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The second release of POSITIVLAND by Mancunian artist:

Faff
@ffaf

PSTVLND 002 - 04/01/2024
positivland.bandcamp.com/

Limited ≈200 copies in Black vinyl, 180g.
Very Limited 26 hand-numbered copies, Splatter vinyl 180g
* Release Limited Edition 25/01/2024

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Note from the artist:


Faff’s Scrapbook.ep

This record is a collection of tracks I made from the start of 2019 to the end of 2021. They all exist completely independent of each other. My intention while working on music during this time was to create a time capsule/memory album for me to remind myself of my moments with. I had a lot of different experiences and substantially changed during this time. The early tracks were made by a completely different person than the person typing this. Of the 6 tracks on this EP, only one of them was made with the knowledge that it would be put together with the others and released as one cohesive article.

I wanted to make music again after abandoning it for 3 years. One of these tracks marks the turning point where a projected pipe dream of determined mastery was cracked through by what the speaker cone did when piano roll blocks were placed intuitively for the first time. 

In this .ep, I present:

THE CONCEPT

In its disjointedness, this music has presented itself to me as a scrapbook. It is rough around the edges, vague in its sentiment, and has more of an emotional than abstract association. While brainstorming for visual ideas to package these tracks in, I spat a bunch of words into a GAN and the words might be useful for you to get a sense of the general themes:  “synthesizer drum machine back catalogue emotional syneasthesia-inducing dance music” “vibrant energy synthesiser music record” “faffing about analogue synth music maker colour-changing light experiment” “bedroom studio acid bass sentimental rave artisan” “braindance analogue synthesiser data catalogue metaphysical music” “psychedelic synthesiser contemplation heartfelt breakbeat lullabies” “reaction diffusion rephlex records melancholic analogue music journal” “cerebral rave chromatic anthem dirge synth memories” “tr-808 analogue rave cerebral music energy ritual”

There is a dualistic nature to this EP, as it is a highly organised arrangement of totally disparate tracks. They are all (except one) built inside a DAW, but largely featuring live performance recordings of analogue hardware. The recordings are then processed after the fact. Layers on layers of humanity and machine, analogue and digital, specificity and ambiguity. All of the tracks are also subjectively experienceable pieces of music, but they sit in an objective folder structure on my laptop. Each one also was ignited by a unique occasion, but absorbs new meanings and connotations as time flows through and around them. These polarised paradoxes are key to the idea of this EP. Even to have a concept EP assembled from standalone tracks without any uniting concept is an example of the intertwining of opposites. Visuals associated are DAW architecture, poorly managed cables in thrown-together bedroom studio, piles of photographs printed out, computer folder structure, MIDI information in piano roll/automation envelopes, synthesiser encoders and pots.

Buy it:)!!

Special thanks and love go to Weefween, Robert and Chloe 

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credits
release January 4, 2024

Written, composed and produced in Manchester, UK, by Faff.
Mastered in Groningen, the Netherlands, by Johanz Westerman at Balyhoo Studio Mastering.
Designed in Manchester, UK, by Faff + Weefween + Positivland.
Distributed from Sardinia, Italy, by Desslab.

www.desslab.net
www.positiv.land

Faff - Voicenote (Snippet)

s6 acid

Regulator Incident

Buy: https://scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/event-transfer
Stream:https://share.amuse.io/-eQDSBpDQS4S

Ways to Function

postfix (from qmark, released on falsch)

Taken from the album 'Precious Things' out on X4 Records

Precious Things

The Veil

Premiere of the track "Òme De Palha" by the duo Carmentran, formed by long-time friends and creative partners Guillaume Lamorte and Brahim Lumière, taken from their upcoming self-titled debut release on Ghost Dance Tapes.
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Artist: Carmentran
Track: "Òme De Palha"
Title: "Carmentran"
Label: @ghostdancetapes
Format: Limited Edition Cassette + DL + a miniature fanzine |unique snapshot photograph|
Artwork + zine by Brahim Lumière & Guillaume Lamorte
Release date: June 12, 2024
Pre-order: https://ghostdancetapes.bandcamp.com/album/carmentran

"Beyond mere imagery, the EP sought to tale the story of the so-called Carmentran, a wicker man upon which villagers lay their burdens and suffering from the past year.
Its final burning is then interpreted as a collective purification, allowing people to rid themselves of their concerns.
From the still incandescent log, a souvenir can be reconstructed.
It is sometimes possible to feel spiritual entities through the sound spectrum.
There is no singer in the room, but a transmitter playing voices of many beings from different ages.
During this absence, heavily fuzzed guitars, dusty pads and flickering basslines enter into a quietly sharp communication.
Overhead, symphonies of enchantment and distant flutes mingle with the soft murmur of the wind.

We remember the boy who jumped over the flames
We reminisce the disguises and rituals
We recall the copper horn singing with the drums"

Written, produced and edited by Brahim Lumière & Guillaume Lamorte

Premiere: Carmentran - Òme De Palha [GD004]

This track is dedicated to the last male Hawaiian O'o bird. His clear call sounds in honour of all animals that were extinct by mankind.

Oo (D-)

mastodon: @toffo@mastodon.social

no to russian law in georgia
stop that bloody war in Ukraine

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synths/gear:
Mackie CFX series mixer (1999-2003)
KORG Monologue (Silver)
Zoom MRT-3 Drum Machine (2002)
Behringer TD-3 (TB-303 clone)

headphones:
Grado SR-60 (1993-1994) (main)
Audio-Technica ATH-M50X
FiiO Q1 Amplifier for my Amiga and Fujitsu T726.

software:
Renoise
FT ][
ProTracker
OctaMED SS + V4
DigiBooster
DefleMask
MilkyTracker
SunVox
PlayerPRO
PureData
SuperCollider
Audacity
Garageband
Schism Tracker

hardware:
Amiga 1200
Amiga 500 (MC68030, 5MB RAM, GOTEK / Now i use pistorm 040 with rtg and amigaos 3.9 + 3.1.4 kickstart)
Atari 1040ST
Macbook Pro (2017, 2020)
Fujitsu Lifebook T726 (i use it for my hardware setups)
iBook G4 (Mac OS 9.2) (i use it for playerpro)
DAT / DDS recorder with DUNNO HOW MUCH(small amount) tapes at the moment
MIDI keyboard

shiesh

postfix (from qmark, released on falsch)

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