was utterly waylaid. Fortunately, I've been in good health since, and decided to undertake the Fitzcarraldo-like task of listening to and organising my entire digital library. I'm still not sure why I felt compelled to 'sort through the wreckage' in this way, but something told me there would be some kind of meaning to be derived from the endeavour. And I've decided to document the journey with a series of mixtapes, some of which will have a loose theme of sorts, such as this one. While there will be some new or recent music included, the vast majority of the tracks will have been collected in the last 10 years or so. 

I hope you will enjoy listening as much as I've been enjoying putting these together.

Mix 1 - 'Unrequited Dub'

A deep and relaxing mix, with a barebones dub-techno feel.

TRACKLIST
Gert-Jan Prins - Timpani Basso Ritmo (Editions Mego, 2008)
Austin Cesear - Travellers In Faith Dub (Public Information, 2012)
Roma Zuckerman - Zero (Trip, 2018)
Ruhig - Etere (Midgar, 2016)
Fluxion - Distance (Vibrant Music, 2020)
Carmen Villain - Subtle Bodies (Smalltown Supersound, 2022)
Purl - Bortom Molnen (Hall Of Clouds) (Purl Bandcamp, 2023)
Loscil - Sickbay (Kranky, 2004)
Wishmountain - The Cough (Evolution, 1996)
Fluxion - Burst Mode (Convextion Remix) (Echochord, 2012)
T. Gowdy - Therapy With Colour (Constellation, 2020)
Second Woman - / (Spectrum Spools, 2018)
Takasi Nakajima -Basicmath One (Indigo Aera, 2015)
Fluxion - Schism (Vibrant Music, 2020)
King Midas Sound & Fennesz - Lighthouse (Ninja Tune, 2015)
CV313 - Oceans (Echospace, 2018)
Biosphere - Silene (All Saints Records, 1997)

All music available here : https://www.buymusic.club/list/kubrilant-volte-face-through-the-wreckage-1-unrequited-dub-selections

‘Unrequited Dub'

A mixed-bag of pensive moods, glitched-out experiments, overbearing clouds of texture and a a completely unnecessary spoken-word section.

The second in the Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixtapes.

"For those of you who are just tuning in, this is the second instalment of the Through The Wreckage mixtape series, which will provide an ongoing peek into my penetralia.

Following a lengthy period of mental convalescence and creative constipation, I decided that I needed a regular outlet of some kind to process my experiences of the last few years, and form a more intimate relationship with some of the music that I've been incessant stockpiling for the past decade and beyond. One thing I've come to realise, with customary 20:20 hindsight, is that collecting, making and playing very little aside from peak-time techno for the best part of five years was not an endeavour that served to nourish or expand my soul. It felt like it came at the expression of true exploration and free-expression.

Having a regular outlet, free of strictures of genre or any expectation at all, feels liberating. It's been a lot of work organising my music, making playlists, and trying to theme some of the mixtapes, but something inside me told me this was just something that I had to do. After all, sharing is caring.

Watch this space every Thursday morning for a new mixtape, and increasingly less earnest repartee.

TRACKLIST

Koehn - Köhnepijp (Kraak, 1998)
Abfahrt Hinwil - The Light (Expanding Records, 2001)
Vilod - Clop (Mana, 2019)
CoH & Cosey Fanni Tutti - Closer (Raster Noton, 2008)
Sound Synthesis - Keep Smiling (Bandcamp, 2019)
Moon Wheel - Prosopagnosia (Wool, 2013)
Silent Servant - End / Optimism (L.I.E.S, 2022)
Audioplagio - Il Percorso Di Motsara (Brokntoys, 2023)
Roberto Musci - Rackrailway To... (ReR Megacorp, 1988)
V/Z - Candles (Version) (AD93, 2023) 
Ssaliva - 5ever (Bandcamp, 2021)
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky, 2008)
Grischa Lichtenberger - Boring Mediocre (Raster, 2020)
Gas - Zauberberg 1 (Mille Plateaux, 1997)
Ambient Temple Of Imagination - Devotion (A Toi Mystery School, 1999)
Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm - Swaddledidaf Rosé (Stroom, 2021)
Avus - Furry Hat (Feedbackapella) (Border Community, 2007(
Polygon Window - Quino-Phec (Warp, 1993)
Planet Assault Systems - Tape (Peacefrog, 1994)

‘Participation Atrophy'

An oneiric lurch through the course of a night, from eventide until daybreak.

The third in the Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixtapes.

"When putting these mixtapes together, I was working from a deep pool of possible selections, and noticed quite a few patterns emerging. I started off by grouping tracks on the basis of their sonic qualities, but also found it to be fun to work with track titles as an arbitrary constraint too. I'd like to think that the tracks in this mixtape go and flow together quite naturally, but it's also fun that the titles map the course of linear time from sunset until sunrise."

