The auditory landscape at Testing Grounds, on Wurundjeri Country, encompasses a diverse array of sounds, crafting a vibrant and at times overwhelming sonic environment. These sounds, characterized by their loud, abrupt, and occasionally jarring nature, emanate from human activity and the infrastructure that underpins urban existence.
Harmony and Dissonance, utilises high frequency sounds which possess a soft, delicate, and melodious quality.
This juxtaposition serves to accentuate the contrast between two distinctly disparate auditory landscapes, shedding light on the tension between urban development and our connection to the natural environment. Furthermore, it explores the inherent beauty that can emerge when something gentle and refined is layered with a noisy and unruly backdrop.
Harmony and Dissonance, stimulates contemplation and emotion, and offers fresh perspectives on familiar elements of our surroundings.

Harmony And Dissonance, Soundscape commissioned by Testing Grounds

Is Peace Wild?

Vien

Malibu & SKY H1 at Dekmantel Ten

Big Sky, Liquid Sun

Green Thumbs

Leylines

Leylines (Remaster 2025)

pi/live: Mike Midnight @ Ballet in NYC 05-18-2025

Hello friends, I've decided It’s time for my next Warm Hug musical offering.

Today I am sharing the full live recording of the last Warm Hug set I played back in December 2024. I've listened to it a lot this year, mainly on my solo hikes in the mountains of the lake district, using it a tool to help me deal with the ongoing grief of losing my father back in Jan this year, it's now time to share it with the world.

Music has always been the most powerful way for me to express my emotions, and this set has been like a key, letting me open the flood gates, allowing me feel the pain, understand it, release it, and let it guide my own personal healing process. Losing a parent changes you forever, so sharing this set is extremely personal to me, but I feel like now is the right time, especially as we enter Autumn, my most adored season, a time of deep reflection and one that is filled with precious memories of my father.

I performed this set around 3 weeks before he died, so as I gathered the music and prepared it, he was very much in my through process, as things were getting extremely difficult towards the end of his life, and perhaps some of the music reflects that. There is a lot of darkness and pain in this set, but also a joy and light. Some of you who were at the event told me this was my best Warm Hug set so far. The more I listen, the more I enjoy it, and it’s become an important meditation tool for me. This set is definitely the most personally deep artistic expressions ive ever put out there. I cry every time I listen to it.

Please listen with with good quality headphones, with patience, and in one go if possible to fully experience and understand the journey. I played this set in a dark room to 60 people all laying down, wrapped in blankets, locked into the music, no distractions, just stillness. It was a beautiful experience, this is what my Warm Hug events are all about, presenting emotive music in an environment that allows you to feel it’s power in the best possible way, outside of the hectic world as we know it.

I'm not sure yet if I will ever do another Warm Hug event, I need to be in a certain headspace to make this kind of art, it requires a lot of mental energy and at the moment I'm not quite there, but you never know. If I feel like another Warm Hug event is on the cards, I will let you know. I do also have the previous 3 Warm Hug event sets that I might release at some point.

For now, please sit back, get comfortable, and go deep into this profound musical journey.

Please do let me know what you think, and share with the world if you like it. It might also help others heal and release trapped emotions.

PS, no idea why the name of one of the artists who made one of the tacks in the set is in the title lol Bizzar. 

Much love
Aidan x

A Warm Hug By Aidan Doherty Autumn 2025

Excited to welcome @sleepyxinsomniac as the latest artist in our WhitMix series.

Dive into the ethereal soundscape of Sleepy Insomniac, a New Delhi-based DJ whose music transcends the ordinary. With a blend of hazy, dreamy electronic rhythms and intricate basslines, his sets evoke a journey through nostalgia and innovation. 

Each mix is a testament to his personal exploration, reflecting his hands-on approach to sound as he crafts atmospheres that resonate deeply. From his time as a resident DJ at boxout.fm to sharing stages with luminaries and emerging talents alike, Sleepy Insomniac invites you to experience a sonic tapestry that is as immersive as it is transformative.

