Die Orakel

Pavel Milyakov also known as Buttechno delivers a 31 video strong playlist, featuring a Spacemen 3 live performance from 1989 and music by Valentina Goncharova, Lorenzo Senni, Earth and many more.

BSS delivers a video playlist full of personal favourites – including Ed van der Elsken's "My Amsterdam" movie from 1982, a Factory Records documentary and a Portishead live performance.

Episode 85 by LUZ1E is an all-musical playlist that spans from IDM to electro – including brand new music by Gladstone Deluxe, INVT & Logan_olm and Generali Minerali.

For episode 84, Soos has compiled a 29-piece strong playlist that includes early CGI animations, a live show by Fugazi, Mexican food culture, a performance of Soos' favourite singer Juan Gabriel from 1990, and many more.

In episode #83, Budino shares some of her favourite vintage clips from her music icons – such as Suzanne Ciani's appearance on the David Letterman Show 1980, a Xymox live concert from 1986 and The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld.

Kasra V has selected films and live music performances that have had a lasting impact on him - featuring footage from 'Gabbeh' a 1996 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Leila live at Sonar Festival in 2008 and 'F for Fake' by Orson Welles from 1973.

For episode #81, Soyoon has put together a musical playlist that spans genres like synth-pop, alternative rock and IDM - including footage from The Irresistible Force, a classic by Cabaret Voltaire and The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary from 1985.

The 80th Orakel Cast by N.J. Quist is a collection of videos consisting of visual and musical inspiration for his artistic practice, as well as obscure videos found during the compilation of the playlist – including a 1999 Prince concert film, footage dealing with the Comics Code Authority introduced in 1954 and a lecture by the AA School of Architecture about 'Space, Electronic: Radical Architecture of the Night'.

Episode #79 comes from Wicked Bass Records founder Noizar. His selection unintentionally reflects his new reality away from his home in Kyiv – including an excerpt from the film 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors' from 1965, a documentary from 1989 about the Amsterdam airport Schipol and Prinx Hashime's set from Strichka Festival 2020.

Orakel Cast #78 is presented by Gurl from the Planet collective. She has compiled a 19-video playlist which transcends through meditation, breathing exercices and sound. The playlist can be played so that it functions as a long practice with a time for arriving/settling in, practice, sound experiences, talks, and so forth. For those who don't want to practice, it can just serve as a regular music playlist with experimental music, ambient & spoken word.

Joe Delon's video selection is a tribute to boys lost, boys gained, nasty boys, b-boys and the boys of your wildest dreams. As Freddie Pendavis says: "Boys are the stupidest!".

41ISSA delivers a 64-piece video playlist full of personal favourites and childhood memories – including an episode from Schlingensief's U3000 series, a rare The Legend Lady J tape and a short excerpt from Leos Carax "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf" from 1991.

Basic Moves' Walrus has put together a musical playlist – including songs by Bodo Elsel, Severed Heads and a Hard Corps classic from 1987.

For Orakel Cast #74, Niklas Wandt honors us with a 20-piece playlist full of musical and obscure treats – including a Roger Turner and Phil Minton performance at the Sage Gateshead, a legendary fishing on the rhine and Joe D'Amato’s “Antropophagus” movie from 1980.

For episode #73, Victor delivers a 17-piece video selection packed with his personal YouTube favorites – including a Djax Up party aftermovie from 1995, a tutorial on how to make the best burger buns of all time and Don Williams spinning locked grooves on 3 decks.

For episode #72 Bianca Lexis delivers a nostalgia-pilled collection of videos, including an entire 1988 Depeche Mode concert, an in-depth look at Jean Paul Gaultier's F/W 1995 collection, and the story behind The Blue Nile's "Tinseltown in the Rain".

Simone De Kunovich channels his childhood in the post-Reagen era. His playlist includes footage such as Vince Collins' 'Life is Flashing Before your Eyes', the Robocop Sinista Jeans commercial and a compilation of all the wormholes from Stargate.

Bassiani’s very own NDRX delivers a playlist full of musical treasures – including videos by Georgian artists Giya Kancheli, Gogi Dzodzuashvli & Nino Palavandishvili, an unofficial Boards of Canada clip and Asa-Chang & Junray's melanchonic masterpiece 'Hana'.

Koga has put together a retro playlist – including Steve Doughton's Betwixt short movie from 1989, footage of Falco jamming out in his studio in the Dominican Republic and Psychic TV on the Earsay tv show in 1984.

Episode 68 comes from Somnath Bhatt, a multidisciplinary designer and artist, who has put together an all Gujarati playlist – including songs that punctuate various stages of life, seasonal festivals, a range of occasions, socio-religious textures, and different local genres of Gujarati music.

