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Mix: The Wizard (1986-89)
TDKs at the ready! Detroit Techno Militia has a selection of Jeff Mills’ radio mixes from 1986-89 when he was still The Wizard. Taped history.
(Photo credit: Sam Donnison and Takahiro Nakayama - Resident Advisor: Lost)
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Date: Monday 4 October 2010
Time: 8pm – midnight (SAST)
Venue: PASS Radio, 44 Long St, Cape Town, and streaming at http://panafricanspacestation.org.zaThe ‘ardkore assault team takes to the airwaves once more to delight and disturb you. Navigating the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, will be:
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Tarquin Lessing
Bruno Morphet
Martin SimsExpect deep-dub-electro-jazz-bass-tech-hop with bleeps, sweeps and the odd crooner classic straight out of the fifth dimension. Join us in studio/lounge for drinks, or listen online at http://panafricanspacestation.org.za.
This music radio programme is brought to you by the Pan African Space Station and Liquid Fridge.
Thank you for listening.
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Welcome to the Liquid Fridge. After resuming our broadcast 2 weeks ago, so to speak, an introduction is probably in order. Kindly press the play button above for the intended soundtrack. ;-)
Once upon a time there was a radio show. For nine glorious years it caused a weekly lurch in the force. It was ‘ardkore. A late night radio programme of brazen beats, sometimes mixed, often scratched and frequently stapled together. Broadcast from 1995 until 2004, first on MFM in Stellenbosch and later across the city on Bush 89.5, ‘ardkore was a unique outlet for Cape Town’s electronic musical prowess.
So you know, ‘ardkore was three hours long and had four particular bits (from 1999 onwards; what came before is in storage, somewhere):
1. the beginning – this is when it, um, starts.
2. the letter mix – throwing together exciting tracks whose titles start with the same letter.
3. the guest slot – where guests play a game of “record-record”.
4. the liquid fridge – 60 minutes of downtempo and experimental sound to cool off the evening.Eager to meet fellow broad-minded individuals, the ‘ardkore collaborators took over Fuse “the dance lounge for talented listeners” (R.I.P… the club, not the listeners – hope you’re still out there) on 26 February 2003 for an evening of audiovisual tricknology. Another thirteen events and assorted collaborations followed until June 2007. The mission:
Liquid Fridge is a non-profit organisation devoted to advancing contemporary South African creativity by encouraging interaction between those who explore the creative uses of technology, and debating the issues of art, media, culture and society.
Fast forward to the present. The purpose of this blog is to continue sharing music from the electronic fringe and closer, in the spirit of the long-lost radio show. This is not the thumping tedium found on commercial radio’s “dance” shows. However, occasionally, we might detour into well-trodden territory for the sake of irony, or just because we can. We also intend to dig up and dust off the recordings from 2003 – 2007 for you.
In essence, this is inspired by a radio show, but it’s not a radio show. Sometimes it might sound like a radio show, because old habits die ‘ard.
Thank you for listening.
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About the track: Biosphere - Valchirie (X-Rated: The Electronic Files, Boudisque Records, 2002). It’s exclusive to the compilation, which, incidentally, has a radio connection in that it was compiled by the hosts of an experimental music radio programme, X-Rated, broadcast Sunday evenings on Kink FM in the Netherlands… since 1995. Excellent space music.
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The Pan African Space Station will be in orbit again from Sunday, September 12 - October 12, 2010. Now in its third year, PASS continues its cross-cultural and cyber-spatial exploration, bringing together diverse pan-African sounds from ancient techno to future roots.
Space I: 30 days of cutting edge music streamed live online from the PASS Studio at 44 Long Street, Cape Town and the satellite studio in Limbe, Cameroon.
Space II: performances by Doctor Philip Tabane & Malombo, Kyle Sheperd Trio, Brice Wassy Trio, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, Endress Hassen, Thandiswa Mazwai, Mbuso T, Theo Parrish and many others.
Space III: audio-visual public art installation by artist Douglas Gimberg and architecht Greer Valley.
For the full line-up, info on how to get onboard the Space Station, and much more, go to http://www.panafricanspacestation.org.za
There are other worlds out there they never told you about.
(Photo: Cindy Blackman, PASS I, 2008)
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This is either a metal, or… if it is a metal, then it’s painted… cold surface… This is either a metal, painted, or could be a plastic… Colorful, there are… Bright… Seems like… is this a toy, probably? The surface is smooth, but… there are some bumps on it… Even the finger stucks in it… Probably it is… some marks, or is this a letters?… Or just a bumps… Looks like a toy… Colorful metal, or a plastic… painted metal… That’s all.. Stop.
In the sample, Russian telepath Karl Nikolaev is sitting in a room, trying to guess which item is lying on a table which is situated in a room two floors above him. More here.
Biosphere - Kobresia - Substrata - All Saints
