In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

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After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

A comforting bowl of musical ramen for the super tasty On Another Ocean show on Noods Radio - originally played during the after yoga slot for Dan Thorman's And Not Or party at Strange Brew

Noods Radio - On Another Ocean w/ Curly Waters (Apr 2022)

https://www.nts.live/shows/silvia-kastel/episodes/silvia-kastel-21st-march-2022

Silvia Kastel w/ Glyn Maier 210322

Check out the exclusive mix by Steven Ramsey, founder of the @constellationtatsu label, in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the platform from Oakland (California).

You can also listen to all our shows at www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/lapsus

TRACKLIST:

1.- Soshi Takeda - Blue Dress
Same Place, Another Time [Constellation Tatsu, 2022]

2.- Loris S. Sarid - Ferns and I
Music for Tomato Plants [Constellation Tatsu, 2020]

3.- Dang Olsen Dream Tape - Hi Breath
Just Roll [Constellation Tatsu, 2015]

4.- Angel 1 - Side A
Purple Haze [Constellation Tatsu, 2013]

5.- En - Blood
Blood [Constellation Tatsu, 2012]

6.- Bataille Solaire - Sauropodes et acacias
Documentaires [Constellation Tatsu, 2013]

7.- White Poppy - Who Are You
Drifters Gold [Constellation Tatsu, 2013]

8.- MJ Guider - Prima
Green Plastic [Constellation Tatsu, 2014]

9.- Les Halles - The Inside from the Outside
Invisible Cities [Constellation Tatsu, 2014]

10.- Alex Albrecht - Resolve
Resolve [Constellation Tatsu, 2022]

11.- Suryummy - Landscapers
Polynators [Constellation Tatsu, 2021]

12.- OCA - Astro Pong
Preset Music [Constellation Tatsu, 2018]

13.- Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg - Tilfukt
Paisajes Imaginarios [Constellation Tatsu, 2022]

14.- Arian Shafiee - Hard Pass (ft. John C. Jones)
Pastorale [Constellation Tatsu, 2021]

15.- Cofaxx - Shell Collector
Shell Collector [Constellation Tatsu, 2021]

LAPSUS RADIO 348 - Steven Ramsey (Constellation Tatsu)

Vanishing Points May 2022

tracklist:

Tom Chasteen - Night Light Dub
Piliavin & Zimbardo - Sweet Drama
Linkwood - Nae Drama
Joe Claussell feat. Daymé Arocena - Yambú (Sacred Rhythm Mix)
Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Oats B So Deep Remix)
Jerk Boy feat. Mike Dunn - Keep It On (T.U.R.F Remix)
G.O.D. - Inside Your Mind (Limited 1)
Sage Caswell - Actraiser
Gala - Freed From Desire (Mr. Jack Club Mix)
K-Lone - Airtight
Shigeto - Pusher
Lone, KETTAMA - The Way You Feel
???/Richard Thair -  Untitled (A) [Cool 'N Deadly - CND001]
(snippet) Theo Parrish @ LEME '14 - "things can only be said with the voice"
Ramadanman & Midland - Your Words Matter
FaltyDL - Do Me (Bruk Mix)

@ Minneapolis, MN (Housewerk) - May 27, 2022

Mix by @nixtrove
<This mix contains only original tracks made by Nixtrove and features a lot of unreleased tracks!>
Born in Vancouver in 1999, sound engineer, drummer and music producer Matthew Coulombe has since settled in Montréal. Under the moniker Nixtrove, Matthew Coulombe overlaps layers upon layers of syncopated beats, delves into polyrhythmic structures, splinters and deconstructs cadences and melodies in order to create electronic music that integrates and blends shades of IDM, Acid, Drum and bass, Breakbeat, Ambient, Dub and Bass music into a uniquely left field sound. Supremely prolific, Nixtrove has self-released nearly 20 albums and EPs in the last four years.

Check out his bandcamp here >> https://nixtrove.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:

Nixtrove - Unreleased
Nixtrove - Love msg
Nixtrove - Dark road
Nixtrove - Unreleased
Nixtrove - Decay
Nixtrove - Unreleased
Nixtrove - Unreleased
Nixtrove - Nyctophile
Nixtrove - Bouncd
Nixtrove - Yuldub

Nixtrove >>

INDEx Mix #26 - Nixtrove

Following his live performance with us at SOUP Manchester, Glyn Maier of Enmossed has kindly contributed a mix of soothing vapour for our third in the OT series.

All tracks ripped from vinyl 15-35% pitch down, digitally mixed on a train from Berlin to Amsterdam during the hottest day of summer 2022.

GLYN MAIER - OTMIX #3

cover letter

... in progress...  after a "small" accident, as usual without backup... ha ha ha

Nothing Else Matters IIA F

Chillexing track to chill and relax to B-)

Sutdy & Realx (289)

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 Mix #26 - Nixtrove

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