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"As the afternoon light melts through the trees, sound takes its time — unhurried, organic, quietly shifting. Downtempo rhythms pulse beneath layers of texture, carrying the warmth of the forest and the promise of slow, delicate transformation."

Darris Hopper (@darris-hopper) is synonymous with highly emotional electronic music, direct to the place where the deepest dreams and mental relaxations are undergone. Music glide free over an experimental dialogue, oblivious to modes and fashions, giving rise to an adventure that flees from the darkness and the day to day to immerse us in that long-awaited ideal moment in which to meditate, open the windows inwards, enlightening the interior self and enjoy. State-of-the-art technology, live manipulation, and from the privacy of the studio, at the service of sensations and playful evasion as a first human need in clearly elusive times for lyrical expression.

Recorded djset at Perpendicular 2025 (@espacio-perpendicular) - somewhere in the woods. When? Friday 19:00 Where? In the main stage.

Artwork: Javier Marimon - Off Tangent

HOCast 251 - Darris Hopper - Perpendicular 2025

"Venus appears to me in a dream. The sky is cloudless and I drift into a pine forest, mesmerised by the sound of her flute. I find myself entangled in a dance of indecipherable mumblings that, like the woods' inhabitants, change shape when night falls.
I glimpse a luminous mist in the distance, guiding me towards a veiled cedar cabin. I step inside, abandoning myself alongside the other participants. The melody of the flute begins to distort into a fossilised howl, melting into my eardrums and merging with the echoes of a forest that grows ever more distant.
And in the midst of these rustling whispers, I find myself reduced to dust. The flaming light of the cabin will show me the way out: in the fire of darkness, I choose a new life. "

Spanish-born but now based in Milan, Ultramarín (@ultramarin-blau) explores sound as a vessel of shifting consciousness. Embracing deep listening as a core element in her practice, her aim is to expand the boundaries of perception, going below the surface of what is heard. Distinguished by an eclectic approach, her sets span from experimental ambient to downtempo, to hypnotic and avant-garde techno.

Recorded at Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular) during the temple chptr. 9 † celebrating a world of echo † 28·06·2025 w/ ‡ Doozer  ‡ Josephine Soundscapes  ‡ DOC ‡ Pillen.

#temple_for_listeners is an event dedicated to attentive listening and static dance, curated by Camu and Josephine's Soundscapes for Espacio Perpendicular.+

HOCast #256 x temple chptr. 9 - Ultramarín

"An introspective current flows through shifting frequencies and shadowy textures, carefully held in balance. Stillness emerges through the haze — not as escape, but as quiet anchor points in a landscape shaped by tension, release, and the artist’s sublime signature."

SUNA (@sunabass) , Korean artist and resident/cofounder of vurt. (@vurtkr) Seoul club.  SUNA's DJ set expresses a fear of unknown world through musical spatiality. She communicates with the audience conveying various human emotions as desire, anxiety, hope and suchlike. The deep, emotional yet simple sound she has been seeking for, mingles with the hypnotic atmosphere that techno's musical structure and pattern have to offer, leads us to the new dimension expanding the present to infinite universe.

HOCast #249 - SUNA

"In a quiet corner of a small Japanese town, She drifts to sleep under soft neon lights. When she wakes, the clouds are floating gracefully around the full moon, and time itself seems paused.
She steps outside and walks through  alleys bathed in warm lantern glow. Around her, reality seems to fold gently , blending dimensions in soft, fluid patterns. The city feels  familiar but strangely distant, as if she’s moving between layers of a dream.
As dawn breaks, birds hang motionless in the sky. She slowly falls into sleep as the first light touches the horizon.
She awakens again,back at her desk. The city is alive once more, and time flows forward. Later, as she walks through the waking streets, an old man steps  out of the shadows — an old man with eyes that seem to know a composition shaped by time itself. He stops, smiles, and says:
“Isn’t it inspiring when clouds become clocks?”

This mix is a reinterpretation of György Ligeti’s conceptual composition All Clouds Are Clocks, translated into a personal narrative that moves through ambient atmospheres, classical elements, and drum&bass rhythm.

Selection: Teatre & Undveld, Third Eye, Matty Bye, Modeo, Law, Illuvia, Human Space Machine, Ghost Warrior, Acronym, Ascalypso , Azami

Azami (@azami-851910486) is a layered art project of Anna Huszák, a Hungarian-born artist now based in Barcelona. Her work blends deep ambient, hypnotic techno, and experimental electronics combined with live flute. Her compositions seek to create a subtle dialogue between immersive atmospheres and layered emotions. Her new label, "Circling on the Horizon" (@circlingonthehorizon), presents its first release and serves as a platform for music exploring synesthetic and conceptual storytelling, crafting imagined landscapes and narrative soundscapes that offer a gentle escape from everyday reality.

HOCast 250 - AZAMI

"A steady current unfolds, each layer locking in with magnetic pull. Atmospheres shift and expand, carrying the listener forward with patient momentum. It’s a journey shaped with precision, immersive yet understated."

Amarat (@izrealfairs) is a Seville-born DJ and passionate devotee of techno sounds. She loves atmospheric vibrations, hypnotic melodies, and evolving progressions that strive to create a deep connection with the music and with oneself.

HOCast #254 - Amarat

"Beneath the glow of Aura, psychedelic visions and downtempo currents entwine, pulling the night into a shared dream. Time bends softly as rhythms breathe, weaving a thread between bodies and light. Every moment feels both endless and fleeting — a dance suspended in its own gravity. The room becomes its own universe, and no one wants to leave."

Rochelle (@kittinrochelle) is a Barcelona-based artist, by way of Houston → New York. She has been a dynamic force in the community for over 15 years, championing dance floors and DJ booths alike. Embracing music that defies traditional boundaries, Rochelle explores soundscapes that travel through the raw energy of acid, breaks, garage, electro and house, lately slowing into deep, psychedelic downtempo that bends time and blurs the edges of perception. Each track is found through patient digging, chosen for the way it stirs something just out of reach. Her sets unfold with quiet intent, guiding the room through shifting narratives and unspoken connections. Rochelle finds versatility shaped by perspective, every selection made with purpose; weaving through moods that feel surprising yet precise.

Club Aura

For the first time, LAUT and Casa Montjuïc come together to bring a new club concept in Barcelona. Club Aura is born as a meeting point where music and visual art merge into an immersive journey.
While at Laut the club music plays all night, at Casa Montjuïc the listening music and downtempo will help you unwind, all coming together to create a truly worthwhile and complete experience.

Line up: Marco Shuttle, Dj Berru

Tracklist:

Lion's Drum - Snake
Lion's Drum - Music from Memories
Umeko Ando - Battaki (Dreems Luv It Dub It)
Will Hofbauer - Tumble
Saeko Killy - Yokoshima
Facta - Mirage
Forest Drive West - Scorpion featuring Lucky Pereira
Datasal - Tyst Sol
Smagghe & Cross - ORBT 110 version
Umeko Ando - Iyomante Upopo (Andi Otto Remix)
Kusht - Black Rock Cruisin'
Martin Noise - SUMO popurri (edit)
NIEV - When
Jesse - Prototyyppi
Dreems - In The Desert (Album Version)
Peepstyle - Voices From Earth (Federico Bologna Remix)
Idolos Futuros - Canticos
Shii Mu - Double Dragon
Indygo - Red Land (Cedro Remix)
Aqua Bassino - Minato
Bufi, Kubebe - Corrado (Coramix)
The Emperor Machine - Island Boogie (Dub)
Dj Dennis & Max Paparella - Deep Selekta Swing (Original)
Gem Wallow - Zunzun (Francis Inferno Orchestra's Dero God Mix)
Kanot - Kitteln
Soft Keys - Bubbles (Acapella)
Art Of Noise - Legs (Kubebe edit)

HOCast #253 x Club Aura - Rochelle @ Casa Montjüic

"From the quiet edges of chaos, a slow pulse emerges — steady, organic, and meticulously shaped. Ambiants horizons stretch wide, where melodies drift with quiet resolve and each groove feels precisely placed. A set that holds its centre as the world softly unravels around it."

Nems-B (Nahim Bendjilali) (@nemsb), born in 1979 in Aix-en-Provence, is a French DJ and producer with over 20 years of experience. Rooted in Soul, Funk, Jazz, and Hip Hop, he embraced House and Techno in the mid-90s. Known for his refined selections and technical skills, he runs the podcast/event platforms Phonons (@phonons-net) and Deepness Road. He has performed at top venues across France (Concrète, Glazart, Terminal, La Java, Les Jardins Suspendus) and internationally at Tresor (Berlin), Paral·lel Festival (Spain), Contact (Tokyo), Vurt (Seoul), Gare (Porto), and more. His music has been released on Oslated, Geometrika FM, On Board Music, Goldmin Music, Accent Records, with upcoming EPs on Lemme Records. The best is yet to come.

