Lana Del Rey VS Congi - Sonmium of the Young and Beautiful (L&O Cocktail)

A bit of a throwback but seven years ago we made a Cocktail (mashup) of Congi and Lana Del Rey. I had made a video mashup for the two based off of Lana Del Rey's music video and the trailer for the Great Gatsby but had done it in iMovie and didn't quite know what I was doing. So it was never posted, I found the old file and cleaned it up the best I can and so now here it is for fun and enjoyment.

Congi:
soundcloud.com/congi-music

Lana Del Rey:
lanadelrey.com/

Video Clips:
Lana Del Rey
youtube.com/watch?v=o_1aF54DO60
The Great Gastby:
youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o

cock·tail
ˈkäkˌtāl/
noun

1. An alcoholic mixed drink that contains three or more ingredients, at least one being a spirit, one sweet/sugary, and one sour/bitter.

2. An intoxicating sonic concoction consisting of a delicate blend of various tracks and samples, then cut with a fine layer of supplemental sound design.

So what happens when you invite L&O to play a Great Gatsby party? You get a jazzy fusion of retro melodies blended into a more modern framework that compliments that martini in your hand. While the whole set was a left-field trip through the lounge sound of the 1920s, we felt that the opener stood out as something our larger internet audience would enjoy.

Congi's track Somnium (Latin for "The Dream") provided a perfect noir backdrop to Lana Del Rey's somber lyrics on nostalgia, and the desperation of youth. The product of their tonal marriage is something we're happy to share with you today.

Joseph Noctum - Beyond (Full Visual Set)

We Were Made To See What's Beyond

This is from the Ambient Campout's 55th event, "Virtual Pleasures - An Ambient Camp-in". A streaming event of mixed media including live performances, and DJ'ing with audio/visual sets.

https://ambientcamping.com

Audio only Available:
https://bit.ly/B3y0Nd

Download Available on Ambient Camping:
https://bit.ly/3pJCNlC

“Tracklist:
01. Zubin & Chrome Sparks - Touch
02. BRONSON - Vaults
03. Vincent - I’m No Magician (feat. Love, Alexa)
04. Kaivon - I Love You
05. Devault - Stay (feat. Njomza & Bipolar Sunshine)
06. Poles - Threw You (feat. Jet Horns & Soft Jaw)
07. Supertask & Saint Sinner - Get To You
08. Supertask & Saint Sinner - Get To You (Mersin Remix)
09. Lully - Wow Esme
10. RL Grime & Whethan - Outta Here
11. Perk Pietrek - Willow (feat. Stereotype)
12. Magnus Deus - Ghost In The Shell (Hyper House Edit)
13. Kumarion - Want It (Sømething Remix)
14. EAZYBAKED, sfam, G-Space - Bubblegum (kLLsMTH remix)
15. EAZYBAKED, sfam, G-Space - Bubblegum
16. Slow Magic - Closer 2 U (feat. Manila Killa)
17. VOLO- Mystic
18. Thys & Two Fingers Charlatan
19. Big Wild - Ascension
20. WHIPPED CREAM & LICK - The Greatest
21. Apashe - Behind My Eyes (feat. LIA)
22. Rome In Silver - Fool
23. Sluggers - Turbo Fade (Lazerdisk Remix)
24. Pedestrian Tactics - The Accident
25. sumthing sumthin - Vivid
26. Just A Gent - Iris In The Dark (feat. McCall)
27. Bronze Whale - Cruising
28. Bronze Whale - Patterns (Very Yes Remix)
29. cln - Breathe (X&G Remix)
30. Baauer - COOL ONE SEVEN ONE
31. Mouthe & DJ Brace - Lost In A Vibe
”

“Video Clips Appear As Part Of The Creative Commons License

Visual Elements by and Thanks To:
VisualDON - visualdon.uk
BEEPLE - beeple-crap.com
SSWIII - switzonwigfall.com
Catmac - facebook.com/catmacvisuals
Samuel Chipik - Pixabay.com
Christian Bodhi - Pixabay.com
Mustafa Keskin- Pixabay.com
Sem Agora - Pixabay.com
Stefania Buzatu - Pixabay.com
Nasa Imagery
Volumetricks.com”

