My Podcasts

On this sunny and warm friday evening we're introducing a premiere on our show.

For the very first time on a Belgian podcast, we're introducing:
⁠
⁠-l| HEKSKE |l-⁠
⁠
She's been on our radar for almost a year now, determined to stay anonymous in this world, she's got an amazing project running on soundcloud called 'the house witchtapes' where she has over 10 thousand true listeners.

In these mixtapes she features guestmixes from witches and magicians all over the globe with angelic vocals, hypnotizing soundscapes and magical downtempo beats which will take you on a deep and relaxing journey.

For this guestmix, which she carefully prepared over the last months, she carved an emotional and relaxing experimental story with an intimate touch.

Super proud to introduce her for the first time in Belgium!
⁠
⁠Support the artist:⁠
⏩ https://soundcloud.com/hekske

Enjoy this downtempo, organic and emotional mix and adjust your mind.

⁠***
The multi-talented artist Hekske grew up on a little farm in a forgotten hamlet in the North of Belgium at spitting distance from the Dutch border.  At age 18, she left the farm and went to study in Leuven, after which she lived in South-Asia for several years before returning to Belgium and settling down in a small village near the sleepy town of Ninove in East-Flanders, where she quietly spends lots of time in her garden in the company of her rabbit.

After discovering electronic music during the summer of 2016, she decided to make a little fun mix with Audacity in January 2017 and casually posted it on Soundcloud, thinking it would get no more than 20 plays.  The tape got way more success than expected and was a few months later renamed Witchtape #1, at the moment when Hekske converted her Soundcloud page into a fairy tale-like channel with the name ‘The House Witchtapes’.  Since then, she has invited close to 100 guest witches and wizards into her unique mystic magic world, while writing a witchy little fairy-tale for each episode. 

And in parallel, Hekske rapidly developed her musical and storytelling skills and in the course of the last 4 years she has made podcasts for over 20 top-tier channels like Deep Stories,  Baikal Nomads, Sunset Grooves and Elektro Uwe. But strangely she has so far never made a tape for a Belgian channel.  So buckle up and brace yourself for the long overdue Belgian debut of the ‘Bibi Blocksberg of the downtempo scene’
***

•⁠
•⁠
•⁠
#adjustyourmind⁠
•⁠
•⁠
•⁠
⁠
📸 https://soundcloud.com/laurannevanrompaey
⁠

Adjust (BE) Invites #058 | HEKSKE |

𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗢𝗛𝗢 - Various Gods VA#6 [Hekske - Cardamine Pratensis ]

Planet Ibiza - News Portal
https://newsportal.planetibiza.net/i-am-boho-various-gods-va6-hekske-cardamine-pratensis

Follow Hekske on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes

Follow Cardamine Pratensis on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/cardamine-pratensis-1

Planet Ibiza on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/PlanetIbiza

Our Websites
https.//planetibiza.net
https://newsportal.planetibiza.net

Podcast collaborations to
office@planetibiza.net
(or via messanger on Soundcloud)

𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐎 ❤️

𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗢𝗛𝗢 - Various Gods VA#6 [Hekske & Cardamine Pratensis]

❆❆❆
“𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺,
𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺.
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦,
𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.
𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴,
𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳.
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴.''
                  ❆❆❆

 ✨ 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. ✨ 

  The longest night is here. 
 Many cultures, religions, and spiritual traditions have honored the winter solstice.
Regardless of your holiday traditions, this time of year can be honored by reflecting on the past year and participating in your own personal ritual of light or Ending & Beginnings.  

