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Dub influences for July

Tracklist: https://www.lowendtheorists.com/radio-shows/skylab-e37

Skylab - Theory Therapy E37

“Recently, I’ve been really inspired by bass music in the 80-85 (or 160-70) BPM range that shifts between slow and fast registers, opening up space for a deep interior journey and for a driving, percussive dancefloor experience alike. Much music in this space that I’m drawn to has a visceral, haptic, and earthy quality -- body music for mental landscapes. 

The mix is conceived as a journey into a densely foliated forest of ever-shifting dimensions, drawing you deeper and deeper into its cavernous shadows and spectral pockets of light. Dewdrops shiver on pillowy moss ,flanked by the hungry mouths of carnivorous plants; burly vines dangle low and heavy under velvet leaves. Mysterious and heretofore unknown flora abound, beguiling you with their sensuous textures, suffusing the humid air with smells both luxuriant and noxious. Finally you emerge into a softly-hued meadow, your journey into the darkness having brought you closer to a sense of calm.”

@papayaofficial
IG: @papaya.official

DJ Papaya's approach to mixing draws upon downtempo, ambient, leftfield electronics, and bass music to craft surreal and emotionally complex narratives, rich in texture and rooted in the sensibilities of dub. They are a co-founder of the ambient/experimental series Spindrift, with Pontiac Streator and Opheliaxz, as well as the bass music party Chrysalis, with Amylia.

Tracklist:
Carrier - Slow Punctures
Blue - Slow Wave
Officium - Heartlapse ft Yolek
Gi & Trois Quarts Taxi System - Swarm
Chewlie x Fiesta Soundsystem - Savory
Proc Fiskal - A Fragrance
Anta Doma - Temples
Ancestral Voices - Mist of Avalon
Furtive - I Always Try to be This Gentle
Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:Mental Moog Remix)
Es.Tereo - Ancestral Path
K Wata - In A Mug on a Rug (Ronan’s Ecophilia Mix)
Trois Quarts Taxi System - Clef
Itoa - Diceman
Mike Parker - Spaceship Galliot
georg-i - Nightlife under the Arclight
Kobayashi Maru - Aesthetics of a Wormhole
traverse - Turpitude
Forest on Stasys - Sideral
Khey Mysterio & Stacktrace - Low Heat
felt. - Life Formed
Jonnnah - U Made Me
Ghjuliu - Sheila

Distant Signals 082: DJ Papaya

3XL w/ Special Guest DJ 210725

Poisoned by a profound sense of nostalgia, we welcome the long awaited FR's episode curated by akimat (@akiiimatamik0), a Glasgow based artist who creates thematic mixes that float from dank wasteland to natures sublimity, cut with spoken word and samples.

'This mix is a link between raw-heart guitar and glitchy digi sinkhole idm - overhanging malaise from algorithm void and planet heartache'.

Artwork x Isidora Amenábar

FR104 akimat (Glasgow, SCT)

Chrysalis co parents Amylia and DJ papaya invite Yaka to collaborate in a playful and expensive b3b to open a very special renegade edition of everyone's favorite party series.

Chrysalis b3b

Transmissions from the Outer Rim/Inner Edge.
“you know the gates themselves are made of flood." 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/3xl/episodes/3xl-18th-august-2025

3XL w/ Stone 180825

The 20th episode of the Recovery Channel Outsiders residency. Celebrating this moment with a contribution by none other than Slowfoam. They've been following her moves for a while and are delighted to share this lush, deep and dreamy mix with you.

This episode feels like traversing through all stages of sleep, from vivid and almost visceral memories of holidays in a rainy tent, walks through gigantic forests and dewy fields in a valley filled with morning mist, to deep transformative loops of thoughts, dark shifting feelings and desires close but out of grasp. All to wake up to soft voices, bird shrieks perhaps on a beach.

