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In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

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After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

New remix for Julien Mier.
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Mier - Glide, Sail, Float (Kettel Remix)

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In Session: KOAN Sound & Asa (Influences mix)

копса

prototype equation cypher knowledge build power/refine destroy

AKWA JIUJITSU 00000

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Ecotone Festival w/ Léa Roger & Lucie Gresil @ Kiosk Radio 06.05.2022

release on 16 September 2022 : https://wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com/album/visage-zyg-ne
@roxanem-tayer

Roxane Métayer is a French sound and visual artist now living in Brussels. She composes with the violin, primary wind instruments (ocarina and various flutes), archaic percussion and field recordings, fragmenting and reassembling them with synthetic effects. Nature becomes the backdrop of these wild soundscapes, populated by a phantasmagorical bestiary and an exuberant flora.

Artwork by Coline Llobet
Mastering by Adrien Lambert

Roxane Métayer - Sur Les Ailes, Huit Tâches

Live sessions recorded at Recyclart (Brussels) for the Kitten Rhetorics party, and at the Chinois (Paris) during the Kikkogal night.

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MICRO MOISTUR w/ Catherine Danger [Live Session]

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Tiiu & Faib - Be With Me

@sisterzo delivers the goods on this mix that marks the 1 year anniversary of the PMx series

Tracklist:
Sister Zo - Unreleased
Kangding Ray - Bitter Keylime
Ehua - Picaboo
RAAB - Outstraight
Coffintexts - half oz
Aloka - Rotary-XL
Farr - Wide Eye
False Persona & Sarah - Piped Up
Ozwald - Sex Drum
Sister Zo - Unreleased
JSPORT - Guillotine Drum
Ozwald - Lord Of The Buss
Despina - Tulpa
Hagan - Talking Drum
Piezo - Ottovolante
Coen - Clang
Peder Mannerfelt - Vankelmotor
Carlo Lio - B.O.D.Y.L.O.C.K. (Original Mix)
Le Motel - Spirals
Octopic - Seagal
Zenker Brothers - Sample Predator
Burna - Spectral
Sister Zo - Unreleased
JKS - The Tribe
RUIZ OSC1 - Snare 3000
Batu - Through The Glass

PMx 14 - Sister Zo

Sending us into dreamworld this week with a smooth sultry slumber session is Austrian based producer Kimyan Law. Residing somewhere between the sonic realms of Cinematic Orchestra and SBTRKT, Kimyan's music ranges from the soulful and atmospheric, through to funk-infused drum and bass with his 170bpm productions being picked up by the legendary Blu Mar Ten. With everything inside from James Blake to Burial, and from Daughter to dBridge press play on the sound of Kimyan Law.
https://soundcloud.com/kimyanlaw

Tracklist:
Daughter - Smother
Nils Frahm - Familiar
Ryan Teague - Summary Of The Article
Burial -Ghost Hardware
SOHN - Fool
James Blake - Dlm
Silent Dust - A Million Words
Autechre - Yulquen
Burial & Four Tet - Moth
Fennesz - Before I Leave
Kimyan Law - Eclairage
The Upbeats - Interval
Nicholas Hooper - Dumbledore’s Farewell
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
Ryan Teague - Cascades
Spherique - Snowflakes Catcher
dBridge - My Night Sky
Stray - When It Rains
Burial - UK

Kimyan Law's debut single Run Ames ft Robert Manos / Eclairage is out October 27th via Blu Mar Ten Music.

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Slumber Session: Kimyan Law

@deejay_jm brings the hardest drums for PMx 21

Tracklist:
D2 Feat Dan Diamond - Therapy
DJ JM - Winted
Peace Division pres. Dark Daze - Lotties Vogue
Jimmy Sommerville - Heartbeat (Armands Cardiac mix)
DJ JM - Barrakuda
Bawrut - Clapa
Robag Whrume - Unspoken
Mirweis Sangin - Athan Dance
A made up sound - Take the Plunge (beat mix)
Neil Landstrumm - Keep up
DJ JM - Charge 
La Fleur - Tears
Peace Division - Blacklight Sleaze (Gerds Tough Sleaze Remix)
Baby Ford - Ambo (alter ego rmx)
Shangri-lies - Greed
Ryan Eliott - Snake Charmer
Black Light Smoke - Maniac
Madam X & DJ JM - Copacabathens
Yotam Avni - Track for Agoria
Peter van Hoesen - Outlands
Dean Grenier - Sweet dreams
Erik Luebs - falling

PMx 21 - DJ JM

MAX WATTS STUDIO MIX JULY ‘24

In this last PMx for the the year @dyslecta traverses a spectrum of low end techno and percussive sonics

Tracklist
1. Emeka Ogboh  - Verbal Drift 
2. 0203983A  -  05             
3. Shelley Parker  -  Red Cotton 
4. Surgeon  - The Power Of Doubt      
5. Ottagone  -  Ottagone 003      
6. Tenebre  - Axe Nord-Sud 
7. Dyslecta -  Sapient Pig 
8. Aitch - Super Bowl Rice 
9. phil in a maze -  Hoax (Tool) 
10. Planète -  Passing Through  
11. LWS  -   Unstuck     
12. yas reven  -  Etoy  
13. Dean Grenier  - Radiant Damage    
14. Tymotica - Riptide     
15. Dyslecta - Fulcrum 
16. Toupaz - Rabatanto      
17. Ternion Sound - Ukandu Ikandu  
18. De Grandi - Valve 
19. Teqmun - Optimistic Fly    
20. Dyslecta - Int'toil 
21. VIOLA - IL Tek

PMx 28 - Dyslecta

@casper-hastings ushers in spring with propulsive techno weight on PMx 31

Tracklist:

Anodyne - Empire Of Time (Defekt Remix)
Casper Hastings - Akashita
Late Night Approach -The Naus Investigation
Stenny - TrackQY
Beaabea -Constants
Dom Carlo & Mulholland - 923
Frederic - Drift
Gesloten Cirkel - Submit X
Coco Bryce - NTT(Meant 2 B)
Gamma Intel - Casual Power
MarekSPolzki - One More (Fresko Remix)
Courtion - Slave Redirected
Taais - Native Rhythm
Andy Martin - Prima Materia
Amotik - Tirepan
MarekSPolzki - One More
SLV - Signature
Luca Treque - Power Prism 
Ecilo - Phlyps Frequencies 
Sunden - To Live Forevere In A Skylit Room