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how much can a voice hold before it breaks? how much love can it carry?

@6_e_l_astrips everything back and pushes theirs to the absolute edge — breathing, cracking, growling, dissolving into electronics and back again. what begins as something intimate becomes uncanny: a set of “love songs” built from feedback, industrial drones, and raw human residue.

born from late-night shifts in a seoul karaoke bar — watching strangers sing themselves apart on CCTV while silently reciting “form is emptiness, emptiness is form” — Korean Love Sonnets turns isolation into intensity. the inner voice doesn’t whisper here. it roars.

tracks like Palaces in the Air and Union Valley Ll4 - Tiger’s Mouth feel less like songs and more like transmissions: fragile, confrontational, and strangely tender. beauty and discomfort blur. romance mutates. the human voice becomes something else entirely.

with contributions from Minhee Park (Haepaary) and Ian Mikyska, the album opens small portals within its dense, ritual-like atmosphere — moments where devotion, mythology, and distortion collide.

Korean Love Sonnets asks you to listen closer — to what we expect from beauty, identity, and each other.
don’t sleep.

out now via @subtext_recordings
all songs written, produced, and performed by bela.

track 2 recorded by bela and Jon-Eirik Boska @joneirikboska
track 5 vocals performed by 박민희 Minhee Park @_parkminhee
track 5 lyrics taken from 평롱 Pyeongnong of 정가 Jeong’ga repertoire
track 6 viola da gamba and electronics by Ian Mikyska
album art by Mira Mann “Untitled (Korean Love Sonnets)”, 2026
mixed & mastered by James Ginzburg.
photography by @camille_blake
album art by @mira.mann

special thanks to Minhee Park, Mira Mann, Vladimir Karaleev, Pascal Mungioli, Jon-Eirik Boska, Petra Hermanova, Anton Filatov, and Akademie der Künste Studio für Electroakustische Musik.
published by Multiverse Media Publishing.

how much can a voice hold before it breaks? how much love can it carry?

@6_e_l_astrips everything back and pushes theirs to the absolute edge — breathing, cracking, growling, dissolving into electronics and back again. what begins as something intimate becomes uncanny: a set of “love songs” built from feedback, industrial drones, and raw human residue.

born from late-night shifts in a seoul karaoke bar — watching strangers sing themselves apart on CCTV while silently reciting “form is emptiness, emptiness is form” — Korean Love Sonnets turns isolation into intensity. the inner voice doesn’t whisper here. it roars.

tracks like Palaces in the Air and Union Valley Ll4 - Tiger’s Mouth feel less like songs and more like transmissions: fragile, confrontational, and strangely tender. beauty and discomfort blur. romance mutates. the human voice becomes something else entirely.

with contributions from Minhee Park (Haepaary) and Ian Mikyska, the album opens small portals within its dense, ritual-like atmosphere — moments where devotion, mythology, and distortion collide.

Korean Love Sonnets asks you to listen closer — to what we expect from beauty, identity, and each other.
don’t sleep.

out now via @subtext_recordings
all songs written, produced, and performed by bela.

track 2 recorded by bela and Jon-Eirik Boska @joneirikboska
track 5 vocals performed by 박민희 Minhee Park @_parkminhee
track 5 lyrics taken from 평롱 Pyeongnong of 정가 Jeong’ga repertoire
track 6 viola da gamba and electronics by Ian Mikyska
album art by Mira Mann “Untitled (Korean Love Sonnets)”, 2026
mixed & mastered by James Ginzburg.
photography by @camille_blake
album art by @mira.mann

special thanks to Minhee Park, Mira Mann, Vladimir Karaleev, Pascal Mungioli, Jon-Eirik Boska, Petra Hermanova, Anton Filatov, and Akademie der Künste Studio für Electroakustische Musik.
published by Multiverse Media Publishing.

seven years after the haunting resonance of Voids, electronic pioneer @martyn3024 announces his long-awaited return to the album format.

arriving on 15 May via his own label @_3024_music_ , Music For Existing is a reflection on staying devoted to craft in an age of constant noise — a love letter to the communal act of making music, and a bold, genre-blurring statement rooted in collaboration, connection, improvisation, and pure sonic freedom.