Joseph Noctum - Beyond

We Were Made To See What's Beyond

This is from the Ambient Campout's 55th event, "Virtual Pleasures - An Ambient Camp-in". A streaming event of mixed media including live performances, and DJ'ing with audio/visual sets.

https://ambientcamping.com

Full Visual Set Available: Click Here

“Tracklist:
01. Zubin & Chrome Sparks - Touch
02. BRONSON - Vaults
03. Vincent - I’m No Magician (feat. Love, Alexa)
04. Kaivon - I Love You
05. Devault - Stay (feat. Njomza & Bipolar Sunshine)
06. Poles - Threw You (feat. Jet Horns & Soft Jaw)
07. Supertask & Saint Sinner - Get To You
08. Supertask & Saint Sinner - Get To You (Mersin Remix)
09. Lully - Wow Esme
10. RL Grime & Whethan - Outta Here
11. Perk Pietrek - Willow (feat. Stereotype)
12. Magnus Deus - Ghost In The Shell (Hyper House Edit)
13. Kumarion - Want It (Sømething Remix)
14. EAZYBAKED, sfam, G-Space - Bubblegum (kLLsMTH remix)
15. EAZYBAKED, sfam, G-Space - Bubblegum
16. Slow Magic - Closer 2 U (feat. Manila Killa)
17. VOLO- Mystic
18. Thys & Two Fingers Charlatan
19. Big Wild - Ascension
20. WHIPPED CREAM & LICK - The Greatest
21. Apashe - Behind My Eyes (feat. LIA)
22. Rome In Silver - Fool
23. Sluggers - Turbo Fade (Lazerdisk Remix)
24. Pedestrian Tactics - The Accident
25. sumthing sumthin - Vivid
26. Just A Gent - Iris In The Dark (feat. McCall)
27. Bronze Whale - Cruising
28. Bronze Whale - Patterns (Very Yes Remix)
29. cln - Breathe (X&G Remix)
30. Baauer - COOL ONE SEVEN ONE
31. Mouthe & DJ Brace - Lost In A Vibe”

Black Magik

Black Magik is a cumulative playlist spawned from the past four years of Halloween rituals and parties. My favorite time of celebration so there is a lot of passion for curating these songs and including all genres. What started with a Halloween DJ set at Plush became one of the local Cocktail comunities' key parties of the year. Since “The Dead Can Dance” there have been two other playlists specifically for this event. “Drop Dead Gorgeous!” and “Halloween Masquerade”. In 2019 I decided that continuing to summon new playlists every year means we might be losing great songs from previous years so I combined all the previous playlists and updated them with 5 hours of new material. Even though the plague kept us from gathering in 2020 for our usual dark rites I still included another 5-hour update of new material. Bringing the total for this monstrous playlist to 326 songs and 21+ hours of spooky songs to raise the dead. Don’t worry, I’m already conjuring new spirits to add for 2021.

Go Hard: Noctum's Workout Playlist

Go Hard is designed just for that… To Go HARD. This has been the collection of my workout tracks for over the past 4 years and is my most listened to playlist. The high energy and power that this playlist will provide can power you through that last tough kilometer, that superset you have to finish, or even amp you up for a new PR. As of 2021 I have stopped adding to the massive 241 songs in this collection in favor of splitting the playlist into two new ones. Coming soon “Run Like Hell” for all of your high-end cardio needs, and “Deadlifts” for power tracks to lift to.

Things We Do In The Dark

Things We Do In The Dark is a pleasure playlist of heightened senses and sensuality. The psychedelic but chill and beautiful nature of this playlist runs throughout and is perfect for a relaxing background soundtrack to an evening with friends, a night at home by yourself, or even for evening encounters of a more intimate nature.

The UnAuthorized Auditory Adventures

The UnAuthorized Auditory Adventures is a collection of songs either inspired by travel and adventures or discovered because of them. These songs have accompanied me on many adventures across oceans, through all kinds of terrain, and even on escapades in my own back yard. Songs are timeless when they take you places.

