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Taken from J Sliwa (@jsliwa) new EP Starseed Child, out November 22, 2021, via katharsis (@katharsislabel)

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"Starseed Child" is the second release from the Copenhagen-based duo J Sliwa consisting of artists lighyer and jjjacob. The EP is a new direction for the duo as it engages with a more dreamy and emotional expression of sound by means of including hyperpop melodies, reverbed autotune vocals and uncanny sound effects. This transformation in style was inspired by alien encounters, psychedelic journeys and the current situation we as humans stand in and before. The alienation and isolation brought on by the global pandemic inspired the duo to look inward and engage with their affective landscapes artistically, giving them hope and grounding in times of challenge and intense complexity.

Artwork by lighyer

Mastering by jjjacob

Released by katharsis

Premiere: J Sliwa - Far Away [katharsis]

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"Starseed Child" is the second release from the Copenhagen-based duo J Sliwa consisting of artists lighyer and jjjacob. The EP is a new direction for the duo as it engages with a more dreamy and emotional expression of sound by means of including hyperpop melodies, reverbed autotune vocals and uncanny sound effects. This transformation in style was inspired by alien encounters, psychedelic journeys and the current situation we as humans stand in and before. The alienation and isolation brought on by the global pandemic inspired the duo to look inward and engage with their affective landscapes artistically, giving them hope and grounding in times of challenge and intense complexity.

This EP is the only release from the duo in the last two years since their debut EP on THRDEYEVSN "Eternal Now", described as a melancholic dream trance excursion into the ecstatic europop and gothic dance of the 00s. Their debut EP "Eternal Now" received attention from media platforms such as Resident Advisor and AQNB, which led to bookings by crews Sutra Club (Belgrade) and Soul Feeder (Milan). Apart from this, the duo has recently made contributions to compilations from labels Rhizome, kepasaparadoks and katharsis.

"Starseed Child" will be released on the 22nd of November through jjjacob's label katharsis, including an exquisite video for the track "Angels of Love" made by the talented Morph-affiliated CGI-duo Organs named they like you.

mastering by jjjacob
artwork by lighyer

Starseed Child

J Sliwa - Angels Of Love

cycle is a record about time, repetition, routine and habits.

built on the same sets of loops, drums and synths, each track was an opportunity to write something continuous and familiar but in a different manner for each piece.

this limitation has been a key to develop and craft detailed layers and sound design to give songs entitled auras and personality to further the idea of our relationship with time and habits; a love/hate story.

'cycle functions as both break and culmination in nunu’s greater body-of-work. It is a love/hate story about time and habits, and a debut album that explores the French artist’s capacity to imbue individual works with personality and aura. Having spent the past several years releasing disorientingly beautiful edit packs and collections of archival material (from 2013 to 2019), cycle also operates as a reintroduction to an artist who is at their best when transforming the personal into spectacularly original sonic formations.

cycle has also provided nunu with an opportunity to write in a continuous and familiar manner, yet with a different set of contingencies for each track. Like past nunu works, including 2016’s Mind Body Dialogue and 2018’s SCUM, cycle revels in dissonance, but also takes the time to explore minute textural egresses and rhythmic blackholes. While a clear step away from past dancefloor-intended tracks, nunu’s progression through nine “cycles” is no less physically demanding.

Built on a single set of loops, drums and synths, the album has been constructed from a set of self-imposed limitations. Yet, rather than strive for an impossible minimalism, cycle is instead full of intriguing diversions, impossibly layered textures and sequence-after-sequence of drum-and-vocal intrusions. The result hues closer to nunu’s sonic vision than any previous release, an unholy assemblage that is as much a record about method and time as it is the artist’s relationship to their own tools and body' words by Gabe Meier

mastering by @dj-heroin
artwork by Aljoscha Lanz @lordsoft
fonts by Dinamo Typefaces @abcdinamo

cycle

Dances from the Tabulature of János Kájoni - Choreae
Daniel Lentz - O-Ke-Wa
Klein - hope dealers
Bobby Lebona - I Believe Wholeheartedly That Love Exists; I Embrace 
                            The Idea That Its Occurence Is A Mystery
Coil - Summer Substructures
Yoko Kanno - The song of a stone
Dan Bodan - Bucolic Acrylic
Martyn Bates - The Murder of Maria Marten
Dances from the Vietórisz Tabulature - Pergamasca

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Djset I did for Playground Games, @dj-assid show on @odc-live.

