Love the tones, textures and atmosphere captured in the mix, creative and highly enjoyable!

ntros Turn heads and turn up the volume on your music career! 🎤🚀-  insclife

For our last mix of the year, we warmly welcome a very talented synthesist, DJ, and co-founder of Frequency Domain, Ali Wade.

Some words by Ali:

"The Observatory has had a really great first year, hosting many go-to mixes for me, so I feel humbled to round off the series in 2023. Thanks to Jay for the invite and to all the previous contributors for setting the bar so high.

As the world grows exponentially more complex and unjust, music is ever the stabilising force. In November this year I was invited by the Bleep43 crew to DJ alongside some incredible artists at an event in east London - this mix pulls together a lot of the music I played that day, including many tracks from the label I co-run, Frequency Domain. Recorded one afternoon while in bed with a cold, I hope it puts you in a good place."

Tracklist:

Southfacing - The Marking Song (Frequency Domain)
Sync24 - Replicant (Ultimae Records)
Hula Om - Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina (Cramps Records)
Marja Ahti - Chora (Hallow Ground)
Pauline Anna Strom - The Unveiling (Ether Ship Records)
Alva Noto - Xerrox Rin (Raster-Noton)
Arovane - Rotor (Quiet Details)
Tetsu Inoue - Sour Cloud (DiN)
Autechre - Nine (Warp Records)
Stars of the Lid - Even (Out)+ (Kranky)
LF58 - Rituale (Astral Industries)
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 1 (Raster-Noton)
Ali Wade - Imbolc (Frequency Domain)
Jonathan Fitoussi - Triangulum (Further Records)
William Selman - Umami Lagoon (Mysteries Of The Deep)
Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1619010 (AP Musik)
Jürgen Müller - Jenseits des Stromes (Digitalis Recordings)
r beny - eistla (Self-released)
Golden Shields - Radiance (Frequency Domain)
Imaginary Softwoods - Almond Branch (Field Records)
Fields We Found - Shifts (Handstitched)
Hinako Omori - Levitation (Houndstooth)
Mücha - Spectral Interference (Frequency Domain)
Southfacing - Opt Out (Frequency Domain)
Chris Watson - Cima Verde (Fondazione Edmund Mach)
Ian Hawgood - For Distance Brings Us Closer (Handstitched)
Linnley - Filiform (Space Surgeries)
Chris Watson - Soffi di Vento (Fondazione Edmund Mach)
Papiro - Romeo on the Beach (Marionette)
Imaginary Softwoods - Parterre (Field Records)
Polypores - ECCO (Frequency Domain)
Southfacing - Out of the Park (Frequency Domain)

Frequency Domain: https://frequencydomain.bandcamp.com
Space Surgeries (Frequency Domain Sub-label): https://spacesurgeries.bandcamp.com/music

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac

The Observatory - Ali Wade

Monochrome presents, 𝖍𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝓥 : Solma, Virtual Forest Records.

This winter, Monochrome is offering each month to one or several artists to discover their influences and inspirations through a forty-five minute to two hour recording. These three recordings will focus on percussive rhythms between Ambient, Deep Techno and Drum & Bass.

Artist biography :
Co-founder of Virtual Forest Records, Paris-based producer Solma draws his inspiration from the hypnotic sounds of modern deep techno and the energetic grooves of UK bass music to produce psychedelic music at the crossroads of styles. 

Solma :
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/solmadj
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/solma.als/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/solmadj

Tracklist :
01. Formen - Phase
02. Lemna - What I killed
03. Paralell Manifesto - Initial Ignition
04. Birgitta Draggon - Crystal Love Yourself Cry
05. Gi - Blue Car
06. c o m t e - Baha
07. Primal Era Worship - Unreleased (forthcoming Ungolaki)
08. Svarog - Fields of Desolation
09. Human Space Machine - Nagra
10. Kick21 - Unreleased (forthcoming Blue Night Jungle)
11. RXEX - Dweller on the threshold
12. Solma - Unreleased (forthcoming Crescent London)
13. SRAMAANA - Unreleased (forthcoming Virtual Forest)
14. Smogo - Ifrit Rave Master [SousTraitance]
15. Trois-Quarts Taxi System - Unreleased (forthcoming traverse)
16. E-File - run
17. Jörmungandr - Tree Minder
18. Harald Uunk - Clairvoyance
19. Drawbridge - Go Fast In The Jungle
20. AINT.S - Purest Form
21. nlbs - Sensei
22. Last Life - Theorem
23. Pugilist & Tamen - Synesthesia
24. ASC - Flotation
25. Lauge & Low Profil - Stillness In Wyoming

Monochrome presents, 𝖍𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝓥 : Solma.

