Haunting yet grounded, Ashes to Matter unspools like a ritual in bass pressure. SIM crafts a slow-burning, low-end sculpture where distorted textures flicker beneath spacious delays. Industrial ambient meets soundsystem alchemy; this one isn’t built for the peak time, it’s for the reckoning after. The air between kicks is thick with memory, echoing something ancient in modern decay.

On Whipback, SIM flips the tempo with razor-sharp flair — a jagged, serpentine rhythm that snaps back with unsettling precision. Think bashment fed through a wormhole, landing somewhere between futuristic club workouts and warehouse hypnosis. The mix is raw, dynamic, and delightfully wrong-footing. You won’t know whether to wine or brace for impact — either way, resistance is futile.

Written and produced by Simon-Luc Laporte
Mixed and mastered at Mata Sound Studios, Lanaudière, QC
All rights reserved

SIM - Whipback

Kapoor - MystIc Creatures 2025

Ali Alo — Inspired By Series 🇩🇪

For this new chapter of the Inspired By series, we travel into the immersive sound world of @eckert-philipp, better known as ECKRT.

Philipp’s music feels like a dialogue between earth and sky — deep grooves rooted in the ground, while melodies drift high like fragments of dreams. His sets are journeys woven with textures and emotions, designed to move the body while gently stirring the soul.

With a refined sensibility, he captures atmospheres that are both timeless and intimate, guiding us through waves of energy where hypnotic rhythms meet delicate details. This mix is a mirror of his passion for storytelling through sound, an invitation to close your eyes and let the music speak.

So take a deep breath, press play, and let yourself be carried away.

To get to know him a little better, here’s a glimpse into his musical story …

✘ So tell me what was your first track you fell in love with during your childhood?
Dave Seaman & One Million Toys - Everything Comes In Threes (D-Nox & Beckers Remix) was one of the formative gems from 2014-2019.

✘ ... and the last track you digged?
Derun - Nea Moni (Lanka Remix) pitched down to 90 BPM!

✘ Maybe could you tell us how did you get into the music cooking pot?
I was always fascinated by the possibility of creating your own way of music, inspired by friends like Innellea or Yubik in 2013. Mixing sound is highly addictive and I love it!

Con amor …

Inspired by ECKRT

☼ Damien Harmand
SC: @damien-harmand
SC: @la-magouille

Sunset Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Excited to share this set with from our dear friend Damien who is back for his second mixtape on the channel. This time round he has put together one bad ass mix full of slow tech grooves that just hit the spot to kick off your autumn with something bouncy, a little filthy that will get you two stepping in record time. A music fan to the core who is always looking to find those hidden gems no matter what genre he is feeling. 

Damien is the cofounder of the long distance parties and he is also part of @la-magouille, the wicked duo based in Lausanne! All I can say is click play and let yourself groove!

Merci beaucoup pour ton super set Damien!

Follow Damien Harmand 

Sunset Grooves Podcast #252 - Damien Harmand

🌒 Ali Alo Fam,

From the first breath of dawn in Barcelona to the humid winds of Bali,
a new invocation rises — one of reverence, rhythm, and rebirth.

Today, we open space for “Ganesha”,
a sacred mantra reimagined in downtempo form, blending ancient devotion with modern soundscapes.

Three souls unite on this path:
✨ Sydney Seymour – guiding the flow through deep, grounding production.
✨ Sÿana La Riva – weaving voice and harmonium into a warm, devotional current.
✨ Cellomano – infusing organic life through the resonance of the cello.

Together, they breathe new life into the revered Ganesha chant,
known for its power to remove obstacles and open the way forward.
The track unfolds as a meditative journey — lush cello melodies intertwine with hypnotic beats,
Sÿana’s voice floating between earth and ether,
while harmonium and rhythm merge into a river of calm transformation.

This is not just a song — it’s a mantra in motion,
a sonic offering for clarity, courage, and new beginnings.

✘ Artists

Sydney Seymour (Barcelona // Spain)
🎧 SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/sydneyseymour

📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/sydneysseymour/

Sÿana La Riva (Barcelona // Spain)
🎧 SoundCloud :https://soundcloud.com/syanalariva

📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/syanayoga/

Cellomano (Denpasar // Indonesia)
🎧 SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/cellomano

📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/cellomano/

✘ Release info

🎵 Title : Ganesha
🗓 Release Date : 24 October 2025


🌈 May this mantra guide your way, dissolve your doubts, and open your path.
Hippies 2.0 out 🌀

PREMIERE : Sydney Seymour_ Sÿana La Riva & Cellomano - Ganesha

🌒 Ali Alo Fam,

From the roots of darkness and rhythm, a new pulse awakens, one born from depth, emotion, and connection.

