A slowly growing collection of mixes curated for a number of different musical online platforms.

DJ SETS - Sound Metaphors Djs (Castro & Nemo)

An extended mix from Rrose to celebrate our entry into 2023 and the upcoming release of TULIP SPACE [EAUX1591] available for pre-order now at https://eaux.ro/album/tulip-space and the upcoming full-length album PLEASE TOUCH (full announcement in Spring). The mix contains tracks from both releases.

This is a studio mix, started with an initial live take and then combed over meticulously with automated filters, eq, and fx. This is the same setup I use to play out, minus the automation. There is rarely a point when only one track is playing. I always try to find mixes that feel like a new track emerges from the combination. I imagine the optimal listening environment to be eyes-closed with headphones on, but I also hope you will feel an irresistible urge to move at some points ;)

For the nerds, here is an overview of my automation session: http://rrose.ro/23a

Full track list:

datassette - Umbrella Partita (Live At Cafe OTO)
Carmen Villain - Subtle Bodies (Smalltown Supersound)
Bea Brennan - Drift (Old Technology)
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2029060
Rrose - Squared (EAUX)
Rrose - Pleasure Vessels (EAUX) 
Rrose - Spines (EAUX)
Konduku - Scale (Mantis)
Raymond Scott - The Bass-Line Generator (Basta)
Eleh - Bright & Central As The Sun Itself (Important)
Ø (Mika Vainio) - Monneista Viimeinen (Last of Catfishes) (Sähkö)
Polygonia - Enteroctopus Dofleini (ARA)
Robert Hood - The Workers Of Iniquity (M-Plant)
Israel Vines - Nosedive (Interdimensional Transmissions)
errorsmith - No Ice
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2030010
Acid Jesus - Radium (Klang)
Nicole - A Small Entrance To A Large Spectrum (Basic Energy)
Wata Igarashi - Warp (WIP)
Jonas Kopp - LIM 3-5C (Tremsix)
Israel Vines - Tri Polar (interdimensional Transmissions)
Clay Wilson - Moving Centre (Bunker)
D-Leria - Junglism (Semantica)
Paleman - The Fell (Sublunar)
Paleman - Patience 3 Recurring (loop)
Anthony Rother - Axial Symmetry (PSI49NET)
Polygonia - Vipera Berus (ARA)
The Angel Race - Ghetto Sketches [MATHEMATICS]
Matrixxman - Mother's Return
Paleman - Ravine (Sublunar)
SSTROM - Volatile Substance [VOAM]
Polygonia - Pterois Miles (ARA)
Phase Fatale - Desecrating Vows (Rrose remix) (BITE)
Desroi - If Your Teeth Fall Out You Can Have Mine (desroi)
Agency666 - Not To Be Re-Produced
Kon Janson - Bit Shift (Spatial Cues)
Robert Hood - Untitled 5 (M-Plant)
Teresa Rampazzi - Atmen Noch (Die Schnachtel)
Adriana Lopez - Nudo (Sublunar)
Mathys Lenne - Rupture [HAYES]
Sanna Mun - Janiform (Modwerks)
Fret (Mick Harris) - Rhino Patch [LIES]
Rrose - A Row of Cylinders (Eaux)
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2032040
DJ Slip - 808 to Nice [SubVoice]
Rrose - Rib Cage (Eaux)
Abstract Division - Don’t Fall Asleep (Rrose remix) (Dynamic Reflection)
Universal Indicator - red a3+a4 (Rephlex)
Toru Katsuta - Solar Prominence (Toru)
Kali Malone - Arched in Hysteria (Hallow Ground)
A214 - lala 
KMRU - dont linger they might see you
Jennifer Walshe - Quam Pulchra Es, Motet (Migro)

download link: https://we.tl/t-HQPtG1OEAE

Rrose : 23

@neel is a true mod­ern day tech­no crafts­man who can do sur­re­al and unusu­al things with sound in tru­ly unique ways as both a DJ and live performer. For this very special mix Neel combines DJ & live for a unique hybrid set, soundtracking the final afternoon of @parallelfestival 2023. 

Neel is known for being the mas­ter­mind behind Eniss­lab Stu­dio, a mas­ter­ing and mix­ing stu­dio which is a go-to place for many, if not most, con­tem­po­rary tech­no labels. Neel is also a long time col­lab­o­ra­tor with Dona­to Dozzy, start­ing off with them per­form­ing and record­ing as Voic­es From The Lake, evolving into them co-run­ning the legendary Spazio Disponi­bile label. 

