Release date: 15/12/2017

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

Format: 180g vinyl//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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"I’ve never met Rod Modell (Deepchord) in person, but we have met through music. He found an obscure cassette of Chi music (from ’86), sent it to Astral Industries and paved the way for the release (30 years later) of ‘The Original Recordings’ in 2016. Since then, we’ve exchanged ideas and good music. I sent Rod a preview of ‘The Kallikatsou Recordings’ - he really liked it - and here came the idea for a remix of ‘Lanterns’. I started working on some random, lo-fi samples from Youtube, using Audacity, perhaps the simplest way of producing loops and samples. It’s the only computer based system that feels like the tape recorders I used to work with. I sent the first sketches to Rod on Facebook, but they ended up in the wrong inbox. I forgot about them, but months later he came back saying he loved them. I decided to go back to working on them, maintaining the lo-fi approach. I began manipulating the samples: time-stretching, tempo and pitch-shifting, mixing different layers and adding old-school monophonic “old speaker” effects, delays and loops. I used a few field recordings, voices and samples from my early ambient cassettes, and they matched. Ario from Astral Industries got involved and the experiment turned into a plan - a vinyl release - ‘Red Lantern at the Kallkatsou’”. 
Hanyo van Oosterom.

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AI-09: The Chi Factory - Red Lantern at the Kallikatsou

Astral

TheFuture

Holy Mountain Records NEWS 01 2018

"This group of New York natives play a prog-rock take on shoegaze, melding complex time-signature shifts with waves of reverb and distortion. While they're definitely devotees of shoegaze legends like My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, suā's songs rise above their influences to become something more relevant in the music landscape. Catch them before they take off."

-Elmore's Picks for CMJ 2012

Twins EP

It's been a minute but we're back!  From community forum to record label, we're keeping things moving and are proud to announce our new, re-booted radio show.

This show is catered to those with a preference for the soulful side of things, so expect everything from Hip-Hip to Soul, Funk, Jazz, Reggae and House. Hosted and mixed live on the turntables by @djgavinboyd

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1354925686
Stream via Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/djgavinboyd

Download

Soul Has No Tempo Radio 01 - 2nd April 2015

Track is taken From the Cauldron Subsidence ‎(CD, Album)// Echocord006 //
Written and produced by Sven Schienhammer aka Quantec

Quantec  - Profound Experiences //  Echocord  006  CD Album //

Artist: Stockhaussen
Title: Perpetuum. 
Album: "Cold Lines"


I'm looking your eyes, the lies sometimes hurts. 
I'm sorry, I'm looking through you... does it matter anyway? 

I'm still confused, 
Why did you leave me alone? 

I'm looking your eyes, the lies sometimes hurts. 
I'm sorry, I'm looking through you... does it matter anyway? 

I'm still confused, 
Why did you leave me alone?


www.Stockhaussen.com



Stockhaussen ~ Perpetuum.

We finally welcome back one of the original LT fam, with Imre Kiss taking the reigns for a full on raw-power white label.

With two lucid and hazy releases for LT in his wake, plus an excellent contribution to the Proto Sites catalogue, Imre finally returns with a rough and overdriven in-the-dance EP of floor-crushing fire.

Never is an up-tempo late-night stomp from the night bus exit through dark estate alleys, dogs barking into the long night, soundtracked by percussive late night synth meddling and rumpeting drum patterns that shift and shake.

Taking a lower slung approach, Stateless is a hard-welded fusion of Detroit techno pads and 2-step bass heavy throbs. Absolute cracked-speaker material and one that wouldn't be out of place in a 2010 London basement.

Taking the flip-side solo, Untitled closes out the EP in destructive style, showcasing the heaviest and more crushing side of Imre's productions. The eerie caressing flanger sets the unnerving tone, slowly oscillating over crunched-up kicks. Another massive blown-out bass-line precedes a creepy vocal whisper and more mid-heavy percussive artefacts that crackle and snap a wavy, drifting pad that lingers it's way anonymously into the mix.

>> @imrekiss

Overthrown

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LTWHT008 // Imre Kiss - Overthrown

This is my new song with Keren Batok, she's a special and talented person in this world!!! 

"Parallel Locations" ▲

Was I caught in your dreams ?
Did you find me there -
behind your door ,
behind your back ,
behind your mirror ?

Am I an object you observe?
Could you see me ? 
Could you ?

Was I caught in your dreams ?
Did you find me there -
being you ,
being me ,
being someone more ,
someone true ?

