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Adrien75 got his start making experimental electronic music in the 90s as part of the crew behind the Carpet Bomb (USA) label.
In 2002 he had releases on Worm Interface (U.K.) and Source Records (Germany). 
His latest release is as a member of the trio Takamu, along with friends Tim Koch and Jet Jaguar:
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/monovista-bounce

His next releases will be a collaboration with Jet Jaguar on the Simmering Moods label and a solo album on the Datadoor label.

Enjoy this amazing mix and do check out the artists below!

Track List:

0:00 𝚐𝚊𝚋_𝚒 -  things + vibrations
https://gabigabi.bandcamp.com/track/things-vibrations

3:08 HARZ - Halftone 
https://harz.bandcamp.com/album/harz

6:20 Ulla - smile 
https://ullastraus.bandcamp.com/album/tumbling-towards-a-wall

8:37 Delta Rain Dance - AA/ Ladder
https://hypnodiscs.bandcamp.com/album/spykes

11:23 Jet Jaguar - Barberpole Rhythm
https://jetjag.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-in-the-bush-out-the-back-of-my-place

15:10 Inner River - Spillway
https://innerriver.bandcamp.com/album/inner-river

17:30 Milieu - Sand
https://milieumusic.bandcamp.com/album/sandgate

21:00 EOD - Difference 02
https://eodtracks.bandcamp.com/album/eap

23:20 datassette - Griddle Me That (Aubergine)
https://datassette.bandcamp.com/album/void-fill-product

26:08 Tanuki House - Chromosaurus
https://occultresearch.bandcamp.com/album/liber-caeruleus

28:00 Gantz - BODYREMOVER
https://gantz.bandcamp.com/track/bodyremover

31:44 TERM3 - Double Drums
https://terminashop.bandcamp.com/album/sha-lp

33:16 No Arrival - Tea
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/chase-bc075

36:27 Badun - Nødager
https://leekrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lkmtc-22

38:12 Saturn's Daughter - Sparks
https://lagerstaette.bandcamp.com/album/fibonacci-forever

40:45 Tim Koch - Alooza
https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/volplaning

44:35 Ossa - A Conversation with Mira Calix
https://ossa1.bandcamp.com/album/zeee

46:42 Formen - Helsinki
https://formen.bandcamp.com/album/impulse

51:25 Dimitar Dodovski - Rainmaker
https://dodovskidimitar.bandcamp.com/album/rainmaker

54:02 dusklark - falling into place
https://dusklark.bandcamp.com/album/falling-into-place-tape

Adrien75 >>

INDEx Mix #30 - Adrien75

Sam Bottoni was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the US and has been drawn to UK-inspired sounds since the late ‘90s. He began his DJ career by playing vinyl in small venues and parties in downtown Milwaukee while dabbling in music production. After moving to Chicago in 2000 to study music at DePaul University, DJing became a regular part of weekend life, including supporting international headliners. Living blocks away from Gramaphone Records, crate-digging was a passion. In 2004, he took another step in his music career and moved to Miami, Florida to earn a Masters Degree in Electronic Music Composition from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Putting DJing aside for several years, he dove into generative music synthesis and performance utilizing Max/MSP, CSound, and Reaktor. After moving back to Wisconsin, Sam continued to hone his skills creating digital music. He has since gone back to his roots and first love, DJing in his home state and creating music combining new and classic techniques that often hark back to the golden age of UK breaks and jungle. Sam exploded onto the breaks circuit with two signed releases in 2022 including a debut work with @yukumusic and shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.

https://soundcloud.com/sambot

Tracklist:

