Sure Thing Podcast

A luminescent vision from London's o.utlier, whose meticulous and uncommon approach sets the stage for a new year of discovery. A sanguine moment recorded live among friends in Scotland, a scrying of shrouded futures, a promise cast beneath a clairvoyant sky.

@o-utlier

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

I'm elated to welcome Hamburg's Space Drum Meditation to the series, whose gorgeous productions channel intricate, percussive techno while drawing cues from hazy, left-field psychedelia. Glowing at the edges, this thunderous and fiercely effective set from the duo occupies spirited territory and moves at steady pace, daring the sun to rise, compelling our bodies to flutter.

@spacedrummeditation

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

Hyperreal sonic hallucinations and unsettled rhythmic pulsations from Vector Trancer, the talented producer and @mirrorzone affiliate who carries us across the threshold with this breathtaking hour of jagged, unbridled intensity. Stretching the observable world beyond its limits, a plasmic burn straight to the edge.

More from Vector Trancer:

@vectortrancer_aasudd

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

MIST004 - Archivist - Psion (w/ Claudio PRC Remixes)

Release date: October 26, 2021 (12" & Digital)

Buy: surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/psion

A1. Psion

A2. Psion (Claudio PRC Remix)

B1. Stone Eater

B2. Stone Eater (Claudio PRC Remix)

Sure Thing welcomes two new additions to the label with a long-distance collaboration between Seattle's Archivist and Berlin's Claudio PRC. Two original productions from Archivist recall dense, billowing fog and the gentle shimmer of waves, each re-imagined through Claudio PRC's exacting lens into novel forms that spiral with steady, monolithic intent. Brought together, an expansive double vision, an exploration of the compelling nature of movement and air each within the other.

Written and produced by Archivist.

Remixes by Claudio PRC.

Mastered by Neel at Enisslab.

Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.

I'm thrilled to welcome Milo Bragg to the series, expert curator and founder of the Future Primitive label and Club Rooted mix series. We connected over a shared love of music occupying the space between genres and adjacent to the dance floor, and of tracing the paths these sounds have taken over the years. True to form, Milo's contribution is a lesson in atmospheric refinement, a spacious selection taking its cues from far corners and uncommon hours, at times paring to a single thread yet holding taut until its final note. It's a pleasure to share this one, elegant and elusive all at once. Thanks Milo!

Tracklist:

Klaus - Cry Tuff (Tanum)

Valentino Mora - Membrane (Spazio Disponibile)

Forest Drive West - Time (on 33RPM) (Whities)

Forest Drive West w/ Percussion by Lucky Pereira - Scorpion (Livity Sound)

natural/electronic.system. - Libeccio (Tikita)

Biosphere - Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings (v2) (Biophon Records)

Black Merlin - MIEA (Bitta)

Panasonic - Untitled (Zoviet France remix) (Sähkö Recordings)

Terrence Dixon - Minimalism II (B1) (Background)

Thomas Brinkmann - Olga 2 (Ernst)

Closer Musik ‎– One Two Three (No Gravity) (Kompakt)

Steve O'Sullivan - Rubber Lover (Bluespirit)

Flexible - Emphasize (Offshoot)

More from Milo:

@clubrooted

@future-primitive-records

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

People who dedicate themselves fully to creating transcendent experiences for their audiences are a rarity, and Van Anh is no exception. Our friends acquainted with the Netherlands' thriving ambient & techno scene will undoubtedly be familiar with Van Anh and her ISOTOOP collective, who together have built events ranging from 12-hour overnight ambient excursions to 'Under the Desert Stars,' a one-off festival in the Moroccan desert. For those of us dreaming of her events from afar, the expert curator shares this dive through her record collection, and in it I hear that boundless creative spirit, the simmering anticipation, the drive to create memories that connect us for a lifetime.

@vananh

@isotoop

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

We're tumbling in and out of the haze again, swept up in an afterimage blur. Lying on the grass & breathing against the sky. I'm so happy to welcome Mallorca's @nueen (INDEX:Records, Good Morning Tapes) to the series, who channels the charged coastal air into a gorgeous sunset transmission I could stay and watch forever.

