Libations & Oscillations - The Cracked Chronometer

Typically during the burning of an effigy at a burn event there is no music. Not that it’s a law written in stone but it’s something that people had come to think of like a tradition. At the request of the effigy designer, Dottie Spearman, we challenged this line of thinking. Several things happened here the first being one of the most complicated mixsets either Tonebreaker or myself have ever put together and an L&O Cocktail at the end. Which is one of the strangest things I’ve ever put together. However, I still love it for it’s dark and cinematic feel.

In this tale, Dr. Dirigible (Tonebreaker) and The Outlaw Saint (Joseph Noctum) have affixed an ancient Duergar chronometer to their airship, the S.S. Discord. According to legend, this device will allow them to sail the temporal seas firsthand. However, upon entering the tesseract, the chronometer cracks and sends our band of ne’er-do-well’s skittering through the fabric of spacetime. The resulting adventure through past, present, and future is transcribed in sound for your listening enjoyment. We used all of our skills mixing, sampling, remixing and producing this arrangement to make a cinematic tour that spans a myriad of musical styles. Marrying the world of acoustic and electronic music, we hope you enjoy this auditory accompaniment to the stunning visuals, performances, pyro and ultimately, our 2012 burn

“Tracklist:
1. Miroslav Losonsky - Neanderthal
2. Griff - Improbability
3. Great Scott - Looking Good (Instrumental)
4. The Glitch Mob - Beyond Monday
5. Mongoose - Dragon Slayer
6. Kalya Scintilla - Caravan Planet
7. Birds Of Paradise - Lucid Dream
8. Cassette Culture - We Once Had An Empire (Jungle Fiction Remix)
9. Daft Punk - Rinzler (Kaskade Remix)
10. Akira Kiteshi - Iron man
11. Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar & iLL.Gates Remix)
12. The Glitch Mob - Animus Vox
13. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (Gramatik remix)
14. Great Scott - Mad Hydraulic Bounce
15. Kalya Scintilla - Way Of The Tarot
16. Emancipator - Rattlesnakes (saQi Remix)
17. Pretty Lights - Something’s Wrong
18. Bird Of Prey - Pathfinder feat. Ryan Johnson and Robert Rich
19. Trifonic - Growing Distance Pt. 2 (Instrumental)
20. C2C - F-u-y-a
21. Benn Jordan - Sunrise In Blue Skies
22. Massive Attack vs. The Bug - Catch A Fire Sam (Libations & Oscillations Cocktail)”

Libations & Oscillations - Invasion Of The Soul Snatchers

It’s hard for me personally to pick-out a favorite Libations & Oscillations set. Tonebreaker and I made a lot of magic together in the studio piecing together songs from friends, remixing, and editing extremely avant-garde tracks. This mix would be up there at the top though. This was our set from Ambient Camping 36. We decided to construct a blend of haunting downtempo that creeps along and stitches together beautiful, yet somber melodies. In addition to being hauntingly beautiful, this places in some of our favorite artists and allowed us to really start putting our own flavor into those tracks through remixes and edits.

“Tracklist:
1. KiloWatts - Interlude
2. The Flashbulb - A Raw Understanding
3. Frank Riggio - Tryk Alimba
4. Eskmo - Moving Glowstream
5. Ill.Gates & MiM0SA - Never Alone
6. Two Fingers - Moth Rhythm
7. Beats Antique - Siren Song
8. Florence & The Machine - Heavy In Your Arms (C Berg Remix)
9. Phaeleh - From a distance
10. Emancipator - First Snow (Ooah Remix)
11. The Flashbulb - Kirlian Changes
12. Mercan Dede - Istanbul (L&O’s Two Broken Edit)
13. Beats Antique - Alto
14. See - I - Blow Up
15. THIEVERY CORPORATION - Is it over?
16. Bluetech - Three Worlds
17. Zero 7 - Ghost sYMbOl (L&O’s Finalflash Edit)
18. Leftfield - Swords”

Joseph Noctum - Pyropolis 2011: The Bad Boogie

The second in my Pyropolis series. This time instead of looking to my past I had by this point had set up a new live performance method. Instead of DJ’ing with vinyl, or USB’s as I had learned for last year. Now I was armed with a laptop, and MIDI controller to string together a DJ set with more control over the tracks, EQs, and FX than ever. While the sets were live and raw and filled with additional live chops and layered effects I would still make a studio version for release. Not the same as the live version but a pleasant memory for those who were there. This mix also includes two of my “Calculated Crunk” mash-ups I was known for during this time in my performances.