﻿1. @burial - Streetlands
2. Alan Johnson - Stillness
3. @tamlinspeaks - Diazemax
4. @yaksound - Balmora Blue
5. PanicMan - OakCliff
6. @lws_trax - Aerosol
7. @cassius-select- ?
8. Granul - ?
9. @swimful - Translation to Heaven
10. @anthony-rother - Stellarator
11. Bottoni - ?
12. @coido - Regurge
13. @4navr1n - Paticake
14. @lithetrax - Evva
15. Client_03 - Thought Disposal
16. @pessimist - Danger
17. @henry-greenleaf- ?
18. Monologue - Spud Dog Jog
19. Chants - ?
20. Bottoni - Keep
21. @jackjelfs - Haroon Mirza feat. Jess Barter - one1one (Fracture Remix)
22. @karim_maas - Dimensions
23. @krugah - Raggamuffin Junglist (Jesta Remix)
24. @fracture-official - 0860 (feat. Eastman)
25. Chontane - Tarpene
26. @client_03 - Autonomous Correction
27. Arcane - Steppa
28. Granul - ?
29. @simon-off (aka Sun People)- Overtoom
30. @hiddenelement - Offset Range1 (Tim Reaper Remix)
31. Bottoni - ?
32. @panicman1993 - 808s, Breaks And Heartbreak
33. Bottoni - Chance (@annafruit Remix)
34. @tim-reaper & @dwarde - Stretchpants
35. @thugwidow - Pilgrim
36. @forest-drive-west - Greed
37. @slatergroves - Isopod
38. @nicknameee - Ra-Ta-Ta
39. @Sprocketmoss & @azur_musik - Wallace Station

INDEx Mix

Sam Link >>

INDEx Mix #31 - Bottoni

An awesome mix by Fragile X aka J. Gorecki, a sound design artist, multi instrumentalist and visual artist from Glasgow who is the founder and owner of the Bricolage net label.

TRACKLIST

01. Fragile X - Vanishing Point <Waxing Crescent Records> August 2022
02. Fragile X - Cogito Ergo Sum <Cue Dot Records> February 2022
03. Lying Cat - The Building Of The Sound Machine (Fragile X "Rebuild") <Cue Dot Records> May 2022
04. Fragile X - Object / Subject <Cue Dot Records> February 2022
05. Fragile X - The Stillness Of A Memory <noci miste> October 2022
06. Fragile X - Big Drummer Boy <Waxing Crescent Records> September 2022
07. Fragile X - Moving Target <Waxing Crescent Records> August 2022
08. Fragile X - Loaded Dice <noci miste> October 2022
09. Fragile X - Algaerhythm <Bricolage> August 2022
10. Fragile X - A Question I Have Become For Myself <Cue Dot Records> February 2022
11. Rhombus Index - Automata (Fragile X remix) <See Blue Audio> December 2022
12. Fragile X - Scratching The Surface <noci miste> October 2022
13. Fragile X - User Connected <Subplant Records> June 2022
14. Fragile X - The Rush And The Repercussion <noci miste> October 2022

LINKS

Cue Dot
https://cuedotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/human-condition
https://cuedotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/refabricated-volume-i

Waxing Crescent
https://waxingcrescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mind-the-gap
https://waxingcrescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-suicide-prevention

@bricolage-g5
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/working-memory-bc074

noci miste
https://fragilex.bandcamp.com/album/the-man-with-the-plastic-brain

Subplant
https://subplant.bandcamp.com/album/subplant-vol-1-various-artists

See Blue Audio
https://rhombusindex.bandcamp.com/album/kernel-phase

--
https://soundcloud.com/fragilex
https://fragilex.bandcamp.com/

Fragile X >>

INDEx Mix #32 - Fragile X

For this mix we've invited Point Source Electronic Arts to curate a 1-hour label mix, featuring some of the best their community has to offer.

Including the talents of: @Tapage - REKT - @accesstoarasaka-sc - @unterm-rad - @Hexalyne - @Printiig - @thefellowpassenger - @Sytrjv - Aviv Stern - @tsrono - @Lobie - @renegadeandroid - @e-abstraction - symmDROME - Mesaverde - Feederwire - @dragon_and_jettenbach

Additionally, for one week beginning Bandcamp Friday 03-03-2023 their entire catalog is on sale for 50% off, by using the promo code "index" at checkout.

