For our 8th podcast we are very happy to welcome Jason Singh - an artist who's music we've played a lot during our events at LaVallée. 

Jason is a sound artist and composer who works across a wide range of art forms and music genres.
His creative output includes large scale ambisonic sound installations, sound design for museums and collaborative experiments with sound in diverse fields.

For more info check out his website
--> http://jasonsinghthing.com/

We hope you'll enjoy this special podcast as much as we do.

For best listening experience, lie down, get comfy, close your eyes and let the music do the rest :) 

Take care and keep listening.

Artwork by Nicolas Withof

Reflexions Podcast 08 - Jason Singh

Sound anthropologist Dr Tom Rice takes us on an immersive audio tour of an imaginary zoo, and asks us to think about it as a sound world. What happens if we make a conscious effort to listen to the zoo and its animals rather than just look at them? Can listening make us feel closer and more connected?

In an Anthropocene age of habitat destruction and biodiversity loss, an acoustic mindfulness of other lifeforms can help humans recalibrate their relationship to the natural world. It’s argued that looking at animals can produce a sense of detachment from them, and that having animals displayed for our viewing pleasure is an expression of a relationship in which humans are given power, and a sense of superiority. If that’s the case, can listening create a more sympathetic and empathetic orientation towards animals? 

Using animal sounds recorded at British zoos, in this podcast you’ll discover animals in an entirely new way, and think about our impact on them. What is the animals’ sound world like? What impact do our human sounds have on them? And we’ll do an experiment. One way to think about the decline in biodiversity is not just about diminishing numbers, you can also imagine a fade in the audible presence of animals. When a species dies out it also fall silent, so sound is a powerful way to draw attention to the value and fragility of biodiversity. Imagine a fade, taking decades, until finally there’s nothing, only silence. Would that be a loss do you think? 

Tom Rice is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Exeter. His research specialism is in sound and in 2018 he started a project called Listening to the Zoo with a small group of colleagues. The team worked with Bristol and also Paignton Zoo in Southwest England, to try to think about the zoo as a sound environment, and find out whether attending to different kinds and qualities of sound could produce new perspectives on the zoos and their animals.

This podcast was produced as part of the Listening to the Zoo project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Transforming Social Science research call.  

It was written and presented by Tom Rice, with input from Alex Badman-King, Sam Hurn and Paul Rose, all from the University of Exeter, and also from Adam Reed at the University of St Andrews. The sound designer was Eve Streeter.


Main image: Professor Sam Hurn recording Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)at Paignton Zoo.

Listening to the Zoo

French DJ and Producer Adhémar joins us for episode 381.

He has a prolific catalogue of productions and continues to add to this with high quality works spanning across numerous established outlets.

For this session he delivers a meditative trip into the realm of his mind a smooth and touching journey expertly interweaved to deliver a blissful 96 minute experience.

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@adhemarmusic
https://www.facebook.com/adhemarmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/clement_davout/

MNMT 381 : Adhémar

Chameleon Recordings Radio - Hesh Dj Mix

For our 450th episode milestone we’re thrilled to welcome back Italian maestro Luigi Tozzi to our series.

Here he delivers a trademark atmospheric journey seamlessly blended to close out 2024.

Follow :

https://soundcloud.com/luigitozzi
https://www.instagram.com/luigi.tozzi.music/

MNMT 450 : Luigi Tozzi

Indefinite Pitch PREMIERES. Edition 765

Sub Accent - Chiaro

Chiaro / Oscuro
[INIRECCH013 | Initiate Records]

Production | Johan Bonnefoy aka Sub Accent
Mastering | Brice Deloose at Incidence Studio
Artwork | Pattrn

Released by Initiate Records from Brussels, Belgium
Release Date: March 28, 2025

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https://www.facebook.com/subaccent
https://www.instagram.com/sub_accent

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https://initiaterecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/initiate.music
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Indefinite Pitch. Yantai

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Chiaro / Oscuro

Chiaro

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Indefinite Pitch PREMIERES. Sub Accent - Chiaro [Initiate]

PREMIERE : Sub Accent - Oscuro 

Production by Johan Bonnefoy aka Sub Accent
Mastering by Brice Deloose at Incidence Studio 
https://www.incidence.studio/
Artwork by Pattrn

Sub Accent 
https://soundcloud.com/sub-accent
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PREMIERE : Sub Accent - Oscuro

Avsluta (Lucie Stepankova) moves with quiet precision, tracing the lines between ambient stillness and rhythmic motion. As a London-based sound artist, DJ, live performer, and curator, she explores the spaces where sound lingers and transforms.

Her set at Mostra Festival 2023 left a lasting impression. A seamless journey through moods and tempos, carried with effortless elegance. It felt only right to invite her to Unrush, and now here we are finally.

For this mix, Lucie dives into deeper ambient landscapes, showing the same thoughtful sensitivity that shapes her work. Over the past decade, Lucie has refined her musical voice behind the counter at Phonica Records, guiding London’s ambient and downtempo seekers most Saturdays, building connections, sharing music, and fostering community along the way.

She’s the founder of Introspective Electronics, a platform for radio shows, guest mixes, and listening events. Together with producer and DJ Alicia, she also curates Terra Obscura, an intimate club night series devoted to slower, introspective sounds.

This DJ set holds that same spirit: a quiet invitation to slow down and listen...

AVSLUTA on the web:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/avsluta
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/introspective_electronics
Website: https://introspective-electronics.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avsluta_

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

Tracklist:
Le Motel - A Conversation Under the Night Sky (Cuộc chuyện dưới trời đêm)
Kocho no Yume - Kakuriyo
Ameeva - Bajo la sombra del Sol
Autumn Of Communion - Interval One 
Andy Cartwright - Jade Surface
Perila - Fallin Into Space
Mick Chillage - McMurdo Blues
Endurance - Sunrise
Anasisana - Reasoning
Igor Dyachenko - Depth Camera
Zaumne - Éther
ØjeRum - Vi Hængte Vores Harper I Piletræerne For Enden Af Dalen
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2410603

095 - Unrushed by Avsluta

Bristol-based, bass-adjacent producers Elpac & Mulholland prepare to take you on an excursion of dubbed-out rhythms and intricate percussion with their moody selections. Expect unreleased bits from themselves and their co-run label, Amity.


Elpac & Mulholland @ Kiosk Radio 30.03.2025

Recorded by @primalcodemusic for The Memoir, 2017.

01. Primal Code - Codice 2 [Unreleased]
02. Primal Code - Koniferae [Unreleased]
03. Primal Code - The north path [Unreleased]
04. Primal Code - Junkan [@Hypnus Serum]
05. Primal Code - Codice 1 [Unreleased]
06. Primal Code - Biosintesi [Unreleased]
07. Primal Code - Ittoriu [Unreleased]
08. Primal Code - Shikimico (Part II) [Unreleased]
09. Primal Code - Acaulis [Unreleased]
10. Primal Code - Iciness [Unreleased]
11. Primal Code - Artemisia [Unreleased]
12. Primal Code - Out of Mind [Unreleased]
13. Primal Code - Burned Kingdom [Unreleased]
14. Primal Code - Alpine Violet [Unreleased]

Love and light

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Solastalgia

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Coastal Trapped Disturbance

Sonic explorer of the deep. 

Co-founder of @Initiate_concept 

Curator of Initiate Reflexions Podcasts 
https://on.soundcloud.com/yHrDx

Contact:  music.hesh@gmail.com

𝗛𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀.
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹
𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.
𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰,
𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀, Drum&Bass and 𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼.
𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗝 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲.