On that misty winter morning, Hekske (the little witch) woke up when Falke (the 9 year old witch apprentice) had once again snuggled under her moss blanket to keep warm and dry.  After a relatively warm (and rainy and windy) spell during the first half of January, the weather had finally calmed down, but this also meant that temperatures had plunged to the freezing point, while the forest got engulfed in thick fog.
Later that day, after completing their daily inspection round of the cold and damp forest, the girls decided to perform a fun flight in the neighborhood of their home ‘Neigembos’ forest.  After soaring upwards, the witches quickly discovered that the layer of mist was only a few hundreds of feet thick. So it became an unexpectedly beautiful flight under a glorious sun, with only the church towers of the villages protruding above the bright white mist blanket.  The girls navigated from church to church, first passing over the villages of Denderwindeke and Zandbergen, before heading towards the church of Grimminge as their next orientation point.  At that moment, the witches heard some sad laments from below.  The girls got curious and decided to descend into the fog, where they found an old draft horse who was weeping.  The witches gave a tender hug to the distressed horse, and the ever-chatty Falke asked why he was crying.  He introduced himself as ‘Orange I’.  The witches were surprised and when Falke remarked that it sounded like the name of a king, he smiled warily and explained he was some kind of king in a distant past. For many years he was the most famous of the noble breed of Flemish draft dorses and he had won lots of first prizes in contests.  And as a pleasant side effect, he got the opportunity to father so many sons and daughters that he is now being considered as the founding father of the Flemish draft horse.  But alas, success and fame are as fleeting as a sand mandala, and now Orange I is just an old and frail animal.  One day earlier,  he had overheard his owner whisper that he would soon be brought to the slaughterhouse.  Hekske and Falke looked at the imposing horse and decided that his time hadn’t come yet.  The girls opened the gate of his meadow and – under cover of the thick fog - led Orange I to the witch’s forest.  As the horse was limping, they only made slow progress and it was already getting dark when they finally reached the forest.  The next morning, the girls led the horse to the nymph’s pond and – despite temperatures around the freezing point – waded into the water until only their heads were above the surface.   They gave an ice-cold bath to Orange I (who was in a grumpy mood and complaining about the cold continuously), after which they gently dried him with moss.  Meanwhile, Lalita The Nymph had prepared massage oil according to a South-East Asian recipe, after which the 3 women gave an extensive soft massage to Orange I.  This special treatment had a magical effect on the old horse and the next day his limp was completely gone.  Even more amazingly, he was trotting around the central meadow with a gracious gait, completely rejuvenated.  His grumpy mood had disappeared and he even invited Falke to mount on him and he took her for a ride around the meadow.  After that, Hekske and Lalita followed her example and the 3 girls took turns riding on this majestic horse … filling the forest with yells and laughter for many hours.
And from that day onwards, Orange I became very popular among the forest animals, telling them many stories of his trips around Belgium and neighboring countries.  And in the end, despite all the fame and glory of his younger days, his anonymous years as old and wise horse in the witch’s forest would by far be the happiest time of his life… 

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In memory of Orange I (1863-1884). You can visit his statue next to the church of the tiny village of Grimminge in Belgium.

Witchtape #113 | Guest Wizz : Biop6

Scheppērt a Zurich based Dj friend, producer and music lover has sent us his long awaited contribution. This guy can play from 95 to 145 bpm easily I learned recently. Enjoy. 

Connect: https://soundcloud.com/scheppertsound

aka-tape no 281 by Scheppērt

Don’t overthink it, just hit record. This was a spontaneous set which contains some of the variety of music I like to play.

@micha-von-oben

W Radio | 008 | Micha von Oben

Podcast series by Astropsyhe
In collaboration with Planet Ibiza/Power People 🌎

AsanA 11 is the mix series to induce trippy and meditative state, help you to relax and enjoy the journey to your inner dimensions.

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What if we have all the resources to resolve our Crisis right now ?

What Mushrooms will bloom ? 
Of Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi and Robert Oppenheimer  ?
Or Albert Hoffman,  Robert Gordon Wasson and Timothy Leary  ? 

We as Human Race are always evolving and adapting the ways of thinking, which make us more happy, successful, efficient, skillful. 

Communication is the core skill at our Human Set-Up 
But no culture tried to evolve its language with awareness that evolving language was evolving reality. 

