The first Patterns of Perception mix of 2023 comes from a luminous presence and dear friend of our collective - label head, mix series curator, promoter and esteemed selector Aaron J (@arn_j).

Over the years, a combination of passion, openness and tireless energy has seen Aaron become a trusted voice for experimental, boundary-pushing electronic music across both the US and the wider scene. 

Founded over eight years ago, Aaron’s much-loved platform @sure_thing is the embodiment of his forward-thinking curation and clarity of vision. Now based in Brooklyn, Sure Thing started as a series of parties in San Francisco before growing outward, later blossoming into a renowned mix series and record label. 

As a DJ, Aaron’s level of empathy and attention-to-detail are unmistakeable, allowing him to deeply connect with the dance floor no matter the context - layering, building and driving emotions ever onwards.

Aaron J's Patterns of Perception 106 is both radiant and personal - an idyllic snapshot of the perfect dance floor, glowing with wide-eyed energy. Pensive darkness simmers into hedonistic psychedelia. Intensity turns reflective. Endless rhythms vibrate and flare into nurturing light. 

Links:
@arn_j
https://www.instagram.com/arn_j/
@sure_thing
https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/surethingevents

Patterns of Perception 106 - Aaron J

Huge on this month with a rare DJ performance from Azu Tiwaline. We also had a little chat about what she's been up and what's lined up for the future. Truly inspiring - an artist through and through. What an honour to have her in the Noodio x

>>> Live from Zoggs 😎 <<<

📢 Every 3rd Thursday 9-11pm 📢

Noods | Pressure Dome w/ Azu Tiwaline | 16.05.2023

On April 22nd, Mostra took over Espacio Perpendicular for a few hours.

Mostra is an independent, small-scale festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music that was born four years ago to nurture the Barcelona scene. Mostra is local, inclusive, and sustainable. An independent festival made in Barcelona for Barcelonans, but with international vision and reach.

The event, which took place during the day, featured performances by Mattikk, Emilia Grima, Pillen, Doozer, Haara, and F-on.

F-on@ ExtraMostra x Espacio Perpendicular

"Between layers of atmosphere and modular frequencies, sound unfolds like a labyrinth that expands and folds back onto itself. Fragments of the outside world slip into the machine, transforming into landscapes. Motifs emerge and fade, weaving their way back through the path."

Puntalaberinto (@puntalaberinto) is a sound artist working at the intersection of modular synths, field recordings, DIY/DIWO instrument building, and research into the use of natural elements within electronic music. The modular synthesizer is her main tool, filtering and reshaping geophonies, biophonies, and anthrophonies to create immersive soundscapes, organic textures, deep drones, powerful low-end, and subtle echoes of dub. Her live performances invite a physical and introspective listening experience, diverging from conventional narratives to reveal a crack of strange nature. She is a member of Arquea Collective, where she explores the hybrid space between sound creation, visual art, and biology through expanded cinema formats. Puntalaberinto is also co-founder of ODD — One Drone Day, an immersive festival dedicated to twelve continuous hours of live drone and ambient music, designed for deep, psychoacoustic listening within a quadraphonic sound space.

HOCast #246 - Puntalaberinto  - LIVE

@torimimasataka 

This is an exclusive live set for Human Lessons. 

Website: 
https://www.nuoac.com/
Bandcamp: 
https://torimimasataka.bandcamp.com/album/voquoxy
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/torimimasataka_nuoac/?hl=en

Human Lessons #110 - TORIMIMASATAKA (Live set)

Ciao tutti 💖
So happy to share the recording from my last set at Open Ground from December 2024. 

It was an emotional journey ~ I wanted to tell a story of diving into underwater dream lands, where spirit guides and glitchy creatures meet and send us messages from the other side... where sound takes over the brain and opens something in the heart and body.
I waved through many genres ~ ambient, jungle, electro, dubstep, drill, jazz, techno and the wonky in-between. It felt like I had the chance to express a fuller spectrum of who I am as a music lover. 🙏

That night, I had the honour of opening for the legend Surgeon ~ someone who’s deeply inspired my path since the very beginning. Sharing that moment with him and connecting was just wow. 🥹

Open Ground truly is one of the most special places on earth ~ the care, the sound, the freedom, the community, the crew… just perfection. 

So grateful to be invited back this saturday ! (26.07.2025) 
Don’t skip ~ come sweat and feel with us 🌀💎💦

~ with love & gratitude ~ 
GiGi🧜‍♀️

GiGi FM at Freifeld / Open Ground 14.12.2024

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio and streaming platform broadcasting 24/7 from a wooden kiosk in the heart of Brussels’ historic 'Parc Royal'.

Ina Kaysen @ Kiosk Radio 27.07.2025

Next up in our mix series is Drifters - the new collaborative project between DJ Zoik & Telly - two of the heads behind the Eora/Sydney-based collective Headnoiz, and their renowned bush gathering, Outsider. Centered around progressive, Headnoiz pushes trance-adjacent sounds that engage both the body and mind, operating both as a record label and underground party series. Their intimate Outsider, is a community-focused gathering set deep in the Australian bush. The festival is dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge electronic soundscapes on powerful sound systems, offering an immersive experience that blends nature with innovative music.

For this episode, we’ve got the recording of their set at a Headnoiz party back in June. An all vinyl outing, direct from a smoke-filled warehouse. Rooted in the minimal and progressive trance styles from the turn of the century, Drifters lean into the hypnotic and obscure slow burns. Fluid, groovy and trippy, laced with warped rhythms and skittish psy basslines. 

@drifters11
@headnoiz
@djzoik333
@tellyware

Ute Mix Series #109 | Drifters

Enjoy this storytelling of almost 5h of vinyl blending across different genres from ambient, jazz, house, deephouse, techno, breaks and experimental music, recorded in my studio by a rainy afternoon.. Expect the Unexpected..

The crackle before the first kick drum is a promise. Fingertips reading the history etched into vinyl. Beatmatching by ear isn’t just technique—it’s a conversation with time, a slow breath as two records find the same heartbeat. Vinyl teaches patience, presence, and devotion—listening deeper than the waveform, hearing the story inside the sample. To DJ this way is to fall in love again and again, with the music, and with the moment it creates.

Cover: Ocyra
Sept/2025

Rhythm and Silence (5h Vinyl Mix)

Emotional melodic Techno with driving Bass