Release date: 22/04/22

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//leaflet included//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Son of Chi returns to Astral Industries, alongside Spanish artist Clara Brea, for the collaborative release of AI-29. A product of fate, chance experiments, but most of all, sensitive artistry - ’The Wetland Remixes’ exists as a confluence of two kindred musical spirits, a wayfaring epic that draws together a rich archive of ecological field recordings, live instrumentation and higher inspirations. 

Ahead of Hanyo’s concert at ‘Avalovara listening club’ (Madrid) at the end of 2019, the curators (Diskoan & Josephine’ Soundscapes) organised a special dinner and arranged the meeting of Clara and Hanyo. As Hanyo recalls, “It was like stereochemistry. There was an instant match and understanding, and basically we decided in a split second to exchange recordings and to collaborate on future live and studio experiments.”  

The auspicious meeting of the two ignited a remote exchange of materials and ideas, as the world descended into a series of pandemic-related lockdowns. The first of said recordings included the stems of Clara’s ‘Wetland Project’ - a site-specific audiovisual project originally produced for Eufonic Festival (Spain), using field recordings from the Ebro Delta nature reserve (one of the most threatened regions of climate change on the Iberian peninsula). 

From this initial impetus, Hanyo began working on the first sketches of the album back in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Just like their meeting in Madrid, the project developed naturally and spontaneously with extraordinary ease. Later, Hanyo started adding field recordings from the Magic Cave and Wetlands of the ‘Kallikatsou’ (Patmos, Greece) as well as organic and acoustic overdubs, featuring bass, drums, percussion, guitars, oud, piano, hammond organ, wurlitzer, flutes, bells, and mouth harp. 

In the distance, the sound of birds peak through the effervescent wash of the wetland soundscapes. The pass of running water flows deeper into a land full of secrets never told. On the strike of dusk, the silhouettes of shapely trunks and foliage melt slowly into the impenetrable darkness. As darkness passes, light emerges, with exquisite moments of tranquility that seemingly emerge from nothingness.  

Beneath the shimmering veneer of textures, wildlife and melodies, one may hear the deeper references of ’The Wetland Remixes’. With credit to Clara’s input, for Hanyo the album process became a kind of refuge, and ultimately inspired the return to the core of Abstract Sound - what the Sufis call “Saut-i Sarmad.” Such references allude to the spiritual quality embedded in the music - the autonomous process of self-expression, the great mystery. Hanyo: “An ambience like this cannot be created by routine. There is no blueprint. The music has to find you. It’s like a blessing if it happens. You should not interfere, just observe and be impressed...” 

Deep, luscious mind trips as per the classic Chi sound, ‘The Wetland Remixes’ beautifully correlates the interconnecting dots of geography, ecology, and mythology’s forgotten lore.

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Koscreates

Pornstar Martini Discothek!
Sexenergetic passion

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18/6 Cafe Nona
19/6 ShellaRadio Opening ceremony of Pornstar Martini Discothek
20/6 Milk&Honey festival
21/6 Hell events - Alterno
6/7 Glove Fest (Barcelona)
11/7 Casa figari (Barcelona)
15/7 Otracos radio (Barcelona) 
19/7 Recreo Bar (Barcelona)


