Description & tracklist at http://www.phonographecorp.com/2016/02/phncst244-deck-hard/

PHNCST244 - Deck Hard

PHNCST244 - Deck Hard (Phonographe Corp)

Since 2014, UK-based label, https://soundcloud.com/astralindustries have been responsible for some of the most enlightening and entertaining releases of recent years. Their output has helped otherwise forgotten or out of print music see the light of day, provided new takes on previous classics, whilst also pushing forward new music by some of the most well-respected artists within the ambient genre. 

Debuting with a release by dub-techno legend DeepChord in 2014, Astral Industries went on to release Wolfgang Voigt's live project, Rückverzauberung Live In London in 2015.  In 2016 they followed with a 1985 recording from disbanded dutch collective Chi - a timeless and undoubtedly classic record, whilst in the same year pitching Wolfgang and Deepchord together for the very first time, with reinterpretations of Peter Michael Hamel's classic, Colors of Time. By then, and combined with the continually brilliant artwork of Theo Ellsworth, we knew that Astral Industries was a label with staying-power, and a growing catalog of releases worth collecting - be it just for the framed artwork, or moreover, the complete music package. 

In 2017, we've seen an LP by Heavenly Music Corporation, aka Kim Cascone (likely encouraged by the recent re-release of his own label Silent Records), a third LP by The Chi Factory, and then just last month a beautiful album by Waveform Transmission (Rod Modell of DeepChord and Chris Troy), with a sublime follow-up album, a massive 20 years after their first. 

The man behind the Astral Industries machine, Ario is a proven expert at plucking obscure gems from the past, or ensuring that good music gets the platform and artistic presentation it deserves. In just a few years, Ario has curated a highly respected and anticipated label roster that demands attention, and has yet to disappoint. The music is always gentle, deep and often extremely vivid, be it deeply hypnotic ambient, or gentle murmurs of dub-techno. 

With curatorial talents like this, we're overjoyed to host an exclusive 2hr+ mix of Ario digging into his record collection, and interlocking a few select exclusive Astral Industries bits in-between. It's one hell-of-a hypnotic journey and just like the Astral Industries releases, deserved of your full undivided, escapist attention.

ASIP - isolatedmix 73 Astral Industries

isolatedmix 73 - Ario/Astral Industries

Campfire Stories 37 (Colours Of Time) by Astral Industries by Ario

~ About The Story ~

If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

- - -

www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Astral Industries

Campfire Stories 37 (Colours Of Time) by Astral Industries

Wanderwelle ~ Gathering of the Ancient Spirits [SSV13]

The Amsterdam-based duo Wanderwelle return to Silent Season with their second album. Gathering of the Ancient Spirits is inspired by the last years of the life of Paul Gauguin, which he spent on the islands of French Polynesia. The album tells the alternative history of his search for a land that is untouched by modern society and whose inhabitants were still dependent on the gifts of nature and connected to their ancestors. During his stay, the painter encounters forgotten rituals and the primordial beings which haunt the islands since the dawn of time.

In 2018, it’s exactly 115 years ago that Paul Gauguin passed away. This album is an ode to one of the greatest artists that ever lived.

- Wanderwelle

http://silentseason.com/ssv13/

- - -

01. Primitive Dreams (6:13)
02. Sanctuary for Forgotten Birds (5:46)
03. Her Name is Vairumati (6:27)
04. An Offering of Gratitude (6:22)
05. The Seed of the Areoi (5:16)
06. Sacred Spring, Sweet Dreams (5:37)
07. The Fire Dance (4:50)
08. Ancestral Guidance (4:17)
09. The Haunted Shores of Hiva Oa (6:03)
10. Oviri (3:40)

- - -

Available Summer 2018
Traditional Limited Edition CD
Gatefold 2x12" Color Vinyl
Digital

- - -

Written and produced by J.P.A van Dulm and A.G.A. Bartels
Illustration by Floor van het Nederend
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum
Design and layout by Jamie McCue
Vinyl distributed by Juno Records
[SSV13] Silent Season 2018

- - -

www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Gathering of the Ancient Spirits

Album Info

Wanderwelle ~ Gathering of the Ancient Spirits [SSV13]

Monument is delighted to share a recording of Amsterdam’s new emerging talent; Vand, opening for natural/electronic.system at the Isotoop party held on the 26th of October.  Read more: https://mnmt.no/blog/mnmt-recordings-vand-isotoop/

https://soundcloud.com/vandmusic

MNMT Recordings: Vand — Isotoop (Oct 26th, 2018)

Tomoyuki Fujii - SANPO 129

Campfire Stories 54 (Last Light) by @Mohlao

~ About The Story ~

"Come, come thou bleak December wind,
And blow the dry leaves from the tree!
Flash, like a Love-thought, thro'me, Death
And take a Life that wearies me."
-   Samuel Taylor Coleridge

~ Chapters ~

...

