"You cannot put your foot in the same river twice. Once ᴇʀᴏꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ begins, the listener is quick to draw comparison to previous Glyn Maier releases, as in ɪɴᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴛɪᴄᴇꜱ or the B-Side from the Jungle Gym release ʜʟɪɴᴄ. Instead, what happens is the truest descriptor of a “departure” in style and pacing.

Going back into the deeper catalog of Maier’s work you would likely cross influences of dub techno in the clicking and delaying bass tones, with sharp field recording rustling and chirps that create a fecund listening ecosphere.

This new album instead changes the pace to a glacial presentation, starting with a dark and sleek motif, generously pouring into rhythm and more subdued field recordings of the Appalachian wilderness. It almost seems like an album showcasing Maier’s ability to listen as much as it is his ability to produce. The finishing work with synth and string sections is a sublime reminder of his deft and capable craft in sound. We may not stand in the same water as before, but the river has the same name."

- David Coccagna

An Industrial Coast production

Recorded by Glyn Maier in White Mountain + Pisgah National Forests 2019-2022 - B2 contains source material from Joe Hisashi "Kikujiro"

Audio finalized by Glyn Maier

Artwork by Laura Arteaga Charlton (www.lauraarteagacharlton.com)

Erosion Trace

Emerald Pool

Track 3 from "Dawn Simulation". Available now on Chondritic Sound.

https://chondriticsound.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-simulation

Gift (Chondritic Sound, 2023)

'Time-Lapse Wilt' is the first single from duo Ephemera, with an accompanying visualiser.

Ephemera is a visceral amalgamation between artists Bride and IVORY BLACK; a joint rapture saturated with interpersonal vehemence and the desire to express themselves through a perception of sentimentality and assertion. 

Their debut record as Ephemera will be released on ALLOY CHOIR in April 2024.

EPHEMERA - Time-Lapse Wilt

ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ

AGF aka Antye Greie-Ripatti a sound artist and electronic music producer. Her work inhabits an augmented space where pounding {Berlin} experimental after-techno, spoken word, abstract video art, feminism and radical ecology create a self-sustaining environment. Originally from East Germany, she started to develop a DIY approach early on, while also using her voice to fight against oppression by supporting marginalized communities and calling out injustice, most recently through female:pressure, a support community and promotional platform for female-identified electronic musicians. Currently based in Northern Finland, Antye founded the local arts organization Hai Art in Hailuoto. Since its inception in 2011, Hai Art has been involved in numerous sound-related projects, focusing on working with children. Antye acts as its director, curator and workshop instructor. Active since the early 90’s, she has collaborated with strong names in electronic music such as French pioneer Eliane Radigue, German legends Gudrun Gut and Ellen Allien, British avantgardist Kaffe Matthews, Finnish IDM treasure Vladislav Delay and classical composer Craig Armstrong.

http://poemproducer.com/
https://agf-poemproducer.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/agf-antye-greie
https://www.instagram.com/poemproducer/
https://twitter.com/poemproducer

🌿 ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏɴɪᴄ ᴀɢᴇɴᴄʏ

We stand in global solidarity with the part of our societies that has no part.
We are raising our voice for those who are silenced, unheard and rendered invisible – dehumanised.
We are advocating for peace, justice, equality, and freedom for every human being on this earth.
We protest collectively against oppressive systems and systems based on exploitation, authoritarian regimes, fascist ideologies, and reactionary governments everywhere on this planet.

…being together, in community

Read the full curatorial statement here
strumandiodine.com/article/sonic-agency/

SONIC AGENCY - AGF - "can you hear them"

D!ANA always moves me but this time it’s inward. Contemplation is also a dance. Reflection is a murkier pool. Looking at and in and back and up—we’re facing something. Perhaps the huge spiral down which we’ve tumbled and now must claw back up. Perhaps a great cloud of garbled messages stuck on loop, on a broken machine (the mind is a broken machine, and thus a perfect one). 

