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we are delighted to announce record of tides to perform at
novembertronica festival at eunoia in mülheim an der ruhr on november 22, 2025.
the line-up will feature – next to record of tides - shunsuke oshio and thomas machoczek.
tickets are available here.

the little festival is curated by alexander kupsch who came up with the idea after record of tides a/v live set in may.
originally drafted for two days and more performing artists,
the festival was cut to single day because of schedule difficulties.

shunsuke oshio and record of tides have already been performing at eunoia in the past,
thomas machoczek is well known for performing (and curating) the electric café ruhr festivals
and creating sound-based art for public views.

even though there are currently no future release dates scheduled for record of tides,
piayda reported having completed an album featuring IG-75 and michael schreiber (a.k.a. primal scapes).
schreiber is also contributing to the artwork, while the studio is currently designing the expanded media artwork,
promising a design that is 'apart from what you would normally do.'
the album is expected to be released in 2026 in multiple formats on a european label, rather than on zany music.

after finishing the summer album, piayda has teamed up once again with kill scrxxn for a more abstract ambient album.
he has also begun working on the artwork,
which incorporates elements from rembrandt van rijn, edwin george lutz and chris huff.

above, you can see snapshots from the blog documenting inspiring trips to the dutch coast,
which served as drafts for upcoming album productions and live sets.
piayda is also hosting and producing the 'zany hour' program for radio makro,
which is expected to feature michael schreiber in upcoming episodes.

record of tides [a/v live set]

date
2025-11-22
[novembertronica festival
feat. shunsuke oshio and thomas machoczek]

venue
eunoia space, mülheim/ruhr, de

link
eunoia-space.com | FB | buy tickets

2025_11_03 via svenpiayda.com/news
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we are excited to announce that the makroscope in mülheim an der ruhr launches
it´s online-based community radio curated by katharina geling.
even if the station is already playing songs for you to listen to
the community produced radio programmes will start october 25.

a launching event for radio makro is planned for october 19 with contributing hosts, producers and musicians.
the event is supposed to be streamed live on radio makro from noon to 6 pm.
sven piayda is expected to be present during the show, so keep an ear on the radio!

the scheduled radio programme is supposed to air new episodes every month
with the following saturday having the shows on repeat.

makroscope.eu/radio

the program will feature 'zany hour', sixty minutes of songs and tracks from zany music.
here sven piayda himself picks songs and tracks from the zany music label catalogue which is growing since 1999.
the episodes will focus on artists like AESTATE, architects of utter destruction, the flamma piayda complex,
penrose delta, record of tides, primal scapes as well as on collaborations and guest artist features.

playlists, schedules, repeats, links, radio launcher and recent episodes for listening
are available from the 'zany hour' micro site:

zanyhour.zany-music.com

the rumors are true: our official program kicks off on october 20th!
every evening from 7 pm, you’ll hear one or two hosted shows, with repeats airing the following day from 10 am.
on saturdays, we’ll replay all shows from the past week starting at 10 am.
and to launch it all, on october 19th,
a large part of our more than 30 wonderful radio creators will introduce themselves in a six-hour live broadcast.
so tune in to radio makro on the 19th from 12 noon!

taken from instagram.com/radiomakro

record of tides [a/v live set]

date
2025-11-22
[novembertronica festival
feat. shunsuke oshio and thomas machoczek]

venue
eunoia space, mülheim/ruhr, de

link
eunoia-space.com | FB | buy tickets

2025_10_11 via svenpiayda.com/news
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on july 10 zany music released record of tides´ recent album 'on a spectrum'.
originally drafted as a loose collection of tracks produced for the ‘may 2025 live dates’,
the compiled album appears to be piayda´s most ambitioned electronica album
for mixing electronica with post hip-hop and rock with symphonic sounds.

now zany music expands the album with more tracks illustrating the enterprise:
'spectrum: outtakes' features non-album productions, re-masters, alternative versions and unused tracks
produced for the 'may 2025 live dates' next to productions finished long before and afterwards.

'spectrum: outtakes' appears as long ep completing the 'on a spectrum' album
and is available digitally only via bandcamp on october 3, 2025.
the release date is well chosen as october 3 will be bandcamp friday
ensuring that all sales profits will go to the artist on this particular date.

