The perfect combination

You Like We Like have just published an interview with port-royal and a neat accompanying podcast.

For me, combining classic tracks and the relatively unknown is an essential first step towards a great mix that you can revisit again and again. Particularly when the unknown tracks turn out to be little gems which you feel compelled to share with everyone else.

After all, that’s the point of a mix isn’t it? So job well done on this one…I like, and i am pretty sure you will…

01. Solvent – A Panel of Experts
02. Herrmann & Kleine – Her Tune
03. Magnétophone – Frankholmes’ Drive
04. Nathan Fake – You Are Here
05. Fizzarum – Phut of Plex
06. port-royal – Deca-dance
07. Bowery Electric – Soul City
08. The Field – Everday
09. Daft Punk – Veridis Quo
10. Ulrich Schnauss – Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way
11. Figurine - Way to Good
12. Xela – Afraid of Monsters

Download the podcast and read the interview with port-royal here

Here’s a few of the standout tracks from the mix…

Bowery Electric – Soul City. 1990’s Shoegazers Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener go DJ Shadow/Massive Attack style for this classic track.

Fizzarum – Phut of Flex. First time i have heard this. So many elements from so many artists. BOC, Aphex, Tyco, Milieu, Freescha…I’ll be hunting down more of from Fizzarum.

The Field – Everday. Without doubt, the best track from his album ‘From here we go Sublime’ and one I love to hear as loud as it will possibly go.

Headphone wandering

A great techy ambient mix by Seattle based DJ 214, featuring classic tracks by Global Communication, Autechre, Tangerine Dream and Ame. Perfect for “winter nights, dark days, long commutes and headphone wandering”.

214 – winter mix (ambient, electronics, chill, etc) by 214_electro

Epic 45 – Spires Against Summer Sky
Tehn – Jan18 cold
214 – For Another Day
Autechre – Vietrmx21
Global Communications – Epsilon Phase
Abfahrt Hinwil – Sonic Surfce
Single Cell Orchestra – Febru-Wary
Dead Can Dance – The Host of Seraphim
LunaSol – Butterfly
Ame – Doldrums
Confutatis – Wonderworld
The Beatles – A Day in the Life (Sei A remix)
Deaf Center – Path to Lucy
Multiplex – Lunar Active
Tangerine Dream – Love on a Real Train

Klimt

Smashing Pumpkins, Mogwai, South, Slowdive, Explosions In The Sky, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Deftones, Ulrich Schnauss, Max Richter, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Ros…

It’s not often that an artists influences shine through so strongly in their own productions. But for Klimt, aka Antoni Budzinski, this seems to be the case. Passing between ambient, post-rock, shoegaze and classic chill, his musical heroes come to life in the below three tracks.

My favourite, ‘Pozegnanie’ was nowhere to be found on the net, so Antoni kindly let me stream it below for ASIP readers listening pleasure.

Klimt – Pozegnanie by astrangelyisolatedplace

Ennui

Heaven

Klimt’s latest album- Jesienne odcienie melancholii, or ‘Autumn Shades of Melancholy’, contains both Ennui and Heaven and is available on this Polish site. But, before you dive in, take a look at some reviews of the album (especially the amusing tale by ‘Cherryeater’ who goes into great detail explaining how he/she tracked it down!)

Ulrich Schnauss & Kirsty Hawkshaw at the ICA

Club AC30 have just finished a weekend of Shoegaze gigs at the ICA, featuring Ulrich Schnauss, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Chapterhouse, Air Formation (Thurs), Swervedriver, Jesu, The Appreciation Guild (Fri), The Pains of being Pure at Heart, Ringo Death Starr and The Tamborines (Sat).

Below is a video of Ulrich Schnauss’ set featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw’s beautiful vocals on the first two songs ‘Million Stars’ and ‘Down To Earth’. Ulrich also played several new tracks at the start which sounded amazing, along with his edit of Chapterhouse’ Love Forever and his trademark finale live edit of Medusa.

See Ulrich’s exclusive interview with ASIP

Listen to Ulrich’s exclusive mix for the isolatedmix series

Listen to Ulrich’s live set from Audioriver Festival (August)

Up the Royals

No I’m not talking about a Championship football club from Berkshire. Instead, I’m referring to an Italian electronica group from Genova, Italy. Why? Because their latest album ‘Dying in Time’ is immense, and I’ve had a non-stop ear hammering week listening to nothing else. And, looking back i cant believe i haven’t even mentioned them on the blog before now… It’s about time to share the love with everyone Reading.

port-royal manage to touch on just about every aspect of music that gets me excited. The kind that transfers you from wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, to wherever you like. It’s glitchy and melodic, haunting and atmospheric, loud and delicate. There are nine minute journeys, twisting and turning into different sounds. Changing but always the same. Full on assaults to your ear drums that you can help but turn up extremely loud.

M83, Schnauss, Portishead, Boards of Canada. All, yet none of the above. Dare i say it, but a big reason for my love of port-royal may be the enormous pads, synths and sequencing in some of the tracks, reminiscent of 90’s trance, such as the Three Drives, Bedrock and Michael Woods remix era.

Granted, not everyone will be a fan of port-royal for these very reasons. You can’t really put you’re finger on it. But then that’s why i love it.

Here’s the stand out track from ‘Dying In Time’ – Balding Generation (Losing Hair as we Lose Hope). For those of you that do know me…my favouritism to this track has nothing to do with my ever thinning top!

port-royal – Balding Generation (Losing Hair as we Hope)

If that blew you away and you want a taste of Port Royal’s more ambient side, check out this video of Hermitage 3 (Dedo remix).

You can purchase ‘Dying in Time’ from the n5music website. I would recommend getting the hard copy featuring some nice artwork by Tim Ingham of Winterlight.

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