This is the first part of my MLD Compilation 2025.
It contains some smooth dubs and consistent sounds with much reverbs and delays around the ambient dub techno gengres.

I am so grateful for the incredible response and the huge support of this project from more than 30 artists who contributed to this two part compilation via an open call and made it possible!!
Actually, without being named in it. So, as you can see you don’t know which tune is from who. My intention because I did it that way was that the focus is really on the music and not on the images of the different artists.
This Compilation is a positive example for supportive and cooperative action at its best, can't say how grateful I am for it! Check out the second part in my discography.

The compilation shall draw some attention to the live event in form of an intimate open air festival called "MLD goes live" what I am on the way to organise and curate for the first time next year in August 2025 near Berlin. Many of the artists in that two part compilation will perform at this event – so I hope to see you all there!
Check out my social media and my website www.sai-mld-music.com for more info.
All donations from the compilation will support the festival to make it happen.
Mitwirkende
veröffentlicht am 6. Dezember 2024 auf Bandcamp
You can buy on Bandcamp here:
https://sai-mld.bandcamp.com/album/mld-compilation-2025-pt-1

All tracks mastered by Alexander Senge – Narcotic 303/Deeptakt Records

Compilation kaufen

MLD Compilation 2025 pt. 1

Tracklist:
The Open Circle – Religion
Jarl&Formeijer – Flashback
Deemkeyne – Can You See
Star_Dub – Dusty Dub (Upwellings Remix)
Armin Bender – Sphere 2
Substak – Holding The Light (Original Mix)
Davor Tosovic – Combinations
Dmytro Bobryk – Bucha
Basicnoise – Refraction
The Open Circle – Signs
Jackpot – Monkey
Trevino – Backtracking (Calibre Remix)
Deemkeyne – Happens
Om Unit – Ghosts (CV313 Reanimation Dub)
Rothcord – Dimensions Of Darkness
Microlot – Liver Chestnut
Thomas Carmody – Dark Purple
Francisco Aguado – Resistance
Star_Dub – Dust In The Corner (Kooscha Remix)

Moments Of Light 'n Darkness No. 10

Spend some time of my easter holidays to build this selection with some great tunes which crossed my way recently,  also mixed with some familiar tracks that appear now in a different context.

Tracklist 
Wataru Naruse - Ruminant
re-fraction - Dimensions Of Velocity 
re-fraction - Convergence
Wataru Naruse - Twilight Sequence 
Quantec - Ray of Hope
Roman Ridder - Call To Mind
Federsen - Dewpoint (Tomas Rubeck Remix)
Deemkeyne - Summer Night (George Kostopoulos Rmx) 
Yebisu303 - Isolated Mind
Sven Weisemann - Monistic
Gradient - Cloud Three
Altone - Frozen Wind
Federsen - Magnetic
Tsubasa Arakawa - Lost Property
Nae:Tek - Interstellar (Microlot's Deep Interpretation) 
Esari Charles - Forward Thoughts 
Deeperwalk - Opium (G.U.A Remix) 
Hopler Route - Chord 
Moss - Malcen
Altone - Early Reflection
tabache - basic channel - e2e4 basic reshape (tabache disco bootleg) 
Insect O. - Volca Dub
DIB - Lauxlake 001.4

MLD 21 - Into the blue

This mix is related to some things I'm really looking forward to, so I have to publish it today, in the middle of my amazing guest mixes. By the way: Really nice stuff in the queue, I'm telling you!! 💥💥
But first I hope you enjoy my MLD No. 36 by myself. 💕🎶✨

Tracklist:
Avenyu - Untitled
re-fraction - Angular Momentum
Pablo Bolivar & Sensual Physcis - 1st off (Alexander Bogdanov Remix)
Original Echo - 303 Roads to Detroit
Joss - Component N32
DIB - Landing Page 001.2
Noosa Sound System - Mare Serenitatis
Dubfire - Swerve (Mathimidori´s Fukai Chikara Remix)
Soundealer - Galactica
Dott. Santafeo - Piccolo (Konomo Remix)
Basicnoise - Polarity
BLOMAQ - Kemchug Dub (Nicolas Barnes Remix)
Nicolas Barnes - Sphere
Orca Silent-Untitled 0324 (unreleased)

MLD No. 36

So...I take a deep breath now...because this is something so very special to me what I am able to introduce to you now...since a certain time a nice ongoing connection of music love has build to  Chris a.k.a. Noosa Soundsystem from Australia. And now he has built a set especially for MLD!! Can't believe that this is real now...he is such a talented producer and those who know about his releases find a very unique and deep sound in his tracks...also his fast developement is amazing and very inspiring for me...I'm curious about his process in future!
so here's  what Chris himself says about this special mix:
"Rather than opting to beat mix a dub techno set, I wanted to create something special for this guest mix - and in so doing - maybe share a deeper insight into the sonic aesthetic that informs the Noosa Sound System project. Taking a deep dive into my personal archives for this session, we navigate some pretty abstract long-form ambient territory in places. Whilst there is also some re workings of material from the Beyond the Sphere album that released last year on Greyscale. 
Normally some of these more experimental recordings might sit on the hard drive, as sample material or sound design references. However putting them together into a different narrative that wouldn't usually eventuate, has been a super interesting exercise leading to this exclusive set.
I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did, and if you listen carefully, you'll hear someone present during recording, loose it at one point as we start spinning a radio on the old 1200 Mk2. I left this in the final edit because it captures the fun to be had when we don't take our time in the studio too seriously! All that remains now is to express my thanks, much love and respect to Sai for the invite to MLD, and of course to you for listening - whoever you are - please don't be a stranger!

