My heart truly goes out to the west coast at this moment in history. Engulfed in flames and enveloped in smoke, provoking the absolutely terrifying awe of nature at its most energetic, it’s a lot to take from the other side of the continent. So to process all this, I put together this episode: a meditation on fire, an offering to its potential for destruction, but also the renewal that inevitably follows in its wake. Despite the ability to harness fire powering civilizations for thousands of years, it is always humbling when moments like these remind us that we have but a small place within the ecology of this planet.
TRACKLIST
Looting – Opening Up [Self-Released] Flying Lotus – Fire Is Coming (ft. David Lynch) [Brainfeeder] Joseph Shabason – Belching Smoke [Western Vinyl] Shlohmo – Ten Days Of Falling [Wedidit] Shlohmo – Ten Days Of Falling (Baauer Remix) [Wedidit] Dedekind Cut – Déjà Vu, in Reverse [Hospital] Shed – I Come By Night [50Weapons] Dimitri Veimar – Blaze [Turbo] Baauer – PLANET’S MAD [LuckyMe] Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Sun [Phantasy Sound] Antigone – Make It Stop [Ostinato] Andy Stott – Science And Industry [Modern Love] Etapp Kyle – Unseen [Ostgut Ton] JASSS – Oral Couture [iDEAL] Minimal Violence – Ravebomb (Fire Mix) [Tresor] Mall Grab – There Is A [Looking For Friends] Slikback – Shogai [Houndstooth] Pinch – Non-Terrestrial Forms [Tectonic] Lila Tirando a Violeta & Lighght – Ritual For Rusting Metals [Houndstooth] Pope – his ears can see smoke [katharsis] Lord of the Isles – One Lifetime Is Not Enough For [Whities]
As we transition out of summer and into autumn, I thought I’d re-surface this episode from 2 autumns back, when I discovered the simple pleasure of playing music in the shower. Thanks to the cutting edge technology of waterproof bluetooth speakers, a whole new world of environmental sound opens up. Experience this new world in style, and bask in sounds that roll of your skin like so much rushing water.
TRACKLIST
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma – Miracle Mile [RVNG] 日向敏文 – Chaconne [Light In the Attic] Lapalux – Opilio [Brainfeeder] Heaven – Blood On The Tracks [Italians Do It Better] Cherushii – Ultraviolet Nights [100% Silk] Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi – Strobe Foundation [Planet Euphorique] RAMZi – warhasu ft. Hashman Deejay [FATi] Yak – Don Greno [3024] Urulu – Precinct 9 (Ex-Terrestrial’s Extremix) [Kalahari Oyster Cult] Peach – Faxing Jupiter [DJ-Kicks] Baltra – Can’t Explain It [Of Paradise] Gerd – Black Moon Voyage [Royal Oak] Sapphire Slows – Sometimes [100% Silk] Ttam Renat – Mergin (Hut Mix) [Mood Hut] Yoshiaki Ochi – Ear Dreamin’ [Light In The Attic]
about this time last year, summer 2019, under feelings of inescapable hopelessness, I had a portentous vision of the future: technological takeover, societal collapse, runaway climate catastrophe. An apocalyptic end to civilization as we know it. This episode was the culmination of that vision. A story of mythic proportions, of humanity’s ceaseless pursuit of “innovation” leading to our own demise. Last year, I had no idea how close we might come to that vision. And now, in the midst of a global pandemic, combined with climate uncertainty and a rising tide of fascism worldwide, it’s a vision that feels a little more tangible, in both expected and unexpected ways. When I made this episode, apocalypse felt like a distant possibility. Now, it feels just beyond the horizon. What’s in store for us? What comes next? It’s time to revisit a future-past. It’s time for copy/paste episode #178: apocalypse.
TRACKLIST
Into The Void – Tim Hecker Heron Dance – Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton Elements – Joel Vandroogenbroeck Freeformed – Amon Tobin Ayahuasca Binary 0|0 – Dedekind Cut Borage – Leif A Teaching Poem – Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton Warning – Oneohtrix Point Never Birth – Holly Herndon Machine Birth – Jade Statues Fear In Reverse – Dedekind Cut Անկում – Cloistral You Are The Database – Helm Fire Is Coming (ft. David Lynch) – Flying Lotus Taste of Metal – Silk Road Assassins Romance Dawn For The Cyber World – Nathan Micay Tunnel Vision – J-Zbel Daniel The Stylite – Antwood Vortex 150 – Special Request Levitation – Special Request Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg – Helena Hauff Captured And Under Their Control – Jeff Mills Free Yourself – The Chemical Brothers Extreme Love ft. Lily Anna Haynes – Holly Herndon