Les Chaos Ambiants (@leschaosambiants) returns for its fourth edition from August 29 to 31, 2025, in Sommant, deep in the Morvan Natural Park (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France). This unique festival blends electronic music, visual arts, and local heritage, offering a fully immersive experience focused on sustainability, environmental preservation, and regional culture. It also highlights short supply chains and the work of local producers and eco-conscious actors.
Curated by Alfonso Pomeda (F-on), the 2025 lineup features: Lynne, Sybil, Toé, Orsu, Nems-B, Alcachofa, Owl, Absis, Faery, Fran Campos, Avsluta, Merovee, Metshka Pampo, and Myles Dillon.
+ info: https://www.leschaosambiants.fr/

HOCast 252 x Les Chaos Ambiants - Nems-B

"At Perpendicular, the forest itself seemed to listen back. A singular voice in dub shaped grooves and textures born for that moment alone — drawn from his own hands, his own particle world. Every layer carried the crowd deeper, a dialogue between artist and place. Nothing borrowed, nothing repeated, just a set written into the woods, as fleeting and unshakable as the day itself."

Javier Marimon (@javiermarimon) is the sound output of a visual mind interested on twisted perspectives, off tangents (@offtangentrecs), crackling noises, espacios perpendiculares and moving thingies from a lost village in Northern Spain.

https://javiermarimon.bandcamp.com/
www.instagram.com/offtvisuals/

Recorded djset at Perpendicular 2025 (@espacio-perpendicular) - somewhere in the woods. When? Sunday 12:30 Where? In the main stage.

Artwork: Javier Marimon - Off Tangent

HOCast #255 - Javier Marimon - Perpendicular 2025

"The mix unfolds like a quiet procession, each layer moving with patient gravity, weaving textures that blur the line between pulse and atmosphere. Inspired by the spirit of Kyoto’s Gion Festival, it evokes a sense of timeless calm — a sonic journey where deep currents carry the listener inward, even as echoes of the ancient linger in the distance."

Yuddy Ash (@yuddyash) is a producer and DJ based in Kyoto, Japan. His music delivers a percussive, ritualistic twist on techno, weaving mysterious rhythms with subtle tension to stir profound emotions. Fueled by a deep bond with sound, his sets unfold as immersive journeys, where resonant frequencies sync with the body's pulse.

HOCast #260 - Yuddy Ash

"Morning unfolds gently in the forest - steam rising from a cup of tea, birdsong carrying its own field recording. The set drifts from luminous ambient into unhurried downtempo and smoky, weightless dub, every transition seamless, every tone in its place. A soundtrack not imposed on the hour, but in harmony with it - unfolding in quiet perfection."

Luismi aka guisvi (@guisvi), a music lover for more than 3 decades, has a wide range of atmospheric music. Exquisite selector and great storyteller, he has always been rather elusive in city clubs, often seen at private parties and the most underground events. His sets of ambient and low-tempo electronica are true journeys with subtle and extended blends. Sequences that breathe, atmospheres, and textures to dance with closed eyes.

Recorded djset at Perpendicular 2025 (@espacio-perpendicular) - somewhere in the woods. When? Saturday 8:00 Where? In the main stage.

HOCast #257 - Güisvi - Perpendicular 2025

Through meditation and distant oriental promises, I reach for a fragile peace, letting the noise of urban life dissolve into silence.
In that hush, a forest stirs: sap and shadow, the echo of drums older than language.
But the vision fractures.
Shamans emerge clad in chrome, their chants braided with circuitry. Mechanical rites ignite beneath a sky of fractured satellites and pollution, a cyberpunk liturgy where smoke is replaced by static, and comfort arrives in the strange glow of the synthetic.
What began as an escape becomes a mirror: nature and machine entwined, an apocalyptic communion where solace and dissonance share the same breath.

