arbitrary21 (10" / DL)
06 September 2024

arbitrary presents the second in a series of 10” vinyl remix collaboration releases by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen and Chromacolor.

Side A features Heartbeats, a composition Nielsen originally made for a radio soundtrack. The track is derived from loops and granulations of sine waves and pulses from Nielsen’s modular synth, which he later combined with recordings of synthesized bass and layers of organ-like tones.

On side B is a remix by German sound artist and producer Hanno Leichtmann under his Chromacolor moniker. As on the first split 10” (Constellation, 2022), Leichtmann worked with sounds from the original mix, combining it with his Hohner Guitaret, Fender Rhodes and Moog bass. Additional cello tones by Anthea Caddy and vocal contributions from Annie Garlid round out the remix.

Heartbeats written & produced by Mads Emil Nielsen in Copenhagen. Heartbeats / Chromacolor Remix written & produced by Hanno Leichtmann. with: Annie Garlid: voice, Anthea Caddy: cello.
Mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer at D&M, Berlin. Artwork by Karel Martens.


10” vinyl (transparent, 45 rpm) + DL
1st edition of 300, CYK + Pantone print, inside-out sleeve, incl. download code

Distributed by Morr Music Distribution 

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www.madsemilnielsen.dk
www.hannoleichtmann.com

Pre-order (BC)

arbitrary21 B - Chromacolor - Heartbeats / Chromacolor Remix

https://soundcloud.com/ccntrr for https://soundcloud.com/dekatmemwa

https://www.retreatradio.net/deeprelief

Deep Relief by De Kat Memwa #22 w/ ccontrary (31/07/24)

five excerpts of pieces made on the buchla music easel, summer 2024

Summer Easel (five excerpts)

1tweni( - 8)

https://www.stefanogervasoni.net/index.asp?page=catalogue&id=136&cat=vocal

for: mixed choir
detailed instrumentation: S.A.T.B. (at least 24 singers)
duration: 12'
commission: FIMS Fribourg - Festival International de Musiques Sacrées
first performance: 6.7.2024, Fribourg, Eglise du Collège St-Michel, Nederiands Kamerkoor, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)
publisher: Ricordi
catalogue number: 142824

The World Grown Dark (2024) - NKK, Peter Dijkstra - live, FIMS Fribourg 6.7.24

CHAPTER ONE 

Once, in a forgotten time, a soul wandered through the ethereal mists of a disjointed forest and found herself thrust into the heart of a mysterious world. Lost and disoriented, she sought shelter from a rain of glass. On the edge of this new world, she found a cavern filled with scintillating crystals, their magical glow an invitation to marvel. 
In this sanctuary of beauty, she caught sight of an undine, a creature of bewitching grace. She was bathing in her own tears of darkness. Deeply moved by the sadness of the undine, the soul approached and spoke with her. She learned that her tears, both powerful and melancholic, reflected the eternal nostalgia of her lost kingdom. 
Astonished by the soul&amp#39;s presence, calming and peaceful, the undine released one last painful tear before freeing herself. She transformed into a celestial statue of quartz, turning the water of tears into eternal ice from the heavens. In gratitude for her deliverance, the soul obtained the final crystal drop of the magical tears in the palm of her hand.

TRACKLIST: 

- BARTOSZ DZIADOSZ & TOMASZ MRENCA – Borderline
- DAMSEL ELYSIUM – Shoreline
- EJNAR KANDING – Zinnoberfeuer
- Field recording crystal cave
- ANTONINA NOWACKA – Time Vapour
- ELLA KAY – As the Earth Preserves
- SUZANNE DOUCET – Drop Out
- MARTYNA BASTA – Glass
- SLOWFOAM – Divine Morpho, Shimmering 
- MANAKA KATAOKA – Ancient Zora Waterworks
- ADELA MEDE & MARTYNA BASTA – Hol A Tavasz
- KӢR – ΕΓΚΩΜΙΑ
- RUHAIL QAISAR – Namgang 
- ASHINOA – Yzmenet 
- S280F – god cries watching lilith split an angel like an atom over the sea
- MONDO RIVIERA – Silver Treats 
- CHRISTIAN MAIRE – Le Fabulo (remix by ASPI)
- TOBIAS BROSTRÖM – En liten blåsa i Guds andes glas

