Mallorca-based maestro @defled supplies an hour of contemporary ambient explorations

₀₃₈ 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗱

Transmissions from the Outer Rim/Inner Edge. “you know the gates themselves are made of flood.” -Nadia Marcus

From the host: _"this episode from DJ Eft, a central figure in the PNW who is part of the team which organises Osmosis In The Trees, an annual festival in Taklima OR"_ 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/3xl/episodes/3xl-10th-november-2025

3XL w/ DJ Eft 101125

"Carried on a current of submerged texture and swirling whispers,
“we love chains because they shine” feels like dredging for old
memories in a flood and finding that while some things might be lost forever, they can still somehow find a way to stay with you.

Drowned silhouettes of percussion pour in through waterlogged speakers. Indistinct yet nearly recognizable vocal samples circle in diminishing patterns, their sources vaguely familiar and somehow impossible to fully grasp, the mind reaching for a half remembered moment through the distortions of time. And through it all a profound stillness and sense of immediacy resonates, as if watching old photographs drift
downstream and trying to capture the last of their details in your mind."

music and cover by Defled
master by Shy⠀
text by Ghosttropics
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released November 26, 2025


02.defled - u m lov+

Juliettehenriu on the second edition of Afterglow Sessions, Radio Panini's new Sunday gathering dedicated to downtempo, ambient and experimental electronic music, recorded live at Jolene Bar (Copenhagen). 

juliettehenriu @ Radio Panini Afterglow Sessions (16.11.2025)

Nobody Else (with Kaleena Zanders)

tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/expired-12-defled
https://defled.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/defled

expired

expired 12 – defled

This song was made in memory and honor of my Best Man Lionel 'Waters' Semedo.  Stay moist forever.

Produced in ~3 sessions on headphones in Ableton Live with Vital and Pigments VSTs while on tour with Trans Siberian Orchestra 2025. 

The concept behind this track is based on the sentiment that the peak human experience is "Everyone, alive, together at the same time" and how fleeting it can be, particularly in dense communities where so many deep connections exist with each other and as a greater whole.

I experimented with implementing complementary polyrhythms, textural synthesis via noise, automating stereo width, sidechaining, frequency separation and a variety of in-the-box techniques with minimal plugins.

The original composition is over 4 minutes, but I challenged myself to reduce the vamping and exposition in favor of something short, sweet, digestible, and hopefully catchy enough to garner multiple listens.

giraffe

mountain chief