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New guest mix! 🤯💫

Listen: LINK

"Mutations" — I was kindly invited to record episode two of SUBURBIA's Obsessions series.

Tale by Lama Nudo, inspired by the mix theme.

Editing and artwork Vanja Rakic.

#luke lund #suburbia #mutant radio

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Keep The Children Safe no.2

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Out on Industrial Coast Proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians

#various artists #industrial coast #medical aid for palestinians

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New track on Industrial Coast's "Keep The Children Safe"

All profit to Medical Aid For Palestinians

#Bandcamp

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SUBURBIA presents Obsessions II with LUKE LUND

✨ live in 15min on Mutant Radio ✨ https://mutantradio.net

#luke lund #suburbia

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For most of late last year I was too crushed and paralyzed to even consider touching the idea of recording new music. Memory's already hazy for the entire period.

Sometime after the holidays I started playing around ideas on automatic sound, purely in meditative/medicative aim as temporary relief. On sleepless nights after visiting Dad during his last days, trying to make sense of thoughts I used to throw tiny samples into tangles of effects, shut my eyes, drown myself in the sound, let it wash over restless thoughts and just see how long it would unravel for, hoping to achieve some calm. It quickly became something ritualistic.

"In The Corner Unlit" is just one sample going through only one these systems, designed to spontaneously transform, swell, deteriorate and die off over a set period of time. I'm feeling the previous post came off too clinical for the immense background behind months and months of keeping all that to myself… At the same time I'm having trouble even beginning to put into words the storm of emotions and not making it sound exploitative or shallow, but here it is, extremely personal, factual and weighs heavy… Usually I let sounds speak my thoughts and experiences, it's mostly autobiographical even if intentionally obscure and universalized, but this time it felt wrong without all the context.

Much thanks to my long time friend Jack for putting it out on Hard Return yesterday: LINK

#luke lund #hard return #SoundCloud

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NEW TRACK — the first new thing I've properly released in 1,5 years…

LINK

Hard Return's compilation, 66 artists, 8h total, all responding to the open call: "make the most repetitive thing you've ever done". All money to Doctors Without Borders. "In The Corner Unlit" — All sounds created from a 9-second synthesizer loop, that is ping-ponging through a maze of generative effects. The generative patch builds up layers of iterations of the loop and at the same time degenerates via GAN artifacts. Created while accompanying Dad through his last days. "The stars in the sky In vain The tragedy of Hamlet In vain The key in the lock In vain The sleeping mother In vain The lamp in the corner In vain The lamp in the corner unlit In vain Abraham Lincoln In vain The Aztec empire In vain The writing hand: in vain (The shoetrees in the shoes In vain The windowshade string upon the hand bible In vain— The glitter of the greenglass ashtray In vain The bear in the woods In vain The Life of Buddha In vain)"

#luke lund #hard return

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Now on demand: LISTEN

Charmaine Lee is a NY-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia. Her music is predominantly improvised, favoring a uniquely personal approach to vocal expression concerned with spontaneity, playfulness, and risk-taking. Beyond extended vocal technique, Lee uses amplification, feedback, and microphones to augment and distort the voice.

Charmaine's mix spans across her recorded vocal works from the past 8 years, including previously unreleased and upcoming material of duos with Aaron Dilloway, Ikue Mori, and Conrad Tao. Luke Lund opens with a collage of voice-centric sounds, forthcoming works and sketches that maltreat neural speech recognition models and their false negatives, positives and hallucinations. The episode ends with Charmaine's previous and forthcoming material undergoing Luke's same spectro-dub treatment.

Born out of a pursuit to redefine and reclaim what it means to be a musician and vocalist, Lee's approach is rooted in her experiences navigating the sometimes restrictive world of institutionalized jazz education. While Lee values the technical skills she gained from her formal education, she believes technical prowess should not be fetishized, but used to access something more intuitive and authentic. Rejecting the notion of the voice as a mere communicative linguistic tool, Lee uses hers as a means of exploring complex human emotions and experiences that elude syntax.

From incorporating hi-fi and lo tech equipment to exploring the intersection of human and nonhuman sound, Lee constantly seeks to push the possibilities of her craft. At the same time, she eschews the temptation to exploit extended techniques for novelty's sake. Instead she remains determined to sound out lines between semiology and morphology; abstraction and genuine expression; the links beyond linguistic walls; and connecting on a profound, visceral level.

#spectral shock #charmaine lee #luke lund #lyl radio

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SPECTRAL SHOCK EP8 TOMORROW — CHARMAINE LEE

Charmaine Lee is a NY-based vocalist from Sydney, Australia. Her music is predominantly improvised, favoring a uniquely personal approach to vocal expression concerned with spontaneity, playfulness, and risk-taking. Beyond extended vocal technique, Lee uses amplification, feedback, and microphones to augment and distort the voice.

Charmaine's mix spans across her recorded vocal works from the past 8 years, including previously unreleased and upcoming material of duos with Aaron Dilloway, Ikue Mori, and Conrad Tao. Luke Lund opens with a collage of voice-centric sounds, forthcoming works and sketches that maltreat neural speech recognition models and their false negatives, positives and hallucinations. The episode ends with Charmaine's previous and forthcoming material undergoing Luke's same spectro-dub treatment.