TRACKLIST

HTRK - Antitwilight II (Boomkat Editions, 2019)
Chichei Hatakeyama - Twilight (Field Records, 2023)
Boards Of Canada - Sundown (Warp, 2013)
Mark Van Hoen - Blue Evening (Self-Released, 2018)
Julee Cruise - Into The Night (Warner Bros, 1989)
KWC 92 - Night Drive (L.I.E.S, 2013)
wzrdryAV - Overnight (Digitalis, 2014)
The Caretaker - Now The Night Is Over And The Dawn Is About To Break (History Always Favours The Winners, 2012)
wzrdryAV - Dawn Transition (Digitalis, 2014)
Stanislav Tolkachev - Eternal Dawn (Mord, 2017)
Abul Mogard - Half Light Of Dawn (Ecstatic, 2015)
Manent - Another Wasted Night (Rapid Eye Movement, 2018)
Matthias Grassow - Misty Morning (Aquarius International, 1992)
Charles Cohen - Sunrise Women - Men (Morphine Records, 2013)
+ Opus III - It’s A Fine Day (Acappella) (PWL International 1992)
Romance & Dean Hurley - A Single Day, A Thousand Years (Ecstatic, 2022)

'From Dusk Til Dawn'

A motley assortment of vintage slow-jams.

The sixth instalment of Casper Clark's Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixes. This one happens to be a little more upbeat and danceable than usual.


"This mixtape was originally conceived a few months back with my local pub, The Gun, in mind. I wanted to put together some low bpm tracks that I could conceivably imagine hearing there. It was left on the cutting room floor for a while, and brought to life here as an unmixed mixtape, befitting the nature of the series so far. If there's been a TTW instalment to date that could conceivably be played at a lively gathering of > 1 person, it's this one."

Jan Jelinek - Slavoj Zizek, What Signs Were There Of The Imminent Dissolution Of Yugoslavia? (Faitiche, 2018)
Johannes Heil - Lost In Music (Kanzleramt, 1999)
DVA Damas - Dance Song (This Is Not A) (Air Texture, 2020)
The Hasbeens - I Fall To Pieces (Frustrated Funk, 2009)
Roland Young - Ballo-Balla (Flow Chart Records, 1984)
Automat - Vision Nocturne (Mille Feuilles, 2015)
Chris Carter - Interloop (Mute, 1991)
Die Partei - Strahlsund (Vinyl Magazine, 1982)
The Sabres Of Paradise - Ballad Of Nicky McGuire (Warp, 1994)
The Fear Ratio - Lonor (Blueprint, 2016)
Schacke - Tasteless Passion (Instruments Of Discipline, 2022)
Keith Leblanc - Move (World Records, 1986)
Miki - Fantomas Break (Cache Cache, 2010)
Le Mystere - Opus 303 (Buzz, 1990)
Inxs - Mediate (Atlantic, 1987)

'Strained Bedfellows'

A fresh selection of pastoral ambient tracts.

The seventh instalment of Casper Clark's Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixes.

"Once again, I've taken the starting point of a loose theme to make this mixtape, in this case tracks with (primarily) a nature reference in their titles, although I did allow myself some creative license to get the job done. It's turned out to be an immersive journey, full to the brim with evocative field-recordings and  reflective/hopeful moods."

TRACKLIST

Naturalist - Untitled (Rather Interesting, 1998)
Philip Jeck & Chris Watson - Oxmardyke (Touch, 2023)
Chihei Hatakeyama - Water & Birds (Field, 2024)
Locust - Moist Moss (Apollo, 1994)
Mu Tate - Cicada Break (Utter, 2023)
Bark Psychosis - Rose (Fire Records, 2018)
Thanet - Alive (Mordant Music, Unknown)
Yate Surge - Half Quiet On The Coast (Aibell’s Harp, 2023)
Giorgio Gigli & Bichord - Space Whales (Planet Rhythm, 2019)
Sara Berts - Anoche (Gang Of Ducks, 2021)
Dark Sparkler - Snow Day (Behind The Sky, 2020)
Albert Van Abbe - Found In The Desert (Vanabbe, 2016)
Alter Ego - Lavender (Klang Elektronik, 1996)
Peter Benisch - Waiting For Snow (Part 10) (Ambient World, 2007)
Frederik Valentin - In Waves (Oqbqbo version) (Posh Isolation, 2020)
Wanderwelle - The Starry Night (Silent Season, 2017)

'For Nature Audiences Only'

A romantic romp, dedicated to a certain someone.

The eighth instalment of Casper Clark's Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixes.