lead single Heavy Sound bridges past and present, setting the tone for a deeply collaborative, jazz-tinged journey featuring Duval Timothy, Dan Only, Lucinda Chua, Mark Cisneros, Mischa Porte, Cees Bruisma, and Musa Okwonga.

this is not just a return — it’s a statement of intent.
Music For Existing celebrates the radical act of simply being together.

lock in. 🔊
pre-order now.

pic by @nigelthreetimes
all art by @jeroen_erosie

seven years after the haunting resonance of Voids, electronic pioneer @martyn3024 announces his long-awaited return to the album format.

arriving on 15 May via his own label @_3024_music_ , Music For Existing is a reflection on staying devoted to craft in an age of constant noise — a love letter to the communal act of making music, and a bold, genre-blurring statement rooted in collaboration, connection, improvisation, and pure sonic freedom.

lead single Heavy Sound bridges past and present, setting the tone for a deeply collaborative, jazz-tinged journey featuring Duval Timothy, Dan Only, Lucinda Chua, Mark Cisneros, Mischa Porte, Cees Bruisma, and Musa Okwonga.

this is not just a return — it’s a statement of intent.
Music For Existing celebrates the radical act of simply being together.

lock in. 🔊
pre-order now.

pic by @nigelthreetimes
all art by @jeroen_erosie

seven years after the haunting resonance of Voids, electronic pioneer @martyn3024 announces his long-awaited return to the album format.

arriving on 15 May via his own label @_3024_music_ , Music For Existing is a reflection on staying devoted to craft in an age of constant noise — a love letter to the communal act of making music, and a bold, genre-blurring statement rooted in collaboration, connection, improvisation, and pure sonic freedom.

lead single Heavy Sound bridges past and present, setting the tone for a deeply collaborative, jazz-tinged journey featuring Duval Timothy, Dan Only, Lucinda Chua, Mark Cisneros, Mischa Porte, Cees Bruisma, and Musa Okwonga.

this is not just a return — it’s a statement of intent.
Music For Existing celebrates the radical act of simply being together.

lock in. 🔊
pre-order now.

pic by @nigelthreetimes
all art by @jeroen_erosie

“Myths of the MediterrAlien is a high-octane voyage through a universe where ancient cultures collide with futuristic visions.” 👽 🌊

for@jensen_interceptor_the MediterrAlien is a hybrid character drifting between mythology and outer space — carrying fragments of history and hyperspace into the club. across four electrifying tracks, the EP pushes deconstructed rave floor energy and experimental bass into a fast, hyper-energetic dimension. each piece unfolds like a chapter in the MediterrAlien’s journey: spiralling through cosmic turbulence, landing on ancient Mediterranean shores, and bending traditional echoes through the pressure of a distant galaxy.

built for the late-night edges of the dance floor it feels both cinematic and physical — a personal mythology turned into rhythm, where electro circuitry meets ancient imagination. a sonic wormhole connecting the world Jensen Interceptor comes from with the one his imagination is heading toward next. ⚡️🛸

out now via@discosextendes

* all tracks written and produced by Jensen Interceptor
* master by Carlos Nascimento at Qualia Audio Lab
* artwork by Conhecido João & Diogo Vasconcelos

“Myths of the MediterrAlien is a high-octane voyage through a universe where ancient cultures collide with futuristic visions.” 👽 🌊

for@jensen_interceptor_the MediterrAlien is a hybrid character drifting between mythology and outer space — carrying fragments of history and hyperspace into the club. across four electrifying tracks, the EP pushes deconstructed rave floor energy and experimental bass into a fast, hyper-energetic dimension. each piece unfolds like a chapter in the MediterrAlien’s journey: spiralling through cosmic turbulence, landing on ancient Mediterranean shores, and bending traditional echoes through the pressure of a distant galaxy.

built for the late-night edges of the dance floor it feels both cinematic and physical — a personal mythology turned into rhythm, where electro circuitry meets ancient imagination. a sonic wormhole connecting the world Jensen Interceptor comes from with the one his imagination is heading toward next. ⚡️🛸

out now via@discosextendes

* all tracks written and produced by Jensen Interceptor
* master by Carlos Nascimento at Qualia Audio Lab
* artwork by Conhecido João & Diogo Vasconcelos

