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“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

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.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

Music has the ability to create transcendent experiences. It can make us feel like we’re in touch with something bigger than ourselves, something otherworldly and often spiritual. Being able to experience a shade of that same sensation in a social gathering tunes us in a larger spectrum of people with whom we share the world. Perhaps something that we might need to relearn now.

Noah Lyas is the pseudonym for the ‘amsterdamer electronic music head’ and ceramicist Malii Yorks. Drums, rhythms and the feel of them are for him the most interesting aspects within musical compositions. Malii tells us - ‘Whether it is complex or very simple, rhythms will set things in motion, not necessarily the body when it is dancing, but also your inner self’.

Noah Lyas, read ‘no alias’, is a name that is given to the concept of having an alter-ego but still questioning if you are someone else, or not.
 
You can find him at:
@noahlyas
https://www.instagram.com/studiomalii/

.CHPTR031 'I'm a transcendent being' | Noah Lyas

The art of listening is largely the art of understanding, the art of respecting and the art of giving in. Knowing how to listen is putting yourself in the place of others, being tolerant and flexible. We can understand the reasons of the others and we can see reality from another perspective. Having the ability to listen allows us to perceive the implicit message that is being communicated to us.

Nico Rosenberg is a producer and sound artist from Santiago (Chile) who stands out for his hopeful and melancholic sound. His work is a constant investigation of chance and random processes in the use of cassette recorders, synthesizers and acoustic instruments. Nico is currently studying Sound Arts in Berlin. About his mix, Nico adds: “More than a concept, it is an emotion”.

You can find him at:
@nicorosen
https://www.instagram.com/nico.rosenberg/

Track List:

Nicolas Alvarado - Brilla el Reflejo
Patricia Wolf - Position from the Sun
Kamila Govorcin - 74
Nico Rosenberg / Christopher Royal King - Healing
Madeleine Cocolas - A Promise
Ryan J Raffa - When we can be Together
Sudestada X - La Danza Circular
Cedric Noel  - U Instead
Almanacs / Carlos Ferreira - Isabel, no Llores
Julia Gjertsen / Nico Rosenberg - Momento
Juan Ibarlucía & Julián Tenembaum - Alma III
Atli Örvarsson (feat. Sinfonia Nord) - Lament for the Woods

.CHPTR032 'El arte de escuchar' | Nico Rosenberg

Pina has been a key figure in the Spanish electronic music underground since late 90s. His passion for experimentation remains unremitting and has also led him to refine his production techniques to such a pure and meticulous level that his own sound.

#Staydrone is a series of live sets where Pedro lets time pass in an elegant, experienced and captivating way. Standing or sitting in front of his sacred modular rack and its blinking lights, knobs, little holes and cables ready to be patched. A sustained tone just started. This would be the 31st of his series but he call it instead 'the final chapter'.

You can find him at:
@labsubs
https://www.mixcloud.com/labsubs/stream/
https://www.instagram.com/labsubs/

.CHPTR033 ‘#staydrone-the final chapter’ | Pedro Pina

Everyone has their particular nook. That cozy little corner or small safe area where we can sit and be sheltered from the senselessness and meaninglessness that surrounds us.  

Suski (aka Susanna Nuutinen) is a Helsinki based DJ and co-founder of the Electronic Market collective. A deep appreciation for the underground and all things arcane have been the cornerstones of her years of involvement in the local music scene. Operating with an intuitive and curious approach, Suski's voyager-like explorations demonstrate a yearning for deepness and trippy mind travel. Her reverence for unity and shared experiences creates a wrapping in which uncanny, striking and celestial sonic forces meet in places like Helsinki's Kaiku and Post Bar as well as cities across Europe. Furthermore, Suski's episodes at IDA Radio showcase her unalloyed enjoyment of musical diversity, resulting in a hazily soothing hurdle of emotions.

For this particular chapter, Susanna tells us: ‘the inspiration for this mixtape is an imaginary forest walk with my dog Nook - that kind of trip that makes you calm down. 

You can find her at:
@suskidj
http://electronicmarket.agency

Tracklist:

Takashi Kokubo - Breathing Earth I
Sen - Soul Rain
Shpongle - Invocation
Parietal Eye - HoxD-7.1: Xin
Rasmus Hedlund - Enter The Spirit World
XCOR - Beweging
Occult Orientated Crime - Worship Me In the Sanctuary Of Transcendence
Sonobe - Frame n17
Vince Watson - Never Too Late
Kuusumun Profeetta - Kovin lentäen kotiin kaipaan
Bremer/McCoy - Determination
Veranda Culture - Mer Morte
Bill Laswell - Peace
Drexciya - Temple Of Dos De Agua
Unknown Mobile - No Motion
Rasmus Hedlund - Only The Generations Had Changed
Roberto Rodriguez - Third Act
Keiska - Slow Motion EDM
Bill Laswell - Eternal Drift

.CHPTR034 ‘Nook’ | Suski

Inspired by a recent drive around LA ~ a collage of neon advertisements shielded by sun-bleached billboards, where manicured lawns frame suburban monotony. Frivolity and despair collapse into one another, revealing the protracted grim realities of profit over people, while a hot sunset and hot bodies bounce off iridescent post-human monoliths.