Born out of a pursuit to redefine and reclaim what it means to be a musician and vocalist, Lee's approach is rooted in her experiences navigating the sometimes restrictive world of institutionalized jazz education. While Lee values the technical skills she gained from her formal education, she believes technical prowess should not be fetishized, but used to access something more intuitive and authentic. Rejecting the notion of the voice as a mere communicative linguistic tool, Lee uses hers as a means of exploring complex human emotions and experiences that elude syntax.

From incorporating hi-fi and lo tech equipment to exploring the intersection of human and nonhuman sound, Lee constantly seeks to push the possibilities of her craft. At the same time, she eschews the temptation to exploit extended techniques for novelty's sake. Instead she remains determined to sound out lines between semiology and morphology; abstraction and genuine expression; the links beyond linguistic walls; and connecting on a profound, visceral level.

#spectral shock #lyl radio #charmaine lee #luke lund

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NOW ARCHIVED: LISTEN

Dive headfirst into the bottomless pit with Slavetosociety, Andrew Bowen's anarchic alter ego. Cloak-n-dagger noise, distortion, ruffneck breaks, darkside hardcore — chaos is his currency. For well over a decade, Bowen has etched his indelible mark upon techno ‘floors alongside DIMI in AnD infamy. In a relentless return to his hardware-centric roots, since late 2019 he’s marched to the beat of a different drummer and assumed the mantle of Slave To Society with absolutely zero signs of stopping.

Slave To Society drags you on a stygian cruise through rhythmical foliage that rattles the chains of the cyber-surreal concrete jungle. Veiled in the most plutonian, pale atmospheres, it promises a cascade of beats salted with Adderall that throttle and screw the amygdala central alarm system. An agitated beast of tight, tangled rhythms fires and rebounds in the chasmic echo chamber of performed and programmed doom rave dynamics, inviting the listener to consider the merits of ear protection. Dosed with an antivenom against the cut and dried brain rot, this mix bites with an auditory testimony — a call of the void that lingers in the corridors of the psyche well beyond the final echo's faintest hum.

The message: “Think for ourselves, create and move outside the realm of ordinary submission. Reject conformity; don't be a slave to society!”

#slave to society #luke lund #spectral shock #lyl radio

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TOMORROW:

Dive headfirst into the bottomless pit with Slave To Society, Andrew Bowen's anarchic alter ego. Cloak-n-dagger noise, distortion, ruffneck breaks, darkside hardcore — chaos is his currency.

For well over a decade, Bowen has etched his indelible mark upon techno ‘floors alongside DIMI in AnD infamy. In a relentless return to his hardware-centric roots, since late 2019 he’s marched to the beat of a different drummer and assumed the mantle of Slave To Society with absolutely zero signs of stopping.

Slave To Society drags you on a stygian cruise through rhythmical foliage that rattles the chains of the cyber-surreal concrete jungle. Veiled in the most plutonian, pale atmospheres, it promises a cascade of beats salted with Adderall that throttle and screw the amygdala central alarm system. An agitated beast of tight, tangled rhythms fires and rebounds in the chasmic echo chamber of performed and programmed doom rave dynamics, inviting the listener to consider the merits of ear protection. Dosed with an antivenom against the cut and dried brain rot, this mix bites with an auditory testimony — a call of the void that lingers in the corridors of the psyche well beyond the final echo's faintest hum.

The message: “Think for ourselves, create and move outside the realm of ordinary submission. Reject conformity; don't be a slave to society!”

#spectral shock #slave to society #luke lund #lyl radio

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An astonishing amount of great music last year. It was also a difficult year, and as a result, the first since 2008 that I didn't put out anything new myself so instead of a wrap-up I'd like to shift focus on others. To squeeze those staggering twelve charts I posted before, here's just 50 shining examples that helped bring some light, cast out the devil, reflect the times, push the envelope, touch the heart, fire up the imagination…

To everyone on every chart, a special thank you for doing what you do 🤍

#spectral shock #top 2023

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Nothing but beats... Good year for cutting edge bangers, tunes that'll twist your brain into a moebius strip, and all things silky and dripped in delicate dub

#spectral shock #top 2023

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More fantastic sounds from 2023, both new and timeless goodness from the archives: pop, rock, metal and everything that barely fits within the confines...

And then there's the wild, noisy bunch defying pigeonholing

#spectral shock #top 2023

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Been nearly a decade since I wrote top lists despite a neverending thirst for hearing new sounds every single day... Well this year I have a programme so there's an excuse

Let's go 4 days of 400 great records woohoo

#spectral shock #top 2023

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Eye-D — Eye Design

"Down from the Waist Up" — Ghetto Safari — 1999

#eye d #drum and bass #techstep #Youtube

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Exhaust — Two Years on Welfare

"Exhaust" — Constellation — 1998

#exhaust #experimental rock #post rock #dub #illbient #sound collage #Youtube

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DJ JM — Pepper

"Abnormal" — Nervous Horizon — 2023

#dj jm #techno #bass music #Youtube