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MTRMX048 - KRISTEN DALEN

KRISTEN DALEN RETURNS WITH A PLAYFUL & MOODY SLOW-BURNER The TUF and Blankstairs DJ comes back to MOTOR to help us mark 4 years of the mix series by submitting an unexpected and truly eclectic mix. Dalen’s previous entry for the MOTOR series centered around steely techno, while this new effort ventures into much different territory. Simultaneously playful yet dark, Dalen sprinkles in touches of disparate styles and deftly weaves together a singular sonic story that illustrates a unique selection and technical prowess.  Tracklist  [Intro: “Willow” - Black Hat] Phlipper Tool - Lauer (Unreleased) - Nathaniel Young Fire/Wire - Sabla Rex Ingram - Odopt Talking About Talking (C.P.I. Remix) - INIT Jack U Whole - Luke Vilbert Het Geweten Van Afdeling Twee - Identified Patient 1976 - Tzusing Blind Trust - Cabaret Nocturne Tangier - Sharif Laffrey He Is The Medicinal Cabinet - Identified Patient Dévoué - Moscoman Howlin Lupus - Lena Willikens Soundtrack for Strangers - Mr. T.C. Durch die Nacht (Geiger Mix) - Dorau/Kohncke Der Sexa - Der Sexa Nlogax - Boards Of Canada Pony Roger - Sharif Laffrey Mittsu no Kawa - Andrew Chalk

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx048 Mix Length: 01:10:16 Podcast RSS: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor…otor/id955329106

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MTRMX044 - CC. COLETTE

CC. COLETTE TURNS IN AN ALL-VINYL MIX OF DARK BEATS MOTOR operative Rachel Glasgow turns in a second mix for the series, this time under her CC. Colette dj alias, that highlights her penchant for the dark, industrial and driving sounds of techno, EBM, noise and more. In addition to playing vinyl, Rachel makes music under the techno-oriented moniker Cavernous where productions are both played and recorded live. Rachel will be teaching a modular/hardware workshop at TUF Fest on July 14th and is working on tapes as Cavernous with Seattle labels Budget Cuts and Jungle Gym.

Here's a list of some of the artists featured in the mix:

[Intro: “Willow” - Black Hat]  ANFS Phase Fatale Sarin Melania Heidi Sabertooth Konkurs Schwefelbgelb Acid Vatican Wolvserpent Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx044 Mix Length: 01:20:20 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106 Check out Rachel's previous MOTOR mix as Cavernous.

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MTRMX043 - DJ SLOW

DJ SLOW VENTURES DOWN THE DARKER SIDES OF DUB & DRONE This mix was inspired by an album I’d had on deep repeat that was then used as the foundation to build the mix around. Sigma Flare I by Chambers (Gabriel Saloman and Michael Red) struck a chord in me for its application of ethereal and wintry textures framed in a dub sensibility. Being a huge dub reggae fan, this record got me thinking about what else in my collection had dark, haunting and/or noise elements coupled with dub effects, and as I dug into my library the theme expanded to include darker cosmic, tribal, and drone elements.  Tracklist [Intro: “Willow” - Black Hat]

Raica - Tiwie Maud Geffray - 1994 Chambers - 313 Holden - Sky Burial Black Hat - Imaginary Friends Patrick Cowley - Uhura Swahili - Invocation Jon Hassel / Brian Eno - Charm (Over "Burundi Cloud") Sun Araw - Conga Mind Hobo Cubes - Infatuation African Head Charge - African Hedge Hog Best Available Technology - Digi Hex Pan•American - Lake Supplies

The all‐vinyl mix was built spontaneously and recorded live in one take.

