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This mix flows effortlessly through ambient, dub techno, IDM, and deep techno, creating an immersive journey that moves from atmospheric and introspective to hypnotic and rhythmic. It starts with Pablo Bolivar, setting a warm and deep tone, before Loscil adds lush ambient textures. Rod Modell & Taka Noda introduce deep, dubby rhythms, leading smoothly into 4T Thieves, whose intricate electronica adds a nostalgic, melodic touch. The Orb keeps things dreamy and expansive before The Black Dog shifts the energy with layered, cerebral techno. From here, the mix moves into more abstract and atmospheric territory—Markus Guentner brings wide, evolving ambient washes, Alva Noto strips things back to precise, minimal sound design, and Tristan Arp introduces more organic, experimental rhythms. Heathered Pearls and VC-118A add deep, rolling electro grooves, paving the way for Slam and Shed, who take things into gentle ambient techno. Krill.Minima's Gamelan stands out with its shimmering, intricate percussion, offering a hypnotic, otherworldly moment before Legiac brings things full circle with textured, layered IDM. Finally, the mix closes with 4T Thieves – Ravens Cottage, a deep, reflective ending that ties everything together with a hazy, atmospheric glow. This set is a seamless blend of ambient, electro, and techno, perfect for deep listening, late-night sessions, or just letting the sound take you somewhere else.

Featuring tracks from Nadia Struiwgh, Placid Angles, Dettinger, Rod Modell, Minilogue, Gui Boratto, Maps and Diagrams, Markus Guentner, Gigi Masin, Porn Sword Tobacco, Johnny from Space, Honey Sacrifice, Nike Vomita, Deepbass and John Tejada (not in that order)

As someone who enjoys the process of putting together mixes- specifically more conceptual ambient leaning mixes- I often think about how I would approach playing an event designed for sleep. I'm yet to play a set like this live, but I did tackle something similar in the Portals series by roughly mixing styles that aligned to specific sleep stages (eg, REM, deep etc). But in person, sleep is never as predictable as hypothetical sleep stages for a recorded mix, let alone the idea of a room full of people mirroring these stages at the same time. To approach an in-person set for sleep would be a daunting undertaking, but an extremely rewarding experience for both DJ and listener - the career highlight for an ambient DJ, maybe... They say the warm-up set is the hardest test for a DJ and I would tend to agree. But I'd love to see some of the world's best DJs execute 3.5 hours of music for a room full of people looking to do the exact opposite of dancing, or even listening for the entire duration… Sa Pa has executed this concept flawlessly.No stranger to the minutia and atmosphere needed to transport someone from a horizontal state into an elevated lucid dream, I can hardly think of anyone better to take control of such a situation than Berlin-based artist, Sa Pa. His latest release for Astral Industries (the undisputed label kings of lucid states no doubt) is the perfect example of transportive and psychedelic ambient music down to the finest grain of sound and texture. AI-33: Atmospheric Fragments by Sa Pa If Sa Pa's productions weren't enough to demonstrate his transportive power and worldbuilding tendencies, then his recent captures from his own Absurb Lustre events, or his mix for one of our 9128.live takeovers, may provide an additional glimpse of what to expect when he was given the reigns for an all-night sleep in event recently, in Leipzig.“For years I've kept a mental cache of what music would I'd love to play at a sleep in, but was never really sure if there'd be a chance, so small some dreams came true that night for me too - it was a pretty rare experience I'd say especially with everyone there really taking part in the concept”.It's not often we get the chance to host a set from an event that by its very nature, is designed to be experienced in person, but after several trials of this mix (on a plane, going to sleep, and waking up from sleep - and all states in between), the concept translates to an outstanding headphone session and the perfect concept for a defining moment in the isolatedmix series of sounds. “I think it was one of the deepest and most solitary DJing experiences I have ever been part of, and driving a three and half hour cloud through the pitch darkness was a beautifully liminal journey, caring for the dreams of those in the room, some 100-200 people or so”.A 3.5hr liminal state available in your own time and place, in the gentle hands and ears of Sa Pa, displaying the very essence of horizontal ambient music designed to immerse, weave and transport. Featuring tracks from, Luc Ferrari, Zenxen, Pinkcourtesyphone, cv313, Jason Lescalleet, Yann Novak, BJ Nilsen, Robert Henke, Rod Modell, Ryoji Ikeda, Steve Roach and Sa Pa, himself. Words from Sa Pa - ‘Diary of a Lonely DJ':There's something about gazing out of a train window or being 30-thousand feet high up in the troposphere, that evokes a feeling of what we try best to describe as liminality. With this in mind, Deutsche Bahn had me scuttling toward Leipzig from Berlin on a typically stark and windy day that could of been taken right out of a Wim Wenders classic; the treetops lining Urbanstraße on the way to Hauptbahnhoff looking as stripped and brittle as burnt skeletons in the snow.Some 8-to-10 degrees warmer in Saxony, I arrived at a city shrouded in mist, with the darkness of the early afternoon somehow made a touch warmer by that first Friday-feeling of the year. Onwards to Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei - a converted cotton mill where this evening's ‘Sleep In' would take place - the 14 tram would rumble past the pink and lilac glow of the city's opera house. Sleep Ins are no new thing, and to be in the arms of the proverbial morpheus with some 200 people in an industrial estate does have its abstract appeal, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a fan of the concept.At something like 6PM, it was encouraging to see so many people arrive dragging their mattresses with them, some eight-hours before the witching hour. Tuning in to the event, and finding a little respite backstage, I drifted in and out of consciousness, occasionally breaking REM sleep to acknowledge the sounds of “Simple Headphone Mind” and Zoviet France's remix of Panasonic, reverberating in the hall.With a medley of lullabies soundtracking the evening so far, preparing selections too deep even for my own Absurd Lustre event, provided a much needed boost of waking life before taking to the couch in the DJ booth. Over the course of the next three-and-a-half hours, in near pitch-darkness, I was able to draw from a rare cache of non-music and atmosphere, embraced at large by a small flotilla of sleeping souls, leaving port to navigate themselves through the inner landscapes of a technicolour head trip.With only the dimmed lights of my equipment and an exit sign illuminating the room, safe to say, it was a resolutely profound DJing experience and deep journey into the estranged fields of time and space. There were moments at the helm where I felt like a small craft adrift in a sea of voluminous black, while paradoxically part of a delicate collective sub-consciousness, sailing through a dream-like abyss. As if bridging a void between the physical world and something beyond the imagination, it was truly a strangely isolated place.Listen on Soundcloud the ASIP Podcast or the 9128.live iOS and Android appDownload MP3 astrangelyisolatedplace · isolatedmix 125 - Sa Pa (Sleep In) The start of the event, as attendees bring in mattresses ready for the night and Sa Pa' set. Sa Pa | Absurb Lustre | Soundcloud (Sa Pa) | Soundcloud (Absurb Lustre) | Instagram

