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There’s always private pleasure in seeing beauty where others don’t. Sometimes it’s just a case of the personal outweighing the spectacular but in a part of the world as vast and stunning as Yorkshire, the abundance of scenery makes finding that place an infinitely easier coincidence. Ilkley or ‘Heather Spa’ is one such place for 36 aka Dennis Huddleston. A moorland area on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it’s served as both a place of escape and inspiration.

“It’s a place I’ve visited many times at various stages of my life,” he begins, “coming from Bradford, which has had its fair share of social and economic problems over the years, Ilkley provided an escape from the city and is somewhere me and my friends spent many days and nights. It isn't the largest, nor the most beautiful countryside in England, but it has an undeniable charm that’s felt by everyone who’s visited.”

You feel that connection throughout ‘Heather Spa’. It’s one of familiarity and rejuvenation with the exhale of the strings evoking happiness and a gazing contentment. ‘Heather Spa (Burning)’ is just as poised and gentle with its slow, weaving melodies and whilst it’s more clouded and subdued, it leaves a determinedly resonant impression.

“There was a huge fire in 2006 which destroyed vast areas of the moorland,” Dennis explains. “I had visited it only a few days prior and the lush green land was replaced by charred cinders, completely decimating the landscape. It was quite a sight to behold and there was an undeniable melancholy in the air. Reseeding efforts and the tough will of nature has reversed most of the damage and Ilkley Moor is alive once again.”

The initial inspiration for the ‘Shadow Play’ album, this final instalment of ‘Heather Spa’ marks the culmination of Dennis’ personal trilogy, and helps the ‘Heather Spa EP’ feel like a very natural conclusion to a journey of transition, progression and redemption.

"It's come full-circle in a way,” Dennis muses, “Heather Spa as a concept was the catalyst for my latest album 'Shadow Play' and you can see three distinct yet fully-connected chapters on what is a single story; the inception with Heather Spa, the realisation with Shadow Play, and finally with this EP for the ASIP Places Series, an epilogue. I think they're some of the most emotional pieces of music I've worked on and I hope you enjoy taking this final journey with me, right back at the place where it started."

ASIP028 36 - Dangerous Days

ALL "TURNING IN ALBUMS" ON BANDCAMP: https://nadjalindambient.bandcamp.com/
this is Free Spirit 22.22 min long and part of my 'Binaural Ambient Meditation Series No. 2 'TURNING IN' it is designed for headphones! list of ‘Turning In’ Ambient: https://nadjalindambient.bandcamp.com/ ; http://btprt.dj/1n0OeVC ; iTunes: http://apple.co/1KhGhkc ; Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1RqiZQV
Every single 'Turning In Meditation' wave is designed to gently guide you into states of deep relaxation, emotional release and inner peace, achieved through underlying binaural frequencies – frequencies designed to physically stimulate the human mind. This helps your body to naturally release its own destressing hormones, allowing you to breathe deeper, help your physical and spiritual body to rebalance and to recover quickly from the rigours of everyday life.

How does each binaural Turning In Meditation soundscape help do this? They assist you by:
● deepening your breathing
● relaxing your body and mind
● stabilizing your immune system
● easing your brain and nervous system
● energizing your body after training, at work or during breaks
● increasing creativity
● deepening & enhancing your yoga/meditation practice
● releasing fatigue
● focusing your thoughts
● helping you tap into your inner joy
● getting you closer to your inner self
● enhancing your capacity to study and learn

deepchild: "I'm always slightly astounded to hear Nadja's investment in a sonic world well beyond the dance-floor, and the superficiality of its dominant culture. Not only are all the Turning In Meditations beautifully constructed, but are evidence of a far deeper investment in sonic culture. I listen to them all regularly - not as a dj, but as a fellow artist. There is great value here in, and it has my full support xx" (will play) 
Steve Rachmad: "Big fan of this series! Nice for on the plane or to just or fall asleep or relax and fall asleep ;)" (will play) 
Danny Tenaglia (): "Thank you!!! Support!!! " (will play) 
Justin Berkovi (): "Lovely!" (will play) 
Jamie Stevens (): "I think Mr Bull said it best in his comments. This is wonderful work. Thank you Nadja. " (will play)

Turning In Vol. 2 - No. 6 Free Spirit (binaural Ambient Meditation) 22.22min

"A hope that one day some may understand"

Screen Prints / Hum and Hiss

Release Date: March, 2014
Format: CD & LP
Label: Fastcut Records

Recorded on Yamaha MT120 / MT3X  4 track Cassette Portastudios and an Akai 1722II 2 track Reel to Reel Tape Recorder between 1997 and 2000 at Trafford General Hospital and Chorlton, Manchester. 

