Velvet Rope Crowd Control is a collaboration project between Bryan Hilyard and Andrew J Klimek.

For years we had discussed post-rock and neo-classical collaborations, but this guitar-loop experiment fell into our laps first. Andrew (finally) bought some guitar pedals during lockdown in spring 2020 and recorded a few test riffs. Some time later, Bryan picked through a folder of these and started sampling & morphing them into drones. We both really dug the result and listened to them off and on for the next year. Finally in late 2021, Andrew added new layers and additional processing.
New Years Eve, we each made a beat-driven remix, hoping to release the album at the stroke of mid-night. We couldn't quite pull if off, so the project sat a little longer. In the mean time we were lucky enough to get 2 reworks by Agus aka Warmth.

Velvet Rope Crowd Control - Trillium (Warmth Remix)

Weightless

Replicating

Lost In Moments | From the new Ep "FEVER RAY": https://htdc.bandcamp.com/album/fever-ray

All tracks written and produced by How To Disappear Completely
Nightscapes Sessions: Recorded in July 2016.

All perceived silence and audio deformations were intended.

Thank you in advance for your support.


Lost In Moments

https://stereoscenic.bandcamp.com/album/repose

Repose is an ambient experiment created with the intention of aiding sleep and meditation. The music is meant to replace the space in our mind taken up by thoughts anxiety and worry. 

I calibrated my instrument’s tuning to 432hz, which has indeed given it a different feel. However, I cannot say with scientific or historical confidence that tuning in that way is truly more beneficial to mind body or spirit. I can say that the long-form music contained in this album easily disappears into the background along with the over active mind. 

A field recording from the forest has also been buried within to subtly keep the listener grounded as not to float too far away. 

For those like me who have trouble with sleep or meditation, this album could prove to be a beneficial tool and an artful listening experience for other fans of the genre. 

Please feel free to get in touch and let me know about your experience.

Photography/Album Art by Bryan Hilyard

https://hilyard.bandcamp.com

Repose

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Repose I

'Emptiness Is Form' is the follow up of the last Purl album 'Form Is Emptiness', released last year on Archives.
A collection of remixes by Logic Moon, Powlos, Moshimoss, Darren McClure, SVLBRD and new versions by the own Purl.

Written and Produced by Ludvig Cimbrelius. 
Remixes by Moshimoss, Logic Moon, Powlos, Darren McClure and SVLBRD. 
Photography by Alexander Kopatz | www.go70north.com 
Mastering by Rob Small. 
Archives37 // ArchivesCD018

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Purl - Terra Lumina (SVLBRD Remix)

please enjoy <3
the piano at the end still needs a bit of work, but it's complete enough for a preview :)

murmuration

'Silences' is the first release on Archives by young and talented german producer Luis Miehlich. 

Written and Produced by Luis Miehlich 
Mastering by Ian Hawgood 
Photography by Brian Young | www.instagram.com/losingtoday 
Archives47 // ArchivesCD28 
Archives | 2018

silences

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Luis Miehlich - 夜風

hilyard.bandcamp.com

A solemn reflection of night time in the forests in autumn, where the trees quietly shed their leaves, like layers of the past. Their branches are like arms reaching out into the cold night, embracing those on moonlit paths with their earthly warmth and comfort. They are rooted in hope and know that the cold and somnolent months ahead will give way to flourishing growth…

Somnolent

Iridescent Path

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track 2 from “Moments in Golden Light” by @poemme

https://poemme.bandcamp.com/album/moments-in-golden-light

Moments in Golden Light

poemme - forest hymn

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio (NY)
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
ARCHIVES71 // ARCHIVESCD52
Archives | 2021

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Warmth - Inpour

The project explores contrasts in human experience like love and hate, chaos and order, creation and destruction, life and death. It captures the natural push and pull of existence, using sound to reflect the complex and sometimes contradictory nature of life.

https://aetherfall.bandcamp.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/44c4aYWujt1Ab1G5ZUAdkz?si=ryQr90wwSaaaqyCYOHmMJw

Weightless

Aetherfall