atish

I spent the last month traveling to various corners of the world. Some of the time was spent for gigs, some of the time at AfrikaBurn, and some was visiting friends and family. Amidst all the excitement, flying, partying, and jet lag, I'd often waver between desperately trying to stay awake and the opposite, hopelessly trying to fall asleep. During these bouts of insomnia, I found myself in a half-asleep dream-like state that I think made its way through into the feeling of this mix: varying levels of intensity while still holding on to a floating, dream-like state.

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Special thanks to Oleksiy Khmelov for the beautiful artwork, "Jellyfish". More of his work available at http://khmelov.com

Tracklist:

Tale Of Us, Clockwork (C/W) - Lost Keys

Forteba - Statik Movement

Deepchild, Bruto Peroni - Go Slow (Alex V Remix)

Alexkid, Trinity & Beyond - This Dream

Blakkat, [a]pendics.shuffle - Heavy Burdens High (Safeword Remix)

Buraq, Patrick Podage - Don't You

Jobe - Close Your Eyes

Deux Tigres - Dragonfly (Deux Tigres vs Erkka Remix)

Ejeca - Agent Of The Deep

Jimpster - Hold My Hand

Big Al - Say What

Lusine - Lucky

Dynamism....from a metaphysical perspective, it's the belief that the nature of every substance contains an expression of the universe. As an artistic movement, dynamism is the capture of an objects motion - both intrinsic and relative to its environment. To me, Dynamism is the push and pull of intensity and energy.

I consider this mix one of my more ambitious efforts, aiming to work through strong swings of intensity, melody, and motion while still staying on some semblance of a cogent course. I find that this is a mix that I enjoy the more I listen to it, which usually isn't the case. I hope it resonates with you as much as it does for me.

Here's what I have going these next few weeks:

April 26 - Toy-Toy, Johannesburg, South Africa

April 27 - Fiction, Cape Town, South Africa

May 1-6 - AfrikaBurn, Tankwa Town, South Africa

May 15 - Mumbai, India (venue to be confirmed)

May 17 - Level Two, Melbourne, Australia

May 18 - Spice Cellar, Sydney, Australia

May 19 - TBA, Australia

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Tracklist:

Sebo K - Shades of Red [Mobilee 2013]

Mano Andri - Cinematic [Cyclic Records 2013]

Moomin - you neva know [Closer 2013]

QMUSSE, Dubaa - Message (Version 1) [Itom Records 2013]

Dominik Eulberg - Der Tanz Der Gluehweurmchen (Kollektive Turmstrasse "Dirt Glow" Remix) [Traum 2011]

Daso, Pawas - El Paso (Yapacc Remix) [Brise Records 2009]

SIS - Messara [Cocolino 2013]

Anthony Collins - Prism [Freak N Chic 2009]

Umit Han - An Einem Traurigen Morgen [Traum 2012]

Konstantine Sibold - Gestade [Salon Rosi 2010]

Nautiluss - Zero Gravity [3024 2013]

Markas Palubenka - Kill Me (Few Nolder Remix) [Get Physical Music 2013]

For March, we explore what I like to call the richer side of deep house. I offer deep sub-bass lows complemented by warm spacey highs, lush synth sweeps, sensual vocal hooks, and a prog-influenced resolution. Progressive house has been entering my consciousness these last few months in various manifestations. These last few years, I admittedly thought "prog" was a dirty word, but as of late I've been finding music that holds on to the melodic beauty of prog, injects deep house grooves, yet still maneuvers away from the cheese the genre has been branded...all of which I think you'll hear in the 2nd half of this mix.

