SV Stop 278: The End of Subvert Central

SubVersion: “Cataloguing notable progress of www.subvertcentral.com, with interviews, mixtapes and topical reports.”

So I'm sorry to report that the Subvert Central forum went down at 00:00 today. There was virtually nobody there anymore, so it wasn't worth renewing the hosting fees.

Ah well. Even if its prime time was long gone, 22½ years (from October 2002) is a pretty good run.

Love and respect to anyone and everyone involved in the community whenever.

In case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night.

Jon [Statto]

SubVersion Stop 277: This Six Weeks 5th April to 19th May 2025

This Six Weeks 5th April - 19th May 2025 As the months get longer, Summer gets closer, days reduce darker - and hopefully, I get smarter - I am studying six weeks to produce another six weeks, working on TDD11 until 2030, applying my study of the degeneracy matrix, family planning, the Beta Generation [Google AI] to positive everyday living. [] I have within one year produced more than 500 Remixes of others work. The Temu ['team up, price down' is the slogan] - https://share.temu.com/6TibZazGvpA - digital audio recorder - records in .wav and is, actually, an incredible piece of kit - has replaced the Olympus recorder that recorded so many keyboard parts, in 2012, for the 'Grumpy Love' Foci's Left debut LP. [] A production recorded with it: Foci Left band - Kites And Kit - inspired by The Open University [www.open.ac.uk] theme music, and the Study Diamond 'Effects, Techniques, Context, Meaning' study area. []Vinyl wise, from Truck Witney: Tommy Bee - Drums Of Thunder, Original Mix and Boom Boom Satellites Mix. [] CD wise: Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 35 track Anthology CD Edition; Natalia Clavier - Trans; Gotan Project - Tango 3.0; Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention, Flux [releases 15th August 2025, Amazon preorder], My Summer Of Love 2005 Milan label soundtrack with Will Gregory, the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble - The Heat Ray, Goldfrapp - Utopia 3 Track CD, Barry Manilow - The Songs 1975 - 1990 2CD, Ben Watt - Hendra CD, Lana Del Rey - Transmission Impossible 3CD Live Record Amazon preorder [] www.bandcamp Wish List: Robert Haigh - The Silence Of Ghosts; Mike Lazarev - Tarnished Tapes And Saturated Signals; Various Artists - Planet Mu 30th Anniversary Compilation, 1995-2025, Stars Of The Lid - Music For Nitrous Oxide debut Sotl release [played by the great John Peel], 30th Anniversary edition, 1995-2025, Epic45 - The Dandelion Sessions, Warmth - The Stillness on Archives label, Jean Michel Jarre - Deserted Palace 1972 Remaster, Asher Tuil - Untitled Fictions I, Room40 label, Xela - Xela Bandcamp Digital, Chronicle - Deep Forest, Spatial label Bundle 012 - ASC, Chronicle, Aural Imbalance, Scott Lawlor & The Circular Ruins - Another Day, Mantra - Shades Of Rave on Rupture label Bandcamp Preorder, Good Weather For An Airstrike - Suspended Animation Bandcamp Preorder, Djrum - Under Tangled Silence, Brennan Lane - Various Artist - Distant Friends - A Compilation Of Collaborations, Soundscapes Sampler Volume 2, Ambient Duets In Space. Amir Baghiri & collaborators - Lucid Circles, Laudanum, Remixes, Serenity. Emanuele Liguouri - Early Jobless Day. David Cordero & Rhucle - So Far, So Close. Steve Roach - The Reverent Sky. Autumn Of Communion & Arni Gretar - Volume 3, Autumn Of Communion Bandcamp page; Lee Anthony Norris Bandcamp page.[] Reads: Richard Osman - We Solve Murders. []Grub: enjoying the frozen Aldi Plant Based Indian Vegan Nests; Aldi Plant Based Vegan Burgers [reminds of McDonald's Chicken Burgers!]; Thai Ginger Seasoning on Vermicelli Rice Noodles; Microwaved, Seasoned Triple Yolk Poached Egg as Eggs Benedict prep, from Tom Kerridge pro recipe book; Honey and Coriander Porridge with Cinnamon, Natural Greek Yogurt with Naturya Berry & Chocolate powders, combining Flaxseeds with healthier Protein options; the flavour of Panna Cotta combining Clotted Ice Cream with Prune Juice, also works with 0% strained fat Yogurt much more for myself; Eggy Bread with oxidizing Coriander Leaf, Wholemeal Bread cooked with Cholesterol Lowering Butter Spread, Chives, Olive, Chili, Pizza, Avocado, Sunflower and %100 Pure Rapeseed Oil combinations, sometimes to minimise eggs required. [] I'm collecting Dark and Korean Pokémon cards this previous 6 weeks to expand my horizons, such as Dark Dugtrio Foil, Dark Gyarados, Dark Golbat. Most recent purchase: Mamoswine Ex from Mystic Games Witney. [] Have a fantastic week! MuttleySV

