"Mokira attempts to bring back the dreamlike state from those magical late nights of his youth spent in front of MTV’s Chill Out Zone" <3

tilliander

C. Lavender is a sound artist, sound healing practitioner, educator, and author of Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives. She has worked with labels including Editions Mego, RVNG, Longform Editions, and most recently iDEAL, who have just released Rupture In The Eternal Realm, a sonic reinterpretation of a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice. In this episode of the Sound Propositions podcast, we discuss the influence of Pauline Oliveros, how working as an educator led to writing Transcendent Waves, and the evolution of the relationship between her practice as a sound artist and sound healer. (Joseph Sannicandro)

Read more including tracklisting at www.acloserlisten.com

cover image: Sonia Louise Davis - emergence: stardust from tomorrow (2023)

Sound Propositions S04e06

SP* Episode 36: CREATIVE LISTENING - with C. Lavender [podcast]

Early morning drumming

TB is the only sound source. 
Recorded to test the cables and connections in the patchbay. 

TB303 / H3500 / DP4 / 111B / EC280 /RE201

Once while playing a live hardware set, this girl handed me a note saying "I'd rather hear Wonderwall on repeat than listen to you. Good night". 

Be careful what you wish for. 
(And be careful not to play techno in an indie rock bar) 

90 minute Wall

Skare

The songs of the seven seas is a journey with mermaids, lost treasures, sirens singing in caves and pirates sailing on the waves looking for haven, its about true love, passion, romance, hopes and dreams, the never ending journey towards love and healing.
The alchemy of the album moves deeply into the ocean of despair and hope, healing and understanding that we are not alone on this quest.
Recordings are mostly made analogue on ms 20 mini, Orgon Enigizer, Blue Sky Reverb and they are caught in the moment channeled directly from the source.
It's a journey through eclipses, mercury retrograde, Pluto, the dark night of the soul, the burning of witches, walking through the ashes like Phoenix and finally the healing and restoration of The Goddess.
The album could no longer be called ambient and techno and this is the moment Fjäder walks into new directions bringing out her doom, drone influences. This is multidimensional and transcendental.

The songs of the seven seas

Songs Of The Seven Seas

All I Ever Wanted

For episode 54 we present Kalevi Palomäki, a techno enthusiast from Malmö.



Interview with Kalevi Palomäki:


Q: What made you start DJing? 
A: 500 kronor and a free meal


Q: Describe your style in three words. 
A: vanlig jävla techno


Q: Your best set in 2024/2025? 
A: camp 727


Q: Your favorite track right now? 
A: Tatu - How Soon Is Now


Q: A track you never get tired of? 
A: Stevie Wonder - As


Q: Where can one find the best falafel in Malmö? 
A: Falafel no1. Ystadvägen 


Q:  A Malmö DJ you want to highlight? 
A: Finn of Tomland. The greatest dj of all time. https://soundcloud.com/user-658467295-155923975
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/kalevi_palomaki/ 
SC: https://soundcloud.com/kalevipalomaeki

Malmö Techno Tales Episode 54 - Kalevi Palomäki

Across eight tracks, Tilliander and Kajfeš masterfully balance slow, lumbering machine pulses, delicate synth textures, and impeccable trumpet lines. Tilliander’s use of both analog and digital synths carve out the structure of these sonic sculptures, while Kajfeš’s elegant trumpet playing pushes against them, infusing the dreamy soundscapes with both acoustic tension and melodic detail.

Individually, Andreas Tilliander and Goran Kajfeš have long been recognized as leading names in Swedish electronic music and jazz, respectively. Both have consistently pushed and transcended the boundaries of their genres. Tilliander has explored everything from techno, drones, and dub to clicks’n’cuts under monikers like TM404 and Mokira. Kajfeš has been a relentless innovator in jazz, playing a central role in bands such as Oddjob, Subtropic Arkestra, Tropiques, Nacka Forum, and Fire! Orchestra.

Now, they join forces, forging a new path for both ambient and jazz music.

