Floating

from KR110: An Moku & Stefan Schimdt - Raum im Raum (tape / DL) out on june 16th 2023

Raum im Raum

Raum Im Raum

AN MOKU & STEFAN SCHMIDT - RiR °2

Music performed by Francesco Corvi (nesso.xyz) using generative systems and live coding techniques

All rights reserved

Excerpt from live at The Grey Space (The Hague)

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK 'Outland' 6CD Boxset (CSR327BX)

The 'Outland' album series was a collaborative endeavour by the visionary US bassist-producer Bill Laswell and the late German musician Peter Namlook that pushed the boundaries of dark ambient and electronic music. 

Spanning five albums released over a thirteen year period from 1994, this new boxset serves as a testament to the creative synergy between the two masterminds.

At the time the duo joined forces, the New York-based Laswell was already a famous producer with a massive client list that included cutting-edge rock, pop, funk, jazz and electronic artists, but he had also founded the Axiom label in 1989 and been responsible for groundbreaking work in genres that included ambient, dub and world music. Namlook was recognised as a pioneering figure in the ambient techno scene, having founded the label FAX +49-69/450464 in his native Frankfurt in 1992.

'Outland' became a fusion of their individual musical sensibilities that resulted in a unique set of releases. At the heart of the series is an exploration of sound as a vehicle for emotion and contemplation, with Laswell's signature basslines and experimental soundscapes interweaving seamlessly with Namlook's ethereal textures and intricate sonic layering. Each album is characterised by a sense of expansiveness, taking listeners on a voyage through rarely charted sonic dimensions. All have the ability to evoke a wide range of emotions and have their own distinctive sonic palette, ranging from ambient tranquility to cosmic intensity.

'Outland' has endured as an influential touchstone, its impact felt not only in its captivating soundscapes but also in its invitation to engage in deep introspection and cosmic contemplation. With each album, the duo beckoned listeners to transcend the mundane and embark on a sonic voyage into the extraordinary, where sound becomes a conduit for spiritual and artistic expression.

The lavish matte-finish boxset opens to the 5 "Outland" albums in separate matte sleeves, with all-new designsby Abby Helasdottir (Gydja), and all audio completely remastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage). This box also contains a new addition to the OUTLAND series - an album of dense, bass space drone by Bill Laswell, entitled "Blackland". The boxset also contains an exclusive card with an essay about the project written by BIll Laswell, July 2023.

Order 6CD Box: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr327bx

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/outland

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/outland

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr327bx

Out 13 October 2023.

BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 5 - N - Dimensional (exc.)

SIMON LANZ / TOBIAS LANZ, Arches, LP
Hallow Ground
Vinyl / digital, catalogue nr. HG2306
Release date: November 23, 2023

Tracklist:
1. Arches - Part I (10:28)
2. Arches - Part II (10:39)
3. Arches - Part III (06:55) - Single release on October 26, 2023
4. Arches - Part IV (13:53)

Credits:
Composed, performed & recorded by Simon Lanz & Tobias Lanz
Mixed by Benoît Piccand
Mastered by Lawrence English
Artwork by Ramon Keimig

https://hallowground.bandcamp.com/album/simon-lanz-tobias-lanz-arches

Arches

SIMON LANZ / TOBIAS LANZ, Arches - Part III

Track from the Split Release  "Hexalyne _ Lain - Evel 46"
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
— Limited Edition of 25
— CD comes in a special plastic sleeve called 'ejector'

Evel 46

Cliide-N

LULL 'Journey Through Underworlds' CD

The classic, genre-defining 1993 album from LULL - the pioneering, isolationist dark ambient project of MICK HARRIS of SCORN, FRET, ex-NAPALM DEATH - is a dark journey through the Stygian netherworlds of Hell. The listener is left with the impression of a final escape into reality; a return upon waking, with only wispy trace memories and the heavy rush of blood-pumping fear as a keepsake.

With this album, we are plunged back into a dark pit of noise - all escape barred, all hope dashed. The nightmare continues, the journey through underworlds descends deeper. These are soundtracks for Nightmares. Despite there being just three tracks on the album, it lasts just shy of 75 minutes. 

Originally released on Sentrax (the label of the late John Everall / Tactile), the CD suffered the 'disc rot' fate of many PDO pressings from 1988-1993, rendering most of that initial run unplayable. 

Mixed by Justin K Broadrick (GODFLESH). Remastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage Studios) from the original recordings supplied by Mick Harris.

Matt digipak with majestic artwork by Abby Helasdottir (Gydja). Out 12th January 2024.

MICK HARRIS ON LULL:

"I finally heard the way of recording, making profound sounds. Lull is purely something I can get lost in, as far as trying to create these imaginary spaces. And that’s what I always tried to do – to create. I'm a lover of sounds. I love collecting sounds. Playing with those sounds using various software until I created something new from that sound. Which for me end being what I call "a droner" or "a drift", I’d use those to create a piece of music, or a sound-scape. That's what I’m doing with Lull. Just trying to create soundscapes. And to this day, still, absolutely love doing that".

Order: https://coldspring.co.uk/csr329cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/journey-through-underworlds-csr329cd

https://orcd.co/csr329cd

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/lull-journey-through-underworlds

https://mickharris.bandcamp.com
https://coldspring.co.uk/Lull

LULL Downwards (excerpt)

006

Exploring sonic territories from the past until now.

https://www.instagram.com/paradox.dada/

Sound Perception 006 w/ Paradox (16.12.23)

Gold Lines | Bird & Renoult

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Part of the piece - 2 Kinetic studies, made during the residency at the Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest in 2016: https://soundcloud.com/svetlanamaras/sets/2-kinetic-studies

Study no.1 is guided by the principle of symmetry. The central spot of the composition is in the middle of the room - half the way on both horizontal X- and Z-axis. Each object always moves through both halves of at least one of the X- or Z-planes. The element which is being doubled, is followed by the same-pace movement of the element on the opposite side of the axis, but the movement is being reversed: element no.6 positioned on Z-4 goes from X-5 to X+5 while at the same time in the same speed element no.7 at Z+4 goes from X+5 to X-5. 
There are three elements which are the musical nucleus of the composition (1, 2, 3). These sounds are airy (noisy) but they have a recognisable pitch and form a minor triad. All other elements are tuned to these three elements which define the tonal center of the piece. This kind of interpretation of the harmonic aspect of the composition, parallels the interpretation of ‘symmetrical’ in spatial domain. 

This is a stereo mixdown of the piece.

VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/210260544

Study No.1

Cold Spring is the UK's premier record label / mailorder for: Industrial, Dark Ambient, Esoteric, Japanese Noise, Ritual, Power Electronics, Noise, Drone, Death Industrial, Neoclassical, Neofolk, Doom, Dark Soundtracks and Experimental music.

Cold Spring Records has primarily been a label since 1990, releasing such influential artists as Coil, Laibach, Psychic TV, Merzbow, MZ. 412, Z’EV, Skullflower and more.

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BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - Outland 5 - N - Dimensional (exc.)

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