黑芝麻 (Hēi zhī ma) invites you to retreat inwards - on both the physical plane and within the depths of your psyche - as part of the Pure Space Home Listening series.

Imagined during lockdown, Pure Space Home Listening // 黑芝麻和朋友们 (Hēi zhī ma and friends) probes home listening in the context of isolation.

As an artist, 黑芝麻 leans into the more emotive facets of sound, utilizing sonic and cerebral contrasts to subtly lull the listener into a journey unforeseen. This release sees them infuse this approach within their collaborations with artists Merph, Shoeb Ahmad, Moktar and Zhi.

The artists explore the familiar feelings of solitude, urgency and release firmly etched into our collective consciousness, both synchronously and through their own distinct lens.

“I Miss You” lulls you in with emotive pads that float above a sharp breakbeat and voice notes engulfed with longing. “Take Me Anywhere” provides a feeling of relief, as groove-laden techno bounces off the walls and into the abyss. “Associations” is an introspective, spacious and haunting track you want to float on and on. As you glide between these offerings, the intro and outro tracks hold space for tender ruminations.

The release serves as an archive of a more contemplative and confined period, through the distant murmur of voice notes, the metamorphosing drone of ambient soundscapes, poetic reveries that hang in the air, the rattling percussion of a breakbeat or techno high-hat and the gentle backdrop hums of nature.

This is an immersive audiovisual experience. Filmmaker Jane Inyang reimagines the EP in a short film through different listening contexts during a day in isolation for the protagonist. This short film will be accessible by a QR code in an accompanying poster and zine, which will also feature artist photos, recipes and poetry alongside the work of artist Jacquie Meng and photographer Chanel Nguyen. There will also be a limited run of earrings by Joanne Leong.

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100% of profits from this release will be donated to Firesticks Alliance, an Indigenous led network and aims to re-invigorate the use of cultural burning by facilitating cultural learning pathways to fire and land management.
credits
releases February 17, 2023

Tracks written and arranged by Moktar, Shoeb Ahmad, Zhi, Merph and 黑芝麻

Mastering: Wayne Sutherland

Album Art/Painting: Jacquie Meng

Zine Graphic Designer, Earring Design, IG Filter Creator: Joanne Leong

Sticker Ilustrator/Designer: Lynn Nguyen

Writer: Tanya Akinola

Special thanks to Eugene, Rebecca, Hen, Chanel, Kavya, senzer online and artsACT

黑​芝​麻​和​朋​友​们 (H​ē​i zhī ma and friends)

bby tek [黑芝麻 & Moktar] - Take Me Anywhere

Omformer is the collaborative project from Ute cornerstones Mikkel Rev and Oprofessionell. Being a project mostly focusing on the live act, they still have managed to build an impressive catalogue covering everything from one-hour long ambient tracks to loopy psychedelic peak time weapons.

And for their long overdue debut EP you can expect no less, presenting four summer ready trance excursions extracted straight from previous live sets and jam sessions.

Dive into their most maximalist, drama inducing and dancefloor-shattering project to date. Get lost in layered psychedelic trance endlessly looping arpeggios, mind bending squelching resonances and big melodies best consumed under the forest canopy.

Release date: August 1, 2023

Digital: www.ute-rec.bandcamp.com/album/ute011
Vinyl: www.one-eye-witness.com/release/16867…former-UTE011

Written & Produced by: Filip Storsveen & Mikkel Haraldstad
Additional mixing: Mike Blyth
Mastering: Joel Krozer, 6bitdeep
Artwork: Ross Paul McEwan

Omformer - Yengo 3AM [UTE011]

Mixed and mastered by Joel Krozer at SixBitDeep
Artwork by Marta Braga

Release date: 14th of February 2024

Audrey Danza - New Flow [Proxima]

April

April (Audrey Danza's Percs Remix)

Track: Amber Haze
Artist: Forest @forestchloe
Label: Geosmine
EP: Rana Brama
Release Link: https://geosmine.bandcamp.com/album/rana-brama

This first Split EP from Forest and GAUSS represents their take on modern trance music. Each track, while belonging to a specific sub-genre, shares a distinct primitive and organic touch. From heady and menacing synths to tribal and movement-inducing percussion, each composition is crafted to convey both emotions and the urge to move.

Amber Haze is a trance track evoking a misty sunrise over marshlands, blending tribal rythms, trippy harmonies, and a deep psy bass enriched by atmospheric FX.

Forest
https://www.instagram.com/forestchloe/

Mixed and mastered by Raphaël Bonneau (@masteredbyraph)
https://www.instagram.com/masteredbyraph/

Art direction and design by Arroyo
https://www.instagram.com/_.arroyo._/

released September 25, 2024

FOREST - Amber Haze

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https://soundcloud.com/amniote-editions

Taken from HoxV-1: ECDYSIS / 5 years of Amniote Editions, due to be released October 25, 2024

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Premiere: DINA - Willow (Monophonik & Riva Remix)

Dive headfirst into the riot of sound with Erthran’s “Anarchy Rhythms” EP on Blacklite Records! A two-track psychedelic protest, this release is pure festival fuel, with hypnotic music for dusty dancefloors, sunrise freak-outs and midnight vortexes. Each track is a manifesto in motion, breaking all rules with off-kilter energy that makes your body move in ways you didn’t know it could through unstoppable psy energy..
Psychedelic warriors, dancers, fire spinners, cosmic jesters — this one’s for you. Strap in, surrender and let the chaos guide you to freedom. This is pure psytrance for the fearless.

