Barbarella means a classy Downtempo voyage every time and we are delighted to welcome her back with a fresh and beautiful ride, one eclectic and powerful, musical and driving... That expected quality from the most bad ass and experienced Dj's of our culture :) 
And it is thrilling for us to feel this epic Downtempo culture being more valued again, more and more. 

✹Thank you all for being part of this art form✹

Music by @barbarella_dd 

Original Artwork @brownsword

Octo Friends #65 - Barbarella

Our chameleon #75 Räubermädchen brings a bouncy and versatile selection that moves effortlessly between moods and rhythms. It flows with an easy energy, that keeps things dynamic without losing its groove. Playful yet grounded, it finds a balance between spontaneity and intention by weaving together sounds that surprise and engage.

find more @raeubermaedchen

Artwork designed by Omar Tara

Tracklist: 
1. Monoplay, Gotta Go (Original) 
2. ⁠Manucho, Oku feat. Nino (Original)
3. ⁠Trust Me, Ykonosh / Mundai (Original) 
4. ⁠Colour Your Mind, Railroad Station (Kunterweiß Remix) 
5. ⁠MC and me, Laughing Gas (Laaar & Diereva Remix) 
6. ⁠Shunus, Almagest (Original) 
7. ⁠Victor Norman, Abundance (AVEM Remix) 
8. ⁠Sahalé & Smarana, Mesege (Original) 
9. ⁠Socko, Shadow is Blue (Original) 
10. ⁠Concrete Jungle, George (Antaares Remix)
11. ⁠Landhouse, Do on the Yeah (K2WO Remix)
12. ⁠Ouhana, Sydka, Midnight (Sydka Revison)
13. ⁠Luçid, Lazy Lizard (Original)
14. ⁠Foulteer, Still Here (Niju Remix) 
15. Planet Caravan, Nelly Furtado, Say it Right 
15. ⁠Raphael Hofmann, Phillip Johann Timm, Lolite Shadows (Original)

Räubermädchen

chameleon #75 Räubermädchen

Our chameleon #76 Narfux puts together an eclectic, smooth-flowing set that brings classic deep downtempo into conversation with touches of dubstep and other musical corners. It’s a subtle ride—unhurried, textured, and full of small shifts that keep things interesting without ever pushing too hard.

@narfux

Artwork designed by Omar Tara

▻ Narfux 

chameleon #76 - Narfux

Release Title: Malingula
Artist: B4TO, zhart
Label: Wuza Records
Catalogue No.: WUZA016
Release-Date: 24.04.2025

✘ B4TO (Berlin // Germany)
soundcloud.com/b4too
www.instagram.com/b4to.music/

✘ zhart (Berlin // Germany)
soundcloud.com/zhart
www.instagram.com/zhart.music/

✘ Wuza Records (Berlin // Germany)
soundcloud.com/wuza-berlin
www.instagram.com/wuza_official/

Premiere: B4TO - Malingula (zhart´s Acid Remix) [Wuza Records]

Presenting NAD!N and this fantastic tale is pure delight! 
Since we met this German DJ we knew something like this would land in our collection... But we are in fact blown by the beauty, the mixing and composition, and flawless approach to create something that Octopuses would totally love :) 

Welcome to another super hot Downtempo set while our community grows by the day, at the doors of another Summer where our magic and music will be all over the place!

Follow the Groove @nadine-hillenberg

Human Artworks by @brownsword

Octo Friends #68 - NAD!N

what a wonderful slot playing after @samt_frottee my dear friend @niju-1 :)
in total that's 6 hours of mannheims finest downtempo 🐌
starting with @justaphukingnickname turning up for a while and calming down this beautiful crowd until the very end at monday morning.
still my favourite festival, even playing as a non-artist on a non-floor. at the end a few classics for the schneckno newbies.

much love to @depaulala @zugvoegelfestival and of course @til_mensch for managing this wonderful (not a floor) stage and booking me 🌈🍉🔊

Malü @ Zugvögel 2025 [Sauna Closing 2nd Weekend]

One of my first cumbia findings back in the 2010s. I wanted to give it a lil' electronic touch and some editing while slowing and pitching down the whole instrumental. Enjoy the tropical sunset surfer ride :)

Bareto - Vacilando con Ayahuasca (Da Iguana Rebajada Edit)

Soy Medicina is the first full-length release by Xtis, a traditional Mayan therapist, healer, and singer from Guatemala’s Mam territory. Sung in Spanish and Mam, one of the most endangered Mayan languages, the album is both a deeply personal act of healing and a rare expression of Indigenous knowledge through contemporary sound.

The Mam language, once widely spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala, now survives only in fragments. Many words have been lost, not passed down, erased by colonization and systemic neglect. In this context, Soy Medicina is not only music, but an act of preservation. A way to keep ancestral memory alive through melody, rhythm, and breath.

Each song speaks to a different facet of womanhood as experienced through a Mayan lens. Cargadora De Historia honors the role of women as the carriers of memory and ancestral knowledge, both divine and undervalued, central to existence yet often erased. In Abuela Luna, a woman calls out for help after abuse under the moonlight. Here, Grandmother Moon becomes a source of medicine and listening, a feminine symbol of refuge that holds both pain and power.

The music is grounded in Mayan healing traditions but shaped by Xtis’ lived experiences: years of institutional abuse, social exile, spiritual repression, and finally, rebirth. She taught herself to sing and compose while enduring twelve years in a convent where she was silenced and mistreated. Later diagnosed with leukemia, she turned away from conventional medicine and embraced her ancestral roots, co-founding Casa Biosalud Ancestral Kyaje Ix to bring Mayan healing to her community.

Soy Medicina is the result of that healing journey. It’s a record about survival, womanhood, and identity, not polished for mass appeal, but raw, real, and rooted in a centuries-old cultural lineage. It’s also a sonic preservation of a language that is at risk of vanishing; a reminder that when culture is erased, so are stories, voices, and possibilities for healing. 

Recovery Channel 3

Sebastian Scholes

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