Ambient Sleepers 008: Eric Cloutier
( @cloutier )

Four 8th podcast, We're thrilled to release the recording from Eric Cloutier's beautiful 1 hour Ambient set at our last event Ambient Sleepers #5(05.05.22.)!

We had the chance to invite this legendary Techno DJ and producer from NY/Detroit to perform a special Ambient set, offering us a dreamy journey between atmospheric ambient, field recording, drone and experimental sounds - Enjoy!


More info about Eric Cloutier:

Cloutier’s nature - one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

Eric Cloutier’s standards are representative of the pre-social media craze and arguably the old adage of letting music speak for itself. Cloutier’s twenty-plus year commitment has been built upon his integrity as a DJ and authority as a selector. A self-described "record digging psychopath," one only has to refer to his mix of highly sought after cuts from Driftwood Records to see the lengths Cloutier will go to in order to procure the perfect selection. This is truly Cloutier’s nature - one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his masterful ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

An exception to the norm, Cloutier is not one to capitalize on his Detroit origins. Moving to New York in his 20’s, he became a regular face at The Bunker where he began to further define his innate style of body orientated music. Now situated in Berlin, where he often shows up behind the decks of niche alcoves as well as the world’s best clubs, Cloutier’s reputation as an unequivocal, dexterous force is increasingly becoming one of note. His talents as a producer have also been growing of late, with the establishment of his own imprint Palinoia, Greek for “the obsessive repetition of an act until it is perfected or mastered.” The label has become the new home and optimization for Cloutier’s evolving undertakings. Through Palinoia, Cloutier manages to further synthesize slick, dubby club music to slide into his DJ sets as well as feature lesser known talent he's discovered. He’s a DJ for whom quality - above all else - is the watchword.

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Ambient Sleepers 008: Eric Cloutier

deep in the forest

Deep In The Forest

So manches mal lauf ich mit Gedanken durch diese Welt. Die vor Traurigkeit wieder schön sind

Depressive Traurigkeit

Cathedral

Tidy Up

Artist: Etnica
Track: Trip Tonite
Original release date: 1996.
Remixed, arranged and produced by Filip Nikolaevic [Magnetik], 2025.

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmSzUbSb-WM

Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/magnetikmusik

Etnica - Trip Tonite [Magnetik Rmx]

Chromatic 4 for Pigments features 50 custom presets created specifically for ambient, space music, dark ambient, and beyond. Inside you’ll find deep bass patches, evolving leads, expansive pads, haunting textures, and experimental soundscapes—all crafted to inspire new dimensions of composition and design.

Created by S1gns Of L1fe
Available now on Bandcamp: https://material.bandcamp.com/album/chromatic-4

Timeline Shift - Chromatic 4 for Pigments

(dispersed signal) versions fragment the original material through granular time-warping, scattering its rhythmic core into drifting pulses and textured echoes. Like a fading transmission from deep space, these pieces unravel slowly, leaving behind only traces of their origin.

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Spotify · Bandcamp · YouTube · more → linktr.ee/amb1Matt3r

🎧 Music for:
sleep · deep focus · meditation · inner drift · slow time · space dreaming

📎 Tags:
#ambient #drone #granular #spacemusic #sleepmusic #darkambient #soundscape

Deep In The Forest

Max Stein