Yarn Audio’s 15th podcast was mixed by Ikpathua, a London based producer and DJ who previously released on Noorden and just recently released a limited edition tape on Cong Burn together with Anxiety Support Group.
Ikpathua has been active as a DJ and record-collector for over 20 years, but didn’t start making music until about 8 years ago when his brother moved to Panama and left him all of his studio equipment, including a couple of gems (MC-202, and an Echopet Delay).
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Yarn Audio’s fourteenth podcast was mixed by Coral Side from Mexico.
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Bedim is a DJ from Vilnius, Lithuania and was a part of the Despotin Beat Club radio-show / movement.
«The thing radio taught me is that the most surprising music often is found on the B-side. The stuff that you usually skip in search for a banger or a track that would be DJ friendly, easy to mix. With this installment I try to explore Folk / Ambient / Classical music, which happens to be mostly Japanese, and create an interesting and quirky sonic piece that I would enjoy listening to.»
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Dylan M Howe is a musician based out of Portland, Oregon. He has released music and performed under the name C Plus Plus from 2014 to 2017 and is one half of the duos Portland Compressor and Action Sports with long-time collaborator Matthew Pepitone (aka Karmelloz).
Most recently, the duo released the album «Action Sports» on Barcelona based label Angoisse. The album mixes moody ambient techno with leftfield ambient constructions, all with a heavy dose of dub. The duo also recently released the second volume of their Portland Compressor series, which mixes melodic electronica with post-rock tendencies.
This mix was recorded on Pioneer CDJ-1000s with tracks that were largely compiled from CDs from Dylan’s recently totaled 1998 Subaru, alongside a few unreleased solo tracks and a forthcoming Action Sports track. The mix moves between glitchy soundscapes, industrial electronics, downtempo beats and ambient bits of techno.
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For Yarn Audio’s 11th podcast we have an uptempo mix by Watching Airplanes – a London based duo consisting of Driven by Attraction and ???. Together they run «Resodance/Raindance», a label with focus on fast music under «Resodance» along more melodic ethereal music under «Raindance» (imagine raving under the rain).
Together with Tadan they also run the OneTwentySeven nights in London.
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Berlin based Dj and producer Teenage Tasteless delivers an eclectic mix for our 10th podcast layering vinyl, digital audio files and tapes.
«In the nineties I was a rave kid but all my friends where goths and now I can’t tell the difference anymore. I always listened to hip hop but felt secretly embarrassed for the German kids wearing baggypants in school. Musically I started as a DJ and moved on to produce tracks to incorporate them in my sets. Later I started a band and disbanded it again because the music I had in mind was way to complicated to play for just three humans with such humble skills as ours. Now I still use the guitar as a sound source as much as the synths and editing techniques I’ve accumulated over the years.»
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For Yarn Audio’s 9th podcast we have an energetic mix from Tobs – a producer and DJ from Bremen / Germany – whose remix of Joy Orbison’s «Hypth Mngo» you might have heard on Yarn Audio’s free EP «Bootlegs I».
Tobs got in touch with electronic music – especially Techno and Jungle – at the young age of 12. When some years later the symbiosis of broken and straight styles started to blend and Dubstep and Techno began to move closer together he started to buy records and had his first gigs at the Zucker Club in Bremen.
In 2014 Tobs founded the record label Drowned Records together with four friends. Their fifth release is currently in the making. Make sure to check out Tobs’ latest release on Drowned!
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First edition of «Yarn Audio Sessions» – a mix series by the Yarn Audio team.
This episode was mixed by Powder.
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Yarn Audio’s 8th podcast has been mixed by George McVicar, a 22 year old producer and DJ living in London / UK. George is also part of the «Stray Landings» collective, a blog and label which has become more and more established in recent times. Along with fellow Stray Landings editor Stavrogin, George has furthermore began producing experimental industrial music under the name Aa3_Tzt.[RN500] – with their debut release on the horizon.
«This mix was partly inspired by a couple of shows I had played in the past with the Stray Landings collective. It's all on vinyl and although this means the sound is a bit dusty and the mixes less slick, I think this is a pretty good representation of what a live set from me would sound like.»
