Episode 45: Sciama

Blume graces the Untitled 909 mix series with a playful session that toys with the idea of slowing down whilst staying in motion, an always shifting state of being, with a psychedelic thread running throughout.

Blume is an artist whose creative journey spans continents, emotions, and a diverse range of musical influences. Born in Buenos Aires and now based in Berlin, Blume’s path into electronic music is deeply rooted in personal experiences that shape both her DJ sets and the ethos behind her record store, Format Wars.

Constantly inspired by the world around her, whether it’s the transience of Berlin, the vibrant chaos of Buenos Aires, or the quiet, reflective moments in her studio, watching autumn winds stir the streets,Blume's connection to music runs deep, starting with the folklore of Argentina, the haunting live presence of Underworld, and a fateful introduction to Aphex Twin that forever shifted how she listens to and engages with sound. These moments have contributed to her story-like approach to music curation, where every set feels like an emotional, almost cinematic experience.

Currently winding down a busy year, Blume is shifting gears—scaling back on DJing to focus on her own musical production. As she prepares to dive into sound design in 2025, Blume remains an artist who is always evolving—whether behind the decks, running her label, or simply embracing the quiet moments that inspire her next step.

In the accompanying interview, we chat to Blume about her life changing introductions to electronic music, how her dad brought music to life for her when she was growing up, her journey founding the digital record store Format Wars and the experience of bringing it to a physical space, how living in South America and Europe has influenced her work and more.

Read here: https://www.untitled909.com/untitled-909-podcast-207-blume

@keinblume

Tracklist: 
01. feral & spekki webu — exitlude (floating version) [aube rouge]
02. javier marimon — ste-061 [huinali]
03. nils petter molvaer & moritz von oswald — further [emarcy]
04. magna pia — dakhan [konstrukt]
05. harald uunk - isomorphic [omen wapta]
06. ici mtn - mémoire (blume edit) [secuencias temporales]
07. laima adelaide — luminous [lowless]
08. azu tiwaline & forest drive west — fluids in motion (blume edit) [livity sound]
09. voorman — surface scatter [float]
10. nao nhil — vertigo [rhod]
11. paleman — cohere [30d]
12. tenzia — cold to the touch (blume edit) [io]
13. jon hassell — paradise now (blume edit) [ndeya]
14. hitam — chanu akan [rhiza semar]
15. shackleton — fireworks (blume edit) [honest jon's]
16. ko-ta — obsidian (blume edit) [oslated]
17. tibia — opia [body verse]
18. harald uunk — distracting paradox [omen wapta]
19. spekki webu — elevation [positivesource]
20. elm (in) — daboia [qilla]
21. tenzia — branches [qeone]
22. formant value — funzione ii (notte infinita remix) [baroque sunburst]
23. dictaphone — mono16 [denovali]

Untitled 909 Podcast 207: Blume

@vardaemusic
Vardae’s creative world is deeply rooted in the psychedelic experience. Dreamed up by an auditory alchemist, Vardae’s highly imaginative take on techno combines microscopic detail, intricate rhythms, celestial soundscapes, and a pervasive depth that pushes listeners to the edges of their perception.

Vardae’s sound is visceral, exuding a ritualistic quality and an alluring, primal energy that bridges the gap between music for the body, mind, and the spirit. The resulting works are metamorphic—dynamic, hypnotic, and immersive sounds spanning forward-thinking techno, hypnotic half-time, and contemporary drum and bass.

Beyond his productions, Vardae’s creative vision extends to his work with Ewo ‘Eyes Wide Open’ Collective, where he curates multisensory experiences like ‘House of the Singing Wood’. This quadraphonic sound haven has been showcased at Europe’s premier festivals, including Per:sona, La Nature, and Monument, offering audiences a space for reconnection and transformation. Ewo also host regular Rituel Résonance events and a bi-monthly Chimera show on LYL Radio further provide platform for guests of shared values. A proponent of collective approaches to sound, Vardae also contributes to the growing gathering that is Ouroboros, a french festival and events series hosted alongside 13 friends.

Vardae continues to pioneer the convergence of psychedelic sound, visual artistry, and cultural curation. Undoubtedly one of my favourite artists at the moment, I am incredibly grateful to have had Vardae on the show! Broadcased live on PBS on the 27th December, 2024.

Vardae - PN 302

Today, we’re excited to open a new chapter for Embodiment with the launch of our redefined podcast series. For the first episode, we welcome back Owl, an incredible artist and one of the kindest souls, whose dreamlike mixing style never ceases to amaze us.

It’s been two years since he last played at one of our intimate gatherings, and our connection has only grown stronger ever since. We’re grateful to have him return to the platform with a beautifully crafted mix that sets the tone for the episodes to come.

Settle in, take a moment, and let the journey begin.

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SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/owlfromdeepspace

Artwork by Severja |
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Embodiment 066 - OWL

@sentientsound  

We’re thrilled to share our 100th episode with you.
To mark this special occasion, we invited London based producer/DJ Sentient. For this, he made an exclusive mix for us.
This multi-tempo set delves into all aspects of his sound, blending deep, immersive soundscapes that transcend genres.

It features tracks from his recently released QEONE EP, along with unreleased material from his upcoming DNO EP in collaboration with Clearlight.

Reaching #100 wouldn't have been possible without the amazing artists who have contributed incredible mixes and everyone who has supported us over the past 9 years.
And a huge thank you to Sentient for taking on #100—we’re truly grateful to you all! 

