From the album "New Environments & Rhythm Studies" - out on June 27th .
andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/album/new-en…ythm-studies

Fabulation For K

from forthcoming "music for the end of the W" album/compilation (2025)
music by Vladimir Karpov and Alexey Krjuk
Free download: https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-end-of-the-w-part-one
(MASTER_TAPE_SASHA_FOAM) https://soundcloud.com/sashafoam
https://sashafoam.bandcamp.com/

purple drops / modified reality (feat. Krjuk)

Roughly two years after the release of their initial statement of intent, debut single “Toutpartout PT2” with its hypnotic ripples, Andi Haberl and Florian Zimmer aka Bella Wakame have successfully channeled the magic of a 2024 live recording (captured at Berlin’s Donau115 & Silent Green) into their first proper studio offering. You can hear inspirations ranging from Bitchin Bajas, Jeremiah Chiu to Groupshow (Jelinek, Leichtmann, Pekler), the hypnotic, intricate battle between form and freedom (the fun of momentary formlessness) continues to unfold over the course of 10 new tracks, featuring album guest Indra Dunis (Peaking Lights). Their first single "Shadows of Nambei" was very much inspired by the wonderful band Spirit Fest and their song "Nambei".

You can either shorten the reins, or you can loosen them – and give things more slack. With Bella Wakame, it’s definitely the latter. Constantly challenging each other, they’re tapping a whole new energy. Tons of different energies.

Based on the impulsive, propulsive interplay between drums/sensory percussion (Andi Haberl) and modular synthesizer (Florian Zimmer), the frenzied, free-form results take listeners into completely new dimensions – sonic worlds that don’t really sound anything...  more
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released by Umor Rex © 2025
All songs written & produced by Bella Wakame.
(Andi Haberl & Florian Zimmer). Recorded live 2024 in Berlin at Silent Green, Donau 115 & our homes. Live recordings by Tadklimp. Mixed by Tadklimp, Berlin 2024. Words on The Island of Unknowns by Indra Dunis.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio in New York.
Artwork by Daniel Castrejón in Mexico City.

Bella Wakame

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Shades of Nambei

From the forthcoming album "Nuits Sans Nuit", to be released on May 30th.

Pierre Bastien and Michel Banabila return with Nuits Sans Nuit, their second collaboration following their Baba Soirée debut from 2023. Recorded as an intuitive exchange between Rotterdam and Valencia, the album emerged from a simple ping-pong process: Banabila sculpted sounds and atmospheres, to which Bastien responded with his distinctive instrumental palette: flute-augmented cornet, mechanised log drum, and more. Mixed by Banabila, the result is a raw yet immersive work that resonates with a somnambulant, wide-awake presence.

Pierre Bastien: "When Michel had finished mixing and editing, I listened to the whole record and sensed a dreamlike quality in it. It reminded me of a book I read years ago: ‘Nuits Sans Nuit Et Quelques Jours Sans Jour’ by Michel Leiris.  Around that same time, some fifty years ago, I was playing in Nu Creative Methods with Bernard Pruvost, a duo that appears on the Nurse With Wound list. Since then, Pruvost has turned to painting, and his work is as dreamlike as our music. We asked him to contribute one of his paintings for the album cover."

Nuits Sans Nuit unfolds through shifting shades of melancholy. "I don't know how to describe the feeling of these crazy times we live in," says Banabila. "Les plus désespérés sont les chants les plus beaux,”  Bastien quotes De Musset. Wordless yet deeply expressive, the album invites listeners into a space of contemplation, where meaning emerges through immersion — like ritual music carrying an unspoken message. Echoes of saudade, blues, fado, and soleá surface in the duo’s playful noise, reimagined through their singular vocabulary.

DL / LP

Pierre Bastien, Michel Banabila: Le Système Déraille (Pingipung 090, LP / digital)

Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

Following the recent release of his beautiful piano-based album 'Tvåhundra ord för ensamhet' - https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/tv-hundra-ord-f-r-ensamhet - Dag Rosenqvist has put together a rather unusual mix for Dronarivm, featuring his favorite piano-driven tracks across various genres, ranging from classical and jazz to trip-hop and indie rock.

It also makes a fitting soundtrack for reading the interview with Dag, in which he explores the unique process behind the creation of the album and shares the sources of his inspiration: https://dronarivm.com/2025/04/25/interview-with-dag-rosenqvist/

Tracklist:
00:00. 90 Day Men - Even Time Ghosts Can't Stop Wagner (from 'Panda Park', Southern Records)
06:21. Tricky - Piano (from 'Pre-Millennium Tension', 4th & Broadway / Island Records)
10:33. Bobo Stenson Trio - Ermutigung (from 'Indicum', ECM Records)
15:29. A Silver Mt. Zion - Broken Chords Can Sing A Little (from 'He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms…', Constellation)
23:28. Midaircondo - Serenade (from 'Shopping For Images', Type)
28:14. Frankie Sparo - Hospitalville (from 'Welcome Crummy Mystics', Constellation)
32:17. PJ Harvey - Dear Darkness (from 'White Chalk - Demos', Island Records / UMC)
35:13. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra (from 'Jazz På Svenska', Megafon)
39:40. Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (from 'Spiegel Im Spiegel', Brilliant Classics)
49:57. UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (from 'Rabbit In Your Headlights', Mo Wax)
55:54. Clint Mansell - Together We Will Live Forever (from 'The Fountain OST', Nonesuch)

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Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist

This piece, based on several field recordings has been requested, by the Cercle des Amitiés Créoles de la Creuse. The theme was Banks and Shores. It has been designed to be listened with headphones during an exhibition.

