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Introspective Electronics Podcast Series 41 | Faery

@bjarki is relentless. The Icelandic artist has admitted in the past he is obsessed with making music. And since his debut in 2015 there has been a lot of it - six albums and plenty of EPs, mostly on Nina Kraviz's трип, !K7 and his own bbbbbb label. It is always bold and innovative whether taking the form of a straight up club banger or abstract IDM composition. He has released it under more than 10 different names, and what unifies it all is its experimental spirit. 

You could say the same about this week's podcast, which begins with kiddie favourite 'The Birdie Song' before slipping into spoken word monologues, ice cold broken beats and twisted rhythms. They unfold at a relentless pace, with quick and seamless transitions from electro to techno to club music immersing you deep in Bjarki's unique sonic psyche. The cumulative effect is like a busy collage; an outpouring of captivating music from an overactive mind.

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loek frey exclusive fast pace dj set for the examine-archive-mix series. 
full unreleased music added with collabs.

@loekfrey
amsterdam, NLD

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silver uzi shining starzzz ... freaky and psyched out mix right in your face 😵‍💫⚡️🔊
GROOVE TECHNO, OLDSCHOOL + EXPERIMENTAL SELECTION -- PITCHED UP TO 180 😛 - 3 DECKS LAYERED 
HIGH INTENSITY SOUND STRUCTURES

This is a special mix series release that takes an experimental approach and can be regarded as an intriguing acoustic experience, rather than as a typical Techno podcast. It´s pushing fast groovy techno and DJing to its extremes and offers a new take and perspective on the genre.

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LDS is the 340th guest of our original HATE Podcast series.

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This is a recording of @adriannewgent LIVE`SET at The Grey Space 28th October 2022 and we are lucky to get a chance to host it.

The Grey Space is a spot in The Hague for fundamental creativity where relations emerge between people, art, digital culture, science, technology, philosophy and food.

127mix029 ~ Adrian Newgent ~live~

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

London based Faery joins our journey with an out of this world voyage. 

Featuring stuttering rhythms and sweeping pads she treats us to a unique session expertly crafted recorded exclusively for Monument.

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https://www.instagram.com/___faery___/
https://soundcloud.com/freyacaldwell

Tracklist :

Mombi Yuleman - Abductee
Simon Shreeve & Karl O’Connor - Skin Of The Sea
Mønic - Blink
Relic Radiation - Haunted Thoughts
Mateo Hurtado - A Door Opens (Framed By Stars)
Sciama - God Molecule
Solarythm - When Matter Dissolves
Fergus Sweetland - Itch the Scratch
Öjskog - Snow/Silence
Mwamwa - OiOiiO
Sciama - Wild Embers
Ana Rs - We Are Ascending
CAIV - Cymbalism
EM + STAV - Odd (Forest Drive West Remix)
Polar Inertia - Deflection V
Comarobot - Hwan Lak (ft. Dasom & Purusha)
Esteban Miranda - Damage 
Pyramidal Decode - Y Aun No Se Van!
Ntogn - Ba’al
Jeans 蒙 Meng - The Memory Palace
Polar Inertia - Interlude (Sound Stroke)

MNMT 413 : Faery

❍ honoured to share this live recording of Faery's closing set [0200-0300] from REZONANT BODY 2.0 at Exchange, Bristol ‧⁺

—Freya followed @azu-tiwaline 's enchanting hybrid performance with an absolute power hour of haunting, dubbed-out 170 rhythms… energy!!!

the sound in the room was truly stunning (thanks Jai <3) and watching one of our favourite DJs close an RZB night, nestled in front of aevi's visuals on an enormous (almost didn’t fit in the room) projector screen was quite a moving experience—a huge thanks again to all the crew, artists and dancers who brought this to life.

see you at the next gathering. x

@freyacaldwell

Faery ❍ Live at Exchange, Bristol [17.05.24]

We're beaming to bring you Mix #196, coming at you from London-based DJ and sound artist, Faery.

Faery’s mind-trippin’, body-shakin’ sonic blend for On the 5th Day is inspired by a special b2b session back in July - a dense, heady and brooding rhythmic exploration worthy of the most electric early-hours dance floor.

