April 2012
5 posts
15.04.12_05
“I guess I know which limits to prioritize [in order to give his productions a unique sound]. There’s a hierarchy of limitations that are self-imposed. It’s common for people working with computers, film editors too. There’s a hierarchy that I have decided works in my world, and nobody else knows it - not because it’s great or anything, just because I haven’t...
15.04.12_04
*much respect to mr hawtin*
Click here for Direct Download dj screendoor - afterhours detour (detroit trip 2008) | 3 hour mix of trippy after-hours techno
The mix is a hypnotic, psychedelic blend of minimal techno focused on the glitchy, abstract and experimental strains. It is a mix for the heads, but it still has the necessary 4/4 propulsion to allow for a healthy dose of headbobbing. The...
15.04.12_03
Some interesting articles in the last 6 months that showcase that electronic music is not only crossing over into the mainstream *ahem dubstep ahem*, but also into other more esoteric circles such as the indie and noise communities. I’ve been enjoying these new permutations...
“Dance is a really closed-off scene, and also a very serious scene – very serious people. When you do...
15.04.12_02
Another mix from the archives:
dj screendoor - mindflight (recorded 2003) | 24 minute mix of dark ambient/idm click here for direct download originally conceived as a limited edition promo pack w/ 3” CD, Propaganda, Psychedelic Twinkie & Instructions for use
15.04.12
Belated 2011 Year in Review
I am posting this for my own reference as time passes. 2011 was a transitional year, as the vinyl single continues to die its sure death. There is still hope in many great albums, but the album itself is in danger. Here is to at least one more year of music in formats in artifact form.
Top Labels of 2011:
1. Swamp81 2. Tri Angle 3. Hessle Audio 4. NonPlus+ ...
November 2011
4 posts
11.11.11
djscreendoor_str8_up_geto_idm_djmix(circa 2002)
1_prefuse 73_radio attack_warp [WARP LP 83] 2_lesser_on the kid’s tip_matador [OLE 449-1] 3_kid 606_shimmyshimmy606_tigerbeat6 [meow017] 4_cex_got to get it_tigerbeat 6 [MEOW018] 5_electric company_try again_tigerbeat 6 [MEOW018] 6_bit_meddler_genie in a bottle_planet mu [ZIQ025] 7_matmos_freak n’ you_fatcat [12FAT027] 8_soft...
10.11.11
“I know now that the term ‘Techno’ is irrelevant. It is what is being said with the sound of Techno that is most important. Vinyl vs. CD vs. digital vs. what else will surely come is a useless debate. These are only carriers of the Music, and have little bearing on the information it’s carrying. Sadly, very few people in this profession talk about Music anymore. It’s mainly about who is...
9.11.11_02
djscreendoor all vinyl dj mix for Jason Allen’s Friendcast series (click through to download)
from dusk til gone tracklist: 1) Simon Hinter - Some Day - Phil [PHIL002] 2) Glenn Astro - Colored Sands - Big Bait [BIGBAIT008] 3) Luv Jam - Fairytale Melody - Crow Castle Cuts [CCC0749] 4) Phidias - Cygnus Astratus - Freund der Familie [FDFRAW2] 5) Tim Toh - Abundant (Spirited Away Mix) -...
9.11.11
“Electronic dance music is enjoying a remarkable resurgence in America, but it’s unlikely that the sounds of this female synth wave will be bursting out of the speaker stacks at mega-raves. They don’t release their records through techno labels, but via indie-rock underground labels like Not Not Fun and Olde English Spelling Bee. That realm, which puts a premium on eccentricity and...
September 2011
2 posts
24.09.11
djscreendoor_summer2011_dayparty_mix (Right Click to Download) Live recording all-vinyl opening set for Ron Trent
Mario & Vidis Ft. Ernesto - Changed - Future Classic Aeromaschine – Corp Stelar (Bearweasels LazyDub Mix) - Baalsaal Records The Craftsmen & Mieka Du Franx – Du What I Du - Felinephonix Music Dan Andrei – Double Deez - [a:rpia:r] Agaric - No Way I Know I Feel (Axel Boman...