At Source is a ritual in motion: a living collaboration where Caterina Barbieri’s modular synth cycles and Bendik Giske’s breath-driven saxophone assemble themselves in real time. Repetition here is not static but animated —mathematical patterns soften into something fragile and human, while the saxophone orbits the electronics, dissolving into circuitry or cutting through it with raw, bodily force. time loosens its grip, and the music unfolds as a continuously becoming present rather than a linear arc.

developed through shared performance, residency, and live evolution, At Source explores the liminal space between body and machine, precision and vulnerability. it is not a fusion but a productive confrontation: analogue synthesis and extended saxophone technique meeting at a point of mutual transformation. at once intimate and cosmic, meditative and quietly ecstatic, the album captures two artists working at the edge of their respective practices — finding, at the source, a world of sound that feels both essential and unknowable.
✨✨✨

releases February 27, via @light____years

all tracks composed, produced and mixed by Caterina Barbieri @cat_barbieri and Bendik Giske @bendikgiske

additional mixing by James Ginzburg @jamesginzburg
mastered by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Loop-O Mastering.
photography by Igor Pjörrt @pjorrt

graphic design by Nicola Tirabasso @visio____
special thanks to Jan Vorisek @v0r1sickn3ss

Handle with Care / Optimal
℗ & © light–years in association with @k7.music 2026

At Source is a ritual in motion: a living collaboration where Caterina Barbieri’s modular synth cycles and Bendik Giske’s breath-driven saxophone assemble themselves in real time. Repetition here is not static but animated —mathematical patterns soften into something fragile and human, while the saxophone orbits the electronics, dissolving into circuitry or cutting through it with raw, bodily force. time loosens its grip, and the music unfolds as a continuously becoming present rather than a linear arc.

developed through shared performance, residency, and live evolution, At Source explores the liminal space between body and machine, precision and vulnerability. it is not a fusion but a productive confrontation: analogue synthesis and extended saxophone technique meeting at a point of mutual transformation. at once intimate and cosmic, meditative and quietly ecstatic, the album captures two artists working at the edge of their respective practices — finding, at the source, a world of sound that feels both essential and unknowable.
✨✨✨

releases February 27, via @light____years

all tracks composed, produced and mixed by Caterina Barbieri @cat_barbieri and Bendik Giske @bendikgiske

additional mixing by James Ginzburg @jamesginzburg
mastered by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Loop-O Mastering.
photography by Igor Pjörrt @pjorrt

graphic design by Nicola Tirabasso @visio____
special thanks to Jan Vorisek @v0r1sickn3ss

Handle with Care / Optimal
℗ & © light–years in association with @k7.music 2026

@laurelhalo returns with an album of original soundtrack music, composed for the film Midnight Zone by visual artist @julian.charriere that traces a descent into one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems:the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone — a remote abyssal plain in the Pacific Ocean, rich in rare metals and increasingly targeted for deep-sea mining — the film traces a descent into one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems.

echoing this tension, Halo’s compositions evoke a sensory free fall, where gravity falters and light and sound flicker in uncertain rhythms. Midnight Zone is a sonic drift through the space between what we seek to extract, fail to understand, and must protect.

the score evokes the life that exists beyond our physical air bound capacity. the material features long, subtle passages of electro-acoustic ambient, drone and sound design, slowly flowing and unfolding with rich detail.
🌊♾️🩵

Midnight Zone will be out via Laurel Halo’s imprint @a__w____e . on March 13.

Julian Charrière
Midnight Zone, 2024
Film excerpt © The Artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn [2026]

📷 Laurel Halo: Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff

@laurelhalo returns with an album of original soundtrack music, composed for the film Midnight Zone by visual artist @julian.charriere that traces a descent into one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems:the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone — a remote abyssal plain in the Pacific Ocean, rich in rare metals and increasingly targeted for deep-sea mining — the film traces a descent into one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems.

echoing this tension, Halo’s compositions evoke a sensory free fall, where gravity falters and light and sound flicker in uncertain rhythms. Midnight Zone is a sonic drift through the space between what we seek to extract, fail to understand, and must protect.

the score evokes the life that exists beyond our physical air bound capacity. the material features long, subtle passages of electro-acoustic ambient, drone and sound design, slowly flowing and unfolding with rich detail.
🌊♾️🩵

Midnight Zone will be out via Laurel Halo’s imprint @a__w____e . on March 13.

