ambient drone

SABI mix 2 . moving SHADOW

Crimson - Sa Forme (loop 1)
Nils Frahm - Sonar
Ozzy - Gestures
Laraaji - Ocean Flow (Seahawks Deep Drift Mix)
Loscil - Fern And Robin
Souns - Green (re)
Billow Observatory - Pankalia
Marsen Jules - Coeur Saignant
Chihei Hatakeyama - Bonfire On The Field
Satoshi Ashikawa - Landscape of Wheels
Airspace - Amsterdam
Sean Evans - First Drone In New Apartment
Mount Maxwell - Ocealism
Danna & Clement - Avening
L'abri + Éveline - Paul, Je Te Berce Sur La Lune
N Nao - Tout Va Bien
Evynid Kang - Petrified Wood
Airspace - GP
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Rocket
Autechre - VLetrmx
Moby - LA2
Arvo Part - Fur Alina

this mix is the second of eight that have been used in a clinical setting by SABI Mind for over three years now. it has also been used by close friends and myself, many times over too ..over and over, as it was carefully designed for repeat use. to entrain to. to reach for as a reliable tool. for the purposes of meditation, clearing, unwinding, calming, relaxing, deepening, inner explorations & journeys, grounding, centering, focusing, resting, drifting, quieting, sleeping, transforming, transporting, healing and other related purposes.

it stands on it's own as a contemporary ambient mix and also fully functions in the sound wellness realms. it keeps the promise of holding space for the listener the entire time, without any blips or trips or artful overly expressive side-quests, just slowly and reliably modulating and evolving and unfolding.

it's called 'moving SHADOW' it digs a bit deeper into engaging with, and ultimately separating and clearing, shadow elements. it's not super heavy or intense in this way, it's somewhat subtle and the mix also still retains it's primary universal purpose of use - it's just one notch or two towards this specific goal (compared to the first mix).  many thanks and acknowledgements to the absolutely perfectly executed music made by all the artist's in the mix - a decent handful of them being local as well.

immensely happy to share this mix now, more broadly, with everyone.
please enjoy, be well, and be good ❤️

2 . Moving SHADOW

Here i stand on the edge of everything, in my hand, the question why. i close my eyes and spread my wings, I throw my faith to the sky. Letting go means everything to me, in a way, i'm letting it in. 'cause i don't see how anyone or anything becomes a part of you until you know what it means to let it go.

here I stand

here i stand

Spacetime Continuum & Cahl Sel Live @ Sunset Boat Party 10.30.22

Mix of Duke Ellington, Wall of Voodoo, BeeGee's, Gordon Lightfoot and Kansas. And Chris Hill on bass.

Employees, Trampolines and Dogs That Bite

Duke BG Voodoo Kansas Foot

DukeBGvoodooKansasFoot - NY

This 2025 touche interpretation of Aphex Twin's classic Windowlicker is brought to you as a FREE DOWNLOAD. You will need to like Aphex Twin, Warp, Aubrey Fry & abandoned technologies to grab a copy. Enjoy! 

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Windowlicker (Aubrey Fry & abandoned technologies Interpretation

Telepathic Fish co-founder DJ Food, aka one part of Openmind, takes us on a trip into the world of 90s chill out.

Strictly Kev likes the company of plants whilst working on music so that's handy for us isn't it?! We're assuming he's talking about a beautiful Calathea sitting in the corner for inspiration, tho his dream plant setup - a conservatory packed with Romanesco broccoli, trippy Caladiums, and Persian Shields - is something we'd be well on board with too.

Enough of the plant talk for a second and back to the music, ambient music to be clear. For those that weren't squatting in South London back in the early 90s, Openmind were the four-piece behind the mighty Telepathic Fish - the legendary ambient afterparty that transformed chill-out rooms from dub-playing afterthoughts into proper destinations.

Kev, along with Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix, RIP), David Vallade, and Mario Aguera, started in a shared house above a shop with no neighbours to complain/bash the door down. What began as art school parties quickly grew into Sunday afternoon sessions in squatted venues - a former dole office in Brixton and even the derelict Roundhouse on New Year's Day. They hosted everyone from Aphex Twin to Mixmaster Morris among wall-to-wall mattresses, UV installations, and  Coldcut's Matt Black with his boundary pushing video projections.

