Across eight tracks, Tilliander and Kajfeš masterfully balance slow, lumbering machine pulses, delicate synth textures, and impeccable trumpet lines. Tilliander’s use of both analog and digital synths carve out the structure of these sonic sculptures, while Kajfeš’s elegant trumpet playing pushes against them, infusing the dreamy soundscapes with both acoustic tension and melodic detail.

Individually, Andreas Tilliander and Goran Kajfeš have long been recognized as leading names in Swedish electronic music and jazz, respectively. Both have consistently pushed and transcended the boundaries of their genres. Tilliander has explored everything from techno, drones, and dub to clicks’n’cuts under monikers like TM404 and Mokira. Kajfeš has been a relentless innovator in jazz, playing a central role in bands such as Oddjob, Subtropic Arkestra, Tropiques, Nacka Forum, and Fire! Orchestra.

Now, they join forces, forging a new path for both ambient and jazz music.

KM060 © 2025 / Kontra-Musik
Written and produced by Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfeš
Andreas Tilliander - electronics / Goran Kajfeš - trumpet
Mixed by Andreas Tilliander /Mastered by Rashad Becker / Image by Goran Kajfeš /Graphic design by Daniel Zachrisson www.kontra-musik.com / Distributed by Clone

In Cmin

KM060 Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfes - In Cmin PREVIEW

@marco_shuttle traverses deep into the labyrinthine heart of the rainforest in @astralindustries’ latest extended listening journey. Channelling the spirit of the Amazon, the two extended tracks of Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva unfold as an untamed ecosystem, with ghostly birdsongs echoing across brooding, minimalist instrumentation.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-marco-shuttle---part-one 

Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva will be out on March 14th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/album/ai-39-sonidos-y-modulaciones-de-la-selva 

A portion of proceeds will go to Amazon Watch, supporting rainforest protection and Indigenous rights in the Amazon Basin.

Premiere: Marco Shuttle - Part One [AI-39]

"A journey through rhythmic and sonic experimentation - pulsating frequencies, evolving atmospheres, and shifting patterns. An intricate and unconventional exploration, where complexity meets bold innovation. A complex, intriguing, and electrifying experience."

gi (@gistrung) is a musician from Gadi (Sydney). Her sound blurs the outer limits of drone, idm and techno, interested in how generative sound design and asynchronous repetition can coalesce to create emotional music. Following self-released sketches in 2022, and contributions to compilations by Comic Sans Records (FR), Pure Space (AUS), Twin System (UK), Companion (AUS) she released her debut EP on Altered States Tapes in October 2023 and follow-up liveset EP on Beyond the Bridge (Seoul) in March 2024. In 2024 gi presented her debut album on Absorb (AUS) and launched the World of Knots label, while continuing to refine her unique style of warehouse oriented experimentalism, across live and DJ sets.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #231 x Mostra - gi

Further Inward with Sean H

Drifting into deep and metric realms, Berlin-based Sean H takes over the Further Inward series, flowing through unseen currents and unfolding enigmatic patterns. Guiding us through a weightless dimension, her soundscapes shimmer between realities. A passage not taken, yet always present.

I’m very pleased to welcome Sean to Further Inward. I was blown away by her atmospheric and progressive selections on the Area127 and the Monochrome series, in which she morphs effortlessly between odd rhythmic patterns. I’m excited to have her guide us through this polychromic journey.

@seanhorlyck
Visual : @janloup
Dive into the egoless realm - 03/2025
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Further Inward ✧ Sean H

cyberlife invite us on a new sonic drift, an immersion captured during his latest performance at the release party held at nouveau magnolia. On the occasion of the launch oh his EP “Mental Projector’s Mental”, he takes us along the waves, between psychedelic resonances and shamanic echoes. A sensory and auditory journey carried by deconstructed currents. 

★ links ★
@cyberlife-music

minuteuf 20 ★ cyberlife

Priori’s hit EP Pareidolia gets a well deserved remix treatment. The relation between Priori and Midgar started early 2023 with the release of his Pareidolia EP, where a remix for Keplrr followed quickly the year after. Now, early 2025, a group of close friends and admired artists were invited to rework the Pareidolia’s originals.

Midgar affiliate Forest Drive West uses the opportunity to present not one but two remixes. Presenting one half-time 85 bpm twist of Hazard and another slow-paced murky techno groover. Originally from Montreal, Maara forms the Canadian connection and she turns Memory Palace into a beautiful bouncy dub-techno floater. Sound experimentalist Notte Infinita takes his turn on Pareidolia’s title track and creates some magnificent eyes-closed drum & bass hypnotism. At last, Amsterdam’s upsammy brings back the light with her iconic playful approach. She flips the steady groove of Glass Shards into a jumpy interplay of rhythms and joy.

Buy 12"

Hazard (Forest Drive West 85 Remix)

Get ready to listen an intense, introspective journey through shifting sonic landscapes—a prelude to a unique three-day festival by the Tajo River near Valdeverdeja (Toledo, Spain), offering an avant-garde alternative with a lineup of mostly debut artists in Spain. From May 30th to June 1st, the event promises an immersive experience where sound, nature, and experimentation meet.

Refractor : Jan Swam - 25 April 2025

Artists: DYL & Tammo Hesselink
Title: Moiré Patterns EP
Label: Aura Sonora
Catalogue Number: AS002
Format: Vinyl & Digital.
Release Date: August 4, 2025

Tracklist
A1 DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 1 
A2 DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 2
B1 DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 3 
B2 DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Pattern 4

All tracks were produced by: DYL & Tammo Hesselink
All tracks mastered by: Seph
Artwork by: Archive B
Vinyl Distributed by: Juno
Manufactured in the UK.
Cat No: AS002 - Aura Sonora 2025.

Press Release: 
Aura Sonora returns with a second release to follow up the fantastic first one, this time it brings together two meticulous studio craftsmen, DYL & Tammo Hesselink. Their Moire Patterns EP kicks off with 'Pattern 1', a deep and rhythmic slice of rubbery techno that rides broken beats with atmospheric pulses up top. 'Pattern 2 slows down to a predatory crawl with icy pads making  a dystopian vibe then 'Pattern 3' brings a sense of mystic tribal ritual deep in some futuristic jungle and 'Pattern 4' closes down with more fantastically crafted, dubby, broken rhythms that are topped with organic percussion and almost impossible not to move to. Pure rhythm science brilliance.

Vinyl pre-order: www.juno.co.uk/products/dyl-tammo-hesselink-moire-patterns-ep-vinyl/1087965-01/

@dyl170 @tammohesselink

DYL & Tammo Hesselink - Moiré Patterns EP [AS002]

Recorded live at Studio DB, Berlin, 22nd April 2025

Steffen Sennert: sax, keyboards, effects.
Federico Narracci: keyboards, drums, effects.

KM060 Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfes - In Cmin PREVIEW

KONTRA-MUSIK/ULF ERIKSSON