“The suffering or the bad memories are as important as the good memories, and the good experiences. If you, sort of, can imagine life as being 99% of the time quite linear, and most of the time you're in a state of neither happiness nor sadness. And then that 1% of the time you experience moments of very crystallized happiness, or crystallized sadness, or loneliness or depression. And I believe all of those moments are very pertinent. It's like I said to you, that for me, it's mostly those crystallized moments of melancholy which are more inspirational to me. And in a strange way they become quite beautiful in their own way. Music that is sad, melancholic, depressing, is in a kind of perverse way more uplifting. I find happy music extremely depressing, mostly - mostly quite depressing. It's particularly this happy music that has no spirituality behind it - if it's just sort of mindless party music, it'd be quite depressing. But largely speaking, I was the kind of person that responds more to melancholia, and it makes me feel good. And I think the reason for this is, I think if you respond strongly to that kind of art, it's because in a way it makes you feel like you're not alone. So when we hear a very sad song, it makes us realize that we do share this kind of common human experience, and we're all kind of bonded in sadness and melancholia and depression.”

― Steven Wilson

love hangover

Sometimes as an artist you can get in your own head about a performance, especially if it's my own music, when transitions are not done well or we feel the flow is missing. Recently I listened to the recording of my Shipwrecked 2024 performance not only did it have these feelings but it also had a glitch in the recording at one point so I put it away and left it on the hard drive. 
But listening to it again I feel like it should be shared warts and all because no-one is as critical of my music as I am and in the moment it was really special for myself and all the people that shared it with me. We created a feedback loop of love and creativity that only happens when the whole dance-floor feeds in to it.💜
Special thanks to Mermaid Bait (@user-735973969) and Nikki's dazzle of zebras for filling my heart with gratitude, joy and inspiration. 🙏🏽
Incredible Photo credit goes to Diana Parker 📸

Dj set @ Lucky Star 4 Shipwrecked 2024

So many of these gentle songs have been the soundtrack to my life: songs I have played on piano for years and years; songs for cerebral drifting; songs for stillness and reflection; songs for when it's all just too much; songs for flower loving dreamers; songs of previous chapters; songs of my parents; songs of my youth; songs of NOW... and then. 
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🎼 Now I can PRESS PLAY and listen to this dream for 4:43:43 (great number in the end!)
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and yes, there is a theme:
flowers, dreamers and gardens running throughout 
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🎶•••LINK is in the comments below•••🎶
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This morning, this poem came to me conjuring the title: 

GARDEN IN THE SKY

To have faith there is a garden in the sky
that you exist there pottering away
Tending to its transient beauty
Never ending; always changing
Filaments of time pass me by
To have faith there is place
for all the dreamers 
and that their dreams will take shape
like the fantasia of cloud bouquets and 
fantastical fluff beasts calling my name 
A flower is born; way up high,
A flower unfurls; a filament of time
within the boundless fantasia
of a garden in the sky 
- High Hat (Ellen Patterson)


"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts." - Sigmund Freud

Garden In The Sky

LISTEN & BUY:
https://fanlink.tv/Unfading_Lines

Unfading Lines. A shift in speed with a slight turn towards the floor.
Arutani, ever subtle, now more certain with faster rhythms and pristine sonic language. What remains is his minimal precision, the feel for the in-between and a distinct direction: Forward. Luise is glad to move side by side with this old friend and ever surprising companion: Arutani.

Artist: @Arutani
Title: Unfading Lines
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LUL026
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: Digital
Release Date: 20 June 2024

Unfading Lines

Arutani - Unfading Lines (LUL026)

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🕊️  “Eso no significa disparos ni violencia.  
     Una revolución es cuando cambias tu forma de pensar.”  🧠

Elegia por Pepe Mujica

VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPq4wd13K64

PREORDER
https://lautundlui.se/produkt/pre-order-lullp010monkymanwhat-about-love/

PRESAVE
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/3eVEzN8N191sCEvpQ8no2F?si=28bc740f59fc4384

»What about Love« is MONKyMAN's personal journey through solitude, love and connection: An honest, heart-driven record exploring spirit, romance, and community in a chaotic world.

