Category Archives: Mixes

Guest Mix: Oliwa – The Three Faces Mixtape

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sebastian Oliwa has been a fan of analog synthesizers for quite a while. I stumbled upon one of his tracks while reading my daily dose of music blogs recently and kindly asked him to do a mixtape for me.

Sebastian says that his musical output is heavily influenced by the so-called ‘three faces’ of his musical personality: classical music, the ethnic music from Africa and Asia, and all forms and types of music made with synthesizers. He doesn’t use any kind of drums or percussions in his tracks, but he loves to use sampled classical instruments, such as strings and horns. He’s got a couple of digital releases available for download from his Bandcamp page, so check them out.

‘The Three Faces’ mixtape tracklist:

Boards Of Canada – M9
Stellar Om Source – The Oracle
Oliwa – Animal
CFCF – Break-In
Javanese Court Gamelan – Ketawang Puspawarna
Daft Punk – The Son Of Flynn
Oliwa – Ocean Fire
Oneohtrix Point Never – Stress Waves Cruelty
Boards Of Canada – Carcan
Studio – Life’s A Beach
Oliwa – Enlightened By Gnostic Fire
Solar Fields – Altered Second Movements

DOWNLOAD: Oliwa – The Three Faces Mixtape [Official.fm]

Guest Mix: Mohave Triangles – Earth Primitive Mixtape

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Mohave Triangles is the alter ego of North Carolina-based producer Robert Thompson. I discovered his music through his Hooker Vision cassette release called Eternal Light Of The Desert Plateaus recently and was instantly intriqued by his music and sound. I asked Robert to put together a mixtape showcasing his influences and music that inspires him and he kindly sent me a mix entitled ‘Earth Primitive’ which features a blend of psychedelic drone tape music and primitive ambient-type stuff:

I wanted this mix to be like a journey through contemporary drone & ambient music, stuff that has highly influenced me throughout the years. Since the nature of the music is psychedelic, I thought it was fitting to start it off with a track by Time Machines (an alias of Coil) that was specifically made to cause you to feel a “temporal slip” or the feeling of time travel, sort of like when you take DMT. The second track is by Axolotl off the album ‘Trade Ye No Mere Moneyed Art’. Although similar in sound to the synthesizers in the first track, Karl Bauer uses a violin to create his drones. After that is a track by Bee Mask off his newest LP, ‘Elegy for a Beach Friday’. I’ve heard that he wanted his music to be like a gas emanating from your speakers, filling your room, and to me that couldn’t be more spot on. Tim Hecker, another favorite of mine, provides some wonderful dark textures with his track “Music for Tundra pt. 1″. It fades nicely into a beautiful track by Do Tell off his album ‘Sewn to the Current’ which is probably my favorite track on this mix. The sweeping guitar drones against the samples of some guy talking and what sounds like a tropical rainforest just gets me every time. the next two tracks are by Transmuteo off his recent tape ‘Cymaglyphs’. The first provides a great sample of a woman talking about meditation. Then it descends into a relaxing drone by Klaus Wiese off his album ‘Soma’. Klaus creates some of the most beautiful, airy sounds, that will put you in a trance if you let them. Very meditational. After that it ends with two tracks by Quartz Safari, which is a project by my friend Sepehr Nabi of Oslo, Norway and myself. Probably some of the best stuff I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. Sepehr is an amazing musician, so expect great things from him in the future.

FYI: Mohave Triangles releases are available in digital download format from Bandcamp.

‘Earth Primitive’ mixtape tracklist:

Time Machines – ’5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyl: (5-MeO-DMT)’ – Time Machines
Axolotl – ‘Track 2′ – Trade Ye No Mere Moneyed Art
Bee Mask – ‘…So That We Each Wander Through A True Elysium’ – Elegy For Beach Friday
Tim Hecker – ‘Music For Tundra pt. 1′ – Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do it Again
Do Tell – ‘Untitled 05′ – Sewn to the Current
Transmuteo – ‘Lightworkers Meditation’ & ‘Starseed’ – Cymaglyphs
Klaus Wiese – ‘Soma I’ – Soma
Quartz Safari – ‘Pineal Origins’ & ‘Disintegrating Into Fractals’ – Pineal Origins

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FILTER27 Podcast 002 – Octex

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Note: This post was originally published on November 25, 2006.

