Name: Radboud Mens @ The Chi Factory Part One (demo 2018) by Son Of Chi
Duration: 21 min

Oh sweet. A new record soon being released on Astral industries.

We are thrilled to welcome this week the Lyon-based (FR) artist, Sanjib who had remarkable releases on top-label such as @oslated & @huinalidub, @lett-records, @warok-music or @oneinstrument to name a few.

Sanjib always guides listeners into an authentic and richly textured world between ambient and dub-techno. Eager to share electronic music focused on emotions, he creates a universe dedicated to travel and introspection with his mixes.

Follow him here :
SC : @sanjib-4
IG : https://www.instagram.com/_sanjib_sj/
FB : https://www.facebook.com/sanjibprofil/

TREVE Series 37 - Sanjib (Oslated, Huinali)

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

A 13.30 minute collage of the album "Travel In Peace" that i recorded in 2019 as a requiem for my soulbrother J.Derwort. 

At 11.30 min you can hear his last flute ever recorded. I call this piece "Last Breath". It was a sunny day in january 2019 at his house in Santa Fe, where he moved december 2018. I put out a comfortable chair with a blanket in the winter sun. And a small table, a cup of tea and his first ever made bamboo flute. He said: thank you but i can not play anymore. After 30 minutes he still picked up the flute and played for a few seconds, that i recorded on my telephone. He said: it's no good at all, but still it's oke, i know you will put your magic to it later. He borrowed me this flute that he made at the Kallikatsou early eighties to record more myself. It was a kind of farwell. A month later he died. Of course i was there too and his best friends.
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You can download the original album (2 x 21 minute) here:
https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/album/ai-18-travel-in-peace
The vinyl was sold out shortly after the release. They now sell copies up to Є 200 on Discogs, which is of course crazy.  I hope Astral will do a repress soon. 

Here are a few of the reviews:

Fred Mikardo-Greaves for Norman Records:
‘Travel In Peace’. Sound advice. Our own Ant rather delightfully described Chi Factory’s ‘Travel In Peace’ as a ‘mind lozenge’, and this latest set is certainly a balm for the soul in extraordinary times. The two side-long meditations here are sonically rather amorphous - aquatic drone, fourth-world soundscapes, spiritual incantations and far-out flurries of field recording can all be found across the course of the LP. Jon Hassell, Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra and ‘Tower Of Meaning’-mode Arthur Russell keep watch over both band and listener throughout. ‘Travel In Peace’, and leave refreshed.

Juno Records:
"Following the death of his one-time Chi Factory partner J.Derwort in February 2019, Hanyo van Oosterom went back to Patmos, the magical island where they once recorded their most famous works, armed with some of the artefacts and hand-built instruments they'd collected together. While there, he made the field recordings and musical sketches that form the backbone of "Travel In Peace", Oosterom's emotional final album as Chi Factory. Poignant, atmospheric, melancholic, dreamy and otherworldly with a genuine sense of time and place (you can almost smell the surrounding flora and fauna), the album's two lengthy tracks - collages of interlinked sketches and recurring musical motifs - are fittingly fantastic. As curtain calls go, we can think of few better".

Here's an interview with "A Vague New World" from 2019. It's all about the story behind CHI, The Chi Factory and Son Of Chi:
https://vaguenewworld.substack.com/p/in-conversation-hanyo-van-oosterom

And a video collage on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6scnruYei0Q

Travel In Peace Collage

CAMA03 seamlessly navigates and transcends a spectrum encompassing techno, breaks, experimental, and ambient music in his sets. His adept handling of smooth mixing, powerful emotional narratives, and an instinctive grasp of dancefloor dynamics continue to define his style, seamlessly cruising through the early morning to tardy hours of the night.
In this particular mix, CAMA03 explores the ambient dimension of his musical spectrum. This introspective blend features ethereal soundscapes and liquid drones, creating an ideal soundtrack for various mental journeys.

"In a heartfelt gesture, I pondered the idea of crafting a set lasting over 100 minutes, a tribute to my cherished Moroccan people. My intent is to accentuate the apex of of a cyclical odyssey, where the hidden essence of 100 echoes with the melodies of new beginnings, optimistic perspectives, and steadfast confidence."

Follow him : @cama03
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/cama03_/

Picture : Captured six years ago during my journey from the southern expanse of Morocco, traversing the Sahara Desert to the snowy peaks in the north. This photograph holds a profound place in my heart, encapsulating the essence of freedom and diversity inherent in the country—its culture, music, and landscapes.

