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French DJ and Producer Adhémar joins us for episode 381.

He has a prolific catalogue of productions and continues to add to this with high quality works spanning across numerous established outlets.

For this session he delivers a meditative trip into the realm of his mind a smooth and touching journey expertly interweaved to deliver a blissful 96 minute experience.

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MNMT 381 : Adhémar

~ Deep Breakfast 227 by https://soundcloud.com/amlia ~

Tracklist:
01. nein - Fader
02. OLIVER THURLEY - Subcutaneous 1a 1
03. Laima Adelaide - Figure (Intro)
04. Sa Pa - Room With A View
05. 1997DREAM - Always More
06. James Parrott - Wide Awake
07. nein - C du
08. Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2399080
09. James Parrott - Pearl Smoke
10. nein - Effigy
11. Unjin - Hui Gui
12. 1997DREAM - Sleep Forever
13. nein - Atbrīvojies No Lietām Rīgā (Get Rid Of Stuff In Riga)

Deep Breakfast 227 ~ Laima Adelaide

~ Deep Breakfast 290 by https://soundcloud.com/joachim-spieth of https://soundcloud.com/affin ~

Tracklist:
1. Joachim Spieth - Terrain 6
2. Joachim Spieth - Decelerate
3. Guentner / Spieth - Scope (Abul Mogard Rework)
4. Simone Giudice - Movimento
5. rhubiqs - Void Resonance
6. Acronym - Rails
7. Alva Noto - Haliod Xerrox Copy 9
8. Murcof - Unread Letter
9. zakè + Markus Guentner + James Bernard - Arctic Choir
10. Ø - Otava
11. ASC & Inhmost - Energy Transfer

Photo by Aaron Burden

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Deep Breakfast 290 ~ Joachim Spieth

It's an honour to welcome the lovely Joan Gila to The Observatory <3

A passionate music lover and record collector for over half his life, Joan is the curator of HOC Radio and a really beautiful label known as red edge (highly recommended if you're not familiar! stunning releases by ABSIS and Bastien <3). Alongside Javi .apart and his friend Jordi, with whom he runs the Binomi project, he co-hosts MostRadio.

https://soundcloud.com/joan-gila
https://soundcloud.com/hoc-radio
https://soundcloud.com/red-edge-label
https://soundcloud.com/binomi
https://soundcloud.com/mostrabcn
https://rededge.bandcamp.com/music

Some words by Joan about the mix:

"I always like to conceptualize my mixes. It helps me set boundaries and avoid falling into the endless musical rabbit hole - which, frankly, can be overwhelming. This particular mix took me time to find its definitive form. After my latest vinyl purchases over the past few months, as well as an exploration of CDs (a whole fascinating world in itself), I was finally able to define its premise.

The mix unfolds across four movements. Three of them are based on a deconstruction of a long-form minimalist drone composition, layering elements of field recordings, electroacoustics & musique concrète, or additional drones. Each movement explores textures, dialectics, and microtonalism respectively. In between, the remaining movement serves as a purely experimental interlude.

This time, I can’t provide a tracklist - I couldn’t even say exactly what I used or in what proportion. The selection flows together in a way that’s hard to pinpoint, with a mix of works and pieces that come together naturally. That said, I can share that it features a strong presence of musique concrète and electroacoustic works from the '70s and '80s, including artists like Jep Nuix, Olly Wilson, Hans Roosenschon, and Anne Ben Hammou, along with revered names in drone and minimalism like Éliane Radigue, Bernhard Günter, Sarah Davachi, or Toshiya Tsunoda. There are also more recent sonic experiments and compositions – names like Richard Chartier, Steve Roden, Pablo Diserens, Jana Winderen, ENA, or Lotus Eater - some of which we’ll have the chance to experience at Mostra. And of course, there are also tracks from friends - this time, Oisatsana, ABSIS, and Menhir."

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
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The Observatory - Joan Gila

Delighted to welcome Utrecht’s Vand to The Observatory, one of our favorite artists <3

From falling in love with his collaborative EP Laren with Bas Dobbelaer, all the way through to his recently released Trialism EP on ISOTOOP (a collective now turned record label, which he’s at the helm of), Vand’s sound has truly captured our heart.

With lush ambient soundscapes coupled with driving grooves, this mix encapsulates everything we love about electronic music <3
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https://soundcloud.com/isotoop
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Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
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The Observatory - Vand

There’s something profoundly healing in the music of French duo Javier Salazar, whose output embodies the true medicinal power of sound. 

This mix takes our mind’s eye into the sunshine - grass between our toes, spliff in hand - as we get intimate with the scoops, wrapped in a warm, enveloping blanket of sound.

