S.E.T.I – Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel (Loki Foundation)

Label Description: These tracks are mastered in such a way as to allow you to play through the whole set as if it was one experience. The tracks in the middle of the set are mastered quieter, so that you can sleep during your travels, if you wish.

You are on a journey to other worlds, using wormhole navigation and cosmic guidance. You’ll go through parallel universes. A lot of the time, you will need to sleep in order to maintain sanity and these sounds can accompany you if you’ll allow them in. They’ll comfort you, remind you…

There will be echoes of your past lives, encounters and tangential moments. Darkness, beauty and noise will be your companions…

A mangled communication burst…a smattering of spy transmissions…broken broadcasts and ethereal interludes from an Earth long since abandoned by a stupid and brutal race. A race only occasionally capable of connecting to the cosmic wheel that gives our souls energy.

These recordings have been composed, sequenced and mastered in such a way as to allow for periods of hazy dreams, deep sleep, time displacement and finally, awakening. Please use them as you see fit – perhaps as a toolbox for your own sleep travels and dream experimentation.

Music composition and arrangement by Andrew Lagowski 2014-2018 at Studio FWD.
Artwork by Knut Enderlein.
Mastered by Leaf Audio.

Andrew Lagowski is a British musician and producer who has been active in the electronic music scene since the 1980s. He has released a diverse range of music under various aliases, including Lagowski, Legion, S.E.T.I., Clans of the Alphane Moon and Project Ghost.
Lagowski’s early work focused on experimental and industrial music, with albums such as ‘Nadir’ and Legion’s ’Die Datenschleuder’ showcasing his interest in exploring unconventional sound sources and production techniques.
In the early 1990s, Lagowski began to move towards a more techno-oriented sound, releasing an influential series of 12” singles on the Chromium Industries label. These helped to establish Lagowski as a key figure in the techno and electronic music scenes.
His musical output has continued to evolve and expand over the years, with recent releases such as ‘Secrets of Numbers’ and S.E.T.I.’s ‘Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel’ showcasing his continued experimentation with sound and production techniques.
Throughout his career, Lagowski’s music has been characterised by its innovative use of electronic instrumentation, as well as his willingness to blend and cross-pollinate genres. His diverse musical catalogue of 60+ albums and 10+ 12” singles has earned him a loyal following and cemented his place as a respected and influential figure in the world of electronic music.

アンドリュー・ラゴフスキーは、1980年代初頭から電子音楽シーンで活動しているイギリスのミュージシャンおよびプロデューサーです。彼はLagowski、Legion、S.E.T.I.、Nagamatzu、Clans of the Alphane Moon、Project Ghostなど、さまざまな別名で多様な音楽をリリースしています。
彼の初期の作品は実験的でインダストリアルな音楽に焦点を当て、S.E.T.I.の『Knowledge』、Lagowskiの『Nadir』、Legionの『Die Datenschleuder』などのアルバムでは非伝統的な音源と制作技術の探求が表れています。
1990年代には、ラゴフスキーはよりテクノ志向のサウンドに移行し、Chromium Industriesレーベルでの一連の影響力ある12インチシングルをリリースしました。これらは彼をテクノおよび電子音楽シーンで重要な存在として確立するのに役立ちました。
彼の音楽は年を重ねるごとに進化し拡大し、最近のリリースである『Secrets of Numbers』やS.E.T.I.の『Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel』では、音と制作技術の実験を続けています。
ラゴフスキーのキャリアを通して、彼の音楽は電子楽器の革新的な使用と、ジャンルを融合・交差させる意欲によって特徴づけられています。60以上のアルバムと10以上の12インチシングルからなる多様な音楽カタログは、彼に忠実なファンを魅了し、電子音楽の世界で尊敬される影響力ある人物としての地位を確立しています。

Agathe Max – Kurama (Golden Ratio Frequencies)

Label Description: After a period of quiet, Golden Ratio Frequencies record label is delighted to mark its return to physical releases with KURAMA from French experimental musician Agathe Max.

