The signal arrived without warning—Forgotten Moments by DF90, drifting through deep space like a memory that refused to fade.
Each track unlocked a layer of the ship’s consciousness. Frequency Drop dimmed the lights as gravity pulsed in slow dub chords. In Infinite Loop, time fractured, repeating corridors and footsteps that echoed into nothing. Inner Space revealed thoughts not my own—soft, melodic, endless.
By Passing Dub, I realized the ship was alive, speaking through delay and reverb. Retrograde reversed my memories, unspooling them into static. Then came System Error—a rupture, silence swallowing rhythm.
Only Winter Echoes remained, cold and distant, whispering across the void.
I was no longer piloting.
I was being played.
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all tracks by DF90
Mastering & Artwork by Markus Masuhr
Philippe Neau lives and works in France. His artistic practice circles around a single pursuit: the shaping of an imaginary landscape. Each work reaches toward a mental topography, a place that exists somewhere between perception and projection. His music summons these spaces through non-narrative form, built from muted field recordings, organic collages, abstract tonal fragments, rumbling glitches, atonal gestures, metallic textures and distant, half-remembered voices. The atmosphere often thickens into density. His palette is sharply contrasted, moving in the shifting interval where familiarity blurs into the uncanny. The sound swells, envelops, inhabits. These sonic terrains carry the listener into a state of immersion, an encounter with a place that is felt rather than described.
LR Friberg is a Swedish composer, mastering engineer and narrative artist whose work bridges sound and speculative fiction. Her music begins in mathematical processes – cellular automata generating evolving harmonic structures – and grows into immersive, emotionally driven ambient landscapes. Each piece functions as both music and world-building: sonic fragments of the ongoing fictional universe she writes, where light, place and connection shape atmosphere as much as melody. Her focus is precision, mood and storytelling through sound.
This collaboration emerged through a suggestion from Ivo Petrov at Mahorka for the “Making Things Happen: Netlabel Day 10th Anniversary Compilation”, released in the summer of 2025. While their contribution to that compilation carried an ironic glint, this album moves in a different direction – principled, disciplined and fully aligned with their respective aesthetics. Philippe’s textural density and shadowed abstraction meet LR’s luminous ambiences and patient rhythmic pulses, coalescing into a sound world reminiscent of the early pioneers of drifting electronic landscapes: spacious, enveloping, deep-focus environments where harmonic movement unfolds slowly and soft pulses act less like beats and more like shifting tectonic plates beneath the surface. The result is an immersive sonic terrain where two distinct artistic languages converge into a shared, resonant place.
Philippe Neau: field recordings, ambiance, effects.
LR Friberg: synthesizers, ambiance, effects, production, mastering, artwork.
Sanna Nordin: Foldverse thematic inspiration.
philippeneau.bandcamp.com
aurora-mm.codeberg.page/Foldverse/
aurora-mm.codeberg.page/Aurora/
aurora-compilations.org
“Hikari” se mueve entre el ambient y la experimentación desde gestos mínimos que se expanden lentamente. Son piezas extensas, calmadas, que no buscan explicarse demasiado: música para escuchar sin apuro, dejar correr y perderse un rato dentro.
“Hikari” moves between ambient and experimentation through minimal gestures that slowly unfold. These are long, calm pieces that don’t try to over-explain themselves: music to be listened to without haste, to let run its course and get lost in for a while.
Vocals in tracks 1 & 3: Mist Spectra.
Vocals in “Fire walk with Me” tracks: Sábila Orbe.
remixes, collabs mixed, cover artwork collage: Sábila Orbe.
All music composed by respective collaborators.
