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From Kalligrammofon #30 - Death and Vanilla - Vampyr 2xLP. To be released June 16th 2014. More info and Pre-Orders available from http://kalligrammofon.com/vampyr

Death and Vanilla - Vampyr (Side C)

from "Lowlands of Hteklum"
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Ak'chamel - "Ghosts Of Phi Am"

From the forthcoming mixtape, "A Love Letter to Death Waltz" by mt.scallyrecords.
Performed by Pat Zillen and Dennis Gaddis.
All sounds created with dobro,floor tom,and concrete block.

Written by John Carpenter


Dobros On Precinct 13

Motionsound Records is pleased to present this 2015 revamp of John Russo's MIDNIGHT soundtrack which was originally released  on the Traq record label back in 1982. This issue has been completely remastered/remixed from the original 1/4" & 1/2" eight track reels, retaining all the original elements but now with brand new additional production performed in 2014 by Quintessence. Three extra background music  synthersizer sound effect tracks from the movie which were performed by Paul McCollough are also included, these tracks were not present on the 1982 Traq release. This issue is pressed on 180g blue transparent vinyl & is housed in a tip on sleeve with brand new artwork by Graham Humphreys. Limited to 500 copies only. On pre sale from the 12/01/15 via https://motionsoundrecords.limitedrun.com & http://www.onewaystatic.com/

Side B-3 The Family That Slays Together

Ali Renault is in LYO good books for quite a long time and we were delighted to have him on board for our residency in La Rotonde Stalingrad some months ago. Vercetti Technicolor & Antoni Maiovvi join his Vivod label for the tenth and final release in their series of (very) limited screen prints + record (and plectrum and sticker in this case). A perfect fit for Ali's dark and twisted imprint, the two horror enthusiasts behind "Giallo Disco" share a split ep, treating us to a pair of cover versions of some known film scores with an additional original track from each for good measure. The result is an impressive horror disco wax itching for the chance to sink its fangs into your neck. Here is the carpenterish b1 "Anti Robbery Squad" by Antoni Maiovvi for your exclusive pleasure !

PREMIERE : Antoni Maiovvi - Anti Robbery Squad

IIXV

from the album Body Wash (9/16/16) http://stonesthrow.com/mndsgn

Body Wash

VINYL

Mndsgn - Use Ya Mnd (Twentyfourseven)

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY:
https://vercettitechnicolor.bandcamp.com/album/vercetti-technicolor-hard-pill-o-s-t
OUT SOON ON 10" VINYL GIALLO DISCO RECORDS

Vercetti Technicolor - She Does  (HARD PILL OST)

Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit will release her enigmatic EP Illogical Dance via Erased Tapes worldwide on 23rd  March 2018. The arresting 4-track record creates unique song-worlds with transcendent vocal interpretations that at once deconstruct and recombine Western Classical, Japanese folk and nature’s own ambience atmosphere. Illogical Dance also features Björk-collaborators Matmos, who were so impressed with Hatis Noit’s recordings, they volunteered to edit the lead track Illogical Lullaby. 

Hailing from the distant Shiretoko, a small town in Hokkaido, which is the largest island in north Japan, Hatis Noit’s accomplished range is astonishingly self-taught, inspired by everything she could find from Gagaku — Japanese classical music — and operatic styles, Bulgarian and Gregorian chanting, to avant-garde and pop vocalists. The sounds she created on Illogical Dance, co-produced by Haruhisa Tanaka and Matmos, bring to mind the experimental vocal patterns of Meredith Monk with the attentive production of Holly Herndon.

It was at the age of 16, during a trek in Nepal to the Buddha’s birthplace, when she realised singing was her calling. While staying at a women’s temple in Lumbini, one morning on a walk Hatis Noit heard someone singing. On further investigation it was a female monk singing Buddhist chants, alone. The sound moved her so intensely she was instantly aware of the visceral power of the human voice; a primal and instinctive instrument that connects us to the very essence of humanity, nature and our universe. 

The name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese folklore, meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus represents the living world, while its root the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects the two. For Hatis Noit, music represents the same netherworld with its ability to move and transport us to the other side; the past, a memory, our subconscious. It is the same for Illogical Dance, a set of transformative songs that taps into our most primal instincts. 

“The human voice is our oldest, most primal yet most powerful instrument. I use it to describe nature’s many sounds, a language that isn’t logical. Yet it forms a beautiful conversation that isn’t restricted to words like the human language is. I want my music to remind us of that.” — Hatis Noit

Wanting to interpret and mimic the sounds Hatis Noit hears in nature, Illogical Dance is as unpredictable, beautiful and mysterious as the world around us. Each track is made up from multi layers of vocals, all improvised and without words, before being carefully pieced together. Astonishingly no samples are used throughout, even the sound of crushing leaves came from Hatis Noit’s own vocal chords. The result is a stunning array of sound sculptures that see her switching between multiple styles with great ease. From the sweet operatics on Illogical Lullaby, the manipulated vocal loops duplicating electronic production on Anagram c.i.y. to the primordial chanting call to arms of Angelus Novus, a 10-minute odyssey that features whispering and leaves crunching, it showcases Hatis Noit’s full range and introduces a truly original artist. 



