EMERGE – excavate
[1052]
EMERGE
“excavate”
composition, re-mastering, photos and design by EMERGE
originally released by OOO! SOUND in 2013
remastered in 2025
EMERGE is also & always der Bund des dritten Auges
posted 05 September 2025
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EMERGE – emanate
[1051]
EMERGE
“emanate”
photos by KLONK
composition, re-mastering and design by EMERGE
originally released by Misspelled Records in 2013
remastered in 2025
composition, re-mastering and design by EMERGE
originally released by Misspelled Records in 2013
remastered in 2025
posted 28 August 2025
Peter Wullen / Dong Zhou – Hotel Indigo
[ACP 1460]
Peter Wullen / Dong Zhou
“Hotel Indigo”
Acoustic violin: Dong Zhou
Voice: Vasiliki Stroli reading Joy Sorman, A La Folie in Greek (track 1)
Concept & Time Stretch: Peter W
Original pic by Peter W
:zoviet*france: – Hidden By The Wall (Wind Harp, Walltown Crags) – Peter W/Dong Zhou rework
This track is a reassembly of original field recordings made by :zoviet*france:, and used in their 2021 composition “Hidden by the Wall”. All of the source material was recorded by :zoviet*france:, and then reworked by Peter W for Dong Zhou.
posted 15 August 2025
Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky / Nikita Shishkin – Ethnopolis
[ACP 1458]
Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky / Nikita Shishkin
“Ethnopolis”
Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky – synths, drums, loops, electro-acoustic,
tubes, mastering
Nikita Shihkin – field recordings, synths, loops
Cover art by Nikita Shihkin
posted 07 August 2025
EMERGE – mutase
[1050]
EMERGE
“mutase”
live @ Grubenwehr Freiburg hq, Leipzig, 26.06.25
recording, mastering, photos and design by EMERGE
EMERGE is also & always der Bund des dritten Auges
posted 25 July 2025
Andreas Davids – Weltraum
[mhrk437]
Andreas Davids
“Weltraum”
released April 6, 2025
Andreas Davids is maybe best known for his electro-industrial project XOTOX with albums released since 1998 gaining quite some attention in his native Germany and around the world. In 2023, for the project’s 25th year anniversary the “Ich Bin Da / Ich Funktioniere” album was released.
On Mahorka Andreas appeared first as one half of the Natura Est dark ambient duo with British electronic producer Tony Young (Autoclav1.1). After their self-titled monolithic debut on Ant-zen in 2018, Mahorka released their “Second” album, a new chapter of colossal, brooding ambient, where light is slowly crushed by shade, within a multi-faceted arena of sound.
In 2020 Andreas Davids released on Mahorka under his real name “7 Jahre vor der Gegenwart” – an emotional rollercoaster running from dark ambient and broken structures to technoid rhythms and sequences, and “Isolation” – his deepest and most personal solo album, also on in a beautiful cassette edition. In 2022 the label also published “Space Ambient Pop”, the genre-defining collaboration album of Andreas Davids + Sven Phalanx, also in cassette edition.
With “Weltraum”, his new solo EP on Mahorka, Andreas Davids deals with one of his favorite motifs: Space. Since his early childhood he has been fascinated by science-fiction and adventures in space, either in books, comics or movies. Somewhere between Ambient, IDM, Berlin School and Electronica, he created a place for the listeners to experience their own adventures.
Created and mastered by Andreas Davids in 2024 at Separate Room, MTH.
posted 23 July 2025
Theo Nugraha I EXEDO – split
[1047]
Theo Nugraha I EXEDO
“split”
posted 16 July 2025
sternenspringer – The deep space
[tonAtom.147]
sternenspringer
“The deep space”
the soundscapes on “the deep space” are exactly that: deep, vast, immersive. while earlier releases like exoplanet and antipode charted stellar phenomena and inner contrasts, this new work seems to drift further outward — into uncharted dimensions between ambient, industrial atmospheres, intricate electronica, and classic techno/electro motifs. the boundaries dissolve, but the structure remains: each track is a unique constellation, orbiting within a carefully mapped sonic system.
in a time where much of electronic music gravitates toward formula, sternenspringer continue to embrace risk, nuance, and depth. this release is not just another chapter, but a reaffirmation of their commitment to sonic integrity and artistic independence.
and yet another fine tonAtom.net netaudio release.
posted 13 July 2025
FAF2 – The Lipsian Cave
FAF2
“The Lipsian Cave”
In the endless dusk of planet FAF2, The Lipsian Cave hums with low frequencies, echoing ancient rhythms beneath crystalline strata. Formed by sonic erosion, its corridors pulse with dubtechno reverberations—tones not made, but discovered. Seismic basslines sculpt chambers of resonance, each beat shifting tectonic plates of memory and time. No life dwells here, yet the cave listens, records, transforms. A natural archive of vibrations, its atmosphere distorts space, drawing satellites into rhythmic orbit. “The Lipsian Cave” is less a place than a phenomenon—an ambient relic of sound, looping forever, untouched by beings, yet alive with pure frequency and geological groove.
posted 11 July 2025
Substak – Motion Of The Deep Sea
[ACP 1454]
Substak
“Motion Of The Deep Sea”
posted 10 July 2025
Lindbergh – Loopy
[djummi.036]
Lindbergh
“Loopy”
In Mr Schulze’s sense, loop is certainly best described as a squiggle (a not exactly drawn ring-shaped curl). Repetition yes, but please with a bump in the wheel! Whether the grooveboxes that were available to Lindbergh for making music in the early 2000s were capable of such inconsistencies remains to be seen. Either way, the songs on “Loopy” fully live up to the album title.