SubVersion Stop 276: This Three Weeks

This Three Weeks 15th March - 4th April MuttleySV This previous three weeks have been focused on expanding neuroplasticity, seeing paradoxes as complexities, and resolving complexities. [] Some cool tracks []: Elliot Smith - Between The Bars, Vum - Laura Palmer, Joy Division - Atmosphere on repeat [all three also found on SubVersion blog in the White Blush Influences Mix]. DJ Trax - The Tribe [Subvert Central Vol 3 Vinyl]. The Bolshoi Brothers - Just A Girl [Self-Titled]. Jon Secada - Just Another Day [1992]. [] Studio experiments []: electronic guitar and electronic drones in synthesis chorus function. Black metal percussion styles combined with atmospheric dnb. Two Mixtapes playing together, equalised in Bass, Mid and High to sound like Bossa Nova Reggaeton. [] CD recommendations: Aural Imbalance - Different Perspective, Introducing Cadence Recordings mix CD. Kristof Bathory - Black Hole Expedition [Cryo Chamber label CD]. Redeyes - Poetry In Motion; Mood Swings Compilation 2CD one mixed one unmixed [Spearhead Records label]. Andy C - Nightlife 1 Mix CD. [] Vinyl recommendations: The Moody Blues - Out Of This World. Sub Rosa Drone Records 7' Promo vinyl, Yui Onodera - Drone Records 7' Vinyl, Pieter K - Everything All The Time [Breakbeat Science label] Vinyl. [] [...] And just to give the Subvert Central collective a surprise, after Stattos amazing Borritwem [Buying One Record Reviewed In The Wire Each Month] selections...Sam Friske of Metalheadz - Exclusive The Wire Magazine Mix: www.thewire.co.uk. Have a great weekend! MuttleySV

SubVersion Stop 275: This Fortnight

This fortnights purchases: 2 DLs from Neotantra, 50p each until Monday to add to your Bandcamp collections on app and or website. If you are new to Bandcamp and also enjoy free or Name-Your-Price downloads, the mobile phone application is free for ioS and Android, behaves like a streaming service without needing to download once a release is purchased. It's a great way to find records that nobody else would upload or release, as well as reduce the size of downloads on a regularly 256 gigabyte and under mobile phone averaging [..]: With 200+ Neotantra label releases on Bandcamp, the £35 a year Neotantra label subscription is tempting indeed.[] Track Of My Fortnight is also from Neotantra - 'We Are High And Infinite PT 2' by EugeneKha, from one of these releases, called 'Echo Of A Lost Summer'. The other release is by Ciaran Mulhill, and called 'Instinctive Drift: Cinematic Ambient Pieces 2020-2025'. An archival release with no withered tones, just positive ambient for the ears. [] This week's new releases: Shimmering Moods Records March 5CD Preorder: the gallantry of balanced acquiescence, always looking forward, and beyond the tones that sink the souls of the non niche. [...] Making tracks and making tracks: made a first visit to Truck Witney Oxfordshire since 6th February 2025, getting into the Techno vinyl crate and the White Labels, with a record by Groovy Onion sounding good on the turntable. Also listened to Astralwerks deep house White Label record there. Plus Pendulum - Out Here, which is a rare record because it can mix dnb and techno simultaneously within a 3/4 time signature rhythm, also a White Label with a dubbier mix of 'Fasten Your Seatbelts', a collaboration with The Freestylers also on the vinyl record. [] Record of my fortnight: An Introduction To New World Music Volume 1 CD, New World 1998. There is hope in eBay job lots - this is one. [...] This fortnights mixtapes: DJ Muttley SubVersion - To Confound. A Bandcamp Playlist. It's only a matter of time until these playlists can be shared embedded and referenced on mailouts, in a format similar to Soundcloud and Mixcloud, but with a direct functioning where a purchase of a DL is easy to get. The Bandcamp Playlists are currently only for Bandcamp DL purchases.

