Far far away in the infamous Saint-Etienne Kingdom live and breath Anouar Redjem Cheibane, Guillaume Lamorte & Jacques Satre. The three members of Le Marais surfaced from the gloomy waters of 2020 fall to gather balearic, folk, new age and ambient trance inspirations over an amazing eponymous LP on French Besoins Premiers.

Following the label taste in flowery, poetic music (with Organizatsiya's 'Strane Leoni', Lenny Frings' 'Ontological Outlines' or Modeux des Cieux's 'Constant Run'...), the trio definitely defined its own touch with this 11-track release, made of dreamy synths, autotuned lyrism & spoken words, tremendous electric guitar leads and nebulous sounds, set against an ogre-and-fairy-tales medieval background.

300-vinyl edition to be released during the summer:
https://besoinspremiers.bandcamp.com/album/le-marais

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The noise travelled through the empty rooms, one by one rattling the walls with might and power before faintly disappearing onwards into the next. It was a sequential system and as the music echoed and bounced between each space a crowd of wanderers desperately followed trying to keep up and stay within earshot of the magnificent sounds. There was wild drums, racing percussion, a rising tonality and warwhoops which chattered and rattled between the lofty walls. 

Plein Soleil blurs the lines between experimental dub, polyrhythms and beyond on a new mini album for Zèbres, the Lyon based experimental imprint. This release comes highly recommended, sounds built for home listening as much as they'll echo and thunder on a big system.

PREMIERE: Plein Soleil - José [Zèbres]

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Whatever part of the world you're in...

It's difficult to talk about sound. When we close our eyes and listen, there are no boundaries and as such, what we feel can often not be described with the words we know. Our feelings are unique & different.
There is no word or genre that unites the artists of the label. Putting a word on a style, in order to classify, takes part of the magic away. Instead, what unites us is our passion for sound, dancing with friends and growing together.

Hoping to see you soon and wishing you much love, music_is

Releases December 25, 2021, Digital & Tape (100 copies)
Pre-order: https://music-is.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-of-music
Mastered by Amandra
Art direction and design: Maison Sagan
Photo Credit: Alex Rodríguez Santibáñez

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Premiere: Yolabmi - Alone [music_is]

Full stream of Salamanda's "Bubble Bamboo Princess," taken from the VA Vapordub on Bamboo Shows, out March 30.

More: www.orbmag.com/music/

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Vapordub: an introduction to contemporary psychedelic music - vol. 1 [BST003]

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MATTHIAS PUECH, Mt. Hadamard National Park, LP

Release date: 31 January 2023
Catalogue nr. - HG2302
Format: Vinyl / digital
Hallow Ground

hallowground.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1. Mt. Hadamard National Park     (22:48)
2. Suspension     (3:57)
3. Imperceptible Life     (14:57)

Credits:
Composed, recorded and mixed by Matthias Puech
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Photo by Caroline Schöbi
Drawings by Matthias Puech
Artwork by Laurin Huber
Thanks to Gustave Evrard

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“Mt. Hadamard National Park” is the Hallow Ground debut by composer, programmer, and instrument designer Matthias Puech. Informed by mathematical and artistic approaches that aim to both contemplate on and control complexity, the eponymous five-part composition explores natural and mystical forces through what he calls “audio-naturalist noise”. The composition is complemented by two further pieces: “Suspension” emulates the chemical phenomenon of the same name, while “Imperceptible Life” hinges on the musical possibilities of stridulation. Over the course of the entire album, Puech’s singular take on electro-acoustic and electronic music creates unique sonic spaces as much as it pays its dues to the unpredictability of the world that we inhabit.

Jacques Hadamard was a pioneer among physicists and mathematicians who, in the early 20th century, were puzzled by processes that are deterministic but hard to predict. While researching the history of Chaos theory, Puech also felt drawn to an artistic movement from the mid-19th century, the so-called Hudson River school of painting, whose rise coincided with the gradual taming of the sites of Northern American wilderness it chose as its source of inspiration and subject. Fascinated by both attempts to contemplate on and control complexity, Puech wondered what would happen if those were to meet. “Mt. Hadamard National Park” offers thus in Puech’s words “an audio-naturalist noise meandering through an invented space that is subject to the arbitrariness of natural and mystical forces.” The sounds, arranged in sweeping and tense dynamics, serve as multiple agents within a complex system. The synthetic flora and fauna feels uncannily familiar or even disturbingly hostile at times. “Mt. Hadamard National Park” is an artistic expression of natural phenomena, but also a meditation on the imprint those leave on the psyche of the people who encounter them.

