Welcoming the sunny part of the year, we’re super happy to share this heartwarming soundtrack to a perfect holiday at the beach by one of Leipzig treasures, Vanessa Bettina.
Find yourself a shady spot, grab your aperol spritz and enjoy the sweetness of this musical journey 🍯🧁🍭

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Vanessa Bettina

zonked-out chillbient from @soleil-rouge-collectif founders Mari & ani dj

tracklist: 

You'll Never Get to Heaven - Dust
Martyna Basta - Walking Around In Circles
traumesser - ira (ecstatic)
Nailah Hunter - Bassin Bleu
all options - msession
Rhucle - Debris 
Liew Niyomkarn - cross over between
rec - cave city
Glint - Tilt
Tetsuya Nakayama - 1590
Kazuya Matsumoto - 交差点 Node
ambient fuccboi - Modern Missives
ben bondy - fuck life (elgin breath)
Jake Muir - Green Eyes
so wet's water kingdom - sloterdijk
Man Rei - I don’t want the money
Man Rei - Pareidolia
CHANTSSSS - Lithia
990x - paralysis
Igor Dyachenko - Deviate
.cutspace - pull it off
??? - luminal embrace
Rogergoon & Camille Keller - Am I Right
Nekyia - After That Night Skyey's Head Was Clothed In Sun
Color Plus - Speedfoto
ENA - Undine
KMRU - Why Are You Here
Seigo Aoyama - Helioscope (with Ilya Delire)
Shoal - Digital Swamp
James Emrick - NIAUW
Состояние сияния - Amb 3
Doltz - Akatsuki
Man Rei - Mangeler
Midwife - Sickworld

₀₁₅ 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶 & 𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗱𝗷

Living Room n°62 ~ @connaharaway ~ 'Wearing (oneself) To A Shadow'


q. pls introduce yourself
a. hei :)) I'm Conna – a DJ/producer currently based in Glasgow, UK. I am the co-founder of INDEX:Records and the creator of co:clear.


q. is there a story behind the mix?
a. This mix was recorded a couple of months ago – intended as an accompaniment to my debut album (“Lusidiq”), which was recently released on Theory Therapy.

I remember feeling rather uninspired to dig for new music at the time, so Gary (Theory Therapy label head) lent me his Bandcamp login; about half of the mix was curated via Gary’s Bandcamp collection. Most of the other stuff in here are songs that I’ve been rinsing throughout 2k23.


q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?
a. Listen to it if you ever need to find solace in rough times </3


q. describe a favorite object in your living room…
a. My living room is the best room in my apartment and there are too many of my favourite objects in here… it’s probably a toss up between a huge 3m wide print, designed by Sasha & Dre, or my PS5 (which is connected to a mini-soundsystem).


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. I’m working on a kinda cray amount of projects currently: many exciting things with co:clear; a link up with 29 Speedway for an event in Berlin; and working on the finishing touches for some of my favourite records to ever come out on INDEX:

Thanks for having me <3

Living Room n°62 ~ Conna Haraway ~ 'Wearing (oneself) To A Shadow'

Kabul Intercontinental: Music from Television & Teahouses - Nicolas Sheikholeslami (Çaykh)

Sofie Birch bringing the ambience to the early bird slot this morning. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-sofie-birch-9th-january-2024

The Early Bird Show w/ Sofie Birch 090124

You can now order the vinyl Music From Memory album:
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/we-carry-eden-feat-omar-ka
 
Music From Memory is delighted to announce a new album from Son Of Chi entitled ’We Carry Eden’, an immersive long-form composition in two parts that seamlessly blends a collage of spoken word, field recordings and drones with elements of dub, jazz, fourth world and ambient music. 

Son Of Chi is the latest project of Rotterdam-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Hanyo van Oosterom. Van Oosterom’s prolific career spans multiple decades and genres; among countless projects he has been involved in, he is known for founding the Dutch ambient collective CHI in the early eighties, and in recent years for his prolific collaboration with CHI co-founder Jacobus Derwort as Chi Factory. Following Derwort’s passing in 2019, van Oosterom decided to close the CHI circle with the birth of Son Of Chi. 

