This contribution is a very special one, as it marks a new chapter in The Observatory’s sound… 

We will always be a home for ambient and experimental sounds. But, moving forward, we will also be exploring our love for dance music, with a particular focus on the deep end.

To begin this new journey and warm things up, we are so happy to welcome back Timnah, who gifts us with a two-hour recording of her set at Omen Wapta, ADE’24. A mind-bending traversal through ambient, drone, and halftime experiments, exploring the liminal spaces between the listening room and the dance floor.
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Timnah lives, works and feeds the cats in the Northwestern extremities of Switzerland. Brought up in her parents’ jazz clubs and deeply influenced by her brother’s love for dub and soundsystem culture, she started DJing just after the massively feared Millenium Bug had threatened to offset our relation to time and space. Dedicated to drawing her own map of late 20th century sonic landscapes, she spent the early 2000s exploring 90s electronics including breakbeat, triphop, ambient techno, drum&bass, house and jungle. After a short but sweet excursion into producing in the early 2010s, Timnah dedicated herself fully to spinning the wheels and transversing genres, gravitating towards her current signature sound that spans immersive sound baths and intergalactic carpet rides in half-time. Timnah is a member of Amenthia Recordings and a recent addition to the A Walking Contradiction Collective.
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Artist Support:

https://soundcloud.com/timnah-sommerfeldt
https://ra.co/dj/timnahsommerfeldt
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia

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

The Observatory - Timnah @ Omen Wapta, ADE, 2024

On April 22nd, Mostra took over Espacio Perpendicular for a few hours.

Mostra is an independent, small-scale festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music that was born four years ago to nurture the Barcelona scene. Mostra is local, inclusive, and sustainable. An independent festival made in Barcelona for Barcelonans, but with international vision and reach.

The event, which took place during the day, featured performances by Mattikk, Emilia Grima, Pillen, Doozer, Haara, and F-on.

Mattikk @ ExtraMostra x Espacio Perpendicular

"Suddenly things are strange and dreamlike."
Live drone ambient techno set from Japanese artist Menou @makiko-iwaki

Cipher Podcast 013 - Menou [live]

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

DJ set recorded live at Garage Noord, Amsterdam, 03-05-2025

Tracklist: 
1	Signal – Synkro	(Information EP)
2	Shadow – Sciama	(Collapse of Order)
3	Sarkanda – Space Drum Meditation (SDMLP01 "Four Tusks")
4	Chuwangk Kyuh Hay (thrd mpct) – Paradont (Disk)	
5	Unbound Force – AINT.S	(Inner Temple)
6	Sigillo – Pianeti Sintetici & Simon Oak	(Amazzone)	
7	Firefly Guarantees Bliss _ Konsudd featuring Konduku, Aa Sudd (Mantis 15)	
8	Lenti Sistemi – Atoloi	(Eunoia DR011)	
9	Patent – Conna Haraway	(Spatial Fix)
10	FEAST – Brendon Moeller	(Blue Moon)
11	Sacred Unit – AINT.S (Inner Temple)
12	Reign (Konduku Remix) – Space Drum Meditation (SDM004 Remixes)
13	Emergent Forms – Sciama	(Collapse of Order)
14	Bird Call – AINT.S (A Wise Habitat)
15	Charon – Sciama	(Collapse of Order)
16	D-S-D – Sileni	(OPPOP21: Gifts From The Grid EP)
17	Heilen _ Konsudd (Heilen)	
18	The Calling _ AINT.S (A Wise Habitat)	
19	Station To Station _ Omni Trio & Deep Blue (GLR 061)	
20	Lifecycle _ Black Rain	(SCALE001LP)	
21	Unknown Dub – Unknown Artist
22	Unknown Dub – Unknown Artist
23	OKO (52.529686 13.401803 1996.1215) – Felix K (0000 030) --> https://hardwax.com/85236/felix-k/berlin/
24	FORM (52.523525 13.391171 2001.0123) – Felix K (0000 030) --> https://hardwax.com/85236/felix-k/berlin/
25	IF (52.539778 13.410567 2001.0616) – Felix K (0000 030) --> https://hardwax.com/85236/felix-k/berlin/
26	Unknown Dub - Unknown Artist

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Continuum: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees.

As we keep navigating the musical constellation of The Continuum, we finally get to explore the sounds of an artist that we love and respect. Whether through co-founding Delayed or his “Sundays are for…” series… you should already know who we are talking about. We welcome Hue to our channel! 

Zach is a fellow music lover or maybe should I say obsessed. One of those that would and does cross the ocean to join events and discover new sounds. We met at Parallel last year, and I finally got to see him play (twice) last month. “Sundays are for…” is a true classic when it comes to ambient and soothing sounds, and many of you might have thought that this is what Hue is about… but let me tell you something, Fridays are for Hue too! 

The magic happened during the HOC x Delayed event at Laut last month. Hue on the closing slot, and the rest is history. We couldn’t be happier to host this recording, a masterclass from Hue on high energy selection, with an eclectic and diverse set. Walking the line between brainy and cheeky fun. One that left us with a smile in our face (and wishing the event went on for a couple hours more). 

Tune in for a slice of what the Delayed crew brought to Barcelona on that night, with Hue in complete control!

Artwork by Tony Fibla.

The Continuum: Hue

There’s something profoundly healing in the music of French duo Javier Salazar, whose output embodies the true medicinal power of sound. 

This mix takes our mind’s eye into the sunshine - grass between our toes, spliff in hand - as we get intimate with the scoops, wrapped in a warm, enveloping blanket of sound.

We hope this beautiful contribution brings you an hour of peace, just as it has for us many times over the past month. Thanks, Leo & Simon <3
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https://soundcloud.com/javrsalazar
https://soundcloud.com/klapenunsen
https://www.klapenunsen.com/
https://klapenunsen.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/javrsalazar/
https://www.instagram.com/klapenunsen/

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

The Observatory - Javier Salazar

Jaime Romero AKA Estrato Aurora, has been working for more than two decades
with synthesisers, drum machines and sound design.
https://soundcloud.com/lovebas
https://www.instagram.com/estrato_aurora/

For this podcast called "Collaborations" Estrato does a selection of
unedited material that will be published soon in various labels.
They're tracks that he has worked with:
David Ortolà @d_o_ppelgaenger
Salva Coromina @absis_music
Irina Kotik @kotikplus
Gilles Wasserman @gilleswasserman
David Garcia  @david_siarem
Iwamaki @iwakimakiko
Alvaro Peinado @halossound
Julia Con Hache@juliaconh
@pajaro_dune