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this is an [excerpt] of the set i've played back in june 22 @ fonoda near basel
and i'm grateful for having such a nice intimate gathering together, for all the laughs, highs and sweats. special thanks to f, d & t for the trust again and the whole stall crew who made it possible!

· fonoda · 18.06.22 ·

excerpt from the recording played at the waldbrand party @ IfZ 28.10.2023


and a small personal note ~

.. then like only twice before, because i rarely upload live recordings online, i decided to share a recent one when i was invited to close T1, a dancefloor where i've spent big time on both sides of the floor. this gave me the space to feel in the comfort zone i needed to play the ‘whatever the situation brings me to play’ mode!
on top of that, i got to play after @jockey_jay ,which is an inspiring honor and also helped to refine the music preparation for the set in advance. so here you can find the excerpt of the last hour, when i switched on playing some dnb to shake the night out..
hope u enjoy 
best, 
leon

ps
please excuse occasional slip

· ifz · 28.10.2023 ·

A warm and therapeutic journey captured live from Monument Festival 2023 delivered by the talents of Nugget.

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Join us in 2024 🌿 Tickets are already available at https://monument.ticketco.events/no/nb/events/321899

Tracklist -

01. Inhmost - Healing Hand
02. Alan Backdrop - Eria
03. kindtree - Pretty Puddle
04. Tropics - Daybreak
05. Jasmine Guffond - Useful Knowledge
06. Forever - UR
07. The Vision Reels - Mirmir's Well (Dowsing)
08. Xenia Reaper - Geeeg
09. Mura Oka - Untitled
10. Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm - Finest Escape
11. Bop - oK
12. Gent1e $oul - Zander Aufguss
13. Gaudi - Lunar Patchouli
14. Bop - Questionmark
15. Best Available Technology - Nickel Plated
16. Tibia - Trampolin 
17. RAMZi - Megafauna
18. Bton - Buzzerbeater
19. DJ Balduin - P4X4
20. Bton - Breit
21. Love Horses - 171
22. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Terminal (dtw)
23. Leif - Low D 
24. Nueen - Let Me Be Gone For a While
25. Caterina Barbieri - Closest Approach to Your Orbit
26. Nueen - 4U
27. Xades - Qlu
28. Pépe - Resonant Bodies
29. Asa Tone - Inexplicable Notion (Location Specific)
30. Gi Gi - Sinews (feat. Hysterical Love Project)
31. Andrea - Hazymo
32. Sun Electric - Love 2 Love

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Monument Festival 2023 : Nugget

For this episode we welcome the extraordinary talents of Aaron J, Brooklyn's Sure Thing record label and podcast founder, known for hosting an immense list of explorative modern techno artists from around the globe. Altering our consciousness for the first time in 2023 with a particularly awe inspiring set at Sustain-Release, Aaron's deeply considered and intricate approach is something of sheer beauty, and coupled with masterful technical ability, his inspiring DJ sets allow for fully immersive dancefloor experiences. 

Here Aaron explores the softer edges of his expansive sound palette, meditative soundscapes and tranquil IDM converging in total harmony for what he describes as a 'recalibration of the senses'. 

@arn_j
@sure_thing

Q. What sounds or feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. Of all the mixes I’ve put together over the years, this one definitely feels the most vulnerable. The months I spent thinking about and working on this mix accompanied an intensely busy time in my life, and the process helped me stay in touch with the simple joy of listening as a way of stepping back and letting things go. There is a direct connection here between the music within and the emotions that live inside me. At the same time, I’ve tried my best to mix this as transparently as possible, so that the act of DJing takes a back seat and allows the music to take center stage.

The inspiration behind the tracks I chose and the story of the mix is one of finding balance, so I hope listening to it feels like a casting off of the present day and a recalibration of the senses. I’d love for people to listen to the mix in a setting where they feel most protected from the changes and stressors of the outside world, whether that be sitting outside in nature or laying on a couch surrounded by the comforts of home.

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that you were especially excited to share, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. There is a track in the mix by Autumn of Communion called “Goodbye PK” dedicated to the late Peter Kuhlmann, who many of your listeners will know as the legendary Pete Namlook of FAX +49-69/450464. It’s an immensely moving track that manages to convey both the tragedy of his loss and the depth of the beauty he left with the world, and I feel we’re so fortunate to have music and influences like this in our recent history. I included it early to set the tone of the rest of the mix, which is quite different than any I’ve done before, and to pay my respects to those who’ve inspired our scene from the very beginning.

