Soult Month

THE END… After 10 years, this 120th Soultmonth mix and the 120th collage are the last of this series. Thanks a lot to all listeners! This mix collects some of my favorit tracks of the last decade, one track from every year, starting in 2019 and going back to 2010. From most musicians or albums I never before played a track in these mixes. Though I mixed over 930 tracks in the 120 mixes it looks I missed also a lot. This is kind of a BEST OFF…

Tracklist:
00:00_kate tempest_people’s faces_from 2019 lp the books of traps and lessons_american recordings
03:27_sudan archives_nont for sale_from 2018 ep sink_stones throw
06:52_awa poulo_mido yrima_from 2017 lp poulo warali_awesome tapes from africa
10:00_ogoya nengo and the dodo women’s group_on monday_from 2016 lp on mande_tal
12:53_fadimoutou wallet inamoud & her isswat group_ahaylalou_from 2015 lp isswat_sahel sounds / mississippi
16:11_norberto lobo_fornalha_from 2014 lp fornalha_three:four
19:09_actress_voodoo posse chronic illusion_from 2013 ep silver cloud_werk discs / ninja tune
23:45_evian christ_thrown like jacks_from 2012 ep kings and them_tri angle
26:15_colin stetson_judges_from 2011 lp new history warfare vol.2_constellation
28:20_gil scott heron_i’m new here_from 2010 lp i’m new here_xl

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Juni Mix 2011 was a label special from Brighton based label FatCat Records. Now again, only FatCat records, but more specific. In 1997 they started a series of 24 releases called Split Series, each 12″ presents 2 music acts, one on each side. First they where quite active, released for example 4 records in 1999. Then it went a bit more lazy, no records in 2006 and 2007, the last one was in 2014 (number 23). So, only one more to go. I’m not so much a collector in terms of records, but this series i had to collect all. And since a long time i was thinking about doing this mix when the last record is released. But some weeks ago i asked FatCat about this last one and they wrote „Unsure of a release date for #24 as yet“. Well, now i couldn’t wait, and anyway 24 records would be too much for a 30 minutes mix. So i picked 10 records between the first and the for now last Split records and mixed it together in a more or less chronological order. Oh, and also the covers are very nice. Every record sleeve has handmade holes in it, each catalogue number one more. Only one hole is missing… https://www.discogs.com/label/376393-Fat-Cat-Split-Series

Tracklist:
00:00_v/vm_will travel, north west_from split series #1_fat cat
02:30_foehn_shrouded_from split series #2_fat cat
04:30_team doyobi_pidgeon man_from split series #7_fat cat
06:10_dat politics_et hop_from split series #9_fat cat
08:35_ultra-red_a17_from split series #14_fat cat
12:10_sunroof!_extinction fantasy_from split series #19_fat cat
16:42_motion_motor function error_from split series #11_fat cat
20:00_alejandra & aeron_kitchen_from split series #13_fat cat
21:52_alog_every word was once an animal_from split series #20_fat cat
25:13_katie gateley_pivot_from split series #23_fat cat

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This mix starts and ends with chanting by María Sabina in the Mazatec language, wich is spoken by indigene people in Mexico. It was recorded 1955 during mushroom rites. This is the frame and the only „original“ recording of a ritual mix. The other tracks are more recent interpretations of rites or use recordings of rituals. Cat-Man-Do by H.U.M. uses Heloise’s recordings of a shamanic initiation in the Colombian jungle. Virtual Forest is using different ritual music recordings wich are woven into psychedelic drones. The song about a ritual union called „marriage“ by Little Dragon is accompanied and followed by White Stains. Their 3 hours opus „The Work Workings“ wich was recorded 1989/1990 was a process of exploration of ritual.

Tracklist:
00:00_maría sabina_chjon nka_from lp mushroom ceremony of the mazatec indians of mexico_death is not the end
02:00_bare bones lay low_jewelled selva male rites_from lp hacia la luz_no label
05:15_virtual forest_the angel of the abyss and the door through the underworld_from lp ritual machine music_yerevan tapes from lp ritual machine music
12:18_h.u.m._cat-man-do_from lp trinity way_rocket
17:17_little dragon_ritual union_from lp ritual union_peacefrog
20:44_white stains_untitled_from cassette the work workings_ideal
30:07_maría sabina_chjon nka_from lp mushroom ceremony of the mazatec indians of mexico_ death is not the end

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Prepare your tweeters for this one. It’s about high frequencies. I searched for sounds over 10’000 Hertz. It turned out to get quite noisey. So, maybe first clean your ears for crystal-clear sound. Better now?

