A set I played for @low-indigo at The Deli (Vancouver) - April 5, 2025
with Tor & Modern Biology, Ritual Purification, Playback Head, Chris Strickler & Michael Red.

Ambient, Etc [Low Indigo - 04-05-25]

Echoes From a Black Transmission drifts in like a signal caught in decay: seven tracks that shift through eroded textures, low-lit atmospheres, and rhythms worn down by time. Each piece feels like a message intercepted mid-collapse, a transmission from the edge of something ending. A sense of change is tangible, like the end of a season or a slow fading of light. It’s music for that moment when something familiar disappears, and a new, stranger atmosphere takes its place.
There’s a tension between precision and entropy throughout the record. Glitches become pulses, synthetic tones stretch into fog, and structures dissolve into residue. Rather than build toward resolution, the tracks remain suspended, looping in their own gravitational field. Sound becomes sediment.

Written and produced by Antoine B.
Mastered by Dekeyden
Artwork & Design by Enrico Caldini

Echoes From a Black Transmission

Tideform

Ocyra - Tideform

~ Deep Breakfast 310 by https://soundcloud.com/pioulard ~

We’re truly honored to welcome the talented American multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer Thomas Meluch, also known by his artistic pseudonym Benoît Pioulard.

"I selected these songs as a small overview of the kinds of things that inspire my instrumental work, and for me the common thread is a particular kind of weird, spacious, tape-saturated analog beauty.  Relating to my upcoming album, Stanza IV (https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza-iv), I specifically included tracks by the six friends who graciously contributed reworks to the release: Markus Guentner, James Devane, MJ Guider, arovane, Clarice Jensen, and Viul.  I feel incredibly lucky to be in the orbit of so many deeply talented people, and am eager for listeners to experience the communal effort that we built together."

Grazie Thomas!

Tracklist:
1. Fluorescent Heights - Canoeing The Deep Rivers - Vendetta In Paradise
2. Sonmi451 - Steady Drop - A Phosphorous Spot
3. Benoit Pioulard - Xaipe [edit] - Stanza IV
4. Terekke - Mix 91 - Plant Age)
5. Arovane - Dere - Drei Formen
6. Clarice Jensen - Sadness - Esthesis 
7. U.e. - Little Window - Hometown Girl
8. Markus Guentner - Halo - Empire 
9. Bibio - Tegid's Court - Phantom Brickworks LP II
10. MJ Guider - FM Secure - Sour Cherry Bell
11. Viul - Tensing - Green Corridor
12. Archivist - Happiness Is An Afterthought - Keeper Of The Library
13. James Devane - Kilter - Searching
14. The Gentleman Losers - Holding Back The Night - Permanently Midnight
15. zakè & Slow Blink - Decayed (No. 4) - Caelum

Picture shot by himself.

Benoît Pioulard
https://linktr.ee/pioulard

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Deep Breakfast 310 ~ Benoît Pioulard

Hailing from sleepy Vermont and now based in the beautiful Hudson Valley, our next guest is a talented synthesist, live performer, and DJ. Together with his Delayed family, he’s also the co-founder of the lovely Never Late record label.

Warmly welcoming Griff Fulton, aka Aspetuck <3

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“To me, this mix is an homage to my experience at Mostra, distilled into a very short amount of time. I wanted to break it up into a few different moments - ambient, downtempo, and drum & bass. The first two are styles I’ve been dabbling in a lot more recently, but drum & bass is very much new territory for me.

Jay and I first got in touch back in September. When we started discussing a mix, the platform was fully ambient, drone, and experimental, and I had some ideas slowly coming together about what my contribution to the series could be. At one point, though, Jay mentioned we could push my mix back to the end of May - one month after Mostra, a festival in Barcelona we were both really excited to attend. I jumped at the chance because I wanted to see how the festival would influence my mix. It was undeniable that it would focus me in a way I wasn’t quite aware of yet.

