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Jan 1, 2026

Dear music lovers, friends and colleagues,

from 01.01.26 I will immerse myself in own music projects (incl. life act) for an indefinite period of time and reflect on the next steps in life and music and come back and report to you ,)
During the DJ gigs incl. travelling there is unfortunately not enough time left for it...

For 2025 I am still accepting DJ gigs and will of course play all confirmed gigs, God willing!
After the art project for the painter Francisco Tavoni, I am once again dedicating myself fully to the gigs in 2025 this year.
Thank you for all the intimate moments and encounters with you during the gigs until today!

Thanks for your understanding.

Deeply grateful! Every day and music is a gift!
Best wishes despite dark world clouds from Cio ~∆*

Dec 12, 2025

21°° Talk: KlangEBENEN in conversation with YOU and us about sound, resonance, silence and reflection. You are very welcome!

22°° Clubnacht from the wonderful Laima Adelaine,
Exhibition: Yeliz Kiliçaslan
Lineup:
Cio D´Or
Felice
Sean H
Laima Adelaine

Nov 30, 2025

Dear music lovers, the days are grey, and to brighten them up a little,
I am offering one of my previously unreleased piano nocturne for sale on Bandcamp for about a month before and during Christmas.
10% of the proceeds will go to homeless or ill people.

Nov 8, 2025

Line up

Cio D´Or (Saturday 20:00 - 22:00)
Sonhan
& more to be announced ,)

The whole Festival is from Saturday 14:00 until Sunday 22:00
You are very welcome!

K1 (Kanal-Centre Pompidou)
Avenue du port 1, 1000 Bruxelles

Oct 25, 2025

Line up:
Cio D'Or, Garçon, Steevio & Suzybee Live

You are welcome!

Oct 24, 2025

Dear ambient music enthusiasts

The wonderful Brent from Minimal Collective unexpectedly heard a few tracks from my yet-to-be-released ambient album ‘raumlos’ and suggested presenting it to the public.
I gratefully agreed. Here are the details with best wishes into a colourful autumn.
Y.Cio D´Or

P.S.: Entrance is free with approximately 80 audience members.


Text: we invite you to an evening of deep listening with electronic beats, sharing an exploration of sound, space, and presence. New materials and compositions will be showcased by collective affiliates and international talent.

Line up:
16:50 - 17:10 Walk-in & Intro by Jam
17:10 - 18:10 Mammo (DJ)
18:10 - 19:00 Cio D'or (Live)
19:00 - 19:15 Break
19:15 - 20:05 Okgwa (Live)
20:05 - 20:45 Carrier (Live)
20:45 - 21:00 Outro by Jam & Walk-out

P.S.: Since I won't have time to switch to my live equipment until 2026 and I'm playing a techno DJ set at Essaim in Paris the next day,
I'll be playing with X individual tracks and sounds across 4 line channels using Traktor and my Audio 10.

Sep 18, 2025

Deeply thank you dear MOSTRA - Festival and Sure Thing!

Sure Thing text on soundcloud:

Cio D’Or hardly requires an introduction, having long stood as both a pillar of our scene and a source of inspiration for so many. Over the course of her singular and decades-spanning career, the Cologne-based artist has cultivated a universe of sound entirely her own, immediately recognizable yet endlessly evolving much like the work of her contemporaries and collaborators Mike Parker and Donato Dozzy. To experience Cio’s music is to follow a throughline that traces the complex history of contemporary techno in a single gesture, compelled by the vast unknown and the primordial familiar in equal measure. Recalling the blurred realism of Richter’s photo-paintings or the timeless intricacy of Bach’s fugues, Cio’s self-contained sonic world delicately reframes our own precious lifecycle, a reflection revealed through its elegant and subtractive minimalism.

In collaboration with our friends at Mostra, I’m honored to share a selection from Cio D’Or’s set performed at this year’s edition of the Barcelona-based festival, a sublime triumph from a scholar of sound.

