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21.8 Mostra22 Recorded Sets 🖤

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London-based DJ and producer Jay Duncan collaborates with saxophonist Ben Vince on her debut release for Phantasy, introducing two wildly imaginative compositions alongside a simmering remix from Ricardo Villalobos.

From the first notes of brass, quickly melting into a lucid shuffle, it’s clear that ‘In Limbo’ exists on it’s own terms. Vince's virtuoso playing, a feature of former collaborations with the likes of Joy Orbison and Mica Levi, is here gradually manipulated by Duncan into a hugely ambitious trip. This meditative and mysterious approach draws listeners deeper into a liminal, minimal space somewhere between the Fourth World as imagined by Jon Hassell and four AM on a dancefloor in South London.

Duncan deftly raises the tension for the title track’s more percussive and arguably club-ready sibling ‘Anti-Purgatorio’, drawing out almost impossibly taut and inventive rhythms constructed around wormholes from which spill Vince’s instrumentation, washed downstream amid slippery modulations and a distinctive analogue atmosphere.

Ricardo Villalobos adds to his own superlative history of remixes with a characteristically trippy take on ‘In Limbo’. Spanning nearly fifteen-minutes, the legendary Chilean-German innovator subtly reimaginines this ambitious record in form true to both his own musical heritage as well as Duncan’s futurism.

In Limbo

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In Limbo (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)

Artist: 
Gnork

Tracklist:
A1 Krka Drive
A2 14.9 °C 
B1 Danca 18
B2 Izlaz

Info:

Hizou Deeply Rooted Music presents the 4th entry in their exciting Special Series with Gnork - Prizba EP....Enter 4 specially selected tracks each with their own personality ranging from percussive sunny House to lush techno and nourishing downtempo- all complimented with deep atmospheres, and dreamy arrangements; indeed, an essential EP for both the home or club entertainment. Includes lovely cover art for your playing view, and as always a high quality listening experience with Hizou!


Release date: 
2/2/2022

Avaliable here:

https://www.deejay.de/Gnork_Prizba_HZOS04_Vinyl__985149

https://www.discogs.com/es/release/22075234-Gnork-Prizba

HZOS04 # GNORK - Prizba Ep

F-on (@f-ondj) presents MOSTRA Barcelona Festival full line-up.

This is an exclusive vinyl-only session with music from some of the artists from Mostra Barcelona Festival (@mostrabcn). The mix showcases the different styles you'll find at the festival, with a flowing coherence to the sound. It starts with ambient and electronica and continues into a hypnotic, gliding deeper techno sound. The two ABSIS tracks serve as a bridge between styles. The session concludes with broken rhythms of sinuous bass and Lynchian atmospheres. In this special mix, you'll find some of our favourite tracks from the last few years - classics already in the Mostra festival record bag.

Mostra is a brand new small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music, taking place 11-17 April in open air venues in Barcelona. Mostra is local, inclusive and sustainable: it proposes an alternative experience, providing visibility to artists not often seen in the main venues, and offering a counterpoint to the city's macro-festivals and commercial events. Mostra offers a new way of listening to and enjoying the most forward-thinking electronic music. It's a festival to make a scene. Enjoy and join #MostraBCN this Easter in Barcelona: www.mostra.barcelona

Tracklist:

LF58 - live at Brancaleone (Side E)
Ulla - Inside Means Inside Me (Side A)
LOG - LOG 8
Perila - You Disappear You Find Yourself Again
Nueen - Path
ABSIS - Sara
Vand - Altarf-unn
Vand - Oort
Claudio PRC - Mana
Claudio PRC - Typha
Modern Heads - Beginning (Claudio PRC remix)
Hironori Takahashi – Parza (Claudio PRC remix)
Reggy Van Oers – Mavie
Reggy Van Oers - Tunnel Dweller
Massa - Exploration
Aleja Sanchez - Sanctuary
Reggy Van Oers - Encircling Persistence
ABSIS - Search and find
Aleja Sanchez - Epona
Laertes - Argonaut (Neel remix)
Estrato Aurora - Cranofacial Architecture
Clay Wilson - E4 (Patrick Russell remix)
Estrato Aurora - Icnita