Art @soft_edges

WHiTMIX #25 | Sleepy Insomniac

In Iowa / My City, the first double single from Anywhere, the debut album by @yawningportal

Pre-save Anywhere: https://yr1.se/anywhere

Watch the Vasso Vu & Yawning Portal directed music video via:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J78SGZzMnic

Follow Yawning Portal:
https://www.instagram.com/yawningportal/
https://yawningportal.bandcamp.com/

YR0208S1
Album / Release: In Iowa / My City
Release Type: Double Single
Date of release: 09/10/2025
Label: YEAR0001
A&R: Nelly Hinas & Emilio Fagone
Writer: Jessica Walker
Writer: Joseph Ware
Producer: Yawning Portal
Mixing: Chris Pawlusek
Master: Chris Pawlusek
Art Direction: Vasso Vu & Yawning Portal
Photography: Vasso Vu

https://yr1.se/iniowa

Lyrics:

i close my eyes 
can see for miles 
it’s the world inside my head 

bleach 
and snow 
and gasoline 
lets go out 

i close my eyes 
can see for miles 
a little world inside my head 

chewing gum 
and cherry vaseline
let’s go out 
she said 

i close my eyes 
can see for miles 
the little world inside my head 

my head 
my head 
my head 

bleach 
and snow 
and gasoline 
drive faster 

let’s go out 
let’s go out
let’s go out 
let’s go out 

Yawning Portal — In Iowa / My City

𝕍𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝔸𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 - 𝔻𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒 [𝕍𝔽𝕆.𝟙𝟜]

⊹⊹ https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diplopia
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Strange autumn rains are falling, revealing hidden pathways.
Time for 𝕍𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 to bear a new twin fruit.

𝔻𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒 is a celebration - of our beloved corner of the underground, of community beyond geographical borders, of creative interconnection. Thirteen masterful collaborative tracks from all corners of the world, by spearheads of the underwater avant-garde, ranging from the darkest dubstep to the most abyssal tribe. The soul and essence of tomorrow's hybrid deep-end scene, condensed into a timeless gemstone.

𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘: 
@1tauceti ✢ @natural_limit
@paul-revee ✢ @solarythm_deeptech_side
@formant-value ✢ @simonebauer 
@bluhol ✢ @eastern-distributor
@umanyazar ✢ @nawl_music
@sentientsound ✢ @paracusia77
@sharu ✢ @c_coiffure
@loiflan ✢ @rm_estali
@kick_21 ✢ @troisquartstaxisystem
@yotahh ✢ @voicheck
@maelitaa ✢ @qqantt
@fluidmatter ✢ @solmadj
@javrsalazar

⊹⊹ Out on November 26, 2025 

artwork by hypereikon
mastering by AES Dana at @ultimae studios
distributed by Underscope

© 2025 Virtual Forest Records, France
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VFO.14 Various Artists -- Diplopia [Previews]

The nexts mix comes from a serious pillar of the scene and facilitator of music dispersal. He has support naff for years now by distributing our records and standing behind us as a friend and associate. 

Words from the artist: This hour is a fair snapshot of sounds that hit somewhere deep, stir the chemicals, and remind me (why) I’m still in motion. Respect it, don’t neglect it!

naffcast013 ⦾ Rey Colino ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| | ✘෴✘

Hand Clap, is the moniker of Maya Borjesson, an Architect and visual/sound Artist. Using synthesizers, spoken word, and field recordings, their compositions explore themes of connection, memory, nostalgia and grief.
This year Hand Clap embarked on a tour of Japan, supported Penelope Trappes and presented ‘A Thread Beneath Our Skin’ at No Vacancy Gallery. This body of visual and sound work, traced the layered and intimate terrain of connection - between individuals, identities, and past and present selves - it was a practice of listening outward, as well as, to the quiet within. 
Hand Clap’s practice is deeply personal and sits at the crossroads of ambient music, electronic experimentation, string composition, and visual art.