HOC radio contributions

"Sentinel soul,
Let us whisper the confession
Of the night full of nothingness
And the day on fire."

Recorded live at the @itsdelayed Barn 2024 by @joan-gila of @hoc-radio

✢

MFIS LIII ✢ Joan Gila

EMC welcomes Joan Gila!

Joan Gila, a vinyl enthusiast, is the curator of @hoc-radio and also manages a small cassette label focused on ambient, avant-garde, and experimental music called @red-edge-label. He is part of the duo @binomi with his friend @slim-jordi.
This DJ set was recorded in Madrid at the Temple event, curated by @machines-desirantes and @javier-camunas, which takes place at @espacio-perpendicular, an intimate venue with exquisite sound. This particular set is Temple 03 featuring @hardcore-chillout, and it's an exercise in mixing and merging an older record from around the 80s with a new one, playing with them in such a way that the listener doesn’t know where they are. 

Enjoy!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/joan-gila
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joan.gila/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joa.gime

Red Edge Label
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/red-edge-label
Bandcamp: https://rededge.bandcamp.com/album/temps-boro
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/label/3148955-Red-Edge?page=1

E.M.C. atmospheres - Joan Gila (vinyl set)

Thursdays are for throwbacks, right? So, we have an extra memorable trip down memory lane to share. It was a gloomy yet oddly comforting Sunday afternoon, tucked away from the city's chaos deep within the Catskills Mountains. We were all sprawled out in a cozy, high-ceilinged room that was booming just hours ago, transformed from a dancefloor to a haven of post-party relaxation. Our good friend Joan Gila, who was visiting from Tarragona, Spain, was at the helm of the music that day. Joan - the mastermind behind HOC Radio and Red Edge record label, co-founder of Hiru events, a resident of MostRadio, a passionate music lover, record collector, and all-around incredible human took us on a musical odyssey we can't wait to share. 

Forget background music. This is a journey that demands your full attention. Layers of intricate details intertwine through the mix, adding depth and revealing hidden gems with each new listen. It is an avant-garde experience that blends ambient, experimental, techno, halftime, and beyond.

So, carve out two hours from your day. Trust us, it'll be worth it. This recording captures a beautiful memory, forever immortalized in sound. Gràcies, Joan!

https://soundcloud.com/joan-gila
https://www.instagram.com/joan.gila/
https://soundcloud.com/hoc-radio
https://soundcloud.com/red-edge-label

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Delayed with... Joan Gila

It's an honour to welcome the lovely Joan Gila to The Observatory <3

A passionate music lover and record collector for over half his life, Joan is the curator of HOC Radio and a really beautiful label known as red edge (highly recommended if you're not familiar! stunning releases by ABSIS and Bastien <3). Alongside Javi .apart and his friend Jordi, with whom he runs the Binomi project, he co-hosts MostRadio.

https://soundcloud.com/joan-gila
https://soundcloud.com/hoc-radio
https://soundcloud.com/red-edge-label
https://soundcloud.com/binomi
https://soundcloud.com/mostrabcn
https://rededge.bandcamp.com/music

Some words by Joan about the mix:

"I always like to conceptualize my mixes. It helps me set boundaries and avoid falling into the endless musical rabbit hole - which, frankly, can be overwhelming. This particular mix took me time to find its definitive form. After my latest vinyl purchases over the past few months, as well as an exploration of CDs (a whole fascinating world in itself), I was finally able to define its premise.

The mix unfolds across four movements. Three of them are based on a deconstruction of a long-form minimalist drone composition, layering elements of field recordings, electroacoustics & musique concrète, or additional drones. Each movement explores textures, dialectics, and microtonalism respectively. In between, the remaining movement serves as a purely experimental interlude.

This time, I can’t provide a tracklist - I couldn’t even say exactly what I used or in what proportion. The selection flows together in a way that’s hard to pinpoint, with a mix of works and pieces that come together naturally. That said, I can share that it features a strong presence of musique concrète and electroacoustic works from the '70s and '80s, including artists like Jep Nuix, Olly Wilson, Hans Roosenschon, and Anne Ben Hammou, along with revered names in drone and minimalism like Éliane Radigue, Bernhard Günter, Sarah Davachi, or Toshiya Tsunoda. There are also more recent sonic experiments and compositions – names like Richard Chartier, Steve Roden, Pablo Diserens, Jana Winderen, ENA, or Lotus Eater - some of which we’ll have the chance to experience at Mostra. And of course, there are also tracks from friends - this time, Oisatsana, ABSIS, and Menhir."

