Swamp

Metacognition - an inescapable loop of observing and analyzing.
A processor, obsessed over order, connection, patterns and meaning. Sort of like a machine with the purpose of rewiring itself through self calibration.
It's a natural occurring mind process, inevitable and possibly infinitely complex.
This EP was created with the intention of bringing to light a couple of mind phenomena for easier understanding of the process behind processing visual and aural information and analyzing how you process it.

Inside exploring metacognition, Pareidolia was one of the first visual tricks I encountered, which is why it's the first in this EP.
Next are res cogitans and res extensa, two opposites to the identity. To be in control or flow freely? Materialism or idealism?
Apophenia deals with a different question for me. Is there a purpose to all of this? To sense patterns that aren't there/connected if looked at from a rational perspective, or to trust your feeling and believe there's something else to all of this that cannot be understood by the limited human perception?

_Buy at:
tehnopolis.bandcamp.com/album/metacognition-ep

_Other listening platforms:
www.youtube.com/@vermissst/
@vermissst
open.spotify.com/artist/4vt4RhubO5Tbm6thsAv2ia

_Social links:
www.youtube.com/@vermissst
www.instagram.com/_ver_mi_sst_
beacons.ai/vermisst

Released: 29.12.2023

Written and produced by VERMISST
Artwork by Leda Bibič Faninger
Curators: TT
Tehnopolis movement manager: Mario Marolt
Thanks to Jasmina Kožar at ŠKUC
Label: Tehnopolis Music

Buy Here

Pareidolia

@pianetisintetici

Eunoia - or beautiful thinking - a fourth DE RIO compilation reflecting on the accelerating life pace where sound assists the mindwork and gravitates ideas borne across fragile imaginations. A massive 17-track сompilation is featuring rising stars and boundary-pushing talents, artists whose creativity is determining the sound of the future electronic scene like Feral, Pianeti Sintetici, Vel, Alpha Tracks, and many more, a novelty substratum in its spectral variety. Loyal to endless sonic exploration for the dance floor of the present future, this release showcases the multi-dimensional soundscapes at the core of techno’s nonconformist spirit. Hear Aratak’s rhythmic pull of absolute traction, dive into Dwelve13's comforting bass and avant-garde piano, feel Answer's bleep integrity, lose yourself in Plate's circular patterns, journey through Wild Moss' psytrance reformations, and slow down for a second with Lenti Sistemi’s leftfield basis and fine-detailed ambience.

Mastered by Dekeyden 
Designed by Enrico Caldini
Words by Lucia Kagramanyan

Eunoia

Selvatica

Pianeti Sintetici - Selvatica

@nawazworldwide

Eunoia - or beautiful thinking - a fourth DE RIO compilation reflecting on the accelerating life pace where sound assists the mindwork and gravitates ideas borne across fragile imaginations. A massive 17-track сompilation is featuring rising stars and boundary-pushing talents, artists whose creativity is determining the sound of the future electronic scene like Feral, Pianeti Sintetici, Vel, Alpha Tracks, and many more, a novelty substratum in its spectral variety. Loyal to endless sonic exploration for the dance floor of the present future, this release showcases the multi-dimensional soundscapes at the core of techno’s nonconformist spirit. Hear Aratak’s rhythmic pull of absolute traction, dive into Dwelve13's comforting bass and avant-garde piano, feel Answer's bleep integrity, lose yourself in Plate's circular patterns, journey through Wild Moss' psytrance reformations, and slow down for a second with Lenti Sistemi’s leftfield basis and fine-detailed ambience.

Mastered by Dekeyden 
Designed by Enrico Caldini
Words by Lucia Kagramanyan

Aratak

Nawaz - Aratak

@atoloi

Eunoia - or beautiful thinking - a fourth DE RIO compilation reflecting on the accelerating life pace where sound assists the mindwork and gravitates ideas borne across fragile imaginations. A massive 17-track сompilation is featuring rising stars and boundary-pushing talents, artists whose creativity is determining the sound of the future electronic scene like Feral, Pianeti Sintetici, Vel, Alpha Tracks, and many more, a novelty substratum in its spectral variety. Loyal to endless sonic exploration for the dance floor of the present future, this release showcases the multi-dimensional soundscapes at the core of techno’s nonconformist spirit. Hear Aratak’s rhythmic pull of absolute traction, dive into Dwelve13's comforting bass and avant-garde piano, feel Answer's bleep integrity, lose yourself in Plate's circular patterns, journey through Wild Moss' psytrance reformations, and slow down for a second with Lenti Sistemi’s leftfield basis and fine-detailed ambience.