Q. I was lucky enough to witness your set at Sustain-Release in 2023 and was in awe of your ability to practice restraint while steadily building up tension and energy in the set with such clinical and seamless execution. Is this part of the DJ craft something you spend a lot of time planning and refining?

A. That was such a life-changing moment for me, so I’m really glad you were there! You really nailed what I hoped to accomplish with that set, and I definitely spend a lot of time thinking about where my sets will begin, where I would like them to end up, and what sort of path I might take to get there. Understanding the minutiae of how a transition will affect someone’s state of mind and how to propel someone forward without jarring them back to reality is something I’m always working to improve on. That said, the upward trajectory is not always the most interesting one, and there are so many other ways of charting a course through a set that I hope to be able to explore. For the mix I’ve made for you, it’s not so much a set that builds energy as it is one that expands and contracts, hopefully in a gentle and purposeful way.

MDC.311 Aaron J

56번째 꿈 kkum 에피소드는 스페인에서 활동하고 있는 열정적인 음악 애호가이자 음반 수집가인 조안 길라의 2시간 9분 앰비언트-실험음악 디제이 세트와 함께 합니다. 이 세트는 지난 5월 18일 바르셀로나의 리스닝 룸 Casa Montjuïc에서 녹음되었습니다.
조안 길라의 깊고 실험적인 꿈 이야기와 함께 아름다운 6월의 첫 주를 시작합니다. 

Joan Gila
스페인의 잘 알려진 Mostra 페스티벌에서 운영하는 MostRadio의 공동 진행자, HOC 라디오와 레이블 red edge의 큐레이터로 알려져있다. 실험음악과 앰비언트를 다루는 디제이이자 음반 수집가이며, Jordi와 함께 앰비언트 듀오 Binomi로 활동하고 있다.

@joan-gila
@hoc-radio
@red-edge-label
@mostrabcn

The 56th episode of 꿈 kkum features a 2 hour 9 minute ambient/experimental DJ set by Joan Gila. The set was recorded on May 18th at the listening room Casa Montjuïc in Barcelona during the first edition of the Club Aura event.
We celebrate the first week of the beautiful month of June with Joan Gila’s beautiful narratives. Enjoy the deep dream.

A passionate music lover and record collector for over half his life, Joan Gila is the curator of HOC Radio and the label known as red edge with releases by ABSIS and Bastien. Alongside Javi and his friend Jordi, with whom he runs the Binomi project, he co-hosts MostRadio from Mostra Festival.

꿈 kkum 56 - 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/vandmusic
https://www.instagram.com/vandtor/
https://soundcloud.com/isotoop
https://isotoop.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/isotoop/

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

The Observatory - Vand

We are pleased to share a new Monument recording this time in the form of rea & nugget's opening set for zara at outra cena‘s regular clubnight in Portugal's capital Lisbon.

Listeners can expect a 3 hour immersive experience expertly structured building energy throughout.

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MNMT Recordings : rea & nugget @ Outra Cena - Lisbon

Summer, summer, summer always funn(i)er! With the arrival of our favorite season, we're really excited to welcome one of Stockholm's rising stars to the series - Celadon.

Over the past year, Celadon (a.k.a. Amanda), has graced the capital's latest household party, Stilio, with her unique, trippy, deep and carefully selected downtempo vibes and established herself as a DJ-to-watch in the process. In that same vain, we're honored to present a mix that captures the essence of what Celadon is all about. Truly inspiring, if you ask us. As always enjoy the mix and viel, viel Spaß<3

SC: @celadon
IG: https://www.instagram.com/celadon___

OUFFFCAST 3.05 → Celadon

Javi - Live - @ ExtraMostra x Introspective Electronics / Plantroom (London) / 08-03-2025

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/javrsalazar
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

For the 30th Herbarium we are proud to present two special guests - @bambi__dj and @beatricem._bait. They brought a trippy dubby journey to the table, loaded with unique sound design and spacious grooves. We love the feeling when every detail sits in the right place as in their selection of tracks and elements. This creates an insanely immersive effect and hunger for more. Bambi and Beatrice M. chose the plant Mint (mentha) for their mix. 🌿

