Lovin' The Orbit from the album Make Pictures With The Sound.

The release title is inspired by a quote from legendary British music producer John Leckie, whose voice guides us into the album on opening track 'Beautiful Satellite'. With this album the Saafi Brothers do just that; make pictures with the sound, taking us on a breathtaking journey through their universe of sound, spiralling out from their deep roots in the Psychedelic Dub genre.


Keeping alive the Saafi Brothers’ reputation for chilled out eclecticism, the musical and emotional range for which they are renowned is very much in evidence here. From the rainforest tinged Dub Funk of ‘Ritualized Space’, through the epic deep Techno Sci-Fi soundscape of ‘In Far Away Places’ to the wigged out Acid House of ‘The Possibility of Change’, the album has much to offer for any connaisseur of contemporary Electronica.
 

Design & artwork by Simon Ghahary, thx bro!

https://www.le-mar.de/projects/saafi-brothers/

Make Pictures With The Sound

Lovin' The Orbit

Possibilities of Enlightenment from Grandma's Handbag

Anton Kubikov
Artefakt
Toki Foku
Solar Quest
Amandra
Deep Nalström
Le Petit
Octal Industries [Mike Schommer Remix]
AboutFace
Klaus Schulze
36
Frankie Knuckles [Luigi Tozzi Remix]
Valentino Mora
MLO
Comit
Priori [Aurora Hallal Remix]
Sebastian Mullaert [Joseph J Joyce Remix]
Inkipak
Indio [Stryke Remix]
Link

VR July 2022

Possibilities of Enlightenment from Grandma's Handbag

Verdant Session April 2025

For myself this is arguably the most satisfying set i've recorded for Timeline or Electronic Convergence....deep, dubby, squelchy and a touch of mentalism for the last 20 minutes.  Fall in....!

Full video version on the EC YT tube Channel : https://youtu.be/a3E5fpzl8fo


Gemini /2007 (Peacefrog)
Barker /Force of Habit (Smalltown Supersound)
Willie Long /Acid Dog [DJ Sprinkles Remix] (Comatonse)
Christopher Rau /Comet (Phonogramme)
Satoshi Tomiie /BLKLN (Phonogramme)
Cycle_Random /Speak Dirty (Notta)
Sirko Muller /Provenance (Kontakt)
Eletun Selona /Ins (Sewer Sender)
Luigi Tozzi /Cenotes (Sense Code)
OK Eg /Dual Path (Appian Sounds)
o.utlier /Ionic (Animalia)
Merv /Strain (Lempuyang)
Fluxion /Berlin (Vibrant Music)
Sound Synthesis /Pulse of The Void (Submersive Underground)
Barbarella /Barbarella [My Name is...Caspar Pound Remix] (Harthouse)
Estrato Aurora & Siarem /Fuego (Appian Sounds)
Domenic Cappello /Pulse Shift (soon on Clone)
Paul Mitchell Ceres (Ohm Series Digital)
Hess & Harrison /Interference (Black Cat)
Viktor Apo /Flow (Artless)
Human Space Machine /RN2GLM [Eduardo De La Calle Response] (Native Response)
Kirk DeGiorgio /Seven Minutes of Funk (Cyphon)
Skudge /Tryptic (Much More Records)
Decoder /Sunya (Delsin)
Sandwell District /Dreaming (Point of Departure)
Sandwell District /The Silent Servant (Point of Departure)
Convextion /Torq (Syncrophone)
Monolake /Cyan II (Chain Reaction)

Comments, ID requests,  Shares and likeys are always appreciated.

VR April 2025

Electronic  Convergence - Verdant Session - April 2025

I hooked up with Jus-Ed recently, spending some quality time in deep conversation and deep music.   He graciously hosted my dig at his UQ vault (Box 32, Schöneberg) and i surfaced some hours later, very content and bagging  records used in this mix.   A memorable session, notable for the boutique personal service, tasty coffee and shared experiences.  

If ever in Berlin, a hook up with @jus-ed is essential ...just keep it real!

