This is the second collaboration on Offen by the French post-industrial experimental artist Thierry Mérigout of Geins't Naït, composer and multi-instrumentalist Laurent Petitgand, and the UK composer and sound designer Robin Rimbaud AKA Scanner, whose prolific catalogue includes scores for dance works by the London Royal Ballet and Merce Cunningham, and who has performed and installed his music in venues ranging from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to the Pompidou Centre in Paris and a hospital morgue in Garches.
Vitio is a repository of memory: Coastal plateaus and city streets evoked and cracked open by glowering basslines and jumbled rhythms made for ragged walking. Thierry and Laurent have been collaborating together since 1987, the year after Thierry co-founded Geins’t Naït while at the Architecture School of Nancy. Their work together is dense and textural, influenced by Situationists and Surrealists; the raw loops of Geins’t Naït meeting the musicality of Petitgand, a soundtrack composer for film, dance and theatre who has worked closely with director Wim Wenders. Thierry and Laurent first collaborated with Scanner on OFFEN015, a set of otherworldly collaged slow-mo soundscapes. Here, on tracks like Vitio and Austral, threads of sampled dialogue interweave with melodic fragments or repeating piano lines, like the sun breaking through above a tangle of golden wrack and rockweed. On Acid and 63, divine industrial shoegaze sweeps across the windscreen like water washed from trees. Elsewhere, on SIO, submerged clicks surface amid foghorn-like electrostatic charges, an introspective aeromancy. On J’Appartiens, stabs of samples dart back and forth over the ominous time keeping of a sparse beat and pulsing bass. On Sunday and NNSS, we, the invisible listeners, rise to the surface, where there is rain. Both the sounds of NNSS and the rainfall were installed in the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, as captured in a lovely video made by Thierry’s daughter. Beneath the rain, in a building designed by SANAA architects, paving stones can be seen. Beneath the stones - we can only guess - a cloud. 

Emma Gilkison

Releases January 6, 2025 
written and produced by Laurent Petitgand, Robin Rimbaud alias Scanner and Geins't Naït 
piano on "Austral" by Mélaine Dalibert 
mastered by James Savage at Milk Mastering 
photo by Alix Mérigout 
design by Percy 

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Offen Music 2024

08 J'Appartiens (snippet)

A sonic journey facilitated by a mix of ambient, slow-mo chug, post-punk infused dance, psychedelic Techno and House.
 
https://www.instagram.com/thejuanmaclean

Ritual Device with Juan MacLean @ The Lot Radio 12-01-2025

Manaia @ Capers 2025

Apiento, a.k.a Paul Byrne runs the invaluable Test Pressing blog and releases music on World Building, World Unknown and more. His show has that esoteric techno thing and whatever suits the mood…

From the host: _"Last show of the year and we have new music from Mad Professor, Emperor Machine, Soos, Persian, LA's DJ Kerry and more..."_ 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-13th-december-2025

Test Pressing w/ Apiento 131225

Collector John Gómez brightens up Mondays with some music from different times and different places.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-john-gomez/episodes/soup-to-nuts-john-gomez-15th-december-2025

Soup To Nuts w/ John Gómez 151225

WrongParty! - Radio Buena Vida 17.12.25

The Brooklyn selector extraordinaire known as Ayumi is back, returning almost 5 years on from his podcast episode #184, to drop a cluster deployment of 3 deep, dubbed-out, perfectly selected, sequenced & blended mixes for Avenue Red.

"Part 1 of this series dives into Steppa Dub, drawing from Jamaican roots and sound system culture. Heavy, pressing drums drive the mix forward while deep basslines and immersive textures create a meditative yet powerful atmosphere. Built for late nights, deep listening, and full-body vibrations." Ayumi, December 2025

https://soundcloud.com/ayumibrooklyn

See Also:
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-184-ayumi

Avenue Red Podcast #255 - Ayumi

2 hours of music in all styles from The Level Party resident Andrew Devlin. 

https://www.instagram.com/thelevelparty

THE LEVEL PARTY with Andrew Devlin @ The Lot Radio 12-18-2025

Off The Grid - Mayo : Goth House (OTG006) / Instore Release Party

Live from Sound Metaphors in Berlin.

Benedikt Frey is a composer, DJ, and live act whose work moves fluidly across house, techno, downbeat, ambient, and experimental electronics. Based in Berlin, his sound has evolved beyond its early house roots into an open, forward-looking musical language.
Active for over a decade, he releases music on his own labels R.i.O. and Serious Trouble, as well as on imprints like ESP Institute, Hivern Discs, Malka Tuti, and Emotional Response, performing everywhere from intimate spaces to major clubs and festivals.

Benedikt Frey | Sound Metaphors TV - December 20 / 2025

We’re closing out 2025 at the Past Forward HQ with episode #110. Lisbon-based DJ, radio host and friend of the show Francisco Delerue joins @kryptic_dj for a special, slightly extended two-hour session to mark the occasion. 

This one comes with the pure Past Forward spirit. Two friends, two mixed record bags, real vibes. Tune in and relive the moment. Learn more about Francisco and his Ritmo Cosmico show via https://www.instagram.com/francisdbug

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

Shout outs to Lisbon's East Side Radio (located at the fabulous Duro de Matar) for letting us take over their studio for this one <3 Check them out via esr.li and If you happen to be in town step by https://www.instagram.com/durodematar.pt

Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/

Past Forward #110 with Francisco Delerue and Kryptic DJ

Last one of the year from me, just in time to fill your stockings... Nuff respect to @milesjparalysis for inviting me over to play at his first @cryingoutcast party at Om in London last November... Very nice little get together in this great new club! Thanks for everyone who came down and made the night especially to my crew who came from Paris and the triplets... Looking forward for more to come!