Tonebreaker & Noctum - America's Ghostwriters

If you notice between the last mix and this one was a five-year gap, six years from the last Libations and Oscillations mix. It’s not that the duo of Tonebreaker and Noctum split, or that I attempted to “retire” from music again. It’s just that sometimes life happens. During lockdown orders in this extremely unusual year, Tonebreaker reached out to me with an idea. A mixtape to raise funds for charity. I was completely down with this idea. The charity we found was Music by Black Composers, a project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.

On a personal note as we explored this mix we also decided to lay the Libations & Oscillations moniker to rest. So much had changed since the last time we touched that moniker. This time we released this simply as Tonebreaker and Noctum.

Music is one of the tapestries by which humanity tells its stories. From Congo Square in New Orleans to CBGB in New York, personal expression and culture have always been socialized to a soundtrack. As contemporary electronic musicians ourselves, we wanted to raise money for this charity to honor the rich and diverse musical roots that came before.

“Tracklist:
1. DJ Shadow - Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)
2. Gramatik - Halcyon
3. GRiZ - PS GFY feat. Cherub (Opiuo Remix)
4. DJ Shadow - C.O.N.F.O.R.M (feat. Gift of Gab & Lateef The Truth Speaker)
5. Barbatuques - Baiana (CloZee Remix)
6. Skrillex & Boys Noize - BREAK LAW
7. Lin-Manuel Miranda - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) (feat. K’naan, Snow tha Product, Riz MC and Residente)
8. BRONSON - DAWN feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
9. Flume - Jewel
10. DROELOE - OATH (TWO LANES Remix)
11. Edamame - Kishi Kaisei (Tor Remix)
12. ODESZA - Memories That You Call (feat. Monsoonsiren)
13. Childish Gambino - This is America (WHITTE Remix)
14. The Glitch Mob - Saikuron (The Glitch Mob Remix)
15. Diamans - Egypt
16. Skrillex - Mumbai Power (feat. Beam)
17. BAAUER - REACHUPDONTSTOP
18. DJ Khalil - Elevate (feat. Denzel Curry, YBN Cordae, SwaVay & Trevor Rich)
19. Gramatik & Galactic Marvl - Voyager Twins
20. Run the Jewels - JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha)
21. 1991 - The People
22. Flume - Let You Know (feat. London Grammar) (Nathan C Remix)
23. Orbital - PHUKU”

Joseph Noctum - The Dead Can Dance

Halloween 2016 may have fallen on a Monday night but we still had a packed house. I dusted off the cobwebs, stepped into the legendary ATX club PLUSH, and joined the Monday Night RAAAW team, Bronze Whale, and Far & Few for a fun night of DJ'ing and dance music. The result was a rowdy live set to a completely packed club. This was enough to wake the dead and make them shake their bones.

“Tracklist:
1. Bro Safari - Scumbag (PARTY FAVOR REMIX)
2. NGHTMRE & Slander - Warning
3. Oski - Super Hot
4. graves & Rickyxsan - The Plague
5. Baauer x CZ - How Can You Tell When It’s Done?
6. graves & Team EZY - Sheep with Wolves
7. Bro Safari & UFO! - Drama (Party Favor Remix)
8. Boys Noize - Overthrow
9. Gesaffelstein - Pursuit
10. REZZ - Purple Gusher
11. Who’s John & MaxX & EJ - Blacatah
12. ETC!ETC! & Bro Safari - Devil’s Lettuce (feat. Sanjin)
13. Dillon Francis & NGHTMRE - Need You (Cofresi Remix)
14. Dillon Francis & NGHTMRE - Need You
15. Aero Chord - Wanchu Back
16. Candyland & RICCI - Touch Me
17. Niko The Kid - All Right
18. Dirt Monkey & The Wolfe - Combination Style
19. KANDY & Callie Reiff - Jawbreaker
20. Autoerotique - Run For Cover
21. Dirty Audio - Gorilla Glue
22. Bro Safari - Follow (Zomboy Remix)
23. Mayhem x Antiserum - Breaking In (Ft. MACTurnUp) (Bro Safari Remix)
24. Gent & Jawns - Collecta
25. ETC!ETC! & BEAR GRILLZ - Rozay
26. Snails & Pegboard Nerds - Deep In The Night”

Joseph Noctum - Summer Gold

Released initially somewhere in early 2015 under different artwork and the mix title, “All The Gold”. This was a set I put together for an ambitious art project’s fundraiser. I’m always down for a good art project, and this one was extra cool, so I wanted to do my part even though I wasn’t able to make it out to Flipside that year. A few years later I revisited this mix and changed both the name and the artwork for it. I was working on developing a “grime art” style and this seemed like a fun project to work on. I don’t think I even promoted the original very much but this is one of my favorite mixes I’ve ever done.

