Traveling in the Superhologram

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Ø - Tasanko (Sahko) 
Cio D'Or - Pailletten (Prologue) 
Boys'R'Us - Von Hinten outfit (Mikrodisko) 
Bruno Pronsato - Pedestrian Plan (Orac) 
Ø - Set The Controls To The Heart Of The Sun (Sahko) 
CIM - Relaxing at home (focus) 
Ron Deacon - (Track 3) Workshop 10 (Workshop) 
Pom Pom - Pom Pom 29 (Pom Pom) 
Appleblim & Ramadanman - Sous Le Sable (Aus) 
Phutura - Studio Dinamico su Melodia Analogica (Registrazioni Italiane) 
Masafumi Endo - Summer (Millions of Moments) 
Mathew Jonson - Folding Space (Sub Static) 
Jason Fine - Many to Many (Kontra Musik) 
Ricardo Villalobos - Baila Sin Petit (Sei Es Drum) 
Murcof - Memoria (Sutekh's Trisagion mix) (Leaf) 

Download:  http://soundcloud.com/darren_vinylrules/darren-allen-traveling-in-the-superhologram/download

Darren Allen - Nonduality (Phase three)

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Phase three brings the Nonduality mix series to a close.  The Nonduality series has been a six month long exploration through deep, ambient and dub techno sounds.  In this final part I wanted to take things further up a notch and create a mix that is more representative of the style I like to play or hear in the club as opposed to specifically for home listening or the after party.  I love techno with depth, texture and atmosphere.  Hopefully this mix can go some way in expressing that which I love.  It's been a fun trip!  

Darren Allen - Phase 3 (Nonduality)

NSI - Cabinet (Non Standard Productions)
Mike Ink - Rosengranz (Sahko)
Claro Intelecto - Nodrex (Modern Love)
Area - Lipod (Wave)
Stewart Walker - Mylar Thought Balloons (Persona)
Arne Weinberg - Blossom (Echocord Colour)
Iori - Galaxy (Phonica White)
XDB - Anilem (Exile)
Areal - Sirius (New Transatlantic)
Obtane/Giorgio Gigli - Transmission (Zooloft)
Boys R Us - What Is House Music (Mikrodisko)
Stalker - Overdrive Planet (Fullpanda)
Conforce - The Land of The Highway (Meanwhile)

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"Inner and outer space are exactly the same"

 

 

Best of 2009

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So another year is almost gone and it's about that time to reflect on what's been, in my opinion, a very good one for techno.  Looking back it's difficult to pick out exact favourites.  Other than in the album section where the Moritz Von Oswald Trio is for me head and shoulders above anything else I heard this year.  Getting to hear their live performance at Fabric was a bonus which just reinforced my opinion.  Looking back it became apparent that A LOT of the records i bought in 2009 weren't actually released in the last year but instead spanned the last decade making for a nice variety of sounds.  However I've decided to only include 2009 releases otherwise it would defeat the purpose of making a "Best of 2009" list. 

Favourite albums of 2009

  1. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent (Honest Jon's Records) 
  2. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 (Raster Noton)  
  3. Quantec - Cauldron of Substance (Echocord)
  4. Shackleton - Three EPs (Perlon)
  5. Various - Tribute to Ramin (Ruin)
  6. STL - Nocturnal mixdowns (Something)
  7. Brock Van Wey - White Clouds Drift On And On (Echospace)
  8. Luke Hess - Light in the dark (Echocord)
  9. AGF/Delay - Symptoms (BPitch Control)
  10. Monolake - Silence - (Monolake)

Favourite tracks (In no particular order)

  1. Cio D'or - Mohair - Prologue 008
  2. Lerosa & Donato Dozzy - Snake at Number 2 - Apnea 027
  3. Baby Ford - No Day - Perlon 73
  4. Bovill - Transfesa ep -Meanwhile 007
  5. Lo Fi Soundsystem / Intrusion - Intrusion 004
  6. Claro intellecto - Warehouse Session vol.4 - Modern Love 034
  7. Baby Ford - Tin Of Worms - Autoreply 05
  8. Theo Parrish - Space Station - Sound Signature 35
  9. Omar S - Blown Valvtrane - Sound Signature
  10. Wareika - Kings Child (Villalobos mix) - Motivbank 6
  11. Ben Watt - Guinea Pig Remixes (DJ Koze) - Buzzinfly
  12. Francois K / Moritz Von Oswald - Deutsche Grammofon
  13. Lowtec - Angstrom - Polyfon 008
  14. STL / Julius Steinhoff - Smallville 17
  15. Roger 23 - Room with a view - Baud 01
  16. Onmutu Mechanicks - Echocord Colour 006
  17. Donaeo - Party Hard - White Label
  18. Taho - Energy Fields (Shed mix) - Delsin 75
  19. Bedouin Ascent & Move D - Interference EP - Bine Music 021
  20. Rising Sun - Sundance - Real Soon 20

