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ION STORM 011: plastikconcept (1999)

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ION STORM (011): PLASTIKONCEPT | tobias.dj | 31st August 1999

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This three-deck mix recorded August 31st, 1999, the year of the millennial countdown, 666-1, with no prepared records, just a crate of Plastikman wax indicative of an era: dark warehouses, massive soundsystems, and echoes under the stars. Featuring Plastikman / Richie Hawtin’s albums from Sheet One to Consumed, side projects as F.U.S.E. and Cybersonik, the Concept ’96 series, and unnamed releases including Plus8068.

Richie Hawtin, the erstwhile British-Canadian from London, Ontario, was a revered influence on the small techno collectives out West in Vancouver, BC [ notably shrumtribe.com ]. We maintained contact through the techno.ca mailing list & through drops from Plus8’s webmaster Tosh, who gratefully provided advanced promo direct from Richie.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Hawtin at the time for Discorder magazine, discussing his then first-step into digital DJing with Final Scratch (which at the time ran only on BeOs). A futurist to the core, Richie has since proven himself one of few sole survivors in what transformed from an esoteric, acidic ‘ardcore element of rave & Detroit techno culture to the Berlin & Ibiza “techno industry”.

PLASTIKONCEPT 1999

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ION STORM broadcasts interstellar techno, future house & offworld ambient from the vaults of TOBIAS.DJ. Prepare your space voyage with occult sounds drawn from 20+ years as a technoculture catalyst and turntablist. The mission — to invade consensus reality with an all-out assault of alien frequencies. Some sex in zero gravity included. Occasional interplanetary guests from the technosphere and label [ IOSOUND.ca ].

NO TRACKLISTING.

 

ION STORM 010: Martijn Comes | s*

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ION STORM (010):

Martijn Comes | 2044 ASTRAL DUB VISION
s* | RETURN OF THE 12TH PLANET

 

Two mixes in this eclectic space travel through intergalactic dub and IO SOUND releases exploring the cosmic realms of experimental electronica.

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ION STORM broadcasts interstellar techno, future house & offworld ambient from the vaults of TOBIAS.DJ. Prepare your space voyage with occult sounds drawn from 20+ years as a technoculture catalyst and turntablist. The mission — to invade consensus reality with an all-out assault of alien frequencies. Some sex in zero gravity included. Occasional interplanetary guests from the technosphere and label [ IOSOUND.ca ].

// TRACKLISTING //

== Martijn Comes | 2044 ASTRAL DUB VISION ==

Martijn Comes. Astral Vision Dub. (Unreleased)
Ulrich Troyer Meets Georg Blaschke. Back from Serbia. Somatic Soundtracks. (4Bit Productions)
Ursula Bogner. Fur Ulrich. Recordings 1969-1988. (Faitiche)
Rumpistol. Vuggelise. Mere rum. (Rump Recordings)
Chromatics.Tick Of The Clock. Night Drive. (Italians do it Better)
Rumpistol. Analog. Dynamo. (Rump Recordings)
Grace Jones. Sunset Dub. Hurricane. (Wall of Sound)
Vladislav Delay. Kuuluuko. Vantaa. (Raster-Noton)
General Strike. Interplanetary Dub. Danger in Paradise (Staubgold)

== s* | Return of the 12th Planet ==

* = unreleased

Scant Intone – earos [rmx of TTLD] – IO/001
Yves De Mey / rework of Pinkcourtesyphone*
Jeff Carey – Cut 0.3 [rmx of TTLD] – IO/001
I8U – ’til death [rmx of TTLD] – IO/001
Pinkcourtesyphone / sans (E. Domnitch + D. Gelfand rework of “Sans Many Things”)*
Pinkcourtesyphone + Kid Congo Powers + CoH / Blow Up (iamaphotograph Cut)*
s* – Quiet [excerpt]*
s* + kk / eclipse – IO/002
Pinkcourtesyphone / An Awaiting Room (Frank Bretschneider remix)*
Richard Chartier / EVP.RE [rmx of TTLD] – IO/001
a.j. cornell / 1981 – IO/003
s* + kk / hypnosyne (psonn) – IO/002
s* + tomas phillips / body*
Pinkcourtesyphone + Kid Congo Powers / iamaphotograph (slowsleazemix)*
tomas phillips / flore [TTLD rmx] – IO/001
s* / 1999 – IO/003
s* + kk / ix chel (dead s* dub) – IO/002
s* + kk / she dreams of isis – IO/002
Pinkcourtesyphone / Simon Scott rework*
souns / waves [rmx of Mario van Horrik & Petra Dubach]*
s* + MVK / Thunderklap (Side B) – IO/004
coingutter / a little night music [rmx of TTLD] – IO/001
Martijn Comes / Memory Field*
Martijn Comes / Neptune Federation of Light*
a.j. cornell – sorgue [rmx of Mario van Horrik & Petra Dubach]*
Martijn Comes / Electric Field*
Martijn Comes / Silent Field*
Martijn Comes / Mirrored Field*

TTLD = Tactical Tape Loop Division (Unearthed from Airwaves / IO/001)

ION STORM 006: living myth

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ION STORM (006): living.myth

== mixed by tobias.dj ==
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ION STORM broadcasts interstellar techno, future house & offworld ambient from the vaults of TOBIAS.DJ. Prepare your space voyage with occult sounds drawn from 20+ years as a technoculture catalyst and turntablist. The mission — to invade consensus reality with an all-out assault of alien frequencies. Some sex in zero gravity included. Occasional interplanetary guests from the technosphere and label [ IOSOUND.ca ].

