Milkwood February 2021 Playlist

NPVR is the avant garde duo made up of the late Peter Rehberg and Nik Void. Editions Mego is proud to present their second and final release. No this is not some kind of Beatles synthetic AI that raises the dead reconstructed recordings but rather a new album made by the humans and their machines. 

The initial meeting of Rehberg and Void was in London in 2016 and despite or due to their mutual awkwardness found solace and compatibility in the fact that they both had a similar electronic modular set up, along with matching cases to transport all. The idea to collaborate was an obvious and organic process as a means to connect their individual gear together and observe the outcome. The fruits of these initial experiments, recorded in London, resulted in the playful experimentation of their acclaimed 2017 release 33 33 (eMego 251).

Now in 2024 Editions Mego presents the logically titled follow up, 33 34. These sessions were recorded six months after the initial recordings at Peter’s home in Vienna. This was planned out as a mirror city release to the original London recordings. With Peter having access to his full studio set up this time around we encounter a rich audio landscape which organically folds together a variety of musical genres blurring any distinction between these forms so the resulting music hovers as a new cloud of sound. Any musical form, be it industrial, electro-acoustic, ambient, drone and techno all coexist and melt into the other as the ensuing result unveils a hypnotic swarm of divergent sounds (music). When active there were no lines or contexts with NPVR, either between sound or genre within these recordings or live where NPVR were at home playing at a techno club one night and an avant garde venue the next.

The initial session of these recordings was edited by Rehberg and sent to Void to further develop.
Over time the final versions were agreed on and then shelved as other outside projects took over. The awkwardness had been surmounted and the two had become close friends. NPVR performed at a range of venues such as Tresor, Sutton House, Corsica, Blitz, Paris GRM #Focus2, LEV Festival and Rigas Skanumezs Festival. Following Rehberg’s untimely passing Void had difficulty listening back to the sessions but eventually thought it fit to complete and release this album, of which even the artwork (like 33 33, an image from Zurich photographer, Georg Gatsas) had been decided upon prior to Rehberg parting ways. 

There is an unmistakable joy to these recordings. One encounters an enthralling exploration of their chosen machines which conveys the excitement of what can be randomly conjured when people speak through such devices. There is no grand statement or argument here, just the sheer thrill of creation and the recorded results of random encounters. The art of collaboration was always a mainstay of Rehberg’s practice from the advent of the MEGO adventure. Rehberg & Bauer was an initial collaboration with former business partner Ramon Bauer. Even at this stage one can hear a relaxed sense of delight in the sheer discovery of sound.

A mix made for the Wire magazine following the release of 33 33 hints at the freedom that comes with endless urge for exploration and discovery. Abstract tracks from Z'EV. Jérôme Noetinger and Jung An Tagen are included alongside British stalwarts The Fall and New Order. There were no lines between pop / academic / underground or mainstream in Rehberg’s world. All of it sat at the same table. It is just matter in the atmosphere, like the diverse exploration found in these recordings that comprise 33 34.

33 34

Raw to the Core

NPVR 'Raw to the Core' (EMEGO312)

Based in Brussels and Paris, moli del tro is a label that explores a range of genres, from experimental music to pop and sound art. It is also the dj name of the duo of its founders, Laurence Creyf and Gilles Vanneste.


moli del tro @ Kiosk Radio 15.02.2024

Earth Static Drums

Step into the sonic garden of ®adår, where spring's essence is celebrated with every incantation. This mix is a melodic interpretation of the joys of being amidst blooming nature. From the gentle rustle of microtones to the chirping of sines, let the vibrations transport you to a tranquil oasis where melodies sway like metal petals in the breeze. Close your eyes, breathe in the scent of spring, and let the season take over.

Garden Mix

®adår - Garden Mix

John Chantler And Daniel M Karlsson - 6.12.23 [excerpt]

This month, April 2024, we present a guest mix by Malmö based Gaspee!

”This mixtape is inspired by reading and learning on and about pomegranates, a personal fetish of mine and a fruit that has had a special place in many cultures and religions. The tittle is a twist on Sergei Parajanov’s beautiful classic “The color of pomegranates”. 

It was recorded between Malmö and Stockholm and it features music from  7FO, Audrey Carmes, Baba Stiltz, Carme Lopez, Clan Caiman, Felisha Ledesma, Gaussian Curve, Golden Ivy, Joanna Brouk, Lieven Martens, Martina Berther, Memotone, MJ Guider, Ssabae, Tapes, Valentina Magaletti.” — Gaspee

Fasaan Rec. Episode #9 @ Mutant Radio w/ Gaspee

»grain« is the third Innode release following on from »Gridshifter« in 2013 and »syn« in 2021.

A new methodology to make the album is applied yet again from the trio of Bernhard Breuer, Steven Hess and Stefan Németh. The approach is more an anti approach where the trio let the process of creation itself steer the development of the recording, without any prior conceptual agenda.

