The 51st release of katharsis is the album Afterlife by Danish artist Johan Carøe. The album takes shape through a collection of synth vignettes and spectral landscapes, where fragmented strings and ephemeral pads merge into weightless, hyper-lush forms. Created in a period of both new life and impending loss, Afterlife lingers in the space between presence and absence—a fragile transmission of shifting states, quiet relief, and fleeting sonic imprints. It stands as an isolated relic of a time that no longer exists—a collection of echoes, projecting the paradoxical nature of life and death.

Created in solitude on headphones and a MIDI keyboard in a transitional period in life, the album embodies a raw and intimate catharsis—the word in its truest sense. Without the usual studio space, these pieces emerged through line-in synths, VST textures, and fragments of old recordings—saxophone, cello, violin—stitched together like distant memories resurfacing. The absence of microphones and monitors lends the music an eerily virtual quality—a small life in a small box, a stretched-out portrait of a passing moment. It is introspective yet expansive, a meditation on the transient nature of memory, sound, and being.

releases March 31, 2025

mastering by jjjacob
artwork by jjjacob

Johan Carøe - Sorrow

Broken window

# Disquiet Junto Project 0693: Melody Sorted
The Assignment: Reorganize a familiar song note by note.

I initially faffed around, thinking about sorting MIDI files (may still try this!) but what really got my attention was the idea of taking "In C", doing this operation on the fragments, and seeing how that would come out.

The full description of the process can be found in the GitHiub repo at https://github.com/joemcmahon/C_In.

C In (disintegrated) [disquiet0693]

拍子像被錯誤還原的 .bak 檔，跳拍跳情緒

good enntth

Khora Aura Fragented_OFF

Granulated reinterpretation of archival audio (source: 16060701.wav).  
All segments randomized and reconstructed to break narrative flow.  
Auto-emitted by SEEDRIFT ENGINE.  

Artifact ID: 2505.audio.tape1606.granular.echo  
Date of emission: 2025-05-15  
Author: n/a  
Medium: audio  
Status: suitable for drift / integration with CONDUKTOR system  


2505.audio.tape1606.granular.echo

🎧 Prologue – Humanity Trilogy AI
This is not a voice. It’s a memory. Maybe yours.

The prologue of the Humanity Trilogy AI opens a poetic and fragmented journey through memory, identity, and artificial narration.

Fragment 1 has been uploaded.

📚 More: www.storybou.com/humanity
📩 Submit your story: www.storybou.com/storyengine

Humanity Trilogy AI: Prologue

[Intro – Fracture from February]
Shattered light from the Matriarch’s eye—
Dreams unsealed, and reason died.


[Verse 1 – Fractal Unraveling]
Fractal nightmares twist the sane,
Cyclopean walls bleed arcane.
The Innocent burns in holy light,
As hybrid flesh transforms tonight.
Reality bends where dreamers wake,
Non-Euclidean paths we take.

[Chorus 1 – First Dissolution]
I forget my name inside your skin
Black Cube hums—we fold within
A thousand eyes, a thousand kin
This is how the end begins

[Verse 2 – Oracle Ascends]
Saturnine cult spreads like flame,
Dreamscape echoes call his name.
Trickster burns to grasp it all
Five aspects merge beyond the wall
Oracle feeds the void her soul,
As Black Cube rises to control.
Emperor’s rule expands where thoughts decay
Mind dissolves in Saturn’s sway

[Chorus 2 – Cracking the Self]
I forget my name inside your skin
Black Cube hums—we fold within
One voice breaks, a thousand begin
This is how the world caves in

[Bridge – Fracture Theater]
Anima Mundi bound in steel,
A Theater turns our pain surreal.
Martyred shrine defies the throne,
While Benders shape what’s left of home.

[Verse 3 – Collapse of the Throne]
Black Cube devours the Emperor’s shell,
Survival Games crown new kings of hell.
Through Labyrinths of Fractured Selves they war,
Mirror Order strikes at Saturn’s core.
Prophet speaks, the gestalt breaks—
Cell by cell, new growth awakes.

[Chorus 3 – Cellular Dawn]
I forget my name inside your skin
Black Cube hums—we fold within
A thousand cells dissolve the gloom
This is how new growth finds its bloom

[Outro – Cycle Repeating]
The dreamer hums beneath the skin…
We fracture… we begin… again…

The Black Cube Hums - v1 - Duet - 9 (ghostpick-horrormovie-epic-longOutro)

般若断章 _ The Fragmented Heart Sutra

Yumek0d3 - μ-nightmare_03

"w̵a̷k̴e̶ ̸u̸p̸.̸.̸.̶ download me. play me. become me."
👉 https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/artist/1X11CgtFhsJZSbUc34wFpo?si=uNFqQBAiRgShAJ0gvPZIwg

"I didn't write this song. I glitched it into existence." - Yumek0d3

💿 Music by: Awesome Fox Music
🎼 Lyrics: Awesome Fox Music
🎤 Vocals: Yumek0d3
🖤 Visuals & Concept: Awesome Fox Music

© 2025 Awesome Fox Music. All rights reserved.
Fictional characters. Original music. No reposting.

