dj Shlucht’s release for staaltape is copied on a collection of sealed Türktapes. The dubbing was done at home. Shlucht prepared two master tapes for the 4track. Marantz CP430 copied the master.
I used the original covers. Every copy has a different aphorism by ShluchT.
This is ShluchT.
The mix in this release was orginally made for Radio Cashmere. ShluchT had invited me for a short interview. I sat in the comfortable Cashmere lounge and listened. I liked what I heard. I also noted that ShluchT had developed an exceptional skill in mixing material, music that was given to him as a present or a reward for his help. I recognised the small fun fragments that give so much breathing space to a mix. I heard how he could avoid density, monotony and repetition.
The cassettes are available at ShlucHT’s evenings and at the staalplaat shop, and will cost you 5€ (ex shipping)
Now some words that you can skip. I write these words, because, being responsible for this label, I can not justify a release with this simple statement: I like it. Here I go.
It is okay, of course, to produce your own sounds, sometimes as part of an introspective process. With this release I want to open a new series. I feel that some djs whose work I have encountered take the creative process to a next level. The work overcomes the balance between failure and liberation. It is good, because it animates a space through sound. The dj disappears. The mix doesn’t have a signature. Traces of moral judgement are absent; there is no reflection of a self. The work of dj ShluchT is about being without the moment.
This tape is a mixtape: recycled sounds for recycled cassettes.
The cassettes are available at ShlucHT’s evenings and at the staalplaat shop, and will cost you 5€ (ex shipping)
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