Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885–1886) by John Singer Sargent is a captivating vision of twilight a poem in paint where innocence, light, and time converge. Set in the garden of Farnham House in Broadway, in England’s Cotswolds, Sargent began the work during the summer of 1885, not long after departing Paris in the wake of the “Madame X” controversy. The idea was sparked during a September boating trip on the Thames at Pangbourne, where he saw Chinese lanterns glowing among trees and lilies at dusk. The painting depicts two young girls Dolly to the left and Polly to the right lighting paper lanterns amid roses, carnations, and tall white lilies in bloom. Originally, Sargent had planned to use the dark-haired daughter of his friend Frederick Barnard as a model, but she was replaced by the Barnard sisters for their fair hair, which better suited the luminous palette. Painted en plein air with impressionistic spontaneity, Sargent worked each evening for just a few precious minutes during the fleeting “blue hour” to capture the delicate balance between lantern glow and fading daylight. As real flowers wilted with the advancing season, he replaced them with artificial ones to preserve the harmony of the composition. The canvas was originally rectangular but later trimmed by about two feet on the left to emphasize the central figures and bring it closer to a square format. When it was unveiled at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in 1887, it received both criticism for its “Frenchified” style and praise from admirers, including Sir Frederic Leighton, who encouraged its acquisition for the nation. It became the first of Sargent’s works to enter a British public collection, and today it resides in Tate Britain. The scene captures the quiet enchantment of evening the hush of a garden, the gleam of lanterns, the fragrance of blooms distilled into a single suspended breath where the ephemeral beauty of nature and the artistry of light merge into something timeless.

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In this MuséeCast session, Jonas Studer, performing as Badawan, delivers a set that bends genres and redefines the dancefloor’s edge. Moving between deep, psychedelic textures, hypnotic midtempo grooves, and driving rhythmic progressions, he shapes a sound that feels both raw and deliberate. There’s a storyteller’s pulse to the way he shifts from shadowy, progressive passages into bright, kaleidoscopic moments each change carrying its own sense of momentum. With roots firmly planted in underground culture, his music carries an untamed energy, rich in detail and layered with atmospheric depth. This is Badawan at his most fluid and focused, blending instinct and precision into a performance that stays with you long after the last beat fades.

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MuséeCast 025 by Badawan

Here is the recording of the liveset I played at cosy festival last Sunday! I am so happy I decided to hit record on this occasion, which I rarely do with live sets, but I had the feeling, like this one could be special and it was! It was such a huge joy to close this stage for the festival with the cutest crowd ever. I just felt a calm and warm joy with everyone happily wobbling to the downtempo flow, like everyone is taking deep happy breaths. It was exactly that deeply heartfelt energy I am missing on dance floors these days so often. So I am mega happy to have captured it and am able to share this with you guys. Its some old tunes, some new tunes, I hope you like it never the less <3


Iorie Live In Concert @ Cosy Festival, July 2025

We welcome Aka-Tony for our seventh episode of NatureTempo.

Tony is a musical storyteller shaped by depth, not algorithms. Raised in Zurich and mentored early by his handicapped uncle - a passionate audiophile who taught him to listen long before he learned to play - Tony discovered the emotional architecture behind sound while other kids chased melodies.

What began as a quiet obsession turned into a lifelong pursuit of tension, release, and the frequencies between. As an aficionado of underground culture, aka-Tony avoids the obvious. His sets are sculpted narratives—textural, cerebral, raw—spanning dubby margins, broken rhythms, and hypnotic progressions that reward the deep listener and the relentless dancer alike.

No gimmicks, no crowd-pleasing shortcuts. Just rare grooves, long blends, and a precise sense of timing that comes only from years in the booth and countless nights immersed in sonic detail.

Playing regularly across Zurich and Berlin, and hosting two podcast series, aka-Tony is part of a quiet resistance in electronic music—where taste still matters, and curation is a form of care.

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@aka_tony
https://www.instagram.com/akatonymusic/

