CIAIC is an Italian DJ based in Paris. An insatiable delver of dance music’s murkiest depths, he draws inspiration from bass-heavy sounds, dub, and hypnotic rhythms to open a gateway for his imagination.

A dense journey drifting through dub pressure, industrial haze, and glitchy footwork.



AM Podcast #86 - CIAIC

Out now - 12 tracks: double vinyl and digital 

In 2013, Different Circles launched with Weightless Volume One, a compilation that helped define a new minimalist aesthetic in electronic music. 

Twelve years later and after a six-year pause, the label returns with its tenth release: Ping Volume One.

Like weightless, ping isn’t a genre. It's an approach to anchoring and propelling sound without relying on the steady pulse of a kick drum.

Instead, a single percussive hit — the ping — holds the centre. Dry and high in the mix, or echoing distantly through space, it becomes a temporal anchor. Around it, the rest of the track can undulate, bend, float or collapse.

The term first appeared on Mumdance’s radio show, where playing “the pingy ones” from the Different Circles back catalogue became a running joke. In the Discord community, it evolved into a shared language, with memes, lore and a mascot known as the Ping Devil.

In 2023, Mumdance aired The “Ping Report” a radio show that gathered everything into a coherent moodboard. It included original tracks made by Discord members for the show and set the foundations. From there, more producers began making ping intentionally, and over time, Ping Volume One took shape.

As the idea came into focus, Logos and Mumdance noticed that much of the Different Circles back catalogue, if not explicitly weightless, could now be understood through the lens of ping. It was a sound they had been drawn to long before they had a language to describe it.

Ping Volume One is a document of shared instinct. A collection of tracks connected by feel rather than formula, shaped by years of dialogue between a community of artists and listeners who were drawn to the same sounds & ideas before they had a name.

Xen Chron - Q’omatose

Taken from Conrad Pack's forthcoming 'Praise EP' on SELN Recordings.
Pre-order here: selnrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/praise-ep

Out October 1st 2025
Mastered by Mike Grinser at Manmade

Conrad Pack - Praise

Following releases from Lurka and Keplrr, GRACE has something more introspective in store. The label's fourth outing is a tasty collaboration between Bristol's @georg-i and Lisbon-based lyricist @olderbrotherolderbrother. Their 'Warm Skin' EP is a journey through slick, hi-tek bass and trip-hop injected with gritty vocal poetry.

Both artists are hitting their stride. Since 2021, georg-i has gone from strength to strength, his razor-sharp slappers appearing on YCO, FELT, and more recently, as the inaugural release on CCL's Subglow. Meanwhile, Older Brother's otherworldly vocals have featured on Timedance, Metrist's SOSOSO, and now a full release with the iconic imprint Numbers. 

On this EP, a soundworld emerges that recalls the dark intimacy of Massive Attack's Mezzanine and the beat science of Samurai Music. These two artists' combined talent makes for beautiful, moody listening - a third space between wonder and cynicism. 


georg-i & Older Brother - Warm Skin (GRACE) [Snippets]

Taken from the upcoming mini-album The Myth Crumbles, the Mystery Remains, out on traverse, "At Your House (David’s Tribute)" is a meditative dive into Tonito Yama’s shadowy, jazz-dub universe. The track plays like a hazy memory—melancholic, cinematic, and bass-heavy—unfolding with the slow tension of a lost film noir. A heartfelt homage wrapped in mystery, it's a glimpse into a world where the myth may crumble, but the atmosphere lingers long after.

Tonito Yama
@antoine80

traverse
@tra_verse
www.instagram.com/tra.verse/

The Myth Crumbles, the Mystery Remains

At Your House (David's Tribute)

Premiere: Tonito Yama - At Your House (David's Tribute) | traverse

@georg-i and @olderbrotherolderbrother join forces on 'Warm Skin'. The EP is a journey through slick, hi-tek bass and trip-hop injected with gritty vocal poetry.

Its first single 'Foundations' is a cool-headed club weapon, weaving between Older Brother's night-bus lyrics and slick drumscience from georg-i — halftime at its most minimal, potent, and sultry. Don't sleep. 

georg-i & Older Brother - Foundations (GRACE004)

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Taken from "VA - CRTTR-CLB-009 EP". Out October 17th 2025. Buy here : https://crttrcollective.bandcamp.com/album/crttr-clb-009

The CRTTR-CLB series carries the vision of exploring different ways of challenging the notion of club music. For each release we want to bring together four artists who have somehow given us a glitchy feeling on the dancefloor, while digging or in any other listening situation.
So go ahead and listen to the ninth batch of freshly made tunes from the following lovely artists. 

Artist social media :

https://www.instagram.com/elinhaeller
https://soundcloud.com/elinhller15

Label social media :

https://crttr.ch
https://www.instagram.com/crttr_collective
https://soundcloud.com/crttrcollective

PREMIERE : Elin - Path of Mist (CRTTR)

SWINE PREMIERE: @troisquartstaxisystem from the CRTTR-CLB-009 release by Bern-based label @crttrcollective

The CRTTR-CLB series carries the vision of exploring different ways of challenging the notion of club music. For each release the Switzerland label want to bring together four artists who have somehow given them a glitchy feeling on the dancefloor, while digging or in any other listening situation. CRTTR label has a clear vision, and we are fans of their new bold and genre-pushing releases!

You can follow CRTTR on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crttr_collective/
Pre-order the release on Bandcamp: https://crttrcollective.bandcamp.com/album/crttr-clb-009


[Swine Premiere] Trois-Quarts Taxi System - Plastic (CRTTR)

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Spät Abends

Drone ambient : piezzo + habit + minifreak
Pad : Minifreak
Basse : Matrriarch
Drums : Elsita

Photo MrBlue - Metz 2022

Ind!cible Nu!t - MrBlue

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PREMIERE : Elin - Path of Mist (CRTTR)

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