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7/6 Stalin letná with DISH/ b2b Sammy Boiko
24/5 Disco Bizarre feat. Milk&Honey (Kitkat - Berlin)
23/5 Milk&Honey (Insomnia - Berlin)
17/5 Bike jesus/ b2b Austin Powers
16/5 Twist bar
9/5 Extravaganza 
8/5 Shella radio
3/5 Planeta za (Mona Lisa) 
25/4 Casa figari (Barcelona)
19/4 Bike jesus Veil Amor
18/4 Luft bar
5/4 Hell events - Alterno 
5/4 Fuchs 2 
28/3 Milk&Honey
8/3 TBA
6/3 Groovebar 
5/3 Neverenough session
2/3 Shella radio 
1/3 Priaum 
28/2 Milk&Honey
23/2 Tutu cafe
27/2 Hellsmoke session
15/2 Hell events - Alterno
15/2 Shit Label - Fuchs2
14/2 Milk&Honey
8/2 Tutu cafe 
25/1 Luft sessioon
24/1 Milk&Honey
17/1 Compact disco Ankali 
29/11 Ankali
29/11 Kolektor Bday
15/11 Milk&Honey Berlin Insomnia
13/11 Mezipatra
7/10 Shella Radio
25/10 TBA
19/10 Bike jesus Floya b2b w Dash
18/10 Papír bar/ Mona lisa/ Liberec
11/10 Milk&Honey
10/10 Luft bar/ 7inches session
5/9 NUR
30/8 Stalin/ DISH
3/8 Alterno
13/7 Milk&Honey
10/7 NeverEnough
5-7/7 Transforma festival - Tabor
22/6 Alterno / Gabriel Loci
8/6 Altenburg
7/6 Amphibian / Bike jesus
25/5 Hereandthere
24/5 M&H (Le clan / Prague)
24/5 Transforma warm-up (Bike jesus / Prague)
4/5 Jenemar passejure (Prague)
26/4 BENT (Fraktal nosice/Brno)
27/3 - Kolektor cafe
22/3 M&H - Berlin (Insomnia)
2/3 Disco Cirkev - Ankali
1/3 Altenburg B2B w/ A+++
10/2 Alterno
9/2 Milk'n'Honey
31/1 Acid rhythm w/ Monalisa - Acid coffee
25/1 Session w/ Demonika - Pluto 
19/1 Kolektor
18/1 Session w/ Monalisa - Bike jesus
6/1 DISH - Bike jesus w/ Maruwa
30/12 Dick - Ankali
15/12 Milk'n'Honey
2/12 Ibd sound - Bike Jesus
24/11 Spit x Warning - Ankali
17/11 Kolektor 
7/10 Festish festival
22/9 Milk'n'Honey
8/9 Cross club
1/9 Milk'n'Honey
17/8 Breakfest 
13/8 MONA LISA - Stalin siesta
4/8 Alterno
28/7 Crave rave
7/7 Curses / MONA LISA - Bike jesus 
4/7 Yugen/Infernal - Bike jesus
25/6 MONA LISA(shurigen b2b demonika) - Stalin siesta
23/6 Milk'n'Honey
17/6 Nastia riegel/Mona lisa - Altenburg
2/6 Milk'n'Honey
26/5 NENE H & Soft limits - Bike jesus
12/5 Milk'n'Honey
21/4 Dish
14/4/23 Khynteum x Femxcore - Bike jesus
31/3/23 Milk'n'Honey
10/3/23 Milk'n'Honey 
17/2/23 Khynteum - Bike jesus
27/1/23 Milk'n'Honey
24/1/23 Groove bar
12/1/23 Salo XXL
16/12/22 Milk'n'Honey Originals' Libertinage
25/11/22 Milk'n'Honey Libertinage
4/11/22 Warehouse - Seismic night(HK)
13/10/22 Salo - open decks 
11/7/22 Bike jesus - Sonora/ last edition 
23/6/22 Stalin - Sonora/ 2nd edition
17/6/22 Barrandovské terasy - Touch
19/5/22 Salo - Sonora/ 1s edition
15/4/22 Swim - Orion party

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Artists: Deepchord, Wolfgang Voigt, The Chi Factory, Heavenly Music Corporation, Waveform Transmission, Sonmi451, Atom™, J.Derwort, Shorelights, Multicast Dynamics, LF58, The Abyss Within Us, Monolake, The Humble Bee, Son of Chi, Lucid Dreams, Mystic AM, Dialog, Sa Pa, Toki Fuko, Rod Modell, Ear to Ear, Pianeti Sintetici, Marco Shuttle.

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AI-01: Deepchord - Lanterns
AI-02: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung live in London
AI-03: Chi - The Original Recordings
AI-04: Wolfgang Voigt & Deepchord - Colours of Time, re-interpreted
AI-05: Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings
AI-06: Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
AI-07: Chi Factory - The Kallikatsou Recordings
AI-08: Waveform Transmission - V 2.0-2.9
AI-09: Chi Factory - Red Lantern at the Kallikatsou
AI-10: Deepchord - Immersions
AI-11: Heavenly Music Corporation - In a Garden of Eden
AI-12: Chi Factory - The Mantra Recordings
AI-13: Sonmi451 - Nachtmuziek
AI-14: Dots - Dots
AI-15: J.Derwort - Bamboo Music
AI-16: Shorelights - Bioluminescence
AI-17: Multicast Dynamics - Ancient Circuits
AI-18: Chi Factory - Travel in Peace
AI-19: LF58 - Alterazione
AI-20: Waveform Transmission - V 3.0-3.9
AI-21: The Abyss Within Us - Life in a Circle
AI-22: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung Exhibition
AI-23: Monolake - Gobi. The Vinyl Edit 2021
AI-24: The Humble Bee - A Miscellany for the Quiet Hours
AI-25: Son of Chi & Radboud Mens - The Transition Recordings
AI-26: Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille - Metamorphosis
AI-27: LF58 Live at Brancaleone
AI-28: Lucid Dreams
AI-29: Son of Chi & Clara Brea - The Wetland Remixes
AI-30: Mystic AM - Cardamom & Laudanum
AI-31: Dialog - Dialog
AI-32: Son of Chi & Arthur Flink - The Fifth World Recordings
AI-33: Sa Pa - Atmospheric Fragments
AI-34: Toki Fuko - Spirit Medicine
AI-35: Rod Modell - Ghost Lights
AI-36: Ear to Ear - Live Recordings
AI-37: Pianeti Sintetici - Space Opera
AI-38: LF58 - Radials
AI-39: Marco Shuttle - Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva
AI-40: Wolfgang Voigt - Rückverzauberung im Tunnel
AI-41: ???

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