With Adhémar's cross-continental musical journey we're glad to show you the live set number eleven of Melantónia. The multi-disciplinary artist establishes his universe through music and visual works, constantly in search of the luminous quality of sounds, in a world made of shadows and light, his music is closely linked to his plastic work.
This obsession with shadows leads him to think and create spaces, atmospheres that focus on the lightness and poetry of light. The idea of "narrative potential of music", allows us to confront the psychological and philosophical journey with a particular relationship on what is alive and what surrounds us (whether it is the material, immaterial world, the fact that everything is constantly becoming). With a particular rigour for transitions, whether in his own production or in his DJset, his universe is built little by little, with the passing of sound transformations and the light and poetic transportation of it all.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/adhemarmusic 
FB: https://www.facebook.com/adhemarmusic/ 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/clement_davout/?hl=it
RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/profile/adhemar 
BC: https://adhemar.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Pablo Diserens.

Mastered by Mattia Onori.

Melantónia live set 011 - Adhémar

@lou_drago

~ Tracklist ~

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220304
Christina Vantzou - In A Forest, On Some Moss, Growing
Florian T M Zeisig - Apiary
Antenes - Take Me To The Birds (For A)
Christina Vantzou - Multiplying Into Fields Of Little Voices
Alva Noto + Ryuchi Sakamoto - Uoon I
Alexandra Spence - Communion
Shuttle 358 - Isonpgn
Al Fraser - Hesitant Exploration
Valentino Mora - III1IIIIIIIIII5IIIIIIIII*
Taylor Dupree - Temper
Endurance - Expanding Repetition
Wanderwelle - Jonah
Ligovskoï - Thessalonians
Shuttle 358 - Cloud
Jacob Newman - Vactrol Light
Caterina Barbieri and Lyra Pramuk - Knot of Spirit
Plants Army Revolver - Valle della Luna*
Kevin Verwijmeren - We Believe
Lou Drago - patience to see*
Organic Dial - Actiq
Amma Ateria - stillness : interference
Rrose - Hymn to Moisture
Valentino Mora - IIIIII1IIIIIII6IIIIIIIII*

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I am so grateful to share with you all today a very poignant and sacred entry in the Deep Mind Music series from Lou Drago. Lou has woven together a truly otherworldly psychedelic journey for the soul, a luminescent experience, a gently glowing hologram of emotion 💠

Lou Drago and I connected years ago when they asked me to make a mix for their TRANSIENCE series, which invites contributors to create a “temporary suspension of reality, where the listener can speculate on alternate futures free from all systems of oppression.” We found a synchronicity in the role ambient music has played in our lives, and how it opens portals to new imagined existences for us. Since then, I’ve had the joy of playing for Lou at infinity rug, the ambient-focussed event series they curate with Marum, where we have shared deep chats, silly giggles and shared philosophies (as well as ambient music ofc).

They have put a great deal of thought and care into this mix, which you can hear in the delicately programmed selections, the fluidity of the whole, and the full-being submersion into an emotional plane of existence. From the opening seconds of the mix, clarifying crystalline twinkles open the way, realigning our sense of being, and taking us into this subtle soundscape. This mix feels like a gently calming presence, like both a sigh, and a weight lifted from the shoulders.

As we sink into the mix, we evaporate into vaporous wisps of energy, as expansive washes of sound contrast with infinitesimal whirls and organic instrumentation. We are submerged into a panoramic dreamstate, morphing mystical landscapes expanding before us. Lou guides us through a misty forest teeming with life, droplets of water slipping off the end of intricate leaves around us.

In the final 30 minutes of the mix, I feel as if I am all the flickering stars in the night sky, as interplaying vibrational drones dissolve us into the depths. Lou then very gently lifts us from this state, the atoms of our being carefully reassembled, coming back to reality in a state of blissful harmony. I hope you find peace in this heart-opening trip 🤍🌌🤍

This release comes in the same week that I will be joining Lou as a guest of TRANSIENCE at WHOLE festival this weekend, where we will both be playing ambient sets in the early hours of Saturday. I am really looking forward to this occasion of continued sonic kinship between us, see you there if you are coming 💗

Photo taken by Lou on the way to Portugal, a country where they “always feel a strong grounding energy pulling me through the earth to home”

~
@transience-archive
@infinity-rug
https://instagram.com/lou__drago/

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Downloads Enabled ~

Deep Mind Music

Lou Drago ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.28

Sounds by @avsluta 💫
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🍂

Buy Music Club: https://www.buymusic.club/list/introspective-electronics-introspective-electronics-w-avsluta-x-netil-radio-sep-24

TRACKLIST: 

Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy - Introduzione
CHANTSSSS - lotus drips
Aleksi Perälä - AA FI3AC2270020
DJ In A Dream - Dandelion (Blind)
Excelsior Ruth - Pearl Between Tongues
SVLBRD - Midnight Echo
Kincaid - Scree Slope
Shoom Berez - Your Eyes
Hugh Marsh - She Will
ameeva - desbaratada la ficción del tiempo (interlude)
Luke Sanger - Morning Person
Third Space - Granite Island
CHANTSSSS - (swan)
Mosam Howieson - Mesa
Katatonic Silentio - Axis Of Light
Shjva - Conscious Dub
Citizen Maze - The Falls
Martin Allin - Tool of balance
Caldera - Vertigo 66
Synkro - ingrained
Command D - Heavy Clouds
Hyas - Gargas Dub
Seefeel - Sky Hooks
dan nicholls - wiggle
ameeva - no tuve sitio donde descansar la mano
Chasms - Another Dream

Introspective Electronics w/ Avsluta x Netil Radio | Sep 24

Live sketches for a Son Of Chi live set in Athens, November 16, 17th 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBTh9jxNTNy  

A mix of edited Son Of Chi tracks and new works in progress, including upcoming collabs with Kain The Poet, Jim Tetlow, Radboud Mens, Daniel Danieli, Clara Brea & Menhir, Omar Ka, Kaiyumi and more.

Son Of Chi: I always make live sketches. This time for my performance in Athens (scroll down for more info). Not sure if I will stick to them, but they give the right impression of the atmosphere i would like to create. The opening words by Kain The Poet reflect the times we live in and the challenges we are facing. I will end with a piece from “The Fifth World Recordings”.  

According to the Hopi prophecies we are now living in the transition years, moving from the fourth world into the fifth world. As they say: “times of earthquakes, floodings, fires, pandemics and wars”. The Hopi believe that in this period you need to be careful where you stay, who you stay with and what you do. Keep practising the holy rituals. Respect nature, the earth, the universe and be good to your fellowmen and all living creatures.

As the Hopi say the fifth world  “represents a spiritual awakening, an evolution in understanding the interconnectedness of all beings and the universe”. We are in the middle of this transition. All we can do is stick to our rituals.

Or as Hazrat Inayat Khan says: “The further we advance, the more difficult and the more important becomes our part in the symphony of life. The more conscious we are of this responsibility, the more efficient we become in accomplishing our task”.

Edited vocal samples (only for these live sketches, not to be released):

1. A poem by Sappho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg78TUGhrnY 
2.  Coleman Barks reads Rumi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882yCAAvnxg 
3. Hmong singing:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ciKZuoqOc
4.  Persian Music and Singing of Rumi Poetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQIEUDe6Qo
5. Stalker (Tarkovski) monologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCmpG0IJfLQ 
6. Inayat Khan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgyYPZSehtM 
7. Samsara (Lois Patino):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4sb1VLuBAN
8. The Hopi Way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2aikgtskX0 


Son Of Chi Live in Athens

Saturday November 16th 16.00-19.00h @ Underflow Recordstore Athens:
https://www.instagram.com/underflowathens  
Son Of Chi + Iffie DJ-set. Instore listening session and exclusive preview of the new Son Of Chi album 'We Carry Eden' TBA. Meet and greet + get your signed copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300). Free entrance.

Sunday November 17th 20.00h @ Tranzistor Athens
https://www.instagram.com/stories/tranzistorbar  
Son Of Chi Live + Iffie DJ-set + more ambient live acts TBA. Entrance: €10 (including a free, handsigned copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300).

“Seven Years At The Chi Factory” 
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-at-the-chi-factory 
Find out more :
https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/pioneering-ambient-from-europe 
Follow Son Of Chi:
https://www.instagram.com/hanyo_sonofchi

Find out more on the feautured artists:
Kain The Poet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/arts/gylan-kain-dead.html
Jim Tetlow
https://jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Radboud Mens
https://radboudmens.bandcamp.com
Omar Ka
https://www.instagram.com/omarkafulaband
Daniel Danieli
https://danieldanieli.bandcamp.com 
Clara Brea & Menhir
https://clarabrea.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/menhirmusic
Kaiyumi
https://www.instagram.com/kaiyumi.kaiyumi

Sketches For Athens

For our 31st podcast, we are delighted to welcome Berlin-based artist and sound designer Toxido Mask. Her track Along the Vibe, released last summer on Pregnant Void's Ember Oasis compilation, lingered in our minds with its unique, modern yet deeply emotional touch. In this mix, she leads us through a rich soundscape of haunting atmospheres and subtle emotion—a captivating odyssey through untamed realms, where mysterious vocals merge with tribal rhythms, evoking a world both mystical and raw.

