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Welcome to episode #11 - Mogus

Dynamic DJ and curator based in Antwerp, Belgium, Mogus' journey through music has been a tapestry of rich experiences, shaping him into an intuitive and inventive artist. His sound is a mesmerizing fusion of convention and experimentation, painting vivid soundscapes across various genres, all with a touch of moody edge. Deeply influenced by the raw energy and rhythmic complexity of Detroit techno, he weaves its pioneering spirit into his sets, celebrating its legacy while exploring new frontiers of electronic music.
Now, as part of the Berlin-based explorative label @futurepastnosenseoftime , Mogus draws on his years of experience as a promoter and DJ, contributing his distinctive musical perspective and curatorial expertise to the label’s innovative and boundary-pushing vision.

Enjoy!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jvhmogus
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mogus___dj/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jvhmogus

E.M.C. atmospheres #115 - Mogus

"Venus appears to me in a dream. The sky is cloudless and I drift into a pine forest, mesmerised by the sound of her flute. I find myself entangled in a dance of indecipherable mumblings that, like the woods' inhabitants, change shape when night falls.
I glimpse a luminous mist in the distance, guiding me towards a veiled cedar cabin. I step inside, abandoning myself alongside the other participants. The melody of the flute begins to distort into a fossilised howl, melting into my eardrums and merging with the echoes of a forest that grows ever more distant.
And in the midst of these rustling whispers, I find myself reduced to dust. The flaming light of the cabin will show me the way out: in the fire of darkness, I choose a new life. "

Spanish-born but now based in Milan, Ultramarín (@ultramarin-blau) explores sound as a vessel of shifting consciousness. Embracing deep listening as a core element in her practice, her aim is to expand the boundaries of perception, going below the surface of what is heard. Distinguished by an eclectic approach, her sets span from experimental ambient to downtempo, to hypnotic and avant-garde techno.

Recorded at Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular) during the temple chptr. 9 † celebrating a world of echo † 28·06·2025 w/ ‡ Doozer  ‡ Josephine Soundscapes  ‡ DOC ‡ Pillen.

#temple_for_listeners is an event dedicated to attentive listening and static dance, curated by Camu and Josephine's Soundscapes for Espacio Perpendicular.+

HOCast #256 x temple chptr. 9 - Ultramarín

As summer's warmth dissolves into twilight, grey clouds gather on the horizon, bearing the whispers of rain and the pine forest's scent yields to the caress of a fresh breeze. We are delighted to unveil Estimulo's latest mix for Deep Breakfast Series, a sonic journey to envelop your senses.

Estimulo is an avid record digger and die-hard music aficionado with extensive vaults of records since the late 80s. In his club DJ sets he’s on the lookout for those special moments of dancefloor salvation, oscillating between Deep House and Techno’s classics and more obscure electronic treasures, with splashes of Electro & Disco / Funk and with an extended broad perspective on genres and epochs not forgetting recent and upcoming gems. It’s not purely a retrofuturistic thing, rather he strives to connect music of different epochs to form a holistic flow. His special passion is to make his own edits / versions of the music he loves. With his label Mixomat Recordings (founded in 2004) he has been putting out early releases by artists such as
Marco Nega, immer.Chic (Workshop), Rezkar (Running Back, Meakusma) and Serendipity/Rai Scott (Inner Shift Music / 2DeepSoul).
His weekly Radio Show (EstimuloShow @ mixomat.org since 2007, also on Cashmere Radio since 2017) is regarded as a mainstay by many in the scene.
The last years have seen Estimulo taking the vibe to places like the US, Chile, Argentina, Australia, UK, France, Canada, Norway, Poland, Ukraine and Jordan on his DJ tours.
Estimulo used to co-run the futura event agency and DJ crew, that has been causing some stir in the Berlin scene with their proceedings in beloved underground spots like ://about blank, Paloma, Horst and Chez Jacki/Maria am Ostbahnhof.

About the mix he said:
"It's like a sequence of childhood memories. You close your eyes and remember science fiction films with the infinite universe and thousands of stars, a summer beach with your parents and siblings, then a spaceship with robots running around excitedly and making beeping noises. A few minutes later, you're beamed back to Earth and standing on the top of a mountain, gazing down into the wide valley, then a long walk through the forest along a mountain river. Or you hear the large church organ. In the end, it's all about aural beauty. I invite this music to give me and all listeners goosebumps. Nostalgia is only part of the equation here; i reckon timelessness is even more important. I hope you enjoy the journey through my memories and moods."

