Optic Echo Presents

OEP: best vinyl of 2020

https://headphonecommute.com/2021/01/26/optic-echo-presents-best-vinyl-of-2020/

KMRU- Peel c1 

Jake Muir- The Hum of Your Veiled Voice b2 

Lucy Gooch- Rushing a2 

Quiet Places- Volume 1 a1 

TR Jordan- Just for You a1 

Golden Retriever & Chuck Johnson- Rain Shadow a2 

Fadi Tabbal- Subject to Potential Errors and Distortion a4 

Tape Loop Orchestra- Returning Two a1.2 

36 & Zakè- Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel a2 

Valance Drakes- Freedom is it’s Own Kind of Slavery b1 

OFFTHESKY & The Humble Bee- We Were the Hum of Dreams b3 

Inventions- Continuous Portrait b4 

Sarah Davachi- Cantus, Descant a3 

WL (Patricia Wolf remix)- ADHD (flexidisc) 

Night Sea- Still b1 

Pepo Galan & Sita Ostheimer- Contact b3 

Windy and Carl- Allegiance and Conviction b1 

Gia Magaret- Mia Garget b1 

Haunted Ghost- New Life Paeans a3 

Claire Rousay- Both b1.2 

R beny - The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow a1 

Black Brunswicker- Thesis 18 b1.2 

Secret Pyramid- Embers b2

OEP 12/1/20: Neglect guest mix

Big thank you to Neglect for providing this week's guest mix. Check out my favorite album by Joseph, Western Romance Novels, and others on his bandcamp below:

www.neglectsound.bandcamp.com

www.soundcloud.com/neglectsound

Kaiwa - Stasis (Weathervane) 
Strategy - The Babbling Brook (Longform Editions) 
Music For Sleep - Pedra (self release) 
TM 404 - 303/303/303/303/707/808 (Kontra Musik) 
Graintable - Universal Ash (Ransom Note)
Antenes - Take Me To The Birds (For A) (Silent Season) 
Wa Wu We - Where Colors Are The Birds (Hypnus) 
Stanislav Tolkachev - Farewell (Semantica)
Coil - MU UR (segment) (Threshold House)
Jake Muir - melting like the stars (Sferic)
El Mahdy Jr. - Last Breath (Zam Zam)
Laraaji - Meditation No. 2 (Editions EG)
Neglect - Inlet Nova (Weathervane) 
Daniel Menche - October Larynx Part Two (self release)

isolatedmix 104 - Optic Echo

I did a mix for Ryan at ASIP for his excellent isolatedmix series, which included an interview:

https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2020/11/17/isolatedmix-104-optic-echo

01. The Orb- Orbvs Terrarvm  c1.1
02. Pinkcourtesyphone- Sentimental Something  b1
03. W Tang- Instrumentals  b1
04. Night Sequels- Children of the Night Make Music  c2
05. 36- Dream Tempest  b
06. Lucy Gooch- Rushing  a2
07. Eluvium- Life Through Bombardment vol2  f1.2
08. William S Burroughs- Break Through in Grey Room  b4
09. Wanderwelle- A State of Decrepitude  a3
10. Future Sound of London- Lifeforms  b3
11. Clickits- Moteer 001  b4
12. Orla Wren- Butterfly Wings Make  a4
13. Ceeys & Constant Presence- Thesis 17  a1
14. Hildur Gudnadóttir- Chernobyl  a1
15. Four Tet- Sixteen Oceans  a4
16. Tom Scott- Hilldrop  b1
17. Dakota Suite (Hauschka remix)- The Night Just Keeps Coming In  a4

OEP 11/17/20: Elias Foley guest mix

Big thank you to Elias Foley, head of Tamarack Music here in Portland. Check out his release from earlier this month, Network 1: Post Human on bandcamp, and his appearance on the Form the Head Podcast here:

https://tamarackmusic.bandcamp.com/album/network-1-post-human
https://formthehead.net/fth063-elias-foley/

Al Mothlath - Dead Traveler
Saint Abdullah - Brown Eyed People of Rafsanjani
Echo Wanderer - Post Human Network [Echo Wanderer Refix]
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Diviner
Photek - The Sea
Fadi Tabbal - Ceremony by the Sea
Maarja Nuut - Underneath There Is
SciFiSol - Just A Game
Telefon Tel Aviv - standing at the bottom of the ocean;
Heather Perkins - Happiest Time Of His Life (Help Yourself)
Via Dekum - Cloud Annex
The Cinematic Orchestra - Wait For Now/Leave The World (featuring Tawiah)
Elias Foley - Post Human (Moments)

OEP 11/3/20: Lost Tribe Sound guest mix

 

