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Pluie/Noir Podcast 034
"You Sow At Random Joy And Disaster"

Sound by Cleymoore
Visual Interpretation by Jav Arshad
Video by Max Binski

CLEYMOORE

:: Welcome back Bruno! How are you?
Feels good to be back, for the obvious reasons.
Been working a lot lately, both on music and graphic design. Between managing P/N and helping out some friend labels I keep myself busy, but doing freelance design works for a living is what takes the biggest chunk of my daily timespan. So I'm deeply tired lately, but it's all very rewarding in the end. And it will surely pay off in the long run.

:: How's 2013 so far? What have you been doing?
These last 2 years have been some of the bumpiest of my life. Between serious family problems and money issues, it has certainly not been easy. I keep my head filled with stuff to do, and I try to keep my optimism as high as possible.
Regarding Pluie/Noir, a lot of delays have been happening in the past regarding production, and I also realized I needed to focus my attention on some artists and lay-off others that were with us in the beginning. I slowly realized I needed to do a re-structure on the imprint and the companies we've been working on. So we have a fixed collective now that keeps me happy and engaged, a new mastering engineer and studio (Pole at his Scape Mastering Studio), a new factory and I'll probably sign new deals with 2 different distributors soon. One to tag along Intergroove on the main label, and a new distributor for the Experimental Media side-project as I have serious plans for it in a near future. My focus will slowly pan towards this project later this year and follow my dreams of releasing quality experimental music on various media formats, for the sake of music itself and pure creative freedom - which most labels lack nowadays.
The PNR003 compilation is finally out in a few weeks and even though it seemed like a crazy move, I felt in my heart I had to put it out, for me and for the future of the artists I'm working with, who are all very humble and dedicated. It's a celebration of that, a year of work with wonderful people, and it deserved all my attention and sweat.

:: Portugal's still one of Europe's most affected countries by the economical crisis. How are you handling?
I'm not, to be honest. My life has been super hard specially due to lack of money to survive. Getting a proper job is next to impossible, and if you do most of the times you'll be underpaid, and explored to the maximum. And if you feel you're being exploited, you're kindly invited to leave as there's always people ready to take your place and work for a few bucks (or for free), specially recently graduated students. Housing is expensive in Lisbon, specially if you consider our minimum wage is currently below 500€.
I got a part-time job this year, it was ok and all but I quit it after a month due to a conflict of interests between me and my own boss. Very different views on creativity and work ethics made it unbearable, unfortunately.
So I decided to move out and leave Portugal behind. It's hard to leave family, beloved ones and friends, but I need to move on and embrace new opportunities, wipe the slate clean. Apart from Tokyo, Paris is one of the cities I always felt extremely attracted to, so I'm currently learning french, looking for a job, and planning my move to Paris as soon as possible. 

:: What's the main idea behind your podcast, when and how was it recorded?
I'm attracted to the Asian culture since I can remember, specially Japan. I can't really explain why or how this happened as all I know was self-discovered. My parents have no particular interest in the "eastern world", so it's something genetic or simply unexplainable. I think it all started with this album my father had from Jean Michel Jarre, "The Concerts in China". I felt drawn to the visual acuity of it, and started exploring a lot of the Asian culture, Japan in particular. Movies, series, animations, books, social history and social habits, I'm just fascinated by it. My ultimate wish is to live in a super high-story flat in Tokyo for some years, and have a typically japanese, almost feudal-era type of house in a forest around Kyoto for the weekends. 
That very personal interest led me to this podcast, and I hate to repeat myself in a podcast series I curate and manage myself, so I like to set the personal tone and do something completely different and unexpected. So in the end it's an homage to Japan, and my respect for it's artists, to some of whom I am fortunate enough to work with today! I approached Jav and sent her the first and last track of my podcast, setting a tone. After some long conversations we both seemed to be mutually inspired to this idea and my entire session revolved around these 2 tracks, very much like Jav's hand-drawn work. Was a great collab and we felt both very in-tune with the "spirituality" of the whole thing.
All the music you hear in this podcast is either from Japan or China, composers, song-writers, producers, or artists who worked with asian composers in the past and/or present (like David Sylvian, for instance).

