"The scent of a library, the feeling of getting lost among endless shelves and covers, and the aroma of paper and cardboard from a vinyl sleeve. A journey of sensitivity and masterful eclecticism. A singular offering that will take you on a journey through many places, each one unique and extraordinary."

Cristian G. Martí has been an active figure in Valencia’s music scene since the mid-1980s. He is the co-founder of the record store Disc-Unit 3mv (1997–2009) and a member of the Raretraxxx label, established in 2006. His sets are a masterclass in well-crafted eclecticism, seamlessly blending everything from 20th-century experimental and avant-garde records to jazz, funk, techno, disco, house, electro, and club music. Always delivering a distinctive selection and a truly unique mixing style.

Painting: Paseo por el río, 2017 by Maite Fuertes.

HOCast #226 - Cristian G. Martí

"Walking at the pace of downtempo, a serene calm envelops me amidst a smoky, psychedelic, and hypnotic atmosphere. I find myself skirting the edge of a mist-shrouded swamp. The setting and the music are utterly sublime, and I am completely captivated."

Pedro Acevedo aka Frpinkl (@frpinkl) is a young Galician based in Madrid who has been steadily making his mark on the city’s underground scene. Beyond his role as a selector, Frpinkl has become an active figure in shaping the local cultural landscape through various projects. These include directing the Feudal festival (@feudal-fest), which has already held eight editions; his work with Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular), CALMA (@calmamadrid), and Ciénaga - a series of events where he is both a resident DJ and programmer; as well as being part of the platform Menta.

HOCast #225 - Frpinkl

"The landscape of a frozen lake. A sheet of ice slowly shifting as it cracks unpredictably at sunrise. Ice floes mirror the accumulated snow on the fir trees. I circle the lake at a relaxed pace, my pauses blending into the soft, powdery drifts. It's the paceful beginnings of a beautiful day, and the music in the background only hightens the experience."

Aspetuck (@aspetuck) is a Vermont-raised electronic music producer based in the Hudson Valley. His sound merges analog and digital processing, drawing from ambient, techno, IDM, dub, and kraut. Using modular synthesis, he crafts intricate percussive sequences and melodies. He shares his work through DJing, live performances, and radio shows on The Lot Radio. Co-founder of Never Late (@never-late) with Gilles and Hue from Delayed, Aspetuck has built a diverse catalog, including self-released albums and records on labels like Oslated and Wex Recordings. His Mind Wandering EP (Telomere, 2022) and albums Early Color and Inanimate Distraction Object (2022, 2023) highlight his evolving sound. In 2025, he returns to Oslated for Today Is Tomorrow and has upcoming vinyl releases with A Strangely Isolated Place, with more projects on the way.

https://aspetuck.bandcamp.com/

HOCast #227 - Aspetuck

"Between floating and intertwining layers of sound, balance is a subtle play of control and drift. Three sonic voices converse, shifting through the haze of effects - sometimes in harmony, sometimes unruly. At Temple, listening becomes a journey, a space where time suspends and the imagination tunes into its own frequency."

kitty soul (@kitty-soul) is a DJ, sound engineer, and producer, and the founder of the Oigovisiones Label (@oigovisiones-label), established in 2012, which specialises in ambient and experimental music. His musical style draws from genres such as noise rock, shoegaze, trip hop, jungle, and breakbeat, with a significant influence from post-rock and a conceptual approach inspired by John Cage. Using Technics and effect pedals as his main compositional tools, his sessions take on an experimental tone, designed for deep listening and the images evoked by sound. As a sound engineer, he has worked for over 15 years in the performing arts, providing sound for and collaborating with dance, theatre, and circus companies such as Ximena Carnevale (Ella, Demasiado Oscuro, Mise en Abyme), Cristina Quijera, and flamenco dancer Sergio Aranda. He has also composed pieces for audiovisual installations by artists such as Azael Ferrer (Wrapping Illusions, Kaleidescape) and Juan Carlos Tamajón (Decide, Shift).

Author's note: After more than two years without DJing, I had accumulated quite a few new records. The invitation to Temple was a great opportunity to debut them. Honestly, I didn’t expect the selection to turn out so deliberately Drone or meditative, as someone in the audience pointed out after the session, but after listening to it, I admit it’s very drone. I enjoy playing with three tracks at once, observing how they interact, and manipulating the mix with pedals, trying to maintain a balance between the artist's composition and the effects. Sometimes, it slips out of my control. This time, the set included tremolo and octave pedals, in addition to my usual reverb and delay effects.

