Result of robust creative collaboration with @Tripinsideme and @leftie

Mixed and mastered by @leftie

Cover photo by laampaaa


Make Assumptions [single]

THE RAIN IN THE TREES @graintable
Taken from Graintable's album 'The Rain In The Trees'
Out Now on Ransom Note Records - https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/TheRainInTheTrees

The moss-covered trees stretched high up into the sky; standing tall amidst the lingering fog that adorned the space with an air of magic and enchantment. Throughout the forest hidden pathways and charming wooden bridges meandered in different directions, bordered by plants and foliage in shades of vibrant green. Where they led was a mystery, you'd have to follow them in order to find out.

The Rain In The Trees marks Graintable's third meditative album for Ransom Note Records, following Herons and Universal Ash in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Impregnated with the sonic essence of the Pacific Northwest rainforests, the soothing ambient and drone sounds on his newest outing are entirely produced live via Graintable’s signature analog synth improvisations.

The title track is a blissful contemplation of the surrounding nature, recreating the introspection achieved when walking alone in the forest. Late-night sessions in the studio brought about unique ambient compositions, impregnated with the sonic essence of the Pacific Northwest - tracks of mind-boggling ambient, drone and synth that caress the listener’s ears like waves at the end of the Columbia River. These soothing sounds conjure up lonely places amid a vertiginous tempest, where the sampling of noise crescendos and softness of sounds come together to accompany the dream synths wrapped up in a cloud-like fleece.

Whilst his previous R$N release Universal Ash was a reflection on decay and loss, The Rain In The Trees is indeed like a phoenix rising from those same ashes. It touches on themes of rebirth and finding your way. Like new trees sprouting in the aftermath of a forest fire - which was often occurring in the Pacific Northwest during the recording of these soundscapes.

The title, 'The Rain In The Trees', is borrowed from a book of poems by W.S. Merwin. It’s saying ‘yes’ to creating art that’s deeply influenced by nature. Merwin was writing poetry inspired by the rainforest in Hawaii and similarly, here Graintable is making music that’s influenced by a different climatic region, the one of the rainforests in the Pacific Northwest.

Buy/Stream: https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/TheRainInTheTrees

The Rain In The Trees

PREMIERE: Graintable - The Rain In The Trees [Ransom Note Records]

You need to calm down. You’re closing your eyes and imagining yourself as a bulky man in his fifties on a commuter train. A pleasant fatigue spreading through your body, a plastic bag with the cans of «Baltika» beer rustling in your hands, another dachas passing outside the window, your thick mustache slightly tickling your lower lip. Everything seems to be good, but something is missing. You turn on the Kolb mix for 5/8: the radio and your face, and the face of a bulky man in the train, changing with a blissful smile. It’s «Fabrichnaya» station ahead as well the weekend.

Today's mix made by Kolb, a DJ from Grodno and a resident of the local bar «Сон», is a session of ambient therapy that is so needed now for all of us. It is not necessary to pretend to be a fifty-year-old man during the listening of it, but we still recommend you to try it.

Kolb

Kolb - 5/8 Radio #191

R$N Recs brings you the debut EP from ILHA: Canadian producer, African Ghost Valley, & Mozambican artist, Nandele, their inaugural release, Lava Around the Floating Island, is a masterclass in synthesized ambience. Lead single, MA118 provides celestial reverberations, soothing our ears before the forward propulsion of the kick drum finally drops us into the mesmeric groove. The retro 80s bassline is complimented by a lush melody & metallic chords that drive this jauggernaut onwards.

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Lava Around The Floating Island EP

Buy/Stream

ILHA - MA118 [R$N33S]

Insurance Against a Great Thirst 013 Christmas Special / 22.12.2022

music for your higher consciousness. walk and stop thinking.

HLI1

Recorded live by GRAM's co-owner @ his monthly residency night

GRAMlive#1 (Bard @ Music Therapy 3.03.23 Last Hour)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/twerkingclassheroes
Track: 24CriticalBands
Label: https://soundcloud.com/oro-negro-basel
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 12/5/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/XnUiuyXK-Jg 

The Bark scale serves as a constant reminder that beneath the seemingly random and unpredictable fluctuations of sound, there are hidden structures waiting to be uncovered. Where there is chaos and noise, there is always the possibility of finding order and harmony.

PREMIERE | Twerking Class Heroes - 24CriticalBands [Oro Negro] 2023

Mixed and mastered by @leftie
Cover photo by laampaaa

Make Assumptions (feat. Trip Inside Me & Leftie)

Make Assumptions (feat. Trip Inside Me)

From the limited edition 12" 'You're An Art Soul' on Associated Electronic Recordings. 2013

Blood-Drums

PREMIERE > inverted-audio.com/premiere-illum-sphere-red-glass

Following up to his debut LP 'Ghosts Of Then And Now', released two years ago via shinobis' favourite imprint, Ryan Hunn returns with his second long-player 'Glass', said to move further in the direction hinted by his 'Spectre Vex' and 'Second Sight' twelves. Hunn explains: "I wanted to make an album very different to the first, one with a different palette, pace and energy".

Make Assumptions (feat. Trip Inside Me & Leftie)

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