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BACKSPACE

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

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

Sardinian born Aritmia Sonora is now based in Amsterdam, exploring the intersections of experimental electronic music and bass culture. While his passion for field recordings carries his creativity back and forth from his studio to landscapes overseas, the Dutch city lights are made for digging fresh wax and building community. Niccolò is also curating Decadance, a platform which recently debuted as a record label, by announcing the release of “Rizoma Granulare”, out on March the 31st.

@aritmiasonora
@decadanceamsterdam

@toupaz @solmadj @agonis-amenthia @gistrung @javrsalazar @5rvz @seta_loto @formant-value @borisdivider @andriy_k @cyp4 @pitchpatrol @humanspacemachine @alpha_solo_music @paul-revee @xeniareaper @user-659618962 @marcosegato @11pmraar @jonnnah @javiermarimon @aboabosound @pianetisintetici @exael @datafive-music @haptic_feedback @dvka @marcomaldarella @atoloi @mcgrgrmusic

INDEx Mix #45 - Aritmia Sonora

This mix is a reflection of my 10+ year journey through the (bass) music scene as a listener and later as a DJ, Event Curator and Label Manager of "Eyesome". The selection starts off rather gentle around the 120-140 bpm mark with dub(step) and 4x4 UKG material before dipping into drum 'n bass. Both styles were highly influential to my taste in music from early on and up until this day continue to shape it. I feel lucky and privileged to be able to work with so many talented musicians on a regular basis. Hope you like the mix which I recorded - S/O Palanga Street Radio for allowing me use their studio.

-Matt

TRACKLIST

Zforms - intermission
Euphoria Dubs -  The Sun Rising (Euphoria Dub)
Mantsche - Unknown Dub Story (feat. Bishop)
Freud - Nightsky (Versa Remix)
Skimir - Grabuge
Ensarr - Aquamans Morning Workout 
JSwift - Wisdom [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Skimir - Cylon
L'entourloop - Saga ft. Killa P, Flowdan, Big Red
Skimir - Losing Duel (feat. HNI Crew)
Limewax - Everything (q100 Flip)
Alpha Wann - Soldat Tue Soldat (Wraz Flip)
Senncoria - Mango
JSwift - Morphing [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Skimir & Sentient - Slingshot 
La Dame feat Killa P - If Ah War
Euphoria Dubs - The Sun Rising (Euphoria Dub) (instrumental)
Ensarr - Protein
Incendiario - Jung [Forthcoming Eyesome]
La Dame - Sandworm
q100 - Adala ft. Ohwy (HOLDEM remix)
Melanchol - Trepidation [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Incendiario - A(r)titude ft. Slang [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Skimir - Chiaro
Melanchol - See Inside [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Incendiario - A(r)titude (instrumental) [Forthcoming Eyesome]
Zforms - Dawn

 @alpha-wann-official @ensarrr @eyesomecollective @fred-canelas @goncaloincendiario @holdemmusic @jonathan_swift @ladame1 @lentourloop-1 @omunit @maxim-anokhin @mantsche @mattdbndt @melanchol @palanga_street_radio @q100-beats @sentientsound @senncoria_dubz @skimir2 @zforms

INDEx Mix #46 - Eyesome

k#tape005 

sub.made (Circles & Spheres, KATALOG#, Charles Bronson)
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Info#
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The gloomy forest, the gray fog over the open mine, 
people in everyday life,
levitating echoes and a deep underlying black cloud with 
shallow-patronized droplets.
This optical and audible symbiosis inspires “sub.made” to create, experiment and
to make music. 
Far away from the current electronic consumption in his area,
he produces spherical ambient combined with field recordings 
up to deep techno.

Tracklist#
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01 J?Burg - Summit
02 JP Enfant - Artefacts
03 nAX_Acid - Kuoshio
04 Dubiosity - Deadweight
05 Hironori Takahashi - Jazert (Deepbass Remix)
06 Giogio Gigli, Ness - Eon
07 Stefan Vincent - Torch
08 Antonio De Angelis - Extralex
09 Artefakt - The Final Theory
10 Deepbass, Ness - Proximity
11 Urbano - What Goes Around Comes Back Around

Links#
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https://soundcloud.com/sub-made
https://www.facebook.com/circlesandspheres
https://www.facebook.com/Katalogmusic

Cover-Art#
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https://www.facebook.com/Zweihh


sub.made

[k#tape005] sub.made

Doyeq - Live @▩ LÄRM ▩ Lost Minute ▩ Plug & Lay ▩ Budapest (28.10.2016)

First part of INDEx member @Backspace 's vinyl only set at Thursday Dinner Sessions, in the Grey Space, The Hague, on 9/7/2020 - recorded for @IndexIdm, featuring artists such as @Wanderwelle , @Wolf-Muller and @Purl.

Tracklist: Artist - Title (Album)

Nine Yards Orchestra - Rainy Day (Our Backyard)
Toki Fuko - Spring Ray (Spring Ray)
Wanderwelle - Her Name Is Vairumati (Gathering Of The Ancient Spirits)
Purl - Slow Poem - Wanderwelle Remix (Poems)
Wanderwelle - Unholy Grounds (Lost In A Sea Of Trees)
Purl - Cellar Door (Poems)
Wolf Müller & Cass. - The Sound Of Glades (The Sound Of Glades)
Artis - Delphinidae (Caecilia)
Nine Yards Orchestra - Further Away Than Yesterday (Our Backyard)
Wolf Müller & Cass. - Applepie Dreams (The Sound Of Glades)
Tkil - Etka (Positions)
Wolf Müller & Cass. - Glade Runner(The Sound Of Glades)
Maizena - Semolina (Strange Worries)
Makam - Than Sadet (Than Sadet)
Mikael Seifu - Yarada Lij (Yarada Lij)

INDEx Mix #2 - Backspace' A Rainy Day in the Grey Space (vinyl set)

mix by @backspace
tracklist:
0:00 Beaumont Hannant - Utuba [Artificial Intelligence II]{Warp - 1994}
4:13  Future Sound Of London - Omnipresence [Lifeforms]{Virgin - 1994}
10:22 The Higher Intelligence Agency ‎– Spectral [Colourform]{Beyond - 1993}
16:52 Reload -     Le Soleil Et La Mer (Black Dog Productions Remix)[Auto Reload EP : Volume 2]{Infonet - 1993}
23:02 Autechre - Clipper [Tri Repetae]{Warp - 1995}
30:07 Photek - Kanei [T-Raenon]{Op-ART - 1996}
37:17 The Higher Intelligence Agency ‎– Conoid Tone [Colourform]{Beyond - 1993}
42:11 Syzygy - Jericho [Omnitude EP]{Rising High Records - 1994}
48:50 The Black Dog - Tahr [Spanners]{Warp Records - 1994}
51:39 The Black Dog - Bolt4 [Spanners]{Warp Records - 1994}
51:57 Headphone Tribe - Dreamlight (Symbiosis Remix)[Multidirectional Bending / Dreamlight]{Headphone Tribe Music - 1995}

INDEx / Brainstream 30-01-21 - Backspace 1993 to 1996 IDM vinyl mix

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

Next event:
Sunday 5/08/2025 
SONIC WAVES / The Grey Space, The Hague
w/ TBA

Saturday 1/09/2025 
HYPERFOCUS / The Grey Space, The Hague
w/ TBA

INDEx Mix #2 - Backspace' A Rainy Day in the Grey Space (vinyl set)

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