Second track from the album "Baba Soirée" 
Release: Oct 27 

Two visionary maestros, Pierre Bastien and Michel Banabila, unite in their first collaborative album, Baba Soirée. The veterans of electronic music bring their unique expertise to the table, resulting in a captivating fusion of experimental styles. Bastien’s mechanical loops and experimental instrumental setups merge seamlessly with Banabila's sound design and impeccable skills of sampling collages. It's not a dance party, nor is it an avant-garde intervention. It's a soirée: a cultivated evening of sonic alchemy hosted by these two charismatic gentlemen.

Pierre Bastien is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a background in French literature. He has spent decades crafting an idiosyncratic world of experimental sound with his self-built mechanical orchestra Mecanium. It was most notably showcased in audiovisual releases on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label. Bastien's creations are a mesmerizing combination of traditional instruments (he has a vast collection) and mechanical automatons. The violin in the track Rotomotor, for example, is physically played by one of his machines. In Baba Soirée, Bastien also plays a prepared cornet (Slow Dance, Banbas Aura), infusing the recordings with a breathy, dreamy dimension.

Michel Banabila, a sound artist, composer and producer, possesses an eclectic musical repertoire that defies genres. His seamless blend of minimal electronica, tribal ambient, and neo-classical influences has earned him a prominent place in the world of experimental music, and an impressive discography (Knekelhuis, Bureau B, Séance Center, a.o.). Banabila serves as the creative sampling editor for Baba Soirée, expertly weaving together the recordings to craft an evocative sonic tapestry.

The two share a curiosity for traditional instruments from various cultures. The instruments used in the recordings are shown in the cover artwork. A mutual admiration for each other's work paved the way for this fruitful artistic partnership of the Rotterdam-based artists: Collaborating on a single as a fundraiser for Yemen in 2022 set the stage for the creation of Baba Soirée.

For Pierre Bastien, Dada, Fluxus and International Situationism have played a significant role in shaping his artistic vision. The title Baba Soirée is an homage to Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg's "Kleine Dada Soirée" collaboration which took place exactly a century ago. There's an unmistakable stoicism and an anarchic not-giving-a-f*** attitude in these recordings by Bastien & Banabila, which resonates in the light of this Dada reference.

Baba Soirée

Stray Carrier Pigeon

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Pierre Bastien, Michel Banabila: Stray Carrier Pigeon (Pingipung 083 / LP, digital)

This previously unreleased track can be found on the Side A CD that comes with the "Time Released Sound: A Decade Of Handmade Music Packaging", book. Pre-orders start on November 18th, 2023.

Time Released Sound: A Decade Of Handmade Music Packaging (CD 1)

Olga Wojciechowska "Against The Sky"

Snow/Sand (For Clarinets, Vibraphone, Cello & Percussion)

Cartridge Grain - I (Slow Tone Collages)

taken from "Immersioni"

https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com/album/immersioni

Cartridge Grain - I (Slow Tone Collages)

Taken from the album "Stanze"

Pre orders start 31.5.2024 / Release date: 7.6.2024

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Cartridge grain is a project created by Emanuele Specchia and Roberto Ficosecco. 

The project is rooted in original sound experimentations, created with the turntable, through the use of recycled materials, generating essential rhythms rich in noise and from the use of concrete samples, processed through granular synthesis algorithms, to generate sound spaces and environmental textures. 

Our music is a timeless dialogue made of sounds and silences, moments of stasis and processes of accumulation, capable of giving life to particularly organic soundscapes with a strong emotional component. 

