Neonlichter

Days of Steam is a new mix series, in tandem with the eponymous radio show on N10.AS, hosted by Neonlichter. People play music - some danceable, some not - with no regard to age or style. Some of the guests may not even be producers or DJs. Starting off the series is Vancouver-born, UK-based composer Norah Lorway (@norahlo), one of my dearest friends who is a formidable (and suitably lauded) artis...

"Lemongrass Mix" is the only descriptor given me when @benjamin_munoz sent this over. Much like how his music feels like mobile sculptures hanging in midair, attached by strings but with no solid ground, left to float, this mix brings together surrealist soundworlds and unclassifiable infinities. Herzog, Kureishi, and Miyazaki meeting at the local. Mutant pop consorts with free jazz, hyperpop blas...

Blistering, mind-bending geometries from @deejaygeejaygee that run the gamut from sludge to full speed ahead, and much of it either self-released or from smaller labels outside the usual centers of production (NYC/LDN/BER) "It's a celebration of percussion, dancing and global collective ecstasy." Excerpt from “School of Rock Hawaii 5-0 Drum Fill” Y.a. M.A - Circle [2021, GORGE.IN] Amor Satyr - Del...

Nashville's finest @mischa-lively has been holding it down with his @new_love_unlimited label and event series in Nashville for some time now, and his earnest touch with electronics buoys a necessary voice in a city known for its cultural and historic power in the American music industry, but overlooked by many off the usual dance music itinerary. I reached out to him this summer, drawing an Obliq...

Guest mix for ISO.FM Toronto (September 5, 2021) low bitrate 4 tha freaks Monolake - Invisible [Monolake, 2005] DJ Qu - The Zones [Strength Music, 2007] Swag - Primitive Tools (Untitled B2) [Primitive, 1999] Robert Armani - Let Me Hit That Ass (Traxman Remix) [Domina Traxx, 2016] Paranoid London - Wanka Beats [Paranoid London, 2020] Israel Vines - Afterever (Ken Meier Remix) [Interdimensional Tran...

drones nerveux, hyperdélie dispersée, freakouts modulaires 4 @n10-as Single Cell Orchestra - Drifting In Wire [Astralwerks, 1995] Orphx - Veil Of Dream [Xcreteria, 1994] Sotofett / Osaruxo / Diskomo - Live at Pool, Tokyo 2019-11-24 (Clip 1) [SO-PHAT, 2020] Max Abysmal - Quod Libet [Dekmantel, 2020] Régis Renouard Larivière - Allégeance Volatile [INA-GRM, 2010] Ben Vida - Ssseeeeiiiii [PAN, 2012] A...

Light one up, put this on, and take a stroll (or hide from the outside world). Make sure to stay hydrated and don't ignore your salt intake. Broadcast on @n10-as, June 26 2021. Delarosa & Asora - Smaze Words [Schematic, 1999] Urban Tribe - Nebula [Mo’Wax, 1998] Boards Of Canada - Kid For Today [Warp, 2000] Blue Heron - Bless The Weather [Mood Hut, 2016] SW - Untitled B2 [SUED, 2016] Claude Young -...

If you what to know what the world looks and sounds like from my perspective right now, listen to this. // @n10-as Arv & Miljö - Det Mesta Regnar Bort [Vitrine, 2014] Dome - Ampnoise [Dome Records, 1980] Antti Rannisto - Numbers [Sleeparchive, 2007] Åke Hodell - Kerberos, helveteshunden [Sveriges Radio, 1972] Li Chin Sung (Dickson Dee) - Somewhere [Sub Rosa, 2009] Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dru...

Vocal abstractions / fragmented thoughts / the dark corners of the chillout room / spaced out funk / sixth world sonics // @n10-as Raingarden - Three [Unreleased, 2021] Cruel Diagonals - Manifest Clandestine [Drawing Room, 2018] Terre Thaemlitz - Trucker (Burnt By The Muffler Edit) [Instinct Ambient, 1995] Second Nature - Landing Circle [Fax +49-69/450464, 1995] Grønvirke - Appendicitis [Gry Recor...

