Take a Trip Mix Series

Light of Cacti Mixes

Next up it’s time to take a trip with Ross Brewer. 

Ross is a Brighton based lover of records, host of the @thirdspace show on local station @1BTN.

Here he takes you on a real journey covering many ambient flavours, deep dubby textures and some downtempo treats. 

The mix is engaging throughout, truly one to get lost in and an incredible addition to the series. 

As always sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with Ross Brewer

It is time to take a trip with Sachi Kobayashi. 

Sachi Kobayashi is an extremely talented Japanese ambient music producer & singer based in Tokyo. After hearing the release of their brilliant EP's Moon and Sea, Air Dance and debut album More Than Just A Dream we knew we had to invite them to be a part of the series.

Sachi has provided a beautiful addition to the series with one hour of dreamy ambient to get lost to. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Tracklisting:
Tim Hecker - Step Away from Konoyo［sunblind music］
Taylor Deupree - Mer［dauw］
Malibu - Camargue (John Beltran remix)［UNO NYC］
Tohji & Malibu - Oreo (malibu seven seas mix)
Julianna Barwick - Safe ［NinjaTune］
Zakè - Symmetry (Warmth remix) ［Past Inside the Present］
Zeze Wakamatsu - Coalsack Nebula［Purre Goohn］
Dedekind Cut - Tahoe［Kranky］
Simon McCorry - Awake A Moment 
HARUIHSA TANAKA - su sa［Purre Goohn］
Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Daikai［Stereoscenic Records］
Rhucle - As［Stereoscenic Records］
Sachi Kobayashi - Nostalgia［Stereoscenic Records］
Sachi Kobayashi - I Love You［Stereoscenic Records］

Take a Trip with Sachi Kobayashi

It's time to take a trip with Cult 48. 

After listening to their incredible debut Catalog 1 (C48/Furthur Electronix) and their follow up 1.1 (C48) we were adamant to get the mysterious Cult 48 included in the mix series. Their production fuses ambient, downtempo and IDM with blissful chords and deep rhythmic drums that will transport you away. This is clearly reflected in the mix that they have provided here.

This really is something special. So sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with Cult 48

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We are over the moon to have the 10th edition of our Take a Trip mix series to come from the Baltimore based musician @tarot-plane of 12th Isle and Lullabies for Insomniacs. Serving up an hour and forty minutes of classic idm and ambient techno (I mean just look at that tracklisting) this is one to not skip over. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Tracklisting:
Astral_Engineering - 2010
Holovr - Hillraiser
Denver McCarthy - An Ocean Of Bliss
Slowdive - In Mind Reload Remix (The 1047 Take)
The Irresistible Force - Symphony In E
Detroit Escalator Co. - Gratiot
Aphelion -Movements
Lackluster - Thor's_Magic_Bathtub
In-Existence - Moonwater
Synectics - Natural
Trax Beyond Subconsciousness - Ice
Lemongrass - Why
Pub - Summer (Arovane Amx 4)
Marcia Blaine School For Girls - Sometimes My Arms Bend Back
Herrmann & Kleine - Transalpin
B12 - Ecliptic

B12 Records Archive Volume 3 [Disc 1]

Take a Trip with Tarotplane

So for the final mix of the year in the Take a Trip series we have @hinakoomori , a musician with a love for synthesizers and anything that makes interesting sounds. 

Hinako's own production combines ambientspace-synths with field recordings and her own ethereal vocals. Thematically, her music is influenced by the idea of space and infinity, floating into separate universes — everything being transparent and lucid, and the idea that nothing is permanent.

For the mix Hinako decided to do a sonic representation of a dream they had recently, that they scrawled into their iPhone notes when they woke up one morning… all the tracks are chosen around the theme of the dream.

The Dream: Walking around the Swiss alps on a day off, and I get lost trying to record the sound of icicles. I take a train towards the mountains to a large film auditorium, where the whole class is sat round wearing headphones.The ground is springy and spongy.