Around the same time, Jay decided to open up the platform to some deeper dance floor sounds, which gave me the opportunity to create a mix that builds in energy and unravels over time. I wanted to leave some room at the beginning of the mix for the more experimental sides of ambient that The Observatory is most known for. I included a couple of my own live modular jams from the past couple of months, sprinkled amongst some favourites from artists like Andreas Tilliander, Jan Jelinek, and Shifted.

From there, I bring in some slower tempo, hypnotic, “eyes-closed groove” tracks, as I label them in my Rekordbox. Right around halfway, a Loek Frey track with a nice long intro ushers in a drum & bass / halftime section in the 80/160 BPM range, followed by a brief conclusion.

Recorded in one take earlier this month after a very inspiring trip to Barcelona - thank you, Mostra, for the endless inspiration <3”

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https://soundcloud.com/aspetuck
https://aspetuck.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/aspetuckmusic/
https://aspetuck.substack.com/
https://ra.co/dj/aspetuck

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Aspetuck

56번째 꿈 kkum 에피소드는 스페인에서 활동하고 있는 열정적인 음악 애호가이자 음반 수집가인 조안 길라의 2시간 9분 앰비언트-실험음악 디제이 세트와 함께 합니다. 이 세트는 지난 5월 18일 바르셀로나의 리스닝 룸 Casa Montjuïc에서 녹음되었습니다.
조안 길라의 깊고 실험적인 꿈 이야기와 함께 아름다운 6월의 첫 주를 시작합니다. 

Joan Gila
스페인의 잘 알려진 Mostra 페스티벌에서 운영하는 MostRadio의 공동 진행자, HOC 라디오와 레이블 red edge의 큐레이터로 알려져있다. 실험음악과 앰비언트를 다루는 디제이이자 음반 수집가이며, Jordi와 함께 앰비언트 듀오 Binomi로 활동하고 있다.

@joan-gila
@hoc-radio
@red-edge-label
@mostrabcn

The 56th episode of 꿈 kkum features a 2 hour 9 minute ambient/experimental DJ set by Joan Gila. The set was recorded on May 18th at the listening room Casa Montjuïc in Barcelona during the first edition of the Club Aura event.
We celebrate the first week of the beautiful month of June with Joan Gila’s beautiful narratives. Enjoy the deep dream.

A passionate music lover and record collector for over half his life, Joan Gila is the curator of HOC Radio and the label known as red edge with releases by ABSIS and Bastien. Alongside Javi and his friend Jordi, with whom he runs the Binomi project, he co-hosts MostRadio from Mostra Festival.

꿈 kkum 56 - Joan Gila

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-303-abul-mogard

With his latest solo album Quiet Pieces initiating his imprint Soft Echoes, Abul Mogard mixes composers and collaborators that have permeated his discography and inspirations. An impeccable sense of flow and continuity defines these selections, as Mogard says: "I imagined this mix as an atmosphere you could inhabit – a quiet weave of pieces I’m drawn to. It’s a sound collage of old and new music, where tracks meet and overlap gently, carrying you along in a flow while subtly shifting the scenery beneath your feet." From groaning ambience to trilling winds and warm washes of glitching noise comes a frisson of flutes on Stefano Pilia’s ‘CADUX / Plectere’ over an all consuming rumbling bass drone. Mogard highlights vocals in the midsection: the hissing of ‘Anticredos’, Meredith monk’s harmonic conterplay with arrays of pointillist vocal notes, Félicia Atkinson’s spoken word barely rising from its quietude, before brewing a dense buzzing electrical storm of swirling currents and gyres with the final few tracks, the rugged and visceral clockwork of Rafael Anton Irisarri mechanically crumbling as William Basinski’s piano notes eternally intone.

Bleep Mix #303 - Abul Mogard

~ Deep Breakfast 312 by https://soundcloud.com/eonan ~

Spring is almost turning into summer, bringing warmer days and vibrant energy. To celebrate this transition, we are excited to introduce the new Deep Breakfast mix curated by Eònan, all the way from Berlin.