Bandcamp :
https://sentientsound.bandcamp.com/ 
Instagram : 
https://www.instagram.com/sentientsonics/

Human Lessons #100 - Sentient

O.utlier delivers an abyssal journey between drum and bass and halftime grooves, blending hypnotic textures and pulsating rhythms. Irish born UK-based live act and producer. Resident DJ for Astral Industries and co-runs Titrate Records - an outlet for drone, live recordings and spatial sound experiments.

Lyl Radio -13/02/2025 - 6pm
https://lyl.live/episode/chimaera-12

Meet him here :
@o-utlier
https://www.instagram.com/outlier_rory/

Chimaera 14 ⊙ o.utlier

Liminality

The sun had been gone for 181 days.

That was the nature of the world they had chosen. Gliese-7d, a rogue planet captured in an elliptical orbit around a dying red star, was a place of extremes. Half the year bathed in an anemic, ember-like glow; half the year swallowed by a night so absolute that it numbed the senses. The colonists called it The Verge—the razor-thin band that lay between those two realms, a twilight belt that drifted across the surface with the slow inevitability of a glacier.

The first hints of light were now visible at the horizon, a soft cerulean glow teasing the return of the star. The darkness had its own kind of peace, stretching across the sky like a cathedral vault. In the absence of the sun, the cosmos itself seemed closer, the band of the Milky Way a frozen river of light. There had been something strangely pure about it, as if existence had been reduced to its simplest terms—heat, breath, motion. And now, with the return of the light, that purity would be lost.

There was always a moment—this moment—when the threshold was crossed between the long night and the long day, a sliver of time where the world was neither one thing nor the other. The darkness receded, the light approached. For 181 days, there had been longing for warmth. Now, there was reluctance to surrender the cold.

The vapor of breath drifted into the first true light of the new cycle. Then, the darkness was behind.

Marja Ahti - Nox
James Rushford - Swansing
Charles Cohen - Middle Distance
Anthony Linell - Everything is Temporary
Urals Vector Plant - Waving Fluids
Mark Vernon - Ill Fitting Rooms
Dot Product - Ice Patches
Adiel - Blu
Merkaba Macabre - Gaslight and the Dark
DYL & DB1 - ECOU 5
Merkaba Macabre - Trilateral Descent
Katatonic Silentio - Les Chemins De L'Inconnu
Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - The Pitch
Kosei Fukuda - Hakkou
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Delia Tones
Jane Deasy - to become
Javier Marimon - General Noise II (Winter In June Rework)
Slolek - Visage
General Magic & Pita  - Ding Fridge
Merkaba Macabre - Iridescent
βᾰθῠ́ς - Cavāre of the Earth
Chris Carter - Beat
Vanity Productions - This is The Sea
DAAT - Apache
Isqh - Helius Ascension
BIAS + RNX - A.D. 2021 - SP#078 | The future of this now

SC : @sciamamusic
IG : https://www.instagram.com/sciamamusic/

#46 - Sciama - Liminality

This contribution is a very special one, as it marks a new chapter in The Observatory’s sound… 

We will always be a home for ambient and experimental sounds. But, moving forward, we will also be exploring our love for dance music, with a particular focus on the deep end.

To begin this new journey and warm things up, we are so happy to welcome back Timnah, who gifts us with a two-hour recording of her set at Omen Wapta, ADE’24. A mind-bending traversal through ambient, drone, and halftime experiments, exploring the liminal spaces between the listening room and the dance floor.
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Timnah lives, works and feeds the cats in the Northwestern extremities of Switzerland. Brought up in her parents’ jazz clubs and deeply influenced by her brother’s love for dub and soundsystem culture, she started DJing just after the massively feared Millenium Bug had threatened to offset our relation to time and space. Dedicated to drawing her own map of late 20th century sonic landscapes, she spent the early 2000s exploring 90s electronics including breakbeat, triphop, ambient techno, drum&bass, house and jungle. After a short but sweet excursion into producing in the early 2010s, Timnah dedicated herself fully to spinning the wheels and transversing genres, gravitating towards her current signature sound that spans immersive sound baths and intergalactic carpet rides in half-time. Timnah is a member of Amenthia Recordings and a recent addition to the A Walking Contradiction Collective.
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Artist Support:

https://soundcloud.com/timnah-sommerfeldt
https://ra.co/dj/timnahsommerfeldt
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia

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

The Observatory - Timnah @ Omen Wapta, ADE, 2024

They built cathedrals atop the signal.
They taught generations to worship the one who would consume them.

The Silent Advent is the moment humanity realizes the truth:
No Second Coming.
Only arrival.

The lie is complete.
Xenovatic speaks.

The Silent Advent (Intro)

Twelfth track from the album 'we  all burn in the fire'. Recorded Apr2025 using an Akai Drum Machine, Yamaha PSR 220, Behringer pro-1, Donner essential B1 a theremin, a mini Korg oscillator and a load of pedals. All tracks were recorded in one take with no overdubs, samples, edits or sequencing. 

Pain Barrier

Hollow ambient and cavernous grooves from DB1, Felix K, and Forest Drive West.

More info and interview: http://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_LEVL

@forest-drive-west
@dee-bee-one
@flxk1

Tracklisting

XLR8R Podcast 624: LEVL

by @emikaelena

- No podcast requests please.

Human Lessons #100 - Sentient

Human Lessons

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