If you notice between the last mix and this one was a five-year gap, six years from the last Libations and Oscillations mix. It’s not that the duo of Tonebreaker and Noctum split, or that I attempted to “retire” from music again. It’s just that sometimes life happens. During lockdown orders in this extremely unusual year, Tonebreaker reached out to me with an idea. A mixtape to raise funds for charity. I was completely down with this idea. The charity we found was Music by Black Composers, a project of the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.
On a personal note as we explored this mix we also decided to lay the Libations & Oscillations moniker to rest. So much had changed since the last time we touched that moniker. This time we released this simply as Tonebreaker and Noctum.
Music is one of the tapestries by which humanity tells its stories. From Congo Square in New Orleans to CBGB in New York, personal expression and culture have always been socialized to a soundtrack. As contemporary electronic musicians ourselves, we wanted to raise money for this charity to honor the rich and diverse musical roots that came before.
LoveBytes Vol. 5 - Submission + Surrender Mixed by Libations & Oscillations
Fifth volume in the new LoveBytes mix series ..." the evolution of a relationship. a journey through love."
We were contacted by Ideal Noise to be a part of their new LoveBytes mix series. This series tried to explore the theme of "Love" by reflecting and exploring different phases it may go through. Each stage (or theme) was guest mixed by a different well known or up and coming DJ/ Producer hand-selected from an international roster of hottest names in today's bass-heavy sounds. We were selected to be 5th in the series with the phase of Submission + Surrender as our theme.
Vocal Production & Mastering Vital (Jeffrey Evans)Vocals, poetry/ Spoken words by Zefora