One love - Chris (Noosa Sound System)"
All tracks written, produced performed by Noosa Sound System.

1. Fractal 51 (dub plate intro)
2. Moon bathing (leaving for Berlin mix) 0:00:45
3. Allie Cove (scuttled mix) 0:09:10
4. MDM-17 (radiophonic scape) 0:22:20
5. Starboy's decent 0:26:50
6. VK Scape 0:49:20
7. YBFTT (dubbed out at North Quay mix) 0:55:35
8. A cuppa with Larry Miller 1:08:30
9. 19.303 (Time device dub) 1:22:30
10. Portal (scape exerpt) 1:29:00
11. Bangin' eggs (333b in the garden mix) 1:31:00
12. Marduk's Star (the bridge of Hyksos mix) 1:38:45
13. Islay Institute of Dub-Sonic Research - Batch 1   (NSS' potent batch mix) 1:54:30
14. 19.3 to Skipton (from M1-5DA with love mix) 1:56:10

Noosa Sound System for MLD

Not so easy to present a follow up after these amazing guest mixes.... Anyway I will take the controls now for a next MLD mix, which is No. 37. And as I was insistently  refered recently to remember the roots (of Dub)..I wanna take that serious in this selection,  also inspired through some tracks I've discovered and get to know in the last time. This creation one can see also as another episode under the monicer "from dubwise to dubspace". (Related to MLD No. 8) Run it! Hope you enjoy ❤️

Tracklist:
Tubby Isiah - Lost Dub
Mystic Fyah – Nebula
Another Channel - Version Of Love
Weight and Treble - Planets in Heaven (Hieronymus Dub)
Radikal Guru - Haunted 
Dott. Santafeo - Echis Pyramidum (Noosa Sound System Dub Mix)
Babe Roots feat. Milly James - The Border
Hemisphere Dub - Cocorico CowBoy
Ovatow - Frustrations Dub
Javier Salazar – Ital
GHOST DUBS- Hot Wired 
Minimal Boffin - Machine Dub
Kevin Richard Martin - Berlin Walls
Toki Fuko - Variant V
Space Scavengers - Sciential Dub
Alexander Bogdanov - Mridanga Dub
Akcept – Influence
Monodisc – Nacht
Neumenne - Miracolous (Orriginal Mix) 
Resoe – Mocto
Max Deepfield - Default Normality
Canavezzi – Gate
Leonardo Camilo - Future View
Jarl & Schulz - Svarta Katten Variant 02
Philipp Priebe - On The Way Out (Rising Sun Remix I)
Asphalt Layer - Journey to the Other Place -Ulf & Ralf's Delta Drift-
Hess & Harrison - Sub Troooper
Lebenfunk - Electric Energy (Never Alone In A Dark Room Remix)
Van Bonn, Tim Kossmann - Otherside

MLD No. 37 - from Dubwise to Dubspace again

My next guest on my channel is a DJ from the northern West of England: Jim  @jimmmusik - a Cumbrian DJ and music lover. Thanks a lot mate to follow my invite. Much appreciated! More mixes can be found on his Youtube channel here:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WipkOxkXukFyGy2xdFE5g
"From the early days of the free party scene from brickworks to caves to beaches Ive been there filling generaters banging tent pegs ,laying cables carrying soundsystems known as "Jim the WaterMan" wandering the party with a waterbutt and cup on a string hydrating party people for fun and spliffs,to making music with 303s samplers and drum machines,putting on Chill Sites at festivals in Tipis djing till dawn,to having a little club in our bassment with brick dj booth, to being in bands nobody heard of playing keyboards,to ,moving to Manchester partying at Bugged out ,to having our own collective putting party nighs on ,to moving to the countryside ,to having an accident having to walk with sticks no more dancing the night away,so here still djing in my living room with cool tunes I find with my family and cats keeping it real,I do the mixes for me to play in our van and my workshop,I love to share them with you and to bigup the talented folk who make the tunes ,theres so much cool music out there,Im just doing my bit.Enjoy life its the only one you have :}Jim....."
Enjoy! 💕

tracklist
1) Rene Lorenzo - Soul Kitchen.
2) Organon - Exoplanet - 01 Unknow I
3) Amaral Borges - Lion Temple - 01 Think Twice
4) Kayemzat XI & Oliver Osborne - Take 1.
5) Davor Tosovic - Envelope Depth (Liuos Remodel).
6) Amaral Borges -Think Twice
7) LLLIT - Alteraciones Visuales Arithmos.
8) Natur - The Bunker.
9) Amaral Borges - Lion Temple - 02 Eternal Journey.
10) Traumer - Boarding (Nicolas Barnes Dub Edit)
11) m.n.lith - Individual Strength - 03 Inverted Dimension.
12) Bekø - Kopar Szik Sarja
13) m.n.lith - Individual Strength - 03 Inverted Dimension.
14) Yonef - Anabasis - 01 Pandæmonium
15) m.n.lith - Individual Strength - 04 Into the Night.
16) Drfct - -KPL103- Drfct - Retouched - Merge EP - 01 Auras
17) Bekø - Quintessence.
18) m.n.lith - Individual Strength - 05 Ada
7) LLLIT - Alteraciones Visuales #VOL1 -NYP- - 01 Arithmos.