The idea was simple: recreate that post-clubbing comedown vibe but on a massive scale, as an "aural and visual blanket" for club-rattled minds. They even published a fanzine called Mindfood and worked at the scene's hub, Ambient Soho record shop, helping shape what Simon Reynolds called a "wombeldelic sound-and-light bath" in contrast to the current trend of hardcore and it's relentless assault.

Thirty years on, that spirit's having a comeback. Events like London's A Loose Ting are bringing back the bedding and the hushed reverence, while Berlin's Overflow is going full sensory overload with vibrating mattresses, fountains, and harpists. New York's Planetarium gatherings have people mostly horizontal, inspired by psychedelic therapy sessions. There's even and ambient sauna in South London you might have come across via the wonder of Music To Watch Seeds Grow By's recent takeover.  Our very own Watching Trees dabbled in said chill out space this year, pairing the abstract and the ambient with projected dappled sunlight visuals from the mighty Jamie House. Turns out people still need those little havens away from the madness, especially in this day and age!

Also handily 30 years on the Openmind crew have just compiled the first-ever Telepathic Fish retrospective for Fundamental Frequencies - a double vinyl love letter to those hazy early-90s mornings when the music finally slowed down.

For this Seeds Mix, Kev has leaned into his love of minimalism and systems music - repetition built from layers of loops offset against each other to form subtle polyrhythms. There's a deliberate avoidance of drum machines here in favour of organic percussion, and around the eight-minute mark, a section from Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia that captures the feeling of being deep in the forest, phone abandoned, discovering that paradise was just a forage away.

Full interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/seeds-mix-005-openminds-leave-your-phone-at-home-discover-paradise-after-a-forage-in-the-forest/

@strictly

INTERVIEW

Seeds Mix 005: Openmind's Leave your phone at home & discover paradise after a forage in the forest

Me Ta Physika stage 8-9pm on Friday!
I hope you enjoy!

DJ Hockey - The Great Beyond 2025

LEVL performed on the third day of #Mostra25 at the Vall d'Hebron Olympic Pavilion. 

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Forest Drive West, Felix K and DB1 are LEVL. Together, they explore the murky territory between drum & bass, techno and experimental electronics, crafting a distinctive sound that defies the boundaries of genre. The trio's collaboration began with DB1 and Forest Drive West putting out music through Berlin-based Felix K’s label Hidden Hawaii, which led to the formation of LEVL: a combination of each artist’s unique production approach that creates a cohesive and innovative sound. 

LEVL's debut release, “LEVL#1”, was issued in 2019 on Arcola, a sub-label of Warp Records, a bass- and breaks-heavy record showcasing their ability to blend ambient textures with complex rhythms. “LEVL#2”, on Felix K's Nullpunkt label, further explores the intersection of ambient, drum & bass and techno.

Beyond their recorded output, LEVL brings a strong energy to live performances, delivering an immersive and genre-bending musical experience. With meticulous attention to detail, the group pushes the boundaries of electronic music through soundscapes that challenge and captivate listeners.

@dee-bee-one
@flxk1
@forest-drive-west

LEVL (DB1, Felix K & Forest Drive West) @ Mostra 2025 🖤

blessed moments at basscoast festival, british columbia, july 9th, 2023
thank you who were there and who put this on...

move d @ basscoast fest 2023

A live techno journey born from a summer of creation, carried among the stars!
Here's my live set from the Wonderment Music Festival at the Downbeat in Victoria, August 2025.

Wonderment 2025 (Sabrina Live Set at the Downbeat August 2025)

big knobs, little knobs, all sorts of fun knobs...  random analog noodling.. not mastered or anything... just as it is

solo for wavetek and monotron

Some nights are made for sitting back and just letting the world spin on its axis; nights to watch the snow fall and gaze over misty neon hazes in the distance. Dark skies and white snow always seem to cast a sleepy contrast but it’s also one shared by an almost motionless state.

It’s times like these Benjamin Dauer treasures; the still hours where life is yet to accelerate towards its grinding daily regimen; the wait before the first creaks of cold bones and commuter trains amplify the city. 

“By day, I am a problem-solver,” Benjamin starts, “and each project comes with a slew of new requirements and problems. Things can move pretty quickly and before you know it, months have passed and the next one is coming down the pipeline.

“It means I cherish the early morning hours before I go in. It's during these times that I feel a deep sense of peace and quiet and so my mind can wander, free of project goalposts and timelines.”

Free of these pressures, his “Twenty Three and Twenty Six EP” is testament to operating in a haze of AM detachment. Four drifting scores of ambient invention, tape echo and swimming delay, they’re musical explorations that are beautifully, subtly metrical. Awash with hypnotic rhythms and an unpolished human touch, each track feels like it plays out to its untraced, natural end. 
  
“I love these happy accidents as I feel they are a natural part of the improvisation process” he explains. “I enjoy these opportunities to practice improvisation and I’ve discovered that these free-spirited explorations often end up feeling finely choreographed in the end. Perhaps this is some sort of primal response or urge to seek rhythm in my life?” he ponders.

Whatever the thought process, the still hours just got more beautiful.

More info and HQ EP download: http://asip.me/ASIP023

http://asip.me/PlacesSeries


ASIP023 Benjamin Dauer - Eight and Forty

1. "Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word that means “noble or awakened heart.” It is said to be present in all beings. Just as butter is inherent in milk and oil is inherent in a sesame seed, this soft spot is inherent in you and me. It is said that in difficult times, it is only bodhichitta that heals. When inspiration has become hidden, when we feel ready to give up, this is the time when healing can be found in the tenderness of pain itself. This is the time to touch the genuine heart of bodhichitta. In the midst of loneliness, in the midst of fear, in the middle of feeling misunderstood and rejected is the heartbeat of all things, the genuine heart of sadness. Just as a jewel that has been buried in the earth for a million years is not discolored or harmed, in the same way this noble heart is not affected by all of our kicking and screaming. The jewel can be brought out into the light at any time, and it will glow as brilliantly as if nothing had ever happened. No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhichitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole."
Pema Chödrön

the noble heart

Guest mix for SpacesFM: http://spacesfm.com/2013/03/a-strangely-isolated-place-spacesfm-guest-mix/

01. Floex - Zorya Polunochnaya (ASIP looping edit) [Minority Records, 2011] 
02. Biosphere - As The Sun Kissed The Horizon [Touch, 1997] 
03. Alva Noto - Is Otto Roessler Right [Unseen Records, 2011] 
04. Alva Noto - Xerox Monophaser II [Raster Norton, 2009] 
05. Loess - Retinue [Toytronic, 2003] 
06. Heathered Pearls - Ringing Temple (Decreased Version) [Ghostly, 2012] 
07. Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window [Unseen Records, 2011] 
08. Nils Frahm - More [Erased Tapes, 2011] 
09. Autechre - Autriche [Warp Records, 1993] 
10. AFX - Analogue Bubblebath [Mighty Force, 1991] 
11. Segue - Parchment [Silent Season, 2013]
12. bvdub - I Would Have Waited [Distant Noise, 2011] 
13. Leandro Fresco - El Cruce Imposible [Kompakt 2013]
14. 36 - Heather Spa [astrangelyisolatedplace, forthcoming 2013]
15. Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - a1 [Erased Tapes, 2012]

ASIP - SpacesFM Guest Mix

INTERVIEW: http://www.thefader.com/2013/05/07/fader-mix-bibio

FADER Mix: Bibio

check out my techno/electro/idm sets on my mixcloud at:  http://www.mixcloud.com/hasselhoff/  (I'll sort out making them downloadable on my own site soon)   

Here, however, be my own noodlings, and I'll probably keep it that way from now on...  it's quite apparent that I only have a slight grasp on what it is I'm doing...  it gets kinda sloppy, but I'm fine with that...  though, there's definitely some remastering that I'd like to do on a bunch of these.  one day... one day.  Most of what you'll find here is of a more ambient, downtempo persuasion...  

and various other things I do can be found on my mostly out of date smallcircles website:  http://www.smallcircles.net  

cheers
q

solo for wavetek and monotron

hasselhoff

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