Open Music Lab - Cascade

Berlin’s Open Music Lab introduces Cascade, a compilation featuring some of the collective’s valued artists, created in partnership with Native Instruments

Open Music Lab recently collaborated with Native Instruments for the first time, to offer selected participants a 5-month Advanced Music Production and Artistic Development program. Focused on connecting some of Berlin’s most exciting up-and-coming producers with industry professionals from Native Instruments, the course supported artists who were already making music, but who needed guidance with their productions, career development, and performance skills in order to take their music to the next level and eventually share it with the world.

The result of this course is a deeply personal compilation, channelling a range of of emotions and touching upon intimate feelings, such as depression (“Limbo”), pain and heartbreak (“Alligator,” “flames 2 dust,” “some days life is just hard”), hope in the face of adversity (“HOPE”), or the need to be authentic and putting yourself first (“For Me”). We also find an ode to queer rave culture (“Time Melts Away”), a spontaneous jam session (“skrelly boom”), and a groovy and hypnotic techno track (“NADA-R”) dedicated to early mornings after a rave or before work.

As is usual on OML’s releases, Cascade draws from a very wide range of electronic genres, produced by both longtime community members, some of which have already released on the label, as well as newcomers to the community. Cascade comes a few months after the release of Diffraction, produced after an 8-month Intermediate Production and Artistic Development course, and including first-released tracks from some of OML’s community members.

All tracks composed, recorded and produced by the credited artist.

Cover art by Sophie Douala
Mastering by Mark

https://openmusiclab.bandcamp.com/album/cascade
https://soundcloud.com/soundslikeminq
https://soundcloud.com/openmusiclab

PREMIERE: MINQ - Time Melts Away [The Open Music Lab]

https://soundcloud.com/acidfinky
https://soundcloud.com/openmusiclab
🛒 https://openmusiclab.bandcamp.com/album/cascade
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Berlin’s Open Music Lab introduces Cascade, a compilation featuring some of the collective’s valued artists, created in partnership with Native Instruments

Open Music Lab recently collaborated with Native Instruments for the first time, to offer selected participants a 5-month Advanced Music Production and Artistic Development program. Focused on connecting some of Berlin’s most exciting up-and-coming producers with industry professionals from Native Instruments, the course supported artists who were already making music, but who needed guidance with their productions, career development, and performance skills in order to take their music to the next level and eventually share it with the world.

The result of this course is a deeply personal compilation, channelling a range of of emotions and touching upon intimate feelings, such as depression (“Limbo”), pain and heartbreak (“Alligator,” “flames 2 dust,” “some days life is just hard”), hope in the face of adversity (“HOPE”), or the need to be authentic and putting yourself first (“For Me”). We also find an ode to queer rave culture (“Time Melts Away”), a spontaneous jam session (“skrelly boom”), and a groovy and hypnotic techno track (“NADA-R”) dedicated to early mornings after a rave or before work.

As is usual on OML’s releases, Cascade draws from a very wide range of electronic genres, produced by both longtime community members, some of which have already released on the label, as well as newcomers to the community. Cascade comes a few months after the release of Diffraction, produced after an 8-month Intermediate Production and Artistic Development course, and including first-released tracks from some of OML’s community members.

Tracklist: 

1. Acidfinky - Limbo
2. Hranrad - Alligator
3. King Sleepy - 4 me
4. Laguna Park II - flames 2 dust
5. MINQ - Time Melts Away
6. Panasiagirl - some days life is just hard
7. RealMo - HOPE
8. Vata Morgana - skrelly boom
9. YA Z AN - NADA-R

PREMIERE: Acidfinky - Limbo [Open Music Lab]

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Born in Tehran, Real Mo started rapping when he was 14 years old. Now producing electronic music and especially techno, RealMo draws from his heritage by using Middle Eastern instruments in his tracks, and tries to convey feelings through sounds, without using words.

OML label was born out of Berlin's Open Music Lab inclusive community of creatives from various backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. It offers an opportunity for listeners to engage with unique blends of musical sounds that are enriched by different cultures and lived experiences outside of the mainstream.

