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1 The Perfect Blues Jesse Boykins III & Gora Sou

Written by Jesse Boykins III (USA). Produced by Gora Sou. Programming by Gora Sou, keyboards by Dorian Concept, backing vocals by Andrea Balency.

1.2 Red Sound Yosi Horikawa & Dorian Concept

Written by Yoshiyuki Horikawa (JAP). Produced by Yosi Horikawa and Dorian Concept. Beats by Yosi Horikawa, keyboards by Dorian Concept.

This song is the perfect explanation for what it means to be a human being in love with danger and risk-taking in relationships, says Jesse. It began as a loop of handclaps and gradually evolved into an emotive ballad worthy of applause. Dorian recalls: I loved the clap sounds Marc made, and when Jesse came in, he just killed it. 1.3 Ecovillage Jorge Caiado & Mathew Jonson
Written by Jorge Lima (POR) and Mathew Jonson (CAN). Produced and all instruments played by Jorge Caiado and Mathew Jonson.

Soundcatcher Yosi collected audio from around the Academy building, nabbing crunchy red sand, wine bottles, and metal signs for his own designs. After Yosi crafted a beat out of Mataderos ambience, Dorian brought his characteristic modal chords and quick-fire riffs, dropping the listener right in the centre of the Academy sonics. 1.4 ReadY Canblaster & Julius Sylvest
Written by Cdric Steffens (FRA) and Julius Sylvest (DEN). Produced by Canblaster and Julius Sylvest.

These two technonauts teamed up for a groove wide enough to fit an ecosystem in. It could be an ode to living in harmony with nature as much as it is influenced by the Endor-inspired settings at the Academy. Its always a learning process in the studios though, with the pair working in different ways to how they would usually, and yielding surprisingly organic fruits.

It was straight out the starting traps for Cedric and Julius with this track, and no messing. We started this track the day we arrived, Cedric reminisces, before finishing a rough draft in time for the Boiler Room session a few days later. A bit of back and forth over the net for fine-tuning and arranging, et voila! An arcade raverton anthem that even Frogger could get down to.

1.5 Racist Jazz Space Creature Boycrush & Sander Mlder

Written by Sander Mlder (EST) and Alistair Deverick (NZL). Produced by Sander Mlder and Boycrush. microKORG by Sander Mlder.

1.6 Untitled Ghosts On Tape & Clip!

Written by Ryan Merry and Edu T. Buf. All instruments played by Ghosts On Tape (USA) and Clip! (ESP).

1.9 FRG Raisa K & Thomalla

Written by Raisa Khan (UK) and Philipp Koller (GER). Produced and all instruments played by Raisa K and Thomalla.

1.10 Power Up Canblaster & Nightwave

Written by Cdric Steffens (FRA) and Maya Medvesek (SLO). Produced by Canblaster and Nightwave.

As soon as the vocoder drops, Alistair and Sanders track unleashes devastating powers on the dancefloor. This off-the-wall extraterrestrial made first contact when Sanders laser beams, oscillating sirens and analogue pads began blasting over a fractured groove that drummer Alistair had meticulously crafted earlier in the studio. 1.7 Into You The T2s
Written by Nick Concellor (USA), Veronica Sampson (UK), Marco Passarani (ITA), Oliver Johnson (AUT), Jivraj Singh (IND), Paul Salva (USA) and Mial Watkins (UK).

After Clip! had taken the participants on a grand tour of Madrids finest drinking establishments on the first night, he linked with Ryan Ghosts over the Yamaha SU700 sampler. They returned like Jedis days later to complete the song with shuddering bass tones from the Juno 106, before hurriedly mixing and arranging it on the last day, resulting in this dubby 4/4 thumper. 1.8 Vale Vale Signor Mako & Om Unit
Written by Ilya Goryachev (RUS) and Jim Coles (UK). Produced by Signor Mako and Om Unit.

Sounding something like what might happen if AT&T had hired the Jackson State Marching Band to cover Lootpacks Crate Digging for their call-waiting tone, FRG is the aftermath of Thomalla and Raisa K piling on the pounds, and then working it all off dancing a nonstop Cossack. Trickier than a three-hit backstick. 1.11 Jacktrax Nehuen & xxxy
Written by Rupert Taylor (UK) and Nehuen McAllister (ESP). All instruments played by Nehuen and xxxy.

Working from the chords up, Nightwave and Canblaster rein in the Korg M3 like a pair of seasoned synth-whisperers. Far from a cruise on the motorway, this obstacle course through foot-steppers territory alternates with half-time breakdowns, slippery hi-hat patterns and ecstatic vocal chops. Global recession or not, theres always work for feet.

1.12 Offhand Behr

Written by Emile Hoogenhout (RSA). Drums played by Behr. Piano played by Martin Riegelnegg.