Today, we open sacred space for “Dark Wave”, a deep collaboration between Dishich and Dura Mater, released under the warm wings of PBP Records 🌑

This journey carries a deep, dark, and chillrave vibe — a space where shadows breathe and music guides the soul.
Joining this ritual are two incredible remixers, Magupi and fÄst, each offering their own story through sound:
Magupi conjures tribal echoes and nocturnal pulse,
fÄst illuminates the night with crystalline, flowing textures.

At PBP Records, we don’t care about BPM — we care about the vibe.
Each note is a whisper, each beat a heartbeat, a reminder that music connects us all.

Let the rhythm remind you:
we are waves of the same darkness,
hearts of the same light,
souls of the same vibration.

Dishich
🎧 SoundCloud : @dishich
📸 Instagram : instagram.com/dishich.music

Dura Mater
🎧 SoundCloud : @duramater

Remixers
🎧 Magupi : https://soundcloud.com/magupi
📸 Instagram : instagram.com/magupi_music

🎧 fÄst : @fastmusic
📸 Instagram : instagram.com/jeremyfastmusic

PBP Records
🎧 SoundCloud : @pbp-records
📸 Instagram : instagram.com/pbp.records

📘 Facebook : facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068208074319

✘ Release info
🎵 Title : Dark Wave
🗓 Release Date : October 2025
🛸 Beatport : https://www.beatport.com/release/dark-wave/5470467

🌌 May this offering connect you deeper to yourself and to all beings.
Hippies 2.0 out 🌀

PREMIERE : Dishich, Dura Mater - Dark Wave [ PBP Records ]

RITUAL 003

Marking a year since the beginning of the SLOWTECHERS series, this volume returns to the essence of slowness — intention, patience, and deep listening. A reminder to move with purpose, to feel the pulse beneath the noise, and to let time breathe through the sound.

thanks to you all for your support and all the beautiful music that you've sent me towards this. many many great producers that i wouldnt have known otherwise!

if you havent yet and would like to, here's the dubs email: dubs4sim@gmail.com

full tracklist posted ova here in 2 hours:  instagram.com/sim_mtl

SLOWTECHERS 5

The room was still cold when it began.
No one spoke. Words weren't necessary.
Somewhere between 100 and 118, time stopped feeling linear.
Nothing exploded. It just rose, patiently, deliberately, like two lovers entwined in the endless embrace of the Supernal Light...

Entwinement At Dusk - Midtempo Warm-Up (100–118 BPM)

PHINSTR - Mantra

Freedom and love go together. 
Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.

🧁🧁🧁
BOOKINGS: Capon.josh@gmail.com 
RESIDENT: @MashtiCommunity
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UPCOMING GIGS

31/12 Bad Habits, Oslo (NW)

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PAST GIGS

22/11 Mashti Sololand, Oslo (NW)
22/ 10 - Oslo Invitation Week Official After Party, Oslo (NW)
 18/10 - Mashti Sincity, Oslo (NW)
27/09 -AURUM 001 A New Light, Oslo (NW)
02/09 - Baba Bar, Oslo (NW)
30/08 - Mashti Sololand, Oslo (NW)
24/07 - Borderland RED night @ Vagabonds Vagadome (SE)
21/ 07 - Borderland b2b Bubbles @ Castle (SE)
05/07 - Nowhere Saturday Closing @ Costume Camp (SPN)
04/07 - Nowhere Biscoteca @ Costume Camp (SPN)
04/07 - Nowhere Friday Sunrise @ Costume Camp (SPN)
01/06 - Pipa Boat Party, Pipa Brazil
05/05 - Culture Berlin, Sucre Bolivia
25/ 04 - Karavan, San Pedro De Atacama 
22/ 04 - Puna, San Pedro De Atacama 
25/ 03 - Yaghan, Ushuaia Argentina 
16/ 02 - Fire n Flow, Newcastle (AUS)
19/ 01 - Fire n Flow, Newcastle (AUS)
28/ 12 - Open Decks Closing Party, Newcastle (AUS)
12/12 - Sparkhouse, Newcastle (AUS)
24/11 - Burner Decompression, Sydney (AUS)
27/10 - Fire n Flow, Newcastle (AUS)
26/10 - Halloween 7 Hour Set, Newcaslte (AUS)
24/10 - Paradise Bar, Pai (THL)
18/10 - 10Rai Sunset Lounge, Pai (THL)
17/10 - Paradise Bar, Pai (THL)
10/10 - Paradise Bar, Pai (THL)
26/07 - Vagadome @ Borderland (SE)
25/07 - Fluffitarium @ Borderland (SE)
23/07 - Vagadome @ Borderland (SE)
06/06 - Loophole @ Nowhere (SPN)
05/06 - Costume Camp @ Nowhere (SPN)
04/06 - Camp Cambio @ Nowhere (SPN)
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SOCIAL NETWORKS
IG: @Jaycapon_
https://www.instagram.com/jaycapon_/