 Favourite sets

  1. Donato Dozzy - (2 part ambient) mnml ssgs mix Pt.1 http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/56275/download Pt.2 http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/56276/download
  2. Prosumer - Live at the Villa, Oslo http://uploaded.to/file/r6tutx
  3. Donato Dozzy - Bleep43 Podcast http:// www.bleep43recordings.com/mixes/Show134.mp3
  4. Chaton - Harry Klein Podcast http:// www.spiel-trieb.org/podcast/media/2009-04-02_harrykleinpodcast_chaton_snow_at...
  5. Giorgio Gigli mnml - ssgs mix http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/43374/download
  6. Eli Verveine - Carebear mix (2005) http:// www.eliverveine.ch/_media/mp3/carebear.mp3
  7. Robert Henke/Christofer Bauder Atom live, Paris (04/04/08) http://www.monolake.de/concerts/atom.html
  8. Rising Sun - RC mix 09 http:// www.randomcircuits.com/files/mixes/RC%20Mix-09-Rising%20Sun.mp3
  9. Timmy Stewart - 100 http://vinylrules.posterous.com/7074941
  10. Mike Huckaby - Betalounge 08/11/08 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BPH9ETW5

 

 

Darren Allen - Nonduality (Phase two)

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The tracks for Nonduality Phase two were compiled over a period of about three months, right after the completion of part one.  The nonduality experiment is my ongoing venture into the realms of deep, dub, house and techno.

 The set begins with warm ambient sounds by Redshape and Roger 23 helped along by beautiful drone soundscapes by Alva Noto.  Dissolution into deeper dub territory from the always on form Intrusion follows, eventually gathering eno ugh strength to introduce the first kick drum courtesy of Moritz Von Oswald's Rhythm & Sound project.  My intention was to create a calm and tranquil dream like setting on which to use as a building block for exploring deeper techno sounds. Never pushing the BPM past 125 but still attempting to generate enough energy that would still translate well onto an early evening (or very late night) dancefloor. Primarily though its a set for home listening purposes with a nod to a Sunday night escape from the ever decreasing outside temperatures.  The second half of the mix carries on with this theme morphing into 4/4 house and techno.  Mike Parker's Inversions is dark and static whilst Donato Dozzy & Lerosa combine to put together an extremely high quality hypnotic techno track.  One of my favourite records of the year.  Deep atmospheric techno draws the mix to a close.  Nonduality Phase two was recorded on two turntables and a mixer using all vinyl records and is representative of the sounds that have inspired me over the past year.  Sit back, relax and enjoy the sounds.
 
Darren Allen - Nonduality (Phase two)

Redshape - Requiem Solo (Ruin)
Alva Noto - Monophaser 2 (Raster Noton)
The Future Sound of London - Cascade (Part 3) (Sony)
Roger 23 - Ambient 1 (Baud)
Intrusion - Oceanview (Intrusion)
Rhythm & Sound - Aerial (Rhythm & Sound)
Triola - Leuchtturm (Robag's Bojensilencer) (Kompakt)
NapiHedz - Jah Bless (Prime Numbers)
Claro Intelectro - Beautiful Death (Modern Love)
Madteo - Freak Inspector Feat Sensational (Morphine Records)
Sutekh - After Laughter (Sud Electronic)
Arne Weinberg - Microscopic (Arne Weinberg)
The Thrillers - Speedball (Persona)
Blakhook Project - Tropical Feedback (Big Chief)
Baby Ford - Very (Pal Sl)
Mike Parker Inversions part 3 (Geophone Records)
Lerosa & Donato Dozzy - Neon Snake (Apnea)
Lowtec - Angstrom (Polyfon)
Takuya Sugimoto - Gnomon (Fat Cat records)
 
01:23:52 // 320kbps // 191MB

 
Download and stream: http://soundcloud.com/darren_vinylrules/darren-allen-nonduality-phase2

