Sure Thing Podcast

MIST004 - Archivist - Psion (w/ Claudio PRC Remixes) Release date: October 26, 2021 (12" & Digital) Buy: surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/psion A1. Psion A2. Psion (Claudio PRC Remix) B1. Stone Eater B2. Stone Eater (Claudio PRC Remix) Sure Thing welcomes two new additions to the label with a long-distance collaboration between Seattle's Archivist and Berlin's Claudio PRC. Two original productions...

I'm thrilled to welcome Milo Bragg to the series, expert curator and founder of the Future Primitive label and Club Rooted mix series. We connected over a shared love of music occupying the space between genres and adjacent to the dance floor, and of tracing the paths these sounds have taken over the years. True to form, Milo's contribution is a lesson in atmospheric refinement, a spacious selecti...

People who dedicate themselves fully to creating transcendent experiences for their audiences are a rarity, and Van Anh is no exception. Our friends acquainted with the Netherlands' thriving ambient & techno scene will undoubtedly be familiar with Van Anh and her ISOTOOP collective, who together have built events ranging from 12-hour overnight ambient excursions to 'Under the Desert Stars,' a one-...

We're tumbling in and out of the haze again, swept up in an afterimage blur. Lying on the grass & breathing against the sky. I'm so happy to welcome Mallorca's @nueen (INDEX:Records, Good Morning Tapes) to the series, who channels the charged coastal air into a gorgeous sunset transmission I could stay and watch forever. Luis Alberto Spinetta - Cementerio Club Suitman Jungle - March Beats Adelhard...

A space to fall into again and again. A start that feels like an ending and an end that feels like a beginning. A wistful recollection of our motions, an invitation to share ourselves as we have before. A dawn letter written in a shade between sky and stars, echoing gently and begging to be whispered aloud. From Sweden's @martinou3000 (Sewer Sender, UntilMyHeartStops, AD 93, Appian, Cong Burn), a...

I've been a huge fan of Bas Dobbelaer's concise but immaculate record of releases on AD 93, Appian, On Board Music, and his superb collaborations with Vand for Something Happening Somewhere, and I'm excited to welcome the Amsterdam-based artist to the podcast. The subtle rhythm and gentle beauty in Bas' music captures perfectly the spirit of what I'd like to hear when I'm back on the dance floor,...

MIST003 - Atoloi - Inflorescenze Release date: March 23, 2021 (12" Vinyl / Digital) Buy: https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/album/inflorescenze 1. Fioritura 2. Felce 3. Umida Superficie 4. Forma e Cammino 5. Sulle Sensazioni 6. Chiusura 7. Soffusa (Diurna) 8. Richiamo (Notturna) 9. Il Da Farsi (Tracks 7-9: Digital Side) Sure Thing’s third release, Inflorescenze, comes from Milano-based artist Atolo...

Naarm/Melbourne’s Lily Dalton caught my ear with an impressive series of mixes for @city-bleus and @chomleychomley among others, and I’m so glad to welcome her as she prepares to launch her upcoming label @irregularforms. Lily’s mix is infectious and brilliantly paced, all while highlighting a solid dose of Australian music, and it’s clear she’ll soon enough be bringing entire crowds to their knee...

Next on the podcast is this full-field wonder from Naarm/Melbourne's Citizen Maze, member of the beloved Analogue Attic family and curator of the Mirror Tapes series. This set is a boundless horizon, a mix overflowing with so much pure, radiant feeling that you'll swear it was twice as long. Its density is staggering, yet moments of gentle and poetic bliss coalesce like visions in the fog. As melo...

A new season begins with a warm welcome to Joachim Spieth, founder of the Affin label. A true veteran of the scene, Joachim's first release dates back 1999 via Kompakt, and his own label narrates an impressive and storied history from 2007 onward. Recent years have seen quite the community grow around Affin's beloved output of ambient and techno, including recent stellar works from Einox and Toki...

One last mix to end the year. When Svreca sent me this set, he could not have known what it would mean to me. I have spent so much time looking back lately, reliving old discussions and re-imagining moments passed, often lamenting how much was lost along the way. In just under three hours this mix communicates the flow of years. An archived recording from a special memory, it reminds me that the p...

Many of you will need no introduction to the music of Primal Code, the Italian duo who have conjured up a storm of stunning releases on labels such as Hypnus, The Gods Planet, and Konstrukt in relatively short order. We first connected over their gorgeous, then-unreleased track "Morgana," and since then it's been a pleasure watching them develop their natural and introspective sound, each release...