 With this wonderful celebration, we are excited to host a very special witch with her beautiful Solstice rituals tape. 
Her delightful style and unique podcast series:  'Hekske - The Magic Witchtapes' have always been very close to our hearts and we couldn't have been happier and more grateful for this beautiful story and a wonderful beginning of the year.
 It is a very significant date for many reasons, but when a love story of a witch counts 25 years on this powerful date, it all becomes more magical and mesmerizing. 
We wish you all a year full of love and happiness.
☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀ 

SC: 
☁️ https://soundcloud.com/hekske
☁️ https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes

🔮 Hekske 🔮

Hekske - Winter Solstice Ritual

Baikal Nomads Mixtape #69 by Hekske

In the year 1542, the Spanish conquistador and explorer Francisco de Orellana, accompanied by some 50 men, set off on an exploration mission in present-day Ecuador, in search of the ‘Land Of Cinnamon’ which was believed to be located somewhere east of the Andean mountains. His team first built a brigantine boat and then went on a mission to explore the uncharted coca river downstream. After arriving there, and after facing a mutiny and strong currents, the party decided to continue downstream, following the Napo River until it joined the Rio Negro (which was named by de Orellana) and finally the Amazon River itself. At one point the river became so wide that the Spaniards already thought they had reached the Open Sea, yet at that point they still needed to complete a couple of thousand kilometers before they would finally reach the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first people to navigate the Amazon river after an epic and perilous journey which took over half a year. This way, de Orellana and his men were the very first Europeans to see and describe the Amazon river and surrounding forests in its pure, unspoiled state. Given the fact that they were largely outnumbered by the local population, the Spanish did their best to avoid trouble. Yet, they got involved in quite a few skirmishes, the most famous with a tribe of Tapuyas, where the Spanish were surprised to see women fight bravely alongside the men, which was something they had never seen or heard of before. It even made them think they had found the mythical Amazon tribe, which was described by Herodotus and Diodorus in ancient Greek legends. And that’s how the Amazon River eventually got its name…

Follow & Support:
Hekske ❋ The House Witchtapes
@hekske

Mixtape

Baikal Nomads

Free Download

Mixtape #69 by Hekske

Around the fall, witches are associated with spooky Halloween. However I found a special witch who had a different story to tell, one that doesn't involve flying on brooms, spooky cauldrons and screeching cackles in the night. 

I invited her to join my LOST series to tell a specific story close to her heart. This mix is meant to represent the life of her great-grandfather, who had the misfortune to be involved as a soldier in The First World War, spending the full duration of the war in the trenches of the far West of Flanders, separated from his family who lived in occupied Belgium on the other side of the front line. I have no idea what kind of horrors he went through, but fighting was fierce in Flanders Fields and I know that he got seriously wounded twice. Luckily he survived the war and became a strong anti-war advocate later in life. 

This podcast is not about the war itself, but about the slow and painstaking return to a peaceful life. The first half of this mix is a bit of an emotional roller coaster, with the dark shadows of the war still lurking everywhere. The second half is completely different, very peaceful and full of bliss…

Enjoy my second guest mixer, @Hekske 


@samahaofficial
www.facebook.com/samahaofficial
twitter.com/Samahahaha
www.instagram.com/samahamusic/
www.beatport.com/artist/samaha/639361

L O S T In Flanders Fields with Hekske

The Universe Within by https://soundcloud.com/hekske


Photo credits : Serhii Yurkiv

Deep-Bazar Podcast # 64 Hekske

podcast by @hekske
.
..
.
....
......
..
...
.
for tracklist follow us on:
www.facebook.com/mousike.collective
instagram.com/mousikekolektif

Mousikē 53 | "Winter Heat" by Hekske

In einer Stunde um die ganze Welt.

