Treatscast : Magical Audio Journeys

I just feel so damn sad about the state of the world in general. It’s been such a hard time for so many of us. I’ve been going though some difficult times of my own recently, and feeling a lot of grief, anger, fear, anxiety, loneliness, frustration, boredom and ennui, but also a lot of hope that things can be different. I wanted to try to process these feelings through interacting more deeply with tracks that resonated with them, editing and blending beyond what I could do live.

In the absence of gigs, parties and crowds of dancers to guide the mix, I tried to be guided more emotionally and intuitively in my selection and timing, and spent many hours carefully crafting each moment of this journey. If the only way out is through, I invite you to dive into these evocative grooves. It may be uneasy listening, but hopefully it gives you a place to feel uncomfortable emotions, and inspires some fresh new moves for the future.

I'll be writing some more info about these tracks on my blog soon http://www.treatscast.com/bl0g

TRACKLIST

Halim El-Dabh - Leiyla Visitations

Mestre Geraldo & Sua Bateria - Mistura 2

Ströer Duo - Vietnam & Abendprogramm

Brian Eno & David Byrne - A Secret Life

Napoleon Cherry - When You Had The Chance

Tim Carleton & Darrick Deel - Opus No. 1

Tony Wilson - Hangin' Out In Space

Anti Pop Consortium - Focused

Michael Brook & Djivan Gasparyan - Freedom

Christian Prommers Dumlesson - High Noon

Fabriano Fuzion - Kosmos 1 & 2

Ozo - Anambra (Long Version)

Kollektive Turmstrasse - Last Day (David August Revision)

Jose James - Blackmagic (Dop remix)

Maxmillion Dunbar - Lemon & Lime

Paul McCartney - Secret Friend

Herbie Hancock - The Twilight Clone

Strafe-Set It Off (Instrumental)

Vito Ricci - I'm at That Party Right Now

David August - Her Myth

The Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait (12" dub)

Kelpe - Shipwreck Glue

Sonzeira - The Mystery Of Man (Rainer Trueby & Corrado Bucci Present Truccy Remix)

NYC Peech Boys - Life Is Something Special

Achterbahn D'Amour - Holy Romance Empire

Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 3

Urban Jazz Ritual - Car Crazy

Semtek - Bells

Daphni - Usha

Succhiamo - Al supermercato

Promnite - India

Harmony Funk - I Can’t Let You Go

Culprate - The Memoirs Of Gregory Otterman

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Message From The Other Side

Toto Bissainthe Chante Haïti - Ibo Ogou

Tornado Wallace - Primitivo Aperitivo

Marius - Off Court

Battles - Atlas (DJ Koze Mix)

It started as a mix inspired by the Voyager Golden Record. Then I got obsessed with the Star Trek soundtrack, explored early experimental electronic music, dived into deep, sumptuous ambient synth tracks… and this became a sort of loose history of unearthly music.

This is one for those deep solo journeys, with the possibility of altering states, or enhancing altered states. Many months of work have gone into piecing this together, both through live jams and fine editing outside of real time. It has been a cathartic process involving a lot of alone time through winter, and working through the death of my father during lockdown.

We loved Sci-fi, watching things like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Doctor Who and Star Trek together. I have so much gratitude for his life.

Dedicated to my Dad,

Love,

Treats

For more information on this mix, check out http://www.treatscast.com/bl0g/2021/1/3/star-journey

TRACKLIST

Vernon Elliot - Intro Music And Dialogue From 'Episode One'

Louis and Bebe Barron - Overture (Reprise)

Electric Egypt - E.E. Meets As Valet In Addis In Addis Ababa (feat. As Valet)

Sun Ra - Space Probe

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Quatermass And The Pit

Glynis Jones - Schlum Rooli

Edgard Varèse - Poem électronique

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (edit)

Delia Derbyshire - Air

Bernard Xolotl - Cometary Wailing (live)

Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Maid of the Moon

Louis and Bebe Barron - Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey

Lemon Jelly - Space Walk

John Williams - The Conversation

John Williams - Wild Signals

John Williams - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (The Conversation)

John Williams - Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Montana - A Dance Fantasy - Inspired By Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

