@gigigigigigigi

Hi Gi Gi! Recently Gi Gi released this amazing new album on Index Records. This mix is made to accompany that release, and it wholehearted hit some of the same moods textures as on the record.
We came in touch with Gi Gi’s sound through this gorgeous cassette on Quiet Time Tapes, followed by the one on Good Morning Tapes. Check them both. This mix is like the shimmering of the sunshine after a rainy day. Triphop & broken RnB into the periphery of your dreams.

Knekelhuis # 99 - Gi Gi

~ Deep Breakfast 191 by https://soundcloud.com/lvtsounds ~

Tracklist:
01. Rainer Veil - Third Sync [Modern Love, 2019]
02. Relaxer - Agony [Avenue 66, 2019]
03. Sanguine - One Gives a Clue About the Meaning of the Other [Self Released, 2022]
04. Skymn - Red Road [Hypnus, 2018]
05. ASC - Unreleased
06. Monadh - Convection [Further Records, 2016]
07. Monadh - Ammophilia [Further Records, 2016]
08. Unreleased
09. Leon Vynehall - It Breaks (Chapter IX) [Ninja Tune, 2018]
10. Floating Points - Sea-Watch [Ninja Tune, 2019]
11. Kmru - In A Distance [Figure, 2022]
12. Money Morning - Haze [Acting Press, 2017]
13. The Vision Reels - Her Form is Slowly Morphing (Alt Mix) [Huinali Recordings, 2022]
14. EAFHM - Waning Quarter (Oisatsana Deconstruction) [Melifera, 2022]
15. Delerium - Fragments of Fear [Dossier, 1989]
16. Alfred Czital - Reality Check (Intro) [Harmony Rec, 2022]
17. Vladislav Delay - Raakile [Cosmo Rhythmatic, 2020]
18. Off And Gone - Sprinkle [Harthouse, 1996]
19. Carlos Niño & Friends - Exploration 7 [International Anthem, 2022]
20. Seahawks & Woo - Travel Softly [Emotional Response, 2019]
21. Laraaji - Deep Celestial [All Saints, 1992]
22. Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Part IV: Into Eternity [International Anthem, 2020]

Deep Breakfast 191 - LVT

~ Deep Breakfast 195 by Hivetribe (https://soundcloud.com/protou & https://soundcloud.com/dronnydarko) ~

Tracklist:
01. protoU - Transparent Clusters
02. Ludvig Cimbrelius - stjärnhimmel
03. Alphaxone - Water Moon
04. Dronny Darko & protoU - Riparian Forest (300 million years ago)
05. Eternell - Cove
06. Hivetribe - Water Zest
07. Spuntic - Uniqueness
08. Purl & Hivetribe - Closer Than You Know
09. Dronny Darko & protoU - Energy Forms

Deep Breakfast 195 - Hivetribe

We’re feeling very honoured to welcome A Strangely Isolated Place and 9128.live head honcho, Ryan Griffin, aka ASIP.

Ryan's ear for label curation and his mixes under the ASIP moniker have really inspired us over the years, so it's exciting to get an insight into what he's been listening to lately.

Some words by Ryan about the mix:

"This mix came together over a 2/3 month period, as I've spent a large part of the summer between Oregon and California with family and haven't had much dedicated time to focus on a mix. Normally I approach mixes more conceptually, but this one came to life organically in pieces, over time. In hindsight, the mix reflects a specific period in time for me and a lot of my life musically over the past few months. From the unfortunate passing of Brian McBride (Stars of The Lid) and revisiting those brilliant albums nearly every evening; anticipating the new Lord of The Isles album after his standout isolatedmix this year; our latest label addition from Mary Yalex; music being sent to my inbox from new artists; and of course, a couple of upcoming ASIP releases that are keeping me busy lately. Thank you for having me as part of the series."