:: Plans for the future?
My first vinyl releases are on the line, at last. A single + remix on a friend label, the first Pluie/Noir Collective vinyl collaboration with Rack, Marc Neyen and No Hype, my first (mini?) album on Pluie/Noir, and a couple of remixes on vinyl too. There's also an upcoming album on Archipel and a tools EP on Kalimari. So this year and beginning of 2014 I'm definitely marking my comeback as a full-fledged producer (musician?) with more personal productions and a slow brake on remixing. I'm starting violin and guitar lessons too as soon as possible.
Regarding Pluie/Noir, if all goes as I plan it will move with me to Paris and have a fixed address, a headquarters of somekind. Joining forces with Marc Milner "in situ" and co-working with Improvist seems highly promising to me. 
Our releases will start happening more regularly (2-3 months each), and we'll try and fix some club residencies around europe for pluie/noir showcases and art exhibitions. PNEM will release more cassettes, compilations and personal albums, and some picture 7" / 10" vinyls in the future. Our first PNEM vinyl will be from Yoshihiro Hanno (aka Radiq), a vinyl re-issue with some lost experimental pearls from the prolific producer that I adore and admire, only released in digital/cd till now. 
Well, that's just the tip of the iceberg and it's a lot already. Cheers :)

JAV ARSHAD

:: Welcome back Jav. How have you been?
Been amazing these days thanks! Specially since it’s the beginning of a 4 day weekend! 

:: Art seems to take a big chunk out of your timeline. What is consuming your time lately? 
As of late it was the PN Podcast with none other than Bruno/Cleymoore working on the music! The last 2 weeks have been a ride. Definitely made a strong emotional connection with Bruno/Cleymoore’s latest work. A few other projects that I started working on but drifted away from. Very special Pakistan relative piece coming so watch out for that! 

:: Photography and you're hand-drawn micro-detailed art are becoming a visual cue for you, somehow a very vindicated visual signature. Are you considering doing some exhibitions soon?
Thank you! I have toyed with that idea, but I haven’t really gotten around to implementing it yet. It’s a very intimidating thought having your work out there. Exciting too! But we’ll say how that plays out! The thought does make me smile! Right now it feels amazing enough that there are people out there who really do appreciate my work! Maybe soon if the ball keeps rolling? 

:: Once again, you're triptych shows your hand-drawing skills and high level of attention to detail. When and how did you make this triptych?
Thanks! Bruno approached me a couple of weeks ago as he needed a visual! Which is just absolutely amazing in itself. But then he sent me the very first and very last tracks of his podcast, to get a feel. And since then I’ve just been HOOKED! After an hour long conversation which was SUPER SPECIAL and really getting in to it, I’ve spent after work everyday (or even at work sometimes) working on putting together my feelings on paper for this podcast which has come to become very special to me over the last 15 days. It truly is a piece of magic that Cleymoore has created! Keeping true to what's now becoming a point of view, I created a back and white visual using only pen only on this piece. 2 long weeks, 4 days of 8 to 12 hour days just doing this, it's finally done. I think I'n happy with it, hope you guys enjoy it! 

:: Future plans?
Working by day, doing art by night seems to be the way forward! Going to try my best to get back into the photography too! Maybe another piece for P/N? Who knows!  Whatever it is though I think it'll be a good time and is going to get better!


links:
http://www.vimeo.com/pluienoir/pnpodcast034
http://soundcloud.com/cleymoore
http://www.facebook.com/javeria.arshad
http://www.maxbinski.com

Official Presentation

Pluie/Noir Podcast 034 - "You Sow At Random Joy And Disaster" by Cleymoore

Track 1 from 'We Never Left' - Available from https://straytheories.bandcamp.com/album/we-never-left
Listen to the full release at : http://spoti.fi/2rCBZn7

We Never Left

Spotify

Breathless

Goddess

Study 13

Medley of the music used in Mervi Junkkonen's film After Life (2011, Finland)

Music for the film After Life – Medley

Pluie/Noir Podcast 056 - Guest Series
"Sejur"

Sound mixed & compiled by https://soundcloud.com/ruvall
Visual Interpretation by Max Binski
Video by Max Binski

5 guests, 5 podcasts, 5 artworks, 10 days. 
Second episode in this guest-marathon is signed by Ruval, Bucharest-based dj & piano student, presenting 80 minutes of extra-refined music and proving his exquisite taste and mixing skills. Max Binski on the artwork (him and Ayane will do all the triptychs for this series).