Start your week off right with this trip back to the Spanish Pyrenees mountains ⛰️

Follow:

https://www.facebook.com/neeldj
https://soundcloud.com/neel
https://www.instagram.com/neelrome/


https://soundcloud.com/parallelfestival
https://www.parallelfestival.com/
https://www.instagram.com/parallelfestival/
https://www.facebook.com/parallelfestival/

MNMT Recordings: Neel (hybrid) — Paral·lel Festival 2023

Sound Metaphors (@sound-metaphors) is Nemo Ripoll and Castro Moore, but it is also the name of their famously well-curated label and record shop in Berlin. As such the pair has been helping to define the sound of the underground on many different fronts - electric DJ sets, cult events and even through the custom-made sound systems built for customers worldwide. With a vast musical knowledge between them and a never-ending supply of their own unreleased edits and DJ tools, they are able to tell musical stories that draw from all across all genres and many different eras.

That plays out in the superb mix they have put together for us this week. It's a full-bodied selection that shows off their love of contrasting styles - loose, percussive house music brushes up with deep and dubby cuts, dark acid grooves sit next to '80s synth sounds before a disco finish goes from stomping to funky. The exuberance of it all is infectious and leaves you wanting more.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 477 - Sound Metaphors DJs

Atsushi Maeda, one of the founders and organizers of rural  festival, returned to the DJ booth this year after a 12-year absence.

The time he started his set rainfall was more intense, but despite the stormy weather, the audience danced enthusiastically until the end, creating an interactive techno piece that resembled a tug of war between the audience and the DJ. Enjoy a techno journey that deeply affects your body and spirit, as if you are running through a tunnel with no light in sight, surrounded by a sense of relief.

ruralの創設者・オーガナイザーの1人であるAtsushi Maedaが、今年は12年ぶりにruralのDJブースへと戻りました。降雨の激しさがより厳しくなる時間に始まったこのセットは、荒天にも関わらず多くのオーディエンスが熱狂的に踊ることで最後まで見届けられ、オーディエンスとDJによる綱引きのような相互作用的なテクノ作品へと仕上がりました。ruralが追い求める高品質なサウンドを象徴する存在であるAtsushi Maedaによって創られた、光の見えないトンネルの中を安堵に包まれながら走り抜けるテクノジャーニーをお楽しみください。

Atsushi Maeda at rural 2024

The closing set at the Varden stage is always a special time; Filled with excitement, tears, hugs, and exhaustion, it marks the end of four incredible days at Monument Festival.

This year Japanese maestro Wata Igarashi stepped up and delivered a legendary closing set. A psychedelic vortex of sound thundered across the forest as the dance floor was illuminated in radiant colors and fog, with smiling faces and dancing bodies all around. 

So find your best headphones or sit down in front of your speakers, turn it up, and time travel back to the Forgotten Valley. Guided by our friend, Wata Igarashi. Enjoy.

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Can’t wait to get back to Veggli? Our sixth edition of Monument Festival will take place from July 31st to August 3rd 2025 and tickets will go on sale soon. Be sure to join our waiting list at https://festival.mnmt.no/ to get your invitation. Mark your calendars. See you in the forest. 

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/wata
https://www.instagram.com/wataigarashi/

https://festival.mnmt.no/

Join us in 2025

Monument Festival 2024 : Wata Igarashi

Paula Koski at Solstice 2024

Marco Shuttle's dj set recorded live on Sunday, 11th of August 2024 at Paral·lel Festival, Port del Comte, Spain.

Marco Shuttle @ Paral·lel 2024

biocym at hütte 24

Recorded at the second day of Paral·lel Festival 2024, just as the sun was setting in the Catalonian mountains...

Anthony Linell at Paral·lel Festival 2024

Very first collaboration between Peter Van Hoesen & Wata Igarashi, recorded live at The Observatory in Vietnam.

6 hours hybrid live set.

They will perform their second 6h hybrid performance on SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER 2024 at The Observatory.

Peter Van Hoesen & Wata Igarashi 6h hybrid set - live at The Observatory - 1st December 2023

Cio Dorbandt is a part of German techno’s furniture. Born in Hannover, she can now be found in Cologne, while over the course of a lengthy career she has stamped her mark on cities across the country, and many other spots further afield. Made a resident at Munich’s infamous Ultraschall in 2001, she had also spent much of her youth pursuing her aspiration to become a dancer in ‘80s Berlin—a place she now frequents for gigs at the likes of Berghain, Tresor, and ://about blank​, following a wave of international recognition in the late ‘00s.

With years of experience behind the decks, studio work came a little later for Dorbandt. Releasing on Prologue, Semantica and more, her sound as Cio D'Or was recognized as central in a wave of minimal, hypnotic techno producers, encompassing characters like Mike Parker, Sleeparchive and Donato Dozzy (with whom she has often worked alongside). More recently, she has turned her attention to a broader spectrum of styles, bouncing between dub and ambient soundscapes, with the focus directed on sound design. Her most recent album, All In All, was some of her most experimental work yet, diving head first into a world of piano composition and cinematic music, as well as the regular dancefloor fodder. Not prepared to confine her talents to record though, she has also orchestrated a choreography project alongside Brigitta Muntendorf entitled PULSA:RE, combining the work of an ensemble with a DJ set—yet another string on her musical bow. D’Or steps up for this week’s podcast, with a dramatic hour long mix of experimental techno sounds that gives a sense of where she is at right now.

