Around Spring 2024, after some years of playing trance, I came to realize that many of my favourite artists have a habit of releasing ambient productions from time to time. So I started collecting such works and putting them together in mixes. The idea was to gather all the emotional facets and colourful soundscapes of trance, but without the usual percussion. A somewhat experimental side quest at first, this soon accounted for at least half of my gigs and mixes. The more ambient sets I played, the more I understood and appreciated how ambient floors allow for different connections to music and to people. In August 2025, I got the chance to play an extended three-hour ambient set at Schwing & Stampf Festival in Switzerland, surrounded by beautiful mountainous nature. The set I played was the result of more than a year of searching for ambient works by trance producers. Almost all the tracks selected originated from the trance world in one way or another. Since I liked the idea of having a single summary of this ambient trance quest, in addition to separate shorter mixes along the way, I decided to reproduce the set as played on 29 August 2025. Here it is.

Artwork by my brother: Jan Reimann / Studio Fuser (https://studio-fuser.ch)
Photo source: ETH Zürich Photo Archive, Albert Krebs, Cichorium intybus

TRACKLIST:
AWHM – Kaveneys Rd
Repulsive Force – Until When
Alpha Tracks – August/01
Omformer – Live At Munch Museum
DINA – Cadre Part II
Mikkel Rev – Leave (Outro)
nthng – Some Clouds Are Destined To Break
Alpha Tracks – L'Amore Innocente
Courtesy – Night Journeys IIII
Courtesy – Night Journeys I
Europa – Plain Fields
Omformer – Eclipse (Memoir Version)
Tristan – Lost Voyage
HLLW – Metamorphosis
Launaea – Del Mar
Nthr1 – The Long Goodbye (Unspoken)
szoliver – Eredet
Courtesy – AW23
Nthr1 – Belonging To The Night (Unspoken)
Alan Backdrop – Dying Certainty
Alpha Tracks – May/2025
nthng – Encounters At The End Of The World
Eyerate – Fusing My Kneecaps To My Forehead
Mikkel Rev – Evolution Blue
Owl – Lavender Sky
Schacke – The End Of Ecstacy
nthng – Unfinished
Europa – V
Above & Beyond – Tri-State
Patrick Tomala – Sun Energy
Mikkel Rev – Dissolve To Evolve
nthng – Shine
Omformer – Spheroid
HLLW – Norwegian Hood
Alpha Tracks – La Donna Del Lago
Rune Bagge – C27
DINA – I Dream Of You
Mikkel Rev – Nothing So Hidden
Komet99 – Voyager ('Lost On A Beach' Mix)

Three Hours of Ambient from the Trance World

No. 75 from Helsinki with love by Kaspiann.

From his base in the Helsinki underground, @soundsofkaspiann has forged a psychedelic techno sound rooted in DIY ethos and free from tempo constraints. Through his VALA label, live performances, custom soundsystem, and self-organised parties, he cultivates a holistic approach to club music — one aimed at total immersion and psychological surrender within dimly lit, physically resonant spaces. His sound bridges low-speed experiments and fast-paced meditations, echoing early influences from trance and psy while shaping a refined, contemporary identity since launching VALA in 2021. Balancing introspective textures with impactful club energy, Kaspiann channels the pulse of Helsinki’s clubs and the raw spirit of its underground. His live sets, shifting fluidly between ambient, downtempo, and deep techno, embody a versatile, hypnotic vision that values immersion and sonic exploration above all else.

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Black Wave 075: Kaspiann

OCLK-Kast 053 : : Quantum Eraser @diogo-santos-418053089

From a genuine dance floor hunger game, Diogo enters to the arena as Quantum Eraser, a natural successor to his deep psychedelic manifesto. Flowing between trippy breaks, hypnotic atmospheres, and delicate winds, the Porto-based DJ crafts a journey that feels both fresh and weighty. With subtle progression and immersive density, Diogo channels the essence of deep hypnotic techno: refined, introspective, and built for late-night transcendence.

Obrigado, Diogo.

OCLK-kast 053 : : QUANTUM ERASER

Madrid's Jan Swam joins our series with a potent delivery of centrifugal, sub-heavy psychedelia. At the helm of the Organic Signs label and its annual Refractor Festival, Jan Swam is a guiding force in the realm of modern sonic exploration, in constant pursuit of new avenues for mental metamorphosis through his boundary-pushing platforms and his own exquisite productions.  We finally connected at last year's Positive Education festival, bonding over our appreciation for expansive dance floor experiences and a shared love of certain records nearly lost to time. It's a pleasure to share this mix in which every turn is carefully considered, where rhythms contort beneath the surface and the mind’s textures become obscured within smoke. Thanks Alejandro!

@janswam

Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

Sure Thing Mix 147: Jan Swam

sharing a new recording 👁️ this time a bit different, softer, deeper: minimal, house, tech house and loads of other bits 🔊 .. recorded a few months ago at home.

photo: Daphné Lejeune

Audrey Danza - house rec. ['25]

federico corrado delights us with delivering excellent sound material through different rhythms where the mystical, deep, hypnotic and soft take us to different environments creating a warm atmosphere called sequence where different interpretations appear through artists such as iwamaki from japan, brenno dellavecchia in switzerland and noah lyas in netherlands, making a different panorama where the elements of both remixes and reshape come together for a synergy that is extremely beautiful and pleasant to the ears.

written by: @federicocorrado
remixes by: @makiko-iwaki, @brennod & @noahlyas
mastered by: tómas gonzalez aka @red_noisedj
artwork by: 7 times 7 design
release date: november 30, 2025

tracklist:

1.- federico corrado & iwamaki - sequence I
2.- sequence II
3.- sequence III
4.- sequence IV
5.- sequence III (brenno dellavecchia reshape)
6.- sequence III (noah lyas remix)

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federico corrado - sequence (incl. iwamaki, brenno dellavecchia reshape & noah lyas remixes) [KV075]

Alvar - Breathe (The End...)

Congratulations are in store as the Italian imprint Pregnant Void marks their 20th release via a phenomenal LP from the Berlin based, Toxido Mask. With prior contributions on Semantica, Art Bei Ton, and Futurepast; the Tresor resident’s latest offering titled ‘Spirit Waters’ is a welcome addition and her first, furthering the label's commitment to contemporary music with an experimental edge. Coming in at eight tracks, six originals and two remixes by Ina Kacz, and Nadia Struiwigh respectively, the release maintains a transformative and introspective theme throughout as each track unfurls slowly and intentionally without pressure. Providing those moments of solitude and space to experience the surrounding sounds.

Falling in the middle of the release, Spirit Guide is the beginning of the exhale to the inhale that is the first half of Spirit Waters. Listening from cover to cover, there’s a subtle uplifting feeling in the first three tracks, the melodies ethereal, all channeling a sense of anticipation. Spirit Guide rises softly from the depths, its synths working overtime as they seemingly engulf and wash over the listener through the whole spectrum of frequencies. From the warmth of the low end to the spacey highs and glittering accents and tribalistic drum patterns, each element intertwines and works seamlessly with each other.

Spirit Waters will be released on the 5th of December.

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Spirit Waters

PREMIERE: Toxido Mask - Spirit Guide [Pregnant Void]

Energy Field

Hi Friends,
here another single release, the style goes in the directions of cinematic colors.
Feel to enjoy... Hope you like.
Cheers CJ 

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