Josep Berruezo "Berru" (@dj-berru) is a Barcelona-born DJ and curator who helped shape the city’s underground techno scene with his Estratechno collective in the early 2010s. Performing as Dj Berru, he blends Detroit-inspired techno with ambient, dub, and hypnotic textures, crafting dark, machine-driven sets that invite a deeply psychedelic dance-floor experience, while his second alias, The Option B, offers a more colourful and nostalgic selection. Berru now curates Club Aura, uniting LAUT (@laut_barcelona) and Casa Montjuïc for extended-journey sets, sonic experimentation, and immersive video art.

HOCast #258 - Dj Berru

"Old walls breathe with the sound of running streams.
Here, resistance turns to melody and memory to light.
Through the hush of ancient laundries, water carries forgotten voices."

Author’s note: In this set—beyond the water theme, where we play with certain field recordings that evoke it, like the dripping of irrigation systems, the Mediterranean Sea (since we are in Catalonia, with a poem by Ovidi Montllor at the beginning and another by Salvador Espriu near the end), rain, or even the washhouse itself—we also wanted to play with sunlight. Our set began in the sun and ended at night, and the musical progression was designed to follow that change.

Binomi (@binomi) is the project of Jordi Aparicio (@slim-jordi) and Joan Gila (@joan-gila), born from a friendship forged through music and a constant exchange of records, recommendations, and sonic curiosities. DJs and record collectors from Tarragona, they run the radio program of the Mostra festival together with their friend Javi, and have appeared on stations such as Dublab Barcelona with a show dedicated to exploring the history of musical movements across different regions.

DIGIT is a decentralized micro-festival of electronic music and digital art taking place on 12–13 September 2025 across Montbrió del Camp, Pratdip, and Reus (Tarragona). Organized by the cultural association El Rampell (@elrampell) - based in Pratdip, about 150 km from Barcelona - the festival brings contemporary culture to rural settings and the wider Tarragona region.

As part of the program, Binomi will perform at Els Rentadors during the deep-listening journey, sharing the stage with Bastien, .apart, Perila, and ABSIS.

More info: https://digit.cat/

HOCast #259 - Binomi - Digit 2025

“At Jaleo Real, rhythm becomes communion - intricate, propulsive, alive. Beneath the trees, movement folds into atmosphere, and the dance finds its own language. Within this living memory palace, echoes and emotion blur until only pulse remains.”

Alexandra Cepeda, aka Memory Palace (@memoryypalace), is a Barcelona-based DJ born and raised on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. A lifelong electronic music enthusiast, she has spent years exploring sound as a form of self-expression, weaving rich, immersive soundscapes that channel her inner voice. With a multidisciplinary approach to music, Memory Palace crafts hypnotic, high-energy sets that fuse IDM, trance, techno, and breaks. Her signature blend of dark atmospheres and intricate rhythms creates deep, cinematic journeys, striking a balance between raw intensity and emotion.

Jaleo Real is an annual gathering of dancing souls centered around the local scene, creating a space of community and connection. This year marks its 5th edition.

HOCast #262 - Memory Palace - Jaleo Real 2025

Thought as an hypnosis session inspired by the neurophysiology behind the mysteries of sleep stages and its transitions phenomena, the aim is to introduce the listener to an altered state of consciousness where sound frequencies are melted into brainwaves. Repetitive bass lines synchronize rhythmic slow activity, as during sleep-onset, able to induce a hypnagogic state. Higher tones overlap, mirroring the gamma band that evoke inner memories from deeper areas. As melodies and whisperings modulate your thoughts, REM-like architecture sculptures the imagery and the self vanishes. 

<<< You are now entering the “dysvreality”. Chords resonate echoes from a distant time: chaos imposed as order. A frenetic lullaby that has already alienated many, turns dreams into nightmares, forcing the subject to escape. Enchanting atmospheres are invaded by electroacoustic patterns seeking for awareness. Sound robot machines return a sense of control, followed by a dreamy space odyssey. Suddenly, a familiar street sound breaks the wake-sleep frontiers. You’ve listened to that before, in another life… Your life. Lucid dreams emerge by identifying this clue. Metal elements dive into an oneiric soundscape where fear and hope collide. Wandering voices interrupt lucidity, translating you to a confusional arousal. 

As you try to open your eyes, you notice with panic that you cannot move, cuddled by sub-bass and strings. Expecting to feel safe while paralyzed, horns and whistles warn you about destiny. In that moment, you realize that distant reality is, in fact, the present and time is running out. >>>

This set was recorded at “Vanishing Point”, a magical open-sky sleepover that took place in Madrid's surroundings in September 2025. So glad to be part of it, endless love to all people involved. Final cut is added as an epilogue, which I hope completes the story with a special bonus for this HOCast. 

