from “Amongst Epilogues” (AO№4) by VA

Amongst Epilogues is an ambitious project concerned with exploring the ouevre of Giesela (2005–2008) – a musical project by Lasse-Marc Riek (sound artist, lecturer, co-founder of Gruenrekorder, co-editor of Field Notes magazine). Amongst the involved artists are: Light Sleeper, Lost Trail, Maps and Diagrams, Suspicion Breeds Confidence, Teamforest,…

[preview] A Death Cinematic – Resistance is Your Sound!

from “Amongst Epilogues” (AO№4) by VA

Amongst Epilogues is an ambitious project concerned with exploring the ouevre of Giesela (2005–2008) – a musical project by Lasse-Marc Riek (sound artist, lecturer, co-founder of Gruenrekorder, co-editor of Field Notes magazine). Amongst the involved artists are: Light Sleeper, Lost Trail, Maps and Diagrams, Suspicion Breeds Confidence, Teamforest,…

[preview] David Mixco – First Steps

Amongst Epilogues is an ambitious project concerned with exploring the ouevre of Giesela (2005–2008) – a musical project by Lasse-Marc Riek (sound artist, lecturer, co-founder of Gruenrekorder, co-editor of Field Notes magazine). Amongst the involved artists are: Philipp Bückle, Ghost Monkey, The Humble Bee, Light Sleeper, Lost Trail, Machinefabriek, Maps and Diagrams, Names for Sounds, Suspicion Breeds Confidence, and many more…

The release comes as a clothbound box set – containing 2 CDs, an audio tape, and many extras – accompanied by an extensive download album, named “Alternate Endings.” Release date to be expected in the first half of 2016.

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[preview] David Mixco – First Steps (Version II)

Original track “Side Lily” by Light Sleeper (https://soundcloud.com/light-sleeper), 2013.
Remixed by Xu (https://soundcloud.com/nicola-fornasari), 2017.

Going to be released on “Ivanhoe Reworks” — alongside remixes by Philipp Bückle, Gallery Six, Raphi Gottesman, The Humble Bee, Light Sleeper, Maps and Diagrams, The New Honey Shade, Nobile, Oberlin, Olive Is The Sun, Window Magic, and several more.

Side Lily EP

Ivanhoe Reworks

[preview] Side Lily (Xu remix)

Original track “List of References” by Light Sleeper (2013).
Reinterpreted by Olive is the Sun (2017) – unmastered.
Artwork by Laurent Letourmy.
To be released on “List of References (Variations)” (AO№22) along with 7 additional reworks by Olive is the Sun.

List of References (Variations)

Olive is the Sun – I Can See the Sky

Now available on tape, and as a pre-order on CD. 

Recorded by øjeRum (Paw Grabowski; https://soundcloud.com/oejerum).
Post-production by Andrew Chalk.
Mastered by Jos Smolders (EARLabs). https://soundcloud.com/earlabs

Released on glass-mastered CD in a 6-panel digipak, featuring 7 collages from øjeRum’s Silent Figure With Landscape series.

An Image of a Bird Seconds Before It Appears

øjeRum – An Image of a Bird Seconds Before It Appears [first 6 minutes]

Original track “Special Interests” by https://soundcloud.com/light-sleeper (2013).
Reinterpreted by https://soundcloud.com/gallery-six (2017) – unmastered.
Cover image: still from Mark Kuykendall’s music video for Side Lily.
To be released on “Ivanhoe Reworks (AO№19).

[first 3 min] Light Sleeper – Special Interests (Gallery Six remix)

The album “Les rochers et la mer” consists of two long-form improvisations by Oberlin (https://soundcloud.com/moi-qui) performed on a modular synthesizer in October 2016.

Released this December in a short-run CD-R edition (by AOsmosis) & digitally (directly through the artist).

1.) Les rochers et la mer (26:29)
2.) La mer et les rochers (25:22)

Mastered by Mark Kuykendall.

