Every 3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE explores slowfast, abstract, and quasi-danceable music from the fringes. Hosted by Ikävä Pii, joined regularly by local and translocal heroes (especially guests from the Niche events), Niche is your place to discover recent and forthcoming releases, up and coming experimental artists, and weird and wonderful tunes 🍄

on Netil Radio

Pampsychia debut their side dancy oriented project “muta~muta”.

https://pampsychia.bandcamp.com/album/turbo-lento

4 detailed and abstract tunes to dance to, inspired by

colonies of fungi + bacteria playfully decaying 🍄 shroomy euphoria 🤩 gnome mode 🎅 mouldy warehouses in East London 🏚 rent is about to go uppp 🏘 GPT accelerationism 🦾😖 permaweird 😖 Progress Vertigooo 🌀Iperstoria 🚀etc etc etc

slowfast, half-double, macromicro music for a timeline on fire 🔥

Music by Ikävä Pii
https://www.instagram.com/ikavapii/?hl=it 
https://soundcloud.com/ikavapii 
Artwork By Riccardo Redeghieri (ba.iubaiu) 
https://www.instagram.com/ba.iubaiu/?hl=it 
Master by Riccardo Patrone
www.instagram.com/reptib1/ 
https://soundcloud.com/reptilianexpo

Ikävä Pii - Turbo Lento EP

I’ve made a track and AGENDA⋮ has made a song out of it.

“Paradigms” out in 3 versions.

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++
Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --
AGENDA⋮ - Paradigms +-

A fancy press release text here. A big concept. The usual tags, buzzwords, adjectives. Post-facto meaning, retroactive motives. Tropes for easy consumption, categories for easy detection. Some big DJ played it out! It's forward-thinking - yet the usual.
Or, left turns, fuckups, new experiments, old loves.
Lyrics, words, good ideas, desires, tea, fears, memes, questions, wrong answers, bad ideas.
No interesting sound was ever made by playing it safe.
Have fun you coward :)

҉p҉҉a҉҉r҉҉a҉҉d҉҉i҉҉g҉҉m҉҉s҉ ҉l҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉҉c҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉ ҉d҉҉e҉҉e҉҉p҉҉f҉҉a҉҉k҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉s҉҉t҉҉e҉҉r҉҉e҉҉o҉҉t҉҉y҉҉p҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉l҉҉i҉҉c҉҉h҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉o҉҉s҉҉p҉҉l҉҉a҉҉y҉҉s҉ ҉d҉҉r҉҉a҉҉w҉ ҉t҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉l҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉ ҉f҉҉u҉҉c҉҉k҉ ҉u҉҉p҉ ҉b҉҉u҉҉t҉ ҉w҉҉i҉҉t҉҉h҉ ҉g҉҉r҉҉a҉҉c҉҉e҉

Paradigms

Mixes, radio

Ikävä Pii - Eyes II (out via Early Reflex)

TOO MUCH INFORMATION 26/07 on Loose.fm.
@tminotmi

Best of the new weird, fast/slow, detailed club-adjacent music, + an hour of groove courtesy of @kincaidofficial.

Genius manipulator of sound and gifted composer, Kincaid is one of my favourite producers right now - simply in a league of his own. 
This set is pure dancefloor euphoria, delivered with class and care.


My tracklist:

Xantharmony - Silvia Kastel		
Haile Muzak (Cursed Mix) - Babau			
Rivers of Ceylon - soso tharpa	
Being Into Nothingness - Laenz (forthcoming early reflex)
Creeper - Forest Drive West
Going Sour In The Heat - Priori presents RED
The Break Up- Kode9			
Stop - Oyubi	
Leikeli47 - Zoom (Spud's 80bpm Dumper) - Sputnik One	
Fila - Dites Safran		
Drowned Into A Bath Of Tears - Low Khey	
Resis Tanz - Tim Karbon & Vina Konda 			
Digital Them - E-Saggila		
Modd - Lithe	(forthcoming)	     
unreleased - excel dj
unreleased - xato & klahrk

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii + Kincaid @ Loose.fm - 26/07/22

TOO MUCH INFORMATION 23/08 on Loose.fm.
@tminotmi

A special episode bringing you sounds from @sodaa_club ’s Gain CTRL event, alongside the usual selection of fresh leftfield releases, slow and fast, weird and wonderful.

