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Circle Of Live is a brand new, live acts only, event series concept and a record label curated by Sebastian Mullaert, honouring the values of spontaneity and improvisation.

Website: www.circleof.live
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Circle Of Live Recordings

Taken from the 15th edition of XLR8R+, curated by Circle of Live and featuring cuts from Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Amp Fiddler, and Vril.

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XLR8R+ 15 - Movement Detroit 2019

Was it all a dream? Did Sebastian Mullaert and Johanna Knutson perform an all night long sleep concert inside a medieval church in Amsterdam? What? This is an 8 hour long album release? Well... YES! You aren’t dreaming... or shall we say, just not yet. Keep reading. 

Live At De Waalse Kerk 2019 is a recording from our sleep concert series Circle Of Live “In Dreams”, where all-night, improvised, live ambient performances explore the full range of mind states occurring between sleep and consciousness; a shared collective experience, a night of mutual dreaming. 

Taking place in the spectacular 15th century architectural marvel that is De Waalse Kerk church, Johanna Knutsson and Sebastian Mullaert guided the audience through their dreams for 8 hours during regular sleeping times. By means of live improvisation, Johanna and Sebastian used the misty borderland between sleep and consciousness to their advantage, through expansive ambient soundscapes. 

Can dreams be gently manipulated by a musical excursion through the unconscious landscape within? Can dreams be experienced collectively through a controlled collective experience? Will you float in a state of mind wondering whilst awake or enter a full on lucid dream? Or will you simply sleep like a baby? 

We invite you to find your own answers, weave a dream alone or share the experience together with a friend… perhaps organise your very own pillow rave. 

Sweet Dreams! 
Circle Of Live

Johanna Knutsson & Sebastian Mullaert - Live At De Waalse Kerk 2019 (excerpt)

Laurence Guy, Sebastian Mullaert & Subchamber Ensmble - Live At Malmö Live 2019
Release date 16/04/2021
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The first of the Circle Of Live​ “In Concert”​ event series brings together five artists from the modern classical​ and ​electronic​ scene for a night of freeform improvisation, inside the crown jewel of South Sweden - the spectacular ​Malmö Live​ concert house.

P​roject founder Sebastian Mullaert​ performs alongside the rising star of UK leftfield house Laurence Gu​y​. Following a string of highly acclaimed releases on labels like ​Studio Barnhus, Ninja Tune ​and​ Shall Not Fade​, Laurence makes his highly anticipated debut in the project. His signature soulful touch blends effortlessly with Sebastian’s warm sonic landscapes and the rich orchestral layers of​ ​Subchamber Ensmble​. Under the creative direction of New York film composer​ Nathan Larson​, Subchamber Ensemble featured himself, performing on electric guitar and effect pedals, alongside​ Gerda Holmquist​ on cello, as well as ​Elina Nygren​ on viola - both members of the critically acclaimed ​Vindla String Quartet​.

Across the five live excerpts, the artists masterfully weave the contrasting worlds of techno, ambient, and classical music into a mesmerizing stew of surprising consistency. The music is contemplative and hypnotic, quiet passages of calm giving way to vivid bursts of energy and colour.

Laurence Guy, Sebastian Mullaert & Subchamber Ensmble - A Live @ Malmö Live

Joey Mccrilley is a 21 year old UK Producer coming off the back of some huge shows around London, Paris and Belgium, supporting the likes of Gorgon City, Wilfred Giroux, Route 94 and more.

This mix features unreleased material and exclusives from himself and Wilfred Giroux. Other artists include GotSome, Liable, Celsuis and Luminaire.

Follow Joey Mccrilley:
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/joeymccrilley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeymccrilleyUK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joeymccrilley

Tracklist:
1. Max Marshall - Don't Trip (Eagles For Hands Remix) 
2. Joey Mccrilley - Ether 
3. Liable - Where I Be 
4. Joey Mccrilley - Hot Toddy
5. GotSome - On Point 
6. Joey Mccrilley - Ultravelvet 
7. Suasion - Hull 
8. Joey Mccrilley - Dancing Pianos 
9. Real Connoissuer - Nobody's Fool 
10. Joey Mccrilley - Saxon 
11. Wilfred Giroux - U Make Me 
12. Joey Mccrilley - Faux Pa 
13. Joey Mccrilley - Sun Goes Down 
14. Luminaire - Suitcase
15. Joey Mccrilley - Backroom Tango 
16. Celsius - Thirds & Forths 
17. Edward Newgate - Medellin' (Joey Mccrilley Remix)

HTS Guest Mix #3: Joey Mccrilley

Zen polymath Sebastien Mullaert’s project Circle of Live marshals a raft of diverse global talents for ‘free-flowing collaborative jam sessions in clubs around the world’. This time round it brought together the Swedish musician himself, plus Spazio Disponibile gaffer Neel and the moody soundscapes of German techno-pundit VRIL as part of their ongoing collaboration. What’s clear for anyone following these three trajectories: the trio couldn’t be more perfectly aligned, their occult compositions are bound by a set of influences that border on the metaphysical. The music itself: meditative, deep, ruminant and transformative. Textured layer upon layer, these preternatural melodies and jerking beats are sublime astral audio from another dimension: Bassiani Podcast 170 is a freeform and mind-expanding journey through uncharted waters recorded live at the club back in December.

