Yes that’s right! After a period of being stuck in neutral that can’t really be described as brief, the world famous Slutty Fringe mix series slips back into first gear with the mysterious East European troupe Endless House Foundation at the helm.

Earlier this year, our good friend Leighton from Keytars & Violins suggested we check out a compilation from the Dramatic Records stable entitled Endless House. As with all K & V shaped recommendations we were not left disappointed as the twelve track set revealed itself to be a winning blend of oddball synth wave, downtrodden proto house sounds and mid tempo glitchiness that seems totally ahead of its time.

Matching this is the elaborate back story which is probably best told via the press release that accompanies the compilation:

“An obelisk of noise that rose rudely above the treetops of the Bialowieska Forest, the Endless House project shone for a mere six weeks in the spring of 1973. The outlandish brainchild of wealthy audiophile/maniac Jiri Kantor, its stated mission was ‘to become the cradle of a new European sonic community… a multimedia discotheque’ that should ‘surprise and delight’ artists and dancers alike. For all the wide-eyed optimism of its manifesto, however, the enterprise was never unknowing in its flirtation with disaster and self-destruction. The brilliant Czech may have made his millions as the midas-touched entrepreneur/taste-maker behind Paris-based magazine Otium International, but Endless House was always a vanity project as irredeemably vain as its maker…”

There’s definitely a generous hint of ambiguity regarding whether the above  is gospel or fiction, but regardless the msuic is justso good you don’t really need to waste time wondering if its true. Thus when word came through from Dramatic Records that the Endless House Foundation were keen to join the annals of Internet fame known as the Slutty Fringe Mix Series, it was a easy decision to make.

It was down to the inherent mystery surrounding the release that the option to engage one of the Endless House Foundation’s artists in an interview to accompany the mix was eschewed (that and our Czech is not too good) but we feel that the 30 minute mix Arpensium submitted is one of the finest and most idiosyncratic to date.

Slutty Fringe Endless House Foundation Mix Tracklisting

Daphne Oram – Lego (Builds It)
E.M.A.K – FilmMusik
Johannus Arpensium – Ostend (Invisible Cities) FROM ENDLESS HOUSE
Intro Sequence From Dune
Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie and Clyde
Terre Thaemlitz – DC D.O.A
Uusitalo – Between Kate and Naomi
John Williams – Life On Earth (Jellyfish section)
The Orb – Spanish Castles in Space
Commentary on Jacques Anquetil
Dopplereffekt – Calabi Yau Manifold
Prince Rama – Om Namo Shivaya
Faust – Just a Second (Starts Like That)
Angelo Badalamenti – Laura Palmer’s Theme
Interview with James Hunt
Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train (live)

You can stream the mix via mixcloud above or download here.