todos - Kilchurn Session XIII

It dropped in my inbox as a surprise, the best possible kind of surprise, because todos' Kilchurn Sessions have been known to take quite some time to put together.  It's been nearly six months since Session 12, and with that amount of time under his belt to collect his next edition, you can expect only the very best to hit you in the 13th.

Once again opting for his trademark mix of new, old, classics, edits and samples, todos' journeys have become slightly deeper over the past few editions, and this one is no different, albeit punctuated with a few rather sublime lead vocal tracks.

He has left us all with another bunch of artists to dig deeper into, including, Body Boys, Alaskalaska and Landside, whilst reminding us of a few recent greats by Abul Mogard, Planet Boelex, and Segue, alongside some of the best new productions of the year from Synkro and Rival Consoles.

I always say it, and I'll say it again, todos manages to capture the essence of what a mixtape should be for me - the perfect blend of old and new, painstakingly curated and crafted with care with no agenda - just a journey. 

I've also taken the time to update the download links on all of todos' previous twelve legendary mixes which can be found and downloaded here.

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Tracklist

01. Zes - ‘Departure’ Edit
02. Samantha Glass - ‘Different Tissue’
03. Body Boys - ‘Yunnan’
04. Abul Mogard - ‘Slate-coloured Storm’
05. Nils Frahm - ‘Peter’ (Clark Remix) Edit
06. Alaskalaska - ‘Kings’
07. Russell. M. Harmon & Gavin Miller - ‘Vela’
08. Planet Boelex - ‘Moments’
09. DOGMA - ‘The Way Can Be Pretty Long’ Edit / (ghost) - '780.33'
10. Reinehr - ‘Lung’ / Library Tapes - ‘Fragment Li’
11. Lanterns On The Lake - ‘Green And Gold’
12. Ojan - ‘Intro’ / Hakobune & Dirk Serries - ‘The Slow Movement Of Thought’ Edit
13. Brother Blue - ‘Summoning UFOs’
14. Arandel - ‘Section 12’
15. Segue - ‘Identity Dub’
16. Synkro - ‘Overture’
17. Abereiddy Astronomical Society - ‘The Outsider’ (James Murray Remix)
18. Landside - ‘Wasteland'
19. Rival Consoles - ‘Looming’

todos - Cold Shoulders

After twelve Kilchurn Sessions, you can only imagine how many tracks todos has selected, filtered, tried and ultimately cut from the bunch. It's what makes a mix so time consuming - you can come up with a 'playlist' but most of the time, these tracks wont blend together well, don't flow well, or just don't belong. I personally have a list of tracks which never really fit well in a mix despite my ongoing efforts - it includes some of my favourite music ever, but some tracks just don't work well as  part of a larger mix.

In Cold Shoulders, todos, has  managed to conjure a solid journey out of the many tracks he has left behind over the past few Kilchurn Sessions. Despite its connotations, this is as attractive a mix as any of the Kilchurn Sessions, and may just be the greatest reject mix you've ever heard.

"The previous 3 Kilchurn Sessions have seen many great tracks dashed aside, either they didn’t fit the mix, the mood or the feeling at the time. At the end of the day, they didn’t make the cut! Here, I have put many of them together, in a mix of their own. It’s not an official Kilchurn but takes a similar approach. Less time was taken with it, hardly any edits done or pain staking samples tweaked and added.  It is a collection of great “rejects”. Hence the name ‘Cold Shoulders’ I hope you enjoy" - todos.

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Tracklist:

01. Steinbrüchel - ’08’
02. Swartz Et - ‘Yours Mine Ours’ / Brooke Blair and Will Blair - ‘Lights Out’
03. Christopher Willits - ’Now’
04. Gacha Bakradze - ‘Mississipi’
05. Need a Name - ‘Road to Berlin’
06. Theodore Shapiro, José González & Mark Graham - ‘Quintessence’
07. Turtle - ‘Us’
08. Christopher Willits - ‘Wide’
09. The Field - ‘No. No…’
10. Taiga - ‘East Breeze’
11. Burstbot - ‘Inherited’
12. Tom Raybould - ‘The End’
13. Seekae - ‘Another’
14. I Break Horses - ‘Heart To Know’
15. Rival Consoles - ‘Haunt’

Rob Dowell - All Of The Sudden

Rob Dowell has featured on here a few times with his mixes. Also known as the collective Warm Art, the name becomes self-explanatory where style is brought into question. Every DJ knows the warm-up is the hardest set to nail, but Rob has proved on numerous occasions he takes it in his stride.