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Yarn Audio’s achter Podcast wurde von George McVicar gemixt, einem 22-jährigem Produzenten und DJ aus London. George ist Teil des »Stray Landings« Kollektivs, welches ein Blog und Label betreibt und in letzter Zeit für immer mehr Aufsehen sorgt. Zusammen mit dem Stray Landings Redakteur »Stavrogin« produziert George unter dem Namen »Aa3_Tzt.[RN500]« außerdem experimentellen Industrial-Techno. Das Debut-Release wird nicht mehr lange auf sich warten lassen…
»Dieser Mix wurde von einigen Auftritten in letzter Zeit inspriert, bei denen ich zusammen mit dem Stray Landings-Kollektiv gespielt habe. Alle Tracks sind auf Vinyl. Auch wenn der Mix dadurch etwas angestaubt klingt und die Übergänge nicht 100% glatt sind, gibt er trotzdem einen guten Einblick, wie sich ein Liveset von mir anhören könnte.«
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Yarn Audio presents another unique mix. The man behind the decks is SUB.FM resident and former netlabel-activist Simon/off. He has released his fusion of melodic house, banging garage and percussive bass on labels like Phuture Shock, B.YRSLF Division, Syncopathic and disko404 since 2005 and was already remixed by hardware enthusiast Bass Clef.
Simon/off is not only a versatile musician, but also an experienced party maker. So it’s no surprise, that his installment of Yarn’s podcast series is one of the most banging and personal mixtapes in the label’s history. UK vibes encounter broken house beats, dodgy breaks and dreamy melodies. Does it make sense to put Simon/off’s wonderful selection into words? Just give it a listen and swing away…
Here are some of his former free netaudio-releases:
As Winterstrand (together with his brothers):
https://archive.org/download/kpu079/kpu079_vbr_mp3.zip https://archive.org/download/USR-011/USR-011_vbr_mp3.zip http://archive.org/download/miga09/miga09_vbr_mp3.zip https://archive.org/download/laridae035/laridae035_vbr_mp3.zip
As Simon/off:
http://www.plainaudio.com/electronic/releases/pp025me.html
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Yarn Audio's 6th podcast was mixed by Turning Torso, an artist from Querétaro, Mexico, who was responsible for the last release «Jacaranda» on Yarn Audio in October as well.
Coming from a more experimental background, he now gets more and more into Bass Music. In the mix you will hear some genre-shaping classics like Addison Groove’s «Minutes of Funk», Objekt’s «The Goose that Got Away» as well as some new stuff. Enjoy!
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The 5th Yarn Audio podcast is mixed by, aka Koen Nutters; a Dutch, Berlin based DJ and musician who, together with his Urban Mutations crew, runs two monthly nights at «Paloma Bar» and at Neukölln's favorite bar «O Tannenbaum». They play an engaging mix of multi-stylistic club music, pushing structural boundaries without losing focus on the dancefloor, and keeping the night as varied as possible.
This mix lays its focus on bass heavy Bristol tunes along with some Grime 2.0, some Club Constructions and a little Fade to Mind R&B. Bookheaded by two cuts from one recent and one upcoming PAN release. All with a lot of space and a lot of creative arrangement and tight but organic mixing by MFK.
Next to DJ-ing, KN is also part of several experimental music groups such as The Pitch, Konzert Minimal and The New Silence. Check out their upcoming event at Chesters!
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Yarn Audio does it again! The 4th podcast is mixed by DJ and producer Mokujin (Blaq Recordings, L2S Records), who presents his idea of «Phantom Rave». UK-garage is the framework for his audible trip, but Mokujin also explores the past and future of experimental electronic music, delivering a unique and playful selection of underground tunes by him and his friends.
The London-raised and Berlin-based Mokujin is in the game since 1988 and released on labels like Future Grooves and Blaq Records. Not only the development of Bass Music, also video games, street art and anime inspire the mysterious musician with the mask. Forget about the genre-hype, get your ears wide open and enjoy some real underground bangers!
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Yarn Audio strikes back with another fabulous mix. Guest of honour is Tommy Harrison, delivering a playful selection of cutting-edge bass music and genre-shaping classics.
Influenced by the likes of Mark Pritchard, Mosca, Boddika, Hessle Audio, Joy O, Floating Points, Zed Bias, Roska, Julio Bashmore and Digital Soundboy … but also bumping J Dilla non-stop.
To say Harrison is versatile is not only an understatement, but somehow insulting to him as a DJ. Not only is he journeying over various genres of music, his record selections and performances involve music that has depth, soul and hits you in all those places you want it to … just when you want it to!
Second episode of our mix series by Berlin based DJ Gregor Friedrich.
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First episode of our mix series by Sirmo aka. Andras Szirmai.
Sirmo has been a permanent fixture of the Pécs (Hungary) underground massive since 1998. Starting off with his own show on Radio Publikum, later to be known as G-FM, he became soon acquainted a taste of sub-genres new to him at the time, such as Hip-Hop, Funk, Afro, Broken Beats, Breaks, which all helped to form his own style. Sirmo loves his Breakbeat bangers, play’s deep and tippin’ House as well as Garage grooves. He organises parties in his hometown, and DJing as well.
He had gigs in Pécs, Budapest, Novi Sad, Istanbul, Munchen, Wien, and many places...
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