my favorite tracks

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what is freedom? //
living proof by collabs #august 2025 - con mucho AuGusto
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august brought a wave of inspired collaborations—so many creative sparks flew this month!

musically speaking, a lot of flavors covered: live jams, jazz fusion, funk, house, techno, classic rock anthems, punk, alternative, experimental, ambient, lo-fi, hip-hop, folk, singer-songwriter—every groove under the sun welcome.

our musical handshakes reached out from argentina to germany, poland, italy, japan, and switzerland.

languages dropped in the mix: english and german

collaboration languages: spanish, german, polish, japanese, english, and of course, swiss german

the playlist keeps the chronological drop order more or less, track one is already the exception of the rule - this song sums up this month of August in turmoil quite well, for me at least.
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massive thanks and love to:

# soul manicas # almabrother # junglepunx (no sc accounts available) @paul-racle @garben @that-bizzare @thee_i_s_984629522 @kacper-razdwarazdwa @hpcnw-902952 @user-528168900-123902670 @modulprinzip @dan-c-e-kresi @tgpeiretti

thanks a lot and a shout-out!

// to all others, listeners or not, - i love you all

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cover artworks:
fictionalive DIY plus copyright-free art from the open net; all other artworks are illustrations and gif art by Peter Uertz, Düsseldorf / Germany.

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dropped 
Saturday, August 30, 2025
time 5:55 pm
central european hot summer time
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What is Freedom? // living proof by collabs #august 2025 - con mucho AuGusto

Majorettes are proud to present Volume 1 of a three part remix project of their greatest hits, exploring underground sounds of some of the producers and artists they hold near and dear. Vol 1 features Washington D.C.'s Baronhawk Pointier and Chicago's Ariel Zetina who both bring their own powerful voice to "Run The Trip".

Majorettes - Run The Trip (Ariel Zetina Remix)

Nodo Norte Nodo Sur (North node South node) is a sound ritual where the experimentation of sound has no rules and never will. From ambient music to a heavy club, to dembow and reggaeton and without missing the core, this compilation will put your vibe in connection with the poles

1.VAJRA & YUNGNOKIA- Love
2.Adeller - Lejos de lo natural
3.Licra - F33l m3
4.NTFL - NDA
5.Santa Niña - El sucio lugar de donde vienen tus adicciones.
6.Bīnāh - Friend or Foe Dub
7.Rosalio - naghme subhan
8.Miss Jay - Insomnia
9.LUNÁTICA - Ouroboros
10.El Pseudo - Esto es pa las malportadas
11.PVSSY - Asi Me Gusta
12.Carlycore - a tragic symphony that haunted my mind at dawn

22-01-2022

NODO NORTE NODO SUR

Miss Jay - Insomnia

Doubt - Pools

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What is FREEDOM? Was ist Freiheit?

*with PAPLOVIANTE and FRIENDS / Still Think Positive : feel it mix
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a PAPLOVIANTE and FRIENDS /+/ fictionalive collab, marriage in spirit (unapproved yet)
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music: PAPLOVIANTE and FRIENDS
visit and explore (https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends)

lyrics: fictionalive

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fusion of it all - fictionalive with the popoems series and the hyper media reports

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// freiheit, nicht gegeben - gemacht

What is FREEDOM? Still Think Positive : feel it mix

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What's Coming: Freedom in Frequency+ // 
Soul Maniacs live @ Damm, Zürich / Switzerland 
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music: 
two cover versions performed by the Soul Maniacs, a collective based in Zürich, Switzerland.
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Streetplayers are the pulse—urban troubadours weaving raw life into every beat and rhyme.  
They own the streets’ secrets and stories, turning the daily grind into art and anthem.  
More than performers, they’re navigators of culture’s undercurrent—voices of unfiltered truth.  
In every corner, their signal sparks connection: streetwise poetry alive and thriving.  

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Soul Maniacs- A collective soul & funk band

Soulmaniacs is a Zurich based band created in 1998. Through out the years, the band has become a collective featuring numerous musicians from the Swiss scene.

From streetplayers to one of the nation’s finest live acts, the Soul Maniacs now own every stage—in ever-shifting formations and set-ups. Why? ‘Coz they are a musicians’ collective, established 1998.  

