LALL

Hard Wax

Etapp Kyle - Aurora

HNY & Open Your Ears Mix by Vakula_31.12.2014

Special thanks (in order of appearance) : : Frank Zappa, David Gilmour, Ricardo Villalobos, Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Appleblim, Komon, Baunz, 3rd Eye, Walker & Royce, Tyson Ballard, Sean from Haight Street, Tiger Stripes, tiNi, Nina Kraviz, Alex Kid, Larry Lujack, Grauzone, Patrice Baumel, Bobby, Julian Gomez, Charles Webster, Martin Buttrich, Mouse T, Arturia, Bobby McFerrin, Quincy Jones, Ann-Margret, Suicide, Saada Bonaire and Bill Conti for their forever inspiring work. We treasure you.  HITLAND LA ©2014

RICOSHËI : Mixed At Hitland - Vol.02 (#purrfect)

We are delighted to begin the year with a mix from ASIP (Ryan Griffin), the founder of A Strangely Isolated Place - a label and mix series that has become a cornerstone for contemporary ambient music. Inviting him felt long overdue, and we couldn’t be happier to share this contribution from someone whose work continually inspires us. For this mix, Ryan delved into musical memories, crafting a journey filled with nostalgia and influences. As he beautifully puts it:

"Thank you, Mareen, for the invite to your series. This mix is full of nostalgia, some Balearic undertones, and classic approaches to ambient electronic music, without an agenda. It starts to speak to some major influences on me over the years. Growing up on 90's electronic music, influential summers in Europe, and the formative years of early 00's IDM and electronica. If Unrush is self-described as 'a serene space within the mind that is free from the encumbering stresses of daily life,' then this is music that always helps me get there."

Ryan’s contribution is a heartfelt journey through time, marked by the sounds that have shaped him and continue to inspire, perfectly embodying the unrushed ethos. Let yourself drift and enjoy... ❤️

ASIP on the web:
Website: https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace
Bandcamp: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-strangely-isolated-place/id409698179

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:
Ishq - And Awake (2011, Interchill Records)
Aspetuck - Hit Me With Your Pet Shark (Forthcoming, A Strangely Isolated Place)
Wilson Tanner - Further Than Your Headlights (2016, Growing Bin Records)
TSR - gtchi3 (2012, Record Union)
MPU101 - Sunset Memories (2024, Ilian Tape)
Dream Dolphin - L.E.A (Mirror Coordinate Mix) (2023, Music From Memory)
C-thru - Awake In A Dream (2023, Pacific Rhythm)
Norman Feller - Melting From The Inside (2003, Electrolux)
Gallo - That Moment (2023, Hell Yeah)
Spooky - Let Go (1993, Guerilla)
Neutron 900 - Empire (1994, Rising High)
Alvar - Our Peach Sky (Unreleased)
Mikkel Rev - Unknown (Unreleased)
Ebi - Kaze (1996, Space Teddy)
Jochem Paap - Dx-Snth (1999, Fax)

093 - Unrushed by ASIP

An episode that feels well overdue yet thoroughly worth the wait! A titan of the Naarm underground music scene, Pjenné has been a kindred spirit and longtime pal since the early days of MDC, and it's no surprise that her contribution is packed full of gloriously deep and immersive feels, bassy and driving in parts and light as a feather in others, speaking to a palette that has been meticulously explored and continues to evolve along with her incredible weekly radio show on PBS, Passing Notes. 

@pjenne

Q. What sounds of feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. For this mix, I wanted to channel the energy and sounds that I associate with Melbourne Deepcast rather than drawing on the darker side of my sound palette that has been at the fore of my radio and club sets of late. MDC means so many things to me, but there’s definitely an energetic, grooviness that comes to mind and this is what inspired the mix. Although the mix does showcase parts of me (heavily atmospheric, emotive and a few downtempo tracks for good measure), I’d say this is more of a mix for you. :) I imagine this mix being listened to outside, on a sunny day, but when you might also need a little extra pep in your step. 

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. The first that came to mind is a track by Sean Cusick and Medway (Jesse Skeens) - It is an incredibly beautiful and emotive breakbeat track from 2002 on Saw recordings, there’s just something about how the vocals and the pads wash over you - although its upbeat there's also a sombreness to it and I just think its the whole package. 

Towards the end of the mix there’s also a very very classic ambient trance number, Lazer Worshippers by Damon Wild & Tim Taylor from 1993 - Not the most deeply dug track but it's a classic for a reason.

Q. You have been lovingly broadcasting your weekly radio show Passing Notes on PBS for six years running, which is a serious achievement! Tell us what you did for your sixth anniversary on International Women's Day, and what keeps you inspired to broadcast the show week in week out?

A. It’s been a wild ride that’s for sure! I really appreciate that International Women’s Day marks each yearly anniversary of Passing Notes - it reminds me to stop and reflect on each year as an achievement that I would probably otherwise forget in the chaos of life. This year I enlisted the help of Syrian DJ and Harmony Rec affiliate Zeynep, who provided an excellent, playful and sassy celebratory guest mix. 

As for my inspiration to keep going, I’d say that I draw from the collective power of electronic artists locally as well as internationally. There’s just so much good music to share, and Passing Notes enables me to provide a crucial connection between ‘underground’ electronic music and the wider music community. I'm also inspired by live radio as a format - it provides a sanctuary for me from the highly curated nature of music today and allows me to be more playful in the way that I explore different sounds. To me it is a place free of judgement.

MDC.308 Pjenné

We are all children of the sun, the same sun, and we feel its warmth on our skin.
The same warmth that has fed the olive trees for centuries—the immortal tree that would endure, if not uprooted.

