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Ductape is a fitting DJ name for events and production master Kate Lesta. The woman behind the moniker is a well-reputed curator, organizer, and event producer who has the ability to pull off parties, festivals, or experiences that most of us only dream of. Sometimes, she does it by taping a broken system together in order for the show to go on -- and we hear this strategy in her sets. As a DJ, Kate conjuncts dub techno, ambient, abstract, and sound design. With a slow hand while mixing, Ductape sets are quiet broadcasts for physiological, spiritual marination, which are best enjoyed during small outdoor parties in the mountainous woods.
Picturephoto by scott kaplan, gemini 2011.

Campfire Stories 76 (Time Will Tell)

This set was recorded at Chillits, held at Black Oak Ranch in Northern California, on September 14, 2019.

Marc Leclair - 85e Jour - Musique Pour 3 Femmes Enceintes
Purl + ProtoU - Morning Light - Sub Life
Purl - Sagan (Warmth’s Place of Peace) - Sagan
Warmth - Time as a Reward - Ambient Archives Vol. 3
Deepchord & Pulshar- Undercover (Ambisonic Version I) - Undercover
Docetism - The Last Forest II - The Last Forest
Isobel Waller-Bridge - Virginia Woolf - Vita & Virginia
Isobel Waller-Bridge - Bedroom - Vita & Virginia
Thomas Fehlmann - Treatment - Pop Ambient 2014
Donato Dozzy & Nuel - Aqua 5 - The Aquaplano Sessions
Mountains - Blue Lanterns on East Oxford - Air Museum
Charles Spearin - Vanessa - The Happiness Project
Spirits of the Red City - Serves You Right - Daytrotter Session
Evelyn Glennie & Fred Frith - Improv / Untitled Excerpt - Touch The Sound
Alex Somers - Campfire - Captain Fantastic
Doyeq - Train Travel - Eyelashes of Lanterns
Isobel Waller-Bridge - After the Party - Vita & Virginia
Isobel Waller-Bridge - Chapel - Vita & Virginia
Henry Green / Corre - Rituals - Rituals
Darren Harper - Small Remembrance - Paths


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from Derek Plaslaiko, curator of Snowprayers... 
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Many moons ago, Kate Simko was talking to me about "a girl you will meet one day who totally is your sister." I think we might have even called her on the phone right then and there. A bit of time passed, and then one day I did in fact meet her, and Ms Simko couldn't have been more spot on in her assessment. The girl is the curator of this long overdue (sorry bout that....) edition of Snowprayers: Kate Lesta. Kate is one of the busiest people I know. To list all of the projects she is involved with would take up far too much room for this description, but if there was 1 thing she's known for, it would be the always magical Communikey Festival (CMKY for short) which is thrown every spring in Boulder, CO. I have had the pleasure of playing 2 of them now, and even if I am not on the bill I still attend. If you have the opportunity to check it out in the future, I would absolutely recommend that you do so! Kate and her amazing crew put together a truly memorable experience, and the scenery can't be beat! Kate also works tirelessly to bring new talent stateside for tours and events. So, if you've gone to any electronic music events in the states that featured maybe an artist previously unheard of, chances are she might have had a hand in getting that person to play some amazing music for your head as well as your feet. These are the main reasons I wanted her to submit an edition for the series. The range of musical taste on Kate is extremely vast, and it certainly shines through this mix. Not only that, but like it states at the beginning... I definitely consider her to be part of my family. So, after the turkey settles tonight, throw this wonderful 2 hour ride on. But be careful... it just might get you pregnant. :) Kate, thank you SOO much for being such an amazing person in life, and for putting together this phenomenal edition of Snowprayers. 
​Snowprayers Podcast #021
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hecanjog - suite one
fourtet - peace for earth
foxes in fiction - basement window + thank you sunday morning
slacker - a million dreams
windy & carl - the sun
small prayer - rain in my face
paper bird - peace of mind (pizza mind) - lake mary rework
cmjk - st helens children (outro without meaning)
andrew weathers - ecstatic, unchanging
gillian welch - lvis presley blues
bill callahan - all thoughts are prey to some beast
cat power - shaking pepper
dirty projector's - irresponsible song
princess music - morning song of the thrush
charles bradley - heartache and pain
lee hazelwood- the little flowers grow
le tigre - keep on livin'
ombre - cara falsa
oliver tank - up all night
peter broderick - proposed solution to the mystery of the soul
pavla & nouva - dont owe me a thing
gently nowness - laura goldhamer - dj this that and the other rework
sad livin' in the city - time for trees feat. layden bryant
midas touch - boards of canada / hell interface rework
tones on tail - real life
oingo boingo - flesh n blood
the field - everbody's gotta learn sometime
hecanjog - suite two


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​​Ductape - Enjoy The Silence - Make Mistakes | Photographic Memories 
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​Artist | Track | Album | Label
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opiate - 1% in 2/3 speed - while you were sleeping - april
mountain man - arabella - made the harbor - partisan
jose gonzalez - instrumental - stay in the shade - imperial
smog - say valley maker - a river ain't too much to love - drag city
nils frahm - more - felt - erased tapes
interlude white rainbow - sleep now we are soft (dirty projectors rmx) - box - marriage
ben frost - theory of machines (reprise) - by the throat - bedroom community
sufjan stevens - you are the blood - dark was the night - 4ad
nicolas jaar - why didn't you save me - don't break my love - clown and sunset
purity ring - lofticries - ungirthed ep - transparent
peaking lights - synthy - 936 - not not fun
nils frahm - peter - juno - erased tapes
spirits of the red city - as animal - hunter moon - self-released
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Ductape, Recorded live at Gemini 2011
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​in b flat
brandon wolcott + emil - tango for faye 
charles spearin, the happiness project - mrs morris reprise 
braids - native speaker 
foxes in fiction - memory pool 
tuneyards - bidness 
twin shadow - tether beat 
dawn golden and rosy cross - white sun
dirty projectors - rise above 
sufjan stevens - now that im older
ramona cordova - givers reply 
mirah - while we have the sun

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