Equilibrisme Podcast

For the fifteenth edition of our Equilibrisme Podcast Series we'd like to introduce you to Anthony Georges Patrice. Anthony is the owner of the record label "Ausblick" and founder of "Lessenorg", a blog and podcast aiming to take the challenge of putting the amazing feelings conveyed by Deep Electronic Music into words. Coming from House and evolving steadily to a more minimalist and dub approach with his Redrop alias, Anthony presents a mix with roots from across the Atlantic. Enjoy this beautiful deep ride!

We are very excited to share our fourteenth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series. This time we proudly present you : Luke Hess. Born in 1980 in Metro Detroit and subject to the city's mid-90's warehouse parties, Luke Hess has harnessed a deep appreciation for electronic music and the expression of the underground movement. His background in mathematics and engineering has given him a scientific approach to the dance-floor, using frequencies, tones, and soundscapes to transform surroundings and mood. Luke's faith based music production landed him a seat with Omar S' FXHE label & Carl Craig's Planet-e label in Detroit. Hess has celebrated original productions and remix material on labels such as DeepLabs, FXHE, Planet-e, Motech, Beretta Grey, Echocord, Kontra-Music, Modelisme, Ornaments, Echocord Colour, & more. In 2009, Luke released his first album, "Light in the Dark" on Denmark-based record label, Echocord. "Light in the Dark" received glowing reviews and was hailed by many as one of the best deep techno albums of the year. With 15 years of DJ experience and many notable LIVE sets across the world, Luke is regarded as a perfectionist on stage. Hess is known to layer his sets in a very detailed, hypnotic, & soulful manner. After playing many notable venues & festivals such as Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Berghain & Panorama Bar - Berlin, Fabric - London, Unit - Tokyo, Culture Box - Copenhagen, Bunker - NYC, Decibel Festival - Seattle, Basement - Hong Kong, etc., he is excited to continue exploring the world stage and introducing new and old fans to his raw & deep breed of Detroit techno. Luke's continued hard work in the studio & behind the decks combined with his unyielding interest in technology and sound will no doubt stimulate the boundaries of electronic music. We have been following Luke since 2009 and are very happy to have him onboard for our Equilibrisme Podcast Series. Luke also contributed a track for our recent vinyl release “Kraken EP”. Thank you, Luke for creating this beautiful mix for Equilibrisme. Enjoy this deep journey!

For our thirteenth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series, we proudly present you : Matt & Mark Thibideau (Live). Long-time contributors to the Canadian electronic music scene, Matt and Mark Thibideau have performed under a few different monikers (Repair, Altitude, Mark & Matt Thibideau) in the last 15 years. As a duo, or on their own, they’ve played some of the most influential clubs and festivals in the world, doing so without compromising their talent or commitment to producing artful music. They have joined forces to incorporate elements of both of their respective outputs fusing two separate bodies of work in one cohesive live performance. As much dance floor-ready as it is synapse stimulating, it’s music that resists easy classification. The fraternal twins perform hypnotic dub techno, slow-burning deep house to energetic machine-tech curiosities on hardware synthesizers and drum machines. Their performances both together and separate have included Mutek Buenos Aries, 02, 03, 2009, and 2012, 2014, Picnic Electronique, 2017 / Montreal, Studio 672/ Cologne, Observatori Festival / Spain, Ministerium / Lisbon, Corvin Club Budapest, Tresor, Heidegluhen, The Watergate & CDV / Berlin, The Bunker / NYC, Guesthouse & Eden / Bucharest and countless events in Toronto. Matt and Mark have record releases with a variety of labels including 7th City, Cynosure, Waehlscheibe, Assemble music, Joule Imprint, Helena, Vade Mecum, Irenic, Archipel, Klangsheiben, Berg Audio & Sushitech and Equilibrisme. In 2011 the pair launched the label Obsolete Components — a small label featuring artists who share their passions for analog synthesizers and recording equipment. The Thibideau’s have also been featured in the documentary “I Dream of Wires” talking about their love for modular synthesizers. We are very happy and honoured that our good friends and favorite brothers joined us once more for our podcast series - this time both together! This live set was recorded at their home studio in 2021 and includes several unreleased tracks. Enjoy this beautiful ride!