Tracklist:

1. Mary Yalex - Snowy Avenue (Excerpt) (Yalex Recordings) [Forthcoming]
2. Stars of The Lid - Down (Kranky) [2001] 
3. Monolake - Mass Transit Railway (Field Records) [2023]
4. nthng - Unlimited () (Excerpt) (Transatlantic) [2023]
5. Liai - A-A (Quiet Time) [2022]
6. Terre Thaemlitz - Liebesmachine (Comatonse) [2019]
7. Biosphere - Antennaria (Alternative Version) (Biophon) [2022]
8. Vernal Equinox - Six Figures In A Landscape (Clover Recordings) [1997]
9. hoyah חיה - BB walk [10129] (Mellia) [2022]
10. Andy Aquarius - Kyrie (Constellation Tatsu) [2022]
11. Romance & Dean Hurley - Still Lives (Ecstatic) [2022]
12. Chihei Hatakeyama - Insects Chirping (Field Records) [2023]
13. Lord of The Isles - Last Day (AD93) [Forthcoming]
14. Alex Israel - Octonions (Somnambulant Drift) [2023]
15. Shīdo - Denial (Unreleased)
16. Owl - Moonshine Haze (Silent Season) [2021]
17. Not Glass - Fallite Fallentes (Ecstatic) [2019]
18. Carl Stone - Lim 1974 (Unseen Worlds) [2016]
19. Stars of The Lid - Preludes (In C Sharp Major) (Kranky) [2001]
20. Arovane - Yord (Quiet Details) [2023]
21. Markus Guentner & Arovane - Utopian Fragment (A Strangely Isolated Place) [Forthcoming]
22. Salvatore Mercatante - OPEN, OPEN (A Strangely Isolated Place) [Forthcoming]

Website: https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/
Bandcamp: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/
Radio/ Sublabel: https://9128.live/

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac

The Observatory - ASIP

Osaka based AOKI takamasa is known for his work as a producer, live performer, DJ and photographer, and notable debut album SILICOM in 2001. Here he presents a three hour excursion through modern classical, ambient and minimal electronics, recorded at Sound Bar Normal in Nagoya, Japan.

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/aoki-takamasa-26th-february-2024

AOKI takamasa 260224

Live sketches for a Son Of Chi live set in Athens, November 16, 17th 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBTh9jxNTNy  

A mix of edited Son Of Chi tracks and new works in progress, including upcoming collabs with Kain The Poet, Jim Tetlow, Radboud Mens, Daniel Danieli, Clara Brea & Menhir, Omar Ka, Kaiyumi and more.

Son Of Chi: I always make live sketches. This time for my performance in Athens (scroll down for more info). Not sure if I will stick to them, but they give the right impression of the atmosphere i would like to create. The opening words by Kain The Poet reflect the times we live in and the challenges we are facing. I will end with a piece from “The Fifth World Recordings”.  

According to the Hopi prophecies we are now living in the transition years, moving from the fourth world into the fifth world. As they say: “times of earthquakes, floodings, fires, pandemics and wars”. The Hopi believe that in this period you need to be careful where you stay, who you stay with and what you do. Keep practising the holy rituals. Respect nature, the earth, the universe and be good to your fellowmen and all living creatures.

As the Hopi say the fifth world  “represents a spiritual awakening, an evolution in understanding the interconnectedness of all beings and the universe”. We are in the middle of this transition. All we can do is stick to our rituals.

Or as Hazrat Inayat Khan says: “The further we advance, the more difficult and the more important becomes our part in the symphony of life. The more conscious we are of this responsibility, the more efficient we become in accomplishing our task”.

Edited vocal samples (only for these live sketches, not to be released):

1. A poem by Sappho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg78TUGhrnY 
2.  Coleman Barks reads Rumi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882yCAAvnxg 
3. Hmong singing:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ciKZuoqOc
4.  Persian Music and Singing of Rumi Poetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQIEUDe6Qo
5. Stalker (Tarkovski) monologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCmpG0IJfLQ 
6. Inayat Khan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgyYPZSehtM 
7. Samsara (Lois Patino):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4sb1VLuBAN
8. The Hopi Way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2aikgtskX0 


Son Of Chi Live in Athens

Saturday November 16th 16.00-19.00h @ Underflow Recordstore Athens:
https://www.instagram.com/underflowathens  
Son Of Chi + Iffie DJ-set. Instore listening session and exclusive preview of the new Son Of Chi album 'We Carry Eden' TBA. Meet and greet + get your signed copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300). Free entrance.

