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sophisticated ambient

Full stream of Nic Ford's "Cyberd," taken from Kāthā V.A on Siamese Twins Records, out September 1.

More: www.orbmag.com/music/

@siamesetwinsrecords
@nic-ford

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Premiere: Nic Ford - Cyberd

Sundays are for… Lilli Zylka
 
This morning we are joined by Berlin based DJ and curator Lilli Zylka. Whether through her Bluets series on Operator Radio, or her contributions to Radio Punctum, her ambient mixes have a distinct feeling and flow that sets them apart. Today is no different, so sit back, take a sip of your coffee or tea and enjoy the textures and sounds...
 
Tracklist:

sandra boss – rest af opponent 2
cucina povera – garturkin keittiöjengi
charlatan prism – vipassanā
pontiac streator – lamp fest
alexandra spence, mp hopkins – tone mouthing
low flung – open plain
ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ, high school blues – aldis x-drive
claire rousay, more eaze – great song
sebastian meissner – kazimierz: empty and ghostly place
soft tissue – feedback
opheliaxz – dripped honey
nikolay kozlov, igor dyachenko – resampl4 slowed
pontiac streator – transier unt
daniel aged – wound
mu tate –
ol – instable edit
flaty – say it
pavel milyakov – metal ambience 2
perila – can we just be real
aaliyah interview excerpt (2001) 
asher tuil – iv
alexandra spence, mp hopkins – piano & flute
cousin – tub6
sandra boss – magnetiske punkter

Lilli Zylka on Soundcloud: @lilli-zylka
Lilli Zylka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lillizylka/

Sundays are for... Lilli Zylka

Experimental sound artist KMRU(@kamarujoseph)is a master of quietness. His music is as much about empty space as it is the delicate field recordings that fill it in. The Kenyan artist has been perfecting this balancing act from his base in Berlin, most notably on 2020 full-length Peel. It's a record of slowly unfolding synth beauty and drawn-out drone mindfulness. Soft focus chords bleed and blend into one another like different shades of watercolour paint and the environmental nature of the sound sources lends it a gorgeously natural atmosphere.
For this week's most meditative mix, KMRU puts together an hour of soothing sound in a painterly fashion. It is unhurried but always going somewhere thanks to a gentle underlapping rhythm, expansive synth arc or little hiss of static. What sounds like distant vocal calls drift in and out of the mix which at times is like a recording from the furthest recess of the cosmos, at others the pleasant ambiance you might hear out of a Berlin window on a sunny afternoon.

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 378 - KMRU

"Points of Light” is the debut album from Sơn FM, consisting of Nic Ford and Attiss Ngo. After being part of the Vinyan cassette, the Vietnam-based duo returns to Siamese Twins Records with the label's first album in 2xLP format. 

The album is an ode to patterns of nature that are repetitive but never quite identical. Playing with the endless possibilities of phase-shifting is at the core of Sơn FM's heavy ambient sound, shaped by their signature live performances across art galleries or surrounded by nature. Weaving dreamy kinetic sound tapestries into morphing texture movements. Analog synthesizers loops slowly decay and unfurl, ranging from melodic elements to droning sequences in a fourth world atmosphere. 

This is music for inward journeys and exploring the interstices between cosmic patterns. Commanding harmonies evolve in soft-focus, phase-shifting soundscapes reminiscent of how sound is perceived underwater, at mountain summits, in the womb, or in altered states. Resembling liminal spaces between places, like dreams that haven't been dreamt yet or forgotten visions at the edge of consciousness, gently corralling its audience towards transcendental points of light.

@nic-ford
@attissngo

https://siamesetwinsrecords.bandcamp.com

Sơn FM - Points Of Light 2x12" (snippets) - ST๐๐๗

Sundays are for… Ocram Orchestra

Sundays in general are a pivotal part of all lives. For many, they announce the end of a period of relaxation, for others the beginning.The former, acts as a grasp of levity and escapism, the other a breakage from the grip of a banal day to day. Today’s mix is quite special as it encompasses the passion, direction, and style of Ocram Orchestra who guides us through an intensely personal interpretation of the above. This mix adds a layer of reflection and introspection not often seen. Today is Sunday, and the morning is for Ocram Orchestra…

Tracklist:

MC Weiwang 味王 feat Ocram Orchestra - song to my friend (unreleased)
Ocram Orchestra – Thunderstorm in Venlo (Huinali Recordings)
Yumi Iwaki - Juniper - Whistling at Night Attracts Snakes (Muzan Editions)
Ocram Orchestra – Isolation (2 weeks of Quarantine mix) Unreleased
Snad – Glimmer (from the forth coming Snad Album)
Vice City – Untitled (unreleased)
Zermög - Sailing Timbiquí River (Huinali Recordings)
Apra – Untitled 1 (unreleased)
Yumi Iwaki - Through the Leaves (Muzan Editions)
Barefoot – Lifeblood (Kizen Records)
Ocram Orchestra – Untitled (Unreleased)
Inhmost - Seven Moves Later (Huinali Recordings)
L’Amour Fou – The Last Call (Smallville Records)