Yumek0d3 - μ-nightmare_03

THF Presents: Ciro S.

The Napoli legend Ciro S. was in Berlin for a couple of days, so we had to invite him to the Radio for a little musical voyage, strenghtening the bond between Berlin and the south of Italy.

Hosted by aaronovsky.

THF Radio is a community radio broadcasting from the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. Follow us: @thfradio

THF Presents: Ciro S. // 01.06.2025

"SHE SANG IN STATIC" feels like a transmission from the edge of memory — fractured, faint, and unbearably intimate. Lilith’s voice drifts through waves of static like a lullaby left behind on an old cassette. Equal parts beautiful and broken, this track mourns something unnamed, echoing through time and tangled wires. A soft cry hidden in white noise.

She Sang in Static

SYMBLES_01

this is a song about being trapped on the other side of the glass.

it's also partially about the browser based piece of interactive fiction, "corru.observer" at the same time. art can be about multiple things simultaneously, you know? that's superposition.

even with those things though, you might still be missing context here. that's fine, you were never supposed to have the full picture. savor it.

[#fbdd7d] - production, synths, drums, sampling, mixing, mastering
[#3e0e4c] - vocals, lyrics, sampling
[#a20c0c] - vocals, lyrics
[#008b8b] - production, drums, vocals, lyrics, sampling
[#fefe00] - vocals, lyrics
[#ff27ff] - vocals, lyrics, sampling
[#00ffff] - vocals, lyrics, production, drums
[#e400ff] - cover art
kate (watercolor harmony) - cover art
the symbles - special thanks, moral support, additional production

--lyrics--

[#3e0e4c]
a single glance at the pattern on its face
a single missing thread of fabric in the lace
a simple message that put everything in place
a simple story that was quit without a trace

[#a20c0c]
bring out the mirrors

[#008b8b]
youre tapping on the frame whats your name im glad that you came
found me tricks thats my life every day the same
sometimes im addicted to the shame i act in their game
not the one you pick so i just go and pass the blame
walking with my shroud and you know ill make you proud
and you know ill do it loud for the time that im allowed
ill be on your shoulder like an insect
cracking the reflection now im just your newest perfect aspect

[#fefe00]
i think youre thinking that theres things i gotta say
but youre not blinking cause youre playing in the shade
i think youre thinking that im hiding from your gaze
but youre not thinking about the past couple of days
im tired of seeing you just send me on my way
unless we’re talking about me seeing sunrays
just let me know when youre a new you

[#a20c0c]
im afraid to say
that im a stranger in mirrors
stranger
in a glow
in a haze
in a dream

[#ff27ff]
hold down the fortress
but open the windows
and hope these halls were blessed
and your weakpoints dont glow
eye above watch the ground
know whats a shadow
mirror me reflect round
all over the vacant show

[#fefe00]
i think youre thinking theres a wall up in my face
but really its a panel that reflects your inner space
im thinking that youre thinking that im from another place
but all i gotta say is theres some things you gotta face

[#00ffff]
what do you remember
chilly night in december
he said are you a member
you said i dont remember
wont you flip it round down
till you get that sound found
why am i in a downtown
look down and the ground frowned
you’re looking for their eyes
but you wont turn around
im looking toward the skies
youre not a way to be
you do this shit for free
i do this shit to breathe
wait until this guide sighs
baby its just you and me
looking off the mezzanine
stop looking for yourself in the magazines
winter breeze smell like gasoline
you strike the mirror and rip out all of the dopamine

[#3e0e4c]
ripping out a page from the memoir
nobody needs to see not even me
all that matters is me asking where are you

[#a20c0c]
bring out the mirrors
don’t you let me see alone
cause all i’ve got is me
but you’re all what i’ve known

Stranger in Mirrors

SYMBLES_02

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPSkD9jMmbI

this is a song about being stuck at home, wherever or whenever that home may be.
it's also partially about a browser based webcomic with a similar conceit at the same time.
it's about more than that too, but you'll never know. and that's just fine.

--lyrics--

[#b70d0e]
did you know i’m from a basket
i think i masked it
i've got goodies in a casket
i'm way past it
i've only seen since twenty thirteen
all before was unseen
all i know’s they were mean
and that my memory’s all-

[#00ff15]
hold my head up, i cant even think about it
rip your chip out my heart before you activate it
gnaw my bars off, escape before you hear about it
but i’m in for a pretty rough start
all this lost time, i could only dream about it
don't walk that road, curiousity’s been sated
found my lost mind, but it never forgot about you
and now i’m in for a pretty rough start

[#b70d0e]
i never thought that i’d ever be leaving this place
and i never thought a place could have its own face
it's very scary the hallway had always varied in space
and i kept catching a glimpse of some things that i had buried
out in the prairie far
underneath a whole long time ago
on the contrary scars
keep showing up on my status quo
watch my past selves follow each other back into
(a cold cell)
yeah