Jim's Mix For MLD

I guess these two #lovely fellows I don't have to introduce when you hang out in the #dubby genre?! Actually they shaped my knowledge of the present independent artists scene quiet well. And I can say, they are part of my own developement in the last years, in particular because of their continous support they gave me. But if you didn't hear from those two brothers yet: Oldschool Dubtechno Producer are an electronic music collective from Siberia, who create music in the dub techno genre. They strive to create music that is #deep, #atmospheric and #minimalistic, yet #meaningful and #intelligent, #reflecting their #mood, #emotions and #surroundings. 

The guys also manage the Siberian (Russia) dubtechno label [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB]. Which has produced more than 60 artists to date from all over the world. The label also releases a series of dubtechno podcasts DUBBISM. 


"We love #dubtechnomusic & #deeptechno in all its #manifestations.
Our mission is to unite #dubtechno #lovers from all over the world.More music. Everyday. Join now!" Their label also established pretty fine and the releases you find regularly in my sets. For me, it has a very special meaning that they followed my invite to contribute with a set for MLD, because they were one of the first big podcast channels who has invited me as an absolutly no name, guess it's two years ago..very honoured I was allowed to bring a follow up some months after...

Today they come with a very emotional set...diverse....with a story of light and dark  (and also a Sai blink in it) Thank you my brothers! I appreciate your work so much and proud to be able to present this installement from you here! Much love ❤️🙏

Tracklist:
1. Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Afterlife Mix) [Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited]
2. Faktor.Ost - Dub up [insectorama]
3. Narcotic 303 - Tales of Alpha Centauri (Matt Schulz Remix) [insectorama]
4. SND & RTN - #H1317 [ECHO LTD]
5. Deemkeyne - Sensor [Slope Point]
6. Sense - Jub [ODrex Music]
7. Oldschool_Dubtechno .Producer - Demiurge's Dreams [Crossfade Sounds]
8. Rai Scott - Logical Positivism [Chateau Chepere]
9. Roman Ridder - Call To Mind [Slope Point]
10. Substak - The Chord (RE.vila Remix) [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB]
11. Oldschool_Dubtechno .Producer - Capricornus [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB]
12. Sai - Mars Cazimi in Scorpio [Sai]
13. Riga Dub Orchestra - Empty Andrejosta [TĀDA GAITA]
14. Subset - Corruption Of Form [Superordinate Dub Waves]
15. Marek Bartůněk - Crystal Horizons [Madah Sounds]
16. The Venusian - Souvenir Of Venus [Slope Point]
17. Oldschool_Dubtechno .Producer - Systema Sephiroticum [Techenie]
18. SB-SIX - Tactile [SB-SIX]
19. Svedstorm - Polar (Part 1) [Drift Deeper]
20. Axs - Shift Anomaly -Red Dye Version-	[Recycled Plastics]
21. Paul St. Hilaire - In Fortis [Kynant Records]
22. Deepdrome - icicle [Deepdrome]
23. Mind over MIDI - Magisk Hytte [Beatservice Records]

@piranha-siberia
https://piranhasiberiadub.bandcamp.com/
https://www.discogs.com/ru/artist/12197947-Oldschool-Dubtechno-Producer
https://www.beatport.com/artist/oldschool-dubtechno-producer/1079967

Oldschool Dubtechno Producer for MLD

"From fledgling podcasts to label releases, Sai's has been a constructive, supportive guide in both music, social consciousness and curious international comparisons. This session highlights a willingness to explore left-field movements and soundscapes - all within the smokey dub lens of Moments of Light 'n Darkness. Selections highlight classic Orca paired with some experimental burners, wrapped in a droning, sonic bath."

Thanks for your kind words! You've been a supporter of my SoundCloud from the very early days. So happy to present your experimental unique set here on my channel! I guess, it's at the right place next to those other eclectique pieces..Much love to all! Peace 💕

Featuring: Ginkgo Lanugo - Let's Break (Orca Silent Remix)

All Tracks were mixed, produced and performed by Orca Silent.

Orca Silent for MLD

Let's wellcome my new guest who did a fabulous mix for some Moments Of Light 'n Darkness (MLD): Liuos from Finnland!!
Lious seemed to arrive on the dub techno scene all at once with Terms EP, his strong debut on Cold Tear Records, but this was the culmination of two decades of experimentation and discipline. A unique mix of power and spaciousness, of both longing and will, Liuos’ work stands out for its clarity and expansiveness. Working steadily from his modest studio in Finland, Liuos has quietly become a respected name in the world of dub techno, with releases on Cold Tear, Lucidflow, and spclnch and remixes for Superordinate Dub Waves and Piranha Siberia Dub.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/liuos/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/liuos-music/tracks
https://open.spotify.com/artist/10x61JbRUPhZhVBnXZkxCV
https://www.youtube.com/@liuos/videos
https://www.instagram.com/liuos303/
https://www.facebook.com/liuos.id.5

Liuos MLD Guestmix

My next guest on MLD is non other than The Open Circle, a masterful dub techno artist who takes you on a sonic journey in this really mezmerising mix!
With a harmonious fusion of deep basslines, enchanting echoes, and pulsating rhythms, this talented artist creates a unique atmosphere that fills your mind with pure delight.
In this set you will find also some own releases from the Belgium based artist. His releases can be found as vinyl and digital on some well-known labels in the Deep dub techno scene.
Whether you seek an introspective listening experience or a danceable trip into the unknown.
Let yourself be carried away by the deep tones and surrender to the emotions evoked by each track.
Explore the distinctive sound of The Open Circle and let your soul surrender to the endless possibilities of dub techno. Prepare for a sonic journey of discovery that will never let you go. Step into the circle of sound and let yourself be carried away by the masterful sounds of this extraordinary artist.