@ocram-orchestra
Ocram Orchestra on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ocram_orchestra/

www.itsdelayed.com
www.instagram.com/_itsdelayed_
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t.me/itsdelayed

Sundays are for... Ocram Orchestra

~ Tracklist ~

Biosphere - Laika 
J.D. Emmanuel - Focusing Within
Jordan Christoff - Different
Dalcassian - Emain
Albrecht La'Brooy - Darby Saddle
The Transcendence Orchestra - Use Of The All
Terekke - Swim V2
Suspended Memories - Saguaro
Earthseed - Peaceful Ambient Beat
Chris Herbert - Untitled Interlude I
Ocram Orchestra - Thunderstorm In Venlo
Roberto Agus - Tr.222
Paige Emery for Ignota x Various Artists - Instructions for Self-Hypnosis
perila - everyday hope
Echospace - Reflection II
Earthen Sea - Outcropping
Neel & Filippo Scorcucchi Present LF58 - Untitled
Jonathan Fitoussi & Clemens Hourrière - Altitude
LCD - Jupiter And Beyond Infinity
Scanner - Dimension
Production Unit Xero - Reiatsu
Volte-Face - No Flags Wave Me Home
Andrés Saenz de Sicilia - Side B
Sean Washburn - Tran-World India
Inhmost - East Sea 동해
Urban Dwellers - Loverman (Satoshi Tomiie Ambient Mix)
HLLW - Intro
Chris Zippel Aka Genuine - Time At Stantor
Coil - The Snow Man
Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova - halo
Artefakt & Claudio PRC - Distant Light
Nueen - Once You Have It
Jonathan Fitoussi & Clemens Hourrière - Valse
Almanacs - Serenidad en el huerto (pt1)
Ibukun Sunday - Until We Speak Again
Danny Paul Grody - Mineral Springs
Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis - Näcken
Doof - Grantchester Meadows Remembered (Wabi Mix)
Channelers - Strange and Familiar
Other Joe - Interior Music 008
The Starseeds - Regina From the Future
Bedroom - Antartica
Pelican Daughters - The Bicycle Ride
Runes Order - Metamorphosi
Daniel Pemberton - 3:51 - Hello?

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Today I am happy to share the latest edition of Deep Mind Music. This one is a live recording of the set I played on the 8th of May at Sonic Garden, sat on a very comfy sofa in the tree-covered terrace of IKLECTIK in South London 🌱

Many thanks to @avsluta & Christian Duka (@dvka) of Amoenus for the invite, it was a joy to play an extended set to such an engaged audience of listeners. The Amoenus sound system at IKLECTIK also has to be the most beautiful system I’ve ever played ambient music through, everything sounded so crisp and warm.

This set features a lot of the ambient and experimental music I’ve been enjoying lately, with an extended expedition into the ~dronezone~ (🖤)

There are some special tracks in here I treasure very dearly, and I’m happy they found a home in this mix. Whilst selecting these tracks, I was reflecting on the energies of spring, that shifting feeling of shedding off the last of winter’s introspection, whilst reaching forward into summer’s vibrant energy. I hope the mix provides a dreamy and expansive landscape for drifting away 🦋🍃🌤

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Deep Mind Music

Sybil ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.20

https://www.nts.live/shows/youarelisteningto/episodes/youarelisteningto-4th-june-2022

youarelistening.to - New Orleans Shipping Traffic 040622

Ambient live recording from Shoal and Vand as Voal. Performed for a seated ambient listening session at EKKO, Utrecht in February 2022.

@shoall @vandmusic

ISOTOOP BC 019 — Voal

Here’s my half of the guest mix I recorded for Dance____98 and Akimat’s Still On Hold show on Refuge Worldwide in Berlin. The theme of this episode was “Waiting for the Ghost.”

You can listen to the full show, which includes a lot of great chat and ghost stories, here.

https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/still-on-hold-akimat-and-dance____98-and-theory-therapy-11-jan-2023

@akiiimatamik0
@claire-robyn
@refugeworldwide

Waiting for the Ghost - Theory Therapy • GH

gallery

hoavi - pleasure gallery s3 e11

a deep, submersion from the loveliest @slowfoam <3

₀₀₇ 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗳𝗼𝗮𝗺

Track ID: @mikkelscp

With awe and inspiration, we are presenting to you the first mix of this year! This is a recording from Mikel Acosta, who runs the Hegoa Records label ('Angel' - in the Basque language), which carefully re-releases the original music of the Basque Country. Whose people's autonomy, including cultural autonomy, has long been suppressed by the policy of Spain, especially during the Franco regime.

