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CANTICUM MEGAPTERAE II - The Evolution

The whale recording I analysed in the beginning of my bioacoustics research on whale song culture became the core of my first-ever track: Theme 7 from Canticum Megapterae – Song of the Humpback Whale. Through the mastery of some of my favourite sonic wizards Theme 7 evolved into surreal magical remixes. I feel beyond humbled and grateful to these incredible artists for their open hearts, allowing them to get inspired by the baby producer I then was, and, of course, by the amazing humpback whale on vocals! Some kept more of the original track, while others used only small parts of it. Maybe it works the same way with the whales who copy and remix each other’s songs. 

Most people ignore that animal culture is crucial for the survival of numerous species. Whales and dolphins have rich and diverse social and cultural lives. Humpback whale songs are among the most remarkable examples of animal culture. They continually evolve, but at any point in time all males in the same population sing the same version of the song. Sometimes they even replace their song with a completely different one from another population – this is called a song revolution. The degree and pace of this cultural change is unparalleled in the animal kingdom, except in humans. How and why does it happen we can only speculate. Are there specific individuals introducing the new songs and changes to the existing ones, or is it a fully collaborative effort? Perhaps some whales are more creative and innovative, while the others simply copy new hit songs which then spread through the ocean. 

In our own culture, some artists are pioneers of new musical genres, while others follow them; some add variations to known styles and others lead them in new directions. But what are the origins of music itself? 

Whales were here long before humans, and they were singing long before we ‘invented’ language and music. How will whale songs evolve in the future? Is there even a future for them?

https://innerchildmusic.bandcamp.com/album/canticum-megapterae-ii-the-evolution-16-bit
https://innerchildmusic.bandcamp.com/album/canticum-megapterae-ii-the-evolution-24-bit

Featuring humpback whale on vocals recorded by Dr Luke Rendell 
Mastering by Jordan @ Senna Sound 
Design by Goran Radosevic based on artwork by Phaabee 
Science background by Sara Niksic a.k.a. Inner Child

CANTICUM MEGAPTERAE II - The Evolution

Theme 7 (Sigil Remix)

Inner Child - Theme 7 (Sigil Remix)

✨ Live at Dubstation – Thursday Morning (9–12) ✨

What a beautiful morning...
Thursday, 9 AM – soft light, smiling faces, warm bass rolling through the air.
The Dubstation was glowing with presence, connection, and deep grooves.
Thank you to everyone who came early, stretched out in the sun, danced barefoot, or just listened with their whole being.

The energy was calm but full, grounded yet wide open – like floating and rooting at the same time.
Playing in this atmosphere felt timeless.

Huge love to the Dubstation crew and every soul who tuned in.

📡 Stay connected:
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With love & bass,
Chrystal Chris

Tracklist:
New Faith - Daniel Avery 
Crystalize - Veslemes 
Quiet Corners Of My Mind - Romare 
Two Thousand And Seventeen - Four Tet
Trip - Daniel Avery 
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow 
Opal - Phaeleh 
Il cielo diviso D - Elle 
Tripple Rainbow - Noah Lyas 
Blackburn Pendulum - STUPR 
Intraplexdin - Com Truise 
Souls On The Horizon - Âsan 
Donaueschingen-  Trüby Trio 
Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session) - Depeche Mode 
Smoke Kraut - Jascha Hagen 
In Dreams (Rss Disco Remix) - Tomemitsu
Worshipping Comments-  Brigade 
We Collide - Grandbrothers 
Curious Minds - Constantijn Lange 
Moving Shadows - DJ Counselling 
Tomao kyongpaul - Tomao 
All Is Well - Sajkvfighosgo (Lost Heroes Re-Dux) 
Break Something (Benjamin Fröhlich Rmx) - Johannes Klingebiel 
Phi (Claudio PRC Remix) - CTAFAD 
Siren (Dauwd Remix) - Olaf Stuut 
Sunshine - Romare 
Farben Am Himmel - Kalabrese 
AltreCose - Sebra Cruz 
Looming - Aparde 
Moth - Burial + Four Tet 
Singing With Love - Antientertainers
Gaunt -  Kiasmos
The Suspended Child - Claudio PRC 
Cottagecore XTC - Legowelt 
Transonic -  Lusine 
Elfbar - DJ Sprinter  
One Take Dub - OP Breaks   
Grammar - Floating Points
Metropolis - Kassian
CHROMA 003 - BICEP
Triple Point - Back 2 Life On Loop 
Right Here (O/Y Remix) - Arutani

Chrystal Chris at Dubstation - Fusion Festival 2025 - Thu 9AM - 12PM

FUSION… what was that?!

