EX.787 Voices From The Lake

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4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

For the Exchange's Season Two relaunch, the visionary duo discuss their first release in 13 years and the inspiration behind their trailblazing sound. Neel and Donato Dozzy, who perform and make music together as Voices From The Lake, first joined forces in 2011, when what was supposed to be a one-off performance in the Japanese Alps changed the trajectory of ambient techno forever. The music they made for the occasion was released as a self-titled album in 2012—a record that achieved mythical status in the underground and is still described as the Selected Ambient Works for the Berghain generation. Instead of following techno's standard linearity and instrumentation, the duo deployed a soft pulse, massive reverb trails and carefully placed silence to make their music feel like a living, breathing organism. Dozzy and Neel then went silent for 13 years, each pursuing their individual careers while fans pined for more music. And in December 2025, they finally delivered. II, which is dedicated to their late friend Nuel, manages to be both a continuation and a reinvention of the sound they pioneered more than a decade ago. In this RA Exchange, they uncover its guiding concepts, which draw deeply from the well of improvisational practices, concepts in Japanese design and aesthetics, and the minimalist visual art of contemporaries like Mike Parker. The duo also reveal their plans to veer away from the ambient blueprint altogether. Listen to the episode in full.

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0:00.0	RA Exchange
0:03.0	Welcome to Resonant Advisors Exchange.
0:05.0	I'm your host and the Exchange's Senior Producer, Chloe Lula. Welcome to Resident Advisors Exchange.
0:21.9	I'm your host and the Exchange's senior producer, Chloe Lula.
0:25.3	We're back after winter hiatus, and we're kicking off the new season with one of my favorite recent interviews to record.
0:33.5	A rare conversation with the Italian duo Neil and Donata Dazi who perform and make music together as voices from the lake.
0:42.5	Their story began in 2011 when what was supposed to be a one-off performance in the Japanese Alps basically changed the trajectory of ambient techno forever.
0:52.9	The music they made for the occasion was released as a self-titled album in 2012,
0:57.7	achieving a mythical status within the underground that's still described as the
1:02.1	selected ambient works for the Bergheim generation.
1:05.7	Instead of following techno's standard linearity and instrumentation,
1:09.2	the duo used soft pulse, massive reverb trails,
1:13.6	and carefully placed silence that made their music feel like a living, breathing organism.
1:19.1	The duo went silent for 13 years, each pursuing individual careers while fans pined for more
1:24.8	music. And in December of 2025, they delivered.
1:29.1	The title of their most recent album,
1:31.3	Two, is a record dedicated to their late friend, Newell,
1:34.9	and one that manages to be both a continuation
1:37.8	and a reinvention of the sound they pioneered
1:40.0	more than a decade ago.
1:42.2	I sat down with a duo to talk about the music and its guiding concepts,
1:45.5	which draw deeply from the well of improvisational practices, concepts in Japanese design and
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