Vertical67

Next up we’ve got some quality sounds lined up brought to you by none other than Thomas Pahl AKA Vertical67. With so many superb releases on labels like brokntoys, Mechatronica and his imprint Vortex Traks, ran by him and his partner in crime Naks, we felt like Thomas would be the perfect addition to our roster. From soothing electronica to cutting edge electro, Vertical67’s sound can only be defined by pure love for synthesizers and drum machines and has always stayed incredibly versatile and fresh. The perfect example is his 2021 EP ‘The Early Hours’ released on eudemonia, which takes you on a full-length exploration of the mind of the musician and creates the perfect balance between numerous genres.


SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/vertical67
Bandcamp : https://vertical67.bandcamp.com/
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/artist/1203611-Vertical67

DUSK183 By Vertical67

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

the days are getting brighter. a pre-spring mix 🌱

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tracklist:

01. inkling - go outside
02. helicoidal - david cordero
03. b1. beyond the light feat. moss covered technology - rhucle
04. luminescent - sebby kowal
05. fld-001.3 - .foundation
06. modalities - tapes and topographies
07. on a sunny day - go outside
08. log_20240330 - log by miyauchi yuri
09. turn toward home - marine eyes
10. path - pavel milyakov & lucas dupuy
11. circle and back - alaskan tapes
12. to be loved - go outside
13. n* - jogging house
14. lullaby - origin st
15. ladybug - porya hatami
16. el jardín de rosas antiguas - federico durand

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picture from johannes plenio / unsplash

shimmering light

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]

From the various artists album 'Great Is The Sea', released December 15, 2021. Vinyl copies are still available on the Bandcamp 'Buy' link.

Honing 10.994 [Emerald Garden]

This piece, based on several field recordings has been requested, by the Cercle des Amitiés Créoles de la Creuse. The theme was Banks and Shores. It has been designed to be listened with headphones during an exhibition.

Cette pièce, basée sur plusieurs enregistrements de terrain, a été demandée par le Cercle des Amitiés Créoles de la Creuse sur le thème de Berges et des Rivages. Elle a été conçue pour être écoutée au casque pendant un évènement public organisée par l'association du 4 au 10 mai 2025.

Phenomena is Mind 2

Live hardware (live PA) set from Mutual Identities at The Great Beyond '25 @ the Over Yonder Stage on 8/24/2025. 

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Shared Equipment:
E-RM Multiclock
Zoom L-12 mixer

Nathan's gear:
Arturia MiniFreak
Native Instruments Maschine+
Akai MPCOne
Arturia Keystep 37

Ethan's Gear:
Elektron Rytm MK2
Toraiz SP-16
Toraiz AS-1
Elektron Digitakt II

Mutual Identities Live PA @ The Great Beyond '25

Tomoko Sauvage, Japanese musician and artist active since mid 2000’s, investigates the sculpturality of sound and improvisation in relation to the environment. Mainly known for a musical / visual research about ‘natural synthesizer’ of her invention, composed with diverse fluid, bowls, ceramic, light and underwater amplification, Sauvage’s approach is attached to questions of alchemy, meditation and balance between hazard and mastery. 

•	Akio Suzuki - Ha Go Ro Mo    
	Odds and Ends [Hören]
•	Momus - Costume de Lapin
	Cagesan - I Love Machine [Beaubrun]
•	Fiona Lee Wing-shan - From Civic Square to City Hall
	DAY AFTER [Sound Pocket]
•	Native Instrument - Live Berlin Atonal - NK presents at OHM
	soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/native-instrument/live-atonal-2
•	Andrew Pekler - Theme From Tristes Tropiques / Avian Modulations / Life In The Canopy
	Tristes Tropiques [Faitiche]
•	Alice Coltrane - Altruvista
	A Monastic Trio [Impulse Records]
•	Terry Riley - Music for the gift (Part 3)
	Music For The Gift [Elision Fields]
•	Theo Parrish - Summer Time Is Here
	Parallel Dimensions [Sound Signature]
•	Y.M.O. - Happy End
	B.G.M. [Alfa]
•	Felicia Atkinson - Monstera Deliciosa
	Hand In Hand [Shelter Press]
•	Killer Whales
	Songs of the Whales and Dolphins [The Nature Company]
•	T.R. Mahalingam - Thulasi Vilva
	Ennadu Jootuno - Flute [Kosmik]
•	Emmanuel Allard - L'Art Noir 
	Nouvelles Upanishads Du Yoga [Baskaru]
•	Alvin Lucier - Music for Gamelan Instruments, Microphones, Amplifiers and Loudspeakers
	Theme [Lovely Music]
•	Akio Suzuki - Ha Go Ro Mo (replay)

I grew up with American-influenced Japanese pop music and classical piano training. Akiko Yano greatly influenced me to cultivate my passion for jazz. Also Tokyo in the 90's was multicultural and I was listening a lot to soul, funk, brazilian and "world" music… When I moved to Paris after studying jazz piano in New York, I started to study Indian music (Paris has some Indian musicians via Pondicherry). Through Alice Coltrane and Terry Riley, I became interested in Indian music and that lead to the birth of my electro-aquatic waterbowls instrument. When I played my instrument using water drops in Japan, people said that it sounded like suikinkutsu - a traditional sound decoration system in Japanese tea garden - ceramic vase buried under the fountain. It's like I made a round the world tour to find my own roots. 

I loved the coincidence that made this playlist filled with singing birds - either accidentally recorded ones, synthesizers sounding like them or sampled sounds of a domestic bird (named Cagesan). Also Mahalingam's flute is my favorite bird mimicry...

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Tomoko Sauvage

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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.

Phenomena is Mind 2

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