KM060 © 2025 / Kontra-Musik
Written and produced by Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfeš
Andreas Tilliander - electronics / Goran Kajfeš - trumpet
Mixed by Andreas Tilliander /Mastered by Rashad Becker / Image by Goran Kajfeš /Graphic design by Daniel Zachrisson www.kontra-musik.com / Distributed by Clone

In Cmin

KM060 Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfes - In Cmin PREVIEW

ULF ERIKSSON [23.01.2025]

@rivet040

Listen 24/7 at www.retreatradio.net

Everything but a podcast #20 w/ Rivet (15/02/25)

Faith

First Iota (feat. Angelina Nonaj)

TRACKS IN THE MUD – Retreat Radio's first-ever compilation of original music drops on April 20, 2025! Available as a double CD, on a wrench-shaped USB, digitally, and across multiple streaming platforms. Listen to the first 4 tracks and pre-order: https://retreatradio.bandcamp.com/album/tracks-in-the-mud

Tracklist:
SAATANS KVINNA - I have a lot to say (intro)
HOS - Jorn
Prins Emanuel & Rivet - Umarel
Klofink - Triple Tundric Vision
Goaty - Drear
Thomas Bush - Loneliness Remembers
DJ Sandylion - Look Out!
Moonilena - Solarna
Sofftronic - Metallic Dub
Oklo Gabon - The Theoretical
Jonte Prippz - Nomore
Digge Shim - Dawn 2 Dusk
East Moon - Soloflight (Ecover Version)
Miranda Magdalena - Polly Pocket (Rivet Scrub)
CYSP - Farever
tala drum corps - conc
Aircode - Came Back
Oblinof - KK2 Corp
Rumina - Rezillik
Ceqi - Fog Juice
tZimtZum - Re-Koil
towLie - taLk to me
Five o'clock Traffic - double refusal
2Lanes - Tadpole Prime

The online radio station Retreat Radio has acted as a unifying force on the underground scene in Malmö for close to a decade and now offers its first compilation of original music from its vast community.

A community grown exponentially like a virus, with Retreat Radio as the source of infection, comprised of artists in various stages of despair revelling in hazy ambient, angular industrial rhythms and post-dub influences. Now bringing you 24 tracks of frog-induced head music made for a sad generation that wanted to be club kids but had no club to go to.

Many - if not all - of the names behind this mammoth of a compilation are Retreat residents with current or past monthly shows on the programme. Many of whom have walked the stark lit street at the outskirts of town at night to climb a spiral staircase above a carwash to play their shows.

Loosely centered around the interpretation of dub as a genre, the compilation hand-picks a curation of tracks which nonetheless point to a coherent vision: that of dub as a vital cornerstone in the development of new music reflecting on an urban post-capitalist environment.

releases April 20, 2025

Mastered by: Martin Blomberg & Jonatan Bergsman
Artwork by: Oda Haugerud
Design by: FETIDGRUPPE©
Words by: Simon Eliasson

premiere: Prins Emanuel & Rivet - Umarel

Taken from a compilation LP released by Refill in 2002.
Recorded by Joel Brindefalk and Andreas Tilliander.

Skitus - Papst8412ngl (2002)

Skitus was Joel Brindefalk (Börft, IDeal) and Andreas Tilliander (Force Inc, Börft). 

The Data_01 vinyl was released in 2001 by Clear Blu.
Yes, the track titles actually do end with ".wav". Geeky.


Skitus - B1 Datadub 01.wav (2001)

Ulf Eriksson [09.07.25]

Andreas Tilliander released his first album as Mokira at the very turn of the Millennium on almighty Raster Noton. 11 years later, the latest Mokira album Time Axis Manipulation was issued on Ulf Erikssons Kontra-Musik and now it’s time to pick up where we left off with ‘Chill Out’. There’s an air of happy retrospect and light solemnity surrounding the new album – enhanced by the fact that it marks Kontra-Musik’s 50th release. With ‘Chill Out’, Mokira attempts to bring back the dreamlike state from those magical late nights of his youth spent in front of MTV’s Chill Out Zone; to go back to his ambient roots using contemporary techniques and perspectives. The result? Well, imagine Lee Scratch Perry and KLF enjoying an episode of Stranger Things on a crappy vintage TV after being hard at work burying old tape recordings in Perry’s tropical garden. Imagine them sitting together totally at peace in a big, cosy sofa while a heavy haze is building up in the room, pleasantly affecting the eerie images on the screen. We always knew Kontra-Musik’s 50th release had to be something quite out of the ordinary. As expected, Mokira didn’t disappoint us one bit.

The vinyl LP is accompanied with a download code for a mixed version of the album, containing almost double the amount of tracks. The mixed version makes it easy for the Chill Out listener to just sit back and let go of reality for a while, just like Mokira did 25 years ago in front of his old TV.

Thanks to Mike Grinser @ Manmade Mastering, Berlin.