Download Link:  Mix Length: 01:04:16 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

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MTRMX042 - RICHARD P

MAY MOTOR MIX: AN EXPLOSIVE LIVE SET FROM BOSSA NOVA CIVIC CLUB BY RICHARD P

Portland-born, Brooklyn-based MOTOR operative Nathaniel Young donned his Richard P cap to meld a mind-bending set for the club which we’re pleased to present as this month’s mix. Hard techno, industrial, acid, electro, EBM, exotic disco, cosmic psych and more are seamlessly bound together for this 2 hour sonic excursion.

Nathaniel co-founded the Blankstairs label in Portland with longtime collaborator Warren Mattox which grew out of art + music events they started throwing in late 2012. Like the label’s output, Nathaniel’s own music traverses styles while retaining a distinct voice regardless of approach or project name. From his hard-edged, acid-tinged techno workouts as Richard P to the ethereal dubbed-out atmospheres he creates as Kohl, Nathaniel’s music engages on multiple levels.

Watch out for a 12” on Transfusions by Richard P & Certain Creatures as GUILT, as well as a dj set b2b with Warren Mark Way at Output, May 12th, opening for Iori, Artefakt, Volvox, and Ryan Elliot.

Tracklist:

[Intro: “Willow” - Black Hat]

Identified Patient & Sophie du Palais – Sleep Without Rest (Pinkman Records) Mantra – Untitled A2 (Abstract Acid) Marshall Applewhite – Prostrate (Clan Destine Traxx) Lenson – Complete Muppets (Self Reflektion) Celldöd – Vad Du Vill (DKA Records) Faetch & Sunil Sharpe – Trainer Books (Earwiggle) Oscar Mulero – Like A Wolf (Pole Group) Blush Response – Machine God (Sonic Groove) Guilt (Richard P & Certain Creatures) – We Thought We Were (Forthcoming Transfusions) Faetch – Jeidge (Earwiggle) Psyk – Stigma (Tresor) Tafkamp – I Laf You (Self Reflektion) Welt In Scherben – Schallplan (Molecular Funk Guerilla) Richard P – Jefftown Stomp (Turn That Shit Down) (Unreleased) Andreas Gehm – Untitled B1 (Involve Records) Marie Davidson – Good Vibes (Mocking Birds) (Cititrax) Delta Funktionen – Tab (Radio Matrix Records) Visitor – Labour of Love (Detriti Records) Sean Pierce – The Visitor (MOTOR - MTR013) Faetch & Sunil Sharpe – Wriggleee (Earwiggle) Hypnoskull – Mech.Ind (Surgeon Remix) (Repitch Recordings) Izuel – Raising Unfounded Expectations (New York Haunted) Miller & Keane – As the Orbit Falls (Radio Matrix Records) Plant43 – Twilight Sequence (Semantica Records) I-F – Secret Desire (Vox) (Viewlexx) Frak – Synthgök (Dark Entries) M//R – Browz (Jack Dept. Records) Dollkraut – Hier Soll Es Toller Sein (Charlois Records) Etienne Jaumet – For Falling Asleep (Versatile Records) 

Recorded live with 2 CDJs and a Xone 92 Mixer at Bossa Nova Civic Club for Distrikt1

Download Link: soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx042 Mix Length: 02:00:56 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

MTRMX012 - NATHANIEL YOUNG

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MTRMX041 - R GAMBLE

MOTORIST AND LOST SOUL ENTERPRISES BOSS R GAMBLE'S SLUDGY, SYRUPY SONIC CONCOCTION

Kicking things off at a plodding 75BPM, Gamble’s selections wind through blistered beats, doom-laden and lofi synths, EBM flavors, house and techno, and industrial touches for a freaked-out, slow-dance trip.

Gamble hails from Memphis where he grew up making lo-fi rap beats, seeing post-punk electronic bands, synth-laced garage rock and experiencing the wild disco and soul of Hollywood Raiford's Disco. While house & techno parties were limited, there was a small group of DJs who’d been active since the 90s who threw house parties Gamble frequented where they’d mix records all night. Upon landing in NY, he jumped deep into the club culture, eventually establishing a night at the infamous dive bar Wreck Room called Lost Soul which developed into the label and party series he helms today. 

