Christian Borgmann AKA Samsara

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Electronic music

WL//WH - NOVEMBER 2024 // Electronica - Techno - Industrial - EBM - Breaks - Electro

chillout

Tracklisting:
01. AES Dana - Period 03 _ A Bluetiful Day (In-edit)
02. Erot - Observer Effect 
03. Ameeva ft. Sara Otal Gauvreau - Ascension 
04. Araceae - Gleaming Embers 
05. Warmth - Observatory 
06. AES Dana - Period 10 _ Evocatory
07. Joachim Speith - Chaya Bulan 
08. Lauge - Oceanography (Rhythmic Pulse Edit) 
09. AES Dana - Period 04 _ Somewhen
10. Luigi Tozzi & Claudio PRC - Lyra III 
11. Asfa - Reliqui Domun 
12. Martin Nonstatic - Into The Mist

Ultimae | Showcase #005 - CHRISTIAN SAMSARA - Natural Formations

~ Deep Breakfast 133 by https://soundcloud.com/polaroid-notes ~

Tracklist:
01. Anne Chris Bakker – Petrichor [Unknown Tone Records]
02. James Murray – The Black And The Grey [Ultimae]
03. Ben Rath – No Mind [Moonswing]
04. 01 Ambience – Rain [Decaying Spheres]
05. Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker – How To Breath Like A Stone [Whitelabrecs]
06. Kraut Sounds – Calm Times [Whitelabrecs]
07. Marcus Fischer – Snippet of Shape To Shore [12K]
08. Moss Covered Technology – Warm Kane [Dronarivm]
09. Loscil – Caisson [LwLvLs]
10. Hipnotic Earth – That’s So True (Forever) [self-release]
11. Simeon Walker – Looped Snippet of Shore [Whitelabrecs]
12. Demetrio Cecchitelli – Looped Snippet of Structure [Weber & Alcantu]
13. Innesti – Oars Divide The Ocean [self-release]
14. Pan American – ORD-LHR [self-release]
15. Shuttle 358 – Frame [12K]
16. Caleb R.K. Williams – No Healing [The Eagle Stone Collective]
17. Glacis & Gavin Miller – As The Hours Slow Down [Whitelabrecs]
18. Mehrdad Kanani – Nerves And Veins [Dewtone Recordings]
19. Caleb R.K. Williams – Just A Little Fire [The Eagle Stone Collective]
20. Marco Lucchi & Hendrik Meierkord – Elektronische Meditation No.1 [self-release]
21. Loscil – Vespera [Kranky]
22. Neue – Pluto [Futuresequence]
23. David Cordero & Combray - Sinai [Lontano Series]
24. Adrian Lane – The Dawn Seems Reluctant To Come [Whitelabrecs]
25. Seki Takashi – Don’t Have To Cry Loudly [Lontano Series]
26. Joan Jordi Oliver – Figures Dins Boira [Total Silence]
27. The Soft Capture – Insular [Drone Works International]
28. Glacis – Five [self-release]
29. Innesti – Hexagonal Galleries [self-release]
30. Polaroid Notes – Ocean Lines [Büro für Erdrotation]
31. Slow Clinic – It Feels Like I’m Losing [Audio Gourmet]
32. Sigur Ros – Fjogur Piano [Parlophone]

Have a good listening.

Photo: Polaroid Notes

About Polaroid Notes:
Polaroid Notes is a contemporary classical / ambient project, residing in the countryside between Munich and the Alps. Polaroid Notes was founded end of 2014 as a side project of ambient dub techno act Kraut Sounds and has done up to now several digital and limited edition CD releases on British labels Whitelabrecs, Tessellate Recordings and Audio Gourmet as well on German Büro für Erdrotation, Drone Works International and Weber & Alcantu.

Polaroid Notes links:
@polaroid-notes
polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/polaroidnotesmusic/

Kraut Sounds links:
@kraut-sounds
krautsounds.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/krautsounds/

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Deep Breakfast 133 - Polaroid Notes

Written and Produced by Alexander Pavlenko.
Original Artwork by Huzenko Kyrylo - "Safe Space”. 

Mastered by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón. 

SEMANTICA 144
Copyright Control 2023 © SEMANTICA.

Na Nich - Ground Effect

It’s worth the long wait, especially when it comes to Ambient, don’t rush it - it’s not fast food music. Here at Sofa Beats we love it slowly cooked and that’s what Christian Samsara gave us. Beside being a good friend he is a Danish-born DJ and avid records collector, embarked on his journey into electronic music during his early teenage years. It was during this time that he stumbled upon the ambient genre, which swiftly blossomed into his profound passion and eventually led him behind the decks.
Throughout the course of his DJ career, Christian has graced numerous festivals and events worldwide. Additionally, he has curated countless mixes for well-known podcast channels and shows such as Inveins, Campfire Stories by Silent Season, 꿈 Kkum, Orb Magazine, just to name a few, revealing his expertise in ambient, downtempo, IDM, and deep techno. His mixes are characterized by a unique blend of abstract cinematic soundscapes and intricate layers of organic textures.
In 2015, Christian Samsara became a part of Ultimae Records, his first compilation, "Isolated," was released in 2022 and he currently works on a second chapter to be released in 2024.