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

The Observatory - Joan Gila

56번째 꿈 kkum 에피소드는 스페인에서 활동하고 있는 열정적인 음악 애호가이자 음반 수집가인 조안 길라의 2시간 9분 앰비언트-실험음악 디제이 세트와 함께 합니다. 이 세트는 지난 5월 18일 바르셀로나의 리스닝 룸 Casa Montjuïc에서 녹음되었습니다.
조안 길라의 깊고 실험적인 꿈 이야기와 함께 아름다운 6월의 첫 주를 시작합니다. 

Joan Gila
스페인의 잘 알려진 Mostra 페스티벌에서 운영하는 MostRadio의 공동 진행자, HOC 라디오와 레이블 red edge의 큐레이터로 알려져있다. 실험음악과 앰비언트를 다루는 디제이이자 음반 수집가이며, Jordi와 함께 앰비언트 듀오 Binomi로 활동하고 있다.

@joan-gila
@hoc-radio
@red-edge-label
@mostrabcn

The 56th episode of 꿈 kkum features a 2 hour 9 minute ambient/experimental DJ set by Joan Gila. The set was recorded on May 18th at the listening room Casa Montjuïc in Barcelona during the first edition of the Club Aura event.
We celebrate the first week of the beautiful month of June with Joan Gila’s beautiful narratives. Enjoy the deep dream.

A passionate music lover and record collector for over half his life, Joan Gila is the curator of HOC Radio and the label known as red edge with releases by ABSIS and Bastien. Alongside Javi and his friend Jordi, with whom he runs the Binomi project, he co-hosts MostRadio from Mostra Festival.

꿈 kkum 56 - Joan Gila

This recording is from the first edition of L’Appuntamento, a series of open-air listening sessions initiated by Villa Lontana Records and Donato Dozzy in Rome. Each gathering pairs a vinyl set by Dozzy with a live electroacoustic performance by a new-generation artist.

In this first edition, held in the garden of Villa Lontana, Donato Dozzy opened the evening with a selection of minimal, folkloric, and acoustic-rooted records — setting the tone for Verde Prato’s live performance.

L’Appuntamento is an ongoing invitation to pause, tune in, and share time through listening. 
Next appointment is Thursday 26 June 2025 with Ange Halliwell.

L'Appuntamento with Donato Dozzy + Verde Prato - Listening session at Villa Lontana on 11 May 2024

"The maestro takes his seat, glasses on, guiding the light across the hidden corners of his frequency library. Perfectly woven layers drift and evolve — minimal, restrained, dark in tone, brilliant in execution. In the cabin, every mind floats, someone slips in a field recording, blurring the edges between inside and out. The light gently rises, and as everything fades, the birds come knocking at the door."


Madrid-based DJ and producer Alfonso Pomeda, aka F-on (@f-ondj), is renowned for his experimental sound, blending dub, ambient, and experimental music. Founder of the Alpenglühen project and co-owner of Antimatter, he and his team run the club and festival Espacio Perpendicular, curate Barcelona's Mostra Festival and Les Chaos Ambiants, and perform at top global venues like Paral·lel, Vurt, Laut or Gare. His vinyl DJ sets take listeners on a rhythmic, dreamlike journey.

https://alpengluhen.bandcamp.com/

Recorded djset at Perpendicular 2025 (@espacio-perpendicular) - somewhere in the woods. When? Friday 6:00am Where? In the ambient cottage.

Artwork: Javier Marimon - Off Tangent

HOCast #248 - F-on - Perpendicular 2025

The second week of July 2025.
Oslated Special Mix 075 - Pharma

*  This mix was recorded for Klub collective in Granada, Spain (April 05th, 2025) alongside Sciama, Ilayruni, and Broly. The collective makes a significant contribution to the city by offering an original and unconventional vision.

Masa Series Records 
Granada
Spain

Influenced by sounds such as bebop or progressive psychedelic rock and focused on experimental and ambient music rather than clubbing in its beginnings, Pharma later delved into deep and immersive sound, creating an amalgam that has been interconnected over time to finally take shape in both listening and clubbing sets with a specific musical discourse in each context, connected to dub, trippy sounds and ambient landscapes, where the density between lights and shadows promotes mental activity that prevails over physical activity.

https://soundcloud.com/pharmahplc
https://www.instagram.com/pharmahplc

Masa Series
https://soundcloud.com/masaseries
https://www.facebook.com/masaseries.records
https://www.instagram.com/masa.series
https://masaseries.bandcamp.com