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Also, if you're in the Pacific Northwest, here are some upcoming gigs I'll be playing:

March 29 - Seattle - Electric Tea Garden

March 30 - Vancouver - Beaumont Studios

March 31 - Victoria, BC - Temple Events

Tracklist:

01. Gorje Hewek, Izhevski - Inspire

02. Arthur Oskan - Exit Strategy

03. Marvin Zeyss - Hidden Emotion

04. Canson - Kuma

05. Jon Donson - The Way It Is (Patrick Podage Remix)

06. Hunter_Game - Blue Earth

07. Jody Wisternoff, Pete Josef - Just One More (Martin Roth Remix)

08. Martin Roth - Beautiful Life

09. Mathias Vogt - Sierra Nevada

10. J. Wiltshire - Closer

11. Veitengruber - Supervision

This mix was also featured for my friends who run the Electronic Groove podcast...be sure to check them out! (http://www.electronicgroove.com/EG379Atish.php)

Everything goes in cycles, both at a macro and micro level.

Perhaps subconsciously in response to the sensitivity of December's mix, which was in response to the thickness of November, which was in part was a response to October's delicacy, which I think may have been a turn from the intensity of my experience at Burning Man, I open February with an obvious driving (dare I say less sophisticated?) edge before cycling and sliding into a comfortable melodic descent.

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Tracklist:

Motorcitycould - Sirens (Matthias Meyer & Patlac Remix)

Buraq, Patrick Podage - Unconscious

David Kassi - Get Down (Fer Ferrari Remix)

Alexkid - Yemsa (Fabrizio Maurizi Remix)

Fabio Gianelli - Maintain (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix)

David Kassy - Freeway

Ben Pearce - What I Might Do (Club Edit)

Goshva, iO (Mulen) - Loire (Rodriguez Jr Remix)

Greenville Massive - Autumn

Andi Muller - Comedown (Luke Abbot Remix)

Upcoming gigs:

March 1 - Behrouz and atish @ Monroe, San Francisco, CA

March 3 - TBD, San Francisco, CA

March 5 - Tutu Tuesday (last Tutu Tuesday @ 222 Hyde), San Francisco, CA

March 7 - Nick Curly with Manju Masi (atish/Slee) @ Vessel, San Francisco, CA

March 9 - 222 Hyde closing party, San Francisco, CA

March 21-24 - Miami Music Week (TBD), Miami, FL

March 29 - Electric Tea Garden, Seattle, WA

March 31 - Victoria, BC

I had a nice time at the BPM festival this year down in Playa del Carmen, Mexico....There was consistently great music, perfect weather, and I got to see my friends from all over the world. I was lucky enough to have a chance to play a couple gigs when I was down there....Here's a recording of me playing some daytime beach tunes at the listed cityfox party at Mamita's Beach Club....

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Marcus Homm - Keyframe Signal

One of Them - My Bike And Me (Stelios Vassiloudis And Sasse Remix)

Overnite, Hollis P Monroe - If You Have A Doubt (Mario Basanov Remix)

Jamie Woon vs Dousk - Shoulda Stories (Ricky Ryan Dub Mashup)

Hamid - If I feat. Valentina (Original Mix)

Joyce Muniz - Drop In Pressure (Mystic dub)

Hanna - Sometimes (Karol XVII & MB Valence Remix)

Martin Patino - Mindgames (Original Mix)

Raygun - Sore Eyes (Original Mix)

Basti Pieper - I Love You feat. Eddy Pirax - Original Mix

Pablo Bolivar - Last Change (Jay Shepheard Remix)

Aki Bergen - Historia Mundi (Original Mix)

Maya Jane Coles - Cool Down (Original Mix)

Shadow Child - So High (Original Mix)

SiD - Basement Session (Original Mix)

Nico Stojan - After The Hour (Original Mix)

Taking a turn away from the driving sounds of November, December explores a more sensitive soundscape...my favorite and most comfortable style of music to play. I assembled this mix thinking about these next few winter months where lots of us friends and family gather and spend more time inside at home. These tunes may be something for a long night around the fireplace or perhaps something to relax to on a long flight home...or in the words of my sister, "perfect for under a warm blankie"

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Raygun - PWR

Douglas Greed - Shiver feat. Delhia de France (Ruede Hagelstein Remix)

SCSI-9 - Had I But Wings Like Thine

Lake People - In A Few Deep Words

Nico Stojan - After The Hour

Melon - Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine)

Jacob Phono - Paradise of You

Bob Moses - Too Close For Comfort

Audision - Yellow Sunset (Robags Stoylago Edit)

Kadebostan, Laolu - Salome (Laolu Version)

For November, we explore the synthesized dark sounds of space... While melodic, these tunes are a bit bigger than the last couple months and not indulging on vocal hooks...just like outer space...a big dark beautiful place with no one around.

