Dance music peoples! 2:02:58 of 127BPM grooves in fact. Covers plenty ground as well, fairly eclectic and quick moving for the 1st hour then stretched and pulsing for the 2nd. Throw in some leftfield turns along the way and you've got gold!
Solar Bears - Twin Stars (Lone Remix) Homework - Fissa Tune Redinho - Boy Racer Zombies For Money - Kolkata (Dirty Version) Giorgio Morodor - The Chase (Original Midnight Express Mix) 19.26.1.18.5 - Horizontal Ground 02 Side A Liquid Liquid - Optimo (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix John Spencer Blues Explosion - R.I. Got Soul Simian Mobile Disco - Aspic Herve - I Can Get Down Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams Oni Ayhun - OAR004-A The Boats - Maps Of Nowhere Sparks - Beat The Clock The Emperor Machine - You Clapper Consistant - Instant Linkwood And House Of Traps - Barely Eagle Kelis - Acapella Silent Servant - Silent Servant Regis Edit Tara Cross - Tempus Fugit Dettmann - Irritant Sandra Electronics - It Slipped her Mind Crash Course In Science - Flying Turns Cold Cave - Life Magazine Pantha Du Prince - Stick To My Side Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Villalobos "Uli, Mein Ponyhof" Rmx Capracara - Opal Rush Substance - Relish (Shed Remix) Shed - Hello Bleep Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B October - That Placid (Ewan Pearson Remix) NDF - Since We Last Met Matias Aguayo - Minimal 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 - Ghosts On Acid Cologne Tape - Render 2 (Magazine Edit) Rasmus - Tonto's Release
To quote wikipedia "Drag (also referred to as witch house, screwgaze or crunk shoegaze) is a debated term used to describe a genre of dark electronic music" To hell with the pigeonholes! In the last year or so a group of mostly unrelated producers from both sides of the Atlantic have struck on a sound that combines the production techniques of modern electronica, Dub, Hip hop & RnB with a more post punk, goth & shoegaze/drone outlook. Adding more than just a little touch of the occult & references to horror films & soundtracks, they have grown out of the Hauntology movement, creating atmospheric & heavy psychedelic music for dark nights. The 1st of the 2 mixes is unbeatmatched & more esoteric with the tracks flowing nicely into each other, I've added a few samples for atmosphere and some tracks from (IMO) the illegitimate godfathers of the sound Boards of Canada, V/Vm, Burial & Shackleton. Mix 2 is a straight out Haunted House megamix, 68BPM for maximum drag. Occult Mixtape 1 - Right Click & Saveas Balam Acab - Big Boy Aleister Crowley - The Call Of the Second Aethyr Forest Swords - Glory Gongs oOoOO - No Summer4u Boards Of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country The Jonestown Death Tape Babe Rainbow - Popcommon These New Puritans - Hologram (SALEM Remix) MF Doom - Gazzillion Ear (Babe Rainbow Remix) Demdike Stare - Bardo Thodol Shackleton - In The Void Forest Swords - Hjurt Balam Acab - See Birds Oneohtrix Point Never - LL (Stresswave Edit) Dark & Lonely Water Information film Burial - Homeless oOoOO - Mumbai The Stranger - Over The Moor, I Am On The Moor Mater Suspiria Vision - Call Of The Witches Moon Wiring Club - Living Furniture Blair Witch Project Ending The Caretaker - False Memory Syndrome Babe Rainbow - Care GR†LLGR†LL - if u cAn dR3Am - pRinc3ss3s Aleister Crowley - The Poet Demdike Stare - The Stars are Moving
Occult Mixtape 2 - Right Click & Saveas Babe Rainbow - Demon Salem - Redlights ▲▲▲\\\ - Beta-Tape-Warp White Ring - IxC999 Balam Acab - Regret Making Mistakes GR†LLGR†LL - 07 - SaiLoRsbLaCKvirGiNmiLFs Gucci Mane - Round 1 SALEM Remix Gucci Mane - Bird Flu SALEM Remix oOoOO - No Summer4u Mater Suspiria Vision - The Witch House of Hansel and Gretel Laurel Halo - Something I Never Had SALEM - Whenusleep GR†LLGR†LL - 8myh (Ariel-LittleMermaid Ocean Version) feat DirtyPrid3 SALEM - Tent ▲▲▲\\\ - Spit Shine Balam Acab - Heavy Ling Things Mater Suspiria Vision - eXorcism of the hippies oOoOO - SedSUMTING Mater Suspiria Vision - The Afterlife (hypnagogic remix)
Kyle Bobby Dunn is a Brooklyn based, Canadian born minimalist composer & sound artist. His 2CD set "A Young Persons Guide To..." is available now on Low Point Records (check the review).
Here is my interview with the very amenable Mr Dunn.