Artists collaborators links:
– The Owl: theowl.bandcamp.com
– Noxpox: noxpox.bandcamp.com
– Dagzzz: soundcloud.com/wearenotlovers
– 16bard: 16bard.bandcamp.com
– Black Market Brains: soundcloud.com/blackmarketbrains
– KΔDΔBRΔ: witchkadabra.bandcamp.com
– L.U.M.A: www.facebook.com/enghis.vonsharklor/videos
– Lezet: lezet.blogspot.com
– el_masmore: elmasmore.bandcamp.com
– Topi Reta: topireta.bandcamp.com
– Mean Flow: meanflow.bandcamp.com
– RAUPPWAR: rauppwar.bandcamp.com
– BLACKCANNON: soundcloud.com/blackcannonz
On the ocean-planet Inhering, the research vessel Submersion drifted through endless cobalt fog.
Inhering I began as a low horizon—distant mountains breathing dub chords into the mist.
Inhering II unfolded in tidal plains of glass, where echoes circled like slow satellites.
Inhering III pulsed beneath submerged forests, each chord a lighthouse flicker in liquid dusk.
Inhering IV rose last—vast, starless skies trembling with atmospheric resonance.
The crew realized the planet wasn’t silent; it was composing. Landscapes spoke in reverb, valleys hummed in delay.
They did not land.
They listened—
and became part of the echo.
Commencing Tomorrow
by Charles Rice Goff III & Michael LaGrega
1 Uniphonic Dawn
2 Fresh As Copperfield
3 The Way You Wish Them To Live
4 Ever Ever Ever
INSTRUMENTATION:
Goff:
Korg R3 Vocoder/Synthesizer
Yamaha VSS-30 Sampler/Synthesizer
Voice
Stylophone
Artiphon Orba
Boss RC 20X Loop Station Loop Duplicator
JVC TD-W303 Stereo Cassette Recorder
Sound Samples From Random Cassette Tapes
Tascam 424MKIII 4-Track Cassette Recorder
LaGrega:
Moog Matriarch
Oberheim Xpander
E-MU PX7 Command Station
LR Baggs Venue DI Pre-Amp
Fourness Electric Violin
Eventide Space
Mackie VLZ 12-channel Mixer
SOFTWARE:
Cool Edit Pro II Multitrack Recorder
Audacity Multitrack Recorder
Several Plug-In Audio Sound Effects
Amazing MIDI Wave-To-MIDI Converter
Musescore MIDI Scorewriter
Roxio 2011 Sound Recorder
PROCESS:
Goff and LaGrega recorded ninety-nine minutes of unrehearsed improvisations on January 2, 2026, at the Taped Rugs Studio in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. The duo produced four individual recordings during the session, each following its own unique trail of interactive atmospheres and moods. Goff edited these recordings into their current forms between January and February, 2026, cutting the total playing time by roughly half of its original length.
The elements of “Uniphonic Dawn” were recorded first, as a single, digital, monophonic track. Originally intended as a test of the wiring set-up, this piece ended up displaying some considerable interactive artistry between the improvisers. Goff retained its monophonic attributes in his edit.
The other three improvisations were each recorded digitally as well as on cassette tape, through a Tascam 4–Track cassette deck. The cassette recordings broke the instrumentation into tracks that could be edited individually. Staying as true as possible to the ebbs and flows of the original improvisations, Goff removed some of the less compelling materials, moved some other elements forward and backward in time, and sparsely added effects to various bits. No materials from any of the four original recordings were transferred to any of the other original recordings. No new elements were added to any of the original recordings. No artificial intelligence (AI) was employed in the editing of this collection.
THEME (?)
As Goff painstakingly worked to refine these recordings, he became more and more conscious of how they acted together to subtly reveal the rudiments of a metaphorical jumping-off point for a journey into a new beginning. (Of course, this metaphor was conjured entirely by Goff’s imagination, which has often been known to stray from traditional human behaviors.) Goff’s whole “new beginning” idea was reinforced by the fact that this collection of recordings was literally birthed at the beginning of a new year.
Compiled, cover collage: Sábila Orbe.
all tracks composed by the respective artists. All compiled from the internet archive 2026 latest releases.