Am I an object you observe ?
Could you see me ?
Could you ?
Was I caught in your dreams ?
Did you find me there -
talking , crying , laughing ,
trying -
to find you !
Catch me !
This time ,
lie down and
catch me .﻿

Stockhaussen & Keren Batok — "Parallel Locations" ▲

Shango EP
Vinyl Release: June 23rd
Digital Release: July 7th
DIRT TECH RECK// DTR011

Shango EP

Shango

Release date: 29/09/17

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

Format: 2x180g vinyl//matte finish gatefold cover//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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V 2.8-2.9

V 2.4-2.7

V 2.2-2.3

V 2.0-2.1

Electric Lines Remix EP 1

Music Is The Answer (Waajeed Remix)

Release date: 12/12/2017

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

Format: 180g vinyl//matte finish//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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"I’ve never met Rod Modell (Deepchord) in person, but we have met through music. He found an obscure cassette of Chi music (from ’86), sent it to Astral Industries and paved the way for the release (30 years later) of ‘The Original Recordings’ in 2016. Since then, we’ve exchanged ideas and good music. I sent Rod a preview of ‘The Kallikatsou Recordings’ - he really liked it - and here came the idea for a remix of ‘Lanterns’. I started working on some random, lo-fi samples from Youtube, using Audacity, perhaps the simplest way of producing loops and samples. It’s the only computer based system that feels like the tape recorders I used to work with. I sent the first sketches to Rod on Facebook, but they ended up in the wrong inbox. I forgot about them, but months later he came back saying he loved them. I decided to go back to working on them, maintaining the lo-fi approach. I began manipulating the samples: time-stretching, tempo and pitch-shifting, mixing different layers and adding old-school monophonic “old speaker” effects, delays and loops. I used a few field recordings, voices and samples from my early ambient cassettes, and they matched. Ario from Astral Industries got involved and the experiment turned into a plan - a vinyl release - ‘Red Lantern at the Kallkatsou’”. 
Hanyo van Oosterom.

Preorder Now

Part Two

Part One

Alvin Lucier - Criss-Cross / Hanover (Excerpt 1)

(...)
Beyond the borders of my walls 
the windowsills and doors you wait 
You wait
You wait
(...)

from : A Biology of Shadows LP, release 23 february 2018
music by Koenraad Ecker, voice & words by Alex "Bogues" Rendall

Pre-order : https://koenraadecker.bandcamp.com/album/a-biology-of-shadows

A Biology of Shadows

Under glass Argus eyes (feat. Bogues)

Exceptional recordings by this New age maestro. Only recently re-discovered by his friend JD emmanuel & the band Sun Araw. Originally released on cassette in 1983 and now for the first time vailable on 180gr. Vinyl. For fans of joanna brouk, JD Emmanuel and Iasos

Randall McClellan was a founding member of the electronic music studio at the Eastman School of Music in 1967 where he later received a Ph.D. in Composition, Theory and Musicology. A growing interest in North Indian music and vocal technique prompted him to develop his personal compositional practice into an active platform for inducing altered states of mind. He constructed his concerts to be spaces for harmonization of mind and body through a musical practice informed by his esoteric studies of ancient mystery schools and sacred geometry, believing these to be primarily teachings on intentional resonance.

These performances were given between 1977 and 1983 in semi-darkened spaces that allowed listeners to relax on carpeting while being enveloped by sound. Each improvisation lasts from twenty-five to forty-five minutes. An entire performance is up to three hours and is designed to provide an environment of meditative sound. They gained in popularity and were soon attended by larger audiences. His final live performance took place at New York City's Alternative Museum in October, 1983. 

The “Music of Rana” Enviromental Series uses synthesizers, drone box, tamboura, voice and tape delay to create an environment of continuously evolving multi-layered melody. Described as subtle, graceful and of other worlds. The name RANA, meaning “Sunbreath”, has its origin in ancient philosophical concepts that recognized vibration as the fundamental creative force and central principle of the many esoteric mystery schools of the ancient world. It is now evident that the use of music for its ability to alter mind states and for its effectiveness as a therapeutic aid was music’s original purpose and an important concept of these mystery schools. In the broadest sense, the practice of music for its healing ability may well stand as our oldest continuous musical tradition.