Artwork: www.bualie.studio

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HOCast #100 x Mostra - Mostra Barcelona

This is an exclusive session of Ylia as part of Mostra Barcelona Festival (@mostrabcn) for HOC radio. 
"Like a Moebius work, this seemingly unconnected adventure is a brilliant laboratory of evidence. An asteroid of overlapping worlds, a space for abstract textures created by the eighth passenger, another space for earthly rhythms and songs of minimalist tribes. And so, constant superimpositions and overlaps of conceptual environments that, when you finish and look back, you will discover that there is no disconnection but rather the opposite."

Founder of Animah records (@animahrecords), Ylia (@ylia) is a musician, producer and Dj. She came of age DJing breakbeat raves in Andalucia while studying classical piano at the conservatory, and then moved to Barcelona to study modern composition and arrangements at Taller de Musics in Barcelona, becoming an intrinsic piece of the city musical ecosystem. She released her debut solo album 'Dulce Rendición' at Paralaxe Editions (@paralaxe-editions) while working on collaborative projects with Phran (@phran) as People You May Know (@peopleyoumayknowpumk); and with Darío del Moral under the name Bola del Desierto. She is also a member of experimental flamenco singer Niño de Elche's band, performing keyboards and electronics.

Artwork: www.bualie.studio

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HOCast #101 x Mostra - Ylia

Smallville LP 14 
Jacques Bon & Drux - A Long Way
Out July 1 2022

Tracklist
01/ A1 Distant Voices 
02/ A2 Celeste 
03/ B1 Mirage 
04/ B2 Space Ways 
05/ C1 Radiance 
06/ C2 Your Wings 
07/ D1 Elevate 
08/ D2 Sandstorm

Smallville LP 14 - Jacques Bon & Drux - A Long Way

“Not just beautiful, though – the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me...”

Stunning selection by @joachim-spieth of @affin

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MFIS XXXV ✢ Joachim Spieth

Ukraine holds a special place in the heart of the Wex label.

We are excited to share this special compilation featuring twenty seven different artists, showcasing the various sides of electronic music. This compilation features some artists you may already know from the catalog along with some new names. We really hope you enjoy this eclectic selection of music.
We will donate directly to some of our friends in Kyiv who are constantly gathering supplies to help and protect those in need.

Full streaming and purchase via our bandcamp.

A special thank you to all the artist who participated in this compilation. 
You can follow and explore their sounds below:

• Artists from A-Z • 
AIDA • @aida-dj
Aspetuck • @aspetuck
Audio Research Council • @andersonmusik
Baenglund • @baenglund
Cheise • @cheise
Christopher Ledger • @christopher-ledger-1
Chuwee vs Mink • @chuwee @minkwho
Demo Fathrer • @demo-father
Emrah Ozhan @emrahozhan
ESB • @esb-trax
Ryan Crossan • 
inhmost • @inhmost
Italoboyz Vs Blind Minded @italoboyz (mastered by Ruben Mandolini)
JD Typo • @jdtypo
Lucho • @ luchoduboy
Mpeg • @mpegmusic
mr. projectile • @projectile
Exit 47 • @exit47
Reformed Society • @reformedsociety
Gloved Hands • @glovedhands
Sasha Nevolin • @sashanevolin
Ses • @spaceyses
Sider • @ssidermusic
Snad • @snad
Suade • @whoissuade
Watch Patrol @pakzad1
Yasin Hazim • @yasinyasinyasin

Wex Ukraine Relief Compilation (Various Artist)

We are beyond excited to present you the next contribution to our mixtape series: @rodhad 🥁 
The berlin based DJ, producer & label owner Rødhåd has been a good friend of us for almost a decade now!🎚️🔊💥
He launched his party-series-turned-label Dystopian in 2009 which released his debut album "Anxious" in 2017. Just 1 year later he founded his label WSNWG where he just put out a 4-Track collaboration EP with our family member Fadi Mohem.