Roberto Ficosecco – Turntables for recycled materials and synthesizers. 
Emanuele Specchia – Processing and granular synthesis, field recordings, vibrafono and synthesizers. 
Guitar on Risveglio, Onde and Metamorfosi by Giacomo Specchia. _________________________________

Music by Cartridge Grain 
Recorded in Perugia and Ancona, early 2024 Mixed and mastered by Emanuele Specchia Photography by Emanuele Specchia 

Shimmering Moods Records 2024 
SHM 304

Cartridge Grain - Patina

Taken from the album "Autumn is a new spring"

Pre orders start 31.5.2024 / Release date: 7.6.2024

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Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered @Argo Laboratorium by Gm Aprile @Argolab, 2023/2024 
Photographs by Gm Aprile 

Gianmaria Aprile: guitars, effects, guqin, xylophone, field recordings 
Luca Mauri: guitar on tr.1 
Luca Tilli: cello on tr.1 

- always, in autumn, a new spring is hidden - 
gianmariaaprile.bandcamp.com 
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BIO 
I like to smell the woods, listen to music and play it, but I never seem to do it enough. 
I started in the early years of the new millennium to release records by approaching the world of post-rock (Ultraviolet Makes Me Sick), then I continued my musical journey approaching more experimental sounds (Luminance Ratio) and entering the world of improvisation and jazz (Pipeline 3, 5, 8). 
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SHM 305 
Shimmering Moods Records 2024

Gianmaria Aprile - U•N•I

Artist: ZOE EFSTATHIOU
TITLE: SOLO PIANO : EDGE OF CHAOS
FORMAT: LP & DIGITAL
CATALOGUE NO: iDEAL232
RELEASE: APRIL 2024

Zoe Efstathiou, pianist and electro-acoustic composer, originally from Greece, has lived in Sweden since 2015. Her interest shifts between the intricate relationships of the overtones of acoustic instruments, electro-acoustic textures, and the sonic potential of light installations. Her music interpolates the momentary with the ever-evolving, exploring ideas related to time, expectation and memory. There are connections to what is going on in the music of some of the 60s minimalists, where beauty and harshness meet naturally. This is Efstathiou’s debut solo album.

”In the core of the album’s creation, lies my fascination with unveiling the piano overtones by harnessing the properties of complex systems, which emerge when competing oscillations of strings interact with room acoustics, microphone placements, the piano's pedals, and its soundboard. Through long forms, incremental gestures, and nuanced timbral artifacts, the album aims to distort the perception of time and invite an introspective experience of multiple and expanded temporalities.” - Zoe Estathiou.

ZOE EFSTATHIOU - AMVRACIA (iDEAL232 LP)

eRecords is a digital record series created by Whitelabrecs, to run alongside our physical releases. These editions aim to transform the digital format into something that can be experienced in a similar way to a listener’s interaction with a real, white label vinyl record. Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner notes.

We do not publish details about the concepts or production methods of a release, so that the liner notes and content in each scrapbook will give you the background of each edition in the series.

catalog: eR028
artist: the unknown shape
release title: transient ep
runtime: 15:30
location: north rhine westphalia, germany

written and produced by tobias dziapko
mastered by NFM-Mastering (HerbLF)
cover artwork by george korunov
booklet art and design by harry towell

Transient

eR028 The Unknown Shape - Transient

Perpetual

Movement, 2

Words : Vor fünf Jahren habe ich einen Mix mit dem Titel "From Krautrock to Kosmische Musik"erstellt. Während der Arbeit entdeckte ich das Buch "Krautrocksampler" von Julian Cope. Als Ambient-Liebhaber und hingebungsvoller "cosmic traveller" im musikalischen Sinn erregte ein bestimmtes Kapitel zum Thema "Kosmische Musik" meine Aufmerksamkeit.
Zwei Jahre später bestellte ich eine Ausgabe des bereits lange vergriffenen Buches und las es in einem Stück, da es nicht nur auf faszinierende Weise erstaunliche Einblicke in Aspekte deutscher Kultur und Musik bot, sondern, was noch wichtiger war, nachvollziehbar machte wie die Musik handwerklich geschaffen wurde und von wem genau.

