So textural, slow burning, I just love it

Séptimo Sentido

Oneiris

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A decade is a long pause… how the world has changed since…

Longtime friends and collaborators, iconic ambient composer William Basinski and sound artist/composer Richard Chartier return to LINE with 'Aurora Terminalis', their first new work together since 2015’s ‘Divertissement’ LP (Important Records, US).

From an unexpected sudden burst of sound jaggedly spiraling outward, the tumult fades and shockwaves slide into lulling haze of a melody. Background nuance—nearly imperceptible—and foreground romanticism ripple near each others’ edges. Then, rhythmic and liquid, an erratic drifting over a clouded void... an 'un-still' life... a slow tracing.

'Aurora Terminalis'… a fading gauzy signal for a finality.

Basinski and Chartier have previously released two collaborative works on LINE; Aurora Liminalis (2013) and Untitled 1-3 (2008, an expanded reissue of 'Untitled' originally on Spekk, Japan, 2004), as well as the archival Bandcamp exclusive 'Something from the Pink House' a live improvisation recorded in 2004.

William Basinski's archival album 'The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)' was released on LINE in 2023.

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composed & recorded by Basinski & Chartier 2024

William Basinski: Voyetra 8 + loops
Richard Chartier: electronics, field recordings, processing, mixing

Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space

cover image: detail of 'Glass Eye', 2024 by James Elaine (acrylic and house paints, razor cuts on canvas, 62 in x 92 in)

© 2025 LINE

William Basinski published by Musex International (BMI)
Richard Chartier published by Touch Music/Fairwood Music UK Ltd

Aurora Terminalis

Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 1)

Fallen Angels

comvert HypnoticDJmix 20/02/25

The new release emerges as a spontaneous offshoot of the artist’s ongoing Mithraic trilogy and reflects a deep, three-year exploration of Zoroastrianism, carried out in collaboration with the Romanian label Mask Of The Slave.
This latest chapter, set to be released on the Sardinian imprint Wild Drone Music, delves specifically into the Towers of Silence—structures historically used by followers of Zarathustra’s faith, and still utilized today by Zoroastrian diaspora communities in India for the exposure of the dead. In accordance with ancient Zoroastrian teachings, corpses are neither buried nor cremated, but left to decompose naturally, in harmony with the elements.
Musically, the release navigates a delicate balance between dark soundscapes and ritual tribal ambient, further enhanced by a reinterpretation from producer WTTM (alias of Matteo Frau), who brings his unique perspective to the project.

releases March 24, 2025

Write and Produced by Raimondo Gaviano
https://soundcloud.com/svart1
Remix by WTTM (Matteo Frau)
https://soundcloud.com/matteo-frau
Mixed and Mastered By Sikreative Studio
Artwork by CBT
Photo credit by Christian Scalas
Copyright by Wild Drone Music - 2025

[WDM12] Svart1 - Towers of Silence with WTTM Remix

Atrem-Shadow Land-The Bone Cart

Anhedonia

Going For A Drive

PoleGroup 52
Exium 
Non-Cellular Life EP
Vinyl & Digital

A1 - Non-Cellular Life
A2 – Inner Mind
B1 – Immune Response
B2 – Host Range



Exium can be considered with no doubt pioneers in the spanish techno scene, almost two decades of devotion, passion and work on behalf of what we know as serious and militant music. In their vast career the have released countless vinyls in labels from all over the globe and have spreaded their live sets throught the most respected clubs and festivals all over the place. 

They decide what their pulsations are, can be minimalistic, complex, broken, layered or tooly and precisely, this is the case in this four tracker.

Noncellular life opens fire, and obsessive effected synth line lies over a profound kick and is slowly filled with percussive layers, drums comes in and out while the main hook persists and changes in timbre and texture. A genuine mixing tool. 

Inner mind relies on reverberated toms and sharp percussive elements with the only aid of occasional white noise sweeps, as always a dynamic arrangement made things busy.

On the flip side Inmune response is based on a linear raw sequence soon followed by distorted semi industrial layers while Host range gives us the broken beat dose that they master since ages. Over the complex beats succesive washes and drones fly over, evoquing darkness and pressure.

No jokes in this slice of plastic, aimed for the proper selectors out there.

3 - Exium - Immune Response

Wędrowiec 
Wędrują nuk Nieuzywają / They wander, don't use the feet
Sloow Tapes - CS 50

Wędrowiec blends traditional ritual folk music from central Poland with contemporary minimal music often with a slight acidic touch and haunted vocals. Featuring members of Ksiezyc, Bractwo Ubogich, Kapela Domu Tanca, Kolowrót and Pies Szczeka. Edition of 80 copies.

Wędrowiec

Tresor • Blueprint • Mord • Subtext

Resident DJ, Tresor Berlin
Senior Producer, Resident Advisor

Releases:
Ego Sum EP - [Mord]
11 Years - [Falling Ethics]
Oneiris LP - [Subtext Recordings]
Torpor EP - [Blueprint Records]
Synergy EP - [Tresor Records]

Chloe is a resident DJ and releasing artist at Tresor. She's played at Berghain, Boiler Room, Radion, Movement weekend in Detroit, and countless clubs, festivals and parties across Asia, Europe, and, North and South America alongside artists like Kangding Ray, Lewis Fautzi, Helena Hauff and Nastia Reigel, becoming known for atmospheric sets that dig deep into the niche recesses of deep and driving techno. 

Chloe has released on Tresor Records, and she will debut on James Ruskin’s Blueprint and P.E.A.R.L’s label Falling Ethics in autumn 2024. In addition to her career as a DJ and producer, Chloe is a cellist—her debut instrumental full-length came out on James Ginzburg’s Subtext label late lasty year—and the senior producer of Resident Advisor, where she hosts and curates talks and music workshops at festivals like Nuits Sonores, Dekmantel, Unsound, Wire, and many more.

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