Listen to this mix to witness once again how he always looks out for the perfect balance of timeless and hypnotic techno, combined with fresh releases to lift the dancefloor and get everybody in the groove. ⚡💥📢

Enjoy!📶

@rodhad

SPND20 Mixtape by Rødhåd

00:00 Pawelg. - Strange Worlds Intro 5 (Bobbi Humphrey - New York Times, Soft Machine - Peff)
01:51 Breezy Lovejoy (a.k.a Anderson .Paak) - Home Going
04:05 Hird - Moving On ft. Yukimi Nagano
08:35 Release Music Orchestra - Revue in Blau
12:54 Low Leaf - Vetiver
15:30 Rejoicer - The Saraphati Hang Crew
17:40 Mndsgn - due mantra
18:25 Chakra - You Need Me
24:12 FLOCKS - fashion camp
27:46 Clever Austin - You Are All You Need ft.Georgia Anne Muldrow
31:40 Bo Hansson - Fylke
33:28 Scott Xylo - Shadow Sea (The Afterlife)
36:54 Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood Ferguson - Part VI - Into Eternity
39:40 Pawelg. - Analoguememories (XTAL Remix)
42:50 Flying Lotus - Tiny Tortures
45:39 Towa Tei - Meditation!
50:08 Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène, pt. III
52:10 JUNO8 - Keep The Body Going


55:17 A.Whales’ Guest Mix

Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Springtime Again - 
Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Max Roach - Fleurette Africane 
Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Soundwalk
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Till It's Done 
Buckethead - Kansas Storm 
John Coltrane - Olé - 
Four Tet - Chiron
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points - Mimoun Marharba
Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Ekuté 
Jaco Pastorious - Portrait of Tracy
Prince - Sometimes it Snows in April

RADIO.D59B / STRANGE WORLDS #5 w/ Pawelg (A. Whales Guest Mix)

Hello world, 
It is with great pleasure that we announce today the launch of the Accents podcast series, featuring the artists of the label and their friends! What could be better than to open the ball with the very talented Hydrangea, who delivers here a perfect mix between dub techno deep tribal acid of the brightest and sunniest!

@hydrangeamusic

Accents Podcast Series #01 - HYDRANGEA

For podcast #155 we welcome DJ MARIA., resident at outdoor festival, 'Moment', in Nara Japan and host of the ‘Transcendance’ party series. 

DJ MARIA. works her magic behind the decks in such a way as to take the listener on an often cross-genre, meditative journey, into states of blissful euphoria. It’s a talent that pulls her in the direction of multiple festival stages across Japan throughout the year, while also seizing revellers with her sophisticated and multi-dimensional sound and style at such legendary venues as Ageha, Vent and Joule. 

A significant contributor to the local scene, and a rising star who knows how to deliver a sublime, intricate, memorable ride, DJ MARIA. is absolutely one to pay close attention to.

Thank you for the beautiful journey, DJ MARIA.!

Biggest love,
Katie

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariasatelles/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djmaria-jp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djmaria.jp

On the 5th Day Podcast #155 - DJ MARIA.

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MondayOff Podcast Series 055 | Viels

Adelia @adelia_adelia is originally from Prague, but based in Barcelona. She is associated with Techno music as a DJ with a large trajectory in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, hosting many events in the past at Cross Club in Prague among others. She is focused on deep techno with dreamy and organic touch.

Adelia x Bureau Noir #009

In the current period, the freshness of spring is now slowly receding and fully replaced by the passionate heat of the summer season. After the glorious revival of all the organisms of the warm time of the year, nature delights with its lush green and the scents of warm tree bark and flowering grasses.
@fred-czital from Prague (CZ)  has captured the story of this breathtakingly beautiful transition with his impressive mix. We are incredibly happy to welcome him for this fifth episode of our Seasonal Shift series. We couldn't have asked for anyone better for this!
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Alfred Czital on Soundcloud - @fred-czital
Alfred Czital on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fred_harmony_rec/
Alfred Czital on Resident Advisor - https://ra.co/dj/alfredczital

Support his label and collective @harmony-rec - https://harmonyrec.bandcamp.com/
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www.facebook.com/Hadalresonance
www.instagram.com/hadalresonance/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcxxn-vhZDM_hCVOcuFx0Q

Artwork by @polygonia
www.polygonia-creations.com/

Seasonal Shift 005 - Alfred Czital

Francis Harris’ Thresholds album dropped on his own Scissor and Thread, garnering rave reviews for an album steeped in atmospheres, drone textures and electro-acoustic explorations. 

