OROKO RADIO - TO LIVE AND DIE W JONAS ALEXANDER

Scrying the Landscape XIV. The exquisitely mystifying 1981 film 𝘐𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯 by Derek Jarman, sound tracked by Throbbing Gristle, offers a ritualistic journey into the English countryside. Inspired by the curious cinematography and sound of the avant-garde film, this episode of Scrying is our own iteration of its score in an attempt to capture similar narrative tools it uses to ascend into ancient worlds ever-present in the streets we all walk through: The slowing of frames skewing scenes of the (un)familiar landscape forsakes straight linearity and etches pathways to the mobility of experienced time. In the fragmentary nature of duration, consciousness shines through drawing out archetypal images of human existence in Jungian terms. For this, we reach out a sonic gesture to touch base with primaeval, inherited memories in a melting pot of pagan iconography and the mystery of the everyday.

Sun shadow

Scrying the Landscape w. Elina Tapio, Hannah Pezzack [02.08.2023]

Obstinacy Does Not Redeem Anyone is the second track in Hate Devours Its Host, a brand new full-length by Valance Drakes, and its third for Amek. Pre-order up here until September 29: https://amekcollective.bandcamp.com/album/hate-devours-its-host

Four years lay between An Angel In Alliance With Falsehood and Hate Devours Its Host, Valance Drakes’s brand new full-length for Amek Collective. This deeply personal record sets the producer on yet another path of narrative-driven musical alchemy. Without a doubt, Hate Devours Its Host is Valance Drakes’ most atmospheric work to date. Multilayered ambient soundscapes and spiraling melodic debris are used not as a backdrop but as the backbone of the record. The producer's signature intricate rhythmic structures, subterranean basslines, and hypnotizing sample manipulation are entangled in this drifting sonic environment. All these elements become an inseparable and emotionally intense whole.

We watched this album grow and unfold. As with all things Valance Drakes, the music in Hate Devours Its Host seems that it can be experienced in a breath but truly grasping everything that lies within requires patience and attention to detail. All elements in Hate Devours Its Host are carefully considered, meticulously organized, and purposeful. This full-length is another showcase not just of Drakes' sound design and compositional craftsmanship but an honest representation of life as beautiful or punishing as it can get.

Produced by Valance Drakes
Mastered by Marius Costache
Artwork by Nikola Kostov

Amek Collective

Valance Drakes - Obstinacy Does Not Redeem Anyone

'Wedding Dance' is the second single of my upcoming debut album on Prova Records. It was written for Wim Vandekeybus' adaptation on Federico García Lorca's 'Blood Wedding’, commissioned by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.

The music is inspired by early flamenco styles such as 'Cante Jondo' and a variety of Bulgarian dances, such as the 'Rachenitsa'. I am incredibly grateful to have had the privilege to work with the extraordinarily musicians who made the piece come alive after 10(!) intensive hours in the studio.

Out Wednesday on all streaming platforms!

Pre-Save link:
lnk.to/HFaP9d

Kaval: Kostadin Genchev
Gadulka: Hristina Beleva
Percussion: Dimitar Semov
Guitar: Dimitar Blagoev
Double Bass: Boris Taslev

Mix: Frederik Tack
Mastering: Uwe Teichert
Recording Engineer: Ivan Boshev

You can see the performance of 'Blood Wedding' at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam from the 27th of October until the 5th of November.

Wedding Dance

Wedding Dance - (From ‘Blood Wedding’) - Forthcoming 18th of October on Prova Records

All tracks produced by Talpah
Mixed & Mastered by James Ginzburg
Artworks by Kenshiro Caravaggio Carena

Hundebiss Records, 2023

IMPULSO Feat Deepho

EMBER [MIX]

TRACKLIST
1. SIREN
2. REST
3. 4:30-7:44
4. RUDE
5. LOSS
6. 12:18-16:18
7. 16:18-18:59
8. BODY BAGS
9. BANSHEE
10. 25:15-29:51
11. HARD TO LOVE
12. 33:07-END

ART BY NEIR
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

EMBER

Sorrow: https://soundcloud.com/sorrowgarage / https://www.facebook.com/sorrowgarage?fref=ts

Innamind: https://www.facebook.com/innamindrecordings
            

King Tubby - Flag Dub
Sorrow - Promised Dub
Kahn - Dread
Sorrow - Guilt Trip Dub
LAS - Uuha
Digital Mystikz - Ancient Memories (Skream Remix)
Peaman - War
Sorrow - Distant Recall
Mala - Bury The Bwoy
Noclu - Desert
Sorrow - Patchwerk
Sorrow - Emperor Dub
Sorrow - ?
Cotti & Cluekid - The Legacy
Sorrow - Backslang
Gorgon Sound - Medusa
RSD - Pretty Bright Lights
Sorrow - Munscroft [forthcoming]
Sorrow - Jumanji Dub
Kromestar - Kalawanji
Sorrow - Mourner VIP


Sorrow - Innamind Guest Mix

Balanescu Quartet is an avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Alexander Balanescu that achieved fame through the release of several complex re-interpretations of songs by Kraftwerk and collaborations with Michael Nyman, David Byrne and Goldfrapp amongs others. 

A new compilation, “This Is The Balanescu Quartet”, is available on www.mutebank.com and all good physical and digital retailers.

https://www.facebook.com/BalanescuQuartet

Balanescu Quartet - The Young Conscript And The Moon

Sorrow - Qualm/Iscariot (12" Vinyl + Digital)

Vinyl: Sold Out
Digital: https://sorrowgarage.bandcamp.com/album/qualm-iscariot

Tracklist:

I. Qualm
II. Iscariot

Label: Shinigrim Records
Release Date: 05/10/2015
Digital Release: 12/10/2015 (1 week after vinyl)
Catalogue #: SGR02

Iscariot

J.Sparrow - Shoal (Tectonic)

Gender Violence

Arthur Brouns (°1994) is a composer, arranger/orchestrator and music producer from Brussels, writing music for narrative film, theater and dance.

His work is stylised by its blending of orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.

From the age of fifteen, he developed a strong interest in music production. The success he gained with his early works put him on the stage of Tomorrowland, among other festivals, and at the age of seventeen he was touring Europe to showcase his music.

Over the years, he has built up a large range of experience in the field of recording, producing and arranging music. Now making music for motion pictures and contemporary media, working for clients like Netflix, Nike, TED-Ed, OCS and M6 France.

info@arthurbrouns.com
sync@culte.be

Wedding Dance - (From ‘Blood Wedding’) - Forthcoming 18th of October on Prova Records

Arthur Brouns

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