pi/live: Aurora Halal b2b deep creep @ Mansions 02-16-2024

Neel at Floresta - Waking Life '24

While traversing a realm of appearances many truths are heard and not seen. An audio representation of a moment in time captured and preserved - a sonic photograph. This recording is one such artifact, one that for me illustrates a fine line bordering cosmos and chaos. Something that can not be duplicated during a controlled studio session which is absent of collective effervescence. So far from a quiet game of solitaire, but more a test of faith where reckless abandon embraces instantaneous risk. The evening was a spiritual conversation that embraced us all through the magical forces of music set beneath a canopy of trees, sprouting from the grounds of an enchanted forest. Evidence of the artist’s hand and thought process is unforgivingly present while creating a range of possibilities for spontaneous storytelling surrounded by an atmosphere of ecstatic energy. This memory will live with me forever.

- Justin Aulis Long

Justin Aulis Long at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Recorded Live at Porter Street Studio for Substrate. 3 hours of vinyl bliss

Substrate / vol.3 / Force Placement

Bringing you a new mix from Ayash, a longtime creative force in Yogyakarta (ID)’s scene, where sound and image blur. Whether exhibiting artwork, crafting visual design, or casually stepping behind the decks, her practice thrives at the intersection of mediums. Known for weaving hybrid experiences, Ayash draws from her travels to ancient cultural sites, translating those encounters into layered, contemporary sonic landscapes.

For this mix, she reinterprets those impressions into a vivid, shape-shifting energy, expect a deep, atmospheric set that moves between memory and motion, where ritual meets rhythm.

Check out her work on SoundCloud, and Mixcloud for more from @littleayash

ethermix - mix 002: ayash laras

One of the enduring powerhouses of our era returns for RA.1000 with a riotous mix.

When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in seclusion from industry tumultt.

(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)

Her calling card continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to over-choreographed modern DJing.

Her outsider approach is on show once again for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set raises the bar once again.

In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for electro. You'll also hear "Riot" by Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for a world ablaze. This is musical anarchism, executed to the highest degree.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1017. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Helena Hauff

After an extended pause for much needed rest and slow reflection, the Patterns of Perception crew is excited to return to our mix series with fresh energy and a stellar new mix from Jasmin, aka softi (@jazz_brown). 

Soulful, breezy and groove-laden, softi's Patterns of Perception 122 shimmers with her kaleidoscopic, minimal sound. Weightless sparks float and flicker in dim light. Time dilates; seasons drift. 

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A few thoughts from Jasmin:

Hey Jasmin, how’s it going? What's been happening for you lately?
I’m well, I’m currently living between Lisbon and London this summer which has been a dream! Great food, beach sessions and writing music. It’s been a wild 3 months and I’m just getting myself ready for the seasons changing!

What can you tell us about your mix?
For this mix I wanted to mould my love of groovy minimal and psychedelic tones for the moody season ahead, which is usually my signature sound! I have been producing a lot of this recently and some of my unreleased bits are exclusively inside 💜

⁠Is there a track or tracks that are extra special for you?
I’d probably say my own productions are the special to me as it reminds me of how much I have developed as a producer and artist. I love connecting with the tracks and being able to create my own atmospheric world for listeners to get lost in. But one track that I always come back to is "bluep" by Underground City Loop (a producer from Aus). I have been playing this track for years and it has every sonic element you'd want from a track - low end sub groove with dark melodic synths.

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Links:
@jazz_brown
instagram.com/__softiii/

@cozi-716789961
instagram.com/cozi______/

Patterns of Perception 122 - softi

https://soundcloud.com/bwanz https://soundcloud.com/machinecult_amsterdam
🛒 https://machinecult-amsterdam.bandcamp.com/album/edition-four

Machine Cult — the Amsterdam-based electronic platform run by Déandrah and Garçon Taupe — returns with the Edition Four release party at OT301 on 7 November.

The new V.A. compilation features tracks from Garçon Taupe, Bertram, 2:29, Beau Wanzer, Déandrah, and Masha Wordpress. At the launch, all contributing artists will play DJ sets, with Déandrah providing live visuals throughout the night.

Expect an evening of potent electronics and immersive visuals, celebrating the forefront of the underground.

Every motion leaves an echo.
A delay so small it feels like memory,
folding back into what made it.

Some parts of us cancel out — out of phase, out of step —
while others ring louder,
resonant at their point of friction.

The closer we listen,
the more we hear the shape of time itself:
not in repetition, but in resistance.

Turn the gain high enough,
and every system sings its own name.

Nothing moves forward without delay.
Every signal returns amended,
shifted by experience.

What we call resonance
is simply agreement through distortion —
a frequency where return and loss sound the same.

Civilization, too, is a filter:
attenuation at the edges,
a boost where the noise gathers.

Push the circuit far enough,
and even silence begins to oscillate —
slightly altered, slightly late.

The self is a comb filter —
a body made of delays and reflections.

What we say
returns a few milliseconds later.
At low frequencies, we disappear;
near our cut-offs, we bloom.

Maybe living
is just tuning the loop
until it almost sings itself apart,
but not quite — building toward a new start. 

Tracklist:

Garçon Taupe - Passage 
Masha Wordpress - You Can’t Hide
2:29 - Dirt Is Chasing You
Beau Wanzer - Close Shave
Bertram - Aguanile feat. Fien 
Déandrah - Karam wants to go


PREMIERE: Beau Wanzer - Close Shave [Machine Cult]

Will Be Demon, Wäm Bex - Lollypop (Original Mix)

A rare recorded session from one of techno/electro's cult figures.

RA.265 Convextion

Few artists leave such a strong footprint when giving their debut in Olganitz: When @paquitagordon took to our Lake Stage on Saturday afternoon, it was three hours of wild and passionate love, straight from the heart and into every cell of our sweating bodies. Enjoy the ride!

Nachtdigital Flex

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Paquita Gordon @ Nachtdigital Flex

mix series and label by @deep_creep

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