The fifth volume of our Mixtape series comes by Lost Few, the audio-visual project of Melbourne-based experimental artist David Thomson. For this Mix, he’s prepared a personal journey developing a sense of space and theme that reflect the contexts and emotions he tries and explores with his own work.

Lost Few has just published his debut LP Between The Silence (Southern Lights 2019). It showcases ambient techno, disturbed electronics, processed instrumentation & sub-bass experiments, leading the listener to a journey that traverses a world that possesses a sharp, dissonant edge. The album also portrays the artist's relationship with the physical form, which includes sound recordings from the Buchan Caves in Victoria & the Tasmanian wilderness.

For this mix, the selection of tracks comes from artists who have influenced Thomson or represent a sound and thematic that he relate to and engage with: "While writing a new body of work I try to limit the music I listen to and separate myself from any external musical influences. I also stopped dj’ing when I started writing this album for that reason. However you will still hear influences come through - for example I used to work at a job that was slowly destroying any creative output - I’d be on the train looking out the window as the sun rose above the roofs of the inner city suburbs with Roly Porter or Puce Mary slamming my ears - a cathartic and ritualistic experience."

Tracklist:

Lost Few - TMMFHTWNBIV

Max Cooper - Hope (Roly Porter Remix)

Puce Mary - Red Desert

Lost Few - Bound_Many_Eyes_

Ourea - From Chaos Came Erebus

Lost Few - Blessed Are The Tears We Forget To Shed

My Disco - Forever

Sow Discord - VI

Lana Del Rabies - Disgrace

Noiztatic - Noiztatic - W.A.R I

Oake - Lilin

Roll The Dice, Alessandro Cortini - Hydra