@lou_drago

~ Tracklist ~

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220304
Christina Vantzou - In A Forest, On Some Moss, Growing
Florian T M Zeisig - Apiary
Antenes - Take Me To The Birds (For A)
Christina Vantzou - Multiplying Into Fields Of Little Voices
Alva Noto + Ryuchi Sakamoto - Uoon I
Alexandra Spence - Communion
Shuttle 358 - Isonpgn
Al Fraser - Hesitant Exploration
Valentino Mora - III1IIIIIIIIII5IIIIIIIII*
Taylor Dupree - Temper
Endurance - Expanding Repetition
Wanderwelle - Jonah
Ligovskoï - Thessalonians
Shuttle 358 - Cloud
Jacob Newman - Vactrol Light
Caterina Barbieri and Lyra Pramuk - Knot of Spirit
Plants Army Revolver - Valle della Luna*
Kevin Verwijmeren - We Believe
Lou Drago - patience to see*
Organic Dial - Actiq
Amma Ateria - stillness : interference
Rrose - Hymn to Moisture
Valentino Mora - IIIIII1IIIIIII6IIIIIIIII*

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I am so grateful to share with you all today a very poignant and sacred entry in the Deep Mind Music series from Lou Drago. Lou has woven together a truly otherworldly psychedelic journey for the soul, a luminescent experience, a gently glowing hologram of emotion 💠

Lou Drago and I connected years ago when they asked me to make a mix for their TRANSIENCE series, which invites contributors to create a “temporary suspension of reality, where the listener can speculate on alternate futures free from all systems of oppression.” We found a synchronicity in the role ambient music has played in our lives, and how it opens portals to new imagined existences for us. Since then, I’ve had the joy of playing for Lou at infinity rug, the ambient-focussed event series they curate with Marum, where we have shared deep chats, silly giggles and shared philosophies (as well as ambient music ofc).

They have put a great deal of thought and care into this mix, which you can hear in the delicately programmed selections, the fluidity of the whole, and the full-being submersion into an emotional plane of existence. From the opening seconds of the mix, clarifying crystalline twinkles open the way, realigning our sense of being, and taking us into this subtle soundscape. This mix feels like a gently calming presence, like both a sigh, and a weight lifted from the shoulders.

As we sink into the mix, we evaporate into vaporous wisps of energy, as expansive washes of sound contrast with infinitesimal whirls and organic instrumentation. We are submerged into a panoramic dreamstate, morphing mystical landscapes expanding before us. Lou guides us through a misty forest teeming with life, droplets of water slipping off the end of intricate leaves around us.

In the final 30 minutes of the mix, I feel as if I am all the flickering stars in the night sky, as interplaying vibrational drones dissolve us into the depths. Lou then very gently lifts us from this state, the atoms of our being carefully reassembled, coming back to reality in a state of blissful harmony. I hope you find peace in this heart-opening trip 🤍🌌🤍

This release comes in the same week that I will be joining Lou as a guest of TRANSIENCE at WHOLE festival this weekend, where we will both be playing ambient sets in the early hours of Saturday. I am really looking forward to this occasion of continued sonic kinship between us, see you there if you are coming 💗

Photo taken by Lou on the way to Portugal, a country where they “always feel a strong grounding energy pulling me through the earth to home”

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@transience-archive
@infinity-rug
https://instagram.com/lou__drago/

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Deep Mind Music

Lou Drago ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.28

Happy new year and welcome to 2024! Bright Patterns welcomes Garçon from Switzerland for this new chapter of the show. He’s a resident at Elysia in Basel and co-runs Amenthia Recordings with Agonis. More often than not, we have the pleasure of hearing his deep cerebral explorations of rhythm, building sets and mixes with thoughtful intention for the dance floor. While I and many others enjoy these recordings again and again, he presents a softer side here that’s equally as brilliant. “I wanted to play music i'd like to listen to in the morning or stay in bed to” he added. It’s a perfect way to start off a new year. As always, thanks for tuning in.

http://www.instagram.com/garcon_amenthia

Bright Patterns with Garçon @ The Lot Radio 01-04-2024

"A gentle dérive through shimmering textures and quiet layers, where sound feels both rooted and untethered. This set breathes with the traces of shared moments — music exchanged between friends, and nights when the forest became shelter. The track once meant to anchor it never arrived — yet the thread remains, woven from intuition, memory, and the subtle glow of all that lingers."

