fave listenings of this month

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in the pic: David Lynch

"musica assoluta" (gennaio 2025)

Ambient Soundscapes

Ferdinand Gerhards

Drone Ambient

AETERNA - Ambient Soundscapes

Surreal Ambient

Sein is the debut collaborative effort between Italian composer and improviser, Demetrio Cecchitelli, and American sound artist, Nicholas Maloney aka Blanket Swimming. Sein (German for “To Be”) began as a series of contemplative, minimal tape sketches that were then transferred back and forth between the artists as new layers of instrumental improvisation, field recording, and spontaneous object recordings were added to create a textured, ever-changing space.

To live and exist is a continual, spontaneous act. Sein adds to this dialogue of what it means to compose in the moment, to listen, and to create fluid symbolism through sound. Though separated by the distance of an ocean, the two performers were able to communicate via this spontaneously arising symbolism to weave a narrative, imaginative and dreamlike, yet concrete and lucid. When this auditory/fleeting sensory space is experienced, the meaning of Sein begins to appear quite literally.

Blanket Swimming (USA) https://blanketswimming.bandcamp.com https://nicholasmaloney.com

Nicholas Maloney is a musician and sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2015, he has recorded ambient music under the moniker Blanket Swimming and since 2019 has released sound art and environmental recording works under his given name. He has been released on labels such as Grisaille, Modern Concern, ROHS! Records, Giraffe Tapes and many others. He also curates the labels Warm Milk Recordings and Asonu.

Demetrio Cecchitelli (Italy) https://demetrio-cecchitelli.bandcamp.com

Demetrio Cecchitelli (1997) is a composer and musician mainly active in the field of electronic and electroacoustic music. Released on Healing Sound Propagandist, Whitelabrecs, Sounds Against Humanity, among others. He has collaborated with theatre company Motus and the director Cecilia Lentini.

Nicholas Maloney – synthesizers, electric guitar, tapes, field recordings, objects
Demetrio Cecchitelli – electric guitar, electronics, synthesizers, mallets, piano, field recordings
Mastering by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Photo, artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

www.chitrarecords.com

Sein

Light Passage

Prelude

Hera

Space Motion  - Hera

Art by Odilon Redon, "I Am Still the Great Isis! Nobody Has Ever Yet Lifted My Veil! My Fruit Is the Sun!" (1896)

Kenoma (To Go Without Light)

Based on recording of an anxious rehomed cocker spaniel awaiting our return and howling the place down... her name is Tully. We’ve had her for five days. She is still very anxious about the huge change in her life. This recording was made because I was curious to see if she howled when we went out for an hour or so without her. A big “yes”.

I was going to do something a little more adventurous/interesting, but ended up just folding, compacting, cutting and reverbing a chunk of it. Also overlaid is a big furry sound. That’s the ambience of the house when she was silent. The odd ringing effect is because one track was pitched up and that5’s how it turned out – an Audacity accident.


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More on the 661st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Consumer Drone Product — The Assignment: Record a piece of drone music using sounds from your home — at https://disquiet.com/0661/

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Tully is anxious [disquiet0661]

Track 1 written and performed by: Tom Squires (rhubiqs)

Track 2 remixed by: Tom Honey (Good Weather For An Airstrike)

Mixed by: Tom Squires, Tom Honey

Mastered by: Tim G Carr @ One Flight Up Recording Studios

Hope's Canvas (Drone Mix)

Vetrnætr

Silent Fjords

Erle

And there were troughs beside II

“日没（sunset）”

日が沈み畑のうえに夜を曳く水路とびこえ夜から逃げる

The sun sets.
Night drags darkness over the field.
I jump over the waterway and flee the oncoming night.


日没（sunset）

Then She Reaches For The Gun was a one off project, bringing together more than 50 artists from across the globe, releasing an album in late 2022 nomatesensemble.bandcamp.com/album/the-…ely-future But it was so much fun we are back for more.