Tracklist:

Joey Anderson /Rise Senth (Inimeg)
Jus-Ed /I Miss Huck (UQ)
Jus-Ed /Project 40 (UQ)
Diego Gamez /No-Depen-Dance (DeependDance)
Anton Zap /On The Road (UQ)
Jus-Ed /Pushing Through (UQ)
Jus-Ed /Mike Till We Meet Again (UQ)
Operator 2400 /Cheatin' (UQ)
BLM /Delharmonic (UQ)
Operator 2400 /The World Is... (UQ)
Jus-Ed /I AM (UQ)
Joey Anderson /Diagram Solutions (Inimeg)
Deniro /Tribe (Trip Records)
Eversines /Resilience (WEX)
Jenifer Mayanja /Minding My Own Business and Then... (Big Bait)
Jus-Ed /The Freshness (UQ)
Jus-Ed /German Fetish (UQ)

AV version https://youtu.be/W8O76lNFxJw


VR - May 2025

Box 32

Rain on Window EP

W&P by Havantepe
with remixes but Stojche, Ulf & Ralf

140g 12’ Coloured vinyl release in full printed cover 
140g 12’ Collectors Edition of 20
mastered by Ahmet Altinbas
pressed at Matter of Fact

a1  Overcast
a2  Rain on Window (Stojche’s Overdub)
b1  Condensation [at Night]
b2  Rain On Window
b3  Overcast [Ulf & Ralf’s Cloudburst]

Digital Bonus: Condensation [at Dawn]

Discogs:  https://www.discogs.com/label/1709750-Vertex-Recordings-2

Bandcamp: https://verdantrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rain-on-window

Vertex is a label collaboration between Verdant Recordings [Andy Green] & Exalt Records [Jamie Bargeman] releasing underground electronic music across the deep spectrum.   

Our fourth release is from the studio of Havantepe (Ismail Genc) highly regarded and loved for his elegant, meticulously produced deep techno that has been moving dance floors and satisfying discerning minds for the last 2 decades.   His collectable and prized records have been released by Baum, 200, Grounded in Humanity, Berg Audio, Luck of Access and of course several tracks & remixes on Verdant Recs.

Rain on Window was conceived when Andy and Ismail finally got to hang out in  Istanbul a couple of summer’s ago.  There are 5 tracks on the vinyl and a bonus tracks appears on the digital release.  Overcast is sublime, emotional electro based percussion layered with signature Havantepe feels and melodies.   For Rain on Window and Condensation the bpms are taken higher for head down dub techno stompers.  Verdant regular Stojche contributes a brilliant version of Rain on Window, acknowledging the truest flavours and spirit of dub editing.    Insiders Ulf & Ralf make their debut vinyl appearance with their atmospheric bealtess, ‘Cloudburst’ reconstruction of Overcast.	

Vertex 2025

Havantepe - Rain On Window - Preview Clips (Vertex 004)  released on 12th July

A celestial alignment and Murf was magically here for an unscheduled mix and recording..... 3 1/2 hours later this is the document of our b2b.  

We played some special tunes, somewhat eclectic, but there's a constant seam of playfulness and quality wonk. 

https://youtu.be/mddc0d1HAUs?si=8a9LLPdrKSFXLKbR  (video version)

Massive thanks to Ryan for making it happen!  and more to Murf.... one to remember!

Tracklist:


Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke /Wandering Genie (Mark Pritchard Bandcamp)
Neil Tolliday /You & The Situation (Spirit Wrestlers)
Barker /Force of Habit (Smalltown Supersound)
Modern Living /Snowbird (Mukatsuku presents…)

Murf 

Rekab /Twisted Space (Acquit)
Human Space Machine /SFR5 (Native Response)
Atomic Moog /Program (Delsin)
Anthony Georges Patrice /Over the Leap (agp/ausblick)
Ryan & Merle /Uncle Wonky [Orlando Voorn remix] (promo)

Murf

Chris Mitchell /Eyedeal [XDB remix] (Unlearn)
Ostrich /Broken Promise (Courtesy of Balance)
4:32am /Italia (Dreamflight)
Ostrich /Buttered Up (Courtesy of Balance)
Knowone /Knowone 6.5 (Knowone)
cv313 play Mike Huckaby /Original (Echospace [Detroit])

Murf

Willie Long /Acid Trax D [Sprinkles Acid Dog] (Comatonse)
Eversines /In Vivid Motion (Wex)
Metropolis /No Reason [Cypse Remix] (de Stijl)
Blasej Malinowski /Waves (Aquaregia)
Thoughtforms /E-Blue (Thoughtforms)
Pet Shop Boys /My Head is Spinning (Parlaphone)

Murf to end

VR June 2025

Technos for Totoros

The Real Techno Group recently hosted this mix from me .......

