Berlin-based artist Marie Tjong Ayong delivers a captivating four-tracker with her "motherland" EP, which unfolds like a sonic ritual—earthy, dubby, and steeped in natural rhythm. Navigating fluidly between dub techno, grey area, downtempo, and breakbeat, the EP carves out its own genre-blurring identity. The sound is rooted in a warm, organic atmosphere, driven by percussive detail and an unmistakably natural flow.
You can sense Marie’s background as a trained jazz trumpeter in the subtle musical intelligence that underlies each movement. From the driving, rhythm-heavy opener "freshelle" to the introspective, bass-laden "tiger balm", the EP continuously shifts form and energy. "desert of boredom" maintains the dub-soaked aesthetic while injecting a more forceful groove, before "rodeo of the bugs" rounds things off with deep, muted dub techno and refined percussive finesse.

Preorder: qeone.bandcamp.com/album/motherland

Release date ~ August 5, 2025

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About Marie Tjong Ayong

Marie Tjong Ayong is a Berlin-based producer, vinyl-DJ, and trumpeter.
Her sound weaves percussive lushness, warm harmonies, and genre-defying grooves into immersive, abstract sonic spaces. Airy, dreamy, and deeply groovy, her music invites listeners into a world shaped by texture and emotional depth, often reconnecting with her roots through layered sound design.
Born in 1994 to a jazz musician and a music teacher, Marie picked up the trumpet at the age of 12. From 2014 to 2019, she studied jazz trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
Her versatility and unique voice have since made her collaborator in a wide range of projects—from modern jazz ensembles like Leon Plecity’s Extraordinary Machine to Afrobeat and hip-hop collectives such as HYPNAGOGIA. She is also a member of the Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld, the house band of ZDF Magazin Royale with Jan Böhmermann.
Marie Tjong Ayong’s work blurs boundaries—not only between genres, but between the tangible and the imagined.

www.instagram.com/marietjongayong/
www.soundcloud.com/user-577926608
www.marietjongayong.bandcamp.com/album/trio

Written and produced by Marie Tjong Ayong
Mastered by Klangstellwerk (Niklas Bühler)
Artwork by Lindsey Wang (@Polygonia)

Support & Buy

Marie Tjong Ayong - motherland [QNE015]

Grey Area Deluxe OTW 
cover art by Zayn Secher

Cribotit [prod.awesome Antwan]

TuRN UP [prod.eggacion]

FOCAL HAZARD - MEMENTO MORI

Third Foundation Session broadcasted live on www.theundergroundlair.fr/ July 12th 2025

T-sunâ - Third Foundation Session - Season 2 - Undergroundlair #4

❍ a truly joyous occasion to have Vilhelm Hasselgren over from Gothenburg for REZONANT BODY 3.0 at Exchange, Bristol ‧⁺

—following Daddy Hyphen and Jeeves' masterful b2b synopsis of acidic dub-techno, Vilhelm delivered a fierce 90 minutes of effervescent jungle wizardry: traversing ecstatic old-skool rave, cavernous half-time dnb and grime-y nu-skool breaks.

immense gratitude to all the crew, artists and dancers who brought so much love to the room—catch you at the next gathering. x

@vilhelmhasselgren

Vilhelm Hasselgren ❍ Live at Exchange, Bristol [07.02.25]

Papes & Filter und Tyra versuchen rauszufinden, wo eigentlich die Grenze verläuft zwischen Drum & Bass und Techno. Anders gefragt: Kann uns jemand sagen, wie man das nennt was wir da spielen? #Samurai Music Sound

Tracklist:

Bereneces - A
Ruffhouse - Straight 9's
Offish - Ossuary
Last Life - Tunnel
Homemade Weapons & Roho - Falling Stone
The Untouchables - This Generation
Torana - Magnate
Xanadu - Helix
Kit Curse - Destiny
Aroma Nice - Slam Tilt
Hive - Detox
Homemade Weapons - Kickback
Last Life - Elements
Artilect - Time Gone By
Last Life - Down The Mine
DualMonitor - Fractal Submission