Tracklist:
00:00_félicia atkinson_l’après-midi_from lp the flower and the vessel_shelter press
01:53_bruital orgasme_seuil perceptif de la durée_from lp experiment in functional background music_silken tofu
04:50_annabelle playe_moon_from lp vaisseux_d’autres cordes
07:39_machinefabriek_hi-hat_from lp drum solos_backwards
11:01_klara lewis_msuic 1_from ep msuic_peder mannelt
14:22_merzbow + hexa_hexamer_from lp achromatic_dais
20:08_puce mary_the transformation_from lp the drough_pan
22:18_möslang wehowsky_einschlag_from single einschlagskrater_meeuw muzak
23:48_deas_V_from lp string studies_alter
29:48_jh1.fs3_better now_from lp loyality_ideal

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Music for dance. All the music in this mix was written for dance pieces. The LP Connected was composed for the dance by Chunky Move. Gabriel Salomon’s music was produced for The Sensationalists by 605 Collective and Theater Replacement. Mads Emil Nielson made the 2 tracks on this 7inch for „Med Hånden På Hjertet“, a dance performance by Aaben Dans. Sigur Ros has written Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do for Merce Cunningham’s dance piece „Split Sides“. The song’s final part Di Do features cut-up samples of the choreographer’s voice. Up to here there is more recent music (2004-2018). Charles Cohen’s Water was produced 1976 for Group Motion Dance Theater. The last track of this mix was conceived for dance training and exercices and is taken from the 1974 LP Creative-Music by the two french percussionists.

Tracklist:
00:00_oren ambarchi & robin fox_standing mandala_from lp connected_kranky
07:49_gabriel saloman_gagaku_from lp movement building vol. II_shelter press
13:15_mads emil nielsen_untitled_from single black box 1_arbitrary
17:02_sigur ros_di do_from single ba ba ti ki di do_geffen
21:51_charles cohen_water_from lp music for dance and theatre_morphine
26:03_gerard perotin et guy-joel cipriani_botofogo_from lp creative-music_unidisc

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All the tracks in this mix where recorded in churches. Using the church organs, but also electronics, piano and the church bells. The first track is a recording from 1965 showing the results of Charlemagne Palestine playing the 26-bell carillon at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York City every day since he was 15 years old until he left to study in 1970. Michael Bonaventura’s piece is recorded at All Saint Church, Blackheath, London. Tim Hecker recorded the album Ravedeath, 1972 at Fríkirkjan Church in Reykjavik. Dustin O’Halloran recorded Vorleben on (what he states) „the most beautiful piano i have ever played“ with the amazing acoustics of the Grunewald Church in Berlin. Gegenschein by Aine O’Dwyer was recorded at the Franciscan Friary in Limerick City. And finaly, again Charlemagne Palestine (more than 50 years later than the Bells Studies) played the piano in the Washington Square Church in New York City.

Tracklist:
00:00_charlemagne palestine_bells studies_from lp bells studies_alga marghen
07:55_michael bonaventura_darenth III_from cassette darenth_canti magnetici
12:12_tim hecker_hatred of music I_from lp ravedeath, 1972_kranky
16:56_dustin o’halloran_opus 15_from lp vorleben_130701
19:42_aine o’dwyer_21/12/12_from lp gegenschein_penultimate press
25:30_charlemagne palestine_strumming music_from lp godbear_black truffle

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The clarinet plays the mainrole in this mix. Marc Lardon made the record Mörder in der Pulvermühle only with bass-clarinet, (the very nice looking) contrabass-clarinet and some little electronics. Susanna Gartmayer made a beautiful record only with her bass clarinet. Also Roland P. Young only used a bass clarinet for the Row Land track. French clarinet quartet Watt are playing vibrating, hypnotic drones with continuus breathing technique.