TRACKLIST:

INDEx Label Mix - Point Source Electronic Arts

(01) 00:00  Tapage - Begin
(02) 02:05  REKT - Sparrowhawk (Distribution and Habitat Edit by The Fellow Passenger)
(03) 05:31  Access to Arasaka - Cluster
(04) 10:07  Unterm Rad - Friend Or Foe
(05) 14:32  Hexalyne - Cienne
(06) 19:21  Printiig - Lone
(07) 22:28  The Fellow Passenger - Garment Patterns
(08) 26:19  Sytrjv - Axial Age
(09) 29:09  Aviv Stern - Forward Delay
(10) 32:23  tsrono - allost
(11) 36:34  Lobie - Pulk
(12) 39:04  RENEGADE ANDROiD - Eclectric
(13) 42:14  Esoteric Abstraction - Hocket Dragon
(14) 44:58  symmDROME - GLEEBNGLOBBN
(15) 42:11  Mesaverde - Parallel Motion
(16) 51:24  Feederwire - Noctilucent
(17) 54:22  Dragon & Jettenbach - The Limitations of Physicality

Total: 60:00

Point Source >>

INDEx Mix #33 - Point Source Electronic Arts

We're happy to present a mix from Ping-Discs label owner @Myoptik

Myoptik has been making mad music since the 90s. A lifetime of jams, collaborations & live performances inform his refreshing, sometimes obtuse, take on electronic sound. His releases for many labels, inc his own Ping-Discs, reflect some of the more harnessed offerings that have spewed out of his refracted sound-world.

Pingdiscs is Myoptik's label for exciting, happy and outrageous music. Many excellent artists have been part of Pingdiscs over the years, not least through the series of great compilations. There are also solo releases from a wide range of Pingdiscs affiliated artists. Expect variety, much of it electronic, but certainly not always, none of it normal....

Tracklist:

1 – Phaeleh – Dusk (self-release)

2 – unknown

3 – Komarebi – Distance (Pingdiscs)

4 – Inkipak – Teal (Pingdiscs)

5 – Myoptik - Elegiac Monument (Glawiio Music)

6 – Bauri – Womb (L50)

7 – Rayspark Industries – Manic Miner (MightyPing)

8 – Myoptik - Wasteland Socks (Neotantra)

9 – Myoptik – Ventonraze (Neotantra)

10 – Idiac – Pan Sapiens (Pingdiscs)

Myoptik >>

INDEx Mix #34 - Myoptik

CausaliDox did this mix for us with his own released and unreleased material. 

CausaliDox is a project by Dutch producer Marcus Moonen that exists since 2005, with releases on @diffusereality and @shipwrec , featuring a unique blend of Electronica, IDM, Braindance, Techno, Acid, Ambient, Noise and Experimental.

www.causalidox.com

Tracklist:

01.	Old Growth Sorrow [Contagion - TE0086 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]*
02.	Void Hunger
03.	The First Principle
04.	The Odd Man [In Case I Don't See You - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
05.	Room 531 [Consensus Reality - TE0018 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
06.	Sigil Of Two And One [Contagion - TE0086 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
07.	Lying on the winter forest floor at dusk on psilocybin [Coda - TE0008 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2020]
08.	Quasar Washing Station (APM 08279+5255) [Consensus Reality - TE0018 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
09.	Warning [The Obscure - TE0029 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
10.	Aging [Consensus Reality - TE0018 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
11.	Flesh In Flesh [Contagion - TE0086 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
12.	Psiloquest [In Case I Don't See You - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
13.	The Obscure [The Obscure - TE0029 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
14.	The Art Of Missing Opportunities (And Not Giving A Fuck)
15.	Fragile Ego [In Case I Don't See You - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
16.	Every Day Is A Lie
17.	Perpendicular [Contagion - TE0086 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2022]
18.	Consensus Reality [Consensus Reality - TE0018 - Diffuse Reality Records - 2021]
19.	A Dim Reflection Of A Parallel World

*Track from released album [Album Title - Catalog Number - Label - Year]

Causalidox >>

INDEx Mix #35 - CausaliDox

Hot on the heels of a split tape for Portland label Pearsoll Peak (which he co-runs) and a solo CD for Cosmic Bud/Bud Tapes, Matthew Pepitone's mix for Index includes four original songs created over the past year. Leaning heavily into trance, glitch and ambient, these can be seen as b-sides that compliment his recent output nicely.

