A seasonal selection of ambient, modern classical, and electroacoustic works (closed on Aug 21, 2021). 

Read the Field Journal posts on the blog at https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/category/travelogues/field-journal/

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Field Journal Companion - Summer 2021

Stationary Travels - A Selection of Ambient

Curated ambient, drone and dreampunk playlist for your deep introspection needs. Best played in random. Follow our community  https://facebook.com/droneambient

DRONE / AMBIENT / DREAMPUNK_part4

It's such a delight to hear the magic created by the hands of this duet. @yokokomatsu & @daigohanada's first collaborative piece Ichi is out in the world, to the great joy of our ears. 

🎧 orcd.co/ichi

Sayuru

Ichi

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Daigo Hanada & Yoko Komatsu - Ichi

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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Steven Kemner - Seeping Root (Rinnovare Recycle)

10 years ago, I recorded some piano improvisations with weather on my mind. This one is for all us cloud-gazers. And you know what they say about weather ... it always changes ... 

Stream: https://tinyurl.com/TAOClouds

Written and performed by Michael Price
http://www.michaelpricemusic.com

Recorded by at Snap Studios, London
http://www.snapstudios.co.uk/

Mastered by Katie Tavani
https://www.katietavini.co.uk/

Illustration & Animation by Deepesh Patel
https://www.artstation.com/deepeshpatel

The Anatomy of Clouds

The Anatomy Of Clouds

Entry no. 2 in our summer single series is out now - A Few Tomorrows by US pianist @johnhayesmusic. Hints of blue permeate his track, which is the final piece recorded in his Minneapolis studio. It’s a moment of closure with hope for good things ahead... 

Give it a listen wherever you listen to music: IDOL.lnk.to/afewtomorrows

A Few Tomorrows

John Hayes - A Few Tomorrows

Seedling

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Film composer and multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch's long-anticipated double album, ‘Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Volume I & II’ out now on Lost Tribe Sound.

It’d be a laborious task to run through all of Fritch’s many accolades, since 2009 he has released over 20 albums and composed music for over 30 feature films and more than a hundred short films. Lost Tribe Sound has been by his side since the beginning, releasing a few of his finest stand alone scores, including the critically acclaimed, ‘The Waiting Room’, ‘Eagle Hunters in a New World’, and ‘The Old Believers.’ Of course, LTS could boast for days about what a musical genius we believe he is. Yet, having written so many of these press rants for Fritch in our time, we’ll try to curb ourselves at the risk of preaching to the choir or sounding disingenuous.

That isn’t to say, Fritch isn’t well deserving of mountains of praise. We are honestly amazed that his film music hasn’t attracted the attention of more major motion picture studios. To date, Fritch has penned imaginative and impressive scores for narrative and documentary productions that run the gamut of most every imaginable genre and aesthetic. From raw and emotional films that uncover startling humanitarian and ecological crises, such as 2016’s Oscar-nominated short film ‘4.1 Miles,’ and National Geographic’s sweeping ’Into The Canyon,’ to eccentric and nuanced biopics and documentaries on figures such as Ursula K LeGuinn, Bill Nye and Johnny Cash. Fritch has found unique and artful voices for these wide ranging stories.

Most of those familiar with Fritch, know only of his albums as a singer songwriter or genre-elusive multi-instrumentalist, which truly represent a small fraction of the depth and range of his work. ‘Deceptive Cadence…’ gathers the most remarkable and memorable pieces from Fritch’s vast catalog of film compositions. Rather than filling up two volumes with half assembled film cues and fragmented themes, Fritch has gone to great lengths with ‘Deceptive Cadence…’ to make sure both volumes tell a story, build theme, and create a satisfying full album experience as good as any movie they may have come from. While this music once graced a particular film, show, or commercial, it has all been reimagined, reworked and made whole in post-production to complete the epic narrative of ‘Deceptive Cadence…’

Cover Image by Joe Borreson (http://www.dustclouddesign.com)

Deceptive Cadence - Music For Film Vol. I & II

Gut Level

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William Ryan Fritch - Gut Level (from Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Vol. I & II)

Adrift is Robert Farrugia's 7th album, and his third release on the Archives imprint. The album is a departure from his previous electroacoustic works to a more minimalistic approach in the vein of Geotic (Baths) and Helios.

It touchingly discusses the feelings of uncertainty and optimistic doubt that come with maturation and onset adulthood. The fifth track, Daylight Saving, was composed alongside Robert's brother, Matthew, to whom the album is dedicated to.

Mastering by Taylor Deupree
Photography by Alexander Kopatz 
www.go70north.com 
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adrift

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Robert Farrugia - Daylight Saving

Remix album for Warmth's latest work 'Parallel'. Including remixes by Shuta Yasukochi, Warmth, Pepo Galán, Purl, The Green Kingdom, David Cordero, Powlos and SVLBRD.

Written and Produced by Agus Mena 
Remixes by Shuta Yasukochi, Warmth, Pepo Galán, Purl, The Green Kingdom, David Cordero, Powlos and SVLBRD. 
Mastering by Taylor Deupree 
Photography by Alexander Kopatz 
www.go70north.com 
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Warmth - Extent (Powlos Remix)

Lucciola

Hotel Neon is a trio from Philadelphia, which has appeared on these pages [and hopefully on your rotations] ever since their self-released and self-titled Hotel Neon debut in 2013. The album has been subsequently picked up by Home Normal, with the band’s followups, Remnants (2016) and Context (2017) appearing on Fluid Audio, and migration with Means of Knowing (2018) to Agustín Mena’s (aka Warmth) Archives imprint. For their latest release, titled Vanishing Forms, the trio returns to Archives, with eight ambient atmospheres that blanket a spinning mind. The vastly spanning and highly textured pieces drown all anguish and polish the sharp edges of that troublesome thought. Listening to this music is like opening your eyes on the beach facing a boundless ocean, with an intense realization that at this moment all is real and everything else is just product of a projected and forever fueled in worry ego. This is how things truly are… And if you don’t have the luxury of an ocean near your dwelling, at least you can reflect on the presence in your headphones, with Hotel Neon spraying all the vapours of their waves.

- Headphone Commute - 

Music by Hotel Neon: www.hotelneonmusic.com
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri: www.blackknollstudio.com
Artwork by Dalvin Byron: www.dalvinbyron.com
Design by Steven Kemner: www.stevenkemner.com

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Hotel Neon - Burning Mist

Carried

Sparks

Cenes - Sparks

Rosary (Mrs Wilson)

Recorded during the Fall of 2018 and Winter of 2019.  Recorded using guitar, bass, korg volca keys and various effects pedals onto a Fostex XR-5 four track unit.  All music by Justin Mank.

June

Taken from the upcoming 2 x CD album 'The Book of Dusts' by Emmanuel Witzthum and E & I

Audio: Emmanuel Witzthum / Craig Tattersall
Poetry: Emmanuel Witzthum
Mastering: Ian Hawgood
Design: Daniel Crossley
Label: Fluid Audio

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

The Book of Dusts

Emmanuel Witzthum - Book Of Shadows

Remix album for 'Strange Parentheses', released on October 2018.
Written and Produced by Pepo Galán
Remixes by r beny, Steve Pacheco, David Cordero, José Soberanes, Eyoko, Suero, Eduardo Briganty, Erissoma, Max Würden, Alberto Lucendo, Shuta Yasukochi and Warmth
Mastering by Ian Hawgood
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
www.go70north.com
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Pepo Galán - In A Straight Line (Warmth Remix)

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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