Tief ins uns schlummert eine Sehnsucht. Ein Funke der mit Tätigkeit befeuert werden will. Die Rede ist von Fernweh, der Lust am Reisen. Meist wird dieser Wunsch durch ein Erlebnis in unbekannter Umgebung oder durch die Monotonie des Alltags geweckt. Wie auch immer das Verlangen aktiviert wird, nun ist es da und will befriedigt werden. 
Dann heißt es Koffer packen, das wichtige wird vom trivialen getrennt und sorgfältig verstaut. Ab ins Flugzeug, Auto oder den Zug und auf in ein Abenteuer fernab der Heimat. Es gilt neue Orte zu entdecken, andere Menschen zu beschnuppern und ferne Kulturen zu erleben. 
Nach dem man seine Erfahrungen gesammelt hat, kehrt man mit neuem Blick in seine vertraute Welt  zurück. Gewöhnliches gewinnt wieder an Bedeutung, unwichtiges wird abgelegt und das traute Heim erstrahlt in frischem Glanz. Zu den Erinnerungen bleibt dieses kribbeln in Fuß und Bauch. Und ob du willst oder nicht, es wird wieder nach dir rufen. Du schnappst dir erneut deine Habseligkeiten, bereißt das nächste Ziel, solange bis du alles gesehen hast. Dann beginnt das Spiel von vorn, weil die Welt sich dreht. 
Hekske lädt dich auf Erkundungsfahrt durch die Länder dieser Erde ein. Steig einfach in den KataHaifisch-Express und schau wo die Reise hingeht ...
Dankeschön und gute Fahrt <3

Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/anniiipanni

More info: 
Hekske:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes

Hekske ❋ The House Witchtapes
SC: https://soundcloud.com/hekske



KataHaifisch
SC: @katahaifisch
FB: bit.ly/2QHNUOz
IG: bit.ly/2QOp937

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/cc2797'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Love

KataHaifisch Podcast 080 - Hekske

.
.
.
https://soundcloud.com/hekske
.
.
.


<3 hub & sweet hekske...

Distance with Time 112bpm 2

hekske

hekske - deep & smooth #90

We are back with a special podcast for you 🔊🎶💞 

🧙‍♀ @hekske 😍 The Bibi Blocksberg of the Downtempo-Scene 😍 jinxed us with her super sweet deep mix "Notre Cœur Fait Boum" 💓💥
Her mysteriously mixes are always good for a surprise and with this set she made a great present for us because it´s exactly the kind of music we want to share with you 💞🎶
The Belgian DJane created the podcast-series The House Witchtapes which is indispensable for our community. 
What connects us too is the love for the nature and especially the forest 🌲🌳
For that reasons we are so happy to welcome her at the Kollektiv.Liebe family.

In this sense: ☮🤗🌈🦄&🧙‍♀

Hekske:
https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes

Hekske ❋ The House Witchtapes:
https://soundcloud.com/hekske

Kollektiv.Liebe Podcast:
soundcloud.com/kollektiv-liebe/sets/kollektiv-liebe-podcast
www.facebook.com/kollektivliebe/

Hekske

Hekske - Notre Cœur Fait Boum | Kollektiv.Liebe Podcast#67

... a little girl (about 9 years old) walks alone into a beautiful forest full of flowers. So she continues walking deeper into the woods, which are getting darker and darker. Despite all this, some forest animals accompany the girl so that she feels safe in these dark woods. And finally the girl arrives in the middle of the forest, which is again bright and full of flowers and that's where she finds the beating heart of the forest :)
▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△▼△
tataaa: @hekske and her amazing Witchtapes

❋ Hekske ❋

chameleon #18 Hekske - To The Beating Heart Of The Forest

Love is a friendship set to music.

~Joseph Campbell

Hekske 
https://soundcloud.com/hekske

avec amour ...

Hekske is hippie 50.0 / Woodstock Witch

Tracklist: https://deepstories.de/tracklist128/
English version: https://deepstories.de/ds128/

Für den heutigen Podcast haben wir das flämische Mysterium Hekske eingeladen uns eine musikalische Geschichte zu erzählen. Die „Bibi Blocksberg“ der downtempo Szene hat für uns eines ihrer bisher dunkelsten Sets aufgenommen und wandelt auf den Spuren des japanischen Haiku-Dichters Matsuo Bashō. Ihre Verbundenheit zu Kunst, Literatur und Natur spiegelt sich in dieser experimentellen deep story auf einzigartige Weise wieder. Taucht mit ihren verspielt düsteren Melodien in das Japan des 17. Jahrhundert ein und begeht die Fade des Wissens der alten Meister. Als Inspiration diente Hekske folgendes Haiku von Bashō.