John Williams - Main Title & Mountain Visions

John Williams - The Visitors - 'bye' - End Titles - The Special Edition

The Billy Cobham and George Duke Band - Space Lady (live)

James Horner - Spock's Cabin

James Horner - The Mind-Meld

Jon Appleton & Don Cherry - BOA

Alexander Courage - Star Trek Theme

Wilbur Hatch - Beyond Antares

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek I (Original Theme)

Alexander Courage - Star Trek- Main Title & Closing Theme

George Duning - And the Children Shall Lead

George Duning - Metamorphosis

Dennis McCarthy, Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith with Patrick Stewart - Star Trek - The Next Generation

Azimuth - The Tunnel

Patrick Cowley - Out of Body (Intro)

Take - The Universe Collapses

Fred Steiner & Jerry Goldsmith - V'Ger Speaks

Liz Millar - Here it Comes

Floating Points - Sea-Watch

Louis and Bebe Barron - One Around Altair

Don Sebesky - Fly / Circles

Erik Wøllo - Little Dream in Turquise

Brian Eno - Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills)

Nicolas Jaar - Three Windows

The Orb - Back Side Of The Moon

Mystical Sun - Blue Magnetic Ocean

Oren Ambarchi, Günter Müller & Philip Samartzis - Cooler

Orbital - (Theme to) Doctor Who

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Doctor Who

The Jonzun Crew - Space is the place (extended version instrumental)

Egyptian Lover - Planet E (E-mix)

Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button)

Jive Rhythm Trax - 122 Bpm

Frederic Robinson - Constellations

Freestyle - It's Automatic

Dynamix II - Bonus Beats

Ski Oakenfull - Fifths (Jazzanova 6 Sickht Mix)

Stereo Cube-Destination Moon

Newcleus - Jam On Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)

Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit

Abandoned Toys - Nightliner

Little Snake - Lilith

Stasys - Self Checkout (remix)

Jerry Goldsmith - Synclavier Effects

Terry Riley- Sun Rings- One Earth, One People, One Love

The Nylons - This Island Earth

Voyager Golden Record - Greetings in 55 Languages

Monolake - Mass Transit Railway

David Darling & the Wulu Bunun - Macilumah (Song for Concluding Work)

Texturemachine - Crystal Castle

Ian O’Brien - Vista Beleza

Deniece Williams - Free

Michael Stearns - As The Earth Kissed The Moon

Ö - Lullaby S.6.T

John Martyn - Small Hours (Alternate Take - Recorded At Theatre, Berkshire)

These tracks were gathered for festival appearances in this late summer season down here in Australia. Now that we have some time to rethink things, I rethought this mix.

Thinking about my friends in the events and entertainment industry climbing up the walls in this challenging time. Stay strong, we'll get through this. In the mean time let's not forget to move.

I've realised, through going through some difficult emotions recently, how important and effective moving my body is to my physical and mental wellbeing.

Now that we're stuck at home, this mix serves as an exhortation to get up and move. Whether it's running, working out, or even dancing, this mix contains some of the more powerful bass & beats on the market today.

Frenetically edited from hundreds of hours of jams, I've literally had too much time to spend on this one, so much so that I went to town a bit on some of the transitions, and it is more like a delicately pieced together podcast rather than a fully live mix.

Use your imagination - how will you move today?

Love,

Treats

This mix is made for walking. Measuring the bpm from my footsteps, it tracks the 90 minute round trip through the forest from my front door, aiming to evoke the dense, interwoven layers, bustling with life.

Music from Norway, Burkina Faso, Mexico, Japan, Holland, Germany, Mali and the UK loop and twist together in a lush, slow rush towards the light.

Take this mix to the forest, or let this mix bring the forest to you.

For tracklisting and more info, hop over to my blog post here treatscast.com/bl0g/2016/8/7/trailmix

I love weaving diverse music together into magical audio journeys. I’d like to to be able to spend more time on it, so if you dig this mix, you can support what I do for as little as $1 a month on Patreon. patreon.com/treatscast

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This mix was commissioned by Spoor People, as part of their 'Trailmix' series of mixes based on walks around the world. Check out more of the mixes here soundcloud.com/spoorpeople

Big Love,

Treats

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This episode is a collection of the most sleepy pieces from Aphex Twin's recent Soundcloud dump of over 200 unreleased tracks. An homage to his early ambient works, most of which were allegedly composed in his sleep.

