Shock World Service

Pull up a pew for a cavernous cocktail of synth strewn library recordings & more instrumental oddities from special guest Datassette.

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Shock World Service 085:

Lock Robster's Conundrum by Dyllan Zain

10/5/19 London, United Kingdom

1. Peter Kowald & Tatsuya Nakatani - Definition 11

A textbook recording from Quakebasket record label. The track, taken from the album, "13 Definitions Of Truth", is much like any other Nakatani collaboration with a single horn player. The beauty is, everything he does is champion material. Every note Nakatani plays and bends out of shape can never be fully recreated to perfect duplication.

2. Lumisokea - Jenseits Dub

Released on a double cassette called 'Contemporary Dance' from the infamous Opal Tapes. Tons of goodies on the compilation including this track - metallic flys buzzing past your ear while the war horns echo from the hidden valley.

3. Forgotten Corner & Khidja - Tatooine Moons (Cassini Division Remix)

A beautiful collaboration between Forgotten Corner and Khidja with a mystic twist by Cassini Division - forged in dark caverns wielded through ancient temples.

4. A Strange Wedding - Cosmic Bastringue

Chuggy Sluggy. Downtempo coming out of France.

5. Soft Rocks - Thunder Thunder (Spectral Empire Remix)

Spectral Empire runs the remix on the Soft Rock Brighton Boy's track. Running through the cosmically composed jungle. There are even some lion field recordings in there - watch out Attenborough!

6. Asha Mirr - Blue Love

One of my recent obsessions. I came across Asha Mirr recently - instantly blown away and always include her tracks in my sets. Massively underrated and relatively unknown for the calibre of production. Feels like it's always on the very verge of disintegrating into complete chaos yet never ventures into truly harsh territory which I enjoyed. Thought provoking and impossible to pin down, It's boundary-expanding and unsettling.

7. Asha Mirr - Killers

Again, another 'killer' track from Mirr.

8. J-ZBEL - Nik Molina

Deconstructed breakbeat with holistic sounds of worship. J-zbel guys are the weirdest, nicest people you'll never meet.

9. Fleck E.S.C - Nice Guy (Pip Williams RMX)

FLECK is one of my fav's at the moment for gritty, sleazy electro. This one is remixed by Pip Williams - harsh wind samples, followed with an unapologetic bassline and claps.

10. Carl Finlow - Hashtag (Fleck E.S.C Remix)

Another gritty electro track, this time remixed by Fleck. Mad scientist vocals with undertones of bleepy bubbles.

11. Sematic4 - Dream Creator

Been digging this one a lot lately. Coming from Dalmata Danie, Sematic4 and DJ Overdose join forces putting our three tracks each on the release. Full of dirty breaks - everything you'd expect from Overdose and old-school legend Sematic4.

12. The Mover - Underwater Operations

What a build up track this one is! It creeps up on your a like a communist submarine - firing off torpedos into your nervous system! This one is pretty mellow given The Movers history. One for a building until threat level midnight.

13. The B-52's - Rock Lobster

Ah. Rock Lobster. What an oddball wonky track, eh? Impossible not to bubble your head to the rift. I've always wanted to lay this down in a club, hopefully, will get the chance one day! ROCK LOBSTER!

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We travel to Berlin to visit Der Opium Queen at Lake Tranquillizer

Shock World Service 084:

Lake TranquillizeR by Der Opium Queen

9/4/2019 Berlin, Germany

1. June11 - White Bird

It can be hard to select an opening track sometimes, but the opening mantra of loosening up and beginning to float, up and away from our bodies is a good place to start. Released on the ever great treasure chest of Stroom Records out of Belgium.

2. Jura Soundsyem - The Latern Song

A whimsical floatation device from the great Isle of Jura label, they do great work for reissuing oddball of disco-not-disco and baleiric treats. Those spaced out trumpets in the background clears the path for the dubbed out, weird and wonderful. The label first came to attention for me for their reissue of the classic Fire in My Heart, by Escape from New York, my friend let us stay up in his attic a few years back after a night out and we listened to a wild mix called Andy Blake Rocks the Boat, great times, I think even the Beegees were in that mix.

3. Black Merlin - Standing At The Summit Of Bosavi

Black Merlin for me has been a staple in my mixes for some time. His penchant for tough electronics is complemented and contrasted by his immersive soundscape experiments. The key feature of these experiments is the dank soaking atmosphere of his exotic field records, where the synthesized elements are full of raw transcendental power. Combined with loosely geographical field records, you have a great meeting of document and fantasy, which i find interesting and sounds just great. This track is taken from his latest LP which is collected from field recordings surrounding the Kosua tribe of Papa New Guinea.

