jesse somfay
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canadian dj and producer jesse somfay has been releasing music on various labels, including traum and archipel (they will be releasing his forthcoming album next year) since 2004. the 22 year old was turned on to electronic music through online radio shows in the mid nineties. this lead him, as it has so many others, down the path to dj-ing.
after a couple of years of playing hard techno jesse began to reach back to the music his father had introduced him to as a child: jean michael jarre, tangerine dream, vangelis. this softer style is on full display in this weeks epic mix. this is part one of a five part series (the rest of which can be enjoyed here). we recommnend you turn off on the phone, make a couple of tea and sit down luxuriate in jesse's world for two hours.
clouddead - the teen keen skip
sole and the skyrider band - the shipwreckers
burial - archangel
boards of canada - dawn chorus
aphex twin - iz-us
clark - hot may slides
radiohead - idioteque
jel - all around
air - run
radiohead - like spinning plates
black moth super rainbow + the octopus project - copying soup onto sexy birdy
caustic window - afx 114
die fantastischen vier - krieger (aphex twin baldhu mix)
flying lotus - gng bng
clark - matthew unburdened
battles - leyendecker
black moth super rainbow + the octopus project - tony face
aphex twin - alberto balsalm
boards of canada - amo bishop roden
squarepusher - iambic 9 poetry
alias & tarsier - plane that draws a white line
jel - nice last
boards of canada - gyroscope
black moth super rainbow - algae
boards of canada - untitled
global goon - glory b
bloc party - where is home? (burial remix)
portishead - wandering star
flying lotus - auntie's lock / infinitum (feat. laura darlington)
broadcast - corporeal
black moth super rainbow - zodiac girls
the tuss - gx1 solo
yo la tengo - nuclear war (version 1)
why? - gnashville
posted by allez-allez at 2:25 PM
8 Comments:
oh, such a pizdabol'stvo that is!
woot, jesse is my bud and im on his personal email list... why the heeeeelllll was i not informed about this!
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Some really great tracks on this, but the mixing was so off. I realise it wouldn't suit straight beat matching, but it's really incongruous at times.
i agree i like some of the tracks but the mixing was pretty lame if you ask me , wasn't even in key really and the same back to back boards of canada to aphex twin in the beginning of the mix and the end wasn't very ingenious for an experimental set, But oh well .....
All those who're critiquing the negligent 'mixing', it might help to know that Somfay notes on the Hexahedral site where this selection is taken from: "This is not intended to sound mixed in any way as it is not a DJ mix. It is merely a selection of music strung together, so the focus is purely on the music itself and not the technicalities of mixing."
That's fair enough, but it's on a mix site, it's called a mix, and, whilst I'm really happy with Jesse's choices, most people will take this mix as a reflection on his abilities. Maybe that's Allez-Allez' fault for labelling it as such? Myself, I wouldn't be happy to put this out there because of how jarring the segue is between just about every track...
it would have been better if some of the tracks had finished before mixing in the next one, with the nature of the music it is too chaotic at the transition stage and spoils the overall ambiance... jesse is a good producer however and the choice of music here is right on the button x
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