Swaying Ferns

Dark ambient soundscapes for your pleasure.

DARK AMBIENT - KIVA'STRA'DELIX

Forwind kicks 2016 off with three powerful new EP’s by Tokyo's Tomonari Nozaki. The first instalment 'Credence' is Tomonari's first new material on the label since his hugely well received debut 'North Palace' in 2013.

The new compositions see Tomonari experimenting with even denser layers of sound, morphing acoustics and chugging industrial rhythms, all while keeping his distinctive and much loved tape recorded sonics hissing and gestating away.


Pt.1

For fans of SOTL's earlier minimal drone era. This Lost recording from 1997 of a remix of Stars of the Lid's Twin Peaks Episide # 30 Part 1, by James Plotkin. (Commissioned for $100USD)During this particular moment, the glory days of pre-file sharing, we had been considering and gathering remixes via the post for a potential release but as many things go in the world of Lid, the idea became a bit stale. Mostly due to our own boredom. We are not sure if this thing is of any decent quality, but if you listen at low levels then the effect could possibly lead to a good nap at the very least....

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AMONE 002 
https://amone.bandcamp.com/album/earth-and-beyond

Music by Christopher Landin and Ludvig Cimbrelius 
Mastered by Ludvig Cimbrelius 
Cover photo by Simone Alexandra Ærsøe
Designed by Studio Mycel

LAV & PURL - EARTH AND BEYOND [AMONE 002] PREVIEW // Out now!

winter

A conceptual direction inspired by 1970s-minimalism-meets-ambient and sample based music. 

Painting by Károly Keserü: Untitled (1205101), 2012, Ink on Punched Paper Collage
Recorded live in Melbourne 08/01/18

pointillism sketch (live at open studio, northcote)

it's about a plant, it's about the journey...
excerpt from release https://mnemonic45.bandcamp.com/album/paprat

Paprat (excerpt from a journey)

excerpt from a live tape loop, percussion, guitar + modular synth performance at S1, Portland.

180812

“A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.”

As with most things in life there is a backstory to how this single came into being. Earlier this year Craig and I invited Kira Kira to contribute an album to our new label Letra Rec, and to our combined delight she agreed! A plan was hatched and we expected to hear results early 2019, and promptly got on with our other activities.

Early December I received and email from Kira Kira with an mp3 and the seed of an idea, to release a single “A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love” in celebration of the winter solstice, the forthcoming holy season and Kira Kira’s birthday. After a few back and forth mails the idea had begun to take root and things were in motion. I would remix the track as an exclusive digital b-side, and in the spirit of the season we would donate all proceeds to UNICEF’s Yemen appeal (https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/yemen/). 

It has been a mad rush to the finishing line getting all the bits together but with hearts full of hope we are pleased to release into the world “A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love”.  We would also like to send a big hug to our friends at Boomkat for hosting this yuletide release. - Andrew Hargreaves (TLO)

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I came across these words in “A Course in Miracles,” one of the greater canons of contemporary spiritual literature originally published by The Foundation for Inner Peace in 1976. When I read this for the first time: “A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love,” something changed in me. It felt amazing, just reading these words, so I underlined them. And then I wrote them up on a piece of paper and taped it to my wall. Can it be that a bouquet of words has presence? Spirit, even? Being fearful is a pain, it truly is. I’d like to be in love, not fear, so I began to witness these kinds of shifts. To consciously, actively transform fear to love by being present with it and singing is such a primal, effective way to do that.

I’ve practiced Yoga and meditation avidly for about 10 years now and so I am well familiar with the practice of using mantras as medicine for the mind and spirit. But finding words outside the traditional arsenal of healing mantras that resonate with me personally was something else and has taken things to a new level. 

I hope this one can be of service to others as well. - Kira Kira

Purchase: https://boomkat.com/products/a-miracle-is-a-shift-in-perception-from-fear-to-love

A Miracle Is A Shift In Perception From Fear To Love

KIRA KIRA - A Miracle Is A Shift In Perception From Fear To Love (TLO RMX)

opening track from "Uncoded Winds" the debut album by Gri | Gutman | Mosconi. Release date 13.12.2019

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