Cette pièce, basée sur plusieurs enregistrements de terrain, a été demandée par le Cercle des Amitiés Créoles de la Creuse sur le thème de Berges et des Rivages. Elle a été conçue pour être écoutée au casque pendant un évènement public organisée par l'association du 4 au 10 mai 2025.

Phenomena is Mind 2

Time Is Away Theme

from upcoming MFTEOTW album/compilation 2025

https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-end-of-the-w-part-one

mastering by Sasha Foam
https://sashafoam.bandcamp.com/

ghostwalker

#34
- Meanderings -
by Mystery Circles @Mystery-Circles

“Meanderings” is a mix that drifts through percussive experimentation, fractured rhythms, bold digital textures, soothing ambient + liminal, psychedelic vibes - the name being a nod to my own endlessly wandering listening habits (and the A. Song track, of course). 

It opens with a short field recording captured during a visit to my hometown on the New Jersey Shore - a cold winter November morning in the ocean air, a place I’ve always valued as one of the best to clear my head. This short audio file was simply labeled “bebey,” reminding me that I’d probably been thinking of Francis Bebey’s music during that walk. You can hear me lightly tapping and dragging on the boardwalk railing as I moved, likely inspired by the thought of his brilliant sanza (kalimba / thumb piano) work. Much of Bebey’s music has a hypnotic quality that I deeply resonate with, and "Sanza Nocturne" in particular has a special place as one of my favorite musical statements of all time. It felt right to let that energy guide the opening of this mix.

A quick note: 

The track "Beginner Race" is from the 1984 Atari arcade game Marble Madness. Playing this game in the arcade as a kid was an enormous inspiration. When I think about why I'm so attracted to esoteric music, the inspiration I got from early video games has to be up there. This game in particular - the soundtrack has always "haunted" me (in the best way possible). The only version I have found from the actual arcade game is on YouTube, which is complete with the noise (from what I guess are the chip limitations). Please note: I touched the track up slightly with some EQ and a gentle reverb that builds throughout. 

Marble Madness was the FIRST arcade game with TRUE stereo sound (previous games used monaural or simulated stereo). It ran on Atari System 1 hardware with (mainly) the Yamaha YM2151 chip. That’s part of why its soundtrack has those warm, eccentric digital FM tones that still sound exciting today. 

- Track List -

Field Recording (Jersey Shore Boardwalk)
Francis Bebey - Sanza Nocturne (Ozileka, 1985)
Nicolas Gaunin - Atrea (Moon Glyph, 2021)
A. Song - Meander (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Yasuaki Shimizu - (Coeur Records, 1996)
Botany - Spherical Container (Self Released, 2024)
Mark Tester - Oblivion Rhythms Revisited (Moon Glyph, 2021)
arc rae - Taiko (Mystery Circles, 2025)
kent watari - SHAKKEI (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Brad Fuller & Hal Canon - Beginner Race (From the 1984 arcade game Marble Madness by Atari Games)
Lullatone - Sun Routine (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Tatsuro Murakami - Stunning Fragility (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Hiroshi Ebina - A Sewing Kit She Left (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Field Recording - Solaria Piano A (Captured in Tokyo, 2023) 
Iu Takahashi - Lotus (Regional Attraction, 2021)
Go Outside - Mink (Self Released, 2025)
Cool Maritime - Spring (Leaving Records, 2016)
Almanacs - Coyote Blanco (Mystery Circles, 2022)
The Vernon Spring - SK-1 (Lima Limo Records, 2021)
Yumi Iwaki - Lamp Until You Sleep (Muzan Editions, 2024)
Ryan J Raffa - And Back Around Again (Aural Canyon, 2021)
Dorian Concept - J Buyers (Acoustic Version) (Brainfeeder, 2020)
Nicolas Maldonado & Susan Pineda - Tea House Garden (Self Released, 2024)
H. Takahashi - Emerald (Dauw, 2022)
Unwound - Pardon My French (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

- Selector -
Mystery Circles
@mystery-circles

adventures in SOUND
synth music / lo-fi / ambient / beats / sound design / textures / etc / etc / etc /\/\/\/\/\/

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#34 - Meanderings - by Mystery Circles

Modify The Ventriloquist

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/qAlEk3NpOPA

Glimpse 1430 (Aug 31 2025)

Listen up, it's Pingipung. A nice record label from Hamburg, since 2002.

Pierre Bastien, Michel Banabila: Le Système Déraille (Pingipung 090, LP / digital)

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