Leave Trace

I have 2 tracks — Quintessence and States of Decay (with Michael Maricle) — featured on this new, FREE, compilation from Invibe Music. The comp has music by Kalpataru Tree, Subaqueous, Michael Maricle, Guda, Babajaga, and more, and is loaded with beautiful midtempo vibes to spice up your Summer soundtrack. Enjoy!

Phutureprimitive fans rejoice! Here’s a new 5-track release to tickle you earbones with his trademark delicate balance of smooth-yet-nasty dubsteppy tunage, and a perfect dash of melody, arpeggios and vocals to keep things light. These tracks slide from your speaker cones like a comforting, silky sludge (the best kind!) and are sure to slay a festival dance floor near you this summer.

Preview it below and pick up your own copy at his Bandcamp page.

This melodysheep guy totally gets it. Two legendary comedians, Bill Hicks and George Carlin, offer their perspectives on life, through song.

Ah, here’s a cut from the new Benji Vaughan (aka Process and half of Younger Brother) album. It’ll be released in Spring 2013 on Twisted Records. I love the raw, analog, chunkiness of it, paired with its subtle psychedelic layers and evolving composition.

If you love this vibe as much as I do, then you should also check out his track on the recent Eclipse 2012 – Following the Eye of God compilation:

I absolutely love this promo spot for Moog’s new Sub Phatty synthesizer, with music by Flying Lotus and animation by Adam Fuchs.

In honor of the new Moog Sub Phatty analog synthesizer Flying Lotus & Adult Swim veteran, Adam ‘Lilfuchs’ Fuchs collaborated on a short animation called Moog Sub Phatty: New Machine For Living. You can hear the new Sub Phatty analog synthesizer in Flying Lotus’s original score for the animation, called ‘Such a Square’. Thanks FlyLo, Thanks Adam. Love, Your friends at Moog.

Woah, this Argaman double-album is something else. It’s Mad Hatter, psycho-electro-orchestral-circus music at its best. Reminds me a lot of the first time I heard The Other Side disc from Infected Mushroom’s double-release “Converting Vegetarians“, with a requisite splash of Shpongle at their wackiest. It’s also reminiscent of the wonderful differentness found in Kettel & Secede’s recent “When Can” release.

If you’ve been looking for music that’s fun and unexpected, then this is for you. Purchase is available via Argaman’s Facebook shop.

Here’s a treasure from Dick Trevor‘s DAT archives — a 1999 Slinky Wizard vs Green Nuns of the Revolution remix of Atmos‘ classic cut of tech-trance, Klein Abor Doctor, which was then live-dub mixed by Hallucinogen. All involved were top of the genre in 1999, so this is truly a special combination of talents.

The description from Dick Trevor’s Soundcloud:

Looking through my old DAT’s, I found this forgotten gem… This was made in Januray 1999. It’s a remix of Atmos’ classic Klein Aber Doctor done by myself and George Barker, released as Slinky Wizard vs. Green Nuns Remix….BUT this version was done after we had put down our final mix…. Simon popped round for a cuppa and did a live mix on the mixing desk. In the “olden days” before making everything inside a computer people would make their sequenced mix then put everything on a loop and make a live mix on the analogue mixing desk twisting the FX and EQ’s, playing the desk like an instrument……this was a trick learnt from the days of Youth’s Butterfly Studios….. Simon P., Ott and Greg Hunter were masters of this.Then you could edit it down into a few minutes. So this is Simon’s live mix of our remix….its about 19 minutes long and very psychedelic! Enjoy!

Take a look at these stunning Moogfest screen prints from DKNG.

Lots more info and process photos can be found here:
2010: http://www.dkngstudios.com/2010/10/12/moog-art-print/
2011: http://www.dkngstudios.com/2011/10/26/2011-moog-art-print/
2012: http://www.dkngstudios.com/2012/10/29/moog-inspired-art-goes-galactic/

Now THIS is a product video done right. Instead of a dubstep-infused blizzard of edits and mayhem, Moog slows everything down to emphasize the care and consideration they put into making this special addition Minimoog Voyager. Gear porn done right.

Max Cooper – Micron – Official Video By Dmitry Zakharov from Dmitry Zakharov on Vimeo.

This is the official video by Dmitry Zakharov for the track "Micron" by Max Cooper, released on Traum Schallplatten.

