STORA SKUGGAN & Dream Weapons present: HYPNAGOGIC C90

 

So here it is, as promised. Compiled about a year ago, my last mix in the foreseeable future. 

 

Join inn on a trip through the ages and various sound-spaces in gentle timbres and melodies of erratic beauty. Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. I’ve attempted to establish a feeling of falling out of consciousness and into a dream state. Over and over again. Like fever dreams, but of the haunting, ethereal and enchanting kind. And kinda strange. But that goes without saying, doesn’t it? That was the idea. But who knows, some of you listeners might not associate medieval hymns performed on the theremin, a chorus of mice, herding calls or even musically accompanied poetry readings - with anything dreamlike at all -Moahaha  

 

1 Hekla - Heyr Himna Smiður
2 Wilson Trouvé - First Steps / Insights
3 Harpo Marx - Lullaby Doll
4 J.A. Caesar - 兄ちゃん眠れないね (I Can’t Sleep, Brother)
5 Luigi Malatesta - Laguna Fosforescente 
6 Sonny Bono - Chastity Love Theme
7 Vic Mars - Earthworks and Trackways 
8 Zdeněk Liška - Merciful Nature 
9 The Heartwood Institute - The Chalice
10 Buddy Morrow with Keith McKenna - Annabel Lee
11 Vygandas Telksnys - Sidabrinė Šviesa
12 Barbara - La Rue S'Allume
13 Sharakan Early Music Ensemble - Hreshtakayin (Hagiological Hymn)
14 Kenneth Patchen - The Lute in the Attic
15 Glåsbird - 1959
16 Stephen St Paul - Breathy
17 Henry Lowther Band - Between

18 Jean Ritchie - The Lydian Mode / The Lonesome Days of Winter
19 Tristanne - If Only
20 John Faulkner and Sandra Kerr - The Prima Ballerina
21 Slow Attack Ensemble - In Another Room
22 Tone Hulbækmo - Kåmmå No - Kulokk Frå Tolga
23 Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman - Unrepeatable Air
24 Arleta - Mia Istoria Ap' Ton Polemo
25 Giovanni Fusco - Finale 3
26 Olivia Font - Amorphic
27 ZNR - Garden Party
28 Stanley Wilson - Kandy Wedding
29 Dainuoja Liliana Ablėnaitė - Vai Pūtė Pūtė
30 Pierre Array - Blue River
31 The Sun Also Rises - Song Of Consolation
32 Heart Of Snake & Mira - Chamaerops Pt. 1
33 Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - Je t'aimerai 2
34 mastroKristo - Elegy 

 

Dl: Here / Here

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-Underneath is STORA SKUGGAN's alternative cover, and how they present it to their audience, I left the quote they used from my text, so half of it is just repetition:

 Our favourite clandestine music selector Mohaha, from the elusive music collective @drm-wpnz has gifted us another fascinating contribution to our mixtape series. Titled Hypnagogic, Mohaha’s second STORA SKUGGAN mix is purely based on the idea of a theme —avoiding any name dropping of artists, or genres— Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. -“I’ve attempted to establish a feeling of falling out of consciousness and into a dream state. Over and over again. Like fever dreams, but of the haunting, ethereal and enchanting kind.” We invite you to join us on a trip through the ages and various sound-spaces in gentle timbres and melodies of erratic beauty. 

STORA SKUGGAN · 050 – Dream Weapons: Hypnagogic

STORA SKUGGAN & Dream Weapons present: FLYING EASTWARDS C90

Just like STORA SKUGGAN, the music collective Dream Weapons also prefer to lurk in fog and dark corners – perhaps it is the reason we found each other… With a vast archive of mixes - and even though we regularly play many of them - we fear only to have peeled the lid of this sonic treasure. Flying Eastwards C90 is in the selector Moahaha’s own words a “Far East fantasy. Ninety minutes of vintage gems from Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong”. The lion's share of these compositions have never been rereleased in any shape or form since their first release in the 1960s/1970s (we are often marvelled by never recognising any of the productions in the Dream Weapons mixes). Serious knowledge and research is the core of their work. Immerse yourself in the dreamlike beauty and sweet sounds of Enka, Trot, Dangut, Mandopop and Electone - among other things.

A commissioned mixtape for STORA SKUGGAN this time. But I could make whatever kind of mix I felt like, so you won't tell the difference from a regular DWp-mix -Moahaha

STORA SKUGGAN's cover art, for their Soundcloud-account. Pretty awesome, I think:

1 Teichiku Orchestra - Nangokutosa O Ato Ni Shite
2 Kazuko Matsuo - Dare Yori Mo Kimi O Aisu
3 Charlie & His Go- Go Boys - Love is Blind / 盲目的爱情
4 Toi et Moi / 뚜아에무아 - Wind Flower 바람꽃
5 Seiji Hiraoka & His Quintet - Kuchinashi No Hana
6 Sachiko Nishida - Chin Chin Chidori
7 Bob Kojima and his Orchestra - Nangoku Tosa
8 Chiyoko Shimakura / 島倉千代子 - Saffron / サフランの旅愁
9 Di Si Nai Band / 年 狄斯奈大乐队 - 8 (unknown title)
10 Lee Mija / 이미자 - Tae Pyung Ga / 太平歌
11 Tsai Young-Ji / 蔡荣吉 - Beautiful World / 美的世界
12 Emilia Contessa - Mano Kepodang
13 Yoshiki Kinjoh / 吉岡錦正 - Kago No Tori
14 Yanti Bersaudara - Bandung
15 Hotel Hilton Electone Band / 希爾頓大飯店電子樂隊演奏 - Till We Meet Again / 何时再相会
16 Nina Kirana & Orkes Sendja Meraju - Bubuj Bulan

17 Minoru Muraoka & New Hit Sounds - Tears of Swan / スワンの涙
18 Paul Mark and the Geishas - Farewell to Tosa
19 Steven Liu / 劉家昌 - My Home is There / 我家在那裡
20 Park In Hee / 박인희 - Times / 세월아
21 Wong Ngok Sang / 王粵生 - Don't Sing / 不要唱吧
22 Chen Yingjie / 陳盈潔 - Passionate Love / 熱戀
23 Three Flowers / 風行中西混合樂隊 - You Are A Heartless Person /     你是負心人
24 Mei Dai / 美黛 - Apple Flower / 蘋果花
25 The Devil's Wonder Band / 魔鬼奇幻乐隊  - A Fistful of Dollars
26 Hiroshi Wada & Mahina Stars / 和田弘とマヒナ - Mole Under the Eye / 泣きぼくろ
27 Kwartet Bubi Chen - Saputangan Dari Bandung Selatan
28 Elvy Sukaesih & Orkes Melaju Purnama - Hanya Do'aku
29 Tadao Sawai / 沢井 忠夫 - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
30 Hibari Children's Chorus / ひばり児童合唱団 - Mahakala / 大黒様

Here

or  

STORA SKUGGAN · 041 – Dream Weapons: Flying Eastwards C90

 

They made some weird video teasers as well: