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Hesh is somewhat of a traveler. He spent the last few years between Leeds, Brussels, Berlin and Maastricht and is now back in Brussels again. In his time in these cities he studied music in depth, discovering a deep passion for an environmental sound. His musical journey started with house music and then drifted away to acousmatic music, soundscapes and ankle breaking techno. Hesh is also the co-founder of @Initiate_concept and curator of the Initiate Reflexions Podcasts:
on.soundcloud.com/yHrDx

Enjoy an unusual DJ set that travels through time and space.

Tracklist: 

1. Cristian Vogel - LA Banshee 109 [Shitkatapult]
2. Conforce - Umbra [Delsin]
3. Keppel x Yushh - Yuppel [Pressure Dome]
4. Box 5ive - Silicate [Wellstreet Records]
5. Nelson Bell - Aufgespuhlt [Drossel]
6. Bruce - Patience St. Pim [Hessle Audio]
7. Caldera x Yushh - Süss Choc [Pressure Dome] 
8. Significant Other - Memory Drum [Wellstreet Records]
9. Significant Other - Postdrome [Wellstreet Records]
10. Dj Ojo - Precise Device [Blank Mind]
11. Tristan Arp - Phylum [Human Pitch]
12. Lurka - Minds Eye Tript [Timedance]
13. Flytipper - Shevek's Theory [Pressure Dome]
14. Piezo - The Mandrake [Version]
15. Yak - Umbra [Version]
16. McGregor - Breath [Pressure Dome]
17. Siu Mata - Celsius [Wajang]
18. Hesh & Oliver Si - Schatz (Circula Remix) [Initiate Records]

Social media links

https://soundcloud.com/hesh-initiate
https://www.facebook.com/hesh.initiate
https://www.instagram.com/hesh.initiate/
https://initiaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/schatz
https://ante-rasa.bandcamp.com/album/ante29-hesh-oliver-si-cortices

@user-829614153 @shitkatapult @conforce @delsinrecords @wellstreet @yushh @pressuredome @box_5ive @drosssel @iambruce @hessleaudio @caldera-caldera @blankmindlabel @tristanarp @humanpitch @lurka @timedance @flytippa @piezopz @yaksound @version111a @mcgrgrmusic @siumata @wajang @oliversimusic

Initiate Records >>

INDEx Mix #40 - Hesh

Defrag is extreme sound design and audio rhythmic experimentation of Jeff Dodson, a composer and sound designer living in Los Angeles CA.

Defrag's influences like IDM, dubstep and experimental abstract glitch, filter into his music. With his classical background giving it a more cinematic progression. Orchestrated strings, piano, classic analogue synths and software processing add up to a fusion of analogue warmth, modern classical and raw digital abstraction.

That he chooses instead to make his attention to detail the vehicle for his songs rather than their focus is not only admirable, it’s a definitive comment on his priorities and where they lie. Defrag makes complicated music, but you can completely forget that in the moment and just experience it. 

(bio by IDM Discovery)

Tracklist: 
(Album - Track)

Unreleased - Kubris
Lost Lands - With Insects In My Head
Lost Seas - Drift I
Idle Lines - Idle Lines
Unreleased - The Traveller
Unreleased - Deckard
Lost Skies - Rankin Decay
Lost Lands - At A Harbor Of Dreams
Unreleased - A Single Saint (Feat. Vocals by Hypnoskull)
Float - Square
Unreleased - Halt Lizardman
Idle Lines - We Are Foam
Lost Skies - Melody 4
Drown - Everything I Do Is Drown
Drown - Stilt Walkers
Idle Lines - Anjuray
Lost Seas - Arrival
Float - Descent
Float - Atlas
Idle Lines - Still Marks
Float - The Lighthouse
Lost Seas - Drift II
Lost Skies - They're Not Angels
Emissions / Type Scar


DEFRAG's 5th LP has just released on Hymen Records and is a combination of 3 story EP's (lost lands, lost seas, lost skies) and a condensed vinyl LP version entitled Lost Worlds. Each digital EP tells the journey through its track titles and blistering rhythms of a planet falling apart and the civilization enduring travels through each biome:

https://hymen-records.bandcamp.com/album/lost-lands
https://hymen-records.bandcamp.com/album/lost-worlds

@runsilent

Website (sound design): https://rainfall.film/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/DEFRAG0
IG: https://www.instagram.com/lamentelement/

Defrag >>

INDEx Mix #41 - Defrag

We proudly present this live-recording of Nikos; that serves as a journey through the more chilled out vibes of his electronic music pallet. 

