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11 carefully chosen tracks from Canada, Haiti, Iran, Nepal, New Caledonia, USA and UK that are pushing the boundaries of their genres and creating exciting new prospect for music. Organic/electronic cinematic fusion music by Kameronessi and Slow Machete, deep ethnic dubstep by Kermode and Zenstep and Koyö, ethnic trap goodness ...

Outtallectuals Guest Mix #002: H.E.A.R – High End Audio Ritual by Outtallectuals on Mixcloud ‘H.E.A.R means High End Audio Ritual and that is exactly what we try to reach with our events. We create spaces where the participants can interact with the whole event and through this really a feeling ...

Outtallectuals Guest Mix #001: Tentura – The Grid by Outtallectuals on Mixcloud Ader from Tentura has been a regular member of the forum for some time now and it was a natural choice and pleasure to have him make an exclusive psybient mix. Enjoy. For download and support go to: https://soundcloud.com/tentura ...

The artist chosen for the focus of this introduction and review is definitely different from any artist we have had before. This week we will be moving away from predominantly electronic music and opening the garden door to indie/alternative greatness. 30 seconds into the Slow Machete experience, you will understand ...

As many underground progressive communities would be, I was hesitant to write about a violin player who has worked with Lady Gaga. My first reaction was to doubtfully dismiss her material as mainstream poppy shambles but the grown up in me took control. Regardless of our personal opinions about Gaga ...

When we initiated this website, to start off the section of this blog we wrote an introductory article on The Algorithm and the release of his single Tr0jans, before the Polymorphic Code album was out. This group was a clear indication of musicians searching for omni-dimensional music and their formula ...

Thanks to Mujura for this artwork. Listen to the guest mix here.

What is a musician? Is someone who calls to prayer from his local mosque a musician? Are DJs musicians? What about parrots? Are sound engineers musicians? If a musician is not the master of a specific instrument? Too many questions about the technicality of what being a musician is. However, ...

The second compilation album released by the Outtallectual Collective. With this album, we will be showcasing music from a range of genres, producing sounds that challenges the current boundaries of harmony. 11 tracks from Australia, USA, Belgium, UK, Switzerland, Nepal, Italy and Canada. Starting up with Sawtooth, Kameronessi and Yokai, ...

This week we will be focusing on the duo that is Tentura, playing music within and on the borders of the psychedelic sub-genres of Psybient and Psychill. With the ever-evolving format of this blog, we bring you accompanying weekly mixes. Rather than copying links from SoundCloud to talk about the tracks ...

This presentation was curated by our member Aryan Ashoori as a presentation for TEDx Bath University. “This art gallery/presentation is a chronological walk through artworks by MaQan related to the big bang and origins of existence, growth, learning, the dualities in life (good and evil), technological vs human, on to the ...

This week’s feature Kameronessi is an artist who goes beyond making music in terms of simple harmonic convergence and more into a full scale omni-vergence of sound into a story. Clearly it’s the sounds of someone who is not only a musician but a highly professional sound engineer. The Last Candle ...

If you’ve been following our spaces, you’ll know that David Samano a.k.a Keeplove? has been on our radar for a while. One of our admins [A] came across his music while on a search to explore soundcloud with [insert]step tags. One of these words chosen was folk and beyond the ...

The Outtallectual Collective presents our first comic, Wingless Symptoms – A conversation about elevation between Tobias, the roof-dweller and a bird. Illustrations: Arash Abedin Words: Aryan Ashoori Story: Arash & Aryan