Here’s some insight about why they chose their plant: 
Bambi and Beatrice M.’s musical palettes intersect in a very specific zone, with some key words like psychedelia and dub. This can apply to the club interface, but as the summer surfs by, their need for freshness and a soothing soundtrack for the season translates in this mix’s selections. Therefore the choice of plant felt pretty intuitive : mint. A plant that stimulates several senses at once : its vivid green evokes lushness and renewal, its scent is sharp, almost cleansing, and its taste - cool, tingling, slightly sweet - lingers like an echo… Just like their selections, mint stands at a sensory crossroads - refreshing the body, teasing the mind, and awakening something just beneath the surface. 𖧧

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About Bambi & Beatrice M.

Beatrice M. and Bambi are two french DJs who met through intersecting music circles, which is what their duo is all about. Take a venn diagram with on one side, Bambi’s library ranging from deep techno to trance to house to triphop, and on the other side Beatrice M. with mainly dub and dubstep. The crossing point of the two circles is always somewhat a little dubby, a little psychedelic, sprinkled with friendship and fun.

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Follow Bambi & Beatrice M. 

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https://www.instagram.com/beatricem._bait/
https://soundcloud.com/bambi-dj
https://soundcloud.com/beatricemasters

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 030 - Bambi & Beatrice M. - Mentha

Today's guest mix arrives as the perfect soundtrack to these scorching summer days that seem to stretch on endlessly, capturing the vibrant energy and laid-back vibe of the season. We welcome Vakula, a leading figure in the Ukrainian electronic music scene.

The journey began in 1998, behind the decks of a local radio station, where Vakula played drum & bass and trip-hop sets for a handful of night listeners. By 2004, he was already diving into the deep waters of dub techno, drawn not by fashion, but by a persistent inner frequency.
Soon after, Vakula moved to the capital — a city now at war — where he spent eleven formative years. The original plan was simple: earn enough money to reach a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. But life, borders, and timing had other ideas. Instead, he stayed and followed sound.
Over the years, Vakula became part of the underground scene, eventually becoming a resident at iconic clubs such as Propaganda and Zeppelin, while also playing in many of the legendary venues of that era. By 2008, music had turned into a passport, taking him across continents to places where electronic sound truly thrived.
Genre was never a boundary. Jazz, rock, hip-hop, ambient, house, techno, drum & bass — everything served the same purpose: to explore, to feel, to connect. In 2011, he returned to his small hometown and built an analog studio, carving out space to listen more deeply.
Over time, the surface of the global scene began to feel thinner, less sacred. In 2020, he stepped back from performance and immersed himself in a three-year exploration of shamanic practices — not for spectacle, but for personal insight. This inner work changed his relationship with sound, and opened up new levels of depth, stillness, and presence in his music.
By 2025, Vakula let go of the path of the spirits, realizing that some stories are not his to walk. Vakula returned, not to where he started, but to a clearer understanding of his role: to keep listening, to keep creating, and to stay honest in sound.
Through it all, Vakula remains one of the early pioneers and enduring voices in the Ukrainian electronic scene — not the mainstream one, but a world of his own: where forest replaces the city center, where meadows stand in for mindless entertainment, and where trees are steadier than fleeting friendships. His connection to Ukraine has never been about slogans. It’s a quiet, unwavering love — for the land, for the people who still feel, and for his hometown of Konotop, which lives in every frequency he shapes.

Tracklist:
1. Vakula - Thaw of the Silent Peak
2. Jonn Serrie - The Observation Deck
3. Ariel Kalma - Flute Meditation
4. Vakula - Stellar Echoes
5. Steve Roach - The Ancient’ Way
6. Vakula - True Self
7. Jonn Serrie - Along The Way
8. Vakula - Ananta Nada

Photo by Kyan Tijhuis

Vakula
Soundcloud: @vakula
Bandcamp: https://vakula.bandcamp.com/music
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vakula_sound

Deep Breakfast Series
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Deep Breakfast 319 ~ Vakula

"A lucid dream is a dream in which a person becomes aware that he or she is dreaming, and it then becomes quite different from an ordinary dream. For one thing, it can be strikingly realistic - to the point of producing a convincing replica of the normal physical world - and for another, it has its own psychological characteristics and range of emotional reactions, which must be considered independently of those experienced in normal dreaming."

