Coming soon: Tomosla - A small town in the mountains

Limited Edition CD, handmade packages, hand numbered, edition of 40

Written and produced by James Osland and Thomas Hoey 
Mastered by James E Armstrong
Artwork by Huili Chai
Layout design by James Osland

Shimmering Moods Records 2021 
SHM 155

Tomosla - Springs

The Sustain Series project continues with its second volume, 24 recycled forms created from old and unused material. Since the release of Volume 1 in November last year, more artists have come together to salvage, repurpose, restore and deconstruct each other’s pieces, or collaborate on a particular idea. What results is a growing variety of approaches and outputs, from minor embellishments to full disfigurement.

Volume 2 moves thematically, as if in four chapters, from the expressive openers, through enchanting natural-sounding pieces, before opening up to more ethereal expanses, and finally darker and more thoughtful ones. As it does, visions emerge of our natural world - its power, its beauty and its vulnerability.

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anthéne, Pepo Galán & Marty Hicks - Sculpture 1 (by Dear Gravity)

Steven Kemner - Seeping Root (Rinnovare Recycle)

awakened souls - piedro blanco (Off Land Recycle)

awakened souls - Aponi (The Green Kingdom Recycle)

Lauge is self-taught composer Henrik Laugesen, who is better known for his pseudonym ‘Lauge’. So far, he has been involved in the creation of 11 albums, participated on multiple compilations, sync placements and one patch bank for the Danish sound design outlet ‘Luftrum’. He also curates mixes and playlists for outlets like Spotify, under the brand ‘Ambient Soundscapes’.

Perry Frank is project started in 2005 by Francesco Perra from Sardinia, Italy. He is perhaps best renowned for his Ambient guitar sessions, in which live performances are filmed against backdrops of scenic landscapes, museums, gardens and verandas. He has also had releases out on labels such as Idealmusik, Tranquillo Records and n5MD.

We have seen great productivity through remote collaboration between musicians since the pandemic and in 2020, Henrik and Francesco began exchanging their sounds, files and ideas. They had the vision to combine their individual sound components into a cohesive whole. The result is ‘Selvascapes’, in which each composition is connected to forestry, reflected by the track titles and sonic content. The artists navigated their sound landscapes through this chosen theme; vastness, enormity, enclosure, open space and nature can all be gleaned by those who listen.

releases July 24, 2021

Written and produced by Henrik Laugesen and Perry Frank
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Harry Towell
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Selvascapes

wlr096 Lauge, Perry Frank - Selvascapes

Our amazing staff of organic ambient creators from across the globe is once again delivering fresh peaceful audio, soothing through the ears and directly to the soul.

Like a cold breeze on a hot summer day, Summer Meditations is as thoughtful and deep as it is uplifting and refreshing. Expect beautiful hi-end synthscapes, epic atmospheric compositions, subtle organic grooves, textures and field-recordings, all most likely to brighten your day even more.

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Atmøsphäre: soundcloud.com/atmosphare
Folest: soundcloud.com/folest
Tropico Del Cancer: soundcloud.com/juanitopino
Bålsam: soundcloud.com/anthony-asher-yates
Heavenchord: soundcloud.com/nirgoona
Ad Vaita: soundcloud.com/ad-vaita
Ishtadi: soundcloud.com/ishtadi
Nifkin: soundcloud.com/nifkin
The Earth Viewing Experiment: soundcloud.com/earthviewingexperiment

Artwork by Mari Mur
mur.galleria.fi
www.instagram.com/marimur.art/

Mastering by Serega Kobzew

Bålsam - Vientos De Verano

From our Album "Inseln", released on Whitelabrecs

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Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord  - Inseln

O//TXT_056 – Burn Until Silence
We no longer remember the exact moment the fire began.
Perhaps it had been burning for a long time, silent, invisible,
hidden in the folds of the words we never spoke.

We told ourselves that silence was protection.
That holding back was salvation.
But every unspoken sentence piled up like dry dust,
ready to ignite at the first spark.

When it came, the fire did not scream.
It did not destroy out of vengeance.
It consumed slowly, illuminating for a brief instant
everything we had buried in the shadows.
It revealed memories we thought extinct,
faces erased by time,
and promises we had let die in the waiting.

Then, when the last flame went out,
we remained alone, wrapped in a silence that was not empty.
It was a dense presence,
breathing in our place,
keeping what we had not dared to say.

Now we know that silence does not comfort.
It inherits.
And once it does, it never returns anything.

And when the ash settles even on the last name,
who will remain to testify that we ever existed?

Burn Until Silence

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Henrik & Ni!'s tale of the forest: bit.ly/48DxCev

Jupi/ter's temporal exploration: https://bit.ly/47FcP9m

Fionnlagh's story remixed: https://bit.ly/3hdecqL

Meierkord and pals' ode to beauty: https://bit.ly/3TiEaGM

Marco & Henrik's foray into the sublime: https://bit.ly/3F4Okag

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 3: https://bit.ly/amb-sustain3

Henrik Meierkord & Sole Gipp Ossler's powerful ode to knowledge: https://bit.ly/3aPVWRj

Jolanda Moletta's ode to her female ancestors: https://bit.ly/3M8lLch

Origin ST's climate musings: https://bit.ly/3wOh1Ew

Sven Laux & Logic Moon's deep loss: https://bit.ly/3yLUjvI

Fionnlagh's chilling dystopia: https://bit.ly/2SZvdsi

anthéne's ocean at night: https://bit.ly/3CvnwM9

Free electronics by Fields We Found: bit.ly/3ioQFA7

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 2: https://bit.ly/34pWYNg

Henrik & Jupi/ter's glowing heart-opener: https://bit.ly/3fH7PIY

Logic Moon & Atmøsphäre's dance in the shadows: https://bit.ly/39Q7GzJ

Jupi/ter's vivid colours: https://bit.ly/3hX3YHu

Henrik Meierkord's most emotive: https://bit.ly/3n8EFnx

Recycled music - Sustain Series, Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/3nW52x3

Henrik's colouring of Jupi/ter's 202: https://spoti.fi/3iAONSM

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg's heart-opening ambient piano: https://bit.ly/2FyJ3Lq

Fossil Hunting Collective's pensive introspection: https://bit.ly/2DHB528

Rinnovare's lush double single: https://bit.ly/3ikpmVJ

Chris Otchy's algorithmic labyrinth: https://bit.ly/37SwDZ9

Jupi/ter's first chapter: https://bit.ly/2XegcBc

Still Harbours, aka anthéne & Fossil Hunting Collective: http://bit.ly/2XX1jDy

Henrik Meierkord's winter warmth: http://bit.ly/34mDmaE

Antarctic Wastelands and the icy journey: http://bit.ly/2mTPxLC

Steven Kemner - Seeping Root (Rinnovare Recycle)

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