Holding the tension of opposites is a theme running throughout the work of Angelo Harmsworth, and the six pieces comprising Vent are 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.

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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

Vent

Angelo Harmsworth - Drag Net Capture (ENXPL15)

textural ecstasy from @s_l_y_n recorded live at co:clear in August '23

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pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, listen to the rain! pitter​-​patter, pit​-​pat, raining again​.​.​.

room inside

@kick_21
pent - inert_773x7I_y7
Valentino Mora - Transmagnetic
Sabla - Moontext
Martin Nonstatic - Distance C
AES DANA - Diffraction Protocol
Kissen - Tijuana fog
XENIA REAPER - 23724
Geklaper - oil
Fels - Coder V (Caldera’s LF Mix)
Jonnnah - Bonus is Bonus 
The Outsert - Utters (in)
Plebeian - unreleased 
Andreas - in blue (short mix)
Exos - Áttfalt Ft. Octal
Arkajo - Truth (Forest Drive West Remix)
phil in a maze - Unearthed 
Hysterical Love Project - Oil Slicks (Song For The Spirals)

Mixed Signals : Kick21 (11.07.24)

Awe is something you feel when confronted with forces beyond your control: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/laurel-halo/episodes/laurel-halo-5th-november-2024

Awe w/ Laurel Halo 051124

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-trinh-21st-november-2024

The Early Bird Show w/ TRINH 211124

@emregirginkaya

ferdinand domes - ID
ferdinand domes - ID
xtcltvr - passing out
serwed - jog
mu tate & nexcyia - sans titre
gurur gelen - cite
the blessed kitty - boyfriend
emre girginkaya - love bot
granul - intro
colle - green edge
chantssss - fleur oblique
jordan atedunji - kehlani
skee mask - mdp5
emre girginkaya - open relationship

NOODS # 15 Life as Collage / yusk invites emre girginkaya [26 DECEMBER 2025]

III DIM w/ Eleftheria: 26th January '25

First show of the year, and Accidental Meetings have invited Manchester based band, Shell Company. Shell Company are a 3 piece band drawing together textural electronic drones, guitar and spoken word. Catch them in the second half of the show with a selection of odd guitar bits, rock and psychedelia.

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Outsiders: Accidental Meetings w/ Shell Company & Voidal @ Kiosk Radio 21.01.2025

Skypunch, c&amp#39;est l&amp#39;émission qui sillonne l&amp#39;ambient et les musiques électroniques expérimentales : des plages sonores éthérés et oniriques les plus étendues aux expérimentations sonores les plus dynamiques et singulières. On peut l&amp#39;écouter en jouant à cache-cache où en prenant son bain ... en vous souhaitant un bon plongeon dans le ciel !


Skypunch w/ Darshan (16/01/25)

City Diaries
Bruno Bernard 2024
(english)
"City Diaries" is a refection on our city lives, a daily imaginary journey that invites us to
introspection. Te world of sound that surrounds us is experienced in a unique way by
each and every one of us, yet we all share it.
Each stroll is unique, each moment unique.
It's up to us to make these situations our own, to build our own dream cosmology.
Considering the creative power of what surrounds us as a tool for inner construction, as
poetry, is a response to our materialistic lives and can help us better apprehend the
modern world.
True to Gaston Bachelard, the aim here is to give free rein to daydreaming, while at the
same time giving full artistic expression to the noise of our times, an essential concept
developed by Luigi Russolo.
City Diaries was composed from sounds collected at night in my city (Chalon sur
Saône), which gave rise to an imaginary vocabulary for this acousmatic piece.
Our sound context is a refection of our times, and it's up to us to seize it and, like
modern alchemists, appropriate one of the last things that is free - noise - and transform
it into a work of art. Fortunately, it's one of the last things we have free access to.
Binaural format 24B/48Khz
(français)
« City Diaries » est une réfexion autour de nos vies citadines, un parcours imaginaire
quotidien qui nous invite à l'introspection. L'univers sonore qui nous entoure, à la fois
ressenti de manière unique par chacun d'entre nous, nous est pourtant commun, nous
l'avons en partage.
Chaque déambulation est singulière, chaque moment est unique.
C'est à nous de nous approprier ces situations afn de construire une cosmologie onirique
qui nous soit propre.
Envisager la puissance créative de ce qui nous entoure comme un outil de construction
intérieure, une poésie, est une réponse à nos vies matérialistes et peut nous aider à mieux
appréhender le monde moderne.
Fidèle à Gaston Bachelard, il s'agit ici de laisser libre cours à la rêverie et en même temps
donner toute son importance artistique au bruit de notre époque, concept essentiel
développé par Luigi Russolo.
City Diaries a été composé à partir de sons collectés de nuit dans ma ville (Chalon sur
Saône) qui ont donné naissance à un vocabulaire imaginaire permettant de construire
cette pièce acousmatique.
Notre contexte sonore est le refet de notre époque, à nous de nous en emparer pour, tels
des alchimistes modernes, s'approprier une des dernières choses qui soit gratuite -le
bruit- et le transformer en oeuvre artistique. C'est heureusement une des dernière chose
qui soit nous accessible librement.
Format binaural 24B/48Khz

7.Twilight

COCLEAR003 – coclear.bandcamp.com/album/me-with-you
COTHERAPY001 – sold out
COCLEAR002 - limited copies
COCLEAR001 – sold out

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