A proud member of the burner community, Cupcakes has brought his diverse sounds to many events, creating immersive musical journeys for dancefloor enthusiasts across the globe.

Having lived and traveled for many years in some of the world's electronic hot spots - Berlin, Tbilisi, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Goa, Bogota, Tokyo and Seoul - Cupcakes draws inspiration from diverse club cultures and much like their neurodivergence Cupcake's sets explore a rich spectrum...

bookings@thekarismatik.com »»»» for bookings.
Good proper underground music. 🖤
 


LABELS:

~ Akumandra
~ Magician on Duty
~ Mystic Tales
~ Serafin Audio Print
~ Katahaifisch 
~ Down Records
~ Trndmsk
~ Sofa Records
~ Souq
~ Baikal Nomads
~ MŎNɅDɅ
~ Casa Caos
~ Wildfang
~ Ohxalá
~ Otake

Being heavily influenced by Downtempo, classic Minimal Tech House and modern day Psy Techno, PHINSTR stands for a slower, hypnotic take on Dark Progressive Psy Trance, but also likes to mix Genres up.

We are looking to develop the genre of groove! So if you think you got that absolute banger of track full of mental grooves please submit: 

PREMIERES/FREE DL -> sunsetgrooves@live.com 

We will be uploading mixes every two weeks as we want to ensure each mix has the right amount of time for listeners to appreciate the set and the time and effort each artist puts into each mix. Feel free to still get in touch with us and introduce us to your music.  We try our best to be a platform for upcoming and unknown artists as well as showcasing some of our favorite producers to give you a blend of new, talented and also some of the OG artists who knows what's up.

Please do not spam us with "repost/support" our track, mix etc. If you take the time to explain why you think we would like it, we will take the time to listen to it. 

SUNSET GROOVES RESIDENT ARTISTS: 

@funky-chap 
@atroposvibes
@user-556945276
@madameroche
@cristiano-mastrojeni
@polocid

Big Hugs 
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▼ Upcoming Events: 
*2025*
Feb: TBC 
08.03.2025 : Line Up TBA 
April TBC: 
May TBC: 

▼ Previous Events: 
*2024*
15.11.2024 - Lausanne "On Va Ou" w/ Don Son, Funky Chap, Brasscuts
13.12.2024 - Lausanne "Folklor" w/ Kellerkind, Atropos, Julmoon 
05.09.2024 - BR!TCH, R.B.L.O., Atropos b2b Julmoon 
23.08.2024 - Moloquai, G-Raf b2b Substrack
09.08.2024 - Sunset Residents
11.07.2024 - La Magouille & Funky Chap 
*19.04.2024* - Pauli Pocket (Berlin), Matija (Zurich), Funky Chap, Moara, Atropos, Julmoon, Vito (CH) 
30.02.2024 - Sunset Residents 
28.03.2024 - Adri & Frenzy, Atropos b2b Molÿ
22.02.2024 - Nina Gaia, ARTISO, Julmoon 
11.01.2024 - Biop6, Ines, Funky Chap 

