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Xpone is a Berlin based music-platform and label, with an eponymous radio show on radio.syg.ma. The core principles of the platform revolve around sonic exploration. Which directly translates into the mix series, involving like-minded artists working in the field of sound and art.
https://linktr.ee/xpone
https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone

FALL2023

sunday sounds 31

Oh what a time it's been...

After a small hiatus with the mix series I felt it was important to keep going with it. This beautiful healing music by Berlin based @slowfoam is exactly what the doctor ordered. Slowfoam is the cyber-atmospheric, bubblescape, synthetic pop, and ambient sound project of Madelyn Byrd

"In this mix, I wanted to drift between otherworldly realms to reassociate with the things I love most about ours. For me, some of these things include laying on the earth and pretending to merge into the blue sky, the sonic and energetic sensations of being alone in nature, or staring at a glistening river until falling into a trance. But also, having friends and loved ones I miss so much I start to giggle when I think about the fun we've had together, and then fun we'll have together again." 


Sending love via this intrinsically magical musical language, to everyone in the Animalia community.

Thanks Madelyn for the journey <3

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Animix Twenty Nine: Slowfoam

RAN PARK (@ranparkmusic) is a brilliant friend, activist, and pianist/multi-instrumentalist based in Seattle, WA.

✱ What is the inspiration and vision behind RAN PARK?

RAN PARK as a project is my way of saying yes to the child in us. I'm interested in the healing properties of music -- specifically, how it grants us access into the hidden parts of our being, and how it encourages us to embody fuller expressions of the many identities we carry, even/especially the parts of ourselves that may seem contradicting. I see this sort of acknowledgment of our complexities as an important step towards healing generational trauma. Sonically, it means I welcome musical influences of all kinds. I'm exploring how those sounds intermingle with my personal history, and I'm finding delight in creating new contexts for them. 

✱ Can you share a little bit about what you’ve included in this mix? 

RAN PARK: I've included old and new experiments in composition and rhythm. Thankfully this project could house vast explorations! You'll hear passages ranging from symphonic to classical, jazz, electronic, and some trance-inducing meditations. Two composers that I'm deeply indebted to are Ennio Morricone and Ryuichi Sakamoto. There are some tracks in this mix that are unabashedly aspirational and attempt to follow the shadows of these maestros. 

Slowfoam: I've also included some unreleased Slowfoam tracks and some songs off a forthcoming EP by myself and Neilll ~ an incredible ambient/experimental multi-instrumentalist based in LA. The mix evolved into a slightly dystopic soundscape that encourages wanderings away from clamoring cities and back into the stillness of the natural world.

✱ What are some of your utopian dreams?

RAN PARK: My personal understanding of utopia is a world and existence in which our differences, shadow parts, and discomforts can be acknowledged without fear. 

Slowfoam: Mine exist tangentially to this world, but we're more closely connected to the ecosystems we take part in, as well as ourselves and each other. Similar to RAN PARK's, vulnerability, imperfection, and growth are innate and supported equitably. 

✱ Any exciting things we can look forward to from RAN PARK in 2022?

Several fruitful collaborations, including this one! With regards to my own work, expect more music beyond solo piano.

Our Tomorrow w/ RAN PARK (Seattle) & Slowfoam (Berlin)

Here’s my half of the guest mix I recorded for Dance____98 and Akimat’s Still On Hold show on Refuge Worldwide in Berlin. The theme of this episode was “Waiting for the Ghost.”

You can listen to the full show, which includes a lot of great chat and ghost stories, here.

https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/still-on-hold-akimat-and-dance____98-and-theory-therapy-11-jan-2023

@akiiimatamik0
@claire-robyn
@refugeworldwide

Waiting for the Ghost - Theory Therapy • GH

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hoavi - pleasure gallery s3 e11

a deep, submersion from the loveliest @slowfoam <3

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Track ID: @mikkelscp

With awe and inspiration, we are presenting to you the first mix of this year! This is a recording from Mikel Acosta, who runs the Hegoa Records label ('Angel' - in the Basque language), which carefully re-releases the original music of the Basque Country. Whose people's autonomy, including cultural autonomy, has long been suppressed by the policy of Spain, especially during the Franco regime.