Ecco2k - Sugar & Diesel (Year0001, 2019)
Wolfgang Tilmans - Lifeguarding (Fragile, 2020)
Bryant K - Daisies Grow (Stones Throw, 2011)
Mark Van Hoen - Real Love (Apollo, 1998)
Christine & The Queens - True Love ft. 070 Shake (Because, 2023)
Tobias & Friends - My Sex (Ultravox Cover) (Non Standard Productions, 2023)
Reeko - BDSM (Detroit Underground, 2016)
Tin Man - Stand By Me (White Denim, 2010)
Mood Swings II - One Love (JB Entertainment, 1994)
NHK yx Koyxen - With You (DFA, 2018)
Biosphere - This Is The End (Biophon Records, 2017)
TV.Out - Love Song (Isaiah Tapes, 2016)
Romance & Dean Hurley - Love Streams (Ecstatic, 2022)
Mica Levi - Love (Milan, 2014)
Zerkalo - Last Meeting (Frustrated Funk, 2010)

'Through Romance'

Warming up for Lena Willikens.

TRACKLIST
(Casper Clark)
Ana Roxanne - SuitePour L'Invisible
Klara Lewis & Yuki Tsuji - 2008
Pxmper - Stitch
Perfect Mother - Dark Disco Da. Da. Da. Da. Da. Run
Toxic Frequency - Vaticinator
Takayuki Shiraishi - Crystal Valley
Beau Wanzer - Grumps
Beatrice Dillon - 2020
Chris & Cosey - Little Houses
Leslie Winer - Battle Porn

(Nick Stephens)
Holiday Inn Tropicantesimo - Torbido / Tropicantesimo
Jack Name - Cherie's Eyes
Will Hofbauer - Leech
abracadabra - swim (extended dub)
CHBB - Mau-Mau
Notte Brigante - Pass Culture
Mister Deltoid - Theme from  (The Vortex)

(Casper Clark)
Front De Cadeaux - You Are Opportunist
Lamusa II ft Marie Davidson - I Am The Void
Simo Cell - A Wink Gone Wrong
The Hasbeens - I Fall To Pieces
Takayuki Shiraishi - Dynamo No 2
Xenia Reaper - Sued
Pharmakon - Bang Bang

(Nick Stephens)
FROID DUB - Iguana Style
Tonito Yama - Zero Tone In
Exhausted Modern - Food of the Gods (Ayaz Remix)
Bluetech - Oleander (Phutureprimitive Symbiotic Rmx)
Billy Idol - Eyes without a face 

(Casper Clark)
Yuka Honda - Limoncello
Pink Elln - Xenose
Lassigue Bendthaus - Statik (12" Version)
Front 242 - Sample D
Kompleks - D.E.R.T
VC-118A -Eha (Privacy Remix)

(Nick Stephens)

Nick Mackrory - Ultramagica
Timothy J. Fairplay - All Eyes Over The City
Wallace - Masada
Front de Cadeaux - Tornado May Come
Bartoszek - Meuterei Auf Dem Immenhof (Edit)
Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness

(Casper Clark)
DJ Znobia - Esfregado
Golden Axe - Yaatra
Anatolian Weapons - Black Sea
Cola Ren - Riot On The Hush (Al Wootton Remix)
Bob Chance - Jungle Talk
Eurythmics - You Take Some Lentils And You Take Some Rice
Moon Wiring Club - Image Magick
DJ Slon Жуткий Лазер - Jenny
Marc & The Mambas - Sleaze

(Nick Stephens)
Dr. Suess - Green Eggs & Smack
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Dropping Bombs on the White House
Monokompatibel, Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist 2048

Casper Clark b2b Nick Stephens at The Gun, Aug '24

Where better to play my first solo DJ set in 5 years than in my local boozer, The Gun? Thanks to Nick for making me feel like the belle of the curveball.

