INCANTATIONS is a collection of sixteen visual and sonic experiments centred around the idea of score as spell, curated and produced by Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura and Naomi Okabe.

A spell and its incantation are distinct, but conjoined by a symbolic, almost umbilical force. A spell is a totem text, a material call for change — a seed, a recipe, an instruction, a potential. The incantation of a spell gives it life, brings breath to body, raises hairs, moves minds. For this project, eight spell-scores were created by visual/text-based artists for a musician/composer to incant. Taking a wide interpretation of what can be considered a score, these works include concrete poetry, collage, painting, drawing, spell-poetry, instructional art, and recipe. The resulting sound works give voice to these evocative “texts”, residing in the liminal space between musical form and magical utterance.

INCANTATIONS EDITIONS:

- The Metaphysical: Digital + Spell Card PDF
- The Liminal: Digital + Spell Card Set (Limited to 200)
- The Corporeal: Vinyl LP + Spell Card Set + Digital (Limited to 300)

PRE-ORDER HERE: https://seance-centre.bandcamp.com/album/incantations

Museum Of No Art - Textile Trance (spell by Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh) from Incantations (30SC)

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Artwork: Evils Ister
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Zhou Huang Zhou peered into the structural weaving of the materials of the small temple, studying the symbols inscribed on the walls and the neat patterns of the roof...Between the rows of statues of deities, Taoist priests dressed in gray clothes walked back and forth and talked to the parishioners...
A 30-year-old programmer from Neihu came to the Temple of Joyful Grace to undergo a Guanlingshu ritual - during which he intended to enter the spirit world - a place where gods, ghosts, and deceased ancestors are believed to live...
The totality of the beliefs and traditions of his native land fueled the idea that every person - past, present, and future has a home in the spiritual world, and the state of each room is symbolically linked to a tangible aspect of life...

This was his third appearance on the doorstep of the world beyond perception - two other attempts were unsuccessful...For some reason, the spirits did not answer his call...But this time Zhou felt inexplicable confidence that today the door of the inner alchemy will be revealed to them...Taking a deep breath, he entered the temple...

The great hall was lit with many candles, the floors were covered with carpets with mantras and mandalas...In the сenter, in front of the inner sanctuary, there were rows of chairs, on each back of which a red piece of cloth hung...The monk urged the faithful to take courage when entering the spirit world...A small shiver ran down Zhou's spine, but there is no other way and he takes one of the chairs...

The monk's voice was loud, but soft at the same time:

- You will return from the spirit world, - he said, - but many of you will not return the same...Take these red scraps of cloth and blindfold ... Focus on the rhythm of my instrument and free your mind from worldly worries and do not rationalize what you see, do not involve the mind in this process...

Having said this, he began to recite a mantra and play on a small wooden drum...Three other monks slowly emerging from different corners, echoed him and their voices merged in that flow...

A house appeared before Zhou's inner gaze, without hesitation he opened the door and found himself in the living room, where he saw an old man sitting on the sofa...

- Greetings, Zhou, my name is Ug... Finally, you've reached this state...Look what a mess in this room, we need to streamline your life, help me remove everything that interferes with the circulation of energy...Pay attention to how much you brought a lot of junk here, every object takes attention and energy, prevents you from focusing on important aspects...

Zhou nodded silently and they began to swap objects, creating corridors along which, as if through veins, a golden snake of energy began to move...At some point, Ug raised his hand up, symbolizing that they needed to go up to the second floor...The staircase arose by itself...There was one door on the upper floor, closed with a large padlock...Zhou looked inquiringly at the South...

- This is the door of your heart...What big lock did you hang on it, ask yourself who are you hiding from? Here, take this key and open it, let love live inside...

The silver key turned softly in the lock, the door opened and a radiant stream of the sound of this mix filled the space...

Removing the blindfold from his eyes, Zhou was no longer the same...

MONG TONG 夢東 - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S JOYFUL BENEFICENCE

Zel Zele w/ Ece Düzgit - NTS - 22.03.22

Taken from Ballads, compiled by Time is Away. Out September 2022 on A Colourful Storm

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Antonietta Borgoli - Dindindino Dindindalo

@lamusalamusa is the alias of Giampaolo Scapigliati, Italian producer & DJ. His music highlights drummy sounds, analog synths and multitimbrality all reminiscent of late-80s music, exploring fields like Experimental, Krautrock, New Wave along with contemporary scenes.

Catch Lamusa II every 1st Wednesday of the month, from 14h to 16h [CET] on rinse.fr

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Kiko Ono [Mushrooms on my laid back] [28.01.2023]

'Dehumanisasi'
Written, performed and produced by RMP.

'Dealienisasi'
Written, performed and produced by Wahono.

Mixed and mastered at Studio Oposisi - Jakarta, Indonesia
November 2018 - August 2019.

Purchase:
https://divisi62.bandcamp.com/album/dehumanisasi-dealienisasi

RMP -3'32"

Originally broadcast on NTS Radio live 14:00-15:00, Tuesday 21st January, 2019.