Here's the full recording from the last time I played a club gig before quarantine // truncated attempt to bring Dusseldorf to the grotto on Dundas & Dovercourt. See you in the dance soon. Adham Shaikh - Liquid Evolution (Sinking Canoe) [Instinct Ambient, 1995] Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell - Unfinished Screams [Baidis, 1996] Scanner - Gazelle In The Desert (Mellow Mix)[Sub Rosa, 1996] Cluster - L...

1 year on @n10-as this week, new artwork 4 yr pleasure. Show this week is full of wrong speed jammers, Danish ethnodelia, modern spiritual fusions, lopsided breaks, scrambled transmissions, everyone trying to speak at once, everybody getting through. Plastikman - Ethnik [Plus 8, 1994] Atlantis Transit Project - Bird Perspective [Olufsen, 1989] Bufiman - News From The Treetops [Dekmantel, 2020] Jos...

Recorded live/direct at Imperial Theatre, Vancouver, opening for David August, Feb 21 2019 Healing Force Project – Strange Apparitions In My Recording Room (Hashman Deejay Ambient Dub) [2014, Berceuse Heroique] Motion Sickness Of Time Travel – Rows Of Peach Trees [2013, SicSic] The Orb – Blue Room (Excerpt 605) [1992, Logic] Aquarian Foundation – Excerpt from “Mind Miniatures” [2015, Going Good] J...

use the entrance as an exit, we’ll find another way out // january 23 2021 Madteo - Vox Your Nu Yr Resolution [Sähkö, 2012] Francois Bayle - Voyage Au Centre De La Tête (Excerpt) [INA-GRM, 1981] Bernard Parmegiani - Chef Charon [Transversales Disques, 1982/2017] William S Burroughs - Nothing Here Now But The Recordings (Excerpt) [Industrial, 1981] Larry Wendt - Stem And Stone [Vinyl-on-demand, 197...

channelling experiments in tension // december 26 2020 Dallas Acid - The Spiral Ambience III [2020, All Saints] Foehn - Shrouded [1998, FatCat] Larry Wendt - The Spring (rec. 1977) [2017, Vinyl On Demand] Bob Bellerue - Full Armor Of God [2019, Bizaarbazaar] Orbs Of Light - Disrupted [2020, self-released] Neonlichter - Chantier [2020, Xylem Records] Aussterben - Daem [2020, ANA Sound] Nocturnal Em...

the fallacy of peace in our time // november 28 2020 Biosphere & Pete Namlook - The Fires Of Ork I [Apollo, 1994] Elgato - Zone [Hessle Audio, 2012] General Ludd - Restraint [Rubadub, 2018] Dreams - Vision Zero [Subsubtropics, 2017] Beau Wanzer - Towed Up (Live At The Hideout, 2008) [Self-Released, 2014] Mr. White - Gimme Some Acid [MG Records, 1988] Sprawl - Neural Acid [Solar One Music, 2009] Di...

subterranean clouds // october 24 2020 Seekersinternational - The Guncontrolla (Movements I-IV) [ICS Library Records, 2019] Grateful Dead - Seastones (Live at Olympiahalle München, 09/14/74) [1974] Cabaret Voltaire - Moscow [Virgin, 1983] Lutto Lento - Dark Secret World [Where To Now?, 2017] Sinister Bodies Of Water - Under Shadow & Sand [Low Orbit, 2020] Gunnar Haslam - Laghi Sotterranei [LIES, 2...

les sacres d’automne (mutated industrial + dancehall) // september 26 2020 Emeralds - Up In The Air [2009, No Fun Productions] Tomorrowland - People Mover [1999, Darla] Roter Stern Belgrad - Afars & Issas [1981, Klar! 80] Sizzla & Ninjaman - Who Is Laughing (Version) [1996, XTerminator] Beatrice Dillon - Carrier & Mask [2014, Where To Now?] Monolake - CCTV [2005, Monolake / Imbalance Computer Musi...