Whilst this particular set is themed as a reminder of how quickly things can change, it still represents a tantalising start to a long night ahead with some our favourite artists.

Tracklist:

Lusine ICL - Scheming (Hecq Remix)
No Accident In Paradise - Taniec
Koan - Circes Touch (Krusseldorf Remix)
Gidge - Fauna Pt 1
Scuba - Before (After)
Koan - Underwater Moonlight (Blue Mix)
Solar Fields - Air Song (Remastered Remix)
Mono Electric Orchestra - Low Ball
Mooryc - Open It
John Hopkins - Open Eye Signal (Asleep Version)
Dawn Golden - Discoloration
Downliners Sekt - Hors Phase
Tripswitch - Deer Park
Koan - Adore (Non Fiction Mix)
Midnight Pulse - Mirror Lake

Below, you'll find Rob's mixes from the archive, previously featured on ASIP .

Rob Dowell - Holding Patterns

“Experiments in pitch bending, best heard on a cold and cloudy day” – a perfectly short and sweet intro for Rob Dowell’s latest mix. Robs last featured mix, ‘Figment Fragments’ was massively popular and ‘Holding Patterns’ reinforces Rob’s ability to craft mind-bending sets with amazing attention to detail alongside creative mixing techniques. This mix goes up a notch in the creative department and as the intro mentions, pitch bending plays a major part. Moderat may have been slowed, but think of it as an extended intro to the brilliant ‘Taeuschnungs Blume’…

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Tracklist:
01. Hecq – Dis
02. Chillout – Cold
03. Kettel – Halt Them
04. Hecq – Never Leave
05. Solar Fields – When The Worlds Collide
06. Naono – Healing Process
07. The Field – Then It’s White
08. Marina And The Diamonds – Obsessions (Ooooo Remix)
09. Alexandre Navarro – My Life In Exctasy
10. Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Lost Sessions Vol. 1)
11. Naono – Aether Talk
12. Worm Is Green – Synthia (Exos Laidback Mix)
13. Appaloosa – Patchwork (Bostro Pesopeo Remix)
14. M83 – Fountains
15. Moderat – Rusty Nails
16. Hammock – Cruel Sparks
17. Dominik Eulberg – Taeuschnungs Blume
18. Secede – Memory Table Pt. 2

Rob Dowell - Figment Fragments

Rob’s set is said to be inspired by several of the isolatedmix’s which have been featured on ASIP over the past few months, evident by the inclusion of Solar Fields, the Winterlight remix of Bitcrush (featured in isolatedmix14) and of course, Tripswitch‘s ‘Strange Parallel’s’. But don’t let the familiarity put you off; Rob keeps a really nice solid run to this set, with big atmospheric downtempo tracks all tidily blended together and some recognisable favourites including the classic, Gorecki by Lamb and that brilliant track by Rocket Empire. Rob also has quite a few more downtempo mixes to keep you busy, should this leave you craving for more.

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Tracklist:
Solar Fields – Reborn
Liquid Stranger – Mutants
Bitcrush – Every Sunday (Winterlight Remix)
Krusselfdorf – Verticulate
Sami Halinen – Tripper
Koan – Matariki
Rocket Empire Feat. Minna Fedora – Burr Dub
Tj Kong & Nuno Dos Santos Feat. Jemeni – Once Upon A Rhyme (Jozif Remix)
Le Vinyl – Buscando A Ari Victor
Skeptical – Idimmer
Alexkid – I Think (Dorfmeister And Alexkid Remix)
Lamb – Gorecki (Instrumental And Original Mixes)
Tripswitch – Strange Parallels
The Free Association – Shanghai

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Markus Guentner - Mix Archive

Markus Guentner – Golden Fall Mix

Not what you’re expecting from Markus, but for those not hemmed by genre this is a stunning detroit techno / deep house mix. Love it when ambient artists come out of their comfort zone, but then again, as shown with many of Markus’ recent remixes (such as his remix of Norge on Uncharted Places) he does like to stray into beat-heavy productions sometimes. This must be at least some of his inspiration right here.

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Markus Guentner – Sgustok Magazine Podcast 007

After numerous contributions to the Kompakt Pop Ambient Series and last years ‘Doppelgaenger’ album release on Sending Orbs (home of Kettel and Yagya), Markus Guentner prepares a hypnotic dive into his trademark atmospheric ambient for Sgustok Magazine.