Premiesku - E Codat

Jacob Phono & Jens Bond - Su-she

Deepchild - Neukolln Burning

Kaarel - You Make Me Feel Better (Cesar Coronado Remix)

Talal & Zoi - Dreams

Siler & Dima - Organic Flow

Eeva - Body & Soul (Matthias Meyer & Patlac Deeper Remix)

Oliver Klein - Caleno (Doomwork Remix)

Compuphonic - Sequioa (Lee Jones Remix)

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"i'm just gonna talk to you for a couplea minutes

and it's really important, and i really wanna get the point ova

and i guess it's easy to kinda look at all of the bad things

and look at the things that have been happennin'

and feel a bit scared, yeah? are you scared?

[...] said that he was scared

and sometimes, we concentrate on the bad things that happen in life don't we?

and we concentrate on the bad things that some people do

i, i suppose i imagine that we feel a little bit on our own

a little bit scared a little bit frightened with nobody around

what i wanna tell you today, i mean to say that

i believe that god has placed people around us

to help us

i believe that god has placed people around us

that's gonna look after us,

take care of us,

love us,

and make us feel better when we're feelin' down"

[41:59] - Eve White - Feel Better

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Saschienne - unknown

Cesare vs Cisorder, Cesar - disorder vs disaster (jin choi remix)

Andre Lodemann - where are you now? (jimpster remix)

Safeword - be the light

SIS - unforty

Alex Q - Cliff

Lee Jones - Mean Streets

Eve White - Feel Better

Nico Lahs - Symptoms

Mattew Burton, Kate Rathod - Open Your Soul

For August, I pull things back a bunch from where June left off. Opening at 100 bpm and climaxing at at mere 123, this mix is as much about melody (per usual) as much as restraint, two of my favorite things. Hopefully this leaves off with you wanting a little more...

WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane (Max Pask Remix)

Francis Harris - Living Lips

Worst Friends - Del Boca Vista

Jay West - As A Kite

Hanna - Sometimes (Karol XVII & MB Valence Remix)

Matthias Meyer - Levant

Ripperton - I Haven't Seen Much

Wally Stryk - That's Right

Aki Bergen, Carmen - Into My Soul (Spiritchaser Remix)

Here are some upcoming gigs I have this month in New York (for the first time!) and San Francisco...I hope to see you out

Friday Aug 3 | 116 | New York

An Evening of Euphonious Exposition, with listed artists

Thursday Aug 9 | Vessel | San Francisco

BASE presents: No Regular Play + atish

Saturday Aug 11 | The Water | San Francisco

House-Heads presents Bay of Wigs 2: Another wig party on a boat

Tuesday Aug 14 | 222 Hyde | San Francisco

Tutu Tuesday with Nick Williams and Atish

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I recently spent about a month traveling abroad in Asia and Europe...In Europe, I was constantly on the run between DJ gigs, sightseeing, visiting friends, and getting swindled by the Turkish mafia...Between all these adventures, I managed to find pockets of down time and over 3 weeks, assemble this mix at various European airports, airplanes, Swiss trains, Dutch coffee shops, and apartments...This mix is as well-traveled as I am, and perhaps the various feelings the mix takes on represent the various influences I've had over my travels: we hear pretty organic sounds transforming into a more driving synthesized sound, followed by trippy bass boomers, then finally into a late-night bigger club sound...

Hope you like it!

Tracklist:

pawas - this way

jesus pablo - walking in austin (ruthit remix remix)

nhar - dolido's groove

paul mad - ies

matthias vogt - steps (arthur oskan remix)

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michael senna - peter zohdy - all in vain (blond:ish remix)

mike shannon, marco resmann - the road to guaruja

marco resmann - i will love

gregor tresher - through the shadow glass

doomwork - independence

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