Tracklist:
00:00 Dasha Rush – Outer Space
03:30 Dasha Rush – Ocean Shy
 08:30 Kareem Lotfy - Fr3sh
 11:10 Liuos - Near the Surface
17:00 The Open Circle - A Dangerous Method
22:00 Lotech-Hijack - I See the Fear
26:30 Rhythm & Sound - Why (Burial Mix)
31:30 The Open Circle - Voyager
36:40 Deadbeat - Mercy Cage Dub
43:00 Nils Frahm - Says
46:00 Nils Frahm – The Shooting
49:30 Block -1dv190
51:30 Len Faki - Rainbow Delta (Ambient Mix)
More info about The Open Circle:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_open_circle_/
link Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/open-circle-264645021
Link youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@the_open_circle_

The Open Circle for MLD

I was able to record my live set what I did for Radio Corax July 28th 2024 in two parts without voice overs. This is the first part of it. Tracklist below.

You can listen back to the 2nd part here:

https://soundcloud.com/kerstin-saidykhan/01-corax-live-part-2-wav

Tracklist:
61 Grad (Deep House RMX) [Explicit]
Upwellings - Mineralization's Dubs - 04 Sedimentary (Alexander Bogdanov remix)
Martin Stürtzer - Phase Transform - 10 Morning Mist
Desove - Tier One -Remastered Version- - 03 Visual
Lotech-Hijack - hello strange story #13 - 14 Seraphim Dub
Coffee @ Noosa! (unreleased)
Various Artists - VA- Fragments of Dub - Part II - 01 David Hausdorf – Osmosis
Takashi Mori - Hana - 01 Motled
02 Thomas Stieler - thick love
Mark Ernestus Versus Obadikah - April - 02 Dub
The Open Circle - Peace (lathe cut edition _ 1st cut) - 01 Peace
Soft Traffic - Subcaeruleus EP -VMC005- - 01 Find Ya (feat. Prince Morella)
Ricardo Villalobos - 808 The Bassqueen (Nicolas Barnes Edit)
Toishy Koshimi - Stellium - 04 Stellium

Sai live @ Radio Corax 28.07.2024 - pt. 1

I find it very interesting to observe the range of different productions that fly under the banner of Dubtechno these days...
(Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
You also find the tracklist there.)

And although I like many of these variations, from the more ambient and chord-focused interpretations to the dry, atonal and polyrhythmic percussively  focused productions, I've been getting a sense lately that something is a little wrong. By this I mean since a certain point there has been a development towards a generic sound and format that somehow seems very superficial bringing the same flat and trivial sounds thrown together and promoted as  "Dubtechno"  and to me, often it seems like fast food compared to the original models. There is even  talk of a new wave. Both the production and the way it is presented seem somehow cheap, random and arbitrary to me. Often it is difficult if not impossible to avoid being interwined with these developments if you are enthusiastic about the often amorphous genre that is now labeled Dubtechno. 

Don't get me wrong I am not saying that there is no place for this "new sound" but the more I reflect on my enthusiasm - from my first exposure to dub and its techno hybrids, through rhythm & sound and through sound system culture in the late 90s to my renewed immersion in recent years, I realize that I should use the terms Dub and Dubtechno more and more carefully - coming from a place of a certain respect and appreciation. Because often these genres, carry a lot of cultural heritage, standing for a level of quality in delivery that in reality is hard to develop, and often lost to the disposable imitation economy we are beginning to see more and more of, which only serves to dilute things to an accepted average.

To me a big slice of what is promoted as Dub or Dubtechno these days falls well short of these original benchmarks that were set a long time ago. 

Through many conversations about these topics, reflecting on different perspectives, a mix was created recently where two fellows, I can call my friends, and I combined 3 sequential sets of 7 tracks each, to rest with and pay a little respect to some of the more remote but still relatable facets of dub in different ways. It's completely natural for styles to evolve and mix. It's great  to see with how much creativity and depth some artists do this.  And that's what this mix should stand for. 
You can listen now to this wonderfull journey through these divergent realms..this is Sai - MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System.

Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
you also find the tracklist there.

Sai-MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System

It's time for another MLD Mix by myself for some Moments Of Light 'n Darkness. This one is related to the spectrum I like to hear on that event "MLD goes live" what I want to build next Summer 2025 near Berlin. An event around facets of Dub in the spectrum dub - electronic - ambient - experimental from 80 to 140 bpm. 
There is also a compilation related to it on the way for which you can still send tracks to saiberlin@posteo.de until end of October 2024. Find all information in my socials and on my webside www.sai-mld-music.com/mld-goes-live

Tracklist:
LORN - DRAWN OUT LIKE AN ACHE
Mike Schommer - dc15 - Untitled 4
Mike Schommer - dc15 - Untitled 8
Om Unit - Can You Dub It
Porter Ricks - Redundance 1
Adam K.Roll - Who´s ELAD
Echospace - Sonorous (Original Mix)
Echospace - Sonorous (Intrusion Dub)
Altone - Effuse (Upwellings Remix)
James Fredrickson - Fade
Sub Basics - Fluctuate
James Fredrickson - Stalking Pines
Echo Inspectors - Archetype (Knowone Dub)
Noosa Sound System - Ушел рыбачить
Echo Inspectors & Insect O. - Bourne Dub (Silver Ash Reshape)
Echo Inspectors & Silver Ash - Mad Roy (Bluetrain Special Edition Dub)
Konstantin Kost & Adria Duch - Space Dub
Porter Ricks - Port Gentil

