Dusk Rhythm

Happy Halloween, dear Laissiez! 🎃🕯️
Believe it or not, today we have a guest from across the Atlantic ✈️🌎. The mysterious @narcissemusique, known for his dark, groovy sound 🎧🖤, sent us a set that couldn't be more fitting for today's Halloween celebration. Crunchy 💥, techy, driving ⚡, and never over the top 💁‍♂️🪞!

🎃 Welcome Narcisse, what is the BPM range you normally play in?
110 BPM is the tempo I feel most comfortable with, but I like to adapt to what feels best at the moment. I've found that being curious and staying open to any BPM has nurtured my music production heavily. On this tour, I found myself playing a couple of times at 125 BPM, and it was a very fulfilling experience.

🕷️ How would you describe your music style in your own words?
Although it really changes depending on my mood and the situation, most of my latest releases can be described as raw, heavy, and edgy. I really like to bring the imperfect side of human beings into art and embrace it—I find it more interesting. I think that seeking perfection can end up killing music genres. At the last stage of a music genre, you will always see an explosion of extreme technic focus artists taking things to the limit, technically.

👻 Please tell us more about your artist name Narcisse.
The name came to me from two sides of my life. The first is a parody of how artists normally focus so much on their beauty or social appearance, and I thought it would be funny for an artist called Narcisse to have a picture of himself (my profile artist picture) highlighting bad facial features. The other reason why I chose this name—I'll leave that there for now :) [Editor's note: Sassy! :-D]

🧙‍♂️  How can we imagine the downtempo scene in Mexico? 
It's an incredibly diverse space of visions and styles with great potential waiting to be explored. You'll find downtempo references everywhere, from the most humble clubs to the poshest ones—two extremes just waiting to be connected.

🦇 Do you see a difference between the downtempo scene in Mexico compared to Europe? 
The downtempo scene in Mexico is still very underground. I think that the genre is still very unknown, even for people inside the electronic music scene. They understand the sound and most likely have heard it before, but it's less known than the bigger movement that has happened in the past years in Europe.
 
💀 In Europe Halloween is more commercial, while in Mexico Dia de los Muertos has a deep traditional meaning. Can you tell us about this tradition?
It does carry a deep meaning, and it shows how we see death. For me personally, it functions as a mechanism to accept, in a better way, when a person we love is no longer with us.

🧛‍♂️ Was it a challenge to plan this dark bounce halloween set or is it just your regular sound?
Thankfully I was able to just put mostly my productions together and it ended up being very fitting :)

🐍 If your sound was a Halloween creature, what would it be?
Hahaha interesting question, maybe medusa, does that count as halloween creature? haha

🖤 What's next for you after this set?
A lot of releases, I release a track a month so there is plenty to go and at the moment i'm writing this i'm finishing my europe tour so, more things to announce soon.

🧟‍♀️ Is there anything you want to tell to the listeners?
Thanks, I'm very grateful for the people that listen to my music, and all the things that I have been able to do, and most importantly all the lovely people I have been able to meet thanks to music, and thanks to the Laissez-Faire crew to put this together -such a lovely team <3 . [Editor's note: ❤️]

Thanks so much for your engagement, Narcisse. And now: Laiss' F(a)ire it up 🔥🎃🔥

Laissez-Fairecast #47 - Narcisse (Mex)

❖ Near Brescia’s urban buzz, Puk crafts emotional electronics, downtempo, and slow house, channeling snowy mountains and nature’s hum through synths and soulful melodies. With DJs Phil Delcorso and Trent, he spun alternative electronic nights and co-created the neo-trance project David Hofmann. His 2009 debut Jade is an 8-minute techno voyage, hypnotic yet heartfelt. From Aquavit Records to Random Collective, his sound evolves across labels.

❖ Stupid wars:
...A poignant track inspired by the words of Gino Strada, founder of Emergency, weaving heartfelt lyrics with emotive melodies. 
Original Lyrics:
"Non riusciamo ancora a concepire un mondo senza guerra,
Io sono attonito da questa cosa perché la specie umana ha fatto progressi incredibili in tanti campi.
Siamo stati capaci di produrre delle cose straordinarie, non siamo ancora capaci di una riflessione che è in parte morale, in parte etica, in parte logica che è questa:
Ammazzarci tra di noi è un atto di omicidio e suicidio che non ci porta da nessuna parte!
Eppure c’è ancora chi la pensa cosi.."

@dj-puk
https://www.instagram.com/simo.fedeli

Mastering:
@maluinator

Sea Lions EP

❖ Aloha

❖ Puk - Stupid Wars [Original] ❖

❖ Near Brescia’s urban buzz, Puk crafts emotional electronics, downtempo, and slow house, channeling snowy mountains and nature’s hum through synths and soulful melodies. With DJs Phil Delcorso and Trent, he spun alternative electronic nights and co-created the neo-trance project David Hofmann. His 2009 debut Jade is an 8-minute techno voyage, hypnotic yet heartfelt. From Aquavit Records to Random Collective, his sound evolves across labels.

