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From Endurance's Long-Term Memory, available for pre-order now:https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/long-term-memory

Endurance - Synapse

In his book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒, Mark Fisher wrote about the two notions: While the weird is something present where it doesn’t belong—something from outside found on the inside—the eerie has to do specifically with outside space. Something is eerie when there are unanswered questions about agency: Who or what is responsible for the abandonment of this zone? Who or what is crying out in the distance?

Katharina Schmidt’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, a single, longform track stretching to a near half hour, deftly captures this spatial sense of the eerie. The evolving drone is like coming upon a ruin, circling it, and being drawn inside. There are no surprises, no sudden horrors, just the strange pull of oscillating waveforms that paint a bleak yet soothing landscape.

In certain kinds of listeners, empty, abandoned spaces produce a pleasurable dejection. Maybe this is because spaces where human life is evacuated represent the end result of capital. (It seems to have withered away, but is in fact off to find another shell for its home.) What we’re left with is something new to inhabit, a new infrastructure for freedom. The subtle changes in Schmidt’s recording have less to do with melody and rhythm, more to do with accumulating color and texture of space. And so the half hour can feel like five minutes, or an eternity—time and scale exist differently here.

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After years of playing drums and piano in various bands, Katharina Schmidt's solo work is influenced by indie, experimental, and improvised music. Exploring interests in storytelling, sonic topographies, and generative techniques, her music uses electronics, field recordings, and self-built interfaces alongside acoustic instruments. From sonifications to lullabies, her work is poised between formal experimentation and narratives cued by literature and pop culture, and can be heard in installations, film music, and radiophonic pieces, as well as releases on labels such as Flag Day Recordings, Slaapwel Records, and Focused Silence.

Katharina holds a master’s degree in Sound Studies from the Berlin University of the Arts and hosts resident shows at Cashmere Radio and SVS Radio.

katharina-schmidt.net
katharinaschmidt.bandcamp.com  

artwork by Stefan Lingg
audio finalized by Glyn Maier

all proceeds to The Homeless Period Project (Greenville, SC, US) - www.homelessperiodproject.org

Tennis Courts in the Half Light

Katharina Schmidt - Tennis Courts In The Half Light [Excerpt] (ENMD03)

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Whatever part of the world you're in...

It's difficult to talk about sound. When we close our eyes and listen, there are no boundaries and as such, what we feel can often not be described with the words we know. Our feelings are unique & different.
There is no word or genre that unites the artists of the label. Putting a word on a style, in order to classify, takes part of the magic away. Instead, what unites us is our passion for sound, dancing with friends and growing together.

Hoping to see you soon and wishing you much love, music_is

Releases December 25, 2021, Digital & Tape (100 copies)
Pre-order: https://music-is.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-of-music
Mastered by Amandra
Art direction and design: Maison Sagan
Photo Credit: Alex Rodríguez Santibáñez

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Premiere: Yolabmi - Alone [music_is]

https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography/episodes/post-geography-7th-october-2022

Post-Geography 061022

from upcoming album "Relativiteit Van de Omgeving"
out april 7th 2023 through Not Not Fun Records

Relativiteit Van de Omgeving

Zaailing

ffo: ghostly whispers, disturbed breathing, harsh noise, high pitch, crashing cars and insects. featuring Richard Ramirez, Ronce, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Jaclyn Kendall, AU and more. 

You can find some of my stuff in here too, like the 80 crickets I adopted. If you are curious about what a short but hypnotic noise DJ set sounds like give this a go.

Recorded at Dawning Voidance, 24 MARCH 2022

Breathe into me, make me real ༺♡༻

Somewhere Else

A mix to celebrate the 2 years anniversary of Jj funhouse. It features tracks from all the wonderful artists whom we had the pleasure to release hitherto and others. Come celebrate with us at Bagger 11.03.2016 : https://www.facebook.com/events/1035891213137152/

Tracklist :

1. DSR Lines - Rotor
2. Peter Baumann - Romance 76
3. Milan W. - Arena
4. Julee Cruise - Into the night
5. Alpár - Amitori hō
6. Clara Mondshine - Landing at full moon (pitched up)
7. Aksak Maboul - Saure Gurke
8. Roman Flugel - Wilkie
9. Prince Jazzbo - Replay Version
10. C. Young - World Communication
11. Piero Umiliani - Synthi Melody
12. Mittland och Leo - Trooper
13. Yasuaki Shimizu - Honda
14. Roger 3000 - Spirales / Journey


2 Years a funhouse for B a g g e r (Mix by Jj funhouse)

Pre-order https://boomkat.com/products/primal-forms

In a world seemingly hellbent on tearing itself apart, it makes perfect sense for two musicians from such disparate backgrounds and disciplines to come together to create a new musical vernacular. Sam Shackleton, returning on Cosmo Rhythmatic after his previous outing on the label as Tunes of Negation, and Polish clarinetist/multi-instrumentalist Wacław Zimpel have joined forces. Their offering is a new album for the label: three long tracks of spiritual introspection and ascensional energy. A work of unison and  solidarity.

Primal Forms 

More exclusive music

Premiere: Shackleton & Zimpel 'Primal Drones'

from KR083:  MARTINA BERTONI - Music For Empty Flats. LP / DL / Tape out january 29th 2021

Music For Empty Flats

MARTINA BERTONI - Music For Empty Flats

🌱 'Relativiteit Van de Omgeving' (NNF)
🍂 'Flow | 流れ'  w/ H.Takahashi (Aguirre)
🌫 Hare Akedod founder
and 1/2 of Spirit & Form (w/ Ōgon Batto)

Zaailing

David Edren

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