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1. Doober – Pattern Connexion – Soundcloud DL
2. High Fashion – A Little More Time (Spiritcatcher Rework) – Soundcloud DL
3. Justin Martin – Get Low – Dirtybird
4. Amyn – Moonbird – Mothership
5. Snuff Crew – Control – International Deejay Gigolo
6. Acidulant – Acid Snake – Pinkpube
7. Elevotion – Discordian Recordian – Unreleased
8. Renee Kuppens – Star Drumz – Sneakerz MUZIK
9. Voodeux – The Paranormal (Maetrik rmx) – Mothership
10. Patchen – A Pale Blue Dot (North Texas Defection Mix) – Harmonious Discord
11. Ishi – Pastel Lights (Pointbender Flikr Affair Mix) – Harmonious Discord
12. Vegenaut – Herding Rocks – Harmonious Discord
13. Nathan Fake – Charlie’s House – Border Community
14. Voodeux – Skeleton Key – Mothership
15. Lutzenkirchen – Ghost Me – Great Stuff
16. John Tejada – Torque – Palette
17. Elevotion – Cheezy 80′s Luv Song – Deepness Recordings
18. Kilowatts – Exit the Laugh – Harmonious Discord

Every year Harmonious Discord showcases new under the radar artists through a sampler called Discordian Dreaming. This is often a launching pad for the artists to showcase their sound while always leaving the listener with a desire for more. In the case of Vegenaut we couldn’t wait any longer to get a full release and start introducing the world to his trippy synthetic funk. Herding Rocks is a collection tinker-toy driven dance workouts with plenty of Vegenaut’s patented cascading droplets of melody and off center moments of glitch. Vegenaut first crossed our horizon while playing parties in rural texas, we heard him playing some really amazing dj gigs and came to find out it was mostly his own creations. Since then our inboxes have been full of one quality tune after another. It is our pleasure to give him the feature on our 21st release and look forward to a long string of projects and remixes from vegetable explorer. Herding Rocks is a collection of musical journeys that pay homage to early techno and house, most notably older Soul Oddity and 808 state. Gone are the days of music with synthesis and pitch with every step. Vegenaut keeps these themes alive in a 4 track EP of selections that cause mounting shivers to the skin.

Harmonious Discord 021 Vegenaut – Herding Rocks

1. Herding Rocks

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2. Mothra’s Tutorial

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3. Buller’s Drop

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4. Dub Crystal

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Our title tune Herding Rocks launches with simple rhythms and unsettling ambient textures. As they cross and collide, bend and flex, they build into drunken hurricane of cacophony. Buller’s Drop follows in similar fashion with staple 909 drums and lots of percussive melody lines. The drop comes in when the bass creeps to the forefront, stretchy to grimy regions of the sonic spectrum. Mothra’s Tutorial is next and a favorite of the label’s staff. A touch slower and thick with the roll of a great minimal techno tune, this selection is full of dissonant merry-go-round arpeggios that play against a building bass groove. All of which builds into a massive drop where the bass chews off the leash and goes bizzerk. Mothra’s Tutorial will be hidden gem for the minimal dj that has a head for the weird. Our excursion finalizes with a slow jam called Dubcrystal that is littered with tons of other-world synthesis driven by classic electro beats and bass.

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In March of 2009 a silence fell over a packed SXSW event while the clacking of audio cables and random mic checks cut through the conversation and whoots of an anxious crowd. A couple seconds later the crowd would be experiencing a dancefloor experience with electronic beats, folk inspired guitar, and disco flair. Anyone who has heard Ishi live is in love with their catchy melodies and playful vibe. Ishi is the brain child of Brad Dale who produces edgy techno music for labels like Harmonious Discord and Red Music; and JT Mudd who has been involved in a majority of Dallas based music. In early 2009 Taylor Rea joined the group to provide a sultry female presence to the already sex-filled dance experience. To celebrate the release of Ishi’s full length album out this May “Into the Tree’s” Harmonious Discord is proud to present a set of remixes by local heavy hitters guaranteed to make you shake your dandelion.

Harmonious Discord 020 Ishi- Shake Your Remixes

1. Ishi- Shake Your Dandelion (Summer Dub)

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Our first selection is a warm summer time rendition of the original courtesy of Ishi themselves. This version takes the synth heavy dance tune and takes it down a notch with floating rhodes samples and simple electro beats. This take pays homage to early deep house innovators with lots of natural shades that overall show the diversity of this super group. Next up is HD newcomer Red Sean with a woofer shattering galaxy disco edit. Sean takes the original elements and sets them in play with a huge electro disco bass. This one is bound for the airwaves and picks up halfway through with moving congas and sexy key changes. Red Sean provides a cut with instant classic written all over it! Next up is one of Dallas’s most dynamic duos Red Eye and Blixaboy. In their own regard each has accomplished immense in the digital realm with releases on notable techno, house, and dubstep imprints across the globe. This mix solidifies they are no one trick pony’s with a techy dubby cut guaranteed to get you lost in a swirl of pads and sub-bass. Halfway through comes the break into a dub inspired rhythm and lots of reverberated vocal snipps. Lastly comes a remix of another track being featured on Ishi’s May release called Pastel Lights by Harmonious Discord founder and label artist PointBender. This workout contains lots of 909 drums and vocal stutters that chop the vocals and melody into a syncopated playground. However, everything changes after the first drop when PB showcases the penetrating disco vibe that Ishi is known for. From here on out its all chopped everything and lots of funky bass variations. We hope you enjoy these remixes and be on the lookout for the full length album by Ishi out this May.

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