I truly admire Mikel's work! With great love for the culture of his people and his origins, he introduces the listener to the previously concealed experimental, jazz and ambient music, which is deeply rooted in national folklore.

For De Kat Memwa, Mikel recorded the perfect hour-long meditative winter mix for introspection, walking, contemplating nature or reading! 

From London via Euskadi with love on Hegoa's wings!

De Kat Memwa #47 w/ Mikel (Hegoa Records)

Mix by Mag. “tried not to overthink the concept behind this mix - it's mainly just a collection of some of my favourite music from last year, joined by some favourites i find myself returning to time and time again. Hope you enjoy it! :)”

Mag [23.01.2023]

APPX:11 by @djbirdbath

Tracklist:
01 Fall
02 Clasp
03 Wish
04 To See
05 Spec
06 Leaves In Water

All profits to be donated to the APPX:Fund.

Written & Produced by Ian Baxter
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Digital art by Amos Turner

Released by:
APPX: (Appendix.files) subsidiary of INDEX:Records

Contact:
indexrecords@cyborgorgy.com

releases March 24, 2023

Blue Tear

digis & lathes

APPX:11 – DJ Birdbath – Blue Tear (previews)

Slowfoam - INDEX:Records Takeover [15.10.2023]

𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒪𝒯𝐻𝐸𝑅𝒩𝐸𝒮𝒮 ₑₚ.₁₂
july 2024 (𝕟𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤)

blume &
guest : @slowfoam (on the 2nd half)

ₜᵣₐcₖₗᵢₛₜ

blume ↓
saskia - observation
formant value - ectoplasm
dreaker - morglaint recording
yoto - entrada a la panadería
konduku - trail
bijū - sublimation
raär - breathing glitch
magna pia - dakhan
carrier - locus
clarence rise - anesthetic
aleksi perälä - fi3ac2410211
alohn - arpèges vectorielles (laenz chasmal crawler mix)
刘一纬 liu yiwei - 琥珀 hu po

slowfoam ↓
pentu - the extremes
antonina nowacka - odrracir
littoral cave - cascading rose
mu tate  - swamp tale
adaa - tired
angel r  - untitled 1
alliyah enyo - turning tale
jonny from space - float
james marrs - heavy blink
aleksi perala - f13ac2411402
jonnnah - new normal
naemi - blueberry ice w/ pvas & shy
ok eg - endless river

𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒪𝒯𝐻𝐸𝑅𝒩𝐸𝒮𝒮 ₑₚ.₁₂ ʷ ᵇˡᵘᵐᵉ & ˢˡᵒʷᶠᵒᵃᵐ (𝕟𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤)

one of our fave producers @xtclvr drops in for a mix

tracklist: 

John T. Gast - ABYSS
D. Dan - Blue in Yellow
visij - integrate
Enchante - St. Michael
nic - heritage
infant - ule
bswalk - STASIS TRAP WARD
Mash & Munma - Avril
borderlandstate_the best kisser in l.a. - beach
bucqqi - in n out (cutspace)
sv1 - low lite
mos fet - reso pond
Off The Sky - Down The Stream
emre girginkaya - u just like a bad girl
utrippin! - ak47
sex - waiting for u
Rosaceae & Ladonna - 37
Sentient - My Field Of Vision
Paul St. Hilaire & Rene Lowe - Faith

₀₃₃ 𝘅𝘁𝗰𝗹𝘃𝗿

Seriously tearjerking soundtracking from @andrea_andreaaa

₀₃₄ 𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮_𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮

29 Speedway founder @exwiiiiiish on the trip-hop & downtempo flavours

₀₃₅ 𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝗶𝘀𝗵

closing off the year with some captivating sounds from NYC-based @3_20

₀₃₆ 𝟯𝟮𝟬

Swirling and sultry ambient energies and beyond from Madelyn Byrd aka Slowfoam from Osmosis in the Trees 2024 @ Mizaji Lounge

@slowfoam

Slowfoam @ Osmosis in the Trees 2024 @ Mizaji Lounge

En Masse w/ Slowfoam: 30th June '25

ambi-trap and blown-out bass from @neuemedicina

₀₃₇ 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻

Slowfoam performed on the second day of #Mostra25 at Fabra i Coats.

