Dance

We are very happy to present you with the 56th chapter in our Podcast Series today, a powerful deep listening mix recorded live at Perpendicular 2025 by our dear friend ~ Horizontal. Setting the scene, imagine yourself laying down comfortably in a wooden cabin deep in the woods at night time, in profound communion with your fellow listeners and letting the sounds collective carry you inwards 🌚✨
 
I first met Paul two years ago playing at one of my favourite ambient rooms at a small gathering in Scotland, then again last year at Backsteinboot in Berlin where we both played as part of an all night sleepover ambient event Rausch. Both times, I was mesmerised by the composure and depth of Paul’s music and demeanour, two qualities that truly shine through in this sublime mix probing the realms of drone ambient, minimalism, avant-garde and electro-acoustic composition 💫

This hour and a half of slithering drones, liquefied glitches, deep nocturnal soundscapes and ritual sonics is occasionally punctuated by narration. It ebbs and flows between barely audible and fiercely present as it deliberately stretches the scope of listening with its passage. The further in you listen, the deeper in you go 🔮

Recorded live at @espacio-perpendicular 2025

Sounds by @paul-thomas
Visions by @marcomaldarella

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TRACKLIST

Eleh - Reflection 1
Merkaba Macabre - Gaslight and the dark (Unreleased)
Eleh - Beneath the silver sun
Merkaba Macabre - Yenerenicm Nevets (Unreleased)
Eliane Radigue - Adnos 1
Thomas Köner - Cogitation (Decay)
Felicia Atkinson - Valis
Henry Krutzen - L’Alpiniste
Merkaba Macabre - Spectre at Splatthayes (Unreleased)
Ancestral Voices - Medicina
Maggi Payne - Fizz
Ana Roxanne - Untitled
Eliane Radigue - Perception
Samin Son - Oriya
Alain Kremski - Le Christ au mont des oliviers
Ancestral Voices - Night of visions
Unperson - Spiritual (Acapella)
Merkaba Macabre - Ancient Vessels (Unreleased)
Eli Kessler - Willing to be open 
Marco Shuttle - AfA
Christian Zanési - Stop! l’horizon
Thomas Köner - Nival
Thomas Köner - Substrate (Binaural)
Refracted - Departure
Carlos Casas - Interview with the oldest Aeta
Ancestral Voices - Divination

Podcast Series 56 | Horizontal @ Perpendicular 25

Tiny samples careen into each other creating an energetic musical canvas.

More Mini Madrigals (and Motets)

Tyr Jami is a cellist and composer exploring the outer edges of sound through solo performance. Blending extended techniques with effects processing, she creates immersive, evolving textures that reimagine the cello as both instrument and sound source.

Simplicity Unfolding

Windmills

Crustacean

Tyr Jami is a cellist and composer exploring the outer edges of sound through solo performance. By blending extended techniques with effects processing, she creates immersive, evolving textures that reimagine the cello as both an instrument and sound source.

Vapour

Seabed

Conceal

Listen to The Satin Tuning fork every first Monday of the month, from 7-9pm ET with @ilind on www.greatcircles.net and @great-circles.

The Satin Tuning Fork - September 2025: Decline

Recorded and mixed live one afternoon. Tim Wolf: lamellophones (likembe, sanza) and harmonica.

One Afternoon...

Following in the tracks of Musique de Film I & Musique de Film II, Ümlaut’s new album, Musique de Film III, continues to explore the relationship between sound and vision. As a point of departure, this album presents a new creative direction in the evolution Ümlaut’s unique world. Each of the twelve audio and video tracks were created individually and simultaneously, with an overarching theme of perpetual geographies in mind. While the titles impart hints as to a song’s inherent meaning, room is left for listeners to discover their own interpretations. Simplicity is the key. For maximum sensual impact, songs are stripped down their essentials. Nothing is superfluous. The sound is futuristic, yet immediate, where being in the moment yields rewards. A palette of atmospheric colours and spectral harmonics lures the listener into a peaceful dimension of silence and harmony, where delicate field recordings and distorted textures are threaded with warmth.