Yasuragi - Foodman
PHTS - Carpainter VS Oyubi
Beep and bones - Cloinc
That Hyde Trakk - AYA
Cold - Christoph El Truento
Drop - Aæe
Set as ringtone - AVVENTUR
Reflexe - Loto Retina
Poppin' Solo - E.O.U
Kaffekanne - Tightill
Raw Trax (Weekend Rush) - Basic Rhythm
DEETZ - Jimmy Edgar
Soriphen - Statuesque
belva diss - .xXx_pauly frisk_xXx. rmix (japan only bonus) - Proc Fiskal
MYDESTINY! - EVABOY
Chaser - Slick Shoota
PUMP - SOPHIE
Kill Dem - Breakage
Move in Silence (Only Speak When It’s Time to Say Checkmate) - Lorenzo Senni

Have a listen to the rest of the show:
https://soundcloud.com/odc-live/playground-games-avec-dj-assid-julia-henderson-dj-boylucky

djset://Court Traité de Podologie

crat - A fucking tip

mix by @m8nse and @cumslut66666
ai artwork by  @hypereikon and @vvv3l_x

hIBRIDANITA mix series: M8NSE & Dua Lity

It is time to let go of your fear and doubts. You must learn to embrace the darkness of your soul, for it is a light beacon of hope for humanity. Your soul wants to show itself in its truest form, strength, perseverance, courage and determination of spirit. In this lifetime your soul needs to cleanse and open its feelings for katharsis.

With the double compilation “Infinite Summer: Ekstase & Fantasi”, katharsis celebrates the return of raves and concerts to society after a long period of pandemic shutdown. A magical summer has past filled with a great pallet of emotional material, ready to be expressed. Therefore, we encouraged a collection of artists we adore to channel their imagination of the greatest way to conclude an endless summer night with into a piece of music.

This resulted in a grand assemblage of harmonious manifestations, naturally splitting into two divisions with opposing focuses. In contrast to the first part of the duology “Ekstase”, which focused on euphoric and dancefloor-oriented outputs, this second part “Fantasi” has a more serene and introverted focal point. The majority of the tracks seem to be meant to stop time in deep reflection with a placid sunrise as the backdrop, exemplified by the purgative opener “salomé” by Aestum, but the listener will find occasional rhythmic outpourings like the unhurried clubby vibes on awbluu’s “Rosalyne (Voxen)” or the beautiful melodic “we will get where?” by Beham.

Infinite Summer: Fantasi

s'curled

Infant - s'curled

Fifth track in a suite of tracks inspired by a walk along a wooded river bank in the summer close to where I live. This track explores how the calming sound of the flowing river gives you a chance to contemplate the past. Enjoy. CD

Lyrics by David North:
Peace in my dreams
Sleep at night
Taken away my past for keeps
She went away
Nothing I say
She will never grow old
Story be told

On golden sands I walk upon
Tracks I leave behind
Reflectionsof the life we live
Never to be kind.

On golden sands I walk upon
Tracks I leave behind
The river is the life we live
Never to be kind.

The River is the Life we Live

Tracks I leave behind

W-:d../YL_m

Binary Orbital Dynamics is a graphic score composition exploring gravitational interaction between two orbiting bodies. Inspired by the physics of orbital mechanics, the piece renders dynamic relationships—proximity, mass disparity, velocity, eccentricity—as abstract visual forms. These images guide the performers in creating sound through interpretation rather than conventional notation. The work may be performed by one or more musicians, with or without electronics. In this version, a fixed audio track—created specifically for this performance and never before heard—acts as a gravitational counterpart, shaping the musical field like a second celestial body. The performers respond to the sonic environment not as accompaniment, but as a force: pulling, resisting, drifting, or converging, depending on the evolving context. Rather than following a fixed tempo or score order, the players navigate the piece as a kind of sonic orbit—interpreting each graphic relationship as a moment of interaction. When performed by two musicians, they may represent distinct bodies (A and B), each with their own trajectory and influence. Binary Orbital Dynamics was commissioned by Bowerbird in Philadelphia for the Arcana New Music Ensemble. Like much of Vidiksis’s work, it explores systems of interaction—between performer and environment, between structure and interpretation—using sound to investigate complex, often invisible forces that shape our experience. 

This track is a live concert recording from the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome, Italy, July 2, 2025. 

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