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/album/spectrum-outtakes
recordoftides.com
zany-music.com

still great and available:
recordoftides.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-spectrum

the album featuring IG-75 produced during summer 2025 has no release yet
but is supposed to come out in spring 2026 apart from zany music.
more info soon.

record of tides [a/v live set]

date
2025-11-22
[novembertronica festival
feat. shunsuke oshio and thomas machoczek]

venue
eunoia space, mülheim/ruhr, de

link
eunoia-space.com | FB | buy tickets

2025_10_03 via svenpiayda.com/news
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record of tides [a/v live set]

date
2025-11-22
[novembertronica festival
feat. shunsuke oshio and thomas machoczek]

venue
eunoia space, mülheim/ruhr, de

link
eunoia-space.com | FB | buy tickets

2025_09_24 via svenpiayda.com/news
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on august 13 sven piayda already reported in the journal to have incidentally started production
for a new record of tides album which may be released apart from zany music.
he also reported to have ‘[…] started a collaboration for a track [he has] been thinking about for years’.
in fact he has teamed up with IG-75 a.k.a. mario meyendriesch who also releases as Ka:Jel.
meyendriesch is well-known for beautiful eurorack productions and remarkable performances at the electric café festivals.
you can find more on his projects over at ka-jel.com and linktr.ee/ig75.

while the album is reportedly inspired by mouse on mars´ 'parastophics' album,
the collaboration takes chance to pay tribute by bringing back sounds and vibes from turner´s 'disappearing brother' album.
the idea for creating this track has been tossed around for about 18 months now and was finally put into action.

michael schreiber has mastered the album once again and has contributed visual material as used within the artwork.
up to now, there is no release date, label or cover to be shared.

you may also like to read piayda´s blog post teasing and exploring the origin oft he production:
our days in ooskapelle have been over for a while but there is an echo somehow.
[…] my way to relaxing routines in afternoons and evening became reading the art magazine […]
and discovering mouse on mars’ ‘parastophics’ album. all of this connected, the beach feeling,
the weird deconstruction and arty approach. my inner soundtrack became wild positive,
like you stuff at the sea, everything is down-and-heel but you do not care as there is a certain beauty in it.

back home I had some ideas in my head for rhythms, modulated sounds and even orchestral arrangements.
I did not wanted to start an album, I thought it would be something for autumn.
nevertheless, for the first time in a decade I have a label waiting for some new stuff
and they keep me updated to make sure I will remember them when I have something new.
I collected and created packs of samples just by accident,
I stared two new tracks adding some more techno groove to the post hip-hop universe as settled in the IDM multiverse.
it was new and interesting but did not convince me at first. I tried the same approach again and got a banger.
I even started a collaboration for a track I have been thinking about for years!
after five days I had 12 tracks in need to be fine tuned.
when I finished 'on a spectrum' it felt like an ambitioned 'best of' thing,
something so fine and complex that it would be impossible to do a follow-up.
well, but here it is, wild, worn and beautiful.

we are even happy to share this little making of.
the album was produced more or less within a week (with fine tuning and rendering within a second week).
the snapshot above shows the simple set up of sample based production with leo (nicknamed ‘wutz’)
– a friendly neighbour´s tomcat – taking care of keeping it relaxed.

here is a quote from the escorting press text on the feature:
the 'intercelestial' album draws its primary inspiration from a summer trip to the dutch north sea,
where piayda took some time to enjoy albums of (mostly) german electronica artists.
back home he started working on new tracks which all ended up in the album.
he was supported by long-time friend, musician and producer michael schreiber (primal scapes),
who once again mastered the album and contributed visual material featured in the artwork.

one track includes a collaboration with IG-75, also known as mario meyendriesch,
paying tribute to piayda’s deep-rooted connection to the regional electronic music scene.
meyendriesch, schreiber and piayda are all part of the electric café ruhr collective
– a vibrant network of electronic musicians from the ruhr area known for
jamming, producing and performing at festivals together.

