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Refuge Worldwide co-founder and programmer Richard Akingbehin joined me in celebrating 200 episodes of Passing Notes. Originally founded in 2015 as a fundraising platform, Refuge Worldwide launched in 2021 as an independent community station broadcasting 24/7 from their home in Neukolln. Although somewhat newly ‘On Air’ and providing an internationally loved artist to airway connection, Refuge remains, at its core, a community platform. Refuge prioritises amplifying the voices of marginalised artists, continues its community outreach efforts, connects people to current affairs and provides a space for community to share, grow and learn. There’s no doubt that Refuge Worldwide remains aligned with its foundational ethos: to foster unity in the community.

Beyond the Berlin-based broadcaster, Richard’s contributions to the world of music are multifaceted and far reaching. As a versatile DJ, Richard has made appearances spanning the breadth of the European club and festival scene (think Waking Life, Berghain, Melt and more). Richard also lovingly curates the Kynant record label which showcases the experimental sides of ambient, dub and techno. Notably, Richard kicked off his sublabel ‘Kyant Ex’ with a release from Passing Notes favourite, UK experimental band O Yuki Conjugate’s. When he’s not playing, programming or curating music, Richard connects listeners with artists through storytelling - His journalistic prowess, often demonstrated in the form of longform interviews and articles, often grace the pages and readers of heavyweight publications such as Resident Advisor.

Richard Akingbehin - PN 200

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OK EG, AKA Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson, take intrepid recce’s on a Kalahari debut of fathoms-deep techno minimalism and opiated braindance styles. 

With release titles like ‘Intertidal zone', 'Anther' and 'Prismatic Spring’, their ambition to evoke natural worlds is evident. But these tracks aren’t of this planet. Navigating truly alien terrain, ‘Rivulets’ finds the duo imagining uncharted environments into existence through the medium of analogue hardware. 

This is very much an album of two halves; the first on heads-down tips aimed straight at the dancefloor, with a second plate that veers further into abstraction. That said, they’re all the kind of far-reaching explorations where close listening yields great rewards. 

Between ‘Oxygen Channel’’s cavernous throb and the dub techno-leaning ‘Circular Arc’, the Antipodean duo set their stall out with a widescreen sense of space. Then, ’Rivulets’ comes in strong with the spiralling, trance-inducing gear. Stripped-back, no fuss; proper live improv techno for the most inquisitive souls.

Sending signals into the endless expanse, the second half is a demonstration of OK EG’s versatility. Where ‘Surface System’ and ‘Matched Grip’ further indulge dubby tendencies, ‘Flow Regime’ and closing gambit ‘Endless River’ traverse dreamlike dimensions through breaks and flow state IDM.

OK EG - Rivulets | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER52)

Recorded live at KuH beginning of June '24 by FEELX
@deejayfeelx

FEELX — KuH 2024

S:S 015 is here with a heavy trip from Ukrainian DJ/Producer @shjva.

Quickly making waves with a notable output of unique and fresh productions, straddling the fringes of IDM, Techno and Trance, Shjva has understandably turned a lot of heads in the last few years. 

Relocating to the Polish city of Warsaw 7 years ago from her native Ukraine she started the Penumbrum Radio show, later growing to a party collective and label with other local like minds joining, which then saw her put out a slew of music, playing live sets and DJing frequently in Berlin and across Europe.  It didn't take long for the network to expand to these shores with friendships and links being made with our crew and some of our extended family, realising EP's and mini albums on both People & Places and Common Ancestors. 

Desperate to bring her over to the UK, complications with visa's have unfortunately scuppered any attempts for the moment. For now we have a beautiful mix that she's skilfully crated for us that perfectly illustrates her sound and gives you a little snippet into the mind of Shjva.

S:S 015 Shjva

B1. GNMR - Amelia, Totalmente Sola

Podcast •• 18 🌀
Focus artiste Combine
On commence un tour d’horizon des membres du crew avec @flowerb-dj269 !

DJ et producteur, également membre du collectif @silencecollapse, Flower B se passionne pour toutes les dimensions de la Bass music, tout en cherchant à déconstruire les frontières entre les genres. Toujours en quête de nouveaux sons, il aime surprendre son public avec des sets évolutifs et imprévisibles. Ce dernier podcast en est l'illustration et nous permet de clôturer l’année 2024.

