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 🍄

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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

@renslink

The final katharsis release of 2024 is the 26-track compilation “Physical Force” featuring a wide range of affiliated artists from both the international and local Copenhagen electronic music scene. As the title hints, Physical Force delves into the visceral, bodily aspects of music, inviting its contributors to explore the theme of movement as a central element in their compositions. Each artist was encouraged to focus on rhythm, groove, energy, and the physicality of sound, which resulted in drum-heavy release from start to finish. While there is a consistent emphasis on rhythm and a bodily connection to the music, the tracks vary widely in style and sonic texture, ranging from big melodic anthems, gritty experimental techno, heavy jungle bangers, and beyond.

releases December 23, 2024

mastering by jjjacob
artwork by jjjacob

Physical Force

Peace On The River

premiere: Renslink - Peace On The River

Older Brother and Iceboy Violet steer by stars to navigate to AIOA.

georg-i takes the coordinate, Metrist moves the dial.

Twice bitten, undone, and weighed. 

@olderbrotherolderbrother
@iceboy_violet
@georg-i

☺︎ Art direction from Joshua Costar
☺︎ Mastered by Beau at Ten Eight Seven

⟢ SOSOSO ⟣

AIOA

SOSOSO3

Older Brother Ft. Iceboy Violet - AIOA (Metrist Retrace)

Out March 14th on SFX
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0aSBnXtN70

Performed, produced and engineered by Zoë Mc Pherson
Final mix by Matt Karmil
Mastering by Joker

Upside Down

Bang Bang

Ahead of their joint clubnight this Friday, @ikavapii invites fellow purveyors of wonk @controlfreakrecordings and one of the artists performing, @stella_zheng, who brings her blend of slow-burn psychedelia, organic sound design, and industrial beats.



NICHE w/ Control Freak + Stella Z - 17th February 2025

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

@niqhniqhniqh
After 5 standout releases, including debuts from many fresh faces to the left-of-field underground scene, Plasma Sources presents its inaugural compilation: Multi-Source. It brings together the current label family and a slew of other artists operating on the cutting- edge of dance floor electronics for a multi-genre, sound design heavy, wild ride. In turn, the label takes aim at establishing itself as one of the most exciting imprints in the experimental club scene.
From the 90BPM cinematic, Lorn-esque sludge of newcomer Guide’s ‘Gemological’ to the crisp staccato transients and negative space of Ziyiz’s ‘Plastic Sentiments’, each track adheres to one of the guiding principles that the label has employed so effectively to curate it’s platform, irrespective of tempo: a love for sci-fi aesthetics and a desire to transpose these into sonic equivalents.

Plasma Sources has always prided itself on delicately balancing dark and light, release to release. On Multi-Source, this broad spectrum is in full vision. Reinartz offers up dubbed- out, IDM-esque desolation on ‘Action Bias’, whilst Stolen Velour’s ‘Suigetsu’ brings a bright playfulness - high-pitched vocal cuts marry pulsating, organic beats which sound like if Untold’s Hemlock output got a 2024 facelift. Some tracks, like Prior Self’s brooding yet fidgety ‘Turn Out’ and Klahrk & Atrice’s flange-fuelled ‘You’ve Changed’ occupy the centre of this continuum with their takes on high-tempo techno-influenced mutations.

The full label family comes back to join in on the fun. HYPNA and NIQH team up on a collaboration which perfectly unites their sounds under a 4-bar bass-heavy roller laden with noise. NIQH offers up their own track, exploring crystalline club structures on ‘Pressure’. unearth’s cinematic, wasteland-ridden sound is in clear focus on ‘Safe Tread’ and Beton Brut’s signature grime-concrète comes through loud and clear on ‘WWW’.

Cortical offer up ‘Hammer’, a continuation of their relentless avant-techno manifesto established by their debut, whilst J-Shadow rounds things off with a space-age jungle- exploration on ‘X-38'.
The juxtaposition of dark and light. The delicate balancing of experimentalism and dance floor sensibilities. The interweaving of sci-fi and biologically-infused sound design. These are the key aesthetics with which Plasma Sources has approached its output ever since release no.1.
Multi-Source acts as a confirmation of this manifesto as it looks forward to 2025 and its future as a key player in the experimental club scene.

