The original invitation
This is a historical call, preserved for context. Its deadlines and registration instructions are no longer active.
We continue to search for true audiophiles across the globe who will impress us with their excellent musical discoveries and narratives.
At our little competition every die-hard cassette, vinyl or CD geek has a chance to showcase his/her selection as one of the Secret Thirteen Mixes. We have 3 open slots and we are looking for the most kaleidoscopic mixes.
Please register via newblood@secretthirteen.org until the 23rd of November. All you need to do is to send a few words about yourself and weblinks to your activities or past mixes. After reviewing your submissions we will send you further details about the competition.
We are expecting mixes which would include the most obscure, rare and inspiring music. It can range from ethnic music to jazz, from punk to black metal, from trance to hardcore, from IDM to industrial, from ambient to noise or from experimental to symphonic. It is your choice, because the more unique you are, the happier Secret Thirteen staff will be.
The winning mixes
4 released
MusicforEggplant
MusicforEggplant condense a year of research into Dante’s Inferno into HELLGGPLAN, a dense hour of cut-ups, samples and their own recordings.
Vladislav Dobrovolski
Vladislav Dobrovolski explores the human voice as an instrument, weaving vocal experiments, spoken word and electroacoustic fragments into a vivid, dreamlike collage.
BlackBlackGold
BlackBlackGold draws together deconstructed club music, industrial pressure and gothic unease in a volatile selection that connects radical dance-floor forms with older darkness.
Mesmeon
Mesmeon pays homage to radical computer music and the Fals.ch underground, assembling bleeps, hisses, ruptures and digital debris into a complex, restless sound world.