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INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/alberta-balsam

Stepping up to deliver IA MIX 385 @albertabalsam carefully pieced-together a mix weaving a winding tale of magnetic character. Dextrously manipulated synths, coarse beat patterns, and industrial disorder open a wormhole of multiversal music, complex yet cohesive by nature - dig in.

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IA MIX 385 Alberta Balsam

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@keinobjekt
WHOLE 2024

Tracklist:
YOUTH – Vox Tenebrae
Atte Elias Kantonen – populus alba (i'm fine)
usof – plonplonk
Atte Elias Kantonen – algae & others
Zaumne – Poison
Commodo – Slushbox
Biogen – Mutylin
Dali de Saint Paul & Maxwell Sterling – 5
Peter Rehberg – at GRM (2016)
Fred Ho feat. The Asian American Art Ensemble and Kulintang Arts – Lapu Lapu's Battle Preparation
Scotch Rolex and Shackleton – Serotonin
Carrier – Lost On Me
EVA808 – Y R U N KET
Blurt – Be There Now
Aphex Twin – Isoprophlex (Slow) (Cr7e Version)
Blotter Trax – Super Conductor
Actress – Its me ( g 8 )
Errorsmith – My Party
Evol – Buggy Betty
Ssiege – Drama Lover
Céline Gillain – Fight or Flight
AT-XYA – Dreamo (feat. James K)
Jules Reidy – Slipstream
ssabæ – le roi est l’oiseau
Drexciya – Draining of the Tanks
IZM – Interlude
Death Is Not The End – Are You Sure?
Stas Karpenkov – 1.1
Sote – Kangaroo Court
GCOM – XO Transmission #1 feat. Qebrus
Gerard Hoffnung – Bricklayer's Story
Moritz Von Oswald – Infinito
Powell + LCO – 14, 23, 18
Evol – Buggy Betty
Mister Water Wet – A Whisper Won't Scale A Wall
Dj Fary – Punani Fantasy (Remix)
Maus & Stolle – Itch & Scratch
EDM – The beautiful symmetry of Sasaki Kojiro
Savage Garden – I Want You (Objekt edit)
Fox – Vacio ft. Trigganom (prod. by Florentino)
Aleksi Perala – Meltman / Meltdown man
Henzo – I Can See The Fatigue In You (Popcaan Devil Mix)
Toto – Georgy Porgy (feat. Cheryl Lynn) [Disco Version]
Aleksi Perälä – FI3AC2262010
2302 – Hold-3
Hateful Head Helen – Sweet Pussy Pauline Acapella
Evol – Semi Colin
Syclops – New Bro's In NYC
Valentina Magaletti – A Queer Anthology of Drums
Nilotika Cultural Ensemble – Ejokawulida
The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
SOPHIE – Bipp (Autechre Remix)
Tokyo Offshore Project – Magic Melody
downstairs J – Soft Tissue
Alexi Baris – Eye Cast Mirror (feat. Emad Armoush on ney)
Spacetime Continuum – Q 11
Objekt – Silica
Hoavi – Phase 8
Cucina Povera – Olen oluen oljen
Rhythm & Sound – No Partial
Lee Gamble – She's Not

OBJEKT

For Planatia x @radiocircolo 's show 🤍

Recorded live from Cashmere Radio's station in Berlin - 05.12.2024

Circles in Space w/ Notte Infinita [Cashmere Radio]

Recorded live at Villa San Michele during 53100 festival 2024. Photo by Teo Giovanni Poggi

Garçon @ 53100 - 2024

Milan-based Piezo (@piezopz) sits at the heart of the current club sounds. He has long had an obsession with sound system music and that defines what he does today: mutant and beguiling club tracks with meticulous sound design and thrilling energy, heavy low ends and a real dose of UK influence from d&b to garage, grime and techno. He kicked off the year by dropping his genre-busting Ecstatic Nostalgia EP on our Dekmantel-UFO sub-label and now returns with a podcast that is just as fresh.

It's a futuristic mix of bleeping machines and lurching rhythms with bright synth designs and deep space ambience. Over the course of 90 minutes, the pace picks up and you're whisked along a variety of rhythms from broken to dubby, head spinning to minimal. It feels utterly spontaneous but is also a fully coherent mix from this restless innovator. 