Clips from the panels and the live shows, tunes and voice notes from
@tsvisions @sevenorbits @ryokurashina @s_inny @escape-the-chaos-london @sasha_stoned @rooomusic @graverekow @exceldj Exsess, the SODAA Ensemble and more.

Tracklist:

	
SODAA Ensemble_live @ Gain CTRL (excerpt)
23 - Drøwne	
N Btj Blvn Dnsn (MSJY & Premis Remix) [forthcoming Flippen Disks] - PTDD	
rrao -  Zindagi	
Jasmín - Grumpy Cat
Maphia - Ranma Entero	
Plus One - Trial
Ikävä Pii - Unreleased	
ex.sses - silicon
Diesel - Keppel (Ryo Kurashina's Gain CTRL pick)
Sustain - Forest Drive West	
Getting (Yushh's Dusk Mix) - Dawn Razor	
(Bits from the Gain CTRL panels played over the next few tracks)
CSFEO Alt - Eric Lanham	
Mcgregor - unreleased	
Jungle Poison - Mani Festo	
Ikävä Pii - forthcoming early reflex
Grims8 - Cocktail Party Effect	
Griffit Vigo - Ree's vibe (TSVI's Gain CTRL pick)
Areas - excel dj
Mango Jungle - Smurphy (sinny's Gain CTRL pick)
CSV - unreleased (played @ Gain CTRL)
Graver Ekow - Drama (live @ Gain CTRL)	
Pharaoh - Koloah
Misinai - Holy Tongue
Mr. Curtains - Hop	
Raole - Dites Safran	
Josi Devil - Breathe Easy (Seven Orbits' Gain CTRL pick)	
Murmansk Sound System - One Foot Skank	
The Fuck (Looking For The Rest) - Mike Nylons
Shitmat - Shut up Gain (Sasha Stoned's Gain CTRL pick)
hiphop2 by Dev/null (DJ Narkus's Gain CTRL pick)

loose fm

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii - Gain CTRL special @ Loose.fm - 23/08/22

Process Fatigue

Group Chats With High Signal-To-Noise Ratio Become Coops

Relevant Channel

Protocol Art

The weirdest possible soundtrack to a NYE dinner aired on @loose.fm 31/12/22 
Last @tminotmi show of the year with 2 ambassadors of the leftfield London scene 👽
Fellow noisemaker and @earlyreflex artist @tooth-rust put together an hour of wicked riddims and abrasive sounds, with a combo of certified bangers, WIPs and rips;
@rooomusic @rooodj delivered an incredibly dense half/double tempo rollercoaster of breaky goodness, punctuated by badass vocals and quirky left turns.

The last 30 mins are a deep dive into the future - forthcoming and unreleased material from me only.

TRACKLIST

Tooth Rust:

Tooth Rust - Untitled Piezo Improv
excel dj - never logging off
Only Now - Slit Ties (feat. Robin Sukhadia)
τ (Tau) - Cuyo
Rhyw - Slow Stings
Mr Mankwa - A.U.
Lloyd James Jr - Ngozi Riddim
Crown Star Productions - Fire Cracker
Tafo ft Nahid Akhtar - Karye Pyar
Julmud - Haras El Jabal
Toumba - Ir7eb
Skeng - Brrrp
Tooth Rust - space filler riddim (WIP)
Equiknoxx - Grave (feat Alozade)
bela - 변주 1 Variation 1. / YouTube video on Dimensions
Henzo - His Troublesome Knees
Oyisse - Dark Side
Ramses - Monkey Version
Rashad Becker - Themes VII
Objekt - Ballast
I Jahbar - Weed Patrol
Simo Cell - Feel Di Kouala Vybes
Robert Rich - Bestiary
Julian Sartorius and Matthew Herbert - one ten
EEK & Islam Chipsy - El Bawaba
Rosalia - Chicken Teriyaki
Tooth Rust - Hand Doll
Ku Ku - Twoface
Tooth Rust - ???
Outsider - layers in layers dub mix 2
BFTT - Ydont
Xiangyu - BBIISPP
RV - Utter Gutter Butter Flutter
Metrist - OL Face You Got
Nikki Nair - WWC
Lurka - Point Noise Behaviours
Lukas Koenig - Welding Sparks