We hope this beautiful contribution brings you an hour of peace, just as it has for us many times over the past month. Thanks, Leo & Simon <3
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https://soundcloud.com/klapenunsen
https://www.klapenunsen.com/
https://klapenunsen.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/javrsalazar/
https://www.instagram.com/klapenunsen/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Javier Salazar

When we first covered Les Chaos Ambiants, it was clear they weren’t aiming for the usual festival formula. Instead of big stages and brand sponsorships, they’re focused on how electronic music and art can interact with local identity and environmental urgency. For 2025, the festival returns to Sommant, right in the Morvan Regional Natural Park, continuing to build on this concept. There’s still just one stage, no clashes, no sprinting between acts, but now there’s added weight on multidisciplinary art, from Adrien Lamm’s sculptural installations by the lake to workshops exploring endangered species through sound and visual design.

The lineup remains eclectic but united by atmosphere, curated once again by Alfonso Pomeda, who’s also the artistic mind behind Barcelona’s Mostra Festival. The full lineup for 2025 includes ABSIS, Alcachofa, Avsluta, Faery, Fran Campos, Lynne , Merovee, Metshka Pampo, Myles Dillon, Nems-B, Orsu, Owl, Toé, and Sybil. Les Chaos Ambiants seems designed for people who treat listening as an experience in itself, a festival where silence and subtlety can carry as much weight as rhythm or volume. Which brings us naturally to one of this year’s standout additions.

Let’s be honest: some artists play music; others change the room around you. Owl belongs firmly in the second camp. Just a few weeks ago, he opened the infamous “La Cabaña”, the ambient and experimental temple at Perpendicular Festival, with a set steeped entirely in lush, enveloping ambient. It was a lesson in subtle power, transforming a cavernous space into something intimate and weightless. It wasn’t flashy, but it left everyone exhaling like they’d just remembered how to breathe. Owl’s ability to craft this atmosphere without ever sounding forced makes him a perfect fit for Les Chaos Ambiants. Here’s an artist who understands that music in a pine forest doesn’t need to shout. It only needs to glow...

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Welcome to episode #114 - Enkō

DJ and producer based in Lisbon, Portugal, Marcos Ferreira is an explorer of ambience and rhythm driven by an incessant quest for immersion and fluidity. In the half-decade he spent studying music technology and sound design in Leeds, UK, Marcos developed and finessed as a sound artist. After collaborations with various festivals and events such as Latitude, Leeds Festival, and SHHH_IFT, he established several new projects in Lisbon, including the OBRA, cult party SUMMA, and techno label @hayescollective . Enkō is an explorer of experimental sounds as well, with his Ocaso series being a reference point for many artists and ambient music lovers.

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E.M.C. atmospheres #114 - Enkō

Recorded by @markusguentner for The Memoir, 2025.
All tracks are written and produced by @markusguentner.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by Hypnus Records.