Let’s dive right in and have a wonderful summer out there 🤍

https://on.soundcloud.com/pTvwEQQEQoebJ33u5

Sofacast 96 | Christian Samsara

Astral travel with Cybotron into the meta-narrative of the Parallel Shift, a new sonic fiction that raises many questions about military science of the near-future and the possibility of other worlds. 

Descending backward through the rhythms of time, the Skynet module retracts from the hyper-structural society of 2100, edging toward the mid-century modern age teetering on the brink of what was then the frontier of “the future”. The system boots the Infiniti process, morphing into a cosmotechnic vessel coursing the superhighway of burgeoning general intelligence, seeking data from just before “the overshoot and collapse.” 

R&D methods, rhythmanalytically applied, dissect the aftermath of an industrial society that burst through the ecological capacity of Spaceship Earth. Fractal visions of war and innovation spike and recede from and into the surfaces of reality being bent and guiding the eyes, ears, touch towards a laboratory in the year 1961. A nuclear expert, Don Lewis, receives orders to decrypt the mysterious black dodecagonal disc known as Fortec and the extraterrestrial biology unearthed in Roswell. He joins a team disassembling Fortec and studying the recurrent dodecahedral patterns linked to the human nervous system. 

Through dismantling and probing, the team cycles through a saecular search devoid of finite conclusions, limited by Earth’s intellectual and technological prowess. One 1960s night, Lewis, while meddling with Fortec’s cyborganic innards, accidentally electrifies himself. His cyclotron and missile experience guides him to circuit-bend Fortec, stirring the entity from a mechanical slumber. Lewis and Fortec communicate in resonances, until it drifts back into a tranquil stasis. 

The US Defense and contractors, unbeknownst to them, observe this breakthrough. They later permit Lewis to exit military service as the Air Force forms the Foreign Technology Division. Concurrently, MJ12 evolves into CY12, delving into second-order cybernetics. Lewis clandestinely keeps working on Fortec fragments, transitioning from military engineer to musician, pioneering the LEO module, a fusion of Fortec’s essence and audio engineering. 

He shares his insights with Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi, aiding the creation of the iconic TR-808. Meanwhile, Fortec branches out, coining “Cyberspace” – a collective illusion of liberty unshackled by physical, political, or spiritual bounds, anchored in the equitable distribution of The Golden Ratio across realities. Yet “Cyberspace” morphs into a chaotic truth reservoir, spilling over into deception. 

The Parallel Shift manifests in the perpetual “Now,” a collapsed event horizon where past and future are ensnared in a relentless present, unfurling along a dissolving timeline, overseen by a monolithic simulation under ceaseless watch… 

— The Rhythmanalyst aka DeForrest Brown, Jr.

BANDCAMP

Cybotron - Earth

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Forest On Stasys - Domo 
Magnetismo EP [AS001 / Aura Sonora]

Produced by Guido Camino aka Forest On Stasys
Mastered by Sebastian Galante aka Seph
Artwork by Archive B
Released by Aura Sonora from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Release Date : November 25th. 2024
Format - Vinyl and Digital

Forest On Stasys takes the plunge here and launches a new label, Aura Sonora, which debuts with a hugely limited and high-quality new 12" from the boss. The imprint will be "a platform designed for sound experimentation" and the first missive backs that up with a great blend of drum & bass, half-time and techno. 'Magnetismo' is a prickly opener with slippery rhythms underpinned by bold bass. 'Domo' is a darker sound with menacing low ends and prickly percussive patterns while 'Sideral' is another late-night prowler with low sling sounds, eerie atmospheres and a real sense of futurism. A great start to life for Aura Sonora.

Forest On Stasys (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
https://soundcloud.com/forestonstasys
https://www.facebook.com/forestonstasys
https://www.instagram.com/forest_on_stasys

Aura Sonora
https://soundcloud.com/aurasonorarecords
https://www.instagram.com/aurasonora.records
https://aurasonorarecords.bandcamp.com

Oslated.
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Magnetismo EP

Domo

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Forest On Stasys - Domo [Aura Sonora]

Full stream of Valentino Mora's Cosmic Trans Rephase of "Funzione I," taken from Funzione EP on Baroque Sunburst, out on November 1.

