Puzzle with tobha & Guests on Studio Néau

For this first episode of Puzzle, tobha has invited Un:seen's co-founder 
and lovely soul behind the Berlin chapter of DAYTIMERS: Abibi (she/her).

Bred in Lahore and based in Berlin, Abibi mixes between different styles 
and genres, jumping between moods, but keeping the dancefloor thumping. 
Not limited by genre, and always trying to take things less seriously 
than she should, Abibi's sets are a combination of the weird and 
unexpected with a dash of familiarity thrown in for good fun.

Together, Abibi and tobha have built the following puzzle:

tobha's pieces:

Aymeric de Tapol - MUSIQUER (Bombina Bombina)
Azu Tiwaline - Canopée Imaginaire
KMRU - MR4
Lamin Fofana - Resounding Water
disco samir - alone
Bartosz Kruczyński - Whisper VII
Bartosz Kruczyński - Whisper V
Lamina - Las vidrieras feat. Fiesta en el Vacio

Abibi's pieces:

oqbqbo - Temple Tree
Angelo Badalamenti on writing Laura Palmer's Theme
tobha - Sound Of Hapiness
Arushi Jain - Play In The Void
Chassol - Prologue
Etelin - Bird Element
Oneohtrix Point Never - Cryo
Kelsey Lu - KINDRED I
Yelzin - NOStalgia
AceMo - Wading In Blue
Object Agency - Dads of Summer
SKY H1 - Huit
Sheila Chandra & The Ganges Orchestra - Is
Oneohtrix Point Never - Boring Angel
Slowspin - Brainfreeze/Hold Me

tobha's pieces:

BLAKMOTH - Blighted Parabolic (Extended Version)
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde - Have Mercy

Abibi's pieces:

Zora Jones - Shadows To The Light
The Talk: Cher & David Lynch
Björk - Lionsong (Juliana Huxtable Remix)
Netsh - Quietus Of The Machine
Cardopusher - Lonesome Town
Suzanne Kraft - More Desire
Xzavier Stone, DJ Plead, Phillip Jondo - POU LOOP
Om Unit - Fuzzd An Soup
Talvin Singh - Butterfly
Enayet - Kirre
Rozzma - Seeb Nafsak

tobha's pieces:

Analias - Outcast
Cafe de la Jungle - Crystalline 99
Toumba - Daboor

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #1 w/Abibi

For this second episode of Puzzle, tobha has invited ophélie (they |
them), a talented DJ and producer with an affinity for low frequencies
and bass-heavy music. Their sound often finds itself at the intersection
between dubstep, techno, IDM, with hints of psychedelic music and
trance. They are interested in the fluid, organic, and often melancholic
aspect of music, achieved through combining multiple layers of sounds.

Together, ophélie and tobha have built the following puzzle:

tobha’s pieces:

Emanuele Wiltsch Barberio - Enrico
Yamila - Visions III
Le Motel - I Cried Like A Child Of | Three-Toi a khoc nhu mot ua tre len
ba
Sectra - Afraid To Go Downstairs
Irena and Vojtech Havlovi - Radek 2
Straw - The Work Isn't Sometimes (with Betty Carter)
Henrietta Smith-Rolla - Sugathi
Djrum - A Tune For Us

ophélie’s pieces:

Kimothy Leary - Bliss of Reality
Primal Code - Conjuration (Original Mix)
Prieste5s - Rottentechno
RM Estali - Reboot
Herbalistek - Zingiber Mioga
Prettybwoy - Siamang Call
Andrae Durden - Batea
Le Motel - Altar / Bàn Thờ

tobha’s pieces:

Cabasa - KMD1
Heike Vester - Pilot Whales
Alice Z Jones - Dream A11 (tide)
Jameson Nathan Jones - Monuments

ophélie’s pieces:

Solma - Wetlands
Biocym - Lure
mi-el - from the river to the sea
Tagliabue - Ipnotica
Dawn Ever - Dawn In The Forest
Freaky Chakra - Dope Theme V3 (Tell Me What You Want)
Al Wootton - Facing The Horses Tail
Space Drum Meditation - Sarkanda
Chewlie - Woods Treating Me
upsammy - Relict
Oklou - family and friends

tobha’s pieces:

Disco Samir - forever young (frrrrrvrrrrr edit)
Lightbath - Eclipse Preparation


PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #2 w/ ophélie

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #3 w/ sinny

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #4

For this 4th episode of Puzzle, tobha has invited Alex Sourbis, a long time active member of the Brussels electronic music scene. For this episode, the puzzle is a bit more "classic", the first hour focussing on ambient tunes selected by tobha.