The short piece “Suspension” picks up on a similar idea. “In chemistry, a suspension is a mixture of small solid particles inside a liquid,” Puech explains. This process is mirrored in aquatic yet tangible sounds as well as dynamics that slowly converge towards density before the composition ends on a quiet note. The 14-minute-long “Imperceptible Life” is based on a live performance first conceived as a full-scale test drive of some new electronic equipment Puech was designing at that time. It explores the musical potential of stridulation, the act of creating sounds by rubbing together certain body parts—in the insect world, a common means of communication. Again, Puech’s approach is neither purely naturalistic nor only mimetic. Rather, “Imperceptible Life” offers yet another artistic reflection on the theme of chaos and order, and how human perception and emotion relate to it.

As a whole, “Mt. Hadamard National Park” thus not merely mirrors natural phenomena but transforms them in ways that are emotionally evocative: the complexity and apparent arbitrariness of Puech’s compositions reveal an underlying beauty that is equal parts haunting and comforting.

MATTHIAS PUECH – Mt. Hadamard National Park (Part 1) (HG2302)

https://nosejob.bandcamp.com/album/nooit-nooit

Luc Bersier (https://soundcloud.com/reymour, Jean-Luc) & https://soundcloud.com/rickshiver
(Cornet by Ariel)

Nose Job presents eleven subversive and throbbing dub-not-dub tunes on NOOIT NOOIT. Translated as ‘never never’ this convergent compilation depicts the facelessness and disarray within inner city life. Sludge, broken glass, rats and alleyways – sonic images flashing through the mind – traffic lights, raindrops, concrete and endless nights. Do you still follow? Are you being followed? Is your consciousness playing you tricks? Vibrant, buzzing, grim et louche – NOOIT NOOIT gives an ode to all dreaming dwellers in singular Nose Job style. Enter Brussel’s underworld.

Nooit Nooit

B5 Rattenkop - Cureghem Blues

https://nosejob.bandcamp.com/album/nooit-nooit

https://soundcloud.com/catherine-danger

Nose Job presents eleven subversive and throbbing dub-not-dub tunes on NOOIT NOOIT. Translated as ‘never never’ this convergent compilation depicts the facelessness and disarray within inner city life. Sludge, broken glass, rats and alleyways – sonic images flashing through the mind – traffic lights, raindrops, concrete and endless nights. Do you still follow? Are you being followed? Is your consciousness playing you tricks? Vibrant, buzzing, grim et louche – NOOIT NOOIT gives an ode to all dreaming dwellers in singular Nose Job style. Enter Brussel’s underworld.

B1 Catherine Danger - AstroBusiness

LYL Radio_Outgrow Our Madness (24.01.23) w/ Smetana

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Music inspired by Raaijmakers' electronic music from the 1960s, and his writings on sound composition, particularly "Cahier M: A Brief Morphology of Electric Sound".

TA: Serge Modular feedback & sine/pulse generators, contact microphone.

Two short excerpts from a longer piece.

Please use speakers, not headphones, because of the inner-ear phenomena involved.

Homage to Dick Raaijmakers (excerpt 1)

Mads Emil Nielsen + Katja Gretzinger + Nicola Ratti: Framework 3

arbitrary11, release date: 21 August 2020
https://www.arbitraryproject.com/Framework-3

The Danish label/imprint arbitrary announces the release of Framework 3 (arbitrary11) by Mads Emil Nielsen. Framework 3 is the latest instalment in Nielsen’s sequence of graphic scores and recordings. The series includes the Danish composer’s own subjective translations of visual materials and sound pieces accompanied by visual notations.

On this release he collaborates with Katja Gretzinger and Nicola Ratti. Published as a limited edition art print folder, Framework 3 consists of risographed scores and recordings on 10” vinyl and CD – with recordings by Nielsen, along with graphic scores by Gretzinger and contributions by Ratti.

10” + CD + DL
Vinyl side A: Mads Emil Nielsen: 1, 2
Vinyl side B: Mads Emil Nielsen: 3
CD (Disc 2): Nicola Ratti: 1, 2, 3

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Mads Emil Nielsen, Nicola Ratti: Framework 3 - excerpts

Label / imprint
Denseland – Code & Melody (arb.20, April 2024)

https://www.arbitraryproject.com

Updated: https://arbitrary.bandcamp.com

info@arbitraryproject.com

Mads Emil Nielsen, Nicola Ratti: Framework 3 - excerpts

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