@toxido-mask

Artwork by Sophie Vaillant

Conscious Listening Mix Series - 31 - Toxido Mask

Astral Industries has been quietly shaping a corner of music that feels uniquely its own for over ten years. Based in London, the label has become a refuge for sounds that don't play by the rules—drone, ambient, dub, deep techno—all delivered with a sense of purpose and personality that's hard to find elsewhere. At the center of it all is Ario, the visionary behind the label’s distinct identity. To start 2025 in style, we're excited to share his mix as part of our "Delayed with…" series.

Ario's approach to music isn't about the obvious or the easy. His selections often veer into the experimental, finding connections in places others might overlook. Whether it's a drone, techno, or something that sits in the cracks between genres, he has a way of uncovering sounds that feel fresh and unpredictable. That instinct has made him a fixture at festivals like Paral.lel, Mostra, Moment, and La Nature just to name a few, where his sets are as much about exploration as they are about enjoyment.

This mix is a live recording of Ario’s set at La Nature Festival, nestled deep in a Belgian forest. Over two hours in the Hypnose Room, he built something that felt both strange and welcoming—layers of murk and mystery balanced by flashes of warmth and light. Tracks rise and fall like moments in a story, some tense and introspective, others breaking through with fractured grooves or shimmering synths that catch you off guard. What makes this mix so compelling is its sense of space—it feels expansive and intimate at the same time. There's a timeless quality to it as if it could belong as much to the future as the past. But it's never pretentious or overthought. Ario lets the music breathe, letting you take from it what you will.

Whether you're in the thick of the Hypnose Room or just sitting at home with a pair of good headphones, this set has a way of pulling you in if you let it. Hats off to Ario and La Nature Festival for creating something that feels real and alive, a reminder that originality still matters.

https://soundcloud.com/astralindustries
https://www.instagram.com/ariofarah/
https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/

La Nature Festival - https://www.lanature.be

Write up by @gilleswasserman

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https://soundcloud.com/itsdelayed
https://linktr.ee/delayed
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Contact us: 
info@delayed.nyc

Delayed with... Ario (at La Nature Festival 2024)

For our next offering, we warmly welcome o.utlier to The Observatory, who takes us on a journey through some of the finest horizontal selections and low-lying rhythms, mixed and recorded last month at Om Being's Deep Listening Lounge in Hackney Downs, London. 
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Artist Support:

https://soundcloud.com/o-utlier
https://outlier.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/outlier_rory/
https://soundcloud.com/titraterecords
https://titrate.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/titraterecords/
https://soundcloud.com/pagan_red
https://www.instagram.com/pagan_red/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac, inspired by megalithic art found inside Newgrange, a passage tomb built during the Neolithic period in the Boyne Valley, Ireland, around 3200 BC.
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

https://ombeing.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/om_being_/

The Observatory - o.utlier @ Om Being - Deep Listening Lounge, 2025

~ Deep Breakfast 306 by https://soundcloud.com/gabborofficial b2b https://soundcloud.com/keutmusic ~

~ Live recording from Gabbor b2b KEUT at Kwia, 31.01.2025 ~

Tracklist:
1. Solma - Under The Black Lodge
2. Solma - Subglacial (m3s)
3. Love Over Entropy - NLC
4. .Vril - Their Sign Of Weakness
5. Karamika - Ton 2.2
6. Formant Value - Nucleo
7. Bass Dobbelear - Cadences Of The Past
8. Silver Ash - Blackwood
9. RM Estali - C+R
10. Shjva - Usu (Volodymyr Gnatenko Remix)
11. Djrum - A Tune For Us
12. Command D - Heavy Clouds
13. Buttechno - 606 Juno
14. Ula & Ultrafog - Kind Zo
15. AI Wootton - Bracero Rising
16. Massimo Vivona - Around The Ocean
17. Tagliabue - Naga Spell (Ambiant Dub)
18. Kurt Stenzel - Nebula
19. Vivian Koch - Blondy Electrogoeri
20. Nthng - Subnautica
21. Vardae - Captivate
22. Gi - Laces
23. Hadouk Trio - Barca Solaris

Photo by Annie Spratt

Gabbor
https://linktr.ee/gabboruniverse

KEUT
https://soundcloud.com/KlusteRecords
https://www.instagram.com/keut.kc/
https://www.instagram.com/kluster_collectif/

Deep Breakfast Series
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deepbreakfastseries/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DeepBreakfastSeries/
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/deepbreakfastseries

Deep Breakfast 306 ~ Gabbor b2b KEUT @ Kwia

~ Deep Breakfast 310 by https://soundcloud.com/pioulard ~

We’re truly honored to welcome the talented American multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer Thomas Meluch, also known by his artistic pseudonym Benoît Pioulard.

