Our next guest is oriented in Ambient, Deep and Tribal sound style. He is attracted to the soundscape, the environment, and a lover of angelic tonality and healing frequencies. He is a co-founder and producer of the @deepnorte series which is representing a community dedicated to the deep and hypnotic sides of electronic music. His music combines ambient, organic sounds, tribal chases, and dub techno, a journey of high vibration and mental stimulation.  Please welcome @ancientforest as he delivers a rhythmic downtempo session full of hypnotic ambiance, floating atmospheres, and intricate percussions.

AF041 Ancient Forest

recorded at Transcendent Waves at Turbina Budapest

produced and performed by Zságer Balázs
https://soundcloud.com/zsagerbalazs

(c) 2022 Zságer Balázs / Free Sequence

Zságer Balázs Live @ Transcendent Waves, Turbina 2022-01-26

zikzak mix 9 - Ambient Techno 1991 - 1996

More details and full download can be found at zikzak.substack.com

Double Muffled Dolphin - "Floating Clock Frequency"
Daniel Pemberton –  "Antartica"
Atmolieb  "Koyaanisquatsi"
Mali Rain - "Koan" (Dark Mix)
Human Mesh Dance - "Dahlia"
Dream Dolphin  - "L.E.A. (Mirror Codinale Mix)"  Remixed By The Heavenly Music Corporation
Heavenly Music Corporation - " Energy Portal"
Young American Primitive - "Sunrise"
Afrotrance -  "Flying Dreams"
Biosphere - "Tranquilizer"
Synthetix - "The Tao Of Dub"
Amorphous Androgynous - "Mountain Goat"
Solitaire - "In Out"
Higher Intelligence Agency -"Speedlearn" (Reformed By The Irresistible Force)
Jam & Spoon - "N.A.S.A. Nocturnal Audio Sensory Awakening"
Solar Quest - "Save The Whale"
Aedena Cycle - "The Travellers' Dream"
Subsurfing - "The Number Readers (Ambient Mix)"
Yoshihiro Sawasaki - "Magic Dome"
David Morley - "Evolution"
Meditation Y.S. - "Frozen Road"
Global Communication – "8:07"
Akio/Okihide - Phoenix At Desert
Keiichi Suzuki - Satellite Serenade (The Orb Trans Asian Express Mix)
New London School Of Electronics - "Voices Of The Rain Forest (Live At The Erotica, Paris (Blackout Mix)
James Bernard - "Lost In It"
Pressure Of Speech - "Surveillance"
Sideral - "Mare Nostrum"
The Rapino Brothers -"Go Ahead London - Glouchester Ave Mix"
Offworld Communication Systems - "Net"
Pentatonik - "El Amor"
Optic Eye - "The Listening"
Palomatic - "Flutter"
Reload - "Le Soleil et la Mer"
Fugue - "Contrapoint"
Trans-4M - "Dencity" 
Yennek -  "Emperical Reality (Fake Piano Mix)"
Luke Slater - "Expectation No.1"
Beaumont Hannant – "T 60160293"
Phenomyna - "Earthfall"
Sandoz - "Chocolate Machine"
Rising Sun - "Ocean View"
Baby Ford - "Monolense"

zikzak mix 9 - Ambient Techno 1991 - 1996 (5 hours)

We return to NYC where the wonderful @lycheefrut has us fully submerged in a wobbly world of ambient techno moods and grooves. Restorative mind state hypnosis for the early morning acid dreamers with moments of total serenity! 

Q. What inspiration did you draw upon when putting this mix together? Is there a sound, feeling, or time/place in dance music history that connects all the different elements in one way or another?

A. There are a few recent moments that I drew from: I had pulled a lot of dreamy tracks to close out the intimate Sunday evening queer party I throw with my friends called Antidote, and for a b2b with my friend threehz at their party dream/self. I usually spend a lot of time planning a tracklist for studio mixes, but this time, I was struggling to sequence or choose between the tracks I had pulled.

On New Year's Eve, a few friends came over to my studio to pass some time before going to a rave where I was working the door at 8am, and they all ended up dozing off while I was DJing. I was trying to play music that was both energetic enough to keep me awake, but not too intense for people who were sleeping. A few days later, I ended up recording this mix in one take with no strict playlist, drawing from that moment; it was a fun experiment in trusting myself to find a more organic flow.

Q. As someone who’s actively involved in a number of interconnected projects and events within NYC’s underground dance scene, tell us about the idea behind your Spontaneous Affinity outlet for zines, mixes and long form interviews that regularly feature important insights from DJs, producers and organisers alike. 