Sep 17, 2025

Line up:
21:00 – 22:30 Glare
22:30 – 00:00 Cloe Leigh
00:00 – 01:30 Cio D’Or

Sep 12, 2025

...see you again @ wonderful Bassiani!
Line up:

Cio D'Or
DJ Sodeyama
Function
Ndrx
Newa
Zesknel Live

Horoom:
ATEQ
Hamatsuki Live
HVL
Separat
skyra Live
Victor (DE)
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Text: "The aim of art is to create space"—words of avant-garde minimalism pioneer, painter Frank Stella, have become the conceptual backbone of the German DJ, producer, and composer Cio Dorbandt's creative vision. As a high representative of the minimal movement under her alias Cio D'or, she's a part of a family of intricate sounds brought by artists such as Aleksi Perälä, Alva Noto, Donato Dozzy, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, allowing a focus on the essentials by eliminating the dispensable sonic excesses and creating space. Inspired by the timeless possibilities of classical music, jazz, contemporary ballet, and dance, Cio D'or constructs sets and compositions with architectural precision and emotional depth that are at once extravagant, cinematic, refined, and poetic. Function, a Brooklyn-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer, and Infrastructure label head, is one of techno's most enduring and innovative figures, a founding member of the influential Sandwell District collective and the LSD trio with Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell. DJ Sodeyama is the visionary behind ARPA Records, whose career has shaped Japan's electronic music scene for over two decades. Known for his versatile works across deep house, techno, ambient, and soulful electronic sounds, he often releases under the aliases The People In Fog and LO:BLOC. The live performance will be delivered by Zesknel, alongside Newa, a classically trained musician fusing all the essential elements of classic techno with a modern sound, and NDRX, the founder of 11TH Commune. A relentless perfectionist behind the decks, Ateq is esteemed for his distinct talent to weave minimal, dub, and techno influences into atmospheric and emotional sets—deep selection and precise mixing. The founder of the Magic Power label, Victor, resident of Munich's Blitz Club and Nachtdigital festival; the tireless champion of vinyl culture, Separat, from Aachen's Brandwerk; and the enigmatic HVL with a signature sound all their own. Skyra of Morevi Records and producer Hamatsuki will deliver rare live performances.

Sep 3, 2025

My dear organizers and music lovers,

These are my personal rules based on experience and love for music, promoters and audiences:
Set: 2 hours main time, 3 hours at the beginning of a night***
1 hour live (hopefully from Mid 2026)

Live recording:
a) I love mixes that I perfect at home for an hour, because the idea, dramaturgy and a mix should, ideally, express something and be timeless.
b) there are far too many mixes online ( I prefer quality over quantity )..

Deeply thank you for your understanding! Love, Cio ~∆*

Aug 7, 2025

Dear music lovers,

As my agent Oliver is pursuing a different path from 1 September onwards, you can now book me through wonderful

Laura Callegaro.
laura@elitemm.co.uk
Mobile: +49 1575 0834172
Office phone: +44 (0) 1273 55 40 22

Aug 2, 2025

Lineup
Architectural
Brent Jacko
Cio D'Or & Woody92 (Soul2Soul première)
DJ Red & Costanza

Aug 1, 2025

TRESOR
Cio D'Or
Doltz + more TBA

GLOBUS x Exit Records
COIDO
dBridge
Poison Arrow

Jul 25, 2025

on behalf of Francisco Tavoni for his exhibition ‘The Source’ at the Lindberg Galleries Melbourne, Australia July 25 - August 9 I developed a 40-minute mix for the sound installation with my sounds and music as well as binaural tracks 4Hz and 7.5Hz

Headphones will be available soon ,)

Text Gallery:

Lindberg Galleries is proud to present “The Source” a solo exhibition by Venezuelan-born artist Francisco Tavoni, exploring expanded consciousness, astral projection, and the esoteric intersections of neuroscience, mysticism, and state-sponsored metaphysics through the lens of the now infamous Gateway Process.

Tavoni’s journey into this realm began through two spontaneous astral projections—direct experiences that would eventually lead him to the Gateway Process, a psychoacoustic technique developed by the Monroe Institute and studied in a declassified 1983 U.S. Army intelligence reporttitled “Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process.” Intended during the Cold War as a possible tool for remote viewing, the document outlines a synthesis of quantum physics, Eastern philosophy, and consciousness studies, suggesting the mind’s potential to transcend time and space.