The album is released approximately 20 years after the creation of the songs on it, which until then had only been released as singles or not at all. The music offers a glimpse into a time when electronic music was reinventing itself by merging with indie. A wonderful new experimental field emerged between synthesisers and computers on the one hand and convoluted bands with guitar, drums, and bass, in which the perfect artificial sounds of the machines often blended with human-generated sounds that expressed lovingly cultivated musical inadequacies. And Lindbergh possessed precisely this charm!
Oh yes, Lindbergh is, of course, pop music too! Songs like Mango, Über Milch, and Im Zug nach B, which speak of a life somewhere between shared accommodation, the unbearable lightness of existence, and all-nighters, have the potential to become indie disco hits. And only Mr. Schulze knows why they failed to achieve great success …
posted 08 July 2025
Singularity Observatory – The Infinite Improbability
[enrmp548]
Singularity Observatory
“The Infinite Improbability”
Release by German post-industrial project Singularity Observatory from the [Esc.] Collective. 12 tracks of gritty electronic synth baselines and sampled drum machines, in this album coupled with vocals by Mira and Yvelle.
posted 26 June 2025
LunGao – Ago
[ACP 1455]
LunGao
“Ago”
Each of the songs was inspired by poems by the great poet Jim Kacian.
These first seventeen poems are part of the interactive book film “Long After” by Jim and appear in Section 1: “Ago”.
Tracks created in VCV Rack 2 with various external plugins.
Some sound effects (birds, waves, wind, crickets) were adapted from VCV Rack patches by “antioedipus72”, “Your Pal Rob” and “The Wayfarer Project”.
posted 24 June 2025
Edward Reardon, Herbert Lacina & Karlheinz Essl – m!ndf*kc
Edward Reardon, Herbert Lacina & Karlheinz Essl
“m!ndf*kc”
The music of m!ndf*kc starts from the embrace of a quiet disturbance.
The name, which was chosen not without awareness of the threat of vulgarity, is meant with honesty and, in a sense, generosity. Apparently, the term has been accepted in the psychological community to mean an extremely confusing or disturbing experience. Here, it is an offer to explore that state and come to accept it and enjoy it. The listener is a silent participant welcomed to re-examine what is considered pleasurable, what is fun, and what constitutes balance and structure.
Piano, bass, and electronics co-mix here to create a calm discourse that examines more than it asks or tries to answer. Those expecting to be jarred or unsettled may find the peaceful serendipity of M!ndf*kc disconcerting. Clear lines and pure sounds turn and twist as though obstructions do not exist. The development from climax to anti-climax, from stasis to passage, seems like the inevitable result of either careful planning or sheer faith in probability. After attentively navigating, without judgment, the connections along the way, finding sense and meaning in the upset of stability is where the music finishes. (Edward Reardon)
www.essl.at/div/mndfkc.html
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0umd7u-PzgHnrsyZ4NoLaccrWIoNjTK
posted 19 June 2025
Jacob Audrey Taves – for now we can be happy we are not on fire
[ACP 1453]
Jacob Audrey Taves
“for now we can be happy we are not on fire”
Jacob Audrey Taves: samples, no-input mixer, synth, effects
live @ ac hq, 05.04.25, Augsburg
photo and design by EMERGE
live @ ac hq, 05.04.25, Augsburg
photo and design by EMERGE
posted 18 June 2025
Castrup & Wilholm aka elektrojudas – Sonus Nebula
[ACP 1444]
Castrup & Wilholm aka elektrojudas
“Sonus Nebula”
Komposition/Produktion/ Arrangement : Hans Castrup
Coproduktion/Arrangement / Mixing/Mastering: Wolfgang Wilholm
Coproduktion/Arrangement / Mixing/Mastering: Wolfgang Wilholm
posted 11 June 2025
Various Artists – Phonocake Anniversary Compilation 01
[phokes15001]
Various Artists
“Phonocake Anniversary Compilation 01”
Iliaque, Ghost Radio, FONDELLA, Krokar, Audiophil Arts, Notstandskomitee
Eight thousand and thirty days later.
The known world lies in crumbs.
And yet there are still Sundays.
The time has finally come, yayyy! The first edition of the 20th anniversary compilation is out now, only 2 years after the start of planning! It’s the first issue of several partial compilations that come in a listenable album length.