== TRACKLISTING ==

1 There’s signs of group hysteria in the passengers. Hunter S. Thompson The Gonzo Tapes: Gonzo Gridlock 1973–1974 (Disc Four) 2008/01/01
2 How Many Times Brian Johnson Time Will Tell [THOUGHTLESS 080] 2013/01/01
3 Limited By You Shlomi Aber The Doppler [BE AS ONE 041] 2013/01/01
4 New York Dreamer (Alix Alvarez Remix) Shlomi Aber Chicago Days, Detroit Nights (The Remixes Vol. 2) [OVUM 9010-5] 2011/06/20
5 Paint It Black (Coyu Remix) Pig and Dan Paint It Black EP [SUARA 058] 2012/01/01
6 IP Mirrors Kassem Mosse Think & Change [NONPLUS LP004] 2013/03/11
7 Pruitt Igoe (or version) Kangding Ray OR [RASTER-NOTON 123] 2011/01/01
8 Foolish Games Feat Moggli Shlomi Aber Foolish Games EP [BE AS ONE 038] 2012/01/01
9 Checkpot (Echonomist Remix) Marcus Meinhardt Checkpot [UPON.YOU 055] 2012/01/01
10 Wear It Well Locked Groove Heritage [HOTFLUSH 038] 2013/01/01
11 For These Times Four Tet Think & Change [NONPLUS LP004] 2013/03/11
12 Time Will Tell Brian Johnson Time Will Tell [THOUGHTLESS 080] 2013/01/01
13 Damdamm Basti Grub Defected In The House Miami 2013 [ITH 50CD] 2013/01/01
14 Gemini Safety Scissors In A Manner Of Sleeping [BPITCH CONTROL] 2013/01/01
15 Coefficient J. Phlip Dirtybird Players (Part 1) [DIRTYBIRD 087] 2013/01/01
16 Dog River The Mole Dog River EP [NEW KANADA 31] 2013/01/01
17 After Five Terrence Dixon The Parkhurst [THEMA 022] 2011/01/01
18 Destroy, She Says Clarian Chemical Gardens EP [VISIONQUEST 024] 2013/01/01
19 Suspended (Extended Version) Terrence Dixon The Parkhurst [THEMA 022] 2011/01/01
20- U (Unfinished) Clarian Chemical Gardens EP [VISIONQUEST 024] 2013/01/01
21 Aile Mut Saschienne Unknown [KOMPAKT CD 98] 2012/01/01
22 For Her.. For Him Marcus Meinhardt Eden Garden EP [KATERMUKKE 032] 2013/01/01
23 Overture Shlomi Aber Rough Steps [DESOLAT X016]] 2012/01/01
24 Progress (Alland Byallo Remix) Safety Scissors Progress and Perseverance EP [BPitch Control 268] 2013/01/01
25 Legionnaire Rennie Foster Legionnaire [THOUGHTLESS 081] 2013/01/01
26 Stay High Baby Maceo Plex High & Sexy EP [ELLUM AUDIO 001] 2011/01/01

ION STORM 001: comatose (I)

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ION STORM (001): comatose (I)
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I be pleased to present the first broadcast of ION STORM, a fortnightly episode of interstellar mixing on DERadio.

(( a barrage of electronic particles ))

ION STORM broadcasts interstellar techno, future house & offworld ambient from the vaults of TOBIAS.DJ. Prepare your space voyage with occult sounds drawn from 20+ years as a technoculture catalyst and turntablist. The mission — to invade consensus reality with an all-out assault of alien frequencies. Some sex in zero gravity included. Occasional interplanetary guests from the technosphere and label IOSOUND.ca.

Unfinished System (2009)

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A two-part recording hammered out with longtime collaborator DJ Construct, over a long night of molasses beats, retro-new-wave, and modern deep techno and electro… nothing prepared, all improvised, with thick malts in the glass.

In honour of the events we’ve played together, I’ve posted a selection of images from the 2002 series at Video-In.

tobias.dj
April 2012

subliminal bronchialsaurus (2006)

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subliminal bronchialsaurus (2006)

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Recorded in Montréal, gazing across at Patati Patata, to the traffic of St. Laurent and the remnants of bronchitis… this set is evocative of what I was spinning at Montréal loft parties that summer (though only part of that summer’s style, as I would play for 3-5 hours on average). Kompakt deep techno, acid house and the strains of what was to become known as mnml are heartily present.

Photo is from the Full Pleine Moon Party of 13th April 2006, held down the street on St. Laurent, high atop the Duluth skyscraper (thanks @ MM). This was a good night — packed and sweaty, dancing until sunrise, playing all night with Colin the Mole if memory serves me right.

tobias.dj
April 2012

Ample Musika (2001)

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olo j. milkman (2001)

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Recorded live at Coffee 4 House, July 2001, Vancouver, on the occasion of olo j. milkman’s second-ever showing of work. This mix aimed to demonstrate the underlying connections between rhythm & machinic improvisation, evident since the break of the 20th century with musique concrète, modernist minimalism, and of course, variants of minimal techno, house, and electro… all in a west-side coffeehouse.

tobias.dj
April 2012