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Jollies world famous underground record label is at it again. March 18th marks the NYC based imprints 10th release, “Content Aware”. A 10 track various artist compilation, available on limited edition cassette and digital formats. The release will presumably be followed by a wave of global hysteria, a tectonic shift, and a brief period of peace on earth, before… well this is just a press release we can only see into the future so far.

In this self conscious age where delicately curated environments of aesthetic perfection set the stage for personal brands, "unique" and slick vignettes. Buildings exteriors, tattooed with logos, windows littered with product advertisements. Some motorist's entire voting history are mapped out along bumpers like a journal. Without recalling your own lunch you know what some of your friends or family eat and drink each meal of the day. Even Chalkboards in front of cafes, double as art galleries, riddle contests, and stand-up acts.

Deepfake technology affords us access to manipulated celebrity and politician likeness, basking in the uncanny valley of our own making. Artificial intelligence serves up targeted ads, bespoke to our tastes and interest, mined from data we distribute like Hansel & Gretel's breadcrumbs. Every surface considered and designed, all lines straight, all messages on target. Cybernetic feedback loops echoing into the chasm. In this embrace of being the product ourselves, we have reached Content Awareness.

This compilation celebrates diverse perspectives, from an international roster of artists who subvert the very medium itself.

Released March 18, 2021

Mastering : Pheek

Design: One Day Vacation

Content Aware

01-Kagami Smile - Drowned

@kagamismile is from an industrial city a few hours from Chicago and spends some of his time in the futuristic sprawl of Shenzhen, China. His most recent output of music focuses on minimal meditative synthwork reminiscent of early Aphex Twin and strong nods to Japanese video game soundtracks as well as the concept of liminal spaces. His music reflects a series of recurring dreams had since 2017, that of a missed moment with a stranger. His compositions are usually filled with nostalgia and romance as well as a haze of urban solitude. He has released on labels such as Dream Catalogue, Tekres, SOVN, Gin&Platonic, as well as an upcoming album on Opal Tapes and Sores (Sound+Matter) from Sweden. He will also release an album on Shimmering Moods this year.
Tracklist:
all IDs from his unreleased album

Cloak 113.2 - Kagami Smile

https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/united-in-flames-w-malibu-16th-june-2021

UNITED IN FLAMES W/ SKY H1 & MALIBU 160621

Pre-Order:

Worriedaboutsatan - Circles II
CD/Cassette/Digital

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/circles-ii

Release date: 10.9.2021

CD: last 4 copies left!!!
Cassette (Circles I&II): last 11 copies left!!!!
September Releases CD Bundle: SOLD OUT

https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/circles-ii

The idea about these releases is to present a continuous mix of floating - experimental - ambient - techno - electronica pieces.....a perfect mix between styles...... 

Artwork and music by Gavin Miller 
Mastering by Kris Illic

Video: Worriedaboutsatan "Tunnels"
https://youtu.be/NxdHnO3Gmz0
Directed by Gregory Hoepffner:
http://www.gregory-hoepffner.net

Worriedaboutsatan - Circles II

From the album Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi "Palimpsests" out on Shelter Press om October 22, 2021. Preorder: https://shelterpress.bandcamp.com/album/palimpsests

Bandcamp

Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi - Simferopol

Kagami Smile-Stasis Transmission

https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/united-in-flames-w-malibu-3rd-november-2021

United in Flames w/ Aestum & Malibu 031121

Letting Go of the Oars

Lost in a recurring dream, warped visions of a dystopian future. Shimmering lights, the static buzz of power lines sprawling through a lonely city. Altered perception, gazing into the void. Silhouettes in the sky, rain pouring down. Remnants of human life, echoes of your voice. I don't remember who I was, but I remember you.

Photo: Kyungho Lee

Message for tracklist.

Night Train Mix XIII

From the album 'Lost Reflection' available on Pure Life Records

https://purelifetapes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-reflection

ЧЖ033 - Kagami Smile - "Dream Whisperer"

Just a small mix of several tracks from Limbo , a really great indie game. The best is to lay down in a bed and drift away in your own world. I do not own the sounds used in this project obviously. All rights reserved to the creators of the game and the soundtrack




Limbo Sleep Therapy (AtmoSage Cheap Mix)

Kagami Smile looks inward in dreams, missed meetings with strangers, Brutalist office buildings, secrets in whispered voices.
Peoria/Shenzhen.

