In 2003 Daragh Thomas appeared alongside fellow label members Ebauche, and Eomac on an Invisible Agent Records compilation We are not your friends

We have a whole salvo of new releases, art, live shows, and mixes scheduled for 2018, stay tuned.

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Another downtempo ambient mix featuring more amazing downtempo musicians. This could be one of my last ambient podcasts for 2016, as I am beginning to concentrate on various liveshows, more rhythmic compositions, and video work. So DJing is taking a bit of back seat while I concentrate on my own creations. I’ll publish news regarding my collaborations soon. I hope you enjoy the mix, please get in touch if you have any questions. Please share this mix with your friends. Until next time ~ Warren

Artist – Album – Track

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Continuing from Adventures in Dimension X. A sonic journey where electronica, soul and jazz merge in the space-time continuum. Featuring special guests dropping in from cult 1960’s TV.

Another typical lazy summer’s afternoon in the Audio Mainline household. Hal FX returns with another smooth mix spanning a universe of sound. A cosmic selection of artists including Marvin Gaye, Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke, Isaac Haye’s Band, Buck 65, Robert Hood, Air, and the track warmth by Ebauche who released his album Adrift on Invisible Agent in 2015.

The engines are primed, prepare for blastoff, we’re set to escape the gravitational pull of Dimension X. Watch out for the stunning new release ‘Soma Remixed’ by Audio Mainline due for release in early February 2016.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Audio Mainline’s debut album Dreams Symphonies and Overtures. We had a bit of a rooftop Soiree in Phnom Penh, check out the video!

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Rare, and some unreleased music created by Thalamus (John Mahon from the infamous Alphabet Set) lovingly mixed by Love Rhino.

Tracklist

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A few years ago I spent time in the Himalayas, traveling all around Nepal, and northern India. During that time I visited several music, and cultural centers where I purchased a lot of instrumental releases. I immersed myself in the amazing sounds of the Tabla, and I promised myself I would combine all my favorite tracks in a podcast. A friend (Richard) recently visited me on his journey to the Himalayas, he inspired me to finally combine some of my favorite music from the Indian subcontinent.

A drum that is synonymous with the region, estimated to be in use for over 2000 years, it requires complex finger tip and hand percussion techniques, and produces a range of wonderful and elaborate sounds.  It is made up of 2 drums. The smaller drum, played with the dominant hand, is sometimes called dayan (literally “right”), but it correctly known as “tabla.” Made out of teak or rosewood, it is tuned to the specific note of the soloist’s key, and complements the melody. The larger drum, played with the other hand, is called bāyāñ (literally “left”). The bāyāñ has a much deeper bass tone, normally made out of copper or brass, much like its distant cousin, the kettle drum. Combined they form an amazing instrument, for the record, this mix contains a myriad of traditional instruments, including stringed instruments such as the Sarod, Sarangi, and Sitar, and many others.

Here’s an overview of some of the artists featured on this podcast. Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical musician who plays the Sarod. He has performed internationally since the 1960s. The sarod is a lutelike stringed instrument of India, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments in Hindustani classical music. The sarod is believed by some to have descended from the Afghan rubab, a similar instrument originating in Central Asia and Afghanistan. The name sarod roughly translates to “beautiful sound” or “melody” in Persian.

I believe Navaraj Gurung, and Suresh Chandra Pradhan are both from Nepal. I bought their music at the Kathmandu Music Centre, after returning from one of my solo treks. Both of these musicians seem as if they’re naturally linked by rhythm and melody, I am certain their live performances are phenomenal. Nepal is one of the most beautiful places I have ever had the pleasure of visiting, rich with culture, and incredible music.

A little further south in Northern Indian lives one of the greatest musicians of our time. Zakir Hussain, a classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order. His incredible performances have established him as a national treasure. Widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement, Zakir’s contribution to world music has been unique, with countless historic collaborations.

Mickey Hart (from the United States) a musician who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead, produced the album Planet Drum. He played with percussionists from around the world, and incorporated their different musical styles. Musicians from India (Zakir Hussain and T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram), Nigeria (Sikiru Adepoju and Babatunde Olatunji), Brazil (Airto Moreira, and vocalist Flora Purim), and Puerto Rico (Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colón). Another quality album you should consider adding to your collection.

Sultan Khan (1940 – 2011) was an Indian sarangi player and classical vocalist. Sultan Khan was a member of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. You should check out all the Table Beat Science releases, pure energy, and amazing melodies.

Vilayat Khan is a sitar maestro, a pioneer who at the age of 8 recorded his first 78RPM Vinyl, and performed his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75.  He introduced classical Indian music to the west, and is widely regarded by many as the greatest sitarist of his generation.

You might notice the final track, Parade Samba Music of Argentina, is obviously not from the same region, but it’s an amazing track, and complements the previous tracks so well I couldn’t help but include it.

After a whirlwind tour about some of the artists featured on this podcast, I hope you have time to enjoy this mix. Please buy the music, you’ll be helping support some of the greatest musicians of all time.

I’d also like to bring your attention to our latest release by Audio Mainline, Soma: an elixir named in the Rigveda, a collection of Sanskrit Hymns from India.

Feel free to leave a comment, or question below. Until next time, Warren. (Listen & Follow on iTunes)

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Two radio broadcasts from the 1950’s and 23 tracks spanning six decades – mixed in under 40 minutes. Lazy jazz, swooning strings, ambient vibes, dub, electronica and old radio stories.

It’s a varied mix of periods and styles. But I think no matter what genre is playing, they all have something quite smooth and dreamlike in common…at least in my mind. I’m hoping to introduce new sounds to people who might not otherwise check this kind of stuff out, whilst re-introducing familiar tracks to others, in a new context.