Following a 12” on Lost Soul and a cassette for MOTOR, Gamble’s next release, Artifacts, drops this month on Primitive Languages.

R Gamble upcoming tour dates with MOTOR/Lost Soul artist Heidi Sabertooth:

4/06      Odyssey - Portland, OR 4/12      Depth x MOTOR - Seattle, WA 4/13      Surface Tension - San Francisco, CA 4/14      Black Lodge - Los Angeles, CA

Tracklist:

[Intro pt 1: “Willow” - Black Hat]

De Fabriek - Het Terrain (Knekelhuis) Sheila Fleurator - Minimal Hypnosis (Neubau) JK Flesh - Offering (Avalanche Recordings) The Farmers - Toss Your Salat (Macadam Mambo) Urinoir Desir - Un Chien Chaud (Linge) Edward Mixx - Olati Beat (Cabin Fever) Naum Gabo - Sleep C'mon (Rubadub) Outermost - Intruder (Echovolt) Geodetic - X (Instruments of Discipline) Jasss - No Chance (Mannequin) Bocksrucker - Assisted Suicide (Tarot) Skull - Camazotz (Pre-) DVA Damas - In the Clear (Downwards) Frak - Lance Stroboscopes (Lux Rec) Post 23 - Enslaved by Flesh (Stillaton) Unhuman - Alpha Omega (Veleno Viola) Raw Ambassador - Teste Matte (Phormix)

Equipment/Software: It's all vinyl with the exception of 3 tracks and recorded in one take.

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx041 Mix Length: 01:12:25 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

R Gamble - ‘Realistic Spaces’ Cassette - MTR018

Photo: Seze Devres

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MTRMX033 - CRUEL DIAGONALS

MOTORIST DJ DEGENERATE FASHIONS A BROODING, CLANGING AURAL ODYSSEY UNDER HER CRUEL DIAGONALS MONIKER

Opening with a blistering slow-burner from local heroine Nordra and building through drones, experimental electronics, minimal techno, avant garde compositions and more, Cruel Diagonals’ mix is a shadowy journey that makes for an apt soundtrack to a dystopian sci-fi film you can’t wait to watch.

A jazz and classically trained vocalist, Megan Mitchell performs and creates in numerous capacities including as DJ Degenerate for MOTOR and with her electronic/vocal project Cruel Diagonals which serves as an outlet for destructive sample processing, vocal exploration, and a palette for inter-media contemplations and applications. Mitchell has performed at Debacle and Corridor Festivals and shared bills with acts such as Pharmakon, Pod Blotz, Holly Herndon, Shifted, and Elysia Crampton. In addition to production and deejaying, Mitchell indexes women/trans/non-binary composers at ManyManyWomen.com and documents industrial sites in the PNW via field recordings and photography. 

Catch Cruel Diagonals live 8-11-17 at Chapel Performance Space with High Plains (Kranky) and Wild Card.

Tracklist:

1.     Nordra, “Apologize to Me, Humanity” 2.     Caterina Barbieri, “Undular” 3.     Sendai, “Model Unit” 4.     Fjäder, “तूफान केंद्रअ” 5.     Beatrice Dillon & Rupert Clervaux, “A Different River Once” 6.     Kane Ikin, “Closer Closer” 7.     Kate Carr, “Redblooded” 8.     FRKTL, “Impulse – Ajnas” 9.     Iona Fortune, “Shī” 10.  Brett Naucke, “Pala” 11.  Roberto Musci, “The Way of Discreet Zen” 12.  Cruel Diagonals, “Oblique Ritual” 13.  E-Saggila, “Throw the Stone and Hide Your Hand”

Download Link: soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx033 Mix Length: 01:02:11 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

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MTRMX031 - KNIFECREAM

SEATTLE’S KNIFECREAM SERVES UP A DARK, TRANCE-INDUCING MIX Leading with a jarring soundscape, our 31st mix from Knifecream takes us on a propulsive journey via pounding industrial beats and hypnotic techno rhythms.