As always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Tracklisting:
Celestial : CINNAMON SNOWFLAKE
Akiko Yano and Shunichi Makaino : Omoide No Sampo-michi (Promenade of Memories)
Susumu Yokota : Ama and the Mountain
Pauline Anna Strom : Virgin Ice
Julianna Barwick and Ikue Mori : Stalactite Castle
Saloli : Ice World
Colleen : Another world
Aaron Dilloway and Lucrecia Dalt : The Tunnel
Mega Bog : Station to Station
Christian Rønn and Ikue Mori : The Path
Howie Lee : The Door of Aspiration
Satomimagae : Tsuchi
Woo : Whiich Ever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong
Claire Rousay : going home
Gia Margaret : Goodnight

Take a Trip with Hinako Omori

With Space & Awareness dropping on Tonight’s Dream Records at the end of month, of course we had to kick off the year with a mix from Inhmost. 

Inhmost has delivered a stunning mix of deep meditative ambient tracks featuring Beautiful Eyes from Space & Awarenessn as well as some gems that are due to be released later this year. A seriously perfect way to start your weekend. 

Space and Awareness lands on 31/01/22 make sure you pre order yourself a copy now!


So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy. (Link in bio)

Art and direction: Jonny E-J

Tracklisting 

Beautiful eyes - Inhmost
Break down - Inhmost
Unreleased - Barefoot 
Natures way - Inhmost
Unreleased - The Vision Reels
Don’t go quiet now - Inhmost
Unreleased - Inhmost
Nautical depths - ASC 
Reflections from Enceladus - ASC & Inhmost
Hello from the children of earth - CBL

Take a Trip with Inhmost

Next up we have Hidden Rung part of the @specklesound collective who has put together a beautifully balanced mix of deep, ambient, electronica to get completely lost to.

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Tracklisting
Nueen - Centro Gris  @nueen / @goodmorningtapes
Heathered Pearls - Beach Shelter (Loscil’s Grind Remix)   @heathered-pearls / @loscil
Hidden Rung - Blourge  @specklesound
Klaus - Luc  @klausmuzik
Hidden Rung - Syndrome  @specklesound
Pataphysical - Sense Tone  @pataphysicaltransmission
Kinder Scout - Second Half 
Marcus Fischer -  A Fifth Season
Hidden Rung - Door  @specklesound
Cerpintxt - That Cuts Itself  @alaayussry
Dylan Henner - The Peach Tree Next Door Grew over Our Fence  @dylanhenner
Josiah Steinbrick - Synthesizer, Two Idiophones, Rin Gong  @josiahsteinbrick-music
Hannu - Tassunakia  @hannukarjalainen
Hidden Rung - Peach Oreille  @specklesound / @goodmorningtapes
Donnacha Costello - Shift III  @donnachacostello

Take a Trip with Hidden Rung

We are thrilled to have awakened souls, the stunning collaborative project from James and Cynthia Bernard, up next on our mix series. 

Some words from awakened souls "Our upcoming record, Night Songs (coming to Past Inside on March 18th) is an ode to sleep and rest. We decided to center this mix around songs which have helped calm our minds after dark. Some songs are recent discoveries, while others have been bringing us comfort for many years. We hope this mix brings you quietude and perhaps even a chance to close your eyes and drift away."

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Tracklisting
1. Air (Pete Namlook)- Spiritual Invocation (Silent State Recordings) 0:01
2. Geotic- Wake With the Day (Geotic/Ghostly)2:40
3. zarr. -Liminal (Stereoscenic) 4:50
4. Líom- Horizon (self-released) 9:45
5. T 1 D 3 S- Traces (Dewtone Recordings) 12:30
6. Inhmost- Day Dream (Captured Visions) 15:27
7. MLO- Wimborne (Music From Memory) 19:15
8. Hallow Under- Night (LILA लीला ) 26:26
9. Koda- Dark Secrets We Harbor (Infraction Records) 30:20
10. Inquiri- Witness (Stereoscenic) 33:42
11. Jordan Christoff-фризура (NO PROBLEMA) 38:15
12. Dave Depper- Vienna Five (Jealous Butcher Records) 41:04
13. christina vantzou-11:11 (kranky) 44:35
14. zakè- Pure Violet (PITP) 47:27
15. awakened souls- Dream Work (PITP) 50:32

Take a Trip with awakened souls

Next up we have Bristol based vinyl collector and DJ, Jan View. 

