Favorite Mixes from November 2021
Soundtracks for your next run, car ride, walk in the park, dinner party, or simple downtime in the comfort of your home are here. In November, the favorite mixtapes that we listened to cover a broad spectrum of electronic music, making it easier to fit your mood.
Birds Ov Paradise - The Memoir Page 70
The Memoir, we can easily say, is one of the most consistent and original podcast series on the internet. Well, it may have got its shiniest gem up to date. Courtesy of David Sabel, better known as Birds Ov Paradise, the latest mix in Hypnus' catalog is a mind-bending cosmic journey made entirely of unreleased material by the Swedish techno-wizard.
Mary Yalex - November Strings
Leipzig's own Mary Yalex is known for a broad music knowledge, which reflects in mesmerizing tunes coming out of her studio and intricate DJ mixes that blur ambient, house, and techno lines. Her latest mix named 'November Strings' is a glacial majesty that has a penchant for shimmering tones and aural beauty.
Inhmost - Modcast Episode 004
We can't get enough of Inhmost. After his impeccable contribution to our' Sundays are for..' series, the British ambient warlock is back behind the decks once again. He brings us another beautiful journey through hypnotizing field recordings, deep emotional undercurrents, and melancholic constructions.
Tet - Deep Daydreams 18.11.21
Munich-based Tet is again on our list for all good reasons. The mix Tet made for her Deep Dreams show at London-based Bloop Radio is too good not to share. It's groovy enough to make you dance but also intricate and in moments mellow that can easily be enjoyed during a car ride and downtime at home. Tet has done it again!
Parris - Dekmantel Podcast 359
After releasing his long-awaited debut album 'Soaked In Indigo Moonlight' a few weeks ago, London-based Parris delivers quite a mix for the Dekmantel podcast series. Parris threads all aspects of his sound on the mix - there's restrained bass music, lively grime, and novel techno.
Robag Wruhme - BBC Radio Mix 2021
One of the industry's finest, Robag Wruhme, brings some excellent downtempo frequencies with his latest mix for BBC radio. Not often can you hear a non-dance floor-oriented mix from Robag, but with his experience and music knowledge, you can bet that a mix like this will be ear candy. Excellent track selection makes this mix 'a must listen'.
Oceanic - TRAX.449
On his latest podcast for Trax Magazine, Amsterdam-based Nous'klaer Audio affiliate Oceanic delivers a ride that blurs lines between techno, breaks, and IDM. With its complex drum programming and great track selections throughout the mix, Oceanic keeps the flow smooth, creating delightful listening.
Richard Fearless - ‘The Monday is Ok’ mix
The latest mix in Ransom Note's 'Monday is OK' series comes from Death In Vegas founder and Drone boss, Richard Fearless who just released his new album named 'Future Rave memory.' Richard has a remedy for gloomy Monday blues, the mix of droning rhythms and soundscapes that tread the line between ethereal and haunting, between distortion and bliss
DJ Voices - DIM255
A founding member of the Working Women collective and booker of Nowadays, Brooklyn's own DJ Voices brings intricate rhythms and positive vibes in her latest mix for Dimensions Festival podcast. The mix is a 90-minute landscape of multi-faceted and highly-charged sounds featuring several local NYC producers that DJ Voices is loving right now.
Bas Dobbelaer - Future Intel 12.11.2021
With the live recording from the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague, Bas Dobbelaer brings dark after hour vibes that create a deeply haunted atmosphere ideal for the foggy dance floor.
GiGi FM - Patterns of Perception 89
A few weeks before Giulia Fournier's, better known as GiGi FM, debut album 'Kiwi Synthesis Diary 21k' saw the light of the day. The Berlin-based collective Patterns of Perception shared the recording from their party where GiGi FM was on closing duties. As it says in the description of the mix 'this was a blistering performance that left the audience totally transfixed over the course of two and half blissful hours. Capturing spontaneity, improvisation, diversity, and vibrancy, this set had a profound, lasting impact on all those present, and we're pleased to be able to share this recording.' Well... put your dancing shoes on!
Carsten Jost - Rosa K.
This is two hours well spent! Carsten Jost is in his element, with a beautiful eclectic ride that will warm your heart. As one of the comments in the mix says - 'Carsten Jost's mixes make the world a bit better’, we second that.
