Edition XIII of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Spring Equinox 2021 Mix by @o-utlier

Spring Equinox 2021 by o.utlier

Barefoot dips your toes into the waters of a dream and very casually, as if he’s never visited the modern world, rows you from steamy murk to aquatic paradise. These four tracks present a sumptuous array, the layers and renderings of this familiar, yet rarely attended realm; eddying microcosms and dizzying currents. Alas, it’s an illusion, a matrix thrown over the workings of the reverie, which unveils a virtual panorama of digital organics. By Spirit Animal we arrive back in our reality; data informs these murmurings, these chirrups and twitterings; in the future world data is the lingua franca of the imaginary swamp and the fictional jungle. Are we still dreaming? - Blair Reeve
credits
releases May 28, 2021 

All tracks written and produced by Thomas Parker aka Barefoot. 
@barefootmusic
Artwork by Kizen Records 

Mastering by Enisslab, Rome. 

Released by Kizen Records

Lifeblood EP Preview by Barefoot (KZND006)

Edition  XIV of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Summer Solstice 2021 Mix by @oslon

Tracklist
01 Doltz - Morning View [Alexandar]
02 Barefoot - Stonechat [Kizen Records]
03 Format Value & Simone Bauer - Veduta I [Annulled Music]
04 Adhemar - The Name Of Birds (Gallery Six Remix) [Huinali Recordings]
05 Inhmost - Outer Thoughts Dub [re:st]
06 Adhemar - The Name Of City (The Vison Reels Transcendence) [Huinali Recordings]
07 Vice City - Landscape Of Home [MISBHV]
08 Jonathan Fitousi - Totale Eclipse [Obliques]
09 Robert Henke - Oomoo [Self-released]
10 Biosphere - Warmed By The Drift V2 [Touch]
11 Asllan - Peace [Forthcoming on Oslated]
12 Valentino Mora - Spiral Falls [Spazio Disponibile]
13 Lawrence - Yufuin No Mori [Mule Musiq]
14 O-Ma & Pierre Montagnon - NGC 759 [Ōtium]
15 Simone Giudice - Ricordo [Semantica]
16 James Bernard - Summit [A Strangely Isolated Place]
17 Owl - Moonshine Haze [Silent Season]
18 Segue - Sunrise Over Malaspina [Silent Season]

Summer Solstice 2021 by Oslon

Edition XV of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Fall Equinox 2021 Mix by @erikmowinckel

Fall Eqinox 2021 By Erik Mowinckel

Edition XVI of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.  Winter Solstice 2021 Mix by @barefootmusic. follow his label @captured-visions

01. Burial - Dolphinz [Hyperdub]
02. ASC & Inhmost - The Secret Of Fenrir [Auxiliary]
03. The Visions Reels - Hearing The Scent Of The Colour Red [forthcoming re:st]
04. ovïd - In Your Most Frail Gesture [Open Tapes]
05. Shuttle358 - Isonpgn [12k]
06. Sonmi451 - Lampenfiber [laaps]
07. marine eyes - on this fresh morning [Stereoscenic Records]
08. Federico Durand - Cedrón [laaps]
09. r beny - ektar 100 [Dauw]
10. The Humble Bee - A Day of Light and Air [Motion Ward]
11. Federico Durand - Nogal [laaps]
12. Inhmost - Close Your Eyes [Greta Cottage Woodpile]
13. Lecu - Sleeptalk [Salmon Universe]
14. Loscil - Brittle [Kranky]
15. James Bernard - Never Alone [Past Inside The Present]
16. Wanderwelle & Bandhagens Musikförening - Before The Rain [Semantica]
17. Michael Stearns - Villages and Freeways [Milan Records]
18. Aphex Twin - qu 1 [user18081971]
19. Imaginary Softwoods - The Gathering Pallet [Imaginary Softwoods]
20. Barefoot - /// [Dub]
21. Sonmi451 - Lying Dormant And Forgotten [laaps]
22. Jogging House - Nautica [Seil]
23. 36 & zakè - Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 3) [Past Inside The Present]

Winter Solstice 2021 By Barefoot

Diluvium
Daniel[i]

A1. Vapor
A2. Diluvium
B1. Osmosis
B2. Chasm

"A horizon of flood-stricken
boulders and clay
is a granular segue of fade
and decay which begins imperceptibly,
builds to a pitch,
and then oscillates frequency,
phases and hitches
the patterns and cycles of
deluges past
to a future diluvium,
planetary, vast."

