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Art bei Ton & .apart were added in 2021 an can be found a the bottom of the List (ca #130 onward)
also : since 2022 : Human Lessons ( ca #290 onward)

Patterns of perception ; Precept ;  Modyfier ; Forsvarlig Arkiv ; Ohrwert; Art bei Ton; .apart

The Revolving bridge was a portable bridge concept designed by Leonardo Da Vinci intended for military use. The main objective was to facilitate mobility helping armies to navigate unfamiliar terrain with less difficulty, and more easily escape from pursuing forces. A concept that seen from their current musical point of view has a lot to do with it.

“The idea starts from building a bridge between this current abnormality and the return to real life on a sea of ​​sound waves, creating a journey of peaks and valleys around electronics with a horizontal vocation, sound textures and contemporary chamber music”.

a_mal_gam_a took shape, back in 2016, when Diskoan (Juan Peralta) and Josephine's Soundscapes (José Salas) joined forces to create a research platform to explore electronic music beyond conventional parameters.

In this DJ-set they bring the dynamics of their sessions at "Avalovara, club de escucha", a pioneering monthly listening club in Madrid, where the most unusual music and visuals induce the attendees to a special state that encourages active listening and sensory experience mixed with (less conventional) ludic enjoyment.

In April 2021, a_mal_gam_a has curated the program for En Pausa, a festival  dedicated to horizontal music and deep listening.

The session was recorded in the @radio-relativa studios in Madrid.

You can find them at:
https://calmamadrid.es 
@a_mal_gam_a (@diskoan and @machines-desirantes)

.CHPTR026 'Revolving Bridges' | a_mal_gam_a

“For this podcast I would like to purpose some heterogeneity of electronic music I love, make me dance, smile and cry on it” - says Nicolas. 

Thorm is an electronic music french producer based in Paris starting back in 2014. Influenced by all the things life has to offer, his musical range can go from peaceful ambient and experimental sounds to Lo-Fi and dusky techno. Nicolas works a lot on the texture of the sound and on ambiences, drawing inspiration from movies soundtracks as well as modern and contemporary arts. 

“I hope this podcast composed in the 8 floor of my suburb Parisian flat give to you happiness and power” - Nicolas concludes.

You can find him at:
https://intervision2.bandcamp.com/album/human-digitize
@thormtechno

Support his music

.CHPTR027 'Together we can touch the sun' | thorm

The set is inspired around the central theme of the album Ipnopedion made by Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene. An album superbly built from the hypnosis session that Pier Fortunato Zanfretta agreed to undergo in order to find meaning after he had been abducted by a UFO. A sonic invitation that extracts how it feels to be taken by extraterrestrial forces.

Compulsive buyer of electronic listening vinyls based in Madrid, Javier Camuñas says: “I like how these types of semi-nightmare dreamlike passages remain in the central parts of the sets, with moments of tension-relaxation, drone, dark-jazz…”

Words that are perfectly reflected in all his neatness and healing mixes, offering us what his precious shelves hide. 

You can find him at:
@javier-camunas
www.facebook.com/javier.camunas
www.instagram.com/kamunas

Tracklist:

Multicast dynamics - aquatic system - amphibi
Elodie - Le voile des anneés
Elodie – Le Manteau D’Étoiles - B5
The Caretaker ‎– Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 3 - B7
Mecánica Clásica ‎– Mar Interior - Orillas Opuestas
Marsfield ‎– The Innocents - A Inocencia
Felix K ‎– Skulpturen - A1
Seabuckthorn – Through A Vulnerable Occur - A4
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene ‎– Ipnopedion 1/2
Felicia Atkinson - hands in hand - D1
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene ‎– Ipnopedion 2/2
Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin* Featuring Merja Kokkonen ‎– The Burrow - A3
Kassel Jaeger - Meith - B
Secret pyramid - Embers - Ohms
Soundwalk collective - Running On Emptiness
KMRU - opaquer - B1
Tactil -
Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples ‎– Anthology of American Pop Music - B2
SaPa -In a landscape - C2
Driftmachine - Shunter - A2
Peter Power and friends - Peregrine sun - A2

.CHPTR028 'Flying saucers in Torriglia' | Camu

Human beings are social beings by nature. We live in community and interactions are an obligation for survival. They enrich and favor our personal development, being a critically important component for health and longevity. 

