Electronic Music Culture

EMC shapes is back with a special episode! Welcome to Cruel Intentions!

Freshly baked trio from Odesa, Ukraine, Cruel Intentions is the new project by Vladislove, Erosgangsta, and Yamex. As solo artists, they performed in many local clubs of Odessa such as @brik_space, DSK Port, Tsekh33, 119lss, and many others. For this occasion, the trio put together an extended mix featuring some lovely housey and minimal gems they have in their collection!

Enjoy!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cruel.intentions.ua/

Vladyslove

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-352692529

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladyslovelove/

Yamex

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ya_mex

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yamex.ua/

Erosgangsta

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erosgangsta

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erosgangsta/

Get ready for another metaphysical ambient journey! EMC welcomes Barefoot!

Passionate explorer of deep atmospheric sounds, Tom Parker aka Barefoot envisions dreamy soundscapes in between the natural and the oneiric realm. With his analog releases on labels such as @relationreset and @literaturerecordings, he has become an established figure in the ambient and electronic music community, performing with other artists such as @thereelvison and @sciamamusic.

Enjoy the trip!

Tracklist

01. @sako0219 - shizuku [Dotei Records]

02. @steiner + Tomoyoshi Date @user964125504 - 空に閃く光の粒子 [ @laaps-records ]

03. @sofiebirch - Hallu (feat. _iC_iC_) [Intercourse]

04. @ekin-fil - Seasick [re:st]

05. Sofie Birch - Willness [ @pastinsidethepresent ]

06. @marineeyes - safe

07. @paperbarkmusic - Sometime in Childhood [Seil]

08. Sciama - /// [Dub]

09. @james-bernard - Lost Time Archive 3 (Bass Guitar & Granular)

10. @sebbykowalmusic - Luxury [ @atlantearecords ]

11. @federicodurand - Tomillo [laaps]

12. @hainbach - What We Made [ @opal-tapes ]

13. ASC & @inhmost - Wave Clouds [Auxiliary]

14. IDRA - Me and her [Seil]

15. Imaginary Softwoods - Sea of Silver Sand

16. Barefoot - /// [Dub]

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/barefootmusic

Bandcamp: https://barefootuk.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nS8Vxewlz1WYKiJLNc7bP?si=C0dOhLT4QTay6eh_K8ZAxg&nd=1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootmusicuk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barefootmusicuk

Captured Visions

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/captured-visions

Bandcamp: https://capturedvisions.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capturedvisionslabel/

April begins with another lovely ambient journey! Welcome to Echo & Rauschen!

Based in Potsdam, Germany, Alex is a music enthusiast and cassette collector with Estonian roots. Intrigued by tropical mysterious sounds, electronic soundscapes, and world music, Echo & Rauschen explores the realm of organic sounds in combination with deep ambient electronic vibes. Compiled between Autumn 2022 & Spring 2023, he prepared for us a musical odyssey of almost 3 hours in which you can lose and find yourself again.

Enjoy!

Tracklist

1. @wildambience - Relax by a Mountain Stream - Bukit Fraser, Malaysia

2. Bliss - Unrevealed (interlude)

3. @anthony-asher-yates - Old world [ @atlantearecords ]

4. Bålsam & Tropico Del Cancer - Sounds Of Life

5. @inhmost - Hill Climb [ @stasisrecordings ]

6. @jarguna-music / Nicola Serena - The Forest Does Not Sleep

7. Ross Alexander - Fresh Ice Cream [ @discrepant ]

8. Jean Michel Jarre - Amazonia Part 5 (excerpt)

9. 地球 - ジャングル PART 2 (excerpt)

10. N:L:E - Night in the Jungle

11. @lorenzomontanamusic - Lunar Serenade

12. @futurezen - Patchouli

13. Deep Nalström - Mother Of Energy [ @nummer ]

14. Jarguna - Reeds part1

15. Tim Six - Virtual Zen Garden (excerpt)

16. @saphileaum - Cosmical Nectar (Outro)[ @not-not-fun-1 ]

17. @youngmarco - Looking Back [ @island-of-the-gods ]

18. Wild Ambience - Otters

19. @jonnynash / Lindsay Todd - Kokokan

20. @folest - Peperomia [ @mizuha-cc ]

