A collection of Palindrome sounds from a wide range of styles, from downtempo to drum-n-bass.

Refuge - Palindrome Sampler 2024/25

"Impromptu through double stars; sounds half close, light twice as far.  Bass that swells, crests double high, as sunmoon twins streak glowing sky."

First original track I have posted in a little while... This time stepping just my tippy-toes in the safe end of the vast DnB/Jungle ocean. Doubt you will need your floaties in here, so why worry? Come float along over the rippling waves of this oasis in the desert of space and time. 

Special thanks  to the good folks at What About Production for planting the seeds.

DoubleMeant (Desert Mix) - Palindrome

Obey your inner shaman! This 4X4 tech-house track arose while experimenting late at night with vocal processing tricks. The shaman is of course Sam Potter aka Samsation. 

O Shaman (house/tech-house)

This one was written for my mom; wherever she flies now, she's always near. The chorus such as it is repeats a melody for a lyric that is just for her to know, but even so, I think there is still plenty for you to enjoy, and i hope you do!

Inner Worx (downtempo)

This track bounces between an easy downtempo feel and drum-n-bass feel at double the tempo. It loosely follows a day in the life of a nudibranch -- a type of sea slug which can have amazing colorings and breathes through its tail plume --carnivorously munching its way through sponges, corals, anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, tunicates, algae and sometimes other nudibranchs.

CrunchMunch (DnB/Half-Time)

Mbirabound

Refuge

We Can Be

Inverted Time

Like all good stories, this is a blend of fact and fiction, foundation and confection. It is a tale that begins on the dance floor, but where it takes you... that's not always predictable. One thing that is assured is like a good palindrome, it will return you to the place you started. More or less.

Tales to Tell (House/Ambient House)

A drifting, gossamer melody ties this collection of varying funky basslines together like an ocean breeze that carries many sailing vessels into safe waters.

Forgivence

The feeling when something is about to start... Something big, something unknown, but you know you want to be there when it happens. This track was born in a late-night jam with Pym, and was pretty much wrapped up by dawn the next day. I wish every tune came together so easily!

Decteria

Someone told me robots never cry. 
I know that's not true. I cry, 
'cause I was programmed
to fall in love with you.

Robots Never Cry

This track wants you to know that everything is going to be OK. Original upload replaced with a tighter, more refined mix for the wider population.

Populoid 34

Here we have a dialogue between protector and protected, a shelter in the storm, a wellspring of care, and voice that beckons us out of the wilderness. Written for my mom for her birthday in early 2024, who helps me see so many things and see them clearly.

Other Eyes Wise

Doris worked hard to put one small foot in front of the other, then the other in front of the first. She practiced and practiced. Finally one day, she realized she had it down. This was it: Doris's first day out under her own power! She was ready for her adventure. Her feet carried her up and down, all around the world outside, and even when things seemed unfamiliar, she knew her two feet would carry her safely back again. Whew!

Doris's Day

A bit retro and a bit future, this track has the vibe of a lone soul searching, in the depths of darkness known to only to the final hours of the night, looking for something even darker.

Treasure Two

Bass works better when you plug it in. You may also want to buckle up, for it's a bit of a wild ride.

Plug Chugger

It's okay to slow down. Just don't ever stop.

Slow Walk

Sometimes when you roll out, it's gotta be an early one. This track is for cruising in the whip before the sun cracks the dawn horizon. 

Morning Darkness

Daily and Nightly

palindrome is the alter-ego of bay area breakbeat&glitch-hop DJJD, who has been twisting faces and nodding headz for fans at undergrounds and clubs here since 2006.  Always a lover of the ambient and downtempo worlds as well, palindrome is committed to immersing the senses with atmosphere across a range of tempos and feels.  palindrome's dj sets draw on sounds and artists from around the world, while his original productions also traverse a wide set of genres, from Ambient to Jungle, and some cuts that defy easy classification like the 11+ minute epic "Doris's Day" written for a friend's new baby, Doris, as the imagined soundtrack to her first journey outside walking on two feet.