It’s an album far removed from the dancefloor, but he’s also managed to curate a remix package from some of the most talented and boundary-pushing artists active on the fringes of the electronic music space. 

First up is Manchester resident Hidden Spheres’ remix of Earth Moves, which is flipped into a pulsating slice of electronica. 

Yu Su, the up-and-coming producer currently living in Canada, takes the same track on a different journey, resulting in a slinky, affecting piece of music that eventually falls into a deep groove.  

Speaker Music - the moniker of ‘rhythmanalyst’ DeForrest Brown, Jr., delivers two reworks of the albums title track Thresholds. The Rhythm Remix focuses on the original’s brass washes, and adds a thick, playful bass rhythm. The Studio Soul remix is more a freeform piece of audio manipulation and editing, resulting in a transportative piece of work that fully compliments the original track. 

www.facebook.com/francisscissor/ 
www.instagram.com/francisscissor/
www.facebook.com/hiddenspheres
www.facebook.com/yusuyvr/
www.facebook.com/deforrest.brown www.facebook.com/scissor.and.thread.nyc/ www.instagram.com/scissorandthread/ www.youtube.com/user/ScissorAndThread

Francis Harris’ Thresholds album dropped on his own Scissor and Thread earlier this year, garnering rave reviews for an album steeped in atmospheres, drone textures and electro-acoustic explorations. 

It’s an album far removed from the dancefloor, but he’s also managed to curate a remix package from some of the most talented and boundary-pushing artists active on the fringes of the electronic music space. 

First up is Manchester resident Hidden Spheres’ remix of Earth Moves, which is flipped into a pulsating slice of electronica. 

Yu Su, the up-and-coming producer currently living in Canada, takes the same track on a different journey, resulting in a slinky, affecting piece of music that eventually falls into a deep groove.  

Speaker Music - the moniker of ‘rhythmanalyst’ DeForrest Brown, Jr., delivers two reworks of the albums title track Thresholds. The Rhythm Remix focuses on the original’s brass washes, and adds a thick, playful bass rhythm. The Studio Soul remix is more a freeform piece of audio manipulation and editing, resulting in a transportative piece of work that fully compliments the original track.

Earth Moves

Francis Harris - Earth Moves (Hidden Spheres Rемiх)

"From the top of the castle, the first tribal sounds can be heard. It's the transition period between day and night. As the light is being changed, whilst listening to that live that's pulling you like a magnet as you cross the castle moat."

HOC radio X Mostra - !nertia LIVE

!nertia (@nertia-1) is a one-man live experiment where acoustic and digital worlds are united. With the help of a big collection of ethnic instruments like Colombian gaita, millo flute, minor percussions, Tibetan bowls, Altered singing voices with effects, etc. He fuels his live looping station with an ethereal and mystical sound, to create a world on its own. All of this in combination with electronic rhythms that accompany the situation with true purity and spirit. Everything is being made on the spot and is always a different experience depending on the time, place and atmosphere. By listening and experiencing, he creates a dream where your mind drifts to a fantasy place and returns all ecstatic sensations.

The live set of !inertia opened the second day of performances curated at Castell de Montjuïc for Mostra 22 (@mostrabcn). The first edition of the Catalan festival gathered a total of 1,000 people along two different locations and four days of musical acts. Among the 26 artists in the line-up that provided high quality avant-garde and experimental electronic sounds, !nertia's proposal for the opening act ran into the castle's sunset to make then way to a magnificent full moon night.