At the heart of this method is the use of binaural beats—subtle frequency differences introduced to each ear to induce brainwave synchronization, enabling altered states of awareness. Long dismissed as fringe science, this practice gained renewed cultural attention when Page 25 of the report—a long-missing section—was recovered in 2022. The page emphasized the ancient maxim “Know Thyself” positioning self-awareness as the ultimate gateway to universal knowledge.

Tavoni’s “The Source” reimagines these themes in a visceral, multi-sensory experience.

The exhibition includes:

• Three paintings from his Source series, evoking the fluidity, disorientation, and sublime geometry of out-of-body states the paintings are based on his own personal experiences with Astral Projection.

• A sculptural intervention referencing the mystery and symbolic gravity of Page 25.

• A binaural sound installation created in collaboration with German composer and producer Cio D’or. This immersive audio work, inspired by the Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sync technology, uses layered binaural beats to guide visitors into subtle shifts in perception—transforming the gallery space into a vessel for inner exploration.

• A photographic piece grounding the astral narrative in the physical body, blurring the line between seen and sensed.

Tavoni’s work moves fluidly between speculation and science, personal myth and classified research. In “The Source,” perception itself becomes the subject—pushed to its limits, refracted through sound, symbol, and silence. It is an invitation not just to look, but to listen inward.

Jul 10, 2025

With deep gratitude to the magnificent Monument ! ~∆*

Text Monument (by Joe Mayberry)

What’s better than a mix from electronic music royalty Cio D'Or ? Two mixes. This week we present something very special, a tale told across two chapters. As a mainstay of techno for over two decades, Cio D'Or has consistently pushed boundaries, gracing the decks of revered institutions worldwide and crafting a legendary discography with releases on Prologue, Semantica, Hypnus, Time to Express and more.
Across both mixes you will hear Cio’s unparalleled ability for sculpting minimalism and sonic architecture, masterfully recontextualizing familiar and obscure tracks alike, breathing new life into them and unveiling hidden dimensions. She dissects, reassembles and creates intricate connections between disparate sounds, all flawlessly executed with an alchemist’s touch.
Prisma 33 starts at a slower tempo, delicately building into an eruption of psychedelic minimalism. Dada grows with kinetic energy, with Cio sculpting sounds and textures into a deep trip where time seems to bend and dissolve, finishing with an unexpected wildcard that only a master selector could make work.

https://soundcloud.com/monument.../mnmt-478-cio-dor-dada. (see direct link)
https://soundcloud.com/monumen.../mnmt-478-cio-dor-prisma-33. (see direct link)

dada:
With special thanks to all the splendid artists who made this mix possible (alphabetical):
Brian Eno - Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem - Brendon Moeller - Denise Rabe - Floid - Floid & W92 - Format Value - Joachim Spieth - Konduku - Lemna - Mike Parker - Mindspan - Popol Vuh (Mika Vainio Rmx) - Refracted - Stanislav Tolkachev - The Verve

This approx. 40min project mix ‘dada’ (80bpm), moves surreal from ambient to fast, furious build-up and ends unexpectedly ,)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
prisma 33:
With special thanks to the following splendid artists (alphabetical)
Aleksi Perälä - Alva Noto - Donato Dozzy - Gravity Waves - How to Levitate - Konduku - Marco Shuttle - Mike Parker - Pete Namlook - Plastikman -Sleeparchive - Wata Igarishi

With this approx. 35-minute 80 bpm mix I wanted to achieve a tonal transparency that leads away from earthy themes

Jun 21, 2025

You are welcome to this wonderful festival around a lake!
Line up and tickets:
please see below (links)
Best wishes Cio ~∆*

May 25, 2025

... beautiful Colombia ,)

Line up:
Claudio PRC
Cio D´Or

May 18, 2025

...back to wonderful Medellin: Secret Location - please ask wonderful José ,)

May 16, 2025

Start of Mexico - Colombia Tour


Lineup
• Cio D'Or
+ Makrina
+ Andreas

May 8, 2025

The first Clubbing Heritage in Berlin unfolds on 8 May at ELSE, marking a powerful reunion of dialogue and music. The event opens with an inaugural panel talk featuring esteemed guests, followed by 14+ hours of high-quality sounds with majestic selectors showcasing special B2Bs and distinctive sets.