The following artists collaborated on All The Dogs You Have Ever Loved Will Be Waiting For You In The Afterlife 

Dogs

Boogie
Brophy
Buddy 
Hancho 
Jack
Momo
Neska
Poldo
Senna  
Shyamsundara
Star

Oily (a cat)

Humans

Carolyn Wigston - Voice
Dane Renshaw - Drums
Garbage Truck Disco - Joyous Power Punk Outro
Hverheij- Electric Guitar 
Loop(c)y - Electric Guitar 
Paolo D’Emilio - Electronica
Robert Jefferson - Yamaha PSRE403 Keyboard, Melodica, Percussion 
The Windscale Blues Experiment - Clarinet/Flute/Soprano Saxophone
Thomas Bergheim - Bass Guitar
Timothy Korstad - Demonic Intro Left Channel
Tuonela - Demonic Intro Right Channel 
W:I:L-o’ the -wisp - Electric Guitar
Mat Ward - Arrangement/Marimba/Noise

All The Dogs You Ever Loved Will Be Waiting For You In The Afterlife

'Beyond', a live improvisation using live electronics and old vinyl records.
The main audio samples used for the performance have been found on old records and transformed in real time using long feedback delays and granular processing.
Please listen at a very low volume and in a way so that the sound comes from everywhere in the room.

Recording date: 31/12/2024 Timelash studio - Grado

Personnel: Alessandro Fogar -live electronics, hybrid synthesizer, turntables.


Beyond

FIRST

Spheren Spannung

Ghost' is a dark ambient and atmospheric dream EP crafted by cinematic ambient composer Michael D. Tidwell and experimental dreamscape artist Piscean Daydreams.

Tracklist Highlights:

1️⃣ Calming Shadow – A tranquil yet haunting introduction that sets the tone with soothing drones and delicate harmonics.

2️⃣ Faint Whisper of a Wraith – Ethereal melodies that drift like ghostly murmurs, evoking mystery and longing.

3️⃣ Ghost – The title track and heart of the EP, blending dark ambient textures with transcendent tones to create a deeply immersive experience.

4️⃣ Return to the Netherworld – A brooding journey through unseen realms, filled with layered atmospherics and powerful crescendos.

5️⃣ The Lost Soul – A poignant conclusion, evoking introspection as it fades into expansive, dreamlike soundscapes.

With its fusion of cinematic storytelling and emotive sound design, 'Ghost' offers a deeply immersive experience perfect for late-night reflection, meditative focus, or creative inspiration. Each track explores the delicate balance between light and shadow, leaving listeners captivated by its haunting beauty.

Produced and mixed by Michael D. Tidwell and JJ Rogalski (Piscean Daydreams)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover art by JJ Rogalski (Piscean Daydreams)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Ghost

Calming Shadow

Sun in the Window

On the Way to Dawn

Snefald

Snefald (drone version)

Dreamers

Alyas - With Every Memory

Throughout history, alchemists have captivated our minds with their quests to turn base materials into gold and seek the philosopher's stone. Their work was shrouded in metaphor and mystery, embodying a desire to understand the universe's hidden truths. Similarly, this collection of sounds endeavors to evoke the essence of that magical process. Each composition is a carefully crafted distillation of emotions, imagery, and ideas, resonating with the transformative powers attributed to the alchemical arts.

In Alchemies, Paul Beaudoin blends orchestral textures with glitch and noise elements, creating a sonic alchemy that mirrors the ancient quest for transformation. These contrasting sound worlds—organic and synthetic, refined and raw—come together in a seamless dialogue, embodying the fusion of disparate materials that the alchemists sought.

The album weaves through an auditory landscape, transporting you to the Fire of Calcination, where raw elements are purified, or the ethereal Black Sun, where shadows and light intertwine. As you listen, imagine the delicate Golden Transmutation—the alchemical transformation of sound and silence into rich tapestries of experience. Each track is an invitation to engage with the mysteries at the intersection of sound and spirit, reminiscent of the alchemist’s laboratory, filled with curiosity and wonder.

Join Ambient Cat on this journey as we explore the tenets of alchemy through sound, delving into the Salt of the Earth and emerging into the Albedo Phase, where clarity and illumination reign. Each piece is a gateway into an imaginative realm where transformation and transcendence occur—much like the alchemists sought, through their craft, to unlock the hidden potential of the universe. 

