Twice does not lead to a tradition - but it feels like playing for @swimsupply 🏊 . Whenever the community organisation focusing on lysergic sounds calls, I am more than happy to meet beloved Ellen, Mark Lando and Tesdorpf and to play for their fine events.

So here is a 2h recording from my gig at Wurm in Basel / Switzerland a few months ago where I met and played with fantastic @sellyourmania and @sprtsmanship and its a rare past forward 🦦💃.

15.03.25 Philipp Otterbach @Swim, Basel / Switzerland

Extracted from the archives, we have Lena's Bank Holiday set from last August for you. 
It was sadly Lena's only set at The Gun, but it was a wild night, sweaty and heaving in the extreme & certainly one of favourites. The crowd had been dancing from about 7pm (Casper Clark and I's warm up is also available here) so when Lena got on for the remaining 4.5 hours, the room went nuts. Its a brilliantly varied and balanced set that encapsulates so much of what we loved at The Gun, banging enough for a room full of seething heads. dancing into the early hours and considered and classy do that it suits playback at any time of the day.
The recorder died just before the end of the set, so it appears those very last tracks were just for us there on that night, the rest is ready now. (Thanks for this Lena x)


Lena Willikens Live at The Gun August Bank Holiday Sunday '24

@hems 

The next Deep Mind Music comes from one of my dearest friends, and greatest inspirations - hems

hems and I have a special connection, we both love to adventure through musical lands strange and beguiling, evocative and unusual, and have spent many hours together digging through obscure backcatalogs or making our own noises experimenting with hems’ many synthesisers in his studio in London 🧡

hems plays music like no one else I know, he has a magic touch and deep sensitivity for representing all shades of human existence. From the sublime to the transcendent, the unsettling to the hilarious, hems’ sets takes listeners to the beyond and then further still.

I first invited hems to make a mix many years ago, so I am very happy to finally welcome an entry from him. This recording is the first 2.5 hours of an all-night 8 hour set hems played at an intimate private gathering in Mexico City in March of this year.

In this recording hems coaxes us to drift inwards, to enter into an unusual landscape, to open up to all the elements of sound, contrasting pre-Hispanic music with vintage synthesizer tracks and much more.  

Listening to hems’ sets over the years has expanded my mind towards new possibilities, his selections and genius touch for programming evoking many deep epiphanies and insights. This mix is brimming with vitality and life, I hope you enjoy this kaleidoscopic voyage into the mystical 🌿 ~

Alongside DJing, hems produces very deep and intricate experimental electronic music I highly recommend checking out, often utilitising spatial audio systems or even playing gongs live, and he also runs the amazing Titrate records with @o-utlier, as well as his own mix series @hardcore-chillout with @EightFoldWay

https://titrate.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/titraterecords
https://instagram.com/thatshems/
https://hems.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/hardcore-chillout

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Downloads Enabled ~

Deep Mind Music Vol.33 ~ hems

"A sonic fabric of light and calm, where each moment echoes like a deep breath, opening invisible spaces for quiet contemplation and gentle healing. Minimalism and precision come together to shape crisp, delicate atmospheres that invite you to linger without hurry."

Jo Johnson is a British musician whose three-decade journey spans punk, techno, and contemplative electronic minimalism. A former guitarist for the influential 90s riot grrrl band Huggy Bear, she later immersed herself in the underground techno scene,  joining the Bleep43 collective in 2001 and founding its label. Jo’s solo work explores immersive and emotive sonic landscapes through synthesizers and effects, influenced by pioneering women in electronic music. Her albums have been released on Further Records, Going In, Mysteries of the Deep, and Castles in Space. She is a regular performer at festivals and venues like Freerotation, The Purcell Room, Cafe Oto, and Parallel.

In 2025, Jo launched Alterations, an evolving album project released track-by-track on Bandcamp, each piece accompanied by exclusive materials for subscribers. She has collaborated with pianist Hilary Robinson, releasing experimental works on 9128.live and performing at events like Daylight Music. As a DJ, Jo has appeared on platforms such as Refuge Worldwide, Monument Waves, and Music for Programming. Beyond music, she has contributed to a Huggy Bear book project compiling the band’s zines and history. Jo also co-curates Bleep43’s deep listening events in unique spaces across London, championing boundary-pushing artists in ambient and experimental sound.

