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International experimental, electronic and Commons music on Global Digital.

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And we’re back! The show left Global Digital after 138 episodes in studio 5 under the Story Bridge in Brisbane. Studio d’essai is now back with the 139th episode, produced from the comfort of home, in West End – still in Brisbane.

Today, five tracks: the three first ones are pretty uncomfortable, but rest assured, the two last ones are comparatively soothing.

Delighted to be back, please spread the word, and do take care of yourself! :)

  1. Hagumi Nishizawa (aka 西沢はぐみ) feat. Rafis (osu! player) - My Hero! Up to you! Extra HDDT SS 514pp #1 (from video, not on label, 2017, Japan / Poland) – videocc by on LBRY
  2. Tom Jackson & Tiago Morais Morgado - Mutability (Mutability, Nachtstück Records, 2018, England & Belgium / Portugal) – releasecc by-nc-nd on Bandcamp
  3. Bob Rutman - The Sound of Futuro Remoto, Live at Ancestral Remoto (14-06-2018) (single track, not on label, 2018, Germany & USA) – free download on SoundCloud
  4. Cretin Dilettante - Out of the Miasma (Out of the Miasma, Terranean Recordings, 2018, USA) – releasecc by-nd on Bandcamp
  5. Cretin Dilettante - And into the Light (Out of the Miasma, Terranean Recordings, 2018, USA) – releasecc by-nd on Bandcamp

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Head straight to 5:45 for the actual show

For this episode, Stéphane sifted through the 139 tracks that make up the release Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963 and selected 18 tracks that would fit in an hour.

The tracks are by artists Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings, Kid Baltan and Tom Dissevelt, and the final recording is the voice of Fredd Judd sending a spoken letter to Tom Dissevelt.

May you feel safe and content! See you next week.

  1. Dick Raaijmakers - Tweeklank (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  2. Henk Badings - Kaïn en Abel: First Episode: Introduction / Dance / Dance of the Destructive Forces (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  3. Kid Baltan - Song of the Second Moon (original version) (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  4. Tom Dissevelt - Syncopation (alternate version) (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  5. Tom Dissevelt - 12-Tone Composition for the Skymasters (As Used in Intersection) (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  6. Tom Dissevelt - Zanzi (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  7. Tom Dissevelt - Tropicolours (Early version) (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  8. Kid Baltan - Night Train Blues (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  9. Tom Dissevelt - Waltzing Mathilda (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  10. Henk Badings - Evolutionen: Overture (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  11. Tom Dissevelt - Mexican Mirror (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  12. Dick Raaijmakers - STER Tunes 2 (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  13. Tom Dissevelt - Whirling (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  14. Dick Raaijmakers - STER Tunes 7 (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  15. Tom Dissevelt - Vibration (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  16. Dick Raaijmakers - STER Tunes 9 (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  17. Kid Baltan - Mechanical Motions (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, Netherlands)
  18. Fred Judd - Spoken Letter From Fred Judd to Tom Dissevelt (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-1963, Basta, 2004, England)

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Another short playlist - we really don’t mind long tracks. Two tracks from at least three different places, potentially four: do you know of Sevensy’s whereabouts by any chance? Please do let us know!

Be safe and have fun.

  1. Sevensy - Blankfilm (Music for Blank Film, Mahorka, 2005, ?) – CC release on Bandcamp
  2. Christian + Mehata + Chagas - Ame No Asa (Love Without Wings, Mahorka, 2018 (originally 2015), Brazil / Japan / Portugal) – CC release on Bandcamp

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Continuing what seems to be a trend, another short playlist: only two tracks tonight. They are very recent but both refer to older things.

Take care.

  1. IF - Cage of Obscured Rain (Gomel 1986) (Gomel, 1986, Naviar Records, 2017, Italy) – CC compilation on Bandcamp
  2. Windows 98の - BLUESCREEN 002 (BLUESCREEN 002, not on label, 2016, USA) – CC release on Bandcamp

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Only three tracks tonight, but they somehow manage to come from five different places and span about sixty years.

Take a break and go slow if you have the opportunity.

  1. Else Marie Pade - Faust (Et Glasperlespil, Dacapo Records, 2001 (composed 1962), Denmark)
  2. Christian + Mehata + Chagas - Terra-a-Terra (Love Without Wings, Mahorka, 2018 (originally 2015), Brazil / Japan / Portugal) – CC release on Bandcamp
  3. Ambire Seiche - Frogs in a Rat Race (standalone track, not on label, 2018, USA) – CC track on SoundCloud

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The tracks in this mix are all amazing, but the way they were stringed together is terrible. I could give a number of very valid excuses to explain why the mix was executed so poorly, but I’ll refrain from it and simply give the mix the name it deserves: Shit Mix.

All my excuses to the artists featured.

Enjoy – if you can!

  1. 00.45 Earthborn Visions - Black Clouds (Gomel 1986) (Gomel, 1986, Naviar Records, 2017, England)
  2. 03.59 Tim Hecker - In the Fog: II (Ravedeath, 1972, Kranky, 2011, Canada)
  3. 09:50 Roberto Di Ciaccio - Work 2 (Dome, ephedrina, 2016, Italy)
  4. 17:35 Tim Hecker - Obsidian Counterpoint (Love Streams, 4AD, 2016, Canada)
  5. 22:00 Jocelyn Pook - Yellow Fever Psalm (Untold Things, Real World, 2001, England)
  6. 26:26 Sigur Rós - Andvari (Takk…, EMI / Geffen Records, 2005, Iceland)
  7. 32:09 sayCeT - 3ème Type (One Day at Home, Electron’y’pop, 2006, France)
  8. 36:22 Ricardo Tobar - Otte’s Denial (Treillis, Desire Records, 2013, Chile)
  9. 43:34 King Felix - SPRING01 (Spring EP, Liberation Technologies, 2012, USA)
  10. 48:18 Bok Bok - Look (Dub) (Southside EP, Night Slugs, 2011, England)
  11. 51:30 Audision - Gamma Limit (Immer (mix by Michael Mayer, Kompakt, 2002, Germany / Germany)
  12. 56:00 Efterklang - Filmosonic XL (Springer, Leaf, 2005, Denmark)
  13. 58:08 Anonymous420 - Stock Music (STARTUP NATION, not on label, 2017, France)