STOP / START EP

In 2024, Eivydas K, hailing from the underground scene of Vilnius, Lithuania, drops his debut EP on Sons Of Traders. Known for his gritty and unpolished sound, he's a member of Digital Tsunami crew and a familiar voice on Radio Vilnius with his Eternal Sunshine show. This release is a raw, unfiltered foray into techno and electro, mirroring his no-frills approach to music and life.
credits
releases February 2, 2024

Design - Jogaila Jurgelis
Picture Video - Edvardas Volginas
Mastering - Matt Parent
Released By Sons Of Traders Records 2024
all rights reserved

B2 - Eivydas K - Abyss (Sons Of Traders)

For our first Ak Family journey, what a pleasure to welcome Apsāya aka “AP_Sick", based in Lyon, 
she builts one of our favourite go-to spaces, and excels in the way to tell
the most beautiful side of electronic music.

Apsāya aka “AP_Sick" has crafted her musical identity whithin a realm she has always envisioned
as a fluid and eclectic.
Drawn to the gentle embrace of ambient sounds as well as the frenetic beats of techno
that is both rich, agressive and irresistibly danceable.
She places the emotions evoked by her music at the forefront of her artistic vision.
Her personality shines through her musical choices: intensity, sensuality, and contradictions
are ever-present in her work.

Dive into a world of suffocated thoughts intertwined. 
In this space, memories dance, between joy and sadness, to the rhythm of unfinished dreams.

Apsāya aka “AP_Sick" Soundcloud : @apsaya
https://www.instagram.com/ap_sick/

Picture Credit : 
©Elizaveta Porodina
https://www.instagram.com/elizavetaporodina/

LE CODE - High hopes
VEDIS - Albedo 
KA & JUN SUZUKI - A dream inside of a dream
JAVIER MARIMON - Gltx/ Db Px 
MILIEU - Three two one
THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT - 17 Jewels 
THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT - Spectrum Paralysis 
KAT POLAR - Void 
KATO DE VIDTS - The watcher 
MAUCTA - Out of the blue 
LEAKING GHOSTS - Soon a memory 
KUDRE / BATA - Fortuna 
KREATESS - Shadows 
KOALA DI - Dry my wings out 
THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT - Under the electric sky 
THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT - Dream or memory 
DANIEL[i] - Versuri 
ELIANE RADIGUE - Maquette

Akf Podcast 001 - Apsāya aka “AP_Sick" - Thoughts of the speechless mind

Museum, Pt. 2

Sunday Driver

Danish label Posh Isolation join us for an hour a month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/posh-isolation/episodes/posh-isolation-16th-january-2025

Posh Isolation w/ Vanity Productions 160125

Bancamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/the-god-particle

Futurism, galaxies and space travel. Small Solar System Body ticks all the usual techno boxes. But Dutch techno producer https://soundcloud.com/david-hulsken goes a few steps further on his album The God Particle, released on the Dutch label SoHaSo. "Space has always inspired me," he says. "It is an infinite void filled with possibilities, questions and wonders."

On his second long player (the follow-up to 2023's Fragments of Lost Galaxies), the Dutchman indulges his fascination with the so-called Higgs particle. This elementary piece, also known as The God Particle, helps explain how other particles get their mass. After all, we would not exist without mass. "I find that deeply fascinating", says Hulsken. "The discovery has the potential to completely rewrite our understanding of existence."

In the eight hypnotic techno tracks on The God Particle, Small Solar System Body explores this duality. "The limitless potential of science and technology, but also the risks that come with it. Listeners should not worry about getting caught up in a scientific paper while consuming the album. First and foremost, The God Particle is a musical firework: straight-up techno with massive kicks, fascinating loops and flowing melodies, made for serious sound systems. 

