while there won't be any live recordings from labyrinth, what we will have is a series of mixes from artists who performed there. these mixes will build on the energy and inspiration of those intense couple of days and try to share some of the magic with all our techno brothers and sisters who were not able to be there with us. fittingly the first of these mixes comes from donato dozzy.
donato's closing set at last year's labyrinth was a defining moment for himself as an artist, labyrinth, and later for mnml ssgs when we shared it with the world. that moment cannot be recreated so we are not trying to. instead, this year we are presenting a different side of dozz, and a different side of labyrinth. the night before his 7 hour monster closing, donato treated those still standing after function to a stunning 3 hour ambient journey. and this is what he has recreated for us...
so this year we get to hear another part of dozz: it may not be headfuck techno, but it still warps your brain. these perfectly arranged other worldly sounds transport you somewhere else for a couple of hours. the whole mix has a beautiful sense of calm and tranquillity to it. often with ambient music the imagery used is outer space, but for me this mix feels like deep sea diving: you float around all these sounds swimming by as you dive deeper and deeper. my advice would be download both parts of the mix, find a couple of spare hours and some good speakers or headphones, then let dozz take you some place special...
i'd like to thank donato for taking the time to put together this lovely mix, and more generally, for his friendship and support. donato has played an important role in the way mnml ssgs has developed, and we are deeply grateful for all that he has done. i really feel this gentle and delicate mix strongly reflects donato's personality: someone who dreams, cares and believes. beautiful music from a beautiful heart. enjoy.
53 comments:
awesome, thanks.. i can't wait to hear this one!!
miglior dj Italiano. Unico!
should be a masterpiece as usual:)
Can't wait! Thanks to all involved
aaaaaah, will listen to this in my bed tonight. should be beautiful.
nice words chris, really looking forward to getting lost in this. thanks mr dozzy. grazie mille.jp.X
Ommmmmmmmmmm. I posted links to the Labyrinth / Donato Dozzy / mnml ssgs community on mixi. This will make a lot of people very happy...
"i really feel this gentle and delicate mix strongly reflects donato's personality: someone who dreams, cares and believes. beautiful music from a beautiful heart. enjoy."
Beautifully said Chris and so very passionately respectful.
Thanks yet again to you guys, and the sublime Donato Dozzy. Can't wait to hear this, laying on my sofa, speakers positioned so the sweet spot is right where my head is. ahhh ...
haven't listened yet but love your words so much, i nod, nod and nod with feeling something warm rising up to my heart... the ambient set he played in the labyrinth was the one of the most beautiful moments in my life, i couldnt even move, just feeling its beauty... i really grateful for your work, thank you chris and dozzy!!
A very nice introduction, downloading these now for some proper head massage :) peace, leo
I'll spare my ususal ebullient rhetoric, knowing that we ALL know how important this mix is. I will instead say simply, thank you.
Thank you Chris for sharing, thank you Donato for creating, and thank you music for being!
> Thank you Chris for sharing, thank you Donato for creating, and thank you music for being!
Once again...
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmm
This mix is so good. SIGH!!!
Chris...thanks for your musical divulgative work..i can feel you have a strong love for good music and good people!
Donato, non sò che dire..penso all'anno prossimo..ci vediamo il 24 al Branca.. un forte abbraccio
G R A Z I E
Christian
beautiful music from a beautiful heart. couldn't say it better.
thank you.
beautiful words for a beautiful mix. my question, as always: TRACKLIST?
The track at 50:00 on Part 2 has just brought me to tears. Haven't listened to ambient electronic music in a while, many memories flushing back. such beauty.
Thankyou
What a bunch of saps...
@ last anonymous.
Gee. thanks for the insightful, valuable comment. Y'know for some people fantastic music can be and often is, an emotional experience, so such words of justified and valid and we value those who create it and bring it to our attention.
Oh, what, you don't feel that with Britney ?
I think the main message that Dozzy is trying to bring is that music is universal language & so deeply natural think like air. That's why he loves to play open-air places.
As for his dj-ing I tried to say something, but my mouth shut tight & it means that music is cure.
Awesome!
Proper music, Donato is really oe of the number 1's for me together with peter van hoesen!
Was asking myself if the piece from Donattos new song "rudeboy" is in it to?
thanks!
@ srdic
Ha ha! Not sure it's always fair to use Britney as shorthand for bollocks music. She'll always have Hit Me Baby, Slave For You, and uh... summat else, which is more than can be said for any number of more credible 'artistes', if that's quite the word.
I'm kind of taking the piss here and I'm kind of not, concerned as I always am with the pop equilibrium... ;-)
Re the mix - I found it beautiful, restive yet oddly restless stuff. Like an anxious sleeper there's a twitchy current beneath the calm. Personally, I slightly prefer BV Dub's more rhythmic ambient sets but that's just a matter of taste I guess. This is still quality.
Much respect to DD for being the archetypal ssger.
@ anon
Sooner sappy enthusiasm than self-conscious, shoulder-shrugging ennui. Go and die of being bored with yourself somewhere else.
glad people are enjoying this... and if my words were a bit too much, so be it. now that i know dozz as a person it really is difficult for me to separate his music from his character. they reflect each other.
