@o-utlier 

The mountains were snow capped and stark in comparison to the radiant blue sky against they were perched. The sheer scale of their presence was magnificent and terrifying at the same time. It was enough to make you feel very, very small...

Overhead there were chemtrails, pale flakey white lines in the sky. However, there was not a plane to be seen.

As he strolled across the mountain tops, taking in the ever changing view, he began to wonder what it might be like to live out here in the middle of nowhere. For there was nothing but the pale blue, the thick white and a sense of beautiful, delicate isolation.

o.utlier is set to release a new album called 'Alaya', an excellent assortment of thoughtful Electronic music for reflective moments and finding clarity. This is atmospheric music at its very best.

https://outlier.bandcamp.com/album/alaya

Alaya

PREMIERE: o.utlier - Isochrone [Appian Sounds]

FUR:THER SESSIONS : PREMIERE 156

Artist: Adhémar 
Track: Floating Rainforest
Album: Various Artists - Ritmos de la Reunión Vol. 2
Label: Profundo Collective
Cat. No.: PCL013
Mastering: Malii
Artwork: Aimée Phillips
Format: Digital
Genre: Techno / Ambient
Release Date: 12/02/2024
Released by Profundo Collective, Amsterdam

Buy it here:
https://profundo.bandcamp.com

Adhémar:
https://soundcloud.com/adhemarmusic
https://instagram.com/adhemar_music
https://facebook.com/adhemarmusic

Profundo Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/profundocollective
https://instagram.com/profundocollective
https://facebook.com/profundocollective
https://formaviva.com/profundocollective
https://profundo.bandcamp.com

Fur:ther Sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions 
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions 
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions 
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4  

Contact and Premiere Requests:
furthersessions[at]gmail[dot]com

Buy it here

PREMIERE: Adhémar - Floating Rainforest [Profundo Collective]

Released on Field Records - 30/06/2014
Mastered by Marco Spaventi [http://maspaventi.com/]

Distribution: http://www.delsinrecords.com/release/4272/various-artists/field-records-collection-12-sampler-3-3

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Collection-Sampler-33/release/5843172

Narcosis

Our 9th release features artists from around the world, each bringing their unique vision to the table. Their creativity has been a driving force for us, shaping our musical exploration. This compilation offers a genuine narrative from each artist, and we're excited to showcase their work.

Some of our DJ friends are part of the Port Frankivsk voluntary organisation, dedicating themselves to volunteering from the beginning of the war. We appreciate their commitment and we're standing with all Ukrainians during these tough times. To help out, we've decided to donate all the proceeds from this compilation to Port Frankivsk.

We extend our gratitude to all the artists and supporters who have made this compilation possible. Through this release, we aim to support the Ukrainian people, and we couldn't have done it without you.

Thank you for standing with us.

Glory to Ukraine!
Слава Україні!

Read more about Port Frankivsk: www.portif.org/eng

https://soundcloud.com/maks-yos
https://soundcloud.com/penumbrum

PREMIERE⚡️Maks Yos - Detal 03 (feat. Lli) [PENUMBRUM]

Quickly emerging Australian gem Zara (@zaraolsen) brings her signature warm, emotive & sparkling sounds to Animalia with a special five track EP and collaborative animation with Amsterdam based artist Tharim Cornelisse.   The EP combines the deepest intricacies of IDM & modern tempo-explorations, all with a cosy sense of groove & rhythm, resulting in an exciting yet tranquil balance of sounds. Zara’s atmospheric, world building music is an unambiguous reflection of not only her upbringing in lush Australian surrounds, but also Animalia’s kaleidoscopic world, and Zara’s own sense of adventure and worldliness. 

View the music video for Whirl (Steppers Version) by Tharim Cornelisse here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6r0d6rnw80

Artist: Zara (Zara Olsen) 
Title: Elemental 
Format: Digital/ CD (Monotype Pressing, Poland)
Artwork by: Tharim Cornelisse (Amsterdam, NL) 
Mastered by Corey Kikos (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)

Elemental

Zara - Elemental (ANIMA12)

Äon (Part of Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Festival - UFO I)

Äon

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Marek Bartůněk - Rapid Descent [PM002]

Platform Minimal Presents Marek Bartůněk - The Viking Program. 

With Remixes from Âsan, Forward Memory & Inzajeano. 

In the vast expanse of our cosmos, each human encounter forms a constellation—a fleeting alignment of stars illuminating the darkness of our solitude. We traverse these celestial bodies, orbiting others, drawn by the gravity of shared experiences and emotions. Yet, how often do we land upon these planets—these people—only to find barren landscapes devoid of the life we once imagined? The air is thin, and the soil yields no harvest. Every planet we visit remains dead. 

