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Monday 20 November 2017

Headroom 11 : Minerva presents "Founding Myths"



After a short break on the Headroom front we're back with a bang and a truly mesmeric and extensive mix session from Minerva. The Greek/Hungarian producer and DJ is in full on club mode as she takes you on a trip through some of the most recent additions to her expansive collection of music. There's an undeniably fresh feeling to the listening session due to the majority of the tracks being released this year. Minerva kicks off proceedings with a beautifully strange vocal piece from an unknown artist before launching into a rich variation of dancefloor ready house rhythms, stylistic melodic consistencies and plush pad swirls that are all laced with progressive tendencies. There's room for a flawless transition into some harder territory in the form of some grittier techno productions, although the overall deep vibe of the sounds on show remain at the core and then we find ourselves navigated back to the familiar hypnotic melodic elements from earlier but this time sandwiched in between them is some skewered rhythms, euphoric chords and lots of vocal cuts before we filter out of the mix on the same unknown acapella from the intro.

As always you can stream the mix below or at our mixcloud.




TRACKLISTING

1. Unknown Intro
2. Rafael Cerato - Koncept
3. Norris Division - Full Moon
4. Just Breathe - Free Your Mind (Rob Me remix)
5. Spektre - Holdin U
6. Ian O'Donovan - Voodoo Doll
7. AFFKT - Sunday Ghost (Dave Seaman remix)
8. Pleasurekraft - Tarantula (7 Year Itch rework)
9. Eric Louis - Danger (David Grylls remix)
10. The Montini Experience II - My House Is Your House (Tom Hades remix)
11. Oliver Koletzki - Iyewave (Hatzler remix)
12. Black Acid - Quasar
13. Gallya - Detroit
14. Dead Space and Dateless - Psychedelic World
15. Gabriel Moraes - Green Shelter
16. Frankyeffe vs Ithaka - So Get Up
17. Reiner Zonneveld - Dominance
18. Tube and Berger feat Richard Judge - Ruckus (Dennis Cruz remix)
19. Unknown Outro

Sunday 19 November 2017

The Owl of Minerva

Tomorrow night we bring you the latest edition of our Headroom mix series. It's been a while since we've indulged in our 2 hour sessions. It was the end of summer to be exact when Glaswegian heavyweight Boom Merchant locked together a solid collection of his favourite DJ weapons for your listening pleasure.

This time round we have the mysterious music machine that is Minerva settling in behind the decks for her debut Headroom session. We've already had a listen here at Bricolage HQ and you're in for a real treat full of flawless mixing and enthralling electronic music. To get you in the mood for the upcoming session you can have a listen to a few of Minerva's recent mixes including her Bricolage podcast from January this year. As you'll hear from the links below she's been on form with her mixes throughout 2017.....

Minerva (Bricolage Podcast) January 2017



Minerva (International Womans Day Mix for Hohm Productions) March 2017



Minerva (Quixotic Manchester Guest Mix) August 2017



Minerva (Bricolage 2nd Anniversary Mix) September 2017

Sunday 12 November 2017

Bricolage Podcast #27 : Blue Notes



Our November podcast is one with a twist, it comes not as a mix of influences, selections or favourite tracks but this time as an album preview of sorts.

On the 11th of December we release the full length album, "Tetrahedron" from Glasgow based producer, Blue Notes. It's our final release of 2017 and we're set to round out the year in fine style with 12 tracks of true sonic diversity that cover ground in the fields of IDM, ambient, rhythmic glitches, drum n bass and industrial leftfield soundscapes.

So, with 4 weeks until the release date, Blue Notes is sharing a sneak preview of what's in store come next month in the form of this exclusive "Tetrahedron" preview. It's worth noting that Blue Notes is taking the opportunity of this full length album to introduce his side project "C4" properly to the world and features two tracks from that alias.

We don't want to give too much away just yet so you'll find a bunch of new and exciting works in this session and you'll need to wait for the rest......

As always you can stream the podcast below or at our mixcloud.



1. Product of Society
2. Juniper Green
3. Sanctuary
4. Tetrahedron
5. Embers (excerpt)
6. C4 - 100 Rounds
7. C4 - Ghost In The Machine

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Wrek

A late Halloween present in the form of "Wrek". A horror short from Lost World Media that's soundtracked by our very own Mute Branches.

“A man takes it upon himself to seek out his missing younger brother, and the monster that took him away” Wrek is the culmination of a love for 80s monster flicks, English folklore and societal-horror giants like Romero, Cronenberg, and Landis. Although brief in total expected runtime (around 6 minutes), the film contains a number of strong cinematic references, packed into a tight, tensely paced film.



Writer / Director / Editor: Mathew Hammond Producer: Daniel Hutchinson Starring: Matt Kitson, Sophie Brierley, Tom Sheldon Original Soundtrack: James Cresswell Puppet Creation: Leo Kane Horton Assistant directors: Tommy Hoyle and Jay Middleton

You can also hear the isolated music on the Soundcloud link below.