Irregular rhythmic patterns often served as the initial springboard for each piece with Breuer creating a loop either by playing drums or with the aid of a modelling percussion synthesizer. The results often bypass existing formulaic grids. The outfit embraced these anti-precision steps building shapes around the tarnished templates.

The process of building upon the core structures laid forth alters throughout. In the case of »Splitter« you can hear an example of Bernhard´s core loops dominating a skeletal audio sphere. The title of the track »Impactopium« reflects the process of its construction being a conglomeration of individual titles meshed into a whole. The audio is a non-linear compendium of several fragments of individual elements. A conscious method of exploring a more decentralised architecture saw three disparate elements layered randomly on top of each other with some synths added as a sonic seasoning at the later stages.

Elsewhere sonic elements are restructured in unusual ways. One member's contribution is completely stripped away, quiet sounds captured with contact mics are highly amplified, the last track introduces twisted themes of the first track.

The title »grain« refers to the roughness resulting from these explorations. It also takes note of the term grain as used in analogue photography or in the case of audio as a distorted signal, or »noise.« All of these elements, normally eschewed, are here embraced as a thematic thread to instigate the exploratory proceedings.

This is a playbox of inventiveness, a hall of mirrors and an endless search for unusual tactics and fresh results.

Tackling the initial loop tracks from a wide variety of strategic approaches Innode has concocted a strangely cohesive work. From sparse source material to heavy overdubs of overdubs »grain« is a uplifting collection of works from this relentlessly curious and exploratory Austrian outfit. Humans make the work but the random embracing of unexpected processes means the gentleman of the outfit is not fully ruling what becomes of these works.

grain

Splitter

Innode 'Splitter' (EMEGO311)

Welcome to the bullshit box of the valiant folks at Carpaccio Cathédrale. The Strasbourg based art collective will be releasing their long-awaited and latest collection of beach and car hits on Sunday May 19. On the blanket, we're happy to highlight the Strasbourg-based ensemble's Récréation. As they like to say, Récréation is “5 soccer balls, 3 toothpicks, 4 shurikens and a club”. Ah yes, look at the title to see the name of the original. 

Link for the compilation - https://carpacciocathedrale.bandcamp.com/album/carpaccio-summer-hits-2024-v-a-cc013

The compilation will be released on the May 29th
You can buy it 10 euro now in preorder to help the association
(you can't pre-order for free in bandcamp, we had to choose)
or wait the 29 and download it for free.

Pic by Manon Chouffon @manontombe
Mastering by guillaume Lespinasse 
Graphic design by paul souviron

See you on the beach or a wasteland

NTOAB Jeez is - David Guetta Feat. Kid Cudi - Memories (Récréation Cover) - CC Summer Hits 2024

Pour cette quatrième murmuration, nous partons à la rencontre du son de l’eau. Des eaux profondes à celle des glaciers, des lacs ou encore des gouttes de pluie. 
Promenade sonore sur les traces de la musique aquatique avec des extraits de fields-recordings, pièce électroacoustique ou balades électroniques... 


Murmurations IV w/ Dj Sport 2000 (17/05/24)

Somewhere between the ears and the eyes is a bridge of imaginary light. Somewhere in a dark room a bright cone of photons connects a slide projector to a wall. Dust motes drift like plankton in the glow. One thought overtakes another as the carousel clicks forward, shuffles; a new piece of celluloid drops into the projection slot, a new image illuminates the wall — visions of a recent past, filtered through what Mark Templeton calls the 'pink hue of mystery...' The ten compositions on Templeton's INNER LIGHT are reel-to-reel tape loop arrangements based on some 70s- and 80s-era meditation cassettes (found in a church library, with an archive of photographic slides which reappear in Templeton's supplementary photobook, A GUIDE TO INNER LIGHT).

Originally made to foster relaxation and well-being in a liturgical setting, the recordings now have a lysergic skew, as if heard underwater during the immersion of a baptism — a sonic lustration... An electric fan blows air onto an incandescent bulb hidden inside the machine. We hum along as the filament burns and we puzzle together a fantasy. We hear the inner light before we see it. The ears tell the eyes where to look, and the eyes look inward.”

- Mike Slack

Mark Templeton is a Canadian media artist and the founder of Graphical, an audiovisual label dedicated to publishing his own musical and image based experiments. Mark’s audio compositions are constructed from reel-to-reel tape loops and sampled cassettes that are contrasted with contemporary sound techniques. In his published photobooks, he incorporates his own 35mm pictures and found images, focusing on intangible fantasies and realities. During his audiovisual performances, he utilizes digital instruments while projecting his own photographs, VHS footage, Super 8 film, and other sampled video.

Since 2007, he has released material on various international record labels and photobook publishers, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other artists.

Templeton has performed live and exhibited his work at art galleries, festivals and alternative spaces throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom and China. 