Best known for her exquisite, powerful, and deeply emotive work as a virtuoso violinist—across projects including Abstract Concrete (with Charles Hayward of ThisHeat), These Towns (UKEA, Will Glaser) Mésange (God Unknown Records) And Kuro (Rocket Recordings)—KURAMA sees Max step away from strings and into the realms of experimental electronics, ASMR, and healing music.

Named after the Japanese mountain regarded as the birthplace of the energy healing practice of Reiki, KURAMA unfolds as an eight-track journey through the body. It serves as a musical interpretation of the hands-on healing practice, of which Max is a trained practitioner, whilst the act of making the record became a form of self-regulation in itself.

Max explains:
“All tracks were composed in the morning, when I would wake up around 7am, often after a series of vivid dreams, in the first light of the day and with the clearest mind as possible to channel the Reiki energy.”


The first track, Space Transformer, is based on ASMR and therapeutic tuning forks, with water and fire elements, crystals and minerals combined with the frequencies of the tuning forks C 256/G 384-C 128-C 64.

All the other tracks are following the solfeggio scale from the crown chakra, third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, root as followed 963hz, 852hz, 741hz, 639hz, 528hz, 417hz 396hz.”

This attention to detail may not be immediately obvious, but it is felt, subtly resonating through the body in a series of calming sound experiments. There’s a playful innocence at work, wrapped in healing intention, full of soft pads, arpeggiated synths, and sensory tingling textures, all sitting alongside unexpected touches, such as the purring of Max’s late feline companion, Lemmy. The result evokes echoes of 80s New Age healing cassettes, the environmental Kankyō Ongaku of Japan (think Hiroshi Yoshimura), and contemporary Nu-age minimalism in the vein of Green-House.


Ultimately, KURAMA is a gentle offering, thoughtfully created with deep care and intention, as Max concludes:

“I hope the listener will feel the connection I have implanted in my compositions.
They all came from the deepest part of my heart, channeling the healing power of music.”


Physical copies are realised on pro-dubbed C40 lilac marbled cassette tape made from recycled plastics, with a full-colour double-panel inlay and housed in cases UV-printed with the Golden Ratio spiral, limited to just 50 copies. 

Written, recorded and produced by Agathe Max during 2020/2021.
Artwork – A P Macarte

j4vaman – Never Ending Void (Petroglyph Music)

Label Description: I am a Polish musician specializing in electronic, experimental, dark ambient, and plunderphonics music. My work explores the boundaries of sound through unconventional textures and immersive atmospheres, often blending found sounds with synthetic layers to create unique sonic landscapes. Drawing inspiration from both the eerie and the abstract, I aim to evoke deep emotional responses and transport listeners into otherworldly auditory experiences.

This album was heavily based on sampling the short snippets of music from old Adult Swim bumpers. And as usual with my work, I also sampled stuff from old public service advertisement, like anti-drug ads, etc.

There’s everything on here: tracks that are calm, sad, bright or aggressive. There is always a severe amount of different emotions in the void.

All tracks mixed and produced by j4vaman
Artwork by j4vaman
Additional chords on Track 3 by Michael Monaghan.

j4vaman.bandcamp.com/album/never-ending-void

j4vaman.bandcamp.com

Variant – While The Universe Sleeps (quiet details)

Label Description: Digital half-price until 12th June x

Credits:
Music by variant
Mastered by Stephen Hitchell in Echospace and Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Stephen Hitchell
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2026 all rights reserved

From Stephen:
written and produced by variant in ann arbor, mi. [2020-2025]
additional modular synthesis provided by antiquemodulations, detroit, mi. usa. 
mixdown and premastering by alex gold. mastered by stephen hitchell in echospace.
thanks to: alex gold, chris federsen, gerard hanson, martin, richard, jimmy, kevin martin, rod modell, sam valenti, steve barker, tomoko and family at disk union and everyone around the world supporting this sonic art.

