Experimental 2017

Out Nov 2016 pre-order "Immolated EP" https://dasychira.bandcamp.com/album/immolated-ep

come forth dear emerald mate
i'll breathe you in
intoxicate
stay now electric still
don't incite a kill

full forever
in the arms of ya
cling to what is known

full forever
in the arms of ya
cling to what is known
not the love that's shown

in the abyss 
you caress
you won't forget
you are my target

full forever
in the arms of ya
cling to what is known

full forever
in the arms of ya
cling to what is known
not the love that's shown

should i
leave you alone
can't help myself
alone

Dasychira - Vipera with Embaci

Jlin returns with the first fruits of her new work since last years ‘Free Fall’ EP. ’Dark Lotus’ is a transition between 'Dark Energy’, her debut album, and her forthcoming ‘Black Origami’ full-length. 

A-side ’The Escape of the Blvck Rxbbit (ft. Avril Stormy Unger)’ is the more traditional of the two tracks, starting off proceedings with a constantly switching rhythmic structure and a stop-start sweeping hoover stab panning between the speakers, descending bleeps and Avril's vocals cut into shapes and pushed through effects.

B-side ‘Nyakinyua Rise’ races headlong into uncharted territory, with a fierce barrage of djembe drums over pounding bass, punchy war cries and jubilant uluations that paint a tension between hot aggression and weightless ecstasy.

Nyakinyua Rise

from LR105 BANANA "LIVE" OUT WORLD WIDE DIGITAL JAN 27 2017
*ltd. cassette now shipping, vinyl LP pre-order shipping this spring
https://leavingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live
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BANANA 
"LIVE" 

Composed & Produced by Josiah Steinbrick 

Stephen Black - Clarinet, Saxophone 
Huw Evans - Guitar, Synthesizer 
Josh Klinghoffer - Marimba, Synthesizer 
Cate Le Bon - Piano, Vibraphone 
Stella Mozgawa - Bass, Marimba, Percussion 
Josiah Steinbrick - Vibraphone, Piano 

1. Banana A 
2. Banana B 
3. Banana C 
4. Banana D 

total runtime: 25min
Recorded by Samur Khouja at El Sereno 
Assisted by Nathaniel Eras 

Mixed by Matthew "Matthewdavid" McQueen & Josiah Steinbrick at Stones Throw Studios 
Assisted by Jake Viator 

Mastered by Samur Khouja at Seahorse Sound 

"Banana B" contains elements from Part IV of Kolm Ballaadi Poistekoorile by Heino Jürisalu & Part I of Instrumentals Vol. II by Arthur Russell 

Arrangements on A, B, & C by BANANA 

Art Direction by Josiah Steinbrick 

Image sourced from the archives of Michael Dumontier

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Banana C

Tzusing-日出東方 唯我不敗 (LIES-092)
from the upcoming 東方不敗 lp
to be released Feb 28th 2017

東方不敗

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Tzusing-日出東方 唯我不敗 (LIES-092)

Artist: Hauschka
Title: Constant Growth Fails 
Album: What If 
Release Date: March 31, 2017

Pre-order North America: https://www.temporaryresidence.com/products/trr290
Pre-Order ROW: http://hauschka.lnk.to/whatif

Since 2004, Volker Bertelmann – aka Hauschka – has, steadily earned a remarkable reputation as a purveyor of imaginative, distinctive, prepared piano music. On What If – which finds him adding player pianos (also known as pianolas) to his arsenal – Bertelmann expands his range even further, defying expectations and delivering what is without a doubt his most ingenious album yet
While engaging with his trademark technique of utilizing unusual objects – art erasers, for example – to treat (or ‘prepare’) the piano, Hauschka also programmed parts for player pianos, exploiting the speed at which they could play, manipulating the resulting sounds, and building layers to emphasize a composition’s meter.
What If aims to provoke reflection beyond the musical sphere with the titles of the both the album and its individual tracks. Overflowing with haunting melodies, mysterious sounds, and complex patterns, What If crowns an extraordinary couple of years for Hauschka. Likely to prove one of 2017’s most original albums, What If redefines the very notion of piano music in dramatic and exceptional fashion. It stands as a rebuttal to those who lazily shoehorn Hauschka’s work into the so-called, uncomfortably broad ‘new classical’ category, and instead underlines his status as a unique and invaluable artist.

