The first podcast of the year features our dear friend, London-based DJ, and sound artist, Faery. Many of you are likely familiar with her work and may have experienced her enchanting performances at renowned venues like Amsterdam’s De School, Positive Education Festival, or London’s Village Underground. She has crafted an immersive, hour-long winter mix for us, which we are incredibly proud to present 🕯️

Faery’s hypnotic selections blend the psychedelic depths of deep techno, tripped-out psy-influenced sounds, dark vortex-like D’n’B, and experimental ambient. Her sound navigates through intricate sound design and rich, moody textures, both within the club realm and in listening scenarios. One of the notable examples of this is her ambient sound art project Bio-17 released last year, where original biorhythmic samples are woven into experimental ambient to create speculative sonic worlds 🌚✨

Faery’s profound introspective journey takes us through the shadowy realms of crepuscular ambient and downtempo. From the outset, we are lured and caught in its rich honey-like currents, spiralling like dervishes as we dive deep and deeper into the mystical sonic gyre. No words can do the sensation justice, so you’ll just have to try for yourselves. Happy swirling 💫

Sounds by @freyacaldwell
Visions by @marcomaldarella

TRACKLIST:
Beckenbauer - Incantation
Monolake - Prime Declick
David Toop - Ceremony Viewed Through the Slit
The Washing Planck - CAMMINO A
Torimimasataka - Fogl
David Toop & Lawrence English - Reading Bones
Vādin - Calliope
Nam-Khar - Against the Light
Vongoiva - The Fabric of Space and Time: Isa
Adam Winchester _ Antenna
The Khronos Deathcult - The Pandemonic Aeon
Siavash Amini - Lustrous Residue
Marco Shuttle - Endless Vanishing Points
Condensed Utopia - Species
Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci - Amorphic Foothills

Podcast Series 41 | Faery

Lisa Mizuno
これまで幾度となく自己探究を続けてきた彼女。そんな中で出会ったダンスミュージックと人との繋がり。
「祭」という儀式の中で人々が生み出すエネルギーと音楽の多大なる力に気づき、催眠的テクノ音楽を使用し人々の潜在意識へのアプローチを図る。
彼女のトランスシーンを経たpsychedelicかつhypnoticな儀式的なテクノサウンドは深く人々の根底に眠る精神世界を掘り下げ、高次の旅へと誘うだろう。
LISA MIZUNOの音楽世界は、多角的かつ実験的な要素を伴った独自の流れを特徴としており、リスナーを高場の旅へと誘うようにデザインされたその革新的なアプローチを通じて、エレクトロニックミュージックシーンを中心に重要な存在であり続けている。
2022年からDJキャリアをスタートさせ野外フェスティバルへの出演、国外でのDJも精力的に行い日本のアンダーグラウンドカルチャーを世に広めることを目的とし、そして2023年自身の主催イベント「Resonance』始動。

Lisa Mizuno
Lisa is a Tokyo-based Japanese DJ who is passionate about pushing the boundaries of the techno and psychedelic music scene. She uses hypnotic sound based on techno music to access the subconsciousness of her audience, believing that music has a great power to positively affect their lives.
Lisa Mizuno's musical world is characterized by a multifaceted and experimental flow, designed to take listeners on an exhilarating journey. Through her innovative approach, she continues to be a significant presence in the electronic music scene.
She started DJ career in 2022, performing at outdoor festivals, and actively DJing abroad with the aim of doing Japan's underground.

Lisa Mizuno - NOTO

This contribution is a very special one, as it marks a new chapter in The Observatory’s sound… 

We will always be a home for ambient and experimental sounds. But, moving forward, we will also be exploring our love for dance music, with a particular focus on the deep end.

To begin this new journey and warm things up, we are so happy to welcome back Timnah, who gifts us with a two-hour recording of her set at Omen Wapta, ADE’24. A mind-bending traversal through ambient, drone, and halftime experiments, exploring the liminal spaces between the listening room and the dance floor.
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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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Artist Support:

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

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Timnah @ Omen Wapta, ADE, 2024

On April 22nd, Mostra took over Espacio Perpendicular for a few hours.

Mostra is an independent, small-scale festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music that was born four years ago to nurture the Barcelona scene. Mostra is local, inclusive, and sustainable. An independent festival made in Barcelona for Barcelonans, but with international vision and reach.

The event, which took place during the day, featured performances by Mattikk, Emilia Grima, Pillen, Doozer, Haara, and F-on.

Mattikk @ ExtraMostra x Espacio Perpendicular

We’re so honoured to welcome Refracted to The Observatory, whose sonic explorations have inspired us deeply over the years <3

This spellbinding set was recorded live last month during Astral Industries’ takeover at Resør Listening Room in Berlin.
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https://soundcloud.com/refracted-music
https://refracted.bandcamp.com
https://titrate.bandcamp.com/album/in-veil
https://ra.co/dj/refracted
https://www.instagram.com/refractedmusic/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Refracted @ Astral Industries, Resør Listening Room, 2025

The first episode of Primordial Soup sees like-minded druids Yokin & Souleiman team up to create a potent elixir of low-tempo, jazzy and illbient trippers. A slo-mo voyage into the depths of electronic music.

PRIMORDIAL SOUP w/ Souleiman @ Kiosk Radio 26.06.2025

29-05-2025 // Vand // Live recording from the Radio Hinter studio at Der Hintergarten, Amsterdam.

mastering: Victor Marbus

Vand // Metamorphosis // 29-05-2025

https://soundcloud.com/biri-kliche (New alias of Biri) 

Artwork by Sage

Episode 49: Kliche

Descending into A Black Hole

I wish I could tell you but when I try it burns my throat--
I wish I could tell you--
I wish I could--
I wish I--

haunted ground; tendrils burn like fuchsia

A massive darksynth anthology exploring the simulation core of the universe. From stitched skyboxes to digital entropy, this collection covers the full spectrum of cosmic horror and cybernetic existence. Genres range from Industrial Doom and Breakcore to Synthwave and Orchestral Darksynth.

Void Signal

Platform navigating the liminal spaces between ambient and dance music and featuring regular radio shows, guest podcast series and intimate events ✨🌝🌚✨

Contact: info@introspective-electronics.com

Curation by @avsluta 🌱
Visual Identity by @marcomaldarella 🍃

Podcast Series 41 | Faery

Introspective Electronics