MANSHIN is an album composed from the same sonic materials used in the performance of the same name - some taken directly, others re-recorded and reworked to shape a distinct listening experience. Rooted in research into psychoacoustics and Korean shamanic ritual, it aims to convey intensity, trance, and emotional resonance—interpreted through our own contemporary sensibility.

Rather than documenting or adapting the performance, MANSHIN offers a parallel encounter—where the ritual is carried into the listener's body with what only sounds can do. It is a listening experience that evokes a charged atmosphere, where sound becomes space, and listening becomes a form of entry.

The Field

STRUMA+IODINE PREMIERE
Philipp Quehenberger - "Emortal" (2025)

Album-Title: Hot Water
Year: 2025
Label: other machines / OM001
Album-release: 04.07.2025
All tracks written and produced by Philipp Quehenberger
Mixed by Patrick Pulsinger at Feedback Studio Vienna
Mastered by Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
Manufactured by AUSTROVINYL GmbH
Distributed by Triple Vision Record Distribution
For booking contact: info@philippquehenberger.com

Renowned Vienna-based keyboardist and producer Philipp Quehenberger is known for his improvisational approach to electronic music. With a history of notable releases on respected labels like Cheap Records and Editions Mego and his energetic live sets, Quehenberger has built a reputation for a distinctive sound.

His latest release, the vinyl EP "Hot Water", comes as the inaugural offering from the newly established label “other machines”.

Opening with “Emortal” a slowed down four on the floor beat is acompanied by a heavy bassriff and wobbly psychedelic synthlines, the record picks up speed but maintains its dark but catchy vibe with the house -like "Heaven" featuring  strings and another wallshaking  bassline.

The B-side starts off with "Trytrance", combining filtered melodic fragments with an acid infused synth bassline and a wonky but speedy disco beat. The title track "Hot Water" that sounds like from the inside of a steamroller, and the final track "Thirty Three" each escalate tempo and intensity into a pulsating wall of sound.

Quehenberger's improvisational ethos shines throughout the EP, allowing for spontaneity and exploration while maintaining a cohesive sonic narrative, mirroring his live performance style, where moments of unpredictability often lead to surprising revelations.

www.philippquehenberger.com
www.other-machines.com

S+I PREMIERE: Philipp Quehenberger - "Emortal " [other machines]

Text, Konzept, Musik, Stimme: Karolina Preuschl & Sixtus Preiss

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STRUMA+IODINE PREMIERE
Kobermann - "Waves" (2025)

Album-Title: Unterland
Year: 2025
Label: A.T.C. Records
Album-release: 13.07.2025
All tracks written and produced by Johannes Piller
Mixing & Mastering by Johannes Piller
Photography by Jonny P.
Artwork by Tanja Turner

Kobermann – Unterland  is the seventh album by Austrian sound artist Johannes Piller. Composed with modular synthesizers and field recordings, the 60-minute cassette release explores the space between ambient, dub, and minimalism. Across seven tracks, Kobermann creates slow, meditative structures that resist digital hyper-speed in favor of texture, patience, and subtle transformation. Echoes of Biosphere, Jan Jelinek, and early tape-based New Age emerge — yet Unterland follows its own inner terrain. A release for listeners who prefer depth over immediacy.

To support the artist buy it here: https://atcvienna.bandcamp.com/

S+I PREMIERE: Kobermann - "Waves" [A.T.C. Rec]

Manos Saklas invites Shilla Strelka for a discussion on Otoliths in Flux.
They have an in-depth discussion on Strelka’s long standing engagement with sonic practices, as well as in the political and the collective dimensions of listening. Her expansive body of curatorial work includes initiatives such as Struma+Iodine and Unsafe+Sounds Festival, which takes place annually in Vienna as a space for critical sound art and experimental music; as well as a long-standing collaboration with the influential Viennese label Editions Mego.

Their conversation delves into the concept of sonic agency, how listening sessions can become a mode of both research and resistance, as well as about her focus on establishing new ways to think and act collectively via sonic means. They also touch on her methods of creating cross-disciplinary encounters that foreground embodied listening, affective politics, and media critique—positioning sound not as a closed field, but as an expanded practice embedded in cultural, technological, and social contexts. 
Otoliths in Flux is a digital platform exploring emerging sonic art territories through artist talks, discussions and thematic radio pieces, hosting diverse yet influential present-day artists, theorists and composers


Otoliths in Flux • In conversation with Shilla Strelka w/ Manos Saklas (30.07.2025)

UNSAFE+SOUNDS 2025
"𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞"
02. - 07. September 
Various Venues I Vienna
https://unsafeandsounds.com/

"We explore chronopolitics: the struggles over how time is structured, controlled, and experienced. We listen for temporalities that have been marginalized, erased, or constrained. We move from deep ecological time to ancestral myth time, from the frantic acceleration of the now to the slow drift of deceleration, from haunted pasts to imagined futures. We dream reality into being. 

(...)
We reject the hegemony of the technological-industrial, Western linear model that homogenizes time in oppressive narratives of progress. Instead, we embrace indigenous, Black, multispecies, and anti-capitalist politics of time as the origin of radical futurisms, and of a justice-to-come. We want to reclaim agency over our timelines, dismantle temporal borders, and expand the possible."