Quite possibly the most eye opening experience I’ve ever had at a festival, and what an honour it was to contribute to such a special gathering.

The idea behind the opening set was to offer a warm, inviting hug and a soft and gentle entry into a rollercoaster of a weekend that lied ahead.

I drew rhythms from my roots, weaving in acoustic elements and textured layers to help bridge into the live performances and acts that would follow.

How exactly did I blend and weave these worlds together?
Well… you’ll just have to listen to find out! 

Big love to Bachstelzen and Velvet Soup for their warm hospitality and to everyone who joined me that Thursday afternoon! I’ll carry that moment with me for a long time 🫶🏿🤍

Forever grateful.

MAHANDANA @ Fusion Festival 2025 | Bachstelzen - Velvet Soup

DO: 14:00-16:00.
Spontan. Opening. Schön. Heimspiel bei meiner Räuberfam. DJ Jukebox fiel aus, und ich hab spontan vertreten. Nichts vorbereitet - die Mucke gespielt, die ich gerade feier und ein par eigene Tracks + live Theremini (das wurde leider nicht mitgeschnitten). 
Es war wild.
Lichtdesign '25 u.a. von mir / danke an meine AG Licht für das gemeinsame realisieren & leuchten in der Höhle '25 und danke an die Booking AG für das Vertrauen. Für imma Höhle. Love, unity- euer Amazelmus.
No playlist - spontane Reihenfolge - id auf anfrage

edit:
stunde 1 und stunde 2 haben nen unterschiedlichen wipe. Hell, dunkelheit, knarz, drumm fills, edits, house, tempo. liebe für die musik und die producentInnen. merci becoupe <3

Anselmus I Fusion Festival 2025 I Spontaner Abriss in der Räubihöle

*such a sweet saturday afternoon 
playtime sat. 1-4 pm

Donna Luetjen @ Dubstation- Fusion Festival 2025

It was a big honour to play again at the Fusion Festival this year. It was a nice and easy session on a beautiful friday afternoon. 
Big up Jah Chalice Soundsystem and Dandelion Soundsystem for the heavy soundsystems and the whole Rootsbase crew for the love and vibes. Thanks to all the lovely people who skanked, smiled and shared such nice vibes on the dancefloor. It was a real pleasure to play for you.
Please listen this sound on good headphones or some proper speakers.

Oakin @ Rootsbase - Fusion Festival 2025

thank you dear people, thank you karl kutter crew, thank you lovely friends...without your support I'm only a weird musicnerd

tracklist:
Francesco cabiati – dune
luc bat – angel (mars & jupiter moonboot footprint dub mix)
bolis pupul – cosmic rendez-vous
chateau flight – superflight feat marie dauline (zap mama)
karamika – tone 06
suuns – fish on a string
tom bioly - street beat
forbidden overture – primal overture
rss disco -release me
carsten koehnemann – sunday evening
photay – derecho
nicolas jaar – problem with the sun
break the chains – uranus open arms
peter gabriel – games without frontiers
acid pauli & nico stojan – call of the valley
romanski – tagh tagh
the knife – yopu make me like charity
maricopa – masson
lucy – summery drumming
talaboman – save changes
murrin – queen of puck
marvin & guy – migration
dj koze – the universe in a nutshell
fantastic twins – tableau final

sk.mize@karlkutter.fusion2025

Es war mir eine Ehre auf dem Firespace spielen zu dürfen! 
So ein schöner Ort zum runterkommen, entspannen, staunen, wieder hochfahren, sweete Gespräche führen, sich massieren und vor allem zum flowen!! Danke @firespaceverein!

SAILÉ @ Fusion Festival 2025 - Firespace

hey,
i'd like to share a live-set with you, played monday morning at my beautiful bachstelzen-homebase-area. i had quite a troubled fusion this year, but this gig was just great! i love the cozy atmosphere you can create in velvet soup, very happy i could spend some happy hours there. thanks to all the dancer*s, you made me smile :)
lots of love,
jorke

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jorke live @ fusion festival 25 l velvet soup

Von Platten für die Platte - die ersten vier Stunden des TechnoTischTennis DJ mix nur von Vinyl gespielt - hier ohne unseren coolsten Typen der Fusion - die Version mit MC ist hier: https://soundcloud.com/n-l5/mc-sgt-unterpants-technotischtennis-at-fusion-2025-2025-06-28-soko-kickloch-set-15


* https://techno-tischtennis.de/
* https://t.me/TechnoTischTennis

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TechnoTischTennis at Fusion 2025 (2025-06-28) / Soko Kickloch / set 1/5 / pure Vinyl

Nominiert zur coolsten Person der Fusion 2025 https://forum.fusion-festival.de/viewtopic.php?p=251367&sid=961defbbd3e731fe49ff282602d3c771#p251367 - unser @sgt-underpants moderiert TechnoTischTennis 2025.