Sources in tracklist order
https://archive.org/details/ghost-stories-ep/
https://archive.org/details/chaos-hunter
https://archive.org/details/somewhere-other-than
https://archive.org/details/RoucaCaliopeEris
https://archive.org/details/for-want-of-heaven-or-fear-of-hell/
https://archive.org/details/waltre-bicycle-madman_20260210
https://archive.org/details/a-dolls-decision-ost-moon-schweikert/
https://archive.org/details/DX-HyperGeometricIndifference
https://archive.org/details/blue-dot-sessions-thimble-rider
https://archive.org/details/NW3-20260125
https://archive.org/details/the-owls-of-the-black-lodge-2026
Recorded 08.04.2022 and 05.11.2022 at Young and Cold Studios, Augsburg, Germany
DW 8000: Daniel Hallhuber
Modular Synth: Sebastian Loh
Vocals+lyrics, Lyra 8, DFAM, bass guitar: Prinzip Nemesis
Field Kit: Gunnar, Jens, Prinzip Nemesis
recording: Daniel Hallhuber
mixing+mastering: brezenstudio
cover: Prinzip Nemesis
A dark ambient journey composed of slowly evolving and interwoven feedback drones that submerge into the unconsciousness.
Recommended listening: asleep (if you like unsettling nightmares)
This work is meant to be a single piece: track 8 “Stream of Unconsciousness” is the continuous mix
Recorded at Home Office Studios in 2025
+/-0: Modular Synth
Cover photography: +/-0
The original soundtrack we made for Ioana Nicoară & Sergiu Negulici (Reniform) and Cinty Ionescu (Asociația Narative)’s “Ne/Re-văzut Muscel” project.
These are not songs, but background sonic illustrations, meant to play along with AR 3D animations and people telling their stories. Normally, they are designed to play continuously: there are 3 looped audio tracks, of different length, for each “song” – when played together, the overall sense of repetition is less obvious.
Here you can listen to short, ~3m rendered demos. We strongly advise you to download the album, find the 3 images included in the archive, install the Reniform app on your smartphone and use it to see the whole thing. The texts / vocal tracks are Romanian only.
–ͫ̔͂̐̅-̗͙̦̯̙͈̻̐ͫ͋͂͌͌̌–̻̱̦̯̈̃ͭͫ-̪ͥ-̱̗̼͔–ͫͧ̇ͨͯ-͇́-̥-̰̻̰͚̃͗͛̂̌̃ͅͅ-̞-̣͛-͓͕̦͙͒̀̓̂-̼͇ͤ́-̦̪̘̮̝͚̄͌͌̆̑ͪ-̻̟͚͎͙̈ͣ̔́̚-̆̊-͌̿ͤͤͥ̊̚-͓̮̤̥͖–̲̟͙̞͕͙-͓̤͙̫͒͑̈́ͪ-̈́̽ͮ̾̐ͦ-̗̥̼̣͖̳-ͬͨ̎̉–̪̗̙̙̜̮̓͐ͥ͒̐ͦ̋ͅ-̭̘̈́̍-̘ͦ-͑-̳̱̓̿-͚̈́̚ͅ-̤͓̯ͅ–̩͉̠̟̯̘-̟̹͓̥̠͎̘̾͑͐͛̃͐ͮ–͖̙̀͆̚ͅ-̪͕̒ͭ-ͅ—-̯͇̟̙ͯ͛̈́͆-͕͔͕̬͔̙ͅ-̥̦͉̓́̇-̾ͦ-̦̼̱̞̘̬̆̆͂ͨͦͬ-̖̻̟̯̮̫̘̎͌ͪ̆ͮ̒̊-͑ͥͭ̓ͦ-̩̯͙ͣͪ̓-͖̯̣̹-̻̠̼͕̻̬̥ͬ̈́͐ͣͬͦ̅–̦̳-̜͉͚̺͇̠̥-̥̗͈̮͚̝-̫̞-͈̭̤͓ͨ͆ͫ͒̋ͅ-͙͖͚̥̻̘̩͛͒ͮͧ͛͒̎-̪̖͕̣̻ͥ̊͊́̀—̩͍̹͌̋̈́–̈́ͨ̏ͭ̽̚̚-͇̳̜̒̔̈́-̬̰̙̠–̰̭͈͖̹͈ͩ̿̽̀͂̐-ͧ-̩͊–̱̙̹͔͑̑ͦ̋-̬̫̳-̬͌–̫̥̦̗͎̦̄͐̀̍̓̇–͖-͍̭̫͕̬̽ͬ̋̒͌-̱̠̼-͖͓̅̅-͎̜̺̊ͦ͐-͙̻͕̼̬̜ͧ͂ͧ͛̓ͤ-̻̮̅ͯ-̑ͪ͆-ͧ͋͒-