14.09.12
“[Raime] reminded me that music—from the underground on up—is all about time travel, and that you can move both ways at the same time.” Blackest Ever Black Record Label Feature on RA
“The scene on a worldwide level is huge. [But] compared to other scenes, it’s still such a small little microcosm in the world of music and entertainment. So we always, then and now, need...
July 2011
3 posts
10.07.11
djscreendoor_30min_bday_mix | Recorded live @ Bad Genie Lounge 12.03.2010 | 32:15, 44.3 MB
Jam City – Ecstasy (Refix) - Night Slugs Sound Stream – All Night - Sound Stream MRSK - Close To Me - Rush Hour Recordings Burial vs Basic Channel – Arch Trak - Remerge Records Skudge - Convolution (Aardvarck Remix) - Skudge Records Ramadanman – Bass Drums - Soul Jazz Records Boddika - Syn...
03.07.11
“I just had to release demos again… music I really like instead of music that I’d do. Once I’ve done something, I like to move on and do something new. I guess it’s just the reflection of how my taste changes—or progresses, not changes. I’m not so much affected by how much the music sells, more just by how it sounds now, which I find less stressful.” Mike...
03.07.11
dj screendoor_robotfunk_djmix2000
suite 1: 1_metamatics_how i missed you_neo ouija 2_kettel_singing distance_neo ouija 3_brothomstates_jak got stuck in canada and this sounds like_warp 4_abfahrt hinwil_tech 7_toytronic 5_cex_wall street kid_555/tb6 suite 2: 6_lusine_wasteland_isophlux 7_richard devine_veolic revolving_schematic 8_lexaunculpt_anburl_isophlux 9_walter carlos_title music from a...
June 2011
1 post
11.6.11
“This is a music that historically was disrespected by the mainstream media, mainstream compilers, mainstream attention. If you were somebody on the internet fanatically trying to download B-sides, you can disagree. But in terms of serious professional attention being paid, the degree of interest from the major-label music business has been spotty and intermittent at best.” Dance...
May 2011
2 posts
21.05.11
djscreendoor_longdarktunnel_djmix
Concept mix about the afterlife recorded in 2005, posted today in honor of the rapture.
14.05.11
“During making the EP we were squatting in our own apartment because the place hadn’t been finished yet. But yeah, there’s this kind of contextual shit – life stuff, or state of mind, or whatever – that can make you rush through things and shape what you make. But I think the constant refining is a way for us to develop more intent.” Ford & Lopatin (formerly known as Games) Interview...
April 2011
1 post
23.04.11
Screendoor Dig Deep (Direct Download) | Minimal Techno House DJ Mix | Recorded May 2007
tracklisting: the.skull / sensuella / kindisch sascha.dive / deep.in.rhythm / deep.vibes gene.hunt.feat.jocelyn.h / gotta.get.away (deep.in.the.box.mix) / philosophie depeche.mode / sinner.in.me (villalobos.conclave.remix) falko.brocksieper / just.dazing / sub.static ruppert.town / siboney (original) bodycode...
March 2011
2 posts
06.03.11
“I just like the idea of these great, black discs, completely anonymous. I love white labels. I think they set a level playing field, like it’s not about design, it’s not about the label, it’s just about what’s on it.” David Kennedy / Pearson Sound Interview
“You had parties – we called ‘em punk-outs – with 5,000 black kids all dancing to the B-52’s, Kraftwerk, and...
05.03.11
djscreendoor_moonsplinter_recordedsometime2000 1_si begg_sting 1 (turn on)_noodles discotheque 2_boards of canada_music is math_warp 3_global goon_i’m on the 73_rephlex 4_mu-ziq_hasty boom alert_astralwerks 5_squarepusher_i wish you could talk_warp 6_m.miyagi_kappore_capitol 7_autechre_eutow_warp 8_clint mansell_coney island low_nonesuch 9_chris clark_caveman lament_warp 10_unit_blue/grey...
