https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/brace-mend

Lucy Duncombe - Brace

Long time in the making mix from our friend Tim in Bristol. We played an attic warehouse party a few years back for Tim and the crew way before the pandemic and it still sticks out as one of the most fun gigs we've had down south. This one is a trip, get your headphones out and get comfy...

Forecast 056: Tim Lawson (Escalator To Nowhere)

"there's so much shit happening in this world, and those moments when you can recharge your batteries to fight or endure all this badness are (at least for me) always the ones I spend with music (alone or with dear friends).
so it's actually a nice contribution that i'm allowed to make, to help shape the time of drawing strength for survival together by sharing collected music. i see it the same way when i record a mixtape."

We're delighted that the Austrian aficionado, Andrea Ida, has joined the ranks of Forecast providers and we hope that you get the same enjoyment out of it that we did. If you happen to be Covid free in Germany this you can catch her at Arakoda in Berlin this weekend and Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf the one following. Stay safe and enjoy x

Forecast 057: Andrea Ida

An hour of meditative music from 1/2 of Phase Group (the other being 12th Isle alumnus Lo Kindre) and the artist presently known best as Mr TC. It's a perfect distraction from the cold that's finally set in here in Glasgow, but likely as appropriate for commutes and contemplation in whatever corner of the world you find yourself in. Long overdue and we're stoked to host it!

Forecast 058: Thomas Lea Clarke

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-round-things-live

New family members Loris S. Sarid & Innis Chonnel summon a long-overdue return to the 12th Isle with an album built around percussive sounds taken from various mic-ed up objects found in a wood workshop on the East Coast of Scotland. With the pair occasionally leaving said workshop to enjoy some respite in Innis Chonnel’s horse box / studio, the artists hatched a plan to process and program their field recordings, later combining them with improvised synthesiser rhythms and overdubs. The tracks began to materialise over the course of a few follow-up sessions by which time saws sang and flutes flowed through watering cans. Shortly afterwards they found their way to us via carrier pigeon on a CD-ROM that smelt vaguely of soiled hay and we knew we had to act.

With the help of an old reel to reel and the tape bounce & mastering work of Murray Collier, we present them here in their final format.

Loris S. Sarid & Innis Chonnel - Where The Round Things Live (ISLE010.5)

V. pleased to host this 45 minute mix from our extended family members Nadia & Jamie. Sines is a collaborative venture from the visual artist / designer couple committed to sustainable fashion and the production of unique one-off garments and small batch collections. For our 61st forecast entry they have stitched together a range of sounds informing the creative process of the brand as well as giving an insight into their personal tastes. The eagle-eared may just spot some upcoming 12th Isle in there too :)

https://www.sinesproject.com/products

Forecast061: Sines

Our most ddddddancy mix contribution in a little while here from Japan's @mayurashka. We first came across her music when she sent us 'Maco Jungle' from the @planettrip compilation Ordinary Dreams Vol. 2 and have been enjoying her mixes and productions since. This one harks back to sweaty basement times pre-covid, a kind of clubbing unity that many of us are still settling into after copious global lockdowns. Equal parts for the mind and the body, Mayurashka cuts across genres and moods with deft. Please enjoy and turn up the volume!

Forecast 062: Mayurashka

*** Releases 29/08/2022 *** 

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/dark-farfisa-ep

'Dark Farfisa’ is the debut EP by Bruxula, the studio project of Toronto’s Cosmic JD and Jerusa Leao. Firmly rooted in the city’s music scene, JD runs the Hypnotic Mindscapes parties and label whilst Jerusa works as a singer and multi-instrumentalist exploring traditional and fusion sounds centered around a Brazilian music repertoire. Introduced to us by our mutual friend Raf Reza, the pair began to jam together in the summer of 2020 with JD curious to incorporate Jerusa’s vocals into his often club-focused electronic productions. The results sit somewhere between the dancefloor and the living room, a psychedelic range of rhythm, melody and vocal harmonies that felt like an immediate fit for us.

First sharing an early mix of ‘Pala Mo’, the rest of the EP began to form quickly based on further recording sessions and we at 12th Isle are ecstatic to share their work with the world.

