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Funky Jeff – Chain reaction tribute mix

Posted by The High Plains Drifter on Posted in Ambient, Dub Techno/Deep Techno Tagged

Life films us exactly. Our experience of it, though, lies beyond images and descriptions. Emotions, coming in irrational flashes, are non-figurable. We lose our little connection to them very quickly. We look for forms with this in mind : so they can take us to meet the subconscious. Chain reaction was a sublabel of Basic Channel founded in 1995. Peter Kuschnereit aka Substance, René Löwe aka Vainqueur, Torsten Pröfrock aka Various artists and Resilent, Andy Mellwig, Thomas Köner aka Porter Ricks, Gerhard Behles, Robert Henke, Torsten Pröfrock aka Monolake formed some of the artists of the now defunkt label.

Chain reactions is a mix tribute to the label / 1995-2003, it is influenced by glitch techno, dub and ambient. Sounds of CR are captured within tiny fragments of time and then within one’s mindspace. I think it’s important to play this mix on a decent system so you can really hear and feel the interactions between the delays, the warm basslines and the soundscapes that surrounds them.
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Oceania mix : ambient oceanic waves

Oceania mix : ambient oceanic waves

Posted by The High Plains Drifter on Posted in Ambient, Mix Tagged

Ocean waves, tranquility and ambient. Seems a fitting match. Being in a meditative state of mind, attempting to clear out all thoughts and rid myself of negative energy, I put together a mix to compliment my meditation. As the water sways in waves, so does my breath, and so does everything else. In moment of eternal bliss, we long for calm and no place is calmer than the ocean. This ambient mix with a touch of dub is meant to relax your mind and take the stress away.

Track Listing: [artist – track / album [label, year]

1)Just one more wave compadre…
2)Krill Minima – Submarine Poetry / Nautica [Native State, 2007]
3)Koss – Beauty / Ancient rain [Mule electronic, 2008]
4)The Black dog – M1 / Music for real airports [Soma, 2010]
5)Pete Namlook – Music for babies / Music for babies [Fax +49-69/450464, 2010]
6)Rod Modell & Michael Mantra – Vitamin M / Sonic continuum [Hypnos,1998]
7)Loscil – Fromme / Coast / Range / Arc [Glacial Movements Records, 2011]
8)Melotone – Gentle drift (Somber tilt mix)[No label, 2016]
9)Dreamfish – Under Water / Dreamfish [Fax +49-69/450464, 1993]
10)Evan Marc + Steve Hillage – Intention Craft / Dreamtime Submersible / [somnia, 2008]
11) ISHQ – Submarirne space time / Aquaphonics / [Virtual, 2017]
12) Koss ‎– Ocean Waves / Ocean Waves EP [Mule electronic, 2010]
13) Biosphere – Warned by the drift / Dropsonde [Touch, 2005]
14) KLF – 3AM Somewhere Out Of Beaumont/ Chill out [Wax trax, 1990]
15) Cio d’or – Goldbrokat Donato Dozzy Ambient Remix / Die Faser Part One EP [Prologue, 2009]

Sehr Kosmisch Mix

Sehr Kosmisch Mix

Posted by The High Plains Drifter on Posted in Ambient, Mix Tagged

Five years ago, I made a mix called From Krautrock to kosmische musik. As I was making the mix, I discovered Julian Cope’s book called ”Krautrocksampler” In that book lies a section which is quite interesting for me, as an avid cosmic traveller and ambient buff. The section is about ”Kosmische music”. Two years ago, I ordered the long out of print book and read it all so quickly, fascinated by this amazing insight in German culture, music and more importantly, how the music came to be crafted and by whom.

I had started collecting Krautrock before, but I found myself more drawn towards the cosmic movement than the rhythm based motorik style known as Krautrock. Musicians like Klaus Schulze, Popol vuh, Ashra, Edgar Froese (RIP), Harmonia and of course, Tangerine dream. So came the idea of making a mix on beatless cosmic german tracks known as ”kosmische musik”. I gathered my favorite albums, and made the mix. I have seen Tangerine dream live twice and would like to dedicate this mix to the late Edgar Froese. The man may be no longer on Earth with us, but his music will live on forever… And let yourself be ”very cosmic” (Sehr kosmisch) for over an hour together !

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FunkyJeff – Moritz von Oswald tribute mix

Posted by The High Plains Drifter on Posted in Dub Techno/Deep Techno, Mix Tagged

In the late 1993, mysterious records of mind bending electronic echoes, in length and structures, started to emerge from Berlin. Plain sleeved records with enigmatic graphics pressed in Detroit, but made in Germany by two guys from Berlin who weren’t so keen about showcasing their physique, but rather focused on the music. Basic channel and Moritz von Oswald took techno music to a degree in a variety of shapes that encompassed dub, ambient, downtempo, techno and basically crafted minimal techno de facto. Mr. von Oswald aimed towards face eating repetition and stretching the groove into a place that opened a rich and vast new territory in music for the dance floor and sound textures that were and still are unique.

It’s like Lee Perry would stretch his legs in warm bath with nothing but sequencers and TB 303 for company. Using the mixing board as a tool like his Jamaican nemesis, von Oswald swiftly emerged as the quintessential post-modern artist : collaboration were spawned with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, Nills Petter Molvaer and so on. The holy grail of techno music. Pure class, heavenly remixes and blissful dubby basslines.
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FunkyJeff – Space 8 Mix

FunkyJeff – Space 8 Mix

Posted by The High Plains Drifter on Posted in Ambient, Mix Tagged

Pete Namlook, The Fires of Ork, Steve Roach, The KLF, Autumn of communion and Michael Sterns on the 8th volume of ambient mixes called Space. File under : Ambient and Space music. Always trying with these mix to drift in to outter Space.  Michael Sterns’s Planetary unfolding hails from 1981! Truly a masterpiece. There are not many deep space albums that evoke such beauty throughout its entire runtime. It’s a visionary dive into forever. Essential.  It’s been reissued last year but sadly in small quantities on the label Sonic Atmospheres.

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