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15th September, 2009 | 70 views
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In an effort to blog more new releases closer to the actual date they are released, thereby giving people a greater chance of actually purchasing them; here is a track that previously appeared on the Planet Delsin sampler. Whilst that particular release has become very sought after and consequently quite hard to find at a reasonable price, this is a welcome re-pressing on vinyl for Floatation Tank. Don’t hesitate too long to decide whether to click ‘Buy’ though; as with all pressings today, one thing you can be sure of is that the runs they do at the pressing plants are very small compared to say, a decade earlier. This is a fine piece of polished techno that’s fittingly titled, I doubt it’s piped into any real floatation tanks but it’s a testament to it’s smoothness that despite the techno tempo, it probably wouldn’t sound that out of place. A release by John Harvey that is up to the consistent high standard of his other productions.
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9th September, 2009 | 18 views
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Excited by the promise of this new label so I’ve decided to disseminate a track from each of the first two releases as any label that continues to push vinyl deserves the support. The first is the ‘broken techno’ of Tropic Of Capricorn followed by the gentle harp-infused jazz-influenced South Central; I also played a couple more of the tracks on last weekend’s EstimuloShow. With a polished website that indicates that they have artists like Kirk DeGiorgio and Vince Watson on board, a promising schedule of future releases beckons. Albeit one that seems to have slipped with the next two releases (IA1.2 & IA2.2) due to have been released in August; the samples on their webpage (currently not working) sounded very encouraging.
Further info:
- www.intelligentaudio.net
- buy on juno
13th January, 2009 | 71 views
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Haven’t posted a ‘classic mix’ for some time and I’ll continue the atmospheric vibes with this mix I ripped some time ago from an original cassette that I bought back in the early 90s. The flow of this mix is incredible, it’s still ‘ambient’ in my opinion despite consisting of some techno/trance tracks; for example no.07, which to my ears sounds like some American Indians chanting happy birthday! The only track I recognise is the Dave Angel one that I have but layered and weaved throughout are field recordings and tv documentary samples from whomever mixed this up, unless they themselves are part of the tracks being used, I just can’t be sure?! Many a time, I’ve put this on and drifted off into hypnagogic states of conciousness where the music has shaped whatever my minds eye conjures up for entertainment. If you have access to a quiet location with facilities to listen to music, preferably reclined, for just over ninety minutes then go indulge your senses and report back with tales of phantasmagoria.
01. | 0:00:00 | DJ’s own field recordings
02. | 0:03:26 | Michael Brook – Pond Life
03. | 0:04:29 | ?
04. | 0:06:40 | Michael Brook – Mimosa
05. | 0:10:23 | ? (Global Communication track?)
06. | 0:15:52 | ?
07. | 0:22:56 | ?
08. | 0:25:17 | ?
09. | 0:31:06 | ?
10. | 0:33:28 | sample from a Horizon science documentary
11. | 0:38:10 | ?
12. | 0:40:05 | DJ’s own field recordings
13. | 0:46:22 | ?
14. | 0:49:41 | ?
15. | 0:53:40 | Dave Angel – Brother From Jazz
16. | 0:57:41 | ?
17. | 1:00:52 | ? (track from the Guerilla Narcosis compilation?)
18. | 1:06:42 | sample from a Horizon science documentary
19. | 1:08:49 | Michael Brook – Midday
20. | 1:14:14 | ?
21. | 1:20:15 | Hypnopedia – Eclypse
22. | 1:23:39 | ?
23. | 1:29:00 | ?
Number of tracks and track times are my own guess and due to the nature of the mix, probably susceptible to error.
Know any of the tracks? Please leave a comment and I’ll update the tracklisting. Keen to ID nos.20 & 22 so I can liberate them into my clutches, MWAH-HA-HA-HAAA!
25th November, 2008 | 143 views
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Continuing with the Aphex Twin, his own work this time. My favourite track from Selected Ambient Works 85-92; the spongy, slightly squelchy bass and the sample of Gene Wilder from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
We are the music makers
And we are the dreamers of dreams
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3rd November, 2008 | 84 views
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Berwick Street in Soho has always been home to a few shops for vinyl junkies even if the area as a whole has seen a decline in their number; I was there recently and noticed the building at the end of the street had been demolished. This was the former location of the Ambient Soho music shop although it had ceased trading at that actual spot some years previously (they may be appearing online) and it was also where I got this release. Colin Dale pushed this track on his Kiss 100 show and, if I recall correctly, mentioned that Ambient Soho as one place to get it, so off there I went. The bassline and beats have been lifted from Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do), another track that is also a personal favourite of mine but transformed here into a mellow electronica excursion by Erik Van Den Broek.
Welcome to my future world
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