Showing posts with label muttley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muttley. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Multiples


UPDATE: The first "Multiples" file abruptly ended at 57 minutes for some unkown reason. But it has been fixed & the full mix is now online.


I am a chronic procrastinator. Paperwork piles up on my desk until I am forced to deal with it because I can't see the actual desktop anymore. There are to do lists scribbled on scraps of paper all over the house, most of the lists unfinished.


With that in mind I present this latest mix which began more than a year and a half ago. Mick from the music blog, Subversion, had an idea for doing a cooperative mix. The plan was for each of us to do a section of the mix, each one getting longer by multiples of 9. So first two sections are each 9 minutes, next two are 18 minutes each, then 27min(although in the final version section 5 was less than 27).

Mick was good at holding up his end of the donkey but I would just putz & putz between sections. We had some weird pitch problem with a section & the whole mix sat dormant for some time. Then Mick sent me a revised mix with a new section 5 and we decided to just leave it there so it could get posted. If I had to do another section or two it may never be released.

It's kind of interesting hearing the mix after so long because it uses cuts I haven't listened to much since doing that section of the mix. That's a problem with so much good music that is constantly being released, I focus on new music & too quickly forget about music that is barley months old.

I'm glad that this mix will finally make it out into the world.

While you're out in the world looking for some of this music, head over to Entropy Records. The Buddha Machine Music cut used in section 5 is available there.


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • Section 1 - Muttley
  • 01. Stars Of The Lid - Broken Harbours Pt.1 (from "The Quiet Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid", Kranky, 2007)
  • 02. Steinbruchel - Home (from "Home", Slaapwel, 2008)
  • 03. Richard Devine - Murman (from "Idol Tryouts", Ghostly International, 2003)
  • 04. Grouper - Disengaged (from "Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill", Type, 2008)

  • Section 2 - Low Light @ 8:50
  • 05. Strom Noir - Rusty Nails (from "Sen Zimnej Noci", Hibernate, 2009)
  • 06. Fieldhead - I'm Fond Of Maps (from "They Shook Hands For Hours", Home Assembly Music, 2009)
  • 07. Rhythm & Sound - Imprint (from "Rhythm & Sound", Efa Imports, 2001)

  • Section 3 - Muttley @ 18:00
  • 08. Ateleia - Salt Horse Sculpture (from Formal Sleep, Xeric, 2007)
  • 09. Foci's Left - Regurgitated Impulses (Spheruleus remix) (from Spillage, Audio Gourmet, 2010)
  • 10. James Toth, Kerry Kennedy & Jason Meagher - The Time Machine (from Honest Strings, Jack Rose, 2010)
  • 11. David Tagg - Pentecost 1 (from Pentecost, Install, 2010)
  • 12. The Sight Below - Shimmer (from It All Falls Apart, Ghostly International, 2010)
  • 13. Lawrence English - Droplet (from A Colour For Autumn, 12K, 2009)
  • 14. Quosp - Deep Space (from Soundscapes I, U-Cover, 2007)
  • 15. Eluvium - As I Drift Off (from When I Live By The Garden And The Sea, Temporary Residence, 2006)

  • Section 4 - Low Light @ 35:00
  • 16. Loscil - Cello Drone
  • 17. Listening Mirror - Not Yet Ready for the Day
  • 18. Marc Codsi - A white rabbit in a hole
  • 19. Mantsevich Dzenis - November
  • 20. Taylor Deupree(I think) - rough

  • Section 5 - Muttley @ 52:30
  • 21. Heidi Harris - Stolen Child
  • 22 . Helios - First Dream Called Ocean
  • 23. Enuui - Morality
  • 24. Beatsystem - The Sound Of Two Eskimos Kissing(The Sound Of Two Eskimos Kissing LP, Entropy)
  • 25. Fursaxa - Birds Inspire Epic Bards
  • 26. Foci's Left - Ear Nest
  • 27. Foci's Left - Stable Ghosts
  • 28. Jan Linton remixes Fm3 - Zhongruan Ceng Yu (Entropy Records)
  • 29. Danny Saul - My Escape
  • 30. Implodes - Wendy
  • end @ 1:08:00

Saturday, June 13, 2009

My last mix was done for SubVersion and now Mick was kind enough to return the favor with a mix for Low Light Mixes. It's an excellent mix which Mick describes this way...

"Drones In Duality" is the first in a series of mixes dedicated to Bridewell Gardens, which I visit every week to engage in therapeutic conservation and decorating work. The name is a reference to the double meaning properties of each track title, and the transference of a gesture in two different timeframes - before mucking in, and after a days' graft.

For instance, Bibio's "Cherry Blossom Road" encompasses the ability to walk down roads adorned with flowers, to and from the bus trip to Bridewell, while "Sleep In The Eyes" identifies the product of doing much work on the premises, or getting cobwebs out on the journey in. Hammock's "We Will Say Goodbye To Everyone" nods to the friendly atmosphere I've encountered, and the desire to wish well each person I meet there. Pan American's "So That No Matter" curtails an extended metaphor for "so that no matter what problems I face, I can get through the day, with help from my friends and family".

This is segued into Hakobune's "Realization At Dusk", which symbolises the enjoyment factor I weigh up the evening prior (getting sorted to make a stop) and heretofore the welcoming in of darkness (post-assignments and seeing everyone off). Oophoi's "Beyond These Skies" is the subsequent result of thinking forward, to what can be sentimental gold beyond nostalgic trifles. Then "Diamonds In The Sky" arrives to calm the listener: "They shine in the night / The diamonds in the sky / The sweet dreaming girl's paradise". "Softkiller" harks back to my relationship with the woman I've been so preocuppied with. Incomprehensible lyrics act as the undertow to ethereal guitar noodling and hushed chants.

Grouper is juxtaposed with the grainy metamorphosising of Evangelista to end, "The Frozen Dress" a direct correlation to the freeze-frame behaviour of "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping". All in all, "Drones In Duality" is a 23-minute endeavour into fresh ground for me.

There's lots of drones, granted, but these are counterbalanced with an accessibility from the vocals and brimming harmonies. Next up: "Time Heals All Wounds".

download : (53mb 23:20)