Nouă instalații AR inserate în spațiul urban transformă orașul într-o arhivă vie. Fiecare punct de intervenție devine o poartă către povești personale și memorie colectivă. Cu ajutorul tehnologiei, aceste lucrări nu doar adaugă un strat vizual, ci deschid un altfel de dialog cu orașul în care privirea încetinește, iar memoria se reactivează pornind de la teme actuale identitarului colectiv. Cele 9 lucrări AR se construiesc pornind de la povești ale orașului, reprezentative pentru identitarul colectiv, atent selecționate și desprinse din arhiva artistei multimedia Cinty Ionescu. Aceste istorii sunt recontextualizate de artiștii vizuali Ioana Nicoară și Sergiu Negulici prin animații 3D și sunt incorporate în compoziții audio originale realizate de artiștii de sunet Makunouchi Bento, Sorin Păun și Alex Bălă. Lucrările AR au fost disponibile locuitorilor și vizitatorilor orașului prin folosirea unei aplicații gratuite instalate pe telefonul propriu. Amplasarea lucrărilor în spații publice sau neconvenționale ale orașului a fost însoțită de evenimente, activări și este inclusă pe o hartă fizică și digitală în catalogul interactiv NE/RE-VĂZUT: Muscel.
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Nine AR installations embedded in the urban space transform the city into a living archive. Each intervention point becomes a gateway to personal stories and collective memory. Through the use of technology, these works do more than add a visual layer—they open up a different kind of dialogue with the city, one in which the gaze slows down and memory is reactivated through themes that resonate with contemporary collective identity.
The nine AR works are built around stories of the city that are representative of its collective identity, carefully selected and drawn from the archive of multimedia artist Cinty Ionescu. These stories are recontextualized by visual artists Ioana Nicoară and Sergiu Negulici through 3D animations and are embedded within original audio compositions created by sound artists Makunouchi Bento, Sorin Păun, and Alex Bălă.
The AR works were made available to residents and visitors through a free application installed on their personal smartphones. Their placement in public or unconventional urban spaces was accompanied by events and activations and is documented on both a physical and digital map included in the interactive catalogue NE/RE-VĂZUT: Muscel.
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www.narative.ro/ne-re-vazut-muscel/
Written, produced, mixed and mastered by Felix Petrescu and Valentin Toma (Makunouchi Bento)
makunouchibento.org
Following the publication of a series of split releases French creatives Sobria Ebrietas and Iliaque have combined to create Dormance.