‘With You’ is an ode to human interactions, a theme of special relevance in the times we are living. The things we do together, the space between us, the silence, the words, the lack of words, the consequences. 

Oisatsana is the new project from experimental Spanish musician Tasio Rey. After having some experience in techno production under the name 'How to levitate', Oisatsana is a new identity that looks for a sound free of boundaries, approaching styles like glitch, drone, ambient, generative music and anything in between.

Tasio adds: “The following set is a mix of various styles and it is a good summary of the things that I am listening to the most lately and that inspire me to do music like Oisatsana”. 

Certainly, a very unique sound and extremely compact trip ‘with you’.

You can find him at:
@oisatsana
https://www.instagram.com/tatzio/

.CHPTR029 'With You' | Oisatsana

“This is one of poetry terms, that means a pause used for effect within a line of poetry”- Masaya says. In music, a caesura denotes a brief silent pause. But, how long is the silence? As such the silence is as short or long as the conductor deems necessary.

Lots of beautiful brief silent pauses among outstanding instrumental melodic pieces, subtle and classy percussions, the crack and hiss of inviting noisy sounds, delicate rough textures, gentle ambient drones, charming voices,…managing to create a situation of tension-relaxation very intriguing and fascinating. 

Masaya Kato is a Japanese composer and sound artist based in Yokohama. Influenced much by poetry, video or performing arts and based on perception and cutaneous senses in daily life. Typically his compositions are born out of Fender Rhodes or Piano sketches along with additional sounds of magnetic noises.

We definitely like the idea of a caesura  between music narratives, a space which listeners can fill in with their own speculative history.

You can find him at:
@ktmsy
https://www.instagram.com/masaya_kat0/

.CHPTR030 'Caesura' | Masaya Kato

Have you ever gone outside on a cloudy day and smelled that it was going to rain? Or, after a rainstorm, noticed that there was a certain smell in the air? Childhood memories come to mind when playing in the puddles of water was the best moment of the day. It was the time when the smell of earth meant the onset of a joyous season.

Petrichor is the term given to that unique scent following a rain shower – when the world seems to sigh with pleasure, and we, unconsciously perhaps, breathe in a little more deeply, savouring the smells in return.

Francesco Piunti is the man behind @deepbreakfastseries, a brilliant and touchfull mix series focused on ambient sounds. Our maximum true respect for the dedication, knowledge and excellent way of doing. Returning to the term petrichor, Francesco gives us a short poem from Leah Snyder that goes like this:

“I step outside, the sky above gray as slate
petrichor seeping up through the grass,
engulfing my state of mind as i inhale
and guiding me into a place of hushed abstraction”.

Definitely, petrichor is more than just a happy smell. It is a promise of abundance, a welcome chance of survival and shelter, and a hope that the merry childhood days will be back again.

You can find him at:
@francescopiunti
https://www.instagram.com/deepbreakfastseries/

Tracklist:

1. Suso Sáiz - Ya Son Dos Los Cielos
2. Commodity Place - Clouds Inside Me
3. Patricia Wolf - I'll Look For You In Others
4. Gray Acres - Spectral
5. Massimo Amato - The Wise Man
6. Shaded Explorer - When I Decided To Live
7. Zemög - The Birds That Never Returned
8. Robert Rich - The Raining Room
9. Markus Guentner - Crystal Castle
10. Joachim Spieth - Jiwa (Remix) [feat. zakè, 11. From Overseas, and Slow Dancing Society]
11. Sanjib - Inverted Floor
12. Submersion - Branches / Coagulant (III)

.CHPTR042 ‘Petrichor’ | Francesco Piunti

Everyone at some point in their existence experiences a critical moment in their busy life where big decisions can lead to big change, both at work and in life. A turning point that make your life never be the same again. A new you, a new us.

David is a die-hard record collector who has been playing them around the North of Spain and Europe for more than 15 years now. Since three years ago he's more focused on Escala de Grisos, his monthly radio show on a local station, where he plays and discuss about ambient, techno and anything in between as well as making some interviews.