Seekersinternational - Pianoman X
Einsturzende Neubaten -The Pit Of Language
Gheneral Thi Et Les Fourmis - Despération
Daisy Ray - Butterfly
Coil - Omlagus Garfungiloops
Jake Chapman & Gulls - Turn Style
Esplendor Geométrico - Mongolia Inbarcable
Tutu Ta - Alley Cat
Nikolajev -Tongue Double
The Pop Group - There Are No Spectators
Philipp Otterbach - Constant Diet Of Flattery
Eñaut Zubizarreta - Trigger
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Der Maggot Tango 
Wine & Coffee - How Far
Lamusa II - Proxima Parada
UB40 - Don't Break My Heart
Buffalo Daughter - Socks, Drugs & Rock n Roll
.300 Whisper ft Mutado Pintado  -Inhumanity & Justice (Extended)
The Kloom - 40 Gram Beton (Die Wilde Jagd Remix)
Mama Bubo -Smiš Mnohem Dál
Automat - Vision Nocturne
Front 242 - Sample D
Hoshina Anniversary -Karoushi
D'Marc Cantu - Get Lifted
Moon Wiring Club - A Friendly Warning
White Pain - A Kick In Your Mind
Andrew Liles - Touch, But Never Enough
Significant Other - I Get Such Bad Headaches
Orior - Feels Like Summer
Le Syndicat Electronique - Close To You
Konrad Kraft - Yellow Tentacle
Skinny Puppy - Splasher
Frank Bretschneider - Other Days, Other Eyes
Keith Leblanc - Remote Control Dub
Single Gun Theory - Angels Over Tehran
Trickpony - Pillow Talk
Pink Elln - Cycle 8
Autumns - Purely Reasonable
Carlos Peròn - Nothing Is True
Space Cadets - Stotinki Dub
Tutu Ta - You Funky Devil
Fotoplastikon - A4 W Drodze
Michal Turtle - Are You Psychic
Antonym - Return To Normal
Sebastian Tellier - Kilometer (Arpanet Remix)
Black Merlin - Amazing Exotics
DJ Swamp - Worship The Robots
Miki - Fantomas Break (Edit)
Geneva Jacuzzi - Cannibal Babies
Renaldo & The Loaf -Hambu Hodo (7" Version)
Midnight Savari - Zoo Keeper
Dircsen - Dying State
nICo - Spiral Lights
Bergsonist - Virtualité
Sinoesin - Angels Of Altitude Part 1
Giovanni T - Balla Mozzarella
Betonkunst - Bill & His Cat
Avus - Poppy
Ian Martin - Frozen Roses
Roberto Auser - It Was Written
Geoffrey Landers - Breedlove
Tomu DJ - New Groove
The Illistines - Re-incarnated
Leo James - The Surface
Zwischenfall -Flucht
Fockewulf 190 - Body Heat (Vocal)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Relâchè
Balladium - Andromeda
TB - Invitation To Love
Curve - Cold Comfort
Mutsumi - Pimp Slap
Moon Duo - Sickener
Cindy Lee - In A Moment Divine
Andrew Liles - Misappropriation
S.M Nurse - Frutta 
A.G Cook - 2021
Wesley Willis - Fuck You

Casper Clark all-night set, The Gun, Sep24

The ninth instalment of Casper Clark's Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixes.

COH ft. Little Annie - Curious Yellow (TOURETTE RECORDS, 2011)
Areliz Ramos - Euduvin (WHERE TO NOW?, 2022)
Mama Bubo - New Age In Prague (ENDLESS ILLUSION, 2017)
Ulla - Leaves & Wish (EXPERIENCES LTD, 2020)
Tristan Disco - Be On The Decrease (Civilistjävel Retake) (CAMISOLE RECORDS, 2022)
Steve Pepe - Marcia (INSIDE OUT RECORDS, 2020)
Pelican Daughters - Happiness (SILENT, 1994)
Roberto Musci - Improbably Music (RAW MATERIAL , 1984)
Eli Keszler - Landscape (LUCKYME, 2024)
Maria Somerville - Undoing (NOT ON LABEL, 2019)
Dorisburg & Sebastian Mullaert - Skyward (SPAZIO DISPONIBLE, 2023)
Evilgiane - Instant Death (SURF GANG, 2024)
Shuttle358 - Optimal (12K, 1999)
Robert Rental - Untitled (DARK ENTRIES, 2020)
Naemi ft. Jason Graf - Olivia Prime (3XL, 2024)
Xphresh - Myst (3XL, 2021)
Sabla - Vibrations (Muddy Mix) (GANG OF DUCKS, 2023)
Gulls - All Is In Movement (BOOMARM NATION, 2023)
A Produce - Raga Riley (TRANCE PORT, 2008)
Martin Glass - Silver Screen Wellness (GLOSSY MISTAKES, 2023)
Ke Lepo - Kamutza (Outro) (FORBIDDEN COLOURS, 2023)
Adaa - Tired (MAPPA, 2024)
Wladimir M - Autumn Leaves I (EEVO LUTE MUSIC, 1993)

'Manning Fall' by Casper Clark

The tenth instalment of Casper Clark's Through The Wreckage series of mostly ambient mixes.