"Life comes into being, blooms and vanishes. And where all life is built of smaller parts that form a living whole, in this video I created fractals of human body parts that are born, bloom to form a larger, more coherent whole, then die. They're abstracted hands, ears, and faces similar to Max's earlier 'positive mutation' visuals – tying a minimalist look in with abstracted shapes. Max often works with ideas around the aesthetics of science, and I wanted to connect the scientific idea of fractals to the experience of life itself."
– Dmitry Zakharov, animator.

www.dmitryzakharov.de
www.facebook.com/pages/dmitryzakharovde/162245857129877

www.maxcooper.net
www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax

Available for free download is my 3-track EP, Textural Selection. These tracks are linked by their synesthetic fusion of audio grit and the deep, mellow atmospheres that I’m compelled to explore. Sometimes all it takes is a bit of fuzz in your stylus of life to remind you to pay attention to the moment and savor reality while you still can.

Stream it in it’s entirety via the player below and download a track or the entire release in the format of your choosing—including lossless formats—here.

Music and Art by Chris Haines. Dilate originally by Justin Byrnes, Keith Kelley & Sean Donoghue-Neider and released on Anxiety of Acceleration EP. Mastered by Jake Perrine.

How about some Intelligent Lounge Music for your maxin’ and chillaxin’?

I’m back from an exhausting weekend at Esthetic Evolution 2012, in the epic Twin Springs, ID. I had a blast with the Monster Planet gang, and I do believe we brought something truly unique to the festival. People either got it and loved it, or just didn’t know what to make of us. Many thanks to the EE staff for giving us the opportunity — and our own stage for the entire fest — to do what we do best – melt faces and charm snakes.

Here are a few photos I took. Somehow I managed to make it look like there was no one there, but’s that far from reality. It was jammed with 1000+ shiny, happy people.

Tune-in here tonight, June 11 from 9pm-1am PST, to catch the live webcast of our Monster Planet mayhem. Safety not guaranteed.

View the Monster Planet Channel

Great news for lovers of intricately crafted electronic music! Enig’matik Records has just dropped the follow up to their much loved (by me) compiliation, Painting Pictures in Silence. This second volume contains a whopping 22 tracks by some of the best sound designers in the biz, including Si Begg, Sun In Aquarius, KiloWatts, and Birds of Paradise. With elements of ambient, dub, glitch, downtempo, dubstep, breaks, and heavy washes of psychedelia, this massive release is sure to get A LOT of playtime from me and other connoisseurs of splendid beats.

Preview the release with the player below and head over to Bandcamp to get your copy. Releases of this caliber deserver to be rewarded with attentive listening and a bit of your money.

Here’s a glimpse of a new psytrance work-in-progress.

On December 17-18, 2011, Digitally Imported’s Psychill channel celebrated another Winter Solstice with an 24+ hour event that included DJ sets by Androcell & Distant System, Kick Bong, Lemonchill, Kanc Cover, AuroraX, Epronivicampel, Yize, Maiia, Matt With an S, Tampered DNA, GadgetG, Hallucinary, ROX, Majah, Johnny Blue, Dragram, DJ Ene-miss, Bloodwing, Shoom, and me, Crispy. It was an epic journey of wintery vibes and a pleasure to participate in.

Here is my Winter Solstice 2011 set for download. It’s a sublime, introspective mix, which premiered a melodic-glitch track from me, Leave Trace.

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab lots of other mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

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Download » Crispy - DI.FM Psychill Winter Solistice 2011 (1hr 20min, 184MB)

Tracklist ::
[0:00:00] 01. Sephira – Where’s My Map [free download]
[0:01:45] 02. Upavas – Realms of Jupiter [free download]
[0:07:30] 03. Tetarise – Through the Border [free download]
[0:13:00] 04. Lauge & Baba Gnohm – Dybet [purchase]
[0:18:00] 05. Lenny Ibizarre – Fields of Super-Symmetry (Drumapella Mix) [purchase]
[0:23:40] 06. Kalpataru Tree – Chimera Pyramid [purchase]
[0:29:50] 07. Mirror System – Mirror Beach (Pitch Black’s Iron Sands Re-rub) [purchase]
[0:37:00] 08. Leave Trace – In the Age of Dreaming Machines [unreleased]
[0:47:00] 09. Open System – Pantheon (Radio Edit) [free download]
[0:53:25] 10. Ishq – And Awake [purchase]
[1:00:00] 11. Aligning Minds – My Blue June [purchase]
[1:06:20] 12. Krusseldorf – Tokyo Nights [purchase]
[1:10:00] 13. Aes Dana – Anthrazit (feat. Field Rotation) [purchase]
[1:15:00] 14. Solar Fields – Phase 05 – When the Worlds Collide [free download]

Final cut of the full-length movie for the classic album. This utilizes the backdrop films the band used during their initial US, UK, and French tours for the album, with additional footage used for "Breathe" and live footage from 1972 added to "Time". The mix of the album for the video contains extended versions of "Speak To Me" and "On the Run".