Tracklisting:

01. Keadz "Ceremonial Dance of the White Pygmy"  [Lpc]
02. Monolake "Unstable Matter" [Imbalance Computer Music]
03. Mika Vainio "Unien Holvit" [Sähkö]
04. Refracted  "Plateau" [Silent Season]
05. Fldexp "Lagu" [Silent Season]
06. Dino Sabatini "Prophecy" [Prologue]
07. Powerplant "Import/Export" [Suite for Global Junk (Murcof Rmx)] [Nonclassical]
08. Cio D´Or "after and before" [Semantica]
09. Xhin "Link Tool"  [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
10. Antonio Ruscito "Composte (E)" [Kabalion]
11. Cio D´Or "Unreleased" [Unreleased] 
12. DJ Blackstone & Amit Shoham "Disciples of Johnny Mojo" [Tarantic Records (Black Kaspar)]
13. Elle "Haiuri" [Annulled]
14. Mike Parker "Smoke From Burning Fields" [Balans]
15. Milton Bradley "Spiral Of Silence" [Do Not Resist The Beat!]
16. Mike Parker "Lustration One" [Prologue]
17. Various Adepts (Vol III) "Void+Stars" [Hypnus Records]
18. Mike Parker "Ketos Troias" [Repitch]
19. Aleksi Perala "UK74R1408024"[The Colundi Sequence Level 6]
20. Dino Sabatini "Ritual" [Prologue]
21. Tensal "Eco 4" [Tensal]
22. Unknown Location "Relation" [Circular Limited]
23. Dorian Gray "Iceberg" [BSR]
24. I/Y "Objection" (Acronym Rmx) [DREF]
25. Antonio Ruscito "Quarto Segnale" [030]
26. Arnaud Le Texier "Synthese" (Unam Zetineb Rmx) [Affin]
27. Mike Parker "Luminescent Black" [Inkblots]
28. Mike Parker "Moisture (Treatment 3)" [Prologue]
29. Abdulla Rashim "A Shell of Speed" [Northern Electronics]
30. Samuli Kemppi "Power Of Voltages" [M_RecLtd]
31. Unknown "Unknown" [SC002]
32. Pilgrimage "Unknown" [Unknown]
33. Cio D'Or "Tomorrow Was Yesterday" [Semantica]

Cio D'Or - XLR8R 434 Podcast - Tapentum Lucidum

Sound Metaphors podcast 05 – Castro Moore

http://testpressing.org/2018/11/mix-475-sound-metaphors-longitudinal-fermented/

TESTPRESSING MIX #475 - Castro & Nemo - Longitudinal Fermented

Tracklist:

01. Os Ritmistas Brasileiros ‎– Ensaio Geral (1967) 
02. Ti-Roro - Drum Solo  (1957)
03. Billy Cobham - Storm  (1974) 
04. M’Boom - Circles (1984)
05. Zaka Percussion - Salsa Sept Club (1980)
06. Manos Tsangaris - Drüm 1 (Elephant's Easy Moonwalk Through The Night) (1990)
07. Julien Babinga ‎– Mobembo: Congo, Bresil, Antille  (1981)
08. Tito Puente - Congo Beat (1956)
09. Art Blakey - Amuck (1957)
10. Alessandro Novaga - Drums 4 (198?)
11. Jacques Renault - Bisso Groove (2016) 
12. Stellar Funk (Lazzaro Shoes Remix) (1997) 
13. Zaka Percussion - Fanny All Stars (1980)

Wax Treatment Podcast

Castro & Nemo: Wax Treatment Podcast 053 - Global Transients

COCKTAIL D'AMORE COSMIC HOLE - Nemo & Castro - August 6th 2018

Live recording from the Have A Nice Day Party in Berlin, with Castro & Nemo
For booking request : booking@soundmetaphors.com

H.A.N.D. MIX 005 - Castro & Nemo

Wax Treatment is a club night in Berlin featuring bass-heavy sounds hosted by the Hard Wax camp.

For DJ bookings:  Nemo + Castro (Sound Metaphors, H.A.N.D.) 
booking@soundmetaphors (dot) com (EUROPE)
samy@mihn (dot) hk (ASIA)
ruggero@embassy-artists (DOT) com (ITALY)

Castro & Nemo: Wax Treatment Podcast 053 - Global Transients

Wax Treatment

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