“Tracklist:
1. Whatsonot - Touched (Slumberjack Remix)
2. Hermitude - Through The Roof
3. DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
4. Wet Paint - Showstoper
5. Corporate - Culture Shock
6. Dillon Francis & DJ Snake - Get Low
7. Mogaui - ACIIID (Whiiite Remix)
8. Slumberjack - Horus
9. MUST DIE! - Imprint
10. Dillon Francis - Beautician 2.0 (Just a clip to transition)
11. Henry Fong - Stand Up (Milo & Otis Remix)
12. Major Lazer - Wind Up (Donkong Remix)
13. K1ngCole - Time That Never Was mashed up with Kayzo & Jordan Alexander - Recoil (Donkong Rmx)
14. Libations & Oscillations - Drama Rhythm (a mash up of Two Fingers - Vengeance Rhythm (KOAN Sound Remix) and Bro Safari & UFO! - Drama with some of their own production mixed in)
15. ETC!ETC! x Snails - RUBBR
16. Bassnectar & Jantsen - Lost In The Crowd (LOCOJA Remix)
17. James Blunt - Limit To Your Love (Cazzette Bootleg)
18. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Outside Tisoki remix
19. Yolanda Be Cool - A Baru in New York (GRMM Remix)
20. Keys N Krates - Are We Faded”

Libations & Oscillations - Cocktails EP

cock·tail
ˈkäkˌtāl/
noun

1. An alcoholic mixed drink that contains three or more ingredients, at least one being a spirit, one sweet/sugary and one sour/bitter.

2. An intoxicating sonic concoction consisting of a delicate blend of various tracks and samples, then cut with a fine layer of supplemental sound design.

credits

released December 8, 2014

Drama Rhythm:
Two Fingers - Vengeance Rhythm (KOAN Sound Remix)
Bro Safari & UFO! - Drama

Too Hot:
Truth & Datsik - Too Late
Taiwan Mc - Nuska (U So Hot) - Featuring Abbba

Echoes of Haxxan:
The Weeknd - Echoes
Evil Nine - Haxxan

I Miss The Glitches:
Trentmoller - Miss You
The Roots - Glitches
Thievery Corporation - Culture Of Fear (Acapella featuring Mr. Lif)

Additional production on all tracks by Libations & Oscillations

Mastering by Waxhole Mastering
bit.ly/whmast

Tonebreaker & Noctum · Cocktails EP

ODESZA - Say My Name feat Zyra (Joseph Noctum Remix)

Thissongissick.com hosted a remix competition for Odesza’s “Say My Name” track and of course I had to give it a go. I was pretty stoked at how it came out and it gave the future beats sound of the time. I think it came out in the top 10 so I can’t complain about where it landed in the contest either.

Tonebreaker & Noctum · ODESZA - Say My Name feat Zyra (Joseph Noctum Remix)

LoveBytes Vol. 5 - Submission + Surrender Mixed by Libations & Oscillations

Fifth volume in the new LoveBytes mix series ..." the evolution of a relationship. a journey through love."

We were contacted by Ideal Noise to be a part of their new LoveBytes mix series. This series tried to explore the theme of "Love" by reflecting and exploring different phases it may go through. Each stage (or theme) was guest mixed by a different well known or up and coming DJ/ Producer hand-selected from an international roster of hottest names in today's bass-heavy sounds. We were selected to be 5th in the series with the phase of Submission + Surrender as our theme.

