The ninth release of katharsis is the EP “Journey Before Destination” by @jjjacob, which is the first full release of the label founder on his own label. The EP spans six tracks and is quite a deviation in sound from his earlier releases on labels such as ANBA, high heal and Sweat Taste. Taking a step away from his usual tools of heavily automated synths and complex midi-based melodies, this EP focuses closely on recordings of acoustic instruments and vocals done by jjjacob himself throughout the pandemic year.

Journey Before Destination

Oneiric Plateau

The 10th release of katharsis is the album “Matter Out Of Place” by @merdhlaleh , which will come out on April 15th. It will be the first physical release of the label, manufactured in an edition of 49 cassette tapes. Behind the Merdh Laleh moniker is the Copenhagen-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Valdemar Kragelund, who released his debut album “Water For Your Eyes” in 2019 on the danish label Petrola 80.

This second release of the artist is a collection of tracks and sketches made from vastly different perspectives and in divergent conditions, but which peculiarly made sense when put together in the context of the album. Consequently, the album seems to be a reflection on things that do not fit into a context. Themes of ostracism, the socially disadvantaged, shattered dreams and a lack of hope permeates the sonic atmospheres with deviating glimpses of serene and nostalgic
memories framed in sound.

The artist, who besides his Merdh Laleh moniker functions as one third of the experimental jazz trio Køs and as the keyboardist in the dark theatral rock band Josiah Konder, weaves together arcane synth-melodies with eerie vocals and hallowed saxophones to a veil of unsound laments. With katharsis-founder jjjacob contributing with the artwork and mastering, “Matter Out Of Place” sends the listener on a delirious journey, trying to understand the metaphysics of being the missing piece in a puzzle within a context you are not aware of.

thanks to Maria, Kristian, Jonas, Hjalte, Jacob & Martin
Ephemeral Dances originally commissioned for Camille Doussy's exhibition "Ephemeral Dance", 2018.

Matter Out Of Place

Merdh Laleh - relapse

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"𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧."

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Aedden - False god

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City - A Goal is an Image

Available 29 September 2017 on limited translucent 12" vinyl and digital formats.
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I. Provinces
II. Your Stream
III. Pain/Power
IV. End Zone
V. Mutual Life
VI. Inevitable
VII. The Good Soldier
VIII. Of One Kind
IX. Ffaith
X. SAR
XI. Immaculate

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HALC012

Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy
Artwork by Lane Stewart & Collin Fletcher for Halcyon Veil

A Goal is an Image

City - Pain/Power (HALC012)

3INNIT

CLMxGUN is happy to present Chain of Whispers, a two-fold EP exploring further collaborative production processes. Like a murmur in the wind, a secret being delivered from ear to ear, it is born from a playful approach to sound manipulation and its transformation when passed from one hand to another. An embodiment of how music can be altered by each and every contribution.

Through a defined set of constraints based on the Telephone game, the concept is simple : each successive track is a remix of the previous one, and the contributors could not hear what was done before them. So on and so forth. A continuous cycle of appropriation and re-interpretation.

From this experiment resulted two 7-track EPs, two chains which gathered 11 artists, each with their own identity and their own input. With each new link in the chain, the sound mutates, speeds up or slows down - some of its elements are exacerbated, while others are concealed or juxtaposed to new ones.

The second chain welcomes 71W3, GRIG, jjjacob, Lithe, Lukann, and SNKLS. Covering a broad spectrum of sounds, it moves back and forth between heavy club material and ethereal soundscapes, finding peace and closure in this constant state of unrest.

++ TRACKLIST ++

01. SNKLS - Mito-shi
02. Lukann - Angler
03. Lithe - Distant Voice
04. jjjacob - Flight Fragility
05. 71W3 - Birds
06. GRIG - Trees at Night
07. SNKLS - Mito-shi (Full Chain Mix)


++ CREDITS ++

Visuals by k095c
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Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta

Tracks produced by 71W3, GRIG, jjjacob, Lithe, Lukann, SNKLS
https://soundcloud.com/71w3
https://soundcloud.com/griigg
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/lithetrax
https://soundcloud.com/lukann4
https://soundcloud.com/snakeleserpent

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SKYLA, 'A2A' (2021). Courtesy Xquisite Releases, London.

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