We're so delighted to have gifted Ophélie with us for our 25th Herbarium episode. Their mix features a wide palette of fastinating breakbeat, bass music and grey area gems with driving character yet smooth organic aesthetics. It's a wonderful fusion of different moods which melt together as one.

Ophélie chose the moss Atrichum undulatum as inspiration for their mix.
It is quite a lowkey plant but that is actually vital for a lot of ecosystems. Unlike most plants, mosses don't have roots and can grow on trees, rocks, and lots of different kinds of soils. It's a plant that's very adaptable and can survive in a lot of environments and extreme conditions. By soaking up water, they play an important role in the development of ecosystems and allow other plants around them to grow and thrive, and are also a valuable shelter for all kinds of insects and microorganisms. I find their color, form and texture super fascinating and I love their fluffy and soft side. I'm a big forest and water person, which is what the moss represents to me. This mix is definitely forest inspired, it's very inspired by the color green and the mysterious and eerie feeling that one can have when going into a forest on its own. There's also some more liquid elements that add a bit of softness to the mix.

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About Ophélie

ophélie is a France-born, Berlin-based DJ with a strong taste for bass-heavy music in all its forms. They are interested in the fluid, liquid, melancholic, and often emotional aspect of music, achieved through combining multiple layers of sounds, and creating weird (poly)rhythms.
As a producer, they enjoy experimenting with FX, textures, granular and generative sounds, and all different kinds of percussions. They released tracks on compilations by Early Reflex and traverse and have released their debut EP on hundert Records in February 2024.
ophélie’ monthly Refuge Worldwide residency, Therapy Dog, and event series at Kwia, allow her to experiment and explore the different genres she’s into, while often sharing the decks with friends and artists she admires. As part of Open Music Lab, a non-profit collective offering free music and production courses for people from Berlin’s diverse communities to connect and create together, she's interested in ways to support emerging artists outside the mainstream, in the hope to build a more equitable music scene.

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 25 - Ophélie - Atrichum undulatum

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The Music From Memory sublabel Second Circle presents the release of Oast by Kommune, a trio consisting of George Thompson (aka Black Merlin), Jonny Nash and Kyle Martin; a double LP of deep, hypnotic ambient techno, out July 25th.

Pre-order: https://www.musicfrommemory.com/release/9408/kommune/oast
More: www.orbmag.com/music

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Premiere: Kommune - I

In October 2014, three friends packed a car with synths and drum machines and headed to a barn in the English countryside. Over two days, Kommune, comprising George Thompson (@black-merlin), Kyle Martin, and Jonathan Nash (@jonnynash), pushed their machines into deep, freeform territory. More than a decade later, these recordings resurface as Oast, an EP released via @secondcircle, the club-minded offshoot of Amsterdam’s @music-from-memory.

      
 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-kommune---iv

Oast will be out on July 25th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/oast.

Premiere: Kommune - IV [SC022]

The Spanish producer Architectural is back with two long, deep techno percussive cuts on Tikita, out September 12th.

Pre-order: https://tikita.bandcamp.com/album/la-linea-del-rubic-n
More: www.orbmag.com/music

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Premiere: Architectural - Sección #2

Backwards Cavern - Fractured Chapel
Fractured Chapel [ST093 / Secuencias Temporales]

Produced by Adam McCoy aka Backwards Cavern
Mastered by Jorge Eafhm at Secuencias Temporales Studio
Artwork by Scencist
Released by Secuencias Temporales from México City, México
Release Date: September 22nd, 2025

Melbourne-based producer Adam McCoy, formerly known as Citizen Maze, debuts his new alias Backwards Cavern.

The project began taking shape in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns, a period where isolation and lifestyle changes sparked a new musical direction and a desire to work on more glitchy and open-ended experimentation. Backwards Cavern represents a step beyond the constraints Adam felt about Citizen Maze, while still carrying forward familiar elements such as sweeping pads, field recordings, and distinctive progressions.

Fractured Chapel is a collection of works written between 2020 and 2024, capturing the gradual shift from Citizen Maze to his new project, Backwards Cavern. Some tracks were first created with Citizen Maze in mind but were later transformed to reflect a different sound and direction.

