Inspired by ancient rituals, pilgrimages, and their new context within the current social climate. A labour of love.

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Severin Black & Vanessa Bedoret 'First Passage' [AV007]

"Dribbling” is Tadleeh’s second Ep, which is now released on NKISI’s label INITIATION.
It’s a four tracks record that involves abstract concepts as well as material fields. The journey begins into a no-where-place in the Universe. Where far drum machine signals meet the sound of a classic guitar. Despite the sweetness of certain points of life, we have to move through different hurdles to generate new spirits. We have to pone our radicalisms into a new point of view. This record runs across sad synths and suffered chants touching familiar tribalism and techno dub beats, converting the initial fear into a club response.

Tracks written and composed by Hazina 
Mix by Hazina
Master by Amir Shoat
Artwork by Hazina
Additional Digital art by Hazina 
Lettering by NKISI
Releasing date: 16th March 2023 
Format: Digital

Tadleeh - Dew Point (INT002)

Billy Bultheel - Two Cycles
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 138
Release Date: 08 March 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/TwoCycles

Billy Bultheel's debut solo album is an ambitious distillation of the composer's,' sprawling litany of influences and his unique approach to site-specific composition. A compilation of pieces created between 2016 and 2023, the album is a forceful testament to Bultheel's expansive performance practice and collaborations with cutting-edge visual artists like Anne Imhof and James Richards.

Drawing inspiration from industrial music and metal as well as medieval and baroque polyphony, Bultheel devised a way to present this collection of works side-by-side. The record is split into two distinct cycles: the Snow Cycle, which collects Bultheel's electro-acoustic and compositional work, and the Game Cycle, which assembles his electronic productions. These two suites have unmistakable symmetry; Bultheel's traditional compositions are bolstered by his understanding of electronic production, while his electronic pieces are moulded by his knowledge of classical and traditional music. "Two Cycles" is an album that exhibits duality, embodying the dichotomy of Bultheel's roles as both an ensemble composer and an electronic producer.

The haunting opening track of the 'Snow Cycle', 'The Arcades Project', — named after the unfinished compendium of architectural contemplations penned by the eminent German philosopher, Walter Benjamin - places four tubas in strategic towers surrounding the audience, creating an immersive auditory experience. Conversely, 'The Snows of Venice' — named after Alexander Kluge and Ben Lerner collection of short stories and poems — was conceived for two flautists directed to intertwine their melodies as they traversed through knee-high water.

The 'Game Cycle' meanwhile places a strong emphasis on rhythm, crafting a sonic landscape that resonates with overdriven metallic clanks and sharp stabs. Drawing upon his extensive experience in composing for choreography, Bultheel envisions a series of jittery dances that purposefully deviate from conventional timelines. 'Decreation' infuses techno with the visceral qualities of noise music and 'Game Theory' offers an unsettling skeletal barrage of saturated, precisely tuned percussive hits. Bultheel brings 'Two Cycles' to a close with 'Gigue,' a reference to the 6/8 baroque court dance that traditionally marked the conclusion of a dance suite; by merging marching rhythms performed by two percussionists on a single drum set with chaotic and evocative synth leads, he establishes a tantalizing counterpoint.

'Two Cycles' is a musical compilation that explores the themes of locale and landscape, elucidating the intricate dynamics that arise between the musicians and their audience, the ears and the architecture. Considering timbre, density and the psycho-acoustic qualities of communal spaces, from the warehouse to the cathedral, Bultheel draws indelible lines between seemingly distant concepts, merging the celestial with the terrestrial.

The double album cover, one for each side and cycle on the record, features a collage created by the Welsh video artist James Richards that merges medieval iconography with snippets of queer memorabilia.

All tracks written by Billy Bultheel
Mixed by James Ginsburg
Mastered by Enyang Urbicks

Billy Bultheel - Game Theory (Game Cycle) (PAN 138)

Jon Hassell - Blues Nile
Jerry Garcia - Love Scene
Ash Ra Tempel - Laughter Loving
Richard Youngs - Collapsing Stars
Silver Apples - I Have Known Love
ANDY BOAY - ∏∏∏∏ - “Love Is Peace, Freedom Is Harmony”
Les Rallizes Denudes - But I Was Different
Spacemen 3 - Come Down Easy
HTRK - Valentina (Cali Highway Version)
Body-Head - Abstract

OB0512 — Pavel Milyakov

The highly prolific KAGAMI Smile, living between the industrial USA and futuristic China, debuts on InternetGhetto following releases on Dream Catalogue, Emerging Technology, and Juynam. 'Differing Views of Light' perfectly blends the producer's introspective ambient side with his love of noise and techno. 

https://soundcloud.com/kagamismile
https://kagamismile.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/kagami_smile

https://soundcloud.com/internet_ghetto
https://internetghetto.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/inttternetghettto

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Release date: 18 October 2024

Differing Views of Light

PREMIERE: KAGAMI Smile - Differing Views Of Light [#internetghetto]

Recorded at Operator Radio, February 18, 2022.
By Casimir Geelhoed (@casimirsound) & Anni Nöps (@anninops).