Dekmantel Mix 483 - Piezo

INTERVIEW + MIX > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/bjarki/ 

Bjarki Rúnar Sigurðarson is an artist in flux, slipping through definitions as easily as he does genres. His early output on трип suggested a clear trajectory—big-room techno, high-impact, and high-energy. But @bjarki has always been more interested in disruption. He loves veering off the beaten track.

Over the past decade, his identity has splintered across at least twenty documented personas (and perhaps some more hidden from the voyeur's view), each serving a vessel for the unpredictable. He functions in a space of humour and unease—shaping music that is erratic, raw, and wholly untamed.

And there is a lot of it—keyword: a lot. Bjarki doesn’t just release music; he floods the system. His latest album, 'A Guide to Hellthier Life', is a sharp, satirical dismantling of the wellness guru social media economy, where self-care is commodified and monetised at scale.

Stepping up to deliver IA MIX 389, the Icelandic producer extends that same critique—a surreal, self-aware meditation on the absurdity of performative well-being. Dark humour is nothing new for Bjarki, but here, his observations feel more honed, more biting, more necessary.

The mix itself is impossible to bracket, moving through states rather than styles—thoughtful, meditative, ridiculous, and deeply melancholic all at once. It’s a trip, in every sense. And, as always with Bjarki, it’s best not to ask where it’s going.

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IA MIX 389 Bjarki

From her early days in Switzerland’s squat rave scene to becoming a fixture in Europe’s underground club firmament, @ghettonast is shaping a poetically politicised sound that matches the snarl of industrial music with dusty drum play and the smoked-out moodiness of ‘90s downtempo. At the controls for our latest Recognise mix, she demonstrates the rough-hewn versatility of her club sound and speaks to Oli Warwick about the chance encounters that have guided her ever-evolving practice as a solo artist and collaborator

Interview & tracklist:  https://djmag.com/features/recognise-080-nvst

Tracklist & Interview

Recognise 080: NVST

Bristol-based @k_means operates at the fringes of electronic music. It's not tempo and genre that unites their sound, but more an exploration of mood and texture underpinned by bass-heavy low ends and hypnotic rhythms. The Noods, Rinse FM and Kiosk Radio regular is also resident at Bristol's Psychotherapy Sessions and will debut at Dekmantel Festival where you should fully expect to be taken into plenty of unknown musical territory.

It is the same with their mix for us this week - a wild trip into futuristic drum patterns and interplanetary sounds that melt the mind and contort the body. There is a constant push and pull between the organic and the synthetic with tribal percussion and warped vocals brushing up with bleeping synth modulations and experimental minimalism. It's a magnetic selection that's as much an imaginary movie soundtrack as it is a dance floor escape.

Dekmantel Mix 487 - k means

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/earthen-sea

For the 390th edition of the IA MIX Series we are thrilled to share a deep dive into jazzy neo-noir ambience from American producer Jacob Long, aka Earthen Sea.

Currently based in New York City, Long is a DIY lifer, with over twenty years dedicated to Earthen Sea's wide range of sounds from long-form noise and drone recordings, minimal dub techno, and ethereal ambient experimentation. Long spent his early musical years in the Washington, D.C. hardcore group Black Eyes, before heading to San Francisco with bandmate Daniel Martin-McCormick to work with Damon Palermo on Mi Ami.

While all three members branched off into their own solo electronic projects (Ital/Relaxer for Martin-McCormick and Magic Touch for Palermo), Long's work as Earthen Sea originated in the early 2000s. It began with longer experiments in drone and ambient before morphing into the icy dub techno many came to know from releases on Kranky and Lover's Rock.

Recent LPs, such as 2024's Recollection, have veered to ambient, dub, and jazz-influenced tracks that consistently deliver the goods. For his mix, Earthen Sea offers an exhilarating combination of gamelan recordings, jazz, and dub techno. You will find it an ideal companion for your morning coffee or a night drive through empty, foggy cities. We also got to catch up with Jacob and learn about reuniting with Black Eyes, how recent live sets have incorporated saxophone driven drones, and his life-long love of skateboarding.

