Steve Roden - Secret Thirteen Mix 049 FLAC download

“Secret Thirteen Mix 049” is a priceless music selection that connects 24 vinyl (7″) records released between 1960s and 1980s. A magical and a little bit schizophrenic journey through times and cultures with expressive and tonic audio works from 15 different, mostly distant and exotic countries such as Thailand, Ethiopia, Angola, Malaysia, Nigeria, Ghana and Turkey.The author of the mix is Steve Roden, an American visual and sound artist from Los Angeles. His work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, sound installation and performance. In over than a decade Roden has released numerous records on such notable labels as Line, 12k, Fällt, Korm Plastics and many more. During the working process Roden uses various forms of specific notation (words, musical scores, maps, etc.) and translates them through self invented systems into scores; which then influence the process of painting, drawing, sculpture, and sound composition. Mixed music is not influenced by audio works of Roden, but is strongly impacted on his personal life: “this set is a selection of some of my favorites: records i would play for you if you visited my home”.“Secret Thirteen Mix 049” is a sincerely crafted eclectic and exciting compilation with a perceptible flavor of ethnographic, folk, 60s garage psych, african funk, 70s soul and beyond. The basis of the mix stands on a powerful accents such as frequently vibrating groove, a sound of guitar, a syncopation, a voice tone, a funk and especially a feeling of melancholy. Occasionally occurring soothing surface noise enriches the wholeness with comfortableness and frankness of author and it seems that these records were played for a tons of time. This masterwork should upgrade the library of every passionate music lover with some beautiful and timeless records.“Secret Thirteen Mix 049” is like an enigmatic Richard Pousette-Dart abstract painting “Bird in the Wind” where subtle archaic architectural fragments and mesmerizing symbols create a fictional narrative about life discoveries, significance and environmental beauty.