Shake off the Monday blues and get lost in a hour of a deep mediative trip of soothing ambient.   

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy. 

Tracklisting:

Meitei - Utano
Biosphere - Insolate 
DJ Paradise - Ssumo 
Ulla - Smile 
Shuttle 358 - Scrapbook 
Inhmost - Beautiful eyes
Money morning - Therah
PLO Man & C3D-E - pt. viii
Shuttle 358 - Logical
LOG - LOG 7
Ulla - Feeling remembering 
Inhmost - Morning break
ASC - Hadal zone 
Ploy - =0

Tonights Dream

Take a Trip with Jan View

Next up, label head, Kai Gittos. 

Here Kai takes a deep dive into his record collection, pulling out a wide variety of ambient styles, dub flavours, downtempo gems and dreamy breaks. 

There’s also a couple tracks from our upcoming release in there, full details of TDR002 will be dropping real soon!

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy. 

Tracklisting:
Ital & Halal - The Day After - Lovers Rover 
ASC - Seamounts - Silent Season 
Skee Mask - Rio Dub - Ilian Tape 
Beat pharmacy - Sunday - Echospace
Pataphysical - Integument- Good Morning Tapes 
Sabla - Forestpath - Pensaments Sònics
Biosphere - Algae and Fungi (Part 1)  - Biophon Records
Inhmost - Beautiful Eyes- Tonight's Dream Records 
Illuvia -Nirmala II - A Strangely Isolated Place
Hoavi - Destination - Balmat 
Koss - 1978to2008 - Mule Music
The Sight Below - Already There - Ghostly International 
Tarotplane - A Symbolic Gesture - Forthcoming Tonight’s Dream Records 
Sarah Davachi - Sybil - Ghostly International 
Tarotplane - A Holographic Conversation - Forthcoming Tonight’s Dream Records  Aboutface - 51°30'12.7"N 0°12'29.9"W - AD93
Saphileaum - Nur - Good Morning Tapes 
MLO - Sleeper - Music From Memory

Take a Trip with Light of Cacti (Kai Gittos) pt2

Next up in the series we have The Vision Reels. 

The Vision Reels has produced a few exceptional ambient records over the last couple years on Re:st, Kizen Records and his own Captured Visions. We are definitely looking forward to future releases from the producer. 

The mix is a live recording taken from the Unknown Species boat party back in July and presents a diverse range of ambient and downtempo/idm, including some unreleased tracks. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy. 

Tracklisting 

John Beltran - Miss the colours 
Marine eyes - turn toward home 
John Beltran - Spanish mist 
???? - ????
Kiyoko - The Heights 
Comit - Timelapse 
Michel Banabila - Our Alien Voice 
A r c a d e - Bilberries & mushrooms (Jack Lever Remix) 
Perila & Ulla  - Falling Water lullaby 
Clearlight - ???
marine eyes ft City Dawn - What’s on the inside 
Owl - Towards The Dawn’s Light 
The vision Reels  & Inhmost - ??? 
The vision Reels & Inhmost - ??? 
HIA & Biosphere - Snapshot Survey 
ASC & Sam KDC - Interoception 
The Vision Reels & Inhmost -????
Jack Lever & Black lodge - enso 
Ovïd - ??? 
The Vision Reels - Aconites 
The Vision Reels - Aconites (Launaea Immersion)
Ovïd - everything changes, nothing perishes 
JFR - 01 FRJ 
Pontiac streator - Picture of The Woods 
Deep Space Network - psyphonic 
The Vision Reels - Eyes open 
Jack Lever - Death swims On The Water

Take a Trip with The Vision Reels

The final mix of the year is an absolute treat from GAMADON. 