Julian Charrière
Midnight Zone, 2024
Film excerpt © The Artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn [2026]

📷 Laurel Halo: Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff

KMRU is back with an intimate, slow-breathing ambient record that turns memory, place, and kinship into sound.

Kin feels less like a collection of tracks and more like a continuous emotional environment. Joseph @_kamaru_ blends field recordings, tape hiss, distant voices, and soft drones to explore ideas of family, lineage, and belonging, especially through a diasporic lens. nothing is rushed or dramatic. sounds fade in and out like half-remembered moments — is a trip that rewards close repeated listens as all the colours and textures, nuance and narratives unveil themselves.

Kin is a record to be played slow and LOUD ✨🔊✨

For Pita.

All tracks written, produced, mixed by Joseph Kamaru
Blurred co-written & produced with Christian Fennesz @_fennesz
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering
Photography: Joseph Kamaru
Layout & Design: Nik Void
Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle, Berlin
Photo KMRU: Palma Llopis

Out on February 13, via @editionsmego

KMRU is back with an intimate, slow-breathing ambient record that turns memory, place, and kinship into sound.

Kin feels less like a collection of tracks and more like a continuous emotional environment. Joseph @_kamaru_ blends field recordings, tape hiss, distant voices, and soft drones to explore ideas of family, lineage, and belonging, especially through a diasporic lens. nothing is rushed or dramatic. sounds fade in and out like half-remembered moments — is a trip that rewards close repeated listens as all the colours and textures, nuance and narratives unveil themselves.

Kin is a record to be played slow and LOUD ✨🔊✨

For Pita.

All tracks written, produced, mixed by Joseph Kamaru
Blurred co-written & produced with Christian Fennesz @_fennesz
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering
Photography: Joseph Kamaru
Layout & Design: Nik Void
Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle, Berlin
Photo KMRU: Palma Llopis

Out on February 13, via @editionsmego

memories of @verraco__ & @lechugazafiro’s HYPERVERBENA full AV premiere at @mirafestival — a hyperkinetic ritual of sound and light that reimagines the latin american party for the digital age with explosive rhythms, generative visuals, and sonic storytelling that collide in a sensory celebration of cultural hybridity and technological intensity. 💥

📷 Albaru Perez

since May, @smerz_ ‘s Big city life has soundtracked all our lives, drawing their fans to the tension between everyday reality and dreamlike escape..
now the album takes a new shape: Big city life EDITS is out today on @eschoescho , featuring reworks from Clairo, Astrid Sonne, Erika de Casier & more.

the duo’s sold-out world tour continues through Europe and the UK — catch them while you can! 🪩

the art of production with @verraco__ ! 🔊
the colombian electronic futurist is one of his generation’s most daring sound designers. @chloe.lula digs into the meticulous techniques he uses to break sonic boundaries.
check @resident_advisor’s full article in our linktree ⤴️

we’re gleeful to announce that @jensen_interceptor_ ‘s new album ‘Interception’ is out today via his @international_chrome_ label and is available in all platforms and good record shops.

the album, his second long player following 2018’s ‘Mother’, is something of a state-of-the-nation that finds Melas consolidating several eras of his career, past and present, to form a distinct new sound that is the most experimental work he has produced to date.