For our twelfth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you our dear friend Ocean Lam from Hong Kong. Strip away the flashy elements of “nightlife” to reveal the core of it all: the artist, the music and artistry; all of which Ocean Lam has built and cultivated with drive and passion over more than a decade. With a signature sound void of pretension and any need to be trendy, enveloping listeners with her own personality and story as basslines pump and roll between slicing snares adrift delicate vocals. Continuously spiraling and building upwards, playful and bouncing but no less severe or moody, Ocean Lam’s sound is atmospheric, shifting moods and energies whichever way she sees fit. A leader of Hong Kong’s growing electronic music scene and a long-standing female maverick in the overall Asian scene, Ocean Lam holds residences at Hong Kong’s top underground clubs, oma and Social Room, while serving as Social Room’s Music Director. She tirelessly works and collaborates regularly with local DJs and crews, as well as exposing the local audience to regional and international underground artists. She also works closely with regional promoters around Asia and China to support not only touring international artists but to foster a cultural exchange of artists from around the region. The uncontested regional opener for heavyweight names like Sven Vath, Jimpster, Efdemin, Axel Boman, Luke Hess, Nick Hoppner, Oliver Deutschmann, Sammy Dee and many more; Ocean has had headlining slots at Hong Kong's seminal arts and music festival, Clockenflap, for several years; she has curated and played a stage at Sonar Hong Kong and Altn8 Festival and has played at major festivals in the region such as Wonderfruit in Thailand, Epizode in Vietnam, and INTRO in Mongolia. For the most recent feather in her cap, in late 2019, she was tapped to represent Hong Kong at its first live edition of Boiler Room at Shi Fu Miz festival. This beautiful mix was specially created for Equilibrisme Music in January 2021. Enjoy the journey….!

For our eleventh edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series, we are happy to present you : Ured. Ured alias Uriel Gil is a Berlin-based DJ ,producer and passionate vinyl collector from Portugal. Ured’s musical joureny started around 2010 in Portugal. Attracted to minimal techno, deep house and Dub influenced music, he started Djing and quickly shaped his own style. This lead to several gigs in Lisbon, where he also hosted his own nights at EKA Palace. As a producer Ured debuted with an EP on the Moldavian Label Conceptual Records .He is currently working on a new EP that will see light beginning of 2021. With this mix Ured created a smooth and dubby ride through his record collection. We hope you enjoy!

For our tenth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series, we proudly present you : Supply/Demand. Greater Toronto Area natives and Producer/DJs Daniel Torrance and Eric Miles make up the Toronto, Canada based Techno DJ and Production duo Supply/Demand. Forged from a long-standing friendship while studying music production and recording, SD share a mutual passion for deep, synth-driven music and operate on the principle that SOUL should be the forefront of everything they do. Between the two - Daniel and Eric draw inspiration from the Techno and house of Detroit, to the deep Dub Techno stylings of Basic Channel/ Maurizio, on through to the sounds of 90’s classic and underground Hip Hop...and so much in between. The pair have been DJing individually, on-and-off since the mid-late 90’s and have come up around some of the most talented and pioneering artists in their respective cities while growing up. Over the past several years, Daniel and Eric have joined forces as a DJ duo, and more recently, as a production unit, under the Supply/Demand moniker. As of late, Supply/Demand have put forth some very well crafted deep/dub/tech/house mixes as part of their “Textiles” mix series, which surely well-represent their aesthetic. They have also garnered past and recent releases with labels such as Obsolete Components (run by Mark & Matt Thibideau) and MixCult Records (Russia). Most recently, they appear alongside some well-respected artists on the new vinyl-only label What Robot Says Records. Join SD as they take you on their journey into the depths... Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/supplydemand_toronto Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SupplyDemandToronto Contact: sup.dem00[at]gmail.com