Knifecream is the project of Seattle-based Mitchell Bell who’s live hardware set has appeared at MOTOR parties. He also performs and releases music as Thunder Grey Pilgrim while running the cassette label Hanged Man Recordings. Hanged Man just put out an excellent comp featuring MOTOR & Debacle Fest alumni.

Tracklist:

Arca - Mutant Eomac - Same Heart, Same Breath, Same Life, Same Death Lucy - Illusion of Choice Cassegrain & Tin Man - Seduct Seduct Moerbeck - Arrival of the Stranger Jerome Hill - Memory Machine Ancient Methods - Now Come Closer Clouds - Chained to a Dead Camel 2000 and One - Solid State Ansome - Stowaway Furfriend - Endless September Sophie - MSMSMSM Aphex Twin - Bbydhyonchord

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx031 Mix Length: 01:09:08 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

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Upcoming MOTOR West Coast tour dates with IVVY, Archivist, Apartment Fox:

June 17th - PDX: Secret location June 23rd - SF: Surface Tension.24: Cassegrain, IVVY, Archivist June 24th - LA: MOTOR Collective Showcase with Archivist, Apartment Fox, & IVVY

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MTRMX028 - DR. TROY

DR. TROY BRINGS HIS CEREBRAL, DARK TECHNO SET BACK TO THE MOTOR MIX SERIES Kicking things off in the 90s with Autechre, Seefeel and a dreamy, hazy track from Robert Hood, the mix then veers towards shadowy techno territory and stays there, primarily featuring cuts from recent years.  Dr. Troy seamlessly blends pounding tracks from Prince of Denmark, Rebekah, Pris and Female to name a few to take the listener on a relentless, propulsive ride. Having run synth/wave-oriented label Medical Records since 2007, Dr. Troy launched the techno 12” sub-label Transfusions in 2016 which has featured MOTOR friends Certain Creatures and Derivatives and releases from L/F/D/M and Archivist coming soon. The Dr. heads to Dallas next week for Techno Ritual with Convextion, while the Medical Records RX monthly at Pony is notorious for its infectious synth and Italo grooves.

Tracklist

Autechre - Foil Seefeel - Vex Robert Hood - Sleep Cycle Sterac - Axion James Ruskin/DVS1 - Page 1 Derivatives - FFO3 Oscar Mulero - Hyperbolic Paths Lucindo - Act 133 Developer - 1975 B Pris - Draconian Rebekah - Resolution Tensal - Cause 1 CTRLS - Vocabulary Prince Of Denmark - Cut Untitled Cut Binny - Resistance Exium - Human Element Vril - Portal 2 Jon Hester - Phantom Orbit Radial - Cru Kessell - Pentagon Ø [Phase] - The Bwiti Initiate Female - Day In Day Out SHXCXCHCXSH - MRD

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx028 Mix Length: 01:26:36 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

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MTRMX027 - LACK

A CAREFREE NIGHT AT THE CLUB TURNS BIZARRE IN A MIX FROM LACK THAT TRAVELS FROM DANCE FLOOR TO DARK DREAMSCAPE. 

Listening to this mix while preparing it for release, a story formed in my mind’s eye of a young clubber embarking on a seemingly innocent night out of dancing that takes a strange turn and ends up in odd places. The beat gets murky, surrounded by a thick fog of woozy ambience as the protagonist descends below the dance floor and into some faraway dream. Like a modern, metropolitan take on Alice in Wonderland where the club becomes the rabbit hole.

The beat gradually gets further obscured as dreamy synths creep in and distorted, haunting voices utter incomprehensible phrases and the listener falls backward, deep into an uneasy sonic escapade through electronic marshes and synthetic forests.

