Everything that is unknown is part of the myth.

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'Atlantis' on Operator Radio

For the first episode of Atlantis we’re zooming into the underwater worlds of James Stinson and Gerald Donald, two of my absolute personal heroes whose music have seen a big amount of rereleases in the past months. A true blessing for whoever holds a connection with the Drexciyan Empire as some of their work became unaffordable. These reissued works form the base of this show, complemented by many other records, rereleases or not, old and new, that hold a link to Afro Futurism or songs I just love.

Sun Ra - Atlantis [Saturn Research]
Drexciya - Cascading Celestial Giants [Clone]
Drexciya - Aquatic Cataclysm [Tresor]
Stingray - Much Hate [WéMè Records]
Zwischenwelt - Materialization [Rephlex, Clone Aqualung]
Arpanet - Ionic Crystals [Rephlex]
Bitstream - Vic Twenty [Signal Recordings]
Facil - Tree Frog [Instinct Ambient & re:discovery records]
Yuki Matsumura - An [Omen Wapta]
Abstract Thought - Consequences of Cloning [Kombination Research, Clone Aquqlung]
Jack Peoples - Song 6 [Clone Aqualung Series]
Wladimir M. - Evil [Eevo Lute Muzique, Delsin] 
Scape One - Tears in Rain [Electro Records]
Maurizio - Ploy (UR Remix) [Maurizio]
Heinrich Mueller & The Exaltics - 3.26 Parallax Seconds [Solar One Music]
Quadratschulz - Ring The Bell (FAH Remix) [Shipwrec]
Kosmik Kommando - Sociosexual (De:Tuned)
Essit Muzique - De Theorie Van De Machinale Monotomie [DAP]
Transllusion - Power of the Third Brain [Tresor]
Drexciya - Species Of The Pod [Tresor]
Ufaze - J03 [Slow Process]
SolarX - Bionic Man [Hymen Records]
Stingray - Potential [Micron Audio]

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Atlantis 1 'A Drexciyan Revival' w/ aQa - Operator Radio 22-03-23

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth.

1st hour:
Spacetime Contiuüm - A Low Frequency Inversion Field [FAX]
James Holden - Common Land (Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities [Border Community]
Electric Sheep - Tell Me The Truth [Heimelektro Ulm]
Animistic Beliefs - To Dream About Water [NAAFI]
Ryuichi Sakamoto  (Yellow Magic Orchestra) - Riot in Lagos [HTF Records]
Drexciya - Neon Falls [Submerge]
Erika - Opal Haze [Interdimensional Transmissions]
Shifted Phases – Dance Of The Celestial Druids [Tresor]
Legowelt - Dimensionless Moog SP [Axumisia Records]
Anthony Shake Shakir - Frictionalized [Rush Hour]
Scape One - Tears in Rain [Electro Records] 
Pollon–	Lonely Planet [Scopex/Tresor]

2nd hour:
Psychonautic Experiments - Samara (Hardwired Outlook) [Re-load Records]
Red Eye	- XI [Fine Audio Recordings]
Outline - Untitled [Metalbox]
Funk D'Void - Bad Coffee [Soma quality Recordings]
Essit Muzique - De Theorie Van De Machinale Monotomie [DAP]
Universal Indicator (Aphex Twin & Mike Dred) - One1 [Rephlex]
413 - 413 Anthem [Hybrid]
Alonzo - Unprofessional [Cultivated Electronics]
Fobos Hailey - Why [Resonance Moscow]
The Advent - Elektra Fix [Metalbox]
Mark Finnie - Fire Cooler [Bellboy Records]
Spinning Atoms - Summer School [Re-load Records]
Momec - Beneath Ground [FLASH]
Maccari - Escapism [Akashic Records]
Dietrich Schoenemann - Totality [Sondos]
StacEmp - Closer [Typeless]
Dirty Hospital - The General [Control Tower]
Univac - Object At 9 [Mindri]
Population One - Rush Hour (Rolando Remix) [Rush Hour]
Gene Hunt - Juno 106 [Contaminated Muzik]
The Advent - P Tek [Kombination Research]
Beverly Hills 808303 - A1 [Reference Analogue Audio]
LAG	 - Kontrola [Mord]
The Advent - Work Dat [Electrix Records]
Psychonautic Experiments - Cyclosis [Re-load Records]
Damon Wild & Tim Taylor - Bang the Acid (Claude Young's Vox Work Mix) [Missile Records]

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Atlantis 2 w/ aQa - Operator Radio 24-05-23

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part three.

Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f [Warp]
Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia [Tresor]
The Durutti Column - Grace [Les Disques Du Crépuscule]
Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2000) [EMI]
Glass Domain - Interlock [Clone]
Fentom - Mesotron [SoundUnbound Recordings] 
Orlando Voorn - Space Trap [Trust]
Radioactive Man - Goodnight Morton [R.G.C. Records]
Dave Olson & Scott Radke - Pablo [HiPass]
The Deacon - Soulsaver [Underground Resistance]
Lab Rat XL - Lab Rat 6 [Clone]
Intergalactic Gary - Industrial Model [Viewlexx]
Helena Hauff & The Exaltics - Creatura [Solar One]

Atlantis 3 w/ aQa - Operator Radio 12-07-23

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part four.

Underground Resistance - Body And Soul (Nation 2 Nation) [UR]
Iasos - The Bubble Massage (Inter-Dimensional Music) [Unity Records] 
Larry Heard - Cosmogonic Myth (Alien) [Alleviated Records] 
Sun Electric - Love 2 Love (Ambient Dreams) [Music From Memory]
The KLF - 3 A.M. Somewhere Out Of Beaumont (Chill Out) [KLF Communications]
Woob - Wuub (1194) [EM:T] 
Ghostride The Drift - Untitled (Ghostride The Drift) [xpq?]
S.O.N.S. - Upside Down (The Escape) [S.O.N.S.] 
PLO Man - fig. 015 (anonymousmaterial) [Acting Press] 
Vulva - Wailing Vulvas (Birdwatch) [Rephlex]
Nathan Siter - e:ly (Bacteria) [Zhark]
Biosphere - Startoucher (Patashnik) [Apollo]
Luke Slater Love (The 7th Plain Collage Remix) (Love Remixes) [Mote-Evolver]
Robert Leiner - Out Of Control (Visions Of The Past) [Apollo]
Sandwell District - 7" Untitled	(Feed Forward) [PIAS, originally on Sandwell District]
Sandwell District - Immolare (Feed Forward) [PIAS, originally on Sandwell District]
Daniel Avery - Diminuendo (Patrick Russell Remix) (Song For Alpha Remixes: One) [Phantasy Sound]
The Exaltics - We Never Had A Chance (The 7th Planet) [Clone West Coast Series]
Orlando Voorn - Shockwave (Outerworld) [Trust]
Drexciya - Aqua Worm Hole (Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller III) [Clone Classic Cuts]
BHMF - Mörkertal (Scandinavian Swords IIII: Atlas of Visions)

Atlantis 4 w/ aQa - Operator Radio 20-09-23

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part five.

