Intrinsic Completes Lineup

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As previously announced, the first ever Intrinsic Festival will take place in France this August.

Launched in London two years ago, Intrinsic has put on several events focussing on audiovisual and ambient themes. This summer, however, will see the first ever festival, to be held at Le Parc de Joséphine Baker in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France for a three-dayer this August.

Following the event’s announcement, the full lineup is now available.

Headlining will be Roedelius with Christopher Chaplin (live), Jan Jelinek together with long-time collaborator Masayoshi Fujita (live), and Astral Industries’ three-piece ensemble CHI Factory (live).

They’ll be joined by E/Tape, Shcaa’s live debut, SME (live); Dasha Redkina will be bringing her new project Zoya Zerkalski (live), and there will also be a performance by Baby Vulture.

In addition to this, there will be rare experimental sets from Nicholas Lutz and Praslea, as well as from Gwenan and Andrew James Gustav. Although popularly associated with club spaces, they are being called to deliver aspects of their work that are scarcely exposed and exhibited to the public.

There will be performances from Uruguay-based Melina Serser, Astral Industries’ founder Ario, Miss I (Romania’s first record store head), the Volks resident Vlada, and more, too.

Visuals are an integral part of the intrinsic events and extensive projection mapping pieces will be provided for the festival by Dreamrec, Coté, and Acca. They will be joined by Naturalgoritm, who will contribute installations and site production.

Included in the program are also artist residencies and live painting, daily sessions of Kundalini yoga and Vinyasa Flow, voice and mantra workshops, ceremonies, and healing arts.

The full lineup is below.

Audio

Roedelius and Christopher Chaplin (live)
Masayoshi Fujita and Jan Jelinek (live)
CHI Factory (live)
Andrew James Gustav
Ario
Baby Vulture
E/Tape
Gyorgy Ono
Gwenan
Katabasis (live)
Melina Serser
Miss I
Nathalia
Nicolas Lutz
Orphee
Praslea
Shcaa (live)
SME (live)
Vlada
Zoya Zerkalski (live)

Visuals:

Acca
Cote
Dreamrec

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Installations:

Naturalgoritm

Mantra Workshops, Ceremonies, and Healing Arts

Ilhem
Lani Rocillo
Laurelene Chambovet
Marta
Maxwell Reynish
Mukhande Kaur
Païkan Dancing Deer
Pietro Platania
Valentina Loyaco

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For more information on the event and tickets, head to the Intrinsic site, with a Q&A with the organizer is below.

A teaser video for this year’s edition is playable above, with a recording of Jan Jelinek taken from a previous Intrinsic event all below.

Intrinsic has a remarkable reputation. Can you tell us about the concept behind it?

The concept behind Intrinsic is elevation and healing through limitless experimentation with the arts. For the past two years, we have been presenting immersive audio-visual events in London taking form in the ambient/experimental field. By providing a welcoming space, high-quality sound, and carefully curated bookings, we aim to bring together like-minded people within an intimate setting.

Our events combine a mix of live performances, soundscapes, visual mapping (projected onto structures), art exhibitions, gong baths, and they seek to explore the endless possibilities of immersive art. For us, Intrinsic is just as much about vibrations, intentions, and the environment as it is the actual performances that happen. Everything is connected.

Previous events were small, intimate, and took place in London. Intrinsic is now making the move to France. Why the switch?

After being contacted about potentially putting on an event in Dordogne, the idea of a three-day festival suddenly became an exciting possibility to expand our concept. Following our first site visit, we realized how magical the space was, and felt strongly that this was the next step for us to take.

The Parc of Josephine Baker is an ideal place to deliver Intrinsic; not only is the park incredibly beautiful and surrounded by nature (neighboring the Dordogne river and overlooked by the Château des Milandes castle), but it’s also steeped in a rich history.

As a site that promotes the arts and culture and has previously held world peace talks, we felt aligned with the ethos and energy of the place. The park also has all of the amenities that are needed for such an event—a bar, music hall, restaurant, camping space, even a swimming pool—so really, we cannot think of a better place to hold what we hope to be a memorable weekend.

We will continue our focus on keeping the atmosphere intimate, with a capacity of around 400 and ensuring that audience and artists are close to each other.

