"The context:
I am alone. I am found. I died alone. I never thought I’d be found. I am overwhelmed by memories of a dystopian existence on a collapsing planet where evil took over and subsumed good. All of the kindness evaporated and was swallowed by greed. Memories of my past life occlude my consciousness causing confusion between modes of time like a mirage. Is it the past, present, or future? I can no longer tell.

A journey through being:
Confronted by the pain of knowing but trying to exist and embrace being in the world. Did I give up too quickly? Did I fail to change reality? What did I sacrifice in order to function and live a worldly existence like everyone around me? Blinded by hedonism, the collapsing of the mind and soul into the throws of desire left me empty. I gave up. I lost myself. I returned to the comfort of despair. It’s throbbing. To live without hope is to live in despair. Was there a reprieve from it all? Distractions, pleasure, and attachments turned into a vicious cycle of yearning and loss. Accepting impermanence with a half-open heart. It never got better. It just got worse. Functioning with an ever-growing sense of doom. And now I’m here. Alone. All I have are my memories. But existing in confusion from when these memories took place. Introspection with escapism outside of time. The vicious interplay between existence and non-existence. I am left with nothing."

Opening for Rrose at Smartbar, Chicago in June utilizing 4 CDJs and a V10 mixer.

@shantievanti
IG: @shantiism
https://ra.co/dj/shanti
https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=iwapv-7i2LFIPNlG

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.

Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene. Shanti has had the privilege of warming up and closing out dancefloors for incredibly inspirational artists such as Rrose, DJ Nobu, Ø [Phase], Aurora Halal, Mozhgan, Lady Starlight, Black Light Smoke, Esther Dune, Zenker Brothers, Noncompliant, Xtin, and more. She has had the immense pleasure of conjuring spirits at Chicago’s most beloved clubs such as Smartbar, Smoke & Mirrors, Podlasie Club, and several underground gatherings.

Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows. This past year, Shanti has expanded her surreal storytelling beyond Chicago by playing in Amsterdam, LA, Detroit and notable Midwest festivals such as Minnesota’s The Great Beyond and Madison’s Musique Électronique. This Halloween, she will be playing at Chicago’s notoriously dark music festival, Sanctum.

Distant Signals 084: Shanti

2024年12月13日 20:00-21:00 JST 

Valentin Ginies
https://instagram.com/valentin_ginies

#ambient #techno #experimental

Valentin Ginies is a musician, producer, DJ and owner of the label 11001 Records, which focuses on techno, ambient, experimental and other abstract musical forms, a founder of Third Eye Festival in berlin. Enjoy his wide experimental collection beyond beats.

Room 303 ・三○三号室 
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Valentin Ginies ｜2024年12月13日｜#ambient #techno #experimental

✧ New hyperseason cues up with a re-emerging @aasudd recording, salvaged from the mists of an original Barking (Gareth Psaltis) stream. What was once a fleeting transmission now resurfaces in hyperdigital memory; fog‑laden, elusive, hanging just out of reach yet caught before it dissolved for good. A reissue as vault‑like relic, setting the tone for the next hypercade ✧

✧ Aired 04.09.2025 on @lyl_radio ✧

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Hyperterranean #031 with Aa Sudd

Into The Abyss #059 |  Pharma

Influenced by sounds such as bebop or progressive psychedelic rock and focused on experimental and ambient music rather than clubbing in its beginnings, Pharma later delved into deep and immersive sound, creating an amalgam that has been interconnected over time to finally take shape in both listening and clubbing sets with a specific musical discourse in each context, connected to dub, trippy sounds and ambient landscapes, where the density between lights and shadows promotes mental activity that prevails over physical activity.

Pharma 
https://soundcloud.com/pharmahplc
https://www.instagram.com/pharmahplc/

Masa Series
https://soundcloud.com/masaseries
https://masaseries.bandcamp.com/

Into The Abyss #059 | Pharma

Kune’s own Maria (@maria-cph) delivered a heady drum-circle of subdued mystic rhythm in a deep and playful hedonia. Essences of dub, hypnotic techno, and light leftfieldism coalesce here to form wormholes in Vessel’s concrete heart. Haunting and driven in equal parts.

photo by @ennehempen

Kune Festival 2025: Maria @ Vessel Stage

Recorded by @caldera-caldera for The Memoir, 2025.
All tracks are written and produced by @caldera-caldera.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by Hypnus Records.

00:00 Caldera - Unreleased
01:04 Aspetuck - Eros (Caldera Remix) [Aspetuck Self-Released]
05:51 Caldera - Unreleased
10:05 Caldera – Leafs [Bokhari Records]
15:49 Caldera - Endless Roots [Self-Released]
19:26 Caldera - Sink Again [murmurs]
23:38 Caldera - Unreleased
30:53 Caldera - Warren's Gift [Melifera Records]
34:21 Caldera - Body 2002 [Bokhari Records]
40:47 Caldera - Frog Valley [Space Lab]
44:55 Caldera - Solar Sunrise [Melifera Records]
49:30 Caldera - Amphibian Dance [Nummer Music]
54:31 Caldera - Unreleased
59:00 Caldera - Martino Fantasma [Nummer Music]
01:04:15 Caldera - Cave Whistle [Space Lab]
01:06:35 Solarythm - Opale (Caldera Remix) [Melifera Records]
01:14:00 Ilayruni - Telepathy Tapes (Caldera Remix) [Obtuse Swamp]
01:17:45 Caldera - Unreleased
01:21:50 Caldera - Bogfactor 50 [Space Lab]
01:25:52 Caldera - Unreleased
01:31:42 Caldera - Full Time Vacation [Branch Points]
01:37:15 Caldera - Unreleased
01:42:23 Caldera - Spiral Path Of Joy (Skii Mix) [Dans Records]
01:44:24 Caldera - Oceanic Volt [Forthcoming Aurora]
01:50:40 Caldera - Unreleased
01:55:00 Caldera - Unreleased

Love and light

Page 166: Caldera

Sound can be perceived as a texture, color or as a path waving trough your brain and body. An Intensity heavier or lighter, coming from the ground or running in a high frequency that resonates with a color palette. 
synæ is about this neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory leads to the experience of another. 

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synæ by su:zy : pigmented purple @ GIMIC - 01 October 2025

We welcome Andy Martin for Episode 488 who delivers a 70 minute workout flexing his capabilities both as a master selector and blender of the techno genre.

A riveting and energetic journey awaits direct from Mexico.

Follow :

https://soundcloud.com/andy-martin
https://www.instagram.com/4ndym4rtin/


MNMT 488 : Andy Martin

Transition @ L&F Opening Set 1010

Recording of Spekki Webu & Woody92's set at the UFO II stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Transition @ L&F Opening Set 1010

Jem Davis