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B.P.T. Radio 065: No Frills

The deep, immersive echo chamber that sits at the centre of DeepChord’s signature work with Echospace may appear inspired by the genre-defining work of first-wave dub-technoists that appeared on the Chain Reaction label in the mid to late 90s. But it’s also work that’s quintessentially building upon the Detroit scene where it was born, and that divine marriage of roots and vision makes the work of Rod Modell and Steve Hitchell at once so highly considered, so timeless, and so pertinent. The distinguishing feature of the duo’s sound is its ability and willingness to stand still; whereas much of dub techno attempts to propel the listener forward in either a lover’s rock groove or the cushioned reverb of a driving beat, DeepChord’s synth-driven analog warmth trades not only in static ambience but also propulsive design. Their set at Métropolis in 2011 was nothing short of enveloping and transcendent.

Mastered by LANDR: bit.ly/1kmLNtR


M15.009 - Deepchord Presents Echospace Live @ MUTEK 2011

At Organik Festival 2023 Day 3

.VRIL personal Note:
Playing at Organik Festival in Taiwan is one of the most special experiences that an artist could have in my opinion. I had the honor to be part of two of the earlier Festival editions in 2014 and 2019 and it somehow changed my life. Almost everyone I met back then I am still in contact with. A positive experience.
So.. coming back and being able to play again at the this years 2023 edition made me very happy :) Met so many old and new friends. Also Josh and Gregory from Organik made everything feel trusted. It’s exactly what we somehow should looking for and what we need in our scene in general. A peaceful place. Either as a festival visitor or as an artist to play or visit Organik, it feels just right! It is the place to be :)
Thank you Organik for having me again the third time this year. 
In 2023 I played an audio collage at the main stage on sunday morning. The set was build with a lot of own material, spontaneously and eclectically mixed together in a kind of audio collage, that also was topped with a Nord Lead Synth played live by myself. 
After receiveing the original recording from Organik 2023 I did some small edits to it afterwards and then mastered it.
Happy to release this one together with Organik/Smoke Machine!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ctsme2ssyxlwzlu9gqgpf/Vril-Setup-at-Organik-2023.jpg?rlkey=i9j07btb8p9f31i74gmhtcsw3&dl=0

VRIL - Ambient Collage LIVE at Organik Festival 2023

Really powerful track from "Queerifications & Ruins - Collected Remixes By DJ Sprinkles", one the best albums of 2013.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/51192-DJ-Sprinkles

https://soundcloud.com/mulemusiq
http://www.discogs.com/label/25329-Mule-Musiq


▲ DJ Sprinkles - Corbie - Arktika (Sprinkles' Deeperama) (320kbps) ▲

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Deepchord - Live At ENTER.Mind Week 13, Space (Ibiza) - 25-Sep-2014

edit/mashup Waldeck 'Spy Like An Angel' & Curd Duda 'Touch'

Tracklisting 
Ø - Ilta (Sahko Recordings, 1996)
Ovïd - Sharp Thorns (Captured Visions, 2022)
Erosion - Erosion 3 (Chain Reaction, 1997)
Pendle Coven - Golden Hadron (Modern Love, 2007)
Mathimidori Ft. Shoco - Akari (Echochord, 2020)
Jason Letkiewicz - Emergent Ray I (Jungle Gym Records, 2022)
Emre Girginkaya - Denyd (Laboratorio Palestro, 2024)
Chantssss - Yr Lyf (Theory Therapy, 2024)
SND - 23 (SND, 1999)
Substak - Whispering In The Dark (Secuencias Temporales, 2025)
Javier Marimon - Ds24X1 (Accents Records, 2024)
Strategy - Petrichor (Strategy’s Unlimited Editions, 2024)
Beppu - Religious Dub (Part 2 Demdike Stare Remix) (Organic Analogue, 2025)
Andy Stott - See In Me (Modern Love, 2007)
Bas Dobbelaer - Rise (Something Happening, Somewhere, 2023)
Jichael Mackson - Welcome (Ilian Tape, 2024)
Purelink - Personal Velocity (Knekelhuis, 2022)
Ovatow - Frustrations Dub (Harbour City Sorrow, 2023)
Jas Shaw - I Sing The Senses Electric (Delicacies, 2024)
Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Shadow Pocket (Variation One) (Eaux, 2011)
Gez Varley - Adieu (Force Inc, 2001)
Uon - Kissing (Motion Ward, 2017)
HVL - Repeated Eye Contact (Bassiani, 2019)

