Mindgames

A recording of Kangding Ray playing a live set at The Labyrinth 2022 on Sunday night, October 9.

A recording of Sapphire Slows playing a dj/live hybrid set at The Labyrinth 2024 on Sunday morning, October 13.

A recording of So playing at The Labyrinth 2024 on Sunday afternoon, October 13.

A recording of Shhhhh playing on the final morning of The Labyrinth 2024, October 14th.

This is a recording of Hiyoshi's morning opening set on the final day of The Labyrinth 2024, on October 24, at Hodaigi Camp Ground.

A live recording of Steve Good opening the final day at The Labyrinth 2019. This was the Typhoon Hagabis year, an event that began and ended with storms, with a sunny respite in between. This set represented a moment of calm before the storms returned on that special weekend which we will never forget.

The Monk recorded playing experimental music on his personal home stereo--a rather large Funktion-One system up in the mountains, tuned by his ears for his ears--for Mindgames at Balance. October 2021. Hodaigi Campground, Gunma, Japan. (Note: volume level is intentionally low at the beginning. Adjust your ears, not the volume.) Mixer: Alpha Recording Systems 6700 Time: Saturday closing set after Wata Igarashi

Please enjoy this recording of So at the Labyrinth, September 23, 2018.

2016年のラビリンスにて、日曜朝にプレイしたIshqのライブセット録音音源がこちら。 A recording of Ishq's live set on the morning of September 18th at The Labyrinth 2016.

A live recording of Patrick Russell's set at The Labyrinth 2015. Patrick played the final day, Monday September 21st, from late morning to early afternoon. 2015年のLABYRINTH出演時、最終日の朝遅めの時間にプレイしたPatrick Russellの希少な録音音源がこちら。

We're happy to present the recording of Sebastian Mullaert and Ulf Ericksson's live/dj set at the Labyrinth 2015. Seb and Ulf played the first night, entitled "Full Circle". It was a set where everything came together beautifully and organically, crowd and artists and music, and we all felt it was something worth sharing. Here is the full 3.5 hour recording, together with a few words from Seb and Ulf: "For me, everything comes and goes in circles. And like everything else these circles are unpredictable; spiralling and reformulating like a kaleidoscope. Manifestations of patterns in this very moment; Consciousness. I played the first edition of Labyrinth, had a few returns during the years and now returned for the 15th edition. Russ and Yasuyo, together with their Mindgames crew, have always performed their festival with a focused and radical mind; one intention, one passion - to create a psychedelic experience of dance surrounded by the Japanese nature. While the festival has grown in many ways since my first episode at Labyrinth, this radical focus on the mind-altering experience and the true love for dance have remained the same, with no sign of resignation. This year I shared the stage together with Ulf Eriksson; a friend who has become a very special creative collaborator. To be a part of Labyrinth and to play this specific gig is the most magical experiential puzzle of moments I've shared with Ulf. This is an experience that will continue to remind us why we are doing this – why we are part of this ever shifting circle, spiralling into inspiration upon aspiration - something that never stops. I'm forever thankful to Russ and Yasuyo both for giving us the opportunity to play, sharing this recording and also creating a series of experiences and stimulations, resulting in each of us that listens as individuals becoming a part of something bigger and more all-encompassing – a circle that connects us beyond the realms of materialism, into the unpredictable. Russ, Yasuyo and the Labyrinth are a true source of inspiration and a reminder to all of us in love with dance and electronic music that there is no end to the power of experience. Let us continue to remind each other, again and again, circle by circle, moment by moment into eternity." - Sebastian Mullaert "To play the Labyrinth festival has always been a bit of a dream of mine. Why, I do not know exactly. Maybe it's because it takes place far away, in Japan. Maybe it's because of all the stories you have heard from the festival. Maybe it's because of the unique tribal mystic that surrounds it, in combination with the nature of the location. Maybe it's because of the small group of artists, who all become like family for a few days. I do not know. But what I do know is that this dream has always been there and I am sure I share I it with a lot of musicians and DJs around the world. Anyway, 2015 I was lucky enough to be offered a slot, due in large part to my collaboration with Sebastian Mullaert, who already played there many times, both as Son Kite and as Minilogue. So there we were behind the Labyrinth tipi, me and Sebastian, ready to go. Or, rather, not ready at all. We had prepared each to our selves but never found the time to meet up and rehearse together. I remember that Sebastian looked at me just before the set, and said something like: "I will not be sad or disappointed if things do not go well". I guess he was trying to calm me down since he knew I was kind of nervous. Anyway, off we went and thankfully, for some unknown reason, it was one of those gigs where everything just felt right. So here is the recording. I still have not listened to it, and I do not think I will. I think I prefer to stay with the live memory of how it sounded. But I do hope that you will listen to the set, and that it will give you pleasure and meaning, just as my memory of it." - Ulf Eriksson

A recording of Peter Van Hoesen's hybrid dj/live set at the Labyrinth 2014 (September 14th, 2014).

This is a recording from the Labyrinth 2014 of Hiyoshi's opening ambient set on Sunday morning, September 14th. Tracklisting Pete Namlook - Winter Robert Charlesworth - Haven Brow Imaginary Softwoods - Untitled 09 Taylor Deupree - Shutter Buddhastick Transparent Featuring Something In The Air - Eras (666) Ishvara - Under A Hexagon Sky ASC - The Machinery Of Night Pulusha - Isolation Part 2 Commodity Place - Soils Steve Good - Overtones 2350 Broadway - Sustained Energy Pub - Muck