ambient or die

@keptmale

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

Hi i’m Gigi — he/his — Austin, TX — I was a childhood ice hockey star

How is everything going with you right now?

I have been fortunate enough to be well.. been using this year off from work to dive into a practice and learn some discipline.

How did you get your dj name?

I got it from my partner, Mimi — she flipped my original g-name into gigi & it stuck. I never liked my birth name much anyway + it’s cute to match.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

ry, tito fuego/mister water wet, charles, bobby, nueen, boundary, jel, purelink, pascäal, ian kim judd, jung dj, shiner, downstairs j, hysterical love project,  perila, oli/px, thurlow joyce+ many more.. so many friends exploring inspiring places these days

If you had to describe yourself as a flower,which one would it be and why? 

Mimi says “frost flowers because they’re ephemeral”

Favorite weird drug/mind altering experience?

Sensory deprivation tank before the rave at Shirley’s Temple (r.i.p.)
What was your first gig? How did it go? 

A show put together by Ben Aqua at an upstairs club on downtown Congress that I don’t recall. I was 18 & had only started making music on ableton a few months prior, and played a live set that mostly consisted of pressing play on a 30 min composed production mix with a little knob twiddling & dj drop triggering. considering that, I’d say it went pretty well

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I think it’s obvious, but increased representation without tokenism. also, turn away from the dj & look at your fellow dancers.

Any cool releases upcoming for Gi Gi this year? 

I don’t want to speak too soon, but I do have a couple of records in the pipeline with quiet time & index, both of which I’m very excited about. working on some more uptempo material as kept that should be seeing the light of day soon as well.

For extended interview & OG pipipi track game please visit our website ------> pipipi.life <-----------

Gi Gi - 79˚ Cloudy

Train your Mental Strength w/ Thaïs

Thaïs - Affair 114

Chima Hiro's tenderly ecstatic sunrise set from infinity rug at Planeta Manas, Lisbon

tracklist:
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Water Copy
Harold Budd - Bismillahi ’Rrahmani ‘Rrahim
Lamin Fofana - I’m Your Question
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New
John T. Gast - Shanti-Ites
Annelies Monseré - You’re On Your Own
Dolphins Into The Future - Lone Voyager
Popol Vuh - Why Do I Still Sleep 
Singing Dust - Song Of The Reed
Soft Machine - Carol Ann
Midori Takada & Masahiko Satoh - Ancient Palace
In The Beyond - Hunted
Popol Vuh - Ah!
June 11 - Memories
Cosmo Sheldrake - Nightjar
June 11 - A Peaceful Vale
Suzanne Kraft - Renee Sleeping
June 11 - Who Is Still Dreaming?
Laraaji - I Am Ocean
Popol Vuh - Hand In Hand
CV & JAB - Alfred Hitchcock Haze
Alice Coltrane / Turiyasangitananda - Madhura Manohara Giridhari
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - M’bondo (Version)
Gigi Masin - Consequences Of Goodbyes
Laraaji - Ocean Flow Zither
Fatima Al Qadiri - Shanzhai Feat. Helen Feng
CV & JAB - Nub With Three Wraps Of Fabric
Keith Jarrett - Lalene
Max D - Inspo (Ambient Mix)
Lonnie Liston Smith - Warm
Admas - Astaweslehu
Aretha Franklin - Precious Memories

Chima Hiro ~ infinity rug 18.11.22

Oct 2024: This compilation is out now on hand signed and numbered limited CD(300), including some special remixes and four previously unreleased tracks from the Chi Archives. Find out more here: https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-at-the-chi-factory


A 70 minutes compilation by Son Of Chi, taken from Astral Industries Releases 2016-2023. All tracks recorded and produced at the Chi Factory Studios, Rotterdam.