For our ninth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series, we proudly present you: Quadrant Soundscapes. Quadrant Soundscape are Tommy Harrison and Wilson Logan from Manchester. Together, they are the minds behind the Dub Explorations Radio Show, which has also branched out into live events with several very hot and loud parties at the famous Eastern Bloc Records. The Radio Show itself has well surpassed 60 shows, all 3 hours in length which is an insight into the dedication they have for hunting underground music to showcase and push forward - [www.soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape/sets/dub-explorations] Some of the shows have a live video feed, which can be found on their youtube channel - [www.youtube.com/channel/UCWUtvjg-c6fS7M0N_jtABrA] Over the last 4 years, the boys have featured on many podcasts across the globe, where their creative style of playing Ambient, Dub Techno, Minimal and Detroit Techno on 4 decks, while incorporating live samples is always well received. This has also led to them being invited to play many gigs in Manchester, London and Berlin. Individually, Tommy produces music as Asphalt Layer. His deep, electronic and dubby sound being heard on multiple record labels worldwide. Incorporating analog machines and field recordings to generate the many noises he uses in his productions, along with that 90's Jungle influence, his sound is very recognisable. And Wilson has begun a new alias, Scavenger, where he dives deep into the murky, experimemtal and dark, trippy techno world to produce very unique mixes. This alias allows Wilson to experiemnt more with his records and sound, often performing in a dark room on 4 decks alone. With a rich history of playing records and putting parties on in Manchester, hosting the likes of Remco Beekwilder, Ambivalent, Radioactiveman, Detroit Techno Militia, Mark Archer, Jerome Hill, El Choop, ODrex Records and Conforce, the boys have already secured some amazing artists for 2020 and intend to keep pushing that vibe they believe in and love. Thank you guys for your beautiful contribution to our Mix Series. We love it!! links: https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/quadrantsoundscape-uk https://www.facebook.com/pg/QuadrantSoundscape

For our eighth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series, we proudly present Dr.Nojoke, with a rare vinyl set. Frank Bogdanowitz alias Dr. Nojoke is a producer and performer – his live sets continually bring new and unique sounds to the table, a combination of field-recordings, self-made sounds, and highly conceptual production that redefine the way we understand electronic music. A Berlin native and leader in directional minimal techno (or “clikno” as he describes it), Dr. Nojoke is a master of rethinking ordinary musicality and procuring new uses for the everyday. “Emma Robertson” CLIKNO Since 2005 Dr.Nojoke has been working on technoid sound-sculptures based on self-made field-recordings. He defines a deep, minimal, complex and groovy music, he calls Clikno. Always with an experimental approach in production Dr.Nojoke transforms acoustic sounds into highly technological music – reflecting the real world in an electronic sound. Dr.Nojoke has been releasing on a multitude of labels such as Pheek's imprint Archipel, Klangscheiben, Sleep is Commerical, Pluie/Noir, Destroy All Monsters, Goldmin Music, Minim.all, Autist, Resopal… In 2016 he founded his own music label CLIKNO, which started to put out vinyl editions in 2018. He did remixes for acts like Rosenstolz, Dinamoe (Rico Püstel), Pheek, David Last and D.Diggler as well as for the English Electro-poetress Caro Snatch, M_Ferri (alias Superlover), Sven Laux, Andrew Duke, Sebastian Albrecht, Andrés Marcos and got remixed by Cleymoore, Berk Offset, Marlene Magnoli, Alicia Hush, the Marx Trukker … In 2018 Dr.Nojoke launched CLIKNO as a vinyl-label for his own music productions. This beautiful mix was specially created for our record release party at Transit last December and re-imagined at home. We hope you enjoy! Thanks Dr.Nojoke , we love it! links: www.drnojoke.de http://www.clikno.com/

