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Faxi Nadu - The Ambient File DJ Set 2011 - Over six hours of flowing, deep, introspective chill-out music for the soul

Faxi Nadu - The Ambient File DJ Set 2011

Ever wondered what do Biosphere, Mark Snow, Faithless, Vesica Piscis, Angelo Badalamenti, Elvis Presley, Miranda, Adham Shaik, Vivaldi, Scatman and Faxi Nadu have in common? Well, look no further....

<3 Over six hours of flowing, deep, introspective chill-out music for the soul <3

I was supposed to play this in this huge festival here in Israel that was setup on the beach. The dudes had it lined up so they had this huge full-on stage with about a million turbo sounds, then literally five meters from it the chill-out stage with two whimpy speakers, and another 5 meters to the other side the prog stage with another half million turbo sounds. How is someone supposed to chill while sandwiched between both stages is beyond me, let alone here the chill-out music ;)... anyways, as I was starting to play I made the horrible mistake of taking a chair from the chai area so I could chill, you know, with the chill-out music I was to play for seven hours. This led to screams by the chai people that the chairs are for costumers, and not for me, and that led to me giving them the finger and in true southpark fashion giving them the "screw you guys, i'm going home" treatment. I did get back home and record all the tracks and mini-sets and pieces I prepared into a set, and broke it down to 11 parts to manage a fun listening experience and an easier upload. The idea here was to provide a soundscaping experience and pay homage to some unique music I have come across from various sources and not just play the usual corny psy-chill loop. For me it feels like this is some of my best work putting together a full, rich journey, through various interpretations of "chill". So here you go :)

Here is the complete tracklist:

---part 1---
biosphere - houses on the hill
ishaq - cyandragonfly
yehuda poliker - late maybe early
ishaq - yu listen
enya - council of elrond
wonderland falling yesterday - yesterday's light circus

---part 2---
biosphere - fast atom escape
biosphere - heat leak
thom brenan - pond life
exuviae - forever and a day
vir unis - particle path
star sounds orchestra - new lyra
twins peaks - love theme

---part 3---
thomm brenan - mist
biosphere - hyperborea
exuviae - aquaphobia
spacecraft - the summon
vesica piscis remixed by elmooht - cathedral
vesica piscis remixed by elmooht - living crystal

---part 4---
adham shaik - journey to the sun
adham shaik - ganges by full moon
elmooht - monistary
viewing infinite space
black mizi pro duck sun - sun lug
biosphere - chukhung
biosphere - antennaria

---part 5---
porn sword tobbaco - sad bockshappy pussys
adham shaik - emergance
adham shaik - liquid evolution

---part 6---
elmooht - meldok
vidna obmana - spore
seti - beacon 8
the nightmare before christmas - opening
vivaldi - concerto no.3 in f 'l'autunno'
klaus doldinger - angrif
mike oldfield - tubular bells
elmooht - secrets in the snow

---part 7---
bernard herman - day the earth
cider groove - epitaph
elvis presly - are you lonesome tonight
dick danger - cycle
3x!13 - 01
3x!13 - slowly inside
pop - 2
mystical sun - waters of life
mystical sun - river goddess
nils petter molvaer - decisions
damagez - back east faxi nadu remix
elmooht - alyssa

---part 8---
elmooht - beam focus
chris meloche - track 1
brian eno - triennale
biosphere - as the sun kissed the horrizon
secede - ballroom arcade
elmooht - the river kingdom
biosphere - poa alpina
biosphere - two ocean plateau
spacecraft - galileo
elmooht vs dudi and damagez - unnamed
vir unis - glide
elmooht and dudi - malaki
elmooht - lab30 small bit

---part 9---
black mizi pro duck sun - mook
chris meloche
elmooht - orbital platform
chris meloche
klaus doldinger
nebulaII - tube
seti - journey
mark snow - x-files theme
angelo badalamenti - the secretary theme
black mizi pro duck sun - maklakaturim
tangerine dream - remote viewing

---part 10---
khonnor - megan's present
elmooht - unkown
faithless - last this day
three drives - greece2000
union jack -  watrerdrums
miranda - intro
faithless - nate's tune
robert miles - fable
phylum sinter - a conception serene remix
adham shaikh - sri kainchih temple bells

---part 11---
faxi nadu - tgl remix
scatman and bmp medley
oxygenfad - she's been around
elmooht - sortie
jega - inertia
faxi nadu - raphael's spirit remix
faithless - why go

Faxi Nadu - The Dangling Thread - 06 - The Fall Of Gamla Feat Spinney Lainey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla

Situated at the southern part of the Golan, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Gamla was built on a steep hill shaped like a camel's hump, from which it derives its name (Gamla meaning 'camel' in Aramaic). Although the site was inhabited since the Early Bronze Age, the city appears to have been founded as a Seleucid fort during the Syrian Wars (3rd century BCE)[2] which later became a civilian settlement. Jews inhabited it from the last quarter of the 2nd century BCE, and it was annexed to the Hasmonean state under king Alexander Jannaeus in c. 81 BCE.[4]

Josephus Flavius, Commander of Galilee during the Jewish Revolt against Rome, in 66 CE fortified Gamla as his main stronghold on the Golan.[5] Josephus gives a very detailed topographical description of the city and the steep ravines which precluded the need to build a wall around it. Only along the northern saddle, at the town's eastern extremity, was a 350 meters-long wall built. It was constructed by blocking gaps between existing houses and destroying houses that lay in its way.[6][7]

Initially loyal to the Romans, Gamla turned rebellious under the influence of refugees from other locations.[3] It was one of only five cities in the Galilee and Golan who stood against Vespasian's legions, reflecting the cooperation between the local population and the rebels.[8] At the time of the revolt, the town minted its own coins, probably more as a means of propaganda than as currency. Bearing the inscription "For the redemption of Jerusalem the H(oly)" in a mixture of paleo-Hebrew (biblical) and Aramaic, only 6 of these coins have ever been found.[3]

Josephus also provides a detailed description of the Roman siege and conquest of Gamla in 67 CE by components of legions X Fretensis, XV Apollinaris and V Macedonica.[9] The Romans first attempted to take the city by means of a siege ramp, but were repulsed by the defenders. Only on the second attempt did the Romans succeed in breaching the walls at three different locations and invading the city. They then engaged the Jewish defenders in hand-to-hand combat up the steep hill. Fighting in the cramped streets from an inferior position, the Roman soldiers attempted to defend themselves from the roofs. These subsequently collapsed under the heavy weight, killing many soldiers[6] and forcing a Roman retreat. The legionnaires re-entered the town a few days later, eventually beating Jewish resistance and completing the capture of Gamla.[10]

According to Josephus, some 4,000 inhabitants were slaughtered, while 5,000, trying to escape down the steep northern slope, were either trampled to death, fell or perhaps threw themselves down a ravine.[9] These appear to be exaggerated and the number of inhabitants on the eve of the revolt has been estimated at 3,000 - 4,000.[11] The notion that these inhabitants committed mass suicide has also been questioned, as the account appears to force an analogy with the story of the end of the siege of Masada, also recounted by Josephus. The Greek word Josephus used implies a hasty, clumsy flight while suicide is forbidden under most circumstances by Jewish law.

Three tracks released on Goachestra's VA Vol. 1

Three new Faxi Nadu tracks. One is a sort of morning trance with a bit of an experimental vibe, a remix to Algae Bloom's track Thank You. The second is a bit of a silly floaty goa type tune and the third is a borderline darkish ordeal. Released on a free download compilation by Goachestra Event Records.
Grab the whole album for free:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goachestra-Event-Records-GER/231379860249512
You can also download our three tracks through our Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/faxinadu

Faxi Nadu and Ocean Star Empire - Summer Solstice 2014 DI.FM

Originally broadcast at DI.FM Psytrance channel 210614
http://www.di.fm/goapsy/

Just a little history as some people on the original broadcast's posting have mentioned. As Faxi Nadu I produce music for over a decade. In 2008 I took almost a three years break from production and at that time hosted a trance radio show, made some parties and all that. From that time come the various oldschool goa sets that are floating online :) Faxi Nadu music started basically as silly nintendoish noodles and went through and still is going through constant change, one of the things I pride on is that every one of our albums is a totally different story. In 2011 I met Oss who became both my partner in music and my wife and now the Faxi Nadu name is both of us. She has progressively taken part since The Last Kick of Your Life album and today she is a full partner in crime :) In 2013 Nuno Muacho (Nomad Moon from Portugal), Leander Winkler (Killik from Germany) and I met online and started to talk about music and from that the Ocean Star Empire project was born. Leander has left the group after the debut album, but we have been joined by Kyle Ramos (Bacchanalian Bass from the USA). There is a Faxi Nadu album waiting in the wings for 2015, and we are 6 tracks into the next Ocean Star Empire one. Also at the moment Oss and I are working on a live act where we perform REAL live with synths and controllers and jam the music.

Here is the complete tracklist of the Solstice Set.