Lind of Ivren : Chapter I w/ Ad Aïra (04/10/24)

RIYL: Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros, Eleh, Duane Pitre, La Monte Young, Eno, Larajji, Iasos

Available directly from Imprec.com & Imprec.Bandcamp.com

Agartha, Personal Meditation Music is a 7 CD boxed set, originally released on cassette in 1986, at the height of New Age, as an aid for meditation and alignment. Bringing to mind 20th century composers like Eliane Radigue, La Monte Young or even Brian Eno's Shutov Assembly, the time-stopping, enveloping, electronic music contained in this series sounds eerily modern, mysterious and moving. Characterized by deep analog drones, rising overtones, floating frequencies surfing on sine-waves and intervals with mystic modulation, this is truly moving, vibrational music.

In Agartha, the individual notes of each Harmonic Triad proceed in a fashion that is neither improvisational nor chance-based, nor is it generative. Instead the music flows outward as if being transmitted— or channeled — from a place outside human consciousness. There is a profound sense of cosmic depth expanding ever outward as the music fills the listener with waves of emotion, and a palpable somatic response is felt, although there are subtle differences with each unique Triad. 

Each disc is individually packaged in original replica sleeves and housed in a
heavy duty cardboard clamshell box. Digitized and remastered by Jessica Thompson. Liner notes include extensive instructions for use from the original text and an essay by library music scholar David Hollander.

The original edition of Agartha, Personal Meditation Music, featured one track
30 minute track per tape repeated on both sides. Subsequent editions had unique Side B tracks on all but two of the 7 volumes. We have included all tracks in this boxed set.

Meredith Young-Sowers - Agartha: Personal Meditation Music (1985) - 7 CD Set - Music For Meditation

@ixxi.music in the studio with multi-disciplinary artist @floraytw for @esea.sisters taking you by through Flora’s influences, artistic journey and experimental sound until 10pm!

ESEA Sisters w/Flora Yin - Wong 27/10/24 - Voices Radio

Accidental Meetings w/ B. Rupp: 21st November '24

Last year in September I released the album ‘Quiet Rooms’ on the British label Whitelabrecs. The tracks on this album were a kind of self-healing process to refocus on home life after a long absence caused by working far away. At that time I was making a lot of improvised music and recording many ideas and sketches. After selecting the tracks for ‘Quiet Rooms’, some ideas, feelings, blurred images and unfinished tracks remained, which later became a solid base for ‘All Our Yesterdays’. Over the course of 2024, more recordings were made and - voilà - a new album was born.

'All Our Yesterdays' is probably a bit more introspective, exploring the spaces between the notes in a much deeper and broader way. So each track is quite transparent in atmosphere and sound, with piano notes, electronic textures and strange sounds drifting in and out. As always, all was recorded mainly at night in dim lighting to focus on what's important to me and my music. ‘All Our Yesterdays’ could be seen as a metaphor for missed moments on the one hand and great moments with the people you love on the other. Deep contemplation with a sense of serenity and balanced stillness - some things don't change...

The cover picture was taken in autumn at a nearby lake, when everything was already prepared and waiting for winter.

Tracklist:
01. All Our Yesterdays / 02. A Change Before A Choice / 03. The Silence Within Us / 04. Until It's Time / 05. There Are Ghosts Around You / 06. Half As Far Out / 07. Beyond Paradise / 08. Anything At All / 09. Before Night / 10. It Takes Confidence (To Let The Music Speak) / 11. The Inner Sea / 12. Fragments Of Love / 13. Never Gonna Let It Go / 14. I Could Sleep For Hundred Years

Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Recorded between Nov 2023 and Dec 2024

Limited edition CD and digital download @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/all-our-yesterdays

Release date: 22nd February 2025
Büro für Erdrotation Spin 042

Polaroid Notes - Snippets of All Our Yesterdays (Album)

Label / imprint
Denseland – Code & Melody (arb.20, April 2024)
arbitrary21 (10" / DL) 06 Sept. 2024
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