When music becomes a mirror rather than a moment.
There are weeks where the world feels louder, not because of the noise, but because of what shifts inside us.
This thirtieth edition of Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda is one of those moments where the line between “what we play” and “what we live” blurs into something deeper.
New songs arrived.
Premieres crossed oceans.
Voices from the UK, Qatar, or France, and the Americas converged into the same frequency.
And for a brief instant, everything aligned.
What astonishes me isn’t that indie artists release new tracks every day, it’s how these songs seem to know exactly when to reach us. As if music had its own instinct, its own timing, its own way of placing a hand gently on our shoulder when we need it.
This week, the show expanded again. After My Indie Radio from Paris and OTAT247 carrying the signal from day one, Zenerulett Radio in Hungary now echoes the Salon too. A thread across continents, stitched together by curiosity, vulnerability, and a stubborn belief in independent art.
If you know another radio that might open its arms to this shared journey, write to me at mitxoda@gmail.com. Sometimes a single connection reshapes the entire constellation.
But let me be honest: this episode carries a different weight.
The songs unfolded like steps in a path I didn’t expect to take.
Something in my musical life changed this week, a rupture, a renewal, a movement toward something unknown yet necessary.
And maybe you’ve felt that too, at some point.
That strange mix of gratitude and ache.
Leaving a piece of yourself behind while stepping toward another version of who you might become.
Music doesn’t give answers.
It simply holds space.
And today, I needed that space more than usual.
Among the voices that joined us this week, the new song À Corps Perdue by Melusine resonated in a special way. In her project Entre Ombres et Lumières, she has been exploring her musical universe for years, between shadow and light, fragility and strength. You can dive deeper into her story in this beautiful feature:
“Entre Ombres et Lumières: le voyage musical de Melusine”
Thank you for being here, for listening, for feeling, for carrying these artists further than algorithms ever could.
Thank you for letting this Salon grow into something alive.
We’ll meet again next week.
But for now, here is the journey we shared today.
Playlist: Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda #30 (Nov 21, 2025)
- Mitxoda – Patience
- The Sun Watts – Beginners Mind (premiere)
- The Major Resolve – I Can See (premiere)
- Mike Stollen – Chasing Ghosts
- REGIFTER – Silence (world premiere)
- Neon Vampire & Mitxoda – And Now (world premiere)
- Sargas – Birth
- Ghost of Rucker – Whiskers and Rain
- Mitxoda – La Vie File
- Melusine – À Corps Perdue (world premiere)
- Have I Weather – Mitxoda A Song
- Have I Weather – Figures
- Sicky – Slide (premiere)
- J&M Band – Figure You Out
- Jo Wilburn – White Knight
- Crowsilver – One Foot In Front of the Other
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life) – Terminal Lucidity (world premiere)