Tracklisting 

1. Anthene - At A Glance (Oscarson)
2. Havenaire - A Temporary Relief (Past Inside The Present)
3. Anthene - Held (Oscarson)
4. Havenaire - Transition (Past Inside The Present)
5. Anthene - Above The Clouds (Oscarson)
6. Havenaire - First Snow (Past Inside The Present)
7. Anthene - Margin (Oscarson)
8. Havenaire - Stargazing (Past Inside The Present)
9. ASC - The Shadow of Everyone (Auxiliary)
10. 36 & Zake - Stasis Sounds for Long Distance Space Travel II (Stage 6) (Past Inside The Present)
11. ASC - Time and Forgiveness (Auxiliary)
12. 36 & Zake - Stasis Sounds for Long Distance Space Travel II (Stage 10) (Past Inside The Present)
13. ASC - Acceptance (Auxiliary)
14. Sachi Kobayashi - Scent of Roses (Past Inside The Present)
15. Pechblende - Glacial Lake Lullaby (Past Inside The Present)
16. Hollie Kenniff - Embers (Past Inside The Present)
17. AI Yamamoto - Yamaha to Yamamoto San (Past Inside The Present)
18. Marine Eyes - Doorways (Past Inside The Present)
19. LAV - Collaborative Survival (Past Inside The Present)
20. BVDUB & James Bernard - Harmonies In Hesitation (Past Inside The Present)
21. LAV - Art of Noticing (Past Inside The Present)
22. BVDUB & James Bernard - Lamentations in Light (Past Inside The Present)
23. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Thirteenth Century Travelogue (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
24. Ateq / Orion - Flood (Pale Product)
25. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Dead Outnumber The Living (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
26. Ateq / Orion - Say Bye (Pale Product)
27. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Despair Dialogue (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
28. TR Jordan - Repeat Cognition (Past Inside The Present)
29. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Divided City (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
30. TR Jordan - Encoder Error (Past Inside The Present)
31. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Desires Are Already Memories (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
32. TR Jordan - Suspended State (Past Inside The Present)
33. Patricia Wolf - Distant Memory (Past Inside The Present)
34. TR Jordan - Activation Synthesis (Past Inside The Present)
35. Patricia Wolf - The Culmination Of (Past Inside The Present)

Tonights Dream Podcast

Take a Trip with GAMADON

Over the moon to have two incredible artists Avsluta & Christian Duka feature for the latest mix in the series. 

The mix is taken from their beautifully crafted  Sonic Garden set back in September last year. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with Avsluta B2b Christian Duka

We have a serious treat for you, the perfect mix for a Sunday afternoon. The mix has been crafted by the head of the incredible AGT Records, Professor Roth. 

The mix is a live recording from his project with Community Sauna Baths, Sonic Sauna. The mix has been split into two. The first half is a hazy mix of ambient and folk; we will be posting the next half will be posted next week. 

As always, sit back and relax!

Take a Trip with Professor Roth Part 1

We’ve gone a little quiet here at TDR HQ. However, we are back with a dreamy mix from the head of one of our favorite mix series @deepbreakfastseries , Francesco Piunti. 

A perfect mix to drift off and escape those midweek blues. 

As always, sit back and relax!

Tracklisting
The Humble Bee - A Spearhead In My Pocket [Quiet Details]
Marine Eyes - Idyll (Ludvig Cimbrelius Resting In Clouds Mix) [Stereoscenic Records]
Innesti - Iniss [Dewtone Recordings]
Dynastor & Innesti - The Corners Of Your Voice [Archives]
Gallery Six - The Cosmos Garden [Archives]
Darren McClure - Petrichor [Audiobulb]
taennya - Anemone [Auxiliary]
Inhmost - Behind The Clouds [Auxiliary]
Imaginary Softwoods - Diagram Of The Universe [Field Records]
Jo Johnson - The Possible In The Impossible [Mysteries of the Deep]
Simone Giudice - Aria [Affin]

Take A Trip with Francesco Piunti

Tracklisting 

01. Petteril - Lysis [Tonight’s Dream]
02. Imaginary Softwoods - The Hi-Lonesome Conifers [Imaginary Softwoods]
03. Inhmost - Suspension [Tonight’s Dream]
04. The Vision Reels - Rebirth (Senseless Override) [re:st]
05. Shuttle358 - Spiff [12k]
06. RVSHES - Sanctuary (Abstraction) [Forth. Captured Vision]
07. Stijn Hüwels + Tomoyoshi Date - 序章 (Preface) [laaps]
08. Bitter Gold - Frayed Tie’s [Bitter Gold]
09. Ekin Fil - Seasick [re:st]
10. RVSHES - Rage [Forth. Captured Vision]
11. /// - /// [Dub]
12. Karen Vogt - I Know It Is Hard [Past Inside The Present]
13. Barefoot - /// [Dub]
14. Inhmost - Don't Go Quiet Now [re:st]
15. Igor Yalivec - Lilium [Polar Seas]
16. Barefoot - /// [Dub]
17. Jogging House - Return [Seil]
18. James Bernard - so many cups [James Bernard]
19. Barefoot - /// [Dub]