Air Liquide - Things Happen (Sm:)e, 1994)
Holger Czukay - Cruise (Spoon Records, 1982)
The Chieftains - Never Give All The Heart (RCA Victor, 1999)
Lou Reed & John Cale - A Dream (Sire, 1990)
Morphology - Memory Fragments (Firescope, 2018)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Intermission Dub (Run Recordings, 2004)
Severed Heads - Chasing Skirt (Nettwerk Europe, 1989)
Grouper - 6 (Kranky, 2013)
Earthen Sea - Stolen Time (Kranky, 2022)
Haruomi Hosono - Aero (Sun & Moon Records, 1995)
Laurent Garnier - Le Voyage De Simone (F Communications, 1997)
Gnod & MC Sissi - Olivia (Rocket Recordings, 2024)
Stacks - Seagulls (Knekelhuis, 2024)
Gggg - Interlude (Firescope, 2022)
Dorothy Carter - Waillee Waillee (Celeste, 1978)
Truus De Groot - Match Made In A Dive Bar (Self-Released, 2023)
Kristina Bruuk - Supermodel (Kalevala, ??)
Shriekback - The Big Hush (Arista, 1985)
Forma Norte - Lagarto (Deardogs, 2022)
FaltyDL - Berlin (Blueberry Records, 2022)
Lutto Lento - Weakness (Where To Now?, 2017)
Roche - Aquarius (Self-Released, 2024)
Earth Trax - Pied Piper (Lapsus Records, 2023)
Jack Lever - Sinta Hill (Open Tapes, 2023)
Moon Duo - Circle Of Evocation Pt. 2 (Souterrain Transmissions, 2011)
Coil - Dark River (Torso, 1991)
Tradecraft - Brakken (Berceuse Heroique, 2024)
Luke Sanger - Natural Light (Balmat, 2024)
KID. ft. Rudy Trouvé- How I Stopped Stopping (Benko, 2024)
Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova - Osvobodi Menia (Growing Bin Records, 2024)
Peter Benisch - Spiralling (Turbo, 2021)
Evigt Mörker - Parusi (Self-Released, 2015)
The Shangri-Las - Past, Present & Future (Mercury, 1971)
Johannes Heil - Farewell (Kanzleramt, 1999)
H.E.A.D - Efs 3 (Blue, 1993)
Chris & Cosey - Lament (Rough Trade, 1984)
Hank Williams - Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals (Metro Records, 1966)
Bjork - Hyperballad (Girls Blouse Mix) (One Little Indian, 1995)
Pye Corner Audio - Sun Stroke (Sonic Cathedral, 2022)
T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer (Fly Records, 1971)
Tones On Tail - Instrumental (4AD, 1982)
ANBB (Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld) - One (Raster-Noton, 2010)
ELpH vs Coil - The Halliwell Hammers (Eskaton, 1995)
Dubstar - Stars (Polydor, 1995)

'Seasonal Affective Expression'

If I'm not mistaken, it's been 7 1/2 years since I last made and shared a 'techno' mix. Despite a few years away from the scene, and a less techno-dedicated approach to buying records these days, the idea of putting something together has been niggling at me for a while. I had in mind a deep, mid-paced journey inspired by some of the festivals that I've attended in the last few years.

The tracklist isn't an exercise in wilful obscurity (there's hardly anything released in the last 12 months!), and I nearly abandoned it due to some scruffy transitions, but life's too short to obsess over such things!

TRACKLIST
wzdryAV - Inducing The Contrast (Accidental Meetings, 2021)
The Future Sound Of London - A Space Of Partial Illumination (Self-Released, 2022)
Sleeper Cell - V (Lovers Rock, 2016)
Carmen Villain - Marka (Smalltown Supersound, 2024)
Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Deupree - Half-Mute (Mille Plateaux, 2002)
Sindh - Sidam (IDO, 2021)
Ruff Cherry - Superstition (Midgar, 2017)
Nautil - Canopée (Further Records, 2015)
Tobias - Nucleon (Ostgut Ton, 2016)
Lina Filipovich - Noid (Central Processing Unit, 2024)
Bas Dobbelaar - Plural (Trule, 2023)
Tammo Hesselink - Semei (Nous’klaer Audio, 2022)
Vakula - Vermona (Shevchenko, 2012)
Sandoz - Steel Tabernacle (Touch, 1993)
Barbara Ford - Frostbite (ClekClekBoom, 2015)
Andy Stott - She’s Gone Wrong (Modern Love, 2008)
Jocelyn & Yasin Engwer - Sticks And Stones (Eshu, 2024)
Voal - Eight Ball (Eshu, 2024)
Andre Bratten - Mint (Slay Tracks, 2024)
Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - Fluids In Motion III (Livity Sound, 2024)
Takayuki Shiraishi - Flicker (Studio Mule, 2020)
Black Merlin - Morphik Uniform (Crystal Ceremony, 2023)
Mura Oka - Zr Dnt (Latency, 2014)
Purelink - Maintain The Bliss(Self-Released, 2021)
Galcher Lustwerk - Black Power Electronics (Lustwerk Music, 2024)
ELpH vs Coil - Ended (Eskaton, 1995)

'Toils & Snares' Techno Mix, Jan '25

Made to promote a one-off event at The Gun in Hackney, this mix is a selection of sub-100bpm records that I've been enjoying of late. 