ROOO:

Binray - Amino Domino
Bereneces - Numb
Solek - Lamb
An Avrin - Paticake
Alix Perez - U
Disaffected - Big And Serious
S.Murk - Moonbeek
nickname - The Big Beat Manifesto
Glitchtrip - Back In Da Game
S.Murk - Get A Dayjob
BRUK - Attek
Fracture - From The Very Top
Taylor Swift - Vigilante Shit (HOT POT Remix)

Me:

Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased
Ikävä Pii - unreleased

:)

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Tooth Rust, ROOO & Ikävä Pii @ Loose.fm - 31/12/22

04/02/23 on @refugeworldwide, Berlin.

I was so honoured to play on one of the realest community radios in the world ⚒️

I brought an hour of recent abstract, slowfast and detailed releases, with a couple of forthcoming bits by talented friends - check the tracklist below!

Thanks again to the absolute ledge @richardakingbehin for the invite!

 Consider making a donation via their Patreon, the money will go where it matters the most.

Tracklist:

1		Multi-Surface	- Points & Lines	
2		Les Halles - Zonda - Side A (excerpt)	
3		Strugglin’ - Pitch Pine	
4		Drøwne - 23	
5		Ikävä Pii - A New Set of Tools
6		Odd Ned - Double Yellow (Ft. STP) 
7		memotone - Day Slipping
8		LinUSB - Chrome Under Water
9		Roland P. Young - There 
10		Salamanda- Catching Tails (Yushh Soft Spin Remix)	
11		Polygonia - Water Strider	
12		Human Space Machine - Slo  
13		Mcgregor - unreleased 			
14		Marco Shuttle - Acrobat	
15		Aa Sudd - Menodice
16		Konsudd - Heilen 	
17		Serwed - Bias 		
18		DJ ojo - Coiled Up 
19		Leftlow - Thoughtful	
20		MIRA新伝統 - Chronosis
21		T5UMUT5UMU - Desert 	
22		Ōtone - Awaken Alloys	
23		DJ JM - Haze 	
24		Yssue // Ayaz // DJ PG - Yssue - Lust (Dj PG remix)

Ikävä Pii on Refuge Worldwide, Berlin 04/02/23

NICHE 06.04.23 - Tooth Rust + Adam Paroussos

NICHE 04.05.23 - Bingle Beats B2b Jakona Tamma

Ikävä Pii - Progress Vertigo

Ikävä Pii - Turbolento

LOOSE.FM

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii on Loose.fm - 24.04.23

NICHE 15.06.23 - Ashtrey b2b Rawting

NICHE 15.06.23 - Elpac (dj set)

London’s Ikävä Pii lands on the Italian label Pampsychia with his new EP ‘Turbo Lento’. The work features four detailed and abstract tunes to dance to. As described in their own words the work is inspired by “colonies of fungi + bacteria playfully decaying, shroomy euphoria, gnome mode, mouldy warehouses in East London, rent is about to go uppp, GPT accelerationism permaweird, Progress Vertigooo Iperstoria etc,etc,etc..

Slowfast, half-double, macromicro music for a timeline on fire.”