In the upcoming issues you can find songs by Kryptic Universe, Götterkreis, Enzym, Sami Konzo, Matti T, R.Y.D.O.X., 505, Mr Incognito, +Potential differenSe, Anaxy, HUGO MESI, Trans Comfort, Stuub, Alexander Stoica, OMBRA OBSCURA, Buck Flanger, Salaet, D-Fried, MOC, Dimitris Palikaris, Moncro, Eisenberg, Svann E. Langguth, illocanblo, Kuuza (feat. .Khi), Jo Carius … Stay tuned.
22 years later: the desire is still there with the musicians, the skills are there as well. Much more equipment has moved into the houses and and studios. The software is paid for, the incentives or new life contents are numerous. The musical styles have somehow changed. But the desire to express ourselves, to express ourselves in our cosmos still exists.
The first issue delves into more serious electronics. Included old friends, but also musicians that we have not yet not yet heard on Phonocake.
If you like, please send in a track! For the later editions of the celebration compilation. Find the link at release page 150.
posted 08 June 2025
Philippe Neau & Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi – Elephant
[ACP 1452]
Philippe Neau & Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi
“Elephant”
“we are the elephants, the creatures, the humans, the existential cry,
the acceptance of life and of its struggle
even when we correctly state and express our needs, we are indeed
steadily overwhelmed
overwhelmed by our feelings and the feelings of the others
they actually determine the course of the society we are part of” (AEP)
the acceptance of life and of its struggle
even when we correctly state and express our needs, we are indeed
steadily overwhelmed
overwhelmed by our feelings and the feelings of the others
they actually determine the course of the society we are part of” (AEP)
posted 05 June 2025
Plateau Sigma – The Great Reset EP
[DigitalDiamonds110]
Plateau Sigma
“The Great Reset EP”
The fracture has begun. The Great Reset EP detonates across the psyche, scattering realities like shards of a broken world. Plateau Sigma leads the collapse – The Reset redraws the map.
posted 03 June 2025
Void Gazer – Breath Of Rain
[GoH-811]
Void Gazer
“Breath Of Rain”
GoH-811: Void Gazer – Breath Of Rain
Heading from Germany dark ambient artist Void Gazer brings five pieces of truly sinister, cinematic horror atmosphere, where heavy, chilling drones meet ritual drumming and evocative field recordings. Get overwhelmed with visions of the terrifying wilderness and mysteries from it’s dark past…
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posted 02 June 2025
Chip Machine – Chip Machine
[ACP 1447]
Chip Machine
“Chip Machine”
The self-titled Chip Machine album is an immersive sonic journey blending ambient soundscapes with electroacoustic and electronic influences. Across ten evocative tracks, it drifts between weightless serenity, intricate sonic textures, and deeply human moments. Organic and digital elements intertwine, creating a dreamlike atmosphere where melodies flicker and dissolve like distant echoes. Ethereal yet grounded, Chip Machine invites listeners into a world of introspection and sonic exploration.
posted 26 May 2025
Dib – Equipotenziale 003
Dib
“Equipotenziale 003”
Equipotenziale 003: The Conclusion of a Triptych Narrative
Equipotenziale 003 marks the final chapter in a conceptual trilogy exploring the equilibrium of psychological, spatial, and narrative forces. Through layered symbolism, nonlinear structure, and abstract imagery, this concluding part resolves tensions established in the previous entries. It examines the convergence of identity, memory, and perception within a framework of artistic equilibrium—where all points hold equal potential. The work’s resolution is not an end, but a stabilization, suggesting continuity beyond closure. This paper analyzes the trilogy’s arc and posits 003 as a meta-commentary on storytelling in post-contemporary visual media.
posted 23 May 2025
Markus Masuhr – Natural Lifeforms
Markus Masuhr
“Natural Lifeforms”
Requiem for Natural LifeformsIn stillness, Subaqueous Bloom unfurls,
A silent hymn beneath the swirls.
Photosynthetic Drift ascends with grace,
Light-born breath in time’s embrace.
A silent hymn beneath the swirls.
Photosynthetic Drift ascends with grace,
Light-born breath in time’s embrace.
Echoes of Lichen speak in green,
Ancient tongues, quiet and unseen.
The ground heaves with Tectonic Pulse,
Earth’s deep memory, slow and convulse.
Bioluminescent Veins ignite the dark,
Living stars with nature’s spark.
We Respire in Fog, unseen, alive,
In vapor’s hush, we drift and thrive.
A Moss Signal, faint, begins to weep—
Calling to those the soil keeps.
Under the Nocturnal Canopy, we lay,
Returning to life’s silent decay.
posted 20 May 2025
EMERGE – widerstand
[1049]
EMERGE
“widerstand”
music for interactive theater performance “how to perform resistance”
by the youth club of Junges Theater Augsburg
@ City Club Augsburg, 17.05.25, as part of 375 years of the festival of peace Augsburg
concept, voice recording, directed by Harald Volker Sommer
composition, recording, mastering, photo, design by EMERGE
posted 20 May 2025
Gerald Fiebig – Feedbeat
[ACP 1451]
Gerald Fiebig
“Feedbeat”
Composed, performed & recorded by Gerald Fiebig
Design by Gerald Fiebig
AI cover artwork by Canva.com
Design by Gerald Fiebig
AI cover artwork by Canva.com
posted 13 May 2025