I'll be joined by Nadia Ksaiba (NTS) and Ilan (Night City Life) this Thursday 6th March from 7pm.

Pelican Daughters - Dinmango
Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova - Rany
Mikkel Metal - Lakma
Klofink - Inland
Seefeel - Cut
Huruomi Hosono - Teaching Of Sphinx
Toki Fuko - Recognise Your Limitations
Dalhous - You Don’t Know What You Want, Do You?
Tassilo Vanhöfen - Aranda Traditions
Oltrefuturo ft. Crystal Therapy - Mental Music
Tolouse Low Trax - Metal Tent Wicked
Katatonic Silentio - Path Of Uncertainty
Froid Dub - First Floor Beat
Eva Geist - Urban Monogamy
Chris Carter - Modularity
ALPI - Oxalis
Bergsonist - Ach Briti
Coil - Who’ll Tell?

Casper Clark - Just Because... (Sub 100bpm Mix)

As part of The Gun’s run of final events, I hosted 2 ‘Just Because’ nights, based on the premise that the DJs would not exceed 100bpm, unless it was in case of an emergency. I was able to invite some of my closest friends to play across the two nights, including Debonair, Nadia Ksaiba, Emma Rudge, Ilan and my b2b partner on this particular night, Matt Walsh. 

We go back a long way, going to all of the same parties in the mid-noughties, playing together a lot at Bugged Out, Wax:On and the like and even hosting our own weekly residency, High Horse, at the legendary T Bar (alongside Ben and Alex from the equally legendary Skull Juice).

Matt and I decided that it would be nice to share this set ahead of our gig together in Margate this Sunday 4th May at Faith In Strangers.

Completing the triumvirate is our pal Daniel Avery, who’ll be headlining the night.

Casper Clark - Just Because, The Gun. 13-3-25

Every time I make a 'mix', I try to set myself the challenge of exploring new musical realms. Lately, I've been finding comfort in this type of zone. I'll stop short of naming it, and leave that to you perhaps? 

TRACKLIST

Pink Elln - Screen (Non Standard Productions, 2025)
Nonplace Urban Field - Whimp (Incoming, 1996)
TC LK - Ghost (Phase Group, 2025)
Terekke - Mix 91 (L.I.E.S, 2017)
Doctor Rockit - Tape Measure (Accidental, 2004)
Cousin - Wake The Town (Moonshoe Records, 2025)
Beppu - Erase & Bias + Signal/Tape Noise (Organic Analogue, 2025)
Rod Modell - Kingston (Echochord, 2003)
Christian Jay & Crump - GG3 (Banoffee Pies, 2016)
Stewart Walker - Cocoa (Force Inc, 1999)
Artificial - Sentiment (Creative Vibes, 2002)
Move D - Sandmann (Source Records, 1995)
Ovatow - Visitation v_4 (Harbour City Sorrow, 2023)
Area Forty One - Freefall (Delsin, 2013)
Susumu Yokota - Deep Sea Diva (Untitled Sounds Of Blue, 2004)
Ovid - Distant Village (Edit) (Faux Pas Musik, 2024)
Toupaz - Motif (Oscilla Sound, 2024)
Odd Machine - Phase Out (Non Standard Productions, 2009)
Moeller & Marcelus - Travelogue 2 (Singular Records, 2015)
Ozy - Dis-En-Gaged (Force Inc, 2002)
Chris & Cosey - Fantastique (Carl Craig Mix) (T&B Vinyl, 1995)
Test Dept - Miotica (KK Records, 1998)
Vladislav Delay - Untitled (Mille Plateaux, 2000)

Volte-Face - Unfinished Syzygy Mix

I recorded a roughly-mixed test-run of my planned set for Wide Awake festival, which I'm sharing here for posterity - in reality, some of the live acts overran and my actual set was cut to about 15 minutes on the night. These interstitial sets aren't supposed to have much consequence in the scheme of things, but I always enjoy a different musical challenge. Plus, the owner of the festival (who I collaborated with on Field Day from 2007-2019) is a big Tears For Fears fan, so everything led me to that finale really! 