Zandvoort & Uilenbal - Safe Sailing for the Galleon Caladrius (Folk Triumfator) [Nightwind Records]
Wang Inc. - Fuga (MEDITERRANEO) [Random Note] 
Patrick Cowley - Journey Home (School Daze) [Dark Entries] 
Jon Hassell - Blues Nile (Vernal Equinox) [Lovely Music, Ltd.)
Skee Mask - South Mathematikz (Shred) [Ilian Tape]
Burial - Night Bus (Burial) [Hyperdub]
Freeform - Bubbled (Elastic Speakers) [Worm Interface]
Being - Being, Then. (Broxburn Funk) [Firecracker Recordings]
Masala - Lucid Dreams (Drop 7.3 - Lucid Dreams) [Materiali Sonori]
James Bernard - Mars Rain (Atmospherics) [Rising High Records]
Laura BCR - Contagious [Konstrukt] (unreleased)
Earthen Sea - Sea of Neptune (Mirage) [Lovers Rock]
Pachen’s Law - Magnifying Transmitter (Underground Wave Volume 4) [Walhalla Records]
Seer - Electrolytic (No Ressurection) [Spectral Sound]
Chemical Brothers - Fuck Up Beat (edit) (Exit Planet Dust) [Virgin]
Black Merlin - Manipulate (Manipulate) [Offen Music]
Zohar - Osh (OBJECT) [Zohar]
Randomer - Huh (Residents) [L.I.E.S.]
Helena Hauff - C45P (A Tape) [Handmade Birds]
Betonkunst & Palmbomen II - Bart’s Jam (Parallel B) [Dekmantel]
Anthony Rother - Hacker (Hacker) [Psi49net]
Onmensch - Orbit 27 (SCHENK 1) [ONDERWERELD]
Mark Finnie - Forcefield (Sunless) [Bellboy Records]
Robert Hood - Chase (Internal Empire) [Tresor]
Arnaud le Textier - Python (Axioms EP) [Children of Tomorrow]
Koenig Cylinders - 99.9 (John Selway 2002 remix) [Exacta.udio]
The Advent - Panther (Panther EP) [Kombination Research]

Atlantis 5 w/ aQa - Operator Radio 15-11-23

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part six.

ISOR29 - Transition (Descarga Mix) (Moon Phase Gardening) [Second Circle]
Amon Tobin - Slowly (Supermodified) [Ninja Tune]
David Morley - Stardancer (Stardancer EP) [Apollo]
CoLD SToRAGE - Xylem (wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack) [Lapsus Records]
CoLD SToRAGE - Xylem (Brainwalzera Remix) (wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack) [Lapsus Records]
Drexciya - Unknown Journey VII (Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller IV) [Clone Classic Cuts]
The Deacon - Soulsaver (Interstellar Fugitives) [Underground Resistance]
Andrea Parker - Clutching at Straws (Kiss my ARP) [Mo Wax]
Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubbelbath (Analogue Bubblebath [Mighty Force]
Trentemøller - Miss You (The Last Resort) [Poker Flat Recordings]
Microthol - The Bliss (feat. Sensational) [TRUST] 
The Higher Intelligence Agency - Elapse (Freefloater) [Beyond]
Alice Coltrane - Jai Ramachandra (Kirtan: Turiya Sings) [Impulse!]

Atlantis 6 w/ aQa - Operator Radio 07-12-2023

Operating Modus DJ-set @ De School | 16-12

Bandulu - Downward Glance [Infonet]
Simulant - Access Future Audio [Scopex]
Question - 7th Question [Question]
Anthony Lynn - Busted Track [Kobayashi]
Ø [Phase] - A1 [Cosmic ID]
Dusk - Shadow Boxer [Peacefrog]
The Exaltics feat. Paris the Black Fu - 10 Oseco ndstil lmidn ight (Lorenz.Orx RMX) [Clone West Coast]
Underground Resistance - Analog Assasin [UR]
Frequency - Darkheart Energy (Lenson Remix) [Repetitive Rhythm Research]
Aphrohead - Legion For We Are Many (Wataru Kishida Remix) [Bush]
Jeff Mills - Alarms (first mix) [Purpose Maker]
Deniro - Monsoon 2 [Tape]
DJ Stingray 313 - eRbB4 [Lower Parts]
Drexciya - Black Sea [Clone Aqualung]
Space DJz - Space DJz [Infonet]
Chaos - Afrogermanic [UR]
Mystic Tribe A.I. - Telephatic Seduction (on 33rpm) [Clone Aqualung]
Scape One - They Manufacture Humans [Electro Records]

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Operating Modus at HÖR - 04-05-2024

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part eighteen.