Photo by Studio XXIX

HOCast #115 - !nertia - LIVE - Mostra 2022

Revelation of Sound is pleased to welcome back our good friend Dycide
Dycide is a producer/DJ, professional sound designer and visual artist from Munich/Germany. He is playing piano since he is 5 years old and started producing ambient music as a teenager. He established the Dycide pseudonym in 2014 to release mainly minimalistic deep drum and bass. Slowly he started changing more and more to techno oriented music. Meanwhile he and his close friends established IO, an audiovisual label, focusing on experimental ambient and deep techno and atmospheric artwork. Besides these projects he is working as an interactive sound designer and audio software developer.

Release date: June 22, 2022.

Follow Dycide:

SC: @dycide
FB: https://www.facebook.com/dycide

Revelation Session # 208/ Dycide (DE)

Magna Pia joins for DifferentSound Podcast #129.

Hüseyin Evirgen is a composer, producer and DJ. He is one half of Cassegrain as well as works on his own solo material as Magna Pia since 2016. As Magna Pia, Hüseyin Evirgen released on labels such as Counterchange, Soma, Feral Note, Arcing Seas, etc. and focuses on providing combative dance floor trips and unorthodox sonic moods with subtle 90s techno references while he keeps his interest in combining contemporary techno music with archaic symbolism.

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SC:@magnapia
IG: https://www.instagram.com/magna_pia_/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/magnapiabce/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/magnapia/

DifferentSound invites Magna Pia / Podcast #129

MTG - MALDIÇÃO ETERNA 1.0

live @ Electrofincat [Julio 2022]

DESCARGA

Trying to play with the cv input from ableton, without cvtools for now:/

Let's go for a walk

Ayúdame a Imaginar

Tana

@nonomusik opened the second day of #Mostra22 at Hangar. Her set was reproduced for the first time at our 9128.live takeover on 17 September 2022, through @astrangelyisolatedplace: https://9128.live/takeover-mostra

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Currently a researcher of avant-garde music and the intersection between art and technology, Nono has extensive experience in the design, production and development of cultural activities. She is also Director of Delicalisten, a platform from which she curates music and visual arts events, and curator of the Soundset Festival (Conde Duque). She has programmed the DNIT Cycle at CaixaForum Barcelona since 2012, and has worked for a number of major festivals including L.E.V., Primavera Sound and Mutek.

A vinyl collector since childhood, Nono creates sets that transport the listener to experience deep sensations emerging from the calm.

LINKS: 
https://www.instagram.com/xnonoxx/
https://www.facebook.com/noeliarodrigueznieto
https://soundcloud.com/nonomusik

Nono @ Mostra22 🖤

@timnah-sommerfeldt performed on the second day of #Mostra22 at Hangar. Her set was reproduced for the first time at our 9128.live takeover on 17 September 2022, through @astrangelyisolatedplace: 9128.live/takeover-mostra

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Timnah Sommerfeld’s signature approach to earthy dance music has been tried, tested and approved by swinging hips all over Europe. Developing her style from age 17 onwards, when she started playing in squats and industrial spaces around Basel, she’s continuously making her mark with warm, reverberating techno cuts from across the spectrum. During her residencies at Hinterhof Bar and nowadays, Elysia, Sommerfeldt’s sets fluently cover (and transcend) shades of electro, techno and house music, establishing her as a firm favorite amongst dancers and peers. Smooth mixing skills, strong emotional narratives and an intuitive understanding of dancefloor dynamics continue to define her style, seamlessly cruising through the small hours of the night. 

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia/
@timnah-sommerfeldt

Timnah Sommerfeldt @ Mostra22 🖤

@balmat_cat DJs (@wooky + @psherburneperformed) on the last day of #Mostra22 at Hangar. Their set was reproduced for the first time at our 9128.live takeover on 17 September 2022, through @astrangelyisolatedplace: 9128.live/takeover-mostra

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Albert Salinas and Philip Sherburne founded the Balmat label in 2021 after three years as co-hosts of Lapsus Radio, a weekly show on Spain’s Radio 3. Balmat’s mission is simple: to foster new ideas, expand upon personal obsessions, and put all-encompassing sounds out into the world. But where Lapsus Radio focuses on a wide range of electronic sounds, encompassing everything from IDM to techno to footwork, the duo’s sets together typically skirt the edges of the dancefoor, if not steering clear of it altogether.