TRACKLIST
Fatshaudi - Avril’s Wedding 
Speedy J - Treatments
Sky H1 - Darklite  
Michel Banabila & Radboud Mens - 47 Voice Loops (Radbound & Bilaa Remix) 
Caterina Barbieri - Terminal Clock
Chris & Cosey - Walking Through Heaven (Twist Remix) 
Barker - Reframing
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels (Sketches From An Island Sunrise Meditation) 
Salamanda - Nostalgia

My 30-minute interstitial DJ set at Wide Awake before Daniel Avery's live set

This one has lain dormant in my 'WIP' folder for quite some time, under the working title 'bleak and blue'. The final product is certainly blue in tone, but not quite as bleak as I'd first intended. It's a contemplative yet soothing 70 minute meditation for those early mornings or inter-city sojourns.

ElPH vs Coil - Caged Birds (Eskaton, 1995)
Warmsore - Stone Tape Theory (Frequency Domain, 2017)
Signer - Our Home (Carpark Records, 2002)
D.A.R.F.D.H.S - Leaving Mälaren, Across Austmarr (Field Records, 2018)
Christ. - One Cloudy Sunny Day (Benbecula Records, 2006)
Primal Code - Nocturne (Hypnus Records, 2018)
KWC 92 - Dreaming Of You (L.I.E.S Records, 2013)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Prowler (Wonder, 2000)
Anne Clark - Shades (Beehive, 1992)
Biosphere - Turned To Stone (Biophon Records, 2017)
Soreab - Rite (Avian, 2023)
Aleksi Perälä - NL-L56-18-07441 (Dub Recordings, 2019)
Exael & Arad Acid - My Love Is An Extension Of You (Motion Ward, 2020)
Pete Namlook - Blue Tube (Fax +49-69/450464, 2007)
Talker - Image Union (Downwards, 2014)
Arca - Piel (XL Recordings, 2017)
Max Loderbauer - Tripod (Non Standard Productions, 2020)
Acronym - And Then There Was Nothing (Field Records, 2017)
Lussuria - Breath Of Cinder (Hospital Productions, 2014)
David J & Ego Plum - I’d Rather Have The Blues Than What I’ve Got (Urbane Music, 2007)

Volte-Face - Nearly Yearning Centre

LUBRIKATE YOUR LIVING ROOM
Episode 2 - 'Remember Yesterday' by Ilan (Night City Life)

WORDS FROM ILAN
"Didn't Time Sound Sweet Yesterday" - Scott Walker

WORDS FROM CASPER
'Remember Yesterday' is a pensive, at times almost elegiac selection of home-listening beauties which have been carefully put together and mixed (with vinyl only) by a dab-hand selector who I've had the pleasure to know for quite some time. Ilan has become known more recently for his synth-driven 'Night City Life' compilations of forgotten and obscure gems, distributed via the Spacetalk label, but we first met on or around the dancefloor of his erstwhile Hypnotic Tango events in various London basements, which he ran alongside my close friend Olly Fas. He's quietly developed a reputation over the years as somebody that goes the extra mile to source weird and wonderful music of a generally upbeat nature, which is befitting of the weird and wonderful chap with a generally upbeat nature that Ilan undoubtedly is.

As with all of the forthcoming mixes in this series, please give it a chance and listen without prejudice. There's no tracklist this time around.

💦LYLR 2💦 Remember Yesterday by Ilan (Night City Life)

LUBRIKATE YOUR LIVING ROOM

Episode 01 - 'Gradually & Then Suddenly' by Casper Clark

Synopsis : I was listening to some mixes by a recent discovery of mine, Kyle Toole, and felt compelled to start grouping some records from my collection into a playlist. As the list began to burgeon, it seemed to be taking on something of a downtempo, you might even say trip-hoppy flavour. Listening to the playlist took me back to being a young teenager in the living room of my childhood home. My Dad was in the grip of an ecstasy-fuelled midlife crisis and would be near-constantly playing Kruder & Dorfmeister’s ‘K&D Sessions’, bootleg Buddha Bar CDs, Leftfield’s ‘Leftism’, The Beloved’s ‘Conscience’ and various William Orbit and Fluke records. I realised over the years what a profound influence this time had on my eventual obsession with electronic music, especially of the deep and transcendent variety. I think there’s a misconception at times that all music that fell under the chill-out banner was somehow banal or wallpaper muzak, but that’s not the way that I see it at all. Hopefully you’ll agree once you’ve listened to this mix, a near 3 and a half hour journey.