Links:

Bandcamp: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com
Bleep43: https://bio.site/bleep43
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jojohnson.tinysilences/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jo-johnson.bsky.social


Tracklist:

Patricia Wolf - Woodland Encounter (Balmat)
Jo Johnson - 03 (forthcoming)
Marcus Fischer - Ten (self-released)
Ashley Bellouin & Ben Bracken - Sung Strings (Debacle
Records)
Dan Bean - Face Lix (unrelease)
Bea Brennan - Can You? (Old Technology)
Bana Haffar - m720 (self-released)
Mareena & JakoJako - Phantasma (Muzan Editions)
Avsluta - Blushing Bushes (Accents Records)
Field Lines Cartographer - Transit of Ariel (Castles in Space)
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Melting Clocks
(WRWTFWW)
Manuel Fogliata (FKA Nuel) - metta (self-released)
Hologram - Age of Balance (self-released)
Minced Oath - Smoke and Scissors (Front End Synthetics)
arovane - youd (quiet details)
Bea Brennan - A Fanciful or Impractical Idea or Theory (Old
Technology)
Raica - Song 4 (unreleased)
Cate Francesca Brooks - Swallow Skims the Water

HOCast #243 - Jo Johnson

Guest Mix no. 103 comes from Oren, who is a DJ, radio broadcaster and big music enthusiast. Raised in the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Oren G has developed a passion for music and sounds from his surrounding, and especially for the 80's electronic sound of Industrial, Post-Punk, Dark Wave and their modern incarnations.

He started djing in 2012, and got his reputation by using tracks that he likes to call "disintegrated music", including EBM and Industrial. Oren has played all over the world but has never neglected his love for the radio. He is broadcasting his monthly radio show at "Netil Radio" in London. "Disintegration – Voice of the Industrial Revolution" is the title - what else?!

Catch him behind the booth in London, Berlin or Rotterdam, if you get the chance. If not, there's still his residency at Netil Radio and this exclusive guest mix for Blank Wave of course!

Follow: @or-g

Artwork: @silent-shouts

Tracklist:

01.  Notausgang – Novatrans 
02. Babes Of Enola Gay -  Freiheit Sicherheit (Disco Moreto Remix) 
03. Sarin - The Culling 
04. Mind Matter – Des Echos Dans La Nuit 
05. Milimetric  -  Neowave 
06. Amato - 2 in 1 (Orlok101 Remix) 
07. Persona Non Grata – Find Me 
08. Blac Kolor - Viper
09. Chino - ShopLifters 
10. NGHTLY -  I Corvi Della Morte 
11. HKKPTR - Zorn
12. Downwell -  Designing Resilience 
13. Phase Fatale - Waveguide 
14. Zimo -  Fist Him




Blank Wave Guest Mix 103: Oren G

Rotterdam via London based producer and Feed The Void label head Birds returns to her own label with a brand new EP ‘Space Transmissions From A Cruel World’, a bass heavy ode to the sad state of Planet Earth.

Opener ‘Wicked Games’ is as sub filled builder; the distorted acid line contrasting to the lower frequencies and cutting through strong on a layer of vocal samples and Birds’ own vocal.

‘Save Humanity. Forget Authority’ is a breakbeat number with a kick that packs a punch. The track’s message is clear: the world is in crisis and humanitarianism is coming second to authoritarianism and greed.

‘Brug Open, Motor Af’ is an homage to The Netherlands and the Zuid-Holland West Coast sound that brought her here. One of the samples you hear is the monotonous drone of the Rotterdam’s Mathenessebrug opening whilst the vocal is suitably vocoder heavy. This contrasts to the chopped up Drill vocal sample that works as base for the track and adds a melancholic and serious feel to it. Beat wise, it’s as Electro as it gets with her signature 303 making an appearance mid way through the track.

‘It’s A Long Way To Go (To Escape The Human Race)’ is an Amen Breaks track whilst the simple 3 note lead line gives it a mild 80s pop-esque feel, contrasting greatly to to the sub-y Drum n Bass style bass line. This track is an immediate snap shot into the multiple genres that inspire the artist.

‘Shake Things Up’ builds and drops through sonic layering, the way a shoe-gaze track might but is still essentially a Bass music track that lyrically questions life’s unspoken rules and expectations.