Bruxula - Pala Mo (ISLE014)

Remix by @nicolacruz

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/dark-farfisa-ep

Bruxula - A_x(Nicola Cruz Remix) [ISLE014]

7" single included with Cru Servers - EEL (ISLE013)

More info:
https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/party-time-slot-cut-trench

CCV - PARTY TIME (ISLE013 Bonus)

Bristol based Noods resident, Junior, trudges us through an hour and a half of what he describes as the fruits of "a years worth of procrastination" that he would have named "Delay and Deliberation" had it not clashed with the title formatting tradition we've established. Dive in.

Forecast 064: Junior

Releases May 26th 2023 https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/2015-2020

ISLE015 - Material Things: 2015-2020 [Masters Mp3]

Material Things - Grenoble (ft. Vague Imaginaires) (ISLE015)

Releases 26th May 2023. Digital Bonus.

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/2015-2020

Material Things - How's Life (Vague Imaginaires Version) (ISLE015)

"A Small Intricate Box, Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan"

70 minutes here from Berlin based @djopiumqueen - jump in!

Forecast 065: Der Opium Queen

Sonic storytelling from Glasgow's ambient power duo Somewhere Press. The mix is, according to Caapi and Lizzie Urquhart, a musing on the Divine Feminine, which got me thinking about something James Hillman, archon of all things archetypal, said about the study of Beauty. Apparently (so says James) the ancient root of the word "Aesthetics" comes close to meaning "I breathe in" and the mixes, releases and vibe of Somewhere Press has certainly breathed something beautiful into Glasgow's musical landscape. We hope you enjoy this latest Forecast addition and urge you to keep an eye out for the upcoming "The Blue Hour" compilation coming out soon via Boomkat. We can assure you that you wont be disappointed.

Forecast 066: Somewhere Press

Miradasvacas - IV (ISLE016)

Miradasvacas - III (ISLE016)

Releases Dec 1st 2023.
Distribution by Rubadub

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/of-no-fixed-abode

Miradasvacas - VIII (ISLE016)

Releases Dec 1st 2023.
Distribution by Rubadub

12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/of-no-fixed-abode

Miradasvacas - VI

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/of-no-fixed-abode

Out now.

Miradasvacas - VII (ISLE016)

This mix from Glasgow's mainstay, Mag, was recorded at the end of 2020 and there really isn't any good reason for it not seeing the light of day earlier than this. It somehow survived multiple hard drive deaths and wandered in the cloud for way too long before resurfacing recently and finally ending it's journey as the Forecast it was always supposed to be. 

Hailing from London, adopted by Puddle Country and currently galivanting around South America, Mag has pieced together over an hour's worth of sonics that have stood the test of time, a demand unfairly put upon them by the scatter-brained "organisational" capacity of one member of 12th Isle in particular. Said member and Mag have done a number of shows together on Clyde Built throughout the years and are worth checking out, if just to appreciate the unassailable power of friendship in the face of attention deficit issues. 

Thanks for hanging in there Mag!

Forecast 067: Mag

Experimental cinema sonics, electroacoustic research practice and shadowy wind instruments come together to form this unique interpretation of the mythical city of gold. Utilising rare, half forgotten Soviet era synthesisers Vladimir Karpov creates immersive soundscapes under the name XYR. The Formanta mini keytar and the Alisa 1377 lend Karpov’s music strange, seldom heard atmospheres which the St. Petersburg native then combines with field recordings, toy percussion and wood flute to further build upon his utopian narratives.

Part concept album, part nod to Popol Vuh, his attempt to channel the thematics of the ancient tale of the Muisca people through his modest home studio left a lasting impression on us here at 12th Isle and we’re proud to present a selection of the tracks on vinyl for the very first time. Originally confined to just 25 cassette tapes, for this edition we have assembled some of the most inspiring tracks from the sessions as well as the bonus closing piece ‘Aguirre Song’. Immediately engaging, sincerely heartfelt and strikingly original, these are recordings we have returned to time and time again.

Limited edition LP comes housed in screenprinted sleeve. ‘El Dorado’ recorded April – August 2014, originally released via Illuminated Paths (March 2015).

