Podcasts  | Ambient, Noise & Experimental mix

to Listen

Until We Become

As If. No Mixtapes!

Tracklist:
Salamanda - Kali
Ryong & Eva Tind - Unreleased
little star - ⥀
Anna Wærum - Memo Aria
bod [包家巷] - I Only Listen to Rap and Grouper
Teams - OVOXO SHANTI TRUSS EDIT
Angel Wei - Closing All Tabs
Doja Cat & SZA - Kiss Me More (Nightcore)
Angel Wei - Unreleased
Kittisol - Flagrant Hours
Pan Daijing - Dust 五月
abji_hypersun feat. Xenia Xamanek - DOOSET DARAM (midoni?)
Reichi Nakaido - Family Portrait
Ryong - Unreleased
Boli Group - Unreleased
S.E.S. - I’m Your Girl (acapella inside a bus)
slim0 - omGoddess
Ryong - Unreleased
Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride

Ryong on Odyxxey Radio

In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

---

After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

копса

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Ecotone Festival w/ Léa Roger & Lucie Gresil @ Kiosk Radio 06.05.2022

To curate the found sound sources featured spoken words, tracks and text-to-speech into this soundpiece, mixing them to finish this montage work. 

Chasing the hints, the text collage in this soundscape pictured out a sonic field on politics, modernism,  border across,  nostalgia, uncertainty,  linear time, and determinism -
Also many mumblings at the night, and tears over the sea.

Kissaten / Tea room Exhibition Opening Set, Ambient Mix

release on 16 September 2022 : https://wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com/album/visage-zyg-ne
@roxanem-tayer

Roxane Métayer is a French sound and visual artist now living in Brussels. She composes with the violin, primary wind instruments (ocarina and various flutes), archaic percussion and field recordings, fragmenting and reassembling them with synthetic effects. Nature becomes the backdrop of these wild soundscapes, populated by a phantasmagorical bestiary and an exuberant flora.

Artwork by Coline Llobet
Mastering by Adrien Lambert

Roxane Métayer - Sur Les Ailes, Huit Tâches

1. Rats                                               - Croatian Amor & VargZT
2. Uupar-Theory                                        -Aisha Devi
3.  El Divisadero                                       -Chris Watson
4. Dreaming Trees (Forest Drive West Remix)           - Polygonia
5. A Desire, Nameless                               -  Hiro Kone
6.  Simferopol (Original Mix)                        - Andrew Pekler, Giusepp
7. Open plain                                         - Low Flung
8.  River Faith                                         -  Marco Caricola
9. Spin and Loops                                    -   Mana
10. Lab White (Sote Persian Electro-Acoustic Rework)   - Gooooose
11.   hidden                                                 -  ssaliva
12.  Transformation                                  -   JakoJako
13.   Ravenna (Original Mix)                            -  Andrew Pekler, Giusepp
14.  Stars Dying in Succession                       -   E-Saggila
15.   Second Narrows                                    - Ioscil
16.  Cephalopoda                                                   - Papaphilia
17.  Aphrodite                                         - Ian William Craig & Dani
18.   moonrise                                         -  caroQ?
19.   Piano |                                             -- Vanessa Amara
20.   Waters                                       --   J.G. Biberkopf
21. Deadman                              --Shackleton
22.   Her Third Eye (Drum Rain)            ---Fis
23.   Dentist Choir                        --pentu
24.  For the Birds: ll. Sapsuckers        ---Judith Shatin/Madeleine
25.  Haters (Original Mix)               -- IVVVO
26.  屠宰场 (2013 version)                  ---Yikii
27.   Dance Of Relating                     ---J.G. Biberkopf
 28. Maru (Skee Mask Remix)                -- Plaid
 29. Swordﬁsh (Intro) (Original Mix)       ---Paul Oakenfold
30. Description of Rain (Over Frisland) -  Andrew Pekler

