Welsh duo Somatic Responses showcase their lesser heard ambient and downtempo side with an exclusive mix.

Hear music from Paul Blackford, Om Unit, Deadbeat, Volor Flex, Barker + Baumecker, Robert Pain, Ingen, Randomer, Trevino, Tipper remixing Radioactive Man, Recondite, and lots more.

DVNT
Paul Blackford – Directive 4 [Battery Park Studio]
om unit – Ulysses VIP [Om Unit]
Borealis – Coal Angels [Origami Sound]
Deadbeat – Yard [BLKRTZ]
Rachel Haircut – Drench.Sf2 [Aural Sects]
Ghosts on Tape – No Go [Icee Hot]
Volor Flex – Pressure [Apollo]
Terrence Dixon – Fountain of Life [Tresor]
Barker & Baumecker – 10Silo [Ostgut]
Robert Pain – Testing the Bombs [Robert Pain]
Ingen – TRYC9 [Digital Distortions]
Chairman Kato – Yeah You’re Right pt.1 [Shades of Grey]
XZICD – Melyridae [XZICD]
Randomer – Nar [Hemlock]
Trevino – Under Surveillance [Apple Pips]
Radioactive Man  – Itisanditisnt (Tipper remix) [Rotters Golf Club]
Ingen – Downstairs Mixup [Digital Distortions]
Adam Jay + DJ Shiva – Capsaicin [Sonic Convergence]
Unam Zetineb – Twishots (Voidloss Blacker than pitch mix) [Voidloss]
Volor Flex – The Conspiracy [Apollo]
Recondite – DRGN [Hotflush]

SOMATIC RESPONSES
Carousel (extract)
Gemini 8 (Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk) sample)
Back Home
Oddityditty
Basic Organism
Tethys near collision
Casineb Peiriant (Gordon Sharp (Cindytalk) fucked up sample)
Old Photos (Blade Runner sample)
Sleep Furiously
Wormhole
A man is whatever room he is in
Sleep Memory
Veneers (Moog Array)
How the Dead dream
epetitive/Destructive

Featured Guests

Welsh brothers John and Paul Healy are Somatic Responses and have been releasing their particular brand of aural assault since the mid 90s yet in that time have always pushed their sounds forward.

Known for their heavy breakcore IDM acid sound more than their beatless ambient, they are, nevertheless a talented and prolific pair of musicians.

Recent releases have been pushed through Hymen, Acroplane, Ad Noiseam, Viral Conspiracy Records and their own Photon Emissions label amongst many others.

Their new album Tachyon Attack drops next week, October 8th on Dark. Descent.

For their first of two sessions for Mantis Radio, tonight they present a 100% unreleased and exclusive ambient session.

Paul writes: First off. Thanks for listening to this mix. Most people who know our music know that we have produced a lot of hard broken beat stuff over the years. From our early love of music, ambient (for want of a better term) always figured strongly within our influences. As time passed we’ve started to explore that love more and more.

This mix is a way of getting our ambient stuff out there. We aren’t really sure if any labels will be interested or in fact what labels it may sit well with (any ideas get in touch). The music itself ranges from scifi soundscapes, pianos, welsh choir samples and horror soundtrack styles. Everything was produced within logic using various effects and plugin synths and on the whole it’s all quite heavily processed.

Hopefully the use of bass in ambient music comes across as it’s an important aspect. We would really like to hear the feedback from this, any questions please aim them at our Facebook or Twitter feed!