Sunday November 17th 20.00h @ Tranzistor Athens
https://www.instagram.com/stories/tranzistorbar  
Son Of Chi Live + Iffie DJ-set + more ambient live acts TBA. Entrance: €10 (including a free, handsigned copy of the 'Seven Years At The Chi Factory' compilation CD. Limited edition (300).

“Seven Years At The Chi Factory” 
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-at-the-chi-factory 
Find out more :
https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/pioneering-ambient-from-europe 
Follow Son Of Chi:
https://www.instagram.com/hanyo_sonofchi

Find out more on the feautured artists:
Kain The Poet
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/arts/gylan-kain-dead.html
Jim Tetlow
https://jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Radboud Mens
https://radboudmens.bandcamp.com
Omar Ka
https://www.instagram.com/omarkafulaband
Daniel Danieli
https://danieldanieli.bandcamp.com 
Clara Brea & Menhir
https://clarabrea.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/menhirmusic
Kaiyumi
https://www.instagram.com/kaiyumi.kaiyumi

Sketches For Athens

You can now order the vinyl Music From Memory album:
https://chifactory.bandcamp.com/album/we-carry-eden-feat-omar-ka
 
Music From Memory is delighted to announce a new album from Son Of Chi entitled ’We Carry Eden’, an immersive long-form composition in two parts that seamlessly blends a collage of spoken word, field recordings and drones with elements of dub, jazz, fourth world and ambient music. 

Son Of Chi is the latest project of Rotterdam-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Hanyo van Oosterom. Van Oosterom’s prolific career spans multiple decades and genres; among countless projects he has been involved in, he is known for founding the Dutch ambient collective CHI in the early eighties, and in recent years for his prolific collaboration with CHI co-founder Jacobus Derwort as Chi Factory. Following Derwort’s passing in 2019, van Oosterom decided to close the CHI circle with the birth of Son Of Chi. 

Sonically, the world of ‘We Carry Eden’ is fully immersive; it ripples with depth and shimmers in detail. Motifs, ideas and fragments, arise and disappear like passing thoughts, drawing the listener deeper and deeper inwards. For those familiar with Oosterom’s work as Chi Factory, the depth and meditative nature of the work will come as no surprise; however it is Oosterom’s skill with grooves that shines equally bright here; his infectiously dubby basslines and percussion rise up from the ether, grounding the listener to the earth. ‘We Carry Eden’ at times invokes the fourth world landscapes of Jon Hassell, (with whom Oosterom has collaborated) but as a whole, it remains the unique work of an artist fully in tune with their vision. 

Thematically, storytelling traditions lie at the heart of ‘We Carry Eden’, with van Oosterom’s long-time collaborator Omar Ka playing a central role. Ka, who hails from the West African nomadic Fulani tradition of storytelling, responds to the collage of field recordings and sounds collected by Oosterom. His voice is woven throughout ‘We Carry Eden’, creating a narrative that binds the multiple sound sources of the album together. 

As with much of van Oosterom’s musical output, inspiration is drawn from the Greek Island of Patmos and the wisdom and prophecies of the Native American Hopi Tribe. Since his work with CHI in the early eighties, van Oosterom has often incorporated quotes from Hopi Elders into his music. Gods, spirits, animals and humans, all existing in one unchangeable relationship tied to nature; ‘We Carry Eden’ is rooted in this philosophy, serving as a peaceful message of beauty, harmony and respect for the wisdom of the Elders and ancient traditions. 

‘We Carry Eden’ has been released on LP and digitally on May 16th 2025. Sleeve art and design by Michael Willis.

We Carry Eden Part Two

yung lean - agony (traumesser piano cover)

Ambient jam recorded 17/08/2025 w/ Isaac Robertson and Leo Turton.

Glare

progetto originario creato con bespoke nel  2023.. dal quale sono derivate diverse elaborazioni in ableton l'anno scorso.. seconda versione
soggetto ad ulteriori elaborazioni

Cieli di settembre

cieli di settembre.aif

Perila 'Aether Grounding' ⓜⓘⓧ ⓪⑤

Curated by @jaykeegan

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://claytonciolac.com
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/