Lawrence English - Antarctica
Jana Winderen - Aquaculture
Eric Holm - Surface Detail
Casimir - Trail (Emergence)
Drippin - End Effect
Szelag - While You Were Sleeping I Was Blood Red
B.P. & Undveld - Entrance To The Wilderness
Hiro Kone - A Fossil Begins To Bray
N1L - Undo The Anthropocene
LXV - Fever Dreaming
Fis & Renick Bell - The Inner Turmoil Of Virtual Sparrows
Diego Navarro - Inside The Mirror Room
Ljudvägg - Skogsrå (Dayin Remix)
Angelo Harmsworth - Untitled
Casimir - Air CPA
knifebody - this shit is lonely
Martina Bertoni - Music For Empty Flats
Farwarmth - Amber Weight
Martina Bertoni - Bits
Loke Rahbek - A Mess Of Love
Liisa Hirsch - Mechanics Of Flying

Whitespace XI

What happens when dubby drum & bass meets Dischord’s post-punk colossus Black Eyes? “Break” is the new EP from NY’s Relaxer, the long running alias of Daniel Martin-McCormick (Black Eyes, Ital and co-founder of Dripping), and it signals a decisive shift in his music.

Prompted by friends to write a drum & bass live set just as Black Eyes was reuniting, the results didn’t quite fit the d&b genre. But it felt right. Quick, nimble, with room for the ferocity of his favorite post punk and some of the spaciousness of dub. Evergreen vibes, really, but seen from a fresh perspective.

Honed over a period of two years, the five tracks on “Break” fuse Relaxer’s careening, technoid sounds with free jazz-tinted drum programming, snarling sound design and spacious echo trails. It’s a perfect fit for 29 Speedway’s future-facing, exploratory anti-genre approach to electronics. The tape features two remixes by the singular DJ Marcelle and mastering by Dubplates & Mastering. Daniel tells his side of the story below:

“Two years ago my friends who run the drum ‘n’ bass party Headznite asked me to write a live set for a Ukraine fundraiser they were putting on. Right at the same time, my punk band Black Eyes was having our first practices in 20 years, which meant I was re-training my body to scream at top volume and high registers and to lay into my guitar at full force. In those same months, Dripping was forming and ideas were flying for crazy, boundary-pushing lineups. I had just finished writing the meditative composition suite “In Softening Air” and was feeling the call; it was time to let it rip.

Everything poured into that live set for Headznite, and a new style was born. Relaxer had begun as a decisively techno project, but pushing the BPMs and working in drum breaks tweaked the formula enough to cut any lingering ties with that ethos.

Over the next two years I kept on it, writing more, recording, pushing the technique and exploring the sound. “Break” is the first time any of this work has been made public. Sometimes a detour can hack your brain. My first dance 12” as Ital was supposed to be a one-off side project to my punk band and it ended up taking over my life. Now punk music is calling asking for the debt to be repaid. Fuck it.”

Written & recorded by Daniel Martin-McCormick, 2022-2024.
Mixed by Daniel Martin-McCormick & Sol León, with assistance from Sphente Shepherd.
Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering.
Art & design by Brian Mark.
Thanks to Headznite for the prompt.

Chasing Your Own Tail (DJ Marcelle's Strong Tale Remix)

Tracklist_Take_Me_Over
Heaven’s Chair - i asked the universe and it sent it to me Stone - glyph
Burial - nyc
Toriel - i can’t let go. (twerknation28 edit)
Dj kastel - 2 u edit
Headlock - love obscene
Rabit & Myth - lonely backseat love

take me over — vincent

off of FOR THE KIDS: a benefit for RAICES

https://terryplanet.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-kids-a-benefit-for-raices

Fake Smile Self-Preservation

Grime n Bass club splinters from the longtime HEEL.ZONE collaborator and Ultracare founder @bladeblanc

Tracklist:
01. Bitch Ain’t 1
02. Fake Signal

Recorded, Mixed and Produced by Bladeblanc
@bladeblanc
Mastered Giancarlo Brambilla
@kuthijinani
Graphic design by Gianluca Lonigro
www.gianlucalonigro.net
Produced by HEEL.ZONE

© 2019 HEEL.ZONE RECORDS
www.heel.zone | heel.records@gmail.com
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BLADEBLANC - FAKE SIGNAL

This compilation was made by beautiful humans from all around the world. It is a collection of 11 varied tracks. It is noisy, experimental, sometimes brutal, with choir, different languages, vocals, piano and drums... While the tracks are all different, they are united by the fight against domestic violence.

As you may know, this pandemic is a nightmare for women facing domestic and sexual abuse. In many situations they have been forced into lockdown with their abuser.

The money raised on Bandcamp will go to La Fédération Nationale Solidarité Femmes, a French charity helping women in distress. Please consider buying this release if you appreciate it and spread the word about the current situation.

If you or someone you know is facing violence, despite how hard and impossible it might feel, help is out there and it is possible to escape the situation you're in.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Violence needs to stop.

Fake Smile Self-Preservation

Axine M