Final cut of the full-length movie for the classic album. This utilizes the backdrop films the band used during their initial US, UK, and French tours for the album, with additional footage added to "Us and Them" and the entire "Any Colour You Like". The mix of the album for the video contains an extended version of "Money".

Spotted at Synthtopia.

“We are not entertainers, we are sound scientists.” – Kraftwerk

Modulations is a feature-length documentary produced by George Gund and directed by Iara Lee which captures a moment in history where humans and machines are fusing to create today’s most exciting sounds.

It traces the evolution of electronic music as one of the most profound artistic developments of the 20th century. By cutting back and forth between avant garde composers, Kraftwerk’s innovative synthesizer drones, Giorgio Moroder’s glacial Euro-disco, Afrika Bambaataa’s electro-funk and Prodigy’s current worldwide superstarstardom, Modulations celebrates, replicates and illuminates the nomadic drift of the post-human techno sound.

The film examines the kids who have turned the turntable into a musical instrument, disillusioned disco lovers who created acid house out of primitive synthesizers, Motor City mavericks who saw the drum machine as their escape route out of urban neglect, and a generation of British youth who transformed these blips and bleeps into dance floor anthems of their own alienation.

Modulations provides a sense of history and context in which today’s electronic music can be understood. It entertains the converted and remixes the mindset of electronica’s nay-sayers.

Featuring a stunning collage of interviews, cutting-edge visuals, in-studio footage and live performances, Modulations moves at a pace that matches the energy and innovation of the music.

Do you know about Monster Planet, a monthly evening of bad movies and improvised electronica? We have multitrack recorded every moment of every show for the past 2 years, in order to capture those moments of sonic synchronisity when the 5 unrehearsed musicians on stage all lock into the same vibe and something truly wonderful flows from the speakers. “Monster Planet — Year One” is a collection of some of our favorite moments from the first 12 shows.

I can’t help but think back to the heyday of The Orb and Future Sound of London when I listen to this stuff, so if that breed of amorphous, psychedelic ambiance is your thing, you should love what we’ve been cooking up at Monster Planet.

Here’s a great little video bio on Rain, aka Phuturprimitive.

Directed by Jason Mongue, www.jasonmongue.com

I’m really enjoying this new Iboga Records comp, Everlasting—compiled by Gaudi. I’ve featured most of the included artists in my Psilicon Dreams mixes, so if you are a fan, then don’t miss picking up this release.

Feast your ears on this new helping of psy-delicious from Globular. It’s a free download too!

Watch this space as we will yet again attempt a live broadcast of tonight’s Monster Planet unsanity. The show starts at 9pm PST.

From a a series of pieces centering around Jimi Hendrix by the masterful Moebius. Spotted at theairtightgarage.tumblr.com.

I’m trying something a little different with this one, both in delivery and content. Here’s a Youtube playlist of some nice-n’-heady rock/metal/post to get you through the next couple of hours.

Enjoy!

Set list:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Dead Flag Blues
Clutch – Spacegrass
The Black Angels – Empire
Grails – I Led Three Lives
Sunn O))) & Boris – The Sinking Belle
Black Sabbath – The Story Behind Planet Caravan
Pantera – Planet Caravan
Sigur Ros – I Gaer
Alice in Chains – Whale and Wasp
Tool – Parabol
Grails – Drawn Curtains
Implodes – Marker
Earth – Plage of Angels (Angel Coma version)
Pink Floyd – Echoes / Live at Pompeii

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.

But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.

presspauseplay.com @presspauseplay Facebook: on.fb.me/y4gEK1

If you like the film you can support us by rating it on IMDB – imdb.to/jUqhFn. Thanks!

You know about Monster Planet, right? It’s where we take over a bar with 5 musicians, terrible B-movie montages, and improvise the rest from 9pm-1am.

Tune in tonight, Monday, January 9, 9pm-1am PST, as we attempt to live stream the Monster Planet insanity for your delight and bewilderment. Expect technical glitches (from space!) as we work out the bugs (from beyond time!), along with our regular cast of weird, strange, sick and twisted. Tonight’s auditory experience will be provided by Pezzner, Nio, Gel-Sol, William Mempa, and Blake Peterson. With visual entertainment by Killing Frenzy.

