Featuring global producers - listen to this mix to get locked in.

iu takahashi - Mitake
felt body - moon in cancer
Gi Gi - Lumino Pleco
Tzekin - Utada
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Madonna, "Take A Bow" (1994)
Đỗ Tấn Sĩ - Days and Days
Arexibo - Fin
ngngay - Loop
IKSRE - cool change
läuten der seele - erdrutsch an der bushaltestelle
Duy Luong - Hanoi II
Howie Lee - 神往的门 (The Door Of Aspiration)
Jaeho Hwang - Sad Relationship, Nami
Pupa - rei is sleeping
Sarah Haras - Mutated Samri
Davaajargal Tsaschikher - Experiment 0003
Phan Anh - Deformation Process
Memeshift - Balikpapan
Gi Gi - Tricofero
Gooooose - Lab White
Yu Su - Eyes
Sarah Haras - Euphoria
Orbe - Symphony of a Life
Opheliaxz - Psyllium
Ashwell Woodland - Alone in our Living Room (feat. ephemeral objects)

ambient & experimental mix - summer 2024

Recorded live at The Deli for https://soundcloud.com/low-indigo's ambient etc 006 -- June 1, 2024

In this set, I showcased some of my favourite ambient and experimental music by Vietnamese producers, establishing and emerging, within Vietnam and from the diaspora. Thank you https://soundcloud.com/michaelred for having me.

Xo Xinh - A Tibet Dream
Bao Nguyen - bây giờ và ở đây | here and now
Maggie Tra - Friends That Hurt [SYS Sister Sounds]
Wytchings - Doraemon [SYS Sister Sounds]
Chaulichi - Yellow Gecko [SYS Sister Sounds]
Maggie Tra - Healing In Hanoi [SYS Sister Sounds]
Đỗ Tấn Sĩ - 1705 [Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective]
Dang Kim Hien - Nước Mắt Trong Tim
Tri Minh - Love I (ft. Trinh Minh Hien) [Flaming Pines]
Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen - Autumn Music
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- Ikkikki [Flaming Pines]
Xo Xinh - Conversation [Flaming Pines]
Duy Luong - Hanoi II
Maggie Tra - Lost Through Brussels [SYS Sister Sounds]
Runa Mont - Viability [SYS Sister Sounds]
Rắn Cạp Đuôi - Đme giựt mồng [Subtext Recordings]
Rắn Cạp Đuôi - Bugs life [Nhạc Gãy]
Maggie Tra - Intro [SYS Sister Sounds]
ngngay - Fog

Artwork by Laine Butler

ambient/etc 006 - Vietnamese ambient & experimental

My set for the renegade Garden Stage at Pachena Bay Music Festival 2024 is a downtempo mix that spans from deep ambient, astral jazz, to some experimental, downtempo breaks and beats. I love every track I played, each having its own beautiful sonic journey.

This was such a magical venue and location to perform with the most wonderful people. Thank you to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations, organizers, volunteers, and performers who made this festival possible. The microphone was accidentally left on and I love how faint sprinkles of laughter weave in and out of the set.

Tracklist:
Faten Kanaan – Ard Diar [Fire Records]
Gi Gi – Deudorix 
Gi Gi – Lumino Pleco
Keith Fullerton – Madonna, “Take a Bow” (1994)
Opheliaxz – psyllium
Huda Fadlelmawla with Reuben Lewis – When People Ask You
bijū – annihilation
XENIA REAPER – 23724 [INDEX:Records]
Juniper Foam – John [Care Of Editions]
Andrew Baker, Orieta Chrem, Selvagia - Pitagoriza (Parte 1) [La Rara Records]
Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen – Autumn Music [Parenthèses Records]
Arushi Jain - Portal To Silver Linings [LEAVING RECORDS]
Prieste5s - Beta Rhythm (Cerebral Ambient Edit) [Immaterial Earth Records]
n9oc – Q [Die Orakel]
Dana Kuehr – Biota [Die Orakel]
Paul St. Hilaire & René L​ö​we - A Faith (Vox Mix) [Kynant Records]
Ray Kandinski – Sunrise [Rec Room]
Memeshift – Balikpapan [CHINABOT]
gbd - a place of rest (stop sometimes)
o.utlier – Ava [SZE]
AD & Jealm - Left Side (Lucas Gonzalez & Hosca Remix) [sisternoise]
Laura BCR – Post Dynamic [Live At Robert Johnson]

Pachena Bay Music Festival 2024 - Garden Stage - ephemeral objects

Originally aired on Art of Beatz on Vancouver co-op radio CFRO 100.5FM on 2024-09-13

My guest mix for Art of Beatz (AOB), Vancouver's legendary electronic music show that just celebrated its 20 year anniversary earlier this year. This highlights the genres and sounds I have been really digging lately: ambient, experimental downtempo, mutant IDM, dub techno, and more. Special thanks to AOB hosts Kuma and Motomasa for having me.