Spiritczualic Enhancement Center - On The Way Back From Wadi Rum (Transporting Salt) [Besides Records]
Akira Ito  - W.A.T.E.R (Marine Flowers (Science Fantasy)) [Green & Water]
Autechre - Bronchusevenmx24 (Garbage) [Warp]
Locust - Fawn (Weathered Well) [Apollo]
Bleep - The Launchpad (Boomerang Mix) [SSR Records
Lackluster - Meanwhile (Rm Xb Yb Rothomstates) (R U Oho?) [deFocus]
Delly Rollies & Friends 82 - Licik [Jiwa Jiwa]
Pedro Ruy-Blas & Dolores - La Puerta Abierta (La Puerta Abierta) [Polydor]
Can - Indisches Panorama V (Kamasutra (Vollendung Der Liebe) [Crippled Dick Hot Wax!]
Nat Birchall - Cosmic Dawn (The Infinite) [Ancient Archive of Sound]
Hiromi - We Will (Blue Giant - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Universal Music]
Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds - Survivor (Time Signals) [Selected Sound]
Jack Peoples - Song 06 (Laptop Cafe) [Clone Aqualung Series]
Future Beat Alliance - Intruder (Inside Out) [Void Records]
Pollon - Lost Souls (Scopex 98/00) [Scopex]
D’arcangelo - Diagram XI (D'Arcangelo EP) [Rephlex]
Eurythmics - Monkey, Monkey [RCA]
Die Form - Automatic Death (Die Puppe) [Bain Total]
Portsmouth Sinfonia w/ Brian Eno – From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: "Morning" (Plays The Popular Classics) [Transatlantic Records]
Spectral Emotions – Moonchild (Chapter 3) [Labworks Germany]
Bonobo - Cortina (Everything U Do) [DJ Therapy]

Atlantis 18 w/ aQa & Chris O'Riordan - Operator Radio 27-02-2025

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part twenty one.

May 26th marked the launch of ‘Convergence’, the intoxicating debut release by cosmox on Rotterdam’s newest sonic powerhouse: Dehumanize Records. Led by founder Ruben de Lange, Dehumanize pushes boundaries at the intersection of sound, art, literature, and technology, showcasing thought-provoking explorations of the human-machine dynamic.

On this Atlantis we welcome Ruben to the Operator headquarters and speak about the origins and vision of Dehumanize. Expect lot’s of music and an exclusive peek behind a new strongholder of Rotterdam's electronic underground.

Urban Space Electronics - Graft (Convergence) [Dehumanize]
Alek Stark - TB Love (Highway To Disko) [Disko B]
cosmox - SimStim (Convergence) [Dehumanize]
Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes (Neptune's Lair) [Tresor]
The Partisans - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (The Partisans) [No Future Records]
Driss Bennis pres. OCB - Physics (Video Game Version) (FM Bass Trax) [Casa Voyager]
cosmox - Technomancer (Convergence) [Dehumanize]

Atlantis 21 | Dehumanize Records special w/ aQa & Ruben de Lange - Operator Radio 29-05-2025

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part twentytwo.

Atlantis 22 w/ aQa - Detroit Techno, Electro -Operator Radio 25-09-2025

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part twenty three.

Polygon Window - Polygon Window (Surfing on Sine Waves) [Warp]
Metamatics - Liquid Gel (Midnight Sun Pig) [Dot]
Solitary Dancer - Movement II (Y-3001) [Y-3001]
The Black Dog - Erb (Parallel) [General Production Recordings]
David Morley - Heading South (Tilted) [R&S]
Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Gateway to the Sun (Planet Mushroom EP) [Kinetix]
23 Skidoo - Porno Base (Seven Songs) [Fetish Records]
Klaus Schulze - Chromengel (Cyborg) [Kosmische Muzik]
The Fires of Ork - Gebirge (The Fires of Ork) [Fax]
Carolina Eyck & Eversines - Echoes (Waves) [Yeyeh]
Tomislav Simović - Subhuman Species (Alen & Nenad Sinkauz Remix) (Visitors From The Galaxy Revisited) [Fox & His Friends]
Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like (You Know What It’s Like) [Blackest Ever Black]
Stanley Cowell Trio - Maimoun (Illusion Suite) [ECM]
Beaver & Krause - So Long as the Waters Flow (In A Wild Sanctuary) [WB]
Robert Wyatt - A Last Straw (Rock Bottom) [Virgin]
Future Beat Alliance - Inside Out (Inside Out) [Void]
The Advent - There's No Danger (Elements of Life) [Internal]
Urban Tribe - T Cell (Authorized Clinical Trials) [Rephlex]
Drexciya - Drexcyen Star Chamber (Grava 4) [Clone]
Der Zyklus - Biometric Systems (Biometry) [Dub]
Galaxian - Universal Truths (We Are Power) [Shipwrec]
Charlton - Tram 4 op de Bergweg (Rotterdam) [Mord]
Nico - The Falconer (Desertshore) [Reprise Records]

