Beyond Sound: Mistier's 'Borderless' EP and the Art of Connection
Mistier's 'Borderless' EP combines melodic tracks with cinematic visuals, offering a thought-provoking electronic journey driven by a mission of unity.
Thought-provoking, electronic group, Mistier, will release their first EP, ‘Borderless’, on 20th June on Mistier Music. Available on all major streaming platforms, ‘Borderless’ joins two brand-new songs and four standout singles from 2025, reimagined as part of a seamless narrative experience. A separate version featuring extended, DJ-friendly mixes are availabvle now.
Download/stream ‘Borderless’ here.
Simultaneously, Mistier will unveil an immersive ‘Audio Visual EP’ on their YouTube channel, with each track accompanied by a custom visualiser created by visual artist, Matyas Kelemen. The EP is further supported by a special 30-minute ‘Melodic Frequencies: Borderless Edition’, a DJ-mixed showcase tying all tracks and visuals together in one continuous journey.
Borderless is the latest chapter in Mistier’s mission to break down boundaries through electronic music and visual storytelling, promoting connection, diversity, and unity in a divided world. The title track sets the tone with Andre Mistier’s heartfelt vocals, while “All Around Me” explores more introspective, shadowy terrain. The EP also brings back four earlier singles—“Waiting,” a hypnotic reflection on anticipation; “In You (Lost & Found),” a song of rediscovery; “Negentropy,” inspired by cosmic order; and “The Time Is Now,” a call to presence and transformation. Created by Mistier’s core collective—Andre Mistier, Anton Bass, Anthony Fonseca, and close collaborators—the project blends sound and meaning into a moving artistic experience.
Hi Mistier! Thanks for talking to 6AM how are you all doing?
Andre Mistier: We’re doing great, thanks for having us! The Borderless EP just dropped, and we’re thrilled with the response so far.
Anton Bass: This collection is a new benchmark for us, offering a fuller glimpse into our collaborative, audio-visual storytelling approach.
For those that don’t know, Mistier isn’t a solo project but a full-on collective. What does that collaboration actually look like behind the scenes? How do you split roles or build off each other when putting together something like the Borderless EP?
Anton Bass: Andre’s musical vision is the catalyst—he’s our main composer, songwriter, and vocalist.
Andre Mistier: Every release is a true team effort. My inspiration often comes from life, mind, and soul-expanding experiences. I’m constantly composing in my head and finding moments (often between family life) to capture melodic ideas and beats in Ableton Live. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes a sound, sometimes it’s just a vibe. Once I’ve got a foundation, I record a demo vocal—every new track is “my new favorite,” as we joke.
I share these demos with Anton, who brings his A&R and producer instincts to help us decide which ideas to develop further.
Anton Bass: We use a shared online system for all in-progress sessions, so Anthony Fonseca (Fonseca 72) can take over and start shaping the initial mixes. I step in to refine arrangements and add sonic details, and we bounce edits back and forth until we’re all happy. Fonseca 72 handles the mix engineering, and then we send the tracks to Henri Hurtig (Cid Inc.) for mastering.
Andre Mistier: On the visual side, after each song is finished, I fill out a custom form we created “About the Song”—capturing the inspiration, lyrics, and visual ideas. That’s what we pass to our visual collaborators. Our primary visual collaborator is my wife, Allison Harrell. She is the overall Visual Director for the project, and she and I have been putting together the overarching visual and narrative themes, aesthetic, and goals. For Borderless, we went to visual artist Matyas Kelemen, who took those notes and created custom visualizers and cosmic imagery that reflect the sonic narrative of each track. For the next series, we are working with animator Jeremy Nixon, who is helping us flesh out our more involved narrative ideas into an animation framework.
Speaking of the Borderless EP—for someone who’s never heard it before, what should they know going in? How do you hope people experience it, and was there a certain vibe or setting you had in mind?
Andre Mistier: Borderless is about dissolving boundaries—personal, emotional, even musical. We wanted something that works on the dancefloor but also invites deeper listening. Each track is a chapter in a larger journey. It’s versatile: perfect for headphones on a late-night walk, a scenic drive, or connecting with others on the dancefloor. The visuals on YouTube add another dimension, so if you’re into immersive experiences, check out the audio-visual EP.
Anton Bass: We also produced a special edition episode of our Melodic Frequencies dj mix series with our latest episode being a continuous, seamless dj mix featuring the tracks from the EP. The audio-visual dj mixed version is available to experience on our Youtube channel.
You brought back four tracks from earlier this year and reimagined them as part of a bigger story on Borderless. What made you want to revisit those? Was it a musical decision, or were you chasing a bigger emotional arc?
Anton Bass: Both, really. Musically, the tracks stood on their own, but we realized they explored similar themes—connection, transformation, the search for meaning. By bringing them together with two new songs, we could frame them as chapters in a bigger narrative. We wanted listeners to experience these tracks in a new context, tied together by a deeper emotional arc.
The visual side of Mistier is just as important as the music. How do those conversations flow between the music crew and collaborators on the visual side? Are visuals usually built around the music, or is it more back-and-forth?
Andre Mistier: We start visualizing ideas during the music creation process—I often think of all of the music as soundtracks to narratives, scenes, or mood pieces. The music comes first, and Allison and I document inspiration and visual ideas in detail for our collaborators. Sometimes we share visual references, and Matyas comes back with motion tests. There’s some creative back-and-forth, but mostly we trusted him to bring his own artistic interpretation to life. His ability to blend different video techniques really helped elevate our vision.
You’ve got this DJ-friendly version dropping on Beatport, and then the immersive version with visuals for headphones and deep listening. How do you balance those two worlds of club energy vs. cinematic storytelling? Does each member lean more one way or the other?
Anton Bass: We love living in both worlds! The DJ-friendly extended mixes are built for the dancefloor—longer intros and outros, more space to mix, and that club energy.
Andre Mistier: One of our primary goals has been to create content that you can feel with your body, your mind, your heart, and your soul. The immersive versions are more cinematic, with visuals and arrangements for deep listening and emotive experience. Anton and Fonseca 72 both have deep club DJ backgrounds, so they help shape the extended mixes. I come from a visual art and storytelling perspective. Our collective mix lets us keep one foot in the club and one in narrative, and that’s what makes Mistier special.
Thanks again for taking the time to talk to us. Is there anything else you’d like to add?
We’re grateful for the chance to share this project with a wider audience. Borderless is the start of something bigger—an ongoing story unfolding through music, visuals, and an upcoming animated series. If you connect with what we’re doing, visit MistierMusic.com, follow us on YouTube and Instagram, and stay tuned. The journey’s just beginning.