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A three-hour journey—and we mean journey—through downtempo, disco and techno.

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Hamburg duo Hauke Freer and Matthias Relling aka Session Victim return to Delusions of Grandeur with their second long player, 'See You When You Get There'.

Right from the start it's clear Session Victim's way with a groove hasn't diminished in the two years since their debut album, 2012's 'The Haunted House of House'. ‘Do It Now’ and ‘Hey Stranger’ open the record with the duo's trademark blend of subtle sampling, gloriously swinging beats and the same off-kilter sensibility that consistently raises them above their modern disco peers.

The new album marks a conscious progression in Freer & Relling's approach, evolving the sample-based production style that's won them plenty of fans since their emergence in 2008. Whereas their debut album was recorded in the duo's bedrooms, the new LP instead sees them embracing a full studio set-up, split between their own Hamburg-based studio and the fully-kitted out Room G studio in San Francisco.

Despite being situated in one of the USA's most beautiful locations, the duo found little time for anything outside the work at hand. Time not spent in the studio saw them raiding the two-dollar bins of Amoeba Music for interesting records to sample. "Having access to a fully-equipped studio was like hitting the jackpot. It was a bit intimidating too - we thought 'if we cannot write the LP here, it’s not in us'. A few days later we already forgot about this and were immersed in jamming and exploring," says Hauke. "We had access to all sorts of 80s drum machines, synths and fender rhodes of course that added another layer to the whole thing."

The resulting LP is as expected one that suits a variety of moods within SV's idosyncratic range - from the dancefloor thrills of the piano-led Never Forget, the classic disco percussion & filtered guitar licks of Stick Together and the heads down groove of The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever to the more laid back jazz tempos of Hyuwee and Crystal Maze, while the record also has a place for the more oddball moments of Under Your Spell and Eos Place. ‘See You When You Get There' finds Session Victim at their best yet, with an accomplished album that will likely emerge as one of 2014's strongest in its field.


TRACK LISTING

A1. Do It Now
A2. Hey Stranger
B1. Make People Dance
B2. See You When You Get There
C1. Never Forget
D1. Stick Together
D2. Hyuwee
E1. The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever
E2. Crystal Maze
F1. Under Your Spell
F2. Eo's Place
F3. Outro

A2. - Hey Stranger

Instore Session with Karla Böhm

Recorded 3rd December 2013 for XLR8R Podcast episode 324, XLR8R said at the time:

The calendar only flipped to December a few days ago, but it seems that much of the music world has already begun to set its sights on the end of the year. More specifically, everyone seems to be looking back at the last 11 months and evaluating what pieces of music were amongst the year’s best. XLR8R is no different, and when our list of 2013’s best releases surfaces during the next few weeks, there’s little question that Amygadla, the long-awaited sophomore LP from DJ Koze, will make the cut. It’s been a big year for the veteran German producer, which is why we thought he would be an excellent candidate to put together the final XLR8R podcast of 2013. Over the past decade, DJ Koze has built up a reputation as a sort of lovable oddball, and this exclusive mix will do nothing to contradict that image. Much like his own work, the podcast is loosely rooted in house and techno, but its 70-plus minutes of music also reaffirm that Koze isn’t someone who’s afraid to color outside the lines. Armed with a playful spirit and a genuine sense of humor, Koze seems as comfortable dropping esoteric spoken word and bizarre outtakes from Marvin Gaye as he does stringing together warm slices of rich, organic house music. Oh yeah, he also manages to slip in a couple of conscious hip-hop tracks along the way. In short, it’s not the average podcast, but it’s not like we expected something “normal” with DJ Koze at the helm.

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DJ Koze - XLR8R Podcast #324

Full tracklist & Video Mix: bleep.com/bleep-mix-309-dj-food

To celebrate the release of the Telepathic Fish compilation, we have a special ‘O Is For Orange 2025’ Bleep Mix from DJ Food.

"A version of this mix first appeared in 2013 at a night to celebrate the release of Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ LP release. It then morphed into an Audio Video DJ set that I toured around the UK in 2019, playing the Bluedot festival to a packed tent that year. The idea was to thread Boards of Canada’s music with original sample sources, tracks they’d remixed, fan remixes or songs that fitted their sonic blueprint.

I recently resurrected and refined the mix for a gig booking, updating it into a new version. This happened to be a week before I was due to deliver my guest mix to Bleep and it seemed to be too good an opportunity to pass up. I abandoned the mix I was going to deliver and put down the first hour of the ‘Orange’ set including a video mix to go with it. I used stem splitting apps to deconstruct some of the tracks into unique versions before video mixing it all on turntables using Serato then editing the footage in Premiere." - @strictly

Bleep Mix #308 - DJ Food

James Holden @ Bar americas (5 Octubre 2013)

On the podcast this week: 135 minutes of psychedelic disco from Norwegian spaceman Prins Thomas.

RA.074 Prins Thomas

A wonderfully composed selection from the breakthrough duo.

RA.283 Tale Of Us

RA.342 Matthew Dekay

Recording from John Talabot's set at Dekmantel's Lente Kabinet Festival 2016.

John Talabot @ Lente Kabinet Festival (28/05/2016)

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2016/08/athlete-whippet-complain/

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Teasing a new album on Delusions of Grandeur, Session Victim unveil their first original material of the year with a disco groove, rhodes riff and euphoric piano chords.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/10/04/premiere-session-victim-matching-half/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/matching-half

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Session Victim - Matching Half (STW Premiere)

Up To Rise is a disco-edged balearic instrumental whose strengths lie in the dubby, improvised feel, no doubt stemming from their late-night live studio jams. Simple guitar hooks and ad-libbed vocals add to the human feel which @SessionVictim always inject by the bucket-load. This track has been getting an amazing reaction from their recent live shows.

Out on https://soundcloud.com/delusionsofgrandeur

You can also catch them live at the Delicieuse Halloween Party in Bordeaux on 29/10 ! https://www.facebook.com/events/212646012489214/

PREMIERE : Session Victim - Up To Rise [Delusion Of Grandeur]

Italian gearhead Kian T cooked up a spicey, synth-heavy EP for Lee Dearn's Secret Reels imprint. And, it's out today!

Here's our premiere of the B2 track, Dub Diva, which layers a dusty drum kit with impeccable key work and some deftly timed samples.

Full premiere here: http://wp.me/p3bhT1-WS

Premiere: Kian T - Dub Diva [Secret Reels]

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