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Outsiders: Recovery Channel w/ Slowfoam @ Kiosk Radio 19.08.2025

f071 - DJ Furniture

Living Room n°88 ~ @user-195275547

q. pls introduce yourself…
Hello, we are forest.exe (Sven and Silvan). We run a label that focuses on ambient, avant-garde and experimental music. It is called Jurassic Ambient Records. The name is inspired by the Jura forests in Switzerland, where we live and grew up. We create our own mixes and also release guest mixes as well as music from friends and anyone interested. We started about four years ago. Over time, we gradually moved away from technoid sounds and club culture, and began experimenting and mixing together within the genres of ambient, experimental and drone, where we felt more at home. For us, it is essential to connect music with the wellbeing in nature, which is also the origin of everything.

q. is there a story behind the mix?
This time we created the mix with Ableton in Sven’s home studio, nestled near the Jurassic forest — not, as we usually do, in a rehearsal room with a Pioneer setup. It was a warm and luminous day at the very beginning of summer. Surrounded by nature, we let the atmosphere guide us, working spontaneously and intuitively. Instead of CDJs, we wanted to explore a new approach, giving ourselves more time and space to shape the flow. This allowed us to engage more deeply with each track and to sculpt the transitions with greater precision.
The result is a mix that feels reduced and calming, almost dreamlike, yet still carries a quiet strength. It mirrors the uncertainties and concerns we feel about the world, and the question of how we might navigate through them. We dedicated an entire day to the process, with pauses, a few beers, and long conversations about the value of music and the character we wanted this mix to embody.

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?
Step into the forest, put on your headphones, leave the world behind and sink into natural, calming sounds. You might wander along the paths and lose yourself in the embrace of nature, or sit quietly on a tree stump, listening to the mix while observing the subtle life unfolding around you. This is, in essence, what our name forest.exe is meant to evoke.

q. describe a favourite object in your living room...
Silvan: My favourite object in my living room is a handmade ceramic piece with an organic, natural design. I discovered it in Krakow last year during my visit to the Unsound Festival.
Sven: Hehe… epic indeed. My favorite object in my living room is a triptych of three Japanese woodblock prints. In the first, several farmers brandishing katanas burst forth with fierce cries. In the second, a lone farmer leaps dramatically over a waterfall, sword in hand. And in the third, a bear flees from the oncoming attackers. The imagery is raw and powerful, yet strangely inspiring. I don’t know the artist or when the pieces were created — but stumbling upon them in an antique shop felt like a stroke of fortune, as if they had been waiting there for me.

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
We are both working on new music, though it often takes a lot of time — which can be challenging, since we both work more or less full-time as social workers, and Sven also has children. Still, we meet regularly to create ambient mixes, discuss musical developments, and continue shaping our vision for the label. Through it, we keep releasing new mixes as well as music (EPs) from ourselves and from other artists.
What we love is that this project has been with us for quite some time, and we can move at our own pace — deciding how much energy to put in, or when to slow things down. That way, it never becomes stressful, because we are not chasing success, but rather sharing our musical principles and offering others a fresh listening experience. We are also searching for a spot in the forest where we can record outdoor mixes, letting nature inspire our music even more directly.

Living Room n°88 ~ forest.exe

Where music becomes a gateway to a new world, welcoming you to escape the confines of reality. Daydreaming takes you on a journey through stories and fairytales told by mesmerising sound waves. With no boundaries of genre or style, lovely selected tunes create a tapestry of moods and narratives, inviting you to immerse yourself in a realm where fantasies take real form.

Daydreaming w/ Shorlax @ Kiosk Radio 09.09.2025

Beyond / Below 0, the original attempt. Recorded November 2017.
Image from "Stalker," 1979, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

Kassel Jaeger - Rose Poussière - Editions Mego
Af Ursin - Surface Geo - La Scie Dorée
C - Diphtongues - V I️ S
Robert Turman - The Sky Turned Grey - Actual
Caterina Barbieri - TCCTF - Important Records
Σ - Schleifen B1 - Σ
Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - White Lightening - Beyond
ASC - Surrounded By Silence - Silent Season
April Larson - Gliterring Flakes of a Shredded Cosmos (A Vision of Leto II) - Self-released
Entrancer - IV - Obsolete Future
Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1619110 - AP Musik
Terre Thaemlitz - Trucker - Instinct Ambient
Forest Management - Close - Lillerne Tapes
Andrea Parker & David Morley - Too Strange To Be Good - Touchin’ Bass
Jeff Mills - The Hunted - Axis

0. Hi-Vis

Beyond / Below 1, a starting/jumping-off point. Recorded February 2018.
Photo by Alex Bond