Tracklist:
00:00_marc lardon solo_black mamba_from LP mörder in der pulvermühle_deszpot
06:50_the designated mourner_brus_from single clarinet quartets_fedora corpse
08:40_susanna gartmayer_4 E_from god / chmafu nocords
12:52_roland p. young_row land_frmo lp isophonic boogie woogie_em
20:20_rahsaan roland kirk_salvation and reminiscing_from lp prepare thyself to deal with a miracle_atlantic
21:53_watt_untitled_from lp watt_no label
28:49_unknown_malinke song, clarinet_from lp uchronia field recordings from alternate realities_sahel sounds

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Strange voices – pitched, stretched, bended, alienated. Some singers go deep with their voices and work hard with it. That leads to this Alien Soul, twistet Pop and Funk splatters. Creeping earworm alert!

Tracklist:
00:00_micachu_turn me well_from lp jewellery_rough trade
02:25_hype williams_the throning_from lp find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting reel_de stijl
05:38_yves tumor_the feeling when you walk away_from lp serpent music_pan
07:54_cooly g_mind_from lp hyperdub 10.3_hyperdub
09:50_eartheater_switch_from lp irisiri_pan
13:57_young echo_oran (version)_from lp young echo_young echo
16:38_klein_prologue_from ep tommy_hyperdub
20:21_shabazz palaces_late night phone calls_from lp quazarz vs. the jealous machines_sub pop
24:18_cucina povera_zoom0003_from lp zoom_night school
28:30_mica levi & oliver coates_mob of waters_from lp remain calm_slip

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Her Jazz. This mix collects some tracks from women in Jazz between 1965 and 2015.

Tracklist:
00:00_annette peacock_been in the streets too long_from lp been in the streets too long_ironic
05:33_matana roberts_rise_from lp coin coin chapter one_constellation
12:02_susanna gartmayer_3 A_from ep aoui_god / chmafu nocords
16:55_nina simone_i’ll look around_from compilation nina simone_art of music
21:54_alice coltrane_atomic peace_from lp a monastic trio_superior viaduct
28:41_daniela casa_prospettive avveniristiche_from lp arte moderna_cacophonic

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„Space is the place“ where Sun Ra came from. He landed on earth in the early 1950ies and founded his Arkestra with often changing members. They released more than one hundred records, some on Sun Ra’s own label „Saturn“ (like the LP Continuation). The american Free-Jazz pioneer, important figure in Afrofuturism and founder of Comsmic Jazz died in 1993. Since then Marshal Allen is leading the Arkestra and they are still touring (not to be missed!)
Most of the tracks in this mix are by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. They appeared under various names like Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra, Sun Ra & His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra, Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra, Sun Ra & His Ethnic Structural Cosmo Arkestra, Sun Ra & His Cosmo Love Adventure Arkestra, and so on… Marshal Allen and Kash Killion (track 6) are still playing in the Sun Ra Arkestra. Phil Cohran and Eugene Easton (track 7) used to play in the Arkestra in the early 1960ies. Also members from The Art Ensemble Of Chicago where playing with Sun Ra. The track by Austin Peralta from 2012 is an interpretation of Sun Ra’s track from the early 70ies. All City Records released a series of three 12″s with one original recording from The Sun Ra Arkestra and on the other side one interpretation of a recent producer.
So hold on, our rocket take off to planet venus. Zoom! Up in the air!

Tracklist:
00:00_sun ra_space is the place (the antique black)_from lp the antique blacks_art yard / kindred spirits
04:33_sun ra_we travel spaceways_from lp sun ra in space is the place_sutro park
06:00_austin peralta_space loneliness #2__from single views of saturn vol.2_all city / art yard
08:34_sun ra & his arkestra_the sky is a sea of darkness_from 10″ lost arkestra pt.1_art yard / kindred spirits
10:25_sun ra and his astro-infinity arkestra_new planet_from lp continuation_saturn research
12:55_marshall allen and kash killion_minds of a travel world_from lp two stars of the universe_little rocket
15:50_phil cohran and the artistic heritage ensemble_creation of the beast_from lp armageddon_tizona
19:27_the art ensemle of chicago_rock out_from lp message to our folks_byg
27:47_sun ra and his omniverse jet-set arkestra_rocket number nine_from lp beyond the purple star zone_art yard

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