Slowfoam is the sound project of multidisciplinary artist Madelyn Byrd, whose work is influenced by our impact on nature, surreal utopian abstractions, and beauty in the palpable mundane.

An unsettling and cathartic musical road trip where at all times our hands are firmly kept on the steering wheel. Meanwhile, some glimmering flashes of beauty are being reflected, with joy and determination, through the car's window making the journey more pleasant.

You can find her at:
@slowfoam
https://madelynbyrd.com
https://www.instagram.com/slowfoam/

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.CHPTR035 ‘Sunset, Bodies, Advertisements’ | Slowfoam

A person who frees his mind does not need to give a sh**...an image to others. They don't care if they have the latest electronic novelties, or if their clothes are of a certain brand, they just do what they really want, without following the herd. Total freedom althrough.

Alberto Iniesta perfectly represents the concept behind mindfulness. This vinyl lover from Madrid has been collecting and playing electronic music records for more than 20 years. With a careful music selection, Alberto clearly tells us an elegant musical discourse. An outstanding subtle mix going from dreamy ambient music to deep electronic groovy beats. 

LIBERAtuMENTE, free your mind, free you ears.

You can find him at:
@alberto-iniesta
www.instagram.com/alberto_iniesta

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.CHPTR036 ‘LIBERAMENTE’ | Alberto Iniesta

A manic mix built on a cheesy popular local DJ Sample "wapi nduru?”, which is Kiswahili equivalent of "let me hear you scream!”. Oddly brilliant and damn addictive. 

Raph is a Nairobi-based producer/DJ, constantly testing the boundaries of what’s acceptable/dope. Inspired by the great Frank Odoi and dedicated to all Kenyan comics, NAICCON 2021 (World’s Loudest Library) and Mutendei Writes. Akokhan is an engrossing and spellbinding comic story from Frank Odoi that imaginatively and profoundly interrogates the age-old questions of good and evil, the dark side and the good side. Something that Raph has perfectly reflected musically in the following mix, surfing between chaos and harmony, love and evil. 

Definitely, a dance between hell and heaven. 

You can find him at:
@ djraph-nairobi
https://www.mixcloud.com/raphael-kariuki/
https://a.currents.fm/c/djraph
https://www.instagram.com/maybedjraph

For more on Akokhan, please visit: https://kimaniwawanjiru.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/frank-odoi-where-grass-has-grown-grass-will-grow/

current location

.CHPTR037 ‘Akokhan’s Forgiveness’ | Dj Raph

Life moves at such a fast pace that it seems to pass us by before we can really enjoy it. However, it doesn’t have to be this way.

VLB52 is an evolution from Javier Marimon's sound, adapting to a new environment, rain, wet socks, whirling scapes and specially to the sensorial entropy around that our brains are constantly trying to freeze to avoid heavy computations. That is rather speeding up life, surprisingly. 

Javi tells us: “In this live recording, on Rytm, Octatrack and FXs exploring different weather's and now usual wild patterns coming from the forest, there is an intense sound walk around our area hoping you get a bit of that hectic calm life we are also trying to decode”. 

Let’s rebel against a frenetic lifestyle and slow down to enjoy life.

You can find him at:
@javiermarimon
https://www.instagram.com/_vlb52/

.CHPTR038 ‘Heavy computations’ | VLB52 Live

When you are halfway there, you may find that you have spent more than half the time and effort you planned to invest to reach your goal, and darkness may appear at this point. If this happens, think that the investment in time and effort is not usually linear to progress and that the beginnings almost always take more than the time we had budgeted.

But you know what? That you can get it, you just have to remember why you started and so you can achieve it.

Joan Gila is the curator of HOC radio (@hoc-radio) and half of the Binomi (@binomi) project. For this mix he tells us: “I have always thought that the dubtechno does not have to be dark or that the idea can be turned a bit. Dubtechno relaxes me a lot and I can see bright and major tones".

Definitely, it's a matter of putting light to darkness.