Tracklist:

1. Insane Trance Arps
2. Super Bowl Drift
3. Moody Glitcher
4. Unreal Odyssey

All tracks by Matthew Pepitone

@derrida
@pearsollpeak

Matthew Pepitone >>

INDEx Mix #36 - Matthew Pepitone

Next to being a core member of the INDEx team, @edwardjohannes , formerly known as Generate, is also an amazing electronic musician. Inspired by a diverse range of genres, including jungle, breaks and jazz, Edward has crafted a sound that blends complex rhythms and refined melodies. His compositions radiate emotion and attention to detail, creating a bass-oriented experience. With his previous release as Generate, notable remixes for esteemed artists like Kettel, Roel Funcken, Emika, and Stillhead and features on respected compilation albums, Edward has continuously pushed his own unique sound

Check out a preview mix for his forthcoming split-release on @Antilounge here (Release Sept. 9th) : https://soundcloud.com/antilounge/edward-johannes-foresense-sudden-fiction-dots-split-ep-previews

1. Elif Soguksu - Peep-hole (Antilounge)
2. Rob Clouth - Into (Mesh)
3. Yushh - Dough (Well street Records)
4. RWD - Asphyxiation (self-released)
5. Edward Johannes - Hencefourth (forthcoming, Antilounge)
6. Mr Signout - Pabbi (Móatún 7)
7. Edward Johannes - Azurite (forthcoming, Artificial Intelligence)
8. Pal Parallax - Dizzines (Dans La Zone)
9. Thodén - Futura Primitive (Electroménager)
10. Nixtrove - Vanity Clock (self-released)
11. Serge Geyzel - Quick Time Traveller (Adepta Editions)
12. Jameson Nathan Jones - Impending Sense of Loss (self-released)
13. Third Space - Cyclical Pan Workout (Pure Space)
14. Konsudd - Schwebende (Amenthia Recordings)
15. Datassette feat. Mücha - When I'm Gone (self-released)
16. Edward Johannes - Fr L 20 v3_2 (unreleased)
17. Aeon Cub - Collapse and the Meadow (Sk'p Remix) (Kaer'Uiks)
18. Loyu - Decay (unreleased)
19. Foresense - A Floating Point In Past (forthcoming, Antilounge)
20. Daisuke Tanabe - Dried Donuts (Knowmad Records)
21. Yarck - Untangle (self-released)
22. T-Flex - Sufffdub (Datassette Remix) (DINAMPLATZ)

@elifsoguksu @antilounge @robclouth @meshmeshmeshmesh @yushh @wellstreet @dwaallicht @edwardjohannes @mr-signout @art_intelligence_records @palparallax @danslazone @thodenn @electromngr @nixtrove @sergegeyzel @adepta @jamesonnathanjones @3rd-space @purespacefm @amenthia-recordings @datashat @aeoncub @skiponline @kaer-uiks @loyu @f0resense @daisuketanabe @weareknowmad @yarck @t-flx

Edward Johannes >>

INDEx Mix #37 - Edward Johannes

This mix is made for us by datewithdeath, aka Travis D. Johnson, a composer/producer from Florida who runs the Poverty Electronics label, which is concerned with experimental and electronic music of all kinds, with a non-exclusive focus on the DIY / non-academic / underground.

check out his music and label here:

linktr.ee/datewithdeath
https://povertyelectronics.bandcamp.com/


Tracklist:

1. Klein - "spac audition" [self-released]
2. Afrorack - "Last Modular" [Hakuna Kulala]
3. datewithdeath - "underplay (feat. Diana Gruber)" [Poverty Electronics]
4. Hali Palombo - "Dance 3" [self-released]
5. nondi_ "shadow juke" [HRR]
6. Leslie Keffer - "Seeding" [No Part of It]
7. Fire-Toolz - "Soda Lake With Game Genie (datewithdeath Dub)" [Poverty Electronics]
8. Loraine James - "EVP 3" [self-released]
9. Elvin Brandhi - "kredit krunk" [self-released]
10. Radboud Mens - "Movement" [No Rent]
11. Aphir - "UyU" [Art As Catharsis]
12. Actress - "Jimmy" [self-released]
13. Maral - "setar rock" [self-released]
14. Clouds Without Water - "elm cycle" [Healing Sound Propagandist]
15. Howard Stelzer - "Olive" [No Rent]
16. Connie Kissel - "Woman Made Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension" [self-released]