Music is the Universal Language. 
Coding is another language which we recently discovered.  On the edge we continue evolving…

But we couldn’t pace up the technological advancement without ethical advancement.

And now our Collective Psyche is on the Stage of Transformation and taking the collective decision, how we enter we New Era. 

Great Goddess has all the answers to those who are ready to listen…⚕️

AsanA 11 - Journey #10 by Astropsyhe - 𝒦𝓊𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒾 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈

This is a special show by some special friends. 

Joris and Gab recorded this delightful, slow-mo and very trippy downtempo mix, featuring some of their own productions under the "Gasteropod" moniker. I had a chance to interview them, and had a nice time and chat in the studio

Support them, their new album Out of the Sell is out now on Purpura Records

@gasteropods

Radioshow #31 w/ Gasteropod

Turtle Island

Echoes of a Dream

Comprised of violins, violas, cellos and double basses, the strings form an emotionally powerful section of a symphony orchestra. Those instruments are Andi Otto’s specialties and passions; characterizing his early formation. After studying cello as a teenager, Andi stepped into the endless dimension of electronic music production and debuted his first releases as Springintgut. Once he had explored the possibilities offered by electronic devices, Andi's love for concert moved him to embrace his cello, and to develop an innovative system of sensors to mount on it. This prototypical instrument, which he re-named “Fello”, has become Andi’s companion in live performances and studio productions. Given his passion for strings, they are the main theme of the mix that the scientist-musician prepared for UCR. Moved by his insatiable curiosity, Andi has undertaken an exploration of the use of strings across modern music and decided to bring our listeners along the mesmerizing sound journey. The voyage begins with the notes of a legend, the inspired and inspiring musician known as Alice Coltrane. “This mix is my personal ode to her legacy”, Andi stated. The strings exploration gradually fades along the mix and leaves space to ambient sounds which inspired Andi for his latest productions. Abundant far-eastern motifs and chants confer profound spiritual energy to this mix, and that is the ultimate meaning of being musician according to Andi: “It’s about the spiritual energy which can be coded into sound by people, instruments, bodies, and ears." We at UCR cannot find better words to express such an inspiring concept and invite our listeners to absorb the energy that Andi sent to us with his rhapsodic selection.

Find Andi Otto here:
@andiotto
www.facebook.com/andiottomusic
booking@lautundlui.se

Tracklist

UCR #048 by Andi Otto

We start the year with a powerful and groovy set from Ágatha Barbosa (a.k.a. @a_cigarra, recorded in Berlin at a Voodoohop party. 

Cigarra is a DJ and magic producer who grew up in the dense underground scene of São Paulo and participated in the effervescence of its parties and festivals as well as in the original formation of Voodoohop, and is the leader / curator of the all-female compilation series “Hystereofônica" at @tropicaltwistarecords. Cigarra also recently created a label dedicated to experimental & downtempo female artists / producers, also called @hystereofonica. Her unique taste, productions and positive initiatives  makes her a true inspiration to us.

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Cigarra - Quiçá (+Janaína)
Iara Rennó - Quando Mingua a Luna
Cigarra - Ofélia
Jacob Groening - The Beatles - Come Together
Bandali Family & TroyBoi- Do You Love Me (Maugli Edit)
Time Tarracho - África
Bumps - Bata na Buzina
Cosmic & Damião - Agora Tu Fica A Vontade MASTERV1
Dengue dengue Dengue - Cobre
Salvador Araguaya - Bixiga Breque
Populous - Umi with Ekena - Todxs Putxs
Cigarra - Quando a Alma não é Submissa (Linn da Quebrada + DeadCombo w/ Xinobi mashup)
Shed - Dark Planet (Modeselektor Remix) + Bumbum TamTam Arrocha
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Flootz + MC Bia - Resposta Baile De Favela 
Modeselektor - German Clap
Toto La Momposina - La Mezcla (Jose Marquez Re-Mezcla) 
Daphni - Julia
Cigarra - Tu No Me Vas (+ Nosotras)
ɹǝqüɟdoʞkopfüber - O/Y - Wo bin ich 
Zufu - Junk in The Trunk

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Artwork: Möstros (www.instagram.com/mostrosinside)

Radioshow #31 w/ Gasteropod

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