Octex (real name Jernej Marusic) has been experimenting with music equipment since the late 90s when he fell in love with the sound of old analog synthesizers. In all this years he found himself in doing ‘Organic Crackle and Tone EXperiments’ (Octex), fusing his diverse influences with the unique flavour of Ljubljana. This resulted in releases on numerous compilations, the first one being Elektrotehnika Slavenika.

In 2002 he released his debut album Idei Lahesna on Tehnika Records, which received high praises from both critics and the public, and tracks from it got licensed to numerous compilations and mix CDs. His self-made video for the track “Emergon” got played on such TV stations as VIVA and Onyx TV, which is quite surprising for this style of music. 2005 saw the release of Variations on rx:tx label on which “the misty, heavily processed dub of Variations, sunk in the thicket of unique soundings, crackles and noises is so thick, greasy and interlaced, that it can swallow an unprepared listener.”

In the meantime, Octex has become one of the most active Slovenian live acts and has performed on such prominent festivals as Club Transmediale, FutureSonic, ISEA, La Batie, Nuit Blanche and Exit – either solo or as part of multimedia project Signal-Sever.

Tracklist:

01. Kode 9 & Space Ape – Signe Of Dub
02. Pole – Rondell Zwei
03. Vainqueur – Elevation Version 1
04. Rhythm & Sound – Carrier
05. Pole – Karussell
06. Murcof – Camino
07. Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Noon
08. Biosphere & HIA – Corona
09. Steve Reich – Pulses
10. Random Logic – RL SAZU99PT2
11. Spyweirdos – Innsbruck (Traject Remix)
12. Laibach – Smrt Za Smrt (Octex Remix)
13. Octex – Broken
14. Blamstrain – Nyt Revisted
15. Biosphere – Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings
16. Porter Ricks – Nautical Zone
17. Plastikman – Locomotion
18. AM-PM – The End (1)
19. Pan Sonic – A-Kemia
20. Random Logic – RL AP4 JP6
21. Porter Ricks – Port Gentil
22. Schinichi Atobe – Ship-Scope
23. Vladislav Delay – The Fourth Quarter
24. Pellarin – Cotton Ball
25. Paul St. Hilaire – Humble
26. Gys – Help Softly
27. Substance & Vainqueur – Immersion
28. Silent Servant – Death To The Traveler
29. Vladislav Delay – Solid As a Rock
30. Yagya – As It Is
31. Substance & Vainqueur – Surface
32. Brandon Moeller – Merry Go Round
33. VA – Erode
34. Vainqueur – Elevation II (Original)
35. Blamstrain – The Thing You Hate Me For Is Also A Part Of The Rest Of Me You Love
36. Blamstrain – Frame Math
37. Beat Pharmacy Feat. Paul St Hilaire – Hot Spot Splash
38. Maurizio – M6
39. Rhythm & Sound – See Mi Version (Basic Reshape)
40. Mono Junk – Channel B
41. Gys – Beep
42. Radiq – The Grass Roots (Radiqs Babylon Dub Mix)
43. P.O.S. – Work In Progress
44. Pellarin – Intercity
45. Carl Craig – Angel (Caya Dub)
46. Rhythm & Sound – Aerial
47. Ame – Basic Track
48. John Mustang -Intoyapants (Dive Dub Mix)
49. Martin Buttrich – Full Clip
50. Brothomstates vs. Blamstrain – Envelope Diving 2
51. Fluxion – D-teck
52. Porter Ricks – Port of Transition
53. Uusitalo – Nokkonen PÃ¤ivÃ¤unilla
54. Temponauta – Doh
55. Monolake – Plumbicon (Sleeparchive Remix)
56. Pan sonic – Koilinen
57. Kode 9 & Space Ape – Quantum
58. Ray Valioso – Rhodes Island
59. Andy Stott – Blocked
60. AFX – Reunion 2
61. Boxcutter – Gave Dub (12″ Remix)
62. Burial – Pirates
63. Artwork – Basic G
64. Geiom – Overnight Biscuits
65. Dynamo – 23 Degrees
66. Littl John – Janet Sinclair (version)
67. Barrington Levy – English Man
68. Rhythm & Sound – No Partial
69. White Mice – Youths Of Today (version)
70. Scientist – Ten Dangerous Matches Part 4

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