AI-05 * Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings (2016)
AI-07 * Chi Factory - The Kallikatsou Recordings (2017)
AI-09 * Chi Factory - Red Lantern At The Kallikatsou (2017)
AI-12 * Chi Factory - The Mantra Recordings (2019)
AI-15 * J.Derwort - Bamboo Music (2019)
AI-18 * Son Of Chi - Travel In Peace (2020)
AI-25 * Son Of Chi & Radboud Mens - Transition Recordings (2021)
AI-29 * Son Of Chi & Clara Brea - The Wetland Remixes (2022)
AI-32 * Son Of Chi & Arthur Flink - The Fifth World Recordings (2022)

Order all vinyl releases at:
www.astralindustries.bandcamp.com

Contact the Chi Factory/Son Of Chi:
https://www.instagram.com/hanyo_sonofchi/

Seven Years @ The Chi Factory

This Thursday Lucid Dreams comes back, the event series focus on ambient and experimental sounds taking place always by night where dreams are confused with reality. This second episode of the series was recorded some weeks ago. The first two hours are by F-on, one of the responsible for Espacio perpendicular who brings us a foggy and hazy nightmare; Then, until the end, Ario, owner of Astral Industries, who delivers a gloomy and phantasmagoric dream masterfully executed

Aired Thursday 10th August 2023 @ 9128.live @astrangelyisolatedplace

Design by @javiermrmn // @offtvisuals
Decks: @f-ondj @astralindustries

Radio show #06 - Lucid dreams #02 F-on & Ario

@napmusick
Owww yes. It took a while but so excited to have NAP aka Daniel Rincon, doing a mix for our series. 
Have you ever heard Daniel - the person with the kindest heart - playing tracks? It’s all about fun, wrapped in an impeccable taste that will take you from Cumbia to Dembow, to the universe of the many dubs and the alternative outskirts of indie. 
Check out his label Isla and projects like Ambien Baby, DOSIS, La Fe and Sin Limites.

Knekelhuis # 106 - NAP

~ Deep Breakfast 241 by https://soundcloud.com/tokifuko ~

Tracklist:
01. Nils Frahm - Stepping Stone
02. Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille - Metamorphosis [Part One]
03. Kasper Bjørke, Langstrakt, Davide Rossi, Sofie Birch - Miocene
04. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220304
05. Galathea - Sirens
06. Nicolas Jaar - Agosto
07. Murcof - Camino
08. Nicolas Jaar - Vaci769ar
09. Hauschka & Hildur Guðnadóttir - #304
10. Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis - Hidden
11. Tomoyoshi Date - 熱 Netsu (45 rpm)
12. Elisa Batti and Marko Ivic - Slow Fall
13. Amanita Phalloides & Heavenchord - Skazka Bil Da Vney Namek
14. Roméo Poirier - Statuario

~ Set recorded @ Embassy of Livkady ~

Deep Breakfast 241 ~ Toki Fuko

@ameliaholt

Amelia Holt here. One of my favourite human beings that crossed my path the last few years. From the late nights in New York last year, to her Public Records invite, to a b2b night in Radio Radio in Amsterdam. 
This is the recording from an amazing openingset at her own party called Honey Trap, in NYC. Getting into a spectrum of steamy downtempo, triphop & smokey deep dubs in underwater realms.

TASCAM DR-40X

Knekelhuis # 113 - Amelia Holt

"Echo's Answer" invites you on a 
phantasmagorical journey, immersing you in the
enchanting and mysterious world 
where sound interacts with the environment.
These sounds, heard daily, accompany us through life,
becoming a steadfast companion for the observant.
Shh - listen closely, the Echoes are answering you.

Echo's answer theme pt.2 w/ @wootabi

Tracklist:

The Kimba Unit - matilda
GES - IOnlyCloseEyesToYou
Jake Muir - Peacock's Tail
Loess - LII6
400 Lonely Things - Tagiri
Yames - Real Feeler
Kettel & Secede - Jahe
Ous Mal - Tähdet
Tuluum Shimmering - Translucent Carriages
F.P & The Doubling Riders - A7 H F A1
Grandbruit - Parcelle 2
Nick Malkin - Long Distance Phone Cal
Celer - This Thinking Globe Exploding
Current Signal - Coil Tide
Biosphere - Sweet Dreams Form A Shade
MJ Lallo - Suite for Jupiter
Roedelius - Guten Morgen
Phillip Wilkerson - Cinnamon
Keith Tippett - Thank You God For My Wife And Children