It's my pleasure to welcome Yan to the podcast, co-founder of Harmony Rec. and beloved resident of Prague's Ankali. We finally crossed paths in Japan last fall, playing together in Shibuya in what became one of my favorite memories of the year before heading off to the one-and-only Labyrinth. Having just celebrated their sixth anniversary and with six label releases now under their belt, the Harmo...

A flash of diamond dust from France's Realitycheck, an uncanny producer whose productions will be rattling subs everywhere when the dance floors re-open. This one is a blinding and triumphant set of nimble, stance-switching rhythms, crystalline and murky all at once and landing blows at every turn. @realitycheck-4

A tender mosaic captured in soft focus, courtesy of The Something Something's Will Oirson. Recorded during the final act of ISOTOOP's "The Mind-Altering Experiment," an exploratory event which traced the course of an entire summer's evening, Will's morning call is a testament to shared experience, a confirmation of combined existence. Each selection is given room to breathe, space to occupy, and t...

MIST002 - PRG/M - Lenta Ginestra Release date: Sept 10 2020 (12" Vinyl / Digital) A1. Giardini e Palagi A2. Ignea Bocca A3. Flutto Rovente B1. Lenta Ginestra (Acronym Remix) B2. Marchesa Deserta B3. Lenta Ginestra Sure Thing’s second release sees Italian producer PRG/M join the label’s roster, following an acclaimed EP for Midgar Records and his ongoing work as a member of r²π. Departing from the...

Hoedus delivers a constellation of modern techno for the mix series' return to rhythm. In the spirit of the Anekoic co-founder's own productions, rippling energies and subsurface spirals are mapped with pinpoint precision, tunneling us forward and accelerating us into the ire of gravity's pull. @hoedus @anekoicrecords Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Jake Muir is a multi-disciplinary artist, now residing in Berlin by way of Seattle and Los Angeles, whose uncanny ability to manipulate sound has given form to two stunning full-length works in "Lady's Mantle" (via @sferic-records) and "Muara" (via @further-records as Monadh). This mix from Jake is pure enchantment, a carefully assembled palette of entropic textures and vaporous, unclassifiable fo...

It is a pleasure to welcome our old friend Samuel to the mix series. As curator of the beloved Monument podcast, Sam's dedication to the community is widely familiar, but beyond that he has been a source of constant inspiration and camaraderie from our earliest days. With this finely composed selection, Samuel commands center stage, taking us to a place of candid emotion and delicate, emerging hop...

Every so often we find ourselves lost in a mix that melts our surroundings away, pulling us straight back to our favorite memories from the dance floor. Enter London's Riccardo Villella, designer by trade and expert co-curator of the beloved Truants series, who deftly translates those rare, fleeting feelings into this blissful two-hour mix. Suffused with subtle euphoria, this set is a bittersweet...

Forest Management is Chicago's John Daniel, a talented and prolific producer of experimental ambient works and founder of the Sequel and Reserve Matinee labels. Daniel's music draws from a profound sense of nostalgia felt even at its sparsest moments, and is represented by an impressive roster of independent labels including Past Inside The Present, VAAGNER, Constellation Tatsu, and many more. "Di...

Hailing from Seoul, Scøpe is likely a familiar and much respected name to many. His label and podcast series, SCOPÁVIK, is a foundational part of the South Korean techno scene and helps shape its hypnotic and arcane undercurrent. We're excited to share his contribution to our podcast, a set which takes us to another world and back, one which steps quickly into warp drive and maintains a riveting e...

Not much is known of Belarus' Cliche Morph, but through a series of stellar releases via labels such as Midgar, Edit Select, and his newly formed Postdynamic, his message finds clarity. Cloaked in layers of dense, droning movement, his contribution to our series is a compelling survey of corridors unknown. @clichemorph Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

A warm and welcome contribution from Vancouver's Segue, mix 88 is a current of softly mirrored echoes and a flutter of fine, delicate rhythms. Don't miss "The Island" (Silent Season), the latest full-length work from the veteran producer whose fine output keeps us floating ever higher. More from Segue: @segueambient www.segueambient.com http://open.spotify.com/artist/6l64C1xRcgpmGszthSr4cf Photogr...

Sun is in the leaves again. I think I see you in the wind but then I think I see the wind. @arn_j Thomas Köner ‎- 31° 46' N 35° 13' E Hour Ten - Fario, 2009 Urenga - Laurasia (Warmth Remix) - Echo Disciplines, 2016 Kit Clayton - Ikar - ~scape, 1999 Rambadu - Mescam - Rambadu, 2019 DJ Deep & Traumer - Streets At Night Pt. 1 - Possible Futures, 2018 Claudio PRC - The Water (Vox Ver.) - TGP, 2018 Lau...