elysium solidity

@keptmale

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

Hi i’m Gigi — he/his — Austin, TX — I was a childhood ice hockey star

How is everything going with you right now?

I have been fortunate enough to be well.. been using this year off from work to dive into a practice and learn some discipline.

How did you get your dj name?

I got it from my partner, Mimi — she flipped my original g-name into gigi & it stuck. I never liked my birth name much anyway + it’s cute to match.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

ry, tito fuego/mister water wet, charles, bobby, nueen, boundary, jel, purelink, pascäal, ian kim judd, jung dj, shiner, downstairs j, hysterical love project,  perila, oli/px, thurlow joyce+ many more.. so many friends exploring inspiring places these days

If you had to describe yourself as a flower,which one would it be and why? 

Mimi says “frost flowers because they’re ephemeral”

Favorite weird drug/mind altering experience?

Sensory deprivation tank before the rave at Shirley’s Temple (r.i.p.)
What was your first gig? How did it go? 

A show put together by Ben Aqua at an upstairs club on downtown Congress that I don’t recall. I was 18 & had only started making music on ableton a few months prior, and played a live set that mostly consisted of pressing play on a 30 min composed production mix with a little knob twiddling & dj drop triggering. considering that, I’d say it went pretty well

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I think it’s obvious, but increased representation without tokenism. also, turn away from the dj & look at your fellow dancers.

Any cool releases upcoming for Gi Gi this year? 

I don’t want to speak too soon, but I do have a couple of records in the pipeline with quiet time & index, both of which I’m very excited about. working on some more uptempo material as kept that should be seeing the light of day soon as well.

For extended interview & OG pipipi track game please visit our website ------> pipipi.life <-----------

Gi Gi - 79˚ Cloudy

sensi.ble's new radioshow, elysium solidity, is launching on Sphere Radio! In this first episode, he outlines the concept behind the show and delivers a DJ mix to introduce his aesthetic notion of future that led to starting this show. More to come! Check out the linked board on Are.na for some references.

https://www.are.na/jan-k/elysium-solidity

perila - cyx
otilo - serpent [infinite drift]
xphresh - myst [3XL]
dean blunt &amp; inga copeland - energy god
DJ ojo - strange exchange [pressure dome]
OL - shatter dub [motion ward]
stone - pink orange [theory therapy]
dopplereffekt - Mandelbrot set [leisure system]
marie davidson - vie et mort d’un ego [weyrd son]
OL - inasan [asyncro]
huerco s. &amp; SIR E.U - plonk IX [incienso]
ura - 4give [motion ward]
special guest dj - makeout dub [INDEX:records]
sensational ft. planteaterz - you don’t know me like that [naff]
korsssakov - prison mukbang [haunted space]
atrice - 11million [docile outros]
angel d’lite - liquid skies [planet euphorique]
vardae - litteraturformen [perchépolis]
roza terenzi &amp; hame DJ - steam baby [radiant records]
sky h1 - elysian heights [ad93]
exael - composure [3XL]
james K - ultra facial! [ad93]

https://soundcloud.com/sensi_ble

elysium solidity #01 ~ sensi.ble - 15.03.2023

In the second episode of elysium solidity, sensi.ble and Dino talk about the aesthetics of the Spomeniks, which are monuments established by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 on up until the 1970s. With critical distance, Dino and sensi.ble discuss the monuments’ visual and historical characteristics and interpret their futuristic and abstract apperance through of sound and music. Check out the linked board on Are.na for references.

Tracklist: midori hirano - mirrors in mirrors [daisart]
nicolas jaar - killing time [other people]
vangelis - rachel’s song [atlantic]
akusmi - longing for tomorrow
time is an animal – new model blues
ryuichi sakamoto - async [commmons]
luis lopes – echoism III
einstürzende neubauten - nnnaaammm
model 500 - no UFO’s (vocal)
prince of denmark - tool 517 [forum]
textural bug - beaded rocks [theory therapy]

https://www.are.na/jan-k/elysium-solidity
https://soundcloud.com/sensi_ble
https://www.instagram.com/lucasdinonolte/

elysium solidity #02 ~ spomeniks - sensi.ble & dino - 19.04.2023

An ode to daydreaming – spheric views, y2k liaisons, and post-internet otherness in this episode of elysium solidity. Happy napping!

Tracklist:
perila - mouth full of tahini [sferic] 
exael - reality’s sweetheart (with zoe darsee) (moon pie mix) [soda gong] 
laurel halo - raw silk uncut wood [latency] 
para - underpass [cime] 
body sculptures - a body turns to eden [posh isolation] 
akira yamaoka - the day of night [konami] 
500 - deliverance 
kelman duran - foreva 
ben bondy & exael - meridian [west mineral ltd] 
malibu - held [pan] 
ruin - the dive (d. tiff dip) [radiant love] 
fennesz sakamoto - mono [touch] 
exael - glass in plastic (with arad acid) [west mineral ltd] 
xphresh - one kiss [3xl] 
otilo - embracing [infinite drift] 
sky h1 - blade [ad 93]
opheliaxz - citrine
nueen - IV [3xl]
purelink - not that deep [naff]
rezo glonti - in red weather [muscut]
lilac - u get me
sseq - sseq rely
outsidenightair - love feeling [theory therapy]
ben bondy - april w bass

https://soundcloud.com/sensi_ble
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elysium solidity #03 ~ cyber dreamz - sensi.ble - 17.05.2023

@sensi_ble and lycopdsid_ (@lyc0psid / @nightwaif) explore the curiosity and playfulness behind ‘malfunction’ & glitchyness in the music production process and dive through their favorite records that embrace imperfection.

