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The Birth of Infinity

Back in early 2019, I released a single called Distant Visions. After hearing it, a fan commented:
“Almost sounds like something from a second interstellar suite.”

They were referring to my 2006 album The Maestoso Interstellar Suite—a project I re-released with extended material in 2016 for its 10-year anniversary. That comment stuck with me. Did it feel like a sequel? Could it be?

I toyed with the idea. But having just expanded the suite into a double-disc format in 2016, I wasn’t sure a sequel was the right move—especially given how the original was structured as a continuous, uninterrupted journey. I had also briefly considered a vinyl edition, but the flow of the piece and the 22-minute-per-side vinyl limit made it a poor fit for that format. The experience would have been compromised.

Around that time, I released a “radio edit” version of the suite called Singularities to provide an accessible entry point. But if I returned to the suite with new material, I feared I’d be stuck doing the same thing again: a full continuous version and a separate edited version. Frankly, I didn’t want to go through that process again—and since then, I’ve moved away from long single-track formats entirely.

Even then, I was already thinking about vinyl-friendly runtimes, aiming to keep my future projects under 44 minutes so they could fit comfortably on a single LP. I’ve also significantly upgraded my gear and virtual instrument libraries since that time, giving me access to orchestral and hybrid textures I could only dream of back then. Now I have the tools—but what should I do with them?

I thought: Maybe I don’t need a sequel at all. Maybe it’s not about making The Maestoso Interstellar Suite Part II, or Return to Maestoso, or anything like that. Maybe I just need to reimagine the entire idea as something ongoing—something open.

Looking back, I always felt I had to make compromises when producing the 10-year edition. Some sounds weren’t what I was hearing in my head. Hardware limitations forced me to bounce tracks just to finish mixing. I wanted that big, lush, hybrid orchestral sound—and I couldn’t quite get there.

Now I can.

And I’ve got older projects—like La Famille Du Solénoïde (The Family of Sol)—waiting for a modern update. Thematically, they fit perfectly.

So I’ve made a decision:
I’m not making a sequel to The Maestoso Interstellar Suite.

Instead, I’m creating something bigger.

Introducing Infinity

Infinity is an evolving series. A collection of volumes. A universe of sound that has no end—only pauses between stars. It’s not a sequel. It’s not a remix. It’s a living archive of exploration—part ambient, part orchestral, part space music, and completely me.

And to start, I’ll revisit the music that inspired it all.

I’ll go back and refine The Maestoso Interstellar Suite one final time—polish the edges, rework the structure to be vinyl-compatible, and finally bring it closer to what I always heard in my head.

But I won’t just re-release it.

I’ll rebrand it.

The Journey Begins

The Infinity series begins with:

Infinity Volume I – The Maestoso Interstellar Suite

Infinity Volume II – Singularities

Each will stand on its own—but together, they form the beginning of something open-ended. Something I can return to any time inspiration calls.

Infinity has no final tracklist. No end. Only volumes.

And when I’m ready, I’ll add another.

Maybe it’s a crazy idea. But that’s okay—I’m doing this for me.
And I hope you’ll enjoy the journey too.

🎧 Listen on your favorite platform:
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Intermission II

Ambient Dreamscapes for you to enjoy. Relax, unwind, meditate and chillout

DARK AMBIENT - THE HIDING PLACE

Like many of you we long for the halcyon days of Halloween past, when art students could proudly let their papier-mâché freak flags fly and the opportunity to console a weeping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outside of a chip shop late at night was always right around the corner, but reading the ominous glowing writing on the wall it seems like it will be some time before we experience that type of magic again.
We can't fix the world unfortunately, but we can give you this suitably demented recording of the spookiest member of our organisation playing for a bunch of heathens in a South London forest for last years' Halloween celebrations as a treat. Maybe if while listening to it we all focused our will on dark, arcane forces we could convince Pazuzu to drop grand pianos upon the people who have mismanaged this crisis so spectacularly. Or we could simply enjoy this mix from our Stu while staying safely inside and away from clatty plague raves. Either/or.

