ambient // downtempo // experimental focused sets

live DJ recordings

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 Collective - Đme giựt mồng [Subtext Recordings]
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - 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

ephemeral objects -  Acceleration Radio - aired on CFRO 100.5FM from 11pm-12am, 2024-10-31

This Halloween special mix by Acceleration Radio resident @ephemeral_objects dives deep into experimental territory: blending eerie, atmospheric textures with dark ambient, drone, noise, industrial sounds, and haunting vocals. Halloween moodiness from the darkest corners of the globe. Tune in for a haunted ride through isolation, transformation, and the unknown. Enter, if you dare.

Full a/v set with visuals by experimental filmmaker Kaila Bhullar: https://youtu.be/7yEPyoef-sg

Tracklist:
Klangkuenstler - Vereinsamt (Intro)
Memeshift - Clue
ZUTZUT - Panteón
Pavel Milyakov - moon chant (feat. Martyna Basta)
Auspicious Family & Laure Boer - Wayward Symmetry
NUM - Vacant Shade (Part IV)
Adel Poursamadi & Tegh - Atf
Sarah Haras - The Consequences of My Own Actions
Sabiwa - 打獵前奏 (Prelude of hunting season)
Tavishi - Not all struggles are visible
Asifeh - Tahawul (تحول)
Jaeho Hwang - Dissolution
Rắn Cạp Đuôi - Degradation
x/o - Chrysalis Wrath
Tam Pham - Nỗi buồn với biển
Maryam Sirvan - Under The Full Moon
Davaajargal Tsaschikher - Parallel Spirit

www.instagram.com/ephemeral.objects

Acceleration Radio - Dark Ambient & Experimental - ephemeral objects - 2024-10-31

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]

Lite 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

for enjoyers of deep, other worldly, celestial sounds

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Upcoming:
- 10.11. PPRZ x The Orchestrator present: Centrific (MN, USA) + Nancy Dru, DJ Hockey & ephemeral objects [Vancouver, BC]
- 10.16. james K, Hashman Deejay, ephemeral objects [Vancouver, BC]
- 10.31. DOLLY Halloween with Legowelt (Live) + RiDylan (Live), ephemeral objects (DJ/VJ), Scott W [Vancouver, BC]

Inquiries: ephemeralobjectsvj[at]gmail.com