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Ambient Hardcore

Nazanin Noori - AMBIENTHARDCORE 001

10_r3n - larvae first vibrations 蛰虫始振

Brutal rhythms, delicate sounds, and noisy compositions. 50% synthetic, 50% organic. Marinated for 1 hour in a dark room before deep-frying. Crunchy on the shell, tender on the inside. Best served hot.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/kaili/episodes/kaili-21st-december-2024

Bodywork w/ 10_r3n 211224

Amnesia

Taken from SBKT070: estoc - Are We Doomed to Bow to the Stupid and Cruel?
Release date: 26th June 2025
Artwork & Design: Amber Jean
Mixing & Digital Master: Nori Kin
Vinyl Master: Raphael Valensi

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estoc presents the newest manifestation of her artistic practice: an attempt to make sense of a world seemingly hellbent on violence as its chief export. Art written as a direct response to the conditions felt both at home and watched across oceans through a phone. This album exists as an acknowledgement that our fates are inextricably intertwined, yet, our (temporary) comfort is extracted from the third world. Across 10 tracks the question is: Are We Doomed to Bow to the Stupid and Cruel? Answers are posed and then brushed away, like dust from a shelf. By the end, nothing is settled and we are left with more questions than answers.

Collaborators and co-conspirators weave in and out of the compositions, their presence felt as both adornment, and as integral infrastructure. DJ Haram opens the album with ‘Heretic’. Her voice swims through crackling noise, throbbing basslines — a guided meditation as much as a late night conversation. ‘The Weight’ follows directly after. AZADI.mp3’s smoky chants hover in the air above a smouldering fire of trip hop drums and synths, devolving to a miasma of distortion and swirling screams. The next song, ‘Where Do We Go Now’, builds and swells with rumbling synths, arriving fully as breaks crash forward and Military Scientist’s voice cries out over a chaotic sea. The first solo composition of the album comes in the form of ‘The Poison of the Centre’. A solemn yet off-balance meditation of drums, cut over an uneven and shifting beat. This rhythmic fervor is multiplied tenfold on ‘No Glory’, a harsh bath of bass and drums, constantly fighting for space to breathe through the manufactured scarcity of the mix.

‘Scorched Earth’ lends us our first breath of fresh air. Mia Carucci sings a lullaby over growling instrumentation, Exploited Body’s co-production threatening to boil over at any moment. A momentary break in the clouds, a beam of sunlight shines through before being quickly swallowed back up by the storm; gone as quickly as it came. It is here that we plunge even deeper, as the heartbeat of ‘Heaven Defined for Another’ rattles through. Machinery and exasperated breathing become inexorable, both driven to their breaking point by a rolling wave of thunder. This mechanical terror roils forth on ‘Cradling’. Miedo Total sets clattering steam and cogs over crying strings that threaten to throw themselves to pieces. The penultimate entry sees Violence lend voice and production to ‘Bones Broken, Many Things Left Unsaid’ — a deep terror lurches, shuddering and crashing like ocean waves. A gentle chorus of strings ushers in the final piece, ‘Scratch a Liberal’ — a rare, but fleeting moment of tenderness on the album. Heavy towers of bass throw the composition into shadow, tension builds and grows before collapsing in on itself, revealing the fear and violence at the core of this project. At the end of it all, we are left alone to contemplate what is to be done.

estoc - Where Do We Go Now (ft. Military Scientist)

Drifting Apart blends raw, nearly-whispered vocal delivery with scorched atmospheric textures and warped sound design – a slow-burning, emotional piece that captures a connection breaking in slow motion.

Written, produced and recorded by @soft-matter
Mastering by Kolya

Artwork:
Photography: Geray Mena
Stylist: Camille Angepailler 
MUA: Naomi Gugler

Drifting Apart

軀殼 VESSEL is a reflection of 祐曦YAU HEI’s rhythm of everyday life, it is born from the weight of repetition - the endless cycle of routine. It awakens her needs to create, to remind herself the fragile beauty of imagination. The slow erosion of time, the unrelenting truth of death’s cycle, is the weight 祐曦YAU HEI write against.

Sonically, the album blends atmospheric textures, tense synths and experimental layers with heavy bass and emotionally charged vocals. Like moving through routined life in constant motion, the grind pushing forward, shadows of time pressing heavier with every step.

Each track builds into a journey: The first half builds with urgency and tension, while the second half unfolds into melody and space. The movement reflects the cycle — from the weight of routine into a fleeting light of release.

祐曦 Yau Hei is a UK Bristol-based, Hong Kong producer and DJ whose music embodies a profound exploration of the mind and spirit. ASJ, short for "A Spiritual Journey," reflects her ideas to bridge the physical and metaphysical, crafting immersive soundscapes that transform emotions and perceptions.

Through her music and DJ sets, 祐曦 Yau Hei delivers a distinctive blend of Eastern and Western influences, engaging audiences with nostalgic hooks, cinematic layers, and electrifying beats. Her performances invite listeners to experience not just sound, but a journey—a carefully curated balance of introspection and euphoria, tailored for both intimate lounges and expansive club stages.

NÜ PREMIERE : 祐曦Yau Hei  - SINK (Over My Body)

Hakka Drums II continues B E N N’s exploration of ritualistic percussion and cultural resonance, weaving samples of Taiwanese temple music, Hakka drumming traditions, and electronic rhythmic structures into a dense, cinematic landscape.

Across three tracks, the EP oscillates between trance-like repetition and sonic disintegration—transforming traditional rhythmic motifs into fractured, breathing organisms. The project channels a primal, almost animistic energy, where each drum hit feels like an invocation, and each silence, a moment of reflection.

The Hakka Drums series serves as an ongoing dialogue between ancestral sound and modern rhythm—reimagining the Hakka cultural identity through contemporary electronic production.
In Hakka Drums II, B E N N deepens this dialogue, using sampled ritual sounds, percussive layering, and spatial manipulations to evoke notions of ceremony, procession, and decay.
Each composition unfolds like a ceremony: immersive, fragmented, yet profoundly physical.
credits
releases November 14, 2025

NÜ PREMIERE : B E N N -  Wind throng Pines (intro)

After releasing his solo EP on Hekdb earlier this year, Hawlie joins forces with Karl Forest to form a new electronic dance music duo, Hemnis.
Their debut EP marks the first release under this new project. Built upon the duo’s exceptional sensibility and distinctive sound design, the EP weaves together textures of minimal, electro, and UK bass, establishing their own unique style. The release also features remixes by [Raissa Febriani], [B E N N], and [NirBorna], whose individual approaches further expand the sonic world that defines Hekdb.

Label - Hekdb
Produced - Hemnis (Karl Forest / HAWLIE)
Remix - Raissa Febriani / B E N N / NirBorna
Mastering - MAITO OTA
Artwork - YOSHITAKA9


Haze

Haze (B E N N Remix)

Full

[Clip] Hemnis - Haze(B E N N Remix)

Making Of A Cyborg
Song by Kenji Kawai ‧ 2008
Edited by Max Dahlhaus ‧ 2017

“Making of a Cyborg” (Kenji Kawai, 2008) – Reimagined by Max Dahlhaus, 2017. A fusion of past and future, sound and machine.

Free Download

Making of a Cyborg (Max Dahlhaus Edit)

@overmybodytw @opaltapes @infinite-machine @unizonelabel @hyperboloid @functionlab @absurd-creation 

max(at)max-dahlhaus.de