LIGHT ON THE HORIZON

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #13

This mix has been a few months in the making, and reflects a transformative reorientation toward optimism in future days. These are the sounds that have accompanied recent major life shifts, and I hope they find resonance with your lives and ears as the apex light of Summer Solstice approaches. 

- ML

LIGHT ON THE HORIZON

1. Nicklas Sørensen - "L I V E 3" from L I V E 1 [Aural Canyon]
2. Seawind of Battery - "Light on the Horizon" from Clockwatching [Island House Recordings]
3. Tarotplane - "Transitions Of Possibility" from Light Self All Others [Impatience]
4. x.y.r. - "secret path to north cliff" from vision quest [Good Morning Tapes]
5. Spiral Galaxy - "Volo Bog" from Live [Cardinal Fuzz]
6. Ariel Kalma - "Astral Enigma" from MetaMorPhantasy [self-released]
7. Etran de L'Aïr - "Toubouk Ine Chihoussay" from Agadez [Sahel Sounds]
8. Bent Arcana - "Sprites" from Bent Arcana [Castle Face]
9. Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp - "Early Astral Part 2" from Early Astral [Blackest Rainbow]
10. Les Rallizes Dénudés - "The Last One (version 2)" from The OZ Tapes [Temporal Drift]
11. Kryssi B - "Earthlings" from DotDash Radio Presents - Guitar Works [WFMU]
12. Permafrost AC - "Just nu kan man i alla fall låtsats" from 16e Januari, blekt solsken [Fluere Tapes]
13. Katie Lou McCabe - "Evanescence of Colour" (single) [self-released]
14. Rosa Beach Mason & Sean Conrad - "Ardor" from Wake [Inner Islands]
15. 音羽信 (Shin Otowa) - "山小僧 (Mountain Child)" from わすれがたみ (Memento) [Eye Vybe Records]

ECHOES OF TIME

  RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #11

The first new Ripped & Dubbed mix of 2022! Apologies for the few months' hiatus - between the Red Resonant Earth release this fall and the holidays, I didn't find much time to collect the sounds that have been echoing through the halls of our home since October (or longer). These are all instrumental, quite abstract, mostly solo performances that seem to align with this particular part of winter in the Northeast. Perfect for meditation, yoga, studying, writing, or painting to. Enjoy, til soon!       -ML

ECHOES OF TIME

1. Qi Hammer - "Jhana 1" from Jhana [self-released]
2. Aaron Dooley - "Ütiwaah" (single) [self-released]
3. Hama - "Tagout" from Torodi [Sahel Sounds]
4. Doug McKechnie - "The First Exploration @ SF Radical Laboratories, 1968" from San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 [VG+ Records]
5. Nimbudala - "Gather Round" from Universal Compassion [Inner Islands]
6. Oxherding - "An Echo" from An Echo Across The Lake [Distant Bloom]
7. x.y.r. - "Echoes Of Time" from Pilgrimage [Not Not Fun]
8. V. Kristoff - "Inland Hymn" from Sydra [Not Not Fun]
9. Norah Lorway - "swans" from another world [Distant Bloom]
10. Joseph Allred - "Frosted Mane" from Lute Music [self-released / Reverb Worship]
11. Matthew J. Rolin - "The Dreaming Bridge" from The Dreaming Bridge [Feeding Tube]
12. Ava Mendoza - "Apart From" from New Spells [Astral Spirits / Relative Pitch]
13. J.R. Bohannon - "For Marc" from Compulsions [Astral Editions]

TRANSMUTATION

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #1o

Ripped & Dubbed #10 lands with 2+ hours of contemporary underground sound, charting a course from experimental stringwork through New Age and Berlin school electronics, jazz- and roots-deep rhythms, and psychedelic astral jams. Bandcamp links to all tracks below!