2025_08_30 via svenpiayda.com/news
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it is our massive pleasure to announce the release of
record of tides´ new album ‘on a spectrum’ via zany music on july 11, 2025.
the album was produced in winter and spring 2025 but also takes up material from
the 2021 ‘purchases’ album and the 2004 debut album ‘timber’,
it also features productions with long-term friend and collaborator michael schreiber from 2019 and 2022.
‘on a spectrum’ is the ninth album of the ‘purchases’ series,
the album is supposed to be the legit follow-up to 'hyperalterations‘ (2025)
while using sample-based post-hiphop, post genre and idm production.

the tracks have surprisingly formed an outstanding album which features outstanding artwork:
the original cover features the typical ‘rcrdftds’ font on a green-screen-like background.
inspired by the two altering covers of the physical version of the ‘superflat’ album by AESTATE,
the studio developed an idea for an animated cover.
the additional cover comes as animated gif and runs through the range of the colour spectrum.

the album was once again beautifully mastered by michael schreiber
who also recorded and delivered material recorded with primal scapes and all notes off.

released on zany music and distributed by bandcamp,
the album and will be available in different digital formats only:

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-spectrum
recordoftides.com
zany-music.com

in order to have tracks which expand the stylistic range and work properly in a live context
for the may 2025 live dates, piayda started working on single tracks which ended up on the album.
these productions brought up collaborations with primal scapes and
a retake on michael schreibers´s former project all notes off.
HYRN a.k.a. björn walde has contributed synth for a complex track that was originally started as an
architects of utter destruction project, based upon production sessions for the ‘hyperalterations’ album.
the philharmonia symphony orchestra has delivered recordings
ending up in one of the most ambitioned production to date.
the tracks feature the full range of record of tides music and merges styles of
idm, post hip-hop, experimental, rock and symphonic music.

sven piayda a.k.a. record of tides looks back on the may 2025 live dates.
in retrospective we are very happy with the success of the performances, on saturday, may 31, 2025,
sven piayda performed the final a/v live gig of the record of tides may 2025 live dates at eunoia in mülheim an der ruhr.
before piayda did a glitch hop hdj set with visuals on may 16 at makroscope in mülheim and
the opening live set of endlos elektrosounds at 35blumen on may 23 in krefeld.
all shows have been well attended and featured great performances.

recently we are editing and processing all of the material
produced during the live performances and delivered by fans and friends.
we can expect some live material to come up.
recently no future live dates are conformed.
also there are nor on-going productions for an upcoming album.

before we hope to announce a proper live recording from the may 2025 dates,
we can already come up with the first snippet:
record of tides live at 35blumen for endlos elektrosounds 2025-05-23
documents the last ten minutes of the performed set (as no further useful material is available).
the material has been recorded and delivered by guido knabben,
edited by sven piayda and mastered by michael schreiber.
the artwork was done by sven piayda studio using a photograph taken and delivered by chris terhart.
you can download or listen to the live bootleg by clicking here.

update 2025-07-01: the live bootleg is now also available via archive.org.
all available live recordings will be made available via the record of tides website soon.

archive.org/details/record_of_tides-live_at_35blumen_for_endlos_elektrosounds_2025-05-23

update 2025-07-01: we are happy to finally present the
record of tides live at eunoia 2025-05-31 recording via bandcamp.
the recording documents the room ambience of this great a/v performance,
it was deliverd by eunoia director alex kupsch and was mastered by michael schreiber.
the cover features artwork by sven piayda to make sure that it fits into the 'live bootleg' series
as well as into the 'purchases' series and is based upon photographs taken by alexander kupsch.

check out the tracklist of the live gig:

aedits
texels track (beats)/birdsong
rhonebarke
consolation for the hopeless
anticipation for returnal
hangover waiting time
aedits (reprise)
summer dusk
gain nova scotia
texels track
hat & cane
bad syntax (asleep)

the release is supposed to be available digitally only in july 4, 2025.
a big thank you to thank you to alex kupsch and michael schreiber
as well to jörg, kent and everyone at eunoia.

