Through rolling, unfiltered kicks; heavy, velvet wheels turning in gravel, a steady momentum prepares an arena for complex, uncompressed layers of sound. The cochlea sends the signals for body response. Seamlessly looped highs pierce through the spine; a single copper wire touches the Vagus nerve. Transfixed in analogue and digital vibrations, giving in to impulse movements, an unexpected and swift break causes an immediate return to consciousness, and restored in optimum cadence.

For our ninth episode of Hjem podcast, we welcome an expert in modular synthesis, Montréal local Mike Larry, a.k.a. Mickael. Mike Larry’s contribution to the local Montréal Techno scene has captured an international audience through his gripping experimental sound production and skillful performance. Known for providing sweeping energy with artful arrangements of carefully selected tracks, many his own, to create a vivid and personal interpretation. Similarly, Mike Larry is celebrated for his ability to facilitate marathon sets, consistently recharging his audience with contained teaser vocals, cryptic synth fragments, and deep kick vitality. For this episode, Mike Larry offers the Hjem listeners a highly stimulating, semi-vinyl sound expedition saturated with detail and perceptive balance. When approaching the event horizon, remember that linear time is a construct, remember to trust in 4/4. Now revel in the rapture.

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Hjem 009 - Mike Larry

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Montreal based DJ / Producer. Ärder Founder and Event Curator.

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Emerging from a long and meaningful experience on techno dancefloors, Syrian born and Montréal based BEN/O started djing in 2020. Co-founder of Hjem and event promoter/organizer, inspired by techno masters such as Dvs1 and takaaki itoh to mention only a few, he's always searching and exploring deep,hypnotic and raw sound.

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Genocide, June 2025:
Israel is only the executioner, every nation which has armed that country in the past year is an accessory to that genocide, an accomplice, a facilitator.  We cannot talk about war crimes because when you target unarmed civilians, mostly women and children, we are talking about a massacre, like terrorists do, not a war. The people who orchestrated that massacre, in the US, the most duplicitous, followed by those of the UK, Germany, France, and probably a few lesser ones should be tried for crimes against humanity just as well as Netanyahu and his cabinet, because it has been going on for two years, generously reported by media of all kinds, so the enablers knew exactly how the arms were to be used, as a tool for revenge, domination, and humiliation of the Palestinian people.  The conflict has ceased to be about the defense of anything for months.

The parties responsible have made a mockery of decency, morals, fairness, proportion, or justice, not to mention empathy.  Of what little there was, these concepts will be a lot longer to come back than they were to be struck down.  

Is it 1984 already?!?!
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I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  I have tried a few times to get back into it but SoundCloud doesn't trust me.  Same phone number, same email addresses, and they still claim that they can't verify my identity.  I created that account about three years ago as a substitute to my regular account which SoundCloud temporarily closed.  They closed it as part of some upgrade procedure in their system, the result of a bug that affected many accounts, about two years ago.  Since SC did not inform its users I didn't know if that was permanent or not, so I created that other account which I can't access.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
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This one here (957729823) is for regular folks.

I love you, both.

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You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
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My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
... Sorry Joe. =(
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I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
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Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.

Montreal based podcast featuring local & international Techno artists and underground sounds.

Let’s break down the barriers that keep us disconnected from our truth. 
Let’s push forth the authentic self, where four-four time comforts and protects us, where darkness is our anticipated lover… Let’s listen to Techno…

Hjem rises to this challenge through collaborative and constructive nuance. By honouring the consistent rhythms found in techno we offer the objective and the subjective, in which all things come together to create positive and progressive atmospheres for all who seek them.