古池や
蛙飛び込む
水の音
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
Der alte Teich
Ein Frosch springt hinein
Das Geräusch des Wassers
The old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water

Music by Hekske

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/hekske

* More Deep Stories *
deepstories.de/podcast

free download

deep story nr. 128 l deep haiku l by Hekske

sound(ge)cloud 135 by Hekske (https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes)  – Baby Witch

Im vorletzten Podcast meiner Serie habe ich mal eine Künstlerin gewählt, die mal nicht hinter den DJ Pulten von Partys steht. Hekske hat eine unglaubliche Leidenschaft für den Downtempo entwickelt und nennt sich selbst die 'The Bibi Blocksberg of the Downtempo Scene'. Neben ihrer grandios kurierten Podcast-Serie „The House Witchtapes“ spielt sie seit 2017 regelmäßig für diverse Podcast-Serien Sets ein und macht dies mit unheimlicher Akribie und Hingabe. Und wie das mit den Hexen so ist … ein bisschen Magie ist irgendwie dabei auch immer im Spiel. Keiner ihrer Podcasts gleich dem anderen … immer wird für die Reihe eine ganz speziell passende Stimmung erzeugt und in einem wunderbaren Flow vermischt. Podcasting in Reinform.

Liebe Hekske tausend Dank das du als Hexe meinen letzten weiblichen Podcast einspielst. Mein Konzept mit 50/50 Podcast hat übrigens super funktioniert und ich kann allen Reihen empfehlen es evtl. auch umzusetzen … ist gar nicht so schwer … es gibt genug tolle Künstlerinnen da draus und es werden immer mehr … aber nur wenn man sie aktive supportet. 

So meine lieben Hörer … nun wünsch ich euch viel musikalische Freude mit Hekske und ein besonderes Schmakerl erwartet euch dann in zwei Wochen zum Finale von sound(ge)cloud.

Euer Elektro Uwe 

Hekske (The House Witchtapes / Belgium)
Soundcloud Hekske --- https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes
Facebook Nɨxe  --- https://www.facebook.com/jNIXE/

sound(ge)cloud Podcast

sound(ge)cloud 135 by Hekske – Baby Witch

Harabeclipse 002 by Hekske

Music is storytelling, bringing to light an individual's self-expression, or spirit.

For the next iteration of our podcast series, coinciding with our 50th release, we are pleased to welcome back two of our favorite artists and friends Hekske & Electronica Massiva, and showcase their combined interpretation of Lughat alRouh.

As we delve into their musical collage, we are grateful for all those who came before and left their imprint, and all those who have been listening and enjoying this podcast.

Much Love <3

0 - 40 mins | Hekske
41 - End | Electronica Massiva

Connect with the artists:
https://soundcloud.com/hekske
https://soundcloud.com/dare-2-b-different

Connect with Lughat alRouh:
@lughatalrouh
fb.com/LughatalRouh

Hekske & Electronica Massiva's Interpretation | 50

Sonne, Erde und Jupiter | Hekske

We are proud to present our 100th guest mix and it comes from none other than the Belgian artist Hekske also known as "The Bibi Blocksberg of the Downtempo Scene".

Follow the artist:
https://soundcloud.com/hekske
https://soundcloud.com/the-house-witchtapes

Follow Sonne, Strand und Meer:
@sonnestrandundmeer
www.facebook.com/SonneStrandMeerMusic
www.instagram.com/sonnestrandundmeermusic

Free Download: https://thehusk.ca/fan.asp?t=22975

Sonne, Strand und Meer Guest Mix #100 by Hekske

Dear Friends! Octo Records as begun, and we could not be prouder than having our Beloved @Hekske with a totally unique and magic set of tracks, specially selected to create  an epic start for our label. Thank you dear Hekske, you have inspired us all the way. 

Connect with the Witches and Wizards @Hekske 

Original Artwork @brownsword

Octo Friends #1 - Hekske

The wonderful guardian of mystical forests, an honor to have a Witchtape on Sunset Grooves. To be honest no need to introduce Hekske's music and everything you need to know can be understood through the mix and the lovely interview. One of those mixes you just click and let yourself float... 