Line up A-Z

Cio D’Or
DJ Pete & D-Leria
Lake Haze & Dtekk
Mareena & Madalba
Stanislav Tolkachev & Sarah Wreath
Sterac Electronics

Panel Talk

Dimitri Hegemann
Robert Henke aka Monolake
Steve Rachmad
Manuela Budimilic
Michael Matushek
Maria Jose Meija

Artwork by scanate__

From 2 PM till 6 AM, from outdoor to indoor, an invitation to experience a meaningful day of culture.

Apr 20, 2025

DJ Set @ terrific Mostra Festival ,)

Artists
Antonio Vázquez •Bastien • Carmen Villain • Carrier •
Cio D'Or • Dasha Rush •Dialog • DiSport • ENA •
Function • gi - Katatonic Silentio - LEVL (DB1, Felix K & Forest Drive West) •
Lotus Eater (Lucy & Rrose) • Lynne • Margaux Gazur • Maribel Tafur •
Nicolás Melmann • nigul • o.utlier • OCCA • Patrick Russel • Peter Ban Hoesen •
Reeko • Robert Henke • Slowfoam • Timnah & Mario • Zara

Mar 20, 2025

La Casita presents
Special Set from 22°° - 0°°
You are welcome!

Mar 5, 2025

Many thanks to RA and DELAYED NYC!
CUMULUS 33, a special mix for journeys for magnificent Discos Movimiento from Mexico.
is among the ‘Best Mixes January/February 2025’ on Residentadvisor
as well as among the ‘Favourite Mixes February 2025’ on DELAYED NYC.

(Links please see below, thank´s)

Feb 4, 2025

Dear music lovers and music friends,
Here comes a special timeless warm light Dubmix into dark days for e.g. travelling with newer tracks and older classic Dub-records.
Dolby surround (headphones!)- timeless - on clouds - cumulus - dub - special mix for journeys - surround (classic vinyl and new tracks) for magnificent Discos Movimiento from Mexico.
~∆* allover, Cio

Jan 22, 2025

Dear music lovers - friends and - colleagues
today the live mix from the wonderful Draaimolen Festival is posted (photo©Sissys Reiterstaffel). At the beginning you can hear the sound of water, because I had to set up all the technical equipment (1210 turntables, audio interface, compu ect) with the help of the lovely crew. Since I prefer project mixes, I will release the essence of the mix (SAPHIR 77) on my Soundcloud page in February.
In April you will then hear a current 35min intro mix called ‘PRISMA 33’ for 2025 via the soundcloud page of the fabulous Monument.
Bright greetings into dark winter days, grateful! Every day is a present! Y. Cio D´Or ~∆*

Jan 11, 2025

Line up:
0:00 - 3:00 Cio D´Or
3:00 - 4:00 (End) Woody92

Dec 31, 2024

My dear music lovers,
I wish you all a magnificent new 2025 in the hope for more freedom in this world (inside and out).
... usually a relaxed Dubmix for travelling would have been online a few days ago, but the date seems to be delayed.
The Draaimolen Festival is presenting my live set from Sept.24 on 22nd of january 2025.
As a consolation, here is a New Year's Eve set (last part) from wonderful Osaka @ Universal Adventure - Countdown from 2013 - 2014
(from about 5min you can see Dasha Rush and me dancing Menuett to Murcof ,) please see Link below, thanks)
Cordially, Y.Cio D'Or ~∆* grateful
& and much love also to my Japanese music friends like Ryosuke and Dai and the fantastic crowd (arigatou!!!) ***allover YOU

Sep 6, 2024

My beloved follower of music,

on 06.09.2024 I will play a DJ set at the Draaimolen Festival in the Netherlands and - God willing - accept selected gigs again: Occasionally as a DJ (Traktor Scratch Pro), preparing a live set with Ableton Live 12 Suite (I'm a newbie!), which the wonderful company "Ableton Live" gave me and for which I am more than very grateful!
My ambient and piano albums are also in the starting blocks and are paused because of the DJ set.
There are still some fine points to work on.
I will also continue to pursue my piano exercises and compositions with the aim of hopefully being able to play some of them myself in public.
In addition to all these musical endeavours, I have switched from MacPro Intel to Apple Silicon. Unfortunately, some updates to some of the music programmes have become more complicated for the workflow. The installation and "move" became a time-consuming adventure. In addition, some important effects are still not compatible.