  These end-of-the-year lists are usually labeled "Best Albums of the Year" - Best Ambient, Best Jazz, Best Indie, etc. I have been doing that for years. It has been pointed out that calling a list the "Best of the Year" is not only a bit snobby, it's also a little ridiculous because there is so much ambient music released every week that it's impossible to keep up. Plus this list is just my opinion, how can it possibly qualify as the "best"? With that in mind I was moving towards labeling these as my favorite albums of the year. In this case I called it "2023 Rewind" simply because I found a cool stock photo for the cover art. Anyway, on to the mix. These lists and mixes are tough to compile. It's so easy for even good albums to get lost in the shuffle. The ones that definitely did not get lost are my top 5 albums: Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I - Granular Dreams Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy Eli Keszler - LIVE [LuckyMe] The Green Kingdom - Ether Hymns [Dronarivm] Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Glow World [13] I probably listened to that Crows Labyrinth album more than any other ambient album this year. It had the advantage of being used as a sleep album...a lot. The album has a great Blade Runner vibe that is retro yet fresh. I love it.    The Brendan Eder Ensemble was a new discovery for me. He self described his music as “meditative woodwind arrangements." That would have been enough to get my attention but then toss in a few Aphex Twin covers and I was hooked.   Eli Keszler has shown up on my lists before but this one is my fav. It is all live percussion, some sparse, some frantic but somehow it all feels ambient. Even when there's a lot going on it feels like it fits more in the ambient genre than jazz. So good.   Michael Cottone has been creating music as The Green Kingdom for a long time. I can always count on him for good quality ambient tracks. "Ether Hymns" is light and beautiful without ever being syrupy or overdone. It sets a perfect tone.   "Glow World" from Rod Modell & Taka Noda is pretty much what you would expect from Modell. Lots of synth washes with some buried bass lines and rhythms. It may be nothing new but it's done so well that the atmospheres suck you right in.    Here's the full list of my favorite ambient albums of 2023 in alphabetical order:   Alex Albrecht - Violet Visionary [ASIP] Alva Noto - Kinder der Sonne (From Komplizen) [Noton] ARROWOUNDS - In The Octopus Pond [Lost Tribe Sound] Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before [Laaps] Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy [2023] Claire Deak - Sotto Voce [Lost Tribe Sound 2023] Courtney Barnett - End Of The Day OST [Milk Records] Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I - Granular Dreams Crows Labyrinth- Pulse Mandala - Astral Solstice [Valley View Records] cv313 - Plays Sequential Space [2023] Drawing Virtual Gardens - 22-22 [Lost Tribe Sound] Eli Keszler - LIVE [LuckyMe] Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - Subterranean Environments [Dune Alter] Hainbach - Voice Magnetic [Seil] Loneward - Willoweald [Stereoscenic] Michael Scott Dawson - Find Yourself Lost [We Are Busy Bodies] Mount Shrine - Lost Loops Collection [Cryo Chamber] Nico Less - Still North Americans - Long Cool World [Third Man Records] Pan American - in daylight dub [Foam On A Wave] Prins Emanuel - Diagonal Musik II [Music for Dreams] PURELINK - Signs [Peak Oil] Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Glow World [13] Saphileaum - Intrapersonal Experience [Good Morning Tapes] Sigur Rós - ÁTTA [Krúnk] Snufmumriko - Havstrakt [Sun Sea Sky Productions] Tapani Rinne - Grey [Signature Dark] The Green Kingdom - Ether Hymns [Dronarivm] Toki Fuko - Spirit Medicine [Astral Industries] William Ryan Fritch - Cohesion [Lost Tribe Sound]   Links to each album:   https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/violet-visionary https://noton.info/product/n-058/ https://arrowounds.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-octopus-pond https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-was-turning-before https://brendaneder.bandcamp.com/album/therapy https://clairedeak.bandcamp.com/album/sotto-voce https://courtneybarnett.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-the-day-music-from-the-film-anonymous-club https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-i-granular-dreams https://valleyviewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/astral-solstice https://cv313.bandcamp.com/album/plays-sequential-space https://drawingvirtualgardens.bandcamp.com/album/22-22 https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/live https://foreignbodysensation.bandcamp.com/album/subterranean-environments https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/voice-magnetic https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/willoweald https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/find-yourself-lost https://nicoless.bandcamp.com/album/still https://northamericanszone.bandcamp.com/album/long-cool-world https://foamonawave.bandcamp.com/album/in-daylight-dub https://prinsemanuel.bandcamp.com/album/diagonal-musik-ii https://purelink.bandcamp.com/album/signs http://13.silentes.it/private_sounds/sps2360.htm https://saphileaum.bandcamp.com/album/saphileaum-intrapersonal-experience https://sigurros.bandcamp.com/album/tta https://snufmumriko.bandcamp.com/album/havstrakt https://signaturedarklabel.bandcamp.com/album/grey https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/ether-hymns https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/album/ai-34-spirit-medicine https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/cohesion   I am pretty proud of my self that I managed to squeeze in all 30 albums into this one 2-hour mix. Next up a 2023 jazz favorites mix.   Cheers! And here's to a good 2024!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Alva Noto - Kinder der Sonne(Intro) (Kinder der Sonne(From "Komplizen") 03:18    Hainbach - Voice Magnetic (Voice Magnetic) 06:20    Brendan Eder Ensemble - #20(Lichen) Aphex Twin cover (Therapy) 10:06    Michael Scott Dawson - Evening Constitutional (Find Yourself Lost) 13:45    Courtney Barnett - Floating Down (End Of The Day OST) 15:05    North Americans - Western Town, With Road to Mountain (Long Cool World) 18:50    The Green Kingdom - Tradewinds (Ether Hymns) 22:10    Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - In the Lair of the 5-Sided Serpent (Subterranean Environments) 25:08    Alex Albrecht - Forest Dance (Violet Visionary) 28:28    Saphileaum - Plum (Intrapersonal Experience) 32:52    Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Untitled #2 (Glow World) 38:25    Nice Less - Nice & Quiet (Still) 44:10    Snufmumriko - Skärgårdskväde (Havstrakt) 47:42    Purelink - 4k Murmurs(feat. J) (Signs) 53:05    Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams (Single Version) 56:27    Loneward - Light Blossom (Willoweald) 01:01:52    Claire Deak - Dolce Tormento (Sotto Voce) 01:04:27    Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - Far Away (The World Was Turning Before) 01:09:15    Drawing Virtual Gardens - Be aware there is a goat hidden in the trees (22:22) 01:22:47    Tapani Rinne - Tuokio (Grey) 01:27:07    William Ryan Fritch - Timescale (Cohesion) 01:29:15    ARROWOUNDS - Blue Entombed (In The Octopus Pond) 01:25:00    Pan•American - Renzo (In Daylight Dub) 01:28:55    cv313 - Forever In The Sky (Plays Sequential Space) 01:36:27    Toki Fuko - Part Two (Spirit Medicine) 01:42:40    Eli Keszler - Manhattan Part IV (LIVE) 01:46:46    Prins Emanuel - Paia (Diagonal Musik II) 01:50:25    Crows Labyrinth, Pulse Mandala - Astral Solstice (Astral Solstice) 01:54:00    Mount Shrine - Raining Indoors (Lost Loops Collection) 02:02:07    Sigur Rós - Blóðberg (ÁTTA) 02:09:05    end

