Select 368: Mixed by Lio

Over the past 15 years, Montreal-based DJ, producer and sound engineer, Lio, has been meticulously refining his sound, blurring the lines between electronic subgenres with his hypnotic sensibilities. The Lebanese artist has come to be known for his stripped-back club sets and acoustic designs alike, using a plethora of aliases, such as Reakt, Digital Natives, Dubwiser, Spoken and Monosapien. Since co-founding Beirut-based collective and record label, Hypnotic LTD, he has been applying his technical precision to different areas, dabbling in a more fluid, jazz-leaning minimalism rooted in deep listening. His select set is a reflection of that current sound and exploration. A sun-drenched mix of jazz-inflected house and ambient grooves that will cure your winter blues, the set features cuts by artists like Tom Noble, Stewart Walker, Orient Expressions, Simon Psford, Nicola Conte, and Aris Kokou. “I recorded this set on a sunny Sunday at home, surrounded by my wife and our daughter, Yoko Jazz, which naturally brought a jazzy touch to the recording,” Lio tells SceneNoise of a mix packed with wonky synths, found sound samples, experimental transitions and atmospheric textures.