Could you tell me a little about your background. Musically? Very little traditional background, aside from loving a lot of classical and traditional instruments like horns, strings, and piano. My method of composing is not easily comparable to someone who went to music school for composition. I used to sneak into music schools and recruit members creepishly and randomly for my works though.
What were your early influences that made you want to get involved in music? From as far back as I can remember, the first musical ventures were because of what was happening for me in life and how I related to a lot of soundtrack composer's music. I was that weirdo who often liked the musical scores to films almost more than the films themselves, at times. But it was a real concoction of things. I grew up in some odd places, and I think places and faces have probably had the most heft and influence to my work.
What are the processes you go through when creating a piece of music? The piece starts like a scrap or fragmented idea and even if its all my playing in a piece, it grows in a very small and sluggish way. If I work with other players they are presented the formula and asked to play to it or I dictate how I want it played rather than have them freely improvise over it. When the chunks are in the right places I can spend a great deal or a short time at the computer reprocessing and arranging the piece.
Do you see yourself primarily as a composer or a producer? I've been heavily both for several years now, but I've been working with better engineers and sound people recently on fresher recordings.
Is there an ambient scene in New York or any sort of underground scene you are involved with? There might be, I'm not aware of one. I don't really like to consider myself an ambient person or anything like that. The musical zones and people working in New York are spread out but there is a general community that is nice. I really like what has been done with Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, Doron Sadja at Shinkoyo and the Paris London West Nile bunch that recently went under in Williamsburg, and whoever is brave enough to host these ridiculous performances of us idiot kids. New York can be a very disgusting place, so its nice to meet passionate un-disgusting people from time to time, but its hardly a scene.
What led to you releasing your compilation on a British label? Gareth is a really nice dude and actually recommended doing a release as a 2 CD after he heard the Fervency recordings and some other stuff. I like that he's doing stuff he actually likes and cares for. It's cool that he's up in Nottingham too, I hope to visit England and Europe soon.
What are your thoughts on the modern ambient/avant-garde scene? Are there any particular labels or artists you'd like to work with? It's kind of disturbing and I don't know if I really fit in anywhere. I've been to a lot of events and shows, but would honestly just rather go see classical performances at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln center, if I had the money. A friend of mine works at the New York Philharmonic and is hooking me up with some tickets for Ligeti's obscure Opera, so that should be nice. I saw Feldman's six hour String Quartet No. 2 recently which was absolutely fantastic. I think I've been lucky to work with who I have worked with and don't know of anyone really special until I meet them. That goes for labels too.
What do you think of the music industry as a whole? Do you think there are enough outlets for producers like yourself? I think it's pretty awful. Maybe it'll get better in time, but I'm just not that perky or enthusiastic about the music world we live in or what's 'thriving.' I think other people are getting pretty nauseous from it as well. The product that is music is also pretty disgusting at this point and its nice that there are people keeping music alive how they want it, it's also just kind of sad. It's hard for me to talk about because music is almost equal parts negative and positive for me and trying to deliver that in my work is both frustrating and refreshing.
Are you interested in other creative outlets, multimedia or art installations for example? I've done some. In Canada I did outdoor sound processing of ice, snow, wood, fire, alienated human emotions and tried to cultivate other mental states.
Do you play live? If so what sort of set up do you use?
Play live too often lately, but it's mostly me on guitar or piano and I have a nice crew of string players that have joined me more and more. That's all processed.
Can you list 5 artists or songs or records (or even films or whatever you want!) that have influenced you, or just stuff you like at the moment!
Really into Wagner's masterworks at the moment, a lot of old cheesy soundtracks including Henry Mancini and the 'Wave' album by Antonio Carlos Jobim, a lot Mozart, Brahms, really boring classical stuff and I've been strangely revisiting the Beavis & Butt-head episodes... something strangely static and depressing and faded about that cartoon. The landscapes are usually more interesting than what's being said, even if it's just their living room wall.
For a genre with such a seemingly narrow appeal, the world of ambient drone can appear to be a very crowded and daunting place. From the decaying loops of William Basinski, through the classical melodies of Stars of the Lid to the empty horror of Deathprod's aural viruses, it would seem that there are few avenues left for the sonic explorer to probe.
While not really a groundbreaking record by any means, “A Young Persons guide to...” makes a stand in the teeming market place by being both an entertaining and engrossing listen. Kyle employs a patience and lightness of touch in his compositions that give the record a floating, dreamy quality, and there are always interesting moments where the listener can come back to earth. Second track “The Tributary (For Voices Lost)” for example has a drifting cinematic quality before a mournful key change around the 7 minute mark snaps you back to life. This plaintive tone bleeds into the twinkling splendour of “There’s no end to your Beauty”, the heart of real instrumentation mixing seamlessly with computer processed soundscapes.