Take a Trip with Barefoot

Take A Trip With Kai Gittos (Tonight's Dream label head), new alias Light Of Cacti & the incredible selector Ross Brewer. Taken from their recent radio show on 1BTN, strap in as they journey from deep ambient cuts to blissed-out breaks. The mix includes some forthcoming music on Tonight's Dream (soon to be announced) and some of Light of Cacti's own production. 

As always, sit back and relax!

Take A Trip With Light Of Cacti & Ross Brewer

After hearing their stunning release, Soul Arch on @companionmelb we knew we had to get @declan-mcnamara-1 on the series. 

Here, they serve up a stunning blend of ambient and shoegaze leaning cuts to drift away, too. 

As always, sit back, relax and enjoy. 

Tracklist 
1. Sacred earth - Breathing space 
2. Geoffrey Oryema - Naa dream 
3. Other Joe - Man of the world 
4. Himera - you make it look so easy (Reverbed by Malibu) [feat. Petal Supply] 
5. Ana Roxanne - Nocturne 
6. Haji K. - A white-tinted sky 7. 
Windy & carl - Set adrift 
8. Robin guthrie - Thunderbird road 
9. Ozean - Porcelain 
10. Clannad - Theme from Harry’s game 
11. Glen Velez - Musica Esporadica
12. Dubharp - Bamboo cross (feat. Lee scratch perry) 
13. Malibu - So far out of love

Take a Trip with Declan

~ Deep Breakfast 264 by Light Of Cacti (Tonight's Dream Records) ~

Tracklist:
1. marine eyes & IKSRE - Rainforest Dawn
2. Ulla - Falling Water Lullaby
3. Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - Memory Gongs
4. Kwajbasket - The Dark Corridor is Always a Bad Idea 
5. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Displacement 
6. Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - Fallen Angel 
7. Huerco S. - A Sea of Love
8. 2814 - ふわっと 
9. Perila - Long Dizzying Air Through A Balcony Door
10. Noriko Tujiko - Opening Night
11. Raum - Sunlight Crying
12. Grouper - Disengaged
13. Aphex Twin - #3

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Deep Breakfast 264 ~ Light Of Cacti

Tracklisting:
tracklist:
Ryuichi Sakamoto - fullmoon
emer - through the earth
mu tate - they're with you always (ft. Igor Dyachenko & Mathilde)
anthéne - habitual
zaké - Infinite Ocean
36 & zaké - Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 2)
ASC & Sam KDC - Shimmer
zaké - I Won’t Last Forever
naemi - Amnis w/ Desiree Monique & Florian TM Zeisig
Ayami Suzuki - Mugenkaidan
Andrea - Floating
Elio Varesse - Blue 221025-3
marine eyes - sky nap
Carlos Ferreira - Still Breathing
Slow Dancing Society - Shelter (Whenever You Need)
Dj Sprinkles a.k.a. Terre Thaemlitz - Music Is Controllable Desire You Can Own
Maps and Diagrams - in the pleasant month we came
Lamin Fofana - Unfinished Elegy
The Caretaker - The loves of my entire life

Take A Trip with Basic Chanel

The first track off the upcoming debut album from Light of Cacti, due out on 07/03/25

Pre order here: https://tonightsdreamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neverland-is-a-state-of-mind