Vocal Production & Mastering Vital (Jeffrey Evans)Vocals, poetry/ Spoken words by Zefora

“Tracklist:
1. Annie Drury - Let The River Flow (Jack Sparrow Remix)
2. The M Machine - Shadow In The Rose Garden (Matt Lange Remix)
3. Tealeaf - Voices From War
4. PANTyRAiD - Driving Back Home
5. Bwoy De Bhajan - Gipsy Otters of New Orlasia
6. Minnesota - Bloom
7. Submotion Orchestra - Blind Spot (Intro)
8. Bonobo - Towers
9. Jon Hopkins - Form By Firelight
10. Gaszia - You (Anvil Hands Remix)
11. Lana Del Rey vs. Congi - Somnium of The Young and Beautiful (Libations & Oscillations Cocktail)
12. Ludovico Einaudi - Experience (Starkey Remix)
13. Mr. FijiWiji & Exist Strategy - Voyager
14. Kerry Leva - Stay With Me
15. Bronze Whale - Say It (BAILE Remix)
16. Libations & Oscillations - Myriads Rise (echo conscious’ Reclaimed Wood Remix)”

Bronze Whale - Drive (Libations & Oscillations Remix)

Having been good friends with Bronze Whale since the start of both their project and the L&O project JJ and I where ecstatic to be asked to be a part of their remix EP. With just a few weeks to turn in the remix we were under the gun. There may have been production going on at our day jobs while dancing at our standing desks… maybe.

Tonebreaker & Noctum · Bronze Whale - Drive (Libations & Oscillations Remix)

theWaxhole.com - Weekly Wax Vol 17 Mixed by Joseph Noctum

So what do you do when you are working with a kickass music blog and the DJ who is supposed to be dropping a guest mix for the blog drops an email the night before saying it won’t be done? You step up to the plate. That’s what this is a pinch-hit. With nothing really in the pipeline because my sets hadn’t really been in line with the Future Bass sound The Waxhole and crew had been pushing I decided to grab tracks the blog had recently posted and do a quick 30 min studio mix for the team. It worked and brought me into a new mindset to work more Future Bass into my sets. This was also a catalyst for a weekly feature I started with Waxhole called “Fourplay Fridays” which featured four new sexy and chilled-out Future Bass songs every week. I even eventually returned in Volume 27 of the Weekly Wax and did a whole hour set tunes featured on Fourplay Fridays.

“Tracklist:
1. What So Not - Touched
2. Minnesota - To The Floor
3. Lorde - Tennis Court (Flume Remix)
4. MØ feat. Diplo - XXX88 (Joe Hertz Remix)
5. Jagwar Ma - Uncertainty (Charles Murdoch Remix)
6. Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
7. Froxic - Floating Point
8. Tom Aspaul - Indiana (Bronze Whale Remix)”

Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) Libations & Oscillations Remix

So here's a dash of summertime sunshine that we started a while back and just finally finished. By taking the extraordinary Flight Facilities tune, Clair De Lune, we decided to add a tasteful bit of chug that only a moombahton beat can provide. Weave in a few strings, a bit of guitar and you have our rework which we really hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening.

Artwork by - Benny Alley

Tonebreaker & Noctum · Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) Libations & Oscillations Remix

Libations & Oscillations - I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li Cover) Video

We had a couple of originals, a cover, and a hand full of remixes, mashups, and DJ Mixes out. It was time to put out a music video. The problem is none of us had ever done that in any way, shape, or form. Not a problem because we have a crew of creative do-it-yourself types in our friends’ circle. The following turned out to be a really fun experience.
Under the direction, camera work, storyboarding, and editing of our good friend Mimi from Mimibug Photo we basically filmed at friends and family houses showing what we pretty much normally did at that time anyway. Which was throw wild parties for everyone to fall in love at.

Missy Elliott & Gold Top vs Kai Wachi & Squnto - Freak Splat (Noctum Mashup)

Released through Waxhole:

Free Download: http://bit.ly/NoctumDL
Noctum (https://soundcloud.com/josephnoctum) 1/2 of Libations & Oscillations ( https://soundcloud.com/boozeandbeats ), has given us a great romp around Missy Elliott's classic tune, and combines elements of Gold Top, Kai Wachi, and Squnto to create such a jammin tune. We dare you to stay still while this one reverberates around your cranium and buzzes your ribcage. Thanks to Noctum for the exclusive, and as a tune that came from the cutting room floor of his Cocktails EP from Libations & Oscillations you know that's going to be even more dope.