For the fiftieth release in the series, I’m thrilled to share an extended-length interpretation from a foundational figure in the electronic music world, the
Detroit-based Stephen Hitchell, here as variant.

Describing the importance of Stephen’s contribution to electronic music is a huge task – born out of the visionary axis between Detroit, Chicago and Berlin, he built on structures laid by those before him to create a universe of vast depth and sonic beauty. Along with many collaborators, his label echospace [detroit] became a home for forward-thinking dub-spirited music.

This, and numerous releases on other labels, including the seminal The Coldest Season on Modern Love with regular partner Rod Modell, and ground-breaking live performances everywhere from Berghain to Movement, made Stephen indivisible from any conversation of the most important artists of our time.

Under the guise of variant, we might find Stephen at his deepest, as he puts it:
“to score the constellation of mystical events occurring in the depths of space”

With while the universe sleeps, he has achieved something remarkable. As with all the variant music, Stephen takes influence from the vast recesses of the cosmos, both imaginatively and sonically.

Drawing on NASA’s sound archive, “the vast echoes of space have been manipulated and resynthesized throughout the duration of this sonic experience.”

Through decades of dedication to his craft, Stephen has become a producer of almost unparalleled skill – all seen through the lens of formative years immersed in the inception and evolution of techno, house, ambient and countless detours.
All this is brought to bear on while the universe sleeps – a truly masterful deep-space voyage, eighty minutes submerged in cathartic waves of interstellar bliss.

Infinitely spacious – echoing chords and endlessly sustaining pads establish an emotional core, surrounded by highly-processed astral transmissions and organic analogue noise. Always underpinned by sub-bass reminiscent of the lowest frequencies emanating from the studios of Jamiaca, that are also of massive significance to Stephen’s work.

Huge thanks to Stephen, an incredible addition to the series.

The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album – originating from a photo from Stephen which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.

As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.

The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form.

From Stephen:

written and produced by variant in ann arbor, mi. [2020-2025]
additional modular synthesis provided by antiquemodulations, detroit, mi. usa. 
mixdown and premastering by alex gold. mastered by stephen hitchell in echospace.
thanks to: alex gold, chris federsen, gerard hanson, martin, richard, jimmy, kevin martin, rod modell, sam valenti, steve barker, tomoko and family at disk union and everyone around the world supporting this sonic art.

echospace313.bandcamp.com  

Cousin Silas & Wilfried Hanrath (The Cousin Silas Emporium)

Label Description: New album…

The track ‘Longings’ is a completely different version to the one on our 2nd album.

Dedicated to Viggo

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Cover by Wilfried Hanrath.

wilfriedhanrath.bandcamp.com

The Black Dog – Music For Real Airports (Box Set 2) [Dust Science Recordings]

Label Description: Collected together for the first time, this five-CD box set brings together the various works from the Music For Real Airports project.

The collection not only includes Music For Real Airports, Music For Airport Lounges, and Music For Dead Airports, but also features a substantial amount of new, unheard material, alternate mixes and live recordings taken from our archive. This second box set reflects a long and uneasy relationship with airports.

After years spent sitting in airports, travelling to and from gigs, we have seen past the polished surfaces and the promises of comfort and efficiency. They present a controlled fiction, a managed calm built on delay, surveillance and routine.

Across five hours of music, much of it previously unheard and available for the first time, the box set confronts the modern reality of travel and the corporate structures that shape it. The music documents these spaces as they are experienced rather than as they are sold.

Blood Incantation – All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Century Media Records]

Label Description: 24-bit / 48K HD audio master.

The over 60-minutes’ long ‚All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)‘ demonstrates Blood Incantation’s diverse capability of songwriting and reveals a light, beautiful and holistic side, serving as the pastoral „yang energy“ of the dark atmosphere of ‚Timewave Zero‘

Line-Up:
Paul Riedel
Jeff Barrett
Morris Kolontyrsky
Isaac Faulk