Ikävä Pii
@ikavapii
https://www.instagram.com/ikavapii/

Pampsychia
@pampsychia
https://www.instagram.com/pampsychia_editions/

Turbo Lento

Schwartz Wharf

Premiere: Ikävä Pii - Schwartz Wharf | Pampsychia

Milian-based Pampsychia label debuts its dance-oriented 'muta~muta' series, with Ikävä Pii's dotty, frenetic 'Turbo Lento' EP.
The Italian producer drops 4 detailed and abstract tunes to shuffle to, inspired by propagating colonies of fungi, playfully decaying bacterias and shroomy euphoria. 
Hear the paradoxal sound of slowfast, half-double, macromicro music, to be digitally released on Matteo Coffetti and Reptilian Expo's latest whim on July 7!

https://pampsychia.bandcamp.com/album/turbo-lento

@ikavapii
@pampsychia
@matteocoffetti
@reptilianexpo

Download

℘ཞɛɱıɛཞɛ ≈ Ikävä Pii - Rhizomorph Era [Pampsychia]

NICHE_20.07.23_July_Klahrk (live)

TOO MUCH INFORMATION on Netil Radio, 7-9pm every 3rd Monday.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION enquires what's “now” and what's “new”, merging experimental music from the Internet, political rants, voice notes, and other audio amenities.

This month, I went solo with a selection of my favorites recent leftfield releases (plus some weird and wonderful older cuts).

Tracklist:

1		Davis Galvin - Insects		
2		M. Sage & Zander Raymond - It Is Isn't It				
3		Cara. - A4 (from Nectar)
4		Katatonic Silentio - From	
5		First Epoque - Sequoia Affinis		
6		Aylu - Metal		
7		HUNA - Knok	
8		Violet - In The Aquarius		
9		ex.sses ft. Bonnie- (forthcoming TT)
10		Christian Coiffure - Truth Gate		
11		Alan Johnson - (forthcoming YUKU)
12		Trần Uy Đức - First		
13		Plebeian - Escarole		
14		Martini - Show Me		
15		Dauwd - The Yuzer (DJ Plead Remix)		
16		Alan Johnson - (forthcoming YUKU)	
17		Hoavi - Phase 10		
18		RS Tangent - Bovine Overbite		
19		Quartz - Apparitions		
20		Mun Sing - Waiting In The Car		
21		Ziúr - feat Elvin Brandhi - Eyeroll	
22		Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void - I'll Always		
23		Karenn - Happy Birthday		
24		Ctrls - The Wash		
25		Plebeian - Decrescendo		
26		Dites Safran - Cov	
27		Daniel 58 - Crunch Crunch Gloop Gloop		
28		Current Bias - Limbic Freedom		
29		Jabes - Gaol Figure	
30		PPJ - Calor		
31		Salviatek - Un Diseño Arcaico (Aggromance Remix)	
32		Gent1e $oul - Logistica		
33		Nahash - AA Andorres feat. JAW (DJ Edit)
34		3Phaz - Red Strobe		
35		Sabla - Safe Journey		
36		Emptyset - flame

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii @ Netil Radio, 18.09.23

TOO MUCH INFORMATION on Netil Radio, 7-9pm every 3rd Monday.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION enquires what's “now” and what's “new”, merging experimental music from the Internet with other audio amenities.
Quick slowfast maths exercise with bestie Airali this time, guaranteed weirdness <3

tracklist soonish

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii b2b Airali 20.11.23

Alec Pace b2b Ikävä Pii | TO-031223

IKÄVÄ PII 12.12.23

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

This time with me, sludgy club music wizard @klahrk

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii and Klahrk 15.01.24

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

Tracklist:

Shakali - Vapaava		
Damsel Elysium - Dream of the Rood	
Vina Konda - Made a New House 
aridni orca - featherpluck'	
LAVURN - Hardcore			
PFC - Vse Rabotaet		
linUSB - Fietsers via Bypass			
Vina Konda - Metazoo 
Ka Baird - Gate VIII		
BAUR - Terowongan Jadi Underpass	
Martini - Serendipity		
Pépe - Cloudbusters		
Microhm - Nostalgia		
Gavsborg - A Dancing Crustacean At The Bus Station Feat. Tóke	
PFC - Domra 8-1		
Ghost Warrior - Strayed	(+35%)	
Fiesta Soundsystem - Dewy Slate	
Bladeblanc - Choking		
Zoë Mc Pherson	- Wait (aya dub)
Reeko - Confront The Serpent	
Narizonte - Subway Mud		
Anmon - Cyber		
talpah - So Pretty	
Capiuz - Nocturnal Summoning	
SIM - The Zoink
Bladeblanc - It Goes Hypno	
re:ni - Below Sanpaku	
Atrice - Toyota 2000 GT		
Lithe - Modd		
Farsight, Le Motel - Velcro Interrupt	
BLCKEBY - sentimento	
Sangre Voss - Forever Ubleh				
African Head Charge - Primal One Drop	
Simkin - Deterritorial
Malvern Brume - Moss Spines Clenched
Rilla - Seven Stars	
Lamina - Nube