Cover by Jason Krüger
www.instagram.com/ekvidi/

KabelKiste Berlin:
www.instagram.com/kabelkiste_berlin/

'NatureTempo' Podcast 007 - Aka-Tony

That cool morning in July, Hekske (the little witch) and Falke (the witch apprentice) woke up in their home forest in Flanders. As it was raining, they were not in a hurry to get up and lazily huddled together under their moss blanket until the sky cleared. After preparing some herbal tea, the girls suddenly got into a flying mood. This was quite strange, as witches normally only fly out on full moon days to participate in a witch coven. Anyway, Hekske and Falke decided to surrender to their deeper instincts and took off from a clearing in the forest. As always, the witches knew they would reach their destination by simply following their inner compass.
This time, they were heading eastwards and soon they were flying over the rolling hills of the Eifel mountains. Soon afterwards, the girls felt they had reached their destination and gently touched down near the edge of a forest, where they were welcomed by a skulk of red foxes. Hekske and Falke hugged and kissed all the playful foxes.
The vixens and their female cubs led the witches to a forested hill named ‘Kesselchen’ where they found an old cauldron. Sara, the eldest vixen, explained that this kettle had belonged to Antonia, a witch who had protected the foxes during the Middle Ages. This cauldron is being used once a year during the annual vixens ceremony, which was due today. The witches took the kettle with them, while the foxes showed them the way through the dark and misty forest. They stopped near a pond with a mirror-like quiet surface.  The vixens all jumped into the water without hesitation, while Hekske and Falke slipped out of their immaculately white dresses and waded into the cool water. Foxes rarely take a bath, but when they do, they show their most playful side. Sara explained that this is a holy pond in which the vixens take a bath only once a year, on this holy day.
After getting out of the water and patiently drying their fur until it was shiny and fluffy, Sara filled the cauldron with crystal-clear water from a nearby well (Brünnchen).
The vixens continued trotting to the venue of the ceremony. The route was like a pilgrimage and followed exactly the same path for centuries, passing many holy places, like a row of 8 tall oak trees named ‘Hocheichen’, and a hill named ‘Flugplatz’ where they were welcomed by a kettle of sparrow hawks. On each of these stages, more foxes joined the procession until the group had grown to over 100 vixens.
They went down to a valley where they reached their destination : a dark forest named ‘Fuchsröhre’ (fox hole). This is the holiest of holy places for the vixens. The forest is dominated by ‘Antoniabuche’, a giant 500 year-old beech tree. The foxes led Hekske and Falke to the tree, and when the girls touched its bark, they could feel the loving and caring energy of Antonia. And they also got visions of the recipe of a magic potion. Like in a trance, Falke told the vixens to find all ingredients, which included raspberries and black berries. The foxes found all berries, mushrooms and spices. The vixens looked in awe while the witches patiently prepared the magic potion. And after the brew had cooled down, all the female cubs were allowed to lap up a few drops while the elder witches sang some age-old songs. This was their coming-of-age ceremony and now the cubs duly belonged to the sisterhood of vixens. 
After this solemn ceremony, all foxes showed their most exuberant side and started to cheer and dance until late into the night. The witches felt the playful and ebullient energy of the vixens and joined the ecstatic dance. 
This truly was the most magical night of the year …

Connect with the artist : 
https://soundcloud.com/tobi-alain

Photo credits : grusgrus444

Story written by Hekske on the 27th of July 2025

Witchtape #195 | Guest Wizz : Down from another Town

☀️ Habikat [ at ] Kompaz Festival [ Live-Special ] ☀️

A new member has arrived at the charming Afterhour and is treating us today with his deep and hypnotic downtempo sound of the very highest quality. Immerse yourself and enjoy a top-class warm-up from the Kompaz Festival.

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✔️ What is your musical background?

My first important contact with electronic music came with my dear friend Dennis (Ganji) who carried niche Downtempo genres into my Munich suburban bourgeoisie environment when I was a teenager.

However, the main influence for my DJ project were - believe it or not - intense sonic confrontations with Full-On Psytrance in 2022. Luckily, once I had my first controller Downtempo and Tech genres took over my library published by labels like down., Talpa Rec. and Crépite and produced/mixed by artists such as Riyoon, Frida Darko, Reyneke, Temple Tears, Antaares, Matildoutz, LENI and - of course - Ganji.

 

✔️ In your opinion, what makes a good afterhour?

Self-confident but mellow and conscious people. No phones, a deep gripping yet suave sound. Eye contact that gets replied with a smile, a caring question or a friendly chat.

 

✔️ How did you feel about the gig?

When Benja from Kompáz asked me to open the event, I did not know what to expect and started planning from creative scratch. Though not many people arrived this early at the Salon floor and  personally I was very troubled beforehand, the time behind the decks was my perfect start for a deeply touching and wholesome weekend.

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🖼 by Jim aka J.WOCKENFUSS (@jwockenfuss)
✍️ by arkadiusz. aka arkadiusz.the.dariusz (@arkadiusz-dmytrow)

__LINKS___________
✘ Habikat (Afterhour Sounds / Leipzig)
https://soundcloud.com/habikat
https://www.instagram.com/habikat_/

┋InfoBox Afterhour Sounds┋
@afterhour-sounds
www.instagram.com/afterhoursounds/
linktr.ee/afterhoursounds



Habikat [ at ] Kompaz Festival [ Live-Special ]

That night, I was fully present. For a moment, I could let go of everything I had been through this past year—the hardest and darkest chapter of my life. Yet even in the darkness, there were sparks of light that kept me moving, guiding me step by step. Those sparks are becoming roots now, grounding me, helping me grow stronger.
I am endlessly grateful for your smiles, your joy, your dance. To be with you, to share that energy, gave me so much strength—it felt like breathing life back into my body, recharging my spirit. To be held by friends, to see the stars above, the lights around us, and to feel us shining together—it was healing.
Thank you, Bucht. Thank you to all the dream dancers. 
And of course, my easy tigers 🐯

"I see another shade of blue — seeking what is true. 
You see me in all my hues, my eyes lit with sparks of light.
My languages stretch beyond words. 
My thoughts become my altar.