Thanks to the heavy dose of Detroit DNA that Hulsken injects into his energetic productions, tracks like Collider Physics, Particle Pulse and The Higgs Mechanism alternately recall a young Jeff Mills, Damon Wild and Robert Hood. Yes, it's that good. But if you dig a little deeper into the subject matter (and the titles), you can also hear the tension and uncertainties that the discovery of the Higgs particle brings. "What might happen if we managed to harness the power of the God particle in our everyday lives?" wonders Hulsken. "How far can we go before everything goes wrong?

artwork by Luc Nagel

Small Solar System Body - Higgs Boson Discovery

PREMIERE : Mown - Cloud Factory -  Like Pieces Of Memories In The Sky

Mown
https://soundcloud.com/mownofficial
https://www.facebook.com/mownofficial/
https://ra.co/dj/mown


Mastering by Luminescent Mastering (www.luminescentmastering.com)
Artwork by ma7r

PREMIERE : Mown - Cloud Factory -  Like Pieces Of Memories In The Sky

Organic Tales episode 7 - Danakil Depression
Berlin-based electronic musician, live-coder, and visual artist Prieste5s draws inspiration from nature. In this episode of Organic Tales, she takes you to Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression—a geological marvel and cradle of humankind. Blending field recordings from her recent trip with a hybrid live-coding/DJ set, she guides you through the Dallol hydrothermal system, Erta Ale volcano, Lake Asale, and the vast Afar Region.

Organic Tales w/ Prieste5s @ Kiosk Radio 26.03.2025

IDA022 is an impeccable four-tracker from prolific future-vision producer Dawn Razor, who has been recognized by numerous well-respected labels and producers. For this release, he joined forces with his longtime studio friend ArcheTech.

Stone Forest starts with hypnotic, trippy progressions, wonky pianos, and emotive soundscapes, all built on groovy broken beats.

Doom continues with deep bass and breakbeat cuts, accompanied by twirling synth lines, granular emotive textures, dreamy arpeggios and detuned bleeps.

Soul Diffuse shifts to sampled gated percussions and swung rhythms, blushed with wonkily tuned synths that bring a psychedelic out-of-body experience.

Amby Duty closes the EP with an sci-fi ambient sound-art palette, carrying your mind to different places.

In the end, these carefully crafted sound details weave together into a mesmerizing journey. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/awnazor
https://soundcloud.com/idasound

PREMIERE⚡️Dawn Razor & ArcheTEch - Stone Forest [IDA]

a quick song, placed as track 15 on the album, hope you enjoy it.
it's just emotions.
@everous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4jeVyFTnI

Bandcamp

17: u hurt me p.2 (moments pass)

In light of the current Covid-19 Pandemic Studio Enisslab headed up by Italian DJ / Producer and Live Act Neel has announced the release of a very special 56 track charity compilation project, fundraising for The Red Cross, who are working extremely hard alongside health services internationally that are feeling the effects of the corona-virus outbreak the most right now. The compilation is available for a limited time via Bandcamp and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Red Cross to help the world’s most affected countries in the Covid-19 pandemic.

This special release features over 6 hours of previously unreleased and unheard material, where an all star cast of artists were encouraged to share music that reflects this time we are living in.

Neel, who is one half of live duo Voices From The Lake, and LF58 speaks out on behalf of the initiative, organised in collaboration with improvised live project Circle Of Live, and visual art collective Sbagliato. He explains:

“In this situation we all need to look after each other and this project is a start. I wanted to reach as many people as possible to spread this message, so I started to share the idea personally with lots of artists and the response was amazing. I wanted them to take their time with whichever tools they had available at home to produce some music that reflects this time we are living in, a contribution for this special project and to portray a special message.”

The project’s cover art image brought to you by visual art collective Sbagliato shows pictures of windows of houses and studios taken by the artists themselves: 56 musicians, 56 windows, 56 tracks shape a new place of sharing.

Brought to you by:

Enisslab Studio: www.enisslab.com
Circle Of Live: www.circleof.live
Sbagliato: www.sbagliato.net  

Enisslab

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