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Artist: @dzuk
Album: Ishkhan
Catalogue Number: CRTQ004
Vinyl Preorder: https://www.fishwave.bandcamp.com
Digital Release Date: July 30th, 2021

Born Hovhannes Sargsyan, D.zúk (”dzook” = ”fish”) is a Yerevan-based producer influenced by the delicate qualities of nature, juxtaposed against the concrete imprint of human existence. His debut, Ishkhan (“eesh khan” =“prince”; also refers to an endemic trout found in Lake Sevan) is a pensive journey through ethereal, underwater landscapes.

A1 - Mutq
A2 - Impulse
A3 - Punge
A4 - Reverse
A5 - Anush
B1 - Nane
B2 - Tses
B3 - Sa
B4 - Poghpatits Sarer
B5 - Elq

Produced, written and arranged by: Hovhannes Sarsgyan
Executive Producer: Zach Asdourian
Illustration: Xoromat
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Ishkhan

Impulse

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Check it in full here: https://snd.click/hungerberg

Today we FINALLY release the full EP of ‘Hungerberg’ from the very talented artist that goes by the name of Liminka. A lot of our fans will be familiar with his previous productions under the alias Sidi and his new project is absolute fire! The full EP of ‘Hungerberg’ is simply incredible and hope you all enjoy the sounds.

Liminka 'Starlight In The Park'

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Sometimes I feel like You do.

• Written, Performed, and Produced by Aonian / @aonianmusic
• Artwork, Mixing, Mastering by George Kroustallis / @minorstep 
• Animation (youtube official audio) by Apostolos Roussas / @apostolos.roussas
• Qanun samples by Anastasios Sarakatsanos / @nomadmusicamsterdam 
• Photography by Mariza Kapsabeli / @marizacaps

Woven

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Emerald Green Water

You Never Know

Hold the Line

Hold the Line (Aonian Remix)

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AONIAN brings his new single 'Ascent', fusing melodic, trippy electronica with Mediterranean soundscapes.

The first glimpse to Aonian's world as the first single of his upcoming debut album, it showcases a blend of contemporary electronic synths and swirling melodies, colliding with dreamy traditional and ethnic soundscapes.

With references to traditional and folk elements from his home country, the Greek born and London based producer successfully pays homage to our past and present whilst remaining loyal to an ever-changing cultural identity.

"Ascent was inspired by conversations I had with friend, storyteller, and ethnomusicologist Anastasis Sarakatsanos (@nomadmusicamsterdam) back in the summer of 2017, conversations surrounding history, migration, and cultural identity, and how that part of history (and present) kept fuelling folklore stories and traditional music, as well as modern art in the Balkans, and the Mediterranean cultures. His performance on the Qanun instrument is featured throughout the track and made me overcome my initial doubts in including soundscapes from my motherland in my productions.

It's the first track of my debut album, and the entrance to my Aonian world." - Alkis Livathinos

Having already established a trusted reputation in composition across media and brands (including Louis Vuitton and Glossier), AONIAN emerges from five-years of conceptual and instrumental experimentation, delivering a refreshing sound, listeners need.

His recent remix for the Glastonbury brothers - Speakman Sound - has been supported and played by DJ John Digweed in a Bunker Sessions set and his upcoming debut album has attracted interest from the likes of London start-up Remixology HQ and the recently awarded music blog Give it a Spin.

Ascent is out February 17, as the first single of his upcoming self-titled debut album.

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Written and produced by Alkis Livathinos
Qanun by Anastasis Sarakatsanos
Mixed by Gigi Piscitelli
Mastered by Mark Dobson aka Ambassadeurs at Coda Mastering

Recorded in London, Amsterdam, Patras.

Artwork Direction & Design by George Kroustallis (@minorstep)
Moving artwork visuals by Scyld Bowring (@scyld_bowring)
Ascent music video visuals by Joshua Guillaume (@josh.ontheweb)

Photography by Mariza Kapsabeli (@marizcaps) 
and Alex Kozobolis (@alex_kozobolis)

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CORPUS DEI is the new album from @arms-and-sleepers. Out Dec. 4, 2020 via @FutureArchiveRecordings.

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Arms and Sleepers continue their journey through a turbulent 2020 with the 5th installment in their 6-part music series being released this year. The new full-length album, titled CORPUS DEI, will be out on Dec. 4 via Future Archive Recordings.

Arms and Sleepers is the electronic music duo Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic. Formed in Boston, USA in 2006, the group has amassed over 30 releases, nearly 2,000 live performances, and countless TV and Film music placements in their 15-year history. 2020 has been the group’s busiest year yet, and the upcoming new album CORPUS DEI looks to add another signature stamp in Arms and Sleepers’ diverse music catalog.

Written and produced throughout 2020 – while on US and European tours, unplanned quarantine in Latvia, and settling into a new home in Berlin – CORPUS DEI is a surreal musical journey that feels both free-spirited and highly tense. It is the culmination of a fragile, uncertain and difficult year, and a closing statement on an ambitious, multi-release conceptual project. CORPUS DEI is Arms and Sleepers’ fourth full-length album released in 2020 alone, which also saw the release of several EPs, standalone singles, and remixes. Each release has revolved around the idea of “self-destruction”, an eerily relevant topic that was conceived well before the pandemic-stricken year. Writes Ramic: “I started planning for this 6-part music release in 2019 as a way of dealing with and processing my own increasing existential obsession with mortality, meaning, and ultimate absurdity of life. I wanted each release to capture some broader, objective elements of human life as well as some more personal, subjective experiences. Little did I know that I would end up living in isolation in Latvia for nearly 4 months earlier this year. It was an incredibly bizarre period of my life, as it was—and continues to be—for much of the world.”