@datewithdeath0 @bamanya-brian @hakunakulala @hali-palombo @yakui-1 @lesliekeffer @fire-toolz @lorainejames @elvin-brandhi-1 @aphir @art-as-catharsis @actress1 @maral66 @intransitive-recordings @connie_kissel @radboudmens

Poverty Electronics >>

INDEx Mix #38 - datewithdeath

For fans of the music that we promote Roel Funcken probably needs little introduction. A legend in his own right with releases dating back more than 23 years on labels such as n5MD, Ad Noiseam, Schematic, Analogical Force and his own imprints. Roel was also the organiser of the Mindcamp events in The Netherlands that featured the best IDM artists and is one of our biggest heroes and a true inspiration. Did you know Roel also makes beautiful paintings? The artwork for this mix is one example, but we urge you to check out his other works. 

The mix is an amazing collection of his own music and other artists that we're fans of, so we are more than happy with this contribution. Enjoy!

Tracklist (Artists - Trackname - [Label]):

1 Autechre - Kalpol Introl [Warp]
2 Ital Tek - Vanta [Planet Mu]
3 Audeka - Ignition Coil [MethLab]
4 Plaid - Cwtchr [Warp]
5 Karen Lust - 120 Classis [self / L50]
6 Scone & Initvoice - Little Off [Touched]
7 Roel Funcken – Prester Hynn EP [Funcken Industry]
8 Arovane - Foldt [n5MD]
9 Datassette- Zero Degrees Kelvin [Shipwrec]
10 Roel Funcken - Android Robson [Funcken Industry]
11 Autechre - Surripere	 [Warp]
12 Autophonic - Flets [Onrecords]
13 Deft - Bellyboy (Extended Instrumental Mix) [20/20]
14 Funckarma - Raud v2 [Funcken Industry]
15 Roel Funcken - Felting Bogrow [Stung Records]
16 Roel Funcken - Nefit Kraton [Funcken Industry]
17 Arovane - Scrai-n [n5MD]
18 Mr. Bill - Option Paralysis [Mau5trap]
19 JoeFarr - Spectate (Max Cooper Remix)[Leisure System]
20 Synkro & Arovane - Aspen [Apollo]
21 Duuster - Duuster & Donker (Funckarma Remix)[M-Tronic]
22. Ametsub - Sunglare Drive [Blueberry Records]
23 4msec. - rev [AMART]
24 Roel Funcken - Credence Barebones [Funcken Industry]
25 Roel Funcken - Ogden Morrow [Funcken Industry]
26 Quench - Kross	Dyn [U-Cover]
27 Ard Bit - 6002 [Lowriders]
28 Funckarma - Velvet [Funcken Industry / Sending Orbs]
29 Quench - Martar Cosmone [Touched]
30 Plaid - Maru [Warp]
31 Purl - Sagan (Kris Dubinsky's Journey) [Eternell] 
32 The Future Sound Of London - Dox 2 [Touched]
33 The Future Sound of London - Eggshell	[Virgin / Astralwerks]
34 Scone - Latuh [Funcken Industry]
35 Autechre - Characi [Warp]
36 Roel Funcken - Other Form of Matter (Erothyme rmx) [Touched]
37 Autechre - Rpeg [Warp]
38 Slidecamp - Realmsweeper [Glass Air Records]
39 Autechre - Speech3 (Autechre Mix) [Headphone]
40 Tekvision - Palaces [Drastic]
41 Grischa Lichtenberger - 12_11_13_Lv_1_C	 [Raster-Noton]
42 The Black Dog / Bilal - Merck [Warp]
43 Legiac - Hyoscyamine [Riddim Record Store]
44 James Shinra - Quickening [Analogical Force]
45 Aphex Twin - XMAS_EVET10 (Thanaton3 Mix) [Warp]
46 Erothyme - Silent Observers (Roel Funcken rmx) [Funck’d]
47 Kuedo - Memory Rain [Planet Mu]
48 exm - ignatio [Touched]
49 Max Fry x Hanz - Roaming [Night Owl Collective / Surreal]
50 Roel Funcken - Galatians Sundrone [Funck’d]
51 Tipper - Baleen [Tippermusic]
52 Trentemøller - Klodsmajor [Audiomatique]
53 LORN - Italics [Ninja Tune]
54 Roel Funcken - Nuclear Beta Decay [Funck’d]
55 Roel Funcken - Pead Bandorum [Funcken Industry]
56 Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman [Phantasy Sound]
57 Rival Consoles - Overflow [Erased Tapes]
58 Autechre - Montreal [Warp]
59 CharlestheFirst - Kirra
60 Oliver Dodd - Haumea [Detroit Underground]
61 Plaid - Zeal [Warp]
62 Trentemøller - The Forest [Audiomatique]
63 Whatsoul? - Kinesis [Renraku]
64 Roel Funcken - Spizm Ortaxx [Funcken Industry]
65 Ard Bit - Fiber [Symbolic Interaction]
66 LORN - DRAWN OUT LIKE AN ACHE [Wednesday Sound]
67 Woulg - Do I [MethLab Recordings]