After participating in a memorial and appreciation ceremony tailored to the withdrawal of the evacuation area in Fukushima on 31st March 2017, Hatis Noit collaborated with renowned visual artist Nobumichi Asai on a project titled INORI (prayer) which they premiered live as part of an Erased Tapes showcase at Mutek Japan in Tokyo. 

Having recently moved to London and performed a first string of UK shows, followed by a special live performance at the Milan Fashion Week and Mutek Japan appearance, Peter Broderick has invited Hatis Noit to support him at the Jazz Cafe on April 15th. She’s also been announced as part of this year’s Sea Change Festival line-up, and asked to participate in a workshop with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Illogical Dance

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Hatis Noit - Illogical Lullaby

Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles has announced his fourth full length album 'Persona' will be released on 13th April via Erased Tapes.

The title 'Persona' was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck Ryan and it inspired the album’s main theme — an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona. 

"My music is generally is generally inward looking. I like finding something about the self within music, that doesn't have to be specific but maybe asks something or reveals something. This record is a continuation on the self through electronic sounds. Like Legowelt once said ‘a synthesiser is like a translator for unknown emotions’, which I think sums up what I am trying to do. I think all these emotions we have make up our persona. So in a way by finding new ones you alter or expand your persona. And that is what I want my music to try to do. I deliberately aimed to be more sonically diverse with this record. I wanted to experiment more. I wanted to create new sounds and new emotions.”

Recorded at his studio in south-east London, ‘Persona’ benefits from Ryan’s exploration of a dynamic production process that combines analogue-heavy synthesisers, acoustic and electric instruments with a shoegaze-level obsession with effect pedals. A greater depth of emotion and confidence can be heard across the album. From the deconstructed movements on ‘Unfolding’ that starts the album with a snap of delayed snares, the apocalyptic drones of the title track and thundering drums in ‘Phantom Grip’ to more  restrained ambient feels of ‘Dreamer’s Wake’, ‘Rest’ and ‘Untravel’. The latter transverses six beatless minutes of undulating melodies representing “a limbo space, a feeling of ennui, of not really ever being known to others and others not ever really being known to you”.

'Be Kind' reveals a musical connection with fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm, with its minimal approach and improvisational nature. On the more complex sounding ‘I Think So’ Ryan aims to replicate a colour collage with sound. Like a musical kaleidoscope, a flashing and convoluted mass. Written after he saw Slowdive perform live last year, ‘Hidden’ builds from whispers to landscapes of controlled noise. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Ryan explains: “once you start trying to make a sound loud, then you turn your back on thousands and thousands of sonic possibilities. One of the best things to do is to start a track with a really quiet, weak sound.” Taking this idea to its ultimate conclusion, ‘Fragment’ closes the album as an innocent sounding ambient piece, almost nursery rhyme like, yielding time for reflection on how the persona has changed.

'Persona' follows the success of a series of releases — the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Sonne’ EPs, long player ‘Howl’, and 2016’s mini album ‘Night Melody’ — that saw Ryan mature into what Pitchfork has called a “forward-thinking electronic musician with his own ideas about sound”. Atypical of instrumental-electronic music, Ryan has achieved a signature sound that’s unmistakably identifiable as Rival Consoles. Going beyond typical electronic music production, Ryan defines it as “songwriting with an electronic palette of sounds”.

The increasingly dynamic live audio-visual show, born from bespoke performances at the Tate and for Boiler Room at the V&A Museum featuring self-programmed visuals in Max/MSP, has propelled him to play around the world. Ryan launches ‘Persona’ at London’s XOYO on 12th April with further dates to be announced.

Persona

Unfolding

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Rival Consoles - Unfolding

Music from The Flasher, Conviene Far Bene L'Amore, Sex Shop, She Knew No Other Way, Female Animal, Il Dio Sotto La Pelle, Il Corpo, The Minx, Groupie Girl, Teenage Twins, Cicciolina Amore Mio , Le mariage Collectif And many more…

Sextape 5

DOWNLOAD: badbadnotgood.com 

No one above the age of 21 was involved in the making of this album. This album was recorded in one 10 hour session. Thanks to our friends, family, loved ones and anyone who fucks with us.

released 03 April 2012 
Musicians: 

Matthew A. Tavares - Piano, Electric Piano, Prophet 08 
Chester Hansen - Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass 
Alexander Sowinski - Drums, Sampler 
Leland Whitty - Saxophone (leland_whitty@hotmail.com) 
Luan Phung - Electric Guitar (twitter.com/!/bearsmanmics) 

Recording Personnel: 

Audio Engineers - Matt MacNeil & Jack Clow 
Mixed By - Matthew A. Tavares & Matt MacNeil 
Mastered By - Matt MacNeil & Matthew A. Tavares 

Artwork: 

Cover Photography By - Connor Olthuis 
Album Artwork By - Connor Olthuis & Sam Zaret 

Recorded & Mastered at Revolution Recording. 
Mixed at Halfpad69 Studios. 

Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 & 8 Written & Arranged by BBNG 
All other tracks written and composed by their respective artists and arranged by BBNG. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Flashing Lights

"Them Is Us" by Rival Consoles

Listen to this track and many more at adultswim.com/singles

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