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Written and produced by Mark Templeton 2020-2023
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Photographs found and edited by Mark Templeton
Essay by Mike Slack
Design by Joe Bastardo

Inner Light

Mark Templeton - Languages (ENXEVP03)

Mental

@pesargol is the sonic project of Montreal based artist and musician Rouzbeh Shadpey. Navigating the intersection of experimental, club, and academic forms of electronic music, the sounds of GOLPESAR desire an amorphous sonic experience which blurs & overspills aesthetic boundaries in an excess of poetic lyricism. An affection term in Persian, GOLPESAR imperfectly translates to “boy of flower”.
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"Aquarian Anesthetic" Mix
Featuring
Evan Caminiti
Oliver Coates
Diamanda Galás
Maria w Horn
Godspeed You! Peter Andre
Hannah Silva
Hanne Lippard
Meredith Monk
Hans Reichel
Thoom
Scriabin
The Bug & Dis Fig
Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
HDMIRROR
Grischa Lichtenberger

Felicia Atkinson & Stephen O’Malley
David Sylvian
Susan Alcorn
Silvia Tarozzi
Muslimgauze
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Perila
Jessica Ekomane
Bendik Giske
PNL
Feu St-Antoine
Rüstǝm Quliyev
Rene Hell
Sote
Nude On Sand

KMS015 GOLPESAR

Aired on hollowearthradio.org as part of the Urban Mutant show 1/27/21

Tracklist:
Drew McDowall- Agalma II (ft. Caterina Barbieri)
Benoit Pioulard & Sean Curtis Patrick - Sunek
Geneva Skeen- The Double Bind
KMRU- From the People I Met
Fax + Braulio Lam- Mute
THAA- Her Breath Has No Walls 
Ian Wellman- Distant Hope
Jayve Montgomery- Waiting For Leaders To Care About The People
Nexciya- Red Water
Patricia Wolf- Closing A Door
Harold Budd- Wanderer
Belly Full Of Stars- hissandmisses
Ana Roxanne- Study In Vastness
Cruel Diagonals- Topography of an Affliction 
Aho Ssan- Blind Power (ft. The Mensah Imaginary Band)

Patricia Wolf - Urban Mutant Mix January 27, 2021 | Hollow Earth Radio

"Erste Stunde (Non-Denovali):
MDA Analog – Rainful Memories
Space Afrika – Self
Jake Muir – Reservoir Of Memory
Grand River – Mr. Speaker
Jan Jelinek – Bird Lake Objects
The Transcendence Orchestra – Imagine a Mountain Named After a Hospital
Conrad Schnitzler – Ballet Statique
The Soft Pink – We
Atom™ – Simplicity
Imaginary Softwoods – Another First/ Sea Machine
Jon Hassell – Fearless
Gigi Masin – Bellamore

Zweite Stunde (Denovali):
Dalhous – Locked Within Herself
Ricardo Donoso – Crossed Destinies
Origamibiro – Circle Fifth
Saffronkeira & Paolo Fresu – Religion As An Illusion
David Norland – Barotraum (Sly & Robbie Remix)
Eraldo Bernocchi & Hoshiko Yamane – Future Suns
Subheim – Vertigo
Mansur – Faustina
LTO – Bendigeidfran
Prairie – Alpine Swift
Moon Zero – Erwood Araf
Bersarin Quartett – 2287
The Eye Of Time – Not From This World
Kuba Kapsa – Exciting The Last Flight
Philipp Rumsch Ensemble – Prelude" (Denovali).

Jour de Ruhr x Radio 80000 w/ Denovali – 25.01.2021

Live recording from Keiji Haino his concert at les ateliers claus on 7th October 2019 - Brussels, Belgium

We all know Keiji Haino as a legendary musician and it's always a special experience to host him. The day prior to his concert at les ateliers claus, he came to Brussels and expressed his wish to do some record shopping. And so we did - in between soundcheck and the actual concert. Keiji Haino likes to hear unique sounds and performers and so we went on a search. In a certain store in Brussels I made him listen to one of my favourite albums by Igor Wakhevitch (Hator) - he listened and promised me half-jokingly his performance at les ateliers claus would be better.

LAC003 - Keiji Haino "God's Favorite Experiences - Part 1"

As you can imagine we are under huge pressure at the moment and are working flat out to ensure Cafe OTO survives this. The impact of this situation is extremely acute for small venues like ours and we need all the support we can get to pull through. Please donate what you can, if you can. Thank you. 

Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream. It comprises one large cafe/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music almost seven nights a week. 

OTOROKU is part of OTOProjects - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto. Any profits from OTOROKU are put back into supporting what we do and will help us to continue programming the best musicians and performers from all over the world.

www.cafeoto.co.uk

The Milkwood Project is an experimental electronic music project. Using synthesisers, tape loops, voice, and found sounds to create dramatic soundscapes and thought provoking sound pieces.

LAC003 - Keiji Haino "God's Favorite Experiences - Part 1"

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