A Psychedelic Sensibility III: In Low Tempo [PHMX03T] Limited Edition Tape
A Psychedelic Sensibility III arrives on limited edition cassette.
DJ, producer and writer John Loveless mixes A Psychedelic Sensibility III: In Low Tempo, the conclusion of a trilogy of compilations exploring the extensive back catalogue of Phantasy, the influential London label founded in 2007 by Erol Alkan, with whom Loveless has collaborated creatively for over a decade.
Following 2020’s introductory ‘A Psychedelic Sensibility’, which was Compilation of The Month in Groove as well as BBC 6Music’s Compilation Of The Week, and complimenting 2023’s remix-focused follow-up, ‘A Psychedelic Sensibility III: In Low Tempo’ builds euphoria in slower motion.
Blending cosmic, offbeat cuts alongside radically pitched-down mutations of house, disco and techno, this live mix serves as an imaginative sweep through the far reaches of Alkan’s prolific imprint, as well as a document of Loveless’s skill and instinct as a DJ, honed over two decades immersed in electronic and alternative music.
Beginning with DJ Python’s delicate, spacious remix of PYTKO’s ‘Save My Day’, then transfiguring to the spectral, pagan-electronics of U’s ‘Ecstasy’, Spray’s frazzled Balearic take on CC:DISCO feat. Confidence Man’s anthemic ‘Chez Moi (Waiting For You)’ quickly establishes a deep, dense atmosphere. Roman Flugel’s acid-not-acid roller ‘Sapphire’ gradually bubbles over into the glossy dub of long-time NTS Radio resident Nadia Ksaiba’s freestyle disco classic, ‘Virtual Lover’.
Eighties influences expand into nineties reverie on Future Four’s delirious ‘Gwad Bash’, followed by ‘Cravings’, Wallace’s throbbing collaboration with NYC’s Love Letters, their intimate vocals ultimately entangled with that of Nik Colk Void of Factory Floor, whose ‘Tell Me (XL)’ introduces a cascade of Gabe Gurnsey’s frenetic live drums.
John Loveless’s own collaboration with Gramrcy, ‘Feel So’ provides the most radically pitched-down moment thus far, an elastic but explosive bridge into the mix’s offbeat peak. The frenetic ballroom samples of In Flagranti’s ‘Toiletries For Bottoms’ evolve into Josh Caffe’s primal ‘Do You Want To Take Home Home?’, before influential Bristol producer and Livity Sound founder Kowton’s militant take on Cowboy Rhythmbox’s ‘Fantasma’ achieves maximum pressure.
An outsider transmission from a main stage superstar, Ewan McVicar’s ‘Careless Drifter’ revels in rubbery synthesis and florid saxophone, setting up a thrilling final sequence. In smooth succession, Boys’ Shorts' grandiose, trance-like ‘Athena’ transitions into the deep emotion of James Welsh’s cathartic ‘Sierra Delta’. While birdsong rises from its fractured outro, the timeless breaks of FAFF’s ‘A Few Good Days’ follow, its dreamlike arrangement softly collapsing the trip into an afterglow of rave bliss.
A Psychedelic Sensibility III arrives on limited edition cassette.
DJ, producer and writer John Loveless mixes A Psychedelic Sensibility III: In Low Tempo, the conclusion of a trilogy of compilations exploring the extensive back catalogue of Phantasy, the influential London label founded in 2007 by Erol Alkan, with whom Loveless has collaborated creatively for over a decade.
Following 2020’s introductory ‘A Psychedelic Sensibility’, which was Compilation of The Month in Groove as well as BBC 6Music’s Compilation Of The Week, and complimenting 2023’s remix-focused follow-up, ‘A Psychedelic Sensibility III: In Low Tempo’ builds euphoria in slower motion.
Blending cosmic, offbeat cuts alongside radically pitched-down mutations of house, disco and techno, this live mix serves as an imaginative sweep through the far reaches of Alkan’s prolific imprint, as well as a document of Loveless’s skill and instinct as a DJ, honed over two decades immersed in electronic and alternative music.
Beginning with DJ Python’s delicate, spacious remix of PYTKO’s ‘Save My Day’, then transfiguring to the spectral, pagan-electronics of U’s ‘Ecstasy’, Spray’s frazzled Balearic take on CC:DISCO feat. Confidence Man’s anthemic ‘Chez Moi (Waiting For You)’ quickly establishes a deep, dense atmosphere. Roman Flugel’s acid-not-acid roller ‘Sapphire’ gradually bubbles over into the glossy dub of long-time NTS Radio resident Nadia Ksaiba’s freestyle disco classic, ‘Virtual Lover’.
Eighties influences expand into nineties reverie on Future Four’s delirious ‘Gwad Bash’, followed by ‘Cravings’, Wallace’s throbbing collaboration with NYC’s Love Letters, their intimate vocals ultimately entangled with that of Nik Colk Void of Factory Floor, whose ‘Tell Me (XL)’ introduces a cascade of Gabe Gurnsey’s frenetic live drums.
John Loveless’s own collaboration with Gramrcy, ‘Feel So’ provides the most radically pitched-down moment thus far, an elastic but explosive bridge into the mix’s offbeat peak. The frenetic ballroom samples of In Flagranti’s ‘Toiletries For Bottoms’ evolve into Josh Caffe’s primal ‘Do You Want To Take Home Home?’, before influential Bristol producer and Livity Sound founder Kowton’s militant take on Cowboy Rhythmbox’s ‘Fantasma’ achieves maximum pressure.
An outsider transmission from a main stage superstar, Ewan McVicar’s ‘Careless Drifter’ revels in rubbery synthesis and florid saxophone, setting up a thrilling final sequence. In smooth succession, Boys’ Shorts' grandiose, trance-like ‘Athena’ transitions into the deep emotion of James Welsh’s cathartic ‘Sierra Delta’. While birdsong rises from its fractured outro, the timeless breaks of FAFF’s ‘A Few Good Days’ follow, its dreamlike arrangement softly collapsing the trip into an afterglow of rave bliss.