Biosphere - Rotation - Touch
Forest Management - Glimmering Screen - Polar Seas
Darren McClure - Nature Mirror - Glistening Examples
Idea Fire Company - Cycle 19 - Swill Radio
Black Hat - Portrait in Fluorescent Light - Hausu Mountain
William Basinski - A Shadow In Time - 2062
LF58 - Untitled 1 - Auxiliary
Atom Heart - Holon (Slo Motion) - AtomTM Audio Archive
Stars of the Lid - Fucked Up (3_57 AM) - Kranky
nothing natural - scorched - Bandcamp self-released
Joanna Brouk - Fire Breath - Numero
Steve Roach - Infinite Shore - Fathom
Chihei Hatakeyama - You’re still in it - Constellation Tatsu
The 7th Plain - Chords Are Dirty - A-TON
Masashi Hamauzu - Wandering Flame - Square Enix
Aphex Twin - aisatsana [102] - Warp
Ryuichi Sakamoto - ubi - Milan
Robert Haigh - Birds of Cadence - Unseen Worlds

1. Hi-Vis

Beyond / Below 2 by @forestmanagement, reflection of a state of mind. "Recorded in one take, on Lawrence and Kenmore." Received February 2018.
Photo by John Daniel

Support Forest Management on Bandcamp: https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/

Artist can provide song IDs on request.

2. Forest Management

Beyond / Below 3 by Katzenmusik (@baba_o_rly), host of @destination-unknown-radio. "Recorded at my kitchen table in NW Chicago at winter's end, 2018." Received March 2018.
Photo by Kat O'Rly

Tracklist:
James N Murray - Soft (Jacktone)
Broadcast - Echo’s Answer (Warp)
Delia Gonzalez - In Through The Light (DFA)
Charlemagne Palestine - Sliding Fifths (Barooni)
Francis Bebey - Sanza Nocturne (Born Bad)
Kuniyuki Takahashi - Day Dreams (Music From Memory)
Donnacha Costello - Just Sit (Ursa)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - fullmoon (Milan)
Crys Cole & Oren Ambarchi - Call Myself (Black Truffle)
Emily A. Sprague - Your Pond (self-released/Bandcamp)
Lea Bertucci - At Dawn (NNA Tapes)
Cinchel - Movement Without Aging (Patient Sounds)
CV & JAB - Fingers of Thought (Shelter Press)
Félicia Atkinson - I’m Following You (Shelter Press)
Studio OST - Eventide (Beatless) (Lustwerk Music)
Pauline Oliveros & Andrew Deutsch - Summer Bugs (Deep Listening)
Clark - Elaine/Gabriel Theme (Warp)
Sandy Denny - It Suits Me Well (Island)

3. Katzenmusik

Beyond / Below 4 by Mukqs (1/2 of @hausu-mountain). "formulated for ultimate zone." Received March 2018.
Image from "Legend of Mana," 1999, PS1; supplied by the mixer

Support Mukqs on Bandcamp: https://mukqs.bandcamp.com/

Magome Togoshi - Fantasy (Clannad OST)
Lockbox - Tales of Destiny's Shore (Demonoid)
Foodman - Awa Buro (COULDWORK)
Pulse Emitter - Teal Forest Droplets (Through The Portal)
Cluster - Zum Wohl (Sowiesoso)
H Takahashi - Pipeline (Body Trip)
Euglossine - Phenomenological Manifold (Sharp Time)
Yasunori Mitsuda - Jellyfish Sea (Chrono Cross OST)
FIN - In Silver (Ice Pix)
Hitoshi Sakimoto - Remembrance (Vagrant Story OST)
Miki Higashino - Reminiscence (Ensemble) / Reminiscence (Suikoden II OST)
Ryoma Maeda - Days in September (Rhapsody of My Life)
Sami Kukka - Sisältäni Varjon Löysin (Menen Veteen)
Mdou Moctar - Tahoultine (Afelan)
Tujiko Noriko - Machi No Kakera (Shojo Toshi)
Infinite Body - Drive Dreams Away (Carve Out The Face of My God)
Anthony Coleman - Yechida (Bar Kokhba)
Bennie Maupin - Past is Past (The Jewel in the Lotus)
Ai Aso - Land (Lone)
Yuki Hayashi - Album (Ao Haru Ride OST)
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Takako Minekawa - Kaze No Tani No Nausicaa (Strange Songbook)
Milton Nascimento - A Ultima Sessao de Música (Milagre Dos Peixes)

4. Mukqs

Listening is a spiritual path. The more you listen, the more you learn.
--Pauline Oliveros

Operated from Chicago by @hi-vis-dj

Profile image by Frank Upson

Contact: tenthocean@gmail.com

3. Katzenmusik

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