180g 12” black vinyl
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Written & Produced by Daniel[i]
Artwork by Javier Marimon
Poetry by Blair Reeve
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab
Distributed by Triple Vision Record Distribution

Diluvium EP (12" Vinyl) Preview By Daniel[i] [KZN005]

Contours

"Thoughts constantly appear and disappear.
Insights that feel valuable now will later grow dim and fade away.
Leaving only the contour of what used to be there." - Erik Mowinckel

Erik is a musician and photographer based in Oslo, Norway.
His work reflects a sense of abstraction, mystery and minimalism.
Driving his inspiration from various genres and styles,
his music portrays a carefully crafted balance of melodies and rhythms.

01 Contours
02 Wave
03 This is where I am
04 299
05 Stream
06 Reflected light

Releases July 29, 2022
All tracks written and produced by Erik Mowinckel.
Mastered by Magnus Gulbrandsen, at Jëløy Sound.
Artwork by Erik Mowinckel.
Design by Off T.

@erikmowinckel
@offtvisuals

Contours

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Contours by Erik Mowinckel (Limited edition cassette tape and digital)Preview

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03 Barefoot Sleeper

The First Vinyl Release of Kizen Records: HOY EP [KZN001] by Javier Marimon. 

Written & produced by Javier Marimon in Saigon.
Remix by Fernando Carvalho
Artwork by Javier Marimon
Mastering by Eternal Midnight 
Released by Kizen Records 2017
12” 180g Black Vinyl Record
Distributed by Zwart Goud:
https://www.zwartgoud.org/distribution/releases/kzn002

Track List
1. Homenaje 
2. Hoy 
3. So2
4. Homenaje (Fernando Carvalho Remix)

"HOY is a homage to a Typhoon; 
now seen from the distance;
to the arbitrary consequences and beautiful mutations of today;
and to the unstoppable uproar of the city."

Javier sees a “3-eyed inexpressive and ambiented, psychedelic chameleon shaman who broadcasts music through meditation and saturates on colours when doing it” behind Kizen. His color for HOY is accordingly a bright Yellow. To us, Kizen remains White; standing for all the possibilities that exist before an event takes place. In either way, may it be the mutation into another form, or transformation into another emotion or color - it is a state of absolute freedom. What will happen, no one knows until that special moment that only music is able to create.

Hoy EP Preview by Javier Marimon (KZN001)

Edition II of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Kizen Records, Summer Solstice 2018 mix by Sorasky

Track list:

1. Romi & Unjin - Stroll
2. Isorinne - Blurred Perceptions Of Substance
3. Stress Assassin - Cartoon City 
4. Petre Inspirecu - Miroslav 1
5. Petre Inspirecu - Miroslav 4
6. Osamu Sato - Circuit Training
7. Kilchhofer - Skimo
8. Zum Goldenen Schwarm - Aufgang III 
9. Forest Swords - Onward 
10. Andrea Belfi - Spitting & Skytouching 
11. Scattered Purgatory - Dream Of A Yellow Sorghum 
13. Stress Assassin - Looking Glass Friend 
14. Spa Commissions - Flower Garden (Night) 
15. Nocow - Bouis 
16. Inoyama Land - Apple Star 
17. 新しい日の誕生 
18. Javier Marimon - Unreleased
19. Melon - Spring

Summer Solstice 2018 - (Ichi Go Ichi E) by Sorasky

The Second Vinyl Release of Kizen Records: HUI GUI EP [KZN002] by Unjin

Written & produced by Unjin in Seoul, South Korea.
Remixes by Ntogn (Hypnus Records) and Hydrangea 
Artwork by Javier Marimon
Mastered by Neel at Enisslab
Released by Kizen Records 2018
12” 180g Black Vinyl Record
Distributed by Zwart Goud:
https://www.zwartgoud.org/distribution/releases/kzn002

Track List: 
A1. Ties 
A2. Hui Gui
A3. Hui Gui (Ntogn's Hex)
B1. Untitled Space
B2. Ties (Hydrangea Remix) 

"Dreaming Ties me into an 
irresistible magnetic field,
fictional yet surrendered;
Go far from nearer, the 
tendency of the instinct. I
Return to love today;
A sudden feeling that is 
stranger than tomorrow,
let me unfold you. Space."

Hui Gui EP Preview by Unjin (KZN002)

Edition III of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Kizen Records, Fall Equinox 2018 mix by Cyme.

Fall Equinox 2018 - Incense Trees by Cyme

Plucky mid tones, and atmospherics pads are coming together to form the forebodes of a journey.