❖ Space Bee: 
Born from a reunion with PUK’s old music partner Trent. 
This track captures a spontaneous studio session, crafted in just a few hours, with a couple of synths, it’s a cosmic journey with space bees.

@dj-puk
https://www.instagram.com/simo.fedeli

@lucatrent
https://soundcloud.com/lucatrent

Mastering:
@maluinator

❖ Puk feat. Trent - Space Bee [Original] ❖

@Hugrecords is delighted to welcome @sydneyseymour back for his second
EP with us. This time with his dear friend MNDS and with three sweet
remixes, in this case @huehuemusica.

As always 50% of the profit from the sale of this EP will be donated to
our social partner @love-foundation for their water projects.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE :  Just Feel the Unity (Huehue remix) (Hug records)

Enjoy this bouncy set from Mezhra! 
Connect: https://soundcloud.com/mezhra

track list:
The Boundaries of Nothingness (VTZN Remix) - Inoie, Alacrán del Amor
21 Savage - A lot (codenzi edit)
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B (Konfusia Edit)
Juice - ZHTA, Esmaeili
Passerine (Alacrán del Amor Remix) - Catatonique
Same Team - Allies for Everyone
Ups and Downs (Diteau Remix) - KauzAudio
No, What? - thea & schtu
Midnight in E1 - Vyomacci, K2W0
Niemegk (Iorie's Rabbit Hole Remix) - Deep Andi
Selekta - Kerem Genc
Think About It - Paula Zoe
oMEN - fernn
Milkyways of Skin (Deep Ändi Remix) - Flave, Ouhana
Mobb Deep - Survival Of The Fittest (Temple Tears Edit)
MandraVN - Tlazohtla
Schwarm - Caspimo, bepo, Kolja, firewrks
Rhythm Takes Control - FAREN.
Wirrwarr (NUAH Remix) - Air Horse One
Massive Defence (Kuako Remix) - Air Horse One
Sophie EB - Murder On The Dancefloor (Melaune & Marholz Edit)

aka-tape no 349 by Mezhra

«Recordar es volver a vivir.» Sich zu erinnern heisst, wieder zu leben. Dieser Spruch wird in Mexiko in der Zeit vom Gedenktag an die Verstorbenen - dem „Día de Muertos“ – oft verwendet. Es drückt die Idee aus, dass Erinnerungen die Vergangenheit lebendig halten – besonders die Menschen und Momente, die uns wichtig waren. 

Zum Día de Muertos in Mexiko sagt man sich oft herzliche und respektvolle Worte, die die Erinnerung an Verstorbene feiern. Es ist kein trauriger, sondern ein bunter und fröhlicher Feiertag, an dem das Leben der Verstorbenen geehrt wird. 

Zamira ( @zamiramusica ) nimmt uns mit ihrem Set durch eine Gefühlswelt mit ebenso Tiefgang, Buntheit und Freude. Es leben die Momente an welchen Erinnerungen geschaffen werden. Es lebe Fernweh. Alegria! Love.


Tracklist
NEO'OKAI - Naay (Original Mix)
Zoonido - Paradiso
Nato (FR) - Bebao (Original Mix)
Matt Jah, Gaby Echevarría - Engañar El Tiempo (Original Mix)
Arumbo - Rio Rojo (Pablo Rozas Remix)
Xosé Lois Romero & Aliboria - Olvidame (Murmusica Remix)
Raíz - Bruja Morena (Grid mashup)
Gotan Project - Época (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)
mUnO – Radiomizator
Turu Anasi - Ozerba Nights
Salvatore Evola – Ritual
Somko – Addora
DJ Raff - Con Los Tiuques
Zoonido - Senderos

so/slow:salad PODCAST 016 -<< zamira

Comfort Zone moves between stillness and motion, between what grounds us and what unsettles us. It’s an album about balance — about knowing when to rest and when to move, when to hold on and when to let go.

The comfort zone is not one thing. It’s the familiar rhythm of everyday life — the way things have always been, where everything feels known, effortless, and undisturbed. Yet it’s also the quiet safety we build to keep from being overwhelmed.
A soft line separates what we know from what we might become. Comfort is a circle: inside, everything moves slowly, gently repeating itself. To step beyond it can feel like a quiet breaking, a necessary loss.
Outside lies uncertainty, where control gives way to growth. It’s uncomfortable, sometimes chaotic, but essential. Old patterns dissolve and new ways of being begin to take shape.

Musically, Comfort Zone drifts through harmonic warmth and gentle energy: floating grooves, soft pulses, and melodies that breathe. Each track moves with intention, but t’s a sound that invites rather than insists. Grounded yet weightless, warm yet searching.

@seyde-music

Artwork designed by Omar Tara & Seyde
Mastered by Cid Inc. Mastering

Seyde - Floating Dots

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