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Perhaps best known for his association with beloved dance music blog Truants, @riccardovillella is also one of our favorite DJs—with a streak of mixes that always feel like instant classics—and a staple of the broader dance music scene in his own right. Villella's penchant for community began on early dance music forums and extends into today's social media networks and elevating others through mixes and in-depth interviews on @truants. His mix for us, inspired by timeless mix CDs like those of Fabric and a 'spiritual successor' to his mix for our friends at @sure_thing, is also a vivid memory of teenage bike rides along the beach in 2006.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/051-villella

"For the last 11 years I’d been living in London and for a long time, I had no desire really to leave. People say you can call somewhere 'home' after living there for a duration of seven years, so I was well past and on my way. The last three years though, I had really burnt out quite hard creatively, and was kind of just trudging along. It took me a while to realize that I’d maybe needed a break away from London and the constant living for the weekend parties. Work had gone remote, so the option of moving back home to Brighton on the seafront for a temporary reset and to save some money seemed like the logical next step.

I was quite excited about moving back, as one of my friends Bobby had moved back home from London a year prior to also work remote, my friend Sean was still down there and had been making some really cool art recently so we’d been reconnecting, and my friend Sam who moved to Australia 10 years ago was going to be back for a short trip in Brighton this year for a couple weeks. This felt kind of important to me as, as we’d all be in the same city for the first time in a very long time, and these were people that made up my favourite summer ever - the year 10 one in 2006.

... We spent most of that summer going on these really long bike rides from Shoreham-by-Sea, past the cement factory before reaching Brighton beach, and just cycle as far as we could until the sun went down. Me and Bobby would pack our little MP3 players (think I had a Creative Zen Touch then) the night before with as much ‘feels’ music as we’d like to call it, anything that would make our cycles feel like an extended Michael Mann movie, or "LA Action" we’d say. There was just something quite life-affirming as a 16 year old, headphones in, cycling back as the sun sets after exploring some beach cave and you’ve got either of Fila Brazillia - "Subtle Body", Groove Armada - "Paris", or DJ Shadow - "Blood On The Motorway" playing in the background. It was all very Stand By Me in the most musically liberating way possible. I’ve caught myself thinking of those times a lot lately.

I’ve tried to channel a lot of those feelings quite subtly into my studio mixes over the years—hopeless nostalgia, bittersweetness, a sad euphoria—more so on ones where I’m trying to achieve something other than a club-mix. The Sure Thing mix comes to mind especially, but that was also very influenced by the techno aspect of the series and certain life events. Whilst this feels very much like a spiritual successor to that mix, I didn’t want to be so subtle with this one. It’s a straight ode to a single perfect 24 hours that summer, and all the tunes that I was listening to back then, plus some that capture that perfect world-at-your-feet, carefree, teen vibe for me. It covers many moods and feelings of a hot day down at the beach and the transition as the sun sets and you’re getting ready to dance the night away.

I’ve wanted to record something like this for a long time, something that kind of felt like a timeless mix CD, and think you gave me the best opportunity and timing in wanting to put it together, especially as I’ve been doing that same cycle route every other weekend whilst down here."

@riccardovillella / @truants

Spontaneous Affinity

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #051: Villella

Rooted in the raw aesthetics of underground house and techno, this release offers a rich spectrum of grooves — from hypnotic minimalism to lush, dubbed-out atmospheres. 
Essential listening for selectors who appreciate refined textures and deep functionality on the floor.


VINYL-A1 Vesu_s - Dracaene Guianensis (Area Remix)

For the fourth instalment of Deities, it's my absolute pleasure to announce Cowper as Virelith. A mix infused with cosmic textures and deeply fuelled rhythms, Cowper has curated a listening experience that will draw you in and take you to a place that you never knew you wanted to be. Enjoy <3

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ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇ? 

Virelith 

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴꜱ?

 He/him 

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴠᴇ?

In the folds of the underworld, where memory goes to be softened. 

ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ?

Shadow and balance. 
The beauty of the unsettling. 
Dream logic. 
Lost potential. 

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏᴜʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ? 

Late autumn, when things are *almost* dead but not quite. The world holds its breath. The veil is thinnest then. 

ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴛ ʙᴇ? 

I would unteach the fear of discomfort. Let mortals *feel* without flinching. Let them find peace in contradiction. 

What is a key belief that you have? 

That nothing is ever wholly good or evil. Only honest, or unseen. That true growth begins in the dark, in the unknown. 

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴋᴇʏ ʙᴇʟɪᴇꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ? ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴀʀ?

