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

In The Drift Of Still Waters

Tracklist

01.  Hiroshi Ebina - A White House
02.  First Snow of The Year - Nokori
03.  Olli Aarni - Kuvioita - Sadan puun sisällä
04.  Alexis Delozanne - Shubangi
05.  Anthéne -  Ghost March
06.  Valotihkuu - Threads of Warmth
07.   Glacis - I Thought Of You In Those Moments
08.  Moss Covered Technology - Shoreline Constellations
09.  Observatories -  Snow And Stars Danced Through The Night
10.  Darren McClure - Ice branches

412. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

I Like
To Speak Of Solitude
Written In The Sand

Recorded on April 29, 2025
Artwork by Stéphanie Paulus https://www.instagram.com/steph_paulus

Playlist:
Penelope Trappes - Bandorai
Rival Consoles - I Like
Hidden Orchestra - Wingbeats Source III: Piano and Wings
Keeley Forsyth - Answer
Half Asleep - Mater
Brambles - To Speak Of Solitude
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Water Copy
Non Dolet - When Poplars Get Sick In the Province
Sophie Hutchings - Written In The Sand
Ansis Bētiņš, Artūrs Čukurs - A Boh Adama stvoryv rukama
La Dispute - A
Keeley Forsyth, Matthew Bourne - Talk to Me
Nils Frahm - Canton
Max Richter - They Will Shade Us With Their Wings
Olivia Belli, Chris Worsey - Anemos
Federico Albanese - Willmine
Dialect - Opal
Sam Prekop, John McEntire - A Ghost At Noon

Mélancolie douce XXIX

Format: CD, DL
Pre-order: 13th June 2025
Release date: 20th June 2025

“Of the questions which remain unanswered, one of the most basic bears upon how television viewing influences family relations and the socialisation process within the family.”

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previews. Nebel lang - Family Relations | Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series

A Certain Interupt

Freak Out!: 25th July '25

https://soundcloud.com/artefakt-official : "This recording came together for us imagining being in spaces of sonic isolation - conversing with each other and through this act of exchange, unfolding a dynamic landscape. This emerges as an auditory refuge where we become the waves. As we navigate this appearing structure, we re-anchor ourselves as listeners, embracing the ephemeral and reconciling with strangeness to find solace in deviation.

The mix also draws from a lifelong inspiration that runs as a thread through our own music - the contrasts between natural textures, organic decay and fractal blooming sounds set against the quantization, designed function and electric qualities of the built city and the futures they represent, captured in musical imagination. The mix invites listeners to dwell in this synthesis of spaces, discovering connection within isolation."

Tracklist:
01. Arovane & Hior Chronik - A Day, November 2013
02. Multicast Dynamics - Field of Dreams
03. Jake Muir - Twilight Transmissions
04. 2030 - Key to the Universe
05. Neel - Alchemy 
06. Stenny - Dew 
07. 1991 - High-Tech Love-Life
08. Imaginary Softwoods - Globe IV
09. Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics Remix)
10. BFTT - Enin
11. queniv - Viba
12. Hiver - Inner Motion 
13. Sven Weisemann - Cascading Lights
14. Imprea - In a Landscape
15. Purelink - Stadium Drive
16. The 7th Plain - Chords Are Dirty
17. Marianna Maruyama & Hessel Veldman - Softly, at first

isolatedmix 134 - Artefakt

As we approach our next release in September “Barefoot - Unseen Objects”, we take a look at his set at Punctum in Prague from our trip there earlier this year. A very special night of music!

CVMIX005 - Barefoot - Punctum Prague 16/03/25

Tracklisting:

01.  e-Dancer, Kevin Saunderson, Dantiez, Ava Sofia - Symbolical
02.  Seal & Adamski- Killer (Kieran J Revisit Remix)
03.  BinaryFunction - Terror Form
04.  Censar - Free Spirit (unreleased)
05.  e-Dancer, Kevin Saunderson,Dantiez - Emotions
06.  Hardfloor - Thisishowwedo (Original Mix) 
07.  Censar - Dark Matter (Chris Baumann Remix)
08.  Maceo Plex - You're My Desire feat Mystic Bill
09.  Wildplanet - Moving On
10.  Wildplanet - Synthetic
11.  BinaryFunction - Droid Talk
12.  OCB - Canyon 211 (OCB Remix)
13.  Synth Diller - We Are Rythmn (Original Mix)
14.  CJ Bolland - Fire
15.  TFHats - Siren
16.  The Zenobit3 - NCFM

Symbolic Spirit, Detroit & More

I’ve been experimenting further with re-tuning everything I own into Carnatic scales and using chance operations in my sequencing to control slides, accents and reverb and delay sends.

I used to use maxmsp to retune synths using midi guitar mode and pitch bend on each channel with a snazzy custom patch I built but now oddsound just does it all for me. I think they built weird scales into live itself now but oddsound MTS does it better. I've become slightly obsessed with the bhairavi raga scales, they're dreamy. 

Is anyone else really suffering with live 12? It crashes all the time for me when any project reaches over a few tracks in size...

Pang Remold

There are a few collaborations that work really well. And, when something works well, why not double down? Two years ago [I almost said last November], Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth came together for a full-length release on Spieth's own Affin imprint. This was more than just their initial conversation, which appeared on Kompakt's Pop Ambient's 2022 installment. Overlay was full of lush texture and ambience, which gently tickled the sensitive nerve endings in my ear canal, leaving my brain to decipher the signals into analgesic pleasantries. This year, the duo returns with a follow-up full-length release, delving deeper into atmospheric soundscapes, punctuating them with a dub-inspired heart-pounding beat. Fans of hypnotic, kaleidoscopic, and sonically rich environments will surely want to lose themselves in the caverns of this all-encompassing sound. If you are a fan [as much as I am] of their solo works, you will find that here, together, the multiplier is higher. They're truly at the top of their art here, so let's put on a heavy ADS for a fully submersible voyage. A subwoofer is recommended. 

TRACK PREMIERE : Guentner + Spieth - Chrysalis

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.

In The Drift Of Still Waters

Chitra Records