Track list:
iu takahashi - Dawn [梅レコード]
Bog God - Warble
Temple Rat - The Garden of Earthly Delights [Siamese Twins Records]
XENIA REAPER - Lust05 [INDEX:Records]
Alessandro Baroncini - Dormiveglia [FreePalestine]
Kaishandao - Driving in Fafa's Car
Leevisa - Podcast [Eternal Dragonz]
Opheliaxz - Citrine
Conna Haraway - Mesmeric [INDEX:Records]
Bracelet - FR8558 [INDEX:Records]
Laura BCR - Contagious [Konstrukt]
Daisuke Uchimura - Umbrella [Bitta]
Laura BCR - They Never Came Back [SoHaSo]
bijū - undercooling
XENIA REAPER - Lllaao3 [INDEX:Records]
Templefeld - Titan 
Templefeld - Day of Reckoning
Ramallah Underground - Mish Beinatna (B Dub remix)
ONY - Strange Things [Eternal Dragonz]
Howie Lee - 域外花 (Foreign Flowers) [Mais Um]
ishi vu - Retina Scan
enereph - Numbers Fall From Stars [NAGA]

Listen back to past shows: https://archive.org/details/@art_of_beatz

Artwork by ephemeral objects

Art of Beatz - ephemeral objects - CFRO 100.5 FM - 2024-09-13

🛒 syssistersounds.bandcamp.com/album/unity
@syssistersounds

Label SYS Sister Sounds (SSS) releases all Asian female and non-binary compilation ‘Unity,’ with all proceeds going to Palestine charity PARA Foundation.

The compilation houses production from 7 Asian music producers from all around the world including Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, China, Netherlands, Thailand and Canada, Uniting together to release a compilation that binds Asian diaspora together for a good cause.

With heartfelt storytelling and compelling sonic productions, genres include, dance, electronic, house, hip hop and ambient from producers Maggie Tra, nabii, Zeadala, masheen, ephemeral objects, DWAMS featuring earthangelbaby and Ambu Bambu.

On the compilation, SSS founder Maggie Tra said, “As Asian artists’ today, we feel so helpless with what’s going on. Music is what we know, so we wanted to connect together and release something that could go towards helping the people in need,”

“I feel so grateful to have these producers jump on board on this, this is what SSS is all about, and that’s the beauty of uniting together. We want to send a message of hope and togetherness,” she said.

This is the second compilation released by SSS, with the first compilation ‘Grounded’ released in 2023. SYS Sister Sounds Label is run by Maggie Tra and aims to release music from Asian women and NB people around the world.

The label has emerged as a trusted discovery platform, which promotes curiosity, diversity, inclusivity and connection. Profits from the compilation will go towards charity PARA Foundation, an organisation based in Australia. Palestine Australia Relief and Action (PARA) helps Palestinian migrants and refugees live safe, happy, and fulfilling lives in Australia.

Tracklist:
Zeadala - Solar Powered
ephemeral objects - Cloud Iridescence
Maggie Tra - Peaceful Dancer
masheen - FIBRE
Ambu Bambu - Soy Sauce And Eggs
nabii - u were my reason why </3
DWAMS (feat. earthangelbaby) - disconnected

Album artwork by ephemeral objects

Mixed by Laine Butler

Unity

ephemeral objects - Cloud Iridescence [SYS Sister Sounds]

Sagga is ephemeral objects’ debut in the realm of dub ambient. In Buddhism, sagga is a term for heaven, a blissful realm of existence where beings are reborn after death as a result of their past actions. The music video for Sagga is a collaboration between ephemeral objects and Kaila Bhullar: youtu.be/IEnVH5FNsdI?si=UYfSSdGq9oPPHl5I

ephemeral objects is a Chinese-Vietnamese-Canadian interdisciplinary artist, sound artist, VJ, DJ based on unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada. She produces ambient, experimental, noise, and drone inspired music.

True to her name, her visual creations carry this sense of ethereality, focusing on textures and organic forms, both ephemeral and suspended in time at once. She merges generative videos with real footage to create her own unique, audio-reactive and abstract style where rich colours, spanning the full spectrum, wash over the screen, streaking the viewer’s mind with a strong image of the audio-visual journey at play. ephemeral objects has created music videos for forward-thinking Canadian electronic music labels, such as Mood Hut and NAGA. She is half of i+eo an audio/visual duo project with her collaborator IHA.

She is also a resident of Acceleration Radio, an open format FM radio, live stream, and events collective focusing on audio/visual experimentation, where she can fully dive into her interdisciplinary interests. In 2024, she was invited as one of ten emerging Canadian artists to participate in MUTEK Montréal's first Incubator program. 

Credits
Mixed by Laine Butler
from Earth Amulets, released February 21, 2025

Bandcamp

ephemeral objects - Sagga [Wuji]

My opening set for THC XLR at KW Studios. We transversed through ambient, experimental downtempo, and leftfield textures (with some sneaky half-time). Drifting through lush pads, glitch and dubby abstraction interspersed with fragmented broken rhythms. 

