january 20th, 2022

…the shortest days equally imply the longest nights ~ hazy darkness transforms into clairvoyant sights ~ be my guest in the gentle but mysterious night lounge and dive into introspection…

…a state of becoming with Sonmi451, Suzanne Kraft, Julien Neto, Biosphere, DeepChord, Roméo Poirier, Lawrence, Ameli Paul, Eli Keszler, Erik K. Skodvin, Dictaphone, Gesellschaft zur Emanzipation des Samples, Michel Banabila, The Chi Factory, Jan Jelinek, Perila, O Yuki Conjugate, Shuttle358, Earthen Sea, Félicia Atkinson, Maria Somerville, Carmen Villain, Gigi Masin, Andrew Pekler, Hong Kong Express, Chi, Mouse on Mars, David Parsons, BLNDR, The Humble Bee, Jon Hassell, LOG, Primula, Golden Ivy, Dan Abrams, Fools, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Green-House, Laurie Anderson, Colleen, Ezekiel Honig, H.Takahashi, Voyage Futur, Jonny Nash, Nikolaienko, Nico Niquo, Nala Sinephro, Masayoshi Fujita, David August, Jake Muir, Meitei, Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza, Brian Eno, Duval Timothy, Sam Gendel, Ichiro Fujiya & Takeshi Kurihara, William Eaton, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima, Satsuki Shibano…

…artwork by Edgar Degas - at the café des ambassadeurs (1880)…

…a blend intended for calm, trippy and floaty scenarios ~  arrive and return without leaving…

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2002-2022, that’s 20 years of Pingipung! HHV Records from Berlin made an interview with me for a nice feature on their blog and asked me for a selection of Pingipung tracks as well. It was originally released on their Mixcloud page. It's a spontaneous collection of personal faves and by no means a definitive selection.

Read the article (German only): https://www.hhv-mag.com/feature/label-watch-pingipung

Hear some of Andi Ottos faves from our catalogue: https://soundcloud.com/pingipung/20-ears-of-pingipung

Tracklist:
M.RUX: Laikas (PP069, 2020)
Y.Bülbül: Alo? (PP072, 2020)
Iso68: Centralia (PP018, 2011)
Ion din Dorobanți: Orfei (PP056, 2017)
Wols: Hereinafter (PP021, 2011)
Umeko Ando: Atuy So Kata (Candie Hank Remix) (PP063, 2019)
Anadol: Kiralık Aşk (PP066, 2017)  
Andi Otto & F.S.Blumm: Kilani (PP070, 2020)
Hey O Hansen: Rflu (PP010, 2007)
F.S.Blumm: Step Up Opp (PP075, 2022)
Egobird: Empty Day (PP06, 2005)
TBA (PP076, 2022)
Vanishing Breed: Imagine (PP010, 2007)

Heiko Gogolin: 20 Years of Pingipung for HHV Records

Zucker im All

On the occasion of the Radio Thalflug weekend, I played a two-hour djset with tracks from the ECM universe only. 

The music comes from Meredith Monk, Azimuth, Rainer Brüninghaus, Eberhard Weber, John Surman, Pat Metheny, Steve Tibbetts, Tamia & Pierre Favre, Codona, Nana Vasconcelos, Steve Eliovson, Veljo Tormis, Ketil Bjornstad, Don Cherry.

The artwork is taken from Maja Weber's cover design for Eberhard Weber's album "The Following Morning" 💚

ECM was founded by Manfred Eicher in Munich in 1969 and soon developed into a melting pot of interesting musical fusions. Jazz, folk, classical music, various African, Asian, South American and European sound idioms, minimalism, ambient, avant-garde and electronic music came together in the ECM cosmos. Artists such as Don Cherry, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Jon Hassell, Eberhard Weber, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett and Arvo Pärtt have found a home there.

The most beautiful Sound next to Silence - An ECM Mix by Fog Puma for Radio Thalflug

It was pure pleasure to be swinging gentle fruit punches back to back with my dear friend Matti and open up the floor for this musical night with RuffStuff, Goldie, Pokka and Uferkind.
Thank you @bananas-are-berries for inviting us to the jam.