recordoftides.bandcamp.com/track/live-at-eunoia-2025-05-31

kupsch and piayda are recently working on further events and releases. keep an eye on:

eunoia-space.com
eunoiaspace.bandcamp.com

update 2025_06_19: [...] this may was coined by organizing the live dates of my record of tides may 2025 tour.
I figured it pretty cool, back in winter when I drafted and booked the dates with the venues.
but you can never guess, what else will be around. all of the dates were fun, sometimes just friends being around,
sometimes the local scene, sometimes people who really want to see me play.
it leaves me quite happy, there is no frustration and strangely I realize that it is frustration that keeps me going trying to make it better.
now I feel like I should lean back.

once again, alex kupsch of eunoia did a great job in preparing and advertising the show,
you are quite irritated if everything is perfect and presented so easily.
we are planning future collaborations.
on the other hand I had to handle an infection of my mother which made me pretty nervous.
you have these performance dates (15 minutes fame) you are preparing for months and
then you do it while your thoughts are somewhere else.
being a professional musician on tour is way more tough than you can imaging and it is something I could not do. [...]

the eunoia hosted the first cultural regulars' table,
alex kupsch invited me long before an I already attended a month to early just to be late on the actual date.
the idea of connecting in the scene feels good and I appreciate this enterprise and will return next time.
but it also delivers some findings:
the city appreciates our actions and wishes for a ‘culture day’ (!?) without offering any budged,
some participators use the format of the regular´s table only as a stage to express their own meaningfulness a.k.a. ego and
often people do not know how to handle pitched ideas emerging from new connections
leaving me wondering why they have showed up in the first place.
but I do not want to sound critic, the event was a great one, we had fun,
meeting familiar and new people and it is great to have friends everywhere.
apart from that, I can only support the eunoia space and all of their actions as we are all fighting from the same angle.
usually I am the one taking a picture, alex took out outside for a group shot, and yes, we felt like making history.
from svenpiayda.com/blog

update 2025_06_19: you might remember me reporting about discovering the f-1 trillion monument last autumn in mülheim,
a crashed car on a pedestal mimicking the retired truck from post malone´s album cover.
now I have finally got my own monument.
whenever I am off to krefeld I sometimes take the street heading to our tiny airport and
I discovered something I have rushed by a few times before:
an electrical panel painted with mountains in a quite naïve style.
I thought that this looks quite familiar…
it somehow looks like my ‘purchases’ cover – even if it was not meant to be… however,
this will now be referred to as the ‘purchases monument’ and it is another funny episode of the ‘visual echos’,
that appear from time to time and suggest meaningful connection.
from svenpiayda.com/blog

update 2025_07_25: this year holds a personal anniversary for me: twenty years of live electronica.
I came up with projects like sellafield., AESTATE and record of tides over the years.
it is strange, I always felt like a misfit, being percept as some arty guy doing weird noise to proof his strangeness.
but it was never like that, I always wanted to make good music and play live.
I feel sorry for myself as I have never found the right people to form a power trio.
and even if – I am a bad singer and a guitar poser anyway, it might have not worked out anyway.
but I wanted to do what I could do on my own and what fascinated me, the sound, the rhythm,
the surprise and the emotion of that warp gave to me and the world.

I was and still am a copycat of aphex twin, autechre, boards of canada and prefuse 73,
but I brought in my rock background I guess after twenty years I have created a unique body of work based upon electronica.
this was my way to play live without having a band (that would split up before having a first gig).
looking back I still remember the drunk guy who came up to me during the 2005 sellafield.
gig in tönisvorst (see picture above) asking I would think that this would make people dance?
I just said ‘no’ and turned the volume up again.
I remember utku from ghost frames saying that I could be successful by producing some techno house music,
but I did not want to as would bore myself.

this was a typical move I also did when it came to visual art,
I have always considered myself as an artist doing what was necessary
from the point of artistic integrity hoping for an audience to follow.
I never thought about pleasing the audience, the consequence might be a lack of profit.
nevertheless, there are some rare but true fans all over europe – with no chance to bring them together in a live audience.
but there are also great moments when I ended up in places I belong to,
playing at fzw, artemis, marienkirche herne, 35blumen and eunioa was magic.

