ambient

Hello there. I've encountered some nice mixtapes lately, and it's also friday, so it's time to do one of these posts. Party music for your weekend. Woohoo!

Fanu's Breaks 'n' Beats Podcast #1

We're starting with a brand new podcast from the one like Fanu. This is a dope tape. It contains of all kinds of cool drum'n'bass styles, but surprisingly most of it is on the more breaky side. Like. That's a really big surprise.
Der Fanumeister has written a blog post about the mix too, with comments on each track of the mix. Check it out. Hope #2 gets released soon too.

DJ Hexe - V'Ger

Next up we have a mix by a Finnish producer and DJ called Hexe from Virrat, Finland.
It's an electro mixtape, and as a fan of proper electro I was more than happy to check this out and have a listen, and it's dope. Great scifi electro all the way and 100% vinyl too. Check it out.

SSLLOOWW TAPES - ssllooww down

The last mix comes from a Melbourne-based (I think) blog called Ssllooww tapes. It's recorded by Rory McPike whose drum'n'bass tunes have appeared every now and then in our podcasts. It's an ambient/downtempo/artsywhateverhipstermusic mix, perfect for taking it easy and chilling. No tracklist yet unfortunately, but there are tracks for example from Four Tet, Boards Of Canada, Aphex Twin and local Melbourne producers, including Rory himself. Apparently part 2 is coming at some point too. Hopefully soon.

Now, here's a brand new podcast series from Blu Mar Ten. In chapter one (and most likely in later chapters too) they are going to play some tunes forthcoming on their label Blu Mar Ten Music, stuff that they like and has influenced them.

"Just a word of warning, if you are looking for a kind of normal drum'n'bass podcast, this is probably not the one for you"

tracklist:
Stray - Follow You Around
Future Sound of London - The Empty Land
Chymera - Umbrella
Fink - See It All
Planet Boelex - Suunta
KGB Lawyer - Don't Run Away
Cliff Martinez - Mitrial Valve Prolapse
School of Seven Bells - Reappear
The Cure - Like Cockatoos
Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train
Tournesol - Holy Cow
Marc Moulin - Humpty Dumpty
Kings of Convenience - Gold in the Air of Summer
Photek - Rings Around Saturn
John Coltrane - Like Someone in Love
Jon Hopkins - The Wider Sun
Imogen Heap - Just for Now
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric

Get the podcast on iTunes or from the Soundcloud player below.

Blu Mar Ten Music Podcast - Chapter 1 by Blu Mar Ten

In december the St. Petersburg -based crew/website Microfunk announced a follow up for their previous project, Applied Minimalism where participants were encouraged to create music using only the TR-808 kick drum as the only sound source.

In the new project called Parts and Sequences people were asked to send drums, basses, pads, melodies and whatnot in order to create a tune together. Obviously the samples had to be in the same tempo (170) and key (Am or C). I was planning to participate too but I actually forgot.

Anyway, the end result is now here, but because of the sheer amount and variety of the sounds provided, Bop, Jalex and Oak ended up creating a live session consisting of six "scenes" instead of just writing one tune.

Check the results from the video above or soundcloud player below, or download it:
MP3 / FLAC + .cue

Parts & Sequences by microfunk-crew

ASC recently made a mix for mnml ssg blog which covers mostly techno, ambient and other really nice things. With that in mind, his mix isn't exactly an average drum'n'bass mix. The guys asked him to do a mix that is both ambient, like his Deep Space mixes, and drum'n'bass, and the mix is exactly that.

ASC - mnml ssg mix

No tracklist as of yet, but it will be most likely posted here once it is available. This one is definitely going to stay in my mp3 player for a long time.

Update: The tracklist has arrived

01 - 36 – Cocoon [3Six]
02 - Sam KDC - Symbol #4.4 [forthcoming/Auxiliary]
03 - Bvdub - No More Reasons Not To Fall [Glacial Movements]
04 - Sandwell District - Readymade 7" (Side A) [Sandwell District]
05 - Relapxych.0 - City Nightlights (Beat Reduced) [Ghost Sounds]
06 - ASC - Throughout The Years [Unreleased]
07 - They Live - Cancel Standard [Exit]
08 - Dan HabarNam - Ant Society [forthcoming/Santorin]
09 - ASC – Torque [Unreleased]
10 - SKV18 – Withdrawal [Unreleased]
11 - Abstract Elements - Basic Substance [Kos.Mos]
12 - ASC – Ubik [Unreleased]
13 - Sam KDC - Symbol #4.3 [forthcoming/Auxiliary]
>> - ASC - Untitled Loop
14 - Synkro – Dwelling [Unreleased]
15 - Crystal Fighters - Follow (Consequence Remix) [forthcoming/Zirkulo]
16 - Consequence - Rolling Supreme [forthcoming/Darkestral]
17 - ASC - No Secrets [forthcoming/Auxiliary]

What happens when bunch of producers write tracks using only the 808 kickdrum as the only sample, then those tracks get compiled and mixed together? Something like the "Applied Minimalism" project/mix that was launched by microfunk.ru about two months ago.

Eventually, 70 tracks were written and sent by artists like Subwave, Bop, Nphonix, Oak and many more and now the results are here for us to listen.

Download the 320 kbps mp3 or listen to it from the video above.

"If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled - for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead."

http://indigo.sininen.piste.org/planes.mp3

Murky deep waters ambient from one of my personal favourite DJs in Finland (and probably many others pick him too), Indigo. This one caught my attention because of the two Oöphoi tracks from his album 'Spirals of Time' that got me back into the great depths of ambient after a small break. Celestial soundscapes guaranteed.

Great music for mornings when you're up early but you don't have any kind of rush anywhere and you more or less wait for the time to pass. So you just sit down, have some coffee and let the music fill the room and you wake up slowly.