→ Tracklist
Erthran - Anarchy Rhythms (Original Mix)
Erthran - Spiritual Communion (Original Mix)

→ Credits:
Artist:  Erthran
Title: Anarchy Rhythms
Label: Blacklite Records
Catalog N°: BLKLEP112
Official Release Date: 16 Sept 2025
Mastered by: Stryker Mastering
Artwork: KameraKey Design
Video Animations: KameraKey Design

→ Erthran - Anarchy Rhythms is available Here:
Blacklite Website: https://tinyurl.com/bp88cure
Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/2jr7dtd5
Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/952j8t86
Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/53vv5k9z
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Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2xcheawp
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Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/4bk6ks33

→ Follow Erthran:
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Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2y268aku
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Juno Download: https://tinyurl.com/49cj6e5y
Facebook fan page :: https://tinyurl.com/bdf95wym
Instagram :: https://tinyurl.com/3thbub3c

→ Follow Blacklite Records ::
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Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2WBWwbW
Youtube: https://bit.ly/2UtUuYN
Facebook Fan Page: https://bit.ly/33D4ao0
Instagram Fan Page: https://bit.ly/2xVInMm

Anarchy Rhythms

Anarchy Rhythms (Original Mix)

Erthran - Anarchy Rhythms (Original Mix)

The DARK VØID EP opens a new passage in the ascension cycle—an echoing chamber of ritual drones, spectral chants, and machine-liturgies fused with psytrance and industrial techno. Four transmissions carved from shadow, designed for deep immersion.

🜄 Genres: Psy · Psytrance · Goa Trance · Acid Trance · Progressive Trance · Dark Psy · Full-On · Forest Psy · Dark Techno · Deep Techno · Hypnotic Techno · Acid Techno · Industrial Techno · Hard Techno · Minimal Techno · Hardcore · Electro-Industrial · Experimental Techno
🜃 Label: ÆTHERFLUX RΞCORDS
🎧 Recommended: Darkness, isolation, headphones, maximum immersion.

#PsychETralAscension #DarkVoid #Psytrance #DarkPsy #AcidTechno #HypnoticTechno #IndustrialTechno #ExperimentalTechno #MinimalTechno #HardTechno #ElectroIndustrial #TechnoRitual #AetherfluxRecords

PHANTOM CHOIR

It was back in 2017 that Blue Hour came together with AJ-X under the Tracing Xircles cloak. Delivering their wonderful 'Gaia's Requiem' EP, this work was yet another contribution to the epitomous flow of music coming out of the BLUE HOUR camp. 

As part of a new collaboration with Oslo trance collective UTE, Mikkel Rev paints a hefty new picture with the Tracing Xircles original. 

Under Mikkel, what was once an introspective, feather-light arrangement of airy arps now becomes a pacey dose of pure elation. An all-encompassing trance bop, the caressing melodies of the original are driven by light but intentional kicks and bound by raw, electrifying acid throbs.

Read more: https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-tracing-xircles-gaias-requiem-mikkel-rev-temple-of-dreams-mix/

@mikkel-rev
@tracingxircles
@bluehour909

BLUE HOUR X UTE [REMIXES]

First Listen - Tracing Xircles - Gaia's Reqieum (Mikkel Rev 'Temple Of Dreams' Mix) (BLUE HOUR)

Mikel Rev and Oprofesionnell switch the trance turbos on to remix some Berghain-laced techno.

'Blue Hour x UTE [Remixes]' is out October 19th.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3k5frF2

@omformer
@mikkel-rev
@oprofessionell
@bluehour909
@ute-rec

Premiere: Alpha Tracks - Golden Shot (Omformer 'Energy Cycle' Mix) [Blue Hour x UTE]

Midheaven Records launches in 2021 with 'Force Majeure', the debut EP of Sydney/Eora-based amuwa (@a-m-u-w-a), aka 25-year-old Joshua Deering. Born and raised in the urban sprawl of Sydney CBD, Deering now brings 10 years of musical development to a head, where design and feel seamlessly enmesh. The EP draws from formative experiences immersed in the sounds of city noise, industrial zones, natural amphitheatres, and packed dance-floors. Familiar strains of electro, trance and bass music shift and meld into new, hybrid forms, driven by a synthetic-organic logic. Roiling subs and propulsive drums are engineered for impact, couched within mutating synth arrays. Untraceable oddities click, whirr and hum around the stereo field—subtle changes reward repeat, deep listening. Over four tracks, amuwa re-centres the whole body as listening technology—pursuing a trance-state that is grounded in the dance, not just for the head(s). This is a formidable debut.

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About Midheaven:

Midheaven operates on unceded Gadigal and Wangal lands in Eora/Sydney. We acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples as rightful owners of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

Midheaven Records is devoted to giving a platform to forward-thinking, mutative, compelling music. We will be releasing a slew of new work by emerging soloists, ensembles, and collaborations over the course of 2021, donating 10% of all proceeds from sales to Radio Skid Row, in support of community radio and grassroots organising.

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Credits:

All tracks written, recorded and mixed by Joshua Deering.
 Mastered by Brendan Zacharias at Cirrus Audio. 
Artwork by Katherine Zhang.

Buy on Bandcamp

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label, radio and occasional parties by https://soundcloud.com/andygarveyandygarvey 

from australia to the world

est. 2016

au distribution :: purespaceau@gmail.com
ex-au distribution :: orders@one-eye-witness.com

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