Artwork: Albrecht Bierstadt - A View in the Bahamas (1879)

Fruit Punch - Morgen b2b mattmosphere @Beate Uwe

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„Ethereal music - sometimes whistled, sometimes voiced, and sometimes sounding like panpipes from miles away, music half-heard from a source unknown, where melody is more like scent, a sweet resin in the air from an unseen tree. The songs are wakeningly strange and dreamingly familiar. Ancient enchantments, these swaths of music, soft as smoke, curling and rising through the air and dissolving into it.“ - Jay Griffiths

This (slightly variated) quote from Jay Griffiths‘s wonderful book WILD could give a description of what you will find in this selection of sounds. Selected and mixed by Fog Puma, for CODEX EDITORA’s July curation on independent Palestinian radio Alhara.

Fog Puma @ Radio Alhara - Códex show on 17th July 2025

Pingipung Podcast 178 is here and it comes with exciting news. We’re thrilled to welcome Iko Chérie to the Pingipung family. Her debut single will be released with us this September, followed by a full album in November. More on that soon.

The London-based artist says about her mix: 

"My mixes usually start with a little spark and then become stories running on free associations, this is how this one goes:
 
Someone very dear to my heart once told me love was a choice. I found this idea both interesting and slightly mind contorting. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. It’s the love versus fear thing, I realise you do have to be brave to chose love because there is vulnerability attached to it. 
Love is the thread running through this mix. 
Starting with Chantage, an amazing 80s project by Vivien Goldman and Eve Blouin, opening with the moment they sing about love as a scary feeling. We leave the apprehension behind, take a deep breath and dive in! 
Next comes Brenda Ray, she is a huge influence on me. Love Is The Most is such a great title, it is indeed the big everything, which naturally leads me to The Bigger Tuttiby my precious friends Valentina Magaletti and Zongamin, who I love very much and who, like me, are fans of Mad Professor, here dubbing out Massive Attack. Teardrop was written by Elizabeth Fraser in memory of Jeff Buckley, whom I discovered because the coolest boy at school had lent me his CD of Grace, I got into The Cocteau Twins much much later when I moved to London as an adult, but I still love both to this day. One of the best things about music is that it can transcend time. There is always so much to discover! For example this Lazy Love Dub, which is new in my life! Time Capsule has done such a wonderful job compiling Japanese dub gems, their Tokyo Riddim series is brilliant. Following up is some Capybara appreciation, I was very lucky to go to Haruomi Hosono’s London concert in July and that was my favourite gig of 2025 so far. It was extremely inspiring, really great musicians being so present in the moment and jamming those fantastic songs without being ostentatious in any way, just feeling it. That made me happy. Is Happiness also a choice? Maybe more of a state, impermanent in essence as sung by Gina Birch… I had the pleasure of playing drums, singing and co arranging this song with Gina. I am proud of that one, a lot of love went into it. 
Next is a Pingipung number, Marewrew perfectly remixed by Elijah Minnelli, this 7 inch has been in my DJ bag for a while, it goes with everything, for example this Housey banger by Fcukers which I put in the tracklist because bass is one of my favourite things “Come and hit me with that bass” would be my request to the DJ most times…  Froid Dub also have a thing with bass, I am super excited about a remix they have just done of one of my songs that will soon come out on Pingipung, On The Nose is an extract from their latest album. 
As this mix comes to an end I wanted to express my love for Palestine so I chose this track by Faten Kanaan from a compilation called Letters To The Sun, full of amazing music and raising funds for The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. The atrocities must end and the perpetrators be judged. International law has been flouted for too long in the name of greed and hatred. Private Armies resonates deeply here, what is going on is really out of order. This mix starts and ends with the voice of Vivien Goldman because she is a visionary with an essential message that is so relevant today. I was lucky to play percussion for her in London and when we sung the lyrics “Blood everywhere” I really felt it. I hope we make the right choice very soon, love could bring so much joy if we gave it a chance."

@iko-ch-rie
https://www.instagram.com/iko_cherie

For any track list requests please send us a private message.
Up next: Mme Bing

Pingipung Podcast 178: Iko Chérie - The State of Love (Summer of 2025)

returned full of bliss from @detect-classic-festival, soaking in the love & harmony from that place ~ a sunday full of folk songs and peaceful encounters will stay positive in the system for a while. 

thank you to everyone involved and participating, especially the creators of the kokon area, where i had the pleasure of sharing sounds.

thank you to these artists for creating peace, music is there to share.