Atlantis 23 w/ aQa - IDM, Jazz, Electro -Operator Radio 30-10-25

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part twenty four.

Higher Intelligence Agency - Spectral (Colourform) [Headphone Records]
Centuras - Lush (Ascension) [Kenetix]
Metamatics - Man-Q-Neons (Midnight Sun Pig) [Dot Recordings]
Ismistik - Daybreak (Remain) [Djax-Up Beat]
The KLF - Chill Out (Chill Out) [KLF Communications]
Future Sound of London - Cascade (Lifeforms) [EBv]
Electronic Eye - X Scan (The Idea of Justice) [Beyond]
Trans-4M - Amma (Sublunar Oracles) [Buzz]
Palomatic - Flutter (Trill) [Feedback Waves]
Being - Space Again (Broxburn Funk) [Firecracker Recordings]
Link - Arcadian (Global Communication remix) (Artificial Intelligence II) [WARP]

Atlantis 24 w/ aQa - '90 Downtempo, Ambient Techno - Operator Radio 27-11-25

Everything that is unknown is part of the myth. Part twenty five. 

Thanks @operator-radio and all listeners for Atlantis in 2025! See you next year.

Sun Ra - That's How I Feel (Lanquidity) [Philly Jazz]
Santana - Waves Within (Caravanserai) [Columbia]
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment (My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts) [EG]
The Residents - Rest Aria (The Residents) [Torso]
Yusef Lateef - Number 7 (Live at Pep’s) [Impulse!]
Muslimgauze - Ferdowsi (Citadel) [Other Voices]
Ibrahim Maalouf - Beirut (40 Melodies) [Mister Ibe]
Can - Future Days (Future Days) [UAR]
Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge - Ich Verliebe Mich Nie (TFGCX (10 Jahre TFGC)) [Themes For Great Cities]
The Other Functions - Never-Ending (Unbroken Dreams Of Light) [Blueberry Records]
Aphrodite’s Child - Loud, Loud, Loud (666) [Vertigo]
Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy [Trans Canada Highway) [Warp]

Atlantis 25 w/ aQa - Jazz, Kraut, Psychedelic - Operator Radio 08-12-25

Electronic waves ~

Previously as Operating Modus.

"Meet aQa, a Rotterdam-based DJ whose boundless approach to electronic music is both precise and dynamic. Rooted in a deep respect for the art of composing and using the element of water as his cornerstone, aQa’s sets flow seamlessly from atmospheric ambient and IDM to blistering 90’s electro and hard-edged Detroit techno that will shift any audience into top gear. 

With appearances at De School, Breakfast Club, Drift and HÖR Berlin, alongside his monthly Atlantis residency on Operator Radio, aQa has cemented himself as a strong voice in the depths of electronic music. His music draws from a deep well of influences, blending the forward-thinking ethos of artists like Brian Eno and Biosphere with the aquatic mythos of Drexciya and the raw energy of Underground Resistance, offering a sound that feels both timeless and forward-looking.

Whether helming the decks in intimate spaces or expansive festival stages, aQa’s performances are as fluid as they are ferocious. Operating at the crossroads of instinct and intention, aQa leaves a resonance that lingers long after the final track."

contact: rodermond.mauke@gmail.com

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