Fractal Void - Elemental Collection
@fractalvoi_d

Fractal Void is an avant-garde duo based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Their experimental music blends electronic and contemporary genres located somewhere in the field of musical tension between ambient, drone, halfstep and floor-affine IDM. During their live sets, Fractal Void create vertical reflections by processing sounds through software and interaction with real instruments in every unique musical performance like the Chinese contemporary calligraphic practice Dishu.

Their debut album Elemental Collection unveils a dense and lavishly layered transformation of artificial organic signals, sculpting an auditory world filled with emotive landscapes, overgrown polyrhythms and futuristic elements. Embedded within each track are field recordings serving as the heartbeat of the album. Through innovative and expansive deconstruction, Fractal Void create an energetic and sometimes contemplative experience.

The persons behind Fractal Void:
Back in 2008, their musical journey began with winning a Spectrasonics competition using field recordings of a locker door, that was implemented as a bass synth. Their collaboration was continued as producers of the eight-piece electronic jazz project „Mothers of Guru“.

Marcus Scheltinga is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Besides studying jazz trombone at the Conservatorium Hilversum and the Folkwanghochschule, he works as a musical director, lecturer and coach in 39 countries around the world. From ZDF sound design to live and studio performances with international greats, his own productions have included such as Grammy winner Larry Carlton and Peter Erskine. Mid-east and Indian inspired, Marcus is a true story teller as a musician and composer.

BORGBORG is a producer and DJ. She moves freely in different styles of electronic music with a focus on avant-garde driving techno, dark hypnotic vibes seamlessly blended with deconstructed beats, noise and timeless elements of IDM. She is a member of About Repetition, a group of artists dedicated to the research of repetition through artistic means, collaborating with a wide range of other collectives across Europe and co-founder of the techno event series „SCHLEIFEN“.

Infos/Credits

Vinyl:
Side A:
1. Eutectic Point
2. Growth Rings

Side B: 
3. Heat
4. Rain

Digital only:
5. Heart and Lung


Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound 2024
IRIS017
All tracks written and produced by Fractal Void 
Mix: Hugo Dirac
Master: Hugo Dirac
Cut: Manmade Mastering

Artwork: Impersonal Figure
Vinylfotos: Frederick Kiefer
Artist Pics: Benjamin Schlemmer

Fractal Void - Elemental Collection

Further Inward with Blume

"i am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. i am nobody"
— sylvia plath

I'm thrilled to welcome Blume in the Further Inward series as they've been one of my favorite selectors in the recent year. Unpredictable gems sliding into the next one, depicting hallucinated and mysterious landscapes. 

I'm really hyped to host their own interpretation of the fast paced minimalistic tribe, with a refined and energetic blend of rhythms, loops and textures. Body and mind stimulations at its finest.

@keinblume
Visual : @janloup
Dive into the ego less realm - 04/2024
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01. alva noto —	hybr:id ectopia singularity
02. jon hassell — the nothing of roselight (blume's edit)
03. gregg arreguin — amsterdam blue (cort​è​ge)
04. jemapur — inf-gravity
05. monolake — phenomenon
06. onohno — soulbind
07. komet - clap 05
08. formen - hertz
09. giaçinté — spring whisperer
10. loek frey — emerald
11. e-file — run
12. the outsert — reset tru
13. 9beats — matter creation
14. paleman — 25mg
15. m1m1 — th3rapy
16. floid — skudd
17. harald uunk — komerbi
18. abo abo — driving tun
19. vel & lds — velds1
20. cypha — xzirow
21. harald uunk — honesty
22. datassette — the grey goo scenario
23. simone bauer	 — ego hacker
24. petit astronaute — trapped inside
25. floid — dufus
26. loek frey — fluwel
27. slow heat, ray monde — the great beauty

Further Inward ✧ Blume

Groyorg / Tachyon Tunnel will be out on May 30th, 2025. Digital pre-order via https://moduleee.bandcamp.com/album/groyorg-tachyon-tunnel

Track written and produced by Sun Genam
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab
Artwork by Tristan Zvunka and Hugo Leissen

Sun Genam - Groyorg

Jan Swam
soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/janswam
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jan.swam/#

Emilia Grima
soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/emiliagrima
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_electawu_/

Convoluted Mental Mirror by Jan Swam & Emilia Grima @ GIMIC - 13 November 2024

𓇻 @nlbs_sa are live performing a tripped out and pulsing swamp diffusion leaving behind a rupture in the hyper-realm 𓇻

𓇻 Aired 28.11.2024 on @lyl_radio 𓇻

www.lyl.live

Hyperterranean #026 with nlbs

FLEUR SAUVAGE opens its catalogue with FS001, a deeply embodied live recording from Italian sound artist https://soundcloud.com/katatonicsilentio, captured during the 2023 edition of La Nature. Rooted in the festival’s intimate atmosphere, the label emerges as a vessel for preserving these once-unrepeatable encounters, where sound becomes a shared, transformative experience.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-katatonic-silentio

FLEUR SAUVAGE 001 will be out on June 13th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://fleursauvage.bandcamp.com/album/fs001-katatonic-silentio

Premiere: Katatonic Silentio [FS001]

Further Inward with biju

Stepping into shifting time and intricate sound design, biju charts a course through the Further Inward series with razor-edged precision. Pulsing through polymetric waves and syncopated shadows, his selections spiral inward. An endlessly looping dream, precise yet elusive. A cascade of shifting frames—relentless, refined, and beautifully disorienting.

@b1ju 
Visual : @janloup
Dive into the ego less realm - 06/2025
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Further Inward ✧ biju

Early 2000 Goa themes re-imagined as modern deep techno trance and drum & bass hybrids, out via Hyphen Records on June 20th.

Pre-order: https://hyphenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/historic-archetype-ep-hyph004
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@hyphen-berlin
@vaunamusic
@forestonstasys

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Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

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we fell at the first step

Established in 2017, the Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound has been an outlet for artistic and experimental endeavors that go beyond electronic music.
Evocative soundscapes from Georgia were the first communication from the Institute. It has since released music from Ukrainian artist Stanislav Tolkachev, acclaimed duo Air Liquide, or Georgian producer Michailo.
Michailo notably worked on his EP in prison, sending files to the label through intermediaries. He was released early, shortly after his record came out.
These days, it is also the home of STAUB’s unknown artists and of the cello robots that keep company with Schloss Mirabell.
With its blurring aesthetics, the Institute travels from clubs to museums and always pushes its exploration further.