Episode 139: Apparitionate

The last episode of 2018 takes a turn. A companion to the timeless space between Christmas and New Year’s, when nobody knows what day it is or what to do with themselves, dub techno stretches time and space with delay and reverb and repetition, creating a timeless space and a spaceless time. An hour dilates endlessly, time stands still even as it speeds up. Shit gets weird.

The mix starts with not precisely a dub techno tune. Max Cooper’s remix of Hidden Orchestra’s “Wingbeats” is the poppiest things get, the most tuneful, just to ease us all into the experience. From there things get deeper and deeper, with Dave Wesley’s warm spiritualism rubbing against genre godfathers Basic Channel’s cold echoes of eternity.

The bottom of the well is A Sacred Geometry’s all but beatless dub edit of “Maroush,” after which things take a turn. Experimental noise techno duo Orphx provide a reverb drenched example, Laurel Halo & Hodge walk a razor’s edge between homage and taking the piss with a repeated Yoga teacher sample, and finally Moz and Bad Channel take things in a more house direction to close things out.

• Hidden Orchestra – Wingbeats (Max Cooper Remix) [Tru Thoughts 2018]
• Losian – He’s My Brother [INTLBLK002]
• Forest Drive West – Transmission [Apparitions]
• Dave Wesley – Ceremony [Laranja Swadisthana 67_5 EPv1]
• Basic Channel – Quadrant Dub I [BCD]
• Organit – Oblivion [Protokol]
• A Sacred Geometry – Maroush (dub edit) [Chapter I]
• Orphx – Apparition [The Sonic Groove Releases Pt. 1]
• Laurel Halo & Hodge – The Light Within You [Tru / Opal / The Light Within You]
• Moz – Eclipse [Constellation EP]
• Bad Channel – B [INTLBLK005]

BPM: 129