The Astral Plane on NTS w/ AMAZONDOTCOM & Siete Catorce – 4/13

Due to some scheduling peculiarities, we’re in a slight lull in the Astral Plane Recordings release schedule, which makes our monthly NTS show the best outlet to hear new music from the label and label-related artists. We hopped on NTS on Good Friday (April 13) with a collection of devotional music (Alkaline, v1984, Arca, MC Pikachu, etc.), as well as a wonky, pitch/reality bending guest mix from Los Angeles’ AMAZONDOTCOM and Mexicali’s Siete Catorce. Also look out for a new LOFT edit, a Chants x Ophex collaboration, some unreleased SHALT and the usual assortment of barely together edits, bootlegs and blends. We also played a favorite from Mika Vainio. I only delved into Vainio/Pan Sonic later in the Finnish artist’s career, but have come to appreciate his work as one of the fundamental building blocks of what we do as a label and how I’d live to envision experimental music as an individual. Paul Smith and Andrew Ryce both wrote wonderful pieces in the aftermath of his passing and I highly recommend newer listeners to stop what they’re doing and to spend the day with Vainio’s myriad projects. He will be missed.

• LOFT-IN 2 U
• HVAD & PAN DAIJING-ZHAO HUA
• ACTRESS-FAURE IN CHROME
• V1984-BEAUTY // IT5INYR-H3D
• KID SMPL-ANGELS OF JUNK
• MIKA VAINIO-RUST
• ARCA-FUGACES
• YATTA-WE NEVER WENT TO CHURCH
• ALKALINE X SSALIVA-(*BRUK OUT_REFIX)
• SHALT-WARM CHAOS
• DJ AARON-EARTHQUAKE TUN3
• BAD GYAL-LEIRESS (KELMAN DEMBOW EDIT)
• ALKALINE-PRETTY GIRL TEAM
• ENDGAME-1 NIGHT RIDDIM (UNINAMISE REMIX)
• SHALT-A.E.
• GEKO-RIGHT HERE (FT. MR EAZI, MALEEK BERRY & EUGU)
• KAIBA-SHSHUNNJ FLEX EDIT

AMAZONDOTCOM & SIETE CATORCE GUEST MIX

• NKISI-KILL
• MC PIKACHU-SEQUENCIA DU PUTARIA (MM DEAD SPACE EDIT)
• OPHEX X CHANTS-FOGO DIGITAIS
• ELYSIUM ALPS-CREEK
• DJ JIO P-MAMBOS GRUDAS
• NKISI-MWANA