Pluie/Noir Podcast is a bi-monthly audio-visual episode representing our work as an artist collective. Each episode will feature a one hour collage/mix by one of our producers/djs and a poster triptych by one of our designers. 

links:
www.soundcloud.com/ruvall
www.facebook.com/maxbinskidesign
www.maxbinski.com

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Pluie/Noir Podcast 056 Guest Series - "Sejur" by Ruval

Track from the album Thru (free download)

Bandcamp

Circadian Clock

Väinämöinen

Nothing, nobody matters. And yet the world is full of love.

3x12" of 'and their refinement of the decline' back in print for the first time in many years as of 8/14


stars of the lid 'piano aquieu'

Brian Eno- Ikebukuro

Strands

steve hauschildt 'strands'

Caterina Barbieri & Kali Malone - Glory (Final Movement)

The final movement of Glory is a slowly evolving canon for two electric guitars pouring landscapes of bliss from the pythagorean region of the harmonic spectrum.

Composed at EMS in Stockholm SE 2015.
Recorded at Villa Strozzi in Florence IT 2016.

Side A from XKatedral Volume III
Edition of 100
Released on October 6th 2016

Caterina Barbieri & Kali Malone - Glory (Final Movement)

Timeless

Shimmeringcast #78
Sonmi451’s Luminous Double Helix Mix

Sonmi451
Belgian electronic artist Sonmi451 creates a hybrid of subtle electronica and delicate soundscapes and explores the cracks and loopholes that exists between sounds. For Shimmering Moods he selected 13 mesmerizing ambient tracks that inspired him during the years, combining them with some new gems that were released in 2016. 

www.sonmi451.be
https://www.facebook.com/Sonmi451-696301273795932/
https://www.facebook.com/sonmi451.be?ref=bookmarks
https://sonmi451.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/sonmi451

Track list:

• Brian Eno - Music For Civic Recovery Centre - The Quiet Club - Opal Records - 2000 
• Nils Frahm - Victoria - A Stolen Car - Erased Tapes Records - 2015 (4’45’’)
• Heck - Night Falls - Night Falls - Hymen Records - 2008 (9’00’’)
• Ghost And Tape - Shift - Choices - Slaapwel Records - 2015 (12’55’’)
• Julien Neto - Le Fumeur De Ciel - VI - Type Records - 2005 (18’45’’)
• Mashajoshi Fuyjta & Jan Jelinek - Bird, Lake, Objets - Waltz (A Lonely Crowd) -Faitiche - 2010 (22’36’’)
• Sonmi451 - Alice - Do Cats Eat Bats - Bandcamp - 2016 (28’52’’)
• Otto A Totland - Storfjord - Orbital Planes & Passenger Trains Vol 1 - Serein - 2016 (33’35'')
• Chris Herbert - Chlorophyll - Mezzotint - Kranky - 2006 (35’30'')
• Relmic Statute - Green Fountain - Morning Tapes - Hibernate - 2010 (42'57'')
• Porya Hatami & Arovane - Ceill - Kaziwa - Time Released Sound - 2016 (45'27'')
• Sonmi451 - Betelgeuse - Star Atlas - Time Released Sound - 2011 (49'22'')
• Stijn Hüwels - Track 1 - Six Pieces For Guitar - mAtter - 2016 (56'47'')

Shimmeringcast #78: Luminous Double Helix Mix by Sonmi451

Piano, composition and recording by Jim Perkins 
Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin
Mastered by Ben Wiffen

Bandcamp : https://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-exquisite-corpse

We’re pleased to announce a new collaborative album in conjunction with Bigo & Twigetti. ‘The Exquisite Corpse’ is based on the surrealist game of the same name. Taking Leah Kardos 'Little Phase' as it's starting point, the piece will be reworked by a series of composers and producers to create an album of tracks which continually evolve as each new version is passed from one artist to another, adding to and transforming material from the original piece. We'll be releasing a new track from the album every 2-3 weeks with the first track due towards the end of October and the full album available in April 2017 so keep an eye on our social media for updates.