For the second hour, Alex started from a "chill D&B" playlist he’d been building over the past year. In his own words: "Although most tracks are around 170 BPM, I chose to focus on musical keys and harmonic progressions, shifting the emphasis away from groove. Unsurprisingly, the result is a strong sense of storytelling, with the narrative unfolding through changes in intensity and emotion depending on the harmonies. Alternating between 85 and 170 BPM also adds to the shifts in tone and colour. 
I recorded the mix in one take, moving into more intense IDM-style drums and classic jungle. The goal of that "chill D&B" playlist was to prove to some of my friends that intensity isn’t defined by speed or rhythmic drive. I think I managed to show that by focusing on gentler textures and melodic elements. Of course, I couldn’t resist going harder at times — but I always found my way back to calm and harmony."

tobha's pieces:

Ö  - I Am You	
A Space for Sound x Llamb - Mountain Time
$afia Bahmed-Schwartz - Inter Styx
cadeu - TOM'S DÖNER
Heathered Pearls - Utica
Lamin Fofana - Here Lies Universality Redux
Barno - A Lifetime
Loraine James ft Theo - Sensual	
claire rousay - Parkowa 2
Masayoshi Fujita - Yodaka
Fink - Pilgrim (Paula Temple Remix - Ambient Time)
Lightbath - Holding a Feather
ISKELETOR - Gallows

Alex Sourbis' pieces

Noorj – flameflowers
Npoint_O – Guardian
Hoover1 – HOOVER1 A
Lewis James – Triangle
Freeman RCH – Nodule
Ben Bondy – trauma bonding
Jonnnah – Big Apple Under Water
Blocks & Escher – Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Slowdive – In Mind (Reload mix)
Zara – The Balance
Steffi – Lasting Lovers
DJ Sports – Data Implant
FAUZIA – berceuse
Dillinja – The Angels Fell
Genus Aix – Quicksilver Tooth
Caroline Polachek – Fly To You (feat. Grimes & Dido)

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #5 w/ Alex Sourbis

For Puzzle #6, Casper is tobha’s guest. Another episode, another ambient intro by tobha. Including some natural sounds, answering Machine Listening’s latest piece entitled Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment.

For the second hour, Casper comes in. In her own words « This mix was made during my performance at Tbilisi club Leftbank. It captures emotions—rage and sadness. It was the last day I saw my close friends, my flava, and I don’t know when we’ll see each other again. This is an immigrant’s poem and my intimate message to everyone who has left their home to build a new life in another country, but always returns to their roots, no matter what. »
The track listing will remain a ghost mystery for now.

tobha's pieces:
Dan Gibson - Introduction
Dan Gibson - Yellowstone National Park
Machine Listening - But They Weren't Perfect
Machine Listening - Round And Round
Machine Listening - Dream Chord-Be In
Pierre Henry - Sequence 6-Les Âmes Crient
Glaesha - Qawasqar
Irving Solomon Teibel - Alpine Blizzard
Suzanne Ciani - Jungle VINT
Sote - Brass Tracks
Maya Al Khaldi - الضوء-Al Daw' (Nothing Comes Back the Same)
Natalie Bridez - Swinglow
Mettani - Lilith (Omar Aloulou rework)
Casper & LHU - Half
Philip Gorbachev - I Am Saved (Barnt Forever)

Casper's pieces:
LeftBank, left blank

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #6 w/ Casper

For this 7th and first episode of the season, Puzzle doesn't invite any 
guest on Studio Néau. But as the situation in Palestine has constantly 
been worsening for the past few weeks, both in Gaza (with the 
aggravation of the current genocide and the validated invasion of Gaza 
City by the colonial forces of Israël) and in the West Bank (with the 
Knesset approving a recent motion on West Bank annexation), i've been 
again questionning my own relationship with entertainment and music.

After many discussions i had with Palestinian friends and relatives, it 
appeared clear to me that culture can be a way to write and preserve a 
common story for a population under the threat of genocide. Let it be 
through food shared with loved ones; memories depicted in pictures, 
movies, or paintings; stories told while singing—the list goes on.

I believe our duty is to dive into Palestinian culture, listening to the 
voices who tell us what their story is about. This way, we can help to 
preserve, without appropriation nor white heroism, the rich culture 
Palestinians have to share.

This is why this episode of Puzzle will be dedicated to Palestinian 
music.