Enjoy! 💕💫

MLD No. 39

It’s really such a pleasure to present my next special guest on my MLD Channel: Eric Fenessy a.k.a. Lava Brain from Melbourne/AUS. @lava-brain

We already had the opportunity to cooperate some months ago and during our conversations via mail I appreciated his thoughts and values about therapeutic effects of arts and music, something I could relate immediately. Thanks so much, Eric, you followed my invite to contribute with a guest mix for MLD!
Much Heavy Weight and experimental foot work inside, but also so much mindfulness for details in the frame of the love for Dub related bass music! An original MLD style -no-business-as-usual-Mix, I would say! 😊🙏
Some more words about Eric’s work as Lava Brain:
“Lava Brain (he/him) is the multidisciplinary creative project of Naarm-based (Melbourne) artist Eric Fenessy.
Eric’s practice works across sound & visual installation/projection mapping, music & video production, DJing & radio broadcast, photography, graphic design & animation, sculpture & space curation. 

His work explores themes of fluidity, connection & self-exploration, encouraging the experiencer to look inward, outward & upward, creating space for expansive thought. 

Eric is a community & mental health advocate; believing in the intrinsic power of intentional art & music to connect people, in order to create positive change in the world.” 

Find more mixes from him on soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/lava-brain
Special recommended mix: “Uncle Steezy’s Tropical Haze- Mix”: https://soundcloud.com/unclesteezyshotsauceco/uncle-steezys-tropical-haze-mix-1

Infos about his artistic work: https://www.lavabrain.com/
follow him on insta: https://www.instagram.com/lava.brain/

Some months ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to link up with him in an episode in his monthly radio show 'Triple Vision' on @area3000 Radio.
You can find the link to listen back the radio episode and also an interview what I gave to him here: https://www.lavabrain.com/music-words/triple-vision-sai-berlin
Enjoy! ❤️💫☯️

guest mix Lava Brain for MLD

Today I want to introduce another guest mix from a producer in the ambient dub techno area: SUBSTAK
Follow him on this sonic and deep journey, full of ambient and experimental sounds. I really love this selection, best one he did recently in my view!

Born in Athens, Kostas Staikos (aka Substak) began producing at 2011 to escape a bit from real life.Till today he has released in various labels and this journey will continue. No words....no rules, let the music speak.
Enjoy! 💫✨👌

Follow him here:
https://www.beatport.com/artist/substak/306524 
https://www.facebook.com/SubstakMusic 
https://www.instagram.com/k_staikos 
https://soundcloud.com/substak 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WPUugXYcUMJOHfM9hGKOA 
https://linktr.ee/Substak

Tracklist:
1.Bobby Summa - Space machine with the stars (part 1)
2.Hedon - Coruscent Reminiscence
3.Arjen Schat -  Skhédios  
4.Orde107 -  Space Form 6  
5.Matthias Springer - Ambient 
6.Substak -  Lunatic  
7.Moolsaasa -  SDN3  
8.Lotech-Hijack - Astral Dub 1.5 (enter the yoruba) 
9.Dave Wesley -  Aldeia Abandonada 
10.DRGBL5 -  Taiga 
11.Sleney - Illusion (Substak Stargate Teleport Mix)
12.Atmøsphäre & Post Apocalyptic - Cosmic Dweller 
13.Liney - Phase  
14.Corell - Above The Platau (Swimming In White Noise)
15.Obtane - Sonic Entomology

guest mix Substak for MLD

Thanks Dan for this amazing mix, what I am proud of, can't say how much, for some reasons... so glad about this strong connection..💕👑
On the power of music and art! @sideways2k

Follow him on Soundcloud and on his amazing Youtube Channel, where you find loads of dub and techno driven stuff...also ambient and much more..
https://on.soundcloud.com/1teLhNz3MaWiv3fq8
@sideways2k
https://www.youtube.com/@DjSideways

TRACKLIST

1 CHANNEL - ALPHAXONE

2 CLOUDS - MITRY

3 PAUSE - TWIN PEETZ

4 EVENT HORIZON - SUBSET

5 UNKNOWN - SLOWNOISE

6 WORMHOLD HITCHHIKER - HELIOSPERE

7 CIRCLES - QUANTEC

8 FLUENT ETHER - SAI - MLD

9 CLOUDUB - SHEBUZZZ, HEAVENCHORD

10 ALAS - MAREK BARTUNEK

11 PERMAFROST SECRETS - MAREK BARTUNEK

12 OUTPOST ECHO - MAREK BARTUNEK

13 HOME DIMENSION - MVAR

14 INTO LIQUID YOU GO - SPLIT SILO

Sideways for MLD guest mix II

My next guest who followed my invite to do a mix for MLD is Cologne based DJ Laenk. https://soundcloud.com/laenk And as I expected he delivered such a great dubby selection, well mixed and presented. 
You can find many mixes from him on other appreciated platforms.
Especially I want to recommend this one:
Laenk - Deep Afterhour Nr. 390 
https://soundcloud.com/deepafterhour/deep-afterhour-laenk-2-wav


He is into electronic music since 2015 and found his way to dub techno influenced sounds, inspired also by a wide range of intelligent electronic music genres. Laenk is a editor  for the FAZEmag as well, a German print magazine for electronic music and lifestyle. https://www.fazemag.de