From the groovers to the pounders, the rollers to the grinders, Freya takes us on a steamy exploration through the heavier realms of the Faery spectrum we’ve come to love; a power-hour selection saluting the beauty of intricate sound design and otherworldly atmospheric landscapes.

Faery has been working her magic for dance floor dwellers at some of the most special venues and festivals in the recent years (think Amsterdam’s De School and Positive Education Festival...); while off of the dance floor, expanding her sonic explorations to where biorhythmic sampling meet experimental ambient, resulting in the creation of “speculative sonic worlds”.  

We can’t wait to see what the future holds for this talented artist but for now, buckle up and enjoy the ride!

SC: https://soundcloud.com/freyacaldwell
FB: https://www.facebook.com/faerydj
IG: https://www.instagram.com/___faery___/

Tracklist:
main(void) - Entanglement
Andiela - Religión Paralela
ASC - Dreadnought
Furtive - Brandsifter
James Harbrecht - Jungle At Night
Deano - Double Take
Wirrwarr - Void The C-Stem (VSK Remix)
Furtive - Breathless
DJ Lily - Immediate Access
Jonas Körbl - Primal Grade
Maōh - Archaic
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down
Ntogn - Smedjan
Dot Product - Balloons
RVSHES - Paradise (Abstract)
Adam Winchester - Low Rise
Mønic - Let It Lie

On the 5th Day #196 - Faery

Kosmic Skaut graces us with a truly stunning mix recorded with tender loving care for the 52nd chapter of our Podcast Series. The Prague via Brno based artist has been a kindred musical soul and a friend for a long time and we’re so happy to finally welcome him to our cozy lil family circle 🤍

Mikuláš aka Kosmic Skaut goes slow and steady behind the decks, interlocking psychedelic, acid-tinged and hypnotic sounds in his DJ sets spanning multitudes of ambient and dance music genres. For Mikuláš, music is all about collectivity and togetherness ~ a takeout from his early years as a boy scout. He materialises this spirit in projects including organising festival Michalský Výpad in Olomouc, co-running the notorious ÉTER collective in Brno and regurlarly putting on his Kosmic Care events at Ankali’s Planeta Za which he always ~ as an aspiring chef and baker ~ supplies with tasty homemade snacks. Once you try his pizzenka (the cute way to say pizza in Czech) and this delicious mix, there’s no coming back 🍕

In this chapter of our Podcast Series, we plunge head first into the deep end of ambient psychedelia as we take off on this phenomenal voyage through Kosmic Skaut’s wild and wonderful imagination. As we move through the mix, so it moves with us, allowing for softness to emerge in waves of amorphous drones melting into one another, layered with textures, field recordings and electro-acoustic instrumentation in the build up to the rhythmical crescendo that sees it conlcude 🌬️

Sounds by @lost_and_explore 🔮
Visions by @marcomaldarella ✨

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/ie-podcast-series-52-kosmic-skaut

TRACKLIST

Boards of Canada - The Color Of The Fire
JIJU - Cave (JIJU Remix)
John Atkinson & Peter Wolfgang - Addictum
Barefoot - Becoming Someone Else (Inhmost Altered Remix)
Michel Banabila - The Three Stages Of Endurance
C. LAVENDER - Be As You Will Be
Emiddio Vasquez — Alembic Tears
C. LAVENDER - MASSES OF GATHERED CLOUDS
Yuki Conjugate - Distant Object O
Emeralds - Diagram of the Universe
Zadig - Shores of Sorrow
Caldera - Feaves
HVL - Teapot Limhi
Premis - Flounder
Ike Zwanikken - Crossed Candle
Na Nich - Log

Podcast Series 52 | Kosmic Skaut

We are so happy to kick our Podcast Series back into gear with a long anticipated recording from the UK-based duo Plantera called 'Cosmozoa' ~ based on theories of intergalactic spores transferring life to other planets 🌱

I met Lewis and Mason last year at the intimate Sonic Rites gathering, nestled in the wilds of the beautiful Welsh countryside. Smitten by their soothing afternoon set, I knew I needed to approach them and ask if they’d be keen to record a mix for the series ~ and they said yes 💍

