Splendid work that is! Very nice choice of music, put together very well, my gratitude!

Absolutely gorgeous mix, Ali. One to come back to again and again.

HOWLONGISNOW #7 - Toki Fuko

For our last mix of the year, we warmly welcome a very talented synthesist, DJ, and co-founder of Frequency Domain, Ali Wade.

Some words by Ali:

"The Observatory has had a really great first year, hosting many go-to mixes for me, so I feel humbled to round off the series in 2023. Thanks to Jay for the invite and to all the previous contributors for setting the bar so high.

As the world grows exponentially more complex and unjust, music is ever the stabilising force. In November this year I was invited by the Bleep43 crew to DJ alongside some incredible artists at an event in east London - this mix pulls together a lot of the music I played that day, including many tracks from the label I co-run, Frequency Domain. Recorded one afternoon while in bed with a cold, I hope it puts you in a good place."

Tracklist:

Southfacing - The Marking Song (Frequency Domain)
Sync24 - Replicant (Ultimae Records)
Hula Om - Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina (Cramps Records)
Marja Ahti - Chora (Hallow Ground)
Pauline Anna Strom - The Unveiling (Ether Ship Records)
Alva Noto - Xerrox Rin (Raster-Noton)
Arovane - Rotor (Quiet Details)
Tetsu Inoue - Sour Cloud (DiN)
Autechre - Nine (Warp Records)
Stars of the Lid - Even (Out)+ (Kranky)
LF58 - Rituale (Astral Industries)
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 1 (Raster-Noton)
Ali Wade - Imbolc (Frequency Domain)
Jonathan Fitoussi - Triangulum (Further Records)
William Selman - Umami Lagoon (Mysteries Of The Deep)
Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1619010 (AP Musik)
Jürgen Müller - Jenseits des Stromes (Digitalis Recordings)
r beny - eistla (Self-released)
Golden Shields - Radiance (Frequency Domain)
Imaginary Softwoods - Almond Branch (Field Records)
Fields We Found - Shifts (Handstitched)
Hinako Omori - Levitation (Houndstooth)
Mücha - Spectral Interference (Frequency Domain)
Southfacing - Opt Out (Frequency Domain)
Chris Watson - Cima Verde (Fondazione Edmund Mach)
Ian Hawgood - For Distance Brings Us Closer (Handstitched)
Linnley - Filiform (Space Surgeries)
Chris Watson - Soffi di Vento (Fondazione Edmund Mach)
Papiro - Romeo on the Beach (Marionette)
Imaginary Softwoods - Parterre (Field Records)
Polypores - ECCO (Frequency Domain)
Southfacing - Out of the Park (Frequency Domain)

Frequency Domain: https://frequencydomain.bandcamp.com
Space Surgeries (Frequency Domain Sub-label): https://spacesurgeries.bandcamp.com/music

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac

The Observatory - Ali Wade

We are very happy to be able to bid farewell to this year of Introspective Electronics with a deeply personal podcast recorded by the sonic enchantress and a dear friend ~ Amanita 🕊️

Amanita is a DJ and event ptomoter based between Bologna and Berlin. She co-runs the forward-thinking collective and party series Sinestesie in Bologna and across Italy, bringing off-kilter programming to the somewhat homogenous scene of her home city. Alongside her music work, she often works as a stage designer with the Googy Cult project. For Anita, ambient represents the most spiritual part of her sound and soul. It’s where she finds a safe haven and where she always returns when she needs to heal and find inspiration both in music and in life 🔮

This journey, just shy of an hour, was recorded in Anita’s studio in Berlin on a four deck setup and includes some of her most close-to-the-heart records, some of which have been with her since day one. It is a deeply captivating and emotional piece of ambient storytelling, a fairytale of sorts, that hums and crackles and sparkles. That whispers in your ears ancient tales of forest fairies and magick rituals 🧚🏻‍♂️

Sounds by @amanita_p 📿
Visions by @marcomaldarella 🫧

Podcast Series 40 | Amanita

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (22.12.2023)

Artist: @avsluta & @dvka

Hypernormal Radio w/ Avsluta & Christian Duka @ Radio TNP 22.12.2023

TRACKLIST:

Harry Plunket-Greene - The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
maarja nuut - see maailm, mis elab sinus
Philipp Otterbach - Left Hand Society
Pontiac Streator - where flesh circulates
Rutger Zuydervelt – Never Return (Kaleiding Outtake)
Quade - Spiral I
Chen Ming Chang - Rainwater
Night Sea - Off Grid
Florian T M Zeisig - TG10 (feat. PVAS)
Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick - Mouthfeel 5
Sara Berts - Moth dance
Moin - Foot Wrong
Quade - The Balance
Son of Philip - Lune
Joe Davies - Hi Life feat. Ossia
Maara - Sip From My Chalice
Cloud Management - Tempentary Dance
Ancestral Voices - Invocations
Dregs - Swampy
Roza Terenzi - Vape City
Santaka, Manfredas & Marijus Aleksa - Xram (Marco Shuttle Remix)
user_ambiguous - Mystical Experience
Pontiac Streator - swallow me

Introspective Electronics w/ Avsluta x Netil Radio | January 24

Delighted to start the year with a mix by London-based and Shanghai-rooted modular sound artist, DJ and performer - co-founder of independent music platform ARCHIVES - Kaiyumi. Kai's journey gradually unfolds from glitchy ambient to shamanic downtempo  rhythms, englobed by colorful atmospheres and filled with emotion.

@kaiyumikaiyumi

Conscious Listening Mix Series - 20 - Kaiyumi

@boursin

Today I am so happy to welcome my friend fka boursin to Deep Mind Music, with a quietly reflective entry for the end of January. 