IA MIX 390 Earthen Sea

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST >  https://inverted-audio.com/mix/marco-weibel

Singapore-born, now New York-based selector Marco Weibel (@marcoweibel) distills a potent transmission for IA MIX 391, a testament to the power of eclecticism when guided by a curator with impeccable taste. It plays like a tribute to NYC — soundtracking a drift through cities restless arteries, from the crates of Human Head to Myrtle Avenue epiphanies, culminating in a 3AM descent into a steam-filled noodle joint, where basslines hang in the air like ghosts on the glass.

IA MIX 391 Marco Weibel

INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/wrecked-lightship

Following the release of their second album last year, Adam Winchester and Laurie Osborne return as Wrecked Lightship on Peak Oil with their latest album 'Drained Strands', opening the hallowed doors of their submarine to all types of distorted fantasies.

As the name suggests, @wreckedlightship carries fractured memories of vessels forgotten in vast expanses, from the sea and beyond. The weight of their work conjures images of desolate landscapes beyond human reach, yet their invitation into this sonic vision becomes a ticket to inhabit the very space of extraterrestrials.

'Drained Strands' withholds a kind of extraordinary beauty that is more often felt than heard. This combined performance unit of solo acts Appleblim & Wedge exists in an untethered vortex - one built from scattered electronics and bruised hearts. All of this culminates in IA MIX 392, a studio mix where heavy scores of bass and a plethora of textures, some borrowed and some unheard, bubble together in a melting pot of comfort and disorder.

IA MIX 392 Wrecked Lightship

Allecto with Sybil - 04 June 2025

INTERVIEW + MIX > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/eden-aurelius

For the 393rd edition of the Inverted Audio Mix Series, we are thrilled to present an hour-long sonic journey from @edenaurelius. Currently based in New York, Eden’s spent many years immersed in the DIY and club scenes of NYC and Chicago, her previous home before relocating two years ago.

Last year’s debut ‘Pleateau’ was one of our favourite releases of 2024. A potent mixture of ambient and dub techno, ‘Pleateau’ has only gotten better in the spin around the sun since it was released. It hooks you in with its unhurried rhythms that pulse with a vibrant spirit. The album feels like a welcome time out from the anxieties of constant connections and endless news cycles.

Along with recent output by Purelink (who are friends and collaborators), Eden’s work feels like an essential new chapter in the long, winding story of ambient dub. As Summer takes control, we caught up with Eden to talk about her musical beginnings, all time and current favourite albums, and upcoming projects.

IA MIX 393 Eden Aurelius

Dark beauty

Its been ages since our last podcast for our Appian mix series. In keeping with previous podcasts we have asked our most recent artist - Forest Drive West to concoct something nice for us. Mellow summer time listening here with atmosphere and lots of depth. We hope you enjoy it in the garden with a cold one : )

*Artwork Pic taken by Al Blayney in Cong Abbey, Ireland.

APPIAN MIX 009 - Forest Drive West

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Aug 30 - Broken Ear x Inverted Audio, The Goose, London https://ra.co/events/2230048
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Aug 15 - DJ Antepop All Night Long at New Forms, Chelsea
Aug 8-10 - Trevinos Record Fair x Houghton Festival
Jun 28 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair
May 25 - Wax On Tap Record Fair, GROW Hackney
May 10 - In-Store: Dying In Beauty 'Return To Origin' EP
Apr 12 - Record Store Day Open Deck Party
Mar 1 - In-Store: Stólar Records with Will You & Philipp Priebe (live)
Jan 25 - DJ Antepop, Jumbi Peckham
Jan 19 - Wax On Tap Record Fair, Grow, Hackney Wick
Jan 18 - In-Store: Matsssiii (Project Indigo), Inverted Audio Record Store