Ich hatte schon längere Zeit Krautrock gesammelt und fühlte mich nunmehr eher der "kosmischen" Bewegung verbunden als dem eher rhythmuslastigen Krautrock-Stil. Musiker wie Klaus Schulze, Popol vuh, Ashra, Edgar Froese (RIP), Harmonia  und natürlich auch Tangerine Dream. So formte sich in mir die Idee, einen Mix mit der vom Beat befreiten deutschen Musik zu gestalten, die heute als "Kosmische Musik" bekannt ist. Ich kramte meine Lieblingsalben zusammen und ging an die Arbeit. Ich habe Tangerine Dream zwei Mal live erleben dürfen und würde den Mix gerne der Arbeit des späteren Edgar Froese widmen. Auch wenn er nicht mehr unter uns weilt - seine Musik bleibt bestehen.

So lade ich Euch ein, für über eine Stunde zusammen "very cosmic" zu sein!

Dies ist für all meine deutschen Freunde!

Funky Jeff aka Jeff Chill - 2016

1)    Danyel Galaxy : Cybernetic Permutations In The Key Of A
2)    Edgar Froese : NGC 891 (Aqua / 1974)
3)    Tangerine dream : Rubycon part 1 (Rubycon / 1975)
4)    Tangerine dream : The keep (The Keep / 1983)
5)    Edgar Froese : Epsilon in Malaysian (Epsilon In Malaysian Pale/1975)
6)    Klaus Schulze : Alles ist gut (Alles Ist Gut (Concert 1975)
7)    Mergener & Weisser : Rainbow (Beam-scape / 1984)
8)    Tangerine dream : Phaedra (Phaedra / 1974)
9)    Ashra : Ocean of tenderness (New Age of Earth / 1976)
10)    Harmonia : Sehr kosmisch (Musik von Harmonia / 1974)
11)    Ashra : Nightdust (New Age of Earth / 1976)
12)    Popol Vuh : Ich mache einen spiegel (Affenstunde / 1970)
13)    Cluster & Brian Eno ‎: Old Land (Old Land / 1985)

Five years ago, I made a mix called From Krautrock to kosmische musik. As I was making the mix, I discovered Julian Cope's book called ''Krautrocksampler'' In that book lies a section which is quite interesting for me, as an avid cosmic traveller and ambient buff. The section is about ''Kosmische music''. Two years ago, I ordered the long out of print book and read it all so quickly, fascinated by this amazing insight in German culture, music and more importantly, how the music came to be crafted and by whom. I had started collecting Krautrock before, but I found myself more drawn towards the cosmic movement than the rhythm based motorik style known as Krautrock. Musicians like Klaus Schulze, Popol vuh, Ashra, Edgar Froese (RIP), Harmonia  and of course, Tangerine dream. So came the idea of making a mix on beatless cosmic german tracks known as ''kosmische musik''. I gathered my favorite albums, and made the mix. I have seen Tangerine dream live twice and would like to dedicate this mix to the late Edgar Froese. The man may be no longer on Earth with us, but his music will live on forever... And let yourself be ''very cosmic'' (Sehr kosmisch) for over an hour together !

Dedicated to all my German friends !

https://www.discogs.com/style/berlin-school

Funky Jeff aka Jeff Chill - 2016

Sehr kosmisch

The Distance

T.O.R. (Snippet)

With over 100 physical releases since its inception by Taylor Deupree in 1997, New York-based music label 12k has decisively defined and developed the concept of minimalism in the realms of electronic music for more than a decade. Fusing elements from Ambient and Electro-Acoustic Composition with carefully arranged digital textures and associative micro-noises, the label's aesthetics revolve around a precisely-outlined, yet deeply emotional concoction of the technological and the organic. Eschewing the typical marketing mechanisms of the commercial music industry, Deupree has sculpted a platform whose influence today extends well beyond the confinements of the experimental community. 12k's integral approach, in which the label's instantly recognizable, elegantly spartan artwork enters into an inseparable symbiosis with the music, has created a timeless audiovisual language respected and appreciated all over the world.