"I selected these songs as a small overview of the kinds of things that inspire my instrumental work, and for me the common thread is a particular kind of weird, spacious, tape-saturated analog beauty.  Relating to my upcoming album, Stanza IV (https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza-iv), I specifically included tracks by the six friends who graciously contributed reworks to the release: Markus Guentner, James Devane, MJ Guider, arovane, Clarice Jensen, and Viul.  I feel incredibly lucky to be in the orbit of so many deeply talented people, and am eager for listeners to experience the communal effort that we built together."

Grazie Thomas!

Tracklist:
1. Fluorescent Heights - Canoeing The Deep Rivers - Vendetta In Paradise
2. Sonmi451 - Steady Drop - A Phosphorous Spot
3. Benoit Pioulard - Xaipe [edit] - Stanza IV
4. Terekke - Mix 91 - Plant Age)
5. Arovane - Dere - Drei Formen
6. Clarice Jensen - Sadness - Esthesis 
7. U.e. - Little Window - Hometown Girl
8. Markus Guentner - Halo - Empire 
9. Bibio - Tegid's Court - Phantom Brickworks LP II
10. MJ Guider - FM Secure - Sour Cherry Bell
11. Viul - Tensing - Green Corridor
12. Archivist - Happiness Is An Afterthought - Keeper Of The Library
13. James Devane - Kilter - Searching
14. The Gentleman Losers - Holding Back The Night - Permanently Midnight
15. zakè & Slow Blink - Decayed (No. 4) - Caelum

Picture shot by himself.

Benoît Pioulard
https://linktr.ee/pioulard

Deep Breakfast Series
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deepbreakfastseries/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DeepBreakfastSeries/
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/deepbreakfastseries

Deep Breakfast 310 ~ Benoît Pioulard

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter XCIV. Hydroblivian by David Shettler. Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

Tracklist:
1. Mel Kaiser - Sound Of Approach Of A Missile Or Creature
2. Bernard Parmegiani - Pour En Finir Avec Le Pouvoir D’Orphée (excerpt)
3. Underwater Sounds Of Biological Origin Recorded By The Naval Research Laboratory - Normal Water Noises, Pac. / 10’ Deep, Snapping Shrimp, Toadfish, Atl. / 11’ Water-5’ Deep, Atl., Snapping Shrimp, Croakers, Toadfish / 20’ Water, Toadfish, Atl. / ONE MILE OFFSHORE (Crabs?), Pac.
4. Tiziano Popoli & Marco Dalpane - Moving Objects Slow Dance
5. N AE. - Proba Uciezki
6. Kai Harster - Bells In Rain
7. Gale Ormiston & Carl Weingarten - Currents
8. Vangelis - Atom Blaster
9. Pierre Ouellet - Belugas In The St. Lawrence
10. Andreolina - An Island In The Moon
11. Urban Tribe - Decades Of Silicon / Nebula
12. Edgar Froese - Maroubra Bay
13. Bill Fontana - The Mating Dance Of The Sage Grouse Near Mammoth Lake California 
14. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Loom
15. Charles Koechlin - Sieste, Avant Le Départ from Les Heures Parsanes
16. Jan Greenwald - Duration 2
17. Matthew Young - No Reason
18. Ralph Lundsten - Nattmara (excerpt)
19. Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta - Nexus On The Beach
20. Bill Fontana - Waves Breaking On Rocks Along The Northeast Australian Coast

https://soundcloud.com/david-shettler

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter XCIV

Mysteries of the Deep XCIV - DAVID SHETTLER | HYDROBLIVIAN

Paraffin is back with another special episode of its Podcast series, this time with our most fav ambient artists, Ario from Astral Industries (UK), a well known ambient label which is famous for its quality vinyls with the greatest artists in this game on their catalog. Ario also played at Paraffin Tehran’s 1 year anniversary in Iran, a festival with Iranian acts from all around the world. This mix is the actual recording of Ario’s performance at Experiment Intrinsic London on September 15/2018, Intrinsic is an event organisation which is taking place a at special locations around the world focusing on ambient music, also including a very special visual art treatment at their events.
Hope you enjoy the journey

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ario
https://www.facebook.com/arioastral

Paraffin Podcasts - 006 - Ario

Mysteries of the Deep is a New York-based record label, podcast, and event series — focused on ambient & experimental music in various forms. Mysteries — as fans lovingly call it — is concerned with exploration of unknown realms, and its focus, in addition to showcasing a dynamic spectrum of electronic music from foremost artists in the field, is to thoughtfully engage its audience. 

Conceptualized in 2011, Mysteries began as a podcast series that, now in its eleventh year, has hosted an array of mixes and original works. The project has since evolved, expanding into a curated global event series and record label.