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San Francisco’s Simple brings us this month’s Cunei Cast. Simple’s set spans many genres but retains a seamless cohesion that is rarely found in eclectic sets. He showcases a number of new and sexy styles revealed to our ears this year, but digs deep into some dusty crates for some classic numbers. This set’s trajectory lends itself perfectly to getting the evening started.

Simple is Detroit native Konstantin Papatheodoropoulos. Currently owner of San Francisco based netlabel Two Circles, he has released three EPs since 2007. In addition to work done for his own label, he has also contributed music to Produkt and Pinksilver.

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This month we bring you the poppy brand of musique concrète signature to Norway’s Klangverkstedet. His podcast takes us through the dusty old vinyl grooves of records that your even grandparents would have had to crate dig for. Anthony’s music vividly evokes a nostalgic, vintage scene that encapsulates a specific era. The cinematic underpinnings come from Klangverkstedet’s extensive work in the film world. Be sure to check out his website and some of his work below.

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Trimsound founder Tom Ellis delivers an exclusive set from Minimal Tokyo for July’s rendition of our Cunei Cast. Tom’s weird-out disco and house flavors have been a favorite of mine for quite some time. This set sums up July for me. Colored with fun edits and funky shuffles, Tom works out some jazz-soaked beats. I think you’ll find yourself skipping to these rhythms regardless of how hot your July is. Please enjoy this set recorded in Tokyo last year. Have a listen!

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This month we are joined by Detroit Underground labelhead, Kero. With over 30 releases on some of electronic music’s most celebrated and innovative labels such as Bpitch, Warp, Ghostly International and Shitkatapult, he has established a reputation for his unrepentantly brash, yet cultivated compositions and unforgettable live performances. His innovative approach to music, graphic design and video production feeds on the detritus of popular electronic culture, creating a montage of fleeting musical and visual experiences that are paradoxically critical and enamored with contemporary culture.

Drawing on his experiences as a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States, Kero conducts visual and aural investigations that are concerned with ideas of the diametric and intermediary. Subsequently, the ephemeral nature of electronic culture, the “rave” experience and aesthetics offers a microcosm to explore similar elements in popular culture. The result is music that blurs genres from hip-hop to the most rarified of techno experiments, video art which stirs faint recollections of print and televised media, and a design language that has ingrained itself upon the most celebrated electro-cultural market in the world.

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Summer is creeping up now and our friend Secrets brings us some saucy disco love to get things going while the weather warms up. We thought it was appropriate to feature one of our favorite Detroit residents for this Cunei Cast since DEMF is this month. If you’re in D-town over Memorial Day this year, don’t miss Secrets’ set at DEMF. Enjoy!

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Loscil joins us this month to share his set at Zulu in Vancouver. Endless Falls release last month brought Loscil back to the top of our playlists after he made himself at home there last year with his Strathcona Variations EP on Ghostly. We’re very proud to present to you the first Cunei Cast. Enjoy!

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