FOUNDATION.FM EasternMargins W/ Nanzhen Yang

。　.　　　　　ﾟ　　　。　　ﾟ　.　ﾟ。,　☆　　　。ﾟ.　　．
　　　　．。　　　　o　　　．.　。　ﾟ　 ﾟ　,　。.　o　。*　。　.　o．　。　．　.
　　　　　　　　。　　　.　．.　☆. DL https://harpemonia.blogspot.com
　。　.　　．　.　　　.　　　．　　。　ﾟ,　☆　ﾟ.　＋　。　ﾟ　,。　.　。　　,　.。
　　　　ﾟ　　。　　　ﾟ　　.　　+。　ﾟ　*　。.　,　。ﾟ　+.　。*。　ﾟ.
　。　　.　　　.　。　。ﾟ.　。*　。,　　´。.　　☆。。.　ﾟ。+　。　.。　　.　　｡　　　.
　　.　　　。MV https://vimeo.com/661111558　ﾟ。　。,　.。o　☆　+　,ﾟ。　
　ﾟ　.ﾟ　ﾟ　　。ﾟ　+　。.　+。　*　。ﾟ。ﾟ.,　,+　。ﾟ.　。　.　.　　　,
ﾟ。ﾟ+ﾟ`,　o。。.ﾟ*。ﾟ　。.ﾟ　。　☆＋。。ﾟ.　°　。　.　　　,　　　　　　ﾟ
　。,　.ﾟ。　+　☆。,ﾟ.　o。 。+　。ﾟ.,　　.　ﾟ　　　,　　　。　　　　　。
　ﾟ.　ｏ　*　。　ﾟ。　ﾟ.。　　ﾟ。　+ﾟ　　。　　　ﾟ。　　　ﾟ
ﾟ`　.ﾟ　.　　.　ﾟ.　.　ﾟ　　.　　ﾟ　　.　　　,　　.　　　　　　.
　.　　.　o　　。　　　.　,　　　　　。　　　　　　　.
　　　　　　。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ﾟ　　　.
　,　.　　　　　FOREVER　　　.　　　　　,　　　　　　　.

monker178 - Eye of the Storm / Genesis

Live sessions recorded at Recyclart (Brussels) for the Kitten Rhetorics party, and at the Chinois (Paris) during the Kikkogal night.

https://lyl.live/episode/micro-moistur-5

MICRO MOISTUR w/ Catherine Danger [Live Session]

We welcome back our As If. No Mixtapes! series with an intricate and eclectic mix from Nanzhen Yang, that takes you though an alternative version of Nanzhen's Beijing, blending together her own production and East Asian and South Asian producers with a  mix of audio from Chinese films and other mediums. 

Interview and Tracklist at https://www.asifnoway.com/as-if-no-mixtapes-interview-vol-9-nanzhen-yang

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 8: Nanzhen Yang

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
➡️ More info, more music: www.refugeworldwide.com

Support us by becoming a member on Patreon for just 3€ a month: www.patreon.com/refugeworldwide

Now Now - Ziúr & Nanzhen Yang - 04 Apr 2024

POST CLUB 
IDM DRONE

Live recording from last Syphen at Corsica studio, London, UK. 
19 04 2025 

The well-developed CDJ players nowadays offer so many possibilities for the modern artist. The way I mix is no longer limited to going from one track to the next. Now, I see hot cues and loops as separate sample bars—mixing becomes a form of live production. It’s about blending elements and textures, triggering specific sounds like launching pads. That shift turned DJing into something much more creative and playful. It was seriously fun! 

The one hour soundscape narrative inspired by the text Ruka Nayu wrote for our last audio-visual live performance at Forma HQ, London, UK in 2023.

"An amnesic soldier stranded on an unknown land, his instinct to survive in
abandoned/forgotten/haunted space, simultaneously has a (sudden) archaeological urge to
trace the history of the place within his reach——— “

NANZHEN YANG | Syphen Live recording @ Corsica Studio, London, UK | 19 04 2025

As the first in our As If. No Mixtapes! feature we have an exclusive mix and interview from the appropriately named: Discrepant; A label championing form without genre constraints and challenging our preconceived notions of style. The mix was recorded live using two turntables, a mixer and a tape walkman and showcases the extent Discrepant's eclecticism as a label and concept.

Interview: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/music/labels/as-if-no-mixtapes-vol-1-discrepant/

Tracklist:
Kink Gong - Khosa (Sheep) (from Xinjiang LP)
Rizan Said - The Man That Toured the World (from the King of Keyboard LP)
Carlos Casas - Triune God (from Pyramid of Skulls 2xLP)
Gonzo & Luar Domatrix - Ja Nem Gritam No Calvario (from Antologia de Musica Atípica Portuguesa LP)
Ariha Brass Quartet - Gemmayzeh Drinks (from Ariha Brass Quartet LP)
Porest - Flimsy Tomb (from Flimsy Tomb tape)
Cédric Stevens - Siam Electric Skyline (Sylvain Chaveau Remix) (from The Syncopated Elevators Legacy 2xLP)
Andy Moor & Yannis Kirikiades - Minores (from Rebetika LP)
El Mahdy Jr. - B side excerpt ( from Ghost Tapes LP)
Gonzo - SE Noises (from SE Asian Noises Tape)
Meridian Brothers - Me Llaman Cumbiambera Adolorida (from El Advenimiento del Castillo Mujer LP)
Chupame El Dedo - Josefina    (from Chupame El Dedo LP/tape)
Ubek - Conterfeit Worlds (from Ubek tape)
Old Komm - Sky Scrap (from Disquiet LP)
Malayeen - Matar (from Malayeen LP)
The Dead Mauriacs - Les Bagnoires du Mocambo / Tidoulidouli - Insolence Latine (from Cocktail pour la Fin des Temps tape)
Luar Domatrix - Non Glance II (from Non Glance Tape)
Kink Gong - Amnashidam (from Tanzania LP)
Visions Congo - The Hoima Witch and the Songye Mask (from Mulago Sound studio LP)
Tiago Morais Morgado - Laurindinha (from Antologia de Musica Atípica Portuguesa LP)
Bosaina - A Hundred Other Longings (from Two Names Upon a Shore LP)
Mike Cooper - Te Lapa-Phosphorus (from New Kiribati LP)
Yannick Dauby - b side excerpt (from 咾咕厝  ló-kó-chhù - Penghu Experimental Sound Studio Vol.2) 
Old Komm - St Kenelm’s Dream