Pre-order: https://baroquesunburst.bandcamp.com/album/funzione-ep-incl-valentino-mora-notte-infinita-remixes-bsun011
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@baroquesunburst
@formant-value
@valentinomora

Funzione

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Premiere: Formant Value - Funzione I (Valentino Mora Cosmic Trans Rephase)

Ultimae proudly presents "OPIA," the second Various Artists compilation curated by Danish DJ Christian Samsara. This artfully assembled collection of ten tracks captures the numinous essence of cinematic ambient music, IDM, and electronica, enveloping listeners in atmospheres that transcend the everyday, leading them into a lush sonic landscape. OPIA ideates the ambiguous intensity of eye contact, which can extrapolate to the profound connection between the music and its audience.

With influences ranging across a wide palette of rhythms, patterns, and pads, OPIA invites exploration of the liminal spaces between sound and silence. Within its fugacious harmonies, the music's transient beauty emerges, where melodies dance on the edge of perception before gently fading, leaving an afterglow of serene awe.

Featured artists include Miktek, Lars Leonhard, Cell, Martin Nonstatic, SYNC24, AES Dana, and Erot, each also collaborating with Christian Samsara and Carbon Based Lifeforms. Additionally, OPIA welcomes newcomer Formant Value to our realm.

V/A OPIA

Intraverse

Coming soon...

FORMANT VALUE | Intraverse

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Hysterical Love Project - 31˚C

Listen to arpeggiated romance, from forthcoming joint release "Essential Mixtape", by @merely + @mmmmalibu to be released on November 15, 2024 via YEAR0001.

https://yr1.se/arpromance

YR0196S1
Artist: @merely @mmmmalibu
Album / Release: arpeggiated romance
Release Type: Single
Date of release: 31/10/2024
Label: YEAR0001
A&R: Nelly Hinas
Writer: Barbara Braccini
Writer: Kristina Florell
Producer: Merely
Producer: Malibu
Mixing: Merely & Malibu
Master: Gustav Brunn (GG All-In Audio)
Art Director: Victor Svedberg

Full credits: year0001.com/label/cases/yr0196s1

Merely & Malibu — arpeggiated romance

Sonidos Subterraneos Presents on this occasion a single track produced by Extensive Infraction with the incredible vocals of Valérie Hendrich aka VALANAÏS


Label_ Sonidos Subterraneos
Artists_ Extensive Infarction & VALANAÏS
Title_ Doomed To Suffer 
Vocals, lyrics_ VALANAÏS 
Artwork_ Eksperyment Designs
Photo_ Andréa Sena 
Mastering_ LK

Support_ https://sonidossubterraneos.bandcamp.com/track/extensive-infarction-ft-valana-s-doomed-to-suffer

Follow VALANAÏS_

https://linktr.ee/valanais__lyrics

Follow Extensive Infarction_

Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/hapatelb228
SoundCloud_ https://soundcloud.com/unhappyunhappy

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Extensive Infarction Ft. VALANAÏS - Doomed To Suffer

Jauzas The Shining - Visio De Terror

This EP celebrates the hour that is added every year during the changeover from summer to winter time. The electric piano sounds were recorded late at night during this ‘ghost’ hour, with a few overdubs added in the days that followed.

The five tracks oscillate between gentle and warm memories of sunny days and the dimmed and moody light of the coming winter.

Track list:
1. The Hour That Doesn't Exist / 2. Dans La Nuit / 3. The Distance Of Our Hearts / 4. Last Light Before Darkness / 5. Slow Tones

Recorded end of October 2024
Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Photo: Meike Pfitzner

Download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/slow-tones-ep

Release date: November 3, 2024
Büro für Erdrotation Spin 040

Polaroid Notes - Slow Tones EP

[BSUN011] Formant Value - Funzione EP (incl. Valentino Mora & Notte Infinita Remixes)

Ultimae proudly presents Connect.Ohm [ 9980 ] a collaborative album born of the musical encounter between composers Hidetoshi Koizumi aka Hybrid Leisureland and Alexandre Scheffer aka Cell respectively based in Tokyo and Paris. 

The composers discovered each other’s work through solo albums previously released on Ultimae, and on a brief meeting in Paris in 2011 decided to blend their worlds of sounds and textures. 
The outcome is subtle and emotive. 

The nine tracks released on [ 9980 ] compose a ballad in atmospheric realms where finely chiseled rhythms and fluid melodies are sustained by discreet downtempo grooves and deep drones. 
A pure delight for vast soundscapes audiophiles.

9980

Snow Park

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Cinematic ambient music.