“Tracklist:
1. Lokid - Bad 2 Be Good
2. Who Cares - Lucky Larry (Samples)
3. Probiotik - Say It Then ft. Emotionz
4. J.me.J vs. Ying Yang Twins - Tigershaker / The Anthem (Noctum Mashup)
5. The Glitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It (Mixtape Version)
6. Mr. Rogers vs. Rick Ross - Dynamite / Husslin (Noctum Mashup)
7. Love and Light - Good Vibes
8. Zen Death Squad - Cyber Lazer Dojo Training
9. Who Cares - These Three Words (Ill-esha)
10. Zen Death Squad - Awesome Patrol
11. MC2 - MC Slicing
12. JPOD & The Root Sellers - Medicon
13. JPOD & The Root Sellers - Stop Drop and Roll
14. VibeSquaD - Sleaze Me
15. K-Lab - Grimewarp
16. King Fantastic - Westcoastsynthesizerbeachbumgangstermusic (Knight Riderz)”

Trey Turner & Joseph Noctum - The New Sound

Ok, this is just a fun mix. It holds the test of nearly a decade and still sounds great and new. Trey Turner approached me with a concept for a CD to pass out at the upcoming Flipside. He already had a start with a fantastic set of tracks and sound clips from The Mighty Boosh. (I mean… Noel Fielding, how could I not be on board). All Trey really needed was someone who could add to the “leftfield-ness” and eclectic tone of this mix. So I was instantly on board and it was a hit. I still have one of the albums in my studio, with the ridiculously good artwork created by Cate. This mix still holds a special place in my heart, and if I never need to be in a better mood, I can always pop this on.

“Tracklist:
1. The Mighty Boosh - The New Note
2. Mix N Blend & Narch - I Got... (Beats Antique)
3. The Mighty Boosh - El Sonido Nuevo
4. Panzer Kunst - Halo Around The Sun Or Moon
5. Bird of Prey - Walkabout
6. Hybrid - I’m Still Awake
7. The Mighty Boosh - Let Us Begin Our Quest
8. Danny Breaks - The Sound
9. Modeselektor - Monkeyflip
10. Ash Trey Jinkins - Yodaz Brain (Monk Fly)
11. Sket1 - Robopimp
12. An-ten-nae - Get Low
13. Senz Beats - Beautiful Life ft. Megabusive
14. The Mighty Boosh - That New Sound
15. Moderat - Rusty Nails
16. Doshy - 3ws
17. Rustie - Hyperthrust
18. Rustie - Dragonfly
19. Pixelord - Cybernator (PXLRD)
20. Bird of Prey - Stargazer
21. Diplo vs. Sunday Girl - Four Floors
22. DCarls - When Everything Is Over
23. Doshy - 2086
24. Modeselektor - Art & Cash (SBTRKT)
25. The Mighty Boosh - A Long Journey”

Libations & Oscillations - Bridge Burner

This is the second in the Libations & Oscillations mixtape saga. Tonebreaker and I both decided to play our various sets at various sound camps throughout the Flipside event. The close however was a joint L&O set that we performed after the effigy burned at the Amalgam Coast camp. Well, here it is... Another twisted construct from us to you. As always we have a story to go with the audio. This one starts in the waste of a crushed empire and ends elsewhere. We are but the poets who tell the story in between.