I also chose radio broadcasts that would add a new level to the narrative side of the mix. So when Janelle Monáe sings about a character sleeping on some kind of sci-fi journey, the ‘Mysterious Traveler’ is waking up lost after a black-out in the wilderness. Similarly, when Squarepusher sings ‘I love you’ on Squarewindow (weird enough in itself) the Martian woman from the 1950s is swooning about being told how beautiful she is…

Admittedly I’ve been quite self-indulgent in my choice, but in essence it’s a typical lazy summer’s afternoon in the Audio Mainline household.

Buy the SOMA EP by Audio Mainline now! Audio Mainline has an upcoming EP entitled Soma Check out his video and share with your friends. (Listen & Follow on iTunes)

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To me this is a very special mix as it’s exclusively showcasing tracks from one of my all-time favourite record labels, Em:t Records (aka Emit records).

Sadly the record label is no longer active, having released material in the 90’s before closing down, and then again in the early 00’s before meeting the same fate and shutting down again in 2006.

I’ve been trying to collect as much of the material released by Em:t Records for many years but still have quite a few to find. However I decided I had enough to dedicate an entire Swagger DJ set to the label, and hopefully the original artists will be pleased to see their work combined in this way.

If you’re interested in buying some of this music you can find a few releases still active on the web. Both Woob and Gas are active and I highly recommend buying Gas 0095 and everything that Woob has – really high quality ambient electronic music! You can find Gel-Sol’s newer releases on Bandcamp, but for his Em:t release you can head over to Emusic.com where you can find Gel-Sol, International People’s Gang, 302 Acid, and Gaudi:Testa. For Lucid Dreams 0096, Beatsystem 2297, and the two compilations it’s not such an easy task. You can get 2297, 0096, 0094, and 0004 on Amazon. There also seems to be quite a lot of Em:t releases on Grooveshark, but I’m doubtful as to whether anyone is getting any money from plays on there.

If you can use Bandcamp where possible then the original artists are getting paid! Other than that, it’s a treasure hunt to find these amazing releases and unlock the audio treasures inside.

See the full discography of Em:t Records on Discogs.com.

I hope you enjoy this four (and some!) hour mix, put it on, sit back, and relax. (Listen & Follow on iTunes)

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Alex Leonard, aka Ebauche, blends 45 tracks over a four and a half hour downtempo podcast, featuring our very own T-Woc, Rhythm & Sound, The Orb, Fennesz, Biosphere, Lackluster and many more quality electronic acts. Alex provided us with his first podcast in 2006, and has been a staple of our Agentcast series ever since. He’s got a keen ear for a whole range of genres, if you like electronica and braindance check out all of Alex’s mixes.

This podcast was recorded live at Swagger, our monthly music & arts show at Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Our chillout zone consisted of multiple projectors, live painting by Dina Chhan, and the best ambient electronic music in South East Asia played by ebauche. Simultaneously our beats lab features some of the best local and International DJs, playing the finest selection of electro, breakbeat, and techno

Alex has been using Traktor software for a number of years now, and recently upgraded his hardware by purchasing a Native Instruments Z1 DJ interface. He was clearly having lots of fun using his new setup, and dazzled us with a stunning visual show projected by 2 large projectors on our massive chillout balcony. Every month he displays fresh stop-motion and hyper-lapse videos, keeping everyone mesmerized for hours.

Alex is also a sound engineer, and musician. He’s a member of WASH. WASH features music by Warren Daly, Alex Leonard (ebauche), and Hal Fx from Audio Mainline. A hybrid soundscape of rhythm, synthesis, live instrumentation and location recordings, guided by the poetry and spoken word of Scott Bywater. If you like downtempo styling you’ll enjoy their latest album entitled Triptych.

Until next time, enjoy the podcast and please share it with your friends. Comments are most welcome too.

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We’re delighted Jonatthan took time out from his busy schedule to provide our 52nd podcast entitled From Kaiwharawhara to Whakarewarewa. An eclectic fusion of electronica, funk, jazz, and much more. If you want to tune into recordings of his Jazz radio shows click here.

Jonathan O’Riordan presents the Sunday Jazz Show once a month on Wellington’s Radio active in New Zealand. We’re delighted to have Jonzer provide another fantastic jazzy mix for the Invisible Agent podcast series. He’s a man of many talents and was released by Invisible Agent on 12″ vinyl in 2004.

This is a mix of soporific ditties that I have stumbled across during my many hours of hobbyist music listening. I have been compiling this compilation of music slowly over the course of my first two years living in New Zealand having emigrated from Ireland. I was always someone who avidly and voraciously devoured new (to me, at least) music at a ferocious pace and I now host a specialist jazz show on a local independent radio station called Radio Active in Wellington. As a result my music listening is more focused in that I am always researching new music for my show, much of which is not suitable for the format and some of which has ended up here.

Over the last five years, I seem to have turned from an active composer and musician to someone who instead collects large, cumbersome and often hideously expensive music making equipment more for their visual appeal and use as a obstacle around which to be manoeuvred. Hence, I decided to put together this mix for Warren at Invisible Agent, who has patiently been waiting many years (has it been a decade?) for me to produce some new music for the label. This is, I hope the first step towards that eventual end. – Love Rhino

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AgentCast 51 was mixed by Chris Bradbury on a set of Technics 1210′s at Confusion, Glasgow in 2003. With such a stunning tracklist it was an easy decision to pull this from the archives. Thanks to Chris and the crew of Confusion.

You can see Chris DJ or perform in a number of bands around Phnom Penh. A truly talented musician and part of the unique underground movement bubbling under in Phnom Penh.

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