Tracklist:
Hydrangea - Anomala (Intro)
Venus Ex Machina - Avril
GAS - Pop 5
Ian Hawgood & Stijn Hüwels - Voices II
Hanna Maria & Mattia Onori - Fläche
Aos - Graften
Architectural - Sentir
Monolake - Gobi (The Long Edit 2020)
Sonmi451 - Probe
Biosphere - Microgravity
Aos - Vårflod i biflödena
Isorinne - Evighetsarp
Pausal - Murmuration II
nthng - Our Time
Zandvoort & Uilenbal - But Slowly I Made It My Own
Terekke - arrpfaded
Mockingbird Dream 2
Stephen Rennicks - Much Prettier Girls in School
nthng - With You
Robin Guthrie - Red Moon Rising
HARUHISA TANAKA - Brilliant 2.0
Nuances - Punctilious Lovers
Ezra Feinberg - Castle & Sand
No Moon - Simpler Times
Vivian Koch - Closed (Yosemite version)
Boards of Canada - Boqurant 5.9.78
Board of canada - Echus (An..t remix)
VC-118A - Face the Waves
Barefoot - Mývatn
No Moon - Train to Luzern
Heavenly Music Corporation - Cloudless Light
Boxes & Angels_(Original Mix)

Stellar Series Episode 77 - CAMA03 (Wheel of passions)

~ Deep Breakfast 237 by https://soundcloud.com/selected_dream_memories ~

Tracklist:
01. Martin Nonstatic - Ekagrata [Ultimae Records]
02. Quantum State - Expansion
03. Warmth - Home [Archives]
04. SKY H1 - Huit [PAN]
05. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Bloom Pt.2 [Leftfield Records]
06. Pavel Milyakov - Main Loop [Rassvet Records]
07. Stellardrone - The Divine Cosmos
08. Sync24 - That Boring Autumn Day [Leftfield Records]
09. Biosphere - Space if Fizzy [Kudos Records]
10. Zeze Wakamatsu - Loomer (Inhmost's Delicate Mix)
11. Fable OST - Temple of Light
12. 36 - Home [3six recordings]
13. Innesti - In Letters
14. Hivetribe - Kora [Virtual Forest Records]
15. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Dreamshore Forest

Deep Breakfast 237 ~ Selected Dream Memories

First sketches for a collab with Radboud Mens from 2018, that did not make it to the final album "Transition Recordings" (Astral Industries 2021). It was a bit "too funky" for Astral but still too nice not to share. I never did the overdubs i had in mind....

Discogs gives the final album a rating of 4.9 (out of 5). Great to see so many people love these final recordings, my first after the loss of my best friend and soulmate J. Derwort, bless you. I believe the outtro is a wonderful 4th world scape that i almost forgot, but still love a lot. 

We are working now on a brand new album called "Son Of Chi & Radboud Mens - Transcending Recordings" to be released in 2024 TBA. Looking forward!

Boomkat on Transition Recordings:
"Astral Industries’ fave Hanyo van Oosterom (The Chi Factory) re-enters the label’s orbit in duo with fellow dutch ether explorer Radboud Mens for a minimalist but lush ambient trip".

"Following the 2019 death of The Chi Factory’s J. Derwort, ‘The Transition Recordings’ see Hanyo continue to expand the group’s legacy, looping in explorative sound artist and producer Radboud Mens to assist in unfurling his vision of diaphanous pads threaded with silvery solo piano keys, murmuring ether voices and mesmerising touches of Hassellian 4th world wind".

"In combination they cultivate a sort night garden sound full of sensory inference and esoteric suggestion, where sounds synaesthetically take on both visual and olfactory symbolism but never fully reveal their whole shape, kept in a state of transient impermanence or ephemerality that totally seduces the horizontal and plays out on the back of one’s eyelids".

Juno on Transition Recordings:
"Newcomers to Astral Industries have happened upon the label at a great moment here. Hanyo van Oosterom is continuing the fantastic work he was involved in with J. Derwort under the Chi project name following the latter's death in 2019. Now producing under the moniker Son of Chi, it's an extension rather than a repetition of what has come before it".

"Tonal vocabulary expanded, it feels more immersive and grander than ever before, and yet retains the fundamentals that first enraptured us. Organic instrumentation and the sense of falling ever deeper into dreamlike states of consciousness are just two ways of describing what both Chi and the new offspring concept bring to the table. These are new sonic worlds opening up before our mind's eye, packed with mystery, lamentation, and hope for tomorrow'.

Radboud Mens @ The Chi Factory Part One (demo 2018)

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Standing on the street corner
I watch the world go by
and I start to wonder
everybody's busy
no time to take a rest
it's no wonder
I still see you riding on that pony
looking for all the world
like your in your glory

now you've faded away
like a gin soaked rodeo clown
faded away
like a painting on the ground
your the only one,
I'll never miss

(by Scott Powers)

Dear listeners, it is with immense pleasure and gratitude that we welcome @francescopiunti, the esteemed curator of the legendary @deepbreakfastseries, to the stage for the 10th installment of our Identity formation listening session. His profound influence on the ambient music landscape has left an indelible mark, and we are honored to have him contribute to our cherished mix series.

For  us, this series has been a companion during countless hours of studying in the library, providing a serene backdrop that transcends the boundaries of time and space. Francesco Piunti's contribution takes us further into the realms of ambient bliss, inviting us to explore the depths of our consciousness and connect with the ineffable.