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii 19.02.24

Our next mixtape comes courtesy of Puglia born London based Niche founder, 	𝐈𝐤ä𝐯ä 𝐏𝐢𝐢.

A high energy hour of weird swampy sounds, eery melodies & intricate detail, put together with so much love and care it feels like one full track. 

Sometimes you listen to a mix & it feels like a true expression of someones personality, and that’s how we feel with this one. Thank you so much Giacomo <3

@ikavapii

𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 / 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬 / 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Giacomo, Ikävä Pii / he, they / Hackney Wick

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱
Weirdness and detail. This is all I want as a listener and a dancer, and what I want to convey as Ikävä Pii. In this mix I’ve explored slowfast ambiguity, music for ponds and futuristic punk, pairing Italian Sunitty with warped UK techno, with a couple of WTF turns.

For the most part, it is extremely detailed music. It’s abstract and rich. I don’t like the definition of “sound design” anymore: it sounds “functional”, as if the goal was creating a product. These producers are (like me), instead, trying to spawn detailed worlds.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?
I’ve started making music with a punk band in Puglia. I picked up a guitar because my father and all his brothers played. Family gatherings were beautifully loud. Puglia was still a poor and tough place when I was a kid, so my love for international music was a form of escapism. I was (like many others) online a lot and in touch with musicians from all over the world. I started dreaming of London listening to The Clash at maybe 12yo? London has truly shaped me, I was radicalised here. Politically and artistically. And here’s where I embraced my queerness.

I think, in many instances, it was here that I was exposed to some really fringe stuff, and that’s how I realised I loved everything that was genuinely weird or boundaries-pushing. Furthermore, I believe that Hackney Wick makes my life as an artist easier. Cheap rent, community and proximity: it’s a 5 mins walk from the warehouse to the studio and the venue, and sometimes special things only happen thanks to the support of other locals. You know who you are! <3

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 & 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Niche started in April 2023 as a monthly sonic hangout; noisy jams, open decks, and improvised sets. Now it’s a full-scale event, with performances by some of the best artists we know. It started out of necessity: an accessible space to experiment with fellow noisemakers. 
My relationship with the venue was crucial; I’ve been a resident at The Bath House for 2 years now, and Niche can only happen because my studio is there.

It is a lovely ecosystem of musicians, DJs, listeners and dwellers. We are trying to bridge the gap between the bedroom and the venue, offering a space for people to try new things out and take risks, playing for the most understanding audience. In terms of curation, I am looking for the most daring acts out there - no genre limitations, but definitely priority to live shows, and musicians in particular. 
Alongside artists I know and/or follow, we met incredibly talented people through the open calls, or other nice folks who just jumped on the groupchat and asked to play! Keeping it as open and diverse as possible is at the core of our practice. We only have one resident at the moment - the amazing Queenie.

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬
slowfast, weird, detailed

interview continued via substack - https://allmovingobjects.substack.com

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 [𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞], 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐃𝐣 𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐲𝐨 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 https://ra.co/events/1883623

kinetic mix 027: Ikävä Pii "weird details"

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

For the March episode, after our marvellous co-curated night at The Bath House, Alec Pace and I shared the Netil Radio booth for 2 hours of the usual leftfield club goodness. 

Tracklist at some point :) Enjoy!

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Alec Pace 18.03.24

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

This time in the booth after Ikävä Pii's 1st half, the 2 heads behind Baroque Sunburst - @big-hands-1 and @soreabuk, who went b2b with their unique blend of bassy, deep and weird club-adjacent music, stacking and layering records for an hour.