Tracklist 
01 Narcotic 303 - Discover
02 Federsen - Reel Phase
03 Ohm & Octral Industries - Broken Spectre
04 Carsten Jost - La Collectionneuse VII
05 Grush - Raizel
06 Nicolas Barnes - Zabava
07 Ilya Schulz - Vozle
08 Davor Tosovic - Dub It
09 Ohm & Octral Industries - Affairs Of The Clouds
10 Tm Shuffle - Kaiku Dub
11 Echo Inspectors - Lunar Shadows
12 Francisco Aguado - Remote
13 Idealist - 1997
14 Ohm & Thor - Skuggahverfi
15 Unknown Artist - Unknown A2

Enjoy! 🙏✨💯
Follow him here:
@laenk
https://www.instagram.com/laenkish_fraenkish

Guest Mix Laenk for MLD

My next guest for MLD is Narcotic 303 who runs the appreciated Deeptakt label. We cooperated recently because he did the mastering for my MLD Compilation and through that I got to know his huge experience and knowledge about producing and mixing electronic music. 
So I invited him to contribute with a mix. 
What he provided then was really surprising for me because I didn't espect such a low tempo!  His set is full of mellow deepness together with an ongoing dub vibe. It makes me calm and relaxed, a mix one can listen to on repeat a whole evening while you hang out with friends or doing things for your selfcare. And it fits perfectly to cosy Winterdays and  the magic time between the years - Rauhnächte are here again soon.

Tracklist:
Float & Rütz - Sansui
Venture - Never got to Goodbye
Lars Leonhard - Deep in the Fog
44 Mind & Subforms - Zlata (Gradient's Emotions Variant)
Phaeleh - Edge of Darkness
Claudio PRC - Domo
Subset - Khlav Kalsh and Crab Juice
Mr Bizz - Life
Federson - Octavian
El Choop - Procrationation Dub (Dub Reshape)
Jaymon - Zittau nad Nisou
Tom Cabrinha - Alone in the Forest
Segue - Summits & Spires

About the artist:
In 1996, Narcotic 303 entered the fascinating world of music production for 
the first time - and thus began a journey that led him inexorably into the 
depths of electronic music. He soon took to the turntables, and in 2004 
Narcotic 303 conquered the DJ booths. His musical works are deeply rooted 
in dub techno and techno, and his first single “Aura” found a home on the 
renowned dub techno label DimbiDeep.
But that was just the beginning! With two impressive albums, two acclaimed 
vinyl releases and a multitude of digital releases on labels such as deepindub,
Turmfalke, Deeptakt Records, Dreiton, Insectorama, Solid Capsule Records, 
RNDMZR Records and Note Recordings, he has firmly established himself 
in the scene. His DJ sets are a journey for the senses - 
from atmospheric sounds to pulsating underground techno sets and 
powerful hard techno.
Find all infos here @deeptakt

Guestmix Narcotic 303 for MLD

Fullmoon

no name 01 - Fullmoon

Helium

No Name 02 - Helium

Ghost

No Name 03 - Ghost

No Name 04 - Orbit

PrallelPhases

No Name 05 - Parallel Phases

Panorama

No Name 13 - Panorama

MLD Compilation 2025 pt. 2

Crystal Lattice

No Name 13 - Crystal Lattice

Ganja Plane

No Name 02 - Ganja Plane

Von der Quelle zur Seele

No Name 01 - Von Der Quelle Zur Seele

2024 really feels like the most exiting year so far concerning the developements for SAI-MLD, with so many great guestmixes and many meaningful invitations for me on other platforms. And finally the release of my MLD-Compilation on Bandcamp, related to the upcoming live event near Berlin next Summer 2025! So thankfully about all this! 
And as this year comes to an end soon I would love to crown it with something special what in my view brings some kind of  fresh wind on my channel, with some inspirations from a different direction. And it's given from such a passionated DJ and producer: Stefan Summesberger a.k.a. SOUMEZ, located in Vienna, Austria! @soumez

We connected recently via social media because he has a very cool insta account where he is digging in his record collection and presents and introduce his favorite tracks from different gengres in such a lovely way! (www.instagram.com/soumez_1) That's how Stefan catched my attention and obviously it happened vise versa.. By some chat moments we found out a lot of parallels how we see the meaning of diversity of gengres in a DJ set and he could relate immediatly to the significance of the name of my mix series "Moments Of Light 'n Darkness". So of course I invited him to do a guestmix for me and very proud now to present such a great set in form of a live session together with some live dubby fx from his friend El Coca!

What I like about this contribution is the fact, this artist is someone who does not come from the, let's say, usual circle of people that you would expect to see on my platform. And that is perhaps exactly the sign that the year 2025 will bring: I am not at all determined by which scene someone comes from...or whether someone even belongs to a particular scene. The main thing for me is enthusiasm for similar things that provide points of contact that we can all relate to. That creates a bond.

Some personal words from him about this mix:
"This live session brings together DJ SOUMEZ on the decks and EL COCA with live dubs (effects), creating a unique tribute to dubtechno for Sai-MLD.

Full video available on YouTube: 
🎥https://youtu.be/I-4S8RaGWTk

The inspiration for this mix stems from the name of the series: Moments of Light and Darkness (MLD). While I enjoy exploring diverse genres as a DJ, this set challenged me to focus on dubtechno—a cornerstone of the incredible platform that SAI, a true musicnerd, lover & enthusiast for dubtechno and dubrelated sounds, has built over the years.

