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First insights from the album Shoto, released on March 29th.

Shoto: https://minui.bandcamp.com/album/shoto

Between the uncomfortable and the pleasant, minui returns to activity with fresh pine air, exploring the unknown life's language, keeping its focus on simplicity.

"Shoto" - It literally means, "pine-waves," that is, the motion that pine trees make when the wind passes through them. As the wind goes through the pines, their waves fill the pianist and speak through him, giving nature a tonal voice - the waves of the wind. Open your ears to these persistent resonances as the notes slowly die out - the contrast - one shimmers while the other has a darker, almost nocturnal feeling. It really is the feeling of just being on the edge of silence, but never quite - never final.

In Japanese poetry, haiga is haiku traditionally accompanied by an ink brush drawing. Inspired and reinterpreted by this, the new album merges with a kind of interactive haiga.
Each page generates a pause.

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Shoto

Lorenz Weber - Shoto (excerpt I)

Pearl Grey

Hoshiko Yamane electro-acoustic Live set(50min)

concert: WORM(camera Japan Festival) on 26th Sep. 2018

Electro-acoustic Live set

“Sallaw” is a Kurdish word that expresses the passing of time, and on this new album the three sound artists have found a way of expressing that notion in music. Four tracks of slowly unfolding ambience make up this collection, each piece named after different months, again in Kurdish. The four sections represent the different seasons and their movement through time.

Sallaw

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PORYA HATAMI | AARON MARTIN | ROBERTO ATTANASIO - Rêbendan

For today’s exclusive track premiere, we are honoured to share with you James Murray‘s slow-burner, titled “In Your Head” which is literally a half of his brand new album, titled "Embrace Storms" [the other half, being another long-player, “In Your Heart”], released as a multi-format split between his very own Slowcraft and KrysaliSound labels. The two pieces sonically capture the weather patterns which are rising and subsiding, rising and subsiding, all on their own, in the caverns of your mind, body and soul, where, instead of fighting, or even worse, identifying with this uncontrollable climate, you can notice, use soft focus, and then let it pass. Let it all pass… The music serves as a perfect meditative accompaniment to your daily routine, in order drown out all of that hum, and accept things as they are…

"James Murray’s new solo work takes the form of two carefully constructed long-form sound collages; twin formations gradually unfolding in continuous, ever-evolving streams of delicately controlled chaos."

The release is out in just a few days, on November 9th, 2019, and is available as a CD from Slowcraft and a beautifully pressed limited edition vinyl from Milan-based KrysaliSound imprint. Highly recommended for the seekers of their inner peace…

Embrace Storms

TRACK PREMIERE : James Murray - In Your Head

from 'µ: of anxiety x discernment' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den333
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/philipprumsch

Based on the idea of transferring the sound language of Ambient, Minimal Music and Avant-Pop into an orchestral format, Leipzig-based pianist, composer and sound designer Philipp Rumsch founded his own ensemble in 2015. This ensemble consists of twelve artists from Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden and Weimar. Besides the ensemble, they all work in various musical contexts and environments.

Between 2013 and 2020 Philipp Rumsch has studied jazz piano under the aegis of Michael Wollny and Richie Beirach at the Academy of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. In 2016 and 2017 he has refined his sound design and composition capabilities at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen with, among others Niels-Lyhne Løkkegard and August Rosenbaum.

After his last LP reflections (2018), Philipp Rumsch deals on his third Denovali release µ: of anxiety x discernment with the subject of anxiety. Based on his own researches, observations and interviews he made, Rumsch develops a multi-dimensional picture of this complex emotional state. Individual experience dissolves in order to explore a collective perception of this phenomena.

On µ: of anxiety x discernment Philipp Rumsch for the first time uses his self-written texts, but implements also writings by other people, who especially wrote them for the new album. The music of the suite, which consists of two mirror-inverted pieces, adopts different shapes. These shapes range between songs, complex compositions and conceptual improvisation.

