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On Tue 08 Oct 2024 we listened to: Harry McCanna, Blue Hour, The Bug, Mercury Rev, Allmanna Town, Fold, An-Ting 安婷, Snowdrops, Jules Archive, Jichael Mackson, Dylab, Gareth Jones, Lara Jones, Cybotron, These Liminal Days, NTHNG, Sulk Rooms, Iván Muela, Maresz, Charlotte Keeffe, Sad Madona, Ellen Allien, Head Shoppe and Inyan

  • FABRIC SELECTS V by Harry McCanna

  • Duality EP by Blue Hour

  • Machines by The Bug

  • Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

  • LF24 / C.FXNOISE by Allmanna Town

  • We Do Not Forget by Fold

  • Lost Communications by An-Ting 安婷

  • Singing Stones by Snowdrops

  • Platonic Tales by Jules Archive

  • ITLP20 - Wait For It by Jichael Mackson

  • Acid Minor EP by Dylab

  • LF23 / Void Concrète by Gareth Jones

  • Dome by Lara Jones

  • Parallel Shift by Cybotron

  • Empty Spaces 2 by These Liminal Days

  • Two People by NTHNG

  • LF22 / Earth & Horror by Sulk Rooms

  • Ether by Iván Muela

  • Memoria / Hey! by Maresz

  • LF21 / Sound Brush & Shell Mobile by Charlotte Keeffe

  • Sad Madona "Witch Coast" (Ellen Allien Remix) by Sad Madona, Ellen Allien

  • Head Shoppe by Head Shoppe

  • EX! Zine Edition 1 by Inyan

On The Stereo, 09 Oct 2024, 00:05

For the uninitiated, Lifefiles are creative exchanges between Mat Smith from Mortality Tables and a range of invited artists. Mat provides an inspirational sound file (could be recordings of places, people, objects and moments in time, usually produced by Mat himself) and the artist responds in their own way by cutting, chewing, remixing, sampling or possibly just allowing the contents to seep into their brains before eventual manifestation. Importantly a new corresponding sound file (or multiple files in some cases) is the result. The last two releases are the perfect introduction:

Gareth Jones - LF23 / Void Concrète

If there's one sound that could represent Lifefiles it would probably be grainy. Something that fittingly reflects life. With a source recording made in a concrete void, under a busy bridge, Gareth Jones has produced the prime example.

Allmanna Town - LF24 / C.FXNOISE

On the opposite hand, a few Lifefiles have ventured beyond a single response. While still imprinted with texture, Allmanna Town (Jonas Geiger Ohlin and Phil Dodds) have produced an upbeat response, with wonky keyboards and discordant beats, all inspired by a range of recordings Mat made in the 90s.

Previous contributors to the series include Simon Fisher Turner, Veryan, Xqui, Audio Obscura, Elizabeth Joan Kelly and Sulk Rooms.

To top it all, all profits are given to charity.

Noted, 08 Oct 2024, 18:58

An-Ting 安婷 - Willow Tit

London-based, Taiwan-born An-Ting 安婷 is about to release a nature-inspired album of electronic music called Lost Communications. In the same way Ben Frost used birdsong to highlight man's devastating effects on nature (on his album Broken Spectre) An-Ting draws our attention to the beauty to be found in nature, using birdsong to explore her artistic expression. As a taster for the album, she's released the track Willow Tit 褐頭山雀 (Mongolia), which features appropriately arresting visuals.

There's a few live UK gigs forthcoming too.

Tune, 08 Oct 2024, 17:24

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