You can find him at:
@joan-gila
https://www.instagram.com/joan.gila/

.CHPTR039 'Posant llum a la foscor' | Joan Gila

At these times of the year, the only catalog that many people have had in their hands will have been the IKEA, Toys 'r' us or the Corte Inglés. However, Rafael in just over two hours shows us his own musical-catalog. Instead of browsing through numerous consumerism pages, here you browse/navigate through the sections of contemporary classical, ambient and electronica; all revolving around modular as an instrument or as a processor in production. Way more interesting, isn’t it?

Born in Spain and musically raised in London, the chef, dj, producer, remixer and promoter Rafael has been immersed in a musical journey for 20 years, and you can feel it. He tells us: “I carved it with a lot of love during last Sunday the 26th, an ad hoc podcast which I really enjoy doing them. I used a Soundcraft with analog effects as a return and a Rane rotary”.

A full-blown trip through the Hipparcos Catalogue, which contains highly accurate astrometry for more than 118,000 stars all over the sky. We did not know, now we do.

You can find him at:
@chicanolivemusic
https://www.instagram.com/foodandsoundrecords/

Tracklist:
 
1. Michael Gordon. Industry. Octatonic02. 2019
2. Walter Fähndrich. Viola II. ECM1412. 1991
3. Bruce Brubaker and Max Cooper. Glassforms, prelude4. Infine059lp. 2020
4. Bruce Brubaker and Max Cooper. GlassformsVersions, opening (Laurel Halo Version). 2020
5. Nonkeen. The Gamble. The invention Mother. R&S1601. 2016
6. Kid Koala. SpaceCadet OST. Birthday. NinjaTuneZen174. 2011
7. Vladimir Tarasov. Atto IV. SähköJazzpuu13. 2019
8. Igor Wakhevitch. Kshatrya (the eye of the bird). Transversalesdisques010. 2019
9. Alva Noto. XerroxVol4.Voyage. Noton049-2. 2020
10. Luke Slater, Anthony Child, Tom Moth. Dialogue#3. A-Tonlp13. 2021
11. Peel aka KMRU. Why are you here. Peel. EditionsMego289. 2020
12. Murcof. The Alias Sessions. Shadow Surfing. The Leaf label. 2021
13. Niño de Elche. La Vigilia del Sueño. Primer Ciclo. 2018
14. Klaus. Bt gulf. A1. TNM002. Unknown date
15. Caterina Barbieri. Patterns of Consciousness. This Causes Consciousness to Fracture. ImportantRecords449. 2015
16. Massimiliano Pagliara. Devoid of Dimension. Unseen. Live at Robert Johnson. PLAYRJC049. 2017
17. Mind Against. Gravity. Afterlife001. Unknown date
18. Konstantin Raudive and Gerhard Stempnik. The voices of the Dead. Sound pieces 1 - 7. SubRosaSRV66. 2002

.CHPTR040 ‘Music for travelling through the Hipparcos Catalogue’ | Elniñodelospeines

Too many of us are obsessed with the future. Starting from an early age, we are taught to focus on constantly trying to reach greater heights. Since middle school our eyes are on the prize. Since then, we are looking forward to high school. In high school, the pressure is on to get into a reputable college. From college, we are focused on getting a well-paying job. And now you think, “OK. I’ve worked hard. Now, I can relax.” But no, you can’t. Now, you are working toward that next promotion. And the promotion after that. And the promotion after that...

This constant obsession makes us completely forget where we came from. “The future ceased to exist at the same time we believed ourselves to be gods” says Alex. And we couldn’t agree more.

Alex is the man behind Doctrina Natura’s project. Born and raised in Sevillia (Spain) he combines techno and ambient with a very marked personality. Exquisite and powerful are the first words that come to mind to define his work, where he will soon release a new almighty album on our beloved @oslated

Alex ends up telling us: “We are facing a moment of rebirth, because life is nothing but a series of cyclical events that return to the origin again and again. Nature will decide when and how we will return to it”.

Amen.

You can find him at:
@doctrinanatura
https://www.instagram.com/doctrina_natura/

Tracklist:

01 - Zann - Stalker (Affin)
02 - Tiferet - Magnetic Mountain (AGOS)
03 - Doctrina Natura - forthcoming
04 - Doctrina Natura - forthcoming
05 - Doctrina Natura & Miranda Rincón - Blanco (Oslated)
06 - Doctrina Natura - Silencio (Oslated)
07 - Doctrina Natura - Plane (Oslated)
08 - Saphileaum - Kembe (Granular Spectrum)
09 - Morphing Territories - Trance Towers (Morphing Territories)
10 - Space Drum Meditation - Müde Augen (Space Drum Meditation)
11 - Vedis - Ancient Wisdom (Rites)
12 - Duenn - Distance as Power (Past Inside The Present)
13 - Konamiri - Horizon (Expérimental)

.CHPTR041 ‘Genesis’ | Doctrina Natura

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/