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Bassiani invites Circle Of Live (Sebastian Mullaert / Neel / Vril)/ Podcast #170

Slovar is well-known Latvian Drum & Bass producer & DJ, promoter of bass music events and founder of Urban Soulz collective. He started to play soulful drum & bass 7 years ago and during this time performed at the best venues & music festivals of the Baltic states. He shared the stage with such talents as Marcus Intalex, Seba, Fanu, Mutated Forms, dBridge, Concord Dawn, John B, Intelligent Manners and many more. He has vinyl, cd and digital releases on Audio Plants, Absys Records, Rotation Deep, Something Deep, Dubfact, You So Fat and other labels.

Follow Slovar:
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/slovar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slovar

Tracklist:
1. Command Strange - Could Be Mine / Integral
2. Redeyes - Reflections / Vandal Limited
3. Zero T & Steo - Refusal (Alix Perez Remix) / Integral
4. Lenzman - Paper Faces (ft. Martyna Baker) / Metalheadz
5. Al Pack & Solotek - True Bliss / Free
6. Blu Mar Ten - Whisper (ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw) / Blu Mar Ten
7. Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile / Critical
8. Atlantic Connection - Fractions / Fokuz
9. Lenzman - Move & Focus (ft. Dan Stezo) / Metalheadz
10. Intelligent Manners & Nuage - Ball & Chain / Fokuz
11. Spectrasoul - Guardian / Metalheadz
12. Mutated Forms & Netsky - Windows (ft. Sofia Rubina) / Allsorts
13. Lenzman - Always / Metalheadz
14. Intelligent Manners & Enei - Midnight Runaway (Lynx Remix) / Fokuz
15. Command Strange - Rock Steady (Lenzman Remix) / Fokuz

HTS Guest Mix #8: Slovar

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Christian Löffler - York

Out Now on Beatport: pro.beatport.com/release/nobody-k…-remixes/1533782

Joris Voorn's third studio album "Nobody Knows" saw him embark on a atmospheric odyssey, departing his club comfort zone to be named Dance/Electronic album of 2014 by Billboard.

A masterpiece of indie and electronic influences, "Nobody Knows" is now re-presented and remixed by an impressive array of studio talent; a dynamically diverse selection of producers and artists across many genres.

Exquisite reinterpretations ranging from Guti, Roland Klinkenberg, Christian Loeffler and Nightmares on Wax amongst many others; choices which not only represent new fusions but have now come to be a point of pride for both Joris and the label Green in propelling the LP's core personal message even further.

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Joris Voorn - So Long feat. Kid A (Christian Löffler Remix)

Producer: Christian Löffler
Composer: Christian Löffler
Original Publisher: Manners McDade

Mare

Haul (feat. Mohna)

Available for streaming in full and to download here: http://hyperurl.co/niqwuj
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Circle Of Live 003 presents a fully improvised 1 hour long jam between Neel, Sebastian Mullaert & Vril, recorded live in one take at Aérodrome Melun-Villaroche for ARTE Passengers video series, available to watch in full via Youtube.

June 27th 2019. An intolerably hot, midsummer day in the outskirts of Paris. The sun clenches the wheat fields around us in a deadly grip. Even the wind is afraid to move under the weight of the heat spell descending from the skies. The air feels so dense and sticky you could cut it in two with a knife.

Three sonic pilots: Neel, Sebastian Mullaert and Vril have just touched down in Aérodrome Melun-Villaroche…. 6000 square meters of aviation history in a hangar thick with the smell of machine oil, dust and the echoes of ghosts from times long forgotten. The site principal just shouted at us not to plug anything in the power sockets because the network in the building runs on double the usual voltage. Smoke machines are slowly filling the enormous space and the afternoon light, seeping through the windows, is cutting gigantic orange shapes though the room. The air is vibrating with a perfectly balanced mixture of tension and excitement. Half a ton of machines, all wired in the midst of it all, are ready to burst into an hour long fully improvised musical expression. This unsung mechanical symphony will become alive and take form in front of everybody for the very first time, as we have no plan or any clue where the flow of the music will take us all. And by all we mean potentially anybody, as we are broadcasting live on the internet, as imagined though the creative eye of ARTE maestro Sebastian Lefebvre and the seven camera operators waiting in position between the rusty aircraft.

Both humans and machines are overheating and driven to their very edge of existence. Vril’s 909 just collapsed from the heat… droplets of sweat are running through Sebastian’s forehead… Neel is gulping down one last sip of water before the film clapper drops down and the director’s voice reverberates GO through the room. What could possibly go wrong?

Live At Aérodrome Melun-Villaroche 2019

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Circle Of Live feat. Neel, Sebastian Mullaert, Vril - Live At Aérodrome Melun-Villaroche 2019

Taken from the 15th edition of XLR8R+, curated by Circle of Live and featuring cuts from Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Amp Fiddler, and Vril.

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XLR8R+015: Sebastian Mullaert - Ever Closer (Snippet)

Taken from the 15th edition of XLR8R+, curated by Circle of Live and featuring cuts from Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Amp Fiddler, and Vril.

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XLR8R+015: Mathew Jonson - When I Think About Detroit Snippet)

Taken from the 15th edition of XLR8R+, curated by Circle of Live and featuring cuts from Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Amp Fiddler, and Vril.

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XLR8R+015: Amp Fiddler & The Digitarians - Know Your Way (Snippet)

Taken from the 15th edition of XLR8R+, curated by Circle of Live and featuring cuts from Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Amp Fiddler, and Vril.

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XLR8R+015: VRIL - Ausklang (Snippet)

Live from Movement Detroit 2019. 

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XLR8R Podcast 613: Circle Of Live (Amp Fiddler, Mathew Jonson, Sebastian Mullaert, and Vril)

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