An emerald mirrorball was shipped into Studio 1 especially for this sizzling disco monster. Term 2s seven-headed Cerberus slot into a rhythm thats loose enough for keys, bass, guitar, drums and percussion to all fit inside, and still leave space for Ronikas lovelorn tones to drift atop. Group dynamics dont get more die-cast than this.

Signor Mako set out to conjure a hypnotic, epic composition whilst at the Academy studios, and he certainly met an ally in Om Unit. The pair forged this soulful piano hymn in the process, taking inspiration from Madrids dusty urban bustle, and proving there aint no vale low enough. The end result sounds like Steve Reich discovering the beauty of flamenco handclaps for the first time.

Manchester and Barcelona connect, jacking inspiration from classic Chicago house to deliver five minutes of dancefloor bliss. xxxy and Nehuen obviously know their history and do the Music Boxs legacy proud: pounding bass kicks, metronomic hi-hats with that little Je ne sais quoi swing to them, and vocal stabs that link the past, present and future of one of dance musics most enduring aesthetics. Watch that drop.

With the Academy storeroom spilling out synthesisers, drum machines, and Space Echoes, sometimes the comfortable minimalism of acoustic piano and brushed drums can be an antidote to the daunting problem of more is less. Drummer Behr collaborates on this slow jazz cut with Austrian pianist Martin Riegelnegg, shunning their predilection for 4/4 to create an environment of cognac-soaked melancholy.

1.13 Pump Dat Mark Pritchard & Addison Groove

Written by Mark Pritchard (UK) and Tony Williams (UK). Produced and all instruments played by Addison Groove and Mark Pritchard.

1.14 One Hour Later Broke One & Xavier Len

Written by Fabio Brocato (ITA) and Xavier Arocha (CAN). Produced and all instruments played by Broke One and Xavier Len.

Blow the whistle if you cant keep up with Pump Dat, a salute of sorts to Chicago footwork pioneers and Academy 11 guests Rashad and Spinn. This frenzied juke cut screams Get off the wall! and leaves slouches trailing in its wake, slicing up breakneck percussion and piercing snares at a lightning-quick tempo. 1.15 Camp Song Boycrush
Written by Alistair Deverick (NZL). Produced by Boycrush.

While most of the participants were raving on Ustream, Fabio seized an empty studio and started this spacey steppers riddim. Xavier joined in, and the pair jammed it out for 60 minutes, setting a vibe in Studio 5 that switches from syncopated garage fills to halftime wind and back. All you need is the right mindset and a little time. 1.16 AZRR Claude Speeed
Written by Stuart Clinton Turner (UK). Produced and all instruments played by Claude Speeed.

Alistair initially wrote this track back at the hotel room, and named it after that good ol bonding tradition a singsong round a pile of slowly burning logs. Realism is the key, and you can certainly hear the crackle of the fire here (as well as the sounds of distant shotguns from the nearby woods), whilst Alistair credits lecturer Gareth Jones for helping him throughout this whimsical house ditty.

AZRR is a veritable wall of sound of many tones yearning wails, rattling percussion and off-kilter string jabs. The Scottish producer jumped into this after a lecture from immersive beatmaker Clams Casino, coming back with fresh ears to add some subtle guitar and pitched-up vocals. We darent pigeonhole AZRR but Claude hits the nail on the head: Weird deep forest Brian Eno Dirty South footwork.

1.17 Dangle Full Crate & Mark Pritchard

Written by N. Nikoghosyan (NED) and Mark Pritchard (UK). Produced by Full Crate and Mark Pritchard. Instruments played by Full Crate, Mark Pritchard and Broke One.

1.18 Late Signor Mako, Santiago Latorre & Behr

Written and produced by Santiago Latorre (ESP), Ilya Goryachev (RUS) and Emile Hoogenhout (RSA). Vibraphone, saxophone and Mellotron by Santiago Latorre, vibraphone, Mellotron, Juno 106 and field recordings by Ilya Goryachev, drums by Emile Hoogenhout.

Full Crates stuttering collaboration with Mark Pritchard is a beast, no less marvelously manic than some of Pritchards recent Africa Hitech opus. With groove in no short supply, the mighty Harmonic 313 gives the tune its proper trajectory, with reams of rapid-fire percussion and broken rhythms, at once demented, hypnotic and breathless. 2.1 Alien Titmarsh Riddim Mark Pritchard, Danny Breaks & Om Unit
Written by Mark Pritchard (UK), Daniel Whiddett (UK) and Jim Coles (UK). Produced and all instruments played by Mark Pritchard, Danny Breaks and Om Unit.