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Madelyn Byrd (they/them, b. 1992) is an educator, musician, DJ, and worldbuilding practitioner based in Berlin. Their creative and educational work implements decolonial, hydrofeminist and queer ecology to investigate possibilia and the “sympoietics” of co-becoming to promote synergistic social transformation beyond human-centred perspectives. Byrd fosters a deeply collaborative, interdisciplinary spirit to deconstruct and reconstruct the perceptual realm, weaving field recording, intricate sound design, spoken word, and somatics. Madelyn holds a Masters in Neuroaesthetics from Goldsmiths, where they researched the impact of collaborative imagination on measures of connection and hope in social praxis art. They teach critical theory + music production courses on sonic worldbuilding with Soundial. They are a current resident in Zurich University of the Art’s School of Commons (SoC), 2025 with collaborator Lou Croff Blake to develop their project, Chimera.

࿔*:･ﾟ

@slowfoam is Byrd’s all-encompassing, genre-defying music moniker. They create speculative post-human dialogues and para-worlds, sculpting a/biotic textures from electroacoustics, field recording, feedback, granulated synthesis, drones, and spoken word. Their playful sonic tapestries are spatially triggered and adapted to deep-listening environments, clubs, and everything in between. They have performed and toured extensively, including recent performances at Subbacultcha (NL), Cafe Oto (London), The Lab (San Francisco), Morse (Tokyo), and Morphine Raum (Berlin). Their discography has been published on Somewhere Press, Mappa, and Jungle Gym Records. Slowfoam is a former resident at Internet Public Radio, where they curated their monthly show, Our Tomorrow. Their work has yielded features on Bandcamp, Electronic Sound Mag, DJ Mag, First Impressions, Pitchfork, Boomkat, The Wire Magazine, and Futurism Restated.


Slowfoam @ Mostra 2025 🖤

Digital Download and Limited Edition Cassette available here: http://bit.ly/2keCQUU

JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "Prehistoria," a split cassette by Dravier & V. Kristoff. Following the collaborative "Shelter From Environment," the pair return to reflect on the most primitive memories of mankind. Kristoff takes SIDE 1, inspired by the physical artifacts that would eventually draw separation between humanity and all other animals. SIDE 2 from Dravier, then, expands on the concept with "Visions," a long-form piece exploring ancient psychological and spiritual devices of the Neanderthals, struggling to find their place in the universe as we still do today. Kristoff and Dravier develop these ideas and more with appropriately prehistoric recording techniques, utilizing a single mono synth with arpeggiator through guitar pedals, straight to tape... simple tools with far-reaching results, exclusively from JUNGLE GYM.

@draviersc @v-kristoff

SIDE 2. Visions // Dravier

"Abisso" composed by https://soundcloud.com/poansoundscape now live on the Aquatic Collective. POÁN explore soundscapes using only acoustic instruments and a looper, setting up a multiple layered sound texture, to achieve dreamlike states.

This musical journey is a multiple sound-texture inspired by the slow movements of whales floating in the depth of the oceans, to accompany deep meditation.

Instruments :
Sansula, guitar, bells, bass drum, water, ocarina, agogo bells, vibratone, udu, spring drum, tambourine, darbuka, handle-pot, chime bars

Download

POÁN - Abisso

It is the natural path that can never be ignored.

Born in 1986’ life is permeated by music in every facet, connecting with sound in a way that traverses stylistic genre. His relationship with music is based on deep emotional connection, using it as a conduit to explore himself instinctively and intimately. 

For him music is a portal, an outlet to the isolation one sometimes experiences in a world of dissonances. Emotional soundscapes are painted through his performances, where music becomes a channel to the universe. Strokes of nature are juxtaposed with rough, industrial counterpoint, where he reveals brief moments of happiness amidst the melancholy. 

This transmission is a personal outlet, dreaming with music to create new realities of perception and identity.

Podcast Series 10 • Born in 1986

INFO: http://bit.ly/2HklD8v

Peaks line up from nothing; 
and their stones sink in blue sea. 
They sink to become nothing 
And be reborn above the clouds.

all music by @mateis-e-aqir
photos by Nikita Safonov 
mastered at Ten Eight Seven 
distributed by Lobster Distribution

[JG06] Geography of Nowhere 12" - Mateis e. aqir (Previews)

Track B4 from Birdlabs' long awaited debut, "The View From The Big Window"

Digital Download and Limited Edition Cassette available here: https://bit.ly/2HL9bTG


JUNGLE GYM RECORDS presents "The View From The Big Window," official debut of Chicago's Birdlabs. Drawing influence from early 1970's synthesizer music, contemporary ambient and field recording concepts alike, UDG 0.20 weaves simple connections between future and past. Music for growing plants and the passing of time, "The View From The Big Window" thoughtfully revitalizes an age-old relationship between electronic music and the natural world. Exclusively from JUNGLE GYM. 

@mutehouse

B4. "Big Place" - Birdlabs

COCLEAR003 – coclear.bandcamp.com/album/me-with-you
COTHERAPY001 – sold out
COCLEAR002 - limited copies
COCLEAR001 – sold out

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