Huerco S. - mix for Ian Kim Judd’s ‘Fifth World’ show
Berlin via Kansas City Brian Leeds, aka Huerco S, is one of the most prominent figures on the international ambient and lo-fi house scene. Whether through his productions or DJ mixes, Huerco S. always takes a listener on a journey through different emotions and subtle, immersive, and captivating melodies. His latest mix for Ian Kim Judd's radio show features the tracks that Huerco S. likes to list while behind the wheel. Fantastic track selection...
Etapp Kyle - Glitch Podcast 017
If you feel a bit adventurous, here's something a bit different from Ostgut Ton's Etapp Kyle. Impressively executed IDM/Experimental mix for Glitch podcast. Here's what Etapp Kyle said about the mix: "I had a bit of a funny yet crazy idea for it. I'm a big fan of glitchy IDM tracks, which I sometimes use for intro or as tools. I went through my music and realized I have enough material for a mix now. It's crazy experimental stuff, but I wanted to challenge myself for the Glitch podcast series and make it this way. Another idea/challenge was to avoid classical beatmatching mixing approach but to compile and chop the tracks in the way when they play together naturally without making accent on transitions."
Wata Igarashi - HATE Podcast 259
Techno San, Tokyo-based Wata Igarashi delivers an hour of peak-time techno vibes in his latest podcast for the HATE music platform. The energy that would smash the dance floor into pieces is good enough reason to put this mix next time you go for a run.
Laut & Luise - AFAR #119
This is a wonderfully eclectic mix full of melancholic reflection, purifying catharsis and peaceful oscillations by Cologne and Berlin-based Laut & Luise.
mouseDown - TwoTons 17.11.21
Salvador Coromina, aka mouseDown aka ABSIS, recently shared this mind-bending 4hr recording of his set from Switch Pocket club. During this 4hr be ready to visit many different corners of deep and trippy electronic music.
Steve Duncan - IDA Folder 03.11.21
Patterns Of Perception co-founder Steve Duncan delivered this wonderfully paced mix, ideal for a car ride. Some of the tracks in this mix are heavily pitched down but sound so good when put together cohesively. Well done, Steve!
Caim - Outsiders: One Eye Witness
One Eye Witness invited Mark Antoni of Caim for their latest episode of 'Outsiders' at Kiosk Radio. Mark, the head honcho of the Amsterdam-based Mood parties, and his vinyl imprint Lonely Planets Records played a lovely downtempo set that will for sure brighten up your lazy moments at home.
Objekt - All Night @ Nowadays, NYC 23.10.21
Well, it doesn't get much better than this. The recording of the WHOLE NIGHT, a 9hr recording of Objekt slaying the dance floor of Brooklyn's Nowadays, has to be on your must-listen list. This is what Objekt said about that night: Last month, I played an all-night set at Nowadays in NY, which I've described to many friends since as probably the best DJing experience of my life. As a DJ you're constantly seeking a connection with those you play to, and sometimes it's there, sometimes not. But I have never felt so intimately close to, and in tune with, an audience – whose faces I could barely even see – for the entire duration of a night.
I'd slept for 2 hours, was jetlagged to the point of delirium and woefully underprepared for a 9-hour set. By the last hour and a half I had a crippling stomach cramp and was falling asleep on my feet. But by some cosmic rave miracle, I had somehow slipped into a groove from the beginning and found myself tracing an arc that felt like it was drawing itself, as if all I had to do was relax and watch my own hands play the music. There were moments of intensity and euphoria and nostalgia and energetic catharsis, but throughout the entire set, I felt fully empowered to meander in deep, subtle and confounding directions, somehow confident that wherever I went, the dancefloor would follow.
The final stretch descended into a nostalgic parade of old and poignant favourites which, coming out of a recent period of personal upheaval, kinda knocked me sideways and left me frequently close to tears. I was a physical and emotional wreck by the time I finished. But it was a completely magical experience from beginning to end, which felt shared in a very genuine way by everyone in the room, and honestly I don't care if anyone would listen to a 9-hour recording these days because I just want there to be a document of the night in its entirety out there for posterity.
So here you go – a four part recording of the whole set, hopefully conveying at least some of the joy I felt on the night. Heartfelt thanks to Nowadays and to every person who was there.'
A few of the Delayed members were present, and we can second that it was quite a special night. Enjoy the ride!