Truly one of the best pieces of music... ever

my dj set from @sustain-release-nyc 2022. (@kia-sydney)
 1-3am saturday night before wata igarashi @ the grove (an absolute honour)

a very special time <3

ps. the recording came out in mono/ there was some issues with it so at times its a little rusty, but you get the gist ;) thanks to joe buchan for mastering/ helping out with it!

ani/live One: Kia @ Sustain Release Year 8

Ahead of his b2b with Amaliah at London's GALA Festival next weekend, the Refuge Worldwide co-founder brings the smooth house grooves with blissed out reggae and dub cuts along the way.

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GALA: Richard Akingbehin

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19 - 24 June 2024

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Sybil at Floresta - Waking Life '23

The recording of my set from La Nature Festival, recorded 12-3PM on a glorious sunny Sunday on the 23rd of June 2024.

This was one of my favourite sets this summer, I was so honoured to be playing before the legendary DJ Nobu, and spent time preparing for this set gathering bright~dubby~daytime techno with a zippy flair and uplifting energy 🧚

The set features lots of tracks I’ve been enjoying this summer, including music by: Tsott, GiGi FM, Azu Tiwaline, Vladw, Al Wootton, Sindh, Luigi Tozzi, Konduku, Stojche, Ness, Ruman, Rene Wise, Fireground, Forest On Stasys, Kohra & Midnight Traffic +++

The woodland location of this Belgian festival was stunning, and playing on this delicious Lambda Labs sound system was such a treat. Thanks again to Julien @noname_community & Daniel[i] @danieli_whs for the invitation to join this year’s edition 🧡🌲

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La Nature 2024

Sybil @ La Nature 2024

Transmitting from one of Belgium’s most promising electronic dance spaces, the Garage at Horst club. It’s the most intimate room of the club. Ko-designed, ko-invented and ko(be)-built by the deejay behind this live recorded Basic Moves mix: Kuba’97 ! 

Kobe is part of the early generation of Horst alumni. From his early 20ies he has been involved in this world leading and ultra professional hybrid architecture, art, culture and (club) music festival. They are organising a yearly festival in May and a burgeoning club space that operates throughout the rest of the year on the Asiat site just outside of Brussels. Back in 2018 Kobe started together with a crew of music heads and dreamers a nightlife collective called nacht which operated from the socio-cultural spot Stelplaats in Louvain. This being said Kobe is also the head of production at our Beautiful Freaks parties, a fantastic cook, creative DIY handy person, cider maker, pizza master & great human to have around anytime of the day or night. 

Now let’s put some attention to what Kobe loves the most … records! He has been working hard, digging through the fruitful orchard that is dance music (and beyond), to make his own special brew. This live recording is a perfect reflection of what he loves and has discovered over the last couple of years. We hear shreds of deep techno, spaced out minimal, 80s inspired body music workouts, psychedelic oddities, proggy weird b-sides…and more; definitely not the easiest spread to put together. In Kobe’s hands these three and a half hours are a cruizin’ ride, produced in the dj booth he has built and danced-to by the community Brussels has been (re)building over the last decade … with Kuba’97 unquestionably at the heart of it.

https://soundcloud.com/kuba97

The Basic Moves Of … KUBA'97 (live at Garage/Horst Club 2025)

slow paced electronics by konduku and mattikk.

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https://www.soundcloud.com/kondukukonduku

Konduku & Mattikk @ The Lot Radio 04-18-2025

There’s a rhythm to how the festival unfolds. Thursday opens slowly, almost like a breath in. By Friday night, the pulse is stronger, but not too heavy. Monument festival had settled into its rhythm, and Kia and Polygonia stepped into the wooden dj-booth together.

The forest floor was vibrating, the crowd fully present. Their set matched the moment—playful, warm, and alive. It felt like Friday was always meant to sound like this. Varden became their playground.

This was more than a strong back-to-back. Two years earlier, they met here, both playing solo, both part of the Monument line-up for the first time. This night marked an anniversary of their friendship. From solo artists to close friends, now creating something special together.

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Monument Festival 2024 : Kia b2b Polygonia

LOIF (@loiflan) live at the first edition of pe:rsona festival, France, July 26th 2024, 8-9pm, before me (Kia). 

<3

ani/live Seventy One: LOIF (live) @ pe:rsona, France

Inmersión profunda / euforia contenida

"En este mix rindo homenaje —por enésima vez— al IDM de los 90, también conocido entonces como electronic listening music, leftfield electronica o braindance.
Para mí, esta música de los 90 se caracteriza por producciones ricas en capas y matices estimulantes, con sonoridades jugosas, ritmos intrincados, todo sostenido por estructuras melódicas evocadoras.
Piezas largas para sumergirse y viajar con una visión sugerente y hedonista del futuro — que era, al mismo tiempo, el presente — con una tensión compositiva de euforia contenida y alegría latente, siempre a punto de despegar hacia el éxtasis.
Es evidente la influencia que este amplio movimiento de los 90 ha tenido en la producción y percepción de la música electrónica. Aunque debo decir que mi fascinación viene sobre todo de lo personal: fue la banda sonora de un momento inolvidable de emergencia y descubrimiento, en muchos sentidos, durante mi juventud ".

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Deep immersion / restrained euphoria

The era is defined by productions rich in layers and stimulating nuances, featuring lush sonic textures, intricate rhythms, and evocative melodic structures. These are extended tracks intended for deep immersion and inner journeys, often guided by a suggestive and hedonistic vision of the future — which, at the time, was also the present — . The music carries a compositional tension marked by restrained euphoria and latent joy, always on the verge of breaking into ecstasy.


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Josephine' Soundscapes (IDM DjSet) come to me...

Dayanand burns slow, a meditative opener built on thick low-end pulses and evolving atmospheres. The rhythm doesn’t rush.
It coils and expands, drawing you into in.ertia’s orbit. Perfect for setting the floor into motion, it’s both grounding and expansive.

Dayanand

Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson of @ok-eg are undoubtedly dedicated to our scene.Their multifaceted contributions together and apart as sound engineers, sound designers, installation artists, DJs and producers contributes the extremely well rounded and considered voice they give to the underground dance community. As their OK EG outfit, they create wholly immersive live sets, superbly textural, ambient techno that ensconces all listeners in reach. A superb example above, lifted from Passing Notes episode 46.

Broadcast Live on PBSfm 106.7 17/01/2020

OK EG Live - PN 46

✽1/2 of @companionmelb

✽eu+uk+asia: agathe@klsbookings.com
✽au+nz: sam@watartists.com
✽contact: hello@passingnotes.radio

OK EG Live - PN 46

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