Lack (Philip Maier of Maine) is a MOTOR alum having played one of our early parties. His sound has been described as “gritty cathedral expansive new age” and "growth electronics", while it is his techno abstractions that have lent their sound to the MOTOR cadre. With releases on Morphine, Grovl Tapes, Tone Log, Hot Releases, and Angoisse, Lack has future productions in the works for 2MR as well as MOTOR.

MOTOR is excited to welcome Lack back into the fold not only with an upcoming tape but also on the bill for our NYC debut, Wednesday 2/08 at Bossa Nova Civic Club. 

Tracklist

Discalce - Toujours Dub Deepchord - Departure Maggi Payne - Lunar Dusk Lxv - Lk Breaking Secret Boyfriend - Sunny Breeze Annea Lockwood - World Rhythms Lack - Undoing Gaze Voices From The Lake - Dreamscape Generation Paul Demarinis - Forest Bodies Ken Friedman - Melon Medley Swissair - Baggage Claim Elinor Armer - Thaw Choronzon - Current Pril Smiley - Kolyosa Simon Scott - Modena

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx027 Mix Length: 1:19:33

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MTRMX026 - FAKE TRADE

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FAKE TRADE’S MESMERIC SOUND COLLAGE An eerie dream-like track opens up an eclectic excursion through sound as if in an altered state. Lofi ambience, cloud-like beats, foreboding spoken word, IDM and techno are combined for an unpredictable yet cohesive mix.  Fake Trade is but one of many monikers under which Seattle’s Levi Berner has made electronic music since 2000. This project came together in 2014 and focuses more on techno and experimental/ambient electronic sounds having made appearances for MOTOR in 2015 and 2016. With roots in the punk and noise communities, in addition to Fake Trade and his New Forest project, Berner runs the cassette label Shapeshifting Dimension releasing experimental, drone, post-industrial, techno and the like. Fake Trade has upcoming live sets at the Black Lodge (Seattle) with A Story of Rats January 27th, and Verboten Fest in Vancouver BC this April, with releases forthcoming on Shapeshifting Dimension and MOTOR. Tracklist: Biosphere - Hyperborea Body Boys - Home Life DJ Richard - Savage Coast Homeshifting - Untitled 5 Teen Acne - :( Lussuria - American Babylon Palm Trax - Forever (Galcher Lustwerk remix) Ketev - Marah Joey Beltram - The Cold Lag - Kontrola (Bas Mooy remix) Hermes - Sub Floor Basic Channel - Mutism Heurco S - Quivira S Olbricht - S_Tuder (tape 6) Gas - Untitled 3 Download Link: soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx026 Mix Length: 1:23:04

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MTRMX025 - MINIMAL VIOLENCE

MINIMAL VIOLENCE BOOKEND 2016 FOR MOTOR WITH A MIX ALMOST AS GOOD AS THEIR LIVE HARDWARE SET

Our final mix of 2016 and 25th in the series cuts straight to the chase with some electro-tinged beats that segue to druidic pulsations, acid squelches, classic house flavors and washes of cloud-like dreamy synth that let you catch your breath before the rhythm marches on.

A collaboration of Vancouver, B.C. artists A. Luk and Lida P., MV’s first release came as a cassette on Genero less than 2 years ago and the pair have seen no fewer than six 12”s or tapes come out since on the likes of MMODEMM, First Second and 1080p with a release coming up on Seattle’s Jungle Gym Records.  Active in Vancouver’s thriving underground electronic community with projects such as Sacred Sound Club, MOTOR was thrilled to host them for a live set in January this year, so it’s fitting they should help close out 2016 with this solid mix you’ll be going back to well into 2017. 