To be fully known. If I am understood, I can be contained—and I exist only as long as I remain beyond comprehension.

04 - VIRELITH - Cowper

Stebu live from the Microwave studio at JAM Hotel, Brussels.
Microwave is a community-based, audiovisual webradio. We aim to provide a platform for a wide variety of upcoming artists through digital and real-life media.
Tune in at microwave.live

20.07.2025 Stebu | Microwave studio

Mary B rounds off Saturday with a deeply atmospheric hour of hypnotic techno with flashes of progressive trance and a few bumpers towards the end. Its a wicked hour blending the best of the now with the best of before, featuring tunes from the likes of Shoal and Kohra to Son Kite and Casa Flava. 


Mary B @ Radio Panini (12.07.2025)

Summer is here, at last. For the July edition of their Outsiders residency, Bureau B’s Daniel Jahn & Isa Schwarzenberg contribute a mix of summer spirits through gentle leftfield thrusts. Including tracks from label releases by Phew / Erika Kobayashi / Dieter Moebius, Conrad Schnitzler, Baal & Mortimer and Das Kinn as well as music from friends like Asmus Tietchens, Elisa Flores or Nika Son. 

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by labels, collectives, agencies, venues, clubs, ... worldwide
📡 Connect with the Outsiders, every day, at 9 am or 9 pm CET
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Outsiders: Bureau B w/ Daniel Jahn & Isa Schwarzenberg @ Kiosk Radio 28.07.2025

An incredibly overdue contribution from a prolific Australian born but Berlin based producer/DJ, @rudolf-c. Rudolf C, co-founder of the incredible @salt-mines label, has been releasing groovy, electro-tinged music into the world since 2015 - over 10 years of consistently impressive tunes. 

Ru is also a committed member of the Berlin music community and DJS regularly throughout Europe. A vinyl boss with the skills & taste only one with over a decade of experience one can acquire - we're lucky enough to showcase one of his recent studio mixes on Animix this week. Glitchy-techy-minimal-dubby, and some sexy acid lines for good measure. A perfect fit for the series.

Thanks for the big mix Rudolf! <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Eight: Rudolf C

for this week’s 909 podcast we welcome naarm/melbourne based dj & producer, al dente who serves up a delicious mix curated for home listening sessions. showcasing a slower, softer side to his collection, al dente was inspired to curate this mix by the setting that he enjoys listening to them the most in - cooking. still nodding to his signature spacey, chuggy and bubbly soundscapes, the mix comes with a minimal, techy edge. 

the 2024 release of al dente’s ‘the second cousin’ on animalia has become a firm favourite of mine - at least one track from the ep is always playlisted for sets. it’s a shining explain of what has drawn me to al dente’s sound over the past year, a contemporary take on a club-roller that’s super deep and futuristic whilst drawing from influences of early 2000s minimal. a dreamy combo! alongside that animalia release, al dente has released on the likes of pure space, beam, dmo, the space between us, and neurocrank - the latter being a platform & collective that al dente is a part of. 

🔒 lock in 🔒

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-231-al-dente

@al-den-te

✮⋆˙ untitled 909 podcast 231: al dente ✮⋆˙

Palm Reader 11: Israel Vines
"disquiet, reprieve, unbind"

Aired on VPN Radio, virtualpublic.net, on August 7th, 2025
Recorded live at Plata Lounge on the Palm Reader label series preview night on 06.13.2025  @israel-vines

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We’ve been big fans of Israel Vines ever since hearing him play out in LA warehouses some 15+ years ago. A true veteran of the US underground, Israel spent his formative rave years in Detroit and Chicago in the early 90’s - where he worked at the legendary Gramaphone Records - before going on to become the distinguished producer/DJ we know him as today, with releases on Tresor, Semantica, Cult Figures, and Eye Teeth (sub-label of Detroit’s own @ithqdetroit ).