For the seventh edition of our Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you collective member Sybaritedj alias Untal Uri. In the mid 90's Sybaritedj was attracted by Detroit sounds. It didn’t take long and he bought his first set of turntables and started spinning. In 2002, Sybaritedj had his first residency in a small club called ‘The room’ in Bages (Spain), where he shared the booth with many renowned local and international Djs such as Angel Molina, Dave Tarrida, Monika Osmo, Tony Verdi, The Hacker, Tom Pooks, and Zero. His unique sound lead to many gigs at several clubs in Catalonia/Spain (Blau Club, Le Rachdingue, Palm Beach, La Cova, Moog, Otto Zutz) and other events such as the B-Parade 2002 (Barcelona). In 2003 he teamed up with friends and fellow Djs to create a new project called Arkitextura, a digital label submitted to subtle, dark and minimalist sounds, which served also as a platform for new producers. Soon Sybaritedj took his first steps into his own productions and released together with Man-L the first tracks on Arkitextura. Pablo Bolivar, Man-L, Guillermo Miranda, are only a few artist to name on Arkitextura. Sybaritedj is currently living in Berlin and released on labels such as Spades, Kayf, Nano Records. He played in various spots in Berlin: Magdalena, Grießmühle, Arena Club, Paloma Bar, Loftus Hall, WYSIWYG and Sounds. In 2018 Sybaritedj founded together with Man-L and Nat the record label Equillibrisme. We hope you enjoy! links: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/sybaritedj-de https://soundcloud.com/sybarite

For the sixth edition of our Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present to you: mouseDown, alias Salva Coromina. Salva has been a constant member of Barcelona‘s electronic music scene since the late 90's. As a DJ, mouseDown has performed at several internationally-famous festivals and clubs, such as Barcelona's legendary Razzmatazz Club, Sonar Festival and Parallel Festival. Salva currently hosts an event series together with F-ON from Madrid, under the name NAIMA: an event series focusing on vinyl-only and analog live sets. Regardless whether he plays as a DJ or performs an analog live set under his other moniker ABSIS, Salva always explores the deepest sides of electronic music. Thank you mouseDown for delivering this beautiful mix for Equilibrisme. We love it! Enjoy the trip! links: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mousedown https://soundcloud.com/mousedown_up

For our fifth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you Berlin-based Thailander Pakkadej on the decks. With a keen ear and a back catalogue of his own musical production, Pakkadej journeyed from the steamy streets of Chiang Mai Thailand to pursue his love of electronic music. Pakkadej spent ten years spinning tunes in London and is now based in Berlin, Germany. Pakkadej first encountered electronic music as a youth in Thailand, sparking a life-long love affair. Chasing the sound across the seas, Pakkadej moved to London, UK, and after spending most of his days holed up with nothing but his turntables and record box for company, he got his first big break at Brick Lane’s Exit Bar and shortly after this he was made resident DJ at TSQ Bar Putney. From 2005 to 2014 Pakkadej entertained the masses at TSQ every weekend, but he continued to play on the London DJ circuit. In 2008 Pakkadej became a resident at 54 Bar Commercial Street playing the finest minimal in his weekly Sunday slot, while also making regular appearances across the club scene at venues such as Egg London, Rhythm Factory, Dropeast Bar, Apples & Pears, and Inigo Bar. In the summer of 2012 Pakkadej rocked the main stage at the massive Festa della Musica in Milan, Italy. In 2014 Pakkadej followed his passion to Berlin, home of techno, and became a regular face behind the decks at renowned musical hotspot Heinz Schüftan in Neukölln, appearing frequently on line ups for the Chapeau Klack Friday parties. Since then Pakkadej has joined line ups for the Berlin chapter of the underground Toronto party crew, Box Of Kittens, and for the record label Pfand at their legendary annual Amsterdam off-ADE boat parties. In Berlin Pakkadej can be found bringing his sound to discerning Berlin clubbers in the party capital of the world at establishments such as Club de Visionare, Griessmühle, Nirgendwo, Nachbeben, Tante Ema, Böhmisches Dorf, Minimal Bar, and artist residence Greenhouse. Whenever he's back in town, Pakkadej plays at Cafe CMBC Thailand and Warm Up Cafe in his hometown of Chiang Mai. Pakkadej's productions have been released on Astelagüel, Opensource Records and Cinetique Recordings. Recorded for Equilibrisme in Berlin in 2019, vinyl only ! Enjoy the ride! links: https://www.facebook.com/Pakkadej/ https://soundcloud.com/pakkadej

