Diskono

Vol. IV here, and possibly the last one in the series. The last one for a while at least. This is the very calmest of the calm volumes. Suitable for all aforementioned activities, this one is also actually recommended for falling asleep to.

I've been saving these tracks for this volume specifically. Nothing too trebly or doomy, or remotely soundtrack-y over-dramatic. The first few tracks are the "busiest" here, with their slow-motion, intermittent flourishes and rhythms. From there on, the barely-there rhythms disappear and things get drone-y and dreamy. Enjoy...

Laraaji - Bethlehem [excerpt]

Curd Duca - Gone

Harold Budd / Brian Eno - A Stream with Bright Fish

Pontiac Streator - Sequin

Pelican Daughters - Saxophone & Chalk Piano

Ulla Straus - Kids

La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela - Drift Study… [excerpt]

Bellows - 03

Exael - Room of Veiled Lights (2020 mix)

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Fleetwood Mac; "Albatross" (1968)

Tom Recchion - The First Thing to Crawl on Land

Laraaji - Deep Celestial

Ulla Straus - Sleeping

Perila - kid7 mountain birbz

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Volume two, four years on from volume one. This one is a little more focused and cohesive. I avoided some of the more obvious names on volume one, but here, I've included PiL, The Slits, and The Pop Group. Some of their deeper and/or instrumental tracks/dubs. A few more vocal moments in the second half as things build up. More volumes to come...

Cabaret Voltaire - Damage Is Done

Richard H. Kirk - Insect Friends of Allah

Eric Random - 6.55

General Strike - Interplanetary Dub

Kevin Harrison - People In Space

Crawling Chaos - The Mongolian Steak Bar

MLD - Invisible Beats

Rema-Rema - Fond Affections

Hula - Delirium

Section 25 - Regions

Stephen Mallinder - Temperature Drop

Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers - Chemical Specialist

Vivien Goldman - Private Armies Dub

BGM - Abstract

This Heat - Independence

The Slits - Animal Spacier

Scritti Politti - Is and Ought the Western World

The Pop Group - 3:38 [Dennis Bovell Dub]

The Ex - Survival of the Fattest

Public Image Ltd. - Graveyard

Swell Maps - The Graveyard Shift

Vox Populi! - Zen-Dub

Dark Arts - Egeria II

Volume I here:

https://soundcloud.com/diskono/dub-influence-mix-post-punkindustrialexperimental-1978-85

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Volume III of the series. This one was a real joy to sequence, mix/layer, and record. Overall, it’s quite sparkly, melodic, and lullaby-like. There’s a bit of a build-up towards the end, with a selection of especially gorgeous tracks. Most noteworthy is the +ONE track “Shao”, which has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded.

Autechre - Yulquen

Coil - Sara Dale's Sensual Massage pt. 4

Actress - Fire and Light

Kim Hiorthøy - Ek, Bok, Tistel, Äpple

Milan W. - Glaasjes

Cybe - The Running Water

Cluster - Es War Einmal

Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time

Tom Recchion - A Complex Shape In the Sky

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Swiss Radio International

Ulla Straus - Nana

Broadcast - Chord Simple

William Basinski - On Time Out of Time 1.4

Terre Thaemlitz - 040468

KMRU - Opaque

Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1515030

Ñaka Ñaka - Baldi

Russell Ellington Langston Butler - Why We War Dub

Coppice Halifax - Phase #XIX

LOG - LOG 3

Ro70 [Roman Flügel] - Alma

Afrodeutsche - OD

+ONE - Shao

Cath Carroll - Moves Like You

Nitrogen [Richard H. Kirk] - Down Serenity Drive

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This mix is the exact opposite of calm. If you need an energy boost - here it is. Anxious, itchy, scratchy, manic, jittery Post-Punk songs. But also funky, taut, melodic, and incredibly catchy. 

I was listening to Fire Engines recently and wondered if there’s anything, anywhere near as good as their song “Get Up and Use Me”. So, I racked my brain and came up with over 60 tracks, which I whittled down to the 30 here. Few match the catchiness and anxious energy of “Get Up and Use Me”, but the rest come close. Anyway, here’s a 3 liter bottle of Coke in musical form. Chug. 

Cabaret Voltaire - Jazz the Glass

The Fall - Fiery Jack

The Red Krayola - Dairymaid's Lament

Grow Up - River

Fire Engines - Get Up and Use Me

The Desperate Bicycles - Advice on Arrest

The Clean - Billy Two

Wipers - Telepathic Love

Swell Maps - Another Song

No Trend - Cancer

Huggy Bear - Shaved Pussy Poetry

The Fall - Prole Art Threat

DNA - Not Moving

Malaria! - Geh Duschen

Pere Ubu - Cloud 149

Contortions - Designed to Kill

Essential Logic - Aerosol Burns

Minutemen - Self-Referenced

Abwärts - Computerstaat

The Ex - $

Dog Faced Hermans - Scottish Block

The Pop Group - Blind Faith

A Certain Ratio - Faceless

James - Just Hip

Spherical Objects - If I Can Choose (Oh Babe)

Wire - Stepping Off Too Quick

ESG - Chistelle

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

The Red Crayola - Micro-Chips & Fish

The Crainium - Your Penis, It Is Tiny, and It Can Not Spell

Image: detail of a photo of Fire Engines live

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Volume II, concentrating on natural, organic sounds, as opposed to the electronic, synthetic sounds of Volume I. Think piano, string/wind instruments, etc. There are some electronic sounds, but I've selected ones that have a natural feel. Few vocal moments, but all female. Lots of mixing/overlapping to create new melodies, so if you see any favorites in the tracklist (Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd, Durutti Column, Low, Aphex Twin’s Avril 14th?), hear them in a fresh context. Enjoy. Be well.