Recorded at Espacio Perpendicular (@espacio-perpendicular) during the temple chptr. 7 † musical bond for listeners † 04·01·2025 w/ dj ilmajaam  ‡ kyria libia & laura lavigny ‡ milo ‡ truglut ‡

#temple_for_listeners is an event dedicated to attentive listening and static dance, curated by Camu and Josephine's Soundscapes for Espacio Perpendicular.+

HOCast #230 x temple chptr. 7 - kitty soul

"A journey shaped by depth and your own subjectivity in choosing the story. Do you want it faster or right in the middle? Downtempo, or did you wake up ready to pick up the pace? However you choose to drift, the hypnotic spiral remains the guiding force."

Owl (@owlfromdeepspace) is a belgian electronic music producer who started producing under the alias Glÿph with his friend Clearlight and also under the  alias OZOH. In 2013, Owl wanted to expand his musical vision and push the boundaries o his creativity. This led him to delve into new sonic territories, capturing the attention of labels such as Silent Season, Lowless, Muzan, Huinali, DNO, and re:st. His distinctive sound began to resonate within the electronic music community, setting the stage for his continued evolution as an artist. Owl’s aptitude for creating subtle, lush sonic journeys keeps expanding and his last releases should further cement his reputation. The artist’s discography is in perpetual evolution : from dnb, deep techno to a dreamy & melancholy ambient journey.

Follow him here:
https://owlfromdeepspace.bandcamp.com/
www.instagram.com/pete_owl/
linktr.ee/owlfromdeepspace

HOCast #228 - Owl

"It had to burn. The solar flares came summoning in waves of a distorting orange and gold that stretched across the Sun’s fury. The force itself was determined to strip her bare, to leave nothing but the pulse of its annihilation. Her skin began to burn beneath its weight, a searing warmth she couldn’t avoid or embrace. With each flare, something of her began to shed, pieces of identity glitching away like ash. There was a low hum, as though reality itself was malfunctioning, its edges distorting, flickering under the weight of what couldn’t be undone. The universe had turned inward, had folded itself into a singular moment, there was no one left to blame, no one to look to but herself."

Dima (@isdima) is an American-Argentine music producer, researcher, and founder of Irradia, a platform based in Barcelona that designs listening sessions and multidisciplinary experiences. Her practice examines how sonic and spatial identities can reshape memory, future narratives, and collective processes by inviting emotional engagement and cultural growth in more nurturing environments. Currently, she’s preparing to release her debut EP, Salva.

Follow Irradia: https://www.instagram.com/irradia_sonora

HOCast #229 - Dima

"A journey through rhythmic and sonic experimentation - pulsating frequencies, evolving atmospheres, and shifting patterns. An intricate and unconventional exploration, where complexity meets bold innovation. A complex, intriguing, and electrifying experience."

gi (@gistrung) is a musician from Gadi (Sydney). Her sound blurs the outer limits of drone, idm and techno, interested in how generative sound design and asynchronous repetition can coalesce to create emotional music. Following self-released sketches in 2022, and contributions to compilations by Comic Sans Records (FR), Pure Space (AUS), Twin System (UK), Companion (AUS) she released her debut EP on Altered States Tapes in October 2023 and follow-up liveset EP on Beyond the Bridge (Seoul) in March 2024. In 2024 gi presented her debut album on Absorb (AUS) and launched the World of Knots label, while continuing to refine her unique style of warehouse oriented experimentalism, across live and DJ sets.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #231 x Mostra - gi

"A voyage through shifting soundscapes, where sound mutates, evolves, and flows like a dream. Fragments of time, woven into an endless story, shifting between the familiar and the unexplored. A trip through textures and harmonies, where meaning dissolves and reassembles, guided by intuition. The destination is unknown, but the journey resonates long after the last note fades."

Âsan (@hassansiddiqui90) is a New York-based producer and DJ, and the co-runner of the prestigious underground label and mix series platform Cellar Doors (@cellardoorspace), alongside his friend Marek.