A Produce - The Clearing (Trance Port/All Night Flight, 1988/2019)
Yuki Ijichi - Nawashiro Strawberry (Sloow Tapes, 2010)
Meitei - Sankai (Evening Chants, 2019)
Noor - Wont to Wanton Eyebath (Ultra Eczema, 2019)
The Pickle Factory - The School of Metaphysical Painting (Our Pledge, 1995)
Glass Sounds - Little Zombies (Self-released, 2017)
The Cigarettes - Screaming Dreaming (Optic Nerve, 2019)
Operating Theatre - Dragon Path (Kabuki/Allchival, 1983/2019)
Vox Populi! - Ney (Cor Ardens, 2019)
Ditto - Bush (Ditto Records, 1987)
The Magick Heads - This City (Thokei Tapes, 2019)
Hematic Sunsets - Viel Zu Eng (Klang Der Festung, 1999)
Coldreams - Eyes (Rock Hard/Camisole, 1986/2018)
Brannten Schnüre - Winteraustreiben (Youdonthavetocallitmusic, 2019)
Richard Youngs & Raul Refree - Nil By Mind (Soft Abuse, 2019)

NTS Radio - January 2020

Akuphone. AKUMS1003 (12''/DL)
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🕐 Bandcamp Exclusive: June 12
🕙 Vinyl/Digital: September 11

Où cela commence-t-il ?
Where does cultural appropriation end and procreational fusion begin?
The answer to that depends on the perceiver.

For some, applying the structures of electronic music to folkloristic samples may seem de-contextualizing. Yet when considering the similarity between dancefloor compositions and the minimalism of Steve Reich and Terry Riley, the gap to traditional music begins to fade away. They remain distinct mostly by aesthetic characteristics of sound.

Nicolas Sheikholeslami’s premiere solo record as Çaykh is named after the French conjunction "Où" - meaning “where” - as this was the linking element during production. We witness an attempt to re-contextualize music that travelled from analog tapes - recorded in different localities along the Indian Ocean - to a hard-drive via 192kb youtube rips. The sample-based compositions were digitally arranged before regaining their warm sonic qualities in a vintage mixing studio.

This EP assembles three metamorphic 4th-world disco pulsations. Expect some heavily trancy and polyrhythmic analogue-fi jams.

Nicolas Sheikholeslami aka Çaykh is a Hamburg-born and Berlin-based DJ and producer. He is active as drummer & percussionist for the projects Spiritczualic Enhancement Center and Circuit Diagram.

Çaykh’s three earlier sound-collage cassette releases have already earned him a certain fame in the 4th-world and outsider-disco realms. His collection of pre-war Somali music called “Au revoir, Mogadishu“ paved the way for the Grammy-nominated “Sweet as Broken Dates“ compilation, which he co-curated.

Mixed at Studio Strom, Bremen, Germany
Mastering by Mark Gergis (1.1) and Michael Graves (2.1 & 2.2)
Artwork by Thomas Baldischwyler

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What is in the Museum Of No Art? Not paintings, but visions. Not sculptures, but empty spaces full of potential. It is within this inverted gallery that Mona Steinwidder traces fabulous forms with voice, sampler, synthesizer, clarinet and effects. Under the moniker Museum Of No Art, she has created an album that floats in a hazy lacuna between realities, rooted in propulsive and deep bass resonance, but also footloose, playfully deconstructing language and mixing in layers of echoing synthetic and organic tones. The fascinating result of these unfettered experiments resonate as an imaginary cadavre-exquis played by DJ Screw, Arthur Russell, Hiroshi Yoshimura, MJ Lallo, Poppy Nogood, and Laurie Anderson.

With a background in fine art and music, over the years Steinwidder has created and released music under the pseudonym Mohna, as part of the experimental pop band Me Succeeds, and collaborates with composer Alexander Schubert and electronic dance music producer Christian Löffler. Recently, shifting her focus more on improvisation and experimental music, she moved to Vienna for six months to concentrate on experimenting with synthesizers, samplers and voice. Her intention was to build a “playground” that would leave space for improvisation and allow for a meditative and intuitive process. This solo exploration allowed her to return home with a new way to play.

“I like this idea of an open and light structure that can grow and transform and leaves space in all directions. Something without a clear beginning and ending. A rough, short note. Today I’m in the mood to sing, but tomorrow I might be in the mood to just float on an ocean of synths or to play a solo on my clarinet. I am a never-ending process and I am many. The Museum Of No Art album is a collection of days and moods, images and circumstances I experienced and immediately recorded in the last year.”

Limited edition of 200 LPs with risograph printed artwork.

Tracklist:

A1 La Grotta (5:39)
A2 Fabulous Youth (8:06)
A3 Minimal Default on a Clear Blue Day (3:33)
A4 A Melting Tree (2:30)

B1 Form and Focus (4:48)
B2 Eternal Explorer (3:31)
B3 A Nameless Person Tries to Describe Herself (3:10)
B4 Three Years Later (The Formation of a New Animal) (5:14)
B5 Subconscious Message (2:26)

Release date: July 17th

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