• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @formant-value @aasudd

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Lorenzo Zucchetti (Formant Value), Aa Sudd
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.3 - Formant Value // Aa Sudd

OW11 Raär - Incentive

The air shifts. Drawn from a live composition and distilled into eleven personal mantras, Raär's Incentive unfolds as a long-player sonic rite, tracing a path through a wind chamber. A narrative pulled into motion by a propulsive undercurrent.

The eleventh opus in Omen Wapta's lineage begins with flickers at the edge of vision. No clear path, just shapes that rise and vanish in the periphery. The air carries tension. Low hums lean into pressure. The ground rolls forward.

Trees bend inward. A summons breathes from below, hovering between clarity and wandering dust. The pace fractures. A space opens. Long enough to feel it pass: a shadow, a pulse, a question. Something inside has turned.

The chase tightens. Each element presses against the next. Inside the rhythm. Inside the self. Overtones shiver. The wind doesn't stop. It carries what remains. Sound, now memory. Movement, now shadow. Incentive carves deeper into Raär's terrain. Untethered, inward, and elemental. He sculpts in weight and pressure, low-end as bedrock. FX opens the ground between weight and light. Tape compression binds the vessel. Beneath, a drone exhales. Charged with trace.

Every track, a step. Each pause, a turn. Guided to feel, not to grasp.

1. Delusion
2. Edge Trigger
3. Hypnic
4. Enigiser
5. Somatic
6. Hallucination
7. Lost In Details
8. Purposeless Movement
9. Enchantment
10. Chronic Derealization
11. Unshaping The Function

Release date: June 3, 2025
Pre-order: omenwapta.bandcamp.com/album/incentive
Limited CD. Edition of 100

Written and produced by Vital Cornet
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering
Sleeve design by Woody 's-Gravemade
Words by Matteo Weigele

Distributed by Clone Records Rotterdam
Compact Disc & digital format via Clone and Omen Wapta Bandcamp

© Omen Wapta
Delft, The Netherlands est. 2021

OW11 Raär - Incentive [preview]

Neon Cleptu 35
Mutated melancholia. For this episode I’d like to welcome Orb. @orb11

Close close friend, Meanjin based Orb bringing us his disoriented frequencies that cut and pasted over each other. 
Mutated melancholia into echoing drilling textures and muffled howls into shattered digital remnants. It’s real. it’s more than real...

I’m very pleased that he participated and will be the one to guide us through his musical fascinations.

Recording is mastered by Loic
Broadcasted 15.05.2025
www.lyl.live

Neon Cleptu 35 → Orb

@marcomaldarella
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Through chaos, cathartic soundscapes, and monolithic grooves, we are excited to introduce Marco Maldarella — @marcomaldarella — for this new episode. Producer and selector based in Bologna, Marco co-founded @sinestesie_s event and mix series. His project is rooted in a multidimensional approach, known for his collaboration with Christian Duka as MARMO, and his solo album Clinamen, released on @omenwapta.

At the crossroads of deep psychedelic techno and tribal sounds, Marco Maldarella dives into the depths of modern electronic music with a fast-paced and intense sonic signature.

For this mix, Marco delivers a raw tribe fast trance experience, where psychedelic elements collide with a dark groove reminiscent of ancient times. Drones, noise, and otherworldly voices define his unique style. The result is an intimate, introspective, and mental journey, featuring many of unreleased tracks.

Marco shares his vision with us : « 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨—𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴; 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘢. 𝘈𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦; 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴—𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢-𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 ».

Tentacular 27 ~ Marco Maldarella

After several collaborations, we ended up with kick21 on a set where we mixed only our personal productions, released or not yet released. Artwork : Camille Giunti

Trois-Quarts Taxi System b2b Kick 21 / Production Mix - 13 Juin 2025

23 year old Australian based Kaisei debuts on Mirror Zone/Optic Portal with and extensive body of work named "Sketchbook". A well crafted look in the brain of the Sydney based artist going through genres such as techno, drum and bass, downtempo and other experimental forms over the course of 22 tracks packed as a 2xCD digipack physical and digital release.

releases July 1, 2025

Optic Portal 2025
Written and produced by @kaiseikitada
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

[OP005] Kaisei - Sketchbook

Sinestesie Sound Dispatch w/ Colell 14-06-2025

OW12 Loek Frey - Nayan

Some things simply need time to brew. Loek Frey returns to Omen Wapta with his third release on the label: Nayan. The Amsterdam-based artist shares a long-standing friendship with label head Woody92 – keeping each other in motion as artistic peers since the label’s inception. Over time, they’ve built a shared archive of material: sound sketches, tracks, and sonic touchpoints – an ever-evolving third space where their paths continue to meet as they move in parallel. Nayan emerges from this deep-rooted exchange: a distilled six-track release that fuses Frey’s cerebral intricacy with the label’s primordial uncanniness, reaffirming both as key voices in a yet-to-be-defined sonic realm.

Diving into the release, Frey’s signature remains intact – tactile, spatial, and rhythmically precise – but a subtle shift is at play. A paring down. A move toward something more reduced, maybe even more patient, yet no less absorbing. The A side leans inward: deep pressure, spectral traces, and an undercurrent of tension that never quite resolves. It’s music for staying with, not escaping from. Flip to the B side and the palette widens – kicks land heavier, patterns loosen, textures fill the full frequency field. Still deeply rooted in the Wapta world, but with an assertiveness that whispers rather than shouts. Somewhere between absence and force.

With Nayan, Loek Frey carries his Omen Wapta narrative into new territory – merging restless experimentation with dancefloor intention.

A1. Uvan
A2. Lesa
A3. Antagon

B1. Nayan
B2. Gyra
B3. Taira
Nanza (Digital bonus)

Release date: September 23, 2025
Pre-order Bandcamp: https://omenwapta.bandcamp.com/album/nayan-2
Pre-order Clone: https://clone.nl/item80588.html

Written and produced by Loek Frey
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering
Sleeve design by Woody 's-Gravemade
Words by Brent van den Elshout

Distributed by Clone Records Rotterdam
Vinyl 12" & digital format via Clone and Omen Wapta Bandcamp

© Omen Wapta
Delft, The Netherlands est. 2021

OW12 Loek Frey - Nayan [preview]

Heart beat Rx

ORIGINALE DISCO VERSION langue des oiseaux (kairos Commu) 135bp 2025-09-14 08_52_07

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 6 concludes the journey through Ballroom Records’ history, bringing the series to a powerful close.

Focused on the techno-driven side of Melodic House & Techno, this chapter highlights tracks defined by hypnotic tension, driving energy, and emotive depth.

A final tribute to the sound that shaped Ballroom over the past 10 years.

Enjoy listening and have a beautiful day!

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 6

Polonio

Electronic music label and platform, est. 2018



Sub label: Optic Portal
cycle.bender series

[OP005] Kaisei - Sketchbook

MIRROR ZONE