Tracklist up when they're done fighting with each other!

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Baroque Sunburst (Big Hands + Soreab)

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

Tracklist soon

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii 20.05.24

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ZULI/episodes/zuli-17th-june-2024

ZULI w/ Movie Real & Ikävä Pii 170624

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++

3rd Monday of the month on Netil Radio, from 7 to 9 pm, NICHE is a space to explore recent and forthcoming releases: slowfast, abstract, quasi-danceable music from the fringes, played by local and translocal heroes 🍄

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Krik 15.07.24

Ahead of the next Niche sonic exploration (July 20th), main fungus Ikävä Pii invited Krik @krikato - sound engineer, session musician, DJ, and cellist / noisemaker for Sharkpit, the ensemble they'll perform with Saturday. For the first 40 mins, Ikävä Pii's selection of recently released weird songs and sound experiments, then Krik on an exhilarating ambient to club journey, and a lil b2b in the last 20 mins.

tix here: https://opencollective.com/niche/events/niche-20-07-with-aya-7569a3ef

Enjoy and see you Saturday!

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Krik 15.07.24

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NICHE curator @ikavapii will share 2 hours of recent leftfield releases, forthcoming oddballs, while unveiling unannounced guests for their April 19th event with Minor Science, Le Frit, YoungWoman and more. Tune in if you like it weird!


NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii - 17th March 2025

Following the launch of the Eyes series, Early Reflex welcomes back Ikävä Pii for “Eyes II”, the second entry in this exploratory two-tracker format. 

Possibly the darkest tracks Ikävä Pii has produced to date, ‘False Binaries Fight for Primacy’ and ‘Permaweird’ are two detailed and twisted club tunes, encapsulating the perennial state of frustrated urgency of our times. 
Uneasy feelings are conveyed in both tracks, and refracted through the artist’s signature playful approach.
False Binaries Fight for Primacy is driven by the eerie ambiguity of its major/minor harmony, and a relentless rhythmic section that nods to post-punk as much as the track’s distorted, shouty vocals. The unsettling main theme of Permaweird is hinged on an alteration of the Locrian mode (often deemed the “weirdest” mode), and its timbre, albeit recalling familiar patches from the Process Fatigue era, here paints a much darker picture. 
Topical and heartfelt, these tracks update Ikävä Pii’s sound with an uncanny mutation, material for a standout moment in a club set. Already secret weapons in Ikävä Pii’s live show for nearly a year, they’ve left heads spinning on dancefloors in UK, Europe and beyond, and now find their proper home on Early Reflex.

Ikävä Pii said:
“What’s the purpose of club music in a climate where alienation is the norm and outdated narratives are collapsing?
We live in the permaweird: reality gets increasingly absurd, and yet we adapt to it every day.
Nothing to fight for: digital vs physical, liberal left vs authoritarian right, old vs young - just false binaries. There must be another way. 
In the meantime, activate punk mode, shout in the mic, use stranger scales. 
The only real binary is rich vs non-rich (and that’s what clubs should be about).
Thanks Venkatesh Rao and David Rudnick for the inspiration.”

‘Eyes II’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 2nd May 2025.

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All tracks produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii at Niche Studio, London § Mastering at CB5 Studios § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

False Binaries Fight for Primacy

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Ikävä Pii - False Binaries Fight for Primacy

Eyes II

Permaweird

Ikävä Pii - Permaweird

After a weird and wonderful 2nd bday party last weekend, NICHE main fungus @ikavapii invites one of the night’s heroes, Paris-based sound alchemist @lefrit , for 2 hours of abstract, wonky, slowfast music.


NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Le Frit - 21th April 2025

ROOO & Ikävä Pii the 2 main forces behind NICHE, will share the monthly dose of weird club-adjacent music, playing new and forthcoming releases ahead of their next event on May 30th.


NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii and ROOO - 19th May 2025

Niche is back with Ikävä Pii and singer, producer and comrade LVRA 
2 hours of twisted tunes from the left-field side of the sonic spectrum.



NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & LVRA - 21st July 2025

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii - 15th September 2025

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