Now in its tenth year, Frankfurt-based record label Die Orakel has earned itself a strong catalogue of classy releases in a distinct sonic and visual attitude, its latest being a compilation called Braindance. 

A fair assumption about Braindance as a genre could be, that it's rather in the zone of kaleidoscopic and whimsical quirktronica, less about IDM's futurist tropes. From Die Orakel's point of view, its very own Braindance compilation marks the label's tenth anniversary by releasing an intense listener's atlas, to its own and their creative collaborators' musical slant of mind.

While much could be said about spectral traces of a leftfield past, nostalgia isn't heard anywhere. The more you listen to this selection, the deeper the tracks plug into your brain—stretching from ethereal harmonic licks rippling with fragile glitches, bleepy to bass-heavy electroid steppers of any BPM range, to abstract-scientific neo-modular artistry. 

Die Orakel's Braindance transmission can be had as a 15-track digi-release, as well as a 4-track vinyl EP. Pick either for your library of the future.

01 upsammy – Wumb (Ambient Version)
02 n9oc – Hyphae
03 Pépe – Cloudbusters
04 Gacha Bakradze – Inhumanity
05 Rali Pibs – Hooked & Strungout 
06 Teatre – Daze 
07 O-Wells – Deep Concentration
08 oma totem feat. juns – Sobre Caderas 
09 Dana Kuehr – Biota
10 Benjamin Milz – Cmos
11 Poly Chain – Turbulent
12 Katatonic Silentio – Grain Of Consumption
13 Koloah – The Highway
14 Reptant – Protectors Of The Moss
15 Edward – Blurry Trees And Peanuts

Compiled by Oliver Hafenbauer
Mastering by Lopazz at Mixmastering
Lacquer cut by Daniel Krieger at SST
Cover photo by Neven Allgeier
Artwork by Orakel Studio
Words by Patrick Raddatz 
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Funded by the City of Frankfurt Department for Culture

Braindance

Chris Mitchell label boss of Feral Colony and co-founder of Vanguard Sound and Anunnaki Cartel has been releasing records for over a decade now, playing at many of the best international institutions including Tresor, Horoom (Bassiani), Fuse and many others. This mix contains current remixes by Chris Mitchell, upcoming material on Feral Colony, as well as some current favorites.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/chris-mitchell
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrismitchellfc/

Hypnotic Groove Mix #472 - Chris Mitchell

30th of April was the release party of our debut vinyl known as 'Elementa Obscura 001' for this special ocassion we invited 'Ladislav Zensor' aka 'Exhausted Modern' where he truly delivered a masterclass of heady fusion of breaks, dreamy pads, and razor-sharp polyrhythms that held the room in a hypnotic grip. With the venue packed wall to wall, it was clear this was more than just a release party.

Here you have the whole recording of this special live.

Massive props to Krewe (Dani & Sara 🖤) for the warm hosting, to Ladislav, to RNXRX, to Cyberdom and to the entire LAUT staff, and of course, to every dancer who made the night unforgettable. Espectro Oculto is just getting started and if this was the opening chapter, we’re in for something special.

Espectro Oculto Crew.

Espectro Oculto Mix #001 | Exhausted Modern [Live]

Buy copies: https://dubwisevinyl.com
The second instalment from the excellent Short Span label comes in the shpe of this lovely double vinyl set from Mammo whose Slows The Pace 12" you may remember as one of the highlights from earlier in the year.

Spread across two 12"s we're treated to six cuts of dub informed techno and ambient than range from the deep ambient dub of "Traversing A Raincloud" to the mesmerising pulsing dub techno of "Migration" to the dubbed out IDM of "Azahar."

Delivered in a lovely sleeve courtesy of design legends The Designers Republic.

Due to arrive on 20/6/25. Available for pre-order now at https://dubwisevinyl.com

Mammo - General Patterns - Audio Clips - Pre-Order 2x12" at Dubwise Vinyl

The 89th Passenger - BJ001 - SET

1 - Farewell To Julia - Our Melodie (2025 - Unreleased)
2 - Caramel Chameleon - ...And You Feel So Lucky (2024 - Nottetempo)
3 - Not Even Noticed - Cyber Rhythm (2024 - Who Is Paula)
4 - Promising/Youngster - Back On Track (2024 - Touched Music)
5 - The 89th Passenger - Waiting To See You Again (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)
6 - Agatha Bird - Man In The Middle (2021 - Unreleased)
7 - Sound Synthesis - Planet Hope (2021 - Distant Worlds)
8 - Fasme + Maelstrom - Almond Blossom (2021 - Central Processing Unit)
9 - µ-Ziq - Fogou (2024 - Planet Mu)
10 - The 89th Passenger - We Only Remain (2025 - Unreleased)
11 - Uf0 - Luka Ricci (2024 - Fourier Transform)
12 - Bufo Bufo - Ghost Print ( 2022 - Altered Sense)
13 - Polly Scattergood - Cocoon (Maps Remix) (2014 - Mute Artists)
14 - Abfahrt Hinwil - Phase 4 (2022 - Lapsus Records)
15 - CRC - Disposal Robot 139 (2023 - Furthur Electronix)
16 - ----
17 - Shadow Acid - The End (2023 - Exalt Records)
18 - The 89th Passenger - Untitled (2025 - Unreleased)
29 - Uf0 - Unconditional (2025 - Beyond Jupiter)


Beyond Jupiter [EPISODE 01] -  The 89th Passenger

@nelly_palustris

Hors Sol Festival 2025 !!! Une journée de curation et d'itinérance musicale assis et debout, du milieu de l’après-midi au petit matin.

Nelly (Radio Sofa @ HORS-SOL Festival 2025)

The Smackos & Dim Garden 'The Art of DX7' complete album in one big mix - 11 synthesizer folksongs full with nostalgia and yearning. Made on a rusty DX7 synthesizer & DexeD controller fed through various analog filters to warm it up a bit. Recorded 2024 & 2025 by Danny Wolfers & Dim Garden. Nightwind Records NW049 Get the album at bandcamp here:
https://legowelt.bandcamp.com/album/t... in high end 48khz 24 bit audio format or mp3

The Art of DX7

Get the album here

Smackos & Dim Garden - The Art of DX7 (complete album in one deep listening mix)

Recorded live at HYDRA, a raw underground gathering near Kaunas, Lithuania. An intense journey through techno, electro and breakbeat — dark, hypnotic and restless, shaped by the forest and the energy of the night.

foto by Alina Pasiuk

HYDRA set 2025-08-23

Aurora – Hypnotic Deep Trance Journey

Aurora ist ein tiefgehendes, atmosphärisches Trance-Album, das die Zuhörer:innen auf eine hypnotische Reise durch pulsierende Basslines, fließende Arpeggios und sphärische Soundlandschaften mitnimmt. Jeder Track baut behutsam Spannung auf, verschmilzt treibende Rhythmen mit melancholisch-melodischen Synth-Layern und entfaltet eine tranceartige Wirkung, die sowohl für nächtliche Clubsets als auch für introspektives Hören geschaffen ist. Inspiriert von den Farben und Bewegungen des Nordlichts, reflektiert Aurora den Zauber eines kosmischen Tanzes – emotional, treibend und zeitlos.

Crystal Sutra

Timeless Vol.16: Organic Dreams Amsterdam

Lost

The Dissolving Gaze

Beyond Jupiter is an independent label transmitting from the outer fringes of electronic music.
Founded by a group of producers, friends, and a headphone-wired braindance devotee, the label is a tribute to analog synthesis, broken rhythms, and melancholic melodies from a future that never happened.
Each record is a sonic artifact.
A signal from a lost rave