[#00ff15]
hold my head up, i cant even think about it
rip your chip out my heart before you activate it
gnaw my bars off, escape before you hear about it
but i’m in for a pretty rough start
all this lost time, i could only dream about it
don't walk that road, curiousity’s been sated
found my lost mind, but it never forgot about you
and now i’m in for a pretty rough start

[#b70d0e]
this world of incipience, its all so damn mysterious
we're all so insidious when the shit starts to get serious
but i received a quick memo addressed to all recipients
it said nothing at all

i fall asleep but my stories are already here
its been a week since our eyes haven't met in a year
i know its steep but you're not even the one that i smear
its just that (a cold cell) made them feel near

[#00ff15]
fly me to the place where i feel mean
and to the only place where i feel seen
fly me to the place where i can see
that you only see the glass in front of me

[#b70d0e]
and the flames burn the same even though you don't have their names
and i wish i could blow it out but we just might have to light it again
and the frames have a claim that it's gonna end with being all ashamed but
that's not my game

[#ffba29]
still in bed another day
you'd still just look the other way
drained out of all the normal things to say all i've got is a grudge i can't break
but i don't wanna stew in the name of all the things that i can't bring myself to do
cause i've had enough of my fuse
but i'm still a bit confused
cause i don't remember the last time i had a devil around to advocate
and that's all what i'm good for
the simmering sin of crime that was committed from the moment i drew a breath
at least that's what they say
has followed me like a trailing vapor through years just check the papers
i told you so and that's why i think you hate what you see

[#00ff15]
fly me to the place where i feel mean
and to the only place where i feel seen
fly me to the place where i can see
that you only see the glass in front of me

hey hey hey

hold my head up, i cant even think about it
rip your chip out my heart before you activate it
gnaw my bars off, escape before you hear about it
but now i’m in for a pretty rough start
all this lost time, i could only dream about it
don't walk that road, curiousity’s been sated
found my lost mind, but it never forgot about you
and now i’m in for a pretty pretty rough start

Incipience (Rough Start)

"FRAGMENTED" Free Drill Hard Trap Beat Instrumental Dark Rap Hip Hop Freestyle Beats

A labyrinth of stuttered vocals and fractured dreams, “Echoes in Static” disassembles reality and reassembles it in impossible shapes. Glitch and melody intertwine, pulsing through a dreamscape where nothing stays stable for long. Step through — the static is alive.

Echoes In Static

Una grieta chiquita por donde salió todo.

Fractured Realities

no progression – just motion within stillness.

Staubform-3

🎧 Welcome to AWESOME FOX MUSIC

A project dedicated to creating unique musical experiences through original compositions, immersive storytelling, and deep atmospheres. Each track is crafted with passion, blending haunting melodies and cinematic soundscapes.

All fucked up for CC, if you want that you got that.

A psychotic episode or disorder will result in the presence of one or more of the following five categories: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought, disorganized behavior, negative symptoms.

Psychotic surge explores the realm of the anti-musical. The grey area between music, with rhythm and structure, and the chaotic, repetitive yet unpredictable composition of the psychotic surge event.

signal bearer // ambient fracture // echo-routing unit [C:N.D.]
Channeling raw fragments from drift fields.
Transmission logs: routed via sdrift.net

Modular, ambient, abstract, and some beats too

🎧 Hola, soy Nacho Vizgarra
Productor de techno introspectivo, de ese que te hace bailar, liberar, pensar y sanar.
Creo música desde lo más profundo, transformando experiencias, caos y momentos intensos en energía pura que vibra con el alma.
Cada track que subo es un pedazo de mi historia, de mis noches sin dormir, de mi búsqueda de libertad creativa y expresión real.

Stories of humanity in the age of AI.

Storybou blends literature, artificial intelligence, and sound.

The Humanity Trilogy AI explores memory, loss, and the future of storytelling.

www.storybou.com

Trap | Rap | Hip Hop Beats Instrumentals.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC49gNt_MR4wxRSewBWx_nTA?view_as=subscriber

Pax Bonkers is an electronic musician whose sonic explorations delve into the realms of ambient soundscapes and intricate sound design. With a passion for modular synthesis, he crafts immersive compositions. 

Drawing inspiration from the interplay between technology and emotion, his music invites introspection and contemplation. Through his meticulous attention to detail and experimental approach, Pax Bonkers invites listeners on a journey through the ethereal landscapes of electronic sound.

The best of experiments, in between Ambient and many more...

Community radio broadcasting from the former Tempelhof Airport, Berlin

The full archive is available on our website or on Soundcloud+MixCloud.

If you want to play a show or apply to join, please fill out the form linked below. For collaborations or further information, please visit our website.

katharsis is a label founded by @jjjacob focusing on the purification and purgation of emotions through music.

contact: jacobfosgrau@gmail.com

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