February 2011
3 posts
25.02.11
“I am also recreating an energy that I feel lacks in a lot of current dance music. Not discounting a load of lovely music, I just miss an energy I hear in old records that happily sit in my mind as a fantasy. I think we are in an age of sonic possibilities again. It is a shame to some, how much we are provided with information wise, as it can cheapen the experience a bit. You need to find...
25.02.11
djscreendoor_elsewhere (music for headphones) | recorded 13.11.2007 | 75:44 total running time
download part 1 heartbeat vinyl runout_ ben frost_stomp_bedroom community tim hecker_careless whispers / the star compass_alien8 the books_read, eat, sleep_tomlab kim hiorthoy_forskjelligc gope ting_vertical form portable_everywhere and nowhere at once_background fennesz_paint it black_emego
...
22.02.11
“My currents thoughts are that if I critique them, acknowledge them or even utter them, they will become stronger, so I shall proceed to carry on as if they didn’t exist until one of them gets in my way, then there will be trouble!” Kode 9 and others comment on genre in UK Bass Music
“You need at least three things to have a youth culture, which is a certain kind of fashion, a...
January 2011
4 posts
27.01.11
DJ Screendoor All Vinyl DJ Mix 10.15.2010 Recorded Live @ WiscoJazz Highbury 1:18:57 | 108.58 MB
01. Sato - Detroit Lies Bleeding - Ingredients Records [24 Sep 2010] 02. Pulshar - Sacrifice Of Love - Phonobox [23 Apr 2010] 03. Calibre - Steptoe - Signature Records [11 Mar 2010] 04. Pearson Sound - Down With You - Darkestral Galaxicos [07 Jun 2010] 05. Ramadanman - Tumble - Hessle...
17.01.11
“I’ve got six [albums] completed. Two are very non-commercial, abstract, modular-synthesis, field recordings – those I finished four years ago. Another one is Melodies From Mars, which I redid about three years ago. There’s one of stuff I won’t go into; a comp of old tracks which is never really finished and always changing; and then one I’m working on now. There are also loads of tracks which...
08.01.11
13.12.08 | Blue Sunshine Experience Recorded Live Sets
Psychoacoustic Spore Live/DJ (DJ Screendoor & Rick S.) @ Blue Sunshine Ambient, Experimental, Abstract Beats (4 Turntables, Ableton & Buddha Machine) (2 hours, 34 minutes)
Samarah Live @ Blue Sunshine Laptop, Keyboard and Vocals (44 minutes)
Peter J Woods Live @ Blue Sunshine Dynamic Noise performed live with guitar pedal...
04.01.11
2010 Year in Review
Top 20 Albums:
1. Forest Swords – Dagger Paths – Olde English Spelling Bee
An unclassifiable, melancholic miasma of Morricone-esque guitar, grounded dub bass, neo-tribal rhythm and languorous drones.
2. Autre Ne Veut - Autre Ne Veut - Olde English Spelling Bee
Autre Ne Veut’s self-titled debut is one of the most bizarre, brazen and gloriously stomach-turning pop...
November 2010
1 post
20.11.10
djscreendoor_sickday (Soundcloud Download) | (79:47)
1. Klimek - True Enemies & False Friends (Yesteryears Suite) - Kompakt [Pop Ambient 2009, Feb 2009] 2. Battles - SZ2 - Dim Mak Records [B EP, Sep 2004] 3. Tortoise - Gigantes (Mark Ernestus Version) - Thrill Jockey [thrill 12.34, 2009] 4. Shackleton - Asha In The Tabernacle - Perlon [Three EPs, Oct 2009] 5. Demdike Stare -...
August 2010
1 post
11.08.10
“I’ve been into techno since 1991. At the time I wasn’t so interested in where the music was coming from or what it was actually about, I just wanted to go out and experience something new. I didn’t want to know who was making these records; I wanted only to listen to them.” Shed Interview in Fact “I feel like any analysis of our generation has to start with the idea that...