~ Deep Breakfast 243 by https://soundcloud.com/oisatsana ~

Tracklist:
01. Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - 7.21
02. France Jobin + Fabio Perletta - Mimesis
03. Emidio Buchinho & Ricardo Guerreiro - (Un)Folding
04. Thomas Ankersmit - Perceptual Geography
05. Luis Antero & Darius Čiuta - S
06. Ayami Suzuki & Leo Okagawa - Undercurrent
07. Taylor Deupree & Richard Chartier - Specification.Seven
08. o.blaat - gone fishing (w/ dj olive)
09. Atte Elias Kantonen - algae & others
10. Tetsuya Nakayama - 1590
11. Fousek / Hansen / Tellier-Craig - 5:37
12. Steffan De Turck/Howard Stelzer - HS - Private Performance #3f
13. Oisatsana - Early Morning Shift
14. Beatriz Ferreyra - L ’Autre rive
15. AGF - cadavreEXQUIZ
16. Ben Vida + Lea Bertucci - Ghost Pipes
17. Sebastien Roux - The Prepared Piano Song
18. Masaya Kato - SIS I
19. Sogar - Com 3.6
20. Suso Saiz - Will The Universe Be Like This? (feat. Menhir)
21. Gabrielle HB - Wind Through Caledonian Forest

~ Check out his Deep Breakfast mix as How to Levitate 👉 https://on.soundcloud.com/J5d7Z ~

Deep Breakfast 243 ~ Oisatsana

"This is my first published solo live-set with all recent creations.

I wanted to showcase a sound I am harnessing at the moment, utilising mainly a modular system, with a large amount of the FX processing from the Eventide H7600 & Sherman Filterbank. 

I see this piece of work more as a "Audiobiography", rather than purely a Live-set as it presents a broad spread of textures and tonality that I find myself drawn to at present. 

The emotional and hypnotic aspects stand always first, to touch the heart and mind is the goal."

INVEINS x Mostra \ Podcast \ Toxido Mask \ live

"This is the story that echoed through the Polaris at a MIMINOIMI event—a memory forever surrounded by fellow travelers on the same beloved musical journey."

Podcast based on the DJset made in MIMINOIMI event at Polaris Tokyo,  January 2024.

Joan Gila (@joan-gila) curator of HOC radio.

HOCast 177 x MIMINOIMI - Joan Gila

This Thursday Lucid Dreams comes back, the event series focus on ambient and experimental sounds taking place always by night where dreams are confused with reality. This third episode of the series was recorded on November, 2023. This mix was the first part of the night where F-on brings us another uncomfortable nightmare.

Radio Show #15- Lucid Dreams #03.1 By F-On

With a sundered focus on both calming and engaging sounds, Celadons selections are best described as a fuse of cradling ambiance and introspection. Being based in Stockholm, she is inherently inspired by the transitional nature of the seasons there. This mix serves as a personal reflection and soundtrack for the dark and icy months that has passed... Displaying sounds in the range of downtempo, half-time broken beats & drum and bass.

Lyl Radio -18/01/2024 - 6pm
https://lyl.live/episode/ch-4

Meet her here :
@celadon
https://www.instagram.com/celadon___

Chimaera 08 ⊙ Celadon

Sun drenched musical selections await as we look to our next guest mixer. The multi-talented Japanese artist, Makiko Iwaki under her DJ alias, Iwamaki. We were happy to cross paths at Mostra last year where she played an incredible live drone set, and even happier to showcase her talents through this mix series. Much like her productions, the mix encompasses all the nuance, and emotional depth that we love in Ambient music. Hitting those poignant moments and providing space for introspection. So sit back and enjoy as the sun rises on yet another Sunday morning…

Track list:

Guentner | Spieth - Apastron
Nobod - Entrance
RVSHES - Heaven
Chiaro Oscuro (by Demetrio Cecchitelli) - Chiaro
Fabio Perletta - 9'23''
Ocram Orchestra - Thunderstorm In Venlo
RVSHES - Paradise
Vedis - Nymphs bathing on Sunrise
Saphileaum - Forest Deity (Daniel[i] Reduction)
Iannis Xenakis - Concret Ph
Sciama - Changing Reflections
Respira - Sementes I
The Vision Reels & Barefoot - Internal Wave 2
Gregg Kowalsky - In That Aleppo Twice
Alessandro Canova - First Day of January
Jon Gibson - Two Solo Pieces
Alessandro Canova - Mirage Of Her Life

