Considering how conceptual and one-of-a-kind Damien Roach’s latest patten LP is — Mirage FM is the first album made from text-to-audio AI samples — it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his Needle Exchange debut is a waking dream as well. We’re talking a wide-ranging set that somehow connects the dots between everything from Jesus Piece and Roy Davis Jr. to Ariana Grande and Actress.
Here’s what the London producer had to say about “TimeSwamp,” the long-awaited sequel to his mind-altering Dummy mix from a decade ago:
The second of an open series started in 2013. The first one went out 10 years ago via Dummy Magazine. I’m into the idea of an osmosis between things distilled to the exact point of contact. Like the lightest but most precise & radically transformative touch possible. Beware, all those who enter the TimeSwamp.
Solange – Cranes In The Sky (2016)
My Bloody Valentine – To Here Knows When (1991)
Burial – South London Boroughs (2016)
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere (1987)
Drexciya – Bang Bang (1997)
Thomas Mapfumo – Shumba (1981)
Jesus Piece – Lucid (2018)
Roy Davis Junior – Gabriel (1996)
Flanafi – CP2YSA (follow it back) (2022)
JPEGMAFIA – DD Form 214 (2018)
Simon and Garfunkel – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (Live) (1969)
Diptera – Silver (2018)
Steve Reich – Tehillim I. Psalms 19:2-5 (1981)
George Benson – Give Me The Night (1980)
Death Grips – Bubbles Buried in This Jungle (2016)
Voice Actor – Blip (2022)
Tirzah (feat. Coby Sey) – Devotion (patten RE-EDIT [Unreleased]) (2020)
Brooke Candy – Cum (SOPHIE remix) (2019)
Cocteau Twins – Fifty-Fifty Clown (1990)
Messiaen – Éclairs sur l’au-delà; XI (1991)
Actress – Purple Splazsh (2010)
Ariana Grande – Shut Up (2020)
Kleenex – Nighttoad (1977)
Dif Juz – Love Insane (1985)
Philip Glass – Floe (1982)
Jeff Mills – Gamma Player (1995)
Jaylib – Champion Sound (2003)
Sade – Love Is Stronger Than Pride (1995)
Joe Jackson – Stepping Out (1982)
Autechre – V-PROC (2003)
Jai Paul – Vibin’ (2019)
Mr. G – Daily Prayer (2012)
BADBADNOTGOOD – In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson) (2016)
Frank Ocean – Little Demon (feat Skepta, Arca remix) (YouTube rip) (2019)
Huerco S. – Plonk VI (2022)
Egyptian Hip Hop – Strange Vale (2012)
Hani Rani – F Major (2020)
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You (1984)
Dimzy – Always Win (2018)
Helen – Motorcycle (2015)
Four Tet – And They All Look Broken Hearted (2003)
Jim O’Rourke – And I’m Singing (2001)
Tyler, The Creator – She (2011)
Arthur Russell – Lucky Cloud (1986)
Battles – Race Out (2007)
St. Vincent – The Party (2009)
Goldie – Inner City Life (1994)
Nirvana – Negative Creep (1989)
Grouper – Call Across Rooms (2014)
Oval – Bloc (1998)
Chynna – Practice (2017)
The xx – Fantasy (2009)
Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie (1996)
Kelis – Milkshake (2003)
Jane Birkin – Jane B (1969)
John Williams – The Fortress of Solitude (1978)
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