Thanks to Vanishng Point members Azul, Truglut, Alberto y Josephine!

Thanks hipersincronía hipnagógica (@hypnagogika).

Here the tracklist, as sharing music is the most powerful sign of connection! —> 

PART I: 

Mar D. Orfila - [I] le corps vecú (SOMA)
Richard Chartier - Recurrence.Expansion (Portraits GRM SPGRM 008)
MUTA - MUTA (MUTA)
Luisa Lemgruber - 111 (Meandro, seminal records SR#90)
Fallen - Of Life and Obstacles (Fragments, Móatún 7 UMFT042)
Donato Dozzy - Onde (The Sacred Rage, Morphine Records DLEF001)
Memoria - Snowblind (Ethersphere, Slaughter Productions SPCD17)
The Murmurous Playground - Decóller (Somber Fuss Experiments, nostalgie de la boue ndlb#152)
Diseño Corbusier - Arde En Sus Ojos La Luz (Stadia, Auxilio De Cientos Aux.C.04 / Dark Entries DE-135)
Luisa Lemgruber - 222 (Meandro, seminal records SR#90)
The Murmurous Playground - Pins (Somber Fuss Experiments, nostalgie de la boue ndlb#152)

PART II: 

Pierre Bastien - Quiet Motors (The Mecanoconcentric Worlds of Pierre Bastien, Discrepant CREP48) 
Felicity Mangan - Magnetic Moss (String Figures, Elevator Bath eeaoa074)
klauss - Estacionarias-Improvisación, Disco Naranja (Metales Perfectos, UltraPop Ultra 006)
Sote - Neo Fatal Technology (Majestic Noise Made In Beautiful Rotten Iran, Sub Rosa SRV535)
Jacek Doroszenko - MACBA Skaters (Soundreaming, Audiobulb Records AB070)
JARL - Part 4-Mind Isolation (Mind Rotation, Zoharum ZOHAR 265-2)
Mark Hjorthoy - The Sheep’s Electric Dream (Ubikuitous - Music inspired by Phillip K. Dick’s dystopias, Unexplained Sounds Group USG106)
Miriam - Sex In The Sargassi (Sing A Beast, Dissipatio)
Alain Neffle aka Cortex - Cortex R (An Introduction Into The Insane Worlds Of Alain Neffle, Stroom STRLP-002)

BONUS:

A. Martin Pyne - Summoning /edit/ (Spirits Of Absent Dancer, Discus Discus 98CD)
B. HHK - DYSV001

HOCast #261 x Vanishing Point - hipersincronía hipnagógica

"From stillness, motion grows. After hours suspended in ambient haze, pulse and movement return - deep, measured, and alive with detail. From layered harmonics to the weight of each kick, the set unfolds like a slow ignition: serious, immersive, and unrelenting in its drive. A live moment at Mostra that reminded everyone where the dancefloor begins."

As a Mostra resident since the first edition, Timnah (@timnah-sommerfeldt) has shown throughout the previous years a great versatility, adapting to any venue and time slot of the festival always brilliantly. After closing Mostra24 in a masterful way, the Swiss artist visited Mostra25 to do a hybrid set with Mario (@mario-7), who also joined Mostra with Varuna (@varuna4053) a couple of years ago in a performance of which we also keep very nice memories.
The hybrid DJ/live set of Timnah and Mario is a match made in heaven, linking top notch selector capabilities to swirling hardware techno aesthetics and flawless execution. Both hailing from Basel, their collab also entangles the two local labels Amenthia Recordings (@amenthia-recordings) and A Walking Contradiction (@awalkingcontradiction). Through their close collaboration with both labels and heaps of collective of studio time, their musical taste and approach have become deeply intertwined, resulting in long build-ups and transcendental sound sculptures.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-scale festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music that emerged at 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 celebrate its fourth edition from March 12 to 15, 2026.

Don't miss the 5th edition of Mostra!!

https://es.ra.co/events/2270686
https://www.mostra.barcelona/en

HOCast #264 - Timnah & Mario (Hybrid) - Mostra 2025

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Think, outer: but forwards?
3h of deep, rhythmic intrigue from the naarm-based artists.
 Sleep Exchange (@sleepexchange) and Homelander (@homelanderwav) are a pair of kindred souls, who refuse to be musically "defined"..