00:00 Markus Guentner & Julia Kent - Refraction [A Strangely Isolated Place]
08:00 Markus Guentner - Donaunebel [Kompakt]
12:16 Markus Guentner - Ashes [Affin]
18:08 Markus Guentner - Toter Hafen [Sending Orbs]
22:56 Markus Guentner - Nowhere [A Strangely Isolated Place]
29:52 Markus Guentner - Innenfeld [Kompakt]
34:48 Markus Guentner & Tom Moth - Halo [A Strangely Isolated Place]
42:08 Markus Guentner - Damit du endlich weisst … [Kompakt]
47:44 Markus Guentner & Hollie Kenniff - Presence [A Strangely Isolated Place]
52:00 Markus Guentner - The Coral Crowd [Moodgadget]
01:02:40 Markus Guentner - Keep your eyes closed [Affin]
01:08:48 Markus Guentner & Pepo Galán - Ancestral Images [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:12:32 Markus Guentner - Concept of Credence [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:18:56 Markus Guentner - Nun [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:24:28 Markus Guentner & Sonae - Farbe der Nacht [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:30:40 Markus Guentner - Hive [Affin]
01:34:56 Markus Guentner - Doppelgänger [Sending Orbs]
01:42:48 Markus Guentner - New World Order [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:51:04 Markus Guentner & Joachim Spieth - Vanish [A Strangely Isolated Place]
01:56:16 Markus Guentner - Das Haus steht leer [Sending Orbs]
02:01:20 Markus Guentner - Ejecta [A Strangely Isolated Place]
02:08:32 Markus Guentner - Babylon [Affin]
02:13:20 Markus Guentner & Abul Mogard - While Hunting nightmares and dreaming for Peace [A Strangely Isolated Place]
02:17:36 Markus Guentner - Sparks [Kompakt]
02:23:28 Markus Guentner - Wanderung [Kompakt]
02:29:36 Markus Guentner & Benoît Pioulard - Father of Waters [A Strangely Isolated Place]
02:33:04 Markus Guentner & The Sight Below - Baryon [A Strangely Isolated Place]
02:39:28 Markus Guentner - Sommergewitter [Kompakt]
02:46:24 Markus Guentner - Everywhere [A Strangely Isolated Place]
02:56:00 Markus Guentner - Redshift [A Strangely Isolated Place]
03:01:36 Markus Guentner & Arovane - Utopian Fragments [A Strangely Isolated Place]
03:05:52 Markus Guentner - Humanity's Shadow [Affin]
03:09:52 Markus Guentner - Fura [A Strangely Isolated Place]
03:14:08 Markus Guentner - Here [A Strangely Isolated Place]
03:20:00 Markus Guentner - Cubic [Affin]
03:27:28 Markus Guentner - The Run [Moodgadget]
03:31:44 Markus Guentner - Crystal Castle [Affin]
03:39:12 Markus Guentner - Gattaca [Kompakt]
03:42:24 Heathered Pearls - Lower Dome / Markus Guentner Remix [Ghostly Int.]
03:45:40 Markus Guentner - Akijana [Affin]
03:51:12 Markus Guentner - Elara [Grenzwellen]
03:58:56 Markus Guentner & Karen Vogt - All Light Will Remain [A Strangely Isolated Place]
04:04:48 Joachim Spieth - Cahaya Bulan / Markus Guentner Remix [Affin]
04:11:36 Markus Guentner - Midnight Sun [Affin]
04:17:20 Karen Vogt - Cloud Forty-Three / Markus Guentner Remix [Self-Release]
04:20:48 Benoît Pioulard - Stanza IV 4.1 / Markus Guentner Version [Disques d'Honoré]
04:25:48 Markus Guentner - Prisa [Affin]
04:32:40 Sneaker Pimps - The Paper Room / Markus Guentner Remix [UNFALL]

Love and light

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A voice in the ether. A calm, clement drone. A gentle, pulsing throb. Like the ghost of a forgotten future as imagined by the distant past, Certain Creatures' sophomore LP Nasadiya Sukta is a study in timelessness — crystalline, heartfelt ambient music designed to push light through shadow. 

CERTAIN CREATURES is the alias of Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Chapoy, and Nasadiya Sukta was crafted especially for Mysteries of the Deep. Divided into six tracks, Nasadiya coheres into a single extraterrestrial mass, its beautiful understated elegance encouraging repeat listens. Simultaneously harking back to ambient classics from the '90s while cementing Chapoy as a visionary artist with his own unique voice, Nasadiya Sukta is one for the space travellers indeed.

Releases January 5, 2018
Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people play

Written, Produced, and Mixed by Oliver Chapoy 
at Ohm Sweet Ohm, Brooklyn, New York. 
2017 Ohm Sweet Ohm (ASCAP) 

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur

Nasadiya Sukta

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MOTDLP001 - Certain Creatures | Nasadiya Sukta

What if music had no beginning, no end? Can music exist "for itself" or "of itself," without structure constraining it, defining it? Can music be non-linear, non-narrative, simply experiential, existential? The second full-length album on Mysteries of the Deep, Musica Enterrada from Portland's William Selman, neither answers these questions nor supposes them. But in listening, one can't help but wonder: What if I disappeared into this record forever?

In another time and place, William Selman was known as Warmdesk, an alias through which he issued a series of sharply precise minimal techno records. In recent past, Selman shifted gears, shedding the dynamics of tension and release that characterized his previous alias' output. Under his own name, Selman began releasing process-oriented, freeform experimental music on cassette-focused outlets like Digitalis and Hausu Mountain. Now comes Musica Enterrada, a diaphanous, weightless musical vision not unlike the theoretical square root of GRM and Popol Vuh's early electronic forays. 

Split into six tracks across two sides of vinyl, Musica Enterrada bubbles, churns, drifts, and dozes. Dulcet tones pile up gently like waves on shore. Patterns repeat and reconfigure, as if heard from different angles. Rhythms appear, shift the frame, then disappear, into the ether whence they came. Play Musica Enterrada on repeat. And if you disappear into it, fret not — you have drifted into solace.