Episode 111 Before and After Ambient, Part 2 Playlist Midori Takada, “Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream” from Through The Looking Glass (1983 RCA Red Seal). 高田みどり (Midori Takada) is a Japanese composer and percussionist. She was a key figure in the Japanese ambient movement of the 1980s. Composed, performed, produced, Marimba, Gong, Cowbell, Recorder, Wood Bell, Ocarina, Tam-tam, Midori Takada. She performed all of the instruments on this album. The album was not immediately popular but seeded the nascent ambient movement that was growing in Japan at the time. Midori Takada, “Trompe-l'œil” from Through The Looking Glass (1983 RCA Red Seal). 高田みどり (Midori Takada) is a Japanese composer and percussionist. She was a key figure in the Japanese ambient movement of the 1980s. Composed, performed, produced, Marimba, Gong, Cowbell, Recorder, Wood and clay Bells, Ocarina, Tam-tam, Cola Bottle, Reed Organ, Midori Takada. She performed all of the instruments on this album. Brian Eno and Harold Budd, “Their Memories” from The Pearl (1984 Editions EG). Composed by Brian Eno, Harold Budd; produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. David Behrman, “Interspecies Smalltalk Scene 2” (1984) from Leapday Night (1987 Lovely Music). Composed, produced, and computers by David Behrman; violin, Takehisa Kosugi. "Interspecies Smalltalk" (1984) is an interactive piece originally commissioned by the Cunningham Dance Company. Yutaka Hirose, “Light Which Shakes Quietly” from Nova+4 (2019 WRWTFWW Records). Bonus track on this reissued album that dates from 1986. Composed , Arranged and Computer by, Yutaka Hirose; Synthesizer, Jun Tohyama. Takashi Kokubo, “A Dream Sails Out To Sea - Scene 3” (2019 Light In The Attic). Originally released in 1987, this track was part of the new wave of Japanese ambient music. By that time, Kokubo was already reknown for his synthesizer skills on a part with Isao Tomita. He turned to sound design and ambient music and has been instrumental in addition to creating such sounds as the nationally-used mobile phone earthquake alert and credit card payment jingles. Yoichiro Yoshikawa, “Nube” from Cyprus (1988 Eastworld). Original sound track of Japanese TV program. Yoshikawa was already a reliable session musician when he acquired one of the first Phophet-5 synthesizers in Japan. He quickly became a go-to composer for television and other purposes, such as soundscapes for museum exhibitions. Tetsu Inoue, “Low of Vibration” from Ambiant Otaku (1994 Fax +49-69/450464). Before I met Tetsu around the year 2000, I was fascinated by music such as this which had all of the elements of ambient music—slow and forming harmonies, spatial rhythms rather than beats, and a sustained energy throughout—without sounding at all like something out of an Eno production. Produced and performed by Tetsu Inoue. Kenji Kawai, “Ghostdive” from Ghost in the Shell (Original Soundtrack) (1995 RCA). An ambient work from the popular movie soundtrack.Composed, Performed, Produced, Arranged, Keyboards, Instruments, Kenji Kawai; synthesizer, Hironori Houki. Waveform Transmission, “V 1.3” from V 1.0-1.9 (1996 Silent). Analog Tone Engineering and Realization, Recordings Of The Dead, Shortwave, Field Recordings Made During Periods Of Highly-charged Paranormal Activity, Korg MS 10, Korg MS 20, Korg MS 50, Roland System 100 Synthesizers, Home Built Analog Synthesizers, Tape, Loops, Chris Troy; Digital Audio Graphs, Granular Synthesis, Microwave Communications, Psycho-acoustics, Tape, Loops Otari MX 5050 loops, Rod Modell. Experimental Audio Research, “Automatic Music (For Oscillator, Ring Modulator & Filter Clusters)” from Pestrepeller (1999 Ochre Records). UK release, limited to 1000 copies. Engineer, Serge Modular Music System, Sonic Boom (Pete Kember). Some interesting modular synthesizer ambience. John Foxx and Harold Budd, “Raindust” from Translucence + Drift Music (2003 Edsel Records). Composed, produced, and performed by Harold Budd, John Foxx. John Foxx and Harold Budd, “Some Way Through All the Cities” from Translucence + Drift Music (2003 Edsel Records). Composed, produced, and performed by Harold Budd, John Foxx. Pete Namlook, Tetsu Inoue, “Ethereal Being” from 2350 Broadway 4 (2007 Fax +49-69/450464). Composed, produced, and performed by Pete Namlook, Tetsu Inoue. Recorded at Bretton Hall, New York and Klanglobor Hödeshof. Tetsu was an endless collaborator. Here he and the wondrous Pete Namlook wove some ambient magic. Tetsu Inoue, “Kaze” from Inland (2007 Fax +49-69/450464). Written, performed and produced by Tetsu Inoue. This was his post-glitch faze, which brought together, strangely enough, element so his earlier ambient work and glitch music for computers. Masuko Shinji, “Woven Music for Blue Steppe” from Woven Music (2011 Jagjaguwar). All music, vocals and guitar, 増子真二 (Shinji Masuko). This is a project by Masuko, who sometimes works with the Boredoms. It has a characteristic high but sustained energy level that flirts with the outer reaches of the ambient music concept. Caroline Park, “Grain 5” from Grain (2011 Private Chronology). This is a cassette release by Park, often known her for generative composition work and electronic improvisations based on parameters that she defines. Recorded, performed, and mixed between May 2010 and January 2011 in Los Angeles and Boston. Sarah Davachi, “First Cadence” from Antiphonals (2021 Late Music). Composed, Recorded, Performed, Mellotron (bass flute, recorder, oboe), Tape Echo, Sarah Davachi. A recent ambient work by this contemporary experimenter. In the background: An example of ambient music from the program Droneo by Henry Lowengard, which produces self-generating ambient music on a smart phone. “Droneo 1.5 vanDelay and Ape,” (5:25). Opening and closing sequences voiced by Anne Benkovitz. Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation. For additional notes, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.  

