Back&forth Podcast Series

The fourteenth episode of our podcast series welcomes Paris-based DJ Maemm, co-founder of the collective "La Taquinerie" and a resident DJ at the Parisian club La Gare, Le Gore on Thursdays, with a 60-minute studio recorded mix.

Maemm shapes her sets with various atmospheres, aiming to create immersive journeys rooted in narrative.
Influenced by a hypnotic techno style with sometimes psychedelic overtones, she also draws inspiration from ambient music and more experimental genres. Her passion for exploring new sounds allows her to enrich her musical universe and remain in constant evolution. 
She has shared the stage with renowned artists such as DJ Nobu, GiGi FM, Zadig, or Kerrie and has recently performed at legendary Berghain.

Maemm:
SC: @mmaemm
IG: www.instagram.com/maemm___

Artwork by @kazmir00

Back&forth Podcast 14: Maemm

For the fifteenth episode of our podcast series, we are presenting a 75-minute studio recorded mix by hsnbr.

John Harutyunyan, aka hsnbr, is a producer and DJ crafting deep, hypnotic, and psychedelic soundscapes rooted in groove and subtle motion. His music is driven by atmosphere — textured, immersive, and slow-burning — inviting both introspection and dancefloor connection. With releases on Back&forth and Crescent London, hsnbr continues to shape a distinct sonic narrative that moves between shadow and light. This mix captures that vision: patient, trippy, and grounded.

hsnbr:
SC: @hsnbr
IG: www.instagram.com/hsnbr.uncertainty

Artwork by @kazmir00

Back&forth Podcast 15: hsnbr

The sixteenth episode of our podcast series welcomes Yerevan-based DJ Lychee, resident at Diaries and stardust, with a 75-minute studio recorded mix.

A key figure in Yerevan's scene, Lychee brings honest passion and authenticity to her sound, blending her love for the golden age of trance with raw driving basslines, crisp drums and swampy textures. 
Her music has been a part of experiences in Copenhagen's Den Anden Side, France's Macadam and Berlin's Mala Junta and SYNOID.

Lychee:
SC: @lychee_lychee
IG: www.instagram.com/lych.e.e/

Artwork by @kazmir00

Back&forth Podcast 16: Lychee

all tracks by Ocyra.
https://vectorfield75.bandcamp.com/
tracklist:

Unreleased
Living artefect
Mossy Murmur
Dust in the uplink
Unreleased
Lunar architect (upcoming on Essential Delight records)
Quantaleak (failcode mix)
Jitterwaves
Unreleased
Neuronova (cloud mix)
Out of rotation
Arcadia
Unpatch
Umbra
Agency cartel 
Aeolia
Unreleased
Kinetica
Spectral cloud simulator
Luminescent static
Dreamora
Echoing fragments
Terra tones
Unreleased
Mirrorless
Automa
Atmospherica
Aether reactor loops
Solar flare (upcoming on Aurora rec)

This is not a memoir Vol.3

[DISSECTION] is a mix series where various artists show their personal spice and flavor. For this one, Zvrra comes in strong, bringing you an epic episode that will spark your desire to move! Each track majestically overflows into the next, rich with textures and tones, creating this blistering realm.


linktr.ee/gifkikker

Soundcloud: @gifkikker-bxl
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCu2MFFR2ShHK0X6HoIJzUwg
Instagram: www.instagram.com/gifkikker_bxl/

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GIFKIKKER is a Brussels based collective and label that fuses roughness and bite with depth- and clarity. Inspired by the sounds of the rustling leaves, flowing rivers and industrial soundscapes, our aim is to create genre-fluid music that blast the listeners into a wall of sound. Experimentation is key, where there are no boundaries.

w/ Zvrra

[DISSECTION027] w/ Zvrra

Ahead of our two-year anniversary event this Friday, we are presenting a 60-minute studio-recorded mix by our founder and curator Yhii, that aims to capture the essence of Back&forth, with its constant ebbs and flows. A stripped-back reflection of motion, repetition, and quiet persistence.