Interview with @Hekske 
*********************
Good morning Hekske 😊

➢ I hope you agree to answer a few random and fun questions to share with our listeners?

Sure, it’s the first time of my life I’m doing some sort of interview (and probably the last time as well). So let’s do this 😊

➢ To start you off tell us what song puts you in a good mood when you wake up in the morning?

Well, generally I already wake up in a good mood every morning so no need to listen to music. Occasionally I’m listening to ‘4ware’ from Deadmau5 to pump myself full of energy for the whole day.

➢ About three years ago you decided to invite your first DJ guest onto your witchtapes podcast. Tell us briefly what was your dream then and how has it maybe changed today?

Well, in early 2017 I made the very first mini-mixes of my life (these are witchtapes 1-2-3). At that point I was contacted by a Tunisian artist named Samer Soltan and he asked whether he could release a mix on my soundcloud page. I replied that my page was not a channel, only to change my mind 24 hours later, so we gave it a go and that became Witchtape #4. And the rest is history. It was only 8 months later (with Witchtape #14) that I started writing fairy tales about the now-famous little witch. So it really took quite a while before my channel really took shape. At the start of my channel I was basically just clueless so there actually was no dream or vision … it just happened.

➢ As someone who also runs a podcast series, what are some of the criteria when inviting artists to do a mix for you?

When I sense that an artist is resonating with the mystic-magic vibe of my channel, an invitation may follow sooner rather than later 😊

➢ 2020 has been a difficult year for the music scene, how has it changed within your hometown and what do you think will be different in the future?

Oh well, my hometown is easily the sleepiest town in Belgium, with no such thing as a music scene, apart from a carnival band named ‘Fret Tet & The Swinging Tepelboys’ which you can translate as ‘Fred Tit & The Swinging Nippleboys’. But given the dramatic corona situation in Belgium, the nipples have stopped shaking in 2020 … the carnival parade of 2021 has already been cancelled so I guess the nipples will only resume swinging in 2022.

➢ Lastly, regarding this mix you have done for us, can you tell us a little bit of your thought process behind choosing the tracks you chose?

Last summer, while doing some paintwork in my house, I was listening on repeat to ‘Long Story Short’, an absolutely epic podcast from Vincent Gericke from 3 years ago. I decided to make some kind of tribute mix and picked 3 tracks from ‘Long Story Short’ and started weaving some new tracks around that, while preserving most of the original atmosphere. After that I got a bit stuck for a few weeks until out of the blue an unknown DJ gave me the id of a track I had requested over 1 year ago. So that became my opening track. Still the middle section didn’t work out, until all of a sudden I realized that I had an unreleased Vincent Gericke track somewhere on a USB stick (which he sent to me 2 years ago). And suddenly all pieces fell together
******************************
Sunset Location: Ninove, Belgium

Follow Hekske

Sunset Grooves Podcast #185 - Hekske

In these cold days we want to remember that not only tropic species like sloths are endangered! Like our sloths the ice bear is a keystone species and need pack ice such as sloths need the rainforest! It is very important to protect especially those keystone species for maintaining healthy ecosystems. Ecosystems are  our livelihoods, too. We can't disconnect!

Hekske and her ode to the "Eisbär"! This is Faultierdisko # 54!!! 

Hekske, the "little witch" from Belgium, is curator of the awesome Mix series "The House Witchtapes". Have a listen and support the artist...

Faultierdisko #54 - @hekske @the-house-witchtapes

Faultierdisko # 054 - Hekske - Eisbär

Witches are the guardians of the forests.  We're not evil or dark, just a bit shy.  And even surprisingly sweet and kind... as long as you respect the forest.

Art project of Hekske ('Little Witch' in my native Flemish language).
Founded on the 22nd of January 2017

Profile pic by @brownsword

My Podcasts

Hekske ❋ The Magic Witchtapes