Anastasia Kristensen's video selection unites her memories, feelings and experiences from the far and near past – including a William Forsythe choreography, interviews with refugees from North Korea, and a post-perestroika techno classic by НОВЫЕ КОМПОЗИТОРЫ.

Episode #66 comes from Jason Kendig. His selection represents the various wormholes he finds himself visiting – featuring a documentary about architect and designer Charlotte Perriand, Planet Ha Ha's synth pop masterpiece "Home", and an excerpt of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2" from 1985.

For episode #65, Saoirse has put together a musical playlist – including footage of Sinead O'Connor at the The Late Late Show, an Underworld classic, and Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing from 1973.

Kyiv-based producer and composer Nastya Vogan compiled an intriguing playlist – including a lecture by literary icon Susan Sontag on pornography, John Cage talking about his fascination for sounds, and a 12 hours long video of an air conditioner sound.

This episode comes from Ivan Smagghe who has put together a playlist full of literature, music, and art – including an feature-length Malcolm Lowry documentary, the opening scene of Marguerite Duras' "India Song", and an improvised performance by Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral in 1975.

ISAbella has put together an intriguing playlist – including the opening sequence of Bong Joon-ho's "Mother", a Patti Smith interview from 1976, and a classic Dean Blunt track.

Lauren Hansom has put together a musical retro playlist – including footage of Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones jamming out in the studio, Telex’s production process of Moskow Diskow and a Kraftwerk concert from 1973.

This episode is brought to you by Reptant who has put together a mesmerizing playlist full of strong visuals and sounds. His playlist includes a timelapse video of mushrooms blooming to trippy music, the sound of hitting a golf ball into a frozen lake and DNA animations created for the 2018 exhibition "The Future Starts Here".

This episode comes from Lovefingers – featuring the "Founding Fathers" documentary narrated by Public Enemy's Chuck D, a classic skate video with Mike Caroll as well as footage from Todd Edwards's first show in the UK.

Sansibar has compiled a 12-piece playlist that includes some long forgotten underground classics – such as Sun Ra in "Space is the Place" (1974), Kenneth Anger's "Scorpio Rising" (1964) and the Japanese horror classic "Tetsuo" (1989).

Belia Winnewisser has put together a wonderful playlist full of treasures from the Internet – including an interview with a Gremlin, a pancake mini food video from Japan and music from Clarissa Conelly and Eartheater.

This episode comes from DJ tandem Salamanda who have compiled a wonderful set of classical, new age and ambient pieces - along with some excerpts from the Korean movies "Mother" and "Glasses".

Episode #55 comes from Russell Maurice, who runs Gasius, sharing some of his biggest influences on his work as an artist - including the animation/cartoon work of Fleischer Studios and Vince Collince, Graffiti footage of Paris-based writer legend Saeio (R.I.P.) and some hypnotizing videos of liquids in space.

Herrensauna's CEM has compiled a intriguing playlist – including David Lynch's Playstation commercial, an excerpt of Andrzej Żuławski's “On the Silver Globe”, and all episodes of the Manga classic "Claymore".

This episode is brought to us by Bristol-based DJ and illustrator Danielle – and it’s packed with music, art, literature and also sociopolitical matters. Besides Lee Perry’s music and the Hamilton's Pharmacopeia episode, make sure to check out the interview with UK historian and activist Stella Dadzie.

For this episode, Parris has put together a playlist full of pop, sub and Internet culture pieces – such as “Rick and Morty”, some modern skate videos and Uncle Roger’s hilarious reaction to the BBC egg fried rice scandal.

This episode comes from Reece Cox who has put together a wonderful playlist full of artsy treasures – such as the 1987 chain reaction classic “The Way Things Go” by Fischli and Weiss as well as Aya Suzuki’s interpretation of Tom Johnson’s “Nine Bells”.

Our anniversary edition is brought to you by Paramida who has compiled a playlist on the one thing we have all been missing during these days: clubbing. Check out her compilation on clubbing culture including the “Berkshire goes Balearic” and the David Mancuso documentaries as well as the conversation between DJ Harvey and Gerd Janson.

Orakel Cast #49 is curated by futura’s Meri Bonastre. She has selected mostly music and art videos for her playlist – including the ”Stuff“ documentary on John Frusciante, Yayoi Kusama’s Self-Obliteration film as well as Pierre Bastien’s Mecanoid album featuring his self-built musical robots.

This episode is brought to you by Wordcolour who has compiled a “blast from the past” kind of playlist - including a spaceship animation clip from the 1986 SciFi classic “Flight of the Navigator”, a commentary by John Hughes on Ferris Bueller’s infamous museum scene as well as the original footage of Henry Thomas auditioning for E.T.