I truly admire Mikel's work! With great love for the culture of his people and his origins, he introduces the listener to the previously concealed experimental, jazz and ambient music, which is deeply rooted in national folklore.

For De Kat Memwa, Mikel recorded the perfect hour-long meditative winter mix for introspection, walking, contemplating nature or reading! 

From London via Euskadi with love on Hegoa's wings!

De Kat Memwa #47 w/ Mikel (Hegoa Records)

Mix by Mag. “tried not to overthink the concept behind this mix - it's mainly just a collection of some of my favourite music from last year, joined by some favourites i find myself returning to time and time again. Hope you enjoy it! :)”

Mag [23.01.2023]

Living Room n°58 ~ @optovolokonniy

q. pls introduce yourself

a. as Vlady, I work in cybersecurity. In my non-working hours, I perform under aliases ϙue, dj chlorophyll, am co-curating @biorhythmradio, @ickpakyiv, creating bio installations, and recently formed a project «OO0oϙ0O0O00O» with oa. 

As ϙue, I apply multiple psycho-acoustic techniques to embark a listener on an introspective trip, where two of us seek to explore the concept of ego death and delve into the depths of consciousness through deep listening and self-reflection.


q. is there a story behind the mix?

a. For the last 1.5 years, my main pursuit has been presenting contemporary Ukrainian cultural and musical heritage in Europe. This mixtape is a logical continuation of Sasha Very’s https://soundcloud.com/cminuss/sasha-very-present-ukraine. The main motif is Ukrainian artists, who witnessed firsthand the preciousness of life and the woe of death. The major part of sound material gathered here is songs, tracks, and compositions created during the 2022-2023 full-scale invasion.


q. what's the best way to enjoy your mix?

a. Thinking, appreciating, and developing a sense of care about the joy of “simple” things in your life. 

You may not realise how much your like, comment, Bandcamp purchase, an invitation to make an interview, an invitation to your podcast series, or to record a mix can make an immense difference to someone whose survival and “tomorrow” does not come for granted. Here, I mean any Ukrainian who has not crossed the border since February 24, 2022. 

And if this one-hour overview of the musical landscape sparks within you an interest in Ukrainian underground scene, my goal is accomplished.


q. describe a favorite object in your living room...

a. For the last three months, I had to move places five times, so my living room was always shifting :] 

But I always have my 12-centimeter glass sphere with me. Being an optical filter, it serves as a reminder about the delusional nature of our perception and that experiences are limited — words, visions, smells, touch. Hence, I believe one can only trust their mental images (the language we think and dream in). Which I find funny how easily we, myself included, forget about this basic nature of things. So I carry this physical reminder with me.


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)? 

a. There are some. 

A few weeks ago, after a gentle push from our mutual dear friend Frog of Earth, oa and me formed a sound-art duo «ОО0оϙ0О0О00О». Olenka is a muse to me in mysterious ways which I am yet to understand. We are working on songs, remixes and a body-music performance where our brainwaves and body electricity are processed through synths.  

Earlier in June, there was a debut of the OFF-ICKPA stage in Arkaoda Berlin where I played with other Kiiberboreans (s/o to @ecology141): super inter, TIBSLC, and Andriy Kostyukov — coincidentally, the latter two also have released LR mixes (both are strongly recommended to listen next). I worked a lot on this one and planning the next year’s festival edition. 

And since mid-2022, Kharkiv’s @comechelet and I are working on a collab release by exchanging stems via the web. So far, our first finished work has traveled some internet sites — Noods, HÖR, and 3XL. These days, as I am writing answers to this mini-interview, Comechelet is shooting a music video in southern France for our second single. 

That’s it, love u LR peeps. Many hugs.

donate to Ukraine

Living Room n°58 ~ ϙue ~ 'present Ukraine'

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/xpone-08-xulio-nada
https://xulionada.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone 08 – Xulio Nada

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/xpone-09-mmk
https://m0rimori.bandcamp.com
https://lovvlifer.bandcamp.com

https://xpone.xyz
https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone 09 – MMK

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/peripherie-04-igor-dyachenko-kmru

https://kmru.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/kamarujoseph

https://igordyachenko.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/igordyachenko

Peripherie

Peripherie 04 – Igor Dyachenko & KMRU

We’ve gone a little quiet here at TDR HQ. However, we are back with a dreamy mix from the head of one of our favorite mix series @deepbreakfastseries , Francesco Piunti. 

