DB1 and Logos present a mix featuring unreleased music from their RVSHES project as well as heaters from James Ruskin, Population One, DJ Nobu, Mike Parker and more.

RVSHES Promo Mix June 2022

For our third instalment of the year we welcome London-based Jin 靜. Her productions - based on the use of synthesizers, modulars and field recordings - have already seen light on imprints such as Camera Magmatica or on our latest On Board release.

Today's mix is a perfect dive into Jin's universe of analogue noises and abstract textures - thank you for the wonderful trip Jin x

@jinsynth

Tracklist:

1. Jin [靜] x yolabmi - Zipf's Law - III
2. Doltz - Furueru Te
3. Jin [靜] - Inscrutable
4. Jin Mustafa - Hint
5. Pauline Oliveros - Water Above Sky Below Now
6. Sanjib - Distant Communion
7. Jin [靜] - Unreleased
8. Unjin & Romi (Live)
9. Piezo - Sonda
10. Polygonia - No Haste
11. Valentino Mora - Morphosa
12. Jin [靜] - Unreleased
13. Die Wilde Jagd - Durch dunkle Tannen

On Board Music - Mix Series - Jin [靜] OB23

Constructions returns for the 60th instalment with an hour-long live sound performance from Japan's Muzan Editions label boss, Endurance.

"In the past few years, I have been lucky enough to open for a lot of techno parties in Japan, and this has had a big impact on my sound as a performer. My live sets used to lean more towards the prettier, new-age side of ambient, but as that doesn't particularly suit dark clubs in Osaka and Tokyo, I have tried to push my sound towards the more minimal and intense regions of ambient.

This is a set from a show I played in Osaka with Peter van Hoesen in November. I remember being terribly nervous while setting up my modular, as PvH was standing right behind me doing a soundcheck (I'm a big fan)! Nevertheless, I think the set went well, setting the tone for the party and the music to come. When I looked up towards the end, the dance floor was nearly full, and people were swaying back and forth with their eyes shut. As someone doing ambient, there's no clearer sign that you're doing something right than that."

Endurance is the ambient project of Osaka-based Joshua Stefane. Using modular synthesizers, field recordings, and cassette tapes, Endurance’s sound has become increasingly minimal and tonally-focused over the years, employing a minimum of elements to create a maximum of expressiveness. In addition to releasing from labels such as Constellation Tatsu and Mystery Circles, Endurance also curates the Japan-based tape label Muzan Editions.

He is part of the organizing team for Moment, a techno festival in Nara. As a live performer, he has appeared at numerous high-profile events such as Star Festival, Moment, and Rural, with an increasing emphasis on bringing deep ambient soundscapes to techno music parties.

@joshua-stefane
Instagram: instagram.com/endurance010010/
Bandcamp: https://endurance010010.bandcamp.com/

Location: Japan

Endurance | Constructions Podcast 060

"Abstract but balanced picture. Fractal melodies inside a for-loop, with a number of finite iterations chosen by the author. Textures and oscillating tonal clusters that make you change of phase. Stages of experiences, repeated. In a loop..."

ameeva (@ameeva) is an electronic music artist based in Berlin since 2019. His soundscapes incorporate rough textures and hidden rhythms, exploring the borders between ambient, drone, and field recordings. With a focus on human narratives and lived experiences, ameeva's music ranges from delicate and vaporous to dense walls and driving cycles. His sonic scenes aim to shake memories, capture the eternity of the mundane, and uncover the emotional architecture of being. ameeva has released works on labels such as Lowless and 9128’s curated by A Strangely Isolated Place. He is now primarily focused on live performances, improvisations, and self-released work. ameeva together with Javi are the brains behind .apart (@apartlabel) an open minded musical platform and label.

HOCast #139 - ameeva

It is undeniable that we are living in uncertain times. For those of us failing to fit the patriarchal neoliberalist mould, we have lost hope in the future. We can see capitalism is not working but we cannot yet envisage an alternative. In a world where security is no longer feasible, the only constant we can rely on is change. Regardless of one’s point of reference, we can understand that every aspect of life, physical and mental is in flux and perhaps this transience is the only thing we can depend on.

For this episode of Transience we have invited research musician and composer, Demetrio Cecchitelli @cecchitellidemetrio, to create an hour of anxiety alleviating music. Demetrio is mainly active in the fields of ambient and electroacoustic music, with a focused interest for active and deep listening to his compositional approaches. Released worldwide on numerous record labels across Europe, United States/North America, Russia and Japan. He has the follwoing to say about the piece he created ~ While doing this mix for Transience I was wondering to rediscover hidden states of relief within the listening experiences I had in the last ten years. A will to recreate a soft and comfortable zone, where the listener can dive at its leisure, moved by gentle textures and profound/emotional harmonies.

Photography by Micki Rosi Richter

transience #47 with Lou Drago

For this episode of Transience we have invited expert improvisor and cosmic angel, Dan Nicholls to create a 90 minute journey to alleviate our physical realm anxieties. I've been following Dan's work for many years and am very happy that the stars finally align to host them live from the Cashmere Studio to begin the weekend's programmation. I love the way Dan is able to create such detailed sound worlds that invite us to meander about in them, sway like spores or lay gently nestled in their foliage. For this occassion we sat on the floor of the Cashmere Radio studio in the same space as the audience with a few cushions and Dan’s live setup. Having spent the previous night dancing we were super relaxed and ready to continue the adventure. We arrived at the studio with no real plan, wondering about how to start and what kind of sounds the set might begin with. Despite the not knowing, we both had total trust and a willingness to surrender to the moment.