Read more: https://www.orbmag.com/music/orb-podcast-019-samsara/

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Orb Podcast

Tracklist

Orb Podcast 019: Samsara

Rhythm Büro’s fourth release is a much anticipated EP from one of it's co-cofounders, Na Nich aka Alexander Pavlenko. Pavlenko has been making music for nearly 20 years, most notably under the alias Sunchase. With the latter project, he was known in the drum and bass world as something of a child prodigy, but more recently Pavlenko started applying his artistry towards soundscapes that can be filed into the techno category. In the last four years he’s been first and foremost involved with Rhythm Büro, a techno initiative, party series and label from Kiev, Ukraine, that has since become well-regarded among DJs and dancers internationally.

This EP marks Na Nich's first solo EP, following a track featured on Semantica Records’ anniversary compilation ‘Arquitectura del Sueño’, along with a few tracks appearing on Rhythm Büro’s previous VA releases. 

RB004 opens on the A1 with a track entitled ‘The Key’ which is one of the first tracks made by Na Nich. The listener is gently introduced to an ambient wonder wall before some percussive elements open up and synths set the mood: a transportive journey led by a kalimba-infused melody which swells with a certain ambiguity that seems to lend a shamanistic touch. A2’s ‘DVA’ is a more four-to-the-floor dubbed-out gentle fist pumper, with melting synth melodies and foggy layers backdropped by steady reaching high-hats and a consistently wise kick drum. A strong element of the psychedelic and inquisitive is much present.

The B side of the record is another part of the story: B1's ‘Log’ is an epic night-finisher dreamscape, a strong element of space seems to be the focus here as beats play less present in this foggy cinematic soundtrack to a film that has yet to be made. The remix version by Luigi Tozzi on B2 reminds us how deep this prolific Italian artist can take us down the rabbit hole. For fans of danceable, groove-centered and though provoking tunes to loose one's and find one's mind to.

Release date (vinyl): November 30th 2018
Release date (digital): December 14th 2018

A1 Na Nich - The Key [ Rhythm Büro 004 ]

Sunchase - Ultimate Survival

Christian Borgmann aka Samsara, is a Danish-born DJ and record collector.
His journey into electronic music began back in his early teenagehood and after a few years, he discovered the electronic ambient genre which grew into his big passion and later on, lead him behind the decks.
Since the beginning of his DJ carreer, he performed at a great number of festivals and events accross the world and of course in his homeland, Denmark.
Inspired by the nature and isolated places, his mixes are often a selection of ambient / downtempo / IDM music with deep cinematic soundscapes and layers of organic textures.
He joins Ultimae Records in 2015 and is currently selecting works for an upcoming compilation release.

Follow them : 

@samsara-ultimae
@ultimae
https://www.facebook.com/Ambient.Explorer/

Tracklist:

01. Multicast Dynamics - Unitila (Denovali Records)
02. MTRL - Far From Home (IO Records)
03. Rdei - Aú (Visionary Minds Records)
04. The Abyss Within Us - Abyss 3 (TGP)
05. AES Dana - Currents (Ultimae Records)
06. MTRL - Enclave (IO Records)
07. Multicast Dynamics - Atra Il (Denovali Records)
08. Claudio PRC - Hyacinth (Ultimae Records)
09. Vadim Griboedov - Lustprinzip (Shaded Exploration)
10. Biosphere - The Things I Tell You (Biophon Records)
11. Shaded Explorer - Avgrund (La Petite Compagnie)
12. ASC - Ritual Of Light (Silent Season) 
13. The Abyss Within Us - Abyss 1 (TGP)
14. EskoStatic - Closer To (Ultimae Records)
15. Master Margherita - Eight Degrees South (Ultimae Dub) (Ultimae Records)
16. Sync24 - Seqour (Ultimae Records)

Photo by Tomek Kaczmarek.

Stellar Series Episode 39 - Samsara (Æter)

Ultimae | Showcase #003 - recorded at Ultimae Record Shop, Lyon, France

CHRISTIAN SAMSARA dj set - Ultimae | Showcase #003

Derived from the Latin “Ultimae Terrae,” meaning “the furthest places,” the name Ultimae reflects a profound theme of exploration. This concept is at the heart of Ultimae Records, an ambient music record label and publisher dedicated to transporting listeners to the outer edges of experience through sound and offering a space for introspection and discovery within the vastness of the mind and beyond.

In 1999, Vincent Villuis and Sandrine Gryson, also known as AES Dana and Mahiane, united over a shared passion for the immersive world of electronic music. This collaboration led to the birth of the label. Initially envisioned as a musical portal, Ultimae’s mission was to explore and disseminate the diverse expressions of Ambient music far and wide through the production of records and the establishment of an online shop.

Over the years, Ultimae has expanded beyond its original scope, evolving into a multifaceted company with sound design, post-production, and mastering studios based in Lyon, France, along with professional services in publishing, music licensing, and synchronization.