Feb 2020

"A meticulously crafted ambient tale, steeped in intricate layers and profound symbolism. It weaves intricate patterns that, upon closing your eyes, transport you into the depths of a lush, verdant expanse. Babbling brooks and swaying trees. Birds harmonizing and spirits dancing. A distant gong echoing through the silhouette of a temple on the horizon. Peace, serenity, a state of transcendental tranquility.”

Based in Potsdam, Germany, Aleks aka Echo and Rauschen (@echo-and-rauschen) and also Bamboo Temple Garden (@bamboo-temple-garden) is a German Musical enthusiast  and  cassette collector with estonian roots. Rauschen is a own name in Germany. It is not only noise . It means maybe rustling , rushing and some other warm sounds. He has been using the name for many years, when the digital was still analog. He tumbled through his youth with synth-pop and new wave and John Peel. Then Acid, Ambient House, Dub & Electronica came quickly and on these pillars he was able to get involved in many musical styles, some only briefly, like instrumental HipHop, but also Jazz, Pop, New Age & fourth world stuff. A few years ago he came across the LoFi Tropical Ambient fabric by Dolphins into the future, Wave Temples, X.Y.R and others and couldn’t get away from it. The tropics and their mysteries, their sounds, the birds, rivers, wild animals can be terrifying as well as mesmerizing and beautiful & is the biggest musical influence of recent years. He has done mixes for Nature Tales, Deep Breakfast Series, Amateur Exotic, Dug up the Bongo, LYL Radio, Ambient Memory,  EMC Series & Ingrown Records.

Author's note:

"Looking back on the previous parts of the tropical mysteries, one quickly notices that the jungle journeys have become longer and longer. Ambient has always been a pleasant companion in my life. The yearning and the desire for deep relaxation has grown in recent years and especially in recent months and therefore probably the urge to immerse deeper and deeper into the rain forest with its secrets, and delay the return.“

HOCast #164 - Echo and Rauschen

Dive into the emotive ambient landscapes of Jo Johnson, a true maestro in the genre. With releases on Bleep43, Mysteries of the Deep and Further Records, her music is a captivating blend of emotion and beauty. We finally bring you the long-awaited showcase of an artist who has been on our list for a long time...Enjoy.

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/werkhouse

JO JOHNSON on the web:
Bandcamp: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jojohnson.tinysilences/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/werkhouse

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush_/?hl=de
Facebook: www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

Tracklist:

01 Arovane - ypaal (Quiet Details)
02 CV & JAB - Aion Info Point (editions basilic)
03 Martyna Basta - Glass (STROOM)
04 Ana Quiroga - London Fields (Modern Obscure Music)
05 Cate Brooks - Hindsight (Clay Pipe)
06 Material Object - Enter (Editions Mego)
07 Illuha - Mukaemizu (12K)
08 Midori Takada - KI-KI-KI (MSCTY_EDN)
09 Kuniyuki Takahashi - Ai Iro (Music From Memory)
10 Plant43 - Surface Transport Announcement (Plant43 Recordings)
11 Jo Johnson - Don't Stand In The Way (Castles In Space)
12 Grant Aaron - live at No Way Back 2023 (unreleased)
13 Marcus Fischer - One (self-released) cont.
14 Hilary Robinson - Reak (wiaiwya)
15 Marcus Fischer - One (self-released) 
16 Loula Yorke - it's been decided that if you lay down no-one will die (Truxalis)

081 - Unrushed by Jo Johnson

"This mix is ​​made up of various melodic drone sounds. 
They are tracks that I feel really beautiful. Listening to the drone feels like my heart and mind are being cleansed. What I was most conscious of in this mix was to mix the drones in various keys so that they would naturally connect and become a big story. I sprinkled in elements that episode the feeling of nature. And I used an unreleased track of mine in the middle of the mix.

I made a slightly longer journey than usual as a special mix for Inveins podcast. 

I hope you enjoy it."

