Odd Hills Selects - Aaja channel 2 - 20 08 25

The seventeenth. An entry from Out Of Focus co-curator @picnic-it.

A mix both diverse and wandering, we depart with bouncy, organic infused electronica, lighter textures slowly intensifying as the palette develops. The middle of mix finds its stride in some deeper, darker, resonant tracks. Rolling and revolving, the senses blur as the cycle grips our auditory senses. Finally, the listener is pulled back out of the hypnotic haze, stronger sounds of storytelling return to the forefront to reassert the groove, with haunting vocals and strings bidding the listener a final farewell. 

Out Of Focus 017 - Picnic

Artist: Hod [Antioquia, Colombia]
Format: Digital
Release Date: October 13th 2025
Cat: ST094

. Hod - Shattered Own Reflection
. Hod - Glory of the Void
. Hod - Etheric Weave
. Hod - Radiant Heart
. Hod - Surrender Ritual
. Hod - Rift of the Oracle

Reflection altered through time, change, evolution, until glorifying emptiness in the quest to not identify with anything external, creation of one's own etheric weave. Surrendering with a ritual through music as an oracle is proof of respect for the greatness of nature and the universe, a surreal interpretation to express the feeling of a radiant heart.

Hod
@951012
www.facebook.com/Hod.Col.releases
ra.co/dj/hod

Free Download:
secuenciastemporales.bandcamp.com/music

Written and Produced by Juan Andrés Rúa in Antioquia, Colombia.
Mastering Secuencias Temporales Studio, México.
Secuencias Temporales ℗ & © 2025 - All Rights Reserved

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Hod - Surrender Ritual (ST094)

Live DJ set @Synthasia 1st Anniversary Open Air
Recorded September 14th, 2025 | 10:30-12:00

Artist: @hiokgwa
IG: www.instagram.com/hiokgwa/

OKGWA @Synthasia Open Air 2025

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11.10.2025 Alliance Club w/ Aawadh

Voal - Jinx 
ISO003

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Voal — Vand and Shoal — reveal five more cuts on their home label ISOTOOP, taken from the pair’s time living together in Utrecht. Whereas the debut EP, ‘Saffron’, dropped the listener into psychedelic aesthetics and atypical rhythmic structures, the sequel ‘Jinx’ has a more crystal-cut vision of club music, made for no less exploratory dancefloors.

Possessing a natural progression almost as fluid as a contiguous live set, with imagination each track can form the basis of the next through the fingerprints of a barely-perceptible ghost leaving a piecemeal narrative impression, an exposure in negative that develops over repeated exposure to the five versatile tracks.

Relative to Saffron’s sidestepping repertoire, this latest EP goes for the jugular with insistent club dynamics from the get-go. Summoning steps on air, a self-contained package of breezy dancefloor initiation and escalation, all-in-one, and from the foothold of this thermal vortex Crosswind ups the drama with storm-hued dynamics and blustery club debris.

The knife of aesthetics is freshly sharpened for the flip: Jinx takes the record out of earthbound atmospheres and deep into sci-fi territory. A jigsawwing bassline seems to drill ever-deeper into an expanding landscape, as it does so uncovering small sonic treasures locked in the bedrock. A mirror to this scene, The Chain digresses with bubbling verve and psychedelic strut, a combo-finishing left hook that simultaneously holds playfulness alongside dour dramatics, a duality shared by vinyl-exclusive closing track Ouah, which blows out the lights with a smirk, and premium hallucinatory dub psychosis.

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W&P by Kenny Dean Kneefel & Viktor van der Riet
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci
Artwork by Angelina Nikolayeva
Words by Freddie Hudson
Pressed by AFG Record Manufacturing
Distributed by Space Cadets Distribution

Voal - Jinx (ISO003)

In the space where sound is stripped to its essential form, new worlds emerge. For our latest podcast, we welcome Hitam, an artist who operates as a true sonic architect, sculpting sound from its most granular elements. His work masterfully bridges the worlds of deep techno and avant-garde experimentalism, finding profound power not in overwhelming force, but in restrained intensity. The Amsterdam based producer’s ultra finessed sounds have been released on the likes of Hayes, Somov, SYXT as well a string of exceptional recent releases on his own Rhiza Semar label. As a DJ he serves as a resident at the infamous Eerste Communie parties, as well as playing legendary institutions like Tresor, Bassiani, De School and more. 