For our fourth edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you Altitude / Matt Thibideau. Matt Thibideau is a Canadian producer, who has been involved in making electronic music since the late 90s. Originally from Wallaceburg, a small town located close to Detroit, and now based in Toronto, his first records as Altitude were released on Blue Recordings. Quickly, he began contributing to other local labels such as Chair and Cynosure Recordings. In 2001, he started together with his twin brother Mark, a new project called “Repair” It was dedicated to all of the old broken synthesizers that they had in their studio. The first songs were quickly signed to both Sub-Static records (Germany) as “V-Wreck” and then Dumb-Unit records as “Black Line Display”. Matt has performed live at several venues and festivals and focuses on using Analog and Digital hardware without a laptop. Throughout Matt’s Career, he has performed with the likes of Monolake, Deadbeat, Mike Shannon, Mathew Johnson, Daniel Bell, Krihan, S.I.T., Mike Huckaby, Octave One, Christina Sealy (Orphyx), Molly, Barbara Preisinger, Falko Brocksieper, Nicholas Jar, Eric Miller, Pantone, Akufen, Audio Werner, Raresh, Deepchord, Vera and Isolee amongst many others. Matt & Mark started a small label called “Obsolete Components” based on using his old synthesizers and recording equipment. They were also featured in the documentary “I Dream Of Wires”. Recently Matt has released both old and new music under the moniker “Altitude” for 7th city (Detroit), Assemble and Helena records , Vade Mecum and Irenic. In early 2018 Matt and Mark released a joined record for Joule Imprint in France called “Two sides” that followed a remix on Sushitech for Rhauder and Tikiman called “Stabilize”. This hardware only live cut was recorded 2019 in Toronto for our Equilibrisme Podcast Series. Enjoy!!!

For our 3rd edition of our Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you collective member Nat. Being one third of Equilibrisme Music, Nat weaves deep stories with her enchanting record selection. Born in Thuringen, Germany, music has always been a big feature in Nat’s life. Nat took up the turntables herself after she moved to the world capital for experimental and electronic music, Berlin, Germany, and with so many cutting-edge influences to explore, she quickly started forming her own style. As a passionate vinyl collector , she became fascinated by the atmospheric deep sounds and grew her record collection in this direction. Enjoy the ride!!!! https://soundcloud.com/natc-1 https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/nat-de

For our second edition of the Equilibrisme Podcast Series we proudly present you our good friend Mark Thibideau. Mark is a Canadian producer living in Toronto. He has produced under different monikers and also with his brother Matt (Repair, Matt & Mark Thibideau) in the last 15 years. Today he has releases on labels such as Waehlscheibe, Joule Imprint and Sushitech Records. Mark produces with hardware synthesizers, samplers and drum machines. This live cut was recorded in August at a private Roland event for Roland’s 808 Day in Toronto. Enjoy this deep journey!

For our first Equilibrisme Podcast we proudly present you : Man-L, collective member and Berlin based producer & DJ. This live cut was recorded in July at Nitebeat Radio Show on https://dubplate.fm/ in Toronto. Enjoy 1 hour of deepness! Thanks to Ali Black for the recording!