This is not a physical death, nor the finality of existential cessation, but a death of potential, of growth. It is the realization that those we once thought vibrant have remained untouched by the currents of time, unchanged by the flux of experience. In these moments, we confront the stillness of their being and the immobility of their thought. The life we anticipated finding in their presence is a mirage, a projection of our desire for meaning and connection. 

Roland Barthes spoke of the “death of the author,” suggesting that the interpretation of a text lies in the hands of the reader, not its creator. In the same vein, we might be complicit in these lifeless encounters. As the readers of others’ lives, we impose narratives upon them, expecting evolution, change, and enlightenment. When we find none, when the text of their existence remains unaltered, we are confronted with our disillusionment. It is we who have authored the expectation of their transformation, and it is we who must reckon with their inertia. 

In his reflections on seeing, John Berger reminds us that “the relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.” When we meet those from our past, what we see is coloured by the knowledge we have since acquired—the awareness of our becoming, our transformations. We have journeyed and changed and look to others to affirm our evolution. But what if they are blind to their potential? What if the world remains flat to them and the stars are fixed in the sky? 

To encounter these static souls is to confront the possibility that they are always dead. It is to acknowledge that not all who breathe are alive in the truest sense. Some are mere echoes, reverberating in the chambers of our memory, lacking substance in the present. They are the shadows on the cave wall, the ghosts of what might have been unanimated by the light of experience. 

Thus, every planet we visit remains dead, not because they have failed us, but because they have remained themselves. They are the fixed points around which we orbit, measuring the progress of our voyage through the contrast of their stasis. In this realization lies the paradox of human connection: to see others is to acknowledge their limitations, and in doing so, we come to see ourselves more fully. The death we observe in others reflects the death we fear in ourselves—the death of growth, change, and the capacity to become more than we are. 

To leave a planet behind, then, is not an act of abandonment but of survival. It is to recognize the necessity of moving forward and finding those rare celestial bodies where life does flourish, the soil is fertile, and the air is filled with possibility. Only in these living encounters can we continue to evolve, learn, and truly inhabit the brief span of our years. 

Platform Minimal / PM002

Mastered by Beau at Ten Eight Seven Mastering 
Artwork & Copy by Inzajeano

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒌 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒕ů𝒏ě𝒌
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/marekbartunek
Bandcamp : https://marekbartunek.bandcamp.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/marekbartunek_/

𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/platform-minimal
Bandcamp : https://platformminimal.bandcamp.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/platform_minimal/

The Viking Program

Rapid Descent

Support & Buy

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Marek Bartůněk - Rapid Descent [PM002]

2025 reminds us that energy and light lead us on a path of natural vibrations. 

martyn päsch starts the following atmospheres called 7 du jour where each energetic element is related in sound changes and materializes through rhythms that include a beautiful remix of a great human being called martinou who shapes his creativity, consciousness and magic in this brilliant musical passage highlighting the deep harmony and experience in putting together each of the elements through this new reference.

written by: @martynpaschmusic
remix by: @martinou3000
mastered by: @octte
artwork by: 7 Times 7 Design
release date: january 31, 2025

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martyn päsch - clarity of self
martyn päsch - bonté
martyn päsch - 7 du jour
martyn päsch - minime
martyn päsch - 7 du jour (martinou remix)

7 du jour

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martyn päsch - 7 du jour (incl. martinou remix) [KV065]

A sonic rebirth of clubby nights. 'Mdnght' is the essence of after-hours magic - raw, cutting edge and unapologetically cool. Kerkez, as well as Andreja Salpe, strips it back to the essentials. no sugar. no fluff. A sharp edge wrapped in effortless style, impossible to ignore. Take it!

https://soundcloud.com/kerkez
https://soundcloud.com/pmgtanzdigital

PREMIERE⚡️Kerkez - Posle [PMG Tanz Digital]

Two tracks I've been sitting on for a while. "Moth" was remixed by the guys at Seer Records this summer, so I felt like I had to put out the original.

Moth

Forest Drive West - Mantis 01 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS01

a1. Hidden Past
b1. Invisible
b2. Radiance

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6617
https://forestdrivewest.bandcamp.com/album/mantis-01
@forest-drive-west

Forest Drive West joins Delsin and inaugurates their new Mantis offshoot with three tracks that build on his reputation for restrained, immersive atmospheres loaded with soundsystem-ready physicality. As an artist well versed in elegant beat science stretching from techno to jungle and touching on tempos and moods in between, he’s perfectly placed to set out the blueprint for this new chapter in Delsin’s expansive techno legacy.

Buy @ Delsin Shop

Forest Drive West - Mantis 01 (DSR/MTS01)

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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.

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PREMIERE: o.utlier - Isochrone [Appian Sounds]

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