  I guess the title of this mix is as straightforward as it gets. This one is a collection of tracks from my favorite ambient albums from the first half of 2023. There's some really good stuff in there and a nice variety.   First I'll give my list of favorites with links and then the tracklist of the mix. Cheers to a great second half!   Alva Noto - Kinder der Sonne (From Komplizen) [Noton] https://bleep.com/release/380644-alva-noto-kinder-der-sonne-from-komplizen ARROWOUNDS - In The Octopus Pond [LostTribe Sound] https://arrowounds.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-octopus-pond Between - Low Flying Owls [12k] https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/low-flying-owls Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy https://brendaneder.bandcamp.com/album/therapy Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I- Granular Dreams https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-i-granular-dreams Crows Labyrinth- Pulse Mandala - Astral Solstice [Valley View Records] https://valleyviewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/astral-solstice Eli Keszler - LIVE [LUCKYME] https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/live Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - Subterranean Environments [Dune Alter] https://foreignbodysensation.bandcamp.com/album/subterranean-environments Hainbach - Voice Magnetic[Seil] https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/voice-magnetic Loneward - Willoweald [Stereoscenic] https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/willoweald Michael Scott Dawson - Find Yourself Lost [We Are Busy Bodies] https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/find-yourself-lost Mount Shrine - Lost Loops Collection [Cryo Chamber] https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/lost-loops-collection Nico Less - Still https://nicoless.bandcamp.com/album/still Pan American - in daylight dub [Foam On A Wave] https://foamonawave.bandcamp.com/album/in-daylight-dub Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Glow World [13] http://13.silentes.it/private_sounds/sps2360.htm Saphileaum - Intrapersonal Experience https://saphileaum.bandcamp.com/album/saphileaum-intrapersonal-experience Sigur Rós - ÁTTA https://store.sigurros.com/album/tta this floating world - floatings [Whitelabrecs] https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/floatings Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - The Nation's Most Central Location https://warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-nations-most-central-location Wil Bolton - Swept [Audiobulb] https://ab-wil-bolton.bandcamp.com/album/swept William Ryan Fritch - Cohesion [Lost Tribe Sound] https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/cohesion     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Untilted 1 [Glow World (13)] 05:40    Nico Less - Try a Little Kindess [Still] 09:40    Pan American - Renzo [in daylight dub (Foam On A Wave)] 13:50    Eli Keszler - Manhattan Part III [LIVE (LUCKYME)] 20:10    Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - Cenote Meditation [Subterranean Environments (Dune Alter)] 25:30    Michael Scott Dawson - Almanac Pages [Find Yourself Lost (We Are Busy Bodies)] 32:00    Brendan Eder Ensemble - #20 Lichen Aphex Twin Cover [Therapy] 35:40    William Ryan Fritch - Futiles Heaves [Cohesion (Lost Tribe Sound)] 39:33    this floating world - winds I [floatings (Whitelabrecs)] 40:50    Between - Pushed [Low Flying Owls (12k)] 46:38    Sigur Rós - Blóðberg [ÁTTA)] 53:25    Alva Noto - Sehnsuchtsvoll [Kinder der Sonne(From Komplizen) (Noton)] 1:06:00    Hainbach - Last Song of Summer [Voice Magnetic (Seil)] 1:03:05    Mount Shrine - Ghostly [Lost Loops Collection (Cryo Chamber)] 1:06:50    ARROWOUNDS - Tree of Disciples [In The Octopus Pond (LostTribe Sound)] 1:12:42    Loneward - Delicate Illusions [Willoweald (Stereoscenic)] 1:21:30    end

@astralindustries founder Ario delivers a 60 minute trip of mercurial techno grooves. As well as being behind the legendary label Ario is also one half of the Mystic AM project along with Rod Modell (aka Deepchord). Catch him DJ'ing at various festivals all across Europe this summer. Enjoy the trip

Souvent moins connu que son comparse Rod Modell, avec lequel il compose sous le duo Deepchord presents Echospace et a cofondé le label Echospace [Detroit], Stephen Hitchell n'en reste pas moins une des figures de proue du dub ambient et de la dub techno post-Basic Channel, revêtant plusieurs alias en solo ou en duo pour parcourir le trajet entre Detroit et Chicago d'une part, et de la surface terrestre vers l'espace d'une autre. Petite rétrospective bien trop courte sur le talent du monsieur (et sa tendance a écrire des pistes kilométriques seyant particulièrement bien au genre mais moins à la radiophonie), entre sonorités acides et dilatées, mais toujours sous la forme d'une lettre d'amour au matériel analogique. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Werner / Hitchell - Fractal Rip (Fractal Rip, 2010) Soultek - Groovelocked (Reflective, 2009) Vivace - 2 Need U (Brendon Moeller's Beat Pharmacy Dub) (2 Need U, 2009) Son's of the Dragon - The Journey (Qui Niu) (The Motor City Matrix, 2012) Intrusion - Intrusion Dub (The Seduction of Silence, 2009) Echospace - Symbolism in Transition (Vibrational Studies (In Echospace), 2010) Radius - Interpolation [Four] (Interpolation Tapes [Restoration One], 2017) cv313 - Evocation (Dimensional Space, 2014) Variant - Enchanted (The Setting Sun, 2009 / Remaster 2015) Phase90 - Absonia (Absonia, 2017) Photo : Stephen Hitchell

Souvent moins connu que son comparse Rod Modell, avec lequel il compose sous le duo Deepchord presents Echospace et a cofondé le label Echospace [Detroit], Stephen Hitchell n'en reste pas moins une des figures de proue du dub ambient et de la dub techno post-Basic Channel, revêtant plusieurs alias en solo ou en duo pour parcourir le trajet entre Detroit et Chicago d'une part, et de la surface terrestre vers l'espace d'une autre. Petite rétrospective bien trop courte sur le talent du monsieur (et sa tendance a écrire des pistes kilométriques seyant particulièrement bien au genre mais moins à la radiophonie), entre sonorités acides et dilatées, mais toujours sous la forme d'une lettre d'amour au matériel analogique. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Werner / Hitchell - Fractal Rip (Fractal Rip, 2010) Soultek - Groovelocked (Reflective, 2009) Vivace - 2 Need U (Brendon Moeller's Beat Pharmacy Dub) (2 Need U, 2009) Son's of the Dragon - The Journey (Qui Niu) (The Motor City Matrix, 2012) Intrusion - Intrusion Dub (The Seduction of Silence, 2009) Echospace - Symbolism in Transition (Vibrational Studies (In Echospace), 2010) Radius - Interpolation [Four] (Interpolation Tapes [Restoration One], 2017) cv313 - Evocation (Dimensional Space, 2014) Variant - Enchanted (The Setting Sun, 2009 / Remaster 2015) Phase90 - Absonia (Absonia, 2017) Photo : Stephen Hitchell