Once known as Blanket, now drifting as azul (@azulblan). No face, no past — just frequencies.

HOCast #247 - azul

Mark H. Geary, also known as Eight Fold Way, is a London-based artist whose work delves deep into the multidimensionality of sound.

Over the years, Mark’s impressive catalog of mixes and recordings have been a profound source of inspiration, opening our ears to an expansive universe of sonic textures and possibilities.

Together with hems, Mark co-runs one of our favourite music platforms: Hardcore Chillout. If you're unfamiliar with it, we highly recommend diving in!

This one's a real psychedelic slow burner - absolutely beautiful.
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https://soundcloud.com/eightfoldway
www.instagram.com/eightfoldway/

https://soundcloud.com/hardcore-chillout
www.instagram.com/hardcorechillout/

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

The Observatory - Eight Fold Way

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

Continuum: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees.

There are moments in time that encapsulate and represent everything this project stands for. Connection through music, friendship, trust and creativity. Sharing via sound and etching magical moments and experiences in our minds. And thanks to Perpendicular, we might run out of space to store these experiences sooner than we thought. 

Some times music can't be explained and moments can't be captured. But also, some other times, someone was thoughtful enough to record. And luckily, this time, the latter happened, and we have been blessed with the opportunity to share this one of a kind performance. 

Alex, Javi and Joan are a treasure. Connectors, multipliers, and those special types of characters that make all of us grow a bit more. They nurture people and scene around them. And this time, they chose to tell the story of the story that was going on and at the story place itself.  Of course, with their twist. With an approach to art that does not compromise on craftsmanship to deliver a witty, psychedelic and mind altering performance. 

I will leave it to them to explain: 

"RARs is a happy idea brought to life by ameeva, Javi, and Joan Gila. They call themselves modern-day jesters, and this little equation captures their essence perfectly.

Dadicated to “la querida cabaña” 

Setup:
ameeva: Expressive E Osmose + Electron Digitakt
Joan Gila: G&L Tribute Legacy + Strymon Big Sky + Landscape Ferrous 
Javi: Chase bliss Mood + Chase Bliss Gen Loss + OTO Boum + Ipad 
Tascam model 12 + mic Shure SM57LC

This live is a heartfelt tribute to our favourite room in Perpen — a truly magical space.

It is from this very place that a parallel story arises — one absent from Cervantes’ written pages, yet whispered among the wisest and most hidden tongues. They say that once, during a peculiar detour and a wildly psychedelic journey, Sancho Panza and Don Quixote stumbled upon “La Cabaña”.

There, a druid and a paladin — as if summoned from some arcane legend — welcomed them warmly and invited them to spend the night. What followed, it is said, did not unfold in La Mancha, but in this very sanctuary of surreal encounters and mystical energy.

This tale is not found in the official texts, yet it lives on through oral tradition, echoed like a folk myth among those who know where to listen.

We are also sharing the English (Old-style) translation of the story (spoken word), as it is recited in Castilian Spanish. 
HERE: 
https://rarslive.tiiny.site/
To read the full story of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote narrated by your favourite modern-day jesters, RARs. 

Artwork by Javier Marimon - Off Tangent

The Continuum: RARs live - Perpendicular 2025

Fav Midgar's ambient selector Lilli Zylka https://soundcloud.com/lilli-zylka opening the outdoor stage at our last summer open air, in collaboration with the French crew of Useless Seconds https://soundcloud.com/useless-seconds, taking place at Backsteinboot in Berlin Spandau.

Lilli Zylka at Midgar x Useless Seconds - Backsteinboot, Berlin 5th July 2025

Live recording at the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live every Thursday and Friday on YouTube and futureintelradio.com. For more info, visit our website.

Hewan Aman ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 28 08 2025

Ethereal ambient soundscapes inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune Universe.

SPICE - IN CONTEMPLATION

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/zYjLZOR1Cdw

Glimpse 1497 (Nov 7 2025)

limerence (Dreamy + Extra Slowed)

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 55 | Lou Drago

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