Ocean Star Empire - Arrival (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - After People  (The Last Kick of your Life 2011)
Faxi Nadu - In Another Life (In Another Life 2012)
Manny Zagri - Absence Mmakes the Heart Go Yonder (Faxi Remix) (2013 unrl)
Faxi Nadu - Fusion Platform (The Way Back 2014)
Reefer Decree - Target Practice (Faxi Nadu Remix) (2014 unrl)
Kolishin - Fingerprints (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Never Denied 2013)
Ocean Star Empire - Three Dots On a Map (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - How Small We Are (The Purest Form 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Tears of the Morning Flower (unrl -The Dangling Thread 2015)
Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (The Way Back 2014)
Faxi Nadu - Half a Ship in a Bottle (The Way Back 2014)
Killik - Spaetzle (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Woven Drops (The Purest Form 2014)
Ocean Star Empire - Rain From Within (The Purest Form 2014)
Bacchanalian Bass - Astroidial Artifacts (Ocean Star Empire Remix) (unrl)
Syntezia - Chaotic Alien (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Free Download on SC 2008)
Ocean Star Empire - Nuno's Abduction (The Purest Form 2014)
Syntezia - Microman (Faxi Nadu Remix)  (Free Download on SC 2008)
TG Virus - Kilomix 98 (Faxi Nadu 2012 Classic Trance Remix) (Free Download)
Faxi Nadu - Who We Are (Who We Are 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Ancient Explorers (Kosmicheskaya Mechta 2012)
Faxi Nadu - Golden Axe (2011 Remix) (Free Download on SC)
Faxi Nadu feat. Eli Marshak - Boundless Love (Remix) (unrl 2009)
Ocean Star Empire - All Good Things (The Purest Form 2014)

You can find The Purest Form and The Way Back on bandcamp, still have a few cds left -

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/
http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/

Faxi Nadu - Doric Prime (Full Album 2013) - Complete album stream!

Finally this album is up for stream! deep geometric tech/chill/rabbithole! Share around if you like it.

Ocean Star Empire - A Nebula Portside - LIVE STUDIO VERSION

Performing "A Nebula Portside" in our studio. 

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

Faxi Nadu - Ocean Star Empire Purity Live Act at Babaganousha Radio 070614 - Recorded LIVE show

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

Ocean Star Empire's Purity LIVE show is performed by band members Faxi Nadu and Oss - a journey of hypnotic levels. Real live psychedelic trance with constant interaction between the performers and the music using synths and controllers.

Gear:
Akai Mpk25, Akai APC40, Novation Launchpad, Access Virus, Waldorf Rocket

Perforned and recorded live over the web on June 7 2014 at Babaganousha Radio
www.babagaousha.net

Show Debut!!! Ocean Star Empire and Faxi Nadu PURITY LIVE ACT - 7.6.14 - Babaganousha Radio

Saturday 7.6.2014 - 1600 (GMT) - 1800 (CSET)

Ocean Star Empire's PURITY LIVE ACT

Debut ! ! !

Performed by Faxi Nadu and Oss

A journey of hypnotic levels.

 Real live psychedelic trance with constant interaction between the performers and the music using synths and controllers.

Far beyond the farthest light is the domain of the galactic empire, hailing from the deep valley's of the ocean star, flowing down the river of time through the rise and fall of civilizations.

LISTEN HERE -

http://babaganousha.net/

Times:

1700 GMT

0900 Pacific USA Time (GMT -7)

1200 Eastern USA Time (GMT -4)

1800 Central Europe Time (GMT+2)

1900 Israel Time (GMT+3)

Faxi Nadu - Disturbed Skating Silhouette - Hypnotic Trance DAW Video

Layers of harmony

The Dangling Thread - running track project video

FRESH straight from the oven - running track from daw to video, "The Dangling Thread". Ambitious attempt at harmonic-hypnotic trance by starting out from the very start with a 256 bar loop and then developing that.

Digicult - Every Single Second (Faxi Nadu Remix) - our entry for the digicult remix competition

Faxi Nadu - The Way Back

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http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu - Ritual of the Aquatic Never Been There

In the Sea Life Aquarium in Berlin there is a big fishtank that goes in a circle around the room, and the fish swim in a never ending cycle round n round, as if they have no idea they are going in loops. Heard fish have just three second memories, so they always forget they were there before and by the time they finish the loop they have reached a new place, ever repeating.... Since found out the three second thing is just a myth though.....

Stream and show the love:

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http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu - Goodbye To All That

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http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu - Spoken Inside

Buy album CD:

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu set @ Regular Resonance Podcast is online

Our set for the Regular Resonance podcast is up! Lots of new music from the latest releases as well as some stuff from 2012. Been asked to provide a write up for this, kinda got carried away and had fun describing every track :) have a nice listen and read!

http://stahnkefiles.com/volume-6/

Faxi Nadu started out as myself and up until 2011 it was just me. Since getting together with Oss FN Vaisband she has slowly begun taking part in the music, and now she is an absolutely integral part of the project. We are into various things and produce on a spectrum from drones through chill and techno, while always returning to our trance roots. We love it psychedelic, but for our tastes recent trends in psytrance have gone too extreme and into rigid formulas on all fronts - be it the dark side, the prog side, the neo-goa type stuff... Our concept is to tell stories with music, keeping something from the oldschool goa feel without being too corny, and going for a clean sound without being too plastic. We want to present tracks that have a unique story, tracks that you remember after hearing, and music that will take you places even when you are not on the dancefloor. We feel that often great intricacy and beauty can be found in clever simplicity and strive for that.

