A truly emotionally gripping moment of swelling and letting go. Wonderful.

The Soundcloud Tapes 2016

Track taken from the upcoming album 'smlsnd' by Xu and Bill Seaman.

smlsnd is about small sounds, atmospheres, environments, noises, and 
small melodies. The album was put together from a distance (as most collaborative works are these days), Seaman in Durham, North Carolina, USA, and Nicola Fornasari in Cremona, Italy. Some sample libraries were exchanged and the album grew and changed quite organically. Both artists contributed to the titles.

Audio: Xu and Bill Seaman
Mastering: Ian Hawgood
Print design: Craig Tattersall
Design: Daniel Crossley

www.fluidaudio.co.uk

smlsnd

Xu and Bill Seaman - Particles and Waves

A Berlin-based contemporary classical sub-label of !K7 Music is set to release another beautifully created compilation of music. By my count this is their fifth "layers" edition: there was the Piano Layers out in 2019, followed by String Layers in 2020 (see my premiere by Hior Chronik) and Ambient Layers a bit later in the same year (I premiered a track by Roger Goula), and Wind Layers in 2021. On November 11th, 7K! imprint (yes, the inverse of their parent label) is back with Duet Layers which showcases, you guessed it, six collaborations of hand-picked artists, working together on fusing their styles. The results are often very surprising (in a good way) and in this case immediately appeal to all of my senses. Here you will find Hania Rani with Colin Stetson; Stefano Guzzetti and Neil Leiter; Niklas Paschburg and Bryan Senti; Peter Zummo with Tilman Robinson; Laura Masotto and Ryan Teague; and finally, the British-Berlin violinist Simon Goff and the Polish cellist Dobrawa Czocher, whose track I am premiering for you here today. In the piece, titled "Appearing" you are enticed by the strings to slowly enter through a secret passage, which is slightly unnerving but is also very much bewitching. The volume rises as you approach the source of the tension-filled music, and so does your heart rate, pumping with adrenaline in an excited, heightened state. What lies at the end of this tunnel, and what appears within? It's only for you to find out!

Duet Layers

Appearing

TRACK PREMIERE : Simon Goff & Dobrawa Czocher - Appearing

From the forthcoming album 'At Sea' available from Fluid Audio
https://www.fluidaudio.co.uk/product/phil-tomsett-aaron-martin-at-sea

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A Year of Living Painlessly- Phil Tomsett & Aaron Martin

Igor Khabarov lives in a small village not far from St. Petersburg, Russia. As a youth he began making music with computers, then a school friend taught him how to play the piano.  Soon after he decided to study at a local music school. Khabarov was the oldest student in the school and finished the coursework three years ahead of schedule.  Like neo-classical HUSH labelmate Nils Frahm he posesses both incredible dexterity as a pianist, and minimalist restraint as a composer. HUSH is pleased to share his debut recording "Be" with the world.

http://www.hushrecords.com/shop/igor-khabarov-be/

Igor Khabarov - "Rise"

Elo Method
https://soundcloud.com/elo-method
https://www.facebook.com/Elo-Method-111465768908458/

Subranger
https://soundcloud.com/iamsubranger
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Subranger/194784104029630

Photography By Collin McAdoo
https://flic.kr/p/zQsTfK
https://www.flickr.com/photos/collinmcadoo/

Sheepy on Spotify
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Elo Method & Subranger - Solace

"Into the White" (New Year's 2016 free compilation)

Released January 3, 2016

Compiled by Bartosz Dziadosz (Pleq) & Dmitry Taldykin
Mastered by Porya Hatami
Cover photo by Lena Lello 

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We're proud to announce the first solo album from Papir guitar player Nicklas Sørensen coming out February 19! 

While there’s certain similarities with the records Nicklas has created with Papir it quickly becomes apparent that this is something quite different. “Solo” begins and ends with the instrument the Copenhagen native fully masters by now: the guitar. Throughout the album his main instrument is being explored as a generator of otherworldly, esoteric sounds as well as a compositional tool and - perhaps most importantly - a transmitter of pristine, cascading melodies.

There’s a peaceful, savory quality to the record that manifests a musical maturity. With help from the rhythm section of Papir as well as Causa Sui’s Jonas munk, who also recorded the album in El Paraiso Records’ new studio, Nicklas has created a wide, shimmering sound that seems to allude to a multitude of different styles and traditions. Considering that Nicklas is best known as a hard rocking guitar player with a knack for improvisation it’s perhaps surprising that his inclination for pattern-based minimalism, blissed-out ambience and experimental british “oceanic” music from the 1980s and early 1990s dominates throughout this set. This is the kind of record that rewards repeated listens - each listen revealing new layers in the architecture of sound. “Solo” is an affable, slowburning album where each component is given its own space and place to gently unfold and work its magic in the mind of the listener.


