From the forthcoming 2CD compilation of remixes, rarities and unreleased tracks entitled "Memory and Matter", coming out on October 7 on Darla Records.

www.darla.com


"Memory and Matter comprises selected remixes and rarities from the past seven years, nine of them previously unreleased and many of them only issued only on hard to find EPs or as Japanese release bonus tracks. Far from being merely a collection of every single oddity, these tracks were carefully selected into a consistent whole that maintains the same high standard of proper Manual albums. This two-disc compilation is also a labor of love.

Like it's predecessor, Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides, released in 2007, disc one demonstrates Jonas Munk aka Manual's expertise in creating elegantly layered, shoegazey pop, while disc two focuses on minimalist, slow-moving pieces created mostly from processed guitars. The latter adds an excellent postscript to Confluence - an album that has gained near-classic status in ambient/drone circles since it's release in 2008.

Munk's way of remixing other artists usually involves a complete reconstruction of the original piece, rearranging heavily and adding loads of fresh layers of sound to it, which is obvious when listening to his haunting and atmospheric reworkings of Blue Foundation's ballad ”Dressed in Black” or Mice Parade singer Caroline's ”Sleep”, or the Robin Guthrie produced Annie Barker track ”Cruel”. For Manual fans it's a treat to hear Munk's lush signature sound paired up with (often female) vocals. Disc 1 closes with the 17 minute Manual original ”Camellia”, the most new age-indebted piece in the Manual oeuvre, originally created for a digital-only compilation on Attack9. The track's placid sense of drift and delicately weaved harmonies makes it a standout in Munk's entire body of work.

 Disc 2 is darker, more ambiguous in tone, with ”Three Parts” as the center piece – an enigmatic composition originally created for Ghostly International's ambient/drone compilation SMM: Context in 2011. Other notable selections includes  ”Fields”, a meditative collaboration with Jason Kolb from Auburn Lull, and ”Memento”, a somber piece that exhibits Munk's flair for intensive guitar manipulation."


Manual: "Miraparque"

sleep spindles

Мой новый трек "Сумерки - chillstep" - ремикс моей песни под тем же названием в этом стиле. Я хотела попробовать, почти не изменяя основную структуру песни, добавить синкопированный ритм, глубокий бас и другие элементы из электронной музыки. 
Слушайте на Telegram/YouTube/SoundCloud, надеюсь, вам он понравится!
Желаю всем всего самого доброго!❤️

My new track, "Twilight - chillstep," is a remix of my song of the same name in this style. I wanted to try adding a syncopated rhythm, deep bass, and other electronic elements without changing the basic structure of the song much.
Listen on Telegram/YouTube/SoundCloud, hope you will like it!
Wishing you all the best!❤️  

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Сумерки - chillstep

Суета за окном...
Все спешат домой.
Кто же ты? Кто же я?
Нет покоя в час ночной...

Сумерки...
Сумерки...
 
Сколько слёз, сколько дум
Всё напрасно и зря.
День угас... Он не спас
Ни тебя, ни меня...

Сумерки...
Сумерки...

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Bustle outside...
Everyone's rushing home.
Who are you? Who am I?
No peace in the night...

Twilight...
Twilight...

So many tears, so many thoughts
All in vain and wasted.
The day has faded... It didn't save
Neither you nor me...

Twilight...
Twilight...

Сумерки - chillstep

A little taste of the next Twilight Sessions album that will be heading your way on double CD and download at the end of April 2016. 
More info: http://www.bingsatellites.com/releases/twilightsessionsvolume18/

Like the rest of the album, this piece is improvised and recorded live. I press record, play a few notes and see where the music takes me.

Bourbon and Ginger

A little bit of my new album, out on CD, download and stream on 6 January 2017. 

Like the rest of these albums, Twilight Sessions volume 20 is a collection of live ambient improvisations. I play a few notes in to a lonmg, slowly decaying loop and see where the music takes me.

Twilight Sessions volume 20

Thanasphere

Part of ArtLism.JP, Vol. 7
http://artlism-jp.tumblr.com/discography

Warmth - Distance

A small improvisation that helped ease a bit of stress and provide brief respite from these disparate and trying times...perhaps the first in a new series of improvisational guitar pieces...
Appears on V/A - Drone Works Vol. One, presented by Drone Works International ~ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-drone-works-vol-1

A simple, single take recording, no additional after f/x....I hope you'll enjoy, and thanks for listening.  <3

Feeding Hungry Ghosts

Magdalene Flowers is a project of Alex Bober - a sound artist, photographer and graphic designer. 
For Alex main sources of inspiration are nostalgia, childhood memories, escapism and power of imagination. His music is a way of expressing indescribable feelings and emotions which are half-subconscious and almost vivid in their intimacy. His music tells a story of self-hatred, slowly and pleasurably destroying an individual from the inside, childhood memories projected on everyday existence and drowning sorrow in contemplation of the simple and beautiful.

The link to the artist's pages: 
magdaleneflowers.bandcamp.com 
soundcloud.com/magdaleneflowers

Crushing Sincerity

Magdalene Flowers - Crushing Sincerity (fragments)

First track off the new Billow Observatory album, "III: Chroma/Contour", on CD/LP/digital on February 8th! Preorder from: https://azurevistarecords.bandcamp.com/merch

Info:

"III: Chroma/Contour is the third album from Billow Observatory, the collaborative project of Danish producer Jonas Munk (Manual, Ulrich Schnauss collaborator and more) and Michigan native Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull). The album's nine tracks eschew the pulse and rhythm that defined the duo's previous effort (II: Plains/Patterns) in favor of sparse melodic possibilities and a more abstract palette of sounds. Chroma/Contour suggests looking both 20 years forward and twenty years back, while forgetting the present altogether. 

Much of the album plays out as a study in minimalism: the texture and colour of each sound is being explored in miniscule detail, with enough space in the soundfield to allow each sonic constituent to breathe fully. There's a conceptual dimension to several tracks on the album, with guitars, analog synths and voices being mangled by samplers, computer software and a broken dictaphone into pure abstraction. But simultaneously there's a melodic undercurrent, revealing a deeply emotional aspect of the music. Tracks such as Color In The Six, Iris and Soft Logic convey a melancholic sense of awe, a profoundly calming glimpse of the sublime."

Billow Observatory: "Iris"

Fascinating track from a fascinating album!

Review:

www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2012/12/woob-have-landed/

Woob - If I Don't Make It Home

Worriedaboutsatan - Dawn

Azure Vista Records is an independently owned and operated label based in Odense, Denmark with a strong focus on blissed-out electronic sounds!