Passez de bonnes fêtes !

Gems incoming ⛏️

TRACKLIST:
Divoli S'vere - Free Bitch (Sinjin Hawke Remix) [Fractal Fantasy]
OMAAR - Night Shot [Self release]
ZJ - Temba [Borne Fruits]
Roaming Data - Discothèque Modular [Borne Fruits]
MM - 9th Ritual [Her Records]
CESRV, Febem & Fleezus - GOLPE [Self release]
DJ co.kr - Up (OSSX Remix) [Self release]
Ariel Zetina - Slab of Meat (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [Local Action]
INVT, Logan_olm - WE INSIDE (CULEBRA VIP) [Self release]
Papa Nugs - Another Brainstorm [Self release]
Dizzee Rascal - Switch and Explode [Big Dirtee Records Ltd]
Mulholland - trip3 [Amity]
Harba - Waggle [re:lax]
WTCHCRFT - What Do You Call a Flood? [Clasico Records]
Dolo Percussion - DOLO 27 [Future Times]
Pura Pura - Just Gettin’ Hot [Global Warming Records]
Alpha Wann, Kaaris, Infinit’ - Soldat tue soldat [Don Dada Records]
MC Yallah - Sikwebela [HAKUNA KULALA]
Formella - dripstep [Bait]
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Kush Pressure [WAJANG]
Nara Vaez - Fogo [Unknown White Powder]
Bad Boombox - Megan Look Good [Crazed Behaviour]
Amy Kisnorbo & Ron Mercy - Bendy [Pineapple Records]
Ron Mercy - Ride [Moveltraxx]
Cardozo, LEDOUBLE - La Côte (Club Edit) [Self release]
Oyubi - Taiko160 [85acid]
Hodge, なかむらみなみ - Bounce on the Water [TREKKIE TRAX]

Flower B | Combine Podcast 18

Podcast •• 17 🌀

@roxaneremy01, DJ émergente de la scène lyonnaise, signe un set puissant et instinctif. Entre dub, dubstep, UK bass et drum & bass, elle vous entraîne dans une danse effrénée, portée par des subs chaleureux et des influences tribales.

Un mélange brut et authentique qui ne laisse personne indifférent. Préparez-vous à bouncer.

Gems incoming ⛏️

TRACKLIST:
Karma - How ya feel [SYSTEM MUSIC]
Reeko - Urmahrds trip [Samurai Music]
De-Tü - Roadblock [Infernal Sounds]
De-Tü - St. Paul (City Road Dub) [Infernal Sounds]
11th Hour - Project XI [Basskruit]
Soa420 - No Nerve [Bait]
Bluetoof - Diggin a Hole [Infa Red]
Khey Mysterio (ft Alohn) - Exuvie [Electric Shapes]
Beatrice M - Crossing the Rubicon [KRAKZH]
Anta Doma - Dagobah Soundsystem [Backpocket Slammers]
FDH - Hazardous Terrain [Lovejoy]
Midik - Archlight [Samsara Beats]
Two Toke - Stay Low [Self release]
Caspian - Alter [Onset Audio]
VROMM (ft Rider Shafique) - Level up [Critical Music]
Forest Drive West - Creeper [ILIAN TAPE]
Vardae - Rites [OODA]
Reeko - Urmah 3 [Samurai Music]

Roxane | Combine Podcast 17

Podcast •• 19 🌀

@lebowskick a évolué aux côtés des collectifs Resaca Production, Infrason et BMK/Undergroove, affinant son approche et sa signature sonore au fil des années. Aujourd’hui, il nous plonge dans un mix jungle atmosphérique, hommage à la scène drum and bass des années 90. Entre nappes aériennes et breaks incisifs, ce voyage sonore oscille entre tension et fluidité.

