March 2025

Back in the day, drums were used as signals for festivities and war because their sounds travelled the furthest. Azu Tiwaline has long understood that. A master in the dark arts of percussion, she makes deep and profound percussive music that seems to communicate forgotten rituals from centuries past. Her sound is dense, as if pulled from the depths of the Sahara desert in Tunisia, yet still feels spacious thanks to polyrhythmic contortions and sparse, elegant melodies.

Her productions largely fall into the confines of percussive techno, but unlike the genre's springier variants, her dubby textures and psychedelic rhythms command seriousness and move with immensity. Her Livity Sound debut, the Magnetic Service EP from 2020, connected Amazigh music with dub and techno and is a masterclass in restraint and hypnosis. Her latest release, The Fifth Dream, continues to showcase her skills in balancing light and dark tones using field recordings from her home in Tunisia's El Djerid desert, minimal ambient techno and haunting notes.

Mirroring her discography, this RA Podcast features plenty of twisted rhythms, trippy techno and straightforward club cuts. Created for movement rather than hypnosis, these selections show off a different side of her drum palette—perky breaks and syncopated kicks—wrapped in her usual weighty atmospheres.

@azu-tiwaline

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/906

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RA.906 Azu Tiwaline

Jeff The Fool & Wilt - What You Say

Pour ce nouvel Ep, Jeff The Fool et Wilt s’éloignent un peu de la House pour signer un ep 2 titres aux influences Trance 90’s et Acid

Follow Jeff the fool : 
insta : https://www.instagram.com/jeffthefool/ 
fb : https://www.facebook.com/jeffthefool 
sc : https://soundcloud.com/jeff-the-fool 

Follow Wilt 
insta : https://www.instagram.com/wilt_tcr/ 
fb : https://www.facebook.com/wiltthechaud 
sc : https://soundcloud.com/wilt_tcr 

Follow Thé Chaud 
insta : https://www.instagram.com/thechaudrecords/ 
fb : https://www.facebook.com/LeTheChaud 
sc : https://soundcloud.com/thechaudmusic 
bandcamp : https://thechaudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Follow Imported recordings:
SC : soundcloud.com/imported-recordings/
FB : www.facebook.com/ImportedParis
Insta : www.instagram.com/importedparis/
BC : www.importedrecordings.bandcamp.com/
SP : open.spotify.com/user/4i4j6pakobcyz0le6zmoerqtv

[IMPORTED PREMIERE] Jeff The Fool & Wilt - What You Say

Track: Glass
Artist(s): @Wilt_tcr
Label: @technone-records 
Catalog: [TNEREC-025]
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 06/21/2024
Mastering:  Michael Ius
Artwork: T&NE STUDIO - Matthieu R.

Artist links: 
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/wilt_tcr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilt_tcr/

Label links:
Bandcamp: https://tnerecords.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tone.records/

Pre-Order on Bandcamp

GTG Premiere | Wilt - Glass [TNEREC-025]

Recording of Azu Tiwaline's set at Lentekabinet 2024.

Azu Tiwaline at Lentekabinet 2024

Three years in the making, Livity Sound alumni Azu Tiwaline and Forest Drive West combine their distinct but compatible styles into an EP of advanced, reduced soundsystem immersion. 

The idea for the collaboration took shape not long after Tiwaline’s first Livity release, the Magnetic Service EP, and the pair took time to settle on a sound set which now shapes out Fluids In Motion. Drawing on a cohesive palette, the tracks they pieced together in a remote exchange between Tunisia and the UK explored a variety of tempos and rhythms ranging from pure ambience through to spring-loaded 4/4, with a focus on minimalism and dub-spirited spatial sound design. 

The end result naturally evolves from each artist’s existing work, matching subtlety and space with intricate detail to present a complete, considered release that runs as deep as an album over the course of four tracks.

Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - 'Fluids In Motion I'

Opening of room 1 on sunday evening
Some weeks ago I performed in front of my friends and people I looked up to, bathed in the emotions and psychedelism typical of the sunday evening at Freerotation.
Thank you so much Steevio and Suzybee for trusting me to bring some weirdness in the magical room 1, and all my friends for being so supportive !
Mastered by Larry "Bruce" McCarthy at Edgar Studios

Marylou @ Freerotation 2024

Credits : 
Spoken words - James Baldwin and bell hooks.
Chanting - Jan Blake.

dan nicholls (live) - Meakusma Festival 2024

Support the label & artist : agorarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ag012

Artist : Sina XX, Elise Massoni
Label : Agora Records
Catalog : AG012
Release date : 27/09/2024
Format : Digital
Mastering : Manukaftur Studio
Artwork : noerbm

Elise Massoni 
@el-se 
https://www.instagram.com/elise.massoni/

Sina XX
@sinaxxmusic
www.instagram.com/sinaxxmusic/

Agora Records
@agora-records
instagram.com/agora.records
facebook.com/agorarecords1

Buy & Support

PREMIERE : Sina XX - Toxic People (Elise Massoni Remix) (AG012)

November (Elise Massoni Remix)

For her Crack Mix, Berlin-based DJ and Morphine Raum affiliate Marylou takes us on an explorative journey through the sounds she's gravitating towards right now.

Crack Mix 599: Marylou

Live performance of Azu Tiwaline & Cinna Peyghamy during Draaimolen Festival 2023 Edition (NL)

100% of the proceeds will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) to support their essential humanitarian efforts in Palestine.
Thank you for standing with us and with Palestine.

https://azutiwaline.bandcamp.com/track/canop-e-imaginaire-live-version

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Azu Tiwaline & Cinna Peyghamy - Canopée Imaginaire (Live Version)

Shredding the concept of DJing down and remoulding it in her own provocative way, @maryloudj pushes the artform into bold, expressive forms that make simple beatmatching seem timid by comparison. The Berlin-based DJ is rightly proud of her approach, which she deems "unprofessional", drawing as it does on an intimate and wide-reaching relationship with sound unbound by the Tetris-block approach to DJing which so often goes along with sequenced electronic music. Drawing from a lifelong fascination with sounds from all parts of the world, and gifted with the creative elan to pull off wild shifts and unlikely juxtapositions, Marylou represents a growing culture of non-conformist DJing that proves there is so much more to say in pairing music than just keeping two beats in time. 

For this IOMix, which accompanies Joseph Francis' in-depth interview with Marylou, we've been gifted a recording of her Sunday afternoon set from pe:rsona 2024, an intimate festival hosted by @positiveeducationfest that took place in France. As the photos attest, it was a blistering July sun that beat down on the three hour session, and there's a sense of that clamouring, dry heat in Marylou's mesmerising, epic session. There's so much to experience and absorb - drums of all shapes and sizes, chants from unknown lands, extreme textures and haunting beauty, crushing bass and bittersweet swerves. You'll never hear another DJ do it quite like Marylou. 

Head to International Orange to read the interview: https://internationalorange.io/marylou-from-ritual-to-rave/

IOMix018 // Marylou

Next up on the Fast Forward Audio Series, we present: Elise Massoni

  Based in Paris, Elise Massoni is, first and foremost, a DJ and producer with a distinct style and flawless skills. Her fast-paced and strong selection of contemporary techno, drawing inspiration from the past while embracing the future, has propelled her to prominence as a rising star in the French techno scene.
With her unique ability to bridge the divide between ardent non-techno enthusiasts and purists, Elise commands a magnetic presence, focusing on harmonies and intensity to weave a narrative reflective of the diversity she embodies. Her approach to interpretation has always been grounded in the belief that 'feelings come first'

  About the mix:
 "Feeling a bit drained by winter and under the weather, I wanted to create something comforting, like that old plaid you love to wrap yourself in.
As a teenager, I used to listen to mixes in bed, dreaming of being in clubs while drifting off to sleep, caught in the loop. I tried to capture that feeling here. Hope you enjoy it !"

