We are very happy to be able to bid farewell to this year of Introspective Electronics with a deeply personal podcast recorded by the sonic enchantress and a dear friend ~ Amanita 🕊️

Amanita is a DJ and event ptomoter based between Bologna and Berlin. She co-runs the forward-thinking collective and party series Sinestesie in Bologna and across Italy, bringing off-kilter programming to the somewhat homogenous scene of her home city. Alongside her music work, she often works as a stage designer with the Googy Cult project. For Anita, ambient represents the most spiritual part of her sound and soul. It’s where she finds a safe haven and where she always returns when she needs to heal and find inspiration both in music and in life 🔮

This journey, just shy of an hour, was recorded in Anita’s studio in Berlin on a four deck setup and includes some of her most close-to-the-heart records, some of which have been with her since day one. It is a deeply captivating and emotional piece of ambient storytelling, a fairytale of sorts, that hums and crackles and sparkles. That whispers in your ears ancient tales of forest fairies and magick rituals 🧚🏻‍♂️

Sounds by @amanita_p 📿
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🫧

Podcast Series 40 | Amanita

It is a pleasure to have gifted Switzerland based artist @timnah-sommerfeldt with us for the 26th episode of our Herbarium mix series! 🌱
She composed a trippy journey through ambient, dnb and grey area - a really deep and introspective ride. She created a very coherent story around her choice of plant, the European beech. 

Here's a little backstory by TImnah about her choice:
"I chose the native, beautiful European beech (Fagus sylvatica) because it serves as an important point of reference for me during my mushroom walks in the forest. Among all the trees there, it is especially the beech that always guides me.
A large mushroom community lives in symbiosis with this impressive tree. It's fascinating to observe how this natural cycle begins anew each year—from summer into winter.

~ The coexistence of the beech with fungi begins when the delicate root of a beech seedling comes into contact with the soil and the mycorrhizal fungi living within it. It only ends long after the tree's death, when the dead beech wood is completely decomposed. ~

My mix was recorded after a snowy, cold November day in the forest and is joyfully dedicated to the European beech, which gifted me a delicious dinner 🍄‍🟫🦪🌳🤍"

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About Timnah
Timnah lives, works and feeds the cats in the Northwestern extremities of Switzerland. Brought up in her parents’ jazz clubs and deeply influenced by her brother’s love for dub and soundsystem culture, she started DJing just after the massively feared Millenium Bug had threatened to offset our relation to time and space. Dedicated to drawing her own map of late 20th century sonic landscapes, she spent the early 2000s exploring 90s electronics including breakbeat, triphop, ambient techno, drum&bass, house and jungle. After a short but sweet excursion into producing in the early 2010s, Timnah dedicated herself fully to spinning the wheels and transversing genres, gravitating towards her current signature sound that spans immersive sound baths and intergalactic carpet rides in half-time. Timnah is a member of Amenthia Recordings and a recent addition to the A Walking Contradiction Collective.

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Follow Timnah and her collective

@timnah-sommerfeldt
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia/
https://de.ra.co/dj/timnahsommerfeldt

Amenthia Recordings
https://amenthia-recordings.net

A Walking Contradiction
https://awalkingcontradiction.org

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 26 - Timnah - Fagus Sylvatica

For the second instalment of Deities, I am excited to present Caroune as Tzovinar (aka daughter of the sea). Caroune has curated sublime exploration of deep & rhythmic textures, expertly pieced together creating an evocative soundscape; alongside a Deity who encapsulates the mysticism of our Earthly elements and exemplifies to us what it means to be connected to our intuition and the rhythm of our internal world. 

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𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖘

She/Her

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𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖉𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊? 

Hrazdan, Armenia

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𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚? 

Nature and Art.

Both invite reflection and help us connect with our emotions, which are essential for our personal growth and transformation throughout life.

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𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝕰𝖑𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙 & 𝖜𝖍𝖞?

Water
As a scorpio with pisces rising, both of my signs are water elements, which are often associated with emotional depth and intuition. People with water signs are known for their ability to connect deeply with their subconscious, relying on instincts to guide their decisions. They’re also sensitive and protective. 
This may explain my profound connection to music and art as well as caring for people I love.

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𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓? 

Autumn.
I find nature beautiful during this season. 
I love taking long walks on rainy days through parks and forests, enjoying the leaves turning into red, orange and yellow shades and watching the mushrooms grow.
I also enjoy the mysticism of autumn through the cultural and religious festivities celebrated during this transitional time of the year.

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𝕴𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉, 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖎𝖙 𝖇𝖊? 

I would protect the world from floods or other natural disasters.

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𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖈𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋? 

Swimming in lakes and seas: the immersion in cold water invites open meditation, self-awareness and calmness.

