Was the Energy From you ? Nice Peace of Art 🙏🏼

Cio D’Or hardly requires an introduction, having long stood as both a pillar of our scene and a source of inspiration for so many. Over the course of her singular and decades-spanning career, the Cologne-based artist has cultivated a universe of sound entirely her own, immediately recognizable yet endlessly evolving much like the work of her contemporaries and collaborators Mike Parker and Donato Dozzy. To experience Cio’s music is to follow a throughline that traces the complex history of contemporary techno in a single gesture, compelled by the vast unknown and the primordial familiar in equal measure. Recalling the blurred realism of Richter’s photo-paintings or the timeless intricacy of Bach’s fugues, Cio’s self-contained sonic world delicately reframes our own precious lifecycle, a reflection revealed through its elegant and subtractive minimalism.

In collaboration with our friends at Mostra, I’m honored to share a selection from Cio D’Or’s set performed at this year’s edition of the Barcelona-based festival, a sublime triumph from a scholar of sound.

@cio-d-or
@mostrabcn

Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

Sure Thing Mix 146: Cio D'Or

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

00:00 Forest On Stasys - Atlántico Sur (Technologia Organica)
04:30 Forest On Stasys - Contra Natura (Worst Records)
08:05 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
11:13 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
15:35 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
20:40 Vauna - Historic Archetype (Forest On Stasys Remix) (Hypen Records)
25:20 Forest On Stasys - Sideral (Aura Sonora)
30:53 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
33:45 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
36:50 Forest On Stasys - Altus (Further Sessions)
40:55 Forest On Stasys - Torre De Alquimia (Space Lab)
47:25 Forest On Stasys - Lotus Island (Space Lab)
52:16 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
57:24 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
01:02:25 Gabsphere - Ehecatl (Forest On Stasys Remix) forthcoming (Decay Of Reason)
01:06:41 Labyrinthine - Obelisk (Forest On Stasys Remix) (Crescent London)
01:11:56 Save Your Atoll - Canis Pugnax (Forest On Stasys Psychedelic Vision) (Further Sessions)
01:17:05 Forest On Stasys - Elemento forthcoming (Thama Series)
01:21:15 Sonic Wave Collective - Arise (Forest On Stasys Remix) (Arketip Discs)
01:26:00 Forest On Stasys - Latria (From A Lost Place)
01:31:12 Forest On Stasys - Autóctono (Technologia Organica)
01:35:35 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased
01:41:05 Forest On Stasys - Unreleased 

Love and light

Page 165: Forest On Stasys

"From stillness, motion grows. After hours suspended in ambient haze, pulse and movement return - deep, measured, and alive with detail. From layered harmonics to the weight of each kick, the set unfolds like a slow ignition: serious, immersive, and unrelenting in its drive. A live moment at Mostra that reminded everyone where the dancefloor begins."

As a Mostra resident since the first edition, Timnah (@timnah-sommerfeldt) has shown throughout the previous years a great versatility, adapting to any venue and time slot of the festival always brilliantly. After closing Mostra24 in a masterful way, the Swiss artist visited Mostra25 to do a hybrid set with Mario (@mario-7), who also joined Mostra with Varuna (@varuna4053) a couple of years ago in a performance of which we also keep very nice memories.
The hybrid DJ/live set of Timnah and Mario is a match made in heaven, linking top notch selector capabilities to swirling hardware techno aesthetics and flawless execution. Both hailing from Basel, their collab also entangles the two local labels Amenthia Recordings (@amenthia-recordings) and A Walking Contradiction (@awalkingcontradiction). Through their close collaboration with both labels and heaps of collective of studio time, their musical taste and approach have become deeply intertwined, resulting in long build-ups and transcendental sound sculptures.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-scale festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music that emerged at the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial, and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will celebrate its fourth edition from March 12 to 15, 2026.

Don't miss the 5th edition of Mostra!!

https://es.ra.co/events/2270686
https://www.mostra.barcelona/en

HOCast #264 - Timnah & Mario (Hybrid) - Mostra 2025

A sonic journey through broken rhythms, tribal textures, and organic grooves driven by a hypnotic and introspective energy.

www.operator-radio.com

Aawadh - 24th October 2025

Timnah's set recorded live on Sunday, 27th July 2025 at Paral·lel Festival in Port del Comte, Spain.

Timnah @ Paral.lel  2025

Formant, Closing @Bloom, Kauz Zürich 10.10.2025

ATMIK & DANI Z - Music Became Ligth

@atomic-moog

Recorded live at HORS-SOL Festival 2025 - (Foresta Stage, July 2025).

www.instagram.com/hors_sol_festival

Photography: Margot Lavigne

Atomic Moog (live) at HORS-SOL Festival 2025

On this month’s episode, GiGi FM welcomes Berlin-based artist @prieste5s ~ electronic musician, live-coder and visual artist whose universe bridges nature and technology.
Founder of @immaterial-earth-records, she weaves organic textures, field recordings, and psychedelic atmospheres into hypnotic sound worlds.
Her full production guest mix arrives with December’s Full Moon in Gemini ~ spacious, shimmering, ancient and clear ~ the perfect companion to close 2025 and step into 2026 with an open heart.
Featuring music from her forthcoming EP Prince of Pangaea, out in January on Immaterial Earth. https://prieste5s.bandcamp.com/

Artwork by https://mete.fyi/

NTS RADIO GiGi FM Presents Prieste5s 03.12.2025

Schwerelosigkeit

08 - New Life

Online community radio station and cultural platform based in Rotterdam.

We broadcast a variety of live shows, from music to science and sports, featuring international DJ's, artists and guest speakers weekly since 2017. We are committed to support emerging talents and to engage the local community and beyond. Our main goal is the overall cultural development through diverse initiatives.

www.operator-radio.com

Aawadh - 24th October 2025

Operator

Recent comments

Arno Helbig

Odd Hills

Related tracks