Big thank you to Ryan / Lost Tribe Sound for providing this week's guest mix. Be sure to check out the gorgeous releases on the Lost Tribe Sound label by following the links below:

https://losttribesound.bandcamp.com
http://losttribesound.com

Mt Went- Resistance
Toàn- Tortue
Holy Mountain Beast- Hunt, of wood and fire
Sarah Davachi- Play the Ghost 
yadayn- Ergens
Buen Aurelio Malazar- pró.digo 
Sebastian Mullaert with musicians of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich- Moonwaker 
Honey Stretton- Bed 
’t Geruis- Tree Weeping (Lacrima)
Lucrecia Dalt- Turmoil
Warui Musuko- 日の出なし
Bamboo Music- Trembling Air
William Ryan Fritch- Threshing Floor
Carlo Giustini- B1. Dallo Spiraglio, Esci Piano
Claire Deak & Tony Dupé- Procession
The Stranger- Providence of Fate
Sailcloth- Small Birds by Two Tracks
William Ryan Fritch- Movement III

Optic Echo Presents 
Tuesday evenings 6-8pm PST 
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Downtempo #12 (2006)

This was the final mix of my downtempo series, dating back to 2006. I started Optic Echo Presents that summer on the Portland Radio Authority.

Peace Orchestra- Peace Orchestra d2
Kruder/Dorfmeister- G-Stoned b1
Psapp- The only thing … b5
FSOL- Lifeforms 12" a1
Lemongrass- Voyage … d3
The Orb- Back to Mine f3
Lemon Jelly- Spacewalk 10" b1
Lali Puna- Scary World Theory a4
Low Profile Society- Blue Toytronic b3
Moss- Pork 064 a2
Thievery Corporation- Barrio Alto 10" a1
Bonobo- Dial M for Monkey b2
Coldcut- Man in a Garage a1
The Orb- Live 93 b1
Corker/Conboy- Radiant Idiot a2
Bola- Soup c2
Thievery Corporation- Sounds from the … c2
Daedelus- Exquisite Corpse b7
DJ Shadow- Number Song EP a1
Dusted- When we were young a1
Tosca- j.a.c. a1
VA- Jip 2 a2
Nightmares on Wax- Carboot Soul a1
Efterklang- Tripper a2
Lali Puna- I thought I was … a5
Fog- Check Fraud b2

OEP 10/13/20: William Selman guest mix

Thank you to William Selman for providing this week's guest mix. Check out William's bandcamp page to listen to his releases including Naming Before Names:
https://williamselman.bandcamp.com
and his label's bandcamp:
https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandcamp.com

Bernard C - Les Chantes Révolutionnaires II - Les Chantes Révolutionnaires (Illusion Production 1983)
Yoshi Wada - Earth Horns with Electronic Drone - Earth Horns with Electronic Drone (Edition Omega 2009)
crys cole - The Nonsuch - Beside Myself (Students of Decay 2020)
Steve Roden - Stills for Guru Dutt - A Thousand Breathing Forms (Sonoris, 2020)
Eva-Marie Houben - Erwartung 1 (second editions, 2019)
Roland Kayn - Garten der Luste, Abschnitt I - Garten der Luste (Reiger Reeks, 2001)
Alexandre Spence - Sleep in Nothingness - Waking, She Heard the Fluttering (Room40, 2019)
Thomas Koner - Spitsbergen (Hour 8) - La Barca (Records DK, 2015)
David Dunn - Chaos and the Emergent Mind of the Pond - Angels and Insects (¿What Next?, 1992)
Dick Raaijmakers - Canon 4: Super Sub-Trahere - The Complete Tape Music of Dick Raaijmakers (Basta, 2006)
Ludger Brummer - Deconstructing the Double District - 9 Trajectories (Ina-GRM, 2018)
Yann Novak - Scalar Field (orange, pink, orange) - Scalar Fields (Room40, 2019)
Folke Rabe - What?? (Sec ond Version) - What?? (Dexters Cigar, 1997)
Dean Roberts - Kompakt Arcade - All Cracked Medias (Mille Plateaux, 1998)
Mika Vainio - In a Frosted Lake - Black Telephone of Matter (Touch, 2008)
Kuriharu Akiyama - Music for Resting - Environmental Music for Dining Room of Atheletes' Village in Tokyo Olympics 1964 (Edition Omega Point, 2009)
Michel Redolfi - Sunny Afternoon at Bird Rock - Sonic Waters #2 (Hat Hut, 1989)
Christoph Hermann and Brunhild Ferrari - Stürmische Ruhe - Stürmische Ruhe (Not on label, 2020)
Budhatiya Chattopadhyay - Well-Tempered City Book I - Well-Tempered City Book I (Touch, 2020)
Jake Muir - Black Smokers - Acclimation (Dragon's Eye, 2018)
Phil Julian - Interval 6 - Carrier Dynamic (fancyyyyy, 2020)
Toshiba Tsunoda -Solid vibration from the concrete pavement of a pier where the fish market used to be held - Reflection-Revisiting (Erstwhile, 2019)
Guy Hobsbawm - Blanquistes du Nil - Communes Qui Poussent Comme Des Champignons (Mysteries of the Deep, 2020)
Kate Carr - I ran up and down the steps of the dam - Overheard in Doi Saket (3 leaves, 2014)