Light of Cacti - Neverland Is A State Of Mind

Tracklisting
@gigigigigigigi - Deudorix
@jonnynash - All I Ever Needed
@keithkenniff - Esperance 
@panamericanofficial & Kramer - A Mountain is an Ancestor
@mmmmalibu - Atlantic Diva 
@massiveattack - Protection (@brian-eno-official Mix)
Purelink - Personal Velocity
@owlfromdeepspace - Forest Shadow 
ASC - Marine Layer 
@ullastraus & Ultrafrog - Jesses Car 
@fennesz- Rivers of Sound 
@wilsontanner - Further Than Your Headlights 
CVIOA - Southern Coastline (@awakenedsouls Remix) 
Light of Cacti - Neverland is a State of Mind
The War on Drugs - The Haunting Idle 
@pabloseye - Breeze Were Polar Storms 
Jogging House - Gone 
DANIALYAS, Dania  & Ilyas Ahmen - The Pilgrim 
Nine Inch Nails - Together

Take a Trip with Light of Cacti

It’s a sunny spring Sunday morning—a perfect time to take a trip with IKSRE and ease into the day.

IKSRE describes the mix: “From Willebrant to Kendrick, LTJ Bukem to Robert Glasper—it may seem like a stretch, but this mix kind of encapsulates what I listen to on any given day. It feels like me! :)”

Take a Trip with IKSRE

Take a Trip with Ortarix

It’s now time to take a trip and get completely lost in a stunning mix from Max Unknown. It’s a live recording from Submerge, a guided yoga/meditation/breathwork session led by Bex Landale accompanied by an ambient mix from Max. 

If you’re in London, be sure to follow Submerge for future events.

Take a Trip with Max Unknown

Tracklisting 
Ø - Ilta (Sahko Recordings, 1996)
Ovïd - Sharp Thorns (Captured Visions, 2022)
Erosion - Erosion 3 (Chain Reaction, 1997)
Pendle Coven - Golden Hadron (Modern Love, 2007)
Mathimidori Ft. Shoco - Akari (Echochord, 2020)
Jason Letkiewicz - Emergent Ray I (Jungle Gym Records, 2022)
Emre Girginkaya - Denyd (Laboratorio Palestro, 2024)
Chantssss - Yr Lyf (Theory Therapy, 2024)
SND - 23 (SND, 1999)
Substak - Whispering In The Dark (Secuencias Temporales, 2025)
Javier Marimon - Ds24X1 (Accents Records, 2024)
Strategy - Petrichor (Strategy’s Unlimited Editions, 2024)
Beppu - Religious Dub (Part 2 Demdike Stare Remix) (Organic Analogue, 2025)
Andy Stott - See In Me (Modern Love, 2007)
Bas Dobbelaer - Rise (Something Happening, Somewhere, 2023)
Jichael Mackson - Welcome (Ilian Tape, 2024)
Purelink - Personal Velocity (Knekelhuis, 2022)
Ovatow - Frustrations Dub (Harbour City Sorrow, 2023)
Jas Shaw - I Sing The Senses Electric (Delicacies, 2024)
Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Shadow Pocket (Variation One) (Eaux, 2011)
Gez Varley - Adieu (Force Inc, 2001)
Uon - Kissing (Motion Ward, 2017)
HVL - Repeated Eye Contact (Bassiani, 2019)

Take a Trip with Volte-Face



mandarín - Take A Trip

This mix is a 3-hour journey I created as a kind of emotional and symbolic voyage — something that moves through darkness into light, into fire, and finally into a slow and tender resolution. 
It’s divided into four acts, each rooted in a different archetype, mood, and sound world. The genres shift along the way — from dark ambient and drone, through deep dubstep, experimental 170 DnB and (dub) techno, with touches of industrial and spoken word — but the emotional progression and sudden change of the genre and pace is deliberate and carefully woven.

ACT I - This act is the fall — a confrontation with fear, grief, the subconscious, and the underworld. It's dense and shadowy, drawing from darker ambient, experimental textures, and raw elements.
It’s about our dark shadow, sitting with discomfort, loss, and the unknown — allowing yourself to be undone.

ACT II - The second act is a glimmer — the first light after darkness. A quiet sense of hope, fragility, and openness appears. Sounds become airier, lighter, more spacious. This act is the breath after grief — not joy yet, but the possibility of it.

ACT III - This is the moment of arrival — fierce love, clarity, aliveness. The music becomes warmer, more energetic, rhythmic. Dub techno pulses emerge, fierce halftime grooves, emotionally expressive melodies. This act is about empowerment, connection, and the fire of selfhood.