Tracklist:
1. Some Other People : Relativity : Infinite Mass
2. Robert Charlesworth : Haven Brow : Universal Egg
3. Cabaret Voltaire : Other World : Plastex
4. Justin Chodzko : Untitled (Beatless Edit by Estimulo) : Weekend World
5. Triola : AG Penthouse : Kompakt
6. Heights Of Abraham : Dolphins (Instrumental Edit by Estimulo) : Pork Recordings
7. Moc In Dub : Halb Zehn (Track 04) : Unreleased Private CD-R
8. Cabaret Voltaire : Belly Of The Beast (Back in Babylon) : Plastex
9. Mind Gear : Don't Panic (The Peaceful Karma Remix) : MFS
10. Heights Of Abraham : E.V.A. : Pork Recordings
11. Cabaret Voltaire : Let It Come Down : Plastex
12. Markus Guenther : Pilot : Kompakt
13. Wellen : Precious Nests
14. Wellen : Transform Echo
15. Dan Piu & Estimulo Present Time Synthesis : Pools (Estimulo's Atmospheric Pass) [unreleased]: Moto Music

Photo by Ilya Monistah

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Deep Breakfast 324 ~ Estimulo

Guestmix 16 - Picicletta
https://soundcloud.com/pajama_listens

Tracklist
1. The Kyoto Connection - Mindscape I (Lights)
2. Om Unit - Lonely Cities
3. Susuma Yokota & Ray Castle - Numinous Island (Side A)
4. Ike Zwanikken - Bianca
5. Habitat Ensemble - Le Magicien De La Forêt
6. Gigi - Abay
7. Shackleton & Waclaw Zimpel - Relics Of Our Past (feat. Saddhartha Belmammu)
8. Arp - Reading A Wave
9. Fila Brazillia - Subtle Body

q&a
q) where are you located and which places do you like to go there?
a) I am located in Zurich. Apart from music I am on the lake or visit bars, restaurants & art exhibitions. Zurich has a lot to offer here. Music related I slowed down with clubbing but I would recommend Kauz & Zentralwäscherei for regular clubbing, Umbo to find the unexpected & Studio Zurich & Kasheme for proper music with nice drinks. Apart from that I visit record stores & listen to music at smaller & private events.

q) do you remember what music inspired you when you made the mix?
a) Not really, I played the vinyl I had & what made sense to me. In general I try to pick music which is unpredictable & has some depth. Not sure if I made it this time but that’s at least what I try to do. In my opinion, the beauty of a good set in general is the following contradiction: a good set is subjective but at the same time, if it’s good, most people will just know.

q) which projects are you involved in?
a) Music-wise I run a place with a friend which we call Pajama. We started with having it for ourselves & friends to listen to & play music. Then we started hosting after parties with Format Records Zurich. Now we do what we always wanted, we organize listening sessions to warm up the night. The final dream is to have something as close to a Japanese Listening Bar as possible.

q) what else is important to you in life besides music?
a) Meaning in what I do, love, good relationships, listening to what people are saying, being kind.

q) last question. what do you like to eat or drink?
a) I like Japanese & Italian food the most, but I eat everything & love to explore. With drinking I try to keep things simple, a negroni, a layered white wine or a good beer and I am happy.

Guestmix_16_Picicletta

CAIV deliver rigorous, syncopated machine rhythms on the Lives EP from U.S bi-coastal collaborators Israel Vines and Camile Altay, following on from their formidable debut EP Dwellers on Tresor last year.

Lives is four finely calibrated cuts riding a diverse tempo range, unified by rich harmonics and resonant percussive layering over veiled bass textures, where distortion becomes detail.

https://ooda.bandcamp.com/album/lives-ep
https://clonedistribution.com/release/80596

Observe-Orient-Decide-Act

CAIV - Lives

Palm Reader 13: Luke Mele 
“bluff, salt, foam” 

Aired on VPN Radio, virtualpublic.net, on 09.11.25
Recorded in Luke's record loft in Echo Park
@lukemele 

TRACKLIST:
Arild Anderson - Wood Song
Steve Tibbetts - Night Again
David Sylvian & Holger Czukay - Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)
Hosono Haruomi - Sand Storm Edit
Bill Laswell - Káshí
Tokio Hasegawa - Nami
Azimuth - Azimuth
Terje Rypdal - Autumn Breeze
Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown - Au Sujet D'Un Paysage
Ditto - Western
Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick – Mouthfeel
Jon Hassell - Brussels
O Yuki Conjugate - Sunchemicals
Ultrafog - Charisma
Martha and the Muffins - Garden In The Sky
Tim Timmermans & Skipper Wise - Five Mountains
Daniel Lentz - Postludium
Laure Boer - Constellations
KWALK - B side

Palm Reader 13: Luke Mele

@iamglisten

« The urge to squeeze a cloud between one’s palm. »
- Sanary, [Le Monde Toupie], 1942

I threaded the mix as a continuation of this phrase of Sanary I recently read.