- Artwork by Clément Davout

Oslated.
http://www.oslated.com

Oslated Special Mix

Oslated Special Mix 075

Oslated Special Mix 075 - Pharma

Welcome to episode #113 - Dylan Thomas

Brussels-based producer and DJ with Irish roots, Dylan Thomas is known for crafting immersive, genre-defying electronic music. His sound blends elements of ambient, techno, and experimental electronics, always guided by a strong conceptual drive and an instinct for emotional depth. His debut LP, We Don’t Own, We Create, released on the forward-thinking label @futurepastnosenseoftime , captures his philosophy as both a musician and a creator: resisting rigid definitions in favor of constant evolution and sonic exploration.
Dylan has built a solid presence in the Belgian underground scene, with performances at iconic venues such as @fusebrussels and @c12brussels . Whether through his productions or his DJ sets, he invites listeners into a soundscape that is hypnotic, textured, and always in motion.

Enjoy!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dylan-thomas-hayes
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/6709892-Thomas-Hayes-4
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylan.thomas.hayes/

E.M.C. atmospheres #113 - Dylan Thomas

Fresh off the release of his outstanding album ‘Berlin’ we welcome Felix K - a true purveyor of sophisticated, deep electronic music. His work explores the fringes of techno, jungle, dub, and ambient, building immersive sound worlds that defy easy categorization. Known for his meticulous approach to production and his ability to weave complex narratives through sound, Felix K has carved out a unique space for himself in the global underground scene.

For this marathon journey, Felix K delivers a masterclass in patience and precision, guiding listeners through a three-hour odyssey that is as introspective as it is rhythmically compelling. The mix is a testament to his expansive musical knowledge and his ability to connect seemingly disparate genres into a cohesive, flowing narrative.

In his own words: "The mix was recorded in my studio in Berlin. Beginning with slower Dub Techno, it slips into the early, minimalist 85/170 Drum-and-Bass era, showcasing plenty of those formative highlights before closing with authentic Amen Breaks combining with a sound design that actually anticipates the vibe of some of today’s darker techno productions."

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https://soundcloud.com/flxk1
https://www.instagram.com/flxk1/
https://flxk1.bandcamp.com/album/berlin
https://nullpunktrec.eu/flxk1


MNMT 481 : Felix K

underwater aficionado and lifelong friend surfing on what eases his mind

"I’m truly honored and proud to release this mix on the label run by my longtime friends, leopold and simon. we’ve known each other for years and grew up together through music, so being able to share my very first time mix on their label feels quite special to me.

this ambient, dubby and aquatic mix is an immersion in low frequencies that resonate like the heartbeat of the ocean, inspired by the latter that surrounds and soothes me every day. a tribute to the calm and powerful energy of the waters"

recorded in soulac-sur-mer
05.08.25

@reyyq
@tustance

nunsen·tape 25 - rey q

TSO Berlin 2025 • Marco Shuttle

Co-written by a software drum computer called Microtonic by Sonic Charge. Since version 3 (2019) or so, if no buttons of the plugin are touched for 3 minutes, it will start playing random sound effects and rhythmic noises. The first musique-concretè generating AI? 

Nachtmusik 1
Aleatoric
free time

Vesicles are involved in metabolism, transport, buoyancy control, and temporary storage of food and enzymes within the cell.

Vesicle Night Drive

Moor Kinder

Resynthesis is a travel through space and time - across the universe going back and forth from start to end. Dream of places you can never be and times that will never exist for you.

The individual tracks were recorded live and in one take using hardware synths only. Thus the music is as you would hear it played live - full of human error and lucky coincidences.

Available to buy on Bandcamp, Mirlo, Bandwagonfm and Jam.coop. 

Links: https://samantha-j-smith.kit.com/landing

Vinyl and CD available:  See links above
Cassette by special order

Mirlo

Re-synthesis

sound as a map of elsewhere

curated by @joan-gila
label @red-edge-label
media for @mostrabcn

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RE_02: https://rededge.bandcamp.com/album/temps-boro

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Past

2025/05/30, Laut, HOC radio x Delayed w/Moon Patrol, Hue, Binomi
2024/11/09, Laut, HOC_04 w/Sciama, o.utlier
2024/06/20, Solstici by HOC, w/Breixo Martínez & Ivy Barkakati 
2023/01/14, Laut, HOC_03 w/Eric Cloutier, Nico 
2019/12/6, Laut, HOC_02 w/C.P.I., Golden Bug, Binomi
2019/05/17, Laut, HOC_01 w/Marc Piñol, Binomi

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