ambient soundscapes and gestures of melodies for slow, plaintive, petrichoric days • cover photo: 1986 emanuel ungaro couture by deborah turbeville

tracklist:
coby sey - to
david sylvian - the healing grove
grim - grove
ø - set the controls to the heart of the sun
ml buch - clearing
zoviet france - something spooked the horses
yl hooi - stranger
bremen - sick city
james holden - seven stars
ettyleon - moscow berlin washington
jonnine - three spider bites
dada - 遊宴。妊楽。餓鬼 (yuuen • inraku • gaki)
anadol - 78 yılının en yzun dakikası
this mortal coil - the last ray

proof of concept 010 • the languid present

At Field Maneuvers 2023, Optimo (Espacio) played the final set in the Sputnik tent as part of the Watching Trees takeover. "We expected everyone to be on their final reserves of energy," they said. "But it was instantly apparent that there was electric energy in the tent. It ended up being one of the most joyous, life-affirming gigs of [the year]."

@optimo-music @fieldmaneuvers

Find out more about Field Maneuvers 2024: https://ra.co/news/80472

RA Live - Optimo (Espacio) - Field Maneuvers, UK

Flying away from the Typhoon Kong-rey with the last plane from Shanghai, arriving straight to Miki Abe, his inaugural wonderful Picnic People Panic to the DJ booth at Womb Tokyo to take over from the superb Alien Sex Friends.

Here is the live recording.

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, who also served as PA, mastered this mix. He used a unique approach, including IR reverb, to simulate the environment of the day with an immersive feel.
WOMB is a club with a very high ceiling and wooden floor. The subwoofer, with its large horn, gives the kick a rich ambience.

Enjoy!

Vladimir Ivkovic Live at PICNIC PEOPLE PANIC - November 1st 2024 at Womb Tokyo

Dear Everybody......

Experience the futuristic musical TRANSCENDENCE of the FULL LIVE recording of my 6+ hour ALL NITE LONG TRANSCENDENTAL futuristic sound experience into the TRANSCENDENTAL DAWN after HTRK's LIVE performance at Making Time at a TRANSCENDENTAL Secret Location on Friday April 4th, 2025 !!!

Here's where you can experience the futuristic musical TRANSCENDENCE next.....

Friday May 9th - C2C Festival NYC - Knockdown Center / Queens, NY

Saturday May 17th - Club Doom at Cruel World Festival / Los Angeles, CA

Friday May 23rd - MTXXV with Helena Hauff, Djrum, Objekt, Kia @ A TRANSCENDENTAL Secret Location / Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday June 4th - BBC RADio 1 X Primavera Sound with Kelly Lee Owens & FCUKERS @ Nitsa Barcelona, Spain

Sunday June 8th - Primavera Sound Closing Party @ Nitsa / Barcelona, Spain

Saturday July 12th - Love International / Tisno, Croatia

CHOOSE TRANSCENDENCE. 

see you on the other side.

Love,
Dave P.

Dave P.....ALL NITE LONG at Making Time - April 4th, 2025

Extracted from the archives, we have Lena's Bank Holiday set from last August for you. 
It was sadly Lena's only set at The Gun, but it was a wild night, sweaty and heaving in the extreme & certainly one of favourites. The crowd had been dancing from about 7pm (Casper Clark and I's warm up is also available here) so when Lena got on for the remaining 4.5 hours, the room went nuts. Its a brilliantly varied and balanced set that encapsulates so much of what we loved at The Gun, banging enough for a room full of seething heads. dancing into the early hours and considered and classy do that it suits playback at any time of the day.
The recorder died just before the end of the set, so it appears those very last tracks were just for us there on that night, the rest is ready now. (Thanks for this Lena x)


Lena Willikens Live at The Gun August Bank Holiday Sunday '24

NON PUNIRE @ Laut (Krewe)_30/04/2025

Universal and electric, flowing with liquid and environmental sounds. Latin rhythms collide with broken fragments, building a crescendo of sensuality and velocity. Intriguing vocals ride over rolling grooves, acid tones, and techno kicks, creating irresistible bursts of energy.

Kia’s meditative cosmic aura meets Bitter Babe’s rhythmic fire in a tribal, sassy mix that moves, pulses, and evolves. Layered textures, ancestral grooves, and veteran bass carry the set through ravishing hours of sound.

Kia b2b Bitter Babe - Climate of Fear x Sustain Release - June '25

Recording of Elena Colombi & Lena Willikens' set at the UFO II stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Elena Colombi & Lena Willikens at UFO II - Dekmantel Festival 2025

Nosedrip @ MAKING TIME ♾️ 2025

Three individual artists, whose oeuvres on Nation, L.I.E.S., Dark Entries, and Offen precede them, 
form NU VISION — 

a “do-you-believe-in-alchemy” balance of rhythm, damage, and deep feeling, are immersed into The Seed, their debut dropping on Nation, Valentine’s Week 2026.

©2025 Nation Records
Mastering by Bob Weston

NU VISION Personnel:
Duke Cooper 
Jonathan D. Valdez 
Jason Letkiewicz 

featuring
Robert Lane 

View the 1st video from our YouTube channel here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woQYSMsvkzY

NU VISION
Duke Cooper 
Jonathan D. Valdez 
Jason Letkiewicz 

featuring
Robert Lane and Fletch

special guests
Mali Mase /
Anthony Z. / 
Jake Alrich / 

Directed, shot, edited, and produced by
Todd Sines 

Assistant camera / Focus puller
Justin Simpson 

Assistant Directors | Drivers
Amanda Lucido 
Meg Quinn 

2nd assistant camera / Focus puller
Andries Boekelman 

Additional camera
Nikita Krakhofer 
Alisa Krakhofer

Driver
Mali Mase

Time

MIKA VAINIO + RYOJI IKEDA + ALVA NOTO - LIVE 2002 [N-043]

In September 2002 Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda and Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) were invited by the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art for a residency. As a result of this project three live performances followed this research period.

All the tracks on this record were recorded live on September 23, 2002 at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art in Newcastle, UK.

All sounds by Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda, Carsten Nicolai.

LIVE 20O2

MOVEMENT 4

MIKA VAINIO + RYOJI IKEDA + ALVA NOTO - MOVEMENT 4

wending
~
menace (downtempo, new beat),
mania (ebm, electro, techno), and
melancholy (folk, ambient, experimental)

proof of concept 010 • the languid present

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