Surreal and psychedelic ambient music for a deep listening experience. 

New tracks every week. 

https://www.chitrarecords.com

Surreal Ambient

A curated selection of immersive lo-fi ambient from the American producer known for his gentle, noisy, textural soundscapes.

01. Yosuke Kakegawa - Anima (Casual Now) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/casual-now
02. Blanket Swimming & Demetrio Cecchitelli - Wandering Streets (Sein) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sein
03. KapTep & Sebby Kowal - 404 Error Page Not Found (Switch) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/switch
04. First Snow of the Year - Hibernation (Hibernation) https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/hibernation
05. Blochemy - Kerca (Avey) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/avey
06. Thme - Mirage (Anti Atlas) https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/anti-atlas
07. Tides - From Dust (Where Her Flowers Still Bloom) https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/where-her-flowers-still-bloom
08. Dionisaf - Wabi (Shibui) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/shibui
09. Jogging House - Comcorder (Rendezvous) https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/album/rendezvous
10. Brannan Lane - Northern Lights (Part 1) (Northern Lights) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/northern-lights
11. E J R M & Unusual Cosmic Process - Is This a Mirage or Are We There (Incandescence) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/incandescence

Mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

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Chitra Podcast #18 Noise Ambient Mix by KapTep

This is a recording of what we believe is a culverted stream below Fallenbrunnen in Friedrichshafen. We noticed this almost as soon as we arrived there, the night before we played at VOD-Festival (19 July 2025), right across the street from Kulturhaus Caserne, the festival venue. The recording was incorporated into the live show, a hidden sound from somewhere almost beneath our feet as we played.

If you know more about the history of this, particularly the name of the stream if it has one, let us know.

Fallenbrunnen

Release date: 29/08/25

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

180g vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Wolfgang Voigt makes a return to Astral Industries, seeing the continuation of his long-running Rückverzauberung (Reverse Enchantment) series. In line with previous volumes, one may expect the unconventional, idiosyncratic sound Voigt is reputed for. ‘Im Tunnel’ however, takes a more concentrated viewpoint - a metaphysical transmutation that brings with it an experience of mind-melting drones and swelling intensity.

Entering the tunnel is like opening a portal, but as the fabric of time-space begins to collapse on itself, it feels more like a rude awakening. Pulsing undulations rise and fall like the turbines of a spacecraft, marked by dissonant chords and a simmering cloud of complex and ever-shifting textures. Pushing thresholds and expectations, the unearthly nature of the tunnel over time disintegrates any proposed state of completion.

A treacherous voyage, and possibly bewildering for some, the work is both unrelenting and uncompromising. Should one decide to step into the tunnel, be sure to take all necessary precautions and procedures.

Side B

Side A

Immersive ocean ambient mix from Chitra Records and Ambient Cat Records by Dionisaf.