*2023*
07.12.2023 - Sunset Residents 
02.11.2023 - Ayuma, CODO, Julmoon 
05.10.2023 - Kiki (Berlin), Several Definitions, Atropos 
14.09.2023 - Funky Chap, Sarah S, Adrianou
06.07.2023 - Niki Sadeki, Funky Chap, Atropos, Julmoon 
15.06.2023 - KlangDruide, Jola Luz, Atropos, Funky Chap
11.05.2023 - Disco For The People, Two Sol, Funky Chap (Funk/Disco) 
20.04.2023 - ANouch, Laila, Julmoon 
16.03.2023 - Hatari, George ActX, Matthew Square, (Vinyl Only) 
17.02.2023 - Rabih Rizk, RIVA, Atropos
19.01.2023 - Maxim Laffon, MateO, Polocid

*2022*
08.12.2022 - Evstad, Sunset Grooves Residents 
03.11.2022 - Jay Fase, Atropos, Funky Chap  
06.10.2022 - Don Son, Funky Chap, Tikno
18.08.2022 - Funky Chap, Atropos, Julmoon

*2021*
29.10.2021 - Folklor, Lausanne 
w/ Franca, Funky Chap, Julmoon  

*2020*

09.11.20 - Folklor, Lausanne (CH) 
Sunset Grooves Residents: Atropos, Julmoon, Funky Chap 
10.07.20 - Folklor, Lausanne (CH) 
w/ Schlepp Geist (Live), Funky Chap, Adri & Frenzi

*2019*

15.11.19 - "Old School Hip Hop" Hydromel, Lausanne (CH) 
w/ Funky Chap, 9Dee, Julmoon, Tikno
11.10.19 - Folklor, Lausanne (CH) 
w/ Midas 104, Guzy, Funky Chap  
28.06.19 - Montreux Jazz Festival (CH) 
w/ Milo Häfliger, Funky Chap, Mellowcat

*2018*

15.09.18 - Folklor, Lausanne (CH) 
w/ Deep Filip, Funky Chap, Mellowcat  
07.06.19 - La Galicienne, Lausanne (CH) 
w/ Don Son b2b Cris Kai, Maitrai,  Atropos b2b Mellowcat, Funky Chap b2b Mat-eO

*2017*

19.08.17 - Sunset Grooves Launch Party @La Galicienne, Lausanne (CH)
w/ Funky Chap, Atropos, NVST, Salvatore Freda

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Sunset Grooves - It is all about the good vibes so let the music begin and the ego's disappear

Founded by Jeremy aka @Funky-Chap to unite music lovers to spread music news, new tracks, old tracks, unknown artists, good vibes, events within your region to people who appreciate music and its different genres. The podcast first launched at the start of 2013, successfully bringing in a variety of DJs based all over the world who are truly passionate about music. Everyone has their own way of interpreting the sunset mood and it is about enjoying their perspective when they are behind the decks :)  

We have a fresh podcast from a different DJ every week.. sometimes more often sometimes less. The music style is all about what the DJ is feeling at the moment with the common theme of having that beautiful sunset in the background wherever you may come from or where you are currently based. 

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▼ Promos or Premieres: 

Soundcloud Message 
Or
sunsetgrooves@live.com  
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We are here to spread the good music to those who appreciate it.

Slow Tech Advocate
BOOKINGS: sim@matasound.net
TRAX: dubs4sim@gmail.com
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SIM is a Montreal-based producer and researcher whose work exists at the intersection of genres. Known for coining the term "Slow Tech" to describe his unique approach to sound, SIM creates a gravitational pull between genres—particularly Techno and Dancehall—while maintaining the integrity of their respective histories. His sound traverses both the abstract and the concrete, drawing inspiration from Dub and Dancehall pioneers like Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby, and Dave Kelly, alongside Techno innovators like Plastikman and Jeff Mills.

The release of Pu$$ycat in 2018, a collaboration with Catalan duo Crimen Pasional, marked a turning point in SIM's career, amplifying his voice within the international scene. Since then, his collaborative spirit has only grown, working with artists such as Brodinski, Sinjin Hawke, Grove, Henzo, Madam X, Doctor Jeep, DJ Plead, Toumba, and Siu Mata, among others.

His recent discography showcases a diverse range of sounds and styles, with standout releases like the SIM000 releases, the SLOWTECHERS mix series  ‘Oil Drum’ with Doctor Jeep, the Sulum EP on Berlin’s SPE:C Records and the Terminate EP on London’s renowned Nervous Horizon.

Through his artistic practice and academic research, SIM continues to redefine the conversation around Sound System culture and electronic music, pushing the boundaries of genre and cultural dialogue on a global scale

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