Both Israel’s productions and sets reveal his encyclopedic knowledge of, and a deep love for, abstract electronic music - always carrying his signature heady sound and flair for bold artistic expression. Israel has played for us several times before at @gradientcampout and other collabs with our homies eternal @printshop.club ❤️ We're thrilled and honored to have his contribution to Palm Reader, our series dedicated to ambient and experimental for wayfinding in stillness. This mix was recorded live at our Palm Reader label preview night (!) on Friday, June 13th, indoors at Plata in Silver Lake. Thank you Israel for joining us that night, and trusting us with your beautiful mix 🙏 Enjoy! ~


TRACKLIST >>> 
F&E - Emotions - (Nullpunkt, 2021)
:ZOVIET*FRANCE: - Ciels Ténébreuse - (DOVe, 1991)
WILLIAM SELMAN - A Soft Degeneration - (Mysteries Of The Deep, 2023)
LEMNA - The Dawn - (Self-Released, 2025)
NSI. - Detached To Reality - (NAKID, 2024)
KLAUS SCHULZE - Melange - (Elipsis Arts, 2000 *recorded in 1978)
LEMNA - Caught In Mud - (Self-Released, 2025)
COSEY FANNI TUTTI - The Secret Touch - (Conspiracy International, 2017)
JACK DANGERS - Come Back To Earth With Me - (Important Records, 2004)
DEATHNESS - Daughter Of Slaughter - (Self-Released, 2025 *recorded in 2017)
FRENSEL LENS - Tireless Wait - (Self-Released, 2022)
LEMNA - Hallucination - (Self-Released, 2025)
AZU TIWALINE & CINNA PEYGHAMY - Canopée Imaginaire (Live Version) - (Self-Released, 2024)
PUB - Dilema - (Ampoule, 2001)
NATHANIEL YOUNG - Graying Dawn - (Mysteries Of The Deep, 2019)
SENZA TESTA - ॐ ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै व ि च्चै - (Northern Electronics, 2022)
COSEY FANNI TUTTI - Corridor - (Conspiracy International, 2022)
JON HASSELL - Viva Shona - (Lovely Music, Ltd., 1978)
RASHAD BECKER - Themes I - (PAN, 2013)
IRENE BIANCO - Hvid // - (Permanent Draft, 2024)
DEMDIKE STARE - Ghostly Hardware - (Modern Love, 2009)
DOPPLEREFFEKT - Computronium - Curtis Electronix, 2024)
DEMDIKE STARE - Mephisto’s Lament - (Modern Love, 2012)
DOPPLEREFFEKT - Pascal’s Recursion - (Leisure System, 2013)
STAVE / KARIM MAAS - The Center Is Dead - (Standards & Practices, 2025)
HILDUR GUONADÓTTIR - Bridge Of Death - (Deutsche Grammophon, 2019)
KING MIDAS SOUND - Bluebird - (Cosmo Rhythmatic, 2019)
COSEY FANNI TUTTI - Ritual Awakening 2t - (Conspiracy International, 2000)
STARS OF THE LID - Adamord - (Sedimental, 1995)
COSEY FANNI TUTTI - Selflessness Part One - (Conspiracy International, 2004)
MELVINS - A Really Long Wait - (Scion Audio / Visual, 2012)
BLACK SABBATH - Planet Caravan - (Vertigo, 1970)

Palm Reader 11: Israel Vines

"Step into the trippy world of sound practitioners, @plena_sound and @mochyndaer as they take the reins on this month’s @e2e8records show — serving up a mind-melting journey through ambient textures, hypnotic techno, broken beats and half-time magic. Expect sound to shimmer and time to stretch. The wormhole awaits."


E2-E8 w/ Plena Sound and Mochyn Daer - 10th August 2025

"In the set are a lot of tracks that I usually don’t play in the club but that I often enjoy listening to at home. I really tried to bring a wide variety of sounds, old and new, the oldest track dates from 1970." 

INTERVIEW: http://www.saywhatmag.com/futurepast-with-davy

Photograph by Rebecca Steimer: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccasteimerphotography/

Interview

Davy: Futurepast

Born in 1986 mixes together ambient, downtempo, experimental in our second Futurepast podcast. 

@https://soundcloud.com/bornin1986

Futurepast Mix 02 - Born In 1986

Brussels young talent Dardenne mixes together a 70 mins trip of downtempo to IDM, breakbeat, electro and all that intertwines.

Futurepast Mix 03 - Dardenne

For full tracklisting click here >>> https://link.bleep.com/Plaid-Mix 

For the 50th entry in our mix series, we are super hyped to present this hour-long electronic adventure from @Plaid. Since the early 90's, Plaid has consistently released a stream of mind-expanding LPs for @warp-records, yet for their Bleep mix they offer us a very rare opportunity to experience the sounds that inspire, influence and rotate inside their studio station. From the up to the minute breakbeat techno of Skee Mask, to the euphoric glow of Jon Hopkins and into the outer-reaching wormholes of @richarddevine's most outer-reaching submissions, Plaid cross all genres with a strong knowledgeable style, one that has arguably made them such a historically important artist within both the UK and worldwide electronica scenes.