0:00 Dionisaf - Distant Shores (Participation Mystique) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/album/participation-mystique
3:43 Sebby Kowal - Namba Parks (We Are One) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-one
7:02 Metric System 1981 - Earthrise (A Quiet Place) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/a-quiet-place
9:15 Paul Beaudoin - Fourth Secret (A Small Box of Secrets) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-small-box-of-secrets
15:00 Piscean Daydreams - Neptune's Embrace (Unidentified Ambient Phenomena, Vol. 1) https://pisceandaydreams.bandcamp.com/album/unidentified-ambient-phenomena-vol-1
19:26 Dionisaf - La Jolla (Dreamland) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/dreamland
22:49 Christian Alsemgeest - Scene I: Tides (Scenes) https://christianalsemgeest.bandcamp.com/album/scenes
26:40 zYklen - 5:15 pm - Meadow Reach (Palace of Chords) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-chords
30:52 Dionisaf & Le Code - Underwater Cities (Ocean Punk) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ocean-punk
34:36 Soloi Sounds - Distant View (Frames) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/frames
37:44 Winter Silhouette - Time Is Now (Unity Drift) https://wintersilhouette.bandcamp.com/album/unity-drift
39:06 Dionisaf - Ocean (Lost Rarities) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lost-rarities
46:39 Piscean Daydreams - Transemedium (Unidentified Ambient Phenomena, Vol. 1) https://pisceandaydreams.bandcamp.com/album/unidentified-ambient-phenomena-vol-1
50:47 Alessandro Barbanera - House in the Wind (Noises of Nature) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/noises-of-nature
55:00 Dionisaf & Le Code - The Last Land (Ocean Punk) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ocean-punk
58:17 Christian Alsemgeest - Scene I: Tides [Philippe Deschamps Remix] (Ambient Cat Remixes, Vol. 1) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-cat-remixes-vol-1
1:01:15 Ashot Danielyan - Beyond Northwind (Source) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/source
1:05:36 Dellasollounge - The Meaning of Life (Voyager) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/voyager
1:07:00 Dionisaf - October (Twelve Months) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-months
1:11:30 Christian Alsemgeest & Winter Silhouette - Sleeping Under the Stars (Beneath the Surface) https://christianalsemgeest.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-surface
1:14:00 Soloi Sounds - New Waves (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/currents
1:16:22 Diogene - Diving Again in the Dark Sea (The Ocean in Our Minds) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/the-ocean-in-our-minds
1:19:55 Dionisaf - Ethereal Projector (Clusters) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/clusters
1:24:00 Arrival In Eden - The Dream You Never Had (Field of Memories) https://arrivalineden.bandcamp.com/album/field-of-memories
1:27:30 NK x [Ųvás Gøød It] & Evgeniy Bolily - Atämta (Divya Music) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/divya-music
1:35:52 Dionisaf - Cephea Cephea (Deep Ocean Creatures) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/album/deep-ocean-creatures
1:40:27 Soloi Sounds - Warmth (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/currents
1:42:42 Diogene - Strange Beach (The Ocean in Our Minds) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/the-ocean-in-our-minds 
1:46:23 Dionisaf - March (Twelve Months) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-months
1:51:20 Christian Alsemgeest - Eternity (Beneath the Surface) https://christianalsemgeest.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-surface
1:55:08 Soloi Sounds - Port (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/currents
1:57:00 Dionisaf - Distant Shores [Brannan Lane Remix] (Participation Mystique) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/album/participation-mystique


Ethereal Projector #2 Oceanology

Ethereal Projector #2 Oceanology by Dionisaf | Immersive Ocean Ambient Mix

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

Gentle textural soundscapes trace the quiet shift in season, evoking warmth, stillness, and the beauty of impermanence. A sonic reflection on the passage of time, memory, and the subtle charm of change.

Christoph Vogel (Ghostloop) about his album: “It’s a collection of nine ambient pieces — soundscapes shaped by personal moments and quiet shifts I experienced over the past year, many of them spent in nature.

I worked with field recordings I captured during that time, letting them carry traces of place and memory. While writing, I also began building my Eurorack modular system, slowly integrating its sounds into the tracks as they took shape.

'Almost Autumn' reflects a quiet cycle of the year — the slow transitions, inner stillness, and changing atmosphere that come with time passing”.

Christoph Vogel, known as Ghostloop (Germany), weaves immersive soundscapes shaped by the serene rhythms of nature. Drawing from the ambient textures of field recordings and grounding them with deep, fluid basslines, his compositions echo the quiet moods of Northern Germany and the Baltic Sea coast. Rooted in a deep sense of place, Ghostloop’s music invites listeners to pause, drift, and sink into gentle, emotive layers of sound.

Produced and mixed by Christoph Vogel (Ghostloop)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Almost Autumn

Drift, aka Alessandro Ferrario, defines his style as “Slow-motion electroacoustic sound paintings”, this definition comes from the tempo he uses, 40 BPM with 4/4 time signature, the main instrument he uses, an upright piano, and the layers crafted using the instruments you can find in orchestra, cello, viola, violin and double bass most of the times. He then elaborates all the patterns, adding modern era VSTs to create layers, like a painter does with paint.

In “Fragments of a Distant Now”, the artist explored time and memories, unfolding slow rhythms and digital manipulation to create textured atmospheres, which, like memories, can convey either relaxation or tension. Using delays, echoes, reverbs, and distortions, he crafts a sense of glitch in sound that mirrors the imperfections of fading memories.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Alessandro Ferrario (Drift)
Cover artwork by Alessandro Ferrario
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Fragments of a Distant Now

Derek Carter (KapTep) about this release:

Ambient music seems to be fascinated by nature, oceans and the sky. For this KapTep release I wanted to explore the sky and more importantly all we can’t see, the millions of signals and mysteries that it hides.

I wanted to leave room for the songs to breathe and allow plenty of open spaces within them. At times these compositions may seem empty, that is by design. Although the current environment is to pick a track or two add them to your playlist.

