So pleased to welcome our next guest...

An incredibly talented producer and DJ, who captured our heart and has gifted us with so much inspiration over the years..... ma lo...

“A collection of personally significant & beautiful works from various incredible artists. Layered with field recordings from time living in the mountains on magical Dharug & Gudungurra Country”

This mix is very special to us. Feelings of nostalgia. It takes us back to when we first fell in love with ma lo’s sound… <3

Dive deep…

Composed and recorded on Dharug Country 🌱

https://soundcloud.com/mahlomusic

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac

The Observatory - ma lo

A fun techno track I made and I choose to dedicate to one of our family dogs called Basil. I think it really captures his energy and overall attitude haha.

The piano sample is my own playing that I recorded using my phone!

Basil Funk

Emile Facey (Plant43) provides an ambient DJ mix in advance of Bleep43's next horizontal listening event at Jacksons Lane in London on Saturday 18th May 2024. The mix features tracks by all the artists playing on the day.

Tickets and info here: https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/bleep43/

Bleep43 look forward to welcoming:
Krust (Live - debut multi-channel ambient set)
Jo Johnson (Live)
Material Object (Live)
Ali Wade (DJ)

Tracklist:

Krust - Only God Can Tell [Crosstown Rebels]
Tomi Chair - Night Mist [Unrush]
Material Object - Crimson [Old Technology]
Plant43 - Soft Glow [Plant43 Recordings]
Galya Bisengalieva - Elina’s Fears [One Little Independent Records]
Jo Johnson - Don't Stand In The Way [Iklectik/Castles in Space]
Hilary Robinson - Skimmering [Iklectik/Castles in Space]
Bea Brennan - Thru [Old Technology]
Anji Cheung - The Nothing Of Night [Aurora Borealis Recordings]
Fia Fiell - Endless Filament [Longform Editions]
Material + Object - Enter [Editions Mego]
Krust - Keter The Heavenly [Crosstown Rebels]
Ryan J Raffa & Nico Rosenberg - To Get Across [Muzan Editions]
Ali Wade - Microhumans [Frequency Domain]
Plinth - The Beckoning Arm [Clay Pipe Music]
Seabuckthorn - Stones As Voices [Quiet Details]
The Transcendence Orchestra - An ancient city and several nuclear explosions [Old Technology]

Preparations for Jacksons Lane #3

Our second mix is being released on Global Drone Day, an event created by Marie LeBlanc Flanagan of Weird Canada (https://droneday.org). This mix includes a new track by Chihei Hatakeyama from his forthcoming album, "Thousand Oceans," which will be released on Dronarivm in June on LP, CD, and digitally.

The mix, compiled by yours truly, Dmitry T., features tracks from various recent releases in the contemporary ambient/drone scene. These tracks have been a source of inspiration for me, and I hope they do the same for you. Drone on!

Tracklist:

00:00. Chihei Hatakeyama - Thousand Oceans (from the upcoming ‘Thousand Oceans’, Dronarivm)
05:35. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Rain Boundaries (from ‘Moon Under Current’, Teinei)
09:50. Enrico Coniglio - The Blue Hour (from ‘The Sirens of Titan’, Dronarivm)
13:22. Tim Six - Constellations Over Waves (from ‘Homing’, Atlantea Records)
19:02. Runaway Horses - House in the Woods (from ‘Recollected in Tranquility’, Dronarivm)
22:50. anthéne - Whispering Wave (from ‘Stray Light’, Floralia)
27:55. A Lily - Kemm Nixtieq Li Qed (from ‘Saru I-Qamar’, Phantom Limb)
31:35. Celer - Ultra-terrestrial Yearning (from ‘Perfectly Beneath Us’, Field Records, Still*Sleep re-issue)
35:05. Ryan J Raffa & Nico Rosenberg - On Thin Air (from ‘On Thin Air’, Muzan Editions)
42:15. David Cordero - Voice of the Forest (from ‘Important Small Details’, Home Normal)
45:50. Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - In a Gadda Da Vida (from ‘Lieder Ohne Worte’, Chitra Records)
50:35. Floating Shrine - A Moment, by the River (from ‘Connecting’, Decaying Spheres)
53:10. Masaya Ozaki - Skerpia (from ‘Mizukara’, Laaps)
56:36. The Green Kingdom - Softly Away (from 'Arcadian', Sound in Silence)