Every day is a gift! ~∆*** allover You, Cio
...looks like I'll be meeting some long-term music friends, colleagues, at the festival ,)
Draaimolen Festival 2024 bei MOB Complex, Niederlande ⟋ RA

Mar 7, 2024

Dear music lovers and readers ,)
The wonderful alphabet composer Cédric Finkbeiner (Hypnotic Techno Circles) and I played letters ping - pong for several month, resulting in a " loooong interview" for Orb Mag of a extended time period in music. Anyone who feels like reading on an early spring evening is cordially invited.
Now I will go into silence again and after my operation on 04.04. (incisional hernia from the big operation). From mid-July rather - August/September 2024 - God willing - I will perform for you again and announce all news about music and confirmed gigs for you. Thank you for your understanding! Enjoy the wonderful early spring despite the many bad and sad world events!
Under which certain conditions I will perform is not yet 100% clear, I will let you know at the right time.
Warm wishes Y.Cio ~∆***

(please see links below)

Feb 29, 2024

Dear music lovers and interested visitors,
the wonderful magazine Groove asked me 28 questions (German).
If you are interested in the answers, you are cordially invited to read them.
God willing and if I can stay healthy, there are already new requests for the second half of the year!
Grace for this world! ~∆* allover Y.Cio D'Or

Jan 5, 2024

My dear friends and colleagues in music, first of all, I wish you a marvellous, inspiring and lighthearted 2024 with open ears for exciting soundscapes, techno as well as for the quieter nuances with great impact. For consolation in difficult global times, I send you music for quiet moments
https://youtu.be/0fZ1xL7JHvQ?si=DN5nuRl46zazR_Tw please watch direct link ,)
© cio d'or stilldichein, played by Denys Proshayev after the Festival of the Musikfest Wasserschloss GesmoldIn, where he became the artistic director. The recording was made in a church without an audience on a Steinway grand piano.
Gratefully healthy "in the present", I am mentally preparing my new music studio and, God willing, looking forward to the day when I can spread music for you again!
During my rehab, the highlight was an "out-of-tune piano" on which I was allowed to play between treatments until I contracted corona and was sent home.

Cordial + ~∆* Your Cio D'Or

Jan 1, 2024

Why?
My conviction arises not only from my personal contacts with Israel and Jewish fellow citizens in Germany as well as my intensive involvement with the expulsions and murders of Jews! I have also had many also nice conversations with Muslims. I am open to all people. What I reject is the condemnation of an entire nation, a race, a religion! You can find background information and facts in my links. I also post the Hamas charter. Anyone who is interested in my opinion is welcome to read it!
Heartfelt blessings and peace for all human beings!

The following educational links (for direct links see below):
Charta Hamas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Hamas_charter
Amin al-Husseini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_al-Husseini
Ayaan Hirsi Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxP1u7mVIh8
Dalia Ziada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WmVyv9sMEU
GEOPOL Geschichte - German only - Topics: BDS - Nakba - Golan - UNWRA - Hamas - 7.Oktober - Nazis - Zionismus
https://www.youtube.com/@GEOPOL-GESCHICHTE-ep7hm/videos

Aug 14, 2023

Hello marvelous music friends, - colleagues and - follower !
With deep thanks for all your encouraging and empowering comments and prayers! I am very touched!
A short update:
It's like a miracle: I am living in TODAY and currently healthy with a Parp Inhibitor (tablets) !
After the effective treatments I still need some time of recovery as well as a rehabilitation at the beautiful Chiemsee at the end of this year.
God willing, I will follow my permanent vocation of music again around the middle of next year in order to be there for you musically: Every day is a gift!
As a consolation, I am sending you a video snip of my ambient album "raumlos", which is almost finished in 2022 and which I was allowed to realise within the framework of a Gema scholarship.
Hopefully you all are doing well in these crazy times!?
My thoughts are also with the noble people who are dying of hunger and thirst as a result of the drought and heat, and with the people who are suffering in war zones. Greed for power is a wrong guideline for life.
Cordially + ~∆* Your Cio D'O