So here it is, a magical musical offering born out of synergy between two close friends sharing deep understanding of and passion for music that touches the soul and soothes the mind. And what better time to dial
in this hour and a half journey than after the long weekend of Bank holiday frolics. Sit back, close your eyes and let it take you on a comic ride through soft edged ambient and downtempo psychedelia 💫

The guys also shared a little message for us too to accompany the mix: “Join us on this journey of cosmozoa; ejected into the ether from unknown coordinates, floating aimlessly through primordial dust until being grasped into the orbit of Plantera - gliding through the atmospheric haze before breaking out into blissful serenity, absorbing the sights and sounds of this unfamiliar world while sailing on it's winds" 

Sounds by @planterasound
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/ie-podcast-series-53-cosmozoa-by-plantera

TRACKLIST

Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2
Marco Shuttle - Polysolation
Spacetime Continuum - Fluresence
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Metrosat 4
Hang Massive - Moon's Reflection on Countless Ponds
Autumn of Communion - Flow of Telepathy
Doof - Grantchester Meadows Remembered
Anders Ilar - Benthic Habitat
Saphileaum - Floating Garden Exploration
Declan - Species
Loop Guru - Part 3: 3AM Outside Here
Inhmost - Reconcile
Hibernation - Sympath
Higher Intelligence Agency - Orange
Ishq - Nepalese Sun

Podcast Series 53 | 'Cosmozoa' by Plantera

@syberkid & @freyacaldwell

Photo: Romain Guede

Sybil & Faery at pe:rsona 2024

We could not imagine a more fitting Podcast Series contribution to soundtrack the peak of our of summer than this lush dubby mix recorded by the New York via Chicago DJ & productress Eden Aurelius 🦋

Back in April last year, the inaugural record on the Glaswegian label co:clear lands in the crates at Phonica Records and it steals the show. It was the debut release by Eden Aurelius titled ‘Plateau’ with it’s soft-edged downtempo take on dub techno dancing through clouds of ambient textures and perfectly embodying that netherworld in between ambient and dance music that is the beating heart of Introspective Electronics. Over a year later, we are so grateful and proud to have Eden feature on our Podcast Series with this stunning hour-long recording 💕

Nothing else to do now but to plunge into the dubwise depths of this magick mix where tender energy ebbs and flows in the spaces between not-quite-ambient and not-quite dance. It’s in the liminal space of the soft cracks in between. Aren’t you curious to hear? ✨

Sounds by @edenaurelius
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/ie-podcast-series-54-eden-aurelius

TRACKLIST

Rhauder & Paul St Hilaire - No News (Assemblage Mix)
Purl - Hollow 
Attila Jahanvash - Morning Glory 
Rod Modell - Body Sonic
Illuvia - Khalani
The Urban District - 100.2
Purl - Saraide
DT-90 - Kone 
Alex Humann - Recovery Passage 
Rhythm & Sound - Aerial 
Electric Birds - Stem 
DJ Paradise - Ssumo
Fonica - 1899-12-31
Off The Sky - Cumulae Movement

Podcast Series 54 | Eden Aurelius

Feeling incredibly proud to share this new chapter in our Podcast Series, a profound and powerful mix from the dearest Lou Drago, an artist and human we deeply admire 🤍

Lou is the host of one of our favourite ambient shows @transience-archive which airs monthly on Berlin’s Cashmere Radio to provide listener with a much needed relief from anxiety and together with marum they host sonic-seances under the name @infinity-rug 🫧

Lou believes in the transformative potential of sound and the importance of deep listening. Whether that is listening to each other, our needs or to the sounds around us. In their sets they often explore the sonic landscapes of the in-between, where the listeners perspective dictates the experience, yet holds them in a warm embrace to invite a deep dialogue with the listening body-mind.