For this set we have included music from our psytrance side coming out of various releases from the past two years, as well as two tunes from the Ocean Star Empire project we are a part of.

Tracklist:

Faxi Nadu - Fusion Platform (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
This is a track from our latest album The Way Back, a sort of goa inspired space tune with a lot of psychedelic sounds from the Scope DSP platform's modular system, as well as most of the lead synths coming from the platform's Minimax plugin.

Faxi Nadu - I Am The Night (E-Scape vs Faxi Remix) (Kosmicheskaya Mechta, Reactionary Faction Productions 2012)
The original version of this track was the first track on the 2008 album Modern Knight, so we found it fitting that this cool collaborative remix with E-Scape open up our Kosmicheskaya Mechta album from 2012. The story here is from a Twilight Zone episode, where slowly places around the world are engulfed by darkness, and this is due to the evil deeds and hateful nature of mankind.

Kolishin - Fingerprints (Faxi Nadu Remix) (Never Denied EP, Pure Chords 2013)
Taken from the Never Denied EP with Brent Malik. The EP consists of two originals from Kolishin and the two remixes to them by us, this one being my favorite. Lovely story told with Kolishin's sounds, and a cool round and dynamic analog bassline from our Doepfer Dark Energy II synth.

Ocean Star Empire - Three Dots On A Map (The Purest Form, Pure Chords 2014)
Ocean Star Empire is a group that came to life about one year ago through online discussions between myself, Nomad Moon and Killik. We started passing some stems around and got a few tracks going, and eventually our debut album The Purest Form was completed and we released it via Pure Chords in January 2014. Personally this is my favorite track on the album, mostly for the sotrytelling and layering, really proud of this one. When this was ready I think we first realized we got something going and should keep on making tracks and make an album. The Yamaha An1x is a beast here, all those cute little resonances flying all around come from that synth.

Ocean Star Empire - How Small You Are (The Purest Form, Pure Chords 2014)
There is a little sample in the begriming of our member Killik's voice saying "if we look, up to the sky, we realize, how small we are". I think this and Three Dots On A Map are the best interpretations of the sort of space opera stories we were going for in the album and also is a great example of how our individual styles merge.

Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
Another track from our latest album The Way Back. Extensive usage of the original Access Virus and Yamaha DX200 synths. This track does something special to me, can't really explain what, sends me drifting, far, far away. Beauty in simple truths.

Faxi Nadu - The Way Back (The Way Back, Pure Chords 2014)
So what is this? Goa? Prog? Club? Psychedelic? Well, its a happy bouncy tune, with a bright and atmospheric sound and story. Drifting around, without a care in the world, maybe a little childish, but also assertive and bold  Made mostly with synths from the Scope DSP system and a few plugins. This one is also taken (obviously) from our The Way Back album.

Faxi Nadu - Finish The Course (Who We Are EP, Soundkraft 2012)
This was released on our Who We Are EP via Soundkraft Records in 2012. I usually never play this track, dont know why really, I somehow have it in my mind that people won't like or understand it, but lately I am digging it again. Drums and bassline were made with Rebirth RB338 and most of the synth sounds come from a Nord Modular and a Novation K-Station. The story of this track as told by the vocal samples is taken from Star Trek DS9, from an episode in which Sisko feels all defeated and wants to quit his job, then realizes he should stfu and man up to what has to be done, finish what he started and hold his head high. Oh, and there is also a rooster sample from Baldur's Gate

If you enjoyed these tunes have a look at our Bandcamps for the most recent CDs:
http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/
http://oceanstarempire.bandcamp.com/

There are over 120 tracks and mixes on our soundcloud profile, most of them full tracks and many of them free to download, feel free to dig in there as well!
https://soundcloud.com/faxinadu

Thanks for having a listen! Until next time, keep stargazing, much love!

Faxi Nadu - Forty Nine Winters Together

for you my love.... romance trance <3

BUY ALBUM:

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu - What You Leave Behind

Another track from our new album. Somewhat trance, somewhat chill, somewhat techno. atmospheric, melodic and melancholic, with a little berlin school in there. shouts to Tangerine Dream and Vibe Tribe :)

Buy album CD:

http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back

Faxi Nadu - The Other Day (Track from our newwwwww album!)

Deeeeeeeeeeeply oldschool, deeeeeeply psychedelic and spiritual!

The album is in pre-sale, but the cds are already printed, so they do go out right away, along with some stickers and other bonuses -
http://faxinadu.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-back