As with all past ‘Reflection' year-end mixes, I start with a collection of music I have enjoyed over the past year. Through the process of compiling a mix, songs are whittled down and selected from this collection. This means many of my favorite tracks and albums are often omitted in this process, due to the need for them to fit in a mix that comes together as organically as possible. As I say every year, this isn't a definitive ‘best-of' list, but a selection of just *some* of my favorite music from the year in one easily listenable format. It's the most enjoyable way for me to boil down the music I've loved from the year using these self-imposed restrictions, for you to then enjoy and hopefully discover more. I encourage you to use the mix to jump off and explore each artist, listen to the album in full and see what else is on the label (and check the Buy Music Club list at the bottom). Of course, releases or aliases that are a part of our own label/s are not considered for this mix (head over here for our label-specific 2022 showcase!), and if you want to see the majority of what I've been supporting, head over to my Bandcamp collection.~Mixes paint a memory, and in many ways better than a photo. That's half the reason I do these year-end mixes. Listening back to some of the past ten ‘Reflection on' editions, each one still does the job of invoking specific memories for me. From the time I made the mix or tracks that trigger a time and place, maybe a gig I went to, an album that soundtracked a special moment, or just a record that didn't leave my turntable. All of these things influence what tracks go into my year-end mix. It makes it challenging to try and capture, but also rewarding when I come out of the other side with something to listen back to that really shaped my year in listening. Despite this feature taking many, many hours, it's much easier than doing a list, because not only do I dislike ranking music, but I really enjoy putting together mixes (so any excuse really!).I haven't written in-depth track notes for the past few Reflection mixes, mostly due to the sheer high number of track inclusions, but I want to go into depth on the inclusions this time around. I miss writing about music here, and it's been a few years now since I've even posted a review. So hit play below, keep scrolling for the track notes, and link to a BuyMusicClub list to support all the featured music. astrangelyisolatedplace · ASIP - Reflection on 2022 Listen on Soundcloud, or the ASIP Podcast.Download MP3~Firstly, let's sweep it under the rug; I've broken the biggest rule of the mix and included a track that wasn't from 2022 (in fact, a couple aren't strictly, but more on that later). The first track (and album), by maarja nut and ruum was such a lovely discovery for me this year that I missed in 2018, it accidentally slipped into my 2022 playlist due to being on high rotation. Of course, it was the very first track in the mix that set the tone- a hard one to undo when you've completed the set. So, because I have no one to answer to but myself, it stays! And I doubt you will regret this decision either if this album is new to you. Malibu made an appearance in 2020's mix, and she's perhaps a good reason for igniting a stronghold in female vocal led-ambient music recently. But few attempts are as ethereal as Malibu's latest, going full-on Salt Tank (as a fellow Trance lover nicely put it once).Ecovillage have made some gorgeous music over the years, and their latest album was a work of collaborations with some impressive producers such as Fennesz and harpist Nailah Hunter. My favorite track of the bunch was Memories of Spring featuring Japanese vibraphone player Masayoshi Fujita (the Erased Tapes stalwart). Raum, a collaborative project by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Liz Harris (Grouper) released a long-awaited follow-up to their 2013 album, and it didn't disappoint. Whilst used more as a texture/segue in this mix, I encourage you to explore the full album. And, in a nod to Liz Harris' involvement in the artwork for one of our releases this year, it felt fitting to include her project in this mix (thanks Liz!).I've admired GiGi FM's DJ'ing abilities for a few years now (check out her isolatedmix) but only last year did she debut her production chops with Kiwi Synthesis Diary 21k. I didn't get around to listening to the album until this year (along with her latest, Magnetite EP) and so it didn't make last year's mix which was already out in the world. So here's another little cheat, albeit a very short inclusion. You can't say "In Every Dream Home A Heartache” without reading it like the Roxy Music intro, and Romance and Dean Hurley's similarly named album is just as memorable for me in many ways. Whilst this track is not my favorite from the album, it reminds me of the church bells and distant music playing from across the farm fields in my hometown back in England.Fallen, aka Lorenzo Bracaloni seems to have released quite a few albums this year, but I was introduced to Moonlight Romance by Noah M (who creates many of our own artworks and was behind the art for this one). It's like a new-new-age album, full of life and color, and a really pleasant listen from front to back.One thing I find hard with this annual mix is whether to include tracks that have appeared in some other mixes of mine this year. Ultimately, I want to try and present new listening experiences with each mix, but then again, I am sure it's very few of you who actually listen to all of them!… . Steve Roach's What Remains appeared in a previous mix of mine this year, but this track is him at his very best. Refined, patient, bellowing, and glistening - a master of the style.Pretty sure nthng has appeared in the last two Reflection mixes, but what can I say… whether he is releasing pounding atmospheric techno or soaring trance-inducing textures like this one, he somehow manages to draw me in with each of his releases. (I think, secretly, he's a trance head and there's a subconscious/ telepathic attraction going on between us).At this point I got lost in the bellows of the last few tracks, so decided to find a way out of this musical chapter, and IKSRE provided a nice euphoric bridge with her vocals. Released on the ‘Healing Together' compilation curated by Cynthia Bernard / Marine Eyes, plenty of tracks from this comp could've made it onto this mix, so you know what to do after...There was no doubt I was going to try and include a Norm Chambers track in here somewhere, both due to his unfortunate passing this year and his undeniable contribution to the ambient and experimental community. I seeked out a jolt in the mix at this point, so his music didn't go unnoticed. As someone I follow recently said, you could make five mixes from his library of music and each one would sound different. Thank you for the music Norm - RIP.Chicago artists Purelink seems to be at the front of this new 'jungle/beat infused choppy ambience™, that I've seen becoming quite popular lately (how old do I sound). And one member of this trio features a bit later under a different alias. There is lots to explore in this world - whether it be following each of the member artists, their labels, or some of their own self-released music on Bandcamp. This track fits my dreamy chill-out world perfectly and was a much-needed segue into a more beat-driven chapter of the mix. Spoiler alert, Mikkel Rev will be making an appearance in the ASIP fam in 2023, so until he does, he's OK to be included in this mix (!) As part of the Ute Collective hailing from Norway, it's another rabbit hole of amazing young talent should you be into the more trance-infused sound of ambient music (or indeed, full-on trance music - plenty of that there). He makes some superb atmospheric chugging downtempo that ranges from the delicate to the beat-driven.Whenever a new Biosphere album drops, it's met with slight trepidation on my end. Not least because his albums take forever to reach the US on vinyl, but, how do you live up to the classics you created that helped define a genre? But that feeling is always short-lived and none so short as 2022's effort. In what is a direct throwback to some of his earlier electronic styles, Shortwave Memories is one of his best in the past 10 years - at least. The N-Plants vibe in this particular track is the show-stopper. ReKaB was a new discovery for me this year, and the Móatún 7 label that homes this release, is a goldmine for electro-leaning music (even featuring a Yagya 10” recently). I think I played this ReKaB album front to back more than five times in the car one day. It's such an enjoyable listen - not too pretentious, just enough old-school vibe, and energy to keep things present as opposed to wallpaper. OK, a couple more records were not strictly new in 2022 but I've always debated including reissues in this mix, and finally come around to the idea given the proliferation recently. After all, there was never a Reflection on 1993 was there?! Spacetime Continuum and the always-on-point Musique Por La Danse label provide the 90's throwback. (The similar-era Detroit Escalator reissue would have also made it in here, but I had to stop somewhere). Daniel Avery's album is a monolith. Throwbacks to Aphex on a SAW tip, mixed in with wall-shuddering bass and cave-mentality breakdowns. Any electronic fan that spent time in a dimly lit rave is going to enjoy his latest, just as much as the IDM/Electronica fan in all of us. I'm not sure if the track in the mix is my fave of the album yet, but the bigger tracks on the album would have sent this mix into a whole new dimension. Seeing James Devane pop up this year was weird. Back in my blog days (they still exist today but this specific instance was 13 years ago), I uploaded a cover of Aphex Twin's Rhubarb by James Devane to Soundcloud to host on the blog (remember those days) - it has 26k plays and the majority of us I'm sure really had no idea who he was until this year. With just one prior release on Discogs, I thought he dropped off radar. I guess he kind of did. This album was therefore a surprise to see, and its Gas-like fringed-techno a pleasant reintroduction. Prior