For the recording of µ: of anxiety x discernment, Rumsch extended his ensemble by numerous guest artists. The sessions took place at the prestigious Jazzanova Recording Studios in Berlin. In order to achieve an extraordinary listening experience, specialized artificial heads were used to record in binaural stereo. The artwork again has been created in cooperation with Berlin-based Designer Andi Rueckel.

µ: of anxiety x discernment was mastered by Valgeir Sigurðsson (collaborations with Björk, Sigur Ros, Ben Frost, Nico Muhly, Hildur Guðnadóttir et al.) who already was part of the production process of Philipp Rumsch’s Solo-EP A Forward-Facing Review.

In 2018 Philipp Rumsch and his ensemble received the Leipzig award for young jazz musicians, funded by Marion Ermer foundation. The production of µ: of anxiety x discernment has been supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

d3 (Short Version)

Philipp Rumsch Ensemble - d3 (Short Version)

This week @MattEmery shares a coffee and chat with composer and producer @EdCarlsen at a windy Barbican Centre. The conversation entails the recording process to his latest album Morning Hour, working with Moderna Records, favourite records of 2019, well being, selecting artwork and much more.

You can purchase Ed's recent album Morning Hour here: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/morning-hour

The Contemplative Podcast

10 The Contemplative Podcast meets Ed Carlsen

Taken from the upcoming album 'Psalm Of Solum' released through Fluid Audio...

www.fluidaudio.bigcartel.com

Psalm Of Solum

Offthesky - Terra Firma

Ushering in the first Ambientologist single, Rinnovare offers a duo of stunning pieces that expand with emotion and grace. Washing over with heavenly textures, yet grounded in the soul of the strings and piano, Ingrávido presents a duality of tales, one humble and the other uplifting. 

Download it here: https://bit.ly/3ikpmVJ

More than just a pairing of tracks, these artefacts of rebirth are profoundly important to Rinnovare, and it is Ambientologist's honour and privilege to showcase them.

Ingrávido

Rinnovare - Still Fabrication

American contemporary and neo-classical Sono Luminus appeared on my playlists ever since Collin J Rae became this label's new CEO (I think it was September of 2014). The ultra-high fidelity recordings, released on Pure Audio Blu-Ray format (and regular CDs of course) revealed a new dimension of sound from music by Bruno Bavota, Peter Gregson, and an Icelandic Nordic Affect ensemble. Iceland continues to be "one of those countries where the snow seems to melt into music…" and today's exclusive track premiere is no exception. If you are a fan of experimental folktronica act múm, then you should be no stranger to one of its founding members, Gyða Valtýsdóttir. This Nordic Council Music Prize winner is also a cellist and has appeared on numerous recordings [Headphone Commute alone lists her on albums by Dustin O'Halloran and Atli Örvarsson). This volume is a follow up to her 2016 Epicycle on which she performs music written for her, and in collaboration with, by eight of Iceland's contemporary composers: Ólöf Arnalds, Daníel Bjarnason, Úlfur Hansson, Jónsi, María, Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Kjartan Sveinsson, Skúli Sverrisson, and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. The musical force is strong with this one, folks, and today we offer you an incredible piece by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir.

Shadowy, scratchy, and abundant in texture, "Mikros" is a world of its own, moody and dark, glacial and sensitive. Swelling in the low register of the cello, the notes sigh and glide across the fretboard, sending deep chills down my spine. A little over three minutes in length, this single piece has a lot to convey, using dynamics, time-shifting signatures, and complex articulations. I can only imagine what the sheet music for this one looked like. When I met Anna in Reykjavik, she told me that most of the music she composes is directly written on paper, before every being played at all. In most cases, she hears her compositions for the first time when they are performed. In this recording, Gyda brings out the sound into being, giving it life to be caught and let go.

Epicycle II

Mikros

TRACK PREMIERE : Gyda Valtysdottir - Mikros by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Prayer

A playlist of contemplative classical music including old friends and new discoveries.

10 The Contemplative Podcast meets Ed Carlsen

Contemplative Classical

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