Written over the course of three years and recorded live on analog gear with no loops or plugins,  the album blends warmth, vulnerability, and a message of hope. Produced with Drew Deal at Sundown Studios with guests from all over the planet,  it invites you into a space of reflection, belonging and joy.

Genre-defying and soul-centered, the album unites meditative moments and heavy grooves, moving from the question »What about love?« to the simple realization: »I feel better in love.«

Artist: @MonkymanMusic
Titel: What About Love
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LULLP010
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: 12" + Digital
Release Date: 10 Oct 2025

What About Love 

Preorder

[VIDEO] MONKYMAN - What About Love (LULLP010)

Spheres 

Arutani - Spheres (LUL026)

We all know this moment, you are lying in bed with a loved one and the world stands still.

You put on some music to set the scene for rising temperatures under the sheets…

The set you put on suddenly brings you out of rhythm, but getting up to skip the track is no longer an option.

We have been scouting for the perfect Sunday morning sets for quite a while already and while "Eigentlich heissen wir Klaus" & "Mattmosphere" have been steady suppliers of them for us, we also developed the idea of asking befriended artists to record one hour of music, to which they like to stay in bed with a loved one.

It's an intimate ask, but most of them said yes.

For Cuddle Cast #33 we asked Vienna based @djlenia to record a cuddle cast for us. We met Lenia back in 2018 when she played a b2b together with @casimirvonoettingen for our friends at @love-foundation. Since then we have been following her musical journey and we loved her 'And now something completely different..' series, which came pretty close to our cuddle cast ideas. Luckily she agreed to create one for us and the outcome is one of our favourite cuddle casts so far. 

So grab your special person, get cosy, press play and be ready to let the love birds fly.



Cuddle Cast # 33 - Lenia

A selection of tunes pulled specifically for all the day trippers at the lovely Panacea river/beach day-rave stage. 7.11.2025. 

Tracklist:

1) Motor City Drum Ensemble - Get Slapped Up (Original Mix)		     
2) Sunbios - Cats (Original Mix)		     
3) The Rhythm Slaves - The Light You Will See (Trentemoller's Deep Dub Mix)	     
4) Inshore - Seriously (Original Mix)	     
5) Emerson Todd - Inside Out (Original Mix)		     
6) Sandy Rivera, Hayze, K I F F - FREAK (Extended Mix)		     
7) Sacha Robotti, Look Like - Loca Lola (Original Mix)		     
8) Rei Taak - Ek Tara (Original Mix)			     
9) Pezzner - I Am You (DJ T. Remix)		     
10) Prvotsky, OHH LIZA - Remix Game (Ohh Liza Remix)			     
11) Tuccillo - Invisible (Original Mix)			     
12) Joe Metzenmacher - Touch Me (Original Mix)			     
13) DIM KELLY, Ana Layla - The Lure (Original Mix)			     
14) Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Tanner Ross & KiloWatts Remix)			     
15) Amtrac, Luces, Felix Bloxsom - For Beaux (Original Mix)

Panacea Music Festival 7.11.2025

for a time and a place
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@rampue @lemonandsoul @lucangenehm @nicoszabo @moby @emotional-tourist @samgoku @cedricscheibel @geplantesnichtstun @eliandfur @davidaugust @jellyforthebabies @theacid @music-for-dreams @elfenberg @colynmusic

CATURDAY 016 | A TIME & A PLACE | Courtney Scott

Catskills Poool 2025

Joel "Cortex Entertainment" Dubin has been an Atmospheric Consultant and DJ for events, clubs and select businesses around the world for a number of years.
Techno, to Classical, Disco to Punk -Cortex can and has mixed it all (often at the same time).