to Covid, I was due to DJ at an Astral Industries gig in London, and Transcendence Orchestra was on the bill for the second night I was there (when I'd get to relax and enjoy the full night!) It didn't happen, unfortunately, but I always keep an ear out for their output and regret not being able to see them live. Back to the mix though, I didn't go too hard on the modular synth-heavy tracks this year, but as with all Reflection mixes, I try and cover the variety of music I've been listening to. Whilst the full Transcendence Orchestra album ‘Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents' is a dark trance-inducing affair that might have felt like a rabbit hole at this point in the mix, this track formed a nice segue into the next with a similar sound…This was the year Abul Mogard no longer hid behind his “old man steel factory worker” story and came out of the shadows on Houndstooth alongside COH (Gone is my idea for an “I AM THEREFORE I AM (ABUL MOGARD)” t-shirt). I've always wondered what Abul Mogard's (real name Guido Zen) music would sound like if you added some fizz and more obvious structure, and this track can still be found bouncing around in my head somewhere. Another track not ‘new' in 2022, but once again, there are no rules when you're documenting someone so profound. And to lose Low's Mimi Parker was a shock to everyone this year. I was late to the Low party given how long they have been around, but Mimi's vocals on this track from one of their most recent albums (Double Negative) are purely angelic. I took liberties with the layering in the mix here, respectfully, so I hope it pays off in the listen as a moment of true reflection. It's not often you get treated to some of this early 90's music for the very first time, but stumbling across Bowery Electric is like finding a long-lost favorite. Originally released in 1996, this is an example of why Kranky is so legendary all those years later, playing host to gems like this. Nosaj Thing isn't normally the type of music that stays in my periphery, but my colleagues were sharing the news of this new album, existing on the fringes of hip-hop and electronica, and when Julianna Barwick is involved, I tend to put it at the top of the pile. Whilst the beat closely reminded me of Massive Attack's Teardrop, there's no hiding the track's beauty in totality. Add to this, I took a friend to see Nosaj Thing at The Greek Theater in LA, and we drank way too many Caipirinha's before stumbling up the hill to the venue and missed Nosaj playing altogether… We did catch Toro Y Moi after though, so it's a perfect memory captured for 2022. I'm glad Synkro returned with music this year, and it's an amazing little EP on R&S to boot. Maybe even more atmospheric than his previous work, the beats are a little more smudged across this EP, but everything he touches has a considered, unique touch that can be heard strongly throughout his work and within collaborations (such as Kiyoko). There's a substantial amount of music to discover from Neglect on Bandcamp, someone I've admired from afar for a while now. This track, taken from his latest album is amongst a beautiful bunch of nostalgic electronica that cries quality. It's always hard to single out an Astral Industries release. The consistency of releases are faultless, so my shortlist this year with AI releases to include, was, well… not very short. Mystic AM, however, is the first release by Astral label boss Ario, alongside none other than Rod Modell, so it quickly became top of the pile by reason of a special moment in 2022, not least because of the beauty found in its original Iranian field recordings. Perhaps one of the most extensive releases of the year comes from the always intriguing Stroom label, and Voice Actor. 109 pieces of music and a surprising quality found throughout. It's more collage than music when listened to as one, but you'll find some lovely moments hidden amongst the 8(?) hours. “Will it be available on vinyl” I hear you jest? I've seen this popping up in lots of EOY lists already too. There's talk within my small circles that Music For Animals is Nils Frahm's best album yet. I'm not sticking by that just yet, as Spaces is probably in my top 10 of all time so far, but it certainly represents a stunning (d)evolution? Not a piano in sight you say? I immediately disbelieved it. But alas. It's like Nils kept getting put into Ambient playlists on Spotify and was like "OK, I'll give you what you really want…”.I'm not quite sure how I stumbled across Ben Bondy. I think a friend might've recommended an album of his (Hadi, was that you?!) but It was enough for me to stalk his many Bandcamp releases and find some lovey instances. This track reminds me of a classic chill-out room track in its swirling laid-back mystery and vocal. I wouldn't have come across the All India Radio track if it wasn't for the great compilation it was presented on this year by Mystic and Quantum (a label responsible for some lovely releases over the years). New to me, it looks like they have quite the discography I'm yet to dig into, but this was a lovely moment that flowed nicely after the previous. Time to do some digging.Concave Reflection (see Purelink reference above) is another artist in the fringes of my frequent listens but one I'm fully dipping my toes in right now. The full-length album 'The Best People Are Like Water' is a really interesting listen - kind of metallic, chopped-up ambiance that the Spheric label are becoming known for (and seems to be all the hype right now). Whilst the next track was originally from an album released a few years back, you've probably learned by now I'm bending the rules a little. However, this version of Hania Rani's track Leaving, is a live recording released in 2022. After watching her live performance on KEXP, (shout to Alex Ruder!) I was truly mind-blown at her talent. It's easy to make comparisons to Nils of course, but Hania has that vocal element which adds a whole new dimension. If I had to be pushed, my favorite non-ambient album this year might have come from Mike Paradinas / µ-Ziq. Magic Pony Ride is just pure fun. And you need that in your listening repertoire nowadays, right? The bank of melodies and creativity this guy has amassed over the years must be unbelievable. To think, only some of it makes itself out into the world as a record. He followed this album up with another similar stunner too - spoiled!I've already given Wardown his superlatives for the year in his isolatedmix feature, but in summary, Wardown II followed up his nostalgic DnB/Jungle debut under this alias in style. Will there be a third that can keep the standard this high??I could've launched into a complete Jungle/DnB hour at this point, but being 2hrs in, I really had to start winding this beast down and get all the end-of-the-night feels going. Bot1500's latest EP stepped in nicely here - a lovely collection of melodic IDM and the track Chartreuse 8 felt rather emotional. Royksopp really don't do things by halves, and whether the entirety of their music is enjoyed or not when it crosses into the Pop realm, they still manage to conjure up some magic moments. I wanted to try and include a track out of the 3(!) albums they released this year but really couldn't find one that fit outside of this weird sample here. It worked on a few levels for me here though, “Press R to continue” …Rose Riebl…With three compilations curated by Headphone Commute, the quality found amongst the ‘For Ukraine' comps should go down as monumental and unmissable. I knew I had to get a track in this mix from the many on display, and this one felt like a perfect near-conclusion to the mix. Don't miss out on supporting a great cause and listening to some of the best artists creating modern classical music right now. The final track of the mix comes from EXM. While I normally try and end these mixes with a closer that is potentially surprising or off-genre (maybe a glance at other weird music I listen to) this one just somehow felt right. Uplifting and melodic, you can't help but mirror its gradual progression with your volume-up button. ~The art for this mix might feel a little unflattering at first, but I wanted to capture the mass AI hysteria as part of this year's memory and mix. So, fittingly, this is what I got back with the creative input of ‘A Strangely Isolated Place'. Why so literal, bot?Tracklist + Buy Music Club:01. maarja nuut & ruum - Mahe (Fat Cat Records)02. Malibu - Iliad (UNO NYC)03. Ecovillage - Memories of Spring feat. Masayoshi Fujita (LAAPS)04. Raum - Daughter (Self)05. GiGi FM - Rosé (Louise) (Self)06. Romance & Dean Hurley - The Flesh Is Weak (Ecstatic)07. Fallen - Under A Glass Moon Of Wonder (Aural Canyon)08. Steve Roach - What Remains (Self)09. nthng - Some Clouds Are Destined To Break (Transatlantic)10. IKSRE - You Will Find (PITP)11. Norm Chambers - Resonant Foam (Self)12. Purelink - Butterfly Jam (uWu Dust Bath)13. Mikkel Rev - Ende (Translusid)14. Biosphere - Night Shift (Biophon Records)15. ReKaB - The Lightest Touch (Móatún 7)16. Spacetime Continuum - Drift (Musique Pour La Danse)17. Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman (Mute)18. James Devane - Orange and Tan (Umeboshi)19. Transcendence Orchestra - The Hills Are Alive (Old Technology)20. COH meets Abul Mogard - Traverse Within (Houndstooth)21. Low - Fly (Subpop)22. Bowery Electric - Postscript (Kranky)23. Nosaj Thing feat. Julianna Barwick - Blue Hour (Lucky Me)24. Synkro - Last Breath (R&S Records)25. Neglect - In The Bondage of Your Identity (Unsilent Desert Press)26. Mystic AM - This Spoke Zarathustra (Astral Industries)27. Voice Actor - Hurt With Me (STROOM)28. Nils Frahm - Right Right Right (Leiter)29. Ben Bondy - Spring (Self)30. All India Radio - Ancient Invocations (Mystic & Quantum)31. Concave Reflection -Daylight Portrait (Theory Therapy)32. Hania Rani - Leaving (Live from Studio S2) (Gondwana)33. µ-Ziq - Turquoise Hyperfizz (Planet Mu)34. Wardown - Stimulus Progression Pattern (Blu Mar Ten)35. Bot1500 - Chartreuse 8 (Lith Dolina)36. Royksopp - Press (Self)37. Rose Riebl - Near Dark (Headphone Commute)38. EXM - Autumn is Coming (Dyadik) ~Buy Music Club list >>