Against a backdrop of airport ambience, Late avoids the raised blood pressure of flight delays and explores beyond the tarmac. A motorik Juno 106 rhythm and sprinklings of vibraphone, Mellotron and sax slows time down to an hypnotic crawl, rendering flight boards irrelevant. 2.2 Cicada Sleep Pazes, Anenon & Grayson Gilmour
Written by Brian Simon (USA), Lucas Febraro (BRA), Grayson Gilmour (NZL). Produced by Pazes and Anenon. All instruments played by Pazes, Anenon and Grayson Gilmour.

Mark was chopping up the break, recalls Om Unit, so I started knocking up some dread bass. When old school sci-fi b-boys get in the studio together, sparks are bound to fly. With a little extra help from Danny Breaks and his trusty MS-20, this one is coated with the kind of titanium hull that will weather any galactic storm, unlike your petunias.

While there are over 200 species of the cicada insect, there is a particular variety, the genus Magicicada, which emerges every 17 years to mate. The life-cycle of this collaboration between Pazes and Anenon traces a similar arc. A subdued chord progression gives way to a shimmering wall of electronics, then winds its way back to a peaceful silence. Stay tuned for part two in 2028.

2.3. Bedrooms Xavier Len, Broke One & Kackmusikk

Written and produced by Xavier Arocha (CAN), Fabio Brocato (ITA) and Raphael Spiess (SUI). All instruments played by Xavier Len, Broke One and Kackmusikk.

2.4. She Will Prevail Jesse Boykins III, Doc Daneeka & xxxy
Written by Jesse Boykins III (USA), Mial Watkins (UK) and Rupert Taylor (UK). Produced by Doc Daneeka and xxxy. All instruments played by Jesse Boykins III, Doc Daneeka and xxxy with additional keys from Dorian Concept.

This bedroom is literally a time capsule, where sleep and dreams create a world of their own, and the fabric of reality gets rewoven into strange new shapes. Its in this role of brave geometric explorers that our intrepid trio find themselves, riding out the motion sickness and creating the soundtrack to their own personal Tardis in the process. 2.5. Chuglive Dorian Concept & xxxy
Written by Oliver Johnson (AUT) and Rupert Taylor (UK). Produced by Dorian Concept and xxxy. Instruments played by Dorian Concept.

The doc, the triple x y and Mr Boykins III hit the spot with this sultry slice of soul, Jesses rich gospel vocals floating over slick trap rhythms and glittering boogie funk. This is a futuristic hit record beamed back via the medium of brainwaves, from a place where the 80s didnt end and instead got more exotic, with bigger boomboxes. 2.6. Acguiescence Anenon
Written by Brian Simon (USA). Produced by Anenon. Tenor saxophone, piano, programming and string arrangement by Anenon. Cello, viola and violins by Madrid 2011 String Quartet.

Sometimes all you need to break that creative block is a microKORG. Or more accurately, a microKORG and five pairs of lightning-fast fingers to play it. xxxy had little inspiration left for this loop until Dorian burst into the studio like a rescuer of lost musical souls, bringing it back from the brink. Perhaps KORG should investigate this gap in the defibrillator market. Clear!

Rather like the creeping sense of realisation that the song takes its title from, this ebbing tide of strings, sax, piano and subs makes the perfect soundtrack for the city at night. Whether watching graveyard-shift workers, or ghosts dancing on telephone wires, this is what the sunglasses from They Live might sound like if they could talk.

2.7 Sicka Nguzu & Boska

Written by Asma Aroof (USA) and Jon-Eirik Boska (SWE). Produced and all instruments played by Nguzu and Boska.

2.8 Question Om Unit & Disco Nutter

Written by Jim Coles (UK) and Yasen Velchev (BUL). Produced by Om Unit and Disco Nutter.

2.11 You Said You Loved Me Krystal Klear, Broke One & Ghosts On Tape
Written by Declan Lennon (UK), Fabio Brocato (ITA) and Ryan Merry (USA). Produced and all instruments played by Broke One, Krystal Klear and Ghosts On Tape. Mixed by Artwork (UK), Gareth Jones (UK) and Mathew Jonson (CAN).

2.12 The Earth Got Round Sara Sayed & xxxy

Written by Sara Sayed (FIN). Produced and all instruments played by Sara Sayed and xxxy.

Madrid might not seem a likely breeding ground for music thats best played in basement clubs, but Nguzu and Boskas Sicka is a sure-fire midnight theme. The duo cooked this up with a 909 and an MS-20, leaving the studio victorious. So keen were they to nail it they missed out on a Young Guru miking session. Now thats dedication.

Jim and Yasen linked after seeing hip hops most villainous DOOM perform, and immediately got this neck-snapping monster on the go with the Junos that were in Studio 3. Responding to the vibes that were filling up the place, a well-chosen quote from cult sci-fi flick The Thing says it all trying to make sense of the situation isnt all its cracked up to be. 2.10 Eivar Thomalla & Martin Riegelnegg
Written by Martin Riegelnegg (AUT) and Philipp Koller (GER). Produced and all instruments played by Martin Riegelnegg and Thomalla.