Richard D. James' career is full of myths & legends, stories that could be interesting facts, or cheeky fibs. I’ve delved into a few of these over at my blog

http://treatscast.com/bl0g/2016/7/3/lets-have-some-aphex-lullabies

I love weaving diverse music together into magical audio journeys. I’d like to to be able to spend more time on it, so if ya dig this mix, you can support what I do for as little as $1 a month on Patreon. http://patreon.com/treatscast

If you want to make sure you don't miss an episode of Treatscast, you can subscribe on itunes now. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/treatscast-unusual-music-for/id1111944933?mt=2

Big Love,

Treats

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TRACKLIST

01 Donkey Rhubarb remix

02 Lush Slow Blips

03 Cutting

04 Autumn Travels

05 ssnb

06 14 07 b

07 lmt

08 red calx[slo]

09 just fall asleep

Want to understand more about Bernie Sanders, his ideas? his music taste? I imagined sitting down by the fire with the man himself, talking about his beliefs and listening to some great music.

This mix is inspired by what I could find out about Bernie’s favourite music, along with some tracks that I felt fit with recordings of Bernie in conversation.

Feel the warmth of the fire and his words, and enjoy some classic Civil Rights era Motown, dusty down-home Folk, Native American blues, and a ‘lil Latin groove along with a few other surprises. I hope you dig it & share it with your friends (especially those who work in cafés, bars and shops, let’s put it on loop!)

For more info on this mix, and a YUGE amount of free downloads to keep you going all the way on the Bernie Journey – check out https://treatscast.com

I love weaving diverse music together into magical audio journeys. I’d like to to be able to spend more time on it, so if you dig this mix, you can support what I do for as little as $1 a month on Patreon https://patreon.com/treatscast

Tracklist

Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 - For What It’s Worth

Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth

Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues

Monty Alexander - Inner City Blues

O'Donel Levy - People Make The World Go Round

The Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round

Michael Jackson - People Make The World Go Round

The Rationals - Glowin’

Eric Landry - Out Of The Blue

Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country

Tracy Chapman - The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Live at Madison Square Garden)

(House Finch singing song)

Las Cafeteras - This Land Is Your Land

Agnès Jaoui- Sueno Ideal

Curtis Mayfield - Rap

Curtis Mayfield - I Plan To Stay A Believer

Undisputed Truth - Ungena Za

Talk Talk - The Rainbow

Shuggie Otis - Tryin’ To Get Close To You

Jasper TX - Last Boat In

Cliff Martinez - We Don’t Have To Think Like That Anymore

Helen Mountfort - Tremble

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

This musical journey delves into the repertoire of one of my favourite producers, Flako, A London born musician of Chilean descent, I've attempted to chart his development from beat tapes to soundscapes, celebrating the release of his new album, Natureboy, https://fiveeasypieces.bandcamp.com/album/natureboy

I've included a number of his tracks along with influences, references and a few cheeky surprises along the way. I hope you'll enjoy this expression of my appreciation for his music, buy his album, because it's a wonderful piece of work, check out the other artists, and buy their work too.

If you're interested in supporting what I do, I've created a Patreon page. It's a really quick and simple way to leave a couple of bucks each time I release a Treatscast. You can set your own limit, and I'd be so appreciative of any amount, however small, as it all adds up towards my dream of being supported doing what I love.

https://patreon.com/treatscast

Tracks included -

Robot Koch vs Cerebral Vortex - Vortex Cookies (flako instrumental)(2008)

Flako - Inside (2008)

Flako - Kelau (2010)

Flako - Eclosure (2012)

Eden Ahbez - Myna Bird (1960)

Flako - Mating Dance (2012)

Flako - Gelis (2015)

Flako - Golden High (2015)

Treats - Lyrebirds in Sherbrooke Forest (field recording 2014)

P Bruce - Explanation and Demonstration Introduction (1966)

Flako - Kuku (2015)

Eden Ahbez - The Wanderer (alt take) (1960)

Leonard Nimoy - Nature boy (1969)

Stan Getz & Paul Horn - Nature boy (1992)