End of summer vibe… around the pool food time, time to get out a little bit more and remember what it’s like before it’s dark again.

01. Myagi – Sweet
02. Zeebee – The One I Am
03. Parov Stelar – Shine (Dub Version)
04. Holy Fuck – Dr. Dr. E
05. Misteur Valaire – Monster Donte
06. Ichisan & Nakova – Povratak Otpisanih
07. Whitetree – Other Nature
08. Burn The Negative – Hero In Tokyo
09. Kelpe – Half Broken Harp
10. Misteur Valaire – November Number 3 (Feat. Fanny Bloom)
11. Five Star Hotel – Underground (Cayetano Remix)
12. Christ. – Happyfour Twenty (Prhizzm Remix)
13. Stefano Giaccone Peter Brett – The Man on the Moon
14. Salem – Sweat
15. The Fauns – 1991
16. God Help The Girl – The Psychiatrist Is In

This week, Italian producer “Nheap” showcases a selection of ambient electronic.

01. Nheap – Photoperiodism (00:00)
02. Nheap – Eupnea (04:02)
03. Nheap – VLBI (09:49)
04. Nheap – Electric 80s Sea (from “Realight”) (14:02)
05. Nheap – 1997 OST (19:25)
06. Nheap – Improv 2 (23:33)
07. Nheap – Over The Rainbow (26:16)
08. Nheap – Katharsis (from “Realight”) (28:38)
09. Nheap – Kinesthesia 7 (33:01)
10. Nheap – Arctica (36:31)
11. Nheap – O.O.B.E. (from “Realight”) (40:59)

Massimo Discepoli, aka Nheap, is a musician and producer from Perugia, Italy. Nheap’s music can generically be defined “electronic”, but actually it is influenced from nearly every musical genre, jazz to ambient, classical to contemporary, and obviously every kind of electronic music. Nheap’s main influences are Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Miles Davis, Bach (and many many others).

He started playing drums in 1990, exploring every musical genre over the years, particularly jazz and funk (for example on the Vibrham CD by the homonymous trio, recorded in 2006 and internationally distributed).

In 2005 he started playing piano, and at the same time began producing his own music. The first album “Realight”, was released in 2008 by the Musicaoltranza netlabel, and it was favorably reviewed by the press. Some other tracks were included in various compilations.

Nheap’s second full length release, ‘skymotion’ is features 10 tracks, ranging from jazz to electronic and ambient to avantgarde; the drums were played live. The album is available for free download at nheap.com until October 30th 2009; then it will be available on iTunes and others online vendors, and also on nheap.com and acustronica.com.

Nheap is aiming to reach an ever tighter integration between electronic music and music played with real instruments, at the same time not excluding totally electronics or acoustics compositions.

Official Website: http://www.nheap.com

1. The Field – Foals (xIII Remix) [Kompakt - 2009]
2. Brooks – Iwanchu [Aus - 2009]
3. Rebotini – 1314 [Citizen Records - 2008]
4. Pig & Dan – Moderation [Topmodel Records - 2010]
5. Kerri Chandler – Oblivion [Soul Heaven Records - 2006]
6. Giorgio Giordano – Patagonia [CDR - 2009]
7. Josh Wink – Everybody To The Sun [Ovum Recordings - 2009]
8. Martin Eyerer and Benno Blome – Pianoroll (Audiofly Twinkle Edit) [Great Stuff Recordings - 2009]
9. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy – Blood Embrace (Acapella) [Domino Recording Company Ltd - 2005]
10. Gui Boratto – No Turning Back [Kompakt - 2009]
11. MyMy – Propain [Playhouse - 2006]
12. Ricky Stone & Mikael Jonasson – Cantonese Woman (Acapella) [CDR - 2010]
13. Guy Gerber – This Is Balagan [Cocoon Recordings - 2006]
14. Lee Jones – MDMazing [Aus Music - 2008]

Despite the difficult schedule, we did manage to catch up with the pair before the release of the mix to find ot more about this project!

• dR: So what’s with the name Groovepig?

  Mpig: “Ah yes, its not very interesting really, but it stems from a long standing ‘inside joke’ that came from a note Dpig had left about guinea pigs, which was lost in translation.. Because of the misunderstanding, one of us thought it was ‘genuine pig’. When it comes to our creative principles, groove is king, so when it came to choosing our collaboration name Groovepig seemed to fit perfectly.”

• dR: Was it easy working as an ‘incognito’ collaborative?

  Mpig: “The motivation behind this project was too see if we could create a mix that focused purely on the momentum of the sounds, whilst combining our interests in house music. We hit it off instantly, and despite a lot of changes along the way, the result was a well crafted mix that we put a lot of thought into.”

