Now in its tenth year, Frankfurt-based record label Die Orakel has earned itself a strong catalogue of classy releases in a distinct sonic and visual attitude, its latest being a compilation called Braindance. 

A fair assumption about Braindance as a genre could be, that it's rather in the zone of kaleidoscopic and whimsical quirktronica, less about IDM's futurist tropes. From Die Orakel's point of view, its very own Braindance compilation marks the label's tenth anniversary by releasing an intense listener's atlas, to its own and their creative collaborators' musical slant of mind.

While much could be said about spectral traces of a leftfield past, nostalgia isn't heard anywhere. The more you listen to this selection, the deeper the tracks plug into your brain—stretching from ethereal harmonic licks rippling with fragile glitches, bleepy to bass-heavy electroid steppers of any BPM range, to abstract-scientific neo-modular artistry. 

Die Orakel's Braindance transmission can be had as a 15-track digi-release, as well as a 4-track vinyl EP. Pick either for your library of the future.

01 upsammy – Wumb (Ambient Version)
02 n9oc – Hyphae
03 Pépe – Cloudbusters
04 Gacha Bakradze – Inhumanity
05 Rali Pibs – Hooked & Strungout 
06 Teatre – Daze 
07 O-Wells – Deep Concentration
08 oma totem feat. juns – Sobre Caderas 
09 Dana Kuehr – Biota
10 Benjamin Milz – Cmos
11 Poly Chain – Turbulent
12 Katatonic Silentio – Grain Of Consumption
13 Koloah – The Highway
14 Reptant – Protectors Of The Moss
15 Edward – Blurry Trees And Peanuts

Compiled by Oliver Hafenbauer
Mastering by Lopazz at Mixmastering
Lacquer cut by Daniel Krieger at SST
Cover photo by Neven Allgeier
Artwork by Orakel Studio
Words by Patrick Raddatz 
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Funded by the City of Frankfurt Department for Culture

Braindance

Cremation of care is a bimonthly show on @lyl_radio ! 

Here is a one hour dive into psychedelic tribe, wrong tempo steppers and slow down dnb, conceived as a soundtrack for the cold concrete jungle explorations. Winter mode activated 😈

artwork by Giacomo James Sforza @twopixx

Cremation of Care #14 - P.T.S.D. mix (Psy Tribe Steppa Dnb)

@mirasamira
@kiernan-laveaux

Track exclusively available on nina protocol with lucid interview by Kiernan Laveaux feat MIRA MIRA:

https://www.ninaprotocol.com/articles/lucid-dreaming-with-mira-mira

amor y lucha

pi pi pi premiere: MIRA MIRA - amor y lucha (rapid pi movement)

Episode 2: R-THROPOD

Commonly known as Elliott is a budding Producer and DJ from the South Coast on Dharawal land. Creating a textural atmosphere of forest growls and industrial echoes bound together by a driving kick and tribal drum rhythms. 

Starting with deep ominous sounds...quickly moving to fast paced metallic whips and pulsating bass lines rounding it off with dark ambience.

Artist Page: https://www.instagram.com/r_thropod/

RNGD Mix Series 0.02 - R_THROPOD

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. 
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Beatrice M. @ Kiosk Radio 16.02.2024

Bambi is a French DJ blending techno, dub, breaks, and deep trance. Advocating for safer party spaces.

Rinse France Podcast

Bambi b2b Beatrice M.  - 22 Février 2024

Spectrum

NR Sound Premiere #11

Artist: Notte Infinita
Track: Yeah, Classic
Label: Twin System
Album: In The Slush (iii) [TLPITS03]
Mastering: Johnny Arthur
Release date: 22.04.24
Order the digital album here:  https://twinsystem.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-slush-iii-2

Follow Notte Infinita on 
https://soundcloud.com/notteinfinita 
https://www.instagram.com/notteinfinita/ 

Follow Twin System on 
https://www.instagram.com/twin.system/
https://soundcloud.com/twinsystem

Follow NR on 
www.instagram.com/nrmagazine/ 
@nrmagazine 
ra.co/promoters/120647
https://nrmagazine.bandcamp.com/

Premiere: Notte Infinita - Yeah, Classic [In The Slush (iii)]

STICKY Garden - DJ Sport (Mars 2024)

ALICIA 26.3.24

Festimi Podcast 75 - Teqmun 
 
We're happy to share our new podcast made by the artist who'll join us at Lofi's Colorfloor on May 11: Tijmen Blokzijl aka Teqmun. The promising DJ and producer once said about Upsammy’s music: 'It evokes the sensation of crawling through a landscape like an ant.' He curated a mix that feels to call upon this visualization. In this hour filled with half-time breaks and prickly rhythms you get a good idea of what he's all about. It's adventurous, unpredictable and driving; gritty, raw textures intertwine with bright glowing melodies and synths, creating a sense of ease and softness you want to drown in, while haunting elements and energetic percussion keep it lively and much bouncing. A beautiful mix!

@teqmun-tijmen-b

Festimi Podcast 75 - Teqmun

Fiend for the electronic dark arts 👾👾👾

Sydney/Eora 
https://instagram.com/bbbbman

Founder of RNGD 
https://www.facebook.com/RNGDSYD
https://www.instagram.com/renegade_syd/

RNGD Mix Series 0.02 - R_THROPOD

b_man

Related tracks