“Millions of colors only irradiate our track of infinite sorrow.” (Unjin Yeo)

People come into your life with their colors, you form them, you get formed. Some colors are darker than the others. Life will always remain strangely colorful; don’t see it as an obstacle. That may just be an illusion which doesn’t get you far. Feel deeply, and let reality come to you.

"Tail Of Us" by Unjin, a prelude to Hui Gui, an album that forms a journey into itself.

Video link: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7NoMckw4YQ

HUI GUI

Unjin - Tail Of Us (Digital Bonus Track KZN002 HUI GUI)

Live recording from London based producer, record collector and co-founder of Camera/Obscura (London), Henrique (Hems) at Kizen Records x Astral Industries showcase at Ping Pong, Hong Kong. @hems

Kizen X Astral Industries - Henrique

Edition V of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Kizen Records, Spring Equinox 2019 Mix by Javier Marimon

To the heart from the start. Javier Marimon has been there with us, right from the very beginning - those days that started off in Saigon, a time where we shared our passions in mutual learning and admiration. Hence, what a delight to feature this special recording of his last days in Vietnam as our seasonal Equinox mix. It marks the emotive end of an era as much as it sets an impulse for a rhythmic change. And good timing. Spring is nature's youth, a promise of brighter days. Hope you will enjoy Javier's fragrant and refreshing offering to spring.

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The promise of the spring is something we can feel, we see the million new colors and ideas through the Winter, and we rely on that to survive it. In my case the line between seasons it's been blurred out by my location, where a constant dense temperature, only divided by heavy warm rains, make you lose track of time and changes (and life) on the other side. After the second New Year celebration of 2019 I moved back to my original Home where an early, dry and massive Spring and a never changing loving Family has welcomed me with really open arms. This set was recorded just before the big change, and inspired by those promises, obsessions, conditions and secret fears that were popping out of my ears so heavily muted. There is some unreleased tracks, favorites by Erik Truffaz & Murcof, Ben Kaczor, Winter In June & Vâyu, Erika, Sanjib, Scientist, the Revolutionaries, Prince Far I, Our Lady the Flowers, Sutekh, cv313, sjazd, Ill Considered, Laraaji, Tristeza and some field recordings and movie samplers.
It's my pleasure to be invited by my family on Kizen for this special Equinox mix, they can really understand all this recent changes i went through as they went through exactly the same ones, always for good. Hope this Spring brings everyone the colors and tones we have being dreaming about.
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Spring Equinox 2019 Mix by Javier Marimon

Winter in June & Vâyu with their first collaborative creation "Dance of The Kachinas" Being based in different places, their work originated, grew and blossomed somewhere between Cagliari and Paris. The EP includes a remix from Italian maestro Claudio PRC.

Including Digital Bonus Track - Whirling Dervishes.


Written & produced by Nicola Tinti and Maxime Mouttet between Cagliari and Paris. Remix by Claudio PRC
Artwork by Javier Marimon
Mastered by Neel at EnissLab
Released by Kizen Records (Hong Kong, 2019)
180g 12” black vinyl / limited edition of 300

Whirling Dervishes
A meditative start evolving into an energetic, yet dreamy sound. Ethereal and dazed sounds are providing the lead into an ancient universe with a solid groove to it.

Winter In June & Vâyu:
"An invitation,
listen to the rhythm of ancient spirit,
dance to the ritual of surmounting devotion,
enter the gate of wisdom and healing,
into universal mystery.
Right where we belong.”

Kizen Records:
Hong Kong in 2019 / To the heart of it all. Source of ceaseless grace,
mythologic symphony,
the gift has been danced.


The dance has been danced. Sounds of nature paired with soothing rhythms and spellbinding melodies have reached their height in a force of enchantment, not necessarily human.
With “Dance Of The Kachinas”, we are welcoming Winter In June & Vayu as our latest Kizen family members with their first collaborative creation. Being based in different places, their work originated, grew and blossomed somewhere between Cagliari and Paris. The result of their collaboration is a mysterious and profound accomplishment.
A portrait of shared spirit that may lend itself as an enlightening soundtrack for the present times of seemingly lost ancient wisdom and connection to nature. It is right in this context that we felt a sense of urgency to release this album which honours physical experience as a source of knowledge. We see it as our duty to cherish sacred myths and rituals of our ancestors to treasure our roots and recount old stories in a contemporary way. Music is one way to do so and dance as one of the most important forms of expression lets us access our deepest memories and emotions.
A release with a clear intention, yet with space for an unexpected response full of hidden possibilities both on the dance floor as well as in the listener’s own realm.
Listening adds to artistic creation and eventually alters it as any form of artistic expression gets defined by its audience. Kizen Records share and explore the possibilities that are hidden in all things of our direct environment. Our focus is to provide the space and conditions needed to bring otherwise hidden value to the surface. This is then when value is discovered, when understanding takes place, and when words are no longer needed.


