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Hey my indie friend,
This week begins in silence.
Not the empty kind, the attentive kind.
An electronic music legend has left us. Éliane Radigue passed away at 94, and with her, a whole era of radical listening gently shifts into memory.
Before electronic music became aesthetic. Before modular rigs became social media icons. Before “ambient” turned into a mood-tag.
Her work feels so aligned with the indie spirit: patience over noise, intention over volume, presence over performance.
This week, between algorithm conversations, Top 100 voting, live radio and special anniversary, archives, and fresh indie releases, let’s keep one thing in mind:
Listening is still an act of resistance.
Love, and welcome in this 75th edition.
Mitxoda
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An electronic music legend has left us.
Éliane Radigue passed away at 94, and with her, a whole era of radical listening quietly shifts into memory.
The Bob Moog Foundation paid tribute, honoring not just a career, but a lifetime of devotion to sound itself.
Because Radigue didn’t just compose music.
She sculpted time.
Before “electronic” was cool
Long before modular synths became Instagram icons and ambient playlists filled algorithmic spaces, Radigue was already deep inside oscillators and tape loops.
In the 1950s, she worked with musique concrète, shaping raw recorded material into meditative sonic landscapes. She explored tape-loop techniques when editing meant razor blades and physical patience, not a mouse click.
Later, she devoted herself almost entirely to one instrument: the ARP 2500.
Not dozens of machines.
Not constant upgrades.
One instrument.
Infinite depth.
The art of slowness
Her music does not rush. Micro-variations. Gradual evolutions. Long-form immersion. Listening to Radigue means surrendering to duration, to subtle shifts that only reveal themselves if you stay.
In a culture obsessed with speed and immediacy, she practiced the opposite.
Patience as composition. Stillness as rebellion.
Her discography spans more than two dozen releases, yet each feels less like a product and more like a state of being.
A different kind of pioneer
When we speak of pioneers in electronic music, we often think of technology. Circuits. Innovation. New sounds.
Radigue’s revolution was quieter.
She showed that electronic music could be intimate. Spiritual. Almost monastic. That synthesis could breathe. That repetition could transform perception.
She didn’t chase the future. She deepened the present.
Today, many artists working in ambient, drone, experimental or minimal electronic music walk paths she helped clear — whether they know it or not.
Her work reminds us of something essential:
Electronic music is not about machines.
It is about listening.
Rest in resonance, Éliane.
Speaking to the Algorithms: Episode 2
Episode 2: Why Looping Your Own Song Hurts You
Mostly Blue (Denis Hulett) is a singer/songwriter from California and Rob Bennett is a Canadian indie artist (now living in Delaware, USA). These guys believe in the power of indie artists supporting indie artists. The Speaking to the Algorithms series is an attempt to share what they are learning about the ways we can support each other to get our music heard on streaming platforms.
This week’s Top 10 isn’t about winning prizes, it’s about love, support, and staying in it together.
I’ll see you all later today at 4:00 PM (Brussels time) for the 44th episode of Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda, live at salon.mitxoda.be, see you very soon.
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🎧 Renegade Train — Uncertainty
📅 2026-03-03 • 🇺🇸 USA
Rock
Sometimes a title says enough.
Uncertainty leans into that raw, unsettled space where nothing feels fixed and everything hangs in the balance. Direct, unpolished, and unapologetic. Soon in your ears.
🎧 J&M Band — Without Warning
📅 2026-02-23 • 🇮🇹 Italy
Alternative
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/5dTw222ldnyNpHBZ3pKd0R
A song born like a sudden image you can’t ignore.
Without Warning captures that creative impulse that forces itself into form, an idea that insists on becoming sound.
🎧 Hellena — LOST LOVE (Dark Version)
📅 2026-02-13 • 🇨🇦 Canada / 🇬🇷 Greece
Alternative / Dark Rock
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/track/2drkxT4tfFsafN5QLZcMQj
Originally conceived as a remix collaboration between Hellena and The Primary Phase Principle, the track evolved into something close to a new song entirely.
Dark and moody in its opening, it builds toward a high-energy hard rock chorus, with Hellena’s voice anchoring the emotional intensity throughout.
🎧 The Modern Clouds — When the Dreams Invade
📅 2026-02-04 • 🇨🇦 Canada / 🇺🇸 USA
Alternative
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/2u5lAmGLMFDhNkTJaRIEpQ
A compulsive vision-fueled release that surges with ambition.
Driven by pounding toms and explosive momentum, When the Dreams Invade explores the fine line between aspiration and self-destruction, a high-wire act with modern consequences.
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Historical Fact: OTAT247 turns two this week.
In a world addicted to speed and scroll, OTAT247 chose presence.
No shortcuts. No algorithm games.
Just indie music, 24/7.
And at the heart of it all?
Cinco Dave and Lisa. The brilliant masters of ceremony. Warm. Generous. Sharp. Always listening.
They didn’t just host shows. They built a space. A room. A frequency where artists feel seen.
Two years of spins. Two years of premieres. Two years of giving unknown names the same respect as established ones.
Two years of voices crossing oceans.
For many indie artists, and yes, for Mitxoda too, that first “You’re on OTAT247” moment meant something real. A song leaving the bedroom and entering the airwaves.
In internet time, two years is both nothing and everything.
Happy anniversary to a station powered by passion, carried by community, and guided by two exceptional hosts who make it feel like home.
Indie is not a trend.
It’s a promise kept, every single day.
Keep the Historical Fact?
Until Next Week: Different sounds. Same devotion.
From Radigue’s radical patience to today’s algorithm debates, from OTAT247’s anniversary to your own tracks entering the Top 100 at 4PM, it’s the same pulse.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you for supporting each other.
Thank you for staying indie.
See you at the Salon.
Love,
🖤 Mitxoda
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