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London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be released by We Jazz Records on August 13th. Nicholls' music uses acoustic piano as its key element, transporting the instrument into new territories that sound remarkably natural and organic, whilst displaying a strong kinship with the world of abstract electronic music. The music utilises piano loops and field recordings as its key elements, forming what might be described on the surface as a fascinating ambient jazz record – but at the same time there's so much more at play here on deeper levels. Dan's music sounds at once otherworldly and immensely inviting.

With its uncanny landscape of fine sand drifts, juniper fields and pine, the ancient Beerze forest in the North-East of the Netherlands is a site of many unusual convergences of human and other than human stories. 'Papa' continues to unravel the threads of a deep artistic collaboration and kinship between pianist and producer Dan Nicholls and the Dutch filmmaker and anthropologist Louise Boer. These fuzzily collaged images and sounds represent a common love for finding the in-between places in which ideas can find deeper roots, channeled here through a dreamlike world which holds within it the location in which Louise’s father, Henk Boer, found his final resting place.

Mattering and Meaning

Exclusive Premiere: Dan Nicholls "Papa" (We Jazz Records)

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Catalog #: GN70
February 17, 2023
CASS+DIGI

Over the past few years, Andrew Osterhoudt has quietly curated a slew of comforting kosmische musik that gazes deep into the stars while peering just as deeply inward. Now, the Brooklyn-based composer sets their sights on more tangible artifacts and nearby nuance with 'Out Together', an earthbound fit of maniacal mindfulness mixed with calm chaos.
 
Constructed on a scaffold of juxtaposed symmetry, the two sides of 'Out Together' foil and compliment each other in delicate harmony. Live collaborations with Ka Baird and John Also Bennett (JAB) colligate with manipulated found sounds from records and digital audio files from old broadcasting sound libraries, recontextualized into moments of ambient turntablism. The search for harmony shines throughout. Take the final tones of A-side closer “Runoff” drifting downstream with bubbly textures and arpeggiated bliss, trying to reach harmony with the initial tones of B-side opener “Frequency.” The latter ultimately spotlights a fortuitous flute duet from Baird and JAB born from Osterhoudt’s own graphic score.
 
The patient pointillism and avant assurance of “Crowds” balances out the opposite side’s “Everyone Arriving, Eventually,” a tone poem of sand-like textures flowing through melodic reeds and other sonic detritus. “Undergrowth” awakens in a steam-drenched run of modulated meditation, focusing on Ka Baird’s singularly enraptured vocal exorcisms which perfectly reflect its B-side counterpart “The Breathing Green,” engaged in a din of rustic psychedelia with waves of buzzing, ember-like tones and unseen fauna.
 
As a whole, 'Out Together' presents a vibrant spectrum of feelings ranging from magnified isolation to zoomed-out, wide-angled euphoria.

Andrew Osterhoudt - "Everyone Arriving, Eventually"

Liquidity

Why?

Why? (feat. Evicshen)

“One Night in Forever” is a luminous and emotional journey through late-night nostalgia — a track that captures the fleeting magic of connection and the ache of knowing it can’t last. This song feels like a moment suspended between dream and reality.

The production shimmers with warmth — lush synth pads swell around a heartbeat-like rhythm, while reverb-drenched melodies glide like city lights reflected in rain. There’s a sense of longing in every note, as if the song itself is chasing a memory it can’t quite touch. A feeling ghostly yet intimate, a whisper that seems to echo across time.

Midway through, the track opens up — the rhythm blossoms, the bass deepens, and the atmosphere turns cinematic. It’s the sonic equivalent of that perfect, timeless instant on the dance floor when everything feels suspended — love, light, and sound blending into one. Yet, as the song fades, it leaves a bittersweet stillness behind, reminding the listener that forever moments often live only in memory.

Verdict: “One Night in Forever” is romantic and introspective — a beautifully produced meditation on fleeting connection, drenched in midnight glow and emotional resonance.

One Night in Forever

THIS FAREWELL IS FOREVER

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🌑 Black Horizon – Space Lo-Fi Ambient by Nexus

Black Horizon gazes into the infinite, blending space lo-fi with deep ambient soundscapes to create a soundtrack for drifting beyond the stars. 🌌🚀 Nexus layers airy synths, soft static, and weightless beats, evoking the stillness of the cosmos and the mystery of distant horizons.

Each track feels like floating in silence, where time slows and the universe stretches endlessly ahead. Perfect for late-night studying, stargazing, or meditative escapes into the unknown. ✨🪐

Lunar Static

Flammende Herzen

Karussel

A Warmer Welcome// a digital benefit in support of syrian refugee welfare // 110 Tracks // DL - 2016
https://www.discogs.com/Various-A-Warmer-Welcome/release/8140284

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I Like To Sleep - Circles

Sloclaps

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Sea Blue

Void Fill Product

Griddle Me That (Aubergine)

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When I'm Gone (feat. Mücha)

Cerulian - Fish and trees

Lead single off IKSRE's 'Transmission' remix collection.
Cassette Tape + Digital release date: December 18th, 2020.

IKSRE / Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/iksremusic
JQ / Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/jq_music

Transmission

TAPE + DL

IKSRE - A Storm To Begin (JQ Remix)

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