A. The series has been on a bit of a pause / slow paced moment lately as I focus on getting some other aspects of my life together :) but the idea was to use the interviews to draw connections between different nodes of people working to build scenes in different places. Everyone gets the same set of questions to choose from; it's always fun compiling it all into a zine and seeing what kinds of commonalities emerge. I hope to find time to work on another zine before the end of this year!

Q. And finally, I really enjoyed your set opening up The Grove at last year’s Sustain-Release! Tell us about how you found that whole experience, and how did you approach a set like that where you could seemingly take things anywhere over the three and half hours..

A. This set was a heavy one for me – I've been to every Sustain, and it was a formative part of my journey deeper into DJing and music. This summer also came with a lot of big losses and transitions. I spent as much time journaling and meditating as I did organizing music, and wanted to make space for others to process difficult things before diving into party mode in a psychedelic environment.

As far as the musical approach, I thought of the set in 7 or 8 "chapters" that could expand or contract depending on the energy and vibe. I've played a lot of opening sets over the years and lately have wanted to push myself within that; here, instead of the standard ambient → techno type opening set, I wanted to play with a structure where the set built into a mild frenzy and then settled back down before the live acts that played after me.

MDC.293 Lychee

As we gently slide into Autumn and the days get shorter and evenings cosier, we are excited to share with you the next chapter of our Podcast Series by the Amsterdam-based artists Paduan 🧙🏼‍♂️

Paduan is Patric Kimman, DJ and curator with firmly rooted attraction to the deeper side of electronic music. He is most at home playing musically meandering sets filled with drone textures and subtle melodies, with hints of concrète elements and natural sounds, a sonic direction that persists both in his monthly radio show on London’s Balamii as well as the event series Into the Universes he co-curates back home in Amsterdam 🐚

Patric’s contribution to the Introspective Electronics Podcast Series is a live recording from this year’s Perpendicular festival, an annual gathering of fellow deep music lovers in the beautiful nature of central Spain. This journey takes us on a pensive stargazing adventure across vast ambient planes cloaked with blanket of dark blue sky full of twinkling stars above ✨

Recorded live at @espacio-perpendicular 2024

Sounds by @padduan
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Podcast Series 47 | Paduan @ Perpendicular 24

Recorded by @martinou3000 at Studio Eternity for The Memoir, 2025. 
All tracks are written and produced by @martinou3000.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by Hypnus Records.

There is no tracklist for this mix.

Love and light

Page 156: Martinou

With the dog days of summer in full swing, we're really excited to welcome Iffie from Athens as our special guest for the 316th episode of the Deep Breakfast Series.

Iffie is a dj & founder of “Into The Abyss” podcast series, based in Athens.
Her sound explores dark and deep elements with an affinity for modern techno.
She loves making her sets as cohesive as possible, intertwining ambient & deep techno by leaving no room for sudden transitions.
In 2020 she founded “Into The Abyss”. Through her widely-acclaimed platform she contributes to the scene with podcasts & premieres of new releases, promoting & supporting various artists & labels.

About the mix:
"This one hour mix moves through ambient and experimental sounds with a personal touch. It was recorded during a time of change, and that feeling shaped the flow. The mood is emotional and reflective, built around soft textures, slow shifts and quiet intensity. It’s less about structure and more about capturing a moment. It’s a huge pleasure to contribute something to the Deep Breakfast Series."

Tracklist: 
1. Ulla Straus- House 
2. The Vision Reels - Aconites (Launaea Immersion)
3. ???? - Sitting in silence 
4. YUKIMASA - Inception
5. Menou - Singularity 
6. ABSIS - In The Way
7. Aiôn Lazura - Rain and Dust
8. Center Of Light - Lights On 
9. Barefoot x The Vision Reels - Internal Wave 2
10. Ken-Ichiro Isoda - ゴーシュの夜 (with Raindrops)
11. Gigi Masin - Clouds
12. Sanjib - Lost Universe 
13. Norman Feller - Melting From The Inside

Photo by Nassim Wahba

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Deep Breakfast 316 ~ Iffie

https://soundcloud.com/artefakt-official : "This recording came together for us imagining being in spaces of sonic isolation - conversing with each other and through this act of exchange, unfolding a dynamic landscape. This emerges as an auditory refuge where we become the waves. As we navigate this appearing structure, we re-anchor ourselves as listeners, embracing the ephemeral and reconciling with strangeness to find solace in deviation.

The mix also draws from a lifelong inspiration that runs as a thread through our own music - the contrasts between natural textures, organic decay and fractal blooming sounds set against the quantization, designed function and electric qualities of the built city and the futures they represent, captured in musical imagination. The mix invites listeners to dwell in this synthesis of spaces, discovering connection within isolation."