4. Aponogeton - The Night Sky is Falling (Sixth Seal)

Another track from the Stroom camp, this time its a highly dense 3D ambient piece with high emotional content that swirls in and out of focus, not much else to say about this one, but sit back and enjoy it.

5. DJ healer - Get away

The artist behind DJ Healer, and the countless other monikers that came before really is a true auteur. With so many different genres and it can be hard to know what exactly the expression of his style is, as its always evolving, changing. For me what it all has in common is his ability to make the small details really interesting, without necessarily using detail, its just a hard hitting effect, like he can get his point across with relatively formulaic formats (House, Techno and so forth) I guess he can put his stamp on effortlessly what has been produced over and over for years, and make it fresh!

6. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Bridgetown Dub

If Black Merlin's Kosua, mentioned previously, profiles real geographical landscapes and twists it into a full colour psychedelia, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement aka Vatican Shadow has been carving a deep jungle soundspace that is entirely his own for a good few years now. For me this is a project that can really take you there, while Kosua acts as a warped quasi document of the real world exotica, RSE is not stuck to the limitations of the real world, allowing for some seriously dark and mind bending ideas to bloom. Reggae-dub in the humid depths of the jungle, why the hell not. This track comes from the 2 track Venus Flytrap Exotica.

7. OSSIA - Radiation

Nice zone out here, accidentally pushed further into the extremity by the help of my turntables on33, 45 RPM function, this was actually accidental, but the slo mo skank out that occurred as a result melted my brain and stole my heart. blissed out in a dub hell.

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083: Piscean Dreamscapes

by Aoife O'Neill

11/3/19 Cork, Ireland

1. Black Taffy - Geraldine

Black Taffy's focus lies in pairing ambient music with bass & percussion. Frequently employing the use of tape loops & other antiquated mediums to create pillowy worlds of wow & flutter. Geraldine samples therapeutic instruments; the harp, koto, & flute instruments.

2. Cybe - The Running Water

Inspired by travels in Asia, this track features recordings & instruments from the East. This track has a real 80s feel & sense of hopefulness/romance. Right up my alley, & hopefully yours too.

3. G.S. Schray - Greyfield Envoy

This has a nostalgic feel due to its incorporation of forgotten 80’s studio projects. It sits somewhere between new age, balearic/art rock with an epic climax towards the end.

4. Wilson Tanner - Before Lotus

Produced by Australians Wilson & Tanner, who are fans of turning natural elements in their environments into beautiful warm composition

5. salami rose joe louis - Cassionova flipp of Cheflee

Californian based Cassionova flipp presents a super cute mix of soft vocals, lo-fi beats & off key sounds, perfect for sleepy day-dreamy afternoons.

6. Birdlabs - The View From The Big Window

Drawing influence from early 1970's synthesizer music, contemporary ambient & field recording concepts alike, 'The View From The Big Window' thoughtfully revitalises an age-old relationship between electronic music & the natural world.

7. mejiwahn - June

Mejiwahn is a musician hailing from Minneapolis/Oakland. Taken from his Lúil Ó Fadó EP which focuses on experimental beats incorporating storytelling & dreams. Meditative in sound, it captures a tone that is reflective, helped by vocal snippets about peace & spirituality.

8. Ricky Eat Acid - Inside my house; some place I keep dreaming about

Synths, blips & melodies create a sense of warmth in this short but dreamy number.

9. Khotin - Dotty

Dotty was taken from ‘New Tab’, an ambient album from the fantastic Vancouver based producer Khotin. The release focuses on textures, melodies & samples that you can space out to.

10. Art Wilson - Rebecca's Theme (Water)

Produced using Synthesiser & Drum Machine, it was originally composed as a soundtrack for an Australian contemporary dance work. A new age vibey number that combines elements of nature.

11. Suzanne Kraft - Talk From Home

The warm synth loop playfully ebs & flows, picking up momentum as the melody progresses, creating a mixture of feelings for the listener.

12. Kobina - Unsure (Ambient Edit)

Unreleased material from Kobina who pulls together diverse & often disparate strands to create uniquely textured, emotive sound.

13. Brokenchord - When You Sleep

Brokenchord is a Lituanian music composer/producer, picked up by Black Acre after a mix of his was aired on BBC Radio One’s Experimental Show, hosted Mary Anne Hobbs in 2010. With nods to the likes of Bonobo, Radiohead & Illum Sphere within the LP, Brokenchord also has an exquisite cinematic quality to his production.

14. Maria Somerville - All My People

The title track from a fantastic debut LP by Galway native Maria Somerville. The track opens up with a hypnotic beat that draws you in before your immersed in a wash of delicate vocals, layers or distortion & ethereal sounds. Beautiful.

15. Grouper - Headache

More melancholic yet peaceful dream pop with stunning vocals and a gentle strumming guitar accompanied by the occasional sound of a finger slide - lush!