  Dpig: “It’s totally different to working together at a live event where you can choose a direction based on the crowd, you have to trust your instinct in the studio and offer genuine feedback to each other along the way. Sometimes it means purging hours of work, but the end result is worth it.”

• dR: How long did it take to get this together?

  Dpig: “It took a very, long time, longer than it should – perhaps an 8 month journey from conception to final touches – maybe a couple of hours a week. We were transferring files back and forth over networks and working on it when we had time out of our personal schedules – sometimes a couple of hours a week!

  Mpig: “The relaxed time-scale also gave us a chance to think about the sonic quality of the mix, a skill that is difficult to master in a live set-up. Ableton facilitated the necessary flexibility and Dpig worked really hard on the mastering, we wanted to get the best out of the sounds.”

• dR: Did you find yourself drifting into unfamiliar territory?

  Mpig: “Definitely! In fact were able to really look deep in our record boxes and pull out gems that might not necessarily work in a typical set, but we were able to extract elements from those tracks and layer them to create some great textures.”

  Dpig: “That’s what I love about house mixing – the idea is groove – so you can really blend in a track
  underneath to the point that everyone is oblivious to the mix actually happening until something really obvious comes in… I’m a real “house head” so it was only a matter of time that I threw in something deep…. loving how this is going… so interesting. I found that the tracks Mpig threw in really allowed me to slide into something more meditative… a real nice constant groove.”

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The master of both multiple instruments and sound production by this Hamburg based artist allows him to deliver an ambitious yet intimate mini LP, bridging ambient fields and saturated episodes.

Moritz explains: “I put all the influences – what i’ve heard, felt, just everything into my music. Now, in a retrospective view i can mention each drum pattern, guitar riff or piano theme which refers to a special situation, band or song.”

“‘Art of heartwork’ was inspired by all the things i’ve heard, felt and listened to from 2008 – 2010.”

“It’s like you’re on a journey. You’re driving through a rough urban agglomeration by night, twisted sounds stretching upwards into the air, the flashing light of a streetlight, the quiescence while you’re driving on a country road. The laid back atmosphere collides with distorted driving guitars – it all ends up in blaring shouts: for us, for them, for you! “cause we are for us, for them, for you.” ”

We caught up with Moritz Beller to find out more about the sound.

• dR: So, where did the name “Moolen”come from, is it made up?
  MB: Some People near my Hometown add a “-len” as a suffix to a word. the shortform of Moritz is usually “Mo”. So you have “Moolen”.
• dR: What is your main inspiration for your sound?
  MB: This is really hard to explain – especially in english language! I listen to a lot of music, especially the borderzone between electronic and analogue music. I like to absorb every sound in my memory, mix it in my mind and try to re-create this sound on tape.
• dR: So, what albums have you listened too lately?
  MB: Milestones in the last 2 Months: The Tallest Man on Earth (Shallow Grave / S/t EP), Henrik José – the little things (aka BLISS – i really like the bliss music, too ), Arms and Sleepers (Black Paris 86), This Will Destroy You/Lymbyc Systym (Field Studies)
• dR: And what was your first record you bought?
  MB: Mhhh… Puddle of Mudd – She hates me. Embarrassing!
• dR: Recently, we celebrated a global “Record Store Day” on dirtyradio, do you shop at record stores often?
  MB: I’m not often in a record store. i have no time (i take no time) to hang around in the record store and listen to music. I usually pre-listen it online and buy it when i get the chance.
• dR: How do you think net labels will shape the future of electronic music?
  MB: I’m really new to the Netlabel-thing. In my view the netlabel-”scene” is a kind of a parallel Music Industry without money. So there is no need to produce, distribute and promote commercial music. An artist is absolutely free in the way of making music. I dont think that the netlabels or the Creative Commons shape the future of electronic music. The Producer / Artist and the technical environment will shape the music.
• dR: With that in mind, are there any particular techniques that you use to achieve your sound?
  MB: Well, i don’t use any technique consciously. I just play with my Sequencer Software and the Audio Effects. In a retrospective way i see that i have used a lot of layering. The beginning of “tapedeck” is just a lot of layering work using ePiano and a handful of guitar-flagolette tunes.
• dR: Do you play out live often? What sort of set-up do you have?
  MB: I’ve never played my music live, yet. But im on it. It is really really hard to find musicians. The implementation of electronic and acoustic music is really hard to organize and to quantize.
• dR: What advice would you give to up and coming artists?
  MB: Do your thing.
• dR: If you had a time machine, where would you go?
  MB: In the future, of course!