21. @zemog0 - Sailing Timbiquí River [ @huinalidub ]

22. Jarguna - My Temple Part 1

23. @atmosphare - Hymns of the Tribe

24. @ishtadi - Sonorous Forests

25. @adhamshaikhofficial - Journey to the sun

26. Heavenchord aka @nirgoona - Field Recordings #19

27. Turn on the sunlight @hearing-room ft. Laraaji - Back to the Sea (excerpt) [ @moonglyph ]

28. @natural-life-essence - Vision of sea (thru forest)[ @cyan-music ]

29. FLORAナチュラル - ECCO

30. @tierrocosmico - Figments Of Wonder [Neotantra]

31. @virtualecho - Tjuguett [ @studio94records ]

32. Zemög - Hiking In Chicaque

33. Wild Ambience - Gentle Rain in the Forest

34. @doublegeography-music - Flight 9 [ @growingbinrecords ]

35. Saphileum - Smooth breath

36. @squonjax - Galaxy Time [ @cascine ]

37. Pacific Sounds - Hau‘ula Shore Breakwater

38. @iksremusic - Deep Creek (Autumn, 2.33pm)

39. Ocean Moon - Glass Lake (excerpt)[Golden Ratio Frequencies @user-905907941-457784160 ]

40. @respiraofficial - Advance Godward [ @secretdomainlabel ]

41. Wild Ambience - Morning Cloud Forest Creek

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/echo-and-rauschen

Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/aleksanderling

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/echo.and.rauschen/?hl=de

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tickertapekid/

Another ambient journey awaits you. Welcome to another Atmospheres episode, welcome to LVT!

LVT is a DJ and event producer from the west coast of Canada. Over the past decade, she has organized and performed at countless late-night events and a few festivals, hosting artists from around the globe and recently curating a venue called Dolly in Vancouver. LVT enjoys weaving musical stories with deep, cerebral sounds within the realms of techno, ambient, bass music, or hybrid genres. She also hosts a mix series called Music For Interstellar Spacecrafts (@mfispacecrafts).

Enjoy!

Tracklist

1. @carmenvillain - Light In Phases [ @geonorth ]

2. @delusionalcircuits & @polygonia - Swirling Mirage [ @iorecs ]

3. @grandriver - Mr. Speaker [ @editionsmego ]

4.@leafarlegov - Willow [Enisslab Studio]

5. Silence aka Pete Namlook - Into The Desert

6. @avsluta - Naktam [ @huinalidub ]

7. Gas aka @wolfgang_voigt - Untitled [ @achim-szepanski ]

8. @valentinomora - Eau [Enisslab Studio]

9. @taennya - abies [Auxiliary]

10. @biophon - Slowly Etching [Biophon Records]

11. Grand River - All There Now [Editions Mego]

12. @laraaji & Lyghte - Equinox [Morning Trip]

13. Vardae - Ouverture [ @annulled_music ]

14. @n9oc - Q [ @die-orakel ]

15. @torlundvall - A Dark Place [ @daisrecords ]

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lvtsounds

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lvt.sounds/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lvtsounds

MFIS

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mfispacecrafts

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mfispacecrafts/

Welcome to another Atmospheres episode! This time our ambient playlist is curated by Irina Kotik

Irina has been actively pushing deep sound through her music platform, Delayed. Delayed aims to connect the New York underground scene with talent worldwide and present what is exciting in underground electronic music. Apart from the enormous support she is offering to the scene, Irina has joined musical muscles with her partner Gilles Wasserman in a duo known as Moon Patrol, creating breathtaking arrangements and being released on such labels as @huinalidub and @on-board-music, including the upcoming solo contribution to the charity compilation on @melifera_records.

Have a good listen!

