2025

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The most currently relevant selections of the immediate now: it's new!

Here is Spotify playlist of best music: open.spotify.com/playlist/40RZVd2JDjMZzeHZ3xpR7j

Here is Nina of best music: www.ninaprotocol.com/hubs/mkselex

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: MAY 2025

On January 1st, we're easing into the year gently once again, welcoming it with a mix to soothe your tired bodies and souls after the wild New Year’s Eve celebrations ପ(๑•ᴗ•๑)ଓ ♡

This time, the regenerating musical journey comes courtesy of @uszkogirl who will guide you through a story filled with ethereal, sensual sounds of mystery, water, and voices. Expect transitions through ambient, downtempo, and experimental instrumental gems. It’s magical, it’s light, it’s exactly how we want to step into the new year.

Treat yourself to this goodness, wrap yourself in this warm sonic blanket, and drift away before 2025 takes hold completely.

@uszkogirl, thank you for this delight

#38 APPOINTMENT W/ USZKO

NYC-based musician and producer Deer park takes over NTS with a mix of shoegaze, new wave and ambient along with some original productions.


 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/deer-park-8th-january-2025

Deer Park  080125

Deer park - Truth or dare

Strophic Song 1.12.25

tell me

we are excited to present a debut compilation album by soak music label, an international community focused on contemporary sound as a means of emotional liberation & self-inquiry

the outcome is 24 tracks by beloved artists, featuring various kinds of music, ranging from lamebient & downtempo to quirky sound-design, raw sonic intimacy & processed emo. whatever that is, it’s something we are proud to share, aiming at fostering a sense of unity, artistic freedom & love 💗

all proceeds will be donated to Dara Charity in Kazakhstan.

out January 24, 2025

mastered by yeyo
artwork by Arsenii Iy
curated by a b & marat koshkin

@sagacharlotte

pre-order s0ak.bandcamp.com/album/soak

linktr.ee/soaku

pre-order

saga charlotte - hold it

A thousand lies

Labuta (ft. Yvu) (Iguana Remix)

@satellitenavigation
@thebigoilrecordingcompany

SATNAV - the experimental electronic project of Sebastian Zieler (co-founder of The Big Oil Recording Company) - releases his debut concept album, every•thing•a•part, on June 13. A meditation on climate grief, the album imagines distant-future AI lamenting the loss of Earth’s living world. The first single, r u alpha waving at me??, drops May 8, but premieres on katharsis today, May 5th.

With detailed sound design, pop-inspired harmony and high-contrast sonic imagery, the album is a series of lamentations and love songs for nature. First single r u alpha waving at me?? is a lullaby for extinct species, whispered in binary. Its eclecticism moves from a dungeon synth-inspired intro to shifting avant-garde electronics - a fitting introduction to the album’s play with form and colour, described by SATNAV as “painting with an imaginary palette.”



premiere: SATNAV - r u  alpha waving at me?? [label: The Big Oil Recording Company]

Telenovela

Telenovela (DJ Ess Remix)

Song for Michelle (live in Basel, May3 2025)

released May 2, 2025

All Lyrics, Instruments, Recording, Mixing, and Production by mari park
www.instagram.com/maripark__/
www.youtube.com/@maripark-music
linktr.ee/maripark

Mastered by Rob Duffy (Cyclops Sound)
www.cyclopssound.com

Photography by Olive Harlan (iyrliaes)  and Willa McFarlane 
Text by Faye (ZOOM LENS)

Song for Michelle (live in Basel, May3 2025)

Betty Hammerschlag