I’m really digging the fusion of ambient, crunky dub, and glitchy IDM in this new album from Liquid Stranger. I was not super into his last one, The Arcane Terrain, but I knew this one was different mere seconds into hearing the first track. Cryogenic Encounters is sure to get a lot of play time from me.

Image morphing has been pushed to new heights in this new Matthew Dear video.

Matthew Dear – Headcage from Ghostly International on Vimeo.

Yum! This preview of the new Solar Fields album is absolutely mesmerizing. It’s the type of music that compels you to stop and just listen. New Solar Fields is always a good thing and this sounds like it could be one of his best releases yet. It drops on December 20, but you can preorder now so you get it on day 1.

Feast your ears on this new and stunning deep ambient release from Ishq. Buy it in digital or phyical format from here.

Ishq makes a welcome return to Interchill with an otherworldly excursion into sublime ambience. And Awake is the next chapter of their meditative chronicles that began with the 2004 debut album ‘Orchid’ (Interchill/Dakini) and left off with their most recent release ‘Sama’ (Electronic Soundscapes). Imbued with mystical properties, the rich harmonic layers of And Awake create space for the busy mind to unwind and drift away to a subtle realm of inner quietude.

This is too cool not to post. Click the image to view its full glory.

Spotted at Gizmodo.

Psilicon Dreams 20 channels inspiration from the embers of summer. You won’t hear anything too heavy or trippy in this mix, just smooth, feel-good vibes to light your way though these coming darker, colder months. Enjoy!

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab lots of other mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

Tune in the second Saturday of every month at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the latest episode of Psilicon Dreams on DI.FM.

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 20 (October 2011) (1hr 13min, 168MB)

Track list:
01. Kuba – Bringin It All Back Home [purchase]
02. Fingerprint – Kingstoned [free download]
03. Nada – Raja Mati [purchase]
04. Lab’s Cloud – I Always Did Love You [purchase]
05. Talvin Singh – One [purchase]
06. Tabla Beat Science – Palmistry [purchase]
07. Ott – A Nice Little Place [purchase]
08. Astral Waves – Falling Stars [purchase]
09. Laya Project – A New Day (Pitch Black Remix) [purchase]
10. 8219 – LoveMi [free download]
11. Prometheus – Sweet Tooth [purchase]
12. Dextro – Pillar [purchase]

The cover art contains a photo by Daniela María Chang.

This is absolutely stunning….

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011.

Here’s a stupendous netlabel mix by ColtEP, featuring a fine selection of tunes from the British Columbia-based, dub techno label Silent Season. It’s perfect for those grey moments, when you want music that will alter your headspace but doesn’t command too much attention. Enjoy!

Here’s a bit of video from our special Monster Planet show at ReBar on Halloween:

And a few photos….

Thanks, Lara!

The latest Younger Brother album was pretty much meh, but the electronic remixes they are stating to tease us with sound like they are going to wash all those bad memories away….

Pound a Rhythm Electronic – Younger Brother by TwistedMusic

Hello …… this is a ruff draft of the electronic version of Pound a Rhythm . You’ll hear the final version when we release Vaccine – electronic ( crap title I know – its a working title i promise)

You’ll probably catch some sort of version of this if you come to any of the Younger Brother sound system gigs coming up.

hope u enjoy

I finally got my Chillography 401 pics up on the old Flickr tube.

If episode 19 of Psilicon Dreams, my monthly mix series for Digitally Imported Radio, has a theme, then that theme is Psy n’ Bass. It features a fine collection of tunes that combine the right kinds of interesting fiddly bits with a healthy amount of bass. Not all of the tracks exactly fit this description, but most do. The rest are there for contrast and dynamics, but all are presented for your supreme enjoyment.

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab lots of other mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

Tune in the second Saturday of every month at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the latest episode of Psilicon Dreams on DI.FM.

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 19 (September 2011) (1hr 11min, 164MB)

Track list:
01. Tara Putra – Dubland Mountains [free download]
02. Deep Fried Dub – Submerged [purchase]
03. Brujo’s Bowl – Najd’s Squelch [free download]
04. Globular – Seeker [free download]
05. Easily Embarrassed – Triplets [free download]
06. Auma – The Old Magick [free download]
07. Desiseq – DeQuanta [purchase]
08. Krusseldorf – Verticulate [purchase]
09. Liquid Stranger – Veil of Forgetfulness [purchase]
10. Heyoka – Shmazdipdoodlydurkayoda [purchase]
11. Kalya Scintilla – Epic Synthesis [purchase]
12. Timonkey – Sleep Patterns [purchase]
13. Tripswitch – Collider (Codemonkey Remix) [purchase]
14. Mood Deluxe – Shadow Law [purchase]
15. Abakus – How Does it Feel to Be Real [purchase]

Wow. Just watch…..