TRANSMUTATION

1. Richard Youngs - "Solo Guitar 2" from Solo Guitar [No Fans]
2. Gerycz/Powers/Rolin - "Lamplighter" from Lamplighter [American Dreams]
3. Hakobune - "A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars" from A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars [Patient Sounds]
4. Channelers - "Serpent In The Sky" from Another Entrance [Inner Islands]
5. Green-House - "Peace Piece" from SC25 Anniversary [Secretly Canadian]
6. Hiram - "Breath Escapes" from Artemisia [Home & Garden]
7. Ulrich Schnauss - "Improvisation #5 Part 2" from Improvisation #5 / Improvisation #6 [self-released]
8. Nimbudala - "Exaltation" from Universal Compassion [Inner Islands]
9. Tikkun Olam - "Sentient Ocean" from World Ov Light [The Jewel Garden]
10. Kafari - "the gift" from Blanket of Black [Hot Record Societe]
11. Luka Productions - "Forêt" from Falaw [Sahel Sounds]
12. Les Filles de Illighadad - "Chakalan" from At Pioneer Works [Sahel Sounds]
13. Oriente Lux - "The River" from Oriente Lux [The Jewel Garden]
14. Osmium House - "Tidal Recital" from Mendocino County [self-released]
15. Alligator Crystal Moth - "No Wave Nor Pulse Can Render" from Spectral Lysergics [The Jewel Garden]
16. Jakob Battick - "Slow Motion Heavy Syrup" from Rabbit's Moon [self-released]
17. Daniel Bachman - "Transmutation" from Axacan [Three Lobed Recordings]

CLOUD GATE

RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #6

I posted mix #6 - CLOUD GATE - to Mixcloud a week-and-a-half ago, rushing to have it up in time for Bandcamp Friday, and neglected to update here with liner notes and links. Apologies! I'm still getting settled and reacquainted with my workflow after a move at the beginning of this month, the packing and unpacking process of which has brought many new sources of future R & D mixes (and podcast episodes?) to the surface, which I'm really excited to share soon.

For now, though, here's a thorough rundown of everything you heard on mixtape #6. And keep an eye on the Mixcloud feed this week, as mix #7 will be going up sometime tomorrow (Tuesday)!

CLOUD GATE takes its name from a fantastic new collection of trio recordings led by Elkhorn six-stringer Drew Gardner, on the always reliable Eiderdown Sounds label. This mix is made up entirely of instrumental music from the psychedelic and experimental edge of the underground, all released over the past few years, and flows through longform psych-rock improv, fingerstyle guitar and ambient passages, and closes on a massive sidelong modular trance-out from Looks Realistic (on the great Baked Tapes label). Follow the links to hear more and/or get a copy of these gems, and I'll be back tomorrow with the seventh Ripped & Dubbed mixtape!

CLOUD GATE

1. Riley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo - "Shrinks the Day" from Deep Fried Grandeur [Husky Pants]
2. Ashtray Navigations - "What Next?" from Greatest Imaginary Hits [VHF]
3. Osmium House - "Sensenmann II (Crossing Over) from Entrance Level [self-released]
4. Drew Gardner - "Cloud Gate" from Drew Gardner [Eiderdown Sounds]
5. Yasmin Williams - "Jarabi" from Urban Driftwood [S P I N S T E R]
6. Powers / Rolin Duo - "Iridescent" from The Nightland [Trouble In Mind]
7. Eli Winter - "Untitled" from Live at Rhizome 09-17-2019 [self-released]
8. amelia courthouse - "becker" from ruby glass [S P I N S T E R]
9. John Thayer & Craig Schenker - "Stone" from Mountain Rumors [Aural Canyon]
10. Willamette - "Lament Young" from Diminished Composition [Scissor Tail]
11. Aaron Dooley - "Cold Orbit" (single) [self-released]
12. N Chambers - "Hypoesthesia" from Spectrum Garden [Soft Profile]
13. Pulse Emitter - "Greek Islands" from Xenharmonic Passages [Expansive]
14. Looks Realistic - "Side B" from Field Footage [Baked Tapes]

CHAPEL OF INFINITE ECHO

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #5

Back with two hours of sublime loner expression and most high cosmic collaboration, astral commissions beaming direct from the underground and amalgamated for all seekers and the sonically curious. While this set is largely comprised of 2020 and 2021 releases, the title and inclusion of "Chapel of Infinite Echo" is an acknowledgement of what I consider Ripped & Dubbed's overarching focus: drawing lines connecting the early 2000s' DIY CD-R underground with today's Bandcamp and cassette culture. Expect more thorough dives into the era in future installments.

