Микс записан в "Мачтах" на вечеринке ГРАДИЕНТ.

WTN — создатель коммьюнити «What’s That Noise?», известного своим вниманием к локальной экспериментальной музыке, а также сооснователь проекта Tapehood, занимающегося популяризацией кассетной культуры.

Микс сведен с кассет и CD от локальных и зарубежных музыкантов. Материал для него отбирался в стремлении создать атмосферу линчевского сюрреалистического нуара, но без использования очевидных для этого треков (разве что старая композиция группы Côte Déserte напрямую отсылает к "Твин Пиксу"). Кажется, задумка удалась - а интерьер и освещение площадки этому немало поспособствовали.

Tracklist:

Lamina - Saliendo de la sombra
3TM - Clermont Flutes
Alfia V. Bergström - A Bizzare Environment - Musik Till Gelo
Jum-Jum - Verba
Reather Weport - Pattern #1
Laura Agnusdei & Daniele Fabris - Specchi
Boris - Old Projector
Côte Déserte - The Red Room Revisited
Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova - Arp Test
Serwed - Vert
Vokeebokæybgo Lochtyblchvvaii - 21o412 i Prästmon (till Tove N.)
ПОЛЕ - The Valley of the Elves
Julianna Barwick - Big Hollow
Gia Margaret - 2017

ГРАДИЕНТ, 31.01.2025 (ambient, experimental electronic tape/cd set)

Stick jazz, psych, and hip-hop in a pot and give it a whirl. Mild Animals ease in the weekend.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mild-animals/episodes/mild-animals-9th-may-2025

Mild Animals 090525

Mark Maxwell – JW_1 mrkmxwll.bandcamp.com/album/jungle-warfare 🤩
John Lely / Apartment House – Stopping At The Sheer Edge Will Never Abolish Space
Jack Sheen – On
Jürg Frey / Quatour Bozzini – Streichquartett 2
Laurence Crane / Apartment House – Come Back To The Old Specimen Cabinet John Vigani, John Vigani Part 1
Ana Roxanne – A Study In Vastness
Crys Cole – Making Conversation
Sil Electronics – V8
Tim Clark – Solid State
Roma Zuckerman – Juldish

TTT NTS 26.05.25

Dawn moods for the early birds, courtesy of Sleepier & Impey aka Spirit Blue.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-spirit-blue/episodes/early-bird-show-spirit-blue-11th-june-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ Spirit Blue 110625

The third episode in our new series (and our 40th podcast!) comes from Lyon based Comic Sans Records label-head and lyl radio resident, sleek fata. 

@sleek-fata

We've been a fan of sleek fata for a while now, often tuning into his exquisitely put together "Cremation of Care" shows - which explore a wide spectrum of experimental music focused on tracks with an high sound design profile going from psychedelic electronics to jazz with a touch of punk and trip hop between.

This mix beautifully showcases the variety of his tastes and skills of mixing it all together, from dub to dubstep, techno to half time & masterfully jumping tempo’s - sleek fata’s got it covered.

𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 / 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀 / 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲?
Sleek fata / he him / Lyon

𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅
I wanted to build a thematic journey that could bring together different types of music and tempos, while still feeling coherent as a whole. I found a strong inspiration in the icy textures of dub techno, it sparked the whole idea. So this is essentially a cold journey through the dub techno continuum (dub techno in the broad sense): half-time, dubstep, dub techno, footwork, downtempo… each track shares a similar colour palette, sonically speaking. Think light blue, white, and grey tones. I imagined a dancer trapped in a cold room with a perfect sound system, moving and reacting to these glacial sounds. But "glacial" doesn’t mean emotionless—on the contrary. Despite the chill, there's a lot of soul embedded in each track.

𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰?
I grew up listening to rap while living in the suburbs of Lyon as a kid. Later, when I moved into the city centre for university, I discovered electronic music. So yes, my environment has always shaped my musical taste—just like it does for everyone, I believe. Our preferences are influenced by sociological data: age, ethnicity, the country we grow up in, our parents' professions, and so on.

But beyond that, my uncle, who I lived with when I was younger, had a big impact. During the peak of the Emule era, he downloaded every US rap album he could find and burned them onto blank CDs. When I came home from school, I would pick one at random and discover a new album every day. That routine really shaped my digging habit. These days, the Bandcamp community is a big influence for me.

𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 / 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀? 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽?
I’m working on Vision Pro Dubs, a various artists project that started as a special episode of my Cremation of Care radio show. It brings together contemporary and cutting-edge smooth dub sounds. Besides that, Malesa is working on their second album, and we’re putting together a remix EP of Seta Loto’s last release. I’m also collaborating with Cortex of Light on something exciting!

𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
Hypothermic sound system

full interview here:

kinetic mix 040: sleek fata "the cold room dancer and other frozen tales"

Residency show broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (21.06.2025)

Artist: @dorisdana

No era sólida w/ doris dana @ Radio TNP 21.06.2025

Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-maria-somerville/episodes/early-bird-show-maria-somerville-15th-july-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville 150725

love letter

tracklist available on IG @ inner__smile__

025 Tiffany: Blue Hour

Here is Conna Haraway, label boss of Index Records, with an hour weaving dubbed-out abstract house, textured & melodic idm & ambient, a detailed and introspective show.

Conna Haraway @ Drift Radio 17-07-25

Organic soundscapes, field recordings and melodic ambience from composer Sophia Zhuravkova. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sophia-zhuravkova/episodes/sophia-zhuravkova-10th-august-2025

SOPHIA ZHURAVKOVA 100825

Artistic alter ego of Leonid Kravchenko, a music reviewer, author of the Telegram channel about strange music “What's That Noise?”, music lecturer, event organizer, noise musician, DJ and co-founder of Tapehood - a project dedicated to cassette culture

ГРАДИЕНТ, 31.01.2025 (ambient, experimental electronic tape/cd set)

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