Better late than never is Psilicon Dreams episode 18, for July 2011. Psilicon Dreams is my monthly mix series for Digitally Imported Radio and features the best in all flavors of psychill, downtempo, ambient, dub, IDM, dubstep, or whatever. As along is it squishes my mind grapes in that special way, it makes the cut.

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab lots of other mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

Tune in the second Saturday of every month at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the latest episode of Psilicon Dreams on DI.FM.

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 18 (July 2011) (1hr 17min, 178MB)

Track list:
01. Androcell – Seahorse Dreams [purchase]
02. Flooting Grooves – Across the Threshold [purchase]
03. Novsanus – Forgotton Ages [purchase]
04. Warp Technique – History of Dreams (Doof Remix) [purchase]
05. Frechbax feat. Alex Rutschmann – Summertime [free download]
06. Blue Planet Corporation – Mangrove [purchase]
07. Ascoil Sun – The Swallowed Sun [free download]
08. Lab’s Cloud – My Sacred Place [purchase]
09. Hello Mellow – Amanita [free download]
10. Tripswitch – Tessellation [purchase]
11. Shpongle – Nothing is Something Worth Doing [purchase]
12. Radioactive Sandwich – Elephant Parade [free download]
13. Asura – Virgin Delight [purchase]

This was too good not to repost:

“The creative and the curious are never truly happy unless they have entered a “flow-state”: a rapturous state of consciousness in which we “loose ourselves and find ourselves” exploring our unending curiosity. This is a state of enhanced lucidity and increased pattern recognition that feeds upon itself. For those of us with that itch, that splinter in our mind that never wavers, our lack of complacency feeds a hunger to always know more….. Curiosity is bliss!” -Jason Silva

Spotted at Imaginary Foundation.

Is this a teaser video for a new Sigur Rós album? I sure hope so!

Check out this stunning deep IDM/trip-hop tune from Melbourne-based Auma, featuring a twisted B. Spears “Toxic” a cappella. On Aug 13, he’s got a new EP dropping on Enig’matik Records. More details on that here.

Toxic by auma

Here’s a great video montage of the fun in the sun we had at Chillography 401. A huge thanks to everyone that came out to support mellow beats and friendly vibes.

Here’a great new video from Beats Antique. It’s nice to see something a bit more conceptual and cinematic from an electronic(ish) band. I’ve seen them a couple times now and their live show does not disappoint. Catch them if you can!

Stock up on Beats Antique music here.

Here’s episode 17 of Psilicon Dreams, my monthly mix series for Digitally Imported Radio. I’m super happy with how this one turned out, and it’s been on heavy rotation since I recorded it earlier in the month. It features some sick bass n’ ooze beats and rock-solid downtempo grooves, with a thick coating of dubbed-out fx by yours truly. This is not your typical psychill mix, but then again, typical is not what I’m going for. There were 3 new compilations that formed the central inspiration for #17: Painting Pictures On Silence V1, Elysium, and Psycho Navigator. If you dig the set, I can’t recommend picking up these comps enough.

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab lots of other mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

Tune in the second Saturday of every month at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the latest episode of Psilicon Dreams on DI.FM.

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 17 (June 2011) (1hr 22min, 188MB)

Track list:
01. Vieux Farka Toure – Wale (Warp Technique Remix) [purchase]
02. Ashtech – R.E.M. [purchase]
03. Sun In Aquarius – Wytaliba [purchase]
04. Kalpataru Tree – Spoonbender [purchase]
05. Tiki – Past Present Future (Pitch Black’s Sleep Whisperer Mix) [purchase]
06. Grouch – Deep In Your Burgers [purchase]
07. Indidginus – Lost Coast (feat Colin Angus) [purchase]
08. Bird of Prey – Walkabout [purchase]
09. Helios – Dreamtime [purchase]
10. The Mollusk – Exodus [purchase]
11. Shulman – One Step Closer (Eitan Reiter & DJ Shahar Remix) [purchase]
12. Lenny Ibizarre – Sub Drop Shop [purchase]
13. Auma – Sygnal [purchase]
14. ManMadeMan – Flower of Light [free download]

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan

The footage in this little film was captured by the hardworking men and women at NASA with the Cassini Imaging Science System. If you’re interested in learning more about Cassini and the on-going Cassini Solstice Mission, check it out at NASA’s website: saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/​science/​index.cfm

Track: 2 Ghosts I, Ghosts I – IV by Nine Inch Nails