Nicklas Sørensen: "Solo1"

Chimera Mamita

гитара, бас, вокал, перкуссия, концепт - Сергей Кириенко 
ударные - Валера Стекезин 
клавиши (track - You) - Максим Полухтович 
запись, редакция - Антон Саенко 
сведение, мастеринг - Максим Полухтович 
обложка - Андрей Сендзюк 

Материал накапливался на студии Badminton, Soundplant Studio (г. Киев). Сведение, мастеринг происходили на хоум-студии Максима Полухтовича (г. Севастополь. Украина)

EP - ONE

Silent People

Magdalene Flowers is a project of Alex Bober - a sound artist, photographer and graphic designer. 
For Alex main sources of inspiration are nostalgia, childhood memories, escapism and power of imagination. His music is a way of expressing indescribable feelings and emotions which are half-subconscious and almost vivid in their intimacy. His music tells a story of self-hatred, slowly and pleasurably destroying an individual from the inside, childhood memories projected on everyday existence and drowning sorrow in contemplation of the simple and beautiful.

The link to the artist's pages: 
magdaleneflowers.bandcamp.com 
soundcloud.com/magdaleneflowers

Crushing Sincerity

Magdalene Flowers - Crushing Sincerity (fragments)

Not Home may seem an unusual choice of single from Anne Garner’s upcoming album Lost Play but there’s precious little that is conventional about this singer-songwriter. Fans of her strange, seductive melancholy will be beguiled once again by the song’s signature union of disembodied sadness and reassuring intimacy. Warm waves of electric guitar and synthesiser cradle glitchy, restless percussives, the soaring silvered pedal steel of Jack Hayter (Hefner, Dollboy) and a lyrical message both beautiful and hard to hear.

Not Home and Porya Hatami's remix are available across all major platforms and in lossless 24bit audio exclusively from Slowcraft Records.

Written by Anne Garner
Produced by James Murray with Anne Garner
Artwork by Bobbie Russon
Mastered by Dean Honer
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annegarner.com
poryahatami.com
jackhayter.com
bobbierusson.com

slowcraft.info

https://slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/not-home

Not Home

11th May 2018

Insa Donja Kai - Expansion II

Four years ago, the California based musician r beny came on the radar with numerous videos on youtube and instagram in which he explored the world of tape and sound synthesis. You could easily see his music growing and pretty soon he came to the fore as a master in modular synthesis. 

This culminated in several solo releases and live shows (e.g. with Bing & Ruth, Suzanne Ciani). Herein, r beny, clearly showed his capacities to combine detailed and fragile melodies with subtle textures in order to create sonic narratives with a highly emotional character.
 
“Echo's Verse” forms no exception on that regard and continues along the same melancholic lines of his previous work. However, whereas the initial albums were much more centred around feelings of loneliness, isolation and solitude, the new album clearly moves away from a sole focus on sad and distressing emotions. “Echo's Verse” touches the other side of the spectrum as it is about emotional connections, bonds and not feeling alone in the universe.

“Echo's Verse” will be out on May 15th on heavyweight clear vinyl* and comes with original handprinted artwork by Femke Strijbol. In addition to the regular version, there will also be a special edition (30 copies) including a unique 1-minute tape loop alongside the record.

www.dauw.bandcamp.com

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Listen / Purchase here: https://lnk.to/ftmotslc

Aaron Martin and Dag Rosenqvist return as From the Mouth of the Sun with the much anticipated fourth studio album, 'Light Caught the Edges' (out October 15th, 2021 on Lost Tribe Sound).

NPR's Tom Huizenga said of the pair's 2017 album 'Hymn Binding,' "If From the Mouth of the Sun's mission... is nothing more than beauty itself, they have succeeded on a disproportionate scale." That quote does well to encapsulate Martin and Rosenqvist's main motivations with the project. Does one truly require a lengthy narrative with music as potent and emotive as From the Mouth of the Sun?

Lost Tribe Sound has long-admired From the Mouth of the Sun's ability to remain focused on the music. Despite the duo having a clear vision and a strong understanding of composition, there are no grand statements or overly academic concepts at play. This allows the music to just be what it is, moving, deep, personal. This unadorned approach is refreshing. The music feels like a blank canvas, easily approachable... rooted in the physical... its emotion is tangible.

Light Caught the Edges

From the Mouth of the Sun - For a Moment We Were Weightless (from Light Caught the Edges)

Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Grower Part 1

Music-lover/collector with an unmistakable hunger for the musical adventure and experiment. 
Discovering daily new music, bands & artists (well at least trying to). Curating my own musicblog.
'Messing' with music-apps & manipulating sounds(Orogeny Inspector) 
Mind the open minded

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