Dan sees improvising as a way to bypass certain tendencies we might have to control and rationalise; to get in the way of the story or the energetic flow. A personal process of deconstructing, unravelling and healing – but more importantly an experience of playful sharing, creating sonic spaces that the listener can inhabit. The set features an improvised text by Dan’s child Liv, which touches on our origins in the cosmos and the vital need to listen to our bodies. This monologue is spoken in a dream-like imaginary voice, refracting some of the ideas that Liv has been exposed to and has intuitively felt. A different kind of truthful speech. So in a sense, it does with a child’s freedom and clarity of thought what this collection of improvised sounds and imaginary landscapes also hopes to do.

We invite you all to listen to your bodies and your hearts, and lay down to embark on this journey back to our stars.

Photography by Micki Rosi Richter

transience #48 with dan nicholls (live)

Woohoo :))

Happy to welcome Josephine' Soundscapes aka @machines-desirantes to our mix series! Jose Salas is an audiovisual creator and active cultural promoter in Madrid. As a DJ, or selector, he always works with a mixture of research from the past with a strong commitment to the present. He is currently part of the collectives a_mal_gam_a and CALMA, both working in the Spanish underground electronic scene. He also hosts a radio show called "Campos de Marte" on @radio-relativa, focused on experimentation in music.

This mix is a beautiful mixture of downtempo beats, acid synths and trippy melodies that builds up beautifully over 1h40. It's as he calls it, a "Machine Desirante" coming to life :)

TOMBOLOMIXX 107 - Josephine' Soundscapes

Tribute to Amenthia Recordings by @monochromeasso

Pour cette dix-septième  émission, Monochrome se penche sur le label Suisse @amenthia-recordings, qui compile un dizaine de sorties autour des esthétiques Ambient, Techno et D&B.
Bonne écoute !

BC : https://amenthia.bandcamp.com/

Mix & Selection by Porunñ.

01. Varuna - Entela's Daymare
02. Varuna - Second Orifice
03. Tafeit - Inverted Lights
04. Agonis - Soma
05. Varuna - Genesis
06. Varuna - Hostodelic
07. Konsudd - Heilen
08. Agonis - Algoflash
09. Konsudd - Lift Clique
10. Varuna - Sleep
11. Agonis - Pyrchid
12. Varuna - Path To Serucum
13. Agonis - Maschinenlogik (Marco Shuttle Remix)
14. Varuna - Radial Symmetry
15. Agonis - Spacejam (Valentino Mora Deep Blue Rephase)

Distance C

Tribute to Amenthia Recordings by Monochrome (02.10.23)

Where darkness meets tranquility — "tears of happiness" by instagram.com/id10.ambient x instagram.com/lonelyspirittt is out now.

✨ listen now: https://go.ambiqo.nl/il-tearsofhappiness

ID10 x lønelyspirit - tears of happiness (sped up)

BLUE CARBON

by 

AIÔN LAZURA
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01
Rooted

02
Ocean

03
Mangrove
(Adhémar's Intercontinental Dance Version)

04
Mangrove

05
Mangrove
(Adhémar's For The Dance Version)
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This digital release is cut from the 24bit Master Source.

Produced by Aiôn Lazura
Remixes by Clément Davout aka Adhémar

Mastered by Brice Deloose at Incidence Studio (https://www.incidence.studio)
Artwork by Mark Wagner

Distributed by Triple Vision

This is PITCH51.
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SPICE - IN CONTEMPLATION

This is the archive of our regular show on Cashmere Radio, Berlin. 

It is undeniable that we are living in uncertain times. For those of us failing - or refusing - to fit the patriarchal, racist, neoliberal mould we have lost hope in the future. We can see capitalism is not working but we cannot yet envisage an alternative. We discover that the stability we were instructed to obtain whether it be financial, political or ecological, is fleeting, if at all. The resulting anxiety is an instrument of neoliberalism that prevents many of us from being able to raise consciousness of the structural injustices that alienate us.

In a world where security is no longer feasible, the only constant we can rely on is change. Barad teaches us that the world is a dynamic process of intra-activity and materialisation, an ongoing ebb and flow of agency. The Buddhist Law of Impermanence proves that nothing in this world is eternal. Regardless of ones point of reference we can understand that every aspect of life, physical and mental is in flux and perhaps this transience is the only thing we can depend on.

Each month host @lou_drago invites an artist to ruminate on these ideas and create an hour of relief from these anxieties. A temporary suspension of reality, where the listener can speculate on alternate futures free from all systems of oppression.

Photographs 1-30: courtesy Ángela de la Serna
(except 25: courtesy of Sybil @syberkid)
Photographs 31 onward: courtesy Janusz Lorent (except from 37 with is a digital colourfield work by @ligovskoi) 
42 until now’s photographs are from Micki Rosi Richter (except 43 which is another digital colourfield work by @Ligovskoi.)

Cover art by Micki Rosi Richter

Contact: lou.drago @ pm.me

past listening occasions: 

kwia, berlin ~ 19 january 2025
with :
olle holmberg
marum
yuri shimaoka 
lou drago

kwia, berlin ~ 9 may 2024
with: 
ligovskoï
dan nicholls
yuri shimaoka
lou drago

transience #48 with dan nicholls (live)

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