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It is time to let go of your fear and doubts. You must learn to embrace the darkness of your soul, for it is a light beacon of hope for humanity. Your soul wants to show itself in its truest form, strength, perseverance, courage and determination of spirit. In this lifetime your soul needs to cleanse and open its feelings for katharsis.

With the double compilation “Infinite Summer: Ekstase & Fantasi”, katharsis celebrates the return of raves and concerts to society after a long period of pandemic shutdown. A magical summer has past filled with a great pallet of emotional material, ready to be expressed. Therefore, we encouraged a collection of artists we adore to channel their imagination of the greatest way to conclude an endless summer night with into a piece of music.

This resulted in a grand assemblage of harmonious manifestations, naturally splitting into two divisions with opposing focuses. In contrast to the first part of the duology “Ekstase”, which focused on euphoric and dancefloor-oriented outputs, this second part “Fantasi” has a more serene and introverted focal point. The majority of the tracks seem to be meant to stop time in deep reflection with a placid sunrise as the backdrop, exemplified by the purgative opener “salomé” by Aestum, but the listener will find occasional rhythmic outpourings like the unhurried clubby vibes on awbluu’s “Rosalyne (Voxen)” or the beautiful melodic “we will get where?” by Beham.

Infinite Summer: Fantasi

salomé

Aestum - salomé

LTE presents its 4th release, a digital compilation titled Little Too Emotional, out March 16, 2023.

@aestum 's Sidereus is a part of the compilation which brings together 8 artists based in or connected to Prague's electronic music scene.

➤ Buy on Bandcamp
lterecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-litt…otional-lte04

Full Tracklist:
1. Qow – Rabsh
2. Avsluta – Zerkalo
3. Favor & Protection – Helicon
4. Aestum – Sidereus
5. Trauma – The New Sentience
6. Servicebot – Plant Flesh
7. Rlung – Fraction
8. In Abyss – Unity

Aestum – Sidereus [LTE04]

Based in Vatican, Aestum's 2021 debut eponymous self-titled album started their journey of downlifting tranceformative soundscapes. The merge of ambient electronica and slow-motion euphoria is inspired by concrete poetry and the legacy of 00’s club music.  

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Exhalation is the debut compilation of ÖÖÖ, which embodies the label's main theme of "Primitive Future". The concept captures the essence of a universal cycle that encompasses physical and spiritual elements for generating life, intelligence, and emotion. It speaks to the movement of life forms in all their subtlety or grandeur, from humans, creatures to planets, from unknown beings to unpredictable happenings. Exhalation is rooted in the origin of natural orders and chaos since time immemorial.

Participated artists are crossing different continents of the earth - SÁCCEA (@sacce4), Aestum (@aestum), e6c41 (@e6c41), Iva Peralta (@ivaperalta) Ylateau (@ylateau), Anh Phi (@anh_phi), Locre (@locr3), Ice_Eyes (@ice_eyes), Azelsgöattii (@goattii), Toby Davis (@toby_davis), Klusā Daba (@klusa_daba).

The artists developed their envision of the theme through different sonic landscapes - from futural energy paradise, turbulent apocalypse earth cracks, cult incantation from posthuman tribes, the nirvana of subconscious struggles, to oracle lights and dreamlike chants that heal wounds... Any possibilities are expected as artists will tell a consistent story of Exhalation together with their unique perspectives.

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Track 8, mixed by Owlt.
Mastered by Nicolas Castelli.
Cover artwork by Peter Schwarz.

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ÖÖÖ is growing in a primitive future. 

www.ooolandscape.com
www.instagram.com/o.o.o._landscape

aestum - messxage

The 38th release of katharsis and our final release of 2023 is the prodigious compilation "Embracing Darkness, Absorbing Light" featuring a vast array of artist beloved by the label. Throughout the grandiose line-up of the 36 tracks, the listener is absorbed by various differing interpretations of the theme outlined in the title of the album. Some of the invited artist went full into introverted progressions and meditative sounds, while others focused on aggressive rhythms or anthemic melodies. But even though the styles and techniques of the songs differ from each other, the artists seem to have some commonality in their sonic palettes that binds it all together in a mutual love for music as a healing force of nature <3

releases December 29, 2023

artwork by jjjacob
mastering by jjjacob

pre-order:
katharsis-label.bandcamp.com/album/embr…bing-light

Embracing Darkness  Absorbing Light

Utopae

Aestum - Utopae

innerinnerlife - drēm (feat. Aestum)

aestumnet@gmail.com
26 NOV 24 PRAGUE, CZ w/ Ryoji Ikeda

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