SubVersion Stop 274: This Fortnight

This fortnight Sunday 23rd February 2025 SubVersion Stop 274 This Fortnight 'Muttley 'Silence Is Golden II 'Locrian Blends', a 50 minute musique concrete follow up to 2011-2013 sound collage, is now complete. For the previous 6 months I have focused on the sounds of the cabaret clubs underground. [...] Sonic 'The Range' is my track of the fortnight, it's been uploaded to Bandcamp after a 2016 remaster; heard from Fabio on dubplate in 2003-2004 alternating weekly with Grooverider and their 12am-2am Radio 1 slots around the time of the vinyl release...a sepian infinity confounding sense of time. [...] Jordan GCZ 'Hope Isn't A Four Letter Word' is my LP of the week; of the previous week [...] Recommendation of the week 'Egret Flight' by Hakobune on www.bandcamp; a guitar drone trascending memories of the shopping mall [...] 'The Lorenzo Masotto 'Earde' Vinyl full preview is massively impressive too; who thought C Major could be emotional in this freshened piano music? [...] Deepchord have a wicked new dubbed techno record 3LP out on Boomkat.com promo on Echospace label. [...] Subvert Central recommended '2x1=4' by F.S Bluum & Nils Frahm; a quality revariance of their quality 'Music For Lovers Music Versus Time'. [...] Lyrics of the week: 'I just don't care about the framings, because people always ruin paintings', from The Manic Street Preachers and their 'Critical Thinking' LP on Sony Music and Columbia labels [the picture disc is histrionically well put as visual]. [...] This week's 2 Track Mixes [1] 'One Man Militia' by The Manics, with the post punk one note baseline style with technoey dnb and 'Anarchid' by Quadrant. [2] 'Second Sight' by ASC from dnb Soothsayer Recordings, dubbed into 'Serpent And Rose' by Atomic Skunk and his 'Alchemy' LP. [3] 'Disco Dodo' by Lynx from Fabio's Creative Source label, mixed into 'Playtime' by Roni Size. [4] 'Subliminal Aura' by Q Project on Liquid V Recordings, mixed into 'Spacejam' by Logistics, released on Hospital Records in 2006. [5] 'Dont You Worry Child' by Swedish House Mafia & John Martin, mixed into 'Extreme Ways' by Moby, from the '18' LP: 'too much could make me blind'. [6] Hyper On Experience 'Disturbance [Tango Remix] mixed with 'The Ninth Hand' by Breakage. [...] Enjoy your week! MuttleySV