Tracklist:

PureData - construct 02
Llyn Y Cwn - Dark Grove
Dahlia’s Tear - Altar of Ominous Spirits
A. Brehme - Saisho (Distinct) [Slowed]
SELM - oBviR nR2
Zimoun - 052
Sunao Inami - 2021-0525
Man From Sol - Purposeless
HRNR - Sassi
A//O - The Cartesian Unconscious (Ghost Edit)
inertia - portion
Aa Sudd - Slo Wet Tech
Kombê - Sabar
Guido Filchman - Hielo (La Presencia Invisible)
Communicon - Go Sleep
Syntaxism - W98b
asĩne - [C07]
Vortex Count - Htthreatp
Yaporigami - Ashen Oblique
SSTROM - Moil Upprepad Användning
Svrecca - Seda Muerta (CONCEPTUAL Remix)
Tiferet - Seed of the Grail (Dorian Gray Remix)
Quantumplex - Settle In
Atsushi Izumi - Radiodonta
YAKUZA - Visceral Drift
dc11 - Loop1 (Other Form Remix)
The Ripped - The man who built constellations (Andrea La Bombarda Remix)
Zimoun - 050
Carrier - Harsh Features
XMN - rotmr0108cc_hifi-2409b-
Ray & Sean UNI - Beneath The Glacier
Alexeï Kawolski - Anxiety
TORIMIMASATAKA - Echo
Klahrk - Got2be
Badun - Fradig James by Icarus “Jet Set Willy in Steinbach am Attersee”
FRACTURE - ZI (Svrecca Remix)
Radiation Pattern - EVO
s:cage - we end in a beautiful MESS
subskan - Target
Clarity - Basalt (Slowed)
Evitceles - Transparent Abstinence 
Ena - 23rd Divided
Monoiz - Floating Noir (Slowed)
Randomform - Sysma 
Joby Burgess & Powerplant - G. Prokofiev Suite for Global Junk (Murcof Remix)
Puttt - Ring20210602

HOCast #263- Sleep Exchange b2b Homelander

"The room opens in shadow, unhurried. Textures drift at the edge of noise, dark yet strangely inviting - a quiet invitation to listen before moving. Beats appear like silhouettes, abstract but intentional, guiding the space without forcing it. An opening set shaped by trust in the moment: atmospheric, free, and beautifully unresolved."

Djilogue (@djilogue) is the co-founder and director of the underground club vurt. (@vurtkr), the curator of the experimental and ambient music podcast series 꿈 kkum (@kkumpodcast), and a techno/experimental DJ and live performer. He is known for his improvisational and exploratory approach, delving into new forms of order that emerge from the interplay between pattern and randomness, repetition and chance.

Opening set 2025 10 31 무경계 vurt.

HOCast #265 - Djilogue

"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

“ NIL. Evening unfolds in smoke and soft light. Looped guitars, drifting drones, and delicate field recordings carve a vast, meditative space — a live improvisation where intuition shapes every texture. Shadows and melody coil together, dissolving boundaries between memory, sound, and presence, carrying the listener into a quiet, introspective journey.”

Florian aka MORDIO (@mordiomusic) is a Berlin-based music producer and teacher. With years of experience in the field, he is known for his rich sound design in both groovy primal instinct techno and soft meditative texture-based ambient. Alongside his music, he shares his knowledge with the world through online tutorials and courses.

Author's note: It's evening. Guitar, TORSO S4 sampler, SOMA Cosmos pedal. Incense. Candle. Everything on my desk in front of me. I breathe. I connect. I press record. The guitar melody loops, slightly offset, until it becomes a texture placed into a space so vast it transforms into a drone. Here the journey begins. I let go of consciousness and become the medium. No control just intuition. Textures recorded throughout the year, moments from my life, atmospheres. Blended with effects and soundscapes that ease me into meditation. After an hour, I come back. It is what it is. Fully improvised. Left as is. I hope it brings you down in these stressful times.

NIL is the product of this jam turned into an album. It will be available on their Bandcamp.

Support his music: https://mordio.bandcamp.com/
Support his channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MordioMusic
Web: https://mordiomusic.com/

HOCast #268 - MORDIO - LIVE

sound as a map of elsewhere

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

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RE_02: https://rededge.bandcamp.com/album/temps-boro

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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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