Socials:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elise.massoni 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/el-se
Bandcamp: https://elisemassoni.bandcamp.com

Fast Forward Audio Series #105 - Elise Massoni

POLAARIZED is a 6-track LP where the label’s core artists collaborate with some of the most daring and influential creatives shaping today’s music. Polarization—a scientific phenomenon that aligns forces in a shared direction—becomes a metaphor for the collective power of collaboration, where contrasting voices converge into something greater.

POLAARIZED reimagines the club as more than just a dancefloor—it’s a space for radical expression, a meeting point where boundaries blur, and communities thrive. This release is a sonic manifesto for those who live at the edge of the underground, where music becomes a force of connection and change.

To celebrate POLAARIZED, we’ve created a limited-edition sticker pack inspired by iconic Panini collections. Each pack includes 12 unique designs inspired by the concept of light polarization. Limited to 100 copies, these packs come with the digital album.

Bandcamp

Azu Tiwaline x Tim Karbon - Gloom Valley

Remix of HomeSeq by Azu Tiwaline
Taken from CCTemple's debut album 'First Exploration' 

___Download___
https://cctemple.bandcamp.com/track/homeseq-azu-tiwaline-remix

___Stream___
https://baco.lnk.to/HomeSeqAzuTiwalineRework

___Credits___
Original track 'HomeSeq' by @CCTemple
Remix by Azu Tiwaline
Mastering by Rhys Crouch (Optimum Recording)
Publishing by CYLID
© CCTemple x I.O.T Records 2025
[IOT88RMX04]

Download

CCTemple - HomeSeq (Azu Tiwaline Remix)

*ALARMA SPOTLIGHT #07* - ELISE MASSONI (live from Trabendo Paris)

A long time coming, this new chapter in our Podcast Series comes from our dear friend and one of our favourite live artists, dan nicholls. We’d have a hard time counting exactly how many times we’ve seen them concoct their colourful sonic potions, effortlessly merging multi-layered depth with soft playfulness, oscillating between meditative horizontal sounds, spoken word and field recordings and high energy bass infected half & double time dance workouts. To witness an artist in pursuit of their genuine expression succeed in building a world of their own while being versatile and open is a beautiful thing to behold and we feel so lucky to be able to share this little peek into Dan’s workshop, in the form a live set recording from Brussels’ Brasserie Atlas ✨

dan nicholls is a producer and multi-instrumentalist exploring sounds at the crossroads of ambient, electronica, jazz and free improvisation. Over the years, Dan has moved on from a career in jazz, via electronic music, to a heartfelt embrace of rave culture and the feminist and queer theories which are all strongly present in the current iteration of their solo projects and collaborations. With a powerful grasp on world building with, through and beyond sound, they co-curate the London-based Free Movements - a multi-sensory event series hosting genre fluid experimental music performances crossing both acoustic and electronic realms 🔮

In the true spirit of their highly collaborative workflow ~ always in the process of making with and through people and other-than-human critters, culture & politics ~ this improvised recording features voices of tyroneisaacstewart, Lauren Kinsella, Juju Love, Moor Mother, Gillie Nicholls, Janet Blake and Palestinian activist whose words contribute in different ways to amplifying of marginalised ideas. And it seems that for every word, there is a sound to match, a little something that carries its weight, gives it a warm embrace and lets it slip in our ears with tenderness and gravity to be remembered through feeling. There’s only one way to know and that’s to press play and listen 🐚

Improvised live set @ Brasserie Atlas, Brussels

Sounds by @dannichollsldn 🌸
Visions by @marcomaldarella 💫

Vocals (in order of appearance): tyroneisaacstewart, Lauren Kinsella, Juju Love, Moor Mother, Gillie Nicholls, Janet Blake, Palestinian activist (chooses to remain anonymous) 

Recorded by Loto Retina

Thanks to Mika Oki, Loto Retina and the rest of the beaut crew at B-Atlas

Podcast Series 51 | dan nicholls [live] @ Brasserie Atlas

a1. weave

b9. spirit

a2. grow

Hybrid space for electronic and experimental music. Hosting lives and dj sets in a former tobacco factory.

March 2025

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