Taken from Mystic AM's LP Cardamom & Laudanum on Astral Industries, out July 15.

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Cardamom & Laudanum 

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Premiere: Mystic AM - Once Upon a Time in Yazd

Claudio PRC lanza este mes de septiembre un nuevo LP en su sello discográfico y plataforma artística 012. Junto a la entrevista exclusiva con el artista italiano afincado en Berlín, disfruta de la escucha de este complejo y atrevido trabajo entre el ambient más sublime y el sonido experimental que premia la escucha atenta.

'Unda' signfica, en la lengua tradicional de la isla de Cerdeña, 'Ola', y es navegando virtuosamente por entre el oleaje de la escena electrónica de primer nivel donde Claudio PRC concedió esta entrevista a Vanity Dust, que puedes disfrutar y leer aquí:

Read & Play: https://vanitydust.ninja/claudio-prc

· Artist: Claudio PRC (@claudioprc)
· Release: Unda (Part I & Part II)
· Release Date: September 2023
· Label: @012twelve
· Buy Release: https://012twelve.bandcamp.com/

· Premiered by: @vanitydust · www.vanitydust.ninja

Unda

Continuous Mix

Claudio PRC Interview

Premiere: Claudio PRC — Unda (Continuous Mix) [012]

As winter slowly settles in, we welcome a new mix in our series by French artist Clarence Rise. Master of his craft, Clarence has recorded an emotional and intense journey, filled with rich melodies, textured layers, and occasional mysterious, droning cave-like atmospheres. A reflective experience that beautifully mirrors the changing season.

@clarencerise
Artwork by Sophie Vaillant

Conscious Listening Mix Series - 29 - Clarence Rise

@sunchase

A journey at over 170 BPM where techno and drum & bass intertwine. The mix unfolds slowly, fed by tracks carefully selected over the months, and enhanced by some of his own creations. A crescendo of raw, unadulterated energy that plunges you straight into the action.

01. Bas Dobbelaer - Unseen Language [Sohaso]
02. Plants Army Revolver - 0101011001000010 [Danza Nativa]
03. Michal Wolski - Moonless Night [Self-Release]
04. Space Drum Meditation - Sarkanda [Self-Release]
05. Dino Sabatini - Prophecy [Prologue]
06. Narizonte - Subway Mud [Aedi Records]
07. Brendon Moeller - Distant Frequencies [Samurai Music]
08. Estrato Aurora - Tone Breaker [Grabaciones Perpendiculares]
09. Nether - Dimensional Space Jazz [Deep Soul Music]
10. Hiver - Time Lapse (Estrato Aurora remix) [On Board Music]
11. Ruff Cherry - Trixie [Midgar Records]
12. Noah Lyas - Dubophenia [Eterea]
13. Dino Sabatini - Inenarrabilis [Outis Music]
14. Reeko - Urmah 1 [Samurai Music]
15. Caldera - Ascending Through Leaves [Melifera Records]
16. Na Nich - About Face [System Revival Recordings]
17. Forest On Stasys - Alternated Mindset [Prosophone]
18. Mersel - Taiga [Cosmic Wave Records]
19. Na Nich - Nest [From a Lost Place]
20. Sciama - Emblem [OODA]
21. Vardae - Feel the Grass [Qeone]
22. Varuna - Bosco Verticale (Konduku Remix) [A Walking Contradiction]
23. Na Nich - Undersea Passageway [Fur:ther Sessions]

Melifera Podcast ⬢ Na Nich

[14.03.25]
https://soundcloud.com/mitra-17554825


MITRA [Listening Session - Live Set - RES:HIFT @ 4lthangrund]

Continuum: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees.

Exploring the unknown inevitably brings surprises, and the magical sound universe we are traveling in only delivers good ones! As we survey The Continuum, we have been blessed with a new sonic territory to scout. The host welcoming us to this new musical biome is no other than David Ortolà aka d_o_ppelgaenger. 

It was a while ago when we discovered David’s d_o_ppelgaenger moniker. It was in a mystical hut in the forest, in the middle of nowhere, lost in Spain, surrounded by friends. His performance left a mark on us, so we couldn’t be more honored to welcome him to our Continuum adventures. 

The music of d_o_ppelgaenger is far from convention. Always in restless motion between introspective or atmospheric moments, and emotional melodic passages. No bread and butter ambient here: one second you are in a concrete avant-garde sounding scape, and the next a broken beat is gently stroking your hips. Moments of submerged deep techno, touches of noise. A push and pull, a back and forth, a conversation held from the furthest corners of sound. 