True to the experimental spirit of Mediterranean and Balearic electronic traditions, Balmat DJs are interested in creating enveloping environments that incorporate ambient music, atmospheric soundscaping, and low-BPM rhythms—music with a cloudy outline yet a distinct sensibility.

“Balmat” means “empty” or “void” in Catalan. But quite apart from any negative connotations, they prefer to think of it in terms of possibility: a space waiting to be filled.

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/balmat.cat/
https://www.instagram.com/philipsherburne/
https://www.instagram.com/wooky_lapsus/
https://www.facebook.com/wookymusic
@balmat_cat
@wooky
@psherburne
https://balmat.bandcamp.com

Balmat DJs @ Mostra22 🖤

@vickisiolos opening set on the last day of #Mostra22 at Castell de Montjuïc. Her set was reproduced for the first time at our 9128.live takeover on 17 September 2022, through @astrangelyisolatedplace: 9128.live/takeover-mostra

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Vicki Siolos is an ambient, experimental DJ and interaction designer from New York City. Her career focuses around creating seamless experiences for broad audiences, using trusted methods and casting personal bias aside. Her mixes are intended as the complete opposite, heard each month on her radio show Bright Patterns: a freeform exploration of internal absolutes among endless options. Each recording is an attempt to capture life in the moment, inviting everything to the surface as it wants to be heard. She’s also contributed several mixes for Mysteries of the Deep, and her release Kintsugi on enmossed is dedicated to the Japanese art that echoes the resilience within each of us.

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/greekdiner/
https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/kintsugi
@vickisiolos

Vicki Siolos @ Mostra22 🖤

@aliciacarrera played on the last program day at #Mostra22 in Castell de Montjuïc. This is the first hour of her two hours set, which was not available to be recorded entirely due to technical reasons.

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Originally from Galicia, Alicia Carrera is a visual artist, founder of the @liopress platform and co-founder of the @magacircemusica label with @donato-dozzy.

Constantly exploring new sounds, her sets always depart from the commonplace to recreate movement and evoke a sense of travel. Because when it comes to self-emancipation, the first thing to do is to allow yourself to be transported through your senses.

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/aliciacarrera___/
https://www.facebook.com/aliciacarrerafoto
@aliciacarrera

Alicia Carrera @ Mostra22 🖤

"A space where the pulse of the city merges with sounds dancing between serenity and eruption, like a fractured dream in suspended time. Here, waves of bass envelop you, while rhythms twist free from the bounds of time and space, leaving you adrift in a sonic universe that refuses to be entirely predictable."

Warm, emotive, and explorative - a set of characteristics that make up the enchanting vision of Zara (@zaraolsen), one of the most exciting talents hailing from the Australian scene. Whether it’s IDM, drum and bass, or techno, the Kinesis label-head fuses it all with an enigmatic sense of delicacy. Her distinctive sound on the crossroads of the calm and the energetic resulted in releases on labels such as Animalia, Salt Mines, and Pure Space. Her sets have been turning heads within the international electronic music scene, playing at places like De School, Tresor, and Donato Dozzy’s Spazio Disponsible label showcase. Harmonizing the ethereal and the ominous - Zara takes a gentle yet firm grip on minds and souls on and off the dancefloor.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #223 x Mostra - Zara

"A journey through rhythmic and sonic experimentation - pulsating frequencies, evolving atmospheres, and shifting patterns. An intricate and unconventional exploration, where complexity meets bold innovation. A complex, intriguing, and electrifying experience."

gi (@gistrung) is a musician from Gadi (Sydney). Her sound blurs the outer limits of drone, idm and techno, interested in how generative sound design and asynchronous repetition can coalesce to create emotional music. Following self-released sketches in 2022, and contributions to compilations by Comic Sans Records (FR), Pure Space (AUS), Twin System (UK), Companion (AUS) she released her debut EP on Altered States Tapes in October 2023 and follow-up liveset EP on Beyond the Bridge (Seoul) in March 2024. In 2024 gi presented her debut album on Absorb (AUS) and launched the World of Knots label, while continuing to refine her unique style of warehouse oriented experimentalism, across live and DJ sets.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #231 x Mostra - gi

"Slow, smoking cadence. A spiral of textures, layers, and loops that form an intricate, singular magnetic field - perpetually intriguing. An introspective and one-of-a-kind work of art."

