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GENREF#CK 003 (ethereal, shoegaze, prog, kraut, psyche, dub, gothic, thunderstorm)

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standing,
solitary,
storms
remind her why she arrived
below our sobbing boughs
gathered here in ghostly groves
ask her was it accident
or lonesome intent?
watch her whirl and weave:
her courtly dance our covenant.
private vow of pirouettes,
secret muscular susurrus
whose echos ever echo and echo
lingering far after light finally alleviates
the sinking deepness of her discontent

The third in my GENREF/CK series, this mix was originally conceived amongst the wind and rain of nyc's recent urban hurricane, along with my strong desire to get away and go for a long walk in the woods. there is nothing like a good thunderstorm to wash away your troubles. i hope you enjoy.

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01. Rain-Cloud - Timed Train Shadows
02. Green Blossoms - Red Cup
03. Cocteau Twins - Pandora (for Cindy)
04. Vangelis - Let It Happen
05. Can - Spray
06. Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog
07. Forest Swords - Miarches
08. Angelo Badalamenti - The Pink Room
09. Widowspeak - Wicked Game
10. Cold Cave / Prurient - Stars Explode
11. Alkemy & MBG - Lithium (MBG Aural Intro)
12. Random Factor - Fantasy Forms
13. 2raumwohnung - Ich Bin Der Regen (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
14. Pete Namlook - Je Suis Triste Et Seul Ici
15. Glissandro 70 - Bolan Muppets
16. David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
17. Risco Connection - Risco Music
18. Pepe Bradock - Deep Burnt
19. Sun Ra - The Sky Is A Sea of Darkness (When There Is No Sun)
20. Giuseppe De Luca - Dorian Grey

I don't know 98% of the artists but I will listen anyways because thunderstorms kick ass.

Stop spamming, dude.

Neat!

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Originally posted by enydo Stop spamming, dude.

YOU SHUT YOUR FACE

This was fantastic. I love these kind of mixes, never quite know where they're going to go. And finally after all the hype I think Forest Swords has clicked with me, Miarches was the tune of the set.

Really enjoyed this one, Avana. I liked the fact that there were some darker/ethereal tones which resonated well with me, and made for an enjoyable soundtrack to my morning at work. The underlying thunderstorm throughout the entire mix was a neat touch.

I wasn't watching the tracklist closely so I can't comment on which tunes stood out to me in particular, but I will probably be giving it another listen soon.

This is my favorite of the series thus far, hope to see more like it.

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Originally posted by Tangil This was fantastic. I love these kind of mixes, never quite know where they're going to go. And finally after all the hype I think Forest Swords has clicked with me, Miarches was the tune of the set.

Thanks, yeah that one really stays with you after you listen. I believe a DJ mix can be a form of story telling which transmutes music into images, like a constantly evolving dream. and like a dream, i love that cascading quality where you drift down one cataract to another. one of my main intents in this 'genref#ck' series is to explore all of the corners of my musical and mental universe and bring those images to light.

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Originally posted by david.michael Really enjoyed this one, Avana. I liked the fact that there were some darker/ethereal tones which resonated well with me, and made for an enjoyable soundtrack to my morning at work. The underlying thunderstorm throughout the entire mix was a neat touch. I wasn't watching the tracklist closely so I can't comment on which tunes stood out to me in particular, but I will probably be giving it another listen soon. This is my favorite of the series thus far, hope to see more like it.

Thank you To me it feels like a synthesis of all my previous mixes. With the thunderstorm I basically just played one of those nature relaxation cds in the background and set it up on an extra channel on my mixer such that I could kind of play it like crowd noise or ambience or something when I felt I wanted to invoke that sound or create a certain amount of depth or direct image.

I did kind of argue with myself a few times about whether or not to include this ambient noise... i imagine some listeners would say that it's too literal or heavy handed, that the music should abstractly convey the theme itself.