Produced and mastered by Paul Beaudoin
Cover art by Paul Beaudoin
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Alchemies

Distillation of Light

The Texas Tapes (1993-1997)

Upon The Arrival Of The Sun (For Tyler & Jesse)

ShaktiMan is a man of power. He weaves together three worlds: past, present and future. Field recordings, ethnic instruments and synthesizer layers.

Produced and mixed by Alexander Bin (BinJa)
Mastered by Alexander Bin & Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Yyyantra www.instagram.com/yyyantra
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

www.chitrarecords.com

ShaktiMan

Shakti

Stellar

Within the heartbeat of stars

Andrew Lozano's new release is a heartfelt invitation to pause, breathe, and embrace the beauty of the present moment. Embark on a cozy journey through the waves of tranquility.

Produced and mixed by Andrew Lozano
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Andrew Lozano with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Voyager

Forest Sunrise

ll tracks on this album were created using analogue media, tape loops, and non-musical noises. Tape and vinyl defects become elements of the composition here. In the modern digital era, people are losing touch with tangible reality and living nature, plunging into an artificial, synthetic, and virtual environment. The naturalness and uniqueness of simple things are becoming rarities.

This album was first released on Élan Vital Recordings on September 1, 2021, then was re-released on Rhymes Music in 2022, and now, slightly reworked (brought to perfection), is finally coming out on Chitra Records.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Yulia Rychkova
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Lost Rarities

Tundra

Spotify

Antea

Participation mystique refers to the innate human connection to symbolic and imaginative experiences. This symbolic realm exists before or alongside our ability to think analytically or rationally. The idea is strongly linked to projection, as these symbolic or mythic elements naturally extend themselves into the world around us—into people, places, and things, just like how we unconsciously assign color to what we see.

Participation mystique is not just a psychological concept, but an aesthetic principle – a lens through which we perceive art as more than just something we observe; it becomes something inhabited.

In artistic terms, participation mystique can be thought of as a dissolving boundary between the self and the image. In this perspective, any manifestation of art can be perceived not just as an external object, but as an extension of the viewer’s unconscious. Colors, shapes, and atmosphere resonate with inner archetypes – mythical, primordial, emotional – before the mind can name them. This is why abstract compositions can seem hauntingly familiar, or why certain symbols – like a spiral, a doorway, or a shady forest – draw out something ancient, deep, and unconscious from us.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Participation Mystique

Participation Mystique (Philippe Deschamps Remix)

Moment of Clarity (KapTep Remix)

Natura Sanat

Will-O'-The-Wisp

A meditative journey through death and the afterlife. “Ashes” drifts between silence and sound, existence and disappearance — ambient reflections on mortality, memory, and what lingers beyond.

Tobias Lorsbach, professionally known as Logic Moon, is an artist based in Mainz, Germany. His musical trajectory encompasses a broad spectrum, beginning with his role as a guitarist in a death metal band, followed by endeavors as a DJ, and ultimately establishing himself within the ambient music sphere. This diverse background informs the conceptual depth of his recent works, which seamlessly incorporate experimental and neoclassical elements.

Produced and mixed by Tobias Lorsbach (Logic Moon)
Mastered by Tobias Lorsbach
Cover picture by Tobias Lorsbach
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Ashes

Transient Light

"Abstract Is Real" explores the paradox of abstraction as a pathway to emotional clarity. Through sparse textures, evolving drones, and subtle tonal shifts, it transforms fragmented sonic elements into a cohesive, meditative whole. The album doesn’t impose structure — it invites it to emerge organically, like patterns forming in fog.

Produced and mixed by Lewis Broad-Ashman (Winter Silhouette)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Abstract Is Real

Withdraw

Freedom Is

ペルソナQ2 ニュー シネマ ラビリンス オリジナル・サウンドトラック

Fire Emblem Warriors OST - Dusk Falls (Saturated Fire)

Sleeplaboratory2.0

Get it

Aurora (Luna Version)

track 5. last song and did more sinigng and some mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-ing

Degrade - EP

DAAZE

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.