Gems incoming ⛏️

TRACKLIST:
LTJ Bukem - Music (Peshay Re-Work)
Tim Reaper - My Definition
Motorist - Caldoria
Mantra, Tim Reaper & Decibella - Divine
LMajor - On a Prayer
Karaba - Jazz Dat Thing
Sawteeth - Magicant
Comfort Zone - Tunnel Vision
Tommy the Cat - Power Station
Sheba Q, Tim Reaper & No Nation - Step Back
Liftin' Spirits - Music Lover
Year 2000 Problem - Hopes Girl High

Lebowskick | Combine Podcast 19

Podcast •• 20 🌀

Adepte de bass, dubstep et deep, Ren, cherche à fondre les styles, pour laisser place à une expression brute et profonde. Issu de la minimal, il contribue à plusieurs projets en tant qu'artiste et co-fondateurs, cherchant à partager sa vision de la scène électronique. Dans ce podcast, Ren s'enfonce dans des basses sombres et des rythmes breakés, flirtant avec des textures brutes et sinueuses. Entre deep et bass il construit une atmosphère dense, et organique qui évolue vers une ambiance profondément énergisante.

Gems incoming ⛏️

TRACKLIST:
Arsène Martinet - Bewitch 
Sepian - Alva 
Diffused signal - Zend 
Bohdan - Metoxion 
Arkajo - Deadlock 
RXEX - Flower of lûr 
Cycle_2 - cy2.4 
Dave N.A. - Solo Move 
Kryptic minds - Askum Atrice
Broke SofTi - Liquid silver 
Kryptic minds - When two path cross 
Altjira - Synmulti 
Kobayashi Maru - Chambers 
Cycle_2 - cy2.2 
NVST - Point of expectations (Ithasnoend version) 
Cycle_2 - cy2.3 
RM Estali - C+R (Sentient remix) 
2562 - Kontrol

Ren | Combine Podcast 20

Podcast •• 21 🌀

@soammmm & @44_hz sont deux DJ et producteurs basés à Lyon, leurs projets respectifs gravitent autour d'une techno raw, hypnotique et mentale. Ensemble ils ont co-fondé le label Abstract Syndicate qui se focalisent sur les mêmes paysages sonores, tout en explorant aussi l'ambient et l'IDM.

Ce b2b est comparable à un échange spontané entre les deux artistes, qui se révèle être représentatif des paysages sonores qu'ils veulent défendre avec @abstract-syndicate. 

Gems incoming ⛏️

TRACKLIST:
D.Dan - Contamination 
Rene Wise - Lakota Fox 
Danya - Multisensory Approach
Tauceti - Black Rimel 
Cullen Enslin - Gestalt 
Daryn Steytler - Somatic 
West Code - Fuse (Franco Rossi Remix)
Pakard - Microdosis 
ROAX - Silent Conflict (BENZA Remix) 
Decka - Under Influence
Avant.OCS - Ladder of Trust
Neel - Riflesso
AgainstMe - Underestimated
Outflight - Tension 
Havik - Unheard
FVKS - Adjustment
Pakard - El Hombre Gris 
BENZA - Mutated Organism 
Aero - Lurching 
Tinko - Untold 
Dahveed - Uppsala

44hz b2b Soām | Combine Podcast 21

Beppu - IPOP (feat Demdike Stare Remixes)

Organic Analogue Records (OA012)

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Tracklisting:-

A1 - Beppu - Treble Control
A2 - Beppu - Bass Control
A3 - Beppu - Playback Amplifier
A4 - Beppu - Speed Tolerance
A5 - Beppu - Monitoring
B1 - Beppu - Transistors
B2 - Beppu - Consumption
B3 - Beppu - Reel Size
B4 - Beppu - Standard Model
C1 - Beppu - Erase & Bias + Signal/Tape Noise
C2 - Beppu - Tape Speeds
C3 - Beppu - Frequency Response
C4 - Beppu - Play Head
D1 - Beppu - Mains Voltage
D2 - Beppu - Record Level
D3 - Demdike Stare - Process Ion (Part 1 - Remix)
D4 - Demdike Stare - Religious Dub (Part 2 - Remix)

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Release date : Mid June (approximately)
Format - Double LP, 140 Gram, Black Vinyl
Mastering - At Full Range Mastering by Miles Whittaker
Distribution - Juno

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"On IPOP, Organic Analogue uncover a hidden gem of dubbed-out electronica and fried-circuit techno from deep in the late-00s Manchester underground.