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/x-y-r-el-dorado

ISLE003

XYR - El Dorado LP (ISLE003)

Tucked away in a shed in Portland, Best Available Technology continues to cultivate an unmistakable sound grown around a seemingly untiring exploration of the machines that he works with. Across ‘Enginetics & Plasmalterations’ his densely layered sonic design agglutinates with a healthy appreciation for the unplanned or unexpected, forming a polymorphic collection of tracks for the 6th release from 12th Isle. While more traditional means of classification have become increasingly insufficient, it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that the music on this record bears a mutated resemblance to stuttered Downtempo or the dubbier side of Techno and Bass, connected by way of tonal plasticity through drone-jams and intermittently skewed synth loops.  
         Despite the frustrating limits of language surrounding music, we’re incredibly happy to welcome B.A.T. to the label with this release and would be well enough compacting the overview of it to the near molecular level by borrowing a phrase from the artist himself – Sonics Proper!

Best Available Technology - Enginetics & Plasmalterations (ISLE006)

All forthcoming material.
Also ft. YouTube legend 'Our' Wes 
+ Puddle Country field recordings by @best_available_technology

12th Isle 2019-2020.

Prophetic Taxonomy of Island Moss

I think it's finally safe to celebrate the end of the yearly monochrome nightmare that is the Glaswegian winter and we're soaking up our first healthy dose of vitamin C to the lovely sounds in this mix from Perila. It's a true to form selection of late night lavender oil relaxers to help you mellow out after a long day of enjoying Spring and we're really glad to be able to share it. You should absolutely check out Perila's other mixes when you've the time, deEeEep vibes a'plenty.
https://soundcloud.com/perila

Forecast 037: Perila

Limited compilation disco 12" - https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-inkosi

Out worldwide early October. Distribution by Rubadub

A1. Nikolaienko - April Echo
A2. Grim Lusk - The Man Is Out
A3. Cru Servers - Henge Salt Phrasal 
B1. Robert Bergman - Dream About You (Almost Every Night)
B2. Luar Domatrix - Koppa D

V/A - Inkosi (ISLE007.5)

PRE-ORDER >> https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-edge

ISLE008.5 shows Parisian artist D.K.'s concern for the nostalgia-tinged 90s electronica and second room IDM that inform not just his compositional practice but also our own tastes here at the label. Recorded live at the intimate South Korean venue The Edge, this limited 12" births fleeting moments in a late night music bar into physical form. Propulsive rhythmic tension, heavy doses of reverb and glassy, cavernous sound design across six movements.

D.K. - Live At The Edge (ISLE008.5)

** DIGITAL RELEASE 01/06/2020 - VINYL RELEASE 18/06/2020 **

The Underwater Island is a collection of four tracks from Grenoble based producer Denis Morin. Philosopher, gardener, father and sonic explorer. Our friendship dates back over a decade, with some of this music first shared during a visit to Glasgow almost 5 years to the day - when 12th Isle the label was but an idea. For ISLE009, Vague Imaginaires gifts us with autobiographical field recordings, FM synthesis and skilled sound design inspired by the ocean and the Drac river which flows through the mountains of his city. Harmonising natural sound sources with digital realms, he navigates through minimalism, ambient techno and flashes of dub inspiration. Morin combines these musical ideas with Roland TR-8, 303 emulations, hydrophone recordings and vocal fragments from Tunisia, Morocco and Vercors Massif.

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/l-le-sous-leau

Vague Imaginaires - L'Île Sous l'Eau (ISLE009)

Sports & Central for Dublab

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/on-nature

We've decided to take a brief traipse away from our typical release schedule to present this digital exclusive from Athens based multi-instrumentalist Christos Chondropoulos. We're currently crossing the t's and dotting the i's on a forthcoming double LP, but such is the quality and quantity of his archive we opted to release these 9 recordings with a coinciding riso print from Crud* for you to do with as you please. Strictly available via Bandcamp, releases August 25th. From Christos:

"Philosophically you can regard this music as a fresh view of the ideas of Ferdinand de Saussure - Structuralism and Deconstruction. It is a new approach when it comes to linguistics, the traditional music of the area, where Greece stands as a crossroads and future intelligences. I was interested to hide a fundamental philosophical question in music which would have the same qualities and immediacy as the authentic local music of the area."

*Slow-to-cop chumps beware: The prints are a one-off run. Once they're gone, they're gone.

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