featured artists:
@4msec @ametsub @ard-bit @arovane-1 @audeka @autechreofficial @charles-thefirst @danielavery @datashat @deft @erothyme @exmatproton @future-sound-of-london @grischa-lichtenberger @ital-tek @jamesshinra @joefarr_ux @kuedo @leisuresystem @mau5trap @mrbillstunes @oliverdodd @plaid @purl @tekvisionmusic @rivalconsoles @roelfuncken @slidecamp @synkro @tippermusic @trentemusic @woulgmusic

dj mixes 2023

Roel Funcken >>

INDEx Mix #39 - Roel Funcken

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

This mix is a good representation of Marco Ferrantelli's approach to production, in terms of exploring new ways of designing Techno music. It mainly features his own work, with tracks from previous releases on Secuencias Temporales and previews of the forthcoming release on Circular Limited that will come out on the 5th of september 2025.

Tracklist:

Marco Ferrantelli - Tajao (Secuencias Temporales 091)
Marco Ferrantelli - Aguamarina (Secuencias Temporales 091) 
Marco Ferrantelli - Orbital Waves (Secuencias Temporales 070)
Marco Ferrantelli - ID (forthcoming Circular Limited)
Marco Ferrantelli - ID (forthcoming Circular Limited) 
Marco Ferrantelli - Gotas En La Cueva (Secuencias Temporales 091)
Marco Ferrantelli - Autoentrega (Secuencias Temporales 091)
Marco Ferrantelli - ID (forthcoming Circular Limited)
Marco Ferrantelli - ID (forthcoming Circular Limited)
Marco Ferrantelli - ID (forthcoming Circular Limited) 
Federico Corrado - Notte Senza Fine II (Indefinite Pitch 039)
Overturn - Gliese Landscape (Node Recordings 009)
Luigi Tozzi - Cenotes (Sense Code 003)
Mersel - TWA (RGS VA 002)
Marco Ferrantelli - Waterfocus (Secuencias Temporales 070) 

@mftracks @overturntechno @federicocorrado @luigitozzi @merseltechno @secuencias_temporales @circularlimited @indefinite-pitch @noderecordings @rgscollective @sense-code

INDEx Mix #47 - Marco Ferrantelli

This mix was done for us by Mono Code for Source Control, featuring unreleased music and tracks from the forthcoming Unkey & Mono Code collab release “Tech Two EP”, that will come out on Source Control the 24th of October 2025.

Launched in 2025, Source Control is an innovative music label founded by UK based artist Unkey. With a vision to create a platform that embraces a diverse range of musical styles, it will remain firmly rooted in its origin of dubstep and 140 beats. The label is dedicated to showcasing sub-heavy music that is dark and atmospheric, providing a sonic landscape where artists can explore their creativity without limits. 

Cornwall-based producer Henry McEndoo, formerly known as Deft Design, nowpresents his latest project: Mono Code. An underground electronic artist withroots in dubstep and halftime drum & bass, his sound has always been definedby dark, atmospheric undertones and meticulous attention to rhythm andtexture.Mono Code represents an evolution — a sharper focus on the intersectionsbetween breakbeat, garage, dubstep and forward-thinking bass music, while drawing increasing influence from the hypnotic drive of techno.