A1. Lithic Reduction
A2. Thick Description
A3. Polysemy
B1. The World Without Us
B2. Inferno Of The Same
B3. The Island Before The Internet 

Recorded August 2016 - March 2017 in Portland, Oregon.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua

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Musica Enterrada

MOTDLP002 - William Selman | Musica Enterrada

Through the looking glass comes Interpretations Vol. 1, the first in a series of remix EPs from Mysteries of the Deep. This first installment follows the release of Certain Creatures' Nasadiya Sukta — a deep-listening ambient album par excellence — and features four remixes from the record by Patrick Russell, Birds of Prey, tdel, and Gunnar Haslam, plus an additional original bonus track from the Nasadiya sessions.

Certain Creatures - Cross Star Woman (Patrick Russell Dub Version)
Certain Creatures - We Live Inside A Dream (Birds of Prey Version)
Certain Creatures - Nyau Dust (tdel Rework)
Certain Creatures - Golden Circle (Gunnar Haslam Version)
Certain Creatures - Seven (Album Bonus)

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, NY 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur

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Interpretations Vol I - Nasadiya Sukta

MOTDEP001 - Certain Creatures - Interpretations Vol I | Nasadiya Sukta

Deeper still goes Interpretations Vol. II, Mysteries of the Deep's next collection of edits, reworks, and revisions, all culled from our second full-length LP, William Selman's "Musica Enterrada." Both the gentle bloom of Matthew Patterson Curry’s twist on the title track and Borne's shimmering percussion-forward version of 'The Island Before The Internet' hew pleasingly close to the source material. Elsewhere, rrao and Clay Wilson transform 'Thick Description' into a stygian journey, with a susurrant reiki session, and Strategy recombines 'Musica Enterrada' into a classic subaquatic house tune. A bonus original work from Selman, 'Sun Tunnels Tree Tunnels,' completes the release.

William Selman - Musica Enterrada (Matthew Patterson Curry Remix)
William Selman - The Island Before The Internet (Borne's Snail Mail Shimmer)
William Selman - Thick Description (rrao & Clay Wilson Remix)
William Selman - Musica Enterrada (Strategy's Recombinant Mix)
William Selman - Sun Tunnels Tree Tunnels (Album Bonus)

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur 
Words by Chris Zaldua 

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Interpretations Vol II - Musica Enterrada

MOTDEP002 - William Selman - Interpretations Vol II | Musica Enterrada

"I think of myself as a naturalist no matter the palette," says Lori Scacco, the New York multi-instrumentalist, composer, and electronic musician whose new album, 'Desire Loop,' is Mysteries of the Deep's third full-length LP.

Natural indeed: Scacco's music effuses warmth, enveloping listeners like a gentle embrace. Her first album, 'Circles,' was released in the early aughts on Eastern Developments, an imprint co-founded by Guillermo Scott Herren, aka Prefuse 73. She spent much of the interim period composing music for performance, film, and classical ballet, influences audible throughout 'Desire Loop.'

Flush with incandescent scree, bubbly synthesizer, and easygoing dulcet tones, the album's simplicity belies its emotional impact. At times — "Cosmographia" and "Other Flowers," for instance — Scacco's songwriting approaches a therapeutic purity that feels nearly virtuous, immaculate. This is by design: she wrote this album as counterpoint to today's destructive political landscape . "I had to create an empathic means of access for myself, and in turn, for the listener, using the core of all that I value as my way into the music,” she explains.

"I wanted to provide a vehicle for the listener to impart their own emotional experience without imposing my own meaning. I found myself returning to that space over and over again.” After listening to 'Desire Loop,' we expect that you will, too.

Lori Scacco - Desire Loop

A1. Coloring Book
A2. Strange Cities
A3. Cosmographia
A4. Interactivity in Plastic Space
B1. Back to Electric
B2. Tiger Song
B3. Red Then Blue
B4. Other Flowers

All songs written, performed, and produced by Lori Scacco. New York City 2018 (BMI)

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua

Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people play

Desire Loop

MOTDLP003 - Lori Scacco | Desire Loop

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

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Paraffin Podcasts - 006 - Ario

Mysteries is excited to present a new album from NY-based sound designer and musician, Matthew Patterson Curry, known formerly for his project Safety Scissors. These pieces are thoughtful arrangements, each one complete in and of itself. However, when placed together, the result is a stunning and harmonious collection from an artist with a clear vision, voice and sound. Each of these seven compositions were commissioned for various film and art projects in New York and beyond, including a sci-fi short, an installation in Manhattan’s Oculus, a quad multimedia installation by artist Peter Coffin, and others.

https://matthewpattersoncurry.bandcamp.com/album/scores-vol-1

Scores Vol. 1

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MOTDLP007 - Matthew Patterson Curry | Scores Vol. 1 - Not Where I Intended to Go

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.

MOTDLP007 - Matthew Patterson Curry | Scores Vol. 1 - Not Where I Intended to Go

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