“For this mix I wanted to trace a descent through shifting temporal layers; beginning in a state of suspension, slowly moving into trance-inducing motion before dissolving again into the subterranean. It travels from fluid, hypnotic rhythm into zones of disorientation and release; a process of acceleration, collapse, and renewal. Recorded as a continuous narrative rather than a set, it mirrors my current pull toward a landscape where ancient ritual and submerged hypnosis blend into an organic accelerated pulse where momentum and meditation intertwine beneath the surface.”

Forget relentless peaks, this is techno that demands deep immersion, challenging yet deeply rewarding, a deep trip of tension and release on a microscopic level. A tale of masterfully executed cerebral hypnosis, told across two chapters of disintegration through terrains that feel simultaneously ancient and futuristic. A dialogue between soil and circuitry, pulse and void.  

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https://www.instagram.com/rhizasemar.audio/
https://rhizasemar.bandcamp.com/music

MNMT 490 : Hitam

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OTON invites Leyline @ GIMIC - 24 October 2025

Elias. returns to Ranges with a full-length 13-track statement. While his earlier 12″ mapped aquatic swells, fast-paced chord pressure, and dusky atmospheres, this long-form set threads those signatures into a cinematic, Chain Reaction inspired narrative. Slow-bloom openers, peak-time pulses, and noir-tinted comedowns, etched in tape grain and negative space.

- Pre-order start on our bandcamp page

Tracklist :

1. Log graph 
2. Pl Cycle 
3. Ratio formula
4. Multilayer
5. Film seq 01
6. Film seq 02
7. Midnight
8. Info 
9. Calibration (Amb version)
10. Calibration
11. α-Decay Half-Life
12. LX Air-Port
13. Winter in Bs.As. 

written & produced by Elias.
mastered by AT&T
photo by Antonio Causi
artwork design by Alex Tasso

Elias. - Fm therapy extension [RANGESC004]

a journey into an alternate and experimental realm. Meant for listening, concentration and meditation.

Whispers On Elmstraße - mix series# 3

Part of a series I was working on that was all about looking deeply into things that have no apparent significance, like the cosmic hum, or the idea of searching for nothing - reflection, memory, history and nostalgia - and I don't even remember how i made it, just the image of me sitting in the kitchen with headphones on with the presence of my daughter in front of me- it is a warm place, full of love and is pleasant to return to in my mind.

On a completely different tip it reminds me of dark empty depths, things lurking;  sparkling bioluminescence; life of all kinds darting, or hiding, in a constant state of heightened awareness, feeling as deeply as possible in love or fear.

Some themes were:  darkness and light, the moon, a light in the darkness; the tides, in and out; longing - the moon once a part of earth slowly drifting away; it's pull stirring the waters to enable life, first in the ocean and then, crawling, clawing on to land; leaving everything behind but always aware of the primal call to home, waves breathing in and out - an inexplicable emotion, there, but not there, like creation; creatures in the dark with senses so extreme they fill the emptiness with beauty and meaning - the spaces in between; pray for nothing.

That's kind of where my head's at.

Deep sea (the call home)

Electronic music producer and DJ based in Berlin, working under the moniker ELM. The name was inspired by a book I read during my teenage years, where elm trees served as gathering points for traveling artists—places of rest, exchange, and inspiration. That image resonated deeply with me and continues to inform my creative philosophy. I see ELM as a sonic shelter of sorts—where ideas take root, and contrasts between light and shadow, energy and introspection, are explored through sound.

My work focuses on crafting immersive, narrative-driven experiences through electronic music. Drawing from the more unconventional sides of techno, I blend intricate rhythms with bold lead elements, textured noise, and atmospheric layers. Each composition is designed to guide the listener through a journey—both physical and emotional—using sound as a storytelling tool.

In addition to producing and performing, I compose music for film and visual media, where I can explore another dimension of narrative and mood. With over a decade of DJ experience, I’ve had the opportunity to perform at respected venues and festivals across India and Berlin—experiences that continue to shape my approach to both live performance and studio production.