It's an honor to welcome Amsterdam's Loek Frey to our series, whose meticulous attention to detail and eminent experimentalism command the mind's attention like no other. The OQAD label head and Omen Wapta collaborator invites us to peer delicately beyond the edge, unveiling a hyperintense, subsonic blur through which a primordial palette begins to emerge. I've been looking forward to sharing this episode for quite some time, and to revel in this blend of artistry and precision was truly worth the wait. Thanks Loek!

@loekfrey

Artwork by Sofia Lambrou.

Sure Thing Mix 137: Loek Frey

Simsaara
soundcloud : @simsaara
instagram : www.instagram.com/simsaara/

Aerae
soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/aeraemusic
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_aerae__/

Resonantia Naturae by Simsaara invites Aerae @ GIMIC - 1 March 2025

• Crescent Textures #132 • Solma

Solma draws inspiration from the hypnotic pulse of modern deep techno and the vibrant energy of UK bass music, weaving these influences into his own psychedelic sound. As the Paris-based producer and co-founder of Virtual Forest Records, he has cultivated a signature style defined by meticulous sound design that fluidly crosses genre boundaries and rates.

Solma:
▫️ SC: https://soundcloud.com/solmadj
▫️ IG:  https://www.instagram.com/solma.als
▫️ FB: https://www.facebook.com/solmadj

• Crescent Textures #132 • Solma

This contribution is a very special one, as it marks a new chapter in The Observatory’s sound… 

We will always be a home for ambient and experimental sounds. But, moving forward, we will also be exploring our love for dance music, with a particular focus on the deep end.

To begin this new journey and warm things up, we are so happy to welcome back Timnah, who gifts us with a two-hour recording of her set at Omen Wapta, ADE’24. A mind-bending traversal through ambient, drone, and halftime experiments, exploring the liminal spaces between the listening room and the dance floor.
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Timnah lives, works and feeds the cats in the Northwestern extremities of Switzerland. Brought up in her parents’ jazz clubs and deeply influenced by her brother’s love for dub and soundsystem culture, she started DJing just after the massively feared Millenium Bug had threatened to offset our relation to time and space. Dedicated to drawing her own map of late 20th century sonic landscapes, she spent the early 2000s exploring 90s electronics including breakbeat, triphop, ambient techno, drum&bass, house and jungle. After a short but sweet excursion into producing in the early 2010s, Timnah dedicated herself fully to spinning the wheels and transversing genres, gravitating towards her current signature sound that spans immersive sound baths and intergalactic carpet rides in half-time. Timnah is a member of Amenthia Recordings and a recent addition to the A Walking Contradiction Collective.
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Artist Support:

https://soundcloud.com/timnah-sommerfeldt
https://ra.co/dj/timnahsommerfeldt
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Timnah @ Omen Wapta, ADE, 2024

Neon Cleptu 34
Tactile surroundings. For this episode I’d like to welcome Toner. 
@toner_jp

I met Yutaro, better known as Toner, last year when I visited Japan. And his appearance at Dommune hit it. It was a no-brainer to invite him for the Cleptu series. Curating his ambient oriented "The Line Shifting to Dots" parties. That focuses on physical deep listening. He will  deconstruct and smudge out the tactile surroundings that will drive your mind into the unknown. 

Nowhere to hide, nowhere to go...

I’m very pleased that he participated and will be the one to guide us through his musical fascinations.

Shifted - Several Instances
Compound Eye - The Outer Sphere
Echium - Collapsed Senses
Toki Fuko	- Narration 2
VC-118a - Silver
Katatonic Silentio - Bridging The Gap
Kick21 - 10se
Lemna - Trajectory	
Space Drum Meditation - Water Sirens
Harald Uunk - Isomorphic
Solatz - Ötzi
Formant Value - Funzione II [Notte Infinita Remix]
yin yang audio - astral projection
Korridor - Vacuum Decay	
Gunnar Haslam - Azote Du Guano
T++ - Worn Down
HOMI - Jokudubi
I7HVN - Body Count
Nuel - Intarsia
Carrier - Wood Over Plastic
Solar X - Russian Roulette	

Recording is mastered by Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Broadcasted 20.03.2025
www.lyl.live

Neon Cleptu 34 → Toner

03-04-2025 // GUI // Live recording from the Radio Hinter studio at Der Hintergarten, Amsterdam.

mastering: Victor Marbus

GUI // Listening Session // 03-04-2025

Live recording at the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague.
Streaming live every Thursday and Friday on YouTube and futureintelradio.com.
For more info, visit our website.

Spekki Webu ╚═ Future Intel X MIRROR ZONE ═╗ 05 06 2025

23 year old Australian based Kaisei debuts on Mirror Zone/Optic Portal with and extensive body of work named "Sketchbook". A well crafted look in the brain of the Sydney based artist going through genres such as techno, drum and bass, downtempo and other experimental forms over the course of 22 tracks packed as a 2xCD digipack physical and digital release.

releases July 1, 2025

Optic Portal 2025
Written and produced by @kaiseikitada
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

[OP005] Kaisei - Sketchbook

Aborigini

5.9.2025

ZTF-RR (techno)

A new techno EDM shamanic trance album with chinese instruments 

Wu (巫) Cinnabar

Radio stream on Der Hintergarten's creative soil broadcasting every Thursday in front of a live audience.

Inquiries: radiohinter@gmail.com

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