@makiko-iwaki
www.instagram.com/iwakimakiko/

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Sundays are for... Iwamaki

For this month’s chapter of our Podcast Series, we are incredibly proud to welcome Fhionbarra. Barry is a London-based DJ who has been turning heads with his commendably curated and finely executed sets across the city’s experimental ambient & dance music undergrowth and beyond ✨

A real tour-de-force of concept-driven DJing, this is a live recording of Fhionbarra’s mesmerising set from a recent Hardcore Chillout event where the loose concept of the evening was based on ‘Apparent Motion’ – that is, the perceptual illusion in cinema where still frames of film, viewed in quick succession, give the appearance of motion 🎞️

The mix is an interpretation of this concept with the first section taking a scene-setting, atmospheric tone alongside some narrative elements. This is followed by a middle section where time appears stretched or distorted – a reference to the space in between frames where our senses play tricks on us. The final section (or ‘third act’) returns to more overtly narrative territory, finishing with a cinematic flourish 📽️

Sounds by @fhionnbarra 💫
Recorded live at @hardcore-chillout 🌚
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🪲


TRACKLIST:
Jan Jelinek - John Cage, I’ve been told to ask you the following question: Where are you going?
Martyna Basta - Podszepnik I
Zaumne - Voyageur
Romeo Poirier - Muscle de Sable (Jan Jelinek Remix)
Andrew Pekler - Roses (on piano)
Feloneezy - Celia
Romeo Poirier - Negative Feedback
Slowfoam - Amalthea
Traumesser - Sharp Bladed Objects
Ben Bondy - Glans Intercum
Motion Ward - Letting Go
Igor Dyachenko - timeStretch
Nick Malkin - Moving Platform
datasette - Umbrella Partita (Live at Cafe OTO)
Traumesser - Swans
Zaumne - Praire (feat. Patrick Shiroishi)
Ex Ponto - In A Quarry…Far, Far Away
Temple Rat - The Garden of Earthly Delights
Rahel Kraft - No Category
Daniel Bjarnason - The Tree
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch - Persephone
Justin Wright - Harmonic Loops (Playground Swings)

Podcast Series 42 | Fhionbarra @ Hardcore Chillout • Apparent Motion

@dvka

Christian Duka is an electronic musician, sound artist & designer, immersive audio specialist and higher education lecturer. His musical outputs span the experimental and left-field electronic dance music both in his solo work and ongoing collaborative projects Vādin (with Avsluta) and MARMO (with Marco Maldarella). 

Christian's passion for immersive sound was sparked by a month-long residency at MONOM 4D Sound in Berlin and blossomed into his multi-disciplinary project UR: Human Presence — an artistic experience involving 3D sound, contemporary dance and performance art. Amazed by the creative potential of spatial audio, in 2019 he founded AMOENUS, an immersive art organisation that supports the development of immersive audio in the arts via R&Ds, events and workshops, most recently on their own custom made 16.4 sound system currently installed at The Bath House in London.

Soundcloud : 
@soundofvadin (Vādin) 
@marmo-927292184 (MARMO) 

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/christian_duka/
https://www.instagram.com/sound.of.vadin/ (Vādin) 
https://www.instagram.com/marmo.live/ (MARMO)  

Website: 
https://christianduka.com/

RA: 
https://ra.co/dj/christianduka 

Tracklist: 
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4FwkPEM_f5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Human Lessons #082 - Christian Duka

"Gather out of star-dust
            Earth-dust,
            Cloud-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust
            Not for sale."

Eagerly-awaited deep dream by @syberkid of @deep-mind-music

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MFIS LI ✢ Sybil

Platform navigating the in-betweens of ambient and dance music and featuring regular radio shows, guest podcast series and co-curated events ✨🌝🌚✨

Contact: info@introspective-electronics.com

Curation by @avsluta 🌱
Visual Identity by @marcomaldarella 🍃

https://introspective-electronics.com/curation

Podcast Series 42 | Fhionbarra @ Hardcore Chillout • Apparent Motion

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