Each piece draws inspiration from specific environments from urban spaces, coastal settings to mountainous landscapes, using place and atmosphere to shape mood and tone. Musically, the album pulls from IDM, cinematic and tribal textures, and subtle drum and bass influences, reflecting a balance between experimentation and evolution.

Secuencias Temporales
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https://secuenciastemporales.bandcamp.com

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Fractured Chapel

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Backwards Cavern - Fractured Chapel [Secuencias Temporales]

Over the last few years, we’ve had the utmost pleasure in highlighting an incredible music scene rooted across the ocean in Barcelona. Like the living, breathing entity that it is, the tendrils reach far and wide, connecting artists, and music lovers from around the world. Deep, rhythmic, pulsing low ends, frenetic half-time snares. Spiraling melodies and hypnotic elements all combine into an incredible mixture that gives life to all. At the heart of this thriving community and our focus for today is one of its musical stewards, Patrick Russell. A pure professional, always providing discerning sets from behind the decks, today we listen to him in a different fashion as he provides a rare remix that embodies these sounds and times.

Forth-coming on Argentinian label Danza Nativa, Ancient Apparition is a four tracker by co-founder Kyntral that oozes rich bass lines and snappy percussion. Each song unfolds ever so smoothly, stretching its muscles and taking up space. Patrick Russell’s ‘Phantom’ remix of the title track moves us down a darker path, with horn-like synths and undulating bass lines that give tension and an energetic kick, a taste of what is to come later…

Ancient Apparition will be out on September 29th, both on digital and vinyl.

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PREMIERE: Kyntral - Ancient Apparition (Patrick Russell Phantom Remix) [Danza Nativa]

Previews from Zemög's ‘Owebimataeto’ EP, out October 17, 2025.
Order: https://vargmalrecords.bandcamp.com/

A1. Alai
A2. Biaba
B1. Beaxayo
B2. Wako

The EP is available on full sleeve 180-gram 12” vinyl and digital formats.

Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab Studio
Artwork by Niall Greaves

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Adhémar - Mountain View [OSP004]

12", 140g, Black Vinyl Limited Edition 200 copies
Full Color Printed Sleeve

A1. The Oak Tree
A2. Rain On The Lake
B1. Touching The Clouds
B2. Touching The Clouds (Night Sea Remix)
Digital Exclusive: Between Two Rivers

Adhémar first solo release on Oslated drives us into the geological matter of the mountains. Composed of an ecosystem of the artist's own sounds, which unfold organically, “Mountain View” reveals the life of these alpine spaces. Between panoramic views, melting snow, birds chattering the pine trees and the rolling of stones, each detail places us in a different point of view.

On paths, valleys and ridges, a trail through the sounds and memories of the mountains.

Produced by Clément Davout aka Adhémar
Additional Production by Night Sea
Mastered by Mattias Fridell, Sweden
Artwork by Clément Davout
Curated by Jongmin Lee
Released by Oslated from Jeju Island, South Korea
Distributed by Ready Made, Berlin, Germany
Release Date: October 06th, 2025 

Adhémar (Paris, France)
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https://www.facebook.com/adhemarmusic
https://www.instagram.com/adhemar_music
https://www.instagram.com/clement_davout

Night Sea (Berkeley, US)
https://soundcloud.com/nightseaproject
https://www.instagram.com/nightseastudio

Oslated.
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Mountain View

Adhémar - Mountain View [OSP004] (Snippets)

Coming January 2026

A1 Jehol
A2 Ochre Khrisma
B1 Ossifrage
B2 Sky Dancer

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Introducing [GIFKIKKER011]. The debut of Blossoms Overnight, that sits you down in a euphoric, soft-tinted atmosphere from the get-go. While vibrant scapes get interwoven, accessed, or accompanied by smooth percussion, the listener is exposed to the act of exploring sounds underneath what’s already there.

Metaphorically, this album is cleansing, as foam gliding over a windshield in a brush-style carwash, resembling crashing sea waves as seen from underwater. It prescribes a mesmerizing softness and dense relaxation, while the mind and soul are carelessly taken on a sweet ride through dubby hypnoticness with breaky features.

Topping off this stellar release is a beautiful remix by a. brehme, aligning with the inner feel of the EP.

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Blossoms Overnight - 3 - Shunarei - [GIFKIKKER011]

Oslated & Huinali Recordings. Independent labels sharing one platform, born on the peaceful island of Jeju, South Korea.

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