Mastered by Dekeyden 
Designed by Enrico Caldini
Words by Lucia Kagramanyan

Lenti Sistemi

Atoloi - Lenti Sistemi

@feral_music

Eunoia - or beautiful thinking - a fourth DE RIO compilation reflecting on the accelerating life pace where sound assists the mindwork and gravitates ideas borne across fragile imaginations. A massive 17-track сompilation is featuring rising stars and boundary-pushing talents, artists whose creativity is determining the sound of the future electronic scene like Feral, Pianeti Sintetici, Vel, Alpha Tracks, and many more, a novelty substratum in its spectral variety. Loyal to endless sonic exploration for the dance floor of the present future, this release showcases the multi-dimensional soundscapes at the core of techno’s nonconformist spirit. Hear Aratak’s rhythmic pull of absolute traction, dive into Dwelve13's comforting bass and avant-garde piano, feel Answer's bleep integrity, lose yourself in Plate's circular patterns, journey through Wild Moss' psytrance reformations, and slow down for a second with Lenti Sistemi’s leftfield basis and fine-detailed ambience.

Mastered by Dekeyden 
Designed by Enrico Caldini
Words by Lucia Kagramanyan

Sedated

Feral - Sedated

The second instalment to the Oomycota catalogue, Telenetica is a spellbinding foray into the mind of Berlin/San Francisco based artist monosym. 

As the world of Oomycota begins to take shape, its branches unfurl. 
Telenetica is a journey that spans across energy levels while maintaining a delicate theme, a work produced during a year of Nomadic living across Berlin, San Francisco, London and Norway, captures the mysticism found in all places.

Glistening arpeggios and washing textures aptly translate the enchanting nature of the Norwegian forests while driving grooves and psychedelic soundscapes echo the bay area's historic trance movement. 

@monosym 

releases December 18, 2024

OOM02
01 - Phantoms 
02 - Velvetone
03 - Raincell
04 - Hypnagogic 
05 - Telenetica 
06 - Oxidrone 
07 - White Dwarf 
08 - Shahar 

Written and produced by: Miriam Brafman (San Francisco, USA)
Mastering: Joseph Buchan (Naarm, Aus)
Mixing by Miriam Brafman and Alessandro Barchitta 
Artwork: Marco Maldarella (Bologna, Italy)

monosym - Telenetica (OOM02) // Previews

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Sindh - Gataka [SINDH003]

Sindh kicks on with a third release here, a second in the Komudo Series. It features four original tracks "focusing on mind and body movement." Senses' opens up with a trippy blend of sleek minimal rhythms and paranoid vocal loops and 'Gataka' then layers up curling synths and jacked drums with some eerie late-night menace. 'Vulcan' then picks up the pace with another lithe and classy techno pumper then gets you into a hypnotic state and 'Sky Fusion' brings things to a close with some silky loops and funky rhythms.

All tracks written and produced by Louis Rapet.
Artwork by Louis Rapet and design by Noemie Besset.
Mastered by Vincent Villius at Ultimae Studios
Distributed by Juno. Manufactured in the UK.

𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒉
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/sindh
Bandcamp : https://sindh.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/sindhhdnis/

Komudo Series Vol 2 [SINDH003]

Gataka

Support & Buy

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Sindh - Gataka [SINDH003]

monosym - Oxidrone

OQAD002 Loek Frey - Avernan

Vinyl (Limited Edition) + Digital
Release date: December 18, 2024
OQAD Bandcamp exclusive

https://oqad.bandcamp.com/album/avernan

Produced by: Loek Frey
Mastered by: Ike Zwanikken
Design by: Ozon Studio
Vinyl by: Disc Archive

OQAD002 Loek Frey - Avernan (preview)

Artist: @attentionhereandnow
Label: @monochromeasso
Release date: December 21, 2024

BUY:  https://monochromerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ways

Artist's words : " Ways is a four-track EP oscillating between 160 and 170 bpm that delves into the complexities of life's paths. Starting with "Aporia," which explores the struggle against life's obstacles through warm tones and a focused drop, the EP then transitions to "Coercion" with its synthetic urgency, reflecting external pressures. "Shadow" reveals the darker sides of our psyche, leading to "Casual Madness," a track that confronts the madness within us and the societal norms that sustain it. Together, these tracks invite listeners to contemplate the hidden forces that shape our journeys."

Artist Insta: http://instagram.com/a.h.n.music
Label Insta: https://instagram.com/monochrome.association

𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: AH&N - Aporia [MCR04]

Altjira - Flux Serpent (Optic Portal 003)
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Altjira debuts with his first solo album on Mirror Zone’s sublabel Optic Portal. We are very proud to present this amazing piece of music. 

Energetic flow of movement, vividly changing the cycle of renewal. 

Of dreams and disillusions. Boarders of reality, driven by insanity. 
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Format: digital + merch (USB drive with Optic Portal keycoard)
Releasedate: January 15, 2025
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Optic Portal 2024
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Altjira
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio 
Artwork by Spherical Waves 

All rights reserved.

[OP003] Altjira - Flux Serpent (Digi + Merch)

Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow—
even today I am still arriving.

Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death
of all that is alive.