It was around this time of year back in 2022, that I first remember having a deep chat with fka boursin about our mutual interest in the power of ambient. We were both equally enthused to encounter another AmbientAddict and quickly rattled off artists, labels and tracks for each other to check. I have found in fka boursin a similarly discerning soul, not just in music, but life in general, and his intricate mix for Deep Mind Music reflects his thoughtful character.

A patient mix that rewards patient listening, fka boursin has crafted a narrative that skilfully dances between washes of sepia-toned warm drones, and–as he puts it below–“material sounds”, such as whirling whizzes of machines or twittering birds, which give us a sense of place. The perfect soundtrack to a meditative drift of the mind between thoughts and reality. I have greatly enjoyed listening to it on cold misty walks over the past week, and hope you do too ☁️🪶🤍

Some words from fka boursin about the mix:

When considering the themes for this mix, I drew from the different approaches that Sybil and I use in our work. Sybil says that themes for her come from “more of a feeling/colour/texture than something     explainable” which is in contrast with my desire for explicit material reference points. Though these approaches might be seen as existing on a somewhat linear abstract vs material scale, there is a large overlap in the sonic characters that they each employ. Here, I have deliberately mixed with tracks that perhaps encourage one to get “lost” (abstract) before pulling the listener back into the room using what I consider to be “material” sounds. Paradoxically though, those sounds are often perceived as feeling/colour/texture anyway, leading Sybil and I to the same musical end points. To me, this firstly emphasises the limitations of audio and secondly may partly explain why Sybil and I get on so well.

~

Featuring music by David Toop, Daisuke Tadokoro, blks, Hideki Umezawa, pent, Terre Thaemlitz, Celer, 23 Degrees, fka boursin and more

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Downloads Enabled ~

Deep Mind Music

fka boursin ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.29

~ Deep Breakfast 243 by https://soundcloud.com/oisatsana ~

Tracklist:
01. Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - 7.21
02. France Jobin + Fabio Perletta - Mimesis
03. Emidio Buchinho & Ricardo Guerreiro - (Un)Folding
04. Thomas Ankersmit - Perceptual Geography
05. Luis Antero & Darius Čiuta - S
06. Ayami Suzuki & Leo Okagawa - Undercurrent
07. Taylor Deupree & Richard Chartier - Specification.Seven
08. o.blaat - gone fishing (w/ dj olive)
09. Atte Elias Kantonen - algae & others
10. Tetsuya Nakayama - 1590
11. Fousek / Hansen / Tellier-Craig - 5:37
12. Steffan De Turck/Howard Stelzer - HS - Private Performance #3f
13. Oisatsana - Early Morning Shift
14. Beatriz Ferreyra - L ’Autre rive
15. AGF - cadavreEXQUIZ
16. Ben Vida + Lea Bertucci - Ghost Pipes
17. Sebastien Roux - The Prepared Piano Song
18. Masaya Kato - SIS I
19. Sogar - Com 3.6
20. Suso Saiz - Will The Universe Be Like This? (feat. Menhir)
21. Gabrielle HB - Wind Through Caledonian Forest

~ Check out his Deep Breakfast mix as How to Levitate 👉 https://on.soundcloud.com/J5d7Z ~

Deep Breakfast 243 ~ Oisatsana

Dive into the emotive ambient landscapes of Jo Johnson, a true maestro in the genre. With releases on Bleep43, Mysteries of the Deep and Further Records, her music is a captivating blend of emotion and beauty. We finally bring you the long-awaited showcase of an artist who has been on our list for a long time...Enjoy.

Thanks a lot to https://soundcloud.com/werkhouse

JO JOHNSON on the web:
Bandcamp: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jojohnson.tinysilences/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/werkhouse

UNRUSH on the web:
Bandcamp: www.unrush.bandcamp.com/
Hardwax: www.hardwax.com/label/unrush/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/_unrush_/?hl=de
Facebook: www.facebook.com/unrushme/

Cover artwork by Irakli Kiziria

Tracklist:

01 Arovane - ypaal (Quiet Details)
02 CV & JAB - Aion Info Point (editions basilic)
03 Martyna Basta - Glass (STROOM)
04 Ana Quiroga - London Fields (Modern Obscure Music)
05 Cate Brooks - Hindsight (Clay Pipe)
06 Material Object - Enter (Editions Mego)
07 Illuha - Mukaemizu (12K)
08 Midori Takada - KI-KI-KI (MSCTY_EDN)
09 Kuniyuki Takahashi - Ai Iro (Music From Memory)
10 Plant43 - Surface Transport Announcement (Plant43 Recordings)
11 Jo Johnson - Don't Stand In The Way (Castles In Space)
12 Grant Aaron - live at No Way Back 2023 (unreleased)
13 Marcus Fischer - One (self-released) cont.
14 Hilary Robinson - Reak (wiaiwya)
15 Marcus Fischer - One (self-released) 
16 Loula Yorke - it's been decided that if you lay down no-one will die (Truxalis)

081 - Unrushed by Jo Johnson

"Gather out of star-dust
            Earth-dust,
            Cloud-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust
            Not for sale."

Eagerly-awaited deep dream by @syberkid of @deep-mind-music

✢

MFIS LI ✢ Sybil

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached." Franz Kafka

The above quote was kindly provided by Chris SSG for our sixth installment of our podcast series which features a set by him. A good friend of the collective, he needs no further introduction. This podcast is a recording of his set at the final of five parties we threw late last year to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of the Observatory. Chris’s set was the final one in a long series, closing what was a  wonderful sequence of events. Forward indeed.

Chris SSG - NLDMIX 006

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