Electronic Music Culture

EMC is excited to share with you this special Atmospheres episode! Welcome to Adrian Newgent! Multifaceted and talented musician, Adrian is an experimental artist based in Den Haag, Netherlands. Adrian's chameleonic approach to music brought him to release music on experimental labels such as @vmindrecords under the Modern Errors alias as well as collaborate in audiovisual projects such as @helion...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 music...

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...

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 tog...

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! Sou...

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 pr...

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/christia...

Welcome to another "atmospheres" episode! This time, we are really pleased to introduce to you Sacred Seeds. Exploring deep ambient meditative vibes, the Indian-based producer Wasim Kozhikode creates auditory experiences with a palette of deep sonic elements, heavy sub frequencies, and strong emotive textures. Released on the ambient label Atlantea Records, Sacred Seeds' "Emeral Landscape" is the...

This month we have a special surprise for you all! We're thrilled to host on our Atmospheres playlist the debut of Flus, the new experimental project by Emanuele Pertoldi The mission of this alias is to share through sound the beauty and the diversity which surrounds us, but also to reconnect to the natural rhythm and wilderness. Emanuele founded Organic Audio, a field recording and sound design s...

Welcome to the September episode of our Atmospheres playlist. We are delighted to present a very special guest: Daar Álvaro Aragonés has been militating the electronic music scene since 2006, taking part in several music events and festivals around Europe and Spain. In 2016 Alvaro debuted with his ambient/experimental project Daar with "A Place To Be" LP on @labelengine, subsequently releasing on...

EMC is thrilled to present the August episode of the Atmospheres playlist. Welcome to Inhmost! Inhmost is one of the monikers of S.Huxtable who wanted a representation for the more ambient and downtempo works that he creates. Combining deep atmospheric feelings and organic nature into a dreamlike state of mind that come straight from the heart, his intention is to transport into calm places of bea...

EMC shapes is back with a brand new mix! This time the contribution comes from Eliza! Eliza is avid for music and record collecting. You will mostly find her passing the hours trying to find those records that break only music barriers and not the bank. If you know her you know: fun is to be taken seriously. Her music is genreless- age, style, price or popularity really doesn’t matter. If it works...

EMC is thrilled to introduce the guest for this "atmospheres" episode of July: Avsluta A real lover of experimental music and dedicated ambientist, Lucie Štěpánková aka Avsluta is an electro-acoustic composer and live performer based in London, UK. Curator of Introspective Electronics series and part of Vādin, the experimental project in collaboration with Christian Duka, Lucie became a central fi...

EMC is back with another "shapes" episode. Welcome to Leo Kloeve! Member of the The Cave collective since 2020, Leo was inspired by the rave scene and subcultures of his hometown Dresden. For this occasion, he dug into his record collection combining recent releases with 90s sounds. The result is a one hour vinyl only podcast exploring the warm and progressive spheres of house and breakbeats. Enjo...

E.M.C. atmospheres presents Faru Berlin-based musician, designer and explorer, Faru crafts drone and ambient music from his nature recordings from around the world. His works have been described as a natural orchestra in a dream-like manner. Exploring movements of nature, noise and harmonics. Titled like the Li Po's poem "In The Mountains On A Summer Day", this is mixtape is a full experience into...

Welcome to the May episode of our Shapes playlist! We glad to present our guest: Burnjamin! Since Burnjamin moved to Vienna, he has been playing his way through numerous clubs and he is also well known for his involvement in different events around the city. He left this and different alter-egos behind to pursue his own vision with the „superstate“ label. Genres do not matter, instead he seeks for...

EMC proudly presents the new atmospheres guest: Christian Duka Sound designer, academic, curator and researcher working primarily in immersive settings, Christian is a prolific ambient/experimental producer focused on audience involvement and participation. Following his residency at MONOM 4D Sound in Berlin in 2018, he continued his work in immersive audio systems at Aures London in Waterloo, whe...

EMC is happy to present our new guest for the shapes playlist. Welcome to DJ Myaso! Originally from Ukraine, Vladislav has been living in Canada for almost 7 years. Passionate about underground electronic music with no distinction, he started to collect vinyl records back in 2018, playing for his friends and hosting small private parties. For this mix, he selected some deep house and minimal recor...

Welcome to the April episode of our "atmospheres" playlist. We are thrilled to introduce to you Tarotplane! Expert connaisseur of underground electronic music from Baltimore (US), Tarotplane guides us through a sonic journey characterized by pioneering and experimental masterpieces of 90's ambient music. Enjoy! Tracklist: 1. John Taylor, Norma Winstone, and Kenny Wheeler - Azimuth 2. @jonathanfito...

EMC shapes is back with special guest straight out Groningen, Netherlands! Welcome to Geert Jan! Passionate vinyl collector and expert digger, Geert is a truly militant of the Groningen underground scene. As one of the founders of IIWII and Relate Radio, his deep committment to promote the local scene and artists can only be matched by his love for refined old school house vibes of Chicago and Det...

"Ambient music for daydreamers and nighthinkers, inspired by nature"... this is what you'll find in our new Atmospheres episode w/ Mind Over MIDI Helge Tømmervåg aka Mind over MIDI is a mysterious figure coming from the deep north of Europe, Norway. Residing in Kristianssund, Tømmervåg explored electronic msuic since his techno excursions in the late nineties to then land into the ambient/dub/ex...