Feels desolate when any answer is, in an instant, undone by another. When water tastes like metal questions clang through hard pipes. Like, how to move forward when stuck in the mud of perpetual regret? Wonder. Am I moving forward or circling some far off conclusion? Delineation. What space is there, suspended here: a tear for bliss, a haunting.

-Natalia Panzer

Concept, cover and booklet design by D!ANA
Mastering by Swan Meat
Disc and jewel case pringing and music transferring by Natalia Panzer
Drawings by hideousarmor
Funded by Lynn & No Catharsis

D!ANA - want, wicked

Preview: "Watching The Walls Bleed" [Split 12" with SCANT out soon on Breathing Problem Productions]

"You ascend the walls you made, oh time it takes to make amends."

‘And Now You Stand Before The Sun’ is a culmination, a closing chapter of the journey that began with 2022’s ‘Like The Reformed’ and succeeded by last year’s ‘Oath (Soon The Storm Will Pass, And We Will Fly Again)’. The record sees Paavo Piekkari and Jonathan Engeldahl fleshing out the microcosm they call Hollowland, resulting in their most mature and fully realised work to date. Beyond the rapturous sonics, there is a deep melancholy woven into the very essence of Hollowland that is present through it all.

At its core the record is about the hope that anguish and sorrow will lead to something beautiful and pure, persistance shed of the often glorified scaly skin of martyrdom. Notions of departing from oneself, to be reborn and catch a glimpse of the coveted silver lining, are explored on tracks such as ‘Ov Your Own Image’, ‘Falls’ and ‘As You Stand Beneath It, The Light Burns Brighter Than Before’. On ‘In Open Arms’ and Purest Form’ the endless cycle reaches its inevitable conclusion of incarnation, chronicling the very moments of becoming. Consider it a sign of stillness, at least for now.

The passing storm won’t be the last, yet we embrace the fleeting moment of light beyond the clouds, using it to release all within.

Written by Jonathan Engeldahl.
Produced by Paavo Piekkari & Jonathan Engeldahl.
Additional production by Allison Laine & Nori Kin.

Mixed & Mastered by Nori Kin.

Artwork by Jonathan Engeldahl & Markus Watkins.

@hollowland-music

And Now You Stand Before The Sun

Hollowland - Arc

The first compilation from the ALLOY CHOIR label and platform, featuring 13 artists.

Mastering: Ashland Ristoff
Artwork: Bride

Tinkerbell - Fluttered To The Ground With An Arrow In Her Breast

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-storm-is-any-disturbed-state-of-an-environment


After completing their first album FIELD REPORTS for Moving Furniture Records, Philipp Bückle and Martijn Pieck went straight into the production of their second album. 

While FIELD REPORTS was an exploration of various fictitious urban scenarios, the goal for the second album was to be even less musical without losing the narrative thread in the tracks. And while the production progressed, the feeling of being lost in stormy weather, overwhelmed by the breeze occurred on several occasions. 

So A STORM IS ANY DISTURBED STATE OF AN ENVIRONMENT seemed to be a good headline for these new creations. The little melodic fragments of the first album were lost completely for a more droning and noisy approach. Field recordings, FM manipulations and white noise became the most dominant elements. The album consists of six different sonic environments that are soothing and disturbing at the same time. 
After the album received a digital-only release by Whitelabrecs in 2023, Shimmering Moods Records now offers a limited physical edition on CD.

releases September 5, 2025 

Philipp Bückle & Mar#jn Pieck: Electronics 
Mastered by Philipp Bückle 
Photography by Martijn Pieck 
CD Layout by Philipp Bückle 

SHM 354 
Shimmering Moods Records 2025

Philipp Bückle & Martijn Pieck - Grains

Dark Ambient Music inspired by the writings of HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos cult. Be scared and enjoy!

CTHULHU MYTHOS - THE DARK BELL TOLLS

Mirame a lo ojos.

Label run by @abrideabride

contact: info@alloychoir.com

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