‘Restless’ fits David quite well. Composer, producer, performer and professor. As a solo artist, he has composed multiple electronic, ambient and techno works, modular scores as Grooves #1 (2017) and Déjà vu (2024), or unique musical events such as Efímeras for 20 Pianos (2011). He is also half of the revered act Pajaro Dune together with Estrato Aurora. They have performed at beloved events like Espacio Perpendicular, Parallel, and released on labels like Alpenglühen or Grabaciones Perpendiculares. They also recently launched their own label, Sediments, featuring the recording of that magic forest hut performance I told you about. Not to be missed. 

What about his gift to The Continuum? d_o_ppelgaenger brings a live recording of his performance for the 8th edition of the Volumens Festival. His spell took over the Jardí del Centre d’Arts Digitals Bombas Gens in València, on the 17th of October last year. Not by chance and always pushing the envelope, the live set is designed based on (8x2)+1=17 numerical proportions. Another flawless live execution of the sound we described above. Get ready for a mesmerizing experience by the maestro d_o_ppelgaenger. Thank you for opening the gates to your music land. 

Artwork by Tony Fibla.

The Continuum: d_o_ppelgaenger

Monochrome presents, 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖘 𝓥 : Marie Pravda, Ankali.

This spring, Monochrome is offering each month to one or several artists to discover their influences and inspirations through a forty-five minute to two hour recording. These three recordings will focus on percussive rhythms between Ambient, Deep Techno and Drum & Bass.

Artist biography :
When Marie Pravda settles into a DJ booth she’s there to spark some chemistry with those willing to embrace it. While she is perfectly capable
of generating similar energy in her recordings for the online world, it’s the endless push & pull with the physical crowd that charges her selection and mixing. Developing into an avid digger during long shifts in gloomy basements and online, the Prague-based DJ and DIY promoter took the Czech scene by storm with her savage take on a growing range of club music – be it with selections from her trippy or dance folders.
In 2020 she joined the resident collective of Ankali & Planeta Za where she runs her regular Planeta Pravda club series. Marie has contributed episodes to numerous online radios and mix series for club or non-club outlets. She recorded mixes for Knekelhuis, hereandthere, Galactic Funk, and appeared on online broadcasts of NTS, Hör, Mutant, Kiosk, Operator and many more.
In 2021-2023 she was a member of the artist roster of Gravity Network, an international initiative for club cultureexchange in Europe and beyond.

Marie Pravda
Sounlcoud : https://soundcloud.com/yomomsmokescrack
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mariepravda/

Tracklist :
01. Morphing Territories - Vas
02. Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Gateway To The Sun (Extended Mix)
03. Avsluta - Soma
04. Hod - Choan
05. Birgan - Subaquatic Sonic Voyage
06. Alexskyspirit - Light & Shadow
07. Svarog - Eleven km per second
08. Diffused Signal -  Zend
09. Brando Lupi - Positions
10. Tenzia - Cold to the Touch
11. Hypnotic Black Magic - Ishigaki Dragon Flowers (Solarythm remix)
12. Arsène Martinet - Bewitch
13. Na Nich - About Face
14. AJO - Dualism
15. AJO - Dream Catcher

Monochrome presents, 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖘 𝓥 : Marie Pravda.

@sleepexchange 

IG: 
https://www.instagram.com/sleepexchange

Human Lessons #108 - Sleep Exchange

At the Gate

Derek Carter (KapTep) about this release:

Ambient music seems to be fascinated by nature, oceans and the sky. For this KapTep release I wanted to explore the sky and more importantly all we can’t see, the millions of signals and mysteries that it hides.

I wanted to leave room for the songs to breathe and allow plenty of open spaces within them. At times these compositions may seem empty, that is by design. Although the current environment is to pick a track or two add them to your playlist.

I hope you will spend 49 minutes and listen to this as a body of work, as it was recorded to be listened to in one continuous sitting. In addition to the 6 original tracks there are two wonderful remixes added by Arrival In Eden, and Sacred Seeds.

Numbers Station – I’ve always been fascinated with them. The mystery and intrigue.

Naming the Sky – Melancholy drifting and not a care in the world.

LA Scanner – I simply love the voyeur nature of a cheap scanner.

Cold Luck Moon – Blurred images, sounds and emotions. Plus, three words that don’t mean anything together as a title.

I Need Light – In a world of conflict, doom scrolling and fear… I need light. In fact, I think we all do.

One Hundred Miles Until Sunrise – Have you ever driven somewhere and not remembered a second of it? Totally sober, auto-pilot. This is your soundtrack.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Naming the Sky

I Need Light

From a Buryat shaman testimony, which was taken in Siberia in 1934. 
Vision of an alien world.
“It’s a moonless, dark night, but my other senses guide me. The sounds of the night are like music to me. I am hungry... I can sense preys ahead of me...”

Le rêve du shaman - Part 3/4

Vanity Dust is an independent journalist focusing on electronic music, active since 2008.
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