Luis Alberto Spinetta - Cementerio Club

Suitman Jungle - March Beats

Adelhard Roidinger - Kontrabad

The Solid Doctor - Check It Out

Purelink - Maintain The Bliss

SoundWorld's Guestbook - Linea Rosa (blessed Vip Mix)

Miles Davis - He Loved Him Madly

Mitro - G Super

Sau poler - Final Image

downstairs J - Viewing Space

KMD - Sorcerers

Shek O - Hot Milk

Tides - Adjustable

Reinhard Voigt - 01 [untitled]

Reinhard Flatischler - Angkor Wat

Fit - Coded

Sweater - Take A Dip

Nabihah Iqbal - Elvis

dj lostboi - LITTLE PRINCE

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

A space to fall into again and again. A start that feels like an ending and an end that feels like a beginning. A wistful recollection of our motions, an invitation to share ourselves as we have before. A dawn letter written in a shade between sky and stars, echoing gently and begging to be whispered aloud.

From Sweden's @martinou3000 (Sewer Sender, UntilMyHeartStops, AD 93, Appian, Cong Burn), a perfect cadence. Thank you!

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

I've been a huge fan of Bas Dobbelaer's concise but immaculate record of releases on AD 93, Appian, On Board Music, and his superb collaborations with Vand for Something Happening Somewhere, and I'm excited to welcome the Amsterdam-based artist to the podcast. The subtle rhythm and gentle beauty in Bas' music captures perfectly the spirit of what I'd like to hear when I'm back on the dance floor, yet accompanies a quiet moment just as well. Here Bas layers curtains of low morphing frequencies, cycling syncopation, and glacial tension, constantly skirting the edges of harmonic perception in a brilliant expansion of his own sonic palette. This particular mix has been a long time coming but it was certainly worth the wait, and has me looking forward to the days ahead. Thanks Bas!

@bas-dobbelaer

Artwork by Alyce Currier.

MIST003 - Atoloi - Inflorescenze

Release date: March 23, 2021 (12" Vinyl / Digital)

Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/inflorescenze

1. Fioritura

2. Felce

3. Umida Superficie

4. Forma e Cammino

5. Sulle Sensazioni

6. Chiusura

7. Soffusa (Diurna)

8. Richiamo (Notturna)

9. Il Da Farsi

(Tracks 7-9: Digital Side)

Sure Thing’s third release, Inflorescenze, comes from Milano-based artist Atoloi. He’s offered the label a meditative work that reflects upon the tension that arises from polarity: nature and the city-bound sphere of clubbing, weight and levity, the internal world of the artist and his external environment. Inflorescenze moves like a living, breathing organism, or like one undifferentiated process: a circuit with no end and no beginning.

The sequence of the tracks—and the arrangements themselves—suggest a logical flow: mood and texture gradually intensify through a process of natural unfolding and flourishing. The ambient “Fioritura”—a space-setting arrangement replete with buzzing drone and subdued melody—prepares the mind for what’s to come. “Felce,” then, ushers in a journey of rhythm. It begins simple enough: a hand drum over reverberating synth that lingers in the backdrop like mist. Another rhythm, and another, enters, leading only to a deeper hypnosis. These polyrhythms touch the primordial mind. “Umida Superficie” and “Forma e Cammino” only add potency to the rhythmic environment. Even tracks for the club sphere aren’t disconnected from the work’s conceptual purview; they remain situated within it, catalyzing the deepest state of immersion yet. As the release slows and re-enters the ambient sphere with the spacious, ethereal “Sulle Sensazioni” and the chiming bells of “Chiusura,” we sense we’ve reached the final stretch. Undoubtedly, though, Atoloi’s world will resonate long after we’ve left it.

Written and Produced by Matteo Ghiringhelli.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio.

Artwork by Sofia Hjortberg.