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Abul Mogard – Moving Sounds Mix

(Moving Sounds)

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Every now and then you come across some music that simply melts inside your ears.

Abul Mogard’s own releases from the last couple of years have all been mesmerizing and in this mix he gives a (just under) two hour insight into some of his inspirations, all the more interesting as very little is known about the producer. A tale exists that Mogard is a Serbian factory worker in his sixties who took up ambient music making during his retirement, although this story is very likely a fabricated lie or fantasy to promote his music, it has given a particular savour to how Mogard’s music has been perceived. It has sparked all kinds of comparisons by music journalists writing about this enigmatic figure, ranging from references to post industrial romanticism to the loneliness of a life in isolation. The real identity of the artist behind the music remains unknown and live appearances have been incognito affairs with Mogard’s face being obscured behind smoke or even a mask.

Besides two unreleased Abul Mogard productions, this mix features mostly fairly current experimental sounds, artists such as Alessandro Cortini, CoH, Massimo Pupillo, Die Wilde Jagd, the list goes on… but also classics from Eliane Radigue and Ennio Morricone all feature, as does Nurse With Wound. It’s a great list of artists and clearly selected by someone who is not quite as isolated as we might have thought but who very clearly has his ears to the ground and takes a great interest in what’s going on in today’s ambient electronic music scene.

The entire mix is an absolute pleasure as it masterfully combines the extreme with the serene and although some of the sounds are quite challenging they inhabit a realm that is beautiful and inviting, dreamlike and comforting. A combination of impressive soundscapes, heavy on filters and treatments, and heavenly harmonics and melodies. The individual tracks selected combine into a single language and sit side by side as parts of one whole. A great feat to achieve such a singular vision over a two hour long mix, featuring so many different artists who all have very distinct personalities and bodies of work themselves.

As a result it’s very easy to lean back and listen to the mix from start to finish without realizing the time passing so quickly. Truly immersive, like so much of Abul Mogard’s own production work, a standout mix not to be missed!

(Jenus)

release info:

artist: Various Artists

title: Moving Sounds – A Mix by Abul Mogard

formats:

• stream, available on: mixcloud

tracklist:

joao bosco „agnus sei“ (abril cultural)
eliane radigue „jetsun mila (première partie)“ (ina grm)
nuno veiga „black eye dog“ (nariz entupido)
ennio morricone „impulsi“ (dialogo)
abul mogard „steam obscures the expanse of the sea“ (unreleased)
narsadia „pioneering is dangerous“ (sono space)
land of light „mystery and fire“ (melody as truth)
the ladder cloud thing „softly disappear“ (tlct records)
kevin richard martin „i cut off my wings“ (intercranial recordings)
meredith monk „dawn“ (ecm new series)
alessandro cortini „chiaroscuro“ (mute)
linja „into the nowhere (ft. my)“ (malka tuti)
the ghostwriters „remote dreaming“ (mu-psych)
coh „tale of tales [constructed]“ (hallow ground)
cindytalk „time to fall (exterminating angel)“ (edition mego)
massimo pupillo – the black irodn prison (subsound records)
bernard parmegiani „les portes ou première contrainte – le chemin difficile“ (ina grm)
bernard parmegiani „sonare – troisième mouvement“ (ina grm)
potter natalizia zen „ukim“ (ecstatic)
david granström „aeon“ (hallow ground)
goodiepal „excerpt from emego 211“ (edition mego)
cntrlvx „scolpire il tempo“ (eklero)
giulio aldinucci „fuoco lontano“ (99chants)
die wilde jagd „empfang“ (bureau b)
black merlin „voice“ (berceuse heroique)
saffronkeira with paolo fresu „in origine“ (denovali)
ocean moon „cloud garden“ (lo recordings)
stubbleman „4am conversation“ (crammed disc)
nurse with wound „transfiguration“ (icr)
abul mogard „overcoming“ (unreleased)

released 2021

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