Bandcamp page

Ümlaut - Frost Descent

Fragment viii: for athena

This piece embodies absence—something that exists yet feels as if it is slipping away, dissolving into the void. Emphasize the tension between presence and emptiness, shaping each note with delicate precision. 
The piece will be performed with echo effects and delay, capturing and manipulating sound signals from the contact mic inside the piano. 
It will be played alongside fixed media, incorporating fragmented samples from Chinese opera.

Fragment v: slipping away

This piece emphasizes desire, silent yearning, and texture. Pay close attention to articulation. 
The piece will be performed with delay and echo effects, capturing and manipulating sound signals from the contact mic inside the piano.

Fragment iv: silent yearning

Witnessing the Moon’s transformation—from its bright form to complete darkness—is a slow process, yet when it final ly disappears, it still feels unexpectedly sudden. 
For this reason, the composition employs a minimal ist approach to reflect this gradual shift. This piece emphasizes impulsiveness and the transformation of rhythm and melody. The right hand changes steadily in a symmetrical manner, while the timing of each transformation is randomized. 
Meanwhile, sudden accents in the left hand introduce asymmetry—mirroring the
tension and unpredictabil ity of the moment.

Fragment iii: impulsiveness

This piece emphasizes a haunting presence that lingers in our memories. The prepared sounds are meant to create an echoing effect, as if resonating from a hollow space.

The performer will follow graphic notation, where key details are suggested through traditional notation. For similar visual patterns, the performer may use the given suggestions as a guide to continue playing, with the flexibility to rotate or retrograde the material.

Play at a slow pace and listen carefully to the timbral qualities.

The piece will be performed with fixed media, incorporating recorded singing bowl sounds and ambient noises from hospital environments.

Fragment ii: haunting presence

This piece emphasizes the conflict between light and darkness, evoking madness and a constant sense of unease. Pay close attention to articulation, tempo, and dynamics. The piece will be performed with spectral time effects and delay, capturing and manipulating sound signals from the contact mic inside the piano.

Fragment vi: delirium

This piece emphasizes breath and uncertainty. Melodic fragments inside boxes
indicate important motifs that can be repeated 2–3 times. With each repetition, vary the rhythm, articulation, and dynamics. 
Avoid placing everything on strong beats to create a wandering effect. Between  boxed motifs, take slight pauses to al low space for breath. Notes with a diamond shape indicate prepared notes. 
The piece will be performed with fixed media, incorporating recorded breathing
sounds.

Fragment i: uncertainty

Audiobulb Records is an exploratory music label designed to promote creativity in all its forms. Audiobulb releases artist works on CD & download formats as well as multimedia works, VST (virtual instruments), audio hardware and other creative tools. We embrace the complexity of unique electronics, intricate acoustics and detailed microsound. Home of 'Endless Endless', 'Root of Sign' and the AMBIENT and Lissajous sound modules.

Atmospheric music using experimental techniques that combine acoustic and electronic elements together.

Liquid Terrain is the work of musician and visual artist Tim Wolf. He describes his work as liquid terrains: fluid landscapes. He has studied Indian classical music, practiced disciplines of improvisation, and worked as an audio engineer and music and live performance producer. Formerly a saxophonist and vocalist, he now performs on several traditional African and digital instruments. Other recordings and visual work can be seen at http://www.liquidterrain.com . Some music is available for download and streaming at https://liquidterrain.bandcamp.com .

AW/OA is dedicated to all voices from the spectrum of electronic musics. 

Demos, mixes & inquiries: https://linktr.ee/isaacLinder

design by Entrancer | all illustrations are courtesy lindersculpture.com

I’ve always been drawn to sound — its endlessness, its quiet way of saving me. 
The younger me still claws through every note, asking to be heard. Now, after thirteen years, I make music to remember, to forgive, and to begin again.

Platform navigating the liminal spaces between ambient and dance music and featuring regular radio shows, guest podcast series and co-curated events ✨🌝🌚✨

Contact: info@introspective-electronics.com

Curation by @avsluta 🌱
Visual Identity by @marcomaldarella 🍃

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