Rafael Diogo about 'Where Shadows Sleep':

'Where Shadows Sleep' is a meditative sonic diary, born from my recent journeys across South America and the Middle East & North Africa. It weaves together the contrasts I witnessed — between cultures, faiths, and the presence and absence of the divine. It reflects on what humanity celebrates and laments, offering a space for both solace and reflection.

In the Amazon, the earth hummed in delicate whispers, lush and endless. I captured its heartbeat, learning to embrace medicinal plants, cradled in the quiet power of nature’s embrace. These sacred moments of peace stand in stark contrast to my time in the Middle East & North Africa, where desolation echoes and resilience blooms in the shadow of struggle. These two worlds became sonic prayers, woven mantras of hope-seeking balance in their wake.

Each track began as a field recording, a raw imprint of place and time. Slowly, these elemental sounds transformed, enriched by layers of tape loops, healing instruments, and synths. Together, they form a spiritual vessel — an album that soothes the soul, invites deep introspection, and gently awakens an awareness of the world’s fragility and strength.

Rafael Diogo, known as Deep Dive Sound, is a Portuguese field recordist and ambient composer based in London. He draws inspiration from the stories of diverse cultures, objects, and places, transforming them into soundscapes that resonate with immediacy and depth. His work captures a delicate nostalgia, reconnecting us to the sensory essence of time and memory.

Guided by a passion for travel, Rafael explores remote corners of the world, capturing field recordings that weave a rich tapestry of shifting memories. His compositions reflect a deep connection to ecology, illuminating the fragility of nature while embracing its wonder. Through his music, he creates intimate soundscapes that preserve fleeting moments and forgotten places, inviting listeners to rediscover what might otherwise fade into silence.

Recording Locations: Amazon Rainforest – Peru, Colombia / Middle East – Palestine, Egypt
Produced and mixed by Rafael Diogo (Deep Dive Sound)
Icaros (medicine song) by Ronin Mea (track 2)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Rafael Diogo with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

www.chitrarecords.com

Where Shadows Sleep

Fragments Of Palestine

Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

Following the recent release of his beautiful piano-based album 'Tvåhundra ord för ensamhet' - https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/tv-hundra-ord-f-r-ensamhet - Dag Rosenqvist has put together a rather unusual mix for Dronarivm, featuring his favorite piano-driven tracks across various genres, ranging from classical and jazz to trip-hop and indie rock.

It also makes a fitting soundtrack for reading the interview with Dag, in which he explores the unique process behind the creation of the album and shares the sources of his inspiration: https://dronarivm.com/2025/04/25/interview-with-dag-rosenqvist/

Tracklist:
00:00. 90 Day Men - Even Time Ghosts Can't Stop Wagner (from 'Panda Park', Southern Records)
06:21. Tricky - Piano (from 'Pre-Millennium Tension', 4th & Broadway / Island Records)
10:33. Bobo Stenson Trio - Ermutigung (from 'Indicum', ECM Records)
15:29. A Silver Mt. Zion - Broken Chords Can Sing A Little (from 'He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms…', Constellation)
23:28. Midaircondo - Serenade (from 'Shopping For Images', Type)
28:14. Frankie Sparo - Hospitalville (from 'Welcome Crummy Mystics', Constellation)
32:17. PJ Harvey - Dear Darkness (from 'White Chalk - Demos', Island Records / UMC)
35:13. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra (from 'Jazz På Svenska', Megafon)
39:40. Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (from 'Spiegel Im Spiegel', Brilliant Classics)
49:57. UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (from 'Rabbit In Your Headlights', Mo Wax)
55:54. Clint Mansell - Together We Will Live Forever (from 'The Fountain OST', Nonesuch)

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Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist

Welcome to Ambient Daily, the podcast dedicated to ambient music!
Discover the latest ambient releases, from new-age to pure ambient music.

00:00:00 - Alaskan Tapes - Random Sequence 
00:03:28 - Hilyard - Iridescent Path 
00:08:06 - Phillip Wilkerson - The Edge of Being 
00:17:34 - Pulse Mandala - Theory of Mind 
00:20:49 - Stellardrone - Tranquility 
00:25:22 - Abstract Aprils - If You Say 
00:28:21 - Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea - Lontana 
00:31:50 - Matt Borghi - Dream Journal 
00:39:56 - AstroPilot - Fading Sun, Endless Blue 
00:43:16 - Emerald Ancients - Forlay 
00:45:23 - HLow, Patros15 - Sacred depths 
00:48:19 - Deep Echo - Breeze 
00:51:11 - Horizon Lines - Traces 
00:53:44 - Matt Tondut - Distant Stars 
00:56:50 - Hilyard - Mercy Within


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Ambient Daily - Episode 34 - Sudden Light


Morgen Wurde & Tis feat. Georges-Emmanuel Schneider & Maria Estrella - Erschaute
From
Morgen Wurde & Tis feat. Tetsuroh Konishi "Erwuchs" Album
Form@ Records Tokyo -
https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com
FRMT024CD/SA