Written and Produced by Nicola Tinti and Maxime Mouttet (Winter in June & Vâyu) 

Remix by Claudio PRC

Artwork by Javier Marimon

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab

Kizen Records 2019

Dance of The Kachinas

Dance Of The Kachinas EP Preview by Winter In June & Vâyu (KZN003)

Edition VI of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Kizen Records, Summer Solstice 2019 Mix by Romi.

The mix contains tracks from Mon0, Deepchord, Toki Fuko, Rhythm & Sound, cv313, Daniel-i, Sanjib, Antonio Vázquez and more.

Summer Solstice 2019 Mix by Romi

Edition VII of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Fall Equinox 2019 Mix by HRNR

HRNR is Mattia Onori, a Berlin-based sound designer for motion pictures, electronic music composer and sound artist. From his obsession for analog gear and modular synthesis come his eclectic electronics. Besides his productions featuring drone heavy panoramas, he collects and mixes different nuances of ambient and techno between a natural, organic sound and a noisy, cumbersome one.

Featuring some Lo-Fi ambient tunes I like more, as well as some deep electronic music, dub and new age stuff, mix contains music by Vaagner, Kizen Records, Abstrakce Records, Astral Industries, Lullabies For Insomniacs, Island Of The Golds Recordings, Oslated, Nonplace, Good Morning Tapes, Young Marco, Burnt Friedemann, Joseph Lawrence Clark, Loscil and more.

https://soundcloud.com/hrnrmusic
https://www.facebook.com/hrnrhrnr/

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Fall Equinox 2019 Mix by HRNR

Edition VIII of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Winter Solstice 2019 Mix by ARIO (Astral Industries)

Astral Industries founder Ario is a practitioner of deep and inquisitive music - both as a DJ and label curator. He is known for his alchemic handling of rich organicism mixed with darker, more austere sounds. Speaking with an emotive sensitivity, there is a certain self-awareness that permeates his crafted soundscapes, which are as much drone-inspired as they are psychedelic and nature-driven.
Since 2014, the UK-based record label is probably best known for its enlightening and enchanting vinyl releases as well as brilliant artwork by Theo Ellsworth. Their sound is immersively psychedelic, yet at the same time, it is imbued with a distinctly human quality – something that was relatable yet ethereal. Their work has provided new take-ons on obscure and forgotten gems of the past that deserve artistic reinterpretation.

Winter Solstice 2019 Mix by Ario

Forest On Stasys' latest release is influenced by the minimal, tribal sound of the nineties, on the deepest, most abstract level.
'In Search Of Balance' exhibits nature's strength. The field recordings create the environment; the deep synths provide dimension and the repetitive percussive rhythms energize the drum patterns. The long and reverberated pads are reminiscent of old tribal ceremonies, simulating a mantra that resonates with the listener. A brief story told in 4 musical chapters.

Written & produced by Forest On Stasys 

Mastering by Neel at EnissLab

Artwork by Romi (Kizen Records) 

Released March 20, 2020 
by Kizen Records

@forestonstasys

In Search Of Balance

In Search Of Balance EP Preview by Forest on Stasys (KZND002)

Edition IX of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Spring Equinox 2020 Mix by Unjin (ECI Korea/ Kizen) 

Founder of Korea’s very first techno imprint @ECI Korea, @unjin continues to push musical boundaries, delivering a remarkable ambient mix, that will invite you on an inward journey of subliminal discoveries, where true perspectives dwell. 

This set was recorded at Ambient Bar Night at @vurtkr.

Spring Equinox 2020 Mix by Unjin

"Passed a swift current,
Through echoes of the singing spirit,
We build a fire to vanish
in the deep black ocean." - Unjin

Unjin's 'Northern Atmosphere' creates an expression of a dark ethereal ambience characterized by evolving dissonant harmonies, and long sustained tone clusters. The artist combines hardware synthesis with intricate audio routing to achieve his signature sound.  Northern Atmosphere evokes a feeling of solitude, isolation and precariousness.