Tracklist:
01. Arovane & Hior Chronik - A Day, November 2013
02. Multicast Dynamics - Field of Dreams
03. Jake Muir - Twilight Transmissions
04. 2030 - Key to the Universe
05. Neel - Alchemy 
06. Stenny - Dew 
07. 1991 - High-Tech Love-Life
08. Imaginary Softwoods - Globe IV
09. Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics Remix)
10. BFTT - Enin
11. queniv - Viba
12. Hiver - Inner Motion 
13. Sven Weisemann - Cascading Lights
14. Imprea - In a Landscape
15. Purelink - Stadium Drive
16. The 7th Plain - Chords Are Dirty
17. Marianna Maruyama & Hessel Veldman - Softly, at first

isolatedmix 134 - Artefakt

Wanderwelle (Live) @tresorberlin 22.12.17

We're very pleased to share the recording of our 2.5 hour live set we played in the legendary Tresor, Berlin. It was an amazing experience as it was the first time we performed in a club. 

https://tresorberlin.com/event/tresor-invites-surgeon-dasha-rush-and-dj-pete/

Wanderwelle (Live) @Tresor 22.12.17

Campfire Stories 80 (Hiding) by @paulakoski

~ About The Story ~

And when I look back on it
I had a wonderful time
Hiding from the light
Often tucked away
Nervously picking flowers

~ Chapters ~

Eyvind Blix - Unreleased
Cio D'Or - Tomorrow Was Yesterday (rring)
Ataxy - Aurora
Hydrangea - Ambient I
Below Sky - Clarendon
Corell - Derrida Dreams
Dasha Rush - Outer Space
Peter van Hoesen - BCHLBNG-6
Claudio PRC - Distacco
Camilla Pisani - The Kinetic Melody of Babel
Ruff Cherry - Keeper
Rrose - Hymn to Moisture
Eyvind Blix - Unreleased
Härdstedt - Rocenta
Javier Marimon - Illusions
SHXCXCHCXSH - MDDDSSLLKRR
Eggbox - Le Songe Du Grimpoteuthics
ASC - Ocean Shadow
Unknown
Kangding Ray - N/N Peaks
Droneghost - Thirty Three (Elle 48h No Sleep Remix)
Ligovskoi - Labiate (Abdulla Rashim Remix)
Ataxy - Holes In the Clouds
Cloistral - Ոչ մի սպասում
Vactrol Park - Adria
Isorinne - Flashbacks
Corell - Blank Pouring
Oisel - Espansione
Winter In June - Dearly Beloved
Jan Jelinek - Lady Gaga, you once said in an interview that you write music for the fashion industry. Is fashion as important to you as music?
Monolake - Cubicle
Ligovskoi - Behaim
Camilla Pisani - Where Where You When The Stars Went Out

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

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Photo: Unknown

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Campfire Stories 80 (Hiding) by Paula Koski

Further Information: https://bleep.com/features/Bleep-Mix-142-Pole

Pole’s Stefan Betke journeys through dub-techno, ambient and an array of spiritual music styles on his wide-ranging Bleep mix. Those aforementioned genres have always been a clear influence on Pole’s deep, weighty electronic compositions, and as such it’s no surprise to find several Pole originals among the track listing here - indeed, Betke sets the tone by beginning with Pole’s grainy ambient-techno track ‘Modul’. With these Pole productions anchoring the blends we are then free to journey off into passages of mind-expanding spirituality - for instance in the mid-section, which features tracks from Lou Reed/John Cale and Sun Ra, or the contemplative roots reggae tunes which are included in the mix’s home straight.

"I should be standing in a venue talking shit after a live show but instead i am sitting at home on my sofa. I feel a bit lost at the moment, no chatting in bars, no live shows. But i am happy. Very happy and in a good situation. I can still make music, work in my studio in Berlin and I made this selection of tracks for our friends at Bleep. This mix includes some older music which is in my record shelf for ages already and some new music which will stay in my record shelf for ages. Inspiring music and music for the soul. I hope you will enjoy listening. Stay well." - Pole aka Stefan Betke

Bleep Mix #142 - Pole

“Atmospheric electronica from Budapest”

Free Sequence is a brand-new electronica label based in Budapest,  founded and curated by @zsagerbalazs of Žagar. Free Sequence is also a live act series focusing on improvisation and honors the values of spontaneity. 

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@audiocompress
@calemma
@disandat
@garpo
@kalumet
@polycloud
@zagarmusic
@zsagerbalazs
@user-796212086



https://freesequence.bandcamp.com/
contact@freeseq.com