© Temporary Residence Ltd. & City Slang

What If

Hauschka - Constant Growth Fails

OM LP 09

A1 Jorge Reyes - Plight 
A2 Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Mille Voix 
A3 Iona Fortune - White Tigress	

B1 O Yuki Conjugate - Cloud Cover	
B2 X.Y.R. - Middle Of Nowhere 
B3 Jon Keliehor - Subcontinent	
B4 David Cunningham - Blue River
	
C1 Larry Chernicoff - Woodstock, New York 
C2 Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz - Desert Equations (For Brion Gysin) 
C3 Jon Hassell - Miracle Steps	
C4 Vulgata - Ethel I 

D1 Afro-Disiak - Tambours D'Eau 
D2 Rapoon - The Same River Once	
D3 Javier Segura - El Sueno Perdido	

Optimo Music presents "Miracle Steps (Music from the Fourth World 1983 - 2017)", a 2 x LP compilation of Fourth World music compiled by JD Twitch & Fergus Clark. Also available as a digital release. 

This compilation had been on the label’s to do list for ages but it was only when Twitch and Glasgow’s Fergus Clark started crossing swords over what actually constituted Fourth World music that the project really got going. Twitch decided that co-compiling the release with someone who had a slightly different take on things might make for a more interesting finished release, and so it came to pass that a cohesively thrilling compilation quickly materialised as each of them drew from a wealth of different artists and eras.


For the uninitiated, here’s an extract from Fergus Clark’s sleeve notes honing in on how the term Fourth World (an idea conjured up by Jon Hassell in the early 80s) might be defined -


“What we have attempted to gather across this compilation is a body of work which we feel directly resonates with both the literal definition of ‘Fourth World’ music and indeed our own interpretation of this unique sonic vision; from the work of the late Jorge Reyes, a Mexican musician who combined pre-hispanic instruments with synthesisers and digital sampling, through to the work of organic ambient ensemble O Yuki Conjugate. There are tracks which utilise custom, home-made instruments and there are tracks built from scratch using the latest in digital technology, but the undercurrent tying each piece together is this deeply personal feeling of intrigue and mysterious elation. Strange and unparalleled, this feeling manages to eschew geographic borders and rigid genre movements in favour of something which manages to evoke an inner sanctum, a musical private place for both reflection and assessment. This is music grounded in nor the past nor the present, music which manages to sound futuristic yet remarkably nostalgic. “


JD Twitch is one half of Glasgow’s Optimo (Espacio) and runs the Optimo Music and Optimo Trax labels.

Fergus Clark is a writer, occasional DJ and avid music fan. He is a founding member of the music and art collective 12th Isle.

The 2 x LP version will be housed in a gatefold sleeve designed by the redoubtable Glasgow based visual artists Al White & Jamie Johnson.

Released on vinyl (and digital) on April 14th 2017. Distributed by Kompakt.

OM 09 LP - Various - Miracle Steps (Music From The Fourth World 1983 - 2017)

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SGNLF012 KNOW V.A. BLACK LABEL

[ 10/11/17 ]

Black Label

Know V.A. - RIP

G.U.N is an open source music community/label powered by @ClubLateMusic

As a first project with the G.U.N community, we've produced an EP called Exquisite Corpse. Based on the same idea of the literary game invented by the surrealists at the beginning of the 20th, we’ve gathered 3 groups of 4 artists where each of them had to create a part of the music to obtain in the end 3 whole songs.

As in a sentence (with the adverb, the verb, the noun, etc), a song is composed of a rhythm, a melody and some arrangements. For the project, we have been designated (to avoid brothel) a person for the drums, a person for the chords, a person for the bass and a person for the songs (or other elements). The BPM has also been determined beforehand.

In every group, everyone has then created his/her own stems and at the end, members of each group met to make the final arrangement.

We've made this first EP called Exquisite Corpse. 
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Exquisite Corpse - G.U.N Project EP 
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1. "The elementary sound gently exists" (4m20)
Contributors : Aamin, Jeune Faune, Metrakit, Lithe

2. "Obsidian cements gently cut the black roses" (5m09)
Contributors : Sha Sha Kimbo, GRIG, Ship Sket, Shemale

3. "The zealous uvula hardly makes silly bells" (3mn56)
Contributors : Moesha 13, UNKNXWN, JG Jour, Victor Metske, BB. Bok

Visual - Gourau & Phong

Experimental 2017

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