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

- - -

Photo: Paul Bulai

- - -

www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Campfire Stories 54 (Last Light) by Mohlao

Chosen instrument: Dave Smith Instruments Mopho X4
Artist: https://soundcloud.com/cuna1214
Instrument information: https://bit.ly/2ElvxbD

~ Full of things that have never been ~

Cuna - Dave Smith Instruments Mopho X4 (Exp#2)

Paraffin is back with another special episode of its Podcast series, this time with our most fav ambient artists, Ario from Astral Industries (UK), a well known ambient label which is famous for its quality vinyls with the greatest artists in this game on their catalog. Ario also played at Paraffin Tehran’s 1 year anniversary in Iran, a festival with Iranian acts from all around the world. This mix is the actual recording of Ario’s performance at Experiment Intrinsic London on September 15/2018, Intrinsic is an event organisation which is taking place a at special locations around the world focusing on ambient music, also including a very special visual art treatment at their events.
Hope you enjoy the journey

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ario
https://www.facebook.com/arioastral

Paraffin Podcasts - 006 - Ario

꿈 Kkum 01 - Ario (@Astralindustries)

2019년 3월 18일, 
첫 번째 꿈 Kkum 에피소드는 런던의 앰비언트 레이블 Astral Industries의 큐레이터이자 앰비언트 디제이인 Ario의 70분 세트와 함께 합니다. 

Astral Industries의 설립자이자 앰비언트/덥테크노 디제이인 Ario는, 과거의 잘 알려지지 않은 보석과 같은 작품들울 발견해 자신이 설계한 예술적 플렛폼을 통해 다시 선보이는 뛰어난 큐레이팅 능력을 보여주고 있다. 단 몇 년만에 Ario는 AI 레이블을 전 세계적으로 존경받는 레이블로 성장시켰으며, 다음 작품을 손꼽아 기다리는 이들을 아직까지 단 한번도 실망시킨 적이 없다. Ario에 의해 선택되는 음악들은 언제나 깊고 부드러우며, 매우 생동감이 넘친다.
이란 출신의 배경을 지니고 런던에서 활동중인 Ario는 깊고 탐구적인 음악을 섭렵해가고 있는 아티스트이며, 그의 음악은 일렉트로닉 음악의 깊은 그림자 안쪽을 탐색하고 있지만, 레이블 운영에서 드러나는 미적감각은 광범위한 음악 분야에 걸쳐 다양한 스펙트럼을 지니고 있음을 보여주고 있다.
Ario는 보다 어둡고 진지한 사운드들을 유기적으로 믹스하여 상황에 따라 엠비언트와 무거운 클럽 음악 사이의 경계를 오가는 셋을 선보이며, 자연과 기계에서 동등하게 영향받은 사이키델릭한 드론 사운드를 자신의 사운드 스케이프에 투과시키며 청중들에게 일종의 자각(Self-awakening)적인 경험을 제공한다.

The man behind the Astral Industries machine, Ario is a proven expert at plucking obscure gems from the past, or ensuring that good music gets the platform and artistic presentation it deserves. In just a few years, Ario has curated a highly respected and anticipated label roster that demands attention, and has yet to disappoint. The music is always gentle, deep and often extremely vivid, be it deeply hypnotic ambient, or gentle murmurs of dub-techno.
With origins linking back to Iran, London-based Ario is a practitioner of deep and inquisitive music – both as a DJ and label curator. Although his remit falls within the deeper shades of electronic music, his overall aesthetic draws on a broader spectrum that prizes the synthesis of both instrumental and electronic disciplines. Depending on context, he traverses the lines and forms between ambient and heavier, club-ready styles. What is common in both worlds, however, is his alchemic handling of rich organicism mixed with darker, more austere sounds. Speaking with an emotive sensitivity, there is a certain self-awareness that permeates his crafted soundscapes, which are as much drone-inspired as they are psychedelic and nature-driven.

꿈 Kkum 01 - Ario

We are honoured to contribute with our track "1,5 m" to the Charity compilation project WorldWideWindow together with other 55 great artists.

100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross and help them fight COVID-19.

https://enisslab.bandcamp.com

In light of the current Covid-19 Pandemic Studio Enisslab headed up by Italian DJ / Producer and Live Act Neel has announced the release of a very special 56 track charity compilation project, fundraising for The Red Cross, who are working extremely hard alongside health services internationally that are feeling the effects of the corona-virus outbreak the most right now.

This special release features over 6 hours of previously unreleased and unheard material, where an all star cast of artists were encouraged to share music that reflects this time we are living in.

Neel, who is one half of live duo Voices From The Lake, and LF58 speaks out on behalf of the initiative, organised in collaboration with improvised live project Circle Of Live, and visual art collective Sbagliato. He explains:

“In this situation we all need to look after each other and this project is a start. I wanted to reach as many people as possible to spread this message, so I started to share the idea personally with lots of artists and the response was amazing. I wanted them to take their time with whichever tools they had available at home to produce some music that reflects this time we are living in, a contribution for this special project and to portray a special message.”

The project’s cover art image brought to you by visual art collective Sbagliato shows pictures of windows of houses and studios taken by the artists themselves: 56 musicians, 56 windows, 56 tracks shape a new place of sharing.

www.instagram.com/enisslab/
www.facebook.com/enisslabstudio/

1,5 m

Ambient/Dub project led by Antonio Giova and Emanuel Cefalì

1,5 m

Cuna

Related tracks