Written & produced by Unjin 
Artwork by Dima Rabik
Mastering by Seunghyun Kim (Scøpe)
Release Date: June 19th, 2020
by Kizen Records

Northern Atmosphere

Northern Atmosphere EP Preview by Unjin [KZND003]

Edition X of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Summer Solstice 2020 Mix by The Vision Reels 
@thereelvison 

Track list: 

The Vision Reels  - Reflective Souls (FORTHCOMING KIZEN)
Hooded Communion - Untitled 
Michal Jablonski - Dark Matter 
Books - Kemmer (Unreleased Dub)
Brian Eno - Lanzarote 
Rod Modell - Untitled 05
Space Afrika - Canu 
The Vision Reels & Barefoot - Lunar Tide (Unreleased DUB)
The Vision Reels - Self-similarity (FORTHCOMING KIZEN)
The Vision Reels & Db1 - Untitled ??? (Unreleased Dub)
 ASC - Washed Away Over Time 
 Ligovskoï - Dilip 
 Night sea - This Will Take Time 
 Ocram Orchestra - Thunderstorm in Venlo 
Daniel[i] - samahdi 01
Ancestral Voices - Beltane 
 Korridor - Transferring

Summer Solstice 2020 Mix by The Vision Reels

"A personal journey into one's self, this music was written over a really unpredictable part of my life it's to remind myself to always be true to my own colours and a reminder of how beautiful the world can be when you look at it through a different lens, it helps me see the beauty in everyday life. The album is a very personal thing that i will leave open to the interpretation of others, a welcome invitation in to my vision and sound." - Adam O'Hara (The Vision Reels)

1. Self-similarity 
2. Eyes Open 	
3. Chrysanthemum 	
4. Set Sail		
5. A New World Made From Light (Foresight) 		
6. Sacred Architect 		
7. Eyes Closed
8. Reflective Souls  

Releases July 24, 2020

Credits


All tracks written produced and mastered by Adam O'Hara aka The Vision Reels. @thereelvision

Artwork by Dima Rabik

Kizen Records 2020

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Eyes Open

Eyes Open Album Preview by The Vision Reels(KZND004)

Edition XI of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Fall Equinox 2020 Mix by Earthen Sea 
@earthzone

Tracklist: 

Chris Herbert - Naimina-Longeur (2020 Remaster)
Chad Taylor - Arcadia
Romeo Poirier - Longe-cote
Florian TM Zeisig - Been Listening A Lot
Folder - Smaze
Klaus - Tele
Neutral - Amazonia
Pretty Sneaky - C1
Anteloper - Soledad Saboteur
Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen - Fallow
Roger Robinson - Stay With Me
Vladislav Delay - D/Kompilla
Babe Roots - Work Hard (DB1 rmx)
Maurice McIntyre - Humility In The Light Of Creator

Artwork Image Credits :  Megan Grace Wright

Fall Equinox 2020 by Earthen Sea

We live in this unreal world thinking it's reality, but the truth might be that we live in a great dream, a deep sleep, from which we will wake up one day.

credits
@launaea
releases October 2, 2020

All tracks written and produced by William Salazar aka Launaea.

Artwork by Dima Rabik

Mastering by Eternal Midnight

Released by Kizen Records

all rights reserved

Sundering A Delusory Dream EP Preview by Launaea (KZND005)

Edition XII of Kizen Seasonal Mix Series to celebrate nature, seasons, and the music that accompanied us.

Winter Solstice 2020 by BLNDR

The Vision Reels - Eyes 
Unjin-  Nothern Atmosphere By Day
Hendrik van Boetzelaer / Opuswerk- L’esprit de L’écoute 
Amandra- Ruban Rouge ( AWB Remix) 
François X-Slave No Slave ( Bambounou Reshape)
Pugilist - Encrypted 
Loop LF- IZ 200 
upsammy - Subsoil 
Ido Plumes - Noise Water 
atu - Pillars 
Overlook - Nowhere Else To Go 
Pessimist - Spirals
Homemade Weapons - Retina [feat. Red Army] 
Mønic - Habits 
Forest Drive West - Fiorina 161

Winter Solstice 2020 by BLNDR

BLNDR - Callopsis EP

A1. Ulearum
A2. Callopsis
B1. Protarum
B2. Gorgonidium

All Tracks written & produced by Tom Huthwohl aka BLNDR,
inspired by the majestic landscape and the atmosphere of Santiago de Chile.

Artwork by Javier Marimon
Mastered by Eternal Midnight
Released by Kizen Records 2021

180g 12” black vinyl 
Includes digital download code and unlimited streaming of Callopsis via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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