A reconstruction of my dj set for the @futura-artists listening session at Arkaoda, Berlin in October 2021. On invitation of Nazanin Noori (@nznnsmmnr) for @eosfrankfurt.

Website link: https://eosradio.de/archive/jessica-ekomane/apr-2022

Playlist:

Chris Watson - Waiting
Tim Shaw - Sub-aquatic Life in Mudbanks. Jarrow Slake, South Tyneside, UK
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien N°4, La Remontée Du Village
Horacio Vaggione - 24 Variations
Carl Michael Von Hausswolff - Swingers
Colin Stetson - Nobu Take
Jasmine Guffond - GPS Dreaming
Lucy Railton - Fortified Up
David Toop - You could touch him but he wasn’t there
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Midnight Radio Track 4
Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends - Double Body
John Bischoff - Next Tone, Please
Salutation Akazéhé par Deux Jeunes Filles
Brian Eno - 2/2
Robert Ashley - The Airline Ticket Counter (Scene 5)
Speaker Music - African American Disillusionment With Northern Democracy Continues to Smolder in Every Negro Who Has Settled Up North After Knowing Life in the South
Dion Workman / Mattin - S3
Carsten Nicolai - Time…Dot
Asa-Chang & Junray - Hana
Rully Shabara & Wukir Suryadi - Abu
Sahib Shihab - Om Mani Padme Hum
Kevin Drumm - The Loop B

EOS radio mix - 28.04.2022 (Nazanin Noori invites Jessica Ekomane)

Buy here: https://tapan.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-one

Way (MR TC Rmx)

Release date: 15/07/22

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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Emerging from a thick spiralling haze, is the debut album from Mystic AM - a new project from Rod Modell and label founder Ario Farahani. Conceived as an immersive fictional soundtrack piece, the release tells the story of a traveller, some centuries ago, and the rather intense metaphysical experience he unexpectedly stumbles into whilst taking shelter on a hot desert night at Zein-o-Din Caravanserai, near Yazd in Persia. Dusk envelopes the vast barren landscape as the protagonist enters the ribat, treasures of woven silks, ornaments and exotic spices glint under the flickering oil lamps, swirls of perfumed vapour dance mesmerisingly in the darkness. As the music unfolds the events of the passing day quickly melt away, and the unsuspecting traveller is plunged into an otherworldly dimension. 

Utilising an extensive collection of old Iranian records as source material, the album is an intoxicating mise-en-scéne of whispering melodies, undulating rhythms, and atmospheric sound details. An active buyer of old Iranian music, Ario began extracting and editing samples from the records acquired during frequent trips to Iran over recent years - during which the mood and flavour of the project began to crystallise. Once handed over to Rod for further processing and arrangement, the album took its final shape - an endless tapestry of sights, sounds, and memories that fade mysteriously into the night’s reverie. Textures seep into one another in washes of colour, and hallmarks of classical Persian sounds filter through - the slow stroll of the daf, scintillating runs of santoor, and solitary lines drifting out of the kamancheh. Bridging the realms of the real and the imaginary, the collaboration signals the first contribution to Mystic AM’s enigmatic concept.

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Entering the Sublime

Alarm called of a Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)at dawn.

Recorded in La Blanchette (Creuse, France)with a Nagra Ares BB+ and a pair of DIY AOM5024 microphones on either side of a tree trunk.

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Cri d'alarme d'une Grive Musicienne (Turdus philomelos) à l'aube.

Enregistré à La Blanchette (Creuse, France) avec un Nagra Ares BB+ et une paire de microphones DIY basés sur des capsules AOM5024 de part et d'autre d'un tronc d'arbre

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Guest mix for @lyl_radio show hosted by GAM @vand-collectiv

LYL Radio - Geograficamente Perto w/Sallad Egg - 'Movements In Unison' 07.12.23

The internet will break my heart

Liturgy Of Litter

Bytes is proud to announce its first release of 2025 — In the Depths, the stunning debut album from Silver Y, aka Laura Caviglia, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Sicily, Italy. 

In the Depths revolves around the theme of identity loss (Rest Home, Shadow, Self), explores the various stages of coma (Stupor, Sopor), and culminates in death (In the Depths). Yet, contrary to what that might suggest, it is a more spiritual than dark album. The closing track, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, was conceived as a sort of prayer inspired by the Buddhist mantra of the same name.

“Its meaning invites us to understand the duality at the core of existence — an alternation of light and darkness that, if truly understood, can be experienced as complete light,” Laura explains. “This practice offers a way to find peace beyond suffering, and this is the invitation I want to extend to everyone through this album.”

Laura’s passion for electronic and ambient music started about 15 years ago, but it is in the past few years that she realised these were the genres that would allow her to find her personal language in music, express herself and experiment. “In this field, musical composition goes beyond harmonic, melodic and rhythmic choices,” she says. “It is the search for, or even the creation of, the desired sound that intellectually and emotionally stimulates me about this genre. This pursuit has led me to develop a passion for sound synthesis (and analog synthesizers) and sound processing during mixing. I believe I still have a lot to learn, and thankfully so.”

Laura is a singular artist whose emotionally affecting compositions reveal a vulnerability and an ability to make songs that throb with an acutely sensual and psychedelic intensity. During the composition process, Laura  listened to a lot of ambient-like music, such as Grouper, Biosphere, Ana Roxanne and the classic trip-hop shoegaze album Beat by Bowery Electric, as well as electronic projects like Rival Consoles and Kiasmos, and Italian electronic artists like Daniela Pes and Gold Mass. 