echo's answer theme II w/ wootabi

tracklist: 
bartosz kruczyński - whisper ii 
ian hawgood - guitar refrain for a midmorning blur
concave reflection - contact call 
zakè & city of dawn - lunar
asc & sam kdc - corridor of uncertainty
svlbrd - midnight echo 
zakè - home 
3-02 [stone in focus]
oliviaway - longing for the sky
xu - one with everything
alhu - dronepeace (ft. kindtree)
ezmeralda - canal muerto con flores 
biosphere - sherbrooke
inquiri - love 
purl - sus (summer of innocence edit)
j. albert - two heads in a frame looking at something beautiful
mark templeton - baptismal properties
hotspring -  don't hum without me
a song for you - sunlight shining

sounds of healing vol. 6

For our July mix, we are delighted to welcome Belgian artist Owl, who presents a soothing journey through ambient melodies, dreamy atmospheres, and dnb undertones. This mix is a pure dive into a celestial universe.

@owlfromdeepspace

Artwork by Sophie Vaillant

Conscious Listening Mix Series - 26 - Owl

As summer gradually comes to a close, we are thrilled to introduce a new guest in our mix series: French artist Thaïs and Paris-based curator of the emotional waves event series. Thaïs shares with us a meditative and colorful mix, brimming with resourceful melodies, percussions, and deep ambiances. Sit back, close your eyes and listen.

@thaispnbng

Conscious Listening Mix Series - 28 - Thaïs

Live sketches for a Son Of Chi live set in Athens, November 16, 17th 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBTh9jxNTNy  

A mix of edited Son Of Chi tracks and new works in progress, including upcoming collabs with Kain The Poet, Jim Tetlow, Radboud Mens, Daniel Danieli, Clara Brea & Menhir, Omar Ka, Kaiyumi and more.

Son Of Chi: I always make live sketches. This time for my performance in Athens (scroll down for more info). Not sure if I will stick to them, but they give the right impression of the atmosphere i would like to create. The opening words by Kain The Poet reflect the times we live in and the challenges we are facing. I will end with a piece from “The Fifth World Recordings”.  

According to the Hopi prophecies we are now living in the transition years, moving from the fourth world into the fifth world. As they say: “times of earthquakes, floodings, fires, pandemics and wars”. The Hopi believe that in this period you need to be careful where you stay, who you stay with and what you do. Keep practising the holy rituals. Respect nature, the earth, the universe and be good to your fellowmen and all living creatures.

As the Hopi say the fifth world  “represents a spiritual awakening, an evolution in understanding the interconnectedness of all beings and the universe”. We are in the middle of this transition. All we can do is stick to our rituals.

Or as Hazrat Inayat Khan says: “The further we advance, the more difficult and the more important becomes our part in the symphony of life. The more conscious we are of this responsibility, the more efficient we become in accomplishing our task”.

Edited vocal samples (only for these live sketches, not to be released):

1. A poem by Sappho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg78TUGhrnY 
2.  Coleman Barks reads Rumi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882yCAAvnxg 
3. Hmong singing:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ciKZuoqOc
4.  Persian Music and Singing of Rumi Poetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQIEUDe6Qo
5. Stalker (Tarkovski) monologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCmpG0IJfLQ 
6. Inayat Khan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgyYPZSehtM 
7. Samsara (Lois Patino):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4sb1VLuBAN
8. The Hopi Way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2aikgtskX0 


Son Of Chi Live in Athens

Saturday November 16th 16.00-19.00h @ Underflow Recordstore Athens:
https://www.instagram.com/underflowathens  
Son Of Chi + Iffie DJ-set. Instore listening session and exclusive preview of the new Son Of Chi album 'We Carry Eden' TBA. Meet and greet + get your signed copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300). Free entrance.

Sunday November 17th 20.00h @ Tranzistor Athens
https://www.instagram.com/stories/tranzistorbar  
Son Of Chi Live + Iffie DJ-set + more ambient live acts TBA. Entrance: €10 (including a free, handsigned copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300).