1. We Float (Unreleased)
2. Discarded Moment (Unreleased)
3. Advanced Light Source-Crystal Edit (Unreleased)
4. Ebb'd (Unreleased)
5. Dream Architecture (Unreleased)

FORGOT MIX #8-KAGAMI SMILE

https://forgotimprint.bandcamp.com/album/glisten

Kagami Smile-Dream Architecture

Here are 18 edits I made of ambient trance fairytales. All available to purchase from Falling Star Erotica.

100% Unreleased Ambient Trance Edits

𝐿𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓂𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓅𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝓊𝓎𝓈! 
𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉. 𝐸𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎! <3

𝟣. 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑔𝓊𝒾𝓃𝓈 (@marguins) - 6GPa [~ -1:54]
𝟤. 𝓁𝑜𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓀 𝓍 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒿 (@x0360 x @visij) - relief [1:55 - 5:09]
𝟥. 𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓋 (@r4nov) - Tractus Logico Philosophicus [5:10 - 8:07]
𝟦. 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓋𝓈 (@mirvs) - depetalling past [8:08 - 10:38]
𝟧. 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝒽𝓊 (@ogpichu) - ambient [10:39 -14:00]
𝟨. 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉 (@secretssss) - interlude [14:01 - 15:48]
𝟩. 𝓁𝑜𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓀 (@x0360) - fatique [15:49 -19:18]
𝟪. 𝒮𝒯𝑀 (@tsuki-skyful) - flyaway [19:19 - 21:31]
𝟫. 𝓌𝒶 (@senpai) - detach [21:32 -23:20]
𝟣𝟢. 𝓈𝓍𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓍 𝓈𝒽𝟣𝓃(@prodsxnto x @sh1nxo) - divine [23:21 -25:20]
𝟣𝟣. 𝒹𝓉𝒽𝟫𝟧𝓀 (@dth95k) - your pretty lips [25:21 - ~]

𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘺: https://linktr.ee/heys.ren

Instagram: https://instagram.com/divine.boys/
Merch: https://divineboys.bigcartel.com/
Bandcamp: https://divineboys.bandcamp.com/album/divine-ambient-1

divine, ambient 1

Played some deeper stuff with a sort of summery vibe, or something. Few oldies from the 90s thrown in (Photek, Memphis, Holy Ghost) - some of my favorites from that period - plus a brand new one from Shine Grooves on Kimochi Sound, courtesy of @M50.

Xvarr - Subliminal Bliss [Twin Womb Records]
Ex-Terrestrial - Current Location [NAFF]
Data Room - Photosphere [Ecke Records]
Photek - T'Raenon [Applied Rhythmic Technology (ART)]
Caldera - Infinite Beginnnings [Bokhari Records]
Youthman - B2 [The Press Group]
U+00C5 - Taumel [Catch Recordings]
Relaxer - Born From The Beyond [Avenue 66]
GSD & Lenski - Before Midnight [Sound Crack]
Abdul - Ali [TAX FREE RECORDS]
Memphis - B2 [Memphis Records]
Shine Grooves - Mizantrop (feat X343) [Kimochi Sound]
Holy Ghost - Twister [Superstition Benelux]
Lemon Quartet - Crestless [Last Resort]
C. Mitro - G Super [Extra Help]

Alex Steiner - Late July 2020 Vinyl Mix

Coming 10/4-
Advanced Light Source-Edge of Eden

Comprised of Kagami Smile and ___ALS, the two artists utilize Kagami's strobe light techno sound with the sound sculptures and field recordings of ___ALS to craft a gorgeous album of ambient techno.

Stream 'Reflection of Light' here.

Advanced Light Source-Reflection Of Light

Taken from Opinion - YT (QTT21)
Available Friday December 11 on our Bandcamp: https://quiettimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/yt
50 copies on cassette

Opinion - Transcontinental

https://hkcr.live/shows/dreampunk-rising-with-kagami-smile-22-01-2021

Dreampunk Rising with Kagami Smile - 21/01/2021

Photo: Alexander Popov

Message for tracklist.

Night Train Mix XII

NIGGAS IFFY UHHH BLICKY GOT THE STIFFY UHHH
GOT THE BLICKY UHHH DRUM IT HOLDS FIFTY UHHH
SCUMMMMMMMMM GAAAAAAAAANG

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