Over the last two years, The Black Dog have photographed their home town and the brutal architecture that sits within. This album of ambient, experimental and down-tempo work was originally conceived as an aid for the creative process but ultimately provides a soundtrack to the artworks.

We've always worked apart. For us, it's nothing new. Large online servers have been in place for years but at some stage, we always meet up while working on an album to pour over the details, tone and running order.

We create storyboards and write text to support and form the ideas. However, this process and the simple ability to sit in the same room just wasn’t possible during the pandemic. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, on this project we believe that it has helped us to capture the isolation a photographer seeks with their subject. It's an attempt at slowing down and finding something internal. When the chatter stops, the creative intentions seep through.

Music For Photographers was first created as a functional tool. For the last two years, we’ve been photographing our city and the brutal architecture that sits within the landscape. Throughout this process many mistakes had been made, resulting in many return visits to repeat work already undertaken. Rushing, aimlessly collecting and near misses are all common problems. Photography, just like any other artform, needs to be practised and the skills need to be attained. Like music, it’s a constant battle.

Something was needed to aid the art being sought.

We created Music For Photographers with two simple rules; to be void of human voices and that it should be played in full when visiting any location. Our approach to composing the music and visiting the locations evolved. It helped the whole process become a more fluid exchange of ideas and we repeated the process later while editing the photographs. The book "Brutal Sheffield" provided a full stop for the creative process, finding that perfect balance between function and form.

Music For Photographers has now become a fully functioning sigil in our creative process. Rather than just invoking, it also evokes and goes beyond being a simple function. Listen carefully and you can hear the bréton brut!

Music For Photographers

music for your higher consciousness. walk and stop thinking.

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Delicate windswept ambient.

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The team members, residents, and friends of Gasoline, a Kyiv-based community radio station created by enthusiasts during the war to build a safe space where Ukrainian artists could express themselves, showcase the ideas promoted by the formation, as well as the diversity of radio broadcasts, through their sets. 

D.Yaroslav, the curator of the ex-blog and label Dug Up The Bongo, has been developing his taste and background in music since 2008 through the experience of the first parties on the Black Sea coast of the Ukrainian Crimea. The path in music took the form of a DJ, producer, promoter, club, and music bar owner, and was consolidated by visits to events in more than 60 countries. His selection for Refuge is an eclectic narrative with rare edits, his own unreleases, a smooth start, and a summer dance denouement.

Read — Airtime | Gasoline Radio: 
https://refugeworldwide.com/news/airtime-gasoline-radio

D.YAROSLAV @ REFUGE WORLDWIDE 30/09/2023

Escape from sensory overload. 3 of 5. Vlad Mikeev

I THOUGHT SO

Data B makes his full Codename: RCRDS debut with 'Deep Reflections EP', which provides a stunning showcase of this rising producers talents.

The EP opens with 'Elsewhere', a euphoric collaboration with label co-owner Moakz with spine-tingling pads and soaring leads entwined with rolling breaks and bass for a superb opener. The EP continues with the deep liquid roller 'Wakeup', full of crisp drums and chopped vocals, before moving into the glacial-tinged beauty of 'Change Your Mind'. This echoes the work of masters such as LSB with its introspective vocals, stunning strings and plucked guitars. The release then switches into another direction to close the EP for the crusty breaks and eerie vocals of the rolling 'Broken Window'.

Links:
https://cygnusmusic.link/oz9vqva
https://codenamercrds.bandcamp.com/album/deep-reflections-ep

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Data B & Moakz - Elsewhere

You Are Missed (Original Mix)

Pauline Anna Strom - Energies

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permvac163-1 Carl Gari "Shipster" EP out now @carl-gari

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