Discrepant Sampler 2017

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 1: Discrepant

"The mix is based around my favourite singers and my favourite uses of the human voice. " - Thomas Ragsdale

Interview:  https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/as-if-no-mixtapes/as-if-no-mixtapes-vol-2-thomas-ragsdale

Tracklist:
1 - As I Roved Out - Sam Amidon
2 - Dust - Alex Smoke
3 - Dive Into The Grave - Shackleton & Vengeance Tenfold
4 - Winter Circle - Balmorhea
5 - Please Help Me - Underworld
6 - The Fall - The Haxan Cloak
7 - Pray - The Bug vs Earth
8 - Amber Road - Cloud Boat    
9 - William Burroughs on witchcraft
10 - Visitant - Bastions 
11 - Summa (Credo) - Arvo Pärt
12 - Onde Børn - Myrkur feat. The Norwegian Girl's Choir
13 - The Host Of Seraphim (Ghosting Season Edit) - Dead Can Dance
14 - Thomasin & Black Phillip
15 - Slow Match - Moderat
16 - Ambush - Flowdan
17 - Never Give Up On A Mood Swing - Cassy
18 - Cruel Bloom - Converge
19 - The Black Plague - The Animals
20 - … - worriedaboutsatan

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 2: Thomas Ragsdale

For As if. No Mixtape! Vol. 3 we approached Antwerp based producer and label owner Niels Geybels of Audio Visuals Atmosphere. Having independently released Cassettes and digital ep's/lps for the past 2 years, with their first vinyl out just recently, AVA explore an array of experimental electronica that instantly became a favourite of ours as As If. 

Interview: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/as-if-no-mixtape-vol-3-audio-visuals-atmosphere/

Tracklist:
Tourist Gaze - To Grow Across Meetings I (Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere.)
Sofia Ozdravovna - Housewife At The End Of The World (Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere.)
Alocasia Garden - A Double Life (Holy Geometry)
Thorsten Soltau & Max Kuiper - Animi Sub Volpe Latentes I (Chondritic Sound)
Tereshkova - Memento (Never Anything Records)
Anji Cheung - Dharani (Strange Rules)
Woodbender - One Foggy Morning We Arise To Rediscover Our Own Image (Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere.)
FACE. V || R H G T - Consonantal | Sonorant Part Two [cut] (Audio. Visuals. Atmosphere.)
Head Dress - Forsythia (Entertainment Systems)

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 3 : Audio Visuals Atmosphere

Volume 4 of our As If. No Mixtapes! series we sought out KP Transmission. Her exploration of a wide range of genres is unique. With viscerally provocative dark, unusual soundscapes, paired with unsettling rhythms and experimental bass, she relinquishes her inner punk, which she also lets out through her band Fanny Kaplan. Independently releasing a vast array of tracks via her Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages, along with limited cassettes, vinyl, and digital releases via Klammlang Tapes, Nanzlo Records and Ciel Blue et Petis Oiseax Records, KP Transmission captures the rawness of experimental music, in a confident manner that creates what we could call her own sub genres.

Interview: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/as-if-no-mixtapes-vol-4-kp-transmission/ 

Tracklist:
Throbbing Gristle - PreMature
Dominion - Semi-Divergence
Dark Arts - House Of Mirrors
Swell Maps - Robot Factory
Savant - Using Words
Pavel Fajt & Meneses - Rosy Rolls 
Pavel Fajt & Meneses - My Boy
The Misz - The First Time I Played Sax
Dome - Ar-Gu
Slava Ranko - Post Trauma
Ultra - B1. Aff

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 4 : KP Transmission

For Vol. 5 we have @Graintable, who recently released his debut LP Herons via @RansomNoteRecords late April. 
Interview: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/as-if-no-mixtapes/as-if-no-mixtapes-vol-5-graintable/

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 5 : Graintable

blank body - Entente x endworld - angel cut

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 8: Nanzhen Yang

AS IF NO WAY