HEAR/FIRST:  RealMo - HOPE [OMLCOMP]

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PREMIERE: Vata Morgana — Skrelly Boom (Original Mix) [Open Music Lab]

King Sleepy - 4 Me
V.A - Cascade [OML004 / Open Music Lab]

Produced by King Sleepy
Mastered by Eric Baldwin
Artwork by Sophie Douala
Released by Open Music Lab from Berlin, Germany
Release Date : December 16th. 2022

Berlin’s Open Music Lab introduces Cascade, a compilation featuring some of the collective’s valued artists, created in partnership with Native Instruments

Open Music Lab recently collaborated with Native Instruments for the first time, to offer selected participants a 5-month Advanced Music Production and Artistic Development program. Focused on connecting some of Berlin’s most exciting up-and-coming producers with industry professionals from Native Instruments, the course supported artists who were already making music, but who needed guidance with their productions, career development, and performance skills in order to take their music to the next level and eventually share it with the world.

The result of this course is a deeply personal compilation, channelling a range of of emotions and touching upon intimate feelings, such as depression (“Limbo”), pain and heartbreak (“Alligator,” “flames 2 dust,” “some days life is just hard”), hope in the face of adversity (“HOPE”), or the need to be authentic and putting yourself first (“For Me”). We also find an ode to queer rave culture (“Time Melts Away”), a spontaneous jam session (“skrelly boom”), and a groovy and hypnotic techno track (“NADA-R”) dedicated to early mornings after a rave or before work.

As is usual on OML’s releases, Cascade draws from a very wide range of electronic genres, produced by both longtime community members, some of which have already released on the label, as well as newcomers to the community. Cascade comes a few months after the release of Diffraction, produced after an 8-month Intermediate Production and Artistic Development course, and including first-released tracks from some of OML’s community members. 

King Sleepy (Berlin)
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V.A - Cascade

4 Me

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King Sleepy - 4 Me [Open Music Lab]

Thomas Barnett is back! Freshly out of cryostasis from his long trip deep into the cosmos TB is back here on Earth with his brand new EP, “From A Distant World”, on his Visillusion label.

Barnett returns to this planet with 4 new tracks, the first of a trilogy of EPs that will explore his space-influenced side of techno & electronica.

Rediscovering his techno roots in this new project, Barnett displays his love for the dance floor as he blends the old with the new in his signature bumping fashion. Hitting all digital outlets on July 25th…

https://www.beatport.com/artist/thomas-barnett/4840

Artist Social Links:
https://www.instagram.com/thomasbarnett313/
https://www.youtube.com/@grooveslave
https://www.facebook.com/DJThomasBarnett
https://www.facebook.com/thomasbarnett.grooveslave/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Thomas+Barnett
https://www.mixcloud.com/thomas-barnett/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/thomasbarnett
http://www.soundcloud.com/grooveslave

Label Social Links:
https://www.facebook.com/visillusion
https://www.instagram.com/visillusion

PREMIERE: Thomas Barnett - From A Distant World [Visillusion]

https://electronicselections.bandcamp.com/music

https://soundcloud.com/yus_fff
https://www.instagram.com/electronicselections_?igsh=bGE5eDNleDZpcnc%3D

PREMIERE: yus.f - Northside Bongos [Electronic Selections]

A captivating series of Flights over the remains of civilization. Rhythms of endless fields, music factories, cold forest, hungry dogs.

https://wetlandl.bandcamp.com/album/land-va-iv

https://soundcloud.com/speedmode

PREMIERE: Speed Mode - M40 [Wetland]

is a more modern-sounding deep house record that rolls steadily, guided by a gentle yet crispy 16th-note bell shaker. With a full, fat-sounding bass, this track captures momentum quickly. Floating synth elements, enticing strings, and — again — proper vocal chops give this track a real run for your money. Around 02:40, the big break kicks in with a super catchy little stab pattern, layered with a cheeky female vocal, followed by a strong organ hookline that carries through the drop and beyond. Just a proper deep house groover for those who like to dive into another dimension on the dancefloor.

LABEL: TLKBX RCRDS/PUBLISHING: 
ARTIST: NATHAN & MOOS
CAT: DIGITBX2501
WORK: PLAYGROUND EP.

https://nathanmoos.bandcamp.com/album/playground-ep

https://soundcloud.com/talkboxrecordings

PREMIERE: NATHAN & MOOS - Have This Dance [TLKBX RCRDS]

In "Structural Disruption ", Ground16 crafts a deeply textured journey that blends breakbeat-infused grooves, hazy pads, and dubwise atmospheres. Across five tracks, the Lausanne-based producer explores the space between introspection and dancefloor tension where raw percussion meets dreamy harmonics. From the gritty energy of "Disruptive Error" to the misty melancholy of "Horizon Fumé", the EP reflects Ground16’s distinctive approach to rhythm and space. It’s a release that resonates through both body and mind.
credits.