2024
Dec 15 - Record Fair at The Greyhound, Peckham
Dec 7 - In-Store: Blank Mind with Sam Purcell & H.CHILD, Peckham
Dec 1 - First Press Record Fair, Brighton
Nov 3 - Record Fair at The Greyhound Peckham
Oct 26 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair
Oct 11 - In-Store: Kulture Galerie
Oct 6 - Wax On Tap Record Fair
Sep 28 - Transmissions Festival, Hackney Wick
Sep 14 - Inverted Audio Record Store Anniversary // Ozel AB, Chuggy, Antepop
Sep 1 - Pacific Tavern Record Fair, London
Aug 8-11 - Trevino's Record Fair, Houghton Festival
Aug 4 - Pacific Tavern Record Fair, London
July 28 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair with Accidental Records
July 13 - Antepop at Jumbi Peckham
June 15 - Antepop All Night Long at Rons
June 8 - In-Store: Overload Liverpool with The Cyclist & Waxtek
May 18 - In-Store: Baroque Sunburst
May 4 - In-Store: Ramjac Corporation
Apr 13 - Antepop All Night Long At Rons
Apr 6 - In-Store: Dying In Beauty
Mar 22 - Joe Davies, JVXTA, Antepop, Beeches at The Waiting Room
Mar 8 - Boaksi In-Store (Project Indigo)
Mar 3 - Leyton Record Fair
Jan 21 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio x Out Of Joint Records

2023
Dec 16 - Christmas In-Store
Dec 2 - Joe Davies (Smallville Records) In-Store
Nov 18 - Ben Kaczor (Dial) In-Store
Sep 15 - Inverted Audio Record Store Launch
Aug 18 - The Carpet Shop, DR MYSTERY, Nightwave, Antepop, Dweedo
Aug 10-14 - Houghton Festival Record Fair
July 15 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio Store x Out Of Joint Records
Jun 3+4 - Near Mint East London Record Fair
May 7 - Near Mint Brighton Record Fair
Feb 19 - Peckham Record Fair

2022
14 May - Inland, New Magic Media, Freddie Hudson, Pablo Garduño at Fuchs2, Prague
25 March - Konduku, Kate Miller, Severja, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN

2021 
05 Nov - Rhyw, Gramrcy, Golden Medusa, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
03 Sept - GiGi FM, Vivian Koch, Jesse G, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
01 Sept - Flaminia, Ireen Amnes, JacqNoise, Peter Kirn at ://about blank
07 Aug - Levon Vincent, Margaret Dygas, Catharsis Soundsystem
28 July - Ignez, Inland & Magna Pia, Sam Goku, Toxido Mask at ://about blank

2020
May 30 - Inverted Audio Live From Fiese Remise
Apr 24 - Inverted Audio x Wilde Renate [Cancelled]
Apr 3 - Diskothek Melancholie 2 [Cancelled]
Feb 11 - HÖR Berlin, Carsten Jost, Fred Mann (live), Antepop
Feb 08 - His Master's Voice, Fred Mann, Stereociti, Antepop at Zur Klappe 
Jan 17 - Jacques Bon, Alexis, Antepop at Zur Klappe

2019
Dec 7 - Benedikt Frey, LDY OSC, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Nov 8 - DJ Rubio (live), BNJMN, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Sep 13 - Christopher Rau, Carsten Jost, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Aug 10 - Gramrcy, DJ Assam, Antepop at Zur Klappe
July 10 - 10 Years of Inverted Audio: Kassem Mosse, Low Jack, Antepop, Elise at Griessmuehle

2018
Nov 10 - Inverted Audio meets Newtype Rhythms, Chalet Berlin
Oct 12 - Inverted Audio meets TOYS Berlin, Farbfernseher
Aug 31 - Doc Sleep, Laura BCR, Antepop at LAUT, Barcelona
Aug 31 - Inverted Audio x Discos Paradiso In-Store, Barcelona
July 5.6.7 - Inverted Audio Campfire Headphase stage at Farr Festival
April 19 - Deeper Than Deep at Paloma, Berlin

2017
July 13 - 16 Inverted Audio Stage at Farr Festival
May 13 - Peckham Rye Music Festival, Inverted Audio Stage
Mar 3 - Emotional Response / Emotional Rescue x Inverted Audio, Brilliant Corners
Jan 20 - Inverted Audio x Smallville Records, Peckham Palais

2016

Feb 5 - Inverted Audio x 45 ACP (L.I.E.S. Records) at Bussey Building

2015

Nov 13 - Inverted Audio x Young Male (White Material) at Bussey Building

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