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

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]

Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 19 (September 2011)

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]

Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 18 (July 2011)

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’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]

Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 17 (June 2011)

Presenting episode 16 of my Psilicon Dreams mix series for Digitally Imported Radio. This mix dives right into the heart of the psychill/psybient genre and highlights some of the melodic stormers that have recently caught my ear. There’s even a touch of sloa goa to keep the energy up without taking it too far.

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

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 16 (May 2011) (1hr 20min, 184MB)

Tracklist ::
01. James Murray – Empty Spaces [purchase]
02. Lab’s Cloud – Winds Fairy [purchase]
03. Jaïa – Le Chat des Sirenes [purchase]
04. Digital Drop (Israel) – Salam Bombay [purchase]
05. Ott – The Aubergine of the Sun [purchase]
06. Kadang – Maktub [free download]
07. Chronos & C.J. Catalizer – Across the Universe [purchase]
08. Dreaming Cooper – Space Trip [purchase]
09. Capsula – Mindfulness Intention [purchase]
10. Perfect Blind – Nimbus Cloud [free download]
11. ShizoLizer Gin – Sweet Dino [free download]
12. Senzar – Before the Morning Sun [free download]

Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 16 (May 2011)

Great tunes for a great cause….. here’s the story directly from Bluetech:

I’m proud to announce Rainforest Reverbation: An Amazon Benefit. 100 percent of the proceeds of this album work to end deforestation, species loss, and cultural upheaval in the amazon. You can find out a lot more about the specifics at: www.amazonvoice.org and www.criticalbeats.org.

I’m full of gratitude that I found a way, a tiny way to give back a tiny bit through this tiny offering that I made. I hope you enjoy the music, but even more, I hope that it inspires you to take one little action that matters, and to think about your art and your offering, and how to make it count.

If supporting the protection of the plants, people & culture of the amazon through this music feels good to you, you can find some purchase links below, including full album streaming at bandcamp.

Links below:
Bandcamp
Itunes
Unmixed files at Addictech

Attention PNW-based ambient heads: The venerable Rafael Anton Irisarri (aka The Sight Below) is curating an intentionally very limited capacity music + visual event. Substrata 1.1, happening July 15-17, and will feature work from Biosphere, Oren Ambarchi, Eluvium, Nils Frahm, Benoît Pioulard, Marcus Fischer, Crys Cole, and I3O.

Full event info, tickets (only 100 will be sold!), and artist bios can be found at www.substratafestival.com.

Substrata 1.1 is a three-day sound & visual art event held in Seattle, WA, scheduled for July 15 thru July 17, 2011.

Substrata seeks to explore varying perspectives of scale though the use of sound, composition and visuals – an international showcase featuring accomplished artists working in the cutting edge where structural abstraction meets physical dynamics.

By creating compositional spaces dealing with a sense of mass, along with openness of structure, the perspective of scale and the listeners place in relation is shifted to allow for greater a sense of ‘place’ beyond the environ of the performance in the interplay of the moment and physics of the larger world.

Wherein the most minute of gestures are made significant, or massive planes of perspective become revealed, as dynamic interplay builds these spaces that are as much acoustically sensed, as perceived in the mind’s eye. Each showcase features distinctly different takes of the potency of this kind of minimalism, varying between weighty combinations of bass and tonalities used to sculpt out atmospheric ambiance, or powerful dynamic structures made up of the subtlest filigree of sonic building materials.

As the name “substrata” implies, it is about subtle aesthetics that go beneath the surface and into deeper aural territories.

At its nucleus: a two-day performance program, followed by an auditory field trip to the beautiful Cascade mountain range. During the field trip, a small group of participants will spend time with the performing artists while capturing environmental recordings. This exercise will foster a newfound appreciation for our natural surroundings and create a platform for meaningful interaction between artists/participants while exploring a new locality.

Like much of the Internet, I was slightly underwhelmed by the new Younger Brother album Vaccine. There are certainly a few gems on the release, like “Sys 700″ and “Tetris”, but for the most part, it didn’t live up to the greatness they achieved with The Last Days Of Gravity. UK fans did get treated with a Deluxe Edition of the album, however, that includes this track “Delina Did It”. A tasty cut for sure. It doesn’t seem to be available outside of the UK, though, which is a crying shame. I want to buy this track and simply can’t. If anyone knows of where US customers and purchase it, please leave a comment for the greater good!

UPDATE:
I spotted this on the Twisted forum…

Delina did will get released later this as part of vaccine part 2 – we will probably work on it again for its official release…… Vaccine part 2 is dark.electronic.largely instrumental remixes of vaccine …. we started on it in December and plan to put it out later this year , we will also be doing a purely acoustic version of the album – both will be released together – stay tuned for more info

the reason we never play stuff from FOB live is the hard drive will the album’s studio sessions corrupted and we lost it all – as a result we only have the stereo files…. to play crumblenaut live we had to recreate it

peace n out

benji

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