INVEINS \ Podcast \ 111 \ Iwamaki

elegance and tranquility both behind the camera and the decks.

"With this recording, I wanted to create a meditative and rhythmical journey where the energy evolves throughout. I chose records with an intermediate bpm, slow but rolling. 

This mix is like a walk in nature, starting under the trees with linear, minimalistic, deep and dubby sounds, before evolving to more groovy atmospheres."

@velvia50

19.12.2024
Paris, France

nunsen·tape 22 - Velvia

We are excited to introduce M. Baumann as the curator of the 314th episode of the series.
Out of Brisbane, Australia, M. Baumann - one half of Echo Inspectors and co-founder of Primary Colours Music (https://soundcloud.com/primary_colours_music) - presents a layered excursion into Ambient and Electronica, shaped under the shadow of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

"This mix was born in stillness - during the long, anticipatory hours before the storm made landfall. It captures the quiet tension of a waiting world: a cinematic drift through instrumentals and textures that evoke both vulnerability and vastness. At its heart, this mix is also an ode to Tapani, Aleksi, and the artists whose emotive, deeply atmospheric works allowed this moment to take form.
A heartfelt thank you to the musicians - without your soundscapes, this story couldn't be told.
I hope you find something in this hour - as I did - that lingers long after the final note."

Featuring works by:
Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki
Happiness
Aleksi Myllykoski & Nils Petter Molvær
Grasgrow & Lindgren
Salvatore Mercatante

Photo by Joran Quinten

M. Baumann
https://soundcloud.com/primary_colours_music
https://www.instagram.com/primary_colours_music/
https://www.instagram.com/echo_inspectors/

Deep Breakfast Series
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Deep Breakfast 314 ~ M. Baumann

This recording is from the first edition of L’Appuntamento, a series of open-air listening sessions initiated by Villa Lontana Records and Donato Dozzy in Rome. Each gathering pairs a vinyl set by Dozzy with a live electroacoustic performance by a new-generation artist.

In this first edition, held in the garden of Villa Lontana, Donato Dozzy opened the evening with a selection of minimal, folkloric, and acoustic-rooted records — setting the tone for Verde Prato’s live performance.

L’Appuntamento is an ongoing invitation to pause, tune in, and share time through listening. 
Next appointment is Thursday 26 June 2025 with Ange Halliwell.

L'Appuntamento with Donato Dozzy + Verde Prato - Listening session at Villa Lontana on 11 May 2024

For our 99th edition, we’re honoured to host Belgian producer Owl, whose meditative mix feels like a balm for overstimulated minds. Known for his collaborations as Glÿph (with Clearlight) and OZOH, Owl has been crafting deep sonic journeys since 2013 - seamlessly blending ambient, autonomic, and deep techno into a sound that’s as introspective as it is expansive.

With releases on some of our favorite labels like Silent Season, re:st, Lowless, and Huinali, Owl is a master of subtle textures and emotions. His mix for Unrush gently guides you through beautiful soundscapes and soothing atmospheres - the perfect companion to unwind, reset, and breathe a little deeper. It might just become your best friend in stressful times.

We’re taking a short summer break and will return in September with our 100th mix. Until then, let Owl’s sound world carry you through the quieter moments... 

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/owlfromdeepspace

OWL on the web:
Bandcamp: https://owlfromdeepspace.bandcamp.com/
Silent Season release: https://silentseason.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-horizon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pete_owl
RA: https://ra.co/dj/owl-be

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria


099 - Unrushed by OWL

HEIMFERÐ

принятие гипнагогии

FROM BAGSHOT TO SILBURY HILL

A mix by Andrew Weatherall inspired by the new book 'Psychedelia and Other Colours' by Rob Chapman, published on September 3 2015 by Faber & Faber. The book features an introduction from Andrew Weatherall.