I grieve through this. 
I laugh through this. 
I grow through this. 
I surrender through this.

Storms of darkness., weave the light.
Tunnels of vision. 
Fierce thunder. 
My body, sacred vessel.

Silence screams for peace. 
I, among a thousand stars — a threshold, a source.
Everything is moving: through me, as me, with me."

Kira Kaluma @ Bucht der Träumer 2025 / Unterholz

💿 Drunter & Drüber auf‘m CoSy 💿
 
👨‍🎤 Heute haben wir sofsky mit einem Recording vom diesjährigen CoSy Festival bei uns zu Gast. Auf Schloss Dornburg gab er sein Ständchen auf dem Drunter & Drüber Floor zum Besten, kuratiert von dem Wiener Herzensmenschen-Kollektiv Garten von Eben & Im Freudentaumel.

🗯️„Special thanks also to the CoSy crew and all other collectives that turned Schloss Dornburg into such a beautiful festival and cosy space - I had a wonderful time there!“

🎵 Alle Tracks stammen aus der Feder von sofsky selbst und sind Werke der letzten vier Jahre. Sowohl live als auch zum Nachhören ist dieses Set eine Einladung zum Schweben zwischen Realität und Traum, ein Treiben zwischen Erkenntnis und wohligem Vergessen.

Wow, wir sagen Dankeschön und wünschen viel Vergnügen 💕

✨sofsky
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KataHaifisch Podcast 442 - sofsky live @ CoSy Festival 2025

Mixtape #249 by ECKRT

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Mixtape #249 by ECKRT

Downtempo Delights - The name says it all!

This mix features guest - Aka-Tony for the 6th Delight.
Enjoy the journey!

https://soundcloud.com/aka_tony

Aka - Tony

Downtempo Delights #006: Aka-Tony

After a creative break, we’re excited to return with a new chapter of our podcast series. For this restart, we’re especially delighted to have our dear friend @pulli_music on board.

Her sound has inspired us for a long time, which makes it all the nicer to present her set from this year’s Mystic Creatures Festival as our latest down.cast episode.

We hope you enjoy listening these two hours of high energy music — and floating back for a short trip with us to our favorite island.

down.cast °90 mit Pulli

MUSIC & LIGHTS / IMAGINATION (Remix)
CROWD CONTROL / FISHER
PSYCHOPOMP DISKO / KUSHT
VERBRENNUNGSMOTOR / ACUD
TUTTI VA BENE / YOU MAN
OH FOR THA FUNK / SCHLEPPGEIST
CALOR DE LA NOCHE / TKUZ
FAHRSTUHL / STATION 17
MONDSCHEINFAHRT / YOLANDA FREI
BAGLAMA / SENORA
MR. 137 / KETSUEKI SAKURU
SAMBACA / EDOARDO CIANFANELLI
PECHINO / TAMBURI NERI
SCHULZE BOYSEN / AMOUNT
CHERRY LADY / CAPITAL BRA
BALKAN / ZONE+ (MONOLINK RMX)
KNOW YOU FOR A LONGTIME / NINZE FT. LEONIE FALKE
BODY LANGUAGE / MANDY VS. BOOKA SHADE
EARTH & PEOPLE (UNRELEASED) / VINCENT GERICKE
ELEKTRICITY / ROY ROSENFELD

GDS.FM Setblock 4 - June 3 by Aka-Tony

Downtempo soul. Disco heart.

Next:



26.9. Légère im Légère - Sempre Amore - ZRH
25.10. Down to Earth at Kauz - ZRH
1.11. LUV Zurich, TBA
12.12. Hotel Bar mit Misch Misch




Past:
 
Meeresrausch Festival
Hive
Lethargy
Landrave
Kauz
Wunderbox
Slow Club
Kascheme Basel
Lush
Sisyphos
Beate Uwe
Lethargy
Klaus
Variété
Sender
Friedas Büxe
Hotel Bar
Josef Bar
Daniel H Bar
Schatzalp
Schneiderei
Ambossrampe
Kunstraum Walcheturm
Hotel Bar
Seebad Enge
Rundfunk.FM
Wohnzimmerbar
Barfussbar
Campingplatz Lützelau (so schön) 
... and some more ...

Collected podcasts for international podcast series:

https://soundcloud.com/aka_tony/sets/aka-tony-podcasts

Future podcasts:





Fotos by https://christianmeixner.com/