Pre-order for the new Handstitched* release "Teygja Part A" by Maps and Diagrams, released on both limited edition mini CD and cassette. 

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"Teygja Part A" - handmade CD wallets from vintage hardback books, the CD's sit inside timeworn-illustrations and technical diagram sleeves. A hand-made mini collage and print come with every edition. Each edition is hand-numbered and limited to 50 copies, packed in glassine bags.

"Teygja Part A" C-45 cassette - hand-stamped, sage green cassette inside a handmade manila slip case, hand-numbered and packed in glassine bags. Limited to 25 copies.

Maps and Diagrams_Teygja Part A [s4mpl3r]

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Fossil Hunting Collective is musician and sound artist Jamie Jones, from Guelph in Canada who has been active under this artist name since 2019. He has previously released music on labels such as Ambientologist, ROHS, Polar Seas and Rusted Tone Recordings across this project name and as (ph)authers (alongside Hymns57) and Still Harbours (with Brad Deschamps). Followers of our discography may also recall 2020’s contribution to our Home Diaries series, entitled ‘Aperture’. 

‘Cyanotype’ was made primarily, via the beautiful surprises thrown out of various guitar pedals along with re-amped loops played back through old cassette recorders. Whilst virtual plugins are also used throughout the process, Jones places an emphasis on the physical too, with his small body acoustic guitar strung with nylons, a Jazzmaster guitar, a baritone ukulele and reel to reel tape. The sound is a heady blend of melancholy, nostalgic and life-affirming movements, using droning texture, tape decay and loosely performed instrumentation to tell dreamy stories.

The theme for this album was born out of the emotions that Jones pours into his music, as he contemplates the day-to-day struggles of his daughter Hunter, who has been Type 1 Diabetic for the last two years of their life. This autoimmune disease can be life-threatening if not managed correctly and around 95% of Jones’ headspace is occupied with worry, as follows strict procedures to count carbohydrates, weigh out food and monitor blood sugar metrics to ensure that his daughter does not become hypoglycaemic, which could lead to a coma. Controlling this disease is a full-time job and one which Jones carries the weight of at all times. The worry, care and withered energy levels mean that these emotions surface their way into the music, when he sits down in his studio late at night.

The album is a homage to what Hunter must go through each day of their life, living with Type 1 Diabetes.  No child or parent should have to go through this. No child should need to understand how it all works, but they are forced to wonder ‘why me’.  On top of the weight of the emotional trauma, there is a physical trauma that comes with being injected with devices and life-saving medication numerous times a day, until a cure can be found. Jones and his family are keen to remind themselves when they can, that the disease does not define the being, and they still celebrate all the positive splendour life can offer. These tracks are an emotional journey of the day-to-day; there is the good and the bad, days of hope and wonder, days of melancholy and sadness.  Above all, they are not alone in this fight, and they all work together as a unit, protecting their family bond fiercely, like bees.

At an age of around 18 months, Hunter adopted the nickname ‘B’, after being so enthralled with their bee costume for Halloween that they continued to wear on many occasions afterwards. The track titles for this album are all influenced by bee related terminology but also, in some cases there are double meanings, such as ‘Apiary’ (meaning home), ‘Castes’ (members of the family) ‘Mellitus Propolis’ combines Mellitus (Latin for sweet)) used in describing Diabetes Mellitus and Propolis (the resin that bees use to hold hives together).

The album package makes use of the artist’s wife Richelle Forsey, who is a visual artist. Richelle often employs a process using the energy of the sun (ultra violet) to expose a camera-less image on paper coated with iron salts. This is called a cyanotype and the paper undergoes a chemical reaction which fixes the image, thus creating an imprinted monochrome ‘blueprint’.

Cyanotype

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Maps and Diagrams - A Study of Ends or Purpose [s4mpl3r] 
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Maps and Diagrams - A Study of Ends or Purpose [s4mpl3r]

Tracklist

01. Harry Towell - Prunus Avium
02. Memory Scale - Après La Pluie
03. Pulse Mandala & Distant Fires Burning - Spectroscopycon
04. Daily Rituals - Self-portrait under rusting sun
05. Ghost and Tape - Plgn
06. Stijn Hüwels - Falling head over heels
07. Russell Burden & Craig Tattersall - Fadings
08. Moss Covered Technology - No Words Needed
09. Dead Bell -  Above The Dappled Sunlight
10. The Humble Bee - Concealed by yellow

342. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTTHW32evU

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku541-heat-in-waves/

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Paseos por la naturaleza. grabaciones de campo intervenidas
Journeys through nature. Intervened field recordings

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Un rato en el bosque

Hauteurs de Minca, sur les premiers contreforts de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (massif isolé de la Cordillère des Andes sur la côte caribéenne, un des massifs côtiers les plus hauts du monde), je découvre le site en ruine d'une ancienne cafetera (fabrique artisanale de café). Alors que je visite les différents bâtiments en ruine, m'abritant des averses de pluies tropicales, un concert hypnotique de batraciens m'invite à déposer mes micros dans mes oreilles afin de mettre en partager ce concert inoubliable. Je reviendrai sur site le lendemain avec d'autres micros pour continuer à enregistrer la transe batracienne de ces Leptodactylus au plus prêt. J'en propose ici un mix entre allée et venue d'une prise binaurale à une prise de proximité.


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