“i really wanted to challenge and, i guess, prove myself in other spheres, to take my music to a new place. i’ve never wanted to be too repetitive and found that expectations, imagined or real, were forcing me to get stuck on a specific sound both in my productions and dj sets.”

this renewal is reflected in the title of the album, which eagle-eyed fans will note is the same as the first ep that was released under the Jensen Interceptor moniker, and the emotional and personal nature of the lp is likewise mirrored in the abstract impressionism of the artwork created by fellow australian, Brodie Kaman, the artist behind the visual look of Lady Gaga’s recent Mayhem lp as well as works for FKA Twigs, Nine Inch Nails, and more. the design—resembling oil drifting across a microscope slide—uses a mix of vivid pastels and moody darks to express the album’s emotional depth: a collection of distinct elements coalescing into something richer and more evocative.
✨💫✨

we’re gleeful to announce that @jensen_interceptor_ ‘s new album ‘Interception’ is out today via his @international_chrome_ label and is available in all platforms and good record shops.

the album, his second long player following 2018’s ‘Mother’, is something of a state-of-the-nation that finds Melas consolidating several eras of his career, past and present, to form a distinct new sound that is the most experimental work he has produced to date.

“i really wanted to challenge and, i guess, prove myself in other spheres, to take my music to a new place. i’ve never wanted to be too repetitive and found that expectations, imagined or real, were forcing me to get stuck on a specific sound both in my productions and dj sets.”

this renewal is reflected in the title of the album, which eagle-eyed fans will note is the same as the first ep that was released under the Jensen Interceptor moniker, and the emotional and personal nature of the lp is likewise mirrored in the abstract impressionism of the artwork created by fellow australian, Brodie Kaman, the artist behind the visual look of Lady Gaga’s recent Mayhem lp as well as works for FKA Twigs, Nine Inch Nails, and more. the design—resembling oil drifting across a microscope slide—uses a mix of vivid pastels and moody darks to express the album’s emotional depth: a collection of distinct elements coalescing into something richer and more evocative.
✨💫✨

we’re gleeful to announce that @jensen_interceptor_ ‘s new album ‘Interception’ is out today via his @international_chrome_ label and is available in all platforms and good record shops.

the album, his second long player following 2018’s ‘Mother’, is something of a state-of-the-nation that finds Melas consolidating several eras of his career, past and present, to form a distinct new sound that is the most experimental work he has produced to date.

“i really wanted to challenge and, i guess, prove myself in other spheres, to take my music to a new place. i’ve never wanted to be too repetitive and found that expectations, imagined or real, were forcing me to get stuck on a specific sound both in my productions and dj sets.”

this renewal is reflected in the title of the album, which eagle-eyed fans will note is the same as the first ep that was released under the Jensen Interceptor moniker, and the emotional and personal nature of the lp is likewise mirrored in the abstract impressionism of the artwork created by fellow australian, Brodie Kaman, the artist behind the visual look of Lady Gaga’s recent Mayhem lp as well as works for FKA Twigs, Nine Inch Nails, and more. the design—resembling oil drifting across a microscope slide—uses a mix of vivid pastels and moody darks to express the album’s emotional depth: a collection of distinct elements coalescing into something richer and more evocative.
✨💫✨

bela Korean Love Sonnets world premiere at @berlinatonal 2025, co-curated by @elevate_festival @timesmovement

A week ago, on the 29th of August, I premiered new album Korean Love Sonnets on the main stage of Kraftwerk for Berlin Atonal with Anton Filatov’s scenography. This show came from a deeply sad and funny(only when you look back) place, and I am grateful for all the support through messages and thank-yous we shared on the night of the concert. I am humbled to receive Berlin Atonal’s trust with this vision. Korean Love Sonnets will continue to visit the rest of the world soon.

The premiere was possible thanks to @antoonfilatov on scenography, @vladimirkaraleev on garments design, and @sinmaldita on mastering.

The music you heard featured Joseph Baan, Makoto Oshiro, Jamie Stewart, and Minhee Park. It will be released on Subtext @subtext_recordings in April 2026. @jamesginzburg I am grateful to have your support and encouragement. You helped me belive in this project.

The show was created at Akademie der Künste, and thanks for the support.

Additionally, thanks to @pascalmungioli @outer_agency @camille_blake @xiansofi @greenjade___ @the_blind_dead and Natalie Mariko for inspiration and our conversations.
Special thanks to @kloxii for our friendship…

Thank you.