My decision to include it, though, was based on the actual numinous quality of the sound itself and not mere theme or symbolism. I tried to treat the thunderstorm as one of the records in the mix worth listening to. Thunderstorms have always been a wonderous combination of relaxation, fear, and catharsis for me, and I was trying to demonstrate in through the mix what a good thunderstorm means for me.

storms are exceptionally powerful to the psyche. as i said in the OP, i was inspired to do this after the hurricane that passed through NYC. it had an intense psychologically disruptive and disarming quality which affected the city for days beyond actually causing damage. it made the city feel strange, wonderful, and new. it changed people's routines, geographies, moods. the presence of novel psycho-geographical zones (evacuation zones, isolation from public transportation, dry land, high ground, high rises as potential weapons of destruction)... just so very rich with imagery.

but this mix was more about the experience of a storm in an isolated setting like a forest.

Ooh, you provide a mirror for me already so I don't have to nag you again Checking!

128kbps

Looks good, but can we get at least 192kpbs plus please? I'd probably download this in flac even

Yes, just replaced it with 320kbps. the 128 was a mistake.

So the soundcloud, mirror, and megaupload links are now the 320.

The mixcloud is going to stay 128 though.

Hey nefardec just wondering if you've heard many other mixes in the style of this and Eat Your Heart Out? Anything that has influenced these? I thought that the System J TA Classics game might have some mixes more along these lines but a lot of them are a bit too 'all over the place' for my liking. There's something quite cohesive about these sets that I really enjoy.

Though it's a bit more ambient, this is quite a left of centre mix that you might enjoy:

http://www.sahkorecordings.com/mix_papillon.php

It's the set called "l'effet papillon."

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Originally posted by Tangil Hey nefardec just wondering if you've heard many other mixes in the style of this and Eat Your Heart Out? Anything that has influenced these? I thought that the System J TA Classics game might have some mixes more along these lines but a lot of them are a bit too 'all over the place' for my liking. There's something quite cohesive about these sets that I really enjoy. Though it's a bit more ambient, this is quite a left of centre mix that you might enjoy: http://www.sahkorecordings.com/mix_papillon.php It's the set called "l'effet papillon."

Thanks I'll check that out.

Honestly I am inspired by the music itself, and the things going on in my life. Deejaying for me is a way to put together all of the different stuff I'm into, into something that can be communicated to others. It's also a way for me to indulge my fantasies.

One DJ I always check out is Jonny 5, this guy in the UK who contributes to the blog 'infinitestatemachine'. He plays the most ridiculous and wonderful music, all vinyl, most of it extremely special and rare. He digs a lot of old stuff but also plays the new and the reissued, which requires devotion and is pretty admirable in itself, not to mention that the deejaying is fantastic.

Here's all of his mixes:
http://www.blindsign.org/Jonny/

Some of the other contributors to that blog do good stuff too. It's all good music but it's centered around house and techno.

Another DJ I think is awesome is DJG, jonathan graham:
http://djg-music.blogspot.com/

He contributes to this blog I love called '[sqwelsch]', along with other really good selectors.
http://sqwelsch.blogspot.com/

These are probably the two contemporary DJs I look up to the most in terms of selection.

Scott Ferguson does some pretty great eclectic sets, as do Juju and Jordash.

Then of course the classic inluence on me is David Mancuso:
http://deephousepage.com/search_res...g=david+mancuso

I have a couple friends who put together stuff kind of like this mix, this guy has amazing taste in music, but it tends to be mostly newer stuff, whereas I like to dig older stuff too. I don't think he has a lot of stuff online at the moment though.

People on the discogs forum will occassionally post these kind of things. I've been inspired in the past by the 'minerals' series (http://www.discogs.com/groups/topic/154513) but it's mostly post-rock and ambient stuff with the same kind of sound.

Wow thanks so much for that list going to have a lot of fun checking out all that stuff, it looks amazing.

I know what you mean by indulging in your fantasies, I got that a bit from your Dream of The Earth set you posted a while back. For ages I'd been planning to throw something together for a kind of late night summer soul/jazz kind of set, taking in music from Shuggie Otis, Alice Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, Terre Thaemlitz etc. and a bunch of ambient cassette tape stuff from the 'pontone spectral cassette' series. Never quite got off the ground but it is fun to let your mind wander.