The album
"Erwuchs" is the next chapter of Morgen Wurde and Tis bridging the organic and the electronic,
the physical and the metaphysical: Music that brings the sonic sensation of transformed acoustic
instruments to deep dance music. It builds on transformed sound that has its origin in real
resonating bodies of classical instruments

The artists
Morgen Wurde's ethereal soundscapes channel the elemental grandeur of nature,seen with a
dark romanticism, a sense of existential wonder. With a deep emotional undercurrent his
compositions evoke the majestic and awe-inspiring as well as the ominous and the threatening
sides of the natural forces, reflecting the existential enigma of human experience

@morgenwurde
https://linktr.ee/morgenwurde

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Premiere : Morgen Wurde & Tis feat. Georges-Emmanuel Schneider & Maria Estrella - Erschaute

Premiere : Saša Delimar - New subject [Fragments]

Artist: Saša Delimar 
Track: New subject 
Album: Stepping Into
Label: Fragments
Cat. No.: FRA 067
Artwork: look.what.i.create
Format: Digital 
Genre: Exprimental, techno, minimal
Release date: 28/06/2025
Released by Fragments, Berlin

Buy it here:
https://infinityhr.bandcamp.com/

Artist name: Saša Delimar
@inf001
https://www.instagram.com/sasa_delimar_infinity/
https://www.youtube.com/@sasadelimar

Label name: Fragments
https://infinityhr.bandcamp.com/

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Premiere : Saša Delimar - New subject [Fragments]

For our 99th edition, we’re honoured to host Belgian producer Owl, whose meditative mix feels like a balm for overstimulated minds. Known for his collaborations as Glÿph (with Clearlight) and OZOH, Owl has been crafting deep sonic journeys since 2013 - seamlessly blending ambient, autonomic, and deep techno into a sound that’s as introspective as it is expansive.

With releases on some of our favorite labels like Silent Season, re:st, Lowless, and Huinali, Owl is a master of subtle textures and emotions. His mix for Unrush gently guides you through beautiful soundscapes and soothing atmospheres - the perfect companion to unwind, reset, and breathe a little deeper. It might just become your best friend in stressful times.

We’re taking a short summer break and will return in September with our 100th mix. Until then, let Owl’s sound world carry you through the quieter moments... 

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

OWL on the web:
Bandcamp: https://owlfromdeepspace.bandcamp.com/
Silent Season release: https://silentseason.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-horizon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pete_owl
RA: https://ra.co/dj/owl-be

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


099 - Unrushed by OWL

Not available on Spotify or similar rip-off platforms. Only on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. Hopefully on vinyl one day. 

Now on Bandcamp for €3 or 'pay what you like' digital download:
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-body-of-earth

Recorded on a farm in Rotterdam (Kralingseweg 393). Released on limited cassette in 1987 (100, sold out). Solo recordings by Hanyo van Oosterom (Chi Factory, Son Of Chi) on 4-track cassette (Tascam 234 Syncaset). Originally recorded as sketches for a new CHI album.

All instruments by Hanyo van Oosterom: Roland Juno 60, Ensoniq Mirage sampler, Roland SVC-350 vocoder, damped piano, bells, bass, guitar, bamboo flutes, percussion, field recordings. 

Original final mix by Jurgen Brouwer. Remastered and remixed by Hanyo van Oosterom in 2025. All rights reserved. 

Inspired by the novel 'By The Body Of The Earth' by Satprem. A book of the voyage of the soul, which others call reincarnation, a perpetual story which unfolds itself in three cycles or three lives, three islands which are situated in "this land here or any other", apparently in India, Egypt and the frozen lakes of Norway. 

The main charcter - Nil - always in quest of "something else". A new state upon earth for man, free from mechanism and the laws of the mind, who had cast away all for this, given up the world for that of a mendicant Sannyasin. 

After a long and sometimes hard journey he finally discovers a vaster, cosmic consciousness and new perceptions, but finally he realises that he had perhaps gained the freedom of the heights, but lost the earth. 

Find out more: 
chifactory.bandcamp.com 
www.instagram.com/hanyo_sonofchi 

Satprem 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satprem

Artwork: collage by Hanyo van Oosterom, sampled from photos on pexels by: 
征宇 郑, Ahmedadly, Lucastranimages, Mati, Mingche-lee, Shkrabaanthony, Mikhailnilov and Manhpham. 
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Music From The Body Of Earth

Download here: https://martinjarl.bandcamp.com/track/silent-storms-the-other-mix

Silent Storms (The other mix) *Free Download link*

Soundtracks on the verge of a nervous breakdown... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/from-the-depths/episodes/from-the-depths-4th-august-2025

From The Depths w/ Drakeford: A Pedro Almodóvar Special 040825

Hyped to announce a brand new collaboration between Antoni Maiovvia & Hyetal on Insult to Injury Records - an alchemy that blurs the boundaries between dystopian EBM, raw electro and the UK’s lineage of bass driven music, their creative collision has crystallised into Votives. Check out first single POSSESSOR here! xx

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Possessor

Votives - Possessor [ITI26S1]

Track from Bandcamp Release EP "Imagine":
https://deemkeyne.bandcamp.com/album/imagine
17-08-2025

Why Love Is Stronger

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.

Fragments Of Palestine

Chitra Records