The artists playing at Intrinsic are extremely supportive of you as curators. What do you feel makes it so special for them?

We offer artists, whether musical or visual, the freedom to experiment and explore their craft on a deeper level. Such trust and freedom allows for artists to both elevate themselves and the people they are performing to.

When sound and visuals organically blend in relation to each other, a whole universe opens up that people co-create and are part of. This new space of experience is only possible when all factors are aligned—the artists, the listeners, the space, and the collective energy. I believe these vibrations and intentions are recognized—both from the artists and the audience. Maybe what makes Intrinsic special for them is that this is quite rare.

The lineup features DJs as well as some of electronic music’s most respected pioneers. Who are you most looking forward to seeing play?

What can we expect from the DJs? I have curated a lineup with dear friends consisting of past, present, and future influences and inspirations. I am looking forward to each and every performance. Intrinsic is free of predictable performances. I don’t have any expectations. I hope each performance complements each other and brings its own unique atmosphere. What people should not expect is a dancefloor; besides this, the sound direction is a matter of individual character and response to our themes such as Peace, Earth, and Universe.

Aside from music, the festival has a strong visual element as well as workshops such as yoga and contemporary dance. How do they all combine?

Visuals and sound complement each other aesthetically to give us a more immersive experience, while well-being activities raise our awareness. This is the core of the project: sound, visuals, nature, and well-being. Yoga and the wellness workshops bring us closer not only to ourselves and our own bodies but also closer to nature. It bridges the gap in a world that seems to be increasingly separating humans and the environment.

There will be daily Kundalini and Vinyasa Flow yoga sessions in the park as well as voice and mantra workshops, and healing arts. We do not often consider our mental and physical state in relation to experiencing art, but it’s worth questioning whether these things can positively impact our relationship with sound.

Visuals are an integral part of Intrinsic and are just as important as the music. We have invited three talented visual artists who we’ve developed long relationships with to the park this summer.

In the right setting and circumstances, “performance” and “experience” can extend beyond the simple points of when the music starts and stops, and spending three days in this kind of environment makes the potential of this immersion a more powerful possibility.

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Len Faki Launches Label and Figure Sub-Label

Len Faki is set to a sub-label of his Figure imprint and a new label, namely Figure Jams and LF RMX.

Figure Jams, a sub-label, is “all about bringing together artists whose work the label has already been following closely and feels to have a joint artistic vision with.” The aim to bring together “artists from a wider network whose music engages in a special kind of dialogue and has a joint artistic vision.” Each record on will be shared by two producers whose music engage in this “special kind of dialogue.” The first release, scheduled for June 12, will be a split EP from Fabrizio Lapiana and Amotik. Then, on July 24, Abstract Division and Patrik Skoog will pair up for Figure Jams 002.

The second label, LF RMX, will focus on remixes. Faki, a Berghain resident, has developed quite a reputation for his edits and LF RMX will be an outlet for this material. “LF RMX is a non-profit platform, through which I want to share some of the edited tracks I made originally for playing in my DJ sets,” Faki says. It’ll launch on July 3 with two takes on DJ Bone’s “Black Patterns,” followed by remixes of Stephen Brown’s “Deep In” later in the summer. All such label earnings will be donated fully to Straßenkinder e.V., a Berlin organization that contributes to the care of homeless children and child poverty.

Tracklisting

Fabrizio Lapiana X Amotik Figure Jams 001
01. Fabrizio Lapiana – Far Away
02. Fabrizio Lapiana – Memories
03. Amotik – Gora
04. Amotik – Kala

DJ Bone Black Patterns
01. Black Patterns (Len Faki Hardspace Mix)
02. Black Patterns (Len Faki Hardspace Tool)

Figure Jams 001 is scheduled for June 12 release, before LF RMX launches with Black Patterns on July 3.

Meanwhile, clips of Figure Jams 001 are streamable below.

Partisan to Release Kashawar LP

Kashawar will release a new LP on Partisan, titled Resonate.

Kashwar has previously released on the likes of Autoreply, Mosaic, and his own label Black Puddle, but this will be his debut on Anthea‘s Partisan imprint. The label described the release as an “explosive ensemble of rave-infused techno which travels beyond boundaries to defy the typical groove of 4X4 dance music.”