after the great shows of my may 2025 tour I still feel happy and exhausted.
the ‘on a spectrum’ album appears like a monolith to me,
mashing up all the influence I have while creating an ambitious piece of contemporary music that is still fun.
as it is hart to go from here to anywhere, I decided to take a little break (to work on AOUD #4)
and see where record of tides is going.
however, I’ll back be playing live!
from svenpiayda.com/blog

update 2025-08-13: our days in ooskapelle have been over for a while but there is an echo somehow.
we stayed at boshoek (the last rooms at the street to the beach) and I really enjoyed it.
when we first entered the room we were amazed to see that everything is pretty new.
the next thing we checked was the missing od a tv or radio.
I do not need to watch tv on holidays but I love to turn on some music channel in the morning
and listen to eighties classics or local heroes.

my way to relaxing routines in afternoons and evening became reading the art magazine
(18 euro for an issue is something I only spend once in a year every five years)
and discovering mouse on mars’ ‘parastophics’ album.
all of this connected, the beach feeling, the weird deconstruction and arty approach.
my inner soundtrack became wild positive, like you stuff at the sea,
everything is down-and-heel but you do not care as there is a certain beauty in it.

back home I had some ideas in my head for rhythms, modulated sounds and even orchestral arrangements.
I did not wanted to start an album, I thought it would be something for autumn.
nevertheless, for the first time in a decade I have a label waiting for some new stuff
and they keep me updated to make sure I will remember them when I have something new.
I collected and created packs of samples just by accident,
I stared two new tracks adding some more techno groove to the post hip-hop universe
as settled in the IDM multiverse. it was new and interesting but did not convince me at first.
I tried the same approach again and got a banger.
I even started a collaboration for a track I have been thinking about for years!
after five days I had 12 tracks in need to be fine tuned.
when I finished 'on a spectrum' it felt like an ambitioned 'best of' thing,
something so fine and complex that it would be impossible to do a follow-up.
well, but here it is, wild, worn and beautiful.
from svenpiayda.com/blog

2025_06_20 via svenpiayda.com/news
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on saturday, may 31, 2025, sven piayda performed the final live gig
of the record of tides may 2025 live dates at eunoia in mülheim an der ruhr.
in contrast to the previous glitch hop hdj set and the endlos electrosounds performance
piayda performed a live set based upon tracks and sounds of recent and upcoming releases
and presented exclusive visuals to the show.
the eunoia theatre presented a perfect room and sound system for the show.

alex kupsch of eunoia curated and managed the gig, he also delivered an audio recording of the performance,
so we can hope for a live bootleg to come up.
piayda announced to look back on successful, stressful and well-attended live dates
and mentioned to take a break from performing as record of tides.
nevertheless kupsch and piayda confirmed to have plans for common live show projects in the future.

we like to thank alex kupsch and everyone at eunoia for making this night a perfect performance and party.
we also like to thank ulrike oppel and everyone at 35blumen and
lovis voß of makroscope for making the dates happen and work out.

eunoia-space.com

update 2025-06-05: recently we are editing and processing all of the material
produced during the live performances and delivered by fans and friends.
we can expect some live material to come up.
recently we can share the set list from the a/v live performance at eunoia on may 31, 2025.
we hope to share the mastered live recording soon.

aedits
texels track/birdsong
rhonebarke
consolation for the hopeless
anticipation for returnal
hangover waiting time
aedits (reprise)
summer dusk
gain nova scotia
texels track
hat & cane
bad syntax (asleep)

ticket info: as you needed to purchase tickets to join the show at eunioa,
zany music has an offer for you: the ticket will not only enable you to attend the mini tour final,
you will also receive the upcoming ‘on a spectrum’ album in digital format for free (july 11, 2025)
and gain /CAMP access for further content.
in case of not having left your email address / contact information, please register at
contact[at]recordoftides.com (no spam/no newsletter)

having scheduled a tiny tour for may 2025,
record of tides has already performed two shows like the glitch hop hdj set with visuals at makroscope in mülheim
and the opening live set of endlos elektrosounds at 35blumen in krefeld.
all shows have been well attended and featured great performances.
no further dates are scheduled recently.
piayda is recently focussing on preparing material for upcoming releases.

2025_06_02 via svenpiayda.com/news
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