Beyond / Below 53 by @slime-300295125. Received March 2025.
Photo by Slime

"Now the circus played our town one day
And three Bengal tigers got away
And the manager look right straight at me
Said he, 'Now here's your opportunity…
Somebody's got to go on and get them cats…
The tiger man is sick in bed
Now all you got to do is put on your hat and coat' he said
'Because the man who catches them alive
A real hero he's gonna be…
Isn't that wonderful?' he says. 'a real wonderful chance for somebody…'

'Yes sir, Yes sir!' I said…'I agree with you!'
'A wonderful chance for somebody else, not me.'"
— Bert Williams

1	(this isn't a track; it's from the first few minutes of the Lars von Trier movie Europa) 
2	Sallow - Winter
3	My Toan - Khotin 
4	Sleeve - Dreamlogicc
5	Alignment - WAV FUZZ 
6	Shadow - RDS
7	Enciclopedico = Twoonky
8	Super Potato - Motoko & Myers
9	D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L - Panchiko
10	Blinkmoth (July Mix) - James K
11	Moon Guy - Tommy Awards
12	Truth or Consequences - Sug
13	This Train - Chrystabell & Davis Lynch
14	1000 Dumplings - downstairs J
15	Tabula Rasa - Hermes
16	Embarrassed Dog - Chanel Beads
17	Ghosts - Yung Lean
18	Splashy - Double Virgo
19	Morning Will Come When I'm Not Ready - Lionrock

53. Slime

JAN LOUP 10.6.25

Dawn Chorus w/ Pyxi: 6th July '25

Looks like Erevan DJ's recent holidays in Ibiza cheered him up. For his last offering of the season, he's delivering a rather joyful selecta of psyche-epic folk-rock, pastoral downtempo and ethereal trip hop; featuring awesome recent releases from Jacques Satre, Jonnnah, Raisa K, Wilson Tanner or Invisible Inc.

Broadcasted on 26 June 2025 on @lyl_radio: https://www.lyl.live/episode/herbe-a-chat-28

LYL Radio | Herbe à Chat (26/06/25) w/ Erevan DJ

RBL x Nextones w/ Ramzilla | 200725

Audio by HARZ (Album Version)
Artwork by YOMA and HARZ

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Japanese drummer and producer Takafumi Okada has had his hands in several projects over the last 12 years or so, and, like with his music, patterns emerge: his discography is full of DIY sounds, an unconventional attitude to production, and an ability to create tension and mystery with layered polyrhythmic grooves.

Takafumi is well known as the former drummer of goat, the experimental band from Osaka. His mathematical lock-grooves helped to zone-out minds and levitate audiences between 2017-2023, notably on goat’s third album “Joy In Fear”. Prior to that, Takafumi was playing in his trio The Noup, a formation of guitar, bass, drums and synths that found their own balance of no wave and trippy homemade sounds over the course of several releases since 2013.

Under his Manisdron alias, Takafumi has a clutch of weighty records and tapes. In particular a 12” EP and double LP “Body of Void” on US label L.I.E.S. demonstrates his high-octane, industrial style, made on hardware and a drum kit. There are also Manisdron tapes of glitchy scatterbomb electronics to be discovered on Takafumi’s own label Cathodic.

Takafumi’s new project Nboj Tespo is another intriguing offshoot. Warm electronic sounds are layered with polymetric rhythms across nine tracks, and arranged in such a way as to bring listeners into a hypnotic dance state. Takafumi combines his Elektron Machinedrum, Boss delay pedal and Novation Bass Station 2 at his home studio, to produce minimal grooves that grow into fully-fledged creatures and take on a life of their own.

While Manisdron is one side of Takafumi’s solo output - that is, industrial and machine-like rhythms made with a real drum kit - Nboj Tespo flips that premise, and creates organic songs with a drum machine. The artist name also hides a clue: shift every letter of Manisdron down a notch and we find ourselves on the other side of the alias - the same identity but from a different viewpoint.

If the viewpoint of Nboj Tespo has a theme, it’s one of finding positivity in life, or a mysterious sense of satisfaction in the everyday. That makes “Blessed Planet” a perfect companion, for both the inside and the outside world.

- Fizzy Veins

All music written, played and recorded by Takafumi Okada in Okayama, Japan
Mastered by The Cologne Wizard
Text by Fizzy Veins
Artwork by Ryan Dougan & Dominik Rodemann
Distributed by Rush Hour

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SONLP-019 - Nboj Tespo - Blessed Planet (snippets)

For the third episode of IREMTOURFM, we are welcoming @basicchanel

basic chanel is a London-based DJ, writer and founder of the long-running music platform Untitled 909 (@untitled909}. The host of two radio residencies on Netil Radio and Refuge Worldwide and a background in music PR, basic chanel's work exists at the bridge between artists and audiences with an importance in world building and creating stories across all outputs


 " one term to sum up the mix is: patience. a key theme in my life right now and something i've learned a lot more about since hiking.  "

IREMTOURFM 03 - Basic Chanel

WVLT is the newest sonic addition from https://soundcloud.com/wndfrm (Portland-based, Tim Westcott), an album of eight distinct explorations of micro-rhythmic IDM.

Tim Westcott’s practice is rooted in an acute, nearly forensic attention to sound. Subtle tones, sculpted drones, and lean percussive gestures, always pursued with a patient ear and obsession with sound design. 

With previous releases on Prologue, Home Normal, and Dragon’s Eye Recordings, and several live performances at Mutek, a new album from Tim is a rare yet welcome occurrence. The conceptual approach for WVLT began in 2021, mixing synths with drum machines and granular processing. Lightly arced structures slip between gates of rhythm, shifting pulses, translucent washes, and disquieting residue. There’s a precision to the hesitation and an insistence in the space between notes, a deft balance of raw improvisation and sculpted quietude.

An exercise in immediacy and response, each track builds and unspools, like form in fleeting motion, driven by the moment’s tonal contrasts, micro‑rhythmic interplay, and slight gestures that alter entire planes of listening. It’s minimal without sparsity, intense without density.

Available digitally and on limited transparent dark blue 12”  vinyl on September 26th 2025. Mastered by Taylor Deupree @12k Mastering and featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.

WNDFRM / WVLT (ASIPV056) [Previews]

pi/live: Radart (Live) @ Büro Siebzig, Globus 08-14-2025

Christian Coiffure is an enigmatic artist who is gradually making a name for himself on the European electronic music scene. For his show on Kiosk he prepared some lush dub techno. Get cosy.

Christian Coiffure @ Kiosk Radio 27.10.2025

Empty Space is an artistic platform based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. We explore the interactions of physical media, their characteristic formal languages, and their modes of functionality. To achieve this, we focus on projects that experiment with various art forms, aesthetics, and crafts. Our goal is to create works of art that challenge conventional modes of production and reception.

To bring each project to life, we collaborate with different artists, blending their distinctive approaches and methods into something new. Depending on the medium, many of our productions are conceived as one-of-a-kind pieces or one-time performances.

Empty Space operates as a non-profit association, with all revenue either supporting the artists or being reinvested in future projects.