Sonically, the world of ‘We Carry Eden’ is fully immersive; it ripples with depth and shimmers in detail. Motifs, ideas and fragments, arise and disappear like passing thoughts, drawing the listener deeper and deeper inwards. For those familiar with Oosterom’s work as Chi Factory, the depth and meditative nature of the work will come as no surprise; however it is Oosterom’s skill with grooves that shines equally bright here; his infectiously dubby basslines and percussion rise up from the ether, grounding the listener to the earth. ‘We Carry Eden’ at times invokes the fourth world landscapes of Jon Hassell, (with whom Oosterom has collaborated) but as a whole, it remains the unique work of an artist fully in tune with their vision. 

Thematically, storytelling traditions lie at the heart of ‘We Carry Eden’, with van Oosterom’s long-time collaborator Omar Ka playing a central role. Ka, who hails from the West African nomadic Fulani tradition of storytelling, responds to the collage of field recordings and sounds collected by Oosterom. His voice is woven throughout ‘We Carry Eden’, creating a narrative that binds the multiple sound sources of the album together. 

As with much of van Oosterom’s musical output, inspiration is drawn from the Greek Island of Patmos and the wisdom and prophecies of the Native American Hopi Tribe. Since his work with CHI in the early eighties, van Oosterom has often incorporated quotes from Hopi Elders into his music. Gods, spirits, animals and humans, all existing in one unchangeable relationship tied to nature; ‘We Carry Eden’ is rooted in this philosophy, serving as a peaceful message of beauty, harmony and respect for the wisdom of the Elders and ancient traditions. 

‘We Carry Eden’ has been released on LP and digitally on May 16th 2025. Sleeve art and design by Michael Willis.

We Carry Eden Part One

BS083 - Passage through the blue mist w/ Prince of Gosplan
@dekatmemwa

Prince of Gosplan (the alter-ego project behind the De Kat Memwa guestmix series) joins our own podcast with a sonic collage to explore and re-assess personal memories, emotions, events and places.
His "Passage through the blue mist" mix ties altogether classical music and jazz, melancholic poetry, Eurasian folk, spoken word and field recordings from his St. Petersburg native city. A blend of sorrow and hope: lending emotional depth while hinting at a spark of light in the darkest corners of the soul. Far from freezing you in time with cumbersome memories, this spiritual passage through the blue mist shall trace a movement from anxiety and loss toward an inner renewal.

Here are a few words from Prince of Gosplan about his mix:
"This is probably the most personal thing I’ve done under the Prince of Gosplan name. It’s a space where the imagined and the intimate blur — where I try to process memories, emotions, and places by shaping them into a kind of sonic essay. Maybe I’m overcomplicating it, and all these semiotics only make sense to me. In the end, it’s just a selection of tracks that were mixed in particular order, but the process itself feels strangely therapeutic to me. And that’s reason enough to keep doing it.
This particular mix was also shaped by impressions from reading diaries, works of autofiction, and essays — stories where protagonists face emotional challenges, yet eventually find the strength to move forward. That narrative arc resonated deeply with me. In fact, the cover of the mix features a frame from Hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein — a masterpiece that I see as a quiet meditation on getting lost, confronting inner fears, and coming out the other side altered, maybe softer, maybe stronger. Each sonic fragment in this collage carries part of that transformative journey. It flows through symbolic phases: drowning; resurrection; fragile and quiet joy; sadness and disorientation; then movement, searching, and finally rebuilding with a hope for better. And yes — blue is my favorite color. It holds sorrow and light at once, and to me, that’s where transformation begins."

Artwork taken from "Hedgehog in the Fog" (1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein).

BS083 - Prince of Gosplan

Crust – Fixed Impulse

rooted frame 4

another installment from a short series of 1950's style radio documentary bits I've been making for Shirley & Spinoza Radio. This is Operator Diary - entry 1426

Operator Diary #1426

Andrew Pekler Mix N°22

Harvester and creator of sounds and music; also the mild-mannered overlord of Shirley & Spinoza Radio

Operator Diary #1426

Remote Operator