The album was composed on a set-up primarily consisting of three analog synthesizers and a drum machine connected to a sequencer, plus a MIDI keyboard used to add Arturia Mellotron and Solina sounds.  

For Laura, the live performance is an important moment of connection between the artist and the listener, and each of her live shows can be slightly different because she controls all the sounds in real-time. This also brings the risk of making mistakes, which makes the performance genuine and authentic.

“I live in a part of the world where music isn’t considered important,” Laura says. “Not only is it highly unlikely that your favorite artist will come here to perform, but even smaller bands rarely make the effort to visit. Once, I was complaining about this situation to a friend of mine who lives elsewhere, and he replied, ‘If you can’t go and listen to the music you like, then make it yourself.’ Alright, buddy!”

In the Depths is released on Bytes on April 23, 2025


In the Depths

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Silver Y - Rest Home

On hour without interruption at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France). Already many bird species for the season. Water birds, then when the light comes on, a few forest birds. Small mammals rummage through tufts of dry grass near the microphones. In the distance, sometimes, flocks of birds take flight like a low hum.

Recorded on March 9, 2025 with a Nagra LB and a pair of Sennheiser MKH8020 in AB.

One hour at dawn at the Etang des Landes (Creuse, France)

“Trippy vocals and textures, drums fetishism, classy bass-driven sets.”
The French, Berlin-based DJ’s genre-defying sets are a hypnotic blend of tradition and
futurism, weaving psychedelic layers of traditional music, free jazz, noise, dub, footwork,
and breakcore. She has been lauded for her ability to captivate audiences with fearless
experimentation and the ability to jump seamlessly between bpms and genres.
Morphine Records,YOUTH &amp; Ominira affiliate, Marylou has graced stages at Atonal,
Intonal, CTM, and Berghain, and opened for boundary-pushing acts like Senyawa, Actress,
and Valentina Magaletti. Her fans include esteemed figures such as Donato Dozzy, Rabih
Beaini, DJ Marcelle, Lena Willikens, and more, drawn to her unique sonic narratives that
evoke her background in painting, cinema, and soundsystem culture. From organizing
Parisian parties to advising in studios and becoming a Rinse France resident, Marylou’s
journey has shaped her into a trailblazing artist. Now based in Berlin and a part of this
year’s SHAPE+ roster, she’s integral to Morphine Raum’s community, crafting mixes
steeped in cinematic, improvisational, and noisy explorations while keeping dance at her
heart.
Marylou is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art,
co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.

Tracklist:

Metal - Jeff Mertens
Hope - Blessed are the hearts that bend
Salvage - Alexander Tucker
The Pitch - Azu Tiwaline &amp; Forest Drive West
For Vinny - Starving Weirdos
Anatole - Mai Mai Mai
Spiral Realm - Sentient
Asllan - Asllan
Night In Palmtree - Azu Tiwaline
Coil - Sentient
Untitled - Agonis
Karinca - Konduku
Shaking the dub - Strategy
The Regulator - Ghost Dubs

Cold Comfort - Trinity Carbon
Press photo: http://shapeplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/zupanov-GROUNDED-2-2023-
71-1.jpg
Links: http://shapeplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/marylou-daphnelejeune-04.jpg
Credit: Daphné Lejeune

SHAPE+ Broadcast: Marylou   [08.03.25]

Pamukkale thermal pools, Turkey.

tracklist:

01. Young Marco - All These Seas feat. Aardvarck [Island Of The Gods] 2019
02. Ligovskoï - Fairbanks [Field Records] 2018
03. Rene Lorenzo - Apoastro [Shimmering Moods Records] 2022
04. HRNR - Ambo Undo [Artscope] 2021
05. Artur M Puga - _noon [Canadian duck tapes] 2022
06. Rene Lorenzo - Exciting
07. Biosphere - Delta Function [Biophon Records] 2023
08. Turn On The Sunlight - The Lower Layer [Tokonoma Records] 2021
09. Francis Harris - New Pastoral [Scissor and Thread] 2022
10. Rene Lorenzo - A Good Moment [Kizen Records] 2025
11. Dr. Atmo & Mick Chillage - Backwaters [A Strangely Isolated Place] 2021
12. Wanderwelle & Bandhagens - Celestial Crusade [Semantica Records] 2019
13. Finis Africae - Luna [Grabaciones Accidentales] 1985
14. Rene Lorenzo - New Era [Seven Villas Voyage] 2020

Selected by https://soundcloud.com/rene-lorenzo-dj

Histoires de Piscine 143 by Rene Lorenzo

Tracklist

Leila Bordreuil - In languor
Clément Vercelletto - Le Coeur Pourri du Taro
dj spooky - anansi's gambit (dj spooky's on the island of the lost souls mix)
Tzii - Ombre (feat. Radio Hito)
B. Rupp - Embrace a Generation
Sourdure - Vespres Dau Raibar
Dijit - Tub
Scanner and Geins't Naït - 63
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
Fiesta En El Vacio - Mauricio Aircode -Slow Burn
Pieter Kock - Ko Blij Nie Sta
E L U C I D - Edit 2 - Interference Pattern
Full of Hell - Bleeding Horizon
Laurie Anderson - Te visitors
CTM - Trance

Chouette Journal présente Chouette Festival  w/ Delphine Demord & Paroi [18.03.25]

Percussionist. Improviser. Performer. Occasionally composer and field recordist. Co-founder of the ensemble]h[iatus. Was the co-founder and curator of Le Bruit de la Musique festival. Artistic adviser of Association Ryoanji Épicentre. Currently president of Sonatura.

230214 · 7:30am · Alarm call of a Song Thrush

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