Tracklist: 
Atte Elias Kantonen - mire (Soda Gong)
gab_i - things + vibrations (self-released)
Secular Musics Of South Yorkshire - Zero As A Limit (Bottrop-Boy)
Heinrich Schwarzer - Figur0_3-39 (Conditional)
genus aix - as one so torn [index]
kareem lofty - GTO [quiet time]
lycopsid_ - unreleased
nightwaif - xmas bonus (photic zone)
Eric Lanham - Rasp (Soda Gong)
caveman LSD - lost hours [isla]
ALA VJIIOR - B1 (NO EXP)
purelink - head on a swivel [naff]
opheliaxz - kookaburra
buttechno & tris - silence 2 [psy x]
serwed - technics [west mineral]
Corell - Melts Into Air (Appendix:Files)
pontiac streator - red kings [west mineral]
sentinel - guardian (Quantum Natives)
Artur M Puga - _nwmdt (Eternal Recordings)
stone - blurry apple [3XL]

elysium solidity #04 ~ fehlfunktionen - sensi.ble & lycopsid_  - 20.09.23

Nightly endeavors – elysium solidity, for the first not pre-recorded but live from the Sphere Radio studio in Anger-Crottendorf. Tune in for musings on contemporary ambient & breaky downtempo.

Tracklist: 
nightwaif - void/remedies
ben bondy - z line print w huerco s. & pontiac streator
androne - signs of life
mu tate - frank’s hublots
sofie birch & johan carøe - portal of [stroom]
dj bingo - oh my god… (if only he knew)
flaty - upper spell [gost zvuk]
serwed - beroca [west mineral]
buttechno & triš - memory IV 14-160 [psy x]
chantssss - jus woke up w k2dj
effective power - b4
crimeboys - stab joy work [index]
stone - canyon fissure rift
rolf laureijs - meditation [präsenz editionen]
hoodie x james K - scorpio [ad 93]
exael - rotor [soda gong]
flaty - observer ft madteo [gost zvuk]
maara - erotics of betrayal [step ball chain]
rezo glonti - caveman [muscut]
opheliaxz - psyllium

elysium solidity #05 - sensi.ble - 15.11.2023

INEN KÄMPFERISCHEN 8. MÄRZ!

Zu dieser sehr besonderen Folge ist eine sehr besondere Person Gäst:in der Vomens Bar digitale. Diese Person spricht über das Schreiben und den Literaturbetrieb als Insitution. Wir sprechen über Erfolg und Ablehnung in einem System, das Erfolg scheinbar exponentiell denkt, das Arbeit fetischisiert und Community Care genauso wie Selbstfürsorge entwertet.

Wie ist es als FLINTA Person selbstständig zu sein? Aktivistisch zu sein? Zu schreiben oder Literatur produzierende Person zu sein?

Die Person erzählt von Ängsten und Selbstzweifeln, dem Imposter-Syndrom in einer patriarchalen Leistungsgesellschaft, die uns zu Konkurrent:innen macht, Missgunst und Neid schürt.

Und wir sprechen über Klarheit und Sucht.

Habt ihr es vielleicht schon erraten?

Gäst:in ist Autor:in, Podcaster:in und Journalist:in Svenja Gräfen.

Vomens Bar digitale #42 - Im Gespräch mit Svenja Gräfen - 08.03.2024

My session at HÖR earlier this year, thought some of you maybe wanted to have it on Soundcloud.

DJ Balduin | HÖR - January 16 / 2024

DJ set from Seanaps Festival 2024 The Ongoing Now // Preview Radio Show. Two hours of instrumental goodness.


Tracklist:

Glenn Jones - The Orca Grande Cement Factory At Victorville
Arthur Russel - [from Instrumentals]
Ryūichi Sakamoto - Zure
Jocelyn Reyes - [from Overland Bioms OST]
Ernest Hood - August Haze
Head Of Wantastiquet - Return To Agharti
Tetzui Akiyama - Time Between
Sholto Dobie - Hot Steps
Jim Guthrie - Moth To A Flame
Gewgawly I / Thou - [from Norco OST]
Samuli Tanner - [from Music For 1-Year Old]

lange nicht gehört LIVE: Seanaps Festival 2024 // Preview Radio - DJ Nimmersatt - 13.09.2024

Dŷsnomia invites you to "enjoy the world" even with all its dystopian undertones.
"Shifting Through Water" drifts through shimmering pools of spoken word, tales of doom and glimmers of hope.