Remastered by Declan Meehan 2013

Interview 2013 with Screen Prints (Declan Meehan & Justin Hughes): http://fastcut.jp/sp/sp/

Screen Prints - Same Time Next Year (remastered)

Soundcloud: @annaofthenorth
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Twitter: twitter.com/anna_ofthenorth

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Anna of the North - Sway

Canción incluida en el Ep "Desencuentros" de Elsa de Alfonso y Los Prestigio, editado por CANADA Editorial (2014)
www.laeditorialdecanada.com

Elsa de Alfonso y Los Prestigio - Gardenias

On February 23 the Stockholm/Malmö based pop group Testbild! will release their new album 'Belka & Strelka' on Kalligrammofon. 

https://kalligrammofon.bandcamp.com/album/belka-strelka

Testbild! - Dogs in the Sky

Scorpio V from Serbia presents us with Metatron Omega, a dark ambient project inspired by a variety of Eastern/Western esoteric and religious traditions. Massive choir works paints a picture of dilapidated cathedrals crumbling under the pressure of time. Sacred vocal work speaks of the path to enlightenment to a backdrop of textural field recordings and monestarial reverberations. 

Full Album

Metatron Omega - Transfiguration

Dronny Darko and protoU presents us a highly conceptual work in Earth Songs. Starting with the Big Bang, leading us through a path of evolution from the first life below the surface to the connected consciousness of humanity and us finally leaving earth. A dark ambient album of soothing, dreamy atmospheric drones and field recordings.
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released 28 July 2015 

Written, produced, performed - Oleg Puzan & Sasha Cats 
Artwork, Mastering - Simon Heath

Life Beneath The Surface - 3.8 Billion Years Ago -

Explosion - 13.8 billion years -

A strange incident took place in the 1990s in late autumn in the taiga. Not far from the epicenter of the Tunguska meteorite impact site. A group of students went hiking to to see this legendary site. They lost their way after they decided to spend the night in one of the winter huts built by hunters of the land. Their mutilated bodies were later found near an old abandoned geological base with radiation burns. Ugasanie explores this incident together with photographer Alexsandr Yakushev in this eerily cold and unforgiving dark ambient release. 

Available in 24 bit FLAC 

Running time: 57:30

Ugasanie - The Phenomenon

Randal Collier-Ford is back with his second album on Cryo Chamber, Remnants takes us to edge of the futuristic and the esoteric, blending the elements to soothe the listener into a black whirlpool of unexpected evolving sound design.

Randal Collier - Ford - Horns Of Eden

Pedro Pimentel returns to Cryo Chamber with his second album on the label, Self Destruction Themes. This time with help from Amund Ulvestads beautiful cello performances, Simon Heaths textural piano work and Apocryphos atmospheric distortion layers. 

This is a massive album of cold but inviting atmospheres, filtered noise, acoustic layering and sweeping textural layers. The sad theme throughout the album paints images of a world depopulated and of overgrown and dilapidated cityscapes.

Wordclock - Here We'll Be Gone

Extended Playing track; dark ambient. Enjoy!

The Sleeper Awakens - EP

A new track recorded live at Now That's Class in Cleveland, Ohio on February 7th, 2016 as part of Stephen Petrus' Midwinter Dark Ambient Ritual Noise Lunch.  

Apocryphos - Lachrymose Nature (Live in Cleveland, Ohio 2/7/16)

After her split debut Earth Songs with Dronny Darko in 2015, protoU now returns with her solo debut album Lost Here. An album that takes place in realms beyond reality, deep dreams of fragmented visions tied together with a sonic backdrop full of low key drone work and accentuated with field recordings.

Bandcamp

ProtoU - Unreal Symbols

Dronny Darko and Utu Lautturi combine forces, and their album titled "Rites Lost" is OUT NOW!
https://sparkwoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rites-lost

Available as a 24bit digital download, or just mp3's if you prefer the convenience. There is also a limited CD edition

All music by @dronnydarko & @utu-lautturi
Artwork by K. Solheim



Dronny Darko & Utu Lautturi - Rites Lost(Promo Preview)

Wallflower - Dreamy Days

Track 1 from Markus Guentner's 3-track Places Series EP. 
http://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/sets/asip014-markus-guentner/

On ‘Saint’, Markus fondly recalls his childhood growing up by a church, resplendent with the wind-chime tinkle of bells and a floating backdrop. But behind the iridescent melody, it feels like there’s a darker force.

Download the 3-track EP here http://asip.me/ASIP014
http://asip.me/PlacesSeries

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ASIP014 Markus Guentner - Saint

Track 2 from Markus Guentner's 3-track Places Series EP. 
http://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/sets/asip014-markus-guentner/

‘Dockside’ is a tribute to one of Markus’ favourite locations. Inspired by the neon-lit drives around his hometown, it’s a wistful, climactic journey that contrasts the natural beauty of the sunrise with the heavy machinery of the harbour. The blissful result of striking a balance between the right time, and the right place.

Download the 3-track EP here http://asip.me/ASIP014

http://asip.me/PlacesSeries

ASIP014 Markus Guentner - Dockside

Cryo Chamber is a 24 Bit dark ambient label run by Atrium Carceri focusing on deep high quality dark ambient with a cinematic edge.