And the older we get, the more uprootings we witness.
And you may be told that even what you see with your own eyes, did not really happen so, even when it happens in the plain light of day.
And sometimes, we try to scream, or sing,
but the world fails to listen.

So we write,
we express ourselves.
We turn to the sun,
offering our words like prayers,
not to persuade, not to explain,
but simply to exist.

It may seem futile, but what are words if not seeds—scattered, carried by the wind,
feeding what has been torn from the earth,
so that perhaps, one day,
like seeds, we can regrow
what was cut down, buried, and burned.

"Look at the fruit as it sweetens and ripens.
There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith."
—Al-Qur’ān 6:99

2 hours of musicopoetic lamentation with contributions by Adelaida, Asifeh, Bassem Breish, Drew McDowall, Drumloop, fatalism, Faten Kanaan, Fatma Al Jabari, Firas Shehadeh, Israa Shalaby, Jad Atoui, Jude Sajdi, Kareem Lotfy, Luke Elliott, Mayss, Nadine Makarem, Nicolás Jaar & Rama Alcoutlabi.

artwork by Ilham Shahrour

Letters To The Sun - Waking Life & Dreaming Live - Radio Alhara

On revient à nos premiers amours ce mois-ci, entre ambient en lévitation et dubs carnassiers !

Track List :
"JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA - Joy

POLYPORES - Headfooters

MPU101 - rachelINV60

CHRISTINA VANTZOU - CV

X.Y.R. - Despair

CUTKACHI - Cibernauta

RAMBADU - En Viron

AZU TIWALINE - Night In Palmtree (Forest Drive West Remix)

PUGILIST, POD - Mystic

BOT1500 - Seabird, Pt. 2

TOBIAS. & DOLTZ - The Increasing Past

LOUIS MARLO - AES-256

ANDY MARTIN FT. GAVSBORG - Plato & Caves (Dub War remix)

YALEESA HALL - Halfway Gone

ALAN BACKDROP - Esp

PRIORI - Serpentine 2

FOREST DRIVE WEST - Masking (w/ T-Flex)

PUGILIST & TAMEN - Resu"

https://www.instagram.com/sriracha_djs/
https://www.diaradio.live

Sriracha - Bélane & Zabriskie (28.04.25)

recording of my opening set at insolar, before Miran N and Trancesetters of Westphalia

12:00 - 15:00 ☼
31.05.25 Fitzroy, Berlin

Sean H ☼ opening set Insolar at Fitzroy [31.05.25]

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

Podcast Series 47 • Eli Verveine

We are excited to introduce M. Baumann as the curator of the 314th episode of the series.
Out of Brisbane, Australia, M. Baumann - one half of Echo Inspectors and co-founder of Primary Colours Music (https://soundcloud.com/primary_colours_music) - presents a layered excursion into Ambient and Electronica, shaped under the shadow of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

"This mix was born in stillness - during the long, anticipatory hours before the storm made landfall. It captures the quiet tension of a waiting world: a cinematic drift through instrumentals and textures that evoke both vulnerability and vastness. At its heart, this mix is also an ode to Tapani, Aleksi, and the artists whose emotive, deeply atmospheric works allowed this moment to take form.
A heartfelt thank you to the musicians - without your soundscapes, this story couldn't be told.
I hope you find something in this hour - as I did - that lingers long after the final note."

Featuring works by:
Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki
Happiness
Aleksi Myllykoski & Nils Petter Molvær
Grasgrow & Lindgren
Salvatore Mercatante

Photo by Joran Quinten

M. Baumann
https://soundcloud.com/primary_colours_music
https://www.instagram.com/primary_colours_music/
https://www.instagram.com/echo_inspectors/

Deep Breakfast Series
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/DeepBreakfastSeries/
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/deepbreakfastseries

Deep Breakfast 314 ~ M. Baumann

Day II - Sunday July 21st
@alexalbrechtmusic live for Aerial Palettes 'Soft Focus'
Location: Art Biesenthal, Wehrmuehle Gardens. 
~
Using field recordings, ambient soundscapes and complex, syncopated drum rhythms, Albrecht’s solo work evokes the memories of landscapes scattered along an endless journey. For this live show, Albrecht integrated sounds from the surroundings of Wehrmühle and experimented with more organic production.
~
Aerial Palettes presents 'Soft Focus'
A selection of bespoke performance art and concerts, detailing one's relationship with intimacy, threading movement and sound through nature.

Alex Albrecht [LIVE] @ Aerial Palettes '24

In early 2016, Red Bull Music Academy Daily published an essay I'd written telling the story of "ambient house" and the related chill-out movement between 1988 and '95. To promote the piece, I also put together this "mix-umentary", which was broadcast on RBMA Radio and featured for a number of years on their now-defunct website.

Following a number of requests, I've republished the essay on the Join The Future website. You can now read it here: https://jointhefuture.net/2020/09/10/long-read-the-story-of-chill-out/  Since this mix was created to accompany the article, it made sense to re-upload it here.

The mix itself features a combination of music that inspired the movement, early ambient house/chill out tracks, music of historical importance (IE foundational releases), and those by people interviewed for the article. It also contains spoken word snippets taken from my interview recordings (Steve Hillage, Mixmaster Morris, Alex Paterson, Kevin Foakes AKA DJ Food, Jonah Sharp, Thomas Fehlmann and Coldcut's Matt Black all feature), and some other mind-altering samples. Stylistically, it was inspired by the kind of open-minded musical journeys offered up in original chill-out rooms during the rave era.

AMBIENT HOUSE: CHILL-OUT HISTORY MIX FOR RBMA RADIO (2016)

Friday 04 January 2013 / ...GET PERLONIZED!

Ricardo Villalobos @...get perlonized! - Panorama Bar

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