Les rochers et la mer

[Preview] Oberlin – La mer et les rochers

T*H*

From Raphi Gottesman’s forthcoming album “The Clarity of Dawn.”

Raphi Gottesman – Black Coffee and the News [1st 90 sec]

This recording is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Sound_00 + Lefterna.
See a full, regularely updated database with info/purchase/download links at http://s0l.aosmosis.net/

All music by Toni Dimitrov (Sound_00) & Boban Ristevski (Lefterna).
Mastering by Mark Kuykendall.
Photography by Toni Dimitrov.
Packaging and design by Daniel Knef.
Published by AOsmosis Records.

Collab 14

[first 2 min] Sound_00 + Lefterna – Collab 14–1

Machinefabriek: “Though not always apparent in my music, I’m a sucker for drums. So when I was asked to do this remix, I started fooling around with these brushed snares and all. With some layering, I had made this weird free-form non-rhythm that seemed to work perfectly with the bassline. It’s almost jazz! Then some snippets of the vocals were used to make some spaceous, mantra-like singing, adding a psychedelic feel to the whole thing. All in all I’d say this isn’t really a typical ­Machinefabriek track, but if it works, it works.”

Mario Knapp • Cello, recorder, piano, computer.
Andreas Usenbenz • Guitar, computer, melodica, vocals, field recordings.
Daniel Knef • Lyrics, original tune.
Rutger Zuydervelt • Remixing.
Jos Smolders (EARlabs) • Mastering.

Tante Erika (Machinefabriek remix)

NOW available on tape (C33; super-ferric) from AOsmosis Records.

Die Geister Beschwören (Call up the Ghosts) is an exploration of dusty field recordings, untraditional folk and instrumentation collected from around the globe.  Die Geister materialized from behind the Redwood Curtain in the late nineties and have been observed developing modestly alongside Oryan Peterson-Jones’ psychedelic roller coaster, Datura Blues. While Datura Blues satisfy a collective effort and engage in more grandiose musical pursuits, Die Geister Beschwören demonstrates an enthusiasm for Ethnomusicology, with camaraderie towards primitive Americana and the New Weird America. 

Die Geister Beschwören have performed alongside:  Six Organs Of Admittance, Bill Orcutt, Christina Carter, Marisa Anderson, Faun Fables, Garcia Peoples, Dire Wolves, Birch Book (In Gowan Ring,) Dana Buoy (Akron/Family,) Eric Arn (Primordial Undermind, Crystallyzed Movements,) Ruby Fray, Xasthur, Common Eider, King Eider (Six Organs of Admittance, Deerhoof, Badgerlore.)

Die Geister Beschwören have toured extensively and appeared at a number of fringe festivals:  A Thirst for Light Cascadian Summer Solstice Festival and Cascadian Yule Winter Solstice Festival in rural Washington The North Country Fair, BPBS Fest and Annual (recurring) DREAMS film scoring event in Humboldt, NoFest in Portland, Zizkovska Noc in Prague, The Fanø Free Folk Festival on a soggy Danish island and Tera Salvaria Urfolk Fest high in the Italian Dolomites. 

Die Geister Beschwören have released material on Tarkovsky Green, Reverb Worship, SQRT, Tandem Tapes, AOsmosis Records, SunHypnotic, BPBS Arts & Media and Electricity/Lust.

Drawn to the Investigation of Shadows

Drawn to the Investigation of Shadows (Side A)

Die Geister Beschwören – Drawn to the Investigation of Shadows [side A; preview]

Written, performed, recorded & produced by David Gutman.
With piano samples by Francis Gri.
Mastered by Jos Smolders (EARlabs Studios).

Photograph by Florian Koller.

TESHUVAH

«Confession of a Cracked Wall» by Drawing Virtual Gardens

AOsmosis Records • Label for adventurous music. Founded by D. Knef. Currently: “La mer et les rochers” by Oberlin – available in the store. Next: “No Love is Sorrow” by Italien multi-instrumentalist Fallen (aka The Child of a Creek) and “An Image of a Bird Seconds Before It Appears” by øjeRum.

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