Patterns of Perception returns with a snapshot of the Finnish scene: a collection of fast psychedelic techno from Helsinki artist HOMI with a slow-burning remix from VC-118A. Inspired by fast '90s techno in the vein of Detroit legend Rod Modell, the record is at turns delicate yet powerful, high energy yet melancholic. It also marks a turning point for the artist, coinciding with a shift away from a pure jamming approach and an expansion of his music-making techniques in the studio, adding greater depth and complexity to his output. Our premiere for today, SmallBisnes, comes as a bonus track of the digital edition, and it fits perfectly for closing this excellent release. SmallBisnes is a quirky breakbeat techno voyage with synths that ebb and flow over the rumbling groove, slowly easing the tension and creating tranquility toward the journey's end. The release was mastered in Berlin by Patterns of Perception's Andreas Maan, with artwork by fellow collective member Ray Pham. PTN02 will be available in record stores and digitally via Bandcamp and other platforms on November 4. @kiuas https://soundcloud.com/patternsofperception HOMI on instagram: www.instagram.com/harrihomi/ Patterns Of Perception on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patterns_of_perception/ www.itsdelayed.com www.instagram.com/_itsdelayed_ www.facebook.com/itsdelayed

Mantis Radio 298 + T.R.O. In session we welcome back Germany's T.R.O.. We've music by LFO, Djrum, DJIPE, Donato Dozzy, Rod Modell, ARTS, Less, Crystal Cage, Yello, BNJMN, Missin', and more to share too. playlist → show archives. support the show → become a patron.

Mantis Radio 298 + T.R.O. In session we welcome back Germany's T.R.O.. We've music by LFO, Djrum, DJIPE, Donato Dozzy, Rod Modell, ARTS, Less, Crystal Cage, Yello, BNJMN, Missin', and more to share too. Show playlist available at Darkfloor.

Next up for our winter season of artists from the Icelandic deep techno hive, we welcome Jonas Thor Gudmundsson AKA Ruxpin AKA Octal Industries. This amazing 1 hour of deep, dubby, industrial machine techno sounds is released under his Octal Industries moniker... why? Because it is a live improvised electronics performance of mostly unreleased Octal Industries materials. Now living in Tallin, Estonia, this guy is an absolute legend in our view, having released many strings of mind-bending releases since the late 90's on some magical labels (including Thule Records) and leaving a frothing wake of highly sought after deep/dub techno releases. Since the early days of his career he has collaborated with some of the most talented artists from Iceland including Yagya, Árni Valur Kristinsson and OHM, and also with some from further afield including Rod Modell and Michael Sickinger from the USA. Despite this rich artistic legacy, it is clear from his words below and this live mix before you now, that his musical story is still unravelling with lots more exciting chapters soon to come. "On the 28th of November 2018 I sat down and did a little studio mix - compiled with loops and samples from mostly unreleased tracks from my vault. Some of the songs are my creation and others are collaboration work with my good friend OHM. I don't think the plan is to somehow showcase a current live set, but rather to showcase what listeners might expect with the releases upcoming in 2019. I'm trying to find some middle-ground between dancefloor and home listening. Not sure if that works, but we'll see. There are some interesting releases in the pipeline, mostly done in collaboration with OHM. There will be 12" releases on the legendary Rawax, Luck Of Access (a new label run by Andrey Pushkarev), and also a digital release on Gartenhaus. I have an ambient techno-style LP ready in my archives, which I'll throw out myself digitally (or by other means) when I find a proper gap in the release schedule. I'll also have a track featured on a compilation from Unknown Tribe. Anyway, lots of good things on the horizon and I'm sure that 2019 will be as fruitful as the previous years have been for me." Jonas Thor Gudmundsson, 2018 https://soundcloud.com/octalindustries https://soundcloud.com/ruxpin https://www.discogs.com/artist/510574-J%C3%B3nas-Thor-Gudmundsson

Welcome to DRR Podcast 045, A weekly podcast bringing you good techno in its many shapes and sizes. This week we are very proud to welcome Mike Schommer, Co-founder of legendary 2nd wave Dub-Techno record label "Deepchord" (along with Rod Modell) in Detroit Michigan. Having taken a 15-year Hiatus from the music scene, Mike has returned to producing music with a clean perspective. No longer does he feel the need to adapt his sound to fit a particular scene/style. No constraints or target audience, only heartfelt, unencumbered music that comes directly from the soul. His new music on Mosiac is most definitely worth checking out! To learn more about Mike, please follow on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/mikeschommermusic/ Or visit his website: http://www.mikeschommer.com Track List: Babe Roots - Intro (Linear Movement) Edanticonf - Stars 01 Artefakt Remix (Linear Movement) Merv - Blueprint (Taped Artifact) Worker Union - Insanity Dub (Tip Tap Records) Fluxion - En Route (Echocord) Leftover - Static Infinite (Baum Records) Per Hammar - Red Echo (Original Mix) (Berg Audio) Astronomy Domine - Lammas (MM AUDIO) Marko Fuerstenberg - Unnamed (Baum Records) Steve O'Sullivan and Mike Schommer - Depth Charge Dub (Mosaic) Path - 002 - (Baum) Echo Inspectors - Archetype (Primary Colours) Mike Schommer - Invitation to Love (Mosaic) To Keep up with DRR podcasts, releases & parties: Website: www.disjointedrealityrecordings.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/disjointedrealityrecordings/ twitter: twitter.com/drealityrecs Instagram: www.instagram.com/disjointedrealityrecordings/