To honor this genre, I created a journey that revisits dubtechno as a central root while branching into related styles like Dubstep, Dub, Steppas, Breaks & Garage, Rave, House, and Detroit Techno. To deepen the "Dubbiness" of the experience, I invited my friend and former production partner, EL COCA, to perform live dubs, adding dynamic effects that reflect the genre’s origins.

The result is a two-hour exploration of sound—an intricate sequence of Moments of Light and Darkness. Enjoy the ride!"

About the artist:
For Stefan Summesberger, a.k.a. Soumez, music defies categories and genres. With his Alien Entertainment project, he achieved chart success and earned recognition from icons like Laurent Garnier and Makossa & Megablast. Tracks like "Full Speed Ahead ft. Rider Shafique" found their way into the sets of superstars such as Chase & Status and Adam Freeland.
Born in Vienna, Soumez has been DJing across the USA, UK, Africa, and Europe since the late 1990s. His unique style blends diverse musical influences from his travels, combining opposites—bitter with sweet, brute with smooth—to create gripping, hypnotic sounds.

Find the tracklist on www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld

DJ SOUMEZ & EL COCA: A DEX & FX LIVE TRIBUTE TO DUBTECHNO | GUESTMIX FOR SAI MLD BERLIN

Today I have the pleasure to present another fellow as a guest out of the deep and dubby gengres, who put such a lovely selection on the plates:  Dj Rick Fox from Zurich, Switzerland

Rick started to dj in 1997 as Dj Re-Chi. 2002 he build the partylabel MINIM with some Dj friends, and they`ve entered the legal+illegal party scene and also the famous club Dachkantine in Zurich. After the closing of the Dachkantine the partylabel MINIM splitted up and Rick went for a year to Barcelona. He came back and started a new job, which allowed him to buy a lot of records, but not to go out on the weekends. So he focused more in music-production. In 2014 he released his first digital EP on his own label Enara records and started to play and produce as Rick Fox. In May 2016 he released his first vinyl-only record on Enara ltd. Many digital releases followed and are still coming. Sometimes you can here him djing House or Techno at smaller parties, still vinyl only. He released on this labels so far: Enara Rec,  Insectorama Netlabel Rec, Superordinate Rec, Ecoul SND, Telrae, Piranha Siberia Dub, Crossfade Sounds, Techenie, MLD Compilation, D. Junction, Skylift Rec, Velvet Dub Collective...and the journey will continue.

You can follow him here for more info about his track releases and mixes: @dj_rick_fox

Tracklist:
01 SND & RTN - Badman - Echo Ltd
02 Altone - Emergent Structure - Lempuyang
03 Rick Fox - Alifator - Unreleased
04 LXM - Ten - Ranges
05 Soft Traffic - Night Drive - Vade Mecum
06 lb Honne - Pa Ohm - Project Indigo
07 Rick Fox - Soap Farmer - Unreleased
08 Ohm & El Choop - Crawler - Ranges
09 Rick Fox - Vibrant City - Unreleased
10 Blauert - Situation - 200 Records
11 The wise Caucasian - In the Night - Mosaic
12 Idealist - 1997 - Details
13 Rick Fox - Dark Street - Unreleased
14 Charles A.D. - Traitor - Avantroots Records

Enjoy! 🎶✨

Guestmix DJ Rick Fox for MLD

Recently I was in the mood to create another Mix and thought, this should be the next one for my own platform, actually for Moments of Light 'n Darkness No. 40.

Enjoy! ❤️🎉

Tracklist:
Sai MLD - 21 Südkreuz
Christine Benz, Alessandro Crimi -  Long way back home
773b – Moving
Steve O'Sullivan - Where's Burt- (Delano Smith Reconstruction)
Noosa Sound System -  SR1.0
Anton Kubikov - Flash to 96
Astralure - Double Take (Original Mix)
Steve O'Sullivan - Stripped (Exos Reconstruction)
Star Dub (Upwellings)- Dusty Dub
Markus Masuhr - Eloquent Nights
Vohkinne - Traversing the Messier
Mario Lauriano - Bloody Faith
Trevino - No Response
St. Concrete - Am Treptower Park
Infinitedub - Distant Reflection

Moments Of Light 'n Darkness No. 40

My next guest who has contributed to MLD is Armin Bender from Nuremberg/Erlangen, Germany. Another well known in the gengres around deep and dubby sounds. A mix with such a class and noble vibe in my view.

Tracklist:

1) Cyclic / Random - 29 [Notta Records]
2) Bakpeet - Liberta (So Libre) [Insectorama]
3) Federsen - Fundamental [Koridor Records]
4) Rick Fox - Capsulas [Piranha Siberia Dub]
5) Sasaki Hiroaki - I Say..... (Part 2) [Yotsume Music]
6) Charles AD - Deep Sea Exploration [Avantroots Records]
7) Steve Bug - Ebb and Flow [Dubwax]
8) Nicolas Barnes - July Apointment [Greyscale]
9) Hidden Sequence & Milly James - Legends (Federsen Live Dub) [Lempuyang]
10) Silver Ash - Calantas [Kontakt Records]
11) MTPS - Moonrise [Micro Orbit Records]
12) Sven Weisemann - Limerence Toolz Pt. 2, A1 [Mojuba Records]
13) Beltrac - Echo Response (Command D RMX) [Ono Records]
14) Janeret & Miroloja - Vertu [Joulé Imprint]
15) Roman Ridder - Ravine (Armin´s Wall of Sound RMX) [Piranha Siberia Dub]
16) Grazon - Dealing is Healing [Pintai]

Enjoy! 🎉

Some words from the artist:

Mind rave, goose bumps, deepness, groove, a smile on the face. Thats what its all about... No more words necessary, no history, no credits, no stereotypes, just the music that I love, preferably on vinyl... Peace & Love!