I mostly got inspired by the article "Ley Lines: Palestine" written by 
James Gui: https://daily.bandcamp.com/ley-lines/ley-lines-palestine

Buying music to Palestinian artists might be a good place to start…

01 .a body in post trauma. ركائز مؤقتة - Dakn داكنْ
02 Under the Waves - Ed Dowie | Refaat Alareer ft. Maraea Rakuraku, 
Selma Dabbagh, Tomás Ó Loingsigh, Weaver
03. Atf - Adel Poursamadi & Tegh
04 By Numbers بقلم - Maya Al Khaldix
05. New Day Same Dream - Akram Abdulfattah
06. Samai Saba Nano - Gazelleband
07. Song Without Words - Nizar Rohana
08. Ya Halali    Sabreen    - Death Of The Prophet
09. I Am An Arab - Zeinab Shaath
10. Live My Life أعيش حياتي - Jowan Safadi جوان صفدي
11. TOYOUR طيور - Rasha Nahas
12. Simya' سِيميَاء - Muqata'a
13. 01011 - UmKuBu & Firas Shehadeh
14. EMTA NJAWZAK YAMMA - DAM
15. Habal Ft. Jurum (Prod. Julmud) - Baraari
16. XMAS ASWAD    Bashar Murad
17. Tartaqa (Original Mix) - Makimakkuk
18. Said Guevara - سعيد غفارا - Checkpoint 303
19. Shmaali شمالي Tarweeda (Nicolas Jaar Remix) - Yasmine Hamdan
20. El3ab El3ab - Zenobia
21. Meddi Dayyatik - Etyen & Salwa Jaradat
22. Inn Ann (Fhazal Remix) - Daboor & Shabjdeed
23. Wazira (Fhazal Remix) - Saint Levant
24. Ard Areek  ارض عريق - Sarv & Monixa
25. Sumud - Lara Sheehi x tobha x Cxtene

PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #7 Palestine Special



For Puzzle #8, tobha has invited Coline Cornelis, an artist and composer who has etched out a singular audiovisual universe where sound, space, shapes, and textures meet to form a whole. She has created for this episode an aural environment that will envelope you in a subtil universe of field recordings and soft notes. She has selected music that has taken a special place in her heart for a very long time but that she hasn't had the chance to play yet in other contexts. Small pieces of music, reminding her of a book resonating with this show's topic, La vie mode d'emploi, written as a puzzle by George Perec.

For the visual, her drawing is simple and sparse: a beautiful, yet minimalistic, puzzle that will enchant your eyes, as her musical selection will enchant your ears.

tobha's pieces
JAUME - to the subject
Galya Bisengalieva - Chagan (Aïsha Devi Reflection)
Carrier - A Point Most Crucial
Lyder - Pelagial
MA.MOYO - Skin
Fundamental Harmonics - Sedna 77
Dan Gibson - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Alex Dolby - Green Light
KMRU - Drowning Water Hydrophone

Coline Cornelis' pieces
Susannah Stark - Xaochan
Radio Species - Enzyme
Zeynep Ağcabay - Gök Tanri
Miłosz Mędra - Principale
David Cordero and Rhucle - Air Pocket

tobha's pieces
Alexandra Spence - The Well
Francesco Leali - Metals
Perila - Untilted
Paloven    - Josephine (tobha Is Falling Into Deep Remix)
NVST - Exportation Of Sound (Rework Vocal Edition)
Martyna Basta - On What Remains Unseen
Kuntari    - Maisch
Lightbath - Holding a Feather
Clara de Asís - Comme de Loin
Marja Ahti - Chora

Coline Cornelis' pieces
Aliénor Golvet - The Unconsicous Mind
INA Archives: Georges Perec - La Vie Mode d'Emploi (Translated)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Krumville
James Marks - The 56
Areliz Ramos - Bath
Isaac Soto - Volcanic House
Priori - Pareidolia (Notte Infinita Hi-tech Roller)


PUZZLE WITH TOBHA & GUESTS — #8 w/ Coline Cornelis

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Joyfully queer, unapologetically non-binary, and proudly smiling on pictures, tobha is a neuro-diverse dj, producer, label manager, curator, and moderator. Sometimes full of energy, sometimes inviting you to rest, sometimes bubbly, sometimes dark, their music is always a way to resonate with their deepest feelings.

Co-runs @nosuitrecords
Member of @iamscaarlet
Member of @room4resistance

Puzzle with tobha & Guests on Studio Néau

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