Andrew on the mix:

"Deadlines were passing and and I needed a kick up the arse, but with an army of psychic skeletons waiting to surge across synapses should they be lysergically fired, going "gonzo" was not an option when I found myself lacking Caliope's influence. I needed to get back on the bus but knew that the cost of a ticket was one I was unwilling to pay.My sanity is priceless. I needed a "madeleine moment" but tea and cake wasn't going to cut it. Casting my mind back to my first trip I remembered a good part of it was spent on a large Victorian brass bed listening to the static between stations on a transistor radio.I heard my own internal soundtrack, music made of ether and electricity. It was then it struck me. A sonic key was required. After some hours spent in the bunker's research library I compiled a collection of music that crackled and fizzed within a nebulous fog. Static charges mirroring synaptic fireworks. On mixing and playing the result was immediate. The foreword was written."

Tracklisting:

1: She Possessed The Secret of Listening To The Stars - The Humble Bee
2: Lapis Lazuli - Fisherofgold
3:Caisteal Grugail - Invocation
4: Often Destroyed - Helm
5: Unchained - TCB
6: No Drums - Tim Hecker
7: After Tomorrow - Arovane and Hior Chronik
8: Walk Into The Light - White Noise Sound

'From Bagshot To Silbury Hill' - A Mix by Andrew Weatherall

Lentamente immersi in suono palpabile. Membra accarezzate da oscillazioni. Fisicamente circondati da vibrazioni. 
360° di consapevole armonia tra spirito ed ascolto.
Siamo giunti all'ottavo episodio della nostra podcast series e, forse, ormai sapete di cosa stiamo parlando.
Come Caronte il traghettatore d'anime, Segue conduce questa tratta cui destinazione siete voi, con gli occhi chiusi, che viaggiate. 
Grazie per averci regalato questo set caleidoscopico e personalissimo.
Buon ascolto.

ENG

Slowly immersed in a kind of touchable sound. It's a world made by fluctuations. Physically surrounded by vibrations.
360 ° of conscious harmony between spirit and listening.
We have reached the eighth episode of our podcast series and, maybe, now you know what we are talking about.
Like Charon the ferryman of souls, Segue leads this journey whose destination in which you are, with your eyes closed, travelling.
Thanks for giving us this kaleidoscopic and very personal set.
Good listening.

Segue - Komorebi Podcast Series #08

We´re warming up for the release of our debut 12" record with sharing a 3 hour excerpt from our set as Avancera (Dorisburg & Kalawila). Recorded live at the lovely Pattens of Perception party at Ohm in Berlin last summer. Enjoy the mix, and check out the release too:

MNMT Premiere: https://soundcloud.com/monument-podcast/mnmt-premiere-avancera-who-is-princess-zorldo

12" at Phonica: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/avancera-who-is-princess-zorldo-incl-mor-elian-remix-mountain-explosion-device/165242

12" at Decks: https://www.decks.de/track/avancera-who_is_princess_zorldo/cg5-m5

Avancera @ Ohm 28.06.2019

Eris Drew is one of those artists who seemed to blow up over night, but who had actually been hard at work for decades. A long-time residency at Chicago's Smart Bar brought her to international attention, and her own Motherbeat parties at various places around Europe furthered that reputation. It is there that she manages to cook up pure, unadulterated dance floor love and euphoria with hi-energy selections and a unifying sense of oneness that is put together with her own so called “orchestration” mixing techniques. An inquisitive musician and innovative recording artist, she has also just put out her debut solo EP on Interdimensional Transmissions and runs T4T LUV NRG with partner Octo Octa. 

This week's mix is all of the above and more: a throbbing, impulsive and full bodied experience that serves up the most bumping house grooves but run through with the warm ambient glow of a post-rave comedown. The music feels at classic but also thoroughly contemporary: it will make you pump your fist in sheer joy, but also sends warm waves of euphoria through your body. This is the sound of the Motherbeat.

