Sure Thing Podcast

Jake Muir is a multi-disciplinary artist, now residing in Berlin by way of Seattle and Los Angeles, whose uncanny ability to manipulate sound has given form to two stunning full-length works in "Lady's Mantle" (via @sferic-records) and "Muara" (via @further-records as Monadh). This mix from Jake is pure enchantment, a carefully assembled palette of entropic textures and vaporous, unclassifiable forms touching upon the limits of perception. A collapse into a marine haze, an afterimage of a season abandoned.

@jakemuir

Tracklist:

Liminal - Before and After

Gastón Arévalo - Dive -3

Strategy - Blindspotting

OL - Rep Air

I. M. C. - S / F + Gustavo Lamas - Descubiertos

Tom Opdahl - Naut-O-Pilot + Bellows - Untitled 5

Klara Lewis - Shine

CYGNI - untitled #2 + Sturm - Untitled 3

Vinyl Countdown - Soul Desert

Ahnnu - Sugar In The Dark

Turning Torso - Manifold

Caveman LSD - Untitled 4 + zK - positive disintegration

Graham Dunning - Crude Oil

Gastón Arévalo - Marea

Conoco - Kemikoski

Toshimaru Nakamura - NIMB 53

AshTreJenkins - Snowscope + FDG. - contemplating u

Bill Laswell & Tetsu Inoue - Monochrome Existence Part 4 & 6

Beequeen - Gear

Hank Jackson - oebbbbbbb

Photography by Jake Muir.

It is a pleasure to welcome our old friend Samuel to the mix series. As curator of the beloved Monument podcast, Sam's dedication to the community is widely familiar, but beyond that he has been a source of constant inspiration and camaraderie from our earliest days. With this finely composed selection, Samuel commands center stage, taking us to a place of candid emotion and delicate, emerging hope.

@samuelr94

Every so often we find ourselves lost in a mix that melts our surroundings away, pulling us straight back to our favorite memories from the dance floor. Enter London's Riccardo Villella, designer by trade and expert co-curator of the beloved Truants series, who deftly translates those rare, fleeting feelings into this blissful two-hour mix. Suffused with subtle euphoria, this set is a bittersweet ode to those beautifully hazy moments in the dance, and is one you'll want to queue up with friends near or far. Here's to the memories ahead.

@riccardovillella

Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Alva Noto - Xerrox Isola [Raster-Noton]

Faki - Rainbow Delta (Ambient Mix) [Ostgut Ton]

Shed - Estrange [Ostgut Ton]

Daniele Baldelli DJ Rocca - Sky Dump (Cachu Remix) [Rogue Cat Sounds]

Jamida - Wad II [Harmony Rec.]

Bas Dobbelaer & Vand - Body Electric [Something Happening Somewhere]

Joy O - Burn feat Infinite & Mansur Brown [Hinge Finger]

Doctrina Natura - Rite Of Passage (Saphileaum's 5th Sky) [Aarden Records]

Dycide - Sputia [Lowless]

Claudio Prc - Segmento (Svreca & Blazej Malinowski Remix) [Semantica]

The Exaltics - Journey to Jupiter (Objekt Remix) [Solar One Music]

Ruhig - Stillness [Midgar Records]

Toma Kami - This Side Up (Forest Drive West Remix) [Oscillate Tracks]

Shlømo - Ivory [Taapion Records]

Hydrangea - Lune&D [Dust Rec.]

His Master's Voice - Eve [Delsin]

Wata Igarashi & Voiski - Pronom [Delsin]

DJ Nobu - Wwww [No ‘Label’]

Plastikman - Are Friends Electrik? [M_nus]

2030 - Step Forward [Subosc]

Forest On Stasys - Golden Scales [Danza Nativa]

Laertes - Argonaut [Mental Modern]

Vincent Vidal - A Ritual Scene (Antigone Remix) [ARTS]

Ness - The Spaceship Of The Imagination [Informa Records]

Axones - Psychic Lemons (Messiahwaits Remix) [Poincare Records]

Evigt Mörker - Stigning [On The 5th Day

Agonis - Maschinenlogik (Marco Shuttle Remix) [Amenthia]