The Exquisite Corpse

Jim Perkins - Flutter

This is a short clip from a live performance by Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti in Brescia, Italy on the 24th May 2010.

Carter Tutti - Harmonic Coaction One (live excerpt)

An irregular series of DJ mixes devoted to the world beyond the dancefloor.

From experimental electronics and dark ambient to psychedelic pop and blissed-out indie, the direction of each mix is completely of the artist's choosing.

In keeping with the series' broad remit, featured selectors will include label owners, journalists, promoters and collectors as well as DJs and producers.

The first offering comes from noted journalist, DJ and occasional producer Philip Sherburne.

TRACKLISTING:

Disjecta – Pit [Warp, 1996]
Svarte Greiner – Ulsokk [Type, 2006]
Sendai – Emptiness of Attention [Time 2 Express, 2012]
Oni Ayhun – OAR001-B [Oni Ayhun, 2008]
Novisad – Pflanzenwuchs [Tomlab, 2001]
Driphouse – In Peru [Spectrum Spools, 2011]
Jochem Paap – Hchm-2ngn [Fax +49-69/450464, 1999]
Seefeel – Utreat [Warp, 1995]
This Mortal Coil – Waves Become Wings [4AD, 1984]
Kate Bush – Hello Earth [EMI, 1985]
Telavy Choir – Tsintskaro [Multi Cultural Media, 1997]
Zomes – No. 1 [Thrill Jockey, 2011]
Rough Fields – Edge of the Firelight [Bomb Shop, 2011]
Shriekback – Coelecanth [Arista, 1985]
Nuel – Correspondence [Further, 2011]
Blut Aus Nord – Epitome IX [Debemur Morti Productions, 2011]
Chris Watson – Friday the 13th [Touch, 2000]
Transportation AAD – Pagoda [Darkestral, 2011]
On – Oh Run Slowly [Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier/Type, 2004/2009]
Oneohtrix Point Never – Remember [Software, 2011]
Alvin Lucier – Nothing Is Real (Matthias Kaul, Piano) [Wergo, 2005]
Henri Texier - Quand Tout S'arrete [Eurodisc, 1976]
Imbogodom - Borogmog's Clock [Thrill Jockey, 2011]
Tim Hecker – Sketch 5 [Kranky, 2011]
David Lynch & Alan R. Splet – In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) [I.R.S. Records, 1982]
Chris Watson – El Divisadero – The Telegraph [Touch, 2011]
Steve Reich – Come Out [Nonesuch, 1966/1987]
Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer – Retikhiy [ECM, 2011]
Craig Taborn - The Broad Day King [ECM, 2011]
Supersilent – 10.10 [Rune Grammofon, 2010]
Alexander Scriabin – Prelude No. 22 in G minor, Op. 11 (Racha Arodaky, piano) [Zig Zag, 2004]
Alexander Scriabin – Prelude No. 22 in G minor, Op. 11 (Evgeny Zarafiants, piano) [Naxos, 2000]

(ARCHIVE) MIX ONE / Philip Sherburne

Everything By Chance-Hubble
0118-Tatsuro kojima
Mood Fluctuation (last week on earth fast mix)#1-Tick
Audio postcard: jerusalem-Rafael anton irisarri
Back Away-unclemad
Dimensional Todi-L´Oeil Céleste
Terraforming-Christoph Schindling
Lawrence English,Kyushu-Headphone Commute
HC SOUND POSTCARD -OVERCAST SOUND
White Smoke Clouds -Fabrizio Frisan
16G-Tatsuro kojima
Sonnenaufgang In Berlin (Original Mix)-Hubble
Keep Your Eyes Closed (Original Mix)-Markus Guentner
Antonymes-Antonymes – On Departing The Strange Museum
Fragile-Fragile (for Keith and Hollie)
Snippet-Nils Frahm
That Summer In Ibiza (Original Mix)-Rocket Empire

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