It goes without saying, fans of the Pop Ambient series will love this mix, as well as those that enjoyed the simple, looping warm synths, gentle textures and airy pads within the recent ‘Traumbient’ mix. Containing all his own productions, the mix manages to maintain a perfect amount of variety between the tracks and a subtle progression throughout – one to press play, sit back and get lost in.

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01. Opening
02. Babel
03. The Right Sight
04. Borders
05. Ocean Scene
06. Sunrise Begins
07. Rotation Of Stars
08. Beneath The Grass
09. Subway
10. Field
11. Certain Pattern
12. Ending

Markus Guentner - Fuselab Passage 12

The last mix featured on ASIP by Markus Guentner was a homage to some of his releases over the years on compilations such as Pop Ambient. This time around, Markus compiles some of his favourites for FUSELab with tracks from Kompakt label mates Klimek and Popnoname, ambient/post-rock maestros Hammock, king of lush bvdub and Rafael Anton Irisarri’s more techno orientated alter ego, The Sight Below.

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Tracklisting
01. Aitokaiku – Verhot3
02. Chris mcnamara – Sleeping Car, Shunting Yard
03. Shuttle 358 – Tank
04. Markus Guentner – Keep Your Eyes Closed
05. The American Dollar – Starscapes2
06. Klimek – Sunrise
07. Kevin Shields – Goodbye
08. Hammock – When The Sky Pours Down Like A Fountain
09. Bvdub – Lest You Forget
10. Dettinger – Therefore
11. Markus Guentner – In Moll 2
12. Popnoname – Nightliner
13. Markus Guentner feat. La Grande Illusion – Baghira
14. The Sight Below – Shimmer

Electronic Explorations – Synth Sense

I owe about five additional posts and reviews to the Auxiliary label and the many outputs of ASC, but as you probably know I can never get around to writing about everything I listen to unfortunately. So let this post (and mix) be a very strong nudge in their general direction. And what better way to showcase such an amazing bunch of artists than to dedicate a mix to the very best releases of old, new and future.

Auxiliary label duo Synth Sense have prepared a glorious, glimmering journey for the esteemed Electronic Explorations series, featuring many of their own works and a few hints towards new unreleased tracks. The mix also features tracks by label honcho ASC, another favourite duo of mine, ‘Kiyoko’ (also Bering Strait and purveyors of one of my favourite mixes of the last year) and of course, the more ambient-esque of the bunch, Sam KDC. The mix closes with a track from Auxiliary’s most recent ambient addition, ‘Central Industrial’, who’s album ‘Tuned To A Dead Channel‘ was brilliant on first listen and one I need to dedicate more time to.

Synth Sense closed out the Auxiliary Symbol series in April this year, so it’s only right they spawn the next generation of excitement through this glitchy, genre-defying label mix.

For a full preview, download options and more information please visit Electronic Explorations.

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Tracklist.
01 – Synth Sense – Electronic Explorations Intro
02 – ASC – Citrus (AUXTR002)
03 – ASC & Sam KDC – Cold Spot (AUXWL002)
04 – Synth Sense – Symbol #9.2 (AUXSYM009)
05 – ASC & Synkro – Sacred Moments (AUX004)
06 – ??????????
07 – Sam KDC – Symbol #3.3 (AUXSYM003)
08 – Kiyoko – First Light (AUXCD003)
09 – Sam KDC -Tides Of The Moon (AUX008)
10 – Synth Sense – SRV Experiment (AUXCD004)
11 – Abstract Elements – Fourth Dimension (AUX005)
12 – Synth Sense – Deleted Scene (AUXCD004)
13 – ??????????
14 – Sam KDC – Symbol #8.1 (AUXSYM008)
15 – Bering Strait – Background (AUXCD005)
16 – ASC – Symbol #1.1 (AUXSYM001)
17 – Synth Sense – Lost In Time (Synkro Remix) (AUXCD004V)
18 – Method One – High Sierra (AUX006)
19 – ASC – As The Dust Settles (AUXTR001)
20 – ASC & bvdub – Symbol #2.4 (AUXSYM002)
21 – ??????????
22 – ??????????
23 – Sam KDC – Catacomb (AUX008)
24 – Synth Sense – Nexus 2 (AUXCD004)
25 – ??????????
26 – Synth Sense – Alien Transmissions File #1 (AUXTR008)
27 – Indigo – Symbol #7.4 (AUXSYM007)
28 – Central Industrial – Their Fleeting Memories (AUXCD006)