Forest Drive West's DJ set at Monument Festival last year was an unforgettable experience, featuring a mesmerizing blend of mid-tempo rollers, tribal sounds, and seamless transitions between drum n bass and techno that kept the crowd dancing in the light rain of the Sunday afternoon.
 
His masterful mixing skills were on full display, showcasing why he is one of the most innovative artists in the scene.

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Monument Festival 2022: Forest Drive West

Founder of https://soundcloud.com/sure_thing Sure Thing, Aaron J https://soundcloud.com/arn_j and  Midgar Label Boss https://soundcloud.com/severja recorded live at Midgar x Harmony Rec Openair in gART.n, Berlin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon of late July. Not much was decided in advance but the BPM. It followed an organic, coherent and surprisingly decent ;) back 2 back. Love you Aaaron! This brings back lovely Summer memories.

Aaron J & Severja at Midgar x Harmony, July '22

@amphybian

~ Tracklist ~

Son of Chi & Clara Brea - The Wetland Remixes (Side A)
Owl - Towards the Dawn’s Light
State Azure - Vertigo
State Azure - Sun Construct
Steve Moore - Tyken’s Rift
Black Merlin - Surface Air (Wata Igarashi’s Air Remix)
Christina Chatfield - Concatenate II
Abraço de Vapor - Night Whispers
Inhmost - East Sea 동해 (Original Mix)
Lobe - Free Floating
Cymphonic - Panorama
Sciama - Abstraction
Sqeef - Calmness of the Mountains
Alfredo Mazzilli - Memories
Luna Monk - Sweet Serenades
Psychoacoustic Vision - City of the Ancients
B. Ashra - Un Medio
Clearlight - Futuristic Temple River
Aes Dana - Suspended Grounds
B. Ashra - Magical Meditation
Solarmental - Twilight Zone
Sense - Floating Time Points

I am really excited to share the next Deep Mind Music mix, made by my good friend Amphybian (fka Harry). Over the course of nearly two hours, Amphybian takes us on a wistful and mysterious journey, balancing density and effervescence in a slowly evolving and thoughtfully programmed narrative ☁️🕊️

The first half of the mix takes us up through thick clouds into flight above the earth, providing a vast sense of scale and a humbling perspective. I felt as if I was soaring through the stratosphere, at once both infinite and infinitesimal. As the mix unfolds, mossy carpets of drones and fluttering arpeggios carry us across a limitless expanse, thoughts and details slipping in and out of focus as we spiral inwards 🌀

In the second half of the mix, moments of joy give way to moments of sorrow, coiling into quiet eddies of emotion. The density of sounds slowly evaporate away into more subtle sonic touches and muted colours. I see a wet woodland after rainfall, a dust mote peeking through darkened branches, and the trickling of dewdrops on my skin.

As the mix concludes, and we gently ascend to wakefulness, I’m left with the blissful feeling of a misty sunrise after a darkened dawn. As the evenings grow dark, trees turn, and the air chills, this mix provides the perfect soundtrack for the seasonal shift to introspection 🌙🤍🍂

Some words from Amphybian about the mix:

A dream...

“…an optical image that had disappeared into his consciousness, been absorbed by memory..."

https://instagram.com/amphybian.harry/

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Deep Mind Music

Amphybian ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.23

EOS radio show aired on November 3rd, 2022. Guest mix by @kia-sydney

1st hour: Agonis

2nd hour: Kia
Tracklist:

Bas Dobbelaer, Vand - Story Of Blade 
Javier Salazar - Lepante
Velv.93 - Blood Moon
Evan Marc - Resurfacing (Phidelity Remix)
alka_rex - truax
Orchid - Illegal Alien
Velv.93 - Another Dream
Psychic TV - Tribal (Coinci/Dance Mix)
CiM - Wavestack
Jamida - Timeout (forthcoming Harmony)
RDS - Trapswet
Mateo Moric - Paciente (Launaea Remix)
Slow 83 - Protraction
Aleksi Perala - Aleksi Perala
Joe McBride - tx_333

EOS Radio November 2022 – Kia invited by Agonis

An encounter with a wayward dragonfly formed the memory upon which London’s Amphybian (fka Harry) stitches this exploration of flight and form. Reliving the scene in its microscopic splendor, we find ourselves wandering along the living, breathing riverbed, set free amidst the realm of the naiad. Our ears attuned, we hear a divine flutter, discern the whisper of a living dream.

@amphybian

Artwork by Taylor Trostle.

Sure Thing Mix 117: Amphybian

The recording of my set at Paral·lel Festival 2022 🌲⛰🧡 @parallelfestival

I was on 12.30-14.30 on Saturday afternoon. When I started playing, grey hazy clouds were still drifting across the panorama from Friday night’s storm, and by the end of my set, the sun was shining down on all of us.

This set meant a great deal to me, and being gifted the task of drifting from ambient expansion into trippy rhythms, coaxing everyone up off the floor and into movement, was such a dream.

Hope you enjoy this memory from an amazing weekend in those magical mountains 🧚✴️

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Sybil @ Paral·lel 2022

Audrey Danza invites Swiss DJ Timnah Sommerfeldt. 

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Outsiders: Proxima w/ Timnah @ Kiosk Radio 27.05.2023

For Patterns of Perception 112, we're very excited to welcome back @kondukukonduku - a truly stellar all-round talent and dear friend of our collective. 

Four whole years have passed since we last featured Konduku in our mix series. In this time, he has reached new creative heights, adding textures, shades and vibrancy to his distinctive sound - in the process finding homes for highly touted releases on the likes of @spaziodisponibile, Mantis (via @delsinrecords), @nousklaeraudio, @amenthia-recordings (with @aasudd) and most recently @djnobu_bitta's Bitta.

As a DJ, his creativity and skills are similarly vaunted, and see him regularly take the stage at key festivals, venues and events across Europe and Asia. 

Recorded live at Patterns of Perception @ OHM Berlin on Apr 21, 2023, Konduku's Patterns of Perception 112 is a showcase of his thrilling abilities behind the decks. Unpredictable yet totally engrossing, this set is a profound tale of tension and release. Tightly wound grooves and eerie psychedelia leading us unerringly to ecstasy. A fine balance of intuition, control and spirit from a visionary artist in full-flight. 

Links:
@kondukukonduku
https://www.instagram.com/konduku/
https://ra.co/dj/konduku

Patterns of Perception 112 - Konduku

For the first edition of our Australian-flavoured summer takeover for Refuge Worldwide, we invite long-time Berliner (former Brisbane & Naarm/Melbourne),  Roman Ćinske, currently part of the curation team for Tresor Berlin. He also hosts Aerial Palettes, a cultural event series with a focus on contemporary ambient music and art

@bytheinch

Refuge Worldwide x Patterns of Perception (July 2023) - Roman Ćinske

sapporo based occa at transcendence, a beautiful forest rave in Japan with a view of mt fuji, april15-17th. 
set performed april 16th 2023, saturday evening 2-4.30am.

@oooccaaa

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ani/live Twenty Six: Occa @ Transcendence, Japan

A little while back we premiered new music from @o-utlier, an up and coming London based producer who recently released on the new Secretsundaze sub label SZE. Prior to this he had previously rather impressively released music on the infamous label Soul people run by Fred P as well as Naif and Appian Sounds. His sound sees him blend intricate samples alongside delicately crafted soundscapes and ambient incarnations. His production embodies a youthful energy yet comes across as far more learned than you might perhaps expect. Over the coming years we anticipate him to take the next step, his music warrants that.

@o-utlier

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

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