16. Beta Librae - Shy

Beta Librae is a producer based in New York City, who runs the Technofeminism residency with Umfang at Bossa Nova Civic Club. Shy is the opener from her Sanguine Bond album which includes fluid ambient, tech, rave & dub numbers.

17. New Members - Aztec Dawn

New Members is a talented Irish producer who has released previously on Pear & SITU. He finishes the mix by leading us into the balearic world of Cyprian dreams.

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Shock World Service 082:

Cycles by R. Kitt

4/2/19 Dublin, Ireland

We asked Robbie to put together an episode for is. He instead came back with a beautiful piece of music entitled Cycles made up from sketches & ideas that may at some point become separate tracks in their own right.

Similar in some ways to the seminal E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching it's a beautiful slowly building piece of blissful electronic music available as a podcast & on cassette.

We asked Robbie to put together an episode for is. He instead came back with a beautiful piece of music entitled ‘Cycles’, made up from sketches & ideas that may at some point become separate tracks in their own right. Similar in some ways to the seminal E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching or James Murphy’s 45 33.

Shock World Service 081:

Trigger Points by Sunken Foal

22/10/18 Dublin, Ireland

1. Daphne Oram - Melodic Group Shapes

Simple, primitive synthesis and effects, and all the better for it. Daphne Oram had a unique method of drawing shapes on 35mm film and covering it to sound. I’m not sure if his is an example of the method though.

2. Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time

Some of the tracks of this ‘Soothing sounds for Baby’ album are perhaps a little harsh and piercing for today’s infant but I think this one has a comporting warm tone. I love how you can hear the difference between each voice of the synth sequence.

3. Monoton - Jsca

I became aware of Konrad Becker’s early 80’s synthetic soundscapes some years ago and I’ve been a huge fan since. Mono Tone / Monotonous: however you want to take it is fine by me.

4. Bernard Parmegiani - Jeux de Configurations

Parmegiani is kind of a Daddy for me. By simply deviating from conventions in art you can pretty easily come up with something considered Avante-Garde. I find that sometimes the emperor is wearing no clothes. But making that work compelling, absorbing or transcending is another matter. I listened Parmegiani’s ‘La Création Du Monde’ in college in a pitch black room played back on a big set of Genelec mid field monitors and it spoke to me in volumes. Hope it speaks to other people just as much.

5. Arnold Dreyblatt - Luftmenschen IMinimalist composer Arnold Dreyblatt explores the psychoacoustic properties of prolonged stringed instrument techniques on his ‘Second Selction’ LP. Well worth lying down for.

6. Rashad Becker - Dances V

This is kind of ‘The New Music’ for me. Really descriptive synth work-outs with little or no spacial affectation. Lots of dynamics and energy. The absence of regular rhythm and melody is so welcome.

7. Duane Pitre - Section IV

Big lovely acoustic drones. Exploring layers of harmonics with washing movements. This is from 2012’s ‘Feel Free’ and is totally worth a listen.

8. Meyers - Inhaler II

Another artist I kinda think of as ‘The New Music’ ; ). Apparently, Meyers was struck down with a bad illness and relegated to a small computer/contact mic set up and set about making a bit of a masterpiece in his ‘Negative Space (1981–2014)’ LP.

9. Roly Porter - Birth

Roly Porter’s ‘Life Cycle of a Massive Star’ is a massive, massive album. Originally a member of Planet-Mu’s Dub Step visionaries Vex’d along with Jamie Kuedo. Kinda does what is said on the tin.

10. Lasry / Baschet - Quatuor Pour Trois

The opening titles to early 80’s children’s television show ‘Music Box’ are forever inscribed on my brain. A few years ago I found out the music was by Jacques Lasry and played on the Cristal Baschet (invented by the Bashet Brothers), the creepy sounding glass & metal rodded instrument. So unique sounding and beautifully composed to get the maximum ‘odd’ but memorable recordings. This track is from ‘Les Structures Sonores’ album and is well worth checking out.

11. Autechre - Mirrage

Taken from Ae’s latest ‘NTS Session (part 4)’ LP. People have been crying out for Autechre to make more legato music since their ‘Vletrmx’ opus in 1995. We got a couple of hours of it this year and it’s deep to say the least. This is probably my favourite track from the eight hour album put out this year (2018).

12. Kate NV - BUG

Really charming, free sounding compositions from Kate NV. Beautifully illustrated postcards to go along with all the tracks from her для FOR LP.

13. Brian Eno - Innocenti

Eno seemed to have really codified his ambient approach by 1992’s ‘The Shutov Assembly’ LP. So much patience and space and still so slick. I go back to this LP a lot. Neither happy or sad, just right ; )

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