World Wide Distribution by CLONE

Artist: Mokira
Title: Chill Out
Label: Kontra-Musik Records
Format: Vinyl 1×12″ + digital extensive mixed version
Cat.No.: km050
Vinyl release date: 180326
Digital release date: 180423

Mokira - Chill Out LP (Preview) Out April 2018

https://repeatle.bandcamp.com/
Bookings: a@viceversaagency.com

Discography:

Solo and aliases:
TM404 - Syra LP (Kontra-Musik 2021
TM404 - Endor Trico 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2018
TM404 - Acidub LP (Kontra-Musik) 2016
TM404 - Untitled 12" (Skudge White) 2014
TM404 - Svreca Remixes 12" (Kontra) 2014
TM404 - Svans 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2013
TM404 - TM404 CD/LP (Kontra-Musik) 2013
TM404 - The Morphosis Korg Response (Kontra-Musik) 2012

Svaag - Sade 12" (Semantica) 2014

Tilliander - Cleanse And Manipulate 12" (FØLD) 2019
Tilliander - Expect Resistance / Respect Existence 7" (Dub on Arrival) 2019
Tilliander - Compuriddim LP (Ideal Recordings) 2017
Tilliander - Ofog 12" (Echocord) April 2017
Tilliander - Knapp Ledsyn 12" (Bright Sounds) 2016
Tilliander - You Have 2 Osc 12" (Börft) 2015
Tilliander - Mini LP 12" (Börft) 2013
Andreas Tilliander - Showtime 12" (Adrian Recordings) 2010
Andreas Tilliander - Show CD (Adrian Recordings) 2009
Andreas Tilliander - Stay Down 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - She Dont Cry 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - Bonnarock 12" (Repeatle) 2007
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD (Poplot) 2005
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD/LP (Pluxemburg) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - World Industries CD/LP (Resopal) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Love Me Like I Do 7" (Pluxemburg) 2005
Andreas Tilliander - Back To The USA 12" (Pluxemburg) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Dutty & Digital 12" (Ideal Recordings) 2004
Andreas Tilliander - Elit CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2002
Andreas Tilliander - Ljud CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2001

Mokira - Chill Out LP (Kontra-Musik) 2018
Mokira - Skaka Hund Skaka 12" (SELF) 2015
Mokira - Time Axis Manipulation CD (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Axis Audio 10" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Time Track 10" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Mokira - Biasline 7" (Ideal Recordings) 2010
Mokira - Persona CD/LP (Type Records) 2009
Mokira - The Bum That Will Bring Us Together 7" (Type) 2007
Mokira - Hateless CD (Ideal Recordings) 2006
Mokira - Ease CD (Filippa K) 2006
Mokira - FFT POP CD (Cubicfabric) 2004
Mokira - Album CD/LP (Type Records) 2003
Mokira - Plee CD/LP (Mille Plateaux) 2002
Mokira - Cliphop CD (Raster Noton) 2000
Mokira - Sueismine CDEP (Ideal Recordings) 2003
Mokira - Kuket 7" (Klanggalerie) 2000

Lowfour - Stenmark 12" (Kupei) 2005
Lowfour - Muscle And Hate 12" (DSP Records) 2004
Lowfour - Ian 12" (Echocord) 2002
Lowfour - Repeatle 12" (Force Inc) 2001

Rechord - Skokoll CD/LP (Audio.NL) 2002
Rechord - Eloper 12" (Audio.NL) 2002

Komp - Skane Remixed CD (New Speak) 2003
Komp - Vena LP (Komplott) 1999

Collaborations:
TM404 & Echologist - Telomic Ghost LP (Kynant) 2019
TM404 & Echologist - Infiltrated 12" (Kynant) 2018
Innerst Inne - Solen Träffar Topparna Först LP (Further) Out March 2018
TM404 & Echologist - Bass Desires 12" (Kynant) 2017
Andreas Tilliander & Elin Franzén - Japan LP (Repeatle) 2017
Kondens -  Tird 12" (Börft Records) July 2015
Kondens - Second Coming 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2011
Kondens - First Cut 12" (Kontra-Musik) 2010
Bulgur Brothers - We Are 9 10" (We Are) 2007
Bulgur Brothers - Smoothie Mixes 12" (Sunset Diskos) 2007
Bulgur Brothers - Jaffa EP 12" (Karat) 2006
Bulgur Brothers - Smoothie Man LP/CD (Sunset Diskos) 2006
Bulgur Brothers - Puffy Pop EP - 12" EP - Mineral (TBA 2006)
Minimalistic Sweden - Standard Klickmusik CD (Mitek) 2003
Skitus - Data_01 (Clear Blu) 2000

Music is my passion! Dancig is my ecstasy! Love too discover new artists/ music

Mokira - Chill Out LP (Preview) Out April 2018

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