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Aether #002 by Dronarivm

Ø – Sähkörausku
Roma Zuckerman – I Like You
Nudo – Tepeguaje
Ø – Ikuinen
Blod & Shadow Pattern – Någonting Har Dött
Zbigniew Preisner – Effroyables Jardins (Générique)
Mashu Hayasaka – January 17 III
Bill Evans – Jade Visions (Take 1)
Sleeparchive – Constantly Changing Shape No.32
Bernard Bonnier – Le Grinçant Mr. Smile
Max Eastley – Motor And Strings
Ruth Anderson – Resolutions
Aleksi Perälä – UK74R1407010
Giuseppe Ielasi – Cd3 01 (3 Pauses)
Ad Van Buuren – Show
Cody Yantis – Ecology
Harry Gorski-Brown – ’S Gann Gun Dìrich Mi Chaoidh
Kou – La Lumaca
BRITISH MUSEUM – ENEMY UTRECHT

TTT NTS 22.07.24

TTT BANDCAMP

Our first inter-dimensional carpet ride of the year comes courtesy of Mysteries of the Deep head honcho, Grant Aaron <3

Tracklist:

Ana Roxanne - A Study in Vastness
https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/because-of-a-flower-2

Sophia Zhuravkova - Interior Music 004
https://interiormusic.bandcamp.com/album/interior-music-2

Taylor Deupree - November
https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/northern-re-issue

korrē - Potions
https://perimeterjunk.bandcamp.com/album/oizys

Skee Mask - Terminal Z
https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp19-resort

COH - NAKED MOONLIGHT RESURRECTS FORGOTTEN POETS
https://coh-official.bandcamp.com/album/music-vo

Loscil & Lawrence English - Indigo 
https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/chroma

Celer - Remaining Stretches
https://celer.bandcamp.com/album/engaged-touches-expanded-and-remastered

Quiet Places - Side A
https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/volume-2

Mor Air & Luke Elliott - Cathode
https://frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-beautiful-late

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Time Forest
https://hiroshi-yoshimura.bandcamp.com/album/surround

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Artist Support:

https://www.mysteriesofthedeep.net
https://mysteriesofthedeep.bandcamp.com
https://birdsofpreymusic.bandcamp.com/music
https://soundcloud.com/insideout
https://soundcloud.com/mysteriesofthedeep
https://www.instagram.com/mystofthedeep/

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

The Observatory - Grant Aaron

This exquisite album from Bali, released on the legendary first Ocora series, featuring gamelan ensembles accompanying shadow puppet theater, dances and theater, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/01/indonesia-indonesie-bali-musique-et.html

Bali Gamelan Mix

My new kinda mad track lol. Reminiscent of jungle but a much slower tempo so idk what you'd call it haha. Enjoy!

Junglesque 3000

#33
 - Frames for a transcendental window -
by Ryan J Raffa @rjraffa

This is music that takes me places. Some took me places when I first heard them years ago while others are newly discovered (and yet to be discovered). This is music that travels. Maybe it will take you somewhere, too.

- Track list -
Cluster - Manchmal (Sky Records, 1979)
Water Bureau - Horses (Sacred Phrases, 2015)
Carlos Maria Trindade & Nuno Canavarro - Plan (Reissue, Urpa i musell, 2024)
Hom Yu & Ryan J Raffa - The Frog (upcoming release on ato.archives, 2025)
Bana Haffar - mgab (Touch, 2024)
Masahiro Sugaya - Immediately after the earthquake (ato.archives, 2024)
Houser - Weathers - Wyche - A Note In Everything (Aural Canyon, 2025)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Strange Dreams (RVNG, 2015)
Jad Atoui - Seek Time Eternal part 1 (Purplish Records, 2025)
Max Eilbacher - 7 Runs (in arc mental styling) (OMA, 2025)
Roy Werner - Iguana's Window (Moon Glyph, 2025)
shengkai - Modular Music of Taiwan - Briny Mist (ato.archives, 2025)
Wavefiler - Inlets (upcoming release on Mystery Circles)
Carlos Ferreira - Equinox  (feat. Ryan J Raffa) (upcoming release on Aural Canyon)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Song No. 1 (Live radio broadcast, Temple University, August 17, 1974)

- Selector -
Ryan J Raffa
@rjraffa

Ryan J Raffa is an interdisciplinary artist based in Taipei, Taiwan. Their work is rooted in the transformative power of improvisation, informed by personal geographies, the prismatic lens of Eastern thought, and observations within our shared sonic vocabularies. Raffa has solo and collaborative releases with Muzan Editions, Mystery Circles, Aural Canyon, Shimmering Moods, Group Tightener, ato.archives and Longform Editions. Raffa is about to embark on a US tour with their duo, Reign of Ferns, with Andrew Weathers playing improvised sets of Fourth World fever dream music.

- Artwork -
www.instagram.com/loid0001/

#33 - Frames for a transcendental window - by Ryan J Raffa

#34
- Meanderings -
by Mystery Circles @Mystery-Circles

“Meanderings” is a mix that drifts through percussive experimentation, fractured rhythms, bold digital textures, soothing ambient + liminal, psychedelic vibes - the name being a nod to my own endlessly wandering listening habits (and the A. Song track, of course). 