Spanish sonic alchemist Camu joins us on the series with a deep session recorded at Lucid Dreams at Espacio Perpendicular, a Madrid-based event space he co-founded with like-minded individuals who share a beautiful ear for the more obscure shades of electronic music.

Tracklist:

Richard Chartier – archival
Richard Chartier – Fields for Recording 1-8
MMMD – Skóra
Fabio Perletta – Ichinen Pt.2
Thomas Köner – Novaya Zemlya 2
Nurse with Wound – A Missing Sense
CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti – Inside
placa – lugar común
Timo van Luijk & Frederik Croene – Taetonia
Perila – Sweat (with Inger Wold Lund)
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Sorcery Killings
Ragnar Kestis – og gleðin snýr aftur (Original Mix)
Fennesz – Happy Audio
Fjäder – Hjärtans Fröjd
Aidan Baker – Blood Like A Chorus of Insects
Mads Emil Nielsen – Installation - 2
Paleman – For Trees (4)
Bass Communion – Drugged IV
ARROWOUNDS – Burial Trances
Gregg Kowalsky – X-XI
Jo Johnson – Haunted by the Legend of Better Days
Laurent Pernice – Antigone au tombeau
Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard – Altocumulus, Cumulonimbus, Nimbostratus
Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise – And Go The Great Man
Concepción Huerta – Emerges From the Deep
Pinkcourtesyphone – Lure / Beyond Exactly

https://soundcloud.com/javier-camunas
https://soundcloud.com/espacio-perpendicular
https://www.instagram.com/kamunas/
https://www.instagram.com/espacio.perpendicular/

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

The Observatory - Camu @ Lucid Dreams, 2025

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

for_m @ Institut fuer Zukunft w/

trakt I
_Natural/Electronic.System. (tikita)
_airea (for_m)
_Nugget(for_m)

trakt III
_96KBPS {peaktime ambient takeover}
_REDUCTION  {connewitz}
_ALTO BLOOM {mjut}

date : 20.12.2019

special thanks to all the people who spent the night with us and the lovely IfZ-crew to let it happen! This recording is uploaded straight from the booth without editing or anything, so please excuse occasional slip.

· ifz · 20.12.2019 ·

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2025-

17.01 unkompress listening bar, berlin 
23.01 duqo, leipzig
08.02 5 years of esperanto, oslo 
23.02 election party “die linke” arena club, berlin 
22.03 equinox no barragem, crato 
30.03 duqo closing, leipzig
18.04 esr radio, lisbon 
19.04 outra cena, lisbon b2b @reasphere
24.04 soulcat listening session, berlin 
29.05 soulcat listening session, berlin 
21.06 prxxxt, leipzig 
26.06 tba, berlin
01.08 stall, basel
16.09 refuge worldwide, berlin 


2024-
19.03 refuge worldwide, berlin
29.03 kiosk radio, brussels 
30.03 operator radio, rotterdam
26.04 hello at, leipzig 
10.05 duqo opening, leipzig
17.05 unkompress, berlin
04.07 coppi b2b @jockey_jay , berlin
13.07 duqo, leipzig
22.08 duqo, leipzig
26.09 bar casa camper x herrlich dining, berlin
05.10 duqo b2b @mizz_take , leipzig
13.10 BAU, berlin
25.10 soma, braga (pt) 
01.12 silent green, berlin 
17.12 refuge worldwide, berlin
22.12 canino.fm, barcelona 

2023-
30.12 formatape01 release party, barcelona
27.12 formatape01 listening session, basel
03.12 backsteinboot, berlin
02.12 silent green, berlin
28.10 ifz, leipzig
27.10 ohm, berlin  b2b @airaboimusic
06.10 zurklappe, berlin b2b @bincir
23.09 fw, basel
05.08 mnmt festival, norway (ambient set)
16.07 mjut, leipzig
24.06 lanature festival, belgium as @formtforen 
21.06 kiosk radio, brussels 
08.06 arkaoda, berlin
01.06 sketchy lines records label night, brussels 
20.05 stall, basel
22.04 motionlab, berlin
04.04 kyr @ callshopradio
21.02 refuge worldwide w/ @airaboimusic for @k7-records
26.01 silent green, berlin

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small side note
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my mixes here are personal diaries and do not reflect everything what I play out_






_find the archive to explore more and let's catch somewhere around

· ifz · 20.12.2019 ·

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