Holding the tension of opposites is a theme running throughout the work of Angelo Harmsworth, and the six pieces comprising Vent are certainly no exception. Inspired by the different and oftentimes clashing forces comprising our weather systems, the New Mexico-born but now Berlin-based musician and producer envisioned his “compositions as micro-ecologies,” wherein “powerful waves push off one another.” The patterns emerging from this captivating music represent some of Harmsworth’s most complex to date. Swells of foreboding frequencies and jarring maximalist textures may bear down on listeners, yet an undercurrent of bliss–so deeply submerged it borders on the subliminal–manages to infuse even the most tumultuous moments of Vent with a calming groundedness.


And also like the climate, especially in the age of the Anthropocene, this cassette unfolds in ways that are profoundly unpredictable. An artist known for his ability to span the divides separating underground noise, sound design, ambient and industrial, Harmsworth ensures that each successive piece makes a radical break from what preceded it. This quality becomes particularly apparent when contrasting sides. The nearly harsh-noise, distortion-charged moments punctuating Side A are nowhere to be found on Side B, which reveals moments of vast, spectral beauty that reflect his roots in the desert landscapes of the American Southwest.


Of course, this kind of sonic breadth only comes with experience, of which Harmsworth has plenty. Steadily recording and releasing experimental music since the early 2010s, he has worked with some of the sub-underground’s stand-out imprints, including Angoisse, Bathetic Records, Total Black, and Opal Tapes. Placed in the context of his impressive catalog, Vent can be seen as both a continuation of what came before and a bold new development.



Angelo Harmsworth is a musician & sound artist whose works tends to fluctuate between austerity and decadence. Currently based in Germany, he has been published by a network of experimental labels in addition to his own imprint, Lime Lodge.

releases July 26, 2022

Recorded by Angelo Harmsworth
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Artwork by Angelo Harmsworth
Design by RJM Vanderheyden
Text by Justin Farrar

VENT

ENXPL15- ANGELO HARMSWORTH - A1. AEROSOL

Taken from SBKT055: TRANCE BAND - Entrancing
Release date: 3rd March 2023

In a global landscape that increasingly prioritizes individuality over collaborative expression, TRANCE is a distinctive project. Initiated by Chinese multidisciplinary artist Tianzhuo Chen, best known for his work with Asian Dope Boys, TRANCE is as artistically amorphous as its constantly evolving line-up, that fluctuates as it shimmers across borders and time-zones. In 2019, the project was demoed in Beijing as part of a solo exhibition from Chen, a 12-hour durational performance that examined the altered states of living and dying and pondered the sounds, sensations, bodies and spaces that notion might suggest. On hold for three years due to COVID-19 restrictions, TRANCE was eventually premiered in Hamburg at the Kampnagel Theatre last year where it was presented as a surreal three-day ceremony. This time around the Trance Band was made up of Berlin-based noisemaker and vocalist Dis Fig, Indonesia's Gabber Modus Operandi, musician and MC KIM KHAN, guitarist and engineer Felix-Florian Tödtloff, and Vancouver-based percussionist and producer CITY. Chen directed the show, channeling each artist's unique energy into an alliance that highlighted their independent skills while pushing towards ideas that simply couldn't have been realized discretely.

"Entrancing" is a live documentation of that incendiary Hamburg session, powered by the performative fireworks that came from having the project halted for two years before it was allowed to burst into life once more. Just as with previous iterations of TRANCE, the space was terraformed into an alien landscape that allowed the collective to enact a carnivalesque display that was tightly controlled but creatively boundless. Musical u-turns were accompanied by monumental stage overhauls that reshaped a muddy, fog-filled outdoor riverscape into an arena, or a sweaty nightclub. This theatrical impact can't be visualized as clearly on the record, but musical cues do just enough heavy lifting to provide a tantalizing contour. When the alluring electro-acoustic plucks and resonant sustained string tones of 'There's a Ghost in the Lantern' cascade into cinematic drone metal on 'Ylva's Theme', it's impossible not to be drawn into the TRANCE narrative. Sonic stage lights flicker with uncommon intensity as the nebulous group rewrite their collective personal stories into stirring, synergistic poetry.

"Something changes!" KIM KHAN calls out on 'Soft and Black', cutting through warbling synths and itchy beatbox percussion. The track builds quickly, reaching a sizzling crescendo of buzzsaw noise and acidic electronics. It's a stylistic sea change that channels the group's kinetic energy into a rock show, and CITY picks up the message on 'Trance Genesis', adding rapid-fire drums to a barrage of guitar skronk. 'Shaolin Affliction' glues Trance Band's jagged artistic edges to a vintage metal template, gradually dissolving into throaty post-hardcore, while 'My Fortress' brings the show to a powerful conclusion with Dis Fig assuming the role of grunge balladeer, bellowing into the void over cacophonous live instrumentation. Unbound by musical and artistic conventions, TRANCE peers out from the basement, the gallery and the playhouse to forge an expression that's all of this and something new entirely. It's refreshing, witty, exhilarating and most of all, completely unpredictable.

Entrancing

Gabber Modus Operandi - Larung [digital only]

"One of five recordings made on 15 April 2023 in Richmond, VA. Cassette/full released tba."
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Scim & deskulling - Bonk

Jme - IF YOU DON'T KNOW (CHIYU RMX)

https://formforum.bandcamp.com/album/rim

BRYYA is a genre of music created by artist @Kat-Nzingha, exploring the restructuring of formless sonic materials into metamorphic affect.

All music by Kat Nzingha
Art by Dylan Van Roost

BRYYA - Slita

@V3n3c3nt

V3n3c3nt fav kinder is Kinder Pingui 💋
Perfect mix to listen after the sunday mess  

« this mix is a love letter for my friend who is always there for me, Alicia <3 composed of a bunch of drone, ambiant, cute n scary stuff » 

♫ <33333333333333333333333333 ♫

❣ tracklist ❣
o_down - xenia reaper
sleep donation - sleep inc.
hospital corners - emre girginkaya 
saved - j.albert
no weaver - sef
halcyon edit - tenderness
asarja - belmont girl
flora - elysia crampton feat. jeremy rojas 
poem w/ivy - tina dj
heaven sent ft. calsutmoran x slavery - jak3
event horizon - hoodie
angel’s break - buttechno
i luv ya pretty boy - lizzle bizzle & yung bukkake

❣ ♫KINDER COUNTRY CLUB <3 #5 ⏤ santiagZZ invite V3n3c3nt♫ ❣

a love story for bugs

this release was kindly supported by Arts Promotion Center Finland (Taike)

unwanted gift

FROM CLAM018 | LIFEPOD5 - The Bravest Selfie Ever

https://clam-pressure.bandcamp.com/album/the-bravest-selfie-ever

@adrianocava

LIFEPOD5 - IG AUTO-FEED

Interior proudly presents (O)nline (S)ound (T)erminal, a redesign & new approach to our mixes series Chronically Online. We had the opportunity to use Motif, a font developed by Neuume, past collaborator of the label and extremely talented artist.

As a prelude for this new series, we invited Cologne based artist @blu22y, host of @ctlinks, a multidisciplinary solo mixing series, who prepared two beautiful mixes ♪

(0.2) ♪ "Stadium Drive"

blu22ly ⭑
@blu22y
@ctlinks
www.instagram.com/blu22y

O.S.T.(0.2): blu22y ꩜ "Stadium Drive"

MIDROLL=M14 GANG >< ARYN KRED=WHO ARE YOU

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