Bleep Mix #50 - Plaid

The vinyl mix from the Berlin based DJ and multimedia artist from Barcelona ZK (Z_koncept) is conceived for self-exploration, a sound journey in which the delicate and cultivated selection immerses us into a deep state of consciousness that invite us relaxing and arranging our inner world.

@https://soundcloud.com/zofik

Futurepast Mix 04 - ZK

Track listing:

1. (0:00) Kowski 2000 @kowski2000 - The Mountains - Kowski2000 Demo EP (https://kowski2000.bandcamp.com/album/kowski2000-demo-ep)
2. (2:32) Purely Grey @purelygrey - 创作 (Weeklybeats 030) (https://weeklybeats.com/purelygrey/music/27671)
3. (5:16) Tenfour @tenfour - Donut Conspiracy - Wish Book (https://tenfour.bandcamp.com/album/wish-book)
4. (9:21) Turbo Rider @turbo-rider - This Moment (https://turborider.bandcamp.com/track/this-moment)
5. (12:51) GlitterWølf https://www.facebook.com/Glitterwolfsynth/ feat. Ethereal Delusions @etherealdelusions - Reflections (https://glitterwolf.bandcamp.com/track/reflections-feat-ethereal-delusions)
6. (17:44) Masikus @masikus - V A P O R W A F F L E (https://masikus.bandcamp.com/track/v-a-p-o-r-w-a-f-f-l-e)
7. (21:16) ONSTEAD @onstead - Breeze (https://onstead.bandcamp.com/track/breeze)
8. (23:43) Neo Tokyo Philharmonic @neotokyophilharmonic - Sleep Mode - Neo Tokyo OS (https://innerworksrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neo-tokyo-os)
9. (26:57) AWITW @awitw - Cruisin' California - Digital Dreams (https://awitw.bandcamp.com/album/digital-dreams)
10. (30:50) Yoann Turpin @acclion - Blue Jungle (Blue Fields remix) - Spring Quest 84 (https://yoannturpin.bandcamp.com/album/spring-quest-84)
11. (34:20) Vincenzo Salvia @vincenzo-salvia - White Lines, Red Sunset - Weekend (https://vincenzosalvia.bandcamp.com/album/weekend)
12. (38:27) Knasibas @knasibas - Fond Memories - CRY (https://knasibas.bandcamp.com/album/cry)
13. (43:27) HAWAII94 @hawaii94 - Changes - Singles 2013-2016 (https://hawaii94.bandcamp.com/album/singles-2013-2016)
14. (46:44) Terence @terencex - 1980 - Almíbar (https://stratfordct.bandcamp.com/album/terence-alm-bar)
15. (51:42) Alonewolf @alonewolfsmusic - The Craft - Dreamers (https://alonewolf.bandcamp.com/album/dreamers)
16. (56:04) Cleeve Morris @cleevemorris - They Already Know What We Did to Earth - STARDUST (https://cleevemorris.bandcamp.com/album/stardust)
17. (59:51) Vampire Step-Dad @vampirestepdad - Beneath Your Stairs - Songs to Haunt a House to (http://vampirestepdad.com/product/songs-haunt-house/)
18. (1:04:59) Sandy H @sandyh1 - Lost in the Night - Devil Eyes (https://sandyh.bandcamp.com/album/devil-eyes)
19. (1:09:48) Mono Memory @monomemory - Resident Evil 1-Save Room Theme cover (https://monomemory.bandcamp.com/track/resident-evil-1-save-room-theme-cover)
20. (1:13:38) Mechadose @mechadose - It Hunts Us (https://mechadose.bandcamp.com/track/it-hunts-us)
21. (1:17:48) Occams Laser @occams-laser - Factor XIII - New Blood (https://timeslaves.bandcamp.com/album/new-blood)
22. (1:20:19) Spektor Baal @spektorbaal - The Upside Down - Ancient Serpents (https://spektorbaal.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-serpents)
23. (1:23:39) Ron Cannon @ron-cannon-2 - Contact the Dead - Passage (https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/passage)
24. (1:26:53) Chaos Vector @chaosvectorsynthwave - Blood Vector (@chaosvectorsynthwave/blood-nexus)
25. (1:34:16) Ace Buchannon @ace-buchannon - Darkroom Discovery (https://acebuchannon.bandcamp.com/track/darkroom-discovery)

Novastalgia 2019 Mix 1 - track listing in description

Berlin based explorative record label, to build a path on the edge of experimentation and functionality. Sense of time is irrelevant.

Futurepast Mix 02 - Born In 1986

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