RFI: Border Community - Nathan Fake, James Holden, The MFA, Petter etc.

The MFA's remixing the Junior Boys' 'Bellona'...how swoonsome

their remix of Telepopmusik's 'Into Everything' is gorgeous

and yeah this label is about the ONLY thing i'm liking in prog house these days. so nice and refreshing on so many levels

01. Mathew Jonson - Ultraviolet Dream
02. Covenant - Bullet (Ellen Allien Flow Mix)
03. Superpitcher - Happiness (Michael Mayer Remix)
04. Roel H. - Curly Hair
05. André Kraml - Safari (James Holden Remix)
06. Petter - Untitled Acid
07. Steve Lawler - Out At Night (Nathan Fake's Night In Mix)
08. ADJD - Believe
09. Stryke & Santos - Amazon
10. ID
11. ID
12. The Rapture - I Need Your Love (Playgroup Dub)

It's good and I want more

I'm not sure if it's an actual live set or them DJing, it sounds very pristine for a live set though all the tracks do sound like MFA productions and pristine is sort of their style I guess.

Needless to say it is great, like completely electronic deep house or something, with a good quick tempo, which gives it that really clubby deep house feel, a bit like "Mushrooms" by Marshall Jefferson but alot more of an electronics only feel to it.

the remix of Ellen Allien is amazing.

my first exposure to fake/holden was at razzmatazz in barcelona last month, and even though i didn't see their entire sets, they still felt like total highlights. despite that, i kept forgetting to investigate;
tonite is the first night i've checked out any border community stuff at all. anyway, i've been sitting here for the last two hours, headphones on, totally spellbound. the james holden remix of "the sky was pink" is sublime -- i can't remember the last time i had this strong an emotional response to a 4/4 track. i'm currently about 9/10ths of the way through "balance" and its just been one frozen chill after another. this is wonderful, wonderful stuff.

MFA - The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Mix)
Dextro - Do You Need Help? (MFA Mix)
Petter - Altogether
Holden - A Break in the Clouds
Nathan Fake - Dinamo
Andre Kraml - Safari (Holden Mix)

does anyone know if the icelandic version is a proper remix or just like a homage? first thing it reminded me of was mum.

Ha! Saw Nathan Fake play a liveset last sunday (after Michael Mayer) and he indeed started out with a blissfull storm of MBV style noise. The great thing: somehow there was a implied beat in there...oh boy when it materialized. :) I had to leave after a while (I saw Tiefschwarz the night before -out of this world btw- so I was a bit tired) As a result I missed James Holden. But now I'm obsessed by this bunch.

*writing emoji*

I need to hear more Lindstrom, ty for the heads-up. Regard WYGIGT as a towering masterpiece but strangely haven't explored more!

The other album it reminds me of a bit (though not necessarily in strict stylistic terms) is the Khidja & Balabas album - reproducing the density and depth and atmosphere of Monolake's "Lantau" and "Macau" but in a less minimalist context.

when Tim mentions an album offhand and you know, not even having heard it yet, that you'll be playing it all summer

lol yeah the K&B is so good

Would be in my top ten "underrated to the point of being unheard of" albums of the past 5 years or so

not familiar. I see a few EPs on bandcamp and will check them out. What is the album?

https://khidja.bandcamp.com/album/khidja-si-balabas

oh yeah I saw that. thought that was an ep and there was some other LP being referred to. Will def listen.

I am unsure what I think of this new James Holden thus far. I was really excited for it but it hasn't quite connected. I adored the Animal Spirits and have played it loads over several years, probably more than The Inheritors which was a big favourite when it came out. My (very minor) antipathy might be contextual - I've been getting over jetlag since I got it on Friday and every time I try and sit down and listen to it on the big stereo I get interrupted or I'm knackered, so it's mostly been ambient music while I've been wfh Monday and today. I think I was expecting more from it in terms of drums and rhythms; it's very vaporous.

Headphones and sunshine turn this into a completely different record for me.

I dig it. Lots of feeling and color and grooves. It's floating and cosmic but a nice kind of busy and the live feel is distinct. Obviously I'm here for any long-form electronic albums with spiritual ethno and jazz touches.

second listen, this time on headphones, def more interesting.

it's deffo a fantastic headphone listen. great for long walks and late night drives (the latter i can only imagine as i don't drive). i love the cheap drum machines and lo fi beats; refreshing in this era of over produced drum beats.

playing live early eveining this sunday in a park in Glasgow. can't wait!

It's a sunshine and sunset record!

the thing about mic'ing speakers...makes so much sense. No amount of lo-fi plug-ins and/or digital reverb is going to create that kind of space.

Had it on outside in the sunshine by a fire this afternoon, so good I played it twice

I have basically had this on repeat for the last month, occasionally flitting back to the last Daniel Avery record. Now the sun is properly out and it's warmer, it makes so much sense. It also makes a great soundtrack to swooping between sky islands in the new Zelda game (while the Daniel Avry works well for exploring subterranian landscapes in same).

Don’t sleep on the Long Weekend EP by Holden and Zimpel: one of the best trance synth jazz things he’s done.

Also the Leafcutter John album from 2019 is lush.

seconded

I used to work in a hospital and, as an art project, the service users designed some sleeves for early Border Community twelves (I can't really remember the context but I think there was colour-in sleeve that you could download and print). Anyway, they put all the work on their website, which felt fun at the time.

I was having a quick scan to see if I've told that story before on here and feel compelled to say that I loved Michael Mayer's Fabric mix (but don't want to start the next world war).

Fabric 13 is one of the greats imo

Thanks for the Leafholdenzimpelcutter recommendation (John)

Thanks for the reminder about Long Weekend, great record.

that's really cool, djh. I remember the cover coloring thing and the border community site showcasing the results!

xxpost The BC people are great folks.

Holden and Zimpel have just announced an album. Out in June. Psyched.

It is lush.

it's really good

they're playing live here in August for Mutek. I'm hoping to go even though the show starts at 10pm and they're on third ;_;

(helpfully, Valentina Magaletti are on second)

Effervescent and magical! Zimpel seems to bring out the best in the people he collabs with

I'm a big fan of both of them separately. This is easily my favorite of their collaborations.

holy fuck this is good

My CD arrived today. Came with a punk heart shaped sticker that had the album title on it. I like the sentiment.

This is great. Big Harmonia vibes from the second track.

God the Zimpel/Ziolek record is amazing.

fwiw past Zimpel chat has mostly been here: stara rzeka, innercity ensemble, polish underground

should probably rename the thread tbh

this is a lovely new interview that covers a lot of ground...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbL4P2IkRo

also appreciated scuba as an interviewer - asks some good questions, seems to have done a bit of research beforehand, and otherwise just let's the interviewee talk without getting in the way the whole time