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
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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)

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)

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

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.

Somnium Of The Young And Beautiful (Libations & Oscillations Cocktail)

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.

Libations & Oscillations - Myriads Revisited EP

Originally released as part of the Waxhole Chilled Wax Vol. 1 Compilation.
(Found Here https://thewaxhole.bandcamp.com/track/myriads-rise)

Inspired by a quote from Alexander Pope this is our second original tune to have put out and we're quite happy with how it turned out.

“Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!” – Alexander Pope

The rest of the remixes where released separately as an EP to celebrate the success of the track. (Found Here https://boozeandbeats.bandcamp.com/album/myriads-revisited)
Thanks to our sound system for pulling together and making this happen.

Tonebreaker & Noctum · Myriads Revisited

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

With as much Indie music as Noctum processes, somehow this tune skated by his radar entirely. It was only after hearing a friend sing along to a clubby remix that he scoped the original and shared it with Tonebreaker.

Our initial remix attempts yielded a sort of two-step revival that neither Tonebreaker nor Noctum were genuinely happy with. With frustration rising and the project almost on the ropes, we determined that while we enjoyed many of the elements that we had designed, working without raw stems left us with very little creative breathing room.

So we scrapped the original track and looked at what remained.

With no acapella of Lykke Li vocals available, we searched the dregs of the Internet to find a generic European Cover CD by the non-descript name, "Tribute Mega Stars." On this was a very solid recording of an unknown vocalist singing "I Follow Rivers." We would love to credit the source of these vocals but without any real documentation there's no way to find out who she is. So we placed these vocals over our arrangement and immediately, they breathed life into the track revealing empty sonic gaps for us to sink our collective teeth into.

Three weeks later we had a track... Nay... A cover. Outside the lyrical content, everything's been sampled, sliced and synthesized to fit our new iteration. Without further adieu, we present Libations & Oscillations cover of Lykke Li's phenomenal song, I Follow Rivers.

Music Video: Click Here

Tonebreaker & Noctum · Libations & Oscillations - I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li Cover)

Portishead - Roads (Libations & Oscillations Lori Petty Remix)

So this remix just happened. There was a point in Cadavre Exquis where we thought, "Man, it would be nice to drop some Portishead right here, but it doesn't quite fit." So we remixed it. You have to be careful when remixing something as timeless as Portishead. The original is so beautiful, we didn't want to change that much but rather just amp up the groove a bit to fit the context of the mix. We hope you enjoy it.

*Music Video Available: Click Here

Mr. Rogers vs. Rick Ross - Dynamite Husslin (Noctum's Mashup)

In 2011 I released a EP of “Calculated Crunk” mashups I had made out of Hip-Hop acapellas and Glitch-Hop beats. They really spiced up my shows during that time and once I was done playing them out I released them as tools for other DJ’s to download and playout.