Argile - Kleine Rosa Wolke

Laraaji - Meditation No. 2

The Soft Pink Truth - On

Roy Montgomery - Small Informal Mass

Faust - Das Meer

Blues Control - Paul's Winter Solstice

NEU! - Weissensee

Lungfish - In Praise of Amoral Phenomena

Deadline Paranoia - Bakaethiopia

Ambienti Coassiali - Room 5

The Durutti Column - In 'D'

Aphex Twin - 3

Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Ghost Has No Home

Roedelius - Heilsamer Brunnen

Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day

Natalie Rose LeBrecht - Hear Today

Aphex Twin - Petiatil Cx Htdui

Soela - The Same Things, the Same Thoughts

Ulla Straus - House

Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

John Fahey - Sligo River Blues

Joanna Brouk - The Space Between

Low - Shame

Ulla - I Think My Tears Have Become Good

Russell Ellington Langston Butler - Considerate Being

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Infectious, bizarre earworms. Chintzy electronics, lo-fi drum machines, treated/processed guitars, often questionable vocals, as well as gorgeous ones. But impeccably written and conceived pop tunes. Hits that never were, and never will be. For the most part.

This is the wildest, most entertaining mix I've made, imho. Some of the strangest pop songs you'll ever hear, but also some of the most lovely and heartbreaking. There's a little bit of everything included: Electro, Synth-pop, Dub, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Japanese New Wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, Cambodian pop, Hindustani pop, Detroit Techno, Computer Disco, Italo-Disco, Italo-trance, electronically processed vocals, synthetic slap-bass, whatever the hell Ciccone Youth is, the always uncategorizable cacophony of Men's Recovery Project, six magical seconds of Brian Eno, and an 11-year-old girl. Enjoy...

Brian Eno - Windows 95 Startup Sound

Cindy Lee - Operation

Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour Toujours (1999)

Darkie - Yeh Hua Dam (Look at the Owl)

Polyphonic Size - Mother's Little Helper

Girlseeker - Lightning from My Mind

Fashio - Smooth as Ice

Air Miami - Sweet as a Candy Bar

Nicole Campau - New Fashion

Marcello Giombini - Disco 6

Trans Am - Funky Guy

Bullwackies - Addis Ababa Dub

Schoolly-D - Gangster Boogie

Danny Boy - Diskomix (Disko Version)

Sugar Minott - Herbman Hustling

Frank Chickens - We Are Ninja

Die Doraus und Die Marinas / Der Plan - Junger Mann

Topo - Ba Ba Go, Go

Conrad & Gregor Schnitzler - The Shark Eats Ice

ZaZa - Zauberstab

John Maus - Bennington

Daphne & Celeste - You & I Alone

Ratgrave - Ein Kola Bitte

Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Flexible Heart

The Arms of Someone New - Cool as Christ

Lata Ramasar - The Greatest Name That Lives

Suicide - Dominic Christ

Frak - Untitled

Stratis - Hurry Up

Der Plan - Leb Doch

Glass Domain - Interlock

Unknown [Parallax White 01] - Very First Time

Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour Toujours (Small Mix)

Men's Recovery Project - Million Man March

Ciccone Youth - Into the Groovey

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A series of mixes that aim to be calming. Starting with this volume of Ambient and Downtempo Electronic. Imagine the "chill-out room". Next volumes will have their own specific themes/sounds/feels. Tracklist...

Electronic Eye [Richard H. Kirk] - Circuitry Man

Ulla Anona - Moon

Richard Ginns - Leaves on a Lake

Joanna Brouk - Golden Cloud Layers

Aphex Twin - Untitled [#9]

Pablo's Eye - Cypher NY Mix

ATM - Corridor

Richard H. Kirk - The Feeling (of Warmth & Beauty)

Aphex Twin - Blue Calx

Alpár - Untitled

Urban Tribe - Insolitology

Electronic Eye - Circuitry Man

Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1721327

Bochum Welt - La Nuit (Slumber Mix)

The Other People Place - Sorrow & a Cup of Joe

Boc Scadet - Sel Alterat

Cold - Strobe Light Network

Newworldaquarium - Shine Eyed

Karl Lindh - Med Bränsle av Kärlek

Marco Shuttle - Ende

Boards of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden

Maxxxbass - Untitled

Seefeel - Charlotte's Mouth

154 - Apricot

Milan W. - Float

Leila - Underwaters

Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1510119

Mark Van Hoen - Climates

Gimmik - Scope

Kareem Lotfy - Chromosome

Polygon Window - Quino-Phec

Grouper - Alien Observer

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A mix recorded using various tracks played on vinyl, on the evening of June 7, 2019 at Nowhere Bar in New York City. Opening with some Synth/Industrial/Post-Punk, into some Hip-Hop-laced, sinister funk, into some classic Electro, Italo and House.