David has recorded the following mix with that feeling of knowing that something huge is about to change in his life, just like what happened at .apart in a way. Hence the name translated into Catalan :)

A magnificent true personal musical journey where he captures with great sense and extreme delicacy a long list of antonyms such as fear-hope, uncertainty-desire…

To sum up overall, David shares the following poem:

"... The rocks crash, the puddles splash, the mirrow ripples, the calmness returns, so are the turning points of life that disrupt our world to only steer us onto a path more right than the one before, let the wind blow as it may, for it's only wish is to whisk you away to a destination where your heart will find a true home, a place where the doubts and confusion have no life supply, for when the turn is complete, a soul once lost, will be found, only to realize it was all part of the journey, and around the corner there is so much more to see ... " – KJC

You can find him at:
@humo
https://www.instagram.com/d.humo/
https://www.radio.celra.cat/programs/escaladegrisos

.CHPTR043 'Turning points' | D. Humo

As if it were a migratory journey, we move away voluntarily or forced, unfortunately some, from a cold and normally noisy city full of hectic lives and people with a thirst for power. A walk towards nature/forest where human voices cease to exist to transform into animal sounds causing a feeling of refuge and closeness. We leave behind a world of concrete and welcome the sounds of mother earth.

Milan native Matteo, a clearly devotee of nature, investigates sound with high enthusiansm and dedication. He wonderfully creates a mellow amalgam of layers using over-reverberated synths, field recordings, and self-created samples. Atoloi is constantly searching for another dephts in which the listener can get lost while getting submerged by heavy-grained noises and evocative instrumental compositions.

Matteo has left us the following text: “I tried to represent this slow march in a real and, at the same time, emotional forest, in which memories and the outer cosmos merge into a unique and cathartic experience.

A pleasant stroll through the forests of Ego. “A universe born from the perfect union between the external environment and the inmost emotional unconscious”.

You can find him at:
@atoloi
https://www.instagram.com/_atoloi/

.CHPTR044 ‘Due passi tra le foreste dell'Io’ | Atoloi

Aboard a spaceship lined from top to bottom with neon lights and made of sound remnants, noises, samples, field recordings and modular synthesizers; we're heading somewhere where we're just pure spectators. During the trip piloted by Mocrobo, a rich auditory landscape full of magnificent sound waves of different shapes/sizes can be seen/heard through the ship's windows. Melodic and harmonic at times but loud and terrifying at others. Distant voices and modules weaving a varied network of shots that cover styles such as pop, ambient, noise or trip hop.

Victor is an experimental musical artist from Jaén (Spain) who is difficult to classify and comes from the most extreme confines of metal. His creations took a radical turn towards the electronic field attracted by the great variety of nuances and possibilities that exist in the synthesis of sound and experimentation with classical processed instruments.

Victor reminds us that ‘if for someone being locked up at home is a better idea than going out for fresh air, perhaps a Lyra 8 could become a great friend’.

You can find him at:
@mocrobo
https://www.instagram.com/m_o_c_r_o_b_o/

.CHPTR045 ‘Neon System’ | Mocrobo

"De las entrañas del ego q vomita la furia unicelular del individuo en llamas, la máquina análoga experimenta el hecho, escupiendo a través del Mosco Dantesco vidas q vociferan gritos indescifrables en su Cualquiera...Cualquiera"

Helecho comes from Rosario (Argentina) where through his electronic gadgets he takes experimentation to a very personal terrain. 

You can find him at:
https://www.instagram.com/helecho.exp/

.CHPTR046 'El sueño bifásico sobre la tierra' | Helecho Experimentar

Italian duo https://soundcloud.com/naturalelectronicsystem have been a force within techno’s underground since 2004, gaining respect through their much revered podcasts for cult websites such as mnml ssgs and Smoke Machine, as well as their international dj sets, including at Labyrinth in Japan. 

After a mesmerizing set at the Patterns of Perception opening party at OHM in April, we are pleased to have natural/electronic.system. provide the seventh installment of our mix series - an hour of groovy, slowly unfolding dub techno.

We also had a chat with the duo about the mix, their push into production, and the music that makes them 'vibrate': http://goo.gl/LxTbOH

Patterns of Perception 07

Patterns of Perception 07 - natural/electronic.system.

