Has Argentina become the land that manufactures great electronic music and footballers? We’d say yesss.
Mystery Friend is one half of Romance Layers along with his partner Gala; the Buenos Aires power duo whose music has been creeping into our ears for some time now. First spotted during a live performance for the iconic Nation Imprint festivities, we needed to know more about them.

At 23 year of age, Mystery Friend works his machines in ways that transport the listener back to the golden era of Chicago house  ’til you come to the realization that it’s fresh, out-of-the oven music. No re-inventing of the wheel necessary here; mystery friend simply makes modern house music done right. Catchy spanish lyrics add extra fuel to the mix and leave you wondering why it took so long for a latin cat to tap into this realm.


Mystery friend put out an EP recently and is fire. Don’t be shy to take a listen and share the love.

MYSTERY BOX (EP):
https://mysteryfriend.bandcamp.com/releases

ROMANCE LAYERS:
https://soundcloud.com/romance-layers

MYSTERY FRIEND:
https://soundcloud.com/mystery_friend

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Apéritif 2022

Mystery Friend

AM-036: Mystery Friend

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

Elena Colombi helps to keep Mondays weird - expect a diverse range of up-and-at-'em records: from techno to post-punk, through EBM, industrial and -wave... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/elena-colombi/episodes/elena-colombi-18th-march-2024

Elena Colombi w/ Kinzua (Live at Ankali Prague) 180324

Beläten’s Veil Of Light takes us on a dark and cold journey through the human condition as expressed through the music of darkwave, industrial, and EBM. https://secretthirteen.org/stm-161-veil-of-light/

Secret Thirteen Mix

💀 ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋʟɪꜱᴛ

STM 161 - Veil Of Light

B1 Ancestral Technologies (clip)

B2 The Edge of Time (clip)

Dark musical roots that mirror the highs and lows of humanity—the one and only influential mix by the legendary Psyche. https://secretthirteen.org/stm-138-psyche/

STM 138 - Psyche

This is the 7th solo album from Inkipak, this time released on his own label Inkitrax.
The LP release is pressed onto double crystal-clear vinyl, with poly-lined inner sleeves and features a gloss-laminated outer sleeve with metallic spot colour. This initial press is limited to 300.

I have created a special 15% discount code for all purchases of Phokusd - vinyl and CD editions, which will remain active until the end of December 2024.

Vinyl release
inkixmas15lp

CD release
inkixmas15cd

https://inkipak.bandcamp.com/album/phokusd

Phokusd [Inkitrax 2024]

I have been wanting to give u guys this song for a long time now...
Let me know what u feel about it!

SignPost Dub (Original Mix)

Soft light drifts in like a quiet confession, Sunday breathing slowly against my skin. A melody rises, half memory, half promise, carrying the weight of all the days I’ve been.

I walk through the stillness, notes unfolding like gentle truth, each one a step back to myself, each one a whisper of something new.

There’s peace in the spaces between the chords, a calm I’ve chased but never caught. Today it finds me, settles in, and turns every doubt into a softer thought.

So I let the day play out in echoes, let the rhythm wash the noise away. This track is my open window, my breath, my pause, my quiet Sunday.

Sunday

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 #42 - Foreign

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