Shilla Strelka 
@inoukiendo

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Klara Lewis - Ingrid
BZDB - Water
Ludwig Wandinger - Vien
HxH - Pyrex Vision
Herbert & Momoko Gil - Need to Run
Rosa Anschütz - Chase Pioneers
Autor - Leere
Moor Mother feat. Black Quantum Futurism - Nighthawk of Time
naemi feat. Yves B. Golden- CO (Sugar Hiccup) 
MA.MOYO - Love is a Gun
Dasychira feat. malibu - Umbreon
Zuli feat. Coby Sey - Ast
Ludwig Wandinger feat. Evita Manji - Fire
Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gil - More and More
Hüma Utku - World Between Worlds
General Magic - Bonden
Moor Mother feat. Black Quantum Futurism - Time Distortion 
Kasho Chualan & Lukas König - Kurdistan Loop Tune
Vanyfox - Choro Melodico

SI108 - Unsafe+Sounds 2025 - "Time Dream Rhythm Machine" Part I

UNSAFE+SOUNDS 2025
"𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞"
02. - 07. September 
Various Venues I Vienna
https://unsafeandsounds.com/

"We explore chronopolitics: the struggles over how time is structured, controlled, and experienced. We listen for temporalities that have been marginalized, erased, or constrained. We move from deep ecological time to ancestral myth time, from the frantic acceleration of the now to the slow drift of deceleration, from haunted pasts to imagined futures. We dream reality into being. 

(...)
We reject the hegemony of the technological-industrial, Western linear model that homogenizes time in oppressive narratives of progress. Instead, we embrace indigenous, Black, multispecies, and anti-capitalist politics of time as the origin of radical futurisms, and of a justice-to-come. We want to reclaim agency over our timelines, dismantle temporal borders, and expand the possible."

Mixed by S.verin
https://soundcloud.com/s_verin

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HxH - Beach
I-LP-O IN DUB - Crocodile Submerged
Gajek - Dig It All Up Again
Ilpo Väisänen - Vallitseva
Philipp Quehenberger - Emortal
Nik Colk Void & Klara Lewis - Junk Funk
General Magic - Since Oswald
Peter Kutin - CIRCULAR_DIVISION-07
Das Wettbüro - Magic Power Delux
Finlay Shakespeare - Lulea
Maara - Revenge From The Penthouse
Fingers of God - Gyro Drop 
Mitra - Vivarium
Flower Crime - Kalte Fliesen
Ben Klock & Fadi Mohe - Ultimately (feat. Coby Sey)
Nkisi - NziNzaNzo
Fingers of God - Lens Shift
Das Wettbüro - Ungerade 19/36

SI109- Unsafe+Sounds 2025 - "Time Dream Rhythm Machine" Part II

STRUMA+IODINE PREMIERE
Mitra - "Mind in Bloom" (IO:034 )

Album-Title: Vivarium
Year: 2025
Label: IO 
Album-release: 17.09.2025
Written and produced by Theodora Hergheligiu & Lukas Weinlein (Mitra)
Mastered by Niklas Bühler (Klangstellwerk)
Artwork by Lukas Weinlein (MTRL)

Buy it here:
io-records.bandcamp.com

With Vivarium, Vienna-based live duo Mitra present their debut release and their first contribution to IO Records. Known for their immersive per- formances and site-responsive sound explorations, Mitra translate the raw intensity and spatial awareness of their live practice into a studio recording for the very first time. 
The seven-track EP unfolds as a carefully composed sonic ecosystem. Each piece functions as a distinct organism within a living structure, contributing to a sound world that feels both precise and unpredictable. Rooted in deep listening, low-end exploration, and rhythmic subtlety, Vivarium invites au- diences into an environment that is in constant transformation. 

Rather than relying on fixed arrangements or traditional song structures, the tracks evolve gradually. Textures shift, patterns emerge and dissolve, and moments of stillness meet waves of tension. While firmly grounded in experimental sound design, Vivarium also reveals a sense of physicality and movement. The duo’s background in their live act is present throughout, channeling the energy of their performances into compositions that retain their organic, tactile quality. 

Vivarium is more than a debut. It is an invitation to enter Mitra’s sonic world. It is a space shaped by intuition, presence, and the fluid relationship bet- ween listener, sound, and environment. With this release, Mitra opens a new chapter in their artistic trajectory, offering a compelling glimpse into the evolving potential of their sound.

About Mitra

Mitra is a live duo from Vienna, formed by Theodora Hergheligiu and Lukas Weinlein. Their project explores the relationship between sound, space, and perception, with a strong focus on real-time performance and improvisation. Their sound is rooted in experimental approaches and shaped by the direct interaction with the acoustic and physical characteristics of each space. Instead of relying on studio-based production, Mitra treat the live setting as their primary creative environment. Each set unfolds organically and re- sponds to the surrounding conditions, transforming the sound system into an active instrument. In contrast to traditional live setups, the DAW itself be- comes the central tool for composition and performance. It is not only used as a playback device, but as a responsive, sculptural instrument. Known musical structures are often broken down, reinterpreted, and reas- sembled into immersive sonic experiences. 

In 2025, Mitra release their debut on IO Records. The record is a direct extension of their live set and marks the first time their practice has been translated into a recorded format. Without losing the raw energy and open-ended nature of their performances, the release captures the essence of their sound in motion. While their roots lie in deep listening and abstract sound design, Mitra have also developed a more rhythm-oriented side. Their groove-based live sets fo- cus on repetition, physicality, and collective intensity, inviting audiences into a shared, bodily experience of sound. With a practice that challenges conventions and dissolves boundaries bet- ween listener and performer, Mitra continue to explore new sonic territories through a process that remains fluid, responsive, and alive.

https://www.instagram.com/_mi.tra__
https://soundcloud.com/mitra_sound
https://soundcloud.com/iorecs

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