A perfect mix to drift off and escape those midweek blues. 

As always, sit back and relax!

Tracklisting
The Humble Bee - A Spearhead In My Pocket [Quiet Details]
Marine Eyes - Idyll (Ludvig Cimbrelius Resting In Clouds Mix) [Stereoscenic Records]
Innesti - Iniss [Dewtone Recordings]
Dynastor & Innesti - The Corners Of Your Voice [Archives]
Gallery Six - The Cosmos Garden [Archives]
Darren McClure - Petrichor [Audiobulb]
taennya - Anemone [Auxiliary]
Inhmost - Behind The Clouds [Auxiliary]
Imaginary Softwoods - Diagram Of The Universe [Field Records]
Jo Johnson - The Possible In The Impossible [Mysteries of the Deep]
Simone Giudice - Aria [Affin]

Take A Trip with Francesco Piunti

Purelink selecta mode for two hours

http://www.instagram.com/pureliiink

Purelink @ The Lot Radio 10-06-2023

~ Deep Breakfast 228 by Marja Burchard & Polygonia ~

~ This live set was recorded at Goethe Institut, Kolkata on April 2023 during their ambient music workshop ~

Marja Burchard is a composer, performer, artist and multi-instrumentalist. She was born as the only daughter of Christian Burchard, the founder of the music band Embryo. Having born and raised within the band, she has taken the role of leading the band herself since the death of her father in 2018. She has toured with Embryo in several countries around the world, including Japan, Morocco, Turkey, England, India etc. After studying ethnology, Slavic philology and musicology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Marja devoted herself solely to music. Since the age of nineteen until now she has been playing and composing in other bands like: Karl Hektor and the Malcouns, Radio Citizen, Karaba, Express Brass Band, World Wide Wig, Séferia and Jisr. Since 2018, she has been composing music for plays such as "Shush" by Eszter Tompa at Teatrul Gong in Sibiu (Romania), "Kill the Audience" by Rabih Mroué at the Kammerspiele in Munich, at the puppet theatre "Theater Ananas" in Munich, as well as for the street theatre AntagonTheateraktion from Frankfurt am Main, with which she has performed at various international theatre festivals such as in Brazil, Siberia, Romania, etc. Since 2015 she has been working with the Finnish dancer Anna Orkolainen, with whom she has developed, composed and performed many pieces such as "Die Regentrude", "Spiderweb", Porotanssi" or "der letzte Seraphim". She lives and works in Munich. Apart from being a singer she plays several instruments like the vibraphone, piano, organ, accordion, trombone, santoor, marimba, drums and percussion instruments.

Polygonia represents a multidisciplinary music and art project conceived by Lindsey Wang from Munich, Germany. The soundscape of her own productions conveys a mystical, organic character and is characterized by driving complex rhythms. Polygonia’s sound palette ranges from energetic, dark deep techno to downtempo, grey area to textural and/or harmonic ambient. In addition, motifs from nature play a major role in many of her productions. Her DJ and live sets are characterized by a hypnotizing effect that invites one to completely lose oneself in the complex world of sounds for a longer period of time. Polygonia has already visited numerous of international prestigious venues. She is now a regular at Tresor or Berghain in Berlin, Blitz or Rote Sonne in Munich to name a few. Together with the artists Dycide and MTRL, she established her collective and label IO in 2018. In 2021, Polygonia launched the collaborative band project Lyder with the musicians Niklas Bühler and Moritz Stahl, focusing on the fusion of jazz and electronic music. In July 2022, she founded her own label QEONE. In addition, she manages the premiere and podcast platform Hadal Resonance.