Popsicle drip to stalactite. Swim to the surface. Wash off the shore. Drop glide along a wire. Muddled wired thoughts of ours.  

Tracklist:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DOnofarCtxN/?img_index=2

IG: 
https://www.instagram.com/iamglisten/

Human Lessons #114 - Glisten

Orion Nebula w. Zitto invites Amelia Holt [29.08.25]

bluebubble w Đ.K. - 15/09/2025

m50 hits fifty like dollops of thick paint on an ever thicker palette. Pad-sure and pure from a true Seaside favourite. @m50

50 - m50

big knobs, little knobs, all sorts of fun knobs...  random analog noodling.. not mastered or anything... just as it is

solo for wavetek and monotron

Some nights are made for sitting back and just letting the world spin on its axis; nights to watch the snow fall and gaze over misty neon hazes in the distance. Dark skies and white snow always seem to cast a sleepy contrast but it’s also one shared by an almost motionless state.

It’s times like these Benjamin Dauer treasures; the still hours where life is yet to accelerate towards its grinding daily regimen; the wait before the first creaks of cold bones and commuter trains amplify the city. 

“By day, I am a problem-solver,” Benjamin starts, “and each project comes with a slew of new requirements and problems. Things can move pretty quickly and before you know it, months have passed and the next one is coming down the pipeline.

“It means I cherish the early morning hours before I go in. It's during these times that I feel a deep sense of peace and quiet and so my mind can wander, free of project goalposts and timelines.”

Free of these pressures, his “Twenty Three and Twenty Six EP” is testament to operating in a haze of AM detachment. Four drifting scores of ambient invention, tape echo and swimming delay, they’re musical explorations that are beautifully, subtly metrical. Awash with hypnotic rhythms and an unpolished human touch, each track feels like it plays out to its untraced, natural end. 
  
“I love these happy accidents as I feel they are a natural part of the improvisation process” he explains. “I enjoy these opportunities to practice improvisation and I’ve discovered that these free-spirited explorations often end up feeling finely choreographed in the end. Perhaps this is some sort of primal response or urge to seek rhythm in my life?” he ponders.

Whatever the thought process, the still hours just got more beautiful.

More info and HQ EP download: http://asip.me/ASIP023

http://asip.me/PlacesSeries


ASIP023 Benjamin Dauer - Eight and Forty

ASIP023 Benjamin Dauer - Six and Twelve

1. "Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word that means “noble or awakened heart.” It is said to be present in all beings. Just as butter is inherent in milk and oil is inherent in a sesame seed, this soft spot is inherent in you and me. It is said that in difficult times, it is only bodhichitta that heals. When inspiration has become hidden, when we feel ready to give up, this is the time when healing can be found in the tenderness of pain itself. This is the time to touch the genuine heart of bodhichitta. In the midst of loneliness, in the midst of fear, in the middle of feeling misunderstood and rejected is the heartbeat of all things, the genuine heart of sadness. Just as a jewel that has been buried in the earth for a million years is not discolored or harmed, in the same way this noble heart is not affected by all of our kicking and screaming. The jewel can be brought out into the light at any time, and it will glow as brilliantly as if nothing had ever happened. No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhichitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole."
Pema Chödrön

the noble heart

Guest mix for SpacesFM: http://spacesfm.com/2013/03/a-strangely-isolated-place-spacesfm-guest-mix/

01. Floex - Zorya Polunochnaya (ASIP looping edit) [Minority Records, 2011] 
02. Biosphere - As The Sun Kissed The Horizon [Touch, 1997] 
03. Alva Noto - Is Otto Roessler Right [Unseen Records, 2011] 
04. Alva Noto - Xerox Monophaser II [Raster Norton, 2009] 
05. Loess - Retinue [Toytronic, 2003] 
06. Heathered Pearls - Ringing Temple (Decreased Version) [Ghostly, 2012] 
07. Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window [Unseen Records, 2011] 
08. Nils Frahm - More [Erased Tapes, 2011] 
09. Autechre - Autriche [Warp Records, 1993] 
10. AFX - Analogue Bubblebath [Mighty Force, 1991] 
11. Segue - Parchment [Silent Season, 2013]
12. bvdub - I Would Have Waited [Distant Noise, 2011] 
13. Leandro Fresco - El Cruce Imposible [Kompakt 2013]
14. 36 - Heather Spa [astrangelyisolatedplace, forthcoming 2013]
15. Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - a1 [Erased Tapes, 2012]

ASIP - SpacesFM Guest Mix

INTERVIEW: http://www.thefader.com/2013/05/07/fader-mix-bibio

FADER Mix: Bibio

Music from A Strangely Isolated Place + 9128.live.

Ambient & electronica music blog, mix series, record label and radio station. Est. 2008.

ASIP023 Benjamin Dauer - Six and Twelve

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