The nine-tracker will also be the label’s first LP release, following on from EPs by Giammarco Orsini, Oshana, and Inner.

Tracklisting

A1. Resonate
A2. The Man On The Moon
B1. Zero Gravity
B2. Hochbetrieb
C1. Orbitbass
C2. Hundertdreissig
D1. Radical Ambient
D2. Lakeside Trouble
D3. H

Resonate LP is scheduled for May 25 release, with clips streamable below.

Tim Hecker and Max Cooper Rework Ben Lukas Boysen

Max Cooper and Tim Hecker have reworked Ben Lukas Boysen on his new EP Golden Times 1—out on Erased Tapes, June 30, 2017.

Championed by many, including BBC Radio DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, as the standout track from his most recent album Spells, Boysen’s Golden Times 1 forms the very heart of his new EP with the same name. Boysen entrusted none other than Max Cooper and Tim Hecker to shape and lure the title track plus second single “Nocturne 4” into two entirely separate territories, yet never drifting too far away from their original soundscapes.

With “Evensong,” the composer himself contributes a previously unreleased piece.

Spells was somewhat of a conceptual release for me, so the choice of the remixing artists and where the original material could be taken was very important. Max and Tim, both being role models for me ever since I began listening to their work and who delivered this incredible abstraction, I felt were spot on for this release and were dream candidates to work with. Their ability to re-direct and even re-invent the original material, partially subtle, and with an almost brutish sense of imagination, honors the originals deeply.”
— Ben Lukas Boysen

“Ben has been one of my most listened to artists of the past year or so. His last two albums, in particular, have meant a lot to me and provided me with focus when I needed it. So I was excited to have a chance to remix his work. I felt like I couldn’t improve on his idea, but what I could do was take what was the core for me, and expand it. It was just a matter of running with the feeling I got from his original, sticking with his melodic forms and original instrumentation, and letting the growing intensity continue along it’s established path to the only possible end point of total annihilation in chaos and distortion. My version is almost a continuation of his original if it was allowed to blossom into a percussive format, rather than a traditional remix.”
— Max Cooper

Tracklisting

01. Golden Times 1
02. Evensong
03. Golden Times 1 (Max Cooper Remix)
04. Nocturne 4 (Tim Hecker Remix)

Golden Times 1 EP is scheduled for June 30 release, with the Tim Hecker remix streamable in full below.

Marcel Dettmann to Release ‘Dekmantel Selectors’ Compilation

The next Dekmantel Selectors compilation will be compiled by Marcel Dettmann.

According to the Dutch label, the compilation promises to “showcase another side” of the Berlin-based DJ-producer. Even Dettmann—who is well-known for being one of the most celebrated techno artists nowadays—had to start his musical journey somewhere. Long before Dettmann ever held court at Berghain (or its predecessor, Ostgut), he was just another young boy in Eastern Germany, whose earliest encounters with capitalism involved spending every penny he could scrape together down at the local record shop. In those days, it wasn’t techno that got him excited, but new wave, post-punk, industrial and EBM acts like Front 242 and Depeche Mode was what shaped him. “It’s music from my childhood,” says Dettmann. “It’s still relevant and still inspires me.”

That inspiration can be heard across his Dekmantel Selectors release, as Dettmann has put together what he describes as a “pre-techno compilation.” Much like the previous Selectors editions—which have come from the likes of Young Marco and Motor City Drum Ensemble—the compilation is not a mix CD, but a collection of tracks hand-picked by Dettmann from his own vinyl archives. Freshly remastered and occasionally reworked or re-edited by Dettmann himself such as Cabaret Voltaire’s “Low Cool” and A Thunder Orchestra’s “Diabolical Gesture”—the songs here are “vintage gems,” but they also represent a very personal journey into Dettmann’s past. “It was a great opportunity to dig deeper into my own musical outlook,” he explains. “The tracks come from a time before I became a DJ.” Simply put, the songs here are some of the building blocks upon which he’s built an incredibly storied career, and now he’d like to entrust them to future generations.