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Originally posted by Tangil Wow thanks so much for that list going to have a lot of fun checking out all that stuff, it looks amazing. I know what you mean by indulging in your fantasies, I got that a bit from your Dream of The Earth set you posted a while back. For ages I'd been planning to throw something together for a kind of late night summer soul/jazz kind of set, taking in music from Shuggie Otis, Alice Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, Terre Thaemlitz etc. and a bunch of ambient cassette tape stuff from the 'pontone spectral cassette' series. Never quite got off the ground but it is fun to let your mind wander.

oh yeah... terre thaemlitz is a huge inspiration for me. can't believe i didn't mention her

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Originally posted by nefardec oh yeah... terre thaemlitz is a huge inspiration for me. can't believe i didn't mention her

love terre!

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Originally posted by nefardec Yes, just replaced it with 320kbps. the 128 was a mistake. So the soundcloud, mirror, and megaupload links are now the 320. The mixcloud is going to stay 128 though.

looking forward, might take me a couple of weeks to actually be in the mood for something experimental though.

thumbs up for Let It Happen. always loved your taste

will have to check out the past ones as well as i missed those.

Nice one. I liked the atmosphere the whole time, how did you incorporate the constant thunder/rainy sounds? Did you just have a deck with those playing on repeat in the background, or what?

My favorite track here was Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog. Something about that simple little melody made me really happy in such a seemingly gloomy set. This was perfect to listen to, because it's been rainy and gross in Louisville the past few days. Lots of relaxing, curious, eclectic tracks here. Thanks for this.

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Originally posted by ziptnf Nice one. I liked the atmosphere the whole time, how did you incorporate the constant thunder/rainy sounds? Did you just have a deck with those playing on repeat in the background, or what? My favorite track here was Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog. Something about that simple little melody made me really happy in such a seemingly gloomy set. This was perfect to listen to, because it's been rainy and gross in Louisville the past few days. Lots of relaxing, curious, eclectic tracks here. Thanks for this.

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With the thunderstorm I basically just played one of those nature relaxation cds in the background and set it up on an extra channel on my mixer such that I could kind of play it like crowd noise or ambience or something when I felt I wanted to invoke that sound or create a certain amount of depth or direct image. I did kind of argue with myself a few times about whether or not to include this ambient noise... i imagine some listeners would say that it's too literal or heavy handed, that the music should abstractly convey the theme itself. My decision to include it, though, was based on the actual numinous quality of the sound itself and not mere theme or symbolism. I tried to treat the thunderstorm as one of the records in the mix worth listening to. Thunderstorms have always been a wonderous combination of relaxation, fear, and catharsis for me, and I was trying to demonstrate in through the mix what a good thunderstorm means for me.

THANK YOU DAVID MICHAEL I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU

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Originally posted by ziptnf THANK YOU DAVID MICHAEL I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU

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Originally posted by ziptnf Nice one. I liked the atmosphere the whole time, how did you incorporate the constant thunder/rainy sounds? Did you just have a deck with those playing on repeat in the background, or what? My favorite track here was Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog. Something about that simple little melody made me really happy in such a seemingly gloomy set. This was perfect to listen to, because it's been rainy and gross in Louisville the past few days. Lots of relaxing, curious, eclectic tracks here. Thanks for this.

Thanks! Yeah I love that track. For me it has a bittersweet quality, very shoegazy. the melody is very sweet but it almost sounds mockingly so to me.

and yeah, i just piped in the thunderstorm cd on channel 3 on my mixer. (trusty ol' djm500)

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Originally posted by Floorfiller thumbs up for Let It Happen. always loved your taste will have to check out the past ones as well as i missed those.

Get the FUCK outta my TA. GET OUT.

DAMN MOD

Also, yah, getting zis I s'pose. Maybe I'll be more keen on it.

Really cool mix

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