Photos by Isabel O’Toole and Frankie Casillo courtesy of Berlin Atonal

bela Korean Love Sonnets world premiere at @berlinatonal 2025, co-curated by @elevate_festival @timesmovement

A week ago, on the 29th of August, I premiered new album Korean Love Sonnets on the main stage of Kraftwerk for Berlin Atonal with Anton Filatov’s scenography. This show came from a deeply sad and funny(only when you look back) place, and I am grateful for all the support through messages and thank-yous we shared on the night of the concert. I am humbled to receive Berlin Atonal’s trust with this vision. Korean Love Sonnets will continue to visit the rest of the world soon.

The premiere was possible thanks to @antoonfilatov on scenography, @vladimirkaraleev on garments design, and @sinmaldita on mastering.

The music you heard featured Joseph Baan, Makoto Oshiro, Jamie Stewart, and Minhee Park. It will be released on Subtext @subtext_recordings in April 2026. @jamesginzburg I am grateful to have your support and encouragement. You helped me belive in this project.

The show was created at Akademie der Künste, and thanks for the support.

Additionally, thanks to @pascalmungioli @outer_agency @camille_blake @xiansofi @greenjade___ @the_blind_dead and Natalie Mariko for inspiration and our conversations.
Special thanks to @kloxii for our friendship…

Thank you.

Photos by Isabel O’Toole and Frankie Casillo courtesy of Berlin Atonal

bela Korean Love Sonnets world premiere at @berlinatonal 2025, co-curated by @elevate_festival @timesmovement

A week ago, on the 29th of August, I premiered new album Korean Love Sonnets on the main stage of Kraftwerk for Berlin Atonal with Anton Filatov’s scenography. This show came from a deeply sad and funny(only when you look back) place, and I am grateful for all the support through messages and thank-yous we shared on the night of the concert. I am humbled to receive Berlin Atonal’s trust with this vision. Korean Love Sonnets will continue to visit the rest of the world soon.

The premiere was possible thanks to @antoonfilatov on scenography, @vladimirkaraleev on garments design, and @sinmaldita on mastering.

The music you heard featured Joseph Baan, Makoto Oshiro, Jamie Stewart, and Minhee Park. It will be released on Subtext @subtext_recordings in April 2026. @jamesginzburg I am grateful to have your support and encouragement. You helped me belive in this project.

The show was created at Akademie der Künste, and thanks for the support.

Additionally, thanks to @pascalmungioli @outer_agency @camille_blake @xiansofi @greenjade___ @the_blind_dead and Natalie Mariko for inspiration and our conversations.
Special thanks to @kloxii for our friendship…

Thank you.

Photos by Isabel O’Toole and Frankie Casillo courtesy of Berlin Atonal

bela Korean Love Sonnets world premiere at @berlinatonal 2025, co-curated by @elevate_festival @timesmovement

A week ago, on the 29th of August, I premiered new album Korean Love Sonnets on the main stage of Kraftwerk for Berlin Atonal with Anton Filatov’s scenography. This show came from a deeply sad and funny(only when you look back) place, and I am grateful for all the support through messages and thank-yous we shared on the night of the concert. I am humbled to receive Berlin Atonal’s trust with this vision. Korean Love Sonnets will continue to visit the rest of the world soon.

The premiere was possible thanks to @antoonfilatov on scenography, @vladimirkaraleev on garments design, and @sinmaldita on mastering.

The music you heard featured Joseph Baan, Makoto Oshiro, Jamie Stewart, and Minhee Park. It will be released on Subtext @subtext_recordings in April 2026. @jamesginzburg I am grateful to have your support and encouragement. You helped me belive in this project.

The show was created at Akademie der Künste, and thanks for the support.

Additionally, thanks to @pascalmungioli @outer_agency @camille_blake @xiansofi @greenjade___ @the_blind_dead and Natalie Mariko for inspiration and our conversations.
Special thanks to @kloxii for our friendship…

Thank you.

Photos by Isabel O’Toole and Frankie Casillo courtesy of Berlin Atonal

Happy to announce Lamin Fofana’s new album Works In Metal, out September 9 on @honestjonsrecords
Catch him on tour this September!

We’re currently working on additional November dates.
For booking inquiries reach out to pascal@outer-agency.com

Happy to announce Lamin Fofana’s new album Works In Metal, out September 9 on @honestjonsrecords
Catch him on tour this September!

We’re currently working on additional November dates.
For booking inquiries reach out to pascal@outer-agency.com