Using playful and hypnotic sounds, Nikos likes to create and play music that encourages movement and a listening experience. In his live sets he moves between fast rhythms and slower beats, bringing soft and hard sounds together. He has also encapsulated his versatile sound in his first EP ‘Metaturnal’ released on Flippen Disks.

As a producer and visual designer he is interested in how both disciplines can complement each other such as in his audiovisual project UMBRA. Nikos likes to organize listening events in a relaxed setting, which he does throughout The Netherlands, under the name of Pelagic Ambient.

Socials:
https://www.instagram.com/nikostenhoedt/
https://www.instagram.com/pelagic_ambient/

@nikos_nikos

Latest release (on @flippendisks):

https://soundcloud.com/flippendisks/nikos-metaturnal-ep

Nikos >>

INDEx Live #17 - Nikos

Dark fidelity hifi (aka Rick Jones) is a producer, post production mastering engineer, sound tech and club promoter from Manchester who forges his own sound, mixing styles from jungle to ambient and IDM, where lush walls of production bounce against twisting beats and progressions. He has put out some beautiful music over the years since 2018 under this moniker on labels as Bricolage and Waxing Crescent Records and his own Bandcamp page. 

Tracklist:

1 Inflight
2 Chicago River 
3 Tender Tension
4 Pulser Star
5 Insect Climber
6 Lift [Out Of The Grey]

https://www.darkfidelityhifi.net/

https://darkfidelityhifi1.bandcamp.com/music

socials:

https://www.instagram.com/darkfidelityhifi/

https://www.facebook.com/darkfidelityhifi/

streaming:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3owYpb8Ix9Qj3qqZAc3fuZ

https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/dark-fidelity-hifi/1213458328

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnw9IopGSHpMDdtbgQ_BDQ

@richard-jones-215 @bricolage-g5

Dark Fidelity Hifi >>

INDEx Live #18 - Dark Fidelity Hifi

Foreign is the pseudonym used by Miguel Vázquez under which he plays sets of IDM, avant-techno and electro sounds, combining the smoothness and efficiency of transparent melodies with abstract landscapes and dense atmospheres loaded with complex polyrhythmic structures. Throughout the years Foreign has played in several events of Hard Taste, A.I. Series and in clubs like NAO, Dub Club, Specka, Graffiti, Shagü Club, etc. Has also published podcasts for different record labels and web platforms (Sin Hilo, Gladio Operations, Zanderhythm, Archaic, etc.). In 2022 he created his own label, Mutoscope Records, mostly oriented to IDM sound. Its first release (by Veelargo) was released in November 2023.

This Mix was done with all vinyl except for track 11. 

Tracklist:

01 / Brainwaltzera - Smit  [FILM]
02 / Brainwaltzera - Evening Narcomnastics [Don't_ Post!]  [FILM]
03 / Blomfelt & Narby - Simon Took A Break  [ATOMNATION]
04 / Quadratschulz - Die 01:23 Edit 5b  [ALTERED SENSE]
05 / Fantastic Man - Trance Sexual  [SUPERCONSCIOUS]
06 / Depressor - Depression  [MY OWN JUPITER]
07 / Uf0 - I'm Lost  [GATED] 
08 / White Solar Dog - Beyond Space (MOY Remix)  [SIN HILO]
09 / Kettel - Marco's Cases  [DJAK-UP-BITCH (DUB)]
10 / MOY - Omega Directive  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
11 / Brainwaltzera - GVA Hotel  [NOT ON LABEL / SELF-RELEASED]
12 / Voiron - Eurovoiron  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
13 / Voiron - Hyper Voiron  [ANALOGICAL FORCE]
14 / Vector Lovers - City Lights From A Train (2022 Version)  [LAPSUS]
15 / Uf0 - Vera Smile  [ALTERED SENSE]
16 / Larionov - Morning Lite  [SCHRÖDINGER'S BOX]

LINKS:

@miguel-foreign
@mutoscope-records

https://mutoscoperecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/mutoscope_records/

@brainwaltzera @blomfeltandnarby @Quadratschulz @analog_uf0 @moy @kettelmusic @voiron @vector-lovers @larionov @depressor-artist

