The Agharo Mix Series
Agharo is a language, book, philosophy and tarot deck created by collective member Jaco Perroud. We invite a guest to pick a card at random and create a mix inspired by its meaning. Our 20th submission comes from @vhyce 
Follow: https://www.instagram.com/vhycevhyce/ 

About

I’m a producer and dj from La Louvière, Belgium.I was playing guitar in a band then saw Kraftwerk live at festival and got into producing electronic music.I loved the fact you could make a record on your own without depending on no one else.About the DJ aspect specifically- I’ve always loved making playlists and sequencing tracks.How the choice and order of tracks you play create a story

Card 53: Ordvfinir Star — Fate

Calmness, confidence, dignity, honor, respect, and pride.
The stars of fate hold inscriptions of secrecy — the path of our thoughts and spirit. 

Aibana (Constellation)

According with the mythology of Agharo, the spirit of every being lives in the stars. And so when the body dies, the spirit returns to the stars where it belongs. The soul is then the constellation formed by the stars every being has.

This structure of constellation, however, isn’t two-dimensional as in western astronomy; in Aibana each star is intimately connected with every other star within the constellation and within them runs the will of the spirit and its fate. The stronger the structure of Aibana, the stronger the spirit.

These cards speak of the individual — of our self in relation with the self. Or our spirit and our soul. Of that which is behind all masks, our true self and our true fears. What is instinctive, besides reason. Our faith and alignment with what we are. The obstacles put in our path by ourselves.Aibana (Constellation)

According with the mythology of Agharo, the spirit of every being lives in the stars. And so when the body dies, the spirit returns to the stars where it belongs. The soul is then the constellation formed by the stars every being has.

This structure of constellation, however, isn’t two-dimensional as in western astronomy; in Aibana each star is intimately connected with every other star within the constellation and within them runs the will of the spirit and its fate. The stronger the structure of Aibana, the stronger the spirit.

These cards speak of the individual — of our self in relation with the self. Or our spirit and our soul. Of that which is behind all masks, our true self and our true fears. What is instinctive, besides reason. Our faith and alignment with what we are. The obstacles put in our path by ourselves.

How did the meaning of the tarot card inspire the journey of this mix?

I was appealed by the ‘confidence’ aspect of it.
I really played the tracks I wanted to hear myself without thinking about anything else. Sometimes you might overthink a mix - especially one recorded at home one. But in this case I really went with the flow and eveything seems ‘fated’ to happen this way.

Agharo 20 - Vhyce (Ordvfinir Star — Fate)

@marceladiassindaco - Olhar etereo
Label - @fixedrhythms

All Sinchi premieres available on 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SinchiMusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFrzl9itGooHqItGFG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sinchicollective

♫ Info + Buy ♫:

PREMIERE – Marcela Dias Sindaco – Olhar etéreo (Fixed Rhythms)

Mike Nasty - Sketches In Deep
Label: Nasty Tracks (https://soundcloud.com/nastytracksnyc)
https://www.instagram.com/nastytracksnyc
BUY LINK : https://album.link/gpdxnbjdrcknr
> Mike Nasty (https://djmikenasty.com)
https://www.instagram.com/djmikenasty

Set within a kaleidoscope of uplifting pianos, soaring harmonies, and infectious rhythms, label head Mike Nasty returns to Nasty Tracks with ‘Sketches in Deep’, a musical experience that beams with joy and delivers endless listening pleasure…

Mike Nasty’s sound is as quintessential as it is effortlessly dynamic, and it draws from sources of vitality that cross multiple threads of expression. His passion draws from multiple facets, with his DJing style and music-making outputs matching each other in terms of depth and diversity. Anchored firmly within the genre of House, he aims to explore many of the genre’s core fundamentals, with a particular focus on injecting Jazz motifs in all the right places. To say that his musical universe is unlimited is perhaps an understatement - it is perhaps easier to say that his music feels boundless, coated in an ethereal quality that makes each track simmer with feel and meaning as he criss-crosses between genres with joyous ease. At the core of each of his records reside a series of memories, experiences, and stories, with Mike’s flair for instrumentation providing plenty for which to delve within and be immersed within the music’s engrossing atmospheres.


BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Mike Nasty - Copper Tones

@hyperstellarmusic - The Dance We Never Had
Label - @bordelloaparigi

All Sinchi premieres available on 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SinchiMusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFrzl9itGooHqItGFG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sinchicollective

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE - Hyperstellar - The Dance We Never Had (Bordello A Parigi)

The clock in the hallway had always been peculiar. It was tall and wooden, its face a dull brass, with hands that twitched ever so slightly before they moved. It had belonged to an old friend, who claimed it “kept more than time.”

Every night, at exactly midnight, the clock would let out a soft click—the sound of its mechanism resetting for the next day. But one Friday, as the storm outside rattled the windows, the clock didn’t click. It banged

The minute hand shuddered... and jerked backward.

The bang came again, louder, like a gunshot wrapped in thunder.

Then the power surged back. Lights flickered on.

Star Creature really do have a remarkable knack for pulling lost gems from obscurity and introducing them to the modern day. This time around things are no different with a double hitting 7" bundle which showcases some of the rawest, bang the box meets funk from Chicago. Classic sounds all round and very highly recommended. A reminder of what it should be.

PREMIERE: Connie’s Crew  - Bang Goes The Clock [STAR CREATURE]

https://soundcloud.com/zakmina https://soundcloud.com/viaviarecords
🛒 https://zakmina.bandcamp.com/album/takeshi-ep

Lithuanian producer and DJ Zakmina makes his long-awaited return with the Takeshi EP on VIAVIA Records.
Known for blending sounds from the past, present, and future into his own style, he now delivers a release of 90s house, grooves crafted straight for the floor.

Vilnius-based, Zakmina began collecting records and experimenting in the studio at an early age. His explorations have since shaped a sound that feels both familiar and forward-looking. With Takeshi EP, he once more showcases that balance: playful, raw, and dance-driven.

To complete the release, Milio contributes a deep club remix, a tight rework made for peak hours.

Tracklist:

1. Zakmina - Takeshi 
2. Zakmina - Call you 
3. Zakmina - Call you (Milio Remix)

PREMIERE: Zakmina - Takeshi [VIAVIA Records]

https://soundcloud.com/simone-franky-besana https://soundcloud.com/nubiansofplutoniarecords
🛒 https://nubiansofplutoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/nopo017-o-p-s-interstellar-ep

Our spacecraft drifts once again beyond the last known coordinates. The stars around us vibrate like synthesizers, bending light into rhythm. After the encounter with the Black Lotus and the Chimera, our systems have never fully recovered—nor have we. The pulse that once guided us now expands through the void, resonating in waves that distort time itself.

This is Interstellar, a transmission from an unknown quadrant. Each track a fragment of stellar dust, each beat a signal from the deep. As we cross nebular corridors and electromagnetic storms, we feel the gravity of sound pulling us forward—faster, farther, until all notions of direction dissolve.

Somewhere, beyond the edge of frequency, we might find a new home. Or maybe we’ll just keep dancing, forever suspended in orbit around the next cosmic pulse.

Tracklist:

O.P.S. - Interstellar | O.P.S. - Timeless

PREMIERE: O.P.S. - Interstellar [Nubians of Plutonia Records]

Saïph - Ordre Songe EP [Sonam 002 / Songe Anima]
BUY LINK: https://songe-anima-records.bandcamp.com/album/ordre-songe
Label: Songe anima Records (www.instagram.com/songe_anima/)
https://www.instagram.com/songe_anima
> Saïph (@saiph_sound)
www.instagram.com/saiph_sound/

Artwork by William Jones, inspired by a photograph of Arno Polvent.
www.instagram.com/oddl_liam

Mastering : Neel / Enisslab
www.instagram.com/enisslab

PREMIERE : Saïph - Abnégation

https://soundcloud.com/pvlomo https://soundcloud.com/guzzx https://soundcloud.com/roam-recordings
🛒 https://roamrecordings.bandcamp.com

We are very sad about the passing of our good friend and extremely talented musician
Ali X. His first release, “ Pastillitas”, in collaboration with Ximena and Pvlomo, quickly
became an underground anthem. In this offering, Roam welcomes Oaxaca City artist
GuzzX, who keeps true to the underground vibe in his remix, with its dark and decadent
overtones underpinned by a massive bassline.