SubVersion Stop 273: This week

Artists on rotation this week: Space [popular synthesiser music], William Ryan Fritch, The Manic Street Preachers [ looking forward to picking up their new LP on Friday next], Sting, Nubya Garcia, Stars Of The Lid, Goldie's 'Sea Of Tears' and select tracks also from his Metalheadz and FFRR labels 'Timeless' LP (1994). Slayer, Gojira, Rammstein, Rage Against The Machine, 'Delight' and 'Tuning' by Distance (atmospheric dubstep)...Hdmirror, Neverlose, Mxnochrome, RekuudoTekk, DudePlaya, N!ghtvision, S3BZS, Almogfx, Yourtears, Mikano, DJ Univxrsel, Mxgnetqla (13 artists that blend power electronics with dream pop, and techno with industrial). (...) Radio channels this week: Dark Ambient Radio [Spotify], Meditation Ambient Radio [Spotify]...This week's Balearic: 'Outlander' by Sean Matthews, 'Star Signs' by Adam Reece, 'Here With Me' by Omar Sherif and Susie Ledge. (...) Other Streams: 'Hope Sandoval' by Massive Attack from 'The Spoils', 'Healing' by Amphior, released in 2025 on the 'Disappearing' CD on Glacial Movements label [......] This week's 2 track mixes: (1) Franz Ferdinand - 'Audacious', into '30 Degrees Below' by Santa Cruz, 1997, a quality record from Truck Witney Oxfordshire. (2) Goldfrapp - 'Cologne Cerrone Houdini', 2008, into 'Serenity' by DJ Trax, 1999, originally released as Trax's debut LP on CD and Vinyl only, on the Lacerba label - now uploaded to www.bandcamp this month as digital. (3) Octal Industries - 'Drofn#2', 'Meeting Of The Waves' CD DL, available on www.bandcamp, from Entropy Records - highly recommended - into 'Coconut Teaser' by Klute, from the 'No-One's Listening Anymore' 2CD, on his Commercial Suicide label, released on CD and Vinyl in 2004. (4) Max Richter - 'Elena & Lila', 'My Brilliant Friend' motion picture soundtrack, into 'Hi Lo And In-between' by Neil Halstead - 'Sleeping On Roads' CD LP - mixed in 3/4 time signature, eulogies mixing style (5) Sting - 'When We Dance', from 'All This Time' LP CD, mixed into 'One Of These Mornings' by Moby, from his record '18'. () Throughout the week, mixes of interplaying vocals. 'If he loved you, like I love you, I would walk away in shame, I would consider myself to change my names', mixed with 'one of these morning's, won't be there alone - you were there for me, I'd be gone'. But what for? A mishearing perhaps? Like this mishearing of another piece of lifeline music by Angel Olsen, which epitomised by fortnight: 'I laughed so hard inside myself it all began to hurt '. But there is hope. Angel Olsen's newest LP will be one of my fave records of 2025, (...) and my LP of this week is...Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten And The Attachment Theory. Music that sounds like it hurts to make it, however never sinks beneath quality, and never into parody. Music is always a lifeline for me. Whoever you are, I hope you have a fantastic week! MuttleySV

SubVersion Stop 271: This Week

This week's quote 22nd January 2025 [] Todays quote comes from Neal Stephenson, in a online paper about various forms of 'Critical Mass'...[ 'We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets stuck into your head that you keep humming all day until you spread it to someone else. Jokes. Urban legends. Crackpot religions. No matter how smart we get, there is always this deep irrational part that makes us potential hosts for self-replicating information'.] ~Neal Stephenson, 'Em Snow Crash Em] Included in: www.fs.blog/critical-mass/] ...Records Of My Week... (1) Warmth - Revenant (Archives label, released 31st January) ... (2) Ambrose Akinmusire Muffled Screams[ 15:25, Honey From A Winter Stone, Bandcamp, CD United States shipping only, Bandcamp DL, Preorder, Releases 31st January 2025]... (3) Pierce Warnecke - To Fit A Building Inside A Box (MDA), Music From Airports, Preorder, Room40 label, Releases March 28th 2025... [](4) Franz Ferdinand The Human Fear - Released January 10th 2025...Today's listens Sunday 19th January 2025 (Style: Post Punk)... [](5) Grian Chatten The Score Chaos For The Fly LP Bandcamp DL (The frontman of Fontaine's DC 2023 solo project LP)... - (6) Psidream Best of 2022 Remasters Part 1 Bandcamp DL 2023 []... Favourites: Jason oS '808 [Psidream Remix]', 'Spirit Quest' Style Optical quality Neurofunk...[] (7) The Cure Songs Of A Lost World Polydor, Fiction Records 2024 (half speed Amazon exclusive goth vinyl, + regular version CD) ...(8) Atomic Skunk - Biome, Bandcamp DL, Released 24th January 2025, (9) Various - For LA Vol 2, Bandcamp DL featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto...[]Focis Left Studio work and Remixes... [1]Today's listens 21st January 2025 Eschaton & Focis Left Ultraviolet Ultraviolet LP Omni Music label CD DL, Edirol high pass filter stereo width softeners... [2]36 Exit All The Lights (Low volume + Himalayan speaker ambience)... [3]Thee Silver Mount Reveries [4]Franz Ferdinand on Shuffle [5]The Cure Songs Of A Lost World low volume +Korgmatose A C sharp E sharp 2 minutes 40 seconds mixdown... This week's 2 Track Mixes...(1)Annie Lennox - Why + The Cars - Drive,...(2) Today's 2 Track Mix Tuesday 21st January 2025, The Cure Endsong [goth half speed vinyl version] Amazon exclusive half speed vinyl Polydor, Fiction Records Style: Alternative Rock, Gothic Pop November 2024 + Mister Mister - Broken Wings Broken Wings, Uniform Of Youth vinyl Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock 1985...(3) Today's 2 Track Mix January 21st 2024 Thee Silver Mountain Reveries (A Silver Mount Zion, Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band) [A Godspeed You! Black Emperor side project] There's A River In The Valley Made Of Melting Snow Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP Constellation Records label 2004 + 36 All Ends Exit All The Lights LP 3six Records label November 15th 2024... My favourite ASMZ track, and my introduction to their catalog - from an otherwise rockist alternative shanty. 36, meanwhile, is mixed here as one masculine denouement with one feminine optimism... [New Developments] Today's listens Friday 24th January 2025 - Spotify AI DJ Xavier Spotify Individual Subscription [Beta mode] Blends any area of each tune, based on algorithms ... [and finally, old school Muttley stylee Pseudian] When I think my life is a computer game and everything has been done, I am in a nanoverse. When I think someone has done something I haven't done, I am in a universe. [] Have a fantastic weekend! MuttleySV

