recording of my first ever live set during Fata Morgana Festival 2025 on Forest stage

artwork by Zakaya (@lyaeus2 on insta)

Kick21 (live) @ Fata Morgana Festival 2025

𝕍𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝔸𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 - 𝔻𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒 [𝕍𝔽𝕆.𝟙𝟜]

⊹⊹ https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diplopia
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Strange autumn rains are falling, revealing hidden pathways.
Time for 𝕍𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 to bear a new twin fruit.

𝔻𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒 is a celebration - of our beloved corner of the underground, of community beyond geographical borders, of creative interconnection. Thirteen masterful collaborative tracks from all corners of the world, by spearheads of the underwater avant-garde, ranging from the darkest dubstep to the most abyssal tribe. The soul and essence of tomorrow's hybrid deep-end scene, condensed into a timeless gemstone.

𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘: 
@1tauceti ✢ @natural_limit
@paul-revee ✢ @solarythm_deeptech_side
@formant-value ✢ @simonebauer 
@bluhol ✢ @eastern-distributor
@umanyazar ✢ @nawl_music
@sentientsound ✢ @paracusia77
@sharu ✢ @c_coiffure
@loiflan ✢ @rm_estali
@kick_21 ✢ @troisquartstaxisystem
@yotahh ✢ @voicheck
@maelitaa ✢ @qqantt
@fluidmatter ✢ @solmadj
@javrsalazar

⊹⊹ Out on November 26, 2025 

artwork -- hypereikon
mastering -- AES Dana at @ultimae studios
distribution -- Underscope

© 2025 Virtual Forest Records, France
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Diplopia

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A1 Jehol
A2 Ochre Khrisma
B1 Ossifrage
B2 Sky Dancer

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ILAY, a young sound artist behind the alias ILAYRUNI, works at the crossroads of electronic music and percussive instruments. Merging these two worlds, he explores the possibility of rhythm and sound.
Growing up in a family that had a strong bond with the electronic music scene, ILAY had access to a wide range of styles and sounds, giving him the chance to wander and discover all types of frequencies and feelings.
Traveling through a wide range of styles during his sets and productions, he seeks highly percussive rhythmic.

#54 - ILAYRUNI - Live

SBS his opening set during our Mirror Zone label night at Garage Noord, Amsterdam (06-06-25).

@sbs_simon

SBS @ Mirror Zone Garage Noord [06-06-2025]

@kay_tseng live recorded at Moerasa Listening Session

Moerasa #025 - Kaytseng

Loek Frey is a producer, DJ and live artist from the Netherlands whose work defies easy categorization. Blurring the lines between techno, experimental, IDM, and ambient, he crafts a sound that is at the very forefront of avant-garde electronics. His exceptional releases on Omen Wapta & his own OQAD perfectly demonstrate his mind-bending expertise and finesse in the studio. Whether through his DJ sets or live performances, Loek is renowned for dismantling the minds of the dancefloor, having brought his electronic alchemy to the controls of legendary parties like Ratherlost, Berghain's Saule, De School, pe:rsona, Refractor and many more.

For MNMT 494 Loek Frey pilots a descent into uncharted sonic territories: a transmission from a haunted and murky alien world, unfolding as a piece of cinematic sound design for a forgotten sci-fi landscape. Hi-tech fragments, ghostly echoes and unconventional grooves weave through the dense atmosphere creating an ominous yet deeply alluring hypnotic pull. A complex deep space trip of sophisticated sound design and psychoactive exploration. 

Dive into the abyss now

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https://www.instagram.com/loekfrey/
https://oqad.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/oqad.label/


MNMT 494 : Loek Frey

Manchester-based https://soundcloud.com/aurorarec presents a 24-track compilation album featuring many familiar faces - a treasure trove for anyone drawn to fast and swampy sound explorations. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-rbi---liquid-shadow

Beta will be out on November 26th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://aurorarec.bandcamp.com/album/beta

Premiere: RBI - Liquid Shadow [CD001]

With a full year behind us since our last release on Delayed’s own Never Late, we’re proud to welcome French artist Gëinst to the platform with his ‘Hiber Trace’ EP. We first discovered the music of Gëinst through mutual friends & upon that initial discovery, were immediately intrigued by his musical ecosystem. A prolific yet incredibly humble artist, he has had releases on labels such as Lowless with a superb split EP earlier this year with Simone Bauer, his Into The Valley EP on Souleiman & Foreign Material’s label Norite, a string of releases with Sub Accent’s label Accents, appearances on Emmanuel’s ARTS & a few recent compilation inclusions on Lithuanian platform Area 127 & Ina Kacz’s Aneelhi Rec. His sound has grown & evolved significantly over the years, as he remains in constant motion, continuously refining his process in the studio. 

We were lucky enough to meet Gëinst in person for the first time earlier this year, at our favorite Mostra Festival back in April. We shared some special times together in the cavernous Vall d’Hebron Olympic Pavilion, a place we’re so eager to return to again next year, in only a few months. It’s a pleasure to welcome Gëinst into our growing family, a fairly new but already dear friend of ours because of those powerful dancefloor experiences. It brings my mind back to that spark that led to the creation of Never Late, an inspired moment on a Brooklyn dancefloor a few years back. 

The ‘Hiber Trace’ EP, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, feels perfectly paired with the crisp winter mornings we have ahead of us - cold & sharp, beautiful & pristine, fierce & unforgiving, like shards of ice moving through a body of water. The title track grabs your attention right away, every sound thoughtfully distorted & processed subtly with effects, a steady rhythm you find your head moving back & forth to no matter how many times you listen to it. The tension builds ever so slowly & then that beautiful, enticing snare appears & stays with you for the entire journey. As soon as those melodic sequences come in, you’re hooked & the track cruises at altitude for just over 9 minutes. 

For our 4th release on Never Late, Gëinst presents his 6-track ‘Hiber Trace’ EP, released digitally on December 5th.

@geinst
@never-late

https://www.instagram.com/geinstmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/___neverlate/

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