Otik - Been Here [Twin System]
Feloneezy - Unlimited Peace 01 [appendix.files]
NEXCYIA - fade
stereometrix - ambient line_____
Sseq - Scar Gel [appendix.files]
XENIA REAPER - Lust05 [INDEX:Records]
Kate Miller - Harpan
Watching Airplanes - Denial (Locked Groove) [Banlieue Records]
JEMAPUR - M.PLEX [Omen Wapta]
Aedon - Pob
Sseq - Shell [appendix.files]
mu tate - spore [Warm Winters Ltd.]
Ken Hadou - El Río [Discos Movimiento]
Hüda - Shagpile [Geotherapy]
Kate Miller - Ciecle [Companion]
usof - full belly (Conna Haraway's version) [Theory Therapy]
Shinetiac - purelink [West Mineral Ltd.]
I7HVN - Chalcanthite [Safar Collective]
Watching Airplanes - Drop By Drop [Banlieue Records]
Saffron Bloom - Ultimate Acceptance [Delicate Records]

Photo by Reylinn McGrath

ambient/experimental/downtempo - Live DJ set @ KW Studios - 2025.06.05

My Slowtempo opening Saturday set at Bass Coast Music Festival 2025. We went real deep, heady, meditative, dubby, percussive with IDM flavourings, interwoven with psychedelic euphoria. Thank you for everyone who was there and shared that beautiful moment with me ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧  

Tracklist:
Le Motel - Chàm Islands (feat. Hoàng Tuấn) [Balmat]
Sunju Hargun - The Golden Triangle [Siamese Twins Records]
goo - skullghostalien
Juan Moreno - Exp. Dub 1 (Ambient X) [Móatún 7]
Blazej Malinowski - Hideaway [The Gods Planet]
Al Wootton - Facing The Horses Tail [TRULE]
phil in a maze - Hell or High Water
Sunju Hargun - Pigeon Attack (Shjva ॐ dub) [Siamese Twins Records]
Sunju Hargun & GiGi FM - Lens of Time [Siamese Twins Records]
Blazej Malinowski - Dark Awakenings [The Gods Planet]
Emily Jeanne - Đồ Sơn At Night [quỳnh]
Nic Ford - Cyberd (Jonathan Kusuma Splinter Mix) [Siamese Twins Records]
Kolomensky - The Last Speech [Electric Shapes]
Iza Basia - Formant [Kinesis Recordings]
monosym - Raincell [Oomycota]
shjva - Resorain
Đ.K. - Sequences [WORSHIP]
Maara - Splash On Mi [naff]
Desh - Systole [Secuencias Temporales]
Overturn - Aerials [Indefinite Pitch]
Topdown Dialectic - A4 [peak oil]
shjva - Subatom
Laima Adelaide - l (Atomic Moog Re Interpretation) [Secuencias Temporales]
Desh - El Pasar del Condor [Secuencias Temporales]
noorj - y [Gravity Pleasure]
Igor Dyachenko - Melted Reality [appendix.files]

Light mastering by https://soundcloud.com/michaelred

Live at Bass Coast 2025 - Slowtempo (Saturday opening set)

My opening set for earth angel james K in Vancouver on October 16, 2025. It was an honour to open for james K. I reflected a lot about jame K’s music and her NTS Trip Lick show (highly recommend listening to). This culminated in a journey that included dreamy downtempo future classics, dubbed out lush ambient textures, and ethereal dnb bangers, including a forthcoming release by Maude Vôs (https://soundcloud.com/maudevos) and Prieste5s (https://soundcloud.com/prieste5s) on Delusional Records (@delusional_records). Thank you Paradise Cultural Society for having me and to everyone who came and helped made it a sold out show (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

Tracklist
XENIA REAPER - as they fade [XENOPLEX]
JEMAPUR - WSIF.rg [Omen Wapta]
K Wata - Sling Of Life [anno]
Anja Lauvdal - A Swim [Smalltown Supersound]
Azu Tiwaline & Al Wootton - Last Scene [Livity Sound]
ONY - Strange Things [Eternal Dragonz]
Conna Haraway - Switchback [Theory Therapy]
ben bondy - trauma bonding [INDEX:Records]
ebilen - iwannatry (ft. virtual echo)
Mike Midnight - No Angels/ICU ft. 3NDLES5 [Southern Exposure]
Yago Ertan - Your Breeze
Hüda - A Sanguine Dream (ft. Ella Jones) [Geotherapy]
tondiue - Frog & Dog [secondnature]
YS - Down [Pace Yourself]
a.s.o. - Go On (Extended Mix) [Low Lying Records]
OK EG - Endless River [naff]
jpeg.love - make u cum [INDEX:Records]
Maude Vôs - Theta Fugue (Prieste5s Remix) [forthcoming on Delusional Records]
YS - Be Together [Pace Yourself]

Opening set for james K - Paradise Cultural Society - 2025-10-16

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@accelerationradio resident and half of i+eo, an a/v project with @agimat_iha.
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