This album is the second volume in the series, previously issued as a cassette in 1983, and part of the cassette box set published by Sun Ark in 2013. This music is based on principles outlined in Randall’s book, The Healing Forces of Music: History, Theory and Practice. These compositions are selected for their meditational and healing abilities. EQ settings of treble and bass levels determine the music's effect upon you. Please explore until the most comfortable settings are found.

Randall McClellan - A - Across Clouds Of Distant Past

ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - GLASS [N-044]

VINYL, CD, DIGITAL: http://bit.ly/N44-NOTON-SHOP

The emotional drama of the forty-five minute performance was echoed in the natural environment. A sudden rain storm forced the evening’s guests into the Glass House at the start of the performance. During the performance, the storm cleared into a dramatic red and pink sunset and concluded in nightfall. Rehearsing only one day before, Sakamoto and Nicolai experimented with a keyboard, mixers, singing glass bowls, crotales, and the architecture of the Glass House. Contact microphones were attached to the surface of the Glass House, and using various weighted gong mallets with rubber heads that were gently but firmly dragged along the surface of the glass, Sakamoto and Nicolai transformed the Glass House into an instrument, creating a wistful sounds of contemplation and longing. Similarly, Nicolai played two sets of high and low octave crotales with a horse hair bow. The pair improvised in what could be described as an intuitive call and response manner. This sense of fresh sound experimentation was captured in Derrick Belcham’s film of the haunting soundscape created by Sakamoto and Nicolai at the Glass House. 

GLASS, PERFORMANCE BY ALVA NOTO AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 1ST SEPTEMBER 2016, GLASS HOUSE IN NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT - A SITE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ORGANISED BY IRENE SHUM.

@alvanoto

GLASS

N-44 - ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - GLASS

Raz Ohara - El Zahir (Acid Pauli Mix)

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Bookings and all label enquiries: info@astralindustries.co.uk

Please, no demos.

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Artists: Deepchord, Wolfgang Voigt, The Chi Factory, Heavenly Music Corporation, Waveform Transmission, Sonmi451, Atom™, J.Derwort, Shorelights, Multicast Dynamics, LF58, The Abyss Within Us, Monolake, The Humble Bee, Son of Chi, Lucid Dreams, Mystic AM, Dialog, Sa Pa, Toki Fuko, Rod Modell, Ear to Ear, Pianeti Sintetici, Marco Shuttle.

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AI-01: Deepchord - Lanterns
AI-02: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung live in London
AI-03: Chi - The Original Recordings
AI-04: Wolfgang Voigt & Deepchord - Colours of Time, re-interpreted
AI-05: Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings
AI-06: Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
AI-07: Chi Factory - The Kallikatsou Recordings
AI-08: Waveform Transmission - V 2.0-2.9
AI-09: Chi Factory - Red Lantern at the Kallikatsou
AI-10: Deepchord - Immersions
AI-11: Heavenly Music Corporation - In a Garden of Eden
AI-12: Chi Factory - The Mantra Recordings
AI-13: Sonmi451 - Nachtmuziek
AI-14: Dots - Dots
AI-15: J.Derwort - Bamboo Music
AI-16: Shorelights - Bioluminescence
AI-17: Multicast Dynamics - Ancient Circuits
AI-18: Chi Factory - Travel in Peace
AI-19: LF58 - Alterazione
AI-20: Waveform Transmission - V 3.0-3.9
AI-21: The Abyss Within Us - Life in a Circle
AI-22: Wolfgang Voigt presents Rückverzauberung Exhibition
AI-23: Monolake - Gobi. The Vinyl Edit 2021
AI-24: The Humble Bee - A Miscellany for the Quiet Hours
AI-25: Son of Chi & Radboud Mens - The Transition Recordings
AI-26: Multicast Dynamics & Sid Hille - Metamorphosis
AI-27: LF58 Live at Brancaleone
AI-28: Lucid Dreams
AI-29: Son of Chi & Clara Brea - The Wetland Remixes
AI-30: Mystic AM - Cardamom & Laudanum
AI-31: Dialog - Dialog
AI-32: Son of Chi & Arthur Flink - The Fifth World Recordings
AI-33: Sa Pa - Atmospheric Fragments
AI-34: Toki Fuko - Spirit Medicine
AI-35: Rod Modell - Ghost Lights
AI-36: Ear to Ear - Live Recordings
AI-37: Pianeti Sintetici - Space Opera
AI-38: LF58 - Radials
AI-39: Marco Shuttle - Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva
AI-40: Wolfgang Voigt - Rückverzauberung im Tunnel
AI-41: ???

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