the mind revealing itself to itself // august 22 2020 Boreal Massif - Weather In August [Pessimist Productions, 2019] Hafler Trio - Suppressed Noise / Inherent Aggression [Doublevision, 1984] Rrose - Undergrowth [Eaux, 2015] Echium - Adaptive Senses : Reflection [Sferic, 2020] Vladislav Delay - Six [Detroit Underground, 2018] SW - Untitled B2 [SUED, 2016] Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell - Unfinished...

light swells in a distant space // july 25 2020 OL - Rep Air [Motion Ward, 2019] Matmos - California Rhinoplasty (Surgeon’s Second Opinion) [Matador, 2001] Exael + Arad Acid - My Love Is An Extension Of You [Motion Ward, 2020] Delarosa & Asora - And A Needle Maybe [Schematic, 2000] Ike Yard - NCR [Factory America, 1982] Even Tuell & Midnightopera - Untitled B1 [Workshop Special, 2013] Donato Dozzy...

Improvisations, sermons, and liquid acrobatics. Shake your molecules. Miles Davis - Go Ahead John (No Intro Edit) [Outerzona13, 2016] Neneh Cherry & The Circuit - Dead Come Alive [On-U Sound, 1984] Ekbox - Tidally Locked [Cabaret, 2016] Skymaster - Final Link [Offshoot, 1998] Instinct - Universal [Instinct, 2018] G-Man - Knight Trax K2 [G-Man, 2000] Royer - Sunday Yellow (Independence Ave. Orchest...

music for the heatwave // june 27 2020 Plastikman - Cor Ten [M_nus, 1998] Massive Attack - Three (Mad Professor’s Trinity Dub) [Wild Bunch, 1995] Puma & The Dolphin - The Dress (Michal Turtle Remix) [Chambre Noire, 2019] Rick Wilhite - Good Kiss (Urban Tribe Remix) [KDJ, 1999] Loop LF - Ocean Drums [Well Street, 2017] Royer - Afre [Material Image, 2015] Kush Jones - Earth Note [Future Times, 2020]...

One of the first interviews I did for radio in September 2012 for @933cfmu, with Chris Frantz (Talking Heads / Tom Tom Club) on the release of the "Downtown Rockers EP" (Nacional Records)

All-jungle/dnb special on @n10-as // April 25 2020 Use Of Weapons - Stan’s Plan [Droppin’ Science, 1999] Ambrosia - Inside Your Arms [EastWest, 1998] DJ Food - Freedom [Ninja Tune, 1995] Natural Mystic - Got To Have Ya [Moving Shadow, 1996] Blame & Justice - Essence (The Groove) [Moving Shadow, 1994] The Invisible Man - The Bell Tune [Good Looking, 1994] The Truper - Untitled 2A [Street Beats, 199...

(Recorded live at @bambistoronto, March 14, 2020 // broadcast on @n10-as March 28, 2020) Ghostride The Drift - Untitled B1 [xpq?, 2019] Air Liquide - Knifflige Fragen (Acapella) [Rising High, 1995] Low Jack - Robert [Les Disques De La Bretagne, 2018] Piezo - The Mandrake [Version, 2019] Lurka - Beater [Timedance, 2016] Streetwalker - Ooze [Catholic Tapes/Diagonal, 2011/2014] Dubmonger - Wasp Contr...

01. Oren Ratowsky – Islay – Booma Collective 02. Bee Mask – Stop The Night – Spectrum Spools 03. Shifted – Untitled – Unknown Precept 04. Austin Cesear – Forest Forever – Public Information 05. Ian Helliwell – Solid States – Public Information 06. Optic – Relic – Regelbau 07. Autechre – Konlied MX – Warp 08. Benjamin Muñoz – Melle – Push & Run 09. Crazy Bald Heads – First Born (Champagne Breakfast...