Eris on her mix:
"In a recent interview for DJ Mag I talk about my connection to the song “Secrets of Mediation” by Dutch producers Alex Dijksterhuis (Jamez) & Gaston Steenkist (Dobre). At Chicago raves in 1994 and 1995, this track revealed to me that modern dance music contains archaic ritual elements such as trance-inducing resonances, penetrating sacred drums, and language transformed into glossolalia. My DJ mix for Dekmantel is inspired by my formative dance experiences and by the intense extended sets I play at psychedelic raves such as Motherbeat and No Way Back. The mix includes bass music, progressive, breaks, house, techno, and minimal, all of which I collage, drop and scratch to put us into a tunneling trance."

Full tracklist here: dkmn.tl/270-ErisDrew

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 270 - Eris Drew

We have the pleasure to welcome our friend Helge Tømmervåg aka Mind over MIDI, for the 50th Deep Breakfast mix!

~ DB050 by https://soundcloud.com/mind-over-midi-1 ~

Tracklist:

Intro
Biosphere - Bjorvika
Alva Noto/Ryuichi Sakamoto - Scape 1
Deaf Center - Gathering
Biosphere - Gravity Assist
Untitled 13 - Track 9
Ian William Craig - The Last Westbrook Lament
Deaf Center - Red Glow
Akira Rabelais - If Error And Upon Me Proved
Taylor Deupree - For These In Winter
Part Timer - Sunday Sketch Blurred
The Gentleman Losers - Shelter From The Rain
The Boats - The Ballad For Achievement
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Solari (Fennesz Remix) 
The Humble Bee - It Was The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
Stephen Vitiello & Taylor Deupree - Second Variation
The Humble Bee - It Turned To Dust In My Hand
The Humble Bee/Benoit Pioulard - Off Camera
Outro

Have a good listening.

Photo credit: Helge Tømmervåg

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Deep Breakfast 050 - Mind over MIDI

EN:
@segueambient is the name used by Jordan Sauer, an electronic music producer from Vancouver, BC. He creates ambient and dub-techno music with layers of field recordings, acoustic and electronic sounds, creating sonic soundscapes that conjure images of nature and emotions of peace and introspection. He has released numerous solo albums and collaborations with artists from around the world, including three LPs on the Silent Season record label. A high point of his career was the 2013 release of the dub-techno album Pacifica and the following performance at Mutek the following year, captured here in this live recording. In 2020, Jordan was commissioned by Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre to produce Gene Machines - an album based on field recordings and atmospheric sounds from one of the most advanced genetic research labs in Canada.

Presented as part of STREAM ON, a project by MUTEK, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

FR:
@segueambient est le nom utilisé par Jordan Sauer, un producteur de musique électronique de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. Il crée de la musique ambient et dub-techno avec des couches d'enregistrements en milieu naturel, des sons acoustiques et électroniques, créant des paysages sonores qui évoquent des images de la nature et des émotions de paix et d'introspection. Il a sorti de nombreux albums solo et collaborations avec des artistes du monde entier, dont trois albums sur le label Silent Season. Un point culminant de sa carrière a été la sortie en 2013 de l'album dub-techno Pacifica et la performance qui en a découlé à MUTEK l'année suivante, capturée ici dans cet enregistrement live. En 2020, Jordan a été mandaté par le Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre du Canada pour produire Gene Machines - un album basé sur des enregistrements en pleine nature et des sons atmosphériques de l’un des laboratoires de recherche génétique les plus avancés au Canada.

Présenté dans le cadre de STREAM ON, un projet de MUTEK, avec le soutien du Conseil des Arts du Canada.

MUTEK_Stream On - Segue (CA)

Mix series focused on the deep, abstract and emotional side of electronic music.

Est. 2019

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I'm a sometimes DJ and collector of music across digital and vinyl formats. I've been spinning since '93 and find inspiration in a wide range of styles including deep house, minimal, dub techno, techno, drum n bass. Mostly retired and have been living in Sydney since 2021. I present a regular show on global radio station BPM Radio every Friday 8am UK/5pm Sydney.

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