Tracklist

1. @wasim-cosmic - Fog-Gauzed Dream [ @atlantearecords ]

2. Imaginary Softwoods – Yellow Calcite II [ @fieldrecords ]

3. @eusebeia - Fulfillment [Livity Sounds]

4. @skeemask-music - Panorama [ @ilian-tape ]

5. @kondukukonduku - Swerve [ @delsinrecords ]

6. @ikezwanikken - Fight Day [ @die-orakel ]

7. @louisfitton - Nine Seasons [ Cross Country]

8. @danielavery - Endless Hours [Together In Static ]

9. Yugen - Sonder [ @semantica-records ]

10. Ike - Inter [Die Orakel]

11. @sevensol & Bender - Mythen Center Korfu [ @kann ]

12. @sk-222 -Lugwyrm [ @furthur_elect0nix ]

13. @elaminus & DJ Python @worldwideunlimited - Kiss U [Smugglers Way]

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/irina-kotik

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kotikplus/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kotikplus

Delayed

Website: https://www.itsdelayed.com/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itsdelayed

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_itsdelayed_/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsdelayed/

February comes with a big surprise! We are thrilled to release the first live modular mix for our Atmospheres playlist: welcome to Grasduinen!

Kasper aka Grasduinen is one of these artists who show full commitment and love in what they do. Deeply into hypnotic vibes and analog gears, his performances explore the experimental side of techno and ambient. For this occasion, Kasper recorded the mix by preselecting sounds and patterns to create a sonic landscape. Throughout several sessions, he explored it modifying the prepared material and selecting the most interesting path.

"Recorded on a gray saturday morning as I let my coffee grow cold" - Grasduinen

Gear used:

Elektron: Analog Rytm Mk2

Octatrack mk2

Analog Heat Mk2

Modular: https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks/modulargrid_2024198.jpg + Buchla Command

Effects: Yamaha Rev 100, and ES-2.

Everything through Midas Venice.

Some additional drums with MFB Tanzbar

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/grasduinen1

RA: https://ra.co/dj/grasduinen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grasduinen/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Grasduinen1

Liminoid Collective

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/liminoid-collective

RA: https://ra.co/promoters/114469

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liminoid.collective/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liminoid.collective

The "atmospheres" episode of February is here! EMC is glad to introduce you Air Protection Office

Multifaceted dj and producer, Air Protection Office is an Italian visual and music artist based in Berlin. Releasing his works on renowned labels such as @semantica-records and @ekar-label, Enrico also performed live at events such as @lavanderiaclub and @mo_dem festival. For this occasion, he put together and experimental ambient set mixing glorious drones, field recordings, and modern classical.

Enjoy!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/airprotectionoffice

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bos_nrc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AirProtectionOffice/

Here we go with the first Atmospheres episode of 2023! We are very glad to invite Thomas Romain!

Deep connaisseur of electronic music, Thomas is a point of reference within the alternative underground music scene. With this mixtape, he explores the minimalistic side of ambient music guiding us through oneiric soundscapes, delicate field recordings, and clicky granular sounds.

Have a nice trip!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thomasromain

Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/6084499-Thomas-Romain

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomas.romain.music/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomasromainmusic

For the last "Atmospheres" episode of the year, we are delighted to have a special guest: Monosphere

Jeroen Smulders aka Monosphere is a fundamental pillar within the dub/deep techno, ambient, and experimental community. As a founder of Deep Electronics label, Jeroen gave opportunity to countless emerging and renowned artists to express themselves through music for all these years.

This time he prepared an emotional dark ambient set to celebrate the end of 2022.

Enjoy!

Tracklist

1. Gdanian - Arrival [ @cryo-chamber ]

2. Michael Vallera @user-408916044 - Window-in

3. Field rotation - The repetition of History [ @denovali ]

4. Innesti - Motes and Shadow

5. @pensees - Holod

6. Fracalyst - Mountain Vault

7. Alphaxone - Spellbound

8. Ajne - Starvation

9. Kalte - Isomerization

10. Gdanian - Shield Emitter

Deep Electronics

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/deep_electronic

Bandcamp: https://deepelectronicspodcast.bandcamp.com/

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jeroensmulders5/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=deep%20electronics

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deep_electronics/

We are back with a brand new episode of our Shapes playlist. This time Christian Thomas is taking control!

With his residence at OOST @komoost club and @paradigm050, Thomas has become a point reference in Groningen's underground scene during these years. From spacey house tunes to trancey vibes, he will guide us into his music collection.

Enjoy the trip!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/christian-thomas-93

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christianthomas.jpg/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christianthomasmusic