SubVersion Stop 270: This week

Simplified reads. Simplified production. Simplified record lists. Great to be writing on Subversion this year 2025. Reads this week.. Naomi Klein - Doppelganger: A Trip Into The Mirror World Boxing headlines but not stories, investigating the connection between absorbency and ninja like movements, as the nature of lateral thinking related to responding in a straight line, rather than a parabolic line. Autocracy in effect - distinctions between soul searching without the unsettling. A preposition to the hardcore continuum, but in a psychological re read that plunders the streets rather than samples. Wildlife, fossilisation projects, endangered flora and fauna. And a pocket full of Posies. The triumph of common sense. Holding back to preclude relaxation, reading beyond mindful walks in the street, soft Skating, Pokémon GO Routes as a pedometer to healthy living, Green Tea, Salads. Production this week.. Foci Left - The Unsettled Line. Includes a range of unsettled productions, including a classical track influenced by Arvo Part - 'Silentium'. As per, let me know if you want free uploads. Pianissimo as a sound design study, influenced by Low Light Mixes piano mixes. Mixes this week.. Barriers Spilling Black Mist: A Dark Drone Metal Mixtape Leyland Kirby David Tagg Barn Owl Xorgett Record lists this week.. Steve Roach Dreamtime Return High Definition Mix 2CD 2LP DL Digipak 36 Exit All The Lights Bandcamp [something's happening] Buzz Flaming Pines label Preorder Released 31st January 2025 Bandcamp Orca Life Echoed Night Neotantra label Lorenzo Masotto Earde SoundCloud preview Whitelab Recs Vinyl release Audio Gourmet netlabel connect Released February 2025 Innervisions Static Link Vinyl Whatever The Weather 12oc Ghostly International label Whatever The Weather II Haunted Horses Dweller On The Threshold Released January 10th 2025 Grouper A.I.A Dream Loss A.I.A Alien Observer Yellow Electric label Released 2011 Limestone Ziggurat Ohmm Vii Bandcamp Hanna Leess Polly Pocket Innocent As A Rose Bandcamp LP DL Florist Have Heaven This Was A Gift Jellywish LP Bandcamp DL Ian Hawgood Savage Modern Structures Home Normal label Futuregrapher Tom Tom Bike and Mix Neotantra label Spotify Dream Forest Radio Spotify Sleep Radio LP of the week ..and my LP, CD, DL of the week is... God Body Disconnect Detune The Tragic Light Cryo Chamber label All the danger that lies ahead. Have a fantastic weekend! MuttleySV