So, let us express our deepest gratitude to Francesco Piunti for his dedication to the art of ambient curation and for the profound impact the Deep Breakfast Series has had on our collective musical journey. Sit back, relax, and allow the harmonious frequencies to guide you on a sublime expedition through the vast landscapes of ambient sound.

As always, if you like the podcast, please don’t forget to give it a Like, Comment and/or Repost, to support both our community and the artist. If you have questions regarding the mix, you’re always welcome to contact us. Enjoy the journey!

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Tracklist

Wanderwelle - Irrational Demons
Oisatsana - Nomadic Drift 5
David Toop & Lawrence English - Reading Bones
Sciama - Abstraction
ASC & Inhmost - Pan, The Shepherd Moon
Joachim Spieth - Mutuus (with Markus Guentner)
Max Würden - Stereo A
Entire - Cassette #3 - breakthrough!!, ~month before 27
Loscil & Lawrence English - Cyan
SVLBRD - Tundra

Identity formation listening session - 10 - Faded Signs [by Francesco Piunti]

Hesh is a traveler. He spent the last few years between Leeds, Brussels, Berlin and Maastricht and is now back in Brussels.
Whilst traveling, he studied music in depth, discovering a deep passion for environmental sound.
His musical journey started with house music and drifted away to acousmatic music, soundscapes and ankle breaking techno.
Enjoy an unusual DJ set that travels through time and space.



Social media links

https://soundcloud.com/hesh-initiate
https://www.instagram.com/hesh.initiate/
https://www.facebook.com/hesh.initiate

https://initiaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/schatz
https://ante-rasa.bandcamp.com/album/ante29-hesh-oliver-si-cortices

Tracklist
1. Aphex Twin - Papat 4 (Pineal Mix) [Warp]
2. Izabela Dłużyk - Primeval Forest in May [Łom]
3. Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Summer Forest [Archives]
4. Taennya - Glowing Particles [Initiate Records]
5. Sophia Loizou - Artificial Infinite [Kathexis]
6. Sam KDC - Cycle of Loss [Auxiliary]
7. Carlo Giustini - Manifestazioni [Rohs! Records]
8. Dionisaf - Sleeping at the Airport [Initiate Records]
9. Paracusia - Truly Found [Initiate Records]
10. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Oscuro [Initiate Records]
11. Unjin - Gut [Initiate Records]
12. Jon Hassell - Blues Nile [Ndeya]
13. Erd - Olm (Owl Remix) [Initiate Records]
14. Box 5ive - Duty Free  [Initiate Records]

TREVE Series 78 - Hesh (Initiate Records)

~ Deep Breakfast 239 by https://soundcloud.com/soundsfromthenightgarden ~

Tracklist:
01. Lana Avdeykina & Fahmi Mursyid - прошептала / II
02. Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen - Residual
03. Werner Durand, Amelia Cuni, Uli Hohmann - Byss
04. Third Space - Roulette (Grand River Reinterpretation)
05. Troekurovo Recordings - Pinus
06. Steve Roach & Michael Stearns - The Long Road
07. Christian Zehnder - Embrional Stream
08. Siavash Amini - Wayward
09. Kaija Saariaho, Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek - Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 Voices & Electronics)
10. Ishq - Lost Civilisations
11. David Toop & Lawrence English - The Chair’s Story
12. Bob Bellerue & John Duncan - Any Wherever
13. Lawrence English & Lea Bertucci - Amorphic Foothills
14. Leila Bordreuil - Sunshine Hypnöse
15. Nichola Scrutton - Ice Descends

Deep Breakfast 239 ~ Night Garden

In 2016 i remixed the original soundtrack of the 2007 Argentine fantasy drama film written and directed by Esteban Sapir. I created loops of samples from the filmscore.

November 2016 we performed live at Kino Rotterdam during the "La Notte" Filmfestival. The same hall where we once did the premiere of CHI, The Original Recordings (1986). The place was then called "Lantaren/Venster". 

For this special event we were invited by CineSonic. We improvised live on the basic sketches under the filmscrene. We each had a video monitor. On the photo (from left to right): 
Hanyo van Oosterom - Jacobus Derwort - Michel Banabila

Find out more:
https://ra.co/events/895772

Son Of Chi - La Antena Remixes (skecthes 2016)

Founder of CHI (1984) and the Chi Factory (2016). Member of Soundcloud since August 2023. Performing, recording, producing 
as Son Of Chi since 2020.

Find out more on future Son Of Chi releases on instagram and Astral Industries.

The Chi Factory has performed live at festivals like Signal Russia, Rewire The Hague, Intrinsic France, Berlin Atonal, Astral Industries Weekender, Off Sonar, La Nature, Mostra Barcelona and more. Hope to see you soon live.

For bookings of Son Of Chi & Arthur Flink you can contact Gea Russell at Rubrecordings:
https://www.rubrecordings.com/son-of-chi--arthur-flink.html

For special Chi Factory live events, licensing, remixes etc you can contact Ario Farahani at Astral Industries:
info@astralindustries.co.uk
hanyo@ziggo.nl

Radboud Mens @ The Chi Factory Part One (demo 2018)

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