Precept 001 | Maïore

Irshad Hussein is an Azerbaijani electronic musician and dj from Baku.  İnspired by atmospheric and deep sounding he moves in the direction of techno and ambient. He recently realized his EP Obastan on the spanish label Circular Limited, which promote artists like Svarog, OWL, Concept of thrill, Kanthor and more... Enjoy its contribution

Precept 002 | Irshad Hussein

Ephere is a 23 years old french producer from Lille (FR). His work represents well the kind of vibes we try to promotes. His track "Vain" has met a lot of success on soundcloud, he already has two EP released and a new one is coming soon... A man to follow!

@ephere

Precept 003 | Ephere

@hydrangeamusic ’s life as a producer and DJ began relatively recently, when in 2014 she began expressing the quietness, wonder and intensity of nature in techno. For this prodigious French talent, creating and selecting music is an act of entering a deeper dimension, both transcendent and grounded in the hypnotic beauty of the natural world.

As a producer, she has released her own productions – which are lucid, mesmerising, arresting – on @annulled_music, @two-two-records, and @silent-season.

As a DJ, she is equally inspired by the dancefloors she plays to across Europe as by the nature around her home. She describes this mix for Patterns of Perception as a musical trip for one of her walks in the forest, creating an inner journey while being connected with the surroundings.

Wherever you happen to listen to it, we are confident it will have a similar effect on you.

Links: 
@hydrangeamusic
https://www.facebook.com/musichydrangea/

Tracklist:
Lena Deen - Lateral
Ntogn - Draki 
Meta - Ambiente 2
Kanthor - Ballet Mécanique
Bichord - Analog Wind
Adam Michalak - Evening Later
Void & Materia - Sonar Call
Andaman - Vision III (Refracted Remix)
Mohlao - Patchbay
Kanthor - Kirtana
Chnl - Ion (Terra)
Perial - 2019
Teste + Edit Select - Ascend
Aquarium - Sandalwood
Mohlao - Rotar
Depthon - Polygraph (Ricardo Garduno Remix)
Sicarius Hahnio - Resto Domani
Vytis - Ocean

Patterns of Perception 26 - Hydrangea

We want to start this new year 2021 with all the power, that's why our Inherencia Podcast #14 is by the amazing German DJ and producer Fiedel, resident of the legendary Berghain. His great soul and talent always smash the dance-floor, with groovy and energetic techno, ranging from old school acid sounds, breakbeats, bangers and mash-ups. This set was recorded on the 3rd Inherencia Anniversary, on 31 October 2020 in Berlin.

Fiedel is gonna be part of the first Inherencia vinyl, which will be release this year // stay tuned!

Wishing you all a happy new year full of health and reunion, we invite you to enjoy the Inherencia podcast # 14

INHERENCIA PODCAST 014 // FIEDEL

First show of the year 2021 
( playing only promos recived from various labels and artists )

Ohm Series Promo Show Jan 2021

VOLTAGE Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast series, broadcasting both upcoming and well-established artists within the techno scene. Every episode features a lengthy set surrounded by a spoken in- & outro. The full story, including an in-depth interview with each of the artists, can be found on our website: https://www.voltageimprint.com/en/news/voltage-podcast-002-boris

On this episode: A true DJ to the core, music fanatic, Berliner, and clubber; Boris’s 20 year career has seen the evolution of dance music of all kinds, and parties all around the world and his eclectic style reflects just that.

Every episode ends with a question pointed towards our community. Want to get involved? Then join our 'Voltage Community' on Facebook or follow our Instagram account (voltage.festival).

Next guest: A. Brehme

Artwork by Phaze Øne
Mastering by Altinbas

VOLTAGE Imprint on Bandcamp: voltageimprint.bandcamp.com
For all news and updates: www.voltageimprint.com

Read the interview

VOLTAGE Podcast 02 - Boris

For this radio show, I decided to play 2hrs of ruff & tuff UK Dub & Steppers from the 80s through to recent years -
tracks from the likes of Blakamix, Dred & Fred, Iration Steppas, TNT Roots, Disciples, Ishan Sound, Ras Addis, Dubkasm, Lidj Xylon, Fish & Goat, Mad Professor, Hieronymus, Keety Roots, 1TA, Sheriff Lindo & more.

Noods Radio Show 012 - UK Dub & Steppers Special

@schimmerrecords founder, @egotot pleases us today with a progressive hour of pure techno. 

The Stuttgart based artist is one of the current new faces in Europe, with his very own label that gained big support after the first release. 

Young but already marking the german scene, this guy will make you dance with proper techno and old groove influences.