Beppu is the work of Andrew Hargreaves, and IPOP gathers together three EPs he put out in 2009 in limited runs of 50 CDrs. At the time, CDrs were the format of choice for DIY electronic music. The lo-fi resurgence of tape was a way off, and CDs offered maximum fidelity at a minimum cost. Beppu is emblematic of that era and the nascent democratisation of music distribution, when technology meant you could do the entire process from creation to delivery yourself. Dubby, outsider electronica especially found a home amongst this network of independent operators, where similarly spirited artists like Pub and Remote_ capitalised on the format to put out their insular techno-not-techno.

You can practically run your fingers over the grainy textural influence of Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus in the blown out pads and tones that shape out the space around Beppu, but Hargreaves was making something far less derivative than what we generally think of as 'dub techno'. You might find a tweaked acid line or warbling 101 adding a braindance tweak to 'Speed Tolerance' or catch a hint of Jan Jelinek's strung out micro-loop reveries on 'Consumption'. There are no straight-forward formulae being adhered to — the staunch independence of Beppu's circumstances rings true in the seductive sonic silt that swirls around these mixes. Comfortably ahead of the trendy distortion boom of the 2010s, Hargreaves elicited an evocative kind of noise from his mixes that becomes an emotional layer within the music.

These are mixes which delight in pushing frequencies the 'wrong' way, respectfully guided to a final form by the careful hands of Hargreaves' long-time mate Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare on mastering duties. Alongside his work on the mastering, Whittaker and Sean Canty took to Hargreaves' source material to create two Demdike versions that round out the album's fourth side with their much-celebrated verve and leftfield swagger.

Scuffed and soulful, wrenched from unknown zones and rooted in the craft, IPOP is everything OA lives and breathes. In line with past archival digs with DJ Guy and Jean-Louis Huhta, we're proud to help shine a light on the lesser-known talent of Beppu and give these incredible sonics the pressing they deserve"

Words By - Oli Warwick

Buy @ Juno

Beppu - IPOP (feat Demdike Stare Remixes)

98dots [17.05.25]

Support the label, buy it here:
https://deathbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/signal-lp
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Signal LP — 12 fresh techno tracks by Tøtal.
Tight groove, heavy low-end, dry drums.
Mechanical patterns, noise layers, industrial textures.
The rhythm hits hard, the sound cuts sharp.
Everything is precise, stripped of decoration.
A pure signal. No distortion.
Released on Death Bell Records.

Artist: Tøtal
Label: Death Bell Records
Catalog: DBR074
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #techno 
Release date: August 22

Mastering: Tøtal
Artwork: Tøtal

Tracklist:
01. Tøtal - Flux
02. Tøtal - Take Them Down
03. Tøtal - Drift
04. Tøtal - Signal
05. Tøtal - GET 2 ME
06. Tøtal - You Got
07. Tøtal - Das
08. Tøtal - Shifted Reality
09. Tøtal - Ari gnaq
10. Tøtal - Neon Lights
11. Tøtal - Samurai
12. Tøtal - Who Am I Without You

Follow Tøtal here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tootal
Instagram: instagram.com/totalofficial/
Bandcamp: https://totaldbr.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/totalofficialtotal

Follow Death Bell Records here:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/death-bell-979515783
Instagram: https://instagram.com/deathbellrecords/
Bandcamp: https://deathbellrecords.bandcamp.com/

Tøtal - Samurai [DBR074]

Artist: Lake Hills
Title: 'ARCO'
Label: BCCO
Cat. #: BCCX020
Format: Digital
Release: 22nd August, 2025
Pre order: https://bcco.bandcamp.com/album/bccx020

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere a Lake Hills' gem on 'BCCO'.

LA’ s own Lake Hills arrives on BCCO for the 20th edition of the digital series.

@lake-hills
@bcco

Premiere: Lake Hills - ARCO [BCCO]

Buy link: https://xysecret.bandcamp.com/album/va-02
Artist: Rocko Garoni
Label: X/Y/Secret
Catalog Number: XYS010
Release Date: 05/09/2025
Format: Digital
Mastering: Mattias Fridell
Artwork: PiDeNi

Artist links:
IG : https://www.instagram.com/rockogaroni
SC: https://soundcloud.com/rocko-garoni
Label links: 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/x_y_secret
SC: https://soundcloud.com/x_y_secret

PREMIERE: Rocko Garoni - Alpha [XYS010]

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