@ mitch: no, 'rudeboy' is not in this mix. as far as i know the only time he has ever played it in a mix was live at labyrinth.
for rob
The track at 50:00 on Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMjHbcWAyM&feature=fvw
Global Communication, one of the best emotional song e v e r!
hey ! thanks ! yeah ! x
is really great stuff.... awesome
i've linked this on our blog....
http://svarionipremeditati.blogspot.com
Beautiful stuff - thanks so much to everyone involved in bringing it to my ears.
My question is - was there ever a tracklist for the Dozzy@Labyrinth2008 mix (mnmlssgsmix012) ?
@ rob: why should there be a tracklisting for dozzy's live set? we are lucky that (a) it was even recorded and (b) dozz decided to share it with us.
@rob:
if you read this blog (including the comments section)carefully, you can find quite a few hints to the tracks that are played in Dozzy´s set. If you keep your eyes and ears open you´ll snatch a hint time and again in a lot of other sources.
I am really glad that a tracklist never existed, ´cause it gave me the opportunity to dig deeper, experience for myself and even find a few surprises. And not at least it might be one important point why this mix was, and still is, my most listend to podcast in 2009.
Stunning, this is truly deep. Belfast, Ireland is a surprisingly well equipped dance city, but here it's all about intense techno, not enough breathing space! This provides a welcome paratheses, ir would be too simple to call it chillout. It infects your thought process like SAW II does, in the best of ways. There is no higher compliment.
@chris+deepinanyway
yea point taken, excuse my nagging. i do read this blog, and i, anonymously, took part in the long trailing attempt to identify the tracks at the time. I was just listening back to it and for my own djing purposes would really like to know a few that were never identified, but no prob. And I agree - mystery is the origin and source of all life and not knowing what your hearing is part of the party experience, but its just one of those things. it was a great recording indeed. gratitude to dozzy for it and peace to all
@ rob: cool cool. also the thing to remember about dozz's record collection is that it is absolutely ridiculous. even if you were able to ID all the tracks, the chances of getting hold of some of these records would be very, very slim. plus he has quite a bit of unreleased stuff, both his own productions and his friends. this year he played some ridiculous mike parker tracks, just for lab.
but seriously - that one playing from 114-120 on part 1 ... ooh yea ~!. the end
@chris. no doubt. a true master at work.
Dozzy - true master indeed.
If I was to have to distill down to just the one greatest discovery brought to my attention (and doubtless many others) by ssgs, it's DD hands down. Can't be enough thanks & appreciation for that little gem :) In fact all the Italians rock; What is that ?!
srdic, it's the food. i'm telling you, it' s the food. pasta and stuff, it's dangerous man :p
guys you are forgetting that we focus on a small minority of italian djs and producers. if anything, italy seems like one of the homes of shitty, banal minimal. i dont think the italians we push are representative.
This is really amazing
Got round to listening to this today & I must say its a masterpiece of finely crafted sounds & textures. Cheers.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
Earlier, I watched the "Blue Potential" DVD (Mr. Mills & The Montopellier Philharmonic), and then went for a long walk with this mix as the soundtrack...
Words can do no justice.
Eish, typo!
(Montpellier)
Apologies :-)
Caring, and sharing: Dino Sabatini and @ 320 kbps. 'tis floating my Sunday boat, big time.
http://prologuemusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/samurai-fm-prologue-podcast.html#comment-form
I simply cannot comment on this mix. No words would be sufficient to describe the sheer power and beauty of this. I don't even care what the tracks are.
(On a side note, I happened to be playing the very first track in the first mix and then accidentally started playing 'Serpentin' by Villalobos alongside it. Surprisingly, they went well together. (It still sounds better on its own, but sometimes accidents turn out positive!)
while i loved the 2008 labyrinth mix by dozzy, and some of his tracks, i just dont know how to appreciate this because i think i could make an ambient mix that is just as good. what makes this so special?
@Anonymous
No offense, but I don't believe you could. The number of people who were just standing there this night with tears in their eyes says it all. When Donato plays, you can feel so much passion and love and care it could be overwhelming or even painful sometimes. Not many people can do that and to me, this is why he's so special.
Oh, and this mix is ace. What are you talking about!?
@ Srdic
That Dino Sabatini mix - bangingest mix I've heard in a good while, a big, swirling bastard of a thing. Can't beat Prologue.
@ Marzie - yep - Prologue are terrific; They put out some really great music. You might want to check the new Delta Funktionen mix on Delsin's site. Fantastic track listing though yet to hear the mix in full.
@Srdic:
Hope you could listen to the Delta Funktionen mix by now. It´s a bomb! On heaviest rotation since yesterday!
@ deepinanyway - right you are - this is the bomb indeed ! He was my first 'discovery' once I found this wonderful mnml ssgs site.
Him, Dozzy, Cio, Nuel, PVH ... wonderful stuff.
Please,does anyone know the track @ 53 minutes on Part 1?What is this?
Seriously,one of the best mixes I've ever heard.Excellent work.
brought me to tears, beautiful stuff... no words to describe it... tnx to donato and the ssgs
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