Tracklist:

Juju & Jordash - ClubSex Phase Fatale - Grain (Silent Servant Remix) Black Sites - Prototype Umfang - Ecstatic Layer JTC feat. 2AM/FM - Masters of Rhythm ARTTU - Dust Shedbug - Swim Untitled Remix DJ Boneyard - Peeanoh TRP - Nothing Is Real Viadrina - Do You Really Want This? Nikolay Sunak - Come On And Jack O.D.D. - Stew OHM - Tribal Tone Jeff Mills - Alarms (First Mix) Mix Length: 00:50:09 Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx025 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

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MTRMX024 - CLEANSER

CLEANSER DEMONSTRATES THE SOUND OF FAILURE ON THE EVE OF ELECTION DAY

Straight from the depths comes a demented mix from MOTOR artist Cleanser (Jack McGougan) that’s equal parts punishment and ecstatic release. Relentless industrialism clashes with murky passages and pummeling techno leaving you needing another listen to the twisted story.

A recent graduate of UPS and the fertile underground music community in Tacoma, Cleanser came about from a live set put together for his monthly basement party. From there Cleanser has been on several MOTOR bills, including our 4th Anniversary Party with Silent Servant, and recently released Violence is a Dream on our cassette series. McGougan’s other projects include asdfs which shared bills with Holly Herndon and Rabit for Elevator

Tracklist: Nick Klein - Every time you wish it was louder an angel loses their wings - Angoisse Liaisons Dangereuses - Avant-Après Mars - TIS Volition Immanent - Swarm Behavior - Contort Yourself B-Ball Joints - Joint 1 - Dog In the Night Records HOGG - Solar Phallic Lion - Scrapes Tarcar - Visions of the Night - Blackest Ever Black CP/BW - Bored Hurt - (self-released) JK Flesh - No Self Control - Contort Yourself Pan Daijing - DISEASE 疾 - Noisekölln Tapes Kareem - Unocal - Zhark Recording Varg - Name Signs & New Hands, Old Cars - Posh Isolation asda - Three Tracks - FuckPunk Basic House - I Found U - Opal Tapes Lundin Oil - Trading In Souls - Northern Electronics Demdike Stare - Past Majesty - Modern Love Throbbing Gristle - United - Industrial Records Download Link: soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx024 Mix Length: 01:01:16 Podcast RSS: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106

Cleanser - 'Violence is a Dream' - motorcollective.bandcamp.com/album/violence-is-a-dream

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MTRMX023 - NICK BARTOLETTI

MOTOR ALUMNI NICK BARTOLETTI UNLEASHES A MIX OF DARK TERRORS AND CHILLING AMBIENCE

Mysterious opening leads into washes of cavernous industrial beats, exotic synth lines, power electronics and darkwave for a disturbingly satisfying aural odyssey, punctuated by an unreleased, doom-laden modular synth track by our guest.

Nick’s involvement in Seattle’s electronic music community includes playing in Crypts, which has shared bills with Crystal Castles and Psychic TV, as well as being a member of Lust Strength which has toured with Vereker and Skander and opened for Ancient Methods at MOTOR. HIs solo project has played MOTOR several times, including opening for Shifted.

Tracklist: Surachai - Form Thirty Oake - Toturden Giit Chreteen Dwe Cosmic Vagina - Conjugal Bells Aumgm - Container Covered In Sand - Venetia Prurient - You Show Great Spirit Minimal Violence - Wax Palms (Bodyheat) Vereker - Rosite Genocide Organ - I Dont Wanna Die Con-Dom - Victory Through Violence Tim Hecker - Hatre Of Music II Nick Bartoletti - Cell

Download Link: https://soundcloud.com/motor-collective/mtrmx023 Mix Length: 00:58:11 Podcast RSS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motor-mix-series-motor/id955329106 Nick Bartoletti - "Chiaroschuro" EP: motorcollective.bandcamp.com/album/chiaroscuro-ep

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MOTOR Invites Seattle Into the Wormhole With an Ambitious Summer Series - Seattle Weekly

Closing this week with a bang, we look back on the electronic music series’ wild summer successes.

Diagonal Records in town with us tonight as we close out the summer series. Click here for details.