M.U. PODCAST #146 GROUP MODULAR (FEBRUARY 2023)

Cover Art by Bruno Lopes (Mundo Urbano), February 2023. Larry Herman, A Noguchi sculpture in the Wall Street area of New York City. Photographed from thirty floors above street level, c. 1967  

The name Group Modular was taken by Markey Funk (Delights 45) and Mule Driver (Confused Machines, The Models) when the two started working on finishing the unreleased recordings by the enigmatic character named Mordy Laye. The resulting album "The Mystery of Mordy Laye" was released in 2012, following a successful crowd-funding campaign. Even though the actual person behind this music was never found, the duo continued working together and developing their own take on drum-heavy, synth-centric library and film music of the 70s. 

Here's a small description of the mix:

Unlike our previous mixes, which were more about putting Group Modular's music in some sort of historical and aesthetic context, this time we've used the opportunity to share music that inspires us as we're taking our sound in a new direction (as was first revealed in the new tune "Lonely Pylon", recorded for a split EP on Russian Library).  Most tracks in this mix share a common motif of patterns, textures, and all sorts of repetitive sonic and melodic geometry - a musical companion of sorts to our fascination with post-WWII modernist design and architecture.

And the tracklist:

01. GM Logotone 1
02. Bernard Estardy - Marionnettes Club
03. Orlando - Fortress of Pillows
04. Fortin & Hermann - Réseaux Atmosphériques
05. Group Modular - Lonely Pylon
06. Ghostwriters - Sleep Walker Sleep Walker
07. 7697 Miles - Rikch'ariy
08. Astral TV - Before It's Lost
09. Aes Dana - Aftermath # 04
10. Lunar Miasma - The Unconscious
11. Fenella - Lilacs Illuminate in Indigo
12. Folclore Impressionista - Three Steps in the Dark
13. Milyo Kolarov - Analogue Beam
14. DSR Lines - 6/5
15. The Twelve Hour Foundation - Jones Carousel
16. Katya Yonder - Patter
17. N. Ae. - Odkrycie Nowej Galaktyki (Sen Triumfalny)
18. The Simonsound - Battle for the Mind
19. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Generator 7b
20. Piero Umiliani - Dolomiti
21. Mort Garson - Virgil's Theme

Happy New Year!
Keep in touch, Markey (Group Modular)