It is undeniable that we are living in uncertain times. For those of us failing to fit the patriarchal neoliberalist mould, we have lost hope in the future. We can see capitalism is not working but we cannot yet envisage an alternative. In a world where security is no longer feasible, the only constant we can rely on is change. Regardless of one’s point of reference, we can understand that every aspect of life, physical and mental is in flux and perhaps this transience is the only thing we can depend on.

For this episode of Transience we have invited multimedia artist, Synthtati, who finds their outputs through spatial installation, set design and video art, which is highly influenced by their ongoing passion and keen attention to sound. They are the founder of Moons, an ongoing event series at Kwia, that focuses on a range of experimental and ambient music, striving to accomodate a niche for more challenging sounds – engaging audiences in a process of active listening. About their contribution to Transience, they say: "This mix was born as a self-therapy response to an extended Berlin winter hibernation period. Layering through three decks combining both digital and analogue formats, the mix strives to combine a various palette of sound ranging from experimental, whispering and somewhat tense into to extremely soothing musical textures, craving for a notion of safe space."

To hear more from Synthtati, check @synthtati or @moonsberlin on soundcloud

Photography from Micki Rosi Richter <3

transience #49 with Synthtati

We're delighted to share with you Synthtati's set recorded during the transience curated night at Whole Festival last year. During these three hours, Synthtati takes us on an incredible journey through moments of dubby, glitchy percussions into surreal atmospheres and more playful moments all emerging from a bi-directional drone setting a pschedellic mood for the rest of the night. 

Synthtati has the following to say about their set : 
This soundscape was manifested for the ambient stage opening, invoking memories of an ecstatic atmosphere in the woods under the stars, flamboyant queer people celebrating life on a hot July night.
I had 3 hours to envision a spectrum of sonic nuances: refined elegance of distorted rhythms, cinematic nostalgia, mysterious organics, musique concrète, spoken word, ASMR whispers, and intricate textures.
Initiating with the ethereal resonance of the Shepard's tone as a countdown point, this mix collages 3 musical channels complimenting one anoher simultaneously and merging into one sonic tapestry resonating with me deeply.

Photography from Micki Rosi Richter <3



tracklist ~~

Shepard - Tone          
Jakub Kubica - January 23 B         
Matteo Coffetti & P I T - Xenology      
Andrew Pekler - Sounds From Phantom Islands    
Salar Ansari, Salakastar - Observation          
Unstable Matter -Monolake      
KAKUHAN - MT-SS1          
warrigal dub interlude - Dentistry      
emer - kaili          
Rhythm & Sound - Roll Off      
 Max Loderbauer, Claudio Puntin, Samuel Rohrer - Tund 
Papiro - Latana Supurea          
bdw  - Dentistry      
Objekt - Nervous Silk     
Lussuria - Fear Does Not Make Lasting Peace          
Bérangère Maximin - Day 41        
Salar Ansari, Rafael Leafar - Opening  
Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Another Trip In The Forest   
Luc Ferrari  L'œuvre Électronique  Presque Rien N°2 Ou Ainsi Continue La Nuit Dans Ma Tête Multiple 1a
Starlit Mire - Zero Karma      
Sugai Ken - Outousen          
Scotch Rolex and Shackleton - Asterids (Enter Life)    
Anjou - Greater Grand Crosing    
Arthur Baron - kvinn-ur_master          
Native Instrument - Waldfest          
Atavism Dream  -  Zero Karma      
Andrew Pekler - Onaseuse / Crespo / Rica de Oro 
Tomaga & Pierre Bastien - Paper Ritual  
Ayilara - Emeka Ogboh  6°30’33.372”N 3°22’0.66”E    
Papiro - Incom    
Luc Ferrari Presque Rien N°2 Ou Ainsi Continue La Nuit Dans Ma Tête Multiple 1b    
Sugai Ken - Underwater Sounds At Tone Canal        
CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti - Closer        
Gregg Kowalsky - Ritual Del Croix          
6, 8  Powell + LCO - 26 Lives    
Giuseppe Ielasi - Aix    
Laurie Anderson - Walking and Falling        
Terre Thaemlitz - Trucker (Burnt By The Muffler Edit)          
Lussuria - Fear Does Not Make Lasting Peace          
Carmen Villain - Subtle Bodies          
Lussuria - Boneblack          
Rashad Becker - Themes V          
Jean-Claude Risset - Mutations (1977)          
Katatonic Silentio - Suspension Mécanique      
Les Chemins De L'inconnu    
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay - Indecent Whispers          
Fibre Optixxx - Present Dub          
Big Hands - Selvatico 
Salar Ansari, Rafael Leafar - Opening        
Kalimba Rough    Bérangère Maximin      
Presque Rien Avec Filles 1b    
Luc Ferrari - L'œuvre Électronique  
Don't DJ - Disparata 69         
Big Hands - A Square, A Circle    
Perila - Sound of a space between body and object on the left      
Some Truths - Acid & Prozac          
Diffractions 2    Mark Fell & Will Guthrie    
emer - through the earth          
John Kameel Farah & Thomas Brinkmann - Sans Titre        
Once Upon a Time (collab. with Elsa M'Bala & Nicole L'Huillier)    
Ale Hop  Why Is It They Say A City Like Any City?  
Andrew Pekler, Giuseppe Ielasi - Simferopol      
Klara Lewis - Beaming          
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Blue Dub
Suemori - mekashikomu
Valentina Magaletti - She, her, gone

transience #55 with Synthtati live at Whole Festival

This is the archive of our regular show on Cashmere Radio, Berlin. 

It is undeniable that we are living in uncertain times. For those of us failing - or refusing - to fit the patriarchal, racist, neoliberal mould we have lost hope in the future. We can see capitalism is not working but we cannot yet envisage an alternative. We discover that the stability we were instructed to obtain whether it be financial, political or ecological, is fleeting, if at all. The resulting anxiety is an instrument of neoliberalism that prevents many of us from being able to raise consciousness of the structural injustices that alienate us.

In a world where security is no longer feasible, the only constant we can rely on is change. Barad teaches us that the world is a dynamic process of intra-activity and materialisation, an ongoing ebb and flow of agency. The Buddhist Law of Impermanence proves that nothing in this world is eternal. Regardless of ones point of reference we can understand that every aspect of life, physical and mental is in flux and perhaps this transience is the only thing we can depend on.

Each month host @lou_drago invites an artist to ruminate on these ideas and create an hour of relief from these anxieties. A temporary suspension of reality, where the listener can speculate on alternate futures free from all systems of oppression.

Photographs 1-30: courtesy Ángela de la Serna
(except 25: courtesy of Sybil @syberkid)
Photographs 31 onward: courtesy Janusz Lorent (except from 37 with is a digital colourfield work by @ligovskoi) 
42 until now’s photographs are from Micki Rosi Richter (except 43 which is another digital colourfield work by @Ligovskoi.)

Cover art by Micki Rosi Richter

Contact: lou.drago @ pm.me

past listening occasions: 

kwia, berlin ~ 19 january 2025
with :
olle holmberg
marum
yuri shimaoka 
lou drago

kwia, berlin ~ 9 may 2024
with: 
ligovskoï
dan nicholls
yuri shimaoka
lou drago

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