Mustbeat Crew - Plug & Lay - RTS.FM Újabb gyöngyszemmel gazdagodik podcast sorozatunk. Az aktuális epizód Bernáth Peti munkája, aki 85 percben, néhány klasszikussal fűszerezve, a deep és dubtech aktuális helyzetéről ad egy körképet. A "száraz" tények: Az elektronikus zenével a 90-es évek közepétől került szorosabb kapcsolatba és 2001-től tevékenykedik a lemezjátszók mögött. 2003 óta a Mustbeat Crew tagjaként már a letisztult, minimalista irányzatok keveredtek eklektikus szettjeiben és jelenleg a „deep” és „dub” orientált techno, house, valamint IDM, electronica és ambient világában érzi leginkább otthon magát. Legnagyobb hatással olyan előadók voltak rá, mint például a Boards of Canada, Plaid, Kraftwerk, Plastikman, Tipper, Portishead, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Rhythm & Sound, Deadbeat, Rod Modell, Move D és Ricardo Villalobos. Nagy megtiszteltetésként érte, hogy 2005-ben a Radio Café mix pályázatán, majd 2009-ben a Cinetrip dj versenyén is első helyezést ért el. 2009-ben indította útjára barátaival a Plug & Lay audiovizuális estsorozatot (mely 2012 decemberében kiadóként is debütált megjelentetve első 12”-es vinyl lemezét),  2011 novemberétől pedig az RTS.FM budapesti stúdiójának rezidens DJ-je és társszervezője. Podkazt feed | Podkazt @ iTunes | Mikzcloud | Download Clockwork - Second Floor [Life And Death] Alan Backdrop - D9U0B9 [Motoguzzi Records] Monotix - Octave [Sound On Sound] RV800 - Subsync [Formula] Octal Industries - Himinglæva #1 [Entropy Records] Andrey Pushkarev - Gingo Biloba [Circus Company] Gorje Hewek & Izhevski - Circle (Mihai Popoviciu Remix) [Cyclic Records] Brendon Moeller - Tiger [Leena Music] Rhauder - Focus Jam [Polymorph] Shadow Moses - Far North [Lonesome Hero] Len Faki - BTX2 [Ostgut Ton] Makam - Glacial Valley [Pariter] Duijn & Douglas - Klap Voor Je Backingvocals (Anton Zap Remix) [Feelharmonic Records] Jamal Moulay - Waterdamp [Pro-tez Records] Havantepe - Distanced [200 Records] Maurizio - Domina (Maurizio Mix) [Maurizio] Thomas Bjerring - Stratus (Salz Remix) [Traum Schallplatten] Cio D'Or - Ur [Telrae]

The term "dubscapes" in the title of the mix pretty much says it all.  This is dub mix.  I've used dubby style songs in mixes before but never did a whole dub mix. Of course after setting out to do an all dub mix, I veered off course pretty quickly by including a cover of the Twin Peaks theme &  track from Vangelis.  I'd been looking for a way to work those two tunes into a mix & they seem to fit pretty well here. The Twin Peaks cover is by Talvihorros.  He has an excellent recording out on Hibernate called "Music in Four Movements".  After buying that album Ben Chatwin(Talvihorros) was kind enough to send me a copy of his cover of the Twin Peaks theme.  I liked this version immediately & knew I had to find a home for it in a mix. One track in the mix is from an album that will end up in my top ten list this year.  The album is Deepchord presents Echospace - Liumin/Liumin Reduced.  It's a double album with the first being great ambient dub/techno and the second an album of field recorded treatments made by Rod Modell in Tokyo.  An immersive record that I highly recommend. The dub used in this mix is fairly ambient, especially towards the end where the ambient drones & washes come in & the beats slow way down. T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Fluxion - Field 03:25    Polmo Polpo - Rottura 08:55    Marconi Union - Temperature Drop 13:28    Talvihorros - Twin Peaks Theme 17:55    Deepchord presents Echospace - In Echospace 21:30    Vangelis - Antartica 26:30    The Orb - Slug Dub 31:25    Rod Modell - Mars Oil 36:16    Fluxion - Plain 38:50    Mokira - Lord, Am I Going Down 42:00    Wixel - You're Inside Your Own shadow 44:45    Sval - Valldal 51:20    end

The mixes are coming fast and furious!  I'm trying to crank out a few more than normal.  This one seems to be fast paced compared to the usual mixes found here. This creation is similar to a mix I did in 2008 called "Motion for Relief".  Ambient dub would be the best way to describe this installment.  Not all the tunes are "dub" but most have beats, some more prominent than others.  The feel is still pretty laid back, with just enough going on to give a sense of movement.  Hence the title, "eppur si muove(and yet it moves)", which is apparently a phrase uttered by Galileo. Enjoy T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Pan American - B esso 04:30 Deepchord - Vantage Isle (echospace reshape) 08:50 Aardvarck - bloom 4 11:45 Marconi Union - Shibuya 14:45 Porter Ricks - Redundance 3 20:40 Rhythm & Sound - Hit You Version ?? 27:40 Kiln - Royal Peppermint Forest 30:50 Rena Jones - Indra's Web 33:40 Rod Modell - beach 37:20 Shuttle 358 - Calty 40:50 Marconi Union - We Travel 47:25 Jonathan Hughes - Dieresis 49:40 Basic Channel - Radiance i edit 53:30 James Murray - eleven (decades mix) 59:57 end

LENA: "ROCKET MIX" (recorded for radio JET FM - Nantes, France - in May 2008) - PLAYLIST: 1. Andy Stott : « See In Me » 2. Murmur : « Tap 90 » 3. Andy Stott : « Unknown Exception » 4. Rod Modell : « Cloud Over » 5. Claro Intellecto : « Post » 6. A Rocket In Dub : « Rocket n°3 » + « Rocket n°7 » + « Rocket n°4 » + « Rocket n° 8 » 7. Gaston Arevalo : « Gourmet » + « Ultramar » + « Verona » + « Cinema » 8. Rod Modell : « Body Sonic » 9. Akufen : « Fishtank » 10. Ovatow : « X Dub 1 » 11. Murmur : « Flatspot » 12. Quantec : « T1_0 » 13. Quantec : « Chain data » 14. Morpho : « Zebra » 15. Morpho : « Nu Vu » 16. Antonelli Electric : « Surrender » 17. Audio Werner : « Onandon » + « Just Wanna Get Down (AW rmx) » + « Just Wanna get Down (Guido Schneider rmx) » 18. Ricardo Villalobos : « Baila Sin Petit » + « Samasai » + « Fitzpatrick » + « Druic » 19. Akufen : « Mary Jane Kelley » 20. Substance & Vainqueur : « Reverberate » + « Reverberation »

DISC OF THE WEEK:Astral Social Club - Octuplex (VHF Records) Loops, noise, electronica, hard to define, but this electro-noise music is highly recommended!__________________PLAYLIST #007:Download Link"Parson" by Gala Drop from Gala Drop (GDRecords)"Energy For Dead Plants" by Alexander Tucker from Portal (ATP Recordings)"Pilgrim Sunburst" by Astral Social Club from Octuplex (VHF Records)"Arboreal Lace" by Elm from Bxogonoas (Digitalis Limited)"Sunkissed Ladymoon" by Wo0 from With The Flowered Minds (Phantom Channel)"Primal" by Lustmord from The Dark Places Of The Earth (Vaultworks)"Underwater Hibernation" by Fotled from Skuldra (Self Released)"Aloeswood" by Rod Modell from Incense & Blacklight (Plop)"Animals Act Natural" by The Hospitals from Hairdryer Peace (Self Released)"Discombulated By Blasphemy" by Behemothaur from Necroglacial Enema (Faunasabbatha)"The Hawk Of Achill" by Harvestman from In A Dark Tongue (Neurot)"Silver Pavilion" by Bardo Pond from Peri (Three Lobed Recordings)"Through The Collapse: Watchers Restrained" by Altar Of Plagues from White Tomb (Profound Lore)"A la mortaille!" by Peste Noire from Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor (De Profundis)"Obsidian" by Zu from Carboniferous (Ipecac)