Tracklist :
Perimeter O - Speed Of Light @perimetero
Atom TM & Pete Namlook - Beel
Harz - Noira 
Funcionário - Tributo @funcionario
Natural Information Society - Always 9 Seconds Away 
Twinkle³ - Bodea 998 
Gudrun Gut - Firething (The Orb Firedub) 
Mister Water Wet - Gossamer Hints Softly Spun @titofuego
Ali Omar ft Gina Mitchell - On Release 
Filter Tips - Shanti Plays 
XqST - HRBA 
Strategy - No Defects @strategyofficial
Kilig - Air In The Dark @kiligsounds
Cyclopean - Fingers 
Bill Laswell - Purana 
Ovuca - Northern Comfort
Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure (Beaumont Hannant Beautifully Bare Mix) 
Yello - Distant Mirror 
Dettinger - Totentanz 2 
4E - Bimbo Limbo 
Signaldrift - Undecided 
Gaiko - Millenium @tsugihq
The Mighty Bop ft. Ingrid - Vibrations Mystiques 
Bochum Welt - Suddenly Spring @bochum-welt
Phantom Slasher - Ooo-Err 
Joni Void - Time Zone @joni_void
Bjarki - Everyone Is Annoying @bjarki
Reign Of Ferns - Bamboo 
Nat Birchall - Jungle Trek 
Andrea Parker - Going Nowhere 
Schuttle - Melonweed Musick @schuttle
Yuta Matsumara - Myth Machine 
Komodo Kolektif - Fire Walk @komodokolektif
Gulls Rhythm Force - Tune The System / Start Slow (Dry Drums Motivation Vrsn) 
Static Cleaner Lost Reward - Submerging Emergency 
Shit & Shine - Parkplatz 84 @shitshine
Rapoon - Again We See 
Brendon Moeller - Safari @brendonmoeller-music
A Certain Ratio - Funaezekea 
Crespi Drum Syndicate - Broken Bread @sonidoisla
Oliver Doerell & Jawad Salkhord - Worud @doerell
Keith Hudson - By Night Dub 
Dolphins - Spacecat @freybenedik
African Head Charge - Healing Ceremony 
The Blessed Kitty - Stoned Wire (Always On My Mind) @triplexlarge
Nonplace Urban Field - Fucking Long Time 
Irene Bianco - Sussulti 
Felinto - Encanto Banga 
The Loose Control Band - It's Hot (808 Mix) 
Unitone HiFi - Babylon (Baby Lion by Egon Zo & Zargo) 
Mjulev - Can I Give This Bird Some Speed? @mjulev
Sun Electric - Goldstuck

💦LYLR 1💦 Gradually, And Then Suddenly by Casper Clark

BleeD's third release is a second solo outing for label-head Volte-Face, and follows in the wake of the lauded Rote EP, a collaborative effort with Daniel Avery. The diverse, but undeniably floor-focused 'All Grown Up' EP is rounded off with a killer DJ Spider remix.

www.BleeD-Music.co.uk


A2. Volte-Face - The Power Of Christ Compels You

B1 Volte-Face - Chain Of Command

B1 : Volte Face - You Bury Me

A1 : Volte Face - Shirime

BleeD007
Phil Moffa | Mass Action
Released 3rd February 2017

BleeD-Music.bandcamp.com

Phil Moffa - Decimation (Volte - Face Remix)

Volte-Face 
Murmuration

A1 Murmuration
A2 Lethologica
B1 Blatchington Mill (Wata Igarashi Stairway Remix)
B2 No Flags Wave Me Home
B3 Blatchington Mill

Released 8.9.17

A2 | Volte-Face - Lethologica

B1 | Volte-Face - Blatchington Mill (Wata Igarashi Stairway Remix)

BleeD presents... 'Social Sculpture'

For the first time, Volte-Face's BleeD releases a Various Artists compilation, featuring friends and close family of the label. Named after Joseph Beuys' concept of 'Social Sculpture', which serves to harness collective potential in an attempt to transform society (in some small way at least!), the release features eight different artists who embody the BleeD sound of the last few years of activity - Volte-Face, Rote (Daniel Avery & Volte-Face), DJ Nobu, Peder Mannerfelt, Opuswerk, Refracted, AWB and BLNDR.

Released on physical & digital formats July 13th.

A1 Volte-Face - Plus Four++++
A2 DJ Nobu - Fish
B1 Opuswerk - Transhancement
B2 Refracted - Depth Charge
C1 Rote - Shit Business
C2 BLNDR - Doepfer Exercise
D1 Peder Mannerfelt - Dig 6 
D2 AWB - Nimh

AWB - Nimh

Refracted -  Depth Charge

DJ Nobu - Fish

Rote - Shit Business

Lubrikant is the new creative umbrella for Casper Clark AKA Volte-Face, a London based DJ and promoter since 2006. Please sign-up to my mailing list to keep up with the new guest mix series, Lubrikate Your Living Room, and all other news.

If you'd like to propose any kind of collaborations, I can be reached via casper@lubrikant.org.

**Let me be your guide**

Casper Clark / Volte-Face

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