~ birds chirping (own field recording)
~ sofie birch & antonina nowacka - how about that time?
~ hana stretton - captain was a cow
~ jackie-o motherfucker - good morning kaptain
~ charlie byrd - old hymn
~ luiz bonfa - danse
~ jonnine - i put a little thing in your pocket
~ crescent - new leaves
~ stina nordenstam - he’s like a swallow
~ cannonball adderley - libra
~ kamlai patchala - ภาพถ่ายวิญญาณรัก
~ music emporium - velvet sunsets
~ the fallen angels - most children do
~ art feynman - win win
~ hana stretton - bed
~ astrid oster mortensen - hvem er det som stjæler min ungdom
~ linda perhacs - dolphin
~  mia doi todd - under the sun
~  latin playboys - lagoon
~  baby cool - interlude
~  sofie birch & antonina nowacka - love object
~ eden ahbez - anna was mine (demo)
~ fairport convention - a sailor’s life
~ jerry garcia - love scene
~ acetone - shore power
~ the byrds - everybody’s been burned
~ federal duck - peace in my mind
~ sopwith camel - orange peel
~ big thief - century
~ luiz bonfa - luar de agosto
~ kanté manfila & balla kalla - kankan blues
~ black merda - think of me
~ palu vava'u tupou & veiongo fakaua - taio
~ elvira rios - no te importes saber
~ gal costa - falsa baiana
~ hana stretton - the thrill of loneliness
~ josiah steinbrick - notes on colored paper
~ leonard cohen - master song
~ bruce springsteen - state trooper
~ jonnine - there’s nothing there
~ pink floyd - come in number 51, your time is up
~ wilburn burchette - arise
~ hamza el din - gondola
~ alèmu aga - abatatchen hoy
~ amaria hamdalher - bahouche
~ marehemu george mukabi - furaha wenye gita
~ toto bissainthe - dey
~ sir victor uwaifo & his melody maestros - joromi
~ grand kallé - jamais kolonga

artwork by soulmade

love one another at kokon - detect classic festival 2025

(focus: geometry of spirit, nested mind, inner listening)

I. Axis Invocation
CROSS — AXIS — ORB WITHIN ORB —
MIND WITHIN MIND — SPACE WITHIN SPACE —

II. Awareness Pulse
ONE THIRD LIGHT — TWO THIRDS HIDDEN —
HEAD WITHIN THOUGHT — THOUGHT WITHIN HEAD —

III. Beyond Laws
NO GRAVITY — NO TIME — NO MATTER —
ONLY AWARENESS — ONLY PRESENCE — ONLY LISTEN —

IV. Listening Call
HERE IS WHERE HEARING SAYS:
LISTEN IN — LISTEN IN —
LISTEN TO ME —

Litany of the Orb Cross

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Mystic Field Recording avec forte composante Acoustic Ecology et Natural Soundscape Meditation

344 Harmonics_ (L'Éveil Harmonique) - VERSION FIELD RECORDING

AMBIENT CINEMATIC LO-FI BEATS - FREE BEATS - FREEDL

Solace - Ambient Cinematic Lo-Fi

Fly With Me - Mix by Fog Puma (Garbicz festival opening set 2017)

january 31st, 2021

…these may be challenging times but happiness always prevails ~ let us have a sip of tea ~ the cold afternoon glow is brightening the plants and the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle ~ let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things…

…flowers from M.RUX, Boozoo Bajou, Jon Hassell, Andrew Pekler, Arrangement, Roedelius & Schneider, Felicia Atkinson, Carmen Villain, Borealism, Bill Callahan, Jasmine Guffond, Efdemin, Ballaké Sissoko, William Eaton, Marisa Anderson, Broadcast, Wilma Archer, King Krule, To Rococo Rot, Shuttle358, Meitei, Deux Filles, Pep Llopis, The Putbacks, Kikagaku Moyo, Julian Lynch, Micachu & The Shapes, John Wizards, Dang Olsen Dream Tape, Clan Caiman, John Lurie, John Abercrombie, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm, Mazzy Star, Loving, Leafar Legov, Alice Coltrane, Brightblack Morning Light, Frantz Casseus, Ryo Kawasaki, Elizeth Cardoso, Elvira Rios, Eleventeen Eston, Pop-Off Tuesday, Acetone, Jassbusters, The Sea And Cake, Clutchy Hopkins, Javelin, Dome, Stephen Cohen, Daniel Lanois, Elvis Presley….  

…artwork by René Magritte ~ blank page (1967)…

...there is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life...

time for tea

...with a little help from my human friends.

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