Atomic Moog - Floating Motion [Lowless]

Realitycheck - Modern Talk [Renascence]

PRGM - Line Fault [Midgar]

Dold - Eva [Arsenik]

Neon Chambers - Cascade [Dekmantel]

Quirke - Spinhaunt Coil [Whities]

Forest Management is Chicago's John Daniel, a talented and prolific producer of experimental ambient works and founder of the Sequel and Reserve Matinee labels. Daniel's music draws from a profound sense of nostalgia felt even at its sparsest moments, and is represented by an impressive roster of independent labels including Past Inside The Present, VAAGNER, Constellation Tatsu, and many more.

"Direct and cathartic" — the words Daniel chose to describe his contribution to our series, a uniquely ethereal and esoteric selection, one which reveals an inward exploration of a peculiar and uncertain time.

@forestmanagement

Illustration by Bee Brown.

Hailing from Seoul, Scøpe is likely a familiar and much respected name to many. His label and podcast series, SCOPÁVIK, is a foundational part of the South Korean techno scene and helps shape its hypnotic and arcane undercurrent. We're excited to share his contribution to our podcast, a set which takes us to another world and back, one which steps quickly into warp drive and maintains a riveting energy from first moment to last.

@scopavik

Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Not much is known of Belarus' Cliche Morph, but through a series of stellar releases via labels such as Midgar, Edit Select, and his newly formed Postdynamic, his message finds clarity. Cloaked in layers of dense, droning movement, his contribution to our series is a compelling survey of corridors unknown.

@clichemorph

Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

A warm and welcome contribution from Vancouver's Segue, mix 88 is a current of softly mirrored echoes and a flutter of fine, delicate rhythms. Don't miss "The Island" (Silent Season), the latest full-length work from the veteran producer whose fine output keeps us floating ever higher.

More from Segue:

@segueambient

www.segueambient.com

http://open.spotify.com/artist/6l64C1xRcgpmGszthSr4cf

Photography by Kenny Kneefel (Shoal).

Sun is in the leaves again.

I think I see you in the wind

but then I think I see the wind.

@arn_j

Thomas Köner ‎- 31° 46' N 35° 13' E Hour Ten - Fario, 2009

Urenga - Laurasia (Warmth Remix) - Echo Disciplines, 2016

Kit Clayton - Ikar - ~scape, 1999

Rambadu - Mescam - Rambadu, 2019

DJ Deep & Traumer - Streets At Night Pt. 1 - Possible Futures, 2018

Claudio PRC - The Water (Vox Ver.) - TGP, 2018

Laurine Frost - Marionette Manifesto - Marionette, 2015

Deadbeat - Teach The Devil's Son - Echocord Colour, 2009

Tyler Friedman - Tyler's Dream (Jonsson/Alter Remix) - Kontra-Musik, 2012

Haruka - 106 (Zadig Remix) - Butter Sessions, 2019

Nax_Acid - Synthetic Nature - Aconito, 2009

Orbe - A Fright On The Ground While You Sleep - Be As One, 2016

Carlo Zanelli - Delphinus - Eleusina Recreations, 2015

Salah - Ethno Glide - Aarden, 2019

Rossella - Burning - Aimersse, 2011

Maurizio Cascella - Black of Mars - Wonder Wet, 2014

Arc of Doves - Megalopolis - ROH²S!, 2010

Albrecht La'Brooy ‎– Healesville - Apollo, 2019

Words from "Prime" by Malachi Black.

Courtesy of Amsterdam's queniv (@native-response, @delichting), this hour-long mix twists and turns with wild abandon, filled to the brim with crystalline, undulating rhythms and leaving us catching our breath.

More from queniv:

@queniv

Photography by Kenny Kneefel (Shoal).

Steady layering, infectious rhythms, and carefully manipulated energy comprise Alfred Czital’s contribution to our series, one we’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. An impeccably composed hour of brisk, organic techno from the @harmony-rec co-founder, @ankali resident, and Prague-based hometown hero.

More from Alfred:

@fred-czital

Photography by Jan Hrábek.