sobriaebrietas.bandcamp.com
iliaque.bandcamp.com
Rhythm tracks used on Dormance 13:
Suonho – Zajo_Loop22_02_commander-rwrk.wav CC-BY freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/58619/
Suonho – Zajo_Loop22_02_lowbit&rephat-rwrk.wav CC-BY freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/58620/
Artwork by Iliaque, based on photo by Derek Σωκράτης Finch: www.flickr.com/photos/sagesolar/53625252875/in/explore-2024-04-02/ CC-BY
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The first Dormance album, I, was released on The Committee for Sonic Research and is available here:
tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/i
released February 1, 2026
A. Stefan Christoff – Demand the Impossible
01. A sky entrance
02. Arc
03. Turning in the Bosphorus
04. Demand the Impossible
An album recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria one late evening in October 2023
Recorded and mixed by Yoncho Pavlov at AD 57, Sofia, Bulgaria
All piano compositions are original improvisations by Stefan Christoff
B. Open to the Sea – The Sofia Intuition
1. Please stop loving me
2. I will not wake you up
3. I recognise you
4. Bodies in contact
Reworks of Stefan Christoff’s original piano recordings with:
Saverio Rosi – OP-1 with wind instruments, double bass, synths
Matteo Uggeri – laptop, samples, random drumming
Enrico Coniglio – guitars
Mastered by Ryan Morey
Original artwork by Catalina Villegas-Burgos
Layout by Angel Draganov
Síntesis boreal
Esta pieza surgió como una experimentación con la idea de los triángulos, sus búsquedas de balance y de síntesis. Me sentía atraída por la energía del sol y los eventos cósmicos como eclipses y auroras boreales, así que los puse a danzar y a atravesarse. Cuando escuché el álbum de Stefan ‘’Demand the Impossible’’ sentí que mi experimentación le venía perfectamente por el juego de voces entre el bajo y las notas un poco más agudas e insistentes de esta obra. De algún modo, veía también los triángulos en su música y los tonos ‘boreales’ sobre fondo oscuro. En ambas obras: la musical y la visual, percibo desplazamientos y formas que se cruzan. Cuando ambos triángulos se encuentran, ¿es el sol un testigo de aquel eclipse o es acaso una fuerza oculta?
– Catalina Villegas-Burgos. (album artwork artist)
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It felt unlikely that this recording session would actually happen in Sofia, Bulgaria, but I am really happy that it did and I can share this moment in time. I had played a concert in Sofia that same evening hosted by Tsvetan Tsvetanov of the experimental Bulgarian National Radio program Alarma Punk Jazz. After the show finished I rushed over to the basement studio, AD 57, just before midnight. Sound engineer Yoncho Pavlov generously agreed to record this session super late and we recorded until just before 2 am in the morning. After the session I ran back to the apartment where I was staying with Canadian activist scholar Ezra Winton, packed my bags and rushed to the airport for a flight to Berlin that was set to depart at around 6am.
Despite all the rushing around this recording, the mood and feeling of the sound reminds me of the stars. In certain parts of Sofia there aren’t a lot of street lights and the sky feels close to touch. The mountains that shape the Bulgarian landscape also hold a presence and vibe in the capital city. While playing piano I was thinking of the sky above, the stars and the lands around Sofia and the Balkan region. This project is important to me because of my Bulgarian roots, my father is Macedonian Bulgarian. It was a long road from growing up in Canada to finally making it back to Bulgaria and to finding a path to work on this recording and music in Sofia. I hope that you can feel the emotional resonance in the piano tones.
Another layer to this recording is the fact that recording took place in the context of the Israeli state’s military attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza. The recording took place in November and the horrifying news coming out of Gaza spanked an intense need to take action around the world. In the week before this recording I had been with friends at protests and events to mobilize for Palestine in Montréal, Amsterdam and London. I was often thinking about Palestine during this recording session and the critical importance of sustaining an involvement and finding ways to support Palestine throughout my lifetime. Walking with and supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom and against colonialism is one of the essential progressive causes of our time, we must never be silent and always find ways to stand up when Palestine is in the headlines and critically when it is not. I certainly was thinking of my Palestinian friends and comrades around the world who have played such an important role in my life over the last decades throughout this recording, that is the honest truth. I hope that you can hear the sense of commitment and urgency around supporting Palestine that I have carried and acted upon my entire adult life.
Thank you for listening to this solo piano recording from Sofia, it means a lot to me, sending love from Montreal.
– Stefan Christoff.
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Guitars, electronic devices – Guillaume Blache
I, II & IV- Guillaume Blache
III – Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738)
Mastering – Diego Gaucho, Caracol musicalestudio
Art cover – Marcos Viso, all rights reserved
released January 29, 2026