Buy: https://ground16.bandcamp.com/album/structural-disruption-ep

PREMIERE: Ground16 - Silent Echoes [Sofa Movement Records]

In “Structural Disruption”, Ground16 crafts a deeply textured journey that blends breakbeat-infused grooves, hazy pads, and dubwise atmospheres. Across five tracks, the Lausanne-based producer explores the space between introspection and dancefloor tension — where raw percussion meets dreamy harmonics.

From the gritty energy of “Disruptive Error” to the misty melancholy of “Horizon Fumé”, the EP reflects Ground16’s distinctive approach to rhythm and space. It’s a release that resonates through both body and mind.

https://ground16.bandcamp.com/album/structural-disruption-ep

@sofamovementsrecords
https://soundcloud.com/ground16

PREMIERE: Ground16 - Dusty Nightmares [Sofa Movements Records]

Words from the label @breakerbreakerrecordings: 

In what ways does human consciousness transcend time, crafting subconscious connections that unite humanity’s primordial past with a future yet to be defined? Fittingly, Memory Implant took shape by following the latent threads of this concept, emerging from dream theories and anthropological explorations organically into the realm of Fourth World Music.

Finding a middle ground between atmosphere and rhythm, moving forward while remaining grounded in space, the music progresses with subtle shifts in texture and energy.

The concept of genre re-invention is irrelevant when rhythm is a building block of collective consciousness. Instead, Glaesha brings a fresh perspective, using sound as a way of seeing.

Label: @breakerbreakerrecordings
Buy: https://glaesha.bandcamp.com/album/memory-implant

PREMIERE: Glaesha - State In Transit [Breaker Breaker]

coldsweat - Positive Merits (SR027) 
BUY LINK: https://sufrimientorecords.bandcamp.com/album/positive-merits-sr027
Label: Sufrimiento Records (https://soundcloud.com/sufrimientorecords)
https://www.instagram.com/sufrimientorecords/
> coldsweat (https://www.instagram.com/_coldsweat/)

Sufrimiento Records proudly presents the debut LP from coldsweat – out August 29, 2025, on all platforms.

The album features five original tracks by coldsweat, alongside three powerful remixes by Ekzander, DR. GRECO, and Justin Jay.

Spanning eight tracks in total, the LP is a dynamic and genre-defying ride through the vast spectrum of club music. From techno and UK garage to bass, ghetto house, and even flashes of eurodance, coldsweat and its remixers blend intensity, rhythm, and emotional weight with a distinct and fearless voice.

With this release, Sufrimiento Records continues to celebrate the diversity and mutability of dance music.. one foot in the rave and the other in experimentation.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : coldsweat - fuck 12

Is it house, is it techno? Well, it's definitely not tech house. Lush ambient synthesis meets four to the floor beat, sizzling cymbals, a funky bassline, and insectile sound design.

Support https://lnk.fuga.com/alxhomgas_twiceborn

https://soundcloud.com/fckdsko

PREMIERE: Alex ho Megas - Twice Born

The evolution of Caroline Lethô’s sound has been shaped by her family’s rich and diverse musical influence. Born in Portugal to Indian and African parents, a young Lethô would regularly attend her father’s jazz rehearsals where she would listen and absorb the warm woodwind tones of her father’s saxophone.

In 2015, Lethô released ‘Éter’ her breakout EP which was accompanied by a series of genre spanning mixtapes. Her formidable talent as DJ and producer was swiftly recognised in both her homebase of Lisbon, where she is now prominent figure in the city’s burgeoning underground scene, and across Europe where she has appeared at festivals and clubs like Tresor, Renate, Dekmantel Selectors, Atonal, Magentic Fields and Waking Life Festival.

Notably Caroline also co-organises ‘Mud Re Terra’ a new festival in rural Portugal, that grew from a collaboration with Spirala Ecological Village and her partner Sym Potion. It's a fusion of many cultures rooted in ecological awareness, experimental art and collective living.

Buy: https://www.beatport.com/release/transmutations/5234531

PREMIERE: Caroline Lethô’ - Breakthrough [Beat Palace Records]

We believe music creation needs safer, accessible spaces. We give opportunities for Berlin's diverse communities to connect at free music workshops.

Contact us at openmusiclab@gbstb.org to get involved

How to submit music: http://bit.ly/How2SubmitMusic

My name is Moskalus and i run a YouTube channel and upload music regularly.
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PREMIERE: MINQ - Time Melts Away [The Open Music Lab]

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