Armin´s Releases and Remixes so far on:
Greyscale Music
https://scale-limited.bandcamp.com/
Ohm Series
https://ohmseries.bandcamp.com/
spclnch
https://spclnch.bandcamp.com/
Piranha Siberia Dub
https://piranhasiberiadub.bandcamp.com/
Vuo Records
https://vuorecords.bandcamp.com/
Insectorama
https://insectorama.bandcamp.com/

Links:

Armin Bender @soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/arminbender
Armin Bender@discogs :
www.discogs.com/artist/10891729-Armin-Bender
Armin Bender@instagram:
instagram.com/arminbender303

Guestmix Armin Bender

This is the second Mix, Tom Larson is doing for MLD and it's such a immersive selection!
This Set was selected, mixed and recorded by DJ Tom Larson @ Homebase. 
for MLD Mix Series.

Style: Variations of Dub Techno, Deep Minimal

Tracklist:

01.	Mielafon - Tars (Crossfade Sounds9

02.	Shebuzz, Heavenchord - Farewell for the Snake of Meeting (hellostrange)

03.	Various - Coincidence Dubs	(MLD Compilation 2025)

04.	Mark Henning - Cracker (Clink)

05.	Pablo Bolivar - Refelect, Francisco Aguado Remix (Seven Villas)

06.	Slownoise - Dorset Dub (Slope Point)

07.	Francisco Aguado - Empathy (Slope Point)

08.	George Kostopoulos - Co2 , Floor Fan Elemental Mix (Piranha Siberia)	

09.	Star Dub - Dub#8 - A1	(Stardub.bandcamp)

10.	Various - Panorama (MLD Compilation 2025)

11.	Stardub - Dub#5 - A1 (Stardub.bandcamp)

12.	Federsen - Penumbra (Greyscale)

13.	Stardub - Dub#12 A1 (Stardub.bandcamp)

14.	Daniel Stefanik - L.E.Avenues (Moon Harbour Records)

15.	Moodeep, Stygmata - Piaractus Red, Deemkeyne Reshape (Piranha Siberia)

Guestmix Tom Larson

Bruno Bleckmann – born and raised in the Rhinish brown coal district and now based
in Düsseldorf after studying German language and literature – is an up-coming
artist from a city that has already produced many electronic legends. After his first
technoid awakening experiences in the old Tresor in Berlin at Chris Liebing's
shamanistic Easter Sunday gigs, inhaling the razor-sharp rhythms of The Advent and
devoting himself to the harmonies of the epochal The Aztec Mystic project, Bruno
Bleckmann began to create his own sound art. This was followed by international
releases on Ohm Series, Vuo Records and Ausblick. As a connoisseur of literature,
Bruno Bleckmann knows how to develop a long-lasting narrative quality not only in
his own tracks, but also in his DJ sets. Go there - or go home!

Tracklist:
1)   Round Five Feat. Tikiman – Na Fe Throw It (Main Steet 10)
2)  Stefan Laubner - Silent State (Smallville 12)
3)  Octave One - Fifteenthirteen (430 West 245)
4)  Bruno Bleckmann - Unreleased
5)  Alenia - Kotboyan (Audio 18)
6)  Thor - Aliens Don't Boogie (Octal Industries Goes Deep Remix, Thule 027)
7)  Bruno Bleckmann - World (Ausblick Digital 26) 
8)  Shatrax - Mists (Fear Of FLying LTD10)
10) Bruno Bleckmann - Unreleased (forthcoming OHM Series 2026)
11) Eric Louis - Rolling Hills (OHM Remix, Devilish Affair 003)
12  Arkajo - Sagan (Aniara 29)
13) Infinite Loops - Persiflage (Nightimedrama 003)
14) Sounders Department - In Aspic (Sounders Dept. 001)
15) Ripperton - At Peace (I:Cube Tape Mix, Green 9.2) 
16) Bruno Bleckmann - The Bleck Heart (OHM Series Digital 16)
17) Ben Klock - Subzero (Ostgutton 19)
18) Bruno Bleckmann - The Bleck Dawn (Vuo Digital 004)
19) Telepath - 光る目

Guest Mix Bruno Bleckmann for MLD

Dub, Techno, Dark Drones and other experimental stuff - mixed in a certain kind of emotional expressing way...packed in a mix series called "Moments of Light n Darkness" (MLD). Open space for guest mixes. Related to "MLD goes live" a Dub&Techno infused Festival near Brandenburg an der Havel, 80 km from  Berlin (Germany)
any requests: saiberlin@posteo.de

I have experienced a lot of different electronic types and styles during my musical biography which began in the 8oies as a teen with Postpunk and dark wave and develloped further with Ska, Reggae, Jungle, Drum 'n Bass and Techno. Reggae and the Jamaician Soundsystem Culture had also a big influence to me, after visiting Jamaica for two times at the end of the 90ies...

Dubtechno became a very special role to me cause of its introvert meditative attitude which fits very good to me now in the present time.

So music is much more than entertainment to me and shaped my personality by getting much energy from it.
And this is something, what I want to bring over in my diverse and gengre overarching mixes.

P.S.: I distance myself from any extremist ideas and religious or political brainwashing ideas. As well as stigmatization of any kind. I do this to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sai - MLD

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