“Seven Years At The Chi Factory” 
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-at-the-chi-factory 
Find out more :
https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/pioneering-ambient-from-europe 
Follow Son Of Chi:
https://www.instagram.com/hanyo_sonofchi

Find out more on the feautured artists:
Kain The Poet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/arts/gylan-kain-dead.html
Jim Tetlow
https://jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Radboud Mens
https://radboudmens.bandcamp.com
Omar Ka
https://www.instagram.com/omarkafulaband
Daniel Danieli
https://danieldanieli.bandcamp.com 
Clara Brea & Menhir
https://clarabrea.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/menhirmusic
Kaiyumi
https://www.instagram.com/kaiyumi.kaiyumi

Sketches For Athens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm7roj1MMg

Black Desert Ost - Night time music before remastered

happy birthday to moi :)
here are some songs i couldn't get out of my head this year
love you
iz

one dream is real

XMas Mix 2024 – Joe Davies, Johan Kaseta, Gent1e $oul

Savvas Ysatis & Taylor Deupree - Listen To The Morning Sleeping
av moves - Condolences
Sentena and DJ Spence - Monkey
Neglect - Biet Hanun
Junior Boys - Night Walk
Boris Blenn - Metaphsical
SW. - Part 3
Virgo Four - Deep Blue
Firnis DC - Innozenz Jahr
Tiago - Maquina dos sonhos
The Lamb - 19
TV Blonde – Ghost
Eric Hilton – The Easy Underground
P.E.A.C.E. – Mimosa (Smooth Edit Instrumental)
Misha Panfilov – Kallistus
Ark & Pit Spector – Hawaï
Brijean - Ocean
Leisure Centre – アントニオ
Magnif – The Last (Instrumental)
DJ Cam – Flora
Daniela Andrade – Ayayai
Professor Creepshow – 4 Games In 1
Awkward Corners – Paragraph One (After The Rain)
Born Tokyo – Morning Sunrise
Pink Shabab – You Can't Go Back
Nicolas Godin - The Border
Dita Von Teese - Bird of Prey
Warriors Of The Dystotheque – Beachside Drive
John Milk – Offline Love (Instrumental)
Eric Hilton – In a Quiet Mood
Falk & Klou – CBS

artwork by Hiroto Ise
instagram.com/iseneehihinee

cosxmes 2024

cosxmes 2024mix

Living Room n°78 ~ @olga_udda

q. pls introduce yourself
a. Hey 🌸 I’m Udda, Ukrainian dj based in Berlin, part of Bass Resistance collective.

q. is there a story behind the mix?
a. It took me a while to put this mix together. Sometimes, while selecting tracks, I wanted to make it more grounding, and other times, I leaned toward something more ethereal and far from the earth. In the end, I think it turned out to be some sort of dance between these two states. 

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix? 
a. On the train, heading home after insightful trip.

q. describe a favorite object in your living room...
a. A small Chinese clay teapot 🍵

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. I’m helping friends to build a platform for electronic music artists  and fans. Hopefully soon we’ll share more about it.

Living Room n°78 ~ Udda

Paraffin is back with another special episode of its Podcast series, this time with our most fav ambient artists, Ario from Astral Industries (UK), a well known ambient label which is famous for its quality vinyls with the greatest artists in this game on their catalog. Ario also played at Paraffin Tehran’s 1 year anniversary in Iran, a festival with Iranian acts from all around the world. This mix is the actual recording of Ario’s performance at Experiment Intrinsic London on September 15/2018, Intrinsic is an event organisation which is taking place a at special locations around the world focusing on ambient music, also including a very special visual art treatment at their events.
Hope you enjoy the journey

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ario
https://www.facebook.com/arioastral

Paraffin Podcasts - 006 - Ario

Salti entered the world of electronic music after moving to Lisbon and becoming a regular on the dancefloor. A period in Bristol expanded his record collection and marked the beginning of his DJ journey, eventually leading to gigs back in Lisbon and abroad. 
Beyond DJing, I curate À Escuta, a series of listening sessions featuring live music, audiovisual performances, and DJs with a focus on ambient and exploratory sounds. These community-driven projects reflect my generous and inclusive approach to DJing, where mutual interaction and creative self-expression take center stage.

ambient or die

salti