thorns III unbreaking III

Mixtape

Endive - Voice Without A Face

Barramundi is a loanword from an Australian Aboriginal language of the Rockhampton area in Queensland[3] meaning "large-scaled river fish".[4] Originally, the name barramundi referred to Scleropages leichardti and Scleropages jardinii.[5]

However, the name was appropriated for marketing reasons during the 1980s, a decision that significantly raised the profile of this fish.[5] L. calcarifer is broadly referred to as Asian seabass by the international scientific community, but is sometimes known as Australian seabass or giant sea perch.

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epiphany - [p. mimofr + jtrn]

Slipping fingers through curls

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on.

releases May 21, 2025

artworks & mastering by jjjacob



pre-order

premiere: jjjacob - DANXAL

listen to my favourite song (headphones on edit)

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pcg11iSF0Sg

Yves Tumor - Spirit in Prison
bela - Noise and Cries
Natacha Atlas - Leyli
KYYBERWALL - CANTTESTRIDER
Hajj - Reverse Catharsis
KAVARI - Talons (Interlude)
Ali Sethi, Nicolas Jaar - Chiragh
Nexcyia - Tales
City + i.o - Markerlight
HVAD - Attention Seeker
Nawang Khechog - Kindness as the Key
Muslimgauze - Fersitta and Huma
Mohammad Adam - starplayers 2
Michael Speers - TOMBEAU
Petit Singe - 27.09.87
celyn june - Distrust (|| FLORA Remix)
Space Afrika - <3less
Rabit - Bloody Eye
Vern + Milla - Let’s Go Vip
Xao - Aqua Tofana
K.S Chitra - Kehna Hi Kya
Enayet - Chokkor
INSIN - Akkno
Bodyguard - Blood Type : 5 Hour Energy
Salamat Hussain - Chhap Tilak Sab

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Tags: ambient, electronica, experimental, Cikara, djmix

URN: 129052521


Cikara - May 2025 - Sigil Radio

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⤑. compilation for the slow summer｡𖦹°‧. Thank you to the amazing amazing artists.ೃ o

"The end of art is peace
Could be the motto of this frail device
That I have pinned up on our deal dresser—
Like a drawn snare
Slipped lately by the spirit of the corn
Yet burnished by its passage, and still warm." 

from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘸 by Seamus Heaney, 


artwork by @nunez______
mastered by @boy.lucid

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