OEP 10/6/20: Whettman Chelmets guest mix

Big thank you to Whettmen Chelmets for providing the guest mix this week. Check out his bandcamp to find a number of albums of his, including his recent split release "Theme Variations":

https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/theme-variations
https://whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com

1 - Nate Scheible - “I Don’t Give a Fuck if You Like Me” - Prions and Scrapie - 00:00

2 - Lake Mary & M. Sage - “Towards a Golden Light” - Shepherd’s Bridge - 01:51

3 - Jake Muir - “Green Eyes” - Lady’s Mantle - 03:36

4 - Acef Stripe - “The Stuffies are Not Sleeping” - Foxy - 05:17

5 - Andrew Tuttle - “Burwood Heights Convenience” - Alexandra - 06:22

6 - RA - “Overcoming Sadness” - The Meditations of Zera Yacob - 07:39

7 - Pulse Emitter - “Ripples” - Swirlings  - 09:29

8 - Siavash Amini and Saaad - “Calm in Resignation” - All Lanes of Lilac Evening - 11:39

9 - Assassin of Sound - “Artic (66° 30’N)” - Earth Suite - 14:31

10 - Binaural Space - “Good Night Spacemen” - Boyhood - 16:31

11 - Nhung Ngyuen - “Bittersweet” - An Ordinary Narrative - 18:34

12 - Cruel Diagonals - “Topography of an Affliction” - s/t - 22:12

13 - clair rousay - “buy my blessing” - “i’ll give you all of my love” - 24:00

14 - Chorchill - “Human Submarine” - Nachtfisch - 24:53

15 - Wife Signs - “Burning Off the Nuance” - Beneath the Weight of Care - 26:59

16 - Whettman Chelmets - “But I Need to” - I Don’t Want to Let Go, but I Need to Let Go - 29:24

17 - Amy Cutler - “riddles of the firmament” - Oro Tape (Fieldtrips of the Damned) - 32:58

18 - qualchan. - “glass.” - Micrographia - 35:08

19 - Lucy Liyou - “Who You Feed” - Welfare - 35:33

20 - Lowering - “Just a Fever” - Sleep in Perpetual Storm - 36:52

21 - Matt Jencik - “Night Gallery Pause” - Dream Character - 38:19

22 - Forest Robots - “It’s Quietest at the Edge of the Crestline” - Timberline and Mountain Crest - 41:36

23 - Ghost Signs - “We Haunt These Cities Like a Half Remembered Dream” - The Holy Ghost and other Lost Souls - 44:47

24 - Barraco Barner - “20200420 Pops” - 20200419-20200422 - 46:47

25 - Barraco Barner - “20200421 There’s a Payoff I Promise” - 20200419-20200422 - 48:45

Optic Echo Presents 9/29/19

Space Afrika- Primrose Avenue a1.1 https://wheretonow.bandcamp.com/album/primrose-avenue
Max Richter- Voices a1
Haunted Ghost- New Life Paeans a3 https://specialspeciesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ssr020-haunted-ghost-new-life-paeans
Belong- October Language a2 https://spectrumspools.bandcamp.com/album/october-language
Sarah Davachi- Cantus, Descant c3 https://sarahdavachi.bandcamp.com/album/cantus-descant
Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma- Limpid as the Solitudes b1 https://shelterpress.bandcamp.com/album/limpid-as-the-solitudes
Jacaszek & Kwartludium Catalogue Des Arbres b1 https://jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com/album/catalogue-des-arbres
Quiet Places- Volume 1 a1 https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/volume-1
Knxwledge- Hud Dreems b2.3 https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/hud-dreems
Aphex Twin- Drukqs a2
R Beny- Eistla a5 https://rbeny.bandcamp.com/album/eistla
Sustainer- Anticuario a1 https://rottenmaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/anticuario

OEP 9/22/20: Isaac Helsen guest mix

Big thank you to Isaac Helsen, 1/2 of the ambient label Past Inside the Present, for providing this week's guest mix. Check out his release Remnants Series I - VIII on the PITP label here:

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/remnants-series-vol-i-viii
https://pitp.bandcamp.com

[0:00] Oiseaux-Tempête — Notes From The Mediterranean Sea
[3:56] Idlefon — Pickers Of Empty Cocoons (with Nima Pourkarimi)
[7:16] Cyberian — Sanctuary of Pain
[14:14] Christina Giannone — Renunciation
[21:20] KMRU — Why Are You Here
[30:08] Forest Management — Blue Leaves
[34:04] Siavash Amini — Moonless Garden
[42:16] NUM — Isolated Room
[48:12] Jayve Montgomery — Here Is Where We Now
[52:30] Clarice Jensen — Day Tonight
[59:22] Cat Tyson Hughes — A Lovely Walk
[1:02:14] Saltbreaker — Extraction 1
[1:04:04] NUM — Blue