Gala [28.7.25]

Living Room n°88 ~ @user-195275547

q. pls introduce yourself…
Hello, we are forest.exe (Sven and Silvan). We run a label that focuses on ambient, avant-garde and experimental music. It is called Jurassic Ambient Records. The name is inspired by the Jura forests in Switzerland, where we live and grew up. We create our own mixes and also release guest mixes as well as music from friends and anyone interested. We started about four years ago. Over time, we gradually moved away from technoid sounds and club culture, and began experimenting and mixing together within the genres of ambient, experimental and drone, where we felt more at home. For us, it is essential to connect music with the wellbeing in nature, which is also the origin of everything.

q. is there a story behind the mix?
This time we created the mix with Ableton in Sven’s home studio, nestled near the Jurassic forest — not, as we usually do, in a rehearsal room with a Pioneer setup. It was a warm and luminous day at the very beginning of summer. Surrounded by nature, we let the atmosphere guide us, working spontaneously and intuitively. Instead of CDJs, we wanted to explore a new approach, giving ourselves more time and space to shape the flow. This allowed us to engage more deeply with each track and to sculpt the transitions with greater precision.
The result is a mix that feels reduced and calming, almost dreamlike, yet still carries a quiet strength. It mirrors the uncertainties and concerns we feel about the world, and the question of how we might navigate through them. We dedicated an entire day to the process, with pauses, a few beers, and long conversations about the value of music and the character we wanted this mix to embody.

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?
Step into the forest, put on your headphones, leave the world behind and sink into natural, calming sounds. You might wander along the paths and lose yourself in the embrace of nature, or sit quietly on a tree stump, listening to the mix while observing the subtle life unfolding around you. This is, in essence, what our name forest.exe is meant to evoke.

q. describe a favourite object in your living room...
Silvan: My favourite object in my living room is a handmade ceramic piece with an organic, natural design. I discovered it in Krakow last year during my visit to the Unsound Festival.
Sven: Hehe… epic indeed. My favorite object in my living room is a triptych of three Japanese woodblock prints. In the first, several farmers brandishing katanas burst forth with fierce cries. In the second, a lone farmer leaps dramatically over a waterfall, sword in hand. And in the third, a bear flees from the oncoming attackers. The imagery is raw and powerful, yet strangely inspiring. I don’t know the artist or when the pieces were created — but stumbling upon them in an antique shop felt like a stroke of fortune, as if they had been waiting there for me.

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
We are both working on new music, though it often takes a lot of time — which can be challenging, since we both work more or less full-time as social workers, and Sven also has children. Still, we meet regularly to create ambient mixes, discuss musical developments, and continue shaping our vision for the label. Through it, we keep releasing new mixes as well as music (EPs) from ourselves and from other artists.
What we love is that this project has been with us for quite some time, and we can move at our own pace — deciding how much energy to put in, or when to slow things down. That way, it never becomes stressful, because we are not chasing success, but rather sharing our musical principles and offering others a fresh listening experience. We are also searching for a spot in the forest where we can record outdoor mixes, letting nature inspire our music even more directly.

Living Room n°88 ~ forest.exe

The aim of "RELIEF" is to bring together different music genres and sound textures, to explore notions of (a)synchronicities and flow, the dynamic potentialities of the one-hour mix format, to create a narrative that is literally in relief. Considering “errors” as opportunities, RELIEF navigates between poetry, experimental music, field recording and the dancefloor. RELIEF plays on the two meanings of the word relief in French and English: on the one hand, relief is that which stands out from a surface - the sound wave being like a landscape - and on the other, it is a feeling of relaxation after great stress.

RELIEF w/ Céline Gillain @ Kiosk Radio 27.08.2025

Elitepop is a monthly radio show by Enfant Terrible for Intergalactic FM (IFM/CBS). A new episode is transmitted every first Monday of the month on the Cybernetic Broadcasting System channel at IFM for 1 hour from 21.00h onwards… No talking... just music!

Episode 61 was transmitted June 2025 and is one hour of dark music from (dark) ambient to more doom and ritual kind of soundscapes...


Elitepop #61

Throbbing Gristle - The Third Mind (First Movement)
Shalabi Effect - Bright Guilty World
00970 - Ceremony (Zilzal’s Sonic Ceremony)
Aki Onda - Flickering Lights
The Social Lover - noise bells
girotuna - 7 augustus 2000
Mangruv - Rift
Giorgi Koberidze, Luka Nakashidze - Bass Dūdūk
Nour Sokhon - Before She Lost It
Ancient Indigenous Africans - They Scared of Us (Wao Wantuogopa)
Gerald Cleaver - Cooper Moore
Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Offering
GATELESS - Waveguide
Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez - #10

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aural conduct #14 on Echobox 05-09-2025

Annabel Fraser is a lover of music first and foremost. Not genres. Tune in for her monthly 2 hour show...
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/annabel-fraser/episodes/annabel-fraser-4th-october-2025

Annabel Fraser 041025

"In loving memory of Keith McIvor / JD Twitch 🤍🕊️ Rest In Peace and Thank you!" 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/bergsonist/episodes/bergsonist-4th-october-2025

Bergsonist 041025

Live from Berlin: we welcome new residency - Housekeeping with Ed Rain & Andrei Rusu

Housekeeping w. Ed Rain & Andrei Rusu [07.10.25]

DC Promo Tracks #1767: "Fog Frog Green" by Aroma Von Troisdorf is part of the release "Blaumilch" on R.i.O. Label @riolabel  

Pre-Order: https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/album/aroma-von-troisdorf-blaumilch 
Release date Nov 21 2025

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DC Promo Tracks: Aroma Von Troisdorf "Fog Frog Green"

Between Stations w/ DOOM TV, Lupini & Cowper: 24th October '25

BUY VINYL: clawsisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/splat-city-ii
C.L.A.W.S. comes to Dark Entries with a new ripping LP, Splat City II. C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of musical luminary Brian Hock, who has been a key figure in the Bay Area underground for over two decades via his involvement in projects like Bronze and The Vanishing, as well as helming the record labels Squirrels on Film and Immortal Sin. With C.L.A.W.S., Hock takes on the dancefloor, picking up cues from the Hague’s Giallo-dipped electro, the skewed minimalism of Chicago acid, and the mind-rending forays of San Francisco post-punk icons like Chrome and Tuxedomoon. Following 2019’s inaugural Splat City EP, Splat City II continues to map the psychogeography of a metropolis both alien and immediately recognizable, one where life is cheap, but so are the thrills. Previously released on Squirrels on Film in digital-only format, this expanded vinyl edition of Splat City II features two new cuts. Things kick off with “Route 505” and “One Tear,” a duo of rompers that vibe like Tom Ellard and Chip E locked in a room with a vial of liquid. Next up, Bay Area deckmaster Tyrel lends his editing chops to “Vigilant Slimy Monsters,” sculpting a moody space disco beast. Squirrels on Film co-founder Solar teams up with Hock for “Black Magic Carpet Ride III,” a cavernous downtempo banger. The slow-mo pace continues with “Wild Slugs United,” which features the no wave-esque clarinet work of Paul Costuros. Closer “Don’t Flip the Crystal Ship” pays homage to Bayview venue Bay Area 51 with melancholic strings and a quartz-solid electrofunk bassline. Splat City II comes in a sleeve with artwork by Bert Bergen, which features a vampiric cat and sci-fi cityscapes. 


C.L.A.W.S. - Splat City II CLIPS

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aural conduct #14 on Echobox 05-09-2025

Luke Cohlen