Author's Note:

I met Joan in the spring of 2024 when he visited New York for the Delayed Getaway in the Catskills. He’s one of those people who immediately draws you in - bubbly and lively. There’s a curiosity and energy about him, but also a certain mystery that makes you want to keep the conversation going. And that’s exactly what we did. We had long, winding discussions about all kinds of music - the kind you wouldn’t usually hear on a dance floor. It’s the kind of thing you only discover when music nerds get together. Our talks stretched from Japanese jazz to Sufi artists, and somewhere in between.
I already knew about the platform and the incredible artists who had been featured, so when Joan invited me to contribute, I was thrilled - but also a little lost. I had no idea what I wanted it to sound like. I knew I wanted to create something special (doesn’t everyone?), especially since I don’t often explore experimental or ambient mixes. That’s not to say HOC Radio is limited to that- there’s everything from drum & bass to techno, deep house, deep techno, and beyond. For six to eight months, I searched for tracks that could fit, some from my collection and others from my wishlist. I attempted the mix a few times, but it never fully clicked. The tracks were great individually, but together, something felt off. Sometimes, that just happens.
Then, a few weeks ago, a friend lent me his Sherman Filterbank and suggested I try it out, knowing I love alienating sounds. I hooked it up to my computer, ran samples, speeches, chords- anything I could find - through it, and spent weeks jamming. That experiment led to an hour-long piece that finally felt right - it became the foundation of my mix. Like a novel with a continuous backstory, this piece became my anchor, while my own music from the past two years fit in naturally as its chapters. I had finally found what I was looking for.

HOCast #232 - Âsan - LIVE

"Floating in an astral haze, where echoes dissolve and reappear - soft fractures of time bending into light. Melodies weave like distant tides, shifting without urgency, carrying you through unseen corridors. No gravity, no pulse, just the gentle drift of sound folding into silence, then back again."

Jay Keegan (@jaykeegan) is a passionate music lover, collector, and DJ living on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation (Sydney). He curates The Observatory (@thetheobservatory), a mix series exploring ambient and experimental music.

Mastered by Marcus Miller ( insta: holosuite_mastering)

HOCast #233 -  Jay Keegan

"Slow, smoking cadence. A spiral of textures, layers, and loops that form an intricate, singular magnetic field - perpetually intriguing. An introspective and one-of-a-kind work of art."

ENA (@ena-iai) is a music producer from and based in Tokyo. He is a major player in the Japanese underground dance music scene for more than a decade. Taking influences from early drum & bass productions, rave sound and abstract hip hop, ENA is recognized for his tight production techniques and massive audio dynamics. Uncompromising, forward thinking and unique, his releases on 7even Recordings, Horo and Latency brought international attention and have led to collaborations with like-minded virtuosos such as Felix K and Rashad Becker which were both invited to perform on the main stage of Berlin Atonal festival (in 2016 and 2017 respectively.) As a DJ, he has been playing regularly in the main clubs in Tokyo such as Unit, Contact, WWW and Club Asia as well as underground haunts like Forestlimit and Soup for many years. His expert music selection and technical excellence continues to impress the audience in and outside of Japan. Having toured Asia and Europe numerous times and appearing in wide range of prominent international festivals such as Berlin Atonal, rural, Fibre, Mapping and Sun and Bass in the past few years, he is establishing himself as a singular performer fitted to deliver a primetime rave set to a gritty basement fix to abstracted sonic experiments.

Mostra (@mostrabcn) is an independent, small-format festival of avant-garde and experimental electronic music which emerged by the end of 2021 as a counterpoint to the macro-festivals and the overcrowded, commercial and impersonal offerings of other large events held in Barcelona. Mostra will be celebrating its fourth edition from 17 to 20 April in 2025.

HOCast #234 x Mostra - ENA

Barcelona-based mix series, curated by @joan-gila
Supporting label @red-edge-label
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RE_02: https://rededge.bandcamp.com/album/temps-boro
2025/04/17-20, Mostra 25 (https://ra.co/events/2039682)

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Past

2024/11/09, Laut, HOC_04 w/Sciama, o.utlier
2024/06/20, Solstici by HOC, w/Breixo Martínez & Ivy Barkakati 
2024/03/28-31, Mostra Festival 24 
2023/04/6-9, Mostra Festival 23 
2023/01/14, Laut, HOC_03 w/Eric Cloutier, Nico 
2022/04/11-17, Mostra Festival 22
2020/05/16, Streaming, Σ_HOC w/Warks, Binomi
2019/12/6, Laut, HOC_02 w/C.P.I., Golden Bug, Binomi
2019/07/11, Abaixadors10, HOC presenta "Tremendo line up" w/AntiDroneSquad, D&G, Binomi b2b Melens 
2019/05/17, Laut, HOC_01 w/Marc Piñol, Binomi

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