✨ In Lou's words ✨

like many of us, my heart has been red with grief-rage witnessing the ever-escalating genocide in Gaza. this mix starts with an invocation for the liberation of the Palestinian people, a struggle that omits none of us if we wish to be truly free. 

the slowly evolving sound journey takes us through several realms and phases of introspection, ghosts of the past lingering in melodies they never heard. sonic energies condensing and expanding, offering spaciousness for contemplation and being with whatever arises.

meandering through earthly realms, through the riparian zone, swamps, and forests we meet with mournful spirits in her gut, casting our attention on the multiplicities of loss we are facing. yet in the shade there are angels, who remind us that we have been doing this for many, many lifetimes. ‘keep on’ they seem to whisper. 

eventually we arrive to the sunset inside, where the Grand River’s winds meet the horizon, guiding our gaze upward toward the night sky where the mysteries of the celestial bodies radiate, Lyra’s visions casting an empowerment spell for all those who listen. 

may we each grow ever surer of our paths, finding creative and yet unimaginable ways to continue our collective struggle for the liberation of all sentient entities, until we are all free.

love, 

lou drago


Sounds by @lou_drago 
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/ie-podcast-series-55-lou-drago

TRACKLIST
Al Fraser - Omaroro
JakoJako feat. Rima Baransi - Btnadini
Kettalynne & EGM - عنوان ضائع (I’nwan Dai’e)
Celer - On or Near the Surface 
Pauline Anna Strom - Ancestral Shrines
Pablo Diserens - riparian zone
Unjin - Gut
Al Fraser - Chrysalis
Int/r - Shade
Jana Irmet - Time Piece 1
Purelink - Stadium Drive
marrow - inter
Davis Galvin - Sipes’ Vista
Autechre - Yulquen 
Daniela Huerta - memoria 
Ariel Kalma - Sunset Inside 
Grand River - Tuning the Wind 
Charlemagne Palestine - Schlingen-Blangen
Alvin Curran - Canti Illuminati (edit)
Lyra Pramuk - Ending

Podcast Series 55 | Lou Drago

We are very happy to present you with the 56th chapter in our Podcast Series today, a powerful deep listening mix recorded live at Perpendicular 2025 by our dear friend ~ Horizontal. Setting the scene, imagine yourself laying down comfortably in a wooden cabin deep in the woods at night time, in profound communion with your fellow listeners and letting the sounds collective carry you inwards 🌚✨
 
I first met Paul two years ago playing at one of my favourite ambient rooms at a small gathering in Scotland, then again last year at Backsteinboot in Berlin where we both played as part of an all night sleepover ambient event Rausch. Both times, I was mesmerised by the composure and depth of Paul’s music and demeanour, two qualities that truly shine through in this sublime mix probing the realms of drone ambient, minimalism, avant-garde and electro-acoustic composition 💫

This hour and a half of slithering drones, liquefied glitches, deep nocturnal soundscapes and ritual sonics is occasionally punctuated by narration. It ebbs and flows between barely audible and fiercely present as it deliberately stretches the scope of listening with its passage. The further in you listen, the deeper in you go 🔮

Recorded live at @espacio-perpendicular 2025

Sounds by @paul-thomas
Visions by @marcomaldarella

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/ie-podcast-series-56-horizontal-perpendicular-25

TRACKLIST

Eleh - Reflection 1
Merkaba Macabre - Gaslight and the dark (Unreleased)
Eleh - Beneath the silver sun
Merkaba Macabre - Yenerenicm Nevets (Unreleased)
Eliane Radigue - Adnos 1
Thomas Köner - Cogitation (Decay)
Felicia Atkinson - Valis
Henry Krutzen - L’Alpiniste
Merkaba Macabre - Spectre at Splatthayes (Unreleased)
Ancestral Voices - Medicina
Maggi Payne - Fizz
Ana Roxanne - Untitled
Eliane Radigue - Perception
Samin Son - Oriya
Alain Kremski - Le Christ au mont des oliviers
Ancestral Voices - Night of visions
Unperson - Spiritual (Acapella)
Merkaba Macabre - Ancient Vessels (Unreleased)
Eli Kessler - Willing to be open 
Marco Shuttle - AfA
Christian Zanési - Stop! l’horizon
Thomas Köner - Nival
Thomas Köner - Substrate (Binaural)
Refracted - Departure
Carlos Casas - Interview with the oldest Aeta
Ancestral Voices - Divination

Podcast Series 56 | Horizontal @ Perpendicular 25

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

Contact: info@introspective-electronics.com

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