Recorded at Morseland for Heartbeats
27 October 2010

In anticipation of the impending Halloween, our theme for the night was “Spooky Techno”; also on the bill was Lokua and Trevael. Subtle samples and special effects were layered over dark tracks to enhance the spooky feel. Enjoy!

tracklist:
[intro] Converter: Fallen
Tadeo: Winds Of Glory [Marcel Dettmann remix]
Marc Houle: Seeing In The Dark
Magda: Doom Disco
Plastikman: I Don’t Know
Marcel Dettmann: Motive
Frank Martiniq: Blast Corps
BCR Boys: Personlichkeitstest [Snello remix]
Andy White: Crash
Alex Di Stefano: Multiverse
Alan Fitzpatrick: Face Of Rejection
Luix Spectrum: Seven Deadly Sins [Gaga remix]
Blood & Tears: Falling Down
Speedy J + Chris Liebing: Magnit Express
DJ Pierre: I Am Acid [Loco & Jam remix]
[outro] This Morn’ Omina: Seeker

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you can grab the mp3 here:

a mix i did recently for the merit/demerit blog

all vinyl, a lot of new stuff, a lot of chicago-related stuff

All Boy All Girl Mix by Slava

1. Robert A. A. Lowe & Roze Lazar – Tajdaj Ondoj
2. Omar Souleyman – Jani (2)
3. Garo – Steamship
4. Chandeliers – Mr Electric
5. Le Matin – Je ne veux pas vivre comme ca
6. Hieroglyphic Being – The Pineapple Effect (Future Jazz Version)
7. White Car – A Figure in the Dark
8. Golden Birthday – A Kiss Away
9. Survive – Lunar Eclipse
10. Mitch Mitchel – Gene King – Never Walk Out on You
11. Arthur Russell – All Boy All Girl
12. Tortoise – On the Chin
13. Robert A. A. Lowe & Roze Lazar – Crayon Gym
14. Yusef Lateef – Gettin’ Sentimental
15. Omar Souleyman – Don’t Wear Black, Green Suits You Better

The vinyl is in and the first few copies have been shipped out!!!
Here is a free promo track from the album:

You can also see Lokua’s Violence Jack video below.

Preview other tracks and order your copy directly from us HERE

You can also order it from Groove Distribution in the US and Clone Distribution in Europe

Searchl1te and The Abominable Twitch are two of the most prolific and forward sounding producers (as well as DJs and performers) I’ve heard in the windy city. Together they have teamed up as CHICAGO SEWER, “that chunky ill shit that incessantly flows below the surface”. The following p/a was recorded at the weekly series Heartbeats @ Morseland.

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Photos courtesy of Chelsea Ross
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more love worth sharing:

THE ABOMINABLE TWITCH:
myspace
ABT blog
Evolve And Prevail

SEARCHL1TE:
myspace
Dubfront
Part Time Suckers
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-posted by Lokua
-shout out to Slow-Children and Gee-Cee who also helped bang the night away.

Things have been moving a bit slow over here in the past few months. Many different projects underway – records, the big apples, thoughts of a/v installations – that don’t leave time for the interwebs… but we will try to get better about keeping everyone up to date about the latest goings on. For now, check out the amazing band that is Chandeliers . They have recently released their second album, Dirty Moves that you can check out on their site, however, for now we’re going to focus on their first album that we still haven’t gotten enough of: THE THRUSH. It is an eclectic collection of synthed-out krautrock jams: a very refreshing and contemporary take on the classic vintage sounds. Beautifully produced, the album has a very raw live sound, at times mysterious, at times playful. This could totally be a soundtrack to a far-out 70′s low-budged sci-fi film about the earth being invaded by benevolent dancing alien robots that shoot their neon lazers all over the place.

Chandeliers Myspace, Chandeliers Blog, Obey Your Brain

Every Wednesday Lokua of Moment Sound hosts the event Heartbeats @ Morsland, a night featuring a wide array of DJs and live performers from all walks of Chicago’s electronic music spectrum. Here we have two recordings from one of those nights. First is a live p/a from K-rAd, who immediately brought the dance-floor to life with an excellent cross of his own live material and DJ trickery. After that we have a completely improvised, synth-heavy set from the creator of Shiku Garu Projects, Dreamlogicc. Special shout out to M50 and Slowchildren for closing the night out, and to Gravity-Max who provided the live visuals, good times. Painting / Photo by J. Beckman

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Today it is really hard for an MC to impress let alone entertain me. Maybe I’m just turning into a bah-humbug, or possibly after submerging my head in the flows of the greatest MCs who ever lived for nearly 30 years, today it takes a lot to peak my interest. Simply put, it takes someone really…IL.

Chicago native IL. Subliminal‘s attack has a bit of everything that makes an MC listenable; style, delivery, voice, content, and above all, passion. As pop culture and corporate control continues to dumb-down the masses, intellectual hip hop looses more and more footing not only because of the culprits but frankly, majority of conscious rappers don’t sound “cool” enough. IL. Subliminal is a breath of fresh, cool air; a combination of underground conscious burnerism and no-frills rawness that is suitable for the aficionado as well as those who need catchy enough motives to be enticed beyond their A.D.D.

Designed to be listened to from beginning to end, this is a true mixtape featuring a plethora of producers and guest MCs superbly mixed by DJ SeaNile. For more information including production credits visit IL.’s blog. (photo by Kinga).

Easy,
-Lokua

Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being is one of the most forward thinking Chicago musicians. Rooted in old-school Chicago house, he pushes the envelope by creating noisy and pulsating compositions that, underneath a rough, distorted exterior reveal a sublime musical complexity and tenderness. Jamal’s sound is probably one of the most organic ones that can be produced with electronic machinery. His music throbs with life and, to me, sounds more like high-caliber free jazz then simply ‘techno’ or ‘house’. He also runs Mathematics Recordings, an internationally acclaimed label releasing raw analog Chicago-influence music.

Below is a mix from the Sample/Pattern/Freeform series in which Jamal is using outdated equipment to recapture and explore the ways in which old-school DJ such as Ron Hardy constructed edits and mixes. More info here. The mix is as heavy as it is beautiful. Out of this world!

The following cast is a combination of two live sets by Lokua performed at Morseland on Chicago’s North Side for the Weekly series Heartbeats. The first half of the cast (00:00-22:24) took place on March 25 and phases from grass-roots-hip hop to electro jazz-funk to space-krunk. The second half (22:25-49:34) actually took place on an earlier date (March 18) and is highly improvisational, stylistically ranging from ambient-experimental to a minimal tech-house sort of sound.

These sets have also been featured on Solipsistic Nation along with an interview and two extra studio tracks.