Fad Gadget - Lady Shave

I Start Counting - Still Smiling

Job Sifre - Bestaan

A Number of Names - Sharevari

Cabaret Voltaire - Drink Your Poison

Cabaret Voltaire - Kickback

Duke of Disrespect - You Tell Lies (Banging Away)

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Verlieb Dich in Mich

Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

Kraftwerk - Sex Object

Cabaret Voltaire - Electro-Motive

Davy DMX - One for the Treble

Dancer - Boom-Boom [Eros edit]

Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)

Cybotron - Clear

Mr. Flagio - Take a Chance

Fancy - Slice Me Nice

Jamie Principle/Frankie Knuckles - Waiting on My Angel

Freeez - I.O.U.

Tapps - My Forbidden Lover

Cabaret Voltaire - Keep On (I Got This Feeling)

DJ Duke & Freedom - Love Don't Come Easy

MK - Burning (Vibe Mix)

DMX Krew - You Can't Hide Your Love

Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - So In Love

I recorded this mix last summer, a little while after guest DJing with Zach at Nowhere Bar on East 14th St. for his Cruise Control party. I spent an inordinate amount of time on it and, when I listened back to my recording, I wasn’t happy with some of it. Some of the mixes/transitions, some of the sound levels, etc. So I decided to put it off and maybe re-record it later. I still haven’t, but I’ve decided to now just go ahead and post the warts-and-all recording. It’s still great fun. The mixes I make and post on soundcloud aren’t anything like I’d play out in public. They’re more home/headphone/deep listening kinda things. But this mix is actually what I do play out. This is pretty much most of what I played that night. Recreated for you. With some warts. Tho probably far less warts than when I was actually playing the records that night. Some of the mixes/transitions are super-tight tho, I must say. Anyway, enjoy! It’s fun fun fun.

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Volume I of II. This Volume is on the Psych/Noise side. Volume II will be more on the Kosmische/Motorik side, and probably poppier. Recorded in one take, no over-dubs or edits. As usual, it’s long. But it’s very colorful, and grooves hard if you’re patient. Enjoy : )

Broadcast - Microtronics 20

Blackhill Transmitter - Returning/Recovery

Varg - Själagårdsgatan

Lost Girls - Accept

Circuit des Yeux - Guitar Knife

France - Do Den Haag Church [excerpt]

Nurse with Wound/Stereolab - Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason)

Thee Open Sex - White Horses II

Musiccargo - Sol Lucet Omnibux

BEAK> - Wulfstan

Disappears - Joa

EXEK - A Hedonist

Stereolab - Melochord Seventy-Five

Contributors - Reef of Regret

Olimpia Splendid - Häpeän Huilut

Sunroof! - Zero

Total Control - Algorithmic Field

Gate - Hijack

Gang Gang Dance - Egowar

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One side of the coin being the previous Yttrium Mix, which concentrated on "natural", acoustic sounds, here's the flip, which concentrates on more "synthetic", electronic sounds. Drone/ambient, to down-tempo, to a stretch of techno​/house​ that I think came out real nice. And a few very special vocal moments included. One take, no overdubs or edits. Lots of layering, so good luck following the tracklist. Enjoy.

Autechre - shimripl air

Asmus Tietchens - Clones

Cosey Fanni Tutti - Ritual Awakening

Cluster & Eno - Steinsame

Samo DJ & Maxxxbass - Free Yourself from the Misery of Existence

Coil - MU-UR

Forest Management - Untitled

Marc Barreca - Raw Fish and Green Tea

Young Scientist - Over Low Trees

Quicksails - Only Escape

Andres Lõo - Pärast Vihma Sajab Päikest

Sunroof! - Machine

Yialmelic Frequencies - Spores

Marc Barreca - Wolf Tone

Vox Populi! - Be Modar

Lucy - Samsara

Litüus - 07132016_2700_005

Cybe - The Running Water

Orphan Fairytale - Garden of Eva

Oliver Coates - QE3.tropics

Konrad Sprenger - Opening

Alan Vega - Prayer

Marcus Fjellström - Modulus

Gosheven - Island of Unknown Joys

Fad Gadget - Plainsong

Eartheater - Inclined

Live Low - The Antipilot

Cloudface - Meadow Like

Milan W. - Float

De Leon - 02

Kilchhofer - Tau

Aleksi Perälä - GBBVT1337202

Efdemin & Konrad Sprenger - Laveline

Giraffe - Climate [Marco Shuttle Treatment]

SSTROM - Umbra

James K. - My Sorrow Is Luminous [by Yanka Dyagileva]

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