Life On Earth Mix by Vakula

Berlin's very own Marie Midori delivers an enchanting soundscape to welcome the new Warming season. 

Being an active member of the Berlin-scene since 2014, the local talent is known for her versatile and creative cross genre style. With this mix she takes us on a journey through atmospheric soundscapes and melodies full of warmth.

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Warming S05E01 Marie Midori

Concert at Silent Green, in Berlin on December 20, 2023. 

Live Performance with synth, guitar, drums, objects and effect pedals

Silent Green, Berlin 20.10.2023

~ Deep Breakfast 241 by https://soundcloud.com/tokifuko ~

Tracklist:
01. Nils Frahm - Stepping Stone
02. Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille - Metamorphosis [Part One]
03. Kasper Bjørke, Langstrakt, Davide Rossi, Sofie Birch - Miocene
04. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220304
05. Galathea - Sirens
06. Nicolas Jaar - Agosto
07. Murcof - Camino
08. Nicolas Jaar - Vaci769ar
09. Hauschka & Hildur Guðnadóttir - #304
10. Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis - Hidden
11. Tomoyoshi Date - 熱 Netsu (45 rpm)
12. Elisa Batti and Marko Ivic - Slow Fall
13. Amanita Phalloides & Heavenchord - Skazka Bil Da Vney Namek
14. Roméo Poirier - Statuario

~ Set recorded @ Embassy of Livkady ~

Deep Breakfast 241 ~ Toki Fuko

isten back to the first episode of Liminal Spaces with Jeena & djGEM. In this show they take us through a journey of contemporary ambient soundscapes, venturing through ambience and downtempo as well as avant garde and jazz from the eclectic era.

Liminal Space w/ Jeena & djGEM @ Drift Radio 25-01-24

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On Board Music - Refracted - 18 Jul 2024

These are audio tracks recorded at The Seed stage, Mo:Dem Festival 2024. Annual demented week took place between 5 - 11 August .

w/ @nathaliapetkova

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NATHALIA @ The Seed | MoDem Festival 2024

Today's guest mix arrives as the perfect soundtrack to these scorching summer days that seem to stretch on endlessly, capturing the vibrant energy and laid-back vibe of the season. We welcome Vakula, a leading figure in the Ukrainian electronic music scene.

The journey began in 1998, behind the decks of a local radio station, where Vakula played drum & bass and trip-hop sets for a handful of night listeners. By 2004, he was already diving into the deep waters of dub techno, drawn not by fashion, but by a persistent inner frequency.
Soon after, Vakula moved to the capital — a city now at war — where he spent eleven formative years. The original plan was simple: earn enough money to reach a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. But life, borders, and timing had other ideas. Instead, he stayed and followed sound.
Over the years, Vakula became part of the underground scene, eventually becoming a resident at iconic clubs such as Propaganda and Zeppelin, while also playing in many of the legendary venues of that era. By 2008, music had turned into a passport, taking him across continents to places where electronic sound truly thrived.
Genre was never a boundary. Jazz, rock, hip-hop, ambient, house, techno, drum & bass — everything served the same purpose: to explore, to feel, to connect. In 2011, he returned to his small hometown and built an analog studio, carving out space to listen more deeply.
Over time, the surface of the global scene began to feel thinner, less sacred. In 2020, he stepped back from performance and immersed himself in a three-year exploration of shamanic practices — not for spectacle, but for personal insight. This inner work changed his relationship with sound, and opened up new levels of depth, stillness, and presence in his music.
By 2025, Vakula let go of the path of the spirits, realizing that some stories are not his to walk. Vakula returned, not to where he started, but to a clearer understanding of his role: to keep listening, to keep creating, and to stay honest in sound.
Through it all, Vakula remains one of the early pioneers and enduring voices in the Ukrainian electronic scene — not the mainstream one, but a world of his own: where forest replaces the city center, where meadows stand in for mindless entertainment, and where trees are steadier than fleeting friendships. His connection to Ukraine has never been about slogans. It’s a quiet, unwavering love — for the land, for the people who still feel, and for his hometown of Konotop, which lives in every frequency he shapes.

Tracklist:
1. Vakula - Thaw of the Silent Peak
2. Jonn Serrie - The Observation Deck
3. Ariel Kalma - Flute Meditation
4. Vakula - Stellar Echoes
5. Steve Roach - The Ancient’ Way
6. Vakula - True Self
7. Jonn Serrie - Along The Way
8. Vakula - Ananta Nada

Photo by Kyan Tijhuis

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Deep Breakfast 319 ~ Vakula

Recorded Live on August 16th, 2025 at Monstercall 2025, Tegelsee, Berlin

Termotank Live @ Tegelsee

Cosy little ambient journey, crafting clouds of granular space banjo with the Tempera and Walrus Audio Fundamental Ambient Pedal while sitting warm and happy in the studio, my fractal image ebbing and flowing behind me on the wall. 

The visuals - I'm running a video feed from a webcam pointed at me into a Touchdesigner patch I made, which is affecting the visuals live, which are then getting projected onto me. The webcam takes in the scene plus the projection, and a feedback loop is made, tessellating endlessly backwards a bit like hanging out between two mirrors opposite each other. Fun. :) 

Dawless Ambient Jam 003 'Live Ambient Banjo Soundscape' 
Video: https://youtu.be/TJGtwcFn_u0

Gear:
Deering Goodtime Banjo w/ Kavanjo Pickup
Beetlecrab Tempera
Walrus Audio Fundamental Ambient
Fender Volume Pedal
Zoom H4N Pro

Banjo Soundscape Jam

weighted sound blankets, ambient worldscapes, explorations in formless form
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trip hop & romantic bass as @hubrist

Banjo Soundscape Jam

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