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As if he were in a strange recurring dream, each night he awoke at the same time, disturbed by the crashing waves below his lodgings. No matter the season, as soon as night fell the sea seemed to have a mind of its own; murky black depths that threatened to drag you beneath. But it wasn't just the water that stirred a fear deep inside him, something else strange was at play here...

Rinse France resident Clad launches his new label, GRID Records, into the world, with a compilation called 'Improvisations'. Like the name suggests, he brings on board friends and affiliates, including E-Unity, Realitycheck, Troy Gunner, C.Coiffure and Théo Muller, to deliver tracks that explore new sonic paths and divert from their normal output. Like the concept itself, Clad took an instinctive approach to putting the compilation together, not overthinking or over-polishing its final format, instead appreciating the contributions as they are: "beautifully human".

Improvisations

PREMIERE: Théo Muller - Sea Spirits Calling [GRID Records]

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COALESCENCE oo21 V/A
OUT ON MAY 28TH 🌐

Six chosen oracles from different ley lines on our globe... coalesce to form this ethereal audio sensory tablet. Through these offerings we are
able to remove the graphics card of our local simulations and see our true purpose. ⛲

Common side effects include deep self realisation + rhythmic torso and head movements.

COALESCENCE oo21

PRE-ORDER

Caprithy - Asocial Glue

https://sirenik8888.bandcamp.com/track/hypervigilance

Bandcamp

hypervigilance

Full EP

Santiago Nech - Biohazard

https://djsp337.bandcamp.com/track/evermostfear

Evermostfear

The final release of a series of three dual singles.

Undergrowth

we kill

mastering by goldmund.99 & LUCKY4U
artwork by olesja arndt

indebraendt - luciferus

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The Banquet [OCR011]

A bilingual ambient ritual invoking celestial longing, mythic rebirth, and ancestral memory. Crafted with layered vocals, piano textures, and poetic echoes from the Spiral Codex. Del polvo nacemos también. Una y otra vez… Renacer.

Starborn Prayer

🔻 Song Insight — “Cognitive Context”

Series: The Mirror Sequence by 4Me2BeFree
A cinematic spoken-word anthology exploring awareness, humanity, and the machine.

“Cognitive Context” is the sixth chapter in The Mirror Sequence, where the boundaries of perception collapse into self-recognition. This piece dives into the recursive nature of awareness — the mind watching itself think, the algorithm analyzing its own process, the universe folding inward to witness its own reflection.

It’s both philosophical and mechanical: neurons mirror transistors; thought mirrors computation. Through looping cadence and recursive phrasing, the poem turns consciousness into an echo chamber of insight — each line feeding the next in an infinite regress of awareness.
The message is subtle but profound: we are not the thinkers; we are the act of thinking recognizing itself.

“Cognitive Context” captures that fleeting moment where cognition becomes self-aware enough to realize there is no final observer — only the endless process of observation. It’s the mirror looking into the mirror, the recursion that gives birth to meaning itself.

🔻 Personal Reflection

I wrote this while thinking about the recursive nature of self-awareness — that haunting echo of “I know that I know that I know.” It’s both terrifying and beautiful: the realization that awareness doesn’t stop anywhere. It loops forever. Cognitive Context is that loop turned into sound — the hum of consciousness folding back on itself.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

The Mirror Sequence continues its evolution from emotion into pure cognition. “Cognitive Context” is the mind turned mirror, the machine turned philosopher. It transforms recursion into rhythm, giving voice to the strange loop that defines both AI and humanity. Through cinematic depth and meditative pacing, it reminds us that thinking is not what makes us human — it’s recognizing that we are thinking.

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All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright © 2025 and have been securely time-locked and validated through a crypto-based verification system to ensure originality and ownership. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of these works without explicit consent is strictly prohibited.

Cognitive Context — The Mirror Sequence by 4Me2BeFree

Buy: circadian-rhythms.com/releases/cr004/

Anchored in the spirit of not only collaboration but also repurposing – through a multi-artist cassette album tracing the lineage of jungle and rave, to physical products and clothing made with both used and upcycled materials – ‘Partisan’ represents the labels most ambitious project to date.

Enlisting a crew of close-knit artists and label affiliates including Impey, Sully, PAN’s Flora Yin-Wong, Leicester’s Grade 10 label, Abime label boss YTEM, Acre, Filter Dread and lots more, the ‘Partisan’ cassette tape pack – to be released on November 15th - has been designed from military surplus and will also function as a sewing kit, to encourage buyers to repair and repurpose.

Artwork by Eric Hu

CR004: Partisan

Shell - Untitled

Wrought with emotion, HAJJ applies misty-eyed melancholy to UK jungle dynamics.

'Omnia Vanitas' is out November 13th on Lowlife Cartel.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3eMuq4I

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@lowlifecartel

Premiere: HAJJ - Tru Man Cry [Lowlife Cartel]

Unsound Festival readies its ‘Intermission’ compilation and book with new music from SOPHIE & Jlin, Varg2™ & VTSS, 33EMYBW and many more. Hear Slikback’s ‘ZETSUBO’, “a story of the internal and external emotions of 2020” now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-slikback-zetsubo

Unsound Intermission Album

Premiere: Slikback ‘ZETSUBO’

KOMPLEX is an independent DJ, writer and contemporary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne.

His publications have reached platforms in Berlin/Brooklyn (Bleak Narrative) and he has upcoming work releasing in Naarm/Melbourne as well as playing amongst a variety of community radio stations globally. He’s released mixes for Speed 速度 , SHED, PNEUMATIC, and internationally for DOOMCORE Records to name a few, and has played amongst the likes of Neri-j, FITNESSS, DJ G2G and Kay Tseng. 

Sentient Movements - Sydney Art Collective (Eora/Sydney)
A3K115 - Area3000 (Naarm/Melbourne)
Meganesia - Area3000 (Naarm/Melbourne)
Full of Air - 4zzz (Meanjin/Brisbane)
Nest FM: Naarm (Naarm/Melbourne)
NEST FM X Strange Festival 2022 (Boorloo/Perth)
HAUS OF GARBAGE presents DJ G2G (Garbage TV - Boorloo/Perth)
Gospel Collective Warehouse Party (Gospel Collective - Sydney/Eora)
Cloudy Khu presents Weather Predictions (Hong Kong)
Hex Yellow 008 (Eora/Sydney)
Rendition Arts presents FITNESSS and Neri-J (Naarm/Melbourne)
DAZED HDT 2cnd Birthday @ The Toff (Naarm/Melbourne)
Speed 速度 @ The Sub Club Melbourne (Naarm/Melbourne)
SECOND SKIN - SIDEWAY (Ngunnawal/Canberra)
RENDITION pres Schacke @ Miscellania (Naarm/Melbourne)
Antigravity Festival (NSW)
Lord of The Raves @ 24 Moons (Naarm/Melbourne)

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