Libations & Oscillations - Young & Beautiful

This is a live set for a private party that was never really made for release. It was made for the magic of one night. In October of 2013 a Great Gatsby party happened and it was the social event of the season. Everyone was there dressed to the nines, cocktails, and cigars between the pool and rotunda. Hors d’oeuvres of canapés, crudités, and patisserie by the grand foyer. A photo session in the drawing-room, and plenty of action in the ballroom. The creation of a proper mood for this event was crucial and began with crafting a new cocktail (mash-up) of Lana Del Rey’s song from the Great Gatsby soundtrack. Everything else was built from there using lounge, future jazz fusion, and a touch of hip hop. The cocktail was released on November 5th of that year but the setlist was lost to a cocktail napkin and found again inside a smoking jacket. Eventually to be released as a full the full mixset in Feb of 2014.

“Tracklist:
1. Lana Del Rey vs. Congi - Somnium Of The Young And Beautiful (L&O Cocktail)
2. Author - In The Sky Feat Jehst & Stig Of The Dump
3. Bonobo - Sapphire
4. Blockhead - Farewell Spaceman
5. Moca - Latein
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Wait Till You See Him (De-Phazzed Remix)
7. Esthero - Melancholy Melody
8. Chinese Man - Saudade Feat Femi Kuti and Liliboy
9. Waldeck - Addicted
10. Caravan Palace - Star Scat
11. Thievery Corporation - A Gentle Dissolve (Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra Remix)
12. Wax Tailor - Only Once Feat Ali Harter
13. Michal Menert - Top to Bottom
14. Blockhead - Triptych Pt. 3
15. Chinese Man - He Said
”

Joseph Noctum - Merry Fucking Twrksmas

A mix that has nothing to do with the holiday. It’s no secret I’m not much of a “Christmas” fan. I originally had pieces of this mix set up for my Pyropolis 2013 set but I was taken out of Flipside in an ambulance before I even got to play one song. So I kept using the pieces of the set to play my solo shows around town for part of the year, changing songs and mixes to suit the occasion. I was really digging the experimentation that was happening in the early 2010’s. Producers we’re digging through world wide genres like Baile Funk, Tribal Guarachero, Guaracha, Cumbia, Kuduro, Kwaito, Kizomba, Zouk, Moombah, Juke, and Trap and I wanted to play as much of that out as possible. I recorded this and put it on a shelf for a few months but decided to dust it off and give it out as some sort of Christmas Present since Santa won't give presents to the naughty children who shake their booty too much. So put this on and TWRK around your Christmas tree.

“Tracklist:
1. P.O.S - Weird Friends (Noctum Edit)
2. DaB - Bert On Beats
3. Tom Minor - Calle Oua (Ear Jerker Remix)
4. SYMBIZ - Six Feet Under
5. Ceelo Green - Bright Lights, Bigger City (Tommie Sunshine & Gianni Marino Edit) (Noctum Re-edit)
6. MUST DIE! & Sazon Booya - Dropper (Noctum Edit)
7. Bro Safari & Sazon Booya - Danger
8. Donkong - Turn It Up
9. Diplo - Set It Off feat. Lazerdisk Party Sex (The Fat Rat Remix)
10. K1ngCole - Time That Never Was
11. Amon Tobin & KOAN Sound vs Bro Safari & UFO - Drama Rhythm (Libations & Oscillations Cocktail)
12. Das Kapital feat. Louis Blaise - BrainBang
13. Major Lazer - Get Free feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors (Yellow Claw Get Free Money Remix)
14. Dillion Francis - Bootleg Fireworks (The Rebirth)
15. Bro Safari - THE DROP
16. PantyRaid - Sixteen & Free
17. Diplo & Swick - Keep It Gully (EntransiK & Macrohard Zook Booty Remix)
18. Colin Dornigan - Across The Pond (Two Sev’s Zouk Bass Remix)
19. Die Antwoord - Fatty Boom Boom (TYR Remix) (Noctum Edit)”