Mastering by HYPNA 
Cover Design by Joh000 // Jose Hernández

plasmasources.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/plasma__sources

Pressure

@stolenvelour

After 5 standout releases, including debuts from many fresh faces to the left-of-field underground scene, Plasma Sources presents its inaugural compilation: Multi-Source. It brings together the current label family and a slew of other artists operating on the cutting- edge of dance floor electronics for a multi-genre, sound design heavy, wild ride. In turn, the label takes aim at establishing itself as one of the most exciting imprints in the experimental club scene.
From the 90BPM cinematic, Lorn-esque sludge of newcomer Guide’s ‘Gemological’ to the crisp staccato transients and negative space of Ziyiz’s ‘Plastic Sentiments’, each track adheres to one of the guiding principles that the label has employed so effectively to curate it’s platform, irrespective of tempo: a love for sci-fi aesthetics and a desire to transpose these into sonic equivalents.

Plasma Sources has always prided itself on delicately balancing dark and light, release to release. On Multi-Source, this broad spectrum is in full vision. Reinartz offers up dubbed- out, IDM-esque desolation on ‘Action Bias’, whilst Stolen Velour’s ‘Suigetsu’ brings a bright playfulness - high-pitched vocal cuts marry pulsating, organic beats which sound like if Untold’s Hemlock output got a 2024 facelift. Some tracks, like Prior Self’s brooding yet fidgety ‘Turn Out’ and Klahrk & Atrice’s flange-fuelled ‘You’ve Changed’ occupy the centre of this continuum with their takes on high-tempo techno-influenced mutations.

The full label family comes back to join in on the fun. HYPNA and NIQH team up on a collaboration which perfectly unites their sounds under a 4-bar bass-heavy roller laden with noise. NIQH offers up their own track, exploring crystalline club structures on ‘Pressure’. unearth’s cinematic, wasteland-ridden sound is in clear focus on ‘Safe Tread’ and Beton Brut’s signature grime-concrète comes through loud and clear on ‘WWW’.

Cortical offer up ‘Hammer’, a continuation of their relentless avant-techno manifesto established by their debut, whilst J-Shadow rounds things off with a space-age jungle- exploration on ‘X-38'.
The juxtaposition of dark and light. The delicate balancing of experimentalism and dance floor sensibilities. The interweaving of sci-fi and biologically-infused sound design. These are the key aesthetics with which Plasma Sources has approached its output ever since release no.1.
Multi-Source acts as a confirmation of this manifesto as it looks forward to 2025 and its future as a key player in the experimental club scene.

Mastering by HYPNA 
Cover Design by Joh000 // Jose Hernández

plasmasources.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/plasma__sources

Suigetsu

@casanora announces a new EP ' The Year of the Jellyfish " - Lead single "Dealer of the Sea' Casanora takes us into flowing worlds.

In this EP Casanora dives into the deepest waters - a sound that swims, that floats, that flows and falls, that carries itself with the current of thought. The sea breeze of Puglia mixes with the gentle warmth of the Mediterranean light and the soothing purr of her main coon cat letting the water glide through its fingers. The EP draws us into the depths, where the jellyfish's calm dance lets us glide weightlessly through the water and transports us to another world. This is not about fast tempo, but about the beauty of drifting off.

'Dealer of the Sea' is more than a first preview track - it is the gateway to a new world. A call from the depths of the ocean - a place where anything seems possible, a splendid example of Casanora's unique sound. A hypnotic pulse that pulls into the body and lets you feel the current as the sounds wash over the listener like waves. The ocean becomes a trading partner, the wind a familiar companion. While the bass vibrates and the sounds roll like waves onto the shore, the music floats and we lose ourselves in a maelstrom that leads us into a deeper, reflective dimension.

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Casanora - Dealer of the Sea (IM119)

Entre son crew Craquages Collectifs, son duo Happyaccidents! Et son projet perso ergen101 explore les racines les plus expérimentales et déconstruites de la bass music. Retrouvez le dans notre émission Sombres Hérauts ce lundi 31 mars a 20h sur les ondes de Station Station.

@dem.bre @ergen_101
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Sombres Hérauts #58 w/ Ergen101

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

https://power-plant.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-transit-ep

artwork: Dre Rolandt

World Spirit

explorer of whatnot
𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸
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Niche 🍄 curator

next gigs:
09/11: Hiatus Festival, Poznan 🇵🇱
31/12: bULT, Almaty 🇰🇿 (TBA)
25/01: Venue MOT, London 🇬🇧 (TBA)

NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Krik 15.07.24

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