“Tracklist:
1. The Flashbulb - Undiscovered Colors
2. MiM0SA - Stairway
3. Karton - Play Our Game
4. DJ Mutiny - Responded (Under This Remix)
5. Andy Page - SERPENT
6. Bjork - Joga (Matta refix)
7. Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Tha Trickaz Remix)
8. Love & Light - Squish City Feat. Chestshure Von Scribbles
9. Pretty Lights - Finally Moving (remix)
10. B-Complex - Beautiful Lies
11. Karton - The Only One
12. Culture Shock - Bad Red
13. Sub Swara - Scheme Feat. Shamik
14. Blunt Instrument - TURTLE sLAP.
15. Gramatik - Stairway To Hip Hop Heaven”

Joseph Noctum - In The Pink

This was a piece of the live set from one of the legendary parties at the Pink Palace. With a later release on nurevolution studios podcast who hosted the music for the night. I figure a full explanation isn’t needed. We’ll just go with the write up from someone in attendance.
”One night a group of cyborgs took over the Pink Palace and turned it into a cabaret. Their demands were to dance and be entertained, otherwise, they would enslave the human race. Joseph Noctum arrived armed with two hours of calculated crunk and made them dance as if he was their positronic programmer. In the end, they danced until he trounced their blinking monocles right onto the dancefloor. This mix is offered in testament to his heroic actions that night, for he may have saved humanity that day… but only for the time being.”

“Tracklist:
1. K-Lab - Out The Door
2. William Breakspear - Skydive
3. Opiuo - Robo Booty
4. Vent - Lunatics
5. JPOD the Beat Chef - Crowd Control (ft. Dynamic)
6. Mochipet - Rumbunktion (Mattb)
7. Knight Riderz - Mind Riddim (ft. Juakali)
8. Jillian Ann & Love & Light - Know Us (Knight Riderz)
9. Samples vs. Ludacris - Drop Bombs (Konekta vs. Dan K) / Stand Up
10. Freq Nasty - Drum Play (FreQ’s Mash Up The Dancehall Edit)
11. Sub Swara - Bird of Paradise (ft. Stuart Bogie & Eric Biondo)”

Joseph Noctum - Peace Love Crunk

This was the first mix I did with the nurevolution studios podcast in mind for the release. Between hanging at the local burns, and playing parties together at the legendary Pink Palace in Austin I found an influence to really lean into the breakbeats and to take it even further with the midtempo glitch that was the undercurrent of both EDM scenes and the “burner” scenes. I even finished this mix up at the nurevolution studios with Trey Turner. I was used to clean, studio-produced house tracks. The fun new world of digital meant that some of the most creative glitch tracks weren’t always mastered with more than some compression.

“Tracklist:
1. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. / Missy Elliot - Bad Girls Go To Hell / Work It (Acappella)
2. Subvert - Speaker Humpin’ (Glitchy and Scratchy)
3. n8chur - Juicy ft. Sweatti
4. VibeSquaD & iLL Gates - the FIRE man
5. Sub Swara - Fire It Up ft. Lyrics Born
6. Kraddy - Let Go
7. Nosaj Thing - Coat Of Arms (Boreta)
8. Opiuo - Monkey Crunk (K-Lab)
9. Love and Light - Neon Thwomp Sauce
10. Freestylers & Pendulum ft. MC Sirreal - Painkiller (Kouncilhouse)
11. Professor Green ft. Lily Allen - Just Be Good To Green (Camo & Krooked)”

Headrockaz - Live At Ambient Camping 34: The Howling

From 2008 to 2010 I was involved in a Glitch, Bass, Turntablism duo called, Headrockaz along with DJ Dubmatique. It was a great time for live performance experimentation. Not satisfied anymore with just mixing two records together I wanted to create a custom experience that would change and evolve with each show. This was the beginning of what would eventually become the basis of Libations & Oscillation's live shows. Having been no stranger at this point to performing at Ambient Campouts I knew this would be the perfect place to dive in. Sadly while many sets from earlier Ambient Campouts have been lost to the ether this special performance was preserved for your enjoyment.

“Tracklist:
1. Opiuo - Watermouth Ft. Sunmonx
2. Michal Menert - One More Year
3. Bonobo - All In Forms
4. Pretty Lights - Gazing At The Glare
5. Gramatik - Take It Back
6. Love And Light - Funkin Lovely
7. Tipper - Razor Back VS. Ooah - Tubstomper
8. Mimosa - Get ‘Em
9. Daedelus - Dumbfound (edIT Remix)
10. Mad Zach, R2 The Specialist - Soul Fire
11. Pretty Lights - Total Fascination
12. Kanye West - Stronger (A-Track Remix)
13. Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band - After Dusk (Joey Negro Extended Mix)”