Check out ‘Tapedeck’:

The album is in rotation on dirtyradio as our a Album of the Week.

Get all the 7 tracks of this LP free and legal on LCL Netlabel website
LCL CREATIVE COMMONS NETLABEL

RAYON NARRATIF

20TH SHOW
fine-tuned the past, thinking about the rest. new banner for new music. this is mostly fresh ambient incoming for this week. the sound closest to the air it plays with. it’s also got kind of an arc going doesn’t it?

01. Stuart Matthewman // Intro Horn Theme (Northfork)
02. Danny Norbury // All the Stars Are Out Tonight
03. Solo Andata // In the Light Storming
04. D. R. Radio // Made To Dream
05. Mika Vainio // Silencés Traverses de Monde et des Anges
06. Loscil // Strathcona
07. Simon Scott // Flood Inn
08. Jana Winderen / Submerged
09. Christopher Tignor // Last Nights on Eagle Street
10. Segue // Never
11. Tsukimono // Gloomy Sunday
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60:15

I have never heard of this London-based duo, but with good reason – discogs.com shows their first 12″ as being released in 2006. This then is their debut album. Italoboyz (aka Marco Donato and Federico Marton) are described as ‘minimal techno’ and ‘characterized by organic elements along with large doses of funk and energy’. Okay then.

Actually i couldn’t have put it better myself. The album sets off with a brave 12 minute builder called ‘Where is London’ with a subdued techno bassline, and a fantastic baroque sounding piano piece… and a massive ‘Big Ben’ chime sample along the intro and outro. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does. This is the merging of genres in its truest form.

The album continues with some menacing upbeat bouncy rhythms and plenty of percussion. Im sure i heard a saxomophone in there somewhere too. The tongue-in-cheek vocal sampling in ‘Chinese’ with put a nice grin on your face. So at the very least you get a laugh for your money =)

The whole album is rounded off quite nicely with a live track called ‘The Pink Unicorn’ which is a delightful 8 minute melody and soft hi-hats.

This is the the perfect album to listen too in the comfort of your armchair, or a great way to wind down after a hard night of partying.

Rating (out of 5) : 5

Genre: Techno / Minimal / Instrumental
Release Date: 21/09/2009
Label: Mothership
Cat No: MSHIP023
Tracklist:

1. Italoboyz avec Masomenos – Where is London
2. Taka Taka Tashhh
3. Chinese
4. Edo Breiss
5. Techno Tower
6. L’Anagramme
7. Italoboyz vs. John Coltrane – Bahia
8. Oh Mio Dio
9. The Pink Unicorn (live in Tokyo)

mp3 release: http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=225408
cd release: http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=226739
flac release: http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=225408&highlight=225419

Official Website: www.italoboyz.com

*Q- Who is Mike The Sausage? A -There is simply no time to fit every bit of every track into the show, so Mike The Sausage re-edits some of the tracks to fit.

You can join the Dancecast Facebook page – throughout week i will be offering some early cuts of the mixes prepared for the show this week.

01. Mark Knight & D Ramirez Vs Underworld – Downpipe (Mike The Sausage Re-Edit)
Progressive House & Prog Trance Mix
02. Cirez D – On Off
03. Mark Ankh – Minute Of Decay (Timmy & Tommy Remix)
04. Basic Nova – New Range
05. Sebastian Ingrosso – Kidsos (Wippenberg Remix)
06. Sebastian Ingrosso & Dirty South – Meich
Fidget Mix
07. Miles Dyson – Outro (Original Mix)
08. Recall 22 – Subimos Juntos (Pablo Decoders Electro Madness Remix)
For No Reason, Just That We Like It
09. The Shamen – L.S.I. (Love Sex Intelligence)
Minimal & Tech
10. Martin Eyerer and Benno Blome – Pianoroll (Audiofly Twinkle Edit)
11. Pig & Dan – Memories

RAYON SOMA

10 shows since the last one like this. Drift in and out, come back and tell me what you know.

01. Ekkehard Ehlers & Paul Wirkus // Kwaity
02. Seaworthy // Inside, Installation 1
03. AUN // Motorsleep
04. Machinefabriek // Saxaphone, Radio, Tape, Vinyl
05. Jana Winderen // Drift
06. Lull // The Sheet
07. Riceboy Sleeps // Howl
08. Hannu // Hintergarten
09. Taylor Deupree // Worn
10. Lawrence English // The Prelude To
11. Whitetree // Slow Ocean
12. Odland // Les Yeux de L’Oiseau
13. Olafur Arnalds // Ljosid
14. Torngat // La Petite Nicole

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