‘Space Transmissions From A Cruel World’ is probably Birds’ most musically ambitious record yet and one that fully incorporates her sonic pallet and the wild journey you might find yourself on during one of her DJ sets, whilst also acting as a social commentary. It has a unique-ness that’s often missing within the dance music industry.

Artwork by Johana Pejic. Mastering by Ben Pest. 

Buy it here: https://birdsmusicnl.bandcamp.com/album/space-transmissions-from-a-cruel-world

Buy it here. 

Snippets - Birds - Space Transmissions From A Cruel World

Basement Amazement: Benedikt Frey & Menqui @ Klub Kegelbahn 250222

A constellation of earthly frequencies for vintage brotherhoods in pursuit of untold truths - preferably while soaking in oval-shaped hot tubs. Expect a heavyweight satellite transmission drifting through space-age soundscapes, Anatolian spiritual funk, samba psychedelia, Italian library obscurities, sci-fi-tinged Haitian jazz and Yugoslavian Balearic. 

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by labels, collectives, agencies, venues, clubs, ... worldwide
📡 Connect with the Outsiders, every day, at 9 am or 9 pm CET
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Outsiders: Huveshta Rituals w/ Kreshik @ Kiosk Radio 08.06.2025

Jody invites the legendary legend that is Jonny Trunk (music executive, author, broadcaster, producer, Trunk Records) up to the jazz hut for a rummage... 

And this was what happenned...

The Zodiac  ‘Aries (The Fire Fighter)’
Sam Spence  ‘Water World’
Peloquin Sauvageau  ‘Sterilization’
Sarah Miles  ‘Where Am I ‘
The Monkees  ‘Going Down’
The Terribles  ‘A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You’
Gilberto Gil  ‘Maracatu Atomico’
Gerda Havertong  ‘Mamaisa’
Bonnie Lee Ratzin  ‘Space Walk’
Pram  ‘The Owl Service’
? Mark And The Mysterians  ‘Cheree’
Suicide  ‘Dream Baby Dream’
Paul Jones ‘Pretty Vacant’
Michel Legrand  ‘Ballade De Polly Maggoo’
Jan Mink  ‘Come On In’
The Fourth Way  ‘The Far Side Of Your Moon’
O Wa Nou Me Nou Ma ‘Unity’ 
Jacqueline Taieb ‘7am’
Jennifer Lewis & Angela Strange ‘I’ve Heard It All Before’
Michael Crawford  ‘Oh That Girl’
The George School  ‘Good Morning Sisters’
Alpha Beta  ‘Astral Abuse’
Steve King And The Echelons ‘Satan Is Her Name’
Tom Ze  ‘Dor E Dor’
Bobby Brown  ‘My Hawaiian Home’
Michel Magne ‘Moshi Mouse Crucifixion’
Cat Stevens ‘Was Dog A Donut’
Sue Kramer  Danse Track
The Notwist  ‘Moron’
Jane and Barton  ‘It’s A Fine Day’
Broadcast  ‘The World Backwards’
Daniel Humair ‘Drumo Vocalo’

A Path Through Haze with Jody Moss & Jonny Trunk: 05 06 2025

IN SEASON airs for its penultimate episode with Netil Radio to bring a very nourishing conversation about the Three Golden Opportunities of female physiology, according to Chinese Medicine. Hannah is joined by guest, Niken LAST NAME, who presented on this topic on a retreat Hannah attended. Hannah felt so inspired by this reframe of certain periods of life, she knew she wanted to share this information & perspective with the IN SEASON community. Enjoy the show!


IN SEASON w/ Hannah Grace & Niken Dewers - 5th June 2025

PRE-ORDER: https://fractalphenomenon.bandcamp.com/album/wonderful-land-ep

Wonderful Land EP by @jinsynth 

Track lists: 
1. Observer 05:04 
2. Wonderful Land 05:04 
3. Lucid Dream 02:46 
4. Sentient Being 02:06 

releases June 30, 2025

Produced & Mastered by Jin Synth
Artwork Designed by Jin Synth

[FP002] Wonderful Land EP (snippets)

London’s community voice, broadcasting live from a converted shipping container atop of Netil Market

IN SEASON w/ Hannah Grace & Niken Dewers - 5th June 2025

Netil Radio

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