Blurb.....Andy has been collecting electronic music and dancing into the mornings since the late 80s.  He's the ears and energy behind Verdant Recordings, a label supporting diverse music from new and established producers since 2016.  Latterly he teamed up with Jamie Exalt for their Vertex side project.   When "Overcast" from the forthcoming Rain on Window EP by Havantepe left a notable impression on the Real Techno group, Andy offered to record a set around this flavour of  techno - a sweet spot for his tastes in deeper sounds.  As Ulf & Ralf with a close friend, he's been dabbling with some productions and they contribute a remix on the Havantepe EP alongside Stojche.

Links:

Havantepe "Rain On Window"  released on 14th July
https://verdantrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rain-on-window

SC: https://soundcloud.com/verdant-recordings

Verdant Recordings is on the road at Funk in The Forest next weekend:
https://ra.co/events/2086442


Spooky /Orange Coloured Liquid (Test Pressing Recordinngs)
Polygonia /Nightfalll (Monument)
Nthng /Spirit of Ecstacy (Lobster Theremin)
Taction /Caesious (AD)
Elutan Selona / Dimersa (Sewer Sender)
Eversines /Assemble (Wex)
Deniro /Zoom 303 (трип)
Knowone /Knowone 6.5B (Knowone)
Sterec /Thera (100% Pure)
Kirk Degiorgio /5 minutes of Dub (Cyphon)
Taupe /Solitude (Colours)
Paul Mitchell /Ascend (Ohm Series)
Luke Hess /Dokimion (Deeplabs)
JS Zeiter /Navigate (MCMLXV)
Havantepe /Overcast (Vertex)
Orbital /Lush 3.1 (London)
Vand /Trialism (Isotoop)
Shoal /Median (Animalia)
Altinbas /Rivers (Observer Station)
Havantepe /Rain on Window (original) (Vertex)
Stojche /Magnitude (Artless)

AV version of the mix : https://youtu.be/pugO0ErqMWg

Orange Coloured Liquid (M i X for Real Techno)

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The Quadrasphere 017 - Truly Madly & Andy Green

We are very happy to bring you a new QUADRASPHERE mix, and this one is an instant classic! MINDHELMET label boss Truly Madly and VERDANT RECORDINGS head of operations Andy Green. 

2 of the finest selectors getting together on the turntables for a mix of some of the best vinyl we've heard in a long time, crafted to perfection! No tracklist on this one, some of these records are very rare! 

We present:
Truly Madly & Andy Green

A few words from Andy:
"We don't get the benefits of a regular rub down as we used to, but when it happens, it remains a bit of a treat. The chaos of the early discogs forums introduced us over 20 years ago but also because we shared a love of proper deep music and the high life. We've done some Estimulo Shows, SUNK parties (with Chris) and many lost all nighters together before trajectories diverged. This one was a recent Saturday night, just winging it whilst quaffing notable Italian Reds. Its mildly amusing to me (Andy) that this recording leans into Dub Techno, a genre for which Truly has peculiar aversion to… and yet we are left feeling for dubby chords, swirling delays, some elegiac melodies and our passion for the proper tunage......one more rider?"

Music from Ron, Sasha Dive, Schatrax, Anton Zap, P. Laoss, DEC, Deadbeat, Mindhelmet, Claro Intelecto, Jorge Zamacona, Scott Grooves, Shinichi Atobe & Norm Talley amongst others

More info on our guests:
https://mindhelmet.bandcamp.com/
https://verdantrecordings.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/truly-madly
https://soundcloud.com/verdant-recordings

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STIAN CHRISTOPHER VANGSØY