Unkey is another producer who effortlessly explores the darker side of bass-driven dance music, seemingly drawing inspiration from stripped-back Grime instrumentals and two-step rhythms. The Midlands based talent has released on such labels as Artikal Music, Dungeon Beats, Uprise Audio, and more. His sound is a high-octane amalgamation of the many strains of UK bass-centric music, often with a melodic and rhythmic flair that typifies his tracks. Unkey is also founder of the Source Control label and an accomplished DJ/producer bagging up airtime on staple stations such as BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, 1 Xtra, Rinse fm and SWU.fm. 

With the new “Tech Two” release on Source Control, the duo delves deeper in their shared fascination with texture and structure. Re-imagining and reconstructing material from their previous “Tech One” each track is a re-egineering of form, tuned for the darker corners of the club. The result is a record that feels both connected to its origin while entrirely forward looking, setting the stage for “Tech Three” coming out next year, where the evolution of their sound will continue. 

Check out the release here: 

https://source01control.bandcamp.com/album/tech-two-ep

Track list:

Unkey x Mono Code - Black Dream
Wingz - ID
Mono Code - ID
Mono Code - Attestupan
Mono Code - Breathe in the Fear
Truth - Liquorice Tea (Cartridge Remix)
COIDO - Regurge
Pruvan - Dumpster Fire
0079 - Bloodstain
Dom Carlo - Lens
Coido - Gamma
Mono Code - Triangle
Mesck - Blackletter
Unkey - Phantom Pulse
Deft Design - First Off
Unkey - ID
Thematic - This One
Unkey x Mono Code - Drop it Down
Darkai - Millitant Sound
HØST - Bugs
Joe Milli - Patience
Pruvan - Freeze Out
Granul - Checksum
Oddkut - Internal Rift
Mono Code - Egomaniac
Leo Cap - Sleepers
Unkey x Mono Code - Tech Two
Unkey ft Illaman & Hollowpoint - Follow the Leader
Korode - Now
Darkai - Pahket Dub
Fearful - Rhode (Patreon Exclusive)
Hijinx - Peril Prediction
Mono Code - Blink of an Eye

@source-control-461967150 @mono_code @unkey @wingzdnb @cartridgedj @coido @pruvancz @00-79 @mesck @deftdesign-music @thematicspb @darkai @host_sc @joemillimadeit @granul @oddkut @korode @fearful @morehijinx

INDEx Mix #48 - Source Control 'Mono Code' Mix

Red Stars Over Tokyo is the long running ambient techno project of Belgian electronic music producer Jeroen Lauwers. The mix Jeroen has entrusted us with is a beautiful compilation of artists that he plays at home, inspired him and move in equal territories. 

To get a good Idea of Jeroen his own works we urge you to check out the latest Red Stars Over Tokyo release that just came out on the 8th of December: 

https://redstarsovertokyo.bandcamp.com/album/the-burning-spiral

tracklist:

Matmos - Ganzfeld EP (Thrill Jockey 2012)
Xingu Hill - Maps Of the Impossible (KK Records 1995)
Beemask - When We Were Eating Unripe Peers (Spectrum Spools 2012)
PWOG - Ov Biospheres And Sacred Grooves (KK Records 1992)
Throbbing Gristle - Third Mind Movement (Mute 2024)
Prequel Tapes - Everything Is Quite Now (Gaffa Tape 2018)
Raica - Dose (Further Records 2012)
Black Dog - Other, Like Me (Dust Science Recordings 2024)
Exquisite Corpse - dream Night Dance Music (KK Records 1992)
Locust - Weathered Well (Apollo 1994)
Zahgurim - Moral Rearmament (Atonal 1985)
Nocturnal Emissions - Songs Of Love and Revolution (Sterile Records 1985)

@rsot @matmosofficial @thrilljockey @johnsellekaers-music @spectrumspools @throbbinggristle @prequeltapes @raicamusic @further-records @the-black-dog

Bandcamp

INDEx Mix #49 - Red Stars Over Tokyo

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/

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