ACT IV - The final act is a soft landing — the high fades into reflection and wisdom. It’s melancholic, spacious, and wise. The energy slows but doesn't vanish; it lingers like embers. Spoken word weaves through some of this, offering final thoughts, memory, and insight.
It’s the echo of the journey — not an end, but a return.

The mix is meant to be a whole journey — emotional, symbolic, and immersive — and I’d love for it to be felt that way rather than deconstructed by breaking apart the tracklist.



Take A Trip with mandarín

Tracklisting:

01. Hollan Holmes - Threshold
02. Alio Die - Cryptic Spell
03. The Black Dog - Villa Göth Calling
04. Autumn Of Communion - Through the Motion
05. Dadavistic Orchestra - Petrichore
06. Pallette - Al-Quds
07. Rookas - Loss
08. Natalia Beylis - Afloat In Fog And Feathers
09. Grouper - Alien Observer
10. Undveld - Summit
11. Darius Žičkus / Nazcaman - Airport PLQ
12. Loscil - Ultramarine
13. Jon Hopkins, Ishq - part i
14. Five Thousand Spirits - Limahians

Take a Trip with Garda

Take a Trip with Owl

Martin Kuška, a producer from the Czech Republic who creates ambient, drone and soundtrack music under his own name and dance music inspired by 90-00 progressive house and trance, has prepared a special deeply emotional Christmas mix, which is intended to recall all the moods of the past year and remind us of what is most important in our lives.

As a lover of vintage synthesizers and a DIY approach, Martin has previously released on American cassette labels Origin Peoples or Sacred Phrases. In recent years, he has collaborated mainly with the Lithuanian label Electric Shapes, and entrusted his latest purely ambient mini-album to the Tokyo new-age ambient label Umé Records, curated by the famous Canadian producer Precipitation, with whom Martin is currently preparing a major collaboration - an extensive split album, which both plan to complete in early 2026. In addition, as a freelance writer, Martin is focusing on proofreading his new book and putting together the story of another novel, which will focus on current disinformation in Europe and the easy, insidious influence of a confused society by dangerous, hostile regimes.

1) Hilyard - Mantle of Memories
2) Aes Dana - Low Tide Explorations
3) Harold Budd & Hector Zazou - Reflected In The Eye Of A Dragon Fly
4) M. Sage - Illusory Promenade
5) Maddy Briggs - At Bay (Stillwater Mix)
6) Martin Kuška - Stigma Is A Particular Circumstance
7) Doris Dana - 8 Minutes After 12
8) Rime Trails - M.
9) Burning Pyre & Canadian Rifles - Faith In Intimacy
10) Sky To Speak - Sea Of Sand (Martin Kuška "Sandstone Calvary" Remix)
11) Mary Lattimore - And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me
12) Iasos - The Angels Of Comfort
13) Red Axes - Incognito (Tom Furse Cosmic Dub)
14) Earthen Sea - Abstract, tell
15) Heroin In Tahiti - Spinalonga
16) Skisserna - Passage Of Time
17) 2muchachos - Vremja Tepla

Take a Trip with Martin Kuška

The first in the Take a Trip mix series with the Bristol based DJ, Henry Gardner. This blissful mix will leave you feeling weightless, a perfect bit of escapism. Sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with Henry Gardner

It's time to Take a Trip with  @tomfitzgeraldmusic 

T. Fitzgerald is a London based DJ/producer and the head of the minimal house and techno collective and record label, @weareftr. Make sure you check out his debut EP A Formal Introduction. 

Here he has delivered a mix that pushes and pulls you through ambient, downtempo and some more experimental cuts that will keep you engaged throughout. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with T. Fitzgerald

Next up it’s time to take a trip with Tonight’s Dream own Kai Gittos. 

The mix has been curated for the parts of the afters we are probably feeling nostalgic for. Starting off with some ambient techno/idm and downtempo for those moments where nonsense is wearing off and the conversations wearing thin. Before drifting into some peaceful ambient for when the sun is creeping through the curtains and you know it’s time to call it a night. 

So as always, sit back, relax and take a load off. Enjoy.

Take a Trip with Light of Cacti (Kai Gittos)

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