Tracklist:
1. Strië - Unseen Weight
2. Hidden Rivers - Golden Age Of Dereliction
3. Celestial Trails - Spell Machine Manufacturing
4. Holden Federico - Frost (Original Mix)
5. Field Lines Cartographer -  Rhomboid Storm Clouds
6. Louis Sterling - The Mirror
7. Curved Light - III (Topaz)
8. Nest - Kyoto
9. Hidden Rivers - Luminous Net
10. Louis Sterling - No Condemnations (Ft. Ryan Sterling)
11. Strië - Perpetual Journey
12. Hidden Rivers - Sleeper Train
13. Gallery Six - A Plesant Afternoon (Original Mix)
14. Louis Sterling - The Black Gate To Utopia
15. Boris Salchow - Deteriorating
16. Phases Of Gravity - Path-Finder (Original Mix)
17. Jade Tyres - Hellshines

Photo by Liana S

Eònan
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Deep Breakfast 312 ~ Eònan

Hey everyone, I want to share a special mix I’ve put together as a tribute to my dear friend and talented Norwegian musician, Helge Tømmervåg, also known as Mind Over MIDI. Helge passed away on August 14, 2023, and he will always hold a special place in my heart. This mix is a small way to honor his incredible music and the beautiful person he was. Rest in peace, Helge—you’ll be missed but never forgotten.

Tracklist:
Sundown
Midnight 
Tetrode 
The five phases
Wave on wave 
Silence of the sea 
Compactron
Setback
Fragments and features
Mercy
Out of the blue 
Under the weather 
These senses are easily fooled 
Reversion 
Here and now
The rest is silence

https://mindovermidi.bandcamp.com/

Norwegian Midnight (Mind Over MIDI Tribute)

Today’s Pink Moon carries a gentle magic and is a perfect moment to share something truly special. Aligned with the energy of this lunar phase and her recent EP Pink Noise on Unrush, we couldn't imagine a better time to release Banu’s stunning mix for us.

Born in south-east Turkey, Banu is a DJ, producer, and sound artist who uses music as a political tool - a vehicle to express deep emotion and challenge systems of oppression. Her work sits at the intersection of contemporary art and activism, weaving together participation, social design, ecology, and feminist and queer theory into powerful multimedia installations where sound takes center stage.

This mix is a beautiful reflection of Banu’s multifaceted practice. Blending immersive soundscapes, Downtempo, and exceptional sound design, it’s a sonic journey that speaks to both the personal and the political - featuring some of our favorite artists and sounds we hold close. Tune in, slow down, and let yourself be moved...

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/banusound

BANU on the web:
Homepage: https://www.banucicektulu.com/
Bandcamp: https://intergalacticresearchinstituteforsound.bandcamp.com/album/transsoundscapes
Bandcamp: https://unrush.bandcamp.com/album/banu-pink-noise
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banusoundd/

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

Tracklist:
Banu - Flushing through my veins (unreleased)
Jack Swayd - as if (unreleased)
Jack Swayd - Dassler (unreleased)
Jack Swayd - Tafari V2 (unreleased)
Kmru - Oloolua (Physically Sick 3)
Banu & Sir Ray - Embodied Others (unreleased)
Banu - Aural Flesh (unreleased)
Inhmost - Sunrise Meditation (re:st)
Ludwig Berger - Or the Noun of Naïve Particles 
Jo Johnson - Orbit (Mysteries of the Deep)
Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight (RVNG)
Gnawa Music of Marrakesh - Baba L'Rouami (Zehra)
Les Filles de Illighadad - Inssegh Inssegh (Pioneer Works)
Noah Klein - New Friends In The Everythingness (Moon Glyph)
Banu & Sir Ray feat. Muni Hoveka - Past Upon Us  (unreleased)
Pyur - Rose Born
UFOm - Ultraviolet Ray (Moon Glyph)
Nightmares On Wax - Nights Introlude (Warp Records)