Mutoscope >>

INDEx Mix #42 - Foreign

Rednox, DJ and non profit ventriloquist from Liège Belgium is running Ante-Rasa records since 2007. 

https://www.ante-rasa.be/rednox/
@ante-rasa

The label will release a new VA on digital and 12" Vinyl (45rpm) soon, check out the pre-release here already: https://ante-rasa.bandcamp.com/album/rasa08-ferroviaire

Name: Various Artists - Ferroviaire
Label: Ante-Rasa
Catalog Code: RASA08
Mastered by Chris McCormack
Artwork by Ludovic Wydouw
Distribution by Ready Made Berlin
Edition : 200 copies
Release date : 29.03.2024

Follow the label:
www.facebook.com/ante.rasa.7
www.discogs.com/label/91986-Ante-Rasa?page=1
www.ante-rasa.be

Tracklist:

andrea taeggi - cuttleburrs [ooh-19]
iesope drift - crank project
dyl - point 1 [re:39]
hesh & oliver si - cognitive flexibility [ante29]
dschen - oozing acid [st056]
konduku - swerve [mts09]
mike parker - the melting mask [spazio020]
pianeti sintetici - mecha [hypnus039]
marco shuttle - bella di giorno [msp01]
third space - cyclical pan workout [ps006]
erd - tufa [inirec003e1]
dyl - sun [rasa08]
pessimist - the woods [smg004]
cedar - vlf (loop) [re:34]
last life - ewra [llseries016]
mike parker - magaera [spazio021]
varuna - sleep [amen010]
hiele - mariachi [eu1]
third space - 170 shitshow [ps006]
clarence rise - anesthetic [qne.la.001]
vina konda - liquid square [us024]
bokeh - gathering traces [uvb76-015]
varuna - bosco verticale (konduku remix) [awc007]
aa sudd - outside of the "official" network [awc004]
sun genam & altjira - mnemomic induction [mz008]
furtive - i always try to be this gentle [psych001]
soreab - reflux [rasa08]
judgitzu - l'or des fous [nnt047]
baur - terowongan jadi underpass (loop) [divisi62]
the untouchables - twelve cycles [smdehannya2]
dardiel bohel - grovel [ante27]
yunzero - blowing o's [ouest089]
aryo adhianto - geno [ds62-11]
33emybw - coupling [sbkt038]
authentically plastic - strakka [y16th]
zoe mc pherson - power dynamics [sf04]
haunted space - the high arch [hsr07]
crossing avenue - alaska [kon017]
levl - nullpunkt #4 [011]
struktur - mycelium ii [sda002]
synkro - graisse [exit100.2]
daniel szlajnda - coronal mass ejections [ukm108]
roger eno & brian eno - spring frost [483 777 1]
pan american - settled [vform017cd]
museum of no art - one night at the pool [khr006]
unclean - in the pool [ante15]
sol oosel - attunement for a thunderstorm [ur122]
moderat - undo redo [mtr122lp]
cucina povera - rushmoren sipulihoyryt (saniaiset) [offenmusic019]

@gondwana_andreataeggi @dyl170 @hesh-initiate @oliversimusic @dschen @kondukukonduku @geophone @pianetisintetici @marco_shuttle @3rd-space @pessimist @lastlifednb @varuna4053 @clarencerise @vinakonda @aasudd @sungenam @soreabuk @judgitzu @the-untouchables @s_jal @yunzero @authenticallyplastic @zoemcpherson @crossing-avenue @synkro @danielszlajnda @museumofnoart @soloosel @moderat-official @cucinapovera

Ante Rasa >>

INDEx Mix #43 - Rednox

Box5ive is a DJ, live performer and sound designer based in London, UK. He has released tracks on labels we're very much fan of like Well Street Records and Comic Sans Records and his debut LP will be released in June 2024 (on co:clear), alongside two other EP's and appearances. His musical style ranges from UK techno, ambient, cinematic and bass-heavy dub frequencies.

