Open Culture: No Borders is a campaign demonstrating solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers, as an ongoing response to the UK government’s ‘Hostile Environment Policy’. The policy has involved a slew of regressive legislations, intended to create a deliberately challenging environment for migrants to settle. In the process, we are seeing cruel approaches to the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, the use of provocative language intended to create division and the adaption of laws which offer protection of human rights for all.

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 - 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆.” - 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿-𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗖𝗘𝗢, 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹

Proceeds go to Safe Passage International, who support unaccompanied children seeking asylum to reunite safely with their families across Europe, and campaign for more accessible, safer routes.

All people have the right to a happy and fulfilling life. At a time when hostile narratives and actions seek to divide us, we believe that empathy, compassion, and connection are essential values to strengthen.

Hear the launch show on Voices Radio featuring an interview with Safe Passage's Youth Leader team: on.soundcloud.com/BWbik

Read more:
Safe Passage - www.safepassage.org.uk
Campaign webpage - www.pollination.uk/projects/open-c…ture-no-borders

Space Biology - Fumiton

Three dubs from the archives, made at Skeleten Studios.

Production and Mixing - Charles Fester
Mastering - Justin Moon at Phonolab Studios
Artwork - Sofia Musarra

released October 15, 2024

https://commandd.bandcamp.com/album/loss-ep

Mines (Free Download)

Loss

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-shjva-i-expected-that

Following up ‘Tetris Life’ from Moisk in April 2024, Munich-based imprint Terra Magica returns to the fray with ‘I Expected That’, a split extended player spotlighting the talents of Shjva and Pyramid Of Knowledge...Our pick is ‘I Expected That’ by Shjva, which unfolds like a cyberpunk fever dream. At 105 BPM, it’s a dubbed-out chugger adorned with effervescent frequencies that ripple like digital fireworks in a dystopian panorama. This is post-blues for the space age, bubbling arpeggios and interplanetary echoes weave a textural tapestry, evoking a high-voltage mantra for those tethered to the chaos of modernity.

@shjva
@terra-magica-rec

I Expected That

Shjva - I Expected That [Terra Magica]

Enter the chill-out zone with the forthcoming album from https://soundcloud.com/radart-url, a new Naarm-based solo project, brought to you by the https://soundcloud.com/papercutslimited label. Featuring works composed by the creative mind behind the label from 2022-2024, Blips & Bleeps wanders toward blissful ambient, downtempo, and breaks in style. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-radart---flying-fox-colony

Blips & Bleeps will be out on January 31st 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://paper-cuts.bandcamp.com/album/blips-bleeps-lp-pcltd10

Premiere: Radart - Flying Fox Colony [PCLTD010]

The Australian label Paper-Cuts presents their 10th release, Blips & Bleeps LP by Radart, out on January 31st.

Pre-order: https://paper-cuts.bandcamp.com/album/blips-bleeps-lp-pcltd10
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@papercutslimited
@radart-url

Blips & Bleeps

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Premiere: Radart - Wish

PREORDER - https://murmursrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-iterations-vol-1

This collection of music sits naturally as the first release on murmurs, exhibiting some of my favourite sounds and artists from around the world. It explores various moods of dance music, setting the sonic foundations of the label and giving a glimpse of more to come.

~ Through the furthest reaches of our feeling and thought, whispers of familiarity bring solace. It is this essence which simultaneously restricts and expands imagination. Let the adventurous nature of our beings embrace that which was, is and will be, in all its unfamiliarity. For only then can we comprehend the auditory murmurs of time. ~

Artwork by Lillian Rose | celestial_artillery
Mastered by Vipul Angirish at Audiosol

MRMR001 | Sonic Iterations Vol.1

Rare Progressive Trance produced by Chris Organic and originally released as a B Side on his Organic Records label in 2001.

The 2025 version has been remastered and cut loud at 45 RPM with a chugging downtempo remix from Konsudd (Konduku & Aa Sudd) and a minimal acid techno version from Eternal Injection (Sunju Hargun)

@sunjuhargun
@kondukukonduku
@aasudd


Vicious Rumours (Eternal Injections Stripped 909 Mix)

Échos de Daurat

Auren Klyne - Auren-(Mellon Place Records)

Systeme Biotic-Pollination-(Mellon Place Records)

Bookings and enquiries: charleyfester@gmail.com

Loss

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