I hope you will spend 49 minutes and listen to this as a body of work, as it was recorded to be listened to in one continuous sitting. In addition to the 6 original tracks there are two wonderful remixes added by Arrival In Eden, and Sacred Seeds.

Numbers Station – I’ve always been fascinated with them. The mystery and intrigue.

Naming the Sky – Melancholy drifting and not a care in the world.

LA Scanner – I simply love the voyeur nature of a cheap scanner.

Cold Luck Moon – Blurred images, sounds and emotions. Plus, three words that don’t mean anything together as a title.

I Need Light – In a world of conflict, doom scrolling and fear… I need light. In fact, I think we all do.

One Hundred Miles Until Sunrise – Have you ever driven somewhere and not remembered a second of it? Totally sober, auto-pilot. This is your soundtrack.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Naming the Sky

Naming the Sky (Arrival In Eden Remix)

“Paraná Pyhare” means “Great River at Night” . This ambient piece is inspired by the mysterious and vast atmosphere of the Amazon after dark — flowing water, nocturnal voices, and the deep pulse of the rainforest. Recorded dawless, later mastered in Ableton.

Paraná Pyhare

Ambient minimalism is gaining momentum. Some would argue that evoking atmosphere is harder than sequencing beats, and Fragments of Silence is proof. Laden with lush textures and ambient leanings, the album invites deep listening.

This 8-track LP marks the debut collaboration between Synthbiont, Anassimandrus, and Sacred Seeds: three artists with distinct sensibilities, united by a shared affinity for ambient, experimental, and dub techno sounds. Their convergence sets the tone for a singular, immersive experience.

Fragments of Silence is not background music. It’s a serious body of work that commands attention. It’s an hour-long descent into a vacuum chamber. An environment that evolves, coils, shifts, and builds toward dissonance and stillness.

Each track is grounded in a strong atmospheric character, unfolding with deliberate progression. The album leans heavily into experimental minimalism, imagine dark tunnels, ominous energy fields, and brooding landscapes.

Fragments of Silence is one of those albums that explores the intersection of distinct creative temperaments, marked by structure, mood, and experimentation. The result is an album that flows with intention and feeling, creating a space that listeners can fully sink into.

Description by SreeLakshmy 

Sacred Seeds is an ambient electronic music project by Wasim, founded in 2014 in Calicut, Kerala (India). Blending synthesis, field recordings, and experimental sound design, Sacred Seeds’ music explores the interplay between organic and electronic textures.

Sacred Seeds has performed at renowned festivals such as Magnetic Fields, Hilltop Festival, and Bloom in Green, sharing the stage with influential artists like Gaudi, OTT, Suduaya, and Symbolico, and many more.

Synthbiont & Anassimandrus is the ambient/experimental/dub techno project born at the end of 2018 by the collaboration between Nicolò Faggiani and Tommaso Gobbo. Their musical background comes from different musical experiences as DJs, vinyl collectors, and founders of EMC series. Their performances and music are composed through the elaboration of different digital and analog sources, processed field recordings, and sampling to create unique soundscapes.

Produced and mixed by Nicolò Faggiani and Tommaso Gobbo (Synthbiont & Anassimandrus) (1,2,5,6) and Wasim Raja (Sacred Seeds) (3,4,7,8)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Krishnan (Kiss in Silence, Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400, Nikon F100 / 2019, Karnataka)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Fragments of Silence

Warmth in Silence (Synthbiont & Anassimandrus Rework)

Nel Silenzio

Warmth in Silence

Undying Love

Unseen lane toward the deferral breath
Fog unspools, hums like it knows me
Straining to perceive what I have encoded
And they leave anyway
Countless doors to exit

Tracing the edges of each shade
Arise from the entrails of circuitry vain
Withhold in a corridor - ornaments of the dim ache

Patina Lush is an electronic composer from Austin, Texas, rooted in tactile emotion. His music is vivid and hallucinatory — shaped by layered textures, shifting patterns, and a pulse that bends between clarity and dream.

'Mist Unseen' is a sonata of phantoms: somatic grace drifting through vapor. The pieces move like shifting fog — elusive, dissolving, yet leaving traces that return unexpectedly, almost as if hummed back from memory. It unfolds in tension — between what is traced and what has not yet taken form — a work that moves like memory, half-revealed and ever-becoming.

Mist Unseen

Patina Lush - Mist Unseen

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.

Warmth in Silence

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