@box_5ive
https://www.instagram.com/box5ive/

@coclear
https://coclear.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/coclear_/

Tracklist:

Igor Dyachenko & Dessin Bizarre - Entities Shading
Mike Midnight - Dido Riddim
Siu Mata - Celsius
Jurango - Theeves
Tambura - Tikitaka (Dazion Remix)
Nummer Music - Sea Junkies
Doctor Jeep, Sim - Oil Drum
Mosca - All Very Hush Hush
Sky H1 - Freefall
Plata - Baila
Christine Benz - After DMT
Doctor Jeep - Phase Morph
Kassian - X-303
Doctor Jeep - Machine Learning
Atrice - Backrooms
Evian Christ - Nobody Else
Ploy - Move Your Body
Piezo - Cutest Kitty Content
Doctor Jeep - Shake The Club
Clarence Rise - Anesthetic
Atrice - Dialect
Vardae - Thoughts
Identified Patient - The Fun Never Stops
San - Under The Scope
A-Tweed - Low Field Trance (Vardae Remix)
Ghost Warrior - Intruders
Yak - Knothole

@igordyachenko @dessinbizarre @mikemidnight @siumata @jurango @thedazion @nummer @drjeep @deejaymosca @sky_h1 @christinebenz @kassiansound @atricemiras @evianchrist @deejayploy @piezopz @clarencerise @vardaemusic @identified-patient @san-uk @antakaatweed @ghostwarrior @yaksound

Box5ive >>

INDEx Mix #44 - Box5ive

Vector Field is a sound technician, producer, and DJ. He has
been active in the electronic music scene since the late 90s, starting with collecting records and mixing on vinyls in small raves in the countryside. Drawing from various experiences, he transmits positive energy through its own music, infusing it with his special touch, which is a mix between layered rhythms and evolving soundscapes with a special kind of kinetic energy. Under the monikers Stigr and Vector Field he has released many Lp’s and Ep’s, with a different approach each time. You can check out his amazing creations on his Bandcamp page: 

https://vectorfield75.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/vector_field_music/

@the_soulcatcher

Vector Field >>

INDEx Live #19 - Vector Field

Veelargo is a Spanish producer based in Krakow, Poland. His influences are very eclectic and come from many genres. The sound of artists such as Plaid, Orbital, Autechre, Aphex Twin, FSOL, Roel Funcken, Tangerine Dream, Joy Division, Depeche Mode or Oscar Mulero among many others have been a constant inspiration. Apart from his Soundcloud and Bandcamp profiles, some of his material can be found released on Mutoscope Records, People Can Listen and Artificial Intelligence Records. 

You can also find more mixes and live sets published on the Soundcloud profiles of Mutoscope Records, Zyrcadian Editions, Elektropedia Analog Kollective, Zanderhythm, Archaic or in the Mixcloud podcast series of Bricolage

The image for the cover is a painting by Polish artist Kartarzyna Karpowicz entitled "Red Canoes", 80x100, oil on canvas, 2016
Check out more of her art at https://katarzynakarpowicz.pl/ 

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/veelargo
https://veelargo.bandcamp.com/
https://mutoscoperecords.bandcamp.com/album/sync-phoney-ep
https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/album/pcllp-024-monoliths-and-greetings
https://artificialintelligencercrds.bandcamp.com/album/ai005-various-artists-artificial-intelligence


@veelargo @mutoscope-records @art_intelligence_records @peoplecanlisten @zyrcadianeditions @zanderhythm @bricolage-g5 @12-inch-spain

Veelargo >>

INDEx Live #20 - Veelargo

VAAG is the artist name of producer Marc Brinkerink (NL) and translates from Dutch to English as 'unclear, vague, no frames, no boundaries....no direction'. His latest release 'Perfect Imperfection' on the label @pointsourcearts has been discribed by @igloomag as "Skittering, tumbling beats slip and slide past each other, narrowly avoiding collision in an erratic but choreographed dance. Strange, warbling melodies and crackling electrical discharges fill the air with a palpable energy. Somehow all these broken pieces fit together with an odd sort of cohesion. It’s wrong in all the right ways, perfectly imperfect."  

Check it out here:
 
https://vaag1.bandcamp.com/album/perfect-imperfection

And more links are here: https://vaag.myportfolio.com/

Vaag >>

INDEx Live #21 - VAAG

We're a non-profit that promotes outlier electronic music. Based in The Hague (NL)

Next event: Saturday 1/11/2025 
HYPERFOCUS / The Grey Space, The Hague
w/ @albertabalsam @marijnswillens @troisquartstaxisystem @cafe-de-la-jungle @edwardjohannes @cosmox070 @sacrescare https://thegreyspace.net/program/hyperfocus/

INDEx Live #18 - Dark Fidelity Hifi

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