Eine Version ohne MC (nur den DJ Mix) gibt es hier: https://soundcloud.com/n-l5/technotischtennis-at-fusion-2025-2025-06-28-soko-kickloch-set-15-pure-vinyl

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* t.me/TechnoTischTennis

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MC Sgt Underpants / TechnoTischTennis at Fusion 2025 (2025-06-28) / Soko Kickloch / set 1/5

"Ottök", from the album "Beyond Dust and Bones"

Remix by Beat Laden, 2015.

Additional mixing and mastering - Beat Laden at Groundzero Recording Studio

https://soundcloud.com/beat-laden
https://www.facebook.com/GroundzeroStudioLisbon

"Beyond Dust and Bones" 2014, out now on digital and digipack at
ocosounds.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-dust-and-bones

OCO - "OTTÖK" (BEAT LADEN REMIX)

Oco - Sandalo(Zen Baboon Remix)
Beat Generation - SOFABEAT
 
2016-08-29
SOFABEATS10
1. Zen Baboon - O Dia (Original mix)
2. Zen Baboon - Love Road (Original mix)
3. Zen Baboon - Chido Clara (Original mix)
4. Zen Baboon - Clockwise (Original mix)
5. Oco - Sandalo (Zen Baboon Remix)
6. Zen Baboon - Solar Cat (Original mix)
7. Zen Baboon - Counter Clock (Original mix)
8. Zen Baboon - Full Moon (Original mix)
9. Zen Baboon - A Noite (Original mix)
Just like each year has it's seasons, each Zen Baboon year has it's cycles too. Following a summer spent collecting seeds of ideas and impulses from festivals and people, Daniel and Henrique tend to spend the winter months in the studio, giving musical form to the influences and personal experiences gained over the summer. 'Beat Generation' is the vibrant harvest of these accumulated adventures. Diverse as always, each track tells it's own unique story, using a colourful selection of beats and sounds. And from the sound of it, last summer was a breathtakingly beautiful one.  
Sandalo Oco Alban Hall, Pedro Soares, Rui Martins, Jorge Machado, Sérgio Walgood 
2016 Iboga Records
INgrooves Music Publishing

Oco - Sandalo(Zen Baboon Remix)

4 Years

Master Plan

'Apex (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix)', out now on Brainfeeder: https://jagajazzist.lnk.to/apex-remixSo

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Apex

Apex (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix)

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Inner Child believes that artists and scientists are like kids that never quite grew up, and she is a bit of both. As a marine biologist, musician and bioacoustician, she often immerses herself in the world of sound...

“The music on her albums teaches us, among other things, just how much we have to learn.”
~ The New Yorker, ‘How a Marine Biologist Remixed Whalesong’

Inner Child a.k.a. Sara Niksic is a marine biologist, ecologist, bioacoustician, musician, music producer, storyteller and educator. Her scientific work has taken her across the world’s oceans – from Croatia to Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, California, New Caledonia, Greenland and Antarctica. For over a decade she has been studying marine mammals, with a special focus on their vocal communication, social learning and culture, as well as developing innovative approaches to science education through art. Besides having a master’s degree in marine ecology and nature conservation, she also finished music school and different courses in electronic music production.

Through her Inner Child Music record label she released a few albums of her own music, as well as compilations on which she collaborated with some of the top producers in the electronic music scene. She was voted the ‘Best New Artist for 2020’ and her albums won several awards. Her compositions float through various downtempo styles and usually contain nature recordings, most often from the ocean. Her award-winning music with whale songs has been archived by the British Library and featured in the global media including The New Yorker, Whalebone Magazine and BBC Radio.

Inner Child presented her work at some of the biggest scientific conferences, institutes and music festivals in the world, such as World Marine Mammal Conference in Spain, Falling Walls Science Summit, Berlin Science Week and Silbersalz Festival in Germany, Falling Walls Engage Hub in South Africa, Edinburgh Science Festival and Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute in Scotland, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences and Sea Sound Festival in Croatia, Masters of Puppets Festival in Czech Republic, Mumush Festival in Romania, Rolling Hertz and Twisted Frequency Festival in New Zealand, Boom Festival in Portugal, Ozora Festival in Hungary and Fusion Festival in Germany.

After years of living abroad, she is now back in her homeland of Croatia, where she is creating music and other magical stories in her studio by the sea.

Inner Child - Theme 7 (Sigil Remix)

Inner Child / Inner Child Music

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