Timmy Stewart - 100

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First off, a big thanks to Timmy for putting this mix together.  As you can see from the tracklist the time and thought that went into compiling this was obviously huge.  I approached Timmy back in August to see if he'd fancy doing a mix for the blog.  I asked him if he fancied raiding his collection and maybe putting something together more leftfield.  Often (and its quite often) he would make his mixes or live DJ sets available for download which is great but I sensed, possibly restricted on his part.  As resident for The Stiff Kitten his DJ schedule is a hectic one with many sets a year not to mention appearances at Shine and other venues outside of Belfast - he's always playing to the floor, always including new tracks, pushing new sounds and regularly warming up for specific DJs that require a certain style, tempo or mood depending on who they are or what the occasion.  So, I wanted Timmy to express himself, go a little further, give us something a little different... Thankfully he agreed and when after a month he came back to me to tell me he "hadn't forgotten" I knew he was cooking up something special!

Timmy Stewart - 100 minutes of some personal favs is exactly that.  An expertly crafted mix that weaves in and out of electro, disco, hip hop, house, breakbeat, techno and the rest... It's obvious the effort that went into pulling this mix off.  Not only with showing such versatility in compiling the track selection (which must span many years) but the ability to blend the different styles together without missing a beat takes some doing.  One thing I noticed from first listen was the effortless flow and how quickly the 100 minutes seemed to go in.  Anyway, enough from me... Get on this one.

DA 

Timmy Stewart - 100 minutes of some personal favs

Front Page News - Le Club - Un Fait Divers (Ivan Smagghe Re-edit) - Vogue Bellaphon
40 Thieves - Yo Spaceship - Redux 004
Cat Stevens - Was Dog A Doughnut - A&M Records
Fab Five Freddy - Une Salle Histoire - Disc AZ
Ali Love - Secret Sunday Lover (Playgroup Dub) - Columbia
Carl Craig - At Les (Russ Gabriel Remix) - Planet E 
Olav Brekke Mathisen & Sideshow Jogge - Elektromotor - Discfunction
The Memory Foundation - While The Light Stays - Mosaic
Burial - Archangel (Iamdusted Re-edit) Unreleased
Jamie Lloyd - May I? (Quarion Remix) - Future Classic
Mark E - R&B Drunkie - Golf Channel Recordings
280 West - Boom Chock Boom - Kaleidiascope
Raw Unltd - Romeo & Juliet - Desire
The Popular Peoples Front - Dance On The Groove - PPF
Timmy Stewart & Arveene - Like No Other - Mode Music
Kerrier District - Disco Nasty Remix - Rephlex
Trevor Jackson - The Common Word - White
Simon Baker - Plastik (Todd Terje Remix) - Play House
Kelly Polar Quartet - Here In The Night - Environ
Justus Kohncke - Advance - Kompakt
Black Science Orchestra - New Jersey Deep/Prince - Boys & Girls (Swag Edit ) - JBO
Liquid Liquid - Optimo (DFA Remix) - DFA
Romanthony - Bring U Up - Glasgow Underground
Jimmy Castor - The Devil (Larry Levan Mix) - Salsoul
Abraham - Magpie (Morgan Geist Remix) - V2 Records

1:40:00 // 229 MB // 320kbps

Iotech - Leftovers

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Next up we have Iotec Productions in the mix www.myspace.com/iotecaudio
 
This one flows effortlessly between techno and dub step, only now and then does it rear its head (briefly) from the murky depths to breathe only to be drenched once again in deep bass.  From the off, late night sounds dominate.  Deep, aquatic bass with the odd smattering of vocals and percussive led tracks really does give this one an eery feel.  A high tempo mix featuring stand out tracks by Shackleton and the Strength Music label gives you an idea of what to expect from the forthcoming productions by the Belfast based Iotec.  Not one for the faint hearted but a delight for anyone who likes to submerge themselves in the deepest of electronic music.

 DA

Download: 01:04:21 // 320kbps                                                                       http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MFHF1AE5

 

Ark (Circus Company, Perlon) LIVE @ K*2 (Belfast)

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This a live set from ARK aka Guillaume Berroyer recorded from K*2 @ The Warehouse, Belfast.  Ark is best known for releases on French labels Circus Company and Karat.  He's also recorded a full length album for Perlon and records alongside fellow Frenchman Cabanne as Copacabannark.  This is a high energy performance with typical French, Ark quirkiness (listen out for the live vocals)!

Enjoy http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IGGLKIQ6

Opening for Ark was Belfast DJ and producer Bazz Barr who warms things up with a lovely selection of deep and dub techno.

Check it  http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RFSA81OR

Cheers to Cookie/Bazz for making the sets available.

DA