Yhii:
SC: @yhii
IG: www.instagram.com/yhii_cloistral/

Back&forth Podcast 17: Yhii

Next up in our mix series is Human Space Machine. Hailing from Amsterdam, the dutchman has found his way into electronic music by channeling movement into rhythmical cadences, crafting a sound that exists at the intersection of techno, house, and experimental electronic music. His productions are often trippy yet inviting, and released on respected labels like Nous’klaer Audio and De Lichting, the latter which he co-founded. 

In this mix Mike takes us on a 1,5 hour voyage through moisty atmospheres. Slick underwater grooves meets slimey deep cave techno, in a masterclass of mysterious and murky world-building and slow tension manipulation. Momentum gradually rising, via twisted acid and waterlogged minimalism. 

@humanspacemachine
@delichting

Ute Mix Series #113 | Human Space Machine

Situated in the pulsating center of Brussels' Marolles district, GIMIC is a radio station and a space/bar committed to fostering the lively electronic music culture of the city.
Transmitting sound waves from the heart of Brussels.

soundcloud : @yoggisadj
instagram : www.instagram.com/yoggisadj/ 


Yogg @ GIMIC - 23 October 2025

Mwamwa is self-discovery through music creation, a laboratory of unpredictable sound experimentation where complex patterns, generative synthesis techniques and asymmetrical structures would be present, as well as compositional resources, counterpoint and irregular time signatures; looking to achieve an ethereal style with techno, jungle and idm predominance, but also exploring many other possibilities.

Release date: November 7th, 2025

Links:
Mwamwa
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mwamwa-mwamwa
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwamwa.mwamwa/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mwamwa.mwaawm

Circular Limited
Bandcamp: https://circularlimited.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/circularlimited_/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/circularlimited

Mwamwa - Eterno Retorno ./

The eighteenth episode of our podcast series welcomes Katra, with a 110-minute studio recorded mix that traverses loopy, hypnotic, and psychedelic techno, driven by his passion for deep and minimal sound.

Hailing from Athens, Katra embarked on his musical journey in the early 2000s, delving into vinyl collecting across a wide range of musical genres. Through his regular presence in local venues such as Astron, Six Dogs, Smut and his own event series Soft Crush, Katra has been established as a distinctive voice within Athens’ underground scene.

Katra:
SC: @katradj
IG: www.instagram.com/anthony__katra/

Back&forth Podcast 18: Katra

Áchim György - Vágyakozás!

NEO REGIONAL TECHNO - INSTRUMENTAL DJ - FREEDL CCBY

Mountain Grid

Born from a year of experimentation and reflection, Yasei's debut album on Optic Portal emerged in an off-grid studio in the Spanish mountains near the sea, where living in harmony with nature shaped both process and sound. Tested on the dancefloor yet conceived in solitude, "Hanakaze" merges organic atmospheres with shifting rhythmic architectures into immersive, genre-fluid techno with echoes of drum & bass and ambient. It’s a sonic statement that captures both intensity and emotion, a reflection of Yasei’s evolving sound identity.

@yasei_mu

Optic Portal 2025
Written and produced by Yasei
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

https://mirrorzone.bandcamp.com/album/hanakaze

[OP007] Yasei - Hanakaze

“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

Left Hand of Darkness is an EP born from crossings: many roads uniting, many souls meeting—each one leaving a trace, each one quietly re-routing the path. These tracks came together in the aftermath of movement: changing places, shifting seasons, dissolving old identities, and finding new ones in sound.

To everyone who walked beside me—who listened, pushed, held space, inspired, challenged, and supported—thank you. This EP is a thank-you note in frequencies: for the encounters that changed me, and for the unseen hands that helped these songs become real.

Transant - Paint it Darker  (260 BPM) EP Left Hand of Darkness - Metacortex Records

Live recording Spekki and Woody92 @ the Future Intel headquarters.

Spekki Webu b2b Woody92╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 08 22 20

Electronic music label, podcast and event series.

Inquiries: contact.backandforth@gmail.com

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