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Tracklist:

Multicast Dynamics - Working Spaces
Dycide - Erasure
Brendon Moeller - Symmetry
Formant Value - Funzione I
Carrier - Locus
amuwa - Schism
Slolek - Obsidian
AH&N - Coercion
Tampo - Enki
Dycide - Swamp
A Strange Wedding - Wormhole Breaker (Patrick Russell Remix)
Varuna - Jewel Changi (Jan Loup Remix)
Mike Parker - Neural Spines
The Untouchables - Devil's Dance
Overlook - All of Them Witches (Clarity Remix)
monosym - Hypnagogic
Reeko - Codex Gigas
Vardae | Estrato Aurora - Kiyat
Archypness - Mala
Dyl - Everywhere
upsammy - Lapis Manalis

02 - TZOVINAR - Caroune

STDJ
souncloud : @stdjbreakfast
instagram : www.instagram.com/stdjbreakfast/

ANNX
soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/annx-anna-whomp
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/annx.arw/

Holobiont w/ STDJ b2b ANNX@ GIMIC - 06 February 2025

Ahead of her debut London show for us on March 8th, kinetic's Dj wiggles invites Liverpool & Manchester based Cellar Door resident for an hour long guest mix. Lots of swampy, sludgy goodness inside. 

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Outsiders: kinetic w/ Dj wiggles & Cersy @ Kiosk Radio 06.02.2025

Born and raised on the island of Mauritius, @djsportt is now based in Barcelona. With a love for polyrhythmic, bouncy, mind-bending sounds, she brings up disorienting rhythms playing between tension and release, keeping listeners engaged in ever-shifting sonic landscapes.
She crafts a distinctive sound within the deeper, bass-driven and psychedelic realms of club music. Her DJ sets are driven by an adventurous, storytelling approach, focussing on channelling into the depths of textures and intricate rhythms.
 
For this mix, she explores a slightly different selection than usual, focussing on deep and dubby techno evolving into breaks and bass, maintaining a kind of warm-up energy all the way.

Osmura w/ DjSport 23

This set was my first foray into this emotive side of my sound. Where ambient drones meet glitchy dub at dawn's first light. I hope it will soothe the senses, encase you in deliciously warm soundscapes and serve as a reminder that sunnier days are just around the corner <3

Live recording from Pacifist Techno Syndicate tent at Field Manuevers 2024 somewhere in Norfolk. Thanks to Miro for your trust and support.

L Daze at Field Maneuvers PTS (Ambient Set) 2024 - Live Recording

Bambi - 27 Mars 2025

Hell Yeah have been busy making musical connections and reaching out to like-minded beatmakers once again. This time, it is Pier Paolo Polcari aka Polcari, a founding member of cult Italian band Almamegretta, who steps up with the magnificent new album I Will Try To Imitate The Birds. The eight-track record also features Adriano Viterbini, another Italian music icon and guitarist with the revered Bud Spence Blues Explosion and I Hate My Village as well as Ubjk, San Ignacio and Sergio Dileo.
Label head Marco first got in touch with Polcari after he remixed Italian cultural hero Sergio Messina's cover of 'Fly Away' back in 2021. The pair began sharing music, discussing their favourite reords and, eventually, the natural next step was to work towards the album now served up here.

Polcari is a master of downtempo sounds and, as well as several solo projects that fuse trip hop, folk, dub and world music, he has made a global mark as part of Almamegretta. The revered Naples band formed in the late 80s and has worked with greats like Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood across more than 15 albums and are currently on a special 30th anniversary tour.

Opener 'Jardino' (Feat. San Ignacio) sets a laidback vibe from the off with gently breaking drums topped with whimsical melodies. 'Vita Nova' is cavernous dub with more lush instrumentals, xylophones and wispy synth motifs making for a world escape and 'Mundo' (Feat. Ubjk) has an air of Eastern melody with delicate pads and glowing keys floating above the pillowy drums. 'The Birds' (Feat. Adriano Viterbini) has fluttering harp strings that bring real beauty to a downtempo groove packed with vocoder vocals, synth smears and organic percussion.

'Orcos Ou Fadas' carries on with a rich blend of strings and percussion, shuffling rhythms and curious moods, 'Raifuki' lurches on moody drums and introverted melodies and 'Ligea' (Feat. Sergio Dileo) brings some romantic Latin rhythms and seductive clarinet while 'Superluna' completes the odyssey with more wavy dub and magnificent collages of melody and percussion.

I Will Try To Imitate The Birds will lift you off your feet and carry you away to a lush world of cathartic, sun-kissed musical pleasure.

"really special. Cut above typical balearic biz" - Ruf Dug

"Wonderfull!!" - Sean Johnston

"A beautifully atmospheric experience from start to finish." - Max Essa

"Fabulous release...All tracks" - Trevor Fung

"When experimental meets Balearic!" - Ilya Santana

"dreamy, hypnotic and lovely" - Chris Todd/Hot Toddy/Crazy P

"excellent album" - Andy Wilson (Cafe del Mar) 

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Polcari - Mundo (feat. Ubjk)

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