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”

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”

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)”