Time Tripping Bass Programm #019 @Radiolora92,4FM - Dark DnB Hybrid Techno mit Papes & Filter und Tyra

Rain Ascends (Grey Area Mix recorded 05 Sep 2025)

CAIV deliver rigorous, syncopated machine rhythms on the Lives EP from U.S bi-coastal collaborators Israel Vines and Camile Altay, following on from their formidable debut EP Dwellers on Tresor last year.

Lives is four finely calibrated cuts riding a diverse tempo range, unified by rich harmonics and resonant percussive layering over veiled bass textures, where distortion becomes detail.

https://ooda.bandcamp.com/album/lives-ep
https://clonedistribution.com/release/80596

Observe-Orient-Decide-Act

CAIV - Lives

It’s our pleasure to feature our friend @tangeladj for the 32nd episode of the Herbarium mix series. She put together a magical trippy yet playful mix, we’re in love with its dynamic.  🌳

Here’s a little insight into Tangela’s choice of a plant as a synaesthetic base for her mix -
Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) or kallara as referred to by the Bundjalung People in Northern NSW is a particularly special native tree. They grow in swampy environments next to bodies of water. I have fond memories soaking in tea tree lakes in the northern rivers, stained brown by the leaves stewing, precious oil seeping into the water. For centuries the Aboriginal people have used this plant for medicinal purposes as a natural antiseptic and tea tree lakes were often sacred women’s spaces used in birthing ceremonies. This shrubby tree doesn’t scream for attention amongst the vibrant flora but its significance runs deep, a swampy healer and spiritual protector. This mix is a sensory soak in the soothing, tingly river, dripping with kallara magic. 	

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About Tangela 

Tangela’s style of aural storytelling is as distinct as it is varied. She guides the listener through deep, subby, subterranean worlds, encouraging listeners to float up through spacious, textural soundscapes full of unexpected turns, all with a nimble and playful touch. You’ll find yourself wondering how it is you got here from where you began.

Tangela’s meteoric rise through the underground scene finds its origins in her weekly radio slot on Sydney’s iconic FBi radio 94.5FM, currently in it’s fifth year of broadcasting all things “squelchy, wobbly, gooey, twisty”. Her signature style has translated from the airwaves to dance floors across many of Australia’s cult clubs, DIY warehouses and bush raves, including her own as founder of both dstreet and Minutiae Festival. Her record label Oomycota pushes into the experimental realm of techno, platforming emerging artists from Australia and beyond. 

Alongside curating and throwing DIY events, she is heavily involved in her local community, organising ‘Dance Class’, a series of BIPOC & FLINTA DJ workshops and radio mentorship.

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Follow Tangela
https://soundcloud.com/tangeladj
https://www.instagram.com/tangela__t/
https://oomycota.bandcamp.com/

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 032 - Tangela - Melaleuca Alternifolia

𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐱 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬

Founded by @polygonia

- 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴 -

Producing Liquid and Halftime DnB and Techno from Cork, Ireland.
DNBB Records
Nahual Records
Pitch Track Records
BBOP Records
Let's Techno Records
BUNKER Records

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/focalhazard/

YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/@mikefarrell8849/videos

Email: mikefarrell042@gmail.com


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0f3XqD2EEn5vQm61OWsi1z

Instagram: (Graphic Design)
https://www.instagram.com/mikefarrelldesigns/

Record label UK.
co-curated by @forest-drive-west and @localhostmusic.

Exploring polyrhythmic techno, bass and ambient experiments in all forms.

🐚 label, rave & community 
est. 2023 by @daddyhyphen

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森羅萬象 upside down.

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'Ominous Dark Undertones & Hypnotic Rhythms'



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New tracks tagged #grey area