Explore the Soul Maniacs here:  
online base https://www.soulmaniacs.ch / or 
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/soulmaniacs_zh or on 
youtube: https://de.soulmaniacs.ch/live-performance 
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This phone recording captured the Soul Maniacs live as a four-man (yes, no she’s on stage tonight) line-up at one of Zürich’s hidden gastronomic pearls— Damm, a true hideout close to everything, down by the river, on a beautiful Friday evening: July 11, 2025, around 7 pm Central European hot Summer Time.  

Explore the Damm (www.fuerdich.ch/damm)

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Additional storyline by: fictionalive

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dropped:  
Wednesday, July 30, 2025  
time: 9:33 pm  
Central European hot Summer Time  
today: not so so much  

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Fusion of it all—fictionalive with the popoems series and hyper media report  

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What's Coming: Freedom in Frequency+ // the Soul Maniacs live @Damm in Zürich, Switzerland

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Thank You, and Thank You for the Forgiveness We Hope For
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Thank You, and Thank You for the Forgiveness We Hope For

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Strange Moonlight - Enigma Command Initiation
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music is the powerful track 'Strange Moonlight' 
written, arranged, performed  and provided by BOUYA BO-YA
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explore his amazing tunes here @hpcnw-902952
Arigato, Shu-san!
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lyrics written, narration, additional production, and mix provided
by fictionalive

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/ a troubadours handshake united collab / ⭕️ UNITY

// it's only a test - it's only a test

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Strange Moonlight - Enigma Command Initiation

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The Enigma, Our Voyage - 
A Secret Journey Through Song, Poetry, and Philosophy // Part 2
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felt, reflected, music written, arranged, performed, produced and provided
by That's Bizzare 
@that-bizzare - another cinematic bella Italia espresso!
grazie mille, caro mio!

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lyrics written and narration provided by fictionalive


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based on the original fictionalive drop
https://soundcloud.com/fictionalive/the-enigma-voyage-of-the-veiled-lyre-a-secret-journey-through-song-poetry-and-philosoph?si=ffc43083aeb54842bf857faa82348279&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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artwork illustration handdrawn by Peter Uertz, Düsseldorf / Germany

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fusion of it all -
fictionalive with the popoems seriens and the hyper media reports

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dropped
Sunday, August 31st, 2025
time – 4 pm, Central European Summer Time; 
tea time, today – sunny, fresh late summer day, 
enjoy

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The Enigma, Our Voyage - A Secret Journey Through Song, Poetry, and Philosophy // Part 2

The first batch of remixes for the Boy Pussy banger 'Pump My Body Up' have landed on Wet Trax! Ariel Zetina serves a hyperactive analog drum machine workout with a chopped vocal edit and hyped-up kick rushes, pushing forward the spirit of pioneering Chicago house. The Queen of Hell herself, Jasmine Infiniti, delivers a brooding techno remix with driving, distorted hi-hats and booming kick drums. Last but not least is PrismViews with an epic Detroit techno remix showcasing dark electro synth riffs and a signature experimental vocal edit. 'Push it to the limit!'

OUT NOW!

Boy Pussy - Pump My Body Up (Ariel Zetina Remix)

Chants - Seven Spheres
APR1210 | Out Now

Digital: https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/seven-spheres

Across three EPs for Astral Plane Recordings, Chants has marked a development from relative novice to one of the club music world’s most distinctive voices. August 23 will see the release of Seven Spheres, the Madison-based artist’s first album since 2015 and his most accomplished work to date for the label.

Melding experience working in the New Orleans second line tradition with an acute passion for all forms of rhythmic acceleration, Chants suffuses Seven Spheres with both a coiled, premeditated energy and bursts of spontaneous joy. Largely recorded at home and with friends, the percussion heard throughout the album is imbued with a beguiling tension: improvisational in spirit, but also rigorously gridded out for DJ play.

Meticulously workshopped from the ground up, Seven Spheres grew out of a series of sound design-focused drum tracks that developed into full fledged anthems like “Filament” and “Muzzoline”. Further experiments in speed and sub bass juxtaposition begat “Seven Spheres” and “Assiah Dance”, the spiritual core of the record and two tracks that have been hammered in mixes and radio by us and others.

At eight songs, Seven Spheres is a tight bundle, built out of individual tracks that show a remarkable plasticity in relation to every other track on the album. Having experimented in texture, structure, and tempo, the album is stylistically broad, yet singular in approach: the result of a labor of love and a long-held desire to design dancefloor-functional music. Seven Spheres is out on all digital platforms on August 23.

Seven Spheres

Chants - Assiah Dance [APR120]

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