Taken individually the tracks recall the finest ambient music without being too in thrall of its peers. There are hints of Aphex Twin, Stars of the Lid, Goldmund and others scattered throughout the runtime, but taken as a whole it’s an original and satisfying record that wears its heart on its sleeve. The care and attention over the 6 year span of its creation is obvious from the first listen and even with its hefty run time it doesn’t feel like there’s a wasted second on there. Highly recommended.
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Excellent double CD of laid back ambience and drone, great for listening to at work or while trying to sleep in a 12 person dorm in a hostel in Warsaw while on a stag do. You can be listening to it for a while, zone out totally then phase back in at another point of the record and I love that. Lovely combination of sounds as well, both natural & computer processed and the crossover is never jolting. If you like ambient music you can’t go wrong here, it’s tuneful, spacious and a breath of fresh air compared with some of the more dark ambient that’s in favour at the moment. GO AND BUY!
Only about 10 years late, The Warp10 package is rightly remembered as a top class collection, I've not included anything from the 3rd set "10+3 Remixes". This is pure Chicago house, Detroit techno, Sheffield Bleep a couple of Manchester tracks, 39 tracks in 1 hour megamix style.
Tracks in the original CD orders - INFLUENCES- 1. Let's get brutal - Nitro Deluxe 2. Can u feel it - Mr Fingers 3. Dub love - Master C&J 4. No way back (vocal) - Adonis 5. Morning after - Fallout 6. The Sound - Reese & Santonio 7. Off to battle - Model 500 8. Computer madness - Steve Poindexter 9. Nude photo - Rhythim is Rhythim 10. It's my life - Da Posse 11. Acid tracks - Phuture 12. Theme - Unique 3 13. Let yourself go (303 Mix) - 808 State 14. Voodoo ray + - A Guy Called Gerald 15. Bang bang you're mine (Rock Me Gently Orig Radio) - Bang The Party 16. My Medusa - K Alexi Shelby 17. The Acid Life - Farley Jackmaster Funk 18. Can't Stop (Acid)Rain Forest Mix) 19. In a vision - Virgo Four 20. Ital's Anthem (Trebledown/Bassup Mix) - Ital Rockers 21. Soul thunder - Juno
CLASSICS- 1. Track with no name - Forgemasters 2. Dextrous - Nightmares On Wax 3. Testone - Sweet Exorcist 4. Hey hey! Can U relate? - DJ Mink 5. LFO - (Leeds Warehouse Mix) 6. Track 4 - LFO 7. Probe - LFO 8. Aftermath (LFO Remix) - Nightmares on Wax 9. Testfour - Sweet Exorcist 10. I'm For Real - Nightmares on Wax 11. Aftermath - Nightmares on Wax 12. Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco 13. Yeah You (Robert's Mix) - The Step 14. Clonk (Freebase) - Sweet Exorcist 15. Join The Future -Tuff Little Unit 16. A Case of Funk - Nightmares on Wax 17. Feel it - Coco Steel and Lovebomb 18. Loop - LFO Versus F.U.S.E
Straight ahead dancefloor action for party goers who wear sandals & socks. Wobbly goodness, dodgy synths, an utterly ridiculous (& Exclusive!!) rave version of 'March of the Empire' and lots more besides. ENJOY!
Tracklist - MMM - Donna Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better Hot Pink Delorean - Fake Warp to Bloody Mars Major Lazer - Pon De Floor Martyn - Hear Me (Zomby Mix) MMM _ Nous Sommes Levon Vencent - Light Night Jam Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwartz Edit) Joy Orbison - Wet Look Terror Danjah - Acid Raffertie - Wobble Horror Bok Bok Feat Bubbz - Citizens Dub Raffertie - Pumpin Like Reeboks Brackles - Rawkus R Kelly vs Major Lazer - Ignition (Keep It Remixing Louder) Hardcore Han Solo - I've Got A Bad Feeling About This Lonely Island - Ardy Party (Kid Icarus Remix)
Ahoy hoy!! As the winter nights start to slowly recede, the mind turns to the sound of sirens, the pulse of the bass, the rattle of the amen break and the smell of vicks. In keeping with this, here is a quickly done, subtle as a bag of rocks modern (mostly) rave mix to bang your head to. Enjoy, and blow your whistles!! Winter Rave - Right click & Save as
Tracklist - Beck - Analog Oddessey Robert Hood - Rhythm Bokbok - Ripe Banana AGT Rave Cru - Epidemic Shitmat - Best Before 10-11-1992 LD - Shake It Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb Zomby - One Foot Ahead Of The Other Remerge - Reefbot Hate - Bad Organs Neil Landstrumm - Nike Volume Zomby - Float AGT Rave Cru - Deathray 9000 AFX - Remix by AFX Plaid - Uneasy Listening Action Man - Zombie Dance LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) L-Vis 1990 - Hide Speaker Junk - Outside Ragga Twins - The Killing Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Tino Maas Remix) Darkstar - Aidy's Girl's A Computer