PREMIERE: Ali X x Ximena & Pvlomo - Pastillitas (GuzzX Remix) [Roam Recordings]

tracklist:  Clouzer - Voices from the Abyss [Distant Gaze] 

Javier Busto - Arabic Nights [Logical Records]

Sesto Senso - Bass Girl [Slow Motion / Ritmo Fatale]
 B1980 - Bodyscape [Italo Moderni]
 Altered View - Fast Paced Life (Radondo Remix) [Inner Shah]

Kalipo - Deine Worte [Iptamenos Discos] 

Man2.0 & Precious Blood - CTRL ALT DEL (Tronik Youth Remix) [Nein]

Tassilo Vanhöfen - Flow my tears [SINCHI]

Arnaud Rebotini - Let The Lower Lights Be Burning [Blackstrobe]

Fille - Reach the Nucleus (Rico Casazza Remix) [Distant Gaze]
 Adrian Marth feat Diana Berti - Magic fantasia (Chupacabras Remix) [Italo Moderni]
 Captain Mustache ft. The Advent - Computer Monkey (Legowelt Remix) [Les Yeux Orange]
 Joshua James - Amber Rush (Daniel Avery Remix) [Phantasy]

Feed Your Head Guest Mix: Parissior

Wow! Something very special for R$N readers in the form of an exclusive (no free) remix download of TOY’s ‘Clock Chime’ the b side to current single ‘Left Myself Behind’.  It’s been shown some ‘Love From Outer Space’ by the Hardway Brothers with their Outer Space Dub reworking.

TOY look set to be one of the bands of the year... and we're only just into February. R$N saw them support the Horrors back in December and we were blown away by the power of their sound in The Roundhouse.  They finish their month long residency at the Shacklewell Arms on Friday. Don't miss. Probably your last chance to see them in such intimate surroundings.

Expect to hear the track getting a full P.A airing at one of the ‘A Love From Outer Space’ nights next week.

Oh and it's 320kps too!
Sean Johnston needs little introduction to R$N readers. Great things already this year from Love From Outer Space traveller in the form of recent Mania Theme, already championed on these very pages. 

TOY is a Korg Delta led five-piece formed in 2010. It consists of Tom Dougall (Vox/Guitars), Dominic O’Dair (Guitars), Maxim Barron (Bass/Vox), Alejandra Diez (Synthesizers/Modulation) and Charlie Salvidge (Drums/Vox). TOY’s musical influences incorporate a wide range of genres including punk, psychedelia, krautrock, post rock to name a few and they explore experimental recording techniques in the studio.

With the majority of 2010 spent writing, TOY played their first show at the Cave Club in Islington earlier this year. Since then the band have played a string of live performances including Field Day and 1234 festivals and have supported bands such as The Horrors and The Pretty Things. Their first single — Left Myself Behind — is out now. Both sides can be downloaded for free from the Heavenly website — www.heavenlyrecordings.com 

Hardway Bros
Sean Johnston has been DJ'ing since his formative years in the frozen
North. Acid House Veteran, Techno Survivor, Hardway Bros, Beard Scientist
and Freelance Disco Consultant he has played at many of London's landmark
clubs from Sabre Sonic to Disco Bloodbath and was one of the founding
residents at London super-club Cable. He also plays regularly at up and
coming Berlin venue Salon Zur Wilden Renate.

Alongside Andrew Weatherall he runs and DJ's at A Love From Outer Space, a
cult monthly residency at The Drop in North London and The Berkeley Suite
in Glasgow, which has won plaudits as one of the country's best mid-week
clubs. Such is the night's popularity the pair have taken ALFOS to clubs
and festivals throughout Europe. An oasis of slow in a world of increasing
velocity, the club's manifesto is to never knowingly exceed 122bpm and is
home to a multitude of genres including ambient, balearic, dub, krautrock,
post punk, proto house, un-disco and other curiosities from the pair's
extensive record collections

Sean's productions, alongside fellow Hardway Bros, Jake Davies and a
mysterious South Londoner known only as Rico have graced such forward
thinking labels as Beard Science, Aniligital, History Clock, Astrolab, Luna
Flicks, I'm A Cliche and Is It Balearic?

The latest Hardway Bros release, Mania Theme is out now on Is It Balearic
Recordings with excellent mixes from Mr Weatherall and Toby Tobias.

http://vimeo.com/36348036
http://toy-band.com/
http://heavenlyrecordings.com

TOY - Clock Chime (Outer Space Hardway Bros Dub)

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