Time Capsule #3 – Dŷsnomia – 01.12.2024

Uffffff, the next mix for stanitzel is pure magic—a diamond of immeasurable worth. Sparkling, multifaceted, and hypnotic, it catches your eye and won’t let go. Leipzig based @soey_jewelry polishes this sonic gem with precision—from deep, shimmering dubby slow chuggers to emotionally radiant anthems that refract like sunlight through its crystal-clear facets. No more words needed. Just let it shine your way

SMS#42 w/ jewelry

icy icy ambient textures matching the frosty season – hazy soundscapes inspired by the likes of chain reaction & west mineral.

@sensi_ble

TRACKLIST:
JJ+JS - meshing
lycopsid_ - _1
enchanted lands - barrockstadt feathered symphony
u.e. - ball
zaumne - angel security
chantssss - lotus drips
florian T M zeisig - first version
uon - kosm
serwed - heat shield
exael - anc alt
terre thaemlitz - aging core, aging periphery
genus aix - exceptional blooming
pendant - OXI-GKK
perila - XY object of desire
pontiac streator - red kings

elysium solidity #14 - w/ sensi.ble - 19.02.2025

Soft Node is a digital listening space. Read the newsletter at at softnode.substack.com

Edward would like to acknowledge that this project was conceptualized on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people and continues to be developed on lands belonging to First Peoples across this continent. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and recognize the enduring connection of First Peoples to these lands. Always was, always will be!

Tracklist:

Kali Malone - Sacrificial Code
John Høybye - Haec Dies (from 3 bright motets) performed by Voces Nordicae
Hugo Distler - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Op. 12, No. 6) performed by Berliner Vokalensemble
Ivo Antognini - Canticum Novum performed by The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Javier Busto - Gloria (from Missa brevis pro pace) performed by Mt. Eden High School Chamber Singers
Kali Malone - Litanic Cloth Wrung
Thomas Jennefeldt - Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich performed by Athesinus Consort Berlin
Knut Nystedt - Peace, I leave with you
Karensa Briggs - Media Vita performed by The Chapel Choir of Pembrooke College, Cambridge
Anonymous 4 - love fail: you will love me
Martin Folz - Nachtgebet
Kali Malone - Fifth Worship II
Kali Malone - Hagakyrka Bells

Mulatu Astatke & His Ethopian Quintet - Soul Power
Synchro Rhythm Eclectic Language - Foukie Owa tchu wa
Dif Juz - Heset
ML Buch - Big Sun
Moin - Family Way feat. Sophia Al-Maria
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pea
Mad Tea Party - Win-D-Oor
Devarrow - A Shadow Apart
Duster - Payote
Kante - Tourisme
Karate Boogaloo - There Is No Rush
Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon
Clarissa Connelly - The Hills Are Crying

Soft Node w/ Edward - May 29th 2025

Next up for our little stanitzel show, we welcome OLIV (@oliviapaula).

She's here with a smooth, jazzy, and gently chilled hour of downtempo - perfect for lying in the grass and watching the levees dance in the breeze.

Tune in // fade out!

SMS#46 w/ OLIV

sound collage & more, this set starts both cassette and digital recordings made in the surroundings of crisálida. later on, you can find a temptation to dialogue between these and tracks crisálida feels in touch with; as she tries to communicate and escalate her frozen wings through languages already taken. closing off with twin peaks' magic, crisálida finds her way asleep again.

carrossel + motherboard of feelings - crisálida
butterflies' shield + saxofone recording - crisálida
eden et après - crisálida
(voice recordings) + avó lena - crisálida
ingus baušķenieks - 19.10.89
lena platonos - lego ( + field recordings) 
pony tail - crisálida
piccolo ( + field recordings) - crisálida
eye - sabine
annelies monseré - hold music I  ( + field recordings)
dali muru - slothrising
naomi klaus - crocodile skin shoes
rojin sharafi - dbkkk 
julee cruise - the world spins (demo)
organs feel it too in a loop - crisálida

TIME CAPSULE #7 - CRISÁLIDA - 03.08.2025

Main Ingredient #43 - Blats - Bhangra Force on @sphere radio

Today, we use Bhangra as our Main Ingredient! 

@blatsss says: My fascination with Bhangra, especially the UK hybrid version, has been with me for a while now. It all began when I discovered Bindu on Multitone and the Love 2 Love trilogy on Audiorec.

The rhythmic beats, often driven by the dhol and combined with elements of hip-hop and house, really resonate with me.

Sometimes, it can feel a bit much, but if you take the journey, it all makes sense.

Main Ingredient #43 - Blats - Bhangra Force

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For uploads before 01.12.22 please visit our old Mixcloud Archiv: https://www.mixcloud.com/SphereRadio/

For inquiries, feedback or anything else: info@sphere-radio.net

elysium solidity #14 - w/ sensi.ble - 19.02.2025

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