It opens with a short field recording captured during a visit to my hometown on the New Jersey Shore - a cold winter November morning in the ocean air, a place I’ve always valued as one of the best to clear my head. This short audio file was simply labeled “bebey,” reminding me that I’d probably been thinking of Francis Bebey’s music during that walk. You can hear me lightly tapping and dragging on the boardwalk railing as I moved, likely inspired by the thought of his brilliant sanza (kalimba / thumb piano) work. Much of Bebey’s music has a hypnotic quality that I deeply resonate with, and "Sanza Nocturne" in particular has a special place as one of my favorite musical statements of all time. It felt right to let that energy guide the opening of this mix.

A quick note: 

The track "Beginner Race" is from the 1984 Atari arcade game Marble Madness. Playing this game in the arcade as a kid was an enormous inspiration. When I think about why I'm so attracted to esoteric music, the inspiration I got from early video games has to be up there. This game in particular - the soundtrack has always "haunted" me (in the best way possible). The only version I have found from the actual arcade game is on YouTube, which is complete with the noise (from what I guess are the chip limitations). Please note: I touched the track up slightly with some EQ and a gentle reverb that builds throughout. 

Marble Madness was the FIRST arcade game with TRUE stereo sound (previous games used monaural or simulated stereo). It ran on Atari System 1 hardware with (mainly) the Yamaha YM2151 chip. That’s part of why its soundtrack has those warm, eccentric digital FM tones that still sound exciting today. 

- Track List -

Field Recording (Jersey Shore Boardwalk)
Francis Bebey - Sanza Nocturne (Ozileka, 1985)
Nicolas Gaunin - Atrea (Moon Glyph, 2021)
A. Song - Meander (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Yasuaki Shimizu - (Coeur Records, 1996)
Botany - Spherical Container (Self Released, 2024)
Mark Tester - Oblivion Rhythms Revisited (Moon Glyph, 2021)
arc rae - Taiko (Mystery Circles, 2025)
kent watari - SHAKKEI (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Brad Fuller & Hal Canon - Beginner Race (From the 1984 arcade game Marble Madness by Atari Games)
Lullatone - Sun Routine (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Tatsuro Murakami - Stunning Fragility (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Hiroshi Ebina - A Sewing Kit She Left (Mystery Circles, 2025)
Field Recording - Solaria Piano A (Captured in Tokyo, 2023) 
Iu Takahashi - Lotus (Regional Attraction, 2021)
Go Outside - Mink (Self Released, 2025)
Cool Maritime - Spring (Leaving Records, 2016)
Almanacs - Coyote Blanco (Mystery Circles, 2022)
The Vernon Spring - SK-1 (Lima Limo Records, 2021)
Yumi Iwaki - Lamp Until You Sleep (Muzan Editions, 2024)
Ryan J Raffa - And Back Around Again (Aural Canyon, 2021)
Dorian Concept - J Buyers (Acoustic Version) (Brainfeeder, 2020)
Nicolas Maldonado & Susan Pineda - Tea House Garden (Self Released, 2024)
H. Takahashi - Emerald (Dauw, 2022)
Unwound - Pardon My French (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

- Selector -
Mystery Circles
@mystery-circles

adventures in SOUND
synth music / lo-fi / ambient / beats / sound design / textures / etc / etc / etc /\/\/\/\/\/

est. 2017

- Artwork -
www.instagram.com/loid0001/

#34 - Meanderings - by Mystery Circles

A sample of tracks from my record Ginkgo. Originally released February 28, 2020 on Muzan Editions. Available at rjraffa.bandcamp.com/album/ginkgo

From Muzan Editions:
"Ryan J Raffa’s latest release is an engrossing listen that questions the things we understand, the forms of unspoken communication we take for granted, and amplifies the sense of personal, cultural or geographical dislocation we sometimes feel; to quote the artist himself, 'Our quest of sense-making can deliver us far from truth.'

Created in parallel with a short story about 'living under an occupation' - which occupation I am unsure- details are scant, but I hope to read this story one day - adds to the narrative flow throughout, carrying an album full of plaintive melodies in forward motion that is well-crafted, full of smart harmonic moves and essentially human and demands one-pointed listening."

“Gorgeous, highly textural ambient...an emotional close listen.”
- Bandcamp, New and Notable

Credits:
All music by Ryan J Raffa
Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound
Photo by Joshua Stefane

Ginkgo

Memory Field [What Might Happen Remix] (Bonus Track)

Ryan J Raffa is an interdisciplinary artist based in Taipei, Taiwan. Their work is rooted in the transformative power of improvisation, informed by personal geographies, the prismatic lens of Eastern thought, and observations within our shared sonic vocabularies.

-> rjraffa.bandcamp.com
-> rjraffa.net
-> instagram.com/rjraffa/