Utrecht's Vand delivers an elegant mix comprised entirely of unreleased work from the artist and ISOTOOP curator (including several yet-unearthed collaborations with close contemporaries & label favorites) alongside selections from his recently released Trialism EP. Vand's mix envelops as it unfolds, an eidetic, dawn-hued journey of carefully kinetic sound, showcasing a true craftsman in top form and offering a captivating glimpse at the future to come. Thanks Viktor!

@vandmusic

Artwork by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Sure Thing Mix 138: Vand

For Sciama, music is all about creating a world in which the listener can explore the many facets of human emotion—a journey inward that uncovers both the light and dark within us. Melding elements of UK bass music, experimental sound design, and the grey area between techno and drum & bass, Sciama’s work offers a dynamic and immersive experience. Released across respected labels like Auxiliary, OODA, and A Walking Contradiction, each project showcases intricate layers of textured rhythms, deep atmospheres, and cerebral beats that invite introspection and self-discovery.

https://soundcloud.com/sciamamusic
https://sciama.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sciamamusic/

Tracklist
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PDP III - Calendar of Days
Echium - Yellow-Flowered
Ancestral Voices - Brihaspati
Varuna - Culex Sitiens (o.utlier Remix)
Autechre - marhide
Demdike Stare - Matilda's Dream
Facil - 115
Pan Sonic - Haiti
Lemont - Untamed
URA - Dirge
TM404 & Echologist - Bass Desires
Varuna - Ratu
Varuna - Current
DB1 - AGUA
Eszaid - Brumes 01
ASC Black Hole Collapse
Vialan - Machine05_20160220
Alan Backdrop - Kair
Varuna - Speculative Communities
Feral & Spekki Webu - Exitlude (Floating Version)
Multicast Dynamics - Language of Colours
Clearlight - Futuristic Temple River
Kaspiann & Multicast Dynamics - Two

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Chaindata Radio 21 - Sciama

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~ we’re back to the essence of Tentacular with this long-awaited mix from one of our dearest—Sybil (@syberkid). A true weaver of sonic worlds, she gifts us a high-energy journey where UK rave meets psychedelic doof, storytelling through sound in the way only she can. Mystical, embodied, and full of heart.

This recording holds a special story, as told by Sybil herself:

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 — 𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤, 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘜𝘒 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.

Tentacular 26 ~ Sybil

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For this next entry in the Embodiment series, we’re proud to share a deeply atmospheric and intuitively woven mix by BLUME.

"Lately I’ve been dwelling in a strange in-between," BLUME shares, "and this mix lives there too. No bpm to hold onto, no genre to fall into. Ghosted rhythms, soft dissonance, moments of friction, and traces of fourth world brass dissolving into smoke. Not meant to resolve, just to linger."

One thing we resonate with deeply is how BLUME moves fluidly across genre boundaries not as a showcase, but as a way of creating dynamics and narrative. The tracks don’t just follow one another, they speak, echo, and unfold together like fragments of a larger story.

No need to overthink it just press play and see where it takes you.

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Artwork by Severja |
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Embodiment 071 - BLUME

@aeraemusic



𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣 presents Aerae
— a voice rising from Rouen’s mist, weaving techno pulse and d&b tension into something raw, ritual, and deeply human.

Fresh from her stunning debut album Percussive Reverie (Annulled Music) and ahead of her forthcoming Nefanda on Samurai Music this July, Aerae speaks in refracted rhythms: sinewy drums, cavernous reverbs, melodies coded in Latin fragments. Dance music as incantation—dense yet breathing, suspended between rave energy and meditative drift.

In the booth, she ventures further—fusing UK-leaning sounds with trippy twists and textural experimentation. A flow that pulls body & mind into the same gravitational field.

𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 & 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴—𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺. 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘌𝘗.

(J’avais ce besoin de retourner à la dnb, de me replonger dans cette énergie, qui est aussi ma thérapie personnelle…)

Settle in and let this Tentacular mix carry you—hidden forests, warehouse dawns, & beyond. The currents will surely pull you under.

Tentacular 28 ~ Aerae

"Venus appears to me in a dream. The sky is cloudless and I drift into a pine forest, mesmerised by the sound of her flute. I find myself entangled in a dance of indecipherable mumblings that, like the woods' inhabitants, change shape when night falls.
I glimpse a luminous mist in the distance, guiding me towards a veiled cedar cabin. I step inside, abandoning myself alongside the other participants. The melody of the flute begins to distort into a fossilised howl, melting into my eardrums and merging with the echoes of a forest that grows ever more distant.
And in the midst of these rustling whispers, I find myself reduced to dust. The flaming light of the cabin will show me the way out: in the fire of darkness, I choose a new life. "

Spanish-born but now based in Milan, Ultramarín (@ultramarin-blau) explores sound as a vessel of shifting consciousness. Embracing deep listening as a core element in her practice, her aim is to expand the boundaries of perception, going below the surface of what is heard. Distinguished by an eclectic approach, her sets span from experimental ambient to downtempo, to hypnotic and avant-garde techno.

Recorded at Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular) during the temple chptr. 9 † celebrating a world of echo † 28·06·2025 w/ ‡ Doozer  ‡ Josephine Soundscapes  ‡ DOC ‡ Pillen.

#temple_for_listeners is an event dedicated to attentive listening and static dance, curated by Camu and Josephine's Soundscapes for Espacio Perpendicular.+

HOCast #256 x temple chptr. 9 - Ultramarín

Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of attending the fourth edition of Mostra, one of the most beautiful, safe, and welcoming gatherings we've ever experienced. It was an intimate, four-day festival in the city of Barcelona dedicated to exploring experimental electronic music and the avant-garde — expertly curated and surrounded by a beautiful community of like-minded souls who treated us like family.

On the second day of the festival at Fabra i Coats — inside one of the most respectful and attentive listening rooms, with an audience whose silence drew you even deeper into the sound — Detroit legend and Mostra resident Patrick Russell took his place in the booth, seated this year, and delivered a deeply moving and powerful sonic trip — one we’re honored to share with you today.

A big thank you to Patrick and Mostra for giving us the opportunity to share one of our favourite performances of the festival.
~~
https://soundcloud.com/ptrckrssll
https://www.instagram.com/ptrckrssll/

https://www.mostra.barcelona/en
https://soundcloud.com/mostrabcn
https://www.instagram.com/mostrabcn/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

Mostra x The Observatory - Patrick Russell

Once a year back to the core with a like-minded group. Enjoy the recording from a special gathering last June, somewhere in the woods of Spain. Big hug from Bas de Noche. 

@espacio-perpendicular 2025 -  Saturday 23:00 - 01:00

Bas Dobbelaer - Perpendicular 2025

Shoen - Ukrder (Original Mix)

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Six Three
1: Six Three, 02:32
2: Six Three Touch, 03:00
3: Six Three Orbits, 03:39
4: Six Three Particles, 02:13

Dates:
05-Dec-2025 (inception), 06-Dec-2025 (finalised), 07-Dec-2025 (released)

Artists:
Music composed, performed, produced by Norman Freund
Artwork by Norman Freund

BandCamp Purchase:
https://normanfreund.bandcamp.com/album/six-three

SHORTEN VERSION, excludes Table 1 tuning, see my BandCamp site or my social media page for full details (https://www.facebook.com/norman.freund.545/)

Description:

Marcelo Leal Ref. [1] posts an article on FaceBook group, "Microtonal Music and Tuning Theory" and tags me, I looked on with interest. A tuning scale developed using at most harmonics one through to and include sixty three, octave reduced (i.e. divided by powers of 2 to ensure the frequency ratios remained within the 1. to 2. range. 32 Notes were used in this scale with adjacent note intervals starting from 53 cent, gradually reducing to 27 cent for the last interval to the first octave. So loosely speaking a quarter tone tuning with some stretching. I have tried quarter tone equal divisions of the octave tunings (24EDO) in the past and could not really get warm with them. Still, I was intrigued. 

Thirty notes, a lot of intervals to imagine, so I thought some form of colour coding on my Ableton Push2 midi controller would help. My Digital synthesiser, PulseRectOsc has micro-tuning and a user definable colour table, so switched this on and began experimenting. Stepping back just a bit, some preparation work on a spread sheet was necessary to calculate the frequency ratios, figure out a colour system using nearest 12EDO notes as a frame work.

The colour coding was to start the root note out as RED (1), colour all the diatonic notes of the nearest 12EDO major scale notes (the white keys on a piano) in GREEN (10), colour the nearest 12EDO sharp accidentals (#) in BLUE (15) and what was left over (the ^ and \/'s) coloured in PURPLE (18). The note naming convention used here was intended as a performer guide.

The PulseRectOsc synthesiser is a drone with a pulse like wave shape, amplitude modulation, wave folder distortion, a delay+feedback net work and your choice of VST reverb (or other effect). I used the Native Instruments' Raum for reverb. PulseRecOsc has an eight track audio recorder, so I recorded some four note chords to improvise over on the Soma Lyra 8.

The Soma Lyra 8 tuning approach was to tune it by ear to eight notes from the Table 1 tuning for the first track prior to the performance, then improvise a melodic line. Subsequent tracks would use a different four note drone chord from the PulseRectOsc and the Lyra 8 would use the tuning from the previous track as a starting point but alter the tuning during the performance. Each performance would introduce additional entropy into the tuning as performed on the Lyra 8, all done live, by ear, during the performance.

Each track's duration was purposely kept short, I wanted to demonstrate the various flavours of the 63-Limit Otonality tuning and in Lyra 8 style interpret this tuning organically.

The signal chain for the Lyra 8: mono out to the Soma COSMOS (rhythmic firmware, adds reverb and stereo space) -> stereo to digital interface -> 8 track recorder of PulseRectOsc.

The tuning of the Lyra 8 is very organic, is influenced by adjacent oscillators and has a "MOD" dial to accept frequency modulations from what it calls a "Hyper LFO". The Hyper LFO comprises of two low frequency oscillators, I used them here in the OR mode not synchronised, each pulse of the LFO changes the oscillator voice frequency according to the MOD dial. You don't control it strictly, more like guiding it, you listen and decide to increase or decrease the amount of modulation. A very organic approach.

References:
[1] Marcelo Leal, 5-Dec-2025, 63-Limit Otonality by Pitch (tuning scale). FaceBook group "Microtonal Music and Tuning Theory" Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1asmaHiK7G/

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