ENA (@ena-iai) is a music producer from and based in Tokyo. He is a major player in the Japanese underground dance music scene for more than a decade. Taking influences from early drum & bass productions, rave sound and abstract hip hop, ENA is recognized for his tight production techniques and massive audio dynamics. Uncompromising, forward thinking and unique, his releases on 7even Recordings, Horo and Latency brought international attention and have led to collaborations with like-minded virtuosos such as Felix K and Rashad Becker which were both invited to perform on the main stage of Berlin Atonal festival (in 2016 and 2017 respectively.) As a DJ, he has been playing regularly in the main clubs in Tokyo such as Unit, Contact, WWW and Club Asia as well as underground haunts like Forestlimit and Soup for many years. His expert music selection and technical excellence continues to impress the audience in and outside of Japan. Having toured Asia and Europe numerous times and appearing in wide range of prominent international festivals such as Berlin Atonal, rural, Fibre, Mapping and Sun and Bass in the past few years, he is establishing himself as a singular performer fitted to deliver a primetime rave set to a gritty basement fix to abstracted sonic experiments.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #234 x Mostra - ENA

"Under the rain at Ouroboros, the circle turns: droplets on leaves, bass in the soil, rhythm warming the air. What begins in stillness grows into movement, slow and shared. The forest listens, the dancers answer, and the afternoon unfolds in its own quiet loop of renewal."

caroune  (@caroune-dem) is a London-based DJ and the co-founder of Osmura (@osmura) record label, event and mix series. Her versatile sound blends downtempo, dubstep, percussive techno and drum&bass creating immersive, sensorial journeys filled with wonder and uplifting energy. For the past two years, Caroune has played at underground venues in London, Paris and Brussels as well as European Festivals. She will be hosting her next Osmura night at Ormside Projects in London this month where she will be playing alongside international artists. This year, her label launched its first vinyl release with UK-based talent, Sub Basics, and a new VA will be announced soon.

Note: This set has been recorded live in September 2025 at Ouroboros festival in France. I played on Sunday afternoon (my favourite slot!), it was raining so I tried to lift the mood with some dubstep, warm percussion, and deep bass notes. The crowd really connected with the sound and slowly started dancing under the rain...

Deep in the Cantal forest, Ouroboros (@ouroboros-festival) invites you to join the circle. A festival rooted in the woods, where the lines between nature and sound blur gently. It’s an invitation to return, to listen, and to flow with the energy that surrounds us.

HOCast #266 - caroune - Ouroboros 2025

"A slow descent into shadow: drones coil like incense smoke, subtle fragments flicker at the edge of perception, and a quiet ritual begins to take shape. The mix moves with the gravity of a half-remembered dream. An abstract journey carved from stillness, depth, and a darkness that never overwhelms, only draws you in."

Yoshitaka Shirakura (@user-309855222) is a Tokyo-based DJ and event organizer specializing in Techno, Ambient, and Avant-garde music. Since 2015, he has been actively booking avant-garde live performances at dance parties, bridging genres and expanding musical perspectives. In 2019, he began performing solo drone live sets using a bass guitar. Since 2022, he has also been performing live hardware sets.

HOCast #267 - Yoshitaka Shirakura

sound as a map of elsewhere

curated by @joan-gila
label @red-edge-label
media for @mostrabcn

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Past

2025/05/30, Laut, HOC radio x Delayed w/Moon Patrol, Hue, Binomi
2024/11/09, Laut, HOC_04 w/Sciama, o.utlier
2024/06/20, Solstici by HOC, w/Breixo Martínez & Ivy Barkakati 
2023/01/14, Laut, HOC_03 w/Eric Cloutier, Nico 
2019/12/6, Laut, HOC_02 w/C.P.I., Golden Bug, Binomi
2019/05/17, Laut, HOC_01 w/Marc Piñol, Binomi

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