I am a mayfly metamorphosing
on the surface of the river.
And I am the bird
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.

I am a frog swimming happily
in the clear water of a pond.
And I am the grass-snake
that silently feeds itself on the frog.

My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain is like a river of tears,
so vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up
and the door of my heart
could be left open,
the door of compassion.


This poem was written By Thich Nhat Hanh,
"Please Call Me By My True Names"
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_Webpage:
https://website.beacons.ai/vermisst

_Buy at:
https://vermissst.bandcamp.com/album/xin
https://formaviva.com/vermisst

_Platforms:
https://www.youtube.com/@vermissst/
https://soundcloud.com/vermissst
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vt4RhubO5Tbm6thsAv2ia
https://www.instagram.com/_ver_mi_sst_

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Released: Winter solstice 2024 - 20.12.2024

Written and produced by Teo Kramer
Calligraphy by Garen.ink (https://www.instagram.com/garen.shodo)
Mastering by Mattias Fridell
Special thanks to Takao Omori (tÿærbį - https://www.instagram.com/takao_epoche/)

VERMISST - Hei Bai

VERMISST - Wu Wei

VERMISST - Anatta

VERMISST - Jijimuge

Cavernous expanses and dizzying edifices are deftly traversed across the five tracks of Blank Aperture. Sentient’s latest for https://soundcloud.com/qeone taps into the gloomier side of his sensibility, breaking through sultry ambience with sporadic hits of sub-bass pressure.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-sentient---void-treader

Blank Aperture will be out on January 8th 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://qeone.bandcamp.com/album/blank-aperture

Premiere: Sentient - Void Treader [QNE012]

From the heart of Brussels, multidisciplinary artist https://soundcloud.com/oton unveils his latest enigmatic EP through his home label, https://soundcloud.com/allianceclub. Pulling one in with swampy synths and atmospheric pads, Aurora offers a textured, futuristic sound that lingers.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-oton---full-reset

Aurora will be out on January 31st, 2024. Pre-order a copy via https://allianceclub.bandcamp.com/album/aurora

Premiere: OTON - Full Reset [ALC009]

Altjira debuts with his first solo album, Flux Serpent, on Mirror Zone’s sub label Optic Portal, out on January 15th.

Pre-order: https://mirrorzone.bandcamp.com/album/flux-serpent
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@mirrorzone
@altjiramara

Flux Serpent

Listen more

Premiere: Altjira - Overnal

@tadan127 - Scavengers Of Another Planet ep + poster

BUY: https://area127.bandcamp.com/album/scavengers-of-another-planet

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘌𝘗 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢127, '𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘖𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵', 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 - 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 '𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 '𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘋’𝘌𝘵𝘳𝘦' 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 '𝘝𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘳' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 90𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 '𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨', 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮. 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘗 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.

music & art ~ instagram.com/tadasmajeris
text ~ instagram.com/justautas_
mastering ~ instagram.com/_ctrls

Tadan - Being [127DIG003]

• cycle.bender ⌬

cycle.bender will be our new digi only series on Optic Portal. Exploring forward thinking, experimental dance floor music.

by: @sungenam @med1ock @philip-kylberg

Optic Portal 2025 - cycle bender series
Written and produced by Sjoerd de Ridder (Sun Genam), Aaron Knebel (Medlock) & Philip Kylberg
Mastered by NJ at Soundstuff Studio
Artwork by Jacopo Tripodi

cycle0.2 - Sun Genam // Medlock & Philip Kylberg

🌪️Central Prøject

📍Enschede (NL)

  | Shows: |

   31.12.2021 - Lost Paradise [SA] (Artist Invite)
   13.01.2022 - Leo's Cape Town [SA]
   04.11.2022 - Boots & Cuts [NL]
   15.12.2022 - Spacebar [NL]
   26.05.2023 - Punt [NL]
   02.09.2023 - HGR X B&C Den Haag [NL]
   22.12.2023 - Central Prøject Evol [SA]
   06.01.2024 - Hanks [SA]
   17.02.2024 - Spacebar [NL]
   21.05.2024 - HG Experience [NL]
   12.06.2024 - Itmotr Radio [NL]
   10.08.2024 - Mason Bar [CYP]
   24.10.2024 - Sunday Sessions [SA]
   06.12.2024 - Pano b2b Strae [SA]
   27.12.2024 - House @ Hanks [SA]
   01.01.2025 - Intersect Mødular [SA]
   10.01.2025 - Eccentric [SA]
   11.01.2025 - Paracausal [SA]
   26.01.2025 - WeAreEgg X Zone [SA]
   01.03.2025 - Noord Space [Ams, NL]
   11.04.2025 - Switch Pocket Club [BCN]
   12.04.2025 - Renaixença [BCN]
   23.04.2025 - Itmotr Radio [NL]
   24.05.2025 - HG b2b Lexmic [NL]
   17.08.2025 - Hush Money / Brunch’d (SA)

Swamp

Bas