CHAPEL OF INFINITE ECHO

1. Tarotplane - "öd Ulan um" from Lysergic Forgeries [self-released]
2. Lazy Salon - "Doctor Travel" from Twilight Properties [self-released]
3. Joseph Allred - "Holy Blue Window (for Daniel)" from Fire and Earth [Scissor Tail Records]
4. Matthew J. Rolin - "Hallucinations" from The Dreaming Bridge [Feeding Tube Records]
5. Tenderlonious - "Shahla Bagh" from Ragas From Lahore - Improvisations with Jaubi [22a]
6. Luke Stewart - "Awakening the Masters" from Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet [Astral Spirits]
7. Matthew Halsall - "Mindfulness Meditations" from Salute to the Sun [Gondwana Records]
8. Xenis Emputae Travelling Band - "Chapel of Infinite Echo" from The Hieroglyphic Mountain [Deserted Village CD-R (2004); digital via Larkfall]
9. John Kolodij - "At Dawn" from First Fire • At Dawn [Astral Editions]
10. Old Million Eye - "Color Sense" from Warm Alliance with the Outside [Eiderdown Records]
11. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw - "144,000 Rose Petals" from Fantasias for Violin & Guitar [MIDA]
12. Qoa - "Ñünken" from Achiyaku [Aural Canyon]
13. Path of the Sun - "Portal of Twilight" from Path of the Sun [Inner Islands]
14. White Poppy - "A Calming Wind" from Sound Meditation Vol. 2 [self-released]
15. Pulse Emitter - "Cloud Refuge" from Swirlings [Hausu Mountain]
16. Charlatan - "A Song for Matt" from Bird Paintings Vol. 1 [The Jewel Garden]

Thanks for listening! If you have a new or forthcoming release you'd like us to consider for a future Ripped & Dubbed mix, feel free to send a digital download (Bandcamp codes preferable) to flowerroomrecords at gmail dot com. 

QUIET LIGHT

 RIPPED & DUBBED mixtape #3

A two-hour mix celebrating some favorite ambient, new age, kosmische, and guitar soli releases from 2020, with special focus on tape labels and self-released Bandcamp digital exclusives. Calming, healing, inspiring zones from Aural Canyon, Leaving Records, Distant Bloom, and others who helped us maintain sanity and a loving vibration thru the year.

QUIET LIGHT

1. Nailah Hunter - "Quiet Light" from Spells cassette [Leaving Records]
2. Laraaji - "Through Luminous Eyes 1" from Through Luminous Eyes digital [All Saints]
3. Matthewdavid's Mindflight - "Tract of Gentle Healing" from Care Tracts cassette [Leaving Records]
4. Mark McGuire - "Whale Codes" from Earth Star Musick cassette [Aural Canyon]
5. brin - "Soft Gaiden" from Homescreen Glow cassette [Leaving Records]
6. Charlatan - "Electric Rubicon" from The Jewel Garden digital [The Jewel Garden]
7. Inner Travels - "Good Night" from Life On Bird Mountain cassette [Alien Garage]
8. Omni Gardens - "Watering Plants" from Moss King cassette [Moon Glyph]
9. Green-House - "Perennial Bloom" from Six Songs for Invisible Gardens cassette [Leaving Records]
10. Aster - "Again" from Light In The Valley cassette [Distant Bloom]
11. Sarah Louise - "Deliberation" from Earth and its Contents digital [self-released]
12. Lunaria - "Umbra" from Asphodel Meadows cassette [Geology Records]
13. anthéne - "Protection" from Protection cassette [Distant Bloom]
14. Tyler G. Holst - "Music for Pomacanthus paru" from Music for Ammonites & Their Utopian Environment cassette [Transcendental Tapes]
15. Spiral Galaxy - "Celestial Omen" (early alternate mix) from Celestial Omen digital single [self-released]
16. Mary Lattimore - "Thirty Tulips" from Silver Ladders LP [Ghostly International]
17. Luke Schneider - "lex universum" from Altar of Harmony LP [Third Man]
18. Dave Walcott - "Night Sky" from Constellations digital [self-released]
19. Andrea Cortez - "Song 4" from The Secret Song of Plants cassette [Aural Canyon]
20. Mat Eric Hart - "Samara" from Spirits & Reflections cassette [Aural Canyon]
21. Buck Curran - "Marie" from No Love is Sorrow LP [Obsolete Recordings]
22. itta - "Arumduri" from ENTER cassette [Aural Canyon]