Moods 68: kerosine
We are arrive in March with an ode to the Midwest winter and all its melancholic warmth hidden in the mundane.
As we leave winter behind, we transition out of our dens and into spring with a mix that reflects on the best of what the cold brings so we may not forget its serenity. Get comfortable, this mix is a train ride through a Midwest wonderland.
“This mix is supposed to be a soundtrack to winter in the midwest. First snowfalls, the stillness and muted sound of a sunny winter day, pushing your neighbor's car out of the snow, taking off cold wet boots and making a cup of coffee to warm up, the warmth of spending time indoors with friends and commiserating about the cold, falling asleep on the couch to the sound of an old radiator clanking and hissing on a weekend afternoon.
I largely let these tracks speak for themselves with minimal intervention. I wanted to tie it together in some way though, so I had my good friend and flyover cohort Jacob Frank bounce it to a cassette tape and digitize the recording for me. Thanks Jacob!”
~kerosine
Where, geographically, did you grow up? Was it a single place or many places?
I grew up in Garrison, North Dakota, and Bismarck, North Dakota.
Can you pick one song in the mix and explain where you first listened to it?
A few years ago during the pandemic I was living with a friend of mine in a pretty tiny apartment. Me, him, and a previous partner were hanging out probably drinking a bit and we all ended up falling asleep on my roommate's bed listening to The Books. "Our Last Night Together" by Arthur Russell was playing when I woke up a little later to peel myself off the bed and return to my own. It was one of those moments where a particular piece of music just cements itself in your head alongside a specific sensory memory.
Who "introduced" you to these songs? Was it a person, a radio station, a CD?
Hard to say where they all came from. I know my friend Ryan Ronchak showed me Roberto Musci and possibly Woo. Deadstar makes incredible videos about music equipment on YouTube and makes really beautiful tunes. "Horseshoe" comes from one of my all time favorite TV shows, Joe Pera Talks With You.
Where and when did you first hear techno? Who did it sound like it was for?
This may have been a few warehouse adventures into techno for me, but my memory is horrible and this is the one that stands out. April 19, 2014, Rrose was playing at Premises, a now defunct warehouse spot in Minneapolis. I think at that point I had been introduced to Steve (Centrific) and I remember seeing him dancing in front of the speakers. I was pretty reserved at that point, but seeing the guy who put the night together feeling the music in a physical way made me realize that dancing was not only ok, it was encouraged and necessary. It was a pivotal moment that lead to many moments of catharsis on dance floors for the next ten years. Thanks Steve!
You've got the microphone. What do you want to say to the techno community?
Gonna go 30 something mode and say take it easy and don't take your physical and mental health for granted!
Tracklist
Logos - Night Flight
The Cleaners from Venus - Winter Palace 2
Woo - When You Find Your Love
World Standard - Loving Spoonful
Spirituals - A New Kind Of Quiet
Svitlana Nianio - Untitle 6
Holland Patent Public Library - Horseshoe
Roberto Musci - Lullabies... Mother Sings... Father Plays...
Orlando FitzGerald - Wind
Nala Sinephro - Space 5
Woo - It's Cosy Inside
Wilder Maker, Gabriel Birnbaum - Stack of Unread Books Next to the Bed
Night Palace - Fig Dream 2
Deadstar - a natural movement
LI YILEI - CHU
Anthony Naples - Casia
Fuubutsushi - Some Surrender
Arthur Russell - Our Last Night Together
Angel Eyes - Do Away With
PLYXY - It Will Be Beautiful
William Tyler - Slow Night's Static
Daniel Lanois - Todos Santos
We have paired kerosine’s mix with a work by Julie Mehretu, “Among the Multitude VI.” This suite of works follows Mehretu’s interest with spotlighting contemporary political crisis. Using images that document the active migrant detention centers at U.S. borders and the violence of far-right anti-immigration protests. Mehretu remains dedicated to drawing attention to critical social and political concerns across the world through her work. Click here if you’d like to learn more about Julie Mehretu, and here for more on the Suite “Among the Multitude.”
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