This ode to euphoric 90s house says all you need to know about revelations in a warehouse far removed from a political agenda that doesnt believe in team work. Good job this six-man crew does.

Sara Sayed cools down the pace with a track that Erasmus Montanus would be proud of. While the Finnish singersongwriters bold first steps into production could be compared to Euclidean geometry, theyre more like the fit of a comfy slipper on a tired foot. At times both surreal and shadowy, dreamy and full of space, we hope its the shape of things to come. 2.14 What Is Sleep Claude Speeed
Written by Stuart Clinton Turner (UK). Produced and all instruments played by Claude Speeed.

2.9 Cest La Vie Robin Hannibal

Written, recorded and produced by Robin Hannibal (DEN). Horns and strings written and arranged by Robin Hannibal. Guitar by Chico Unicornio, drumbox bass and keyboards by Robin Hannibal, sax by Anenon, vocals by ChaCha and Chico Unicornio.

2.13 Phone Tone Brenmar, Canblaster & Ghosts On Tape

Written by William Salas (USA), Cedric Steffens (FRA) and Ryan Merry (USA). Produced and all instruments played by Brenmar, Canblaster and Ghosts On Tape.

Marshall McLuhan predicted a global village. Thomas Friedman wrote about a flat Earth. FedEx made overnight strawberries a reality. This breezy collaboration between Danish Robin Hannibal, Chinese Cha Cha, American Anenon and Peruvian Chico Unicornio puts napalm to the notion of cultural boundaries. Oh, and the title is French.

Philipp and Martin asked themselves if the bass drum was too low throughout the making of Eivar, which is a good metaphor for the way the elements are placed its all in the relationships, and the sum is more than its parts. How low is too low, you might ask? The only answer could be somewhere between here and the centre of the Earth.

Ghosts On Tape says I already knew Brenmar and Canblaster a bit, so it was nice to get in the studio. Inspired by Dance Mania, we went for something that wasnt too complicated but still effective. Linking the KORG Electribe, the Yamaha sampler and Ableton allowed this trio to create a loop hole in time for a track that spans several eras while retaining its own tempo.

Gravity has a unique pull on an individual after ten days or so of sleep deprivation. There is a heaviness in the limbs and a dull ring in the cortex. On this selection, the Scottish guitarist and keyboardist Claude Speeed translates these effects into a densely droning wave of sound, throbbing from time to time with percussion, but always shadowed by a wall of spiralling subsonics and blankets of white noise.

2.15 Junk Exeter & Naphta

Written by Evan Doyle (CAN) and Pawel Klimczak (POL). Produced and all instruments played by Exeter and Naphta.

2.16 Waking Into A Prior Dream The Heartbreak Kids

Written by Fabian Bruhn (SWE) and Roman Flgel (GER). Produced and all instruments played by Fabian Bruhn and Roman Flgel.

Just when you think Junk has had all the groove squeezed out of it, it turns a corner and runs down a different path. Short vocal snatches, twisted, rubbery grooves and hypnotic keyboard swirls its a thrilling chase. We cant think of the last time the Canadians and the Polish collaborated musically but on this basis it should be thoroughly encouraged. 2.17 Ode To Bootsy Fuck Shit Up
Written by Jivraj Singh (IND), Nick Conceller (USA), Grayson Gilmour (NZL), Jesse Boykins III (USA), Oliver Johnson (AUT) and Brian Simon (USA). Drums by Jivraj Singh, bass by Nick Hook, guitar by Grayson Gilmour, vocals by Jesse Boykins III, solo piano by Dorian Concept, sax by Anenon.

Sometimes the line between dreams and reality is not as easy to distinguish as you think, especially when the tide of sleep is reduced to its absolute bare minimum. In this inbetween state, you can find Aniaras Fabian Bruhn and Roman Flgel, navigating their way through an emotional half-world with only a conga rhythm, synth washes and a melodic arpeggio to guide them.

In true jam band style, FSU get down with this tight shuffle, as OG funkateer Bootsy Collins inspired an impromptu Academy rhythm section to find the groove and get knee-deep in the sucker. In keeping with the improvised feel, studio captain Erik juggled a live mix on the boards and captured the shock waves.

Concept and realisation by Yadastar (yadastar.com) Compiled by Torsten Schmidt & Erik Breuer Mastering and additional mixing by Erik Breuer at The Brewery (brewerystudios.com) Words by James Singleton, Zaid Mudhaffer, Laurent Fintoni, Nick Wilson & Max Cole Art direction and design by David Eckes (davideckes.de) & Paul Steinmann (paulsteinmann.de) Photography by Dan Wilton (danwilton.co.uk) & Gianfranco Tripodo (gianfrancotripodo.com)

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