CORPUS DEI combines the varied sounds of Arms and Sleepers’ recent releases, merging elements of instrumental hip-hop, IDM, electronica, downtempo, and ambient music. The intricately textured beats and densely layered synths form a sonic palette that should be familiar to fans of Arms and Sleepers, but the static-induced, noisy and unsettling atmosphere of the album as a whole adds a new dimension to the group’s catalog. Experimenting more closely with sound design and focusing on the overall compositional flow, Arms and Sleepers manages to create a record that seems to—for better or for worse—capture the dreadful emotional weight of 2020. Writes Ramic: “The various song ideas for CORPUS DEI were written throughout 2020 in what seem like impossibly different contexts: a few days off on tour in Augusta, Georgia in warm southern weather in mid-February; a tiny hotel room in Odessa, Ukraine on the first day of a European tour; a strange 4 months in Riga, Latvia while stranded there in the midst of a pandemic; and a rejuvenating new chapter of my life in Berlin, Germany despite the continued uncertainty about the pandemic. This album feels like a collection of estranged fragments of my life this year – a year that has felt like an eternity.”

CORPUS DEI releases on Dec. 4 via Future Archive Recordings and will be accompanied by various special cinematic visualizers.
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CORPUS DEI

Center Of The Sun

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Above the Corners

Aonian reveals the second chapter of his upcoming debut album, with the release of his single "Hideout", a poignant and lush fusion of downtempo electronica and organic mellow soundscapes.

Drawing inspiration from the idea that each of us builds their own "hideout" in times of crises, a place of inner safety and familiarity, Hideout has a sound that appeals to both fans of neoclassical and techno music. Aonian borrows sounds and memories from his homeland by using percussion elements recorded near his family village in Greece, as well as moments of meditative improvisations on the piano in a pandemic era locked down studio in London.

In this era of self-isolation and forced solitude, it reminds us where each of our hideouts lies - maybe not in isolation, but in shared, communal experiences.

"The motif was written on the Oud, but I then recorded it on the piano where it took a completely different form, and I ended up adding organic percussive elements built from places and memories of my motherland. I wanted to bring out a sense of familiarity and safety from those sounds and melodies, a feeling that I fear has been missing this last year from our lives." - Aonian

With references to traditional and folk elements from his home country, the Greek born and London based producer successfully pays homage to our past and present whilst remaining loyal to an ever-changing cultural identity that his music represents.

Having already established a trusted reputation in composition across media and brands (including Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Glossier), AONIAN emerges from five-years of conceptual and instrumental experimentation, delivering a refreshing sound.

Aonian's recent debut single 'Ascent', was featured on Indie Shuffle's 'Hot Picks', and appeared in creative outlets Visual Atelier 8, Plastic Magazine, Secret Eclectic, as well as the top german music blog Ton Spion. His music has been supported by DJ John Digweed, the London start-up Remixology HQ, as well as the highly curated Rattle music collective in London. 

Hideout (the single's "Edit" version) is out on April 23, leading us closer to Aonian's upcoming debut album release.

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Hideout

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Aonian - Hideout (Edit)

“Aonian - Gathering” 💽

Excited to share the latest (and last) single from my upcoming album.

How do you go about talking about a song you wrote so many years ago? “Gathering” has gone through various revisions and there’s even an early version of it with a different name lurking online somewhere.

It features Polyphonic Choirs from the region of Epirus which were the first element of Balkan traditional music that really caught my attention, and a gateway to discovering more folk music from the area.

Most importantly, Nicki Maher, an amazing clarinetist studying the music of Epirus extensively with her recent Phd thesis “The Crying Clarinet: Emotion and Music in Parakalamos” provided the lament performances that were used for the main motif as well as the general soundscape of the track.

Listen to Gathering: ffm.to/gathering
Save the album, out Oct 27: ffm.to/aonian

Thank you to @minorstep for the artwork, @ambassadeurs for the mastering, @gigipiscitelli for co-mixing, and @fnp_aidan
@different.sauce @gettingdeeper for the support!

Credits
released September 29, 2021
Written and produced by Alkis Livathinos
Co-Mixed by Gigi Piscitelli
Mastered by Mark Dobson aka Ambassadeurs at Coda Mastering
Artwork Direction & Design by George Kroustallis (Minorstep)

Gathering (Edit)

Aonian - Gathering (Edit)

Bass Coast Music returns with 12 Days Vol. 4, an annual compilation featuring 13 tracks by festival alumni. Beginning Dec 14th, one track a day will be released culminating in the full album release on Dec 25th. 

***If you purchase the full album now, you'll receive a download link on Dec 25th***

100% of proceeds from the compilation will be donated to the Nicola Valley Food Bank located in the host town of Bass Coast Festival, Merritt, BC on the shared traditional territories of the Nłeʔkepmx and Syilx.

Thank you to all 13 artists involved in this fundraising initiative for donating creative output, time, and energy.  In alphabetical order:  

ANNA MORGAN* @annamorgan_dj
B.Traits* @btraits
Cherriep @cherriep
Ciel* @cl_lit
DJG*  @deangrenier
Handsome Tiger  @handsometiger
I M U R  @weareimur
Kasey Riot*   @djkaseyriot
Murge*  @djmurge
Oceantied*  @oceantiedmusic
T.Williams & J.Bevin*  @twilliamsmusic @J-bevin
The Funk Hunters, CMC & Silenta @thefunkhunters @cmc-silenta
The Librarian*  @the-librarian

*mastered by Kiklo Music 2020

Virtue - Murge

Blending past and present, the roots and the endeavours.

Aonian - Ascent

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