Deep Breakfast 228 ~ Marja Burchard & Polygonia Live @ Goethe Institut, Kolkata

The Hallways. - Shams
Kalbata & Mixmonster - Voice Make a Joyful Noise 
AFX - cornish spreek5b [St. Nectan_s Glen Waterfalls mix]
Neel - Forza
Stolen Velour - M-Boss
Credit 00 & Wolf Müller Never mind the Gap
The Bug – Destroy me (Version)
Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain (Part I)
Purple Schulz - Sehnsucht '91 (Abfahrt Maxi Remix)
Chaba Amel - Lela Kusti
Golden Teacher - Maladroit
Map of Africa - Plastic Surgery
Beta Evers - Nothing But Art And Pain
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Smetana in the Mix

https://soundcloud.com/smetana-berlin

Rat Life Radio 25 with Smetana (LYL Oct. 26th 2023)

Isolatedmix 124 comes from Milo Bragg of https://soundcloud.com/future-primitive-records & https://soundcloud.com/clubrooted taking us on an ambient and techno trip with some of his favorite vinyl records. https://asip.me/isolatedmix124

01. Dwig - Keep Us outro (Dwig)
02. Leo Anibaldi - Evocation Part II (Future Primitive)
03. Benjamin Brunn - Life Cycle (Black Wall)
04. Deadbeat - Right As Rain (~scape)
05. UD - Adapter (Kimochi)
06. Alexx A-Game - Braver (Swing Ting Smooth Version)(Swing Ting)
07. CN - Adrift (Future Primitive)
08. Satoshi & Makoto - Crepescule Leger (Safe Trip)
09. Bauri - Have No Fear (Expanding Records)
10. Sindh - Ayaka System (Sindh)
11. Being - I Can't Look At It Though (Firecracker Recordings)
12. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Float (Peacefrog Records)
13. Leo James - Lonely (Mind Dance)
14. Money Morning - Therah (Acting Press)
15. Mike Paradinas - Hi-Q (Interdimensional Transmissions)
16. John Heckle - Where The Wild Ones Go (Mathematics Recordings)
17. Tongues Of Light - Awakening outro (Pre-Cert Home Entertainment)
18. Design A Wave - Weird F (No 'Label')

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isolatedmix 124 - Milo Bragg (Future Primitive Records)

"Woven with a characteristic sentimental string, you'll find yourself among the depths of 2000s drum and bass, the dreamy respite of downtempo and the intricate beauty of modern-day IDM.

This mix is dedicated to my longstanding love for ASC's 'Deep Space' mix series, a love that  now projects toward contemporary platforms like INVEINS ~ I'm so grateful to be here."

@pjenne

INVEINS \ Podcast \ 103 \ Pjenné

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera 
Check the full tracklist on our website:
https://openlab.fm/news/ask-the-artist-will-samson

Next up on 'Ask The Artist,' we welcome musician and producer Will Samson to the series. He will be presenting an eclectic mix of ambient, electronic, and folk-infused tracks, following the recent release of his new album 'Harp Swells,' available now via 12k!

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Ask The Artist [with Will Samson]

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/xpone-10-slowfoam
https://slowfoam.bandcamp.com
https://madelynbyrd.com

https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone 10 – Slowfoam

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/xpone-11-santebela
https://santebela.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/santebela
https://soundcloud.com/reccrec

https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone 11 – santebela

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/xpone-12-mark-dartau
https://xpone.bandcamp.com
https://xpone.xyz

https://soundcloud.com/markdartau
https://soundcloud.com/xpo_ne

Xpone 12 – Mark Dartau

Swirling and sultry ambient energies and beyond from Madelyn Byrd aka Slowfoam from Osmosis in the Trees 2024 @ Mizaji Lounge

@slowfoam

Slowfoam @ Osmosis in the Trees 2024 @ Mizaji Lounge

The 20th episode of the Recovery Channel Outsiders residency. Celebrating this moment with a contribution by none other than Slowfoam. They've been following her moves for a while and are delighted to share this lush, deep and dreamy mix with you.

This episode feels like traversing through all stages of sleep, from vivid and almost visceral memories of holidays in a rainy tent, walks through gigantic forests and dewy fields in a valley filled with morning mist, to deep transformative loops of thoughts, dark shifting feelings and desires close but out of grasp. All to wake up to soft voices, bird shrieks perhaps on a beach.

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Outsiders: Recovery Channel w/ Slowfoam @ Kiosk Radio 19.08.2025

Nick Malkin hosts Post-Geography, featuring ambient and atmospheric selections, live from the NTS studio in L.A.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography/episodes/post-geography-30th-october-2025

Post-Geography w/ Gravity Pleasure 311025

radio.syg.ma is a community platform for mixes, podcasts, live recordings and releases by independent musicians, sound artists and collectives.