Mixes

Forecast 052: Stu (Live Halloween 2019)

The moon waxes into shiny illumination under Gemini tonight and @silver-side-pony has mixed up an hour of reflective and radiant ambient, perfectly facilitating ritual and release. “In a year that feels suspended in motion (not so much surreal as hyper-real), notifications on Bandcamp Friday have become a small joy.” True to that sentiment and full of gorgeous musical morsels from friends of theirs, this mix oozes warmth, stoking the flames of collective inspiration, community and connectivity. Exactly what we've all been hungry for, and what's been keeping us afloat. Thank-you dear Laurel.

Tracklist:
Vase - Mother Trilogy w Amelia Emma Forrest - T4
Ben Bertrand - Morton and György In The Battista Mist
NAP - Íntima
Exael - Citrus
Ulla - Stunned Suddenly 
Angel Bat Dawid - Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef) 
Ben Bondy - tissue
Pole - Evelyse
Ian Chang - ASMR
Actress - Futureproofing
 Gavilán Rayna Russom - B3
Actress - Hubble
God 69 - BABYLUV
Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus - Item 6
Mister Water Wet - Cuevas
Totems - Replicated
The Pleasure magenta - Shavings
Vase - Pendulos
Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Homesickness
Erika de Casier - No Butterflies, No Nothing 
Pillow Queen - Burns Me Up
Ben Bondy - Cibilian Trance
Dark Arts - Lament
LVJ - Restart
Beverly Glenn Copeland - La Vita

Photo: Louise Pain

Side Pony @ SWOON | 29.11.2020

Guest mix I did for my dear friend Occo's show ~

https://www.nts.live/shows/occo/episodes/circle-packing-8th-december-2020

https://soundcloud.com/jsmw

NTS Radio w/ JS 12.07.2020

closing out the year live and direct from @radio-relativa with a power hour containing exclusively @myflower1 solo material and collabs.

shouts to @are-human-resources & @slumpymelatxnin

plenty to come from the ts family in 2021

100% My Flower | Dec '20

fdg. _Mix 25

LIA T 2.2.21

@kohwi
@executive_lunch

For the 2nd edition of pi2pi-- we are joined by kohwi and his internet elusive partner executive lunch in the good ole spirit of the b2b experience. 
For the Q&A they will go back in forth in the pipipi style...
Thank you for listening & enjoy the journey <3


K: Who exactly is executive lunch?

EL: Executive lunch is an afternoon special at Cafe Brasil in Culver City, a gentleman’s short-lived escape from atomization, a creature birthed in São Paulo and raised in the desert.

EL: This is your second pipipi mix. What has changed since your first?

K: Well first of all I guess I live in California now. Very grateful to you for luring me out to the crazy weirdness of Los Angeles. It’s been a strange year to move to a new city, but I feel at home having you as my rock and the handful of friends that have woven in and around our lives these past 12 months. Musically this one feels so different than my last pipipi - every song has some story or place associated with it that we shared together. Also, there’s a certain playfulness that you brought out in me which doesn’t come out as much solo.

K: If you could live inside of a fruit, which would it be and why?

EL: I would live inside of a pomegranate, for the texture

EL: What was your best interaction with a more-than-human life form this year?

K: When a black & white cat appeared at my back porch in LA and left a dead mouse on the door. We tried to leave water or food but he didn’t really stick around for it. Still not sure if he wanted anything in return or if he was just feeling particularly generous that night.

K: Take your favorite song from our mix, and describe the feeling you had when you first heard it

EL: I don’t know if it was the very first time I heard it, but the track with the most potent memory is no vale Na by Chico Blanco. Early in the lockdown, vibing down PCH with dear friends Sam & Chase en route to Topanga, where we all snuck into a park to watch the meteor shower from the wet grass

EL: The song you imagine you were conceived to?

K: https://youtu.be/l3_kndxPVrY

Check out the extended interview & some fun lockdown pics on the website

http://pipipi.life/mix/375-2/

pi2pi: kohwi b2b executive lunch

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MITAMINE LAB, culture curators based in Mexico City.

Contemporary sound archive and curatorial project. Original broadcasts monthly on https://soundcloud.com/resonance-extra

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