Constructions returns for the 60th instalment with an hour-long live sound performance from Japan's Muzan Editions label boss, Endurance.

"In the past few years, I have been lucky enough to open for a lot of techno parties in Japan, and this has had a big impact on my sound as a performer. My live sets used to lean more towards the prettier, new-age side of ambient, but as that doesn't particularly suit dark clubs in Osaka and Tokyo, I have tried to push my sound towards the more minimal and intense regions of ambient.

This is a set from a show I played in Osaka with Peter van Hoesen in November. I remember being terribly nervous while setting up my modular, as PvH was standing right behind me doing a soundcheck (I'm a big fan)! Nevertheless, I think the set went well, setting the tone for the party and the music to come. When I looked up towards the end, the dance floor was nearly full, and people were swaying back and forth with their eyes shut. As someone doing ambient, there's no clearer sign that you're doing something right than that."

Endurance is the ambient project of Osaka-based Joshua Stefane. Using modular synthesizers, field recordings, and cassette tapes, Endurance’s sound has become increasingly minimal and tonally-focused over the years, employing a minimum of elements to create a maximum of expressiveness. In addition to releasing from labels such as Constellation Tatsu and Mystery Circles, Endurance also curates the Japan-based tape label Muzan Editions.

He is part of the organizing team for Moment, a techno festival in Nara. As a live performer, he has appeared at numerous high-profile events such as Star Festival, Moment, and Rural, with an increasing emphasis on bringing deep ambient soundscapes to techno music parties.

@joshua-stefane
Instagram: instagram.com/endurance010010/
Bandcamp: https://endurance010010.bandcamp.com/

Location: Japan

Endurance | Constructions Podcast 060

A summary of my selections at Blivande in Stockholm 2023-03-04. Re-recorded at home.

All night long together with @irimiass in the 'Zen Room' for @esperantooslo ‘s Under The Rug.

Hope you'll enjoy <3

Intergalactic selections @ Blivande

Tribute to @spaziodisponibile by @monochromeasso

Pour cette quatorzième émission, Monochrome se penche sur le label italien Spazio Disponibile, qui compile un vingtaine de sorties autour des esthétiques Ambient, Deep et Techno.
Bonne écoute !

BC : https://spaziodisponibile.bandcamp.com/

Selected & mixed by @porunn

Tracklist : 
01. Grand River - Horses
02. Valentino Mora - Spiral Falls
03. Crossing Avenue - Lyra
04. Le Officine Di Efesto - Amnios
05. Valentino Mora - Hualien
06. Voices from The Lake - Secondo Tempo
07. Crossing Avenue - Carmaleonte
08. Marco Shutle - Flusso Dinamico
09. Mike Parker - Undulating Frequencies
10. Neel - The Vancori Complex
11. Svreca & Voices from The Lake - Between the Lines
12. Mike Parker & Donato Dozzy - Opalesce
13. Donato Dozzy - 12H.5

Distance C

Tribute to Spazio Disponibile by Monochrome (28.03.23)

F-on@ Sables Mouvants & Alpenglûhen featuring Aa Sudd (sala Muv) [08/07/2023]

Warming up set

F-on @ Sables Mouvants & Alpenglühen Presenta a Aa Sudd

For the first edition of our Australian-flavoured summer takeover for Refuge Worldwide, we invite long-time Berliner (former Brisbane & Naarm/Melbourne),  Roman Ćinske, currently part of the curation team for Tresor Berlin. He also hosts Aerial Palettes, a cultural event series with a focus on contemporary ambient music and art

@bytheinch

Refuge Worldwide x Patterns of Perception (July 2023) - Roman Ćinske

The latest chapter of our Podcast Series is a masterfully crafted haze, bass & glitch-heavy sonic adventure from the capable hands of one of our very dear friends ~ a devoted music journalist and DJ ~ Freddie Hudson aka FFFHHH ✨

Freddie is, without doubt, one of the most serious heads we know. Always on a hunt for fresh underground labels and artists, hungry for oddball sounds hiding in the more obscure corners of Bandcamp and beyond. An affiliate of Prague’s famous Noise Kitchen and former contributor at Inverted Audio, Freddie has recently taken off on a solo adventure with their regular music newsletter Reach. If you are not subscribed already, we highly recommend diving in. Link: https://reachsound.substack.com/

In this chapter, Freddie leads us from the realm of buoyant underground streams and insect-talk towards patient, softly glistening dub-wise grooves growing into electro-acoustic experiments. From here, the mix oozes into the zone of floaty bass music and ultimately winds back down to dreamy, tingly ambient 💆🏼‍♀️

Sounds by @fh_1138 📿
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🔮

Podcast Series 35 | Freddie Hudson / FFFHHH

Woohoo :))

Happy to welcome Josephine' Soundscapes aka @machines-desirantes to our mix series! Jose Salas is an audiovisual creator and active cultural promoter in Madrid. As a DJ, or selector, he always works with a mixture of research from the past with a strong commitment to the present. He is currently part of the collectives a_mal_gam_a and CALMA, both working in the Spanish underground electronic scene. He also hosts a radio show called "Campos de Marte" on @radio-relativa, focused on experimentation in music.

This mix is a beautiful mixture of downtempo beats, acid synths and trippy melodies that builds up beautifully over 1h40. It's as he calls it, a "Machine Desirante" coming to life :)

TOMBOLOMIXX 107 - Josephine' Soundscapes

Tribute to Amenthia Recordings by @monochromeasso

Pour cette dix-septième  émission, Monochrome se penche sur le label Suisse @amenthia-recordings, qui compile un dizaine de sorties autour des esthétiques Ambient, Techno et D&B.
Bonne écoute !

BC : https://amenthia.bandcamp.com/

Mix & Selection by Porunñ.

01. Varuna - Entela's Daymare
02. Varuna - Second Orifice
03. Tafeit - Inverted Lights
04. Agonis - Soma
05. Varuna - Genesis
06. Varuna - Hostodelic
07. Konsudd - Heilen
08. Agonis - Algoflash
09. Konsudd - Lift Clique
10. Varuna - Sleep
11. Agonis - Pyrchid
12. Varuna - Path To Serucum
13. Agonis - Maschinenlogik (Marco Shuttle Remix)
14. Varuna - Radial Symmetry
15. Agonis - Spacejam (Valentino Mora Deep Blue Rephase)

Tribute to Amenthia Recordings by Monochrome (02.10.23)

Live record 158 bpm, no master

Korg E2s
Minilogue
Drumlogue

Mental dance

lilypond.ly

A studio collab with The Grubby Raven and his electrical guitar

Droney Mitchell 0004

27.06.25 - Placebo open air (Stockholm)
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05.10.24 - Under the Rug - Season 2 Afterhours (Oslo)
03.08.24 - Monument Festival (Veggli) with @irimiass
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05.08.23 - Monument Festival (Veggli) with @irimiass and @celadon
24.06.23 - 3 Years of Esperanto (Oslo)
04.03.23 - Under the Rug @ Blivande (Stockholm)

Intergalactic selections @ Blivande

Dani