Take a Trip with Volte-Face

The Secret Code

A dj mix approach to gather a particular feel of sound that I call deepcore for now. It draws from different influences and genres to craft an tech-infused dreamlike hard-soft, fast-slow realm of sound that ports into the threshold, the in-between spaces.

The mix was recorded live at Aurora, Budapest, 28/08/2025 at our event Fault Lines.

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UN #47 DeepChord

@hi-vis-dj

~ Tracklist ~

Kristuit Salu - Anata Wo Ai Site Imasu (Merck)
Oval - Cross Selling (Thrill Jockey)
Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba 5 (Drag City)
Raica - Entridam (Further Records)
Area - Everything Thrown Away (Kimochi)
Bellows - B2 (Latency)
Jorge Velez - Heart (Bandcamp self-released)
Clay Wilson - 1RXS (Bandcamp self-released)
4023 - A2 (Jacktone Records)
Ligovskoi - Labiate (Dement3d)
8i11 - Sanguine Cynic (Reserve Matinee)
Catherine Christer Hennix - Equal Temperament Fender Mix (Blank Forms Editions)
Dustin Wong + Takako Minekawa + Good Willsmith - Plastic Skin (Umor Rex)
Iury Lech - Ukraïna (CockTail d’Amore Music)
Ali Wade - Imbolc (Frequency Domain)
Mark Van Hoen - Vessel of Flight (Medical Records)
Sarah Davachi - Wood Green (Students of Decay)
Synth Sisters - Time is Flowing There (EM Records)
Vainqueur - Solanus (Extracted) (Chain Reaction)

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The next Deep Mind Music mix comes from Chicago’s Hi-Vis, who is behind the wonderful deep listening mix series @beyondbelow. I have found a lot of solace in Beyond / Below mixes, each one takes the listener on a carefully crafted journey, filled with poignant emotions and mind-expanding music. 

It was looking to Beyond / Below that in some ways inspired me to expand Deep Mind Music into a mix series. It feels meaningful to create and curate a space for people to put together deeply personal sonic narratives in a deep listening format for them to share with the world.

This mix from Hi-Vis feels like being carried on a soft billowing breeze high above gentle rolling hills. The mix subtly shifts through moods and textures, each song delicately linked to the next. It kind of feels like my brain unwinding and making sense of the tangle of thoughts we end up accumulating through daily life. Gently giving each thought space before setting it down. 

She says about this mix:

“I play sound to heal myself, to learn better how to heal myself, hoping that if I share what I learn, it might heal others too - particularly those who need it most. I want to comfort, but there is always strain and tension that can’t be avoided or ignored. My intention is to summon a psychic space that allows you to drift, to confront discomfort and dissonance openly and without fear, so you can experience even greater relief, or even euphoria. All these songs have had a profound effect on me this way, and I tried to play them similar to how they unfold and resonate in my head. 

Recorded on two turntables, two CDJs and a mixer at my apartment in Chicago. I bought my copy of the last record in the mix, Vainqueur’s Solanus, from my friend Justin Aulis Long. You can hear it’s well worn, but the crackles enhance its aura and I love it all the more.”

I really relate to creating ambient mixes as a space for people to experience emotions in, to observe and then transcend them, and I feel like Hi-Vis has created such a space with this mix for all those who listen to it.

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