June 2010
3 posts
25.06.10
Summerjamz 2010 (Direct Download) (66:43)
01. GB Interprets The Beach Boyz - I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times - Mahasa Music 02. Bullion - Time For Us All To Love - One-Handed Music 03. Bullion - Crazy Over You - One-Handed Music 04. Bibio - Fire Ant - Warp Records 05. Glass Candy - Geto Boys (Vocal) - Italians Do It Better 06. The xx - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) - Young Turks 07. The...
24.06.10
“I imagine the things that seemed obvious and instinctive to us were alien to the way most other people in techno presented themselves. I think in the best traditions of British electronic music, we had a certain fractured pop sensibility.” Regis Interview in Fact
Regis and Mick Harris AKA Scorn will collaborate as part of the Narcissus Trance exhibition, which begins at London’s...
21.06.10
DJ Screendoor - Downtempo and Future Dub Mix for 88.9 Radio Milwaukee 08.09 - Direct Download
(00:00) Mount Kimbie - William - Hotflush Recordings - from Maybes EP (03:55) Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 1 - Honest Jon’s Records - from Vertical Ascent LP (16:50) Nobody Presents Blank Blue - Blank Blue (Flying Lotus Remix) - Ubiquity Records - from Dive EP (20:05) Mr Dibiase - May the...
May 2010
2 posts
10.05.10
“There was always a ghostly quality to T++’s recordings, the haunting feels actual rather than implied – this is real Heart of Darkness stuff, an almost occult meeting of the ancient and the futuristic.” T++ / Wireless / Honest Jon’s Review on Fact
“I would like to think I respect the intelligence and—moreover—the imagination of an audience to draw the lines between...
04.05.10
Archived live recording of DJ Screendoor opening set. Screendoor Live @ Homebrew Direct Download
Tracklisting: Donato Dozzy & Say DJ | Tutto Positivo | Mental Groove Records [20 Mar 2006] Kaliber | Kaliber 1A | Kaliber [24 Apr 2006] D. Brown | Still | Volt Musik [17 Apr 2006] Fuckaponydelic | Switch The Light | ineedsuperfreak.fr [19 Apr 2006] Shadi Megallaa | The Spot | Tic Tac Toe...
April 2010
4 posts
20.04.10
“I find it a very confusing time, actually. There are so many mini micro sub-niche parts of what used to be dubstep or UK underground music, and it feels like everything is in transition. And to be honest, it feels like it’s a holding pattern before something else comes.” Kode9 Feature & Interview
Kode9 !K7 DJ Kicks Details
“I don’t really like...
18.04.10
Image from James Welling DJ Screendoor - Italo Synth Mix for 88.9 Radio Milwaukee 08.09 - Direct Download
artist : track name : label : album (00:00) Paul White - Time Wars - One-Handed Music - from The Strange Dreams of Paul White LP (03:10) Brassica - The Centre - Dissident (09:43) Glass Candy - High B - Italians Do It Better - from B/E/A/T/B/O/X LP (14:32) Twisted Wires -...
14.04.10
Casino versus Japan ‘Night on Tape’ | Attack Nine Records
The Sight Below ‘It All Falls Apart’ | Ghostly International Ghostly Store
“The cutting edge of electronic music has ended up in Glasgow, and it’s a typically messy story of the global swap-shop that is dance music in 2010.” Numbers Record Label Profile Nmbrs.net
“I can also say that...
6.4.10
DJ Screendoor - 032010 Mix
Ghosts On Tape / Predator Mode / Wireblock [Oct 2009] Andrea Parker Featuring DJ Assault And DJ Godfather / Freaky Bitches (Alpha 606 Perreta Remix) / Touchin’ Bass [02 Jun 2008] Apparat / Hot / BPitch Control [Nov 2004] Greena / Tenzado / Apple Pips [21 Dec 2009] Ellen Allien & Apparat / Metric / BPitch Control [13 Apr 2006] Mosca / Nike / Night Slugs...