Tracklisting

A1. Front 242 “Don’t Crash”
A2. Force Dimension “Algorythm” (Manipulating Mix)
A3. Executive Slacks “So Mote It Be”
B1. Martin Dupont “The Light Goes Through My Mouth”
B2. A Thunder Orchestra “Diabolical Gesture” (Marcel Dettmann Edit)
C1 Twice A Man “Happy Life”
C2. Cabaret Voltaire “Low Cool” (Marcel Dettmann Edit)
C3. Kaa Antilope “Rise Up Helicopter, Like Bird”
D1. Ministry “Same Old Madness”

Marcel Dettmann’s Dekmantel Selectors is scheduled for June 23 release, with a sampler streamable below.

Maud Geffray ‘Sick of Love’

Following her 2015 single, “1994,” Maud Geffray returns to Pan European Recordings today with her debut album, Polaar.

Since 2003, the French artist has been a part of the Scratch Massive, putting out well-received albums and singles on labels like Pschent and Record Makers that fuse electro stylings with synth pop and chunky beats. Geffray’s solo work follows suit with moody synth-driven compositions that range from hazy downtempo to lurching groove-led club cuts. Polaar is at once introspective and confrontational, an album that is as suited to home listening as it is for the dancefloor.

In support of the release, Geffray and the label have offered up deep album track “Sick of Love” as today’s XLR8R download, available via WeTransfer below.

Sick of Love

Premiere: COLOM81AN Shares Affecting New Track and Video

Back at the end of last year, XLR8R debuted a track by mysterious act COLOM81AN, who were pushing what they referred to as NuMood, a dreamy and hypnotic style of beat-driven music that they pair with poignant visuals chopped from well-known films. This combination proved to resonate with our readers, landing COLOM81AN in the Top Downloads of September and also the year-end round up for 2016.

For their latest outing, COLOM81AN turn their hand to Sade’s classic “No Ordinary Love,” transforming it into a woozy, romantic slow burner complete with fitting visuals from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. The track, which also features the crooning vocals of regular collaborator Synthia, once again shows COLOM81AN’s deft hand at crafting warm, beat-driven cuts.

You can check out the video for “No Ordinary Love” in full via the player above, with the track also available to download via WeTransfer below.

Watch a Video on the History of Sampling

Earlier this year, Point Blank held an event at its London studio complex in collaboration with Brownswood Recordings and Ableton, with sampling as the main focus.

The event included a sampling competition, artist workshops, and a panel discussion, as well as a session with Chris Read from WhoSampled.com, who discussed, in detail, the history of sampling.

In the below video, Read explores the evolution of musical genres, from jazz and rock to hip-hop and house, and examines how each of these genres has borrowed from one another right the way up to where we are today, whilst giving examples of contemporary musicians whose work has heavily relied on sampling.

You can find more about Point Blank and its course here.

Stream a New Mix from Sonja Moonear

Sonja Moonear has shared a segment of her set from this year’s Comunité.

The second edition of Comunité Festival took place deep in the Mayan jungle at the sacred site of Cenote dos Palmas within the greater Parque dos Ojos. On offer within the stunning location was an exceptionally curated lineup featuring some of the top acts in electronic music.

The recording—a 74-minute segement—can be streamed below.

Meanwhile, a photo gallery of the event can be viewed here.

Abdulla Rashim, Function, Silent Servant, and More Remix Tadeo

Abdulla Rashim, Silent Servant, Efdemin, Pris, and Function have all remixed Tadeo for the Chronicles Of The Future Remixes EP.

The four-tracker, scheduled for May 17 release, follows on from Tadeo’s album release in January 2016 on Non Series, this time with a fine array of remixers reworking the tracks.

The A-Side is remixed by the Swedish Abdulla Rashim who delivers a “progressive and hypnotizing version of “The Net.” LA-based producer Silent Servant adds an industrial aspect to his version of “The Need Of Development.” On the flip side, Berlin’s Efdemin reincarnates “The Motivation” by adding introspective textures, which is followed by Function’s powerful version of “The Big Steps.” To close, “The Cyborg” is remixed by Pris.

Tracklisting

A1. The Net (Abdulla Rashim Remix)
A2. The Need Of Development (Silent Servant Remix)
B1. The Motivation (Efdemin Remix)
B2. The Big Step (Function Remix)
Digital Annex. The Cyborg (Pris Remix)

Chronicles Of The Future Remixes is scheduled for May 17 release.

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