If you’ve missed the self-titled debut, released by Island People in 2017 on raster, you’re in for a treat! Known for its surgical- precision explorations into post-digital manipulations, the celebrated label and a platform for many groundbreaking sounds has signed a mastering engineer Conor Dalton, Grammy Award-winning producer David Donaldson, musician and DJ Graeme Reedie, and a guitarist Ian “Chippy” Maclennan for a fascinating journey that brought much of their organic and warm sounds to the slightly cold, a little sterile, and desolate space. For their sophomore release, simply titled II, the group push their sounds into a further territory, resembling their home country of Scotland, “made of contrasting lights and harsh elements where time seems to stand still, circling the moment.” Beyond elements brought on from individual contributions, the group has relied on influences experienced together during their tour. Such slight melancholy can be grasped through pieces titled “Far From Shore,” “Stillness,” and “All My Plants Are Dead,” but today I am happy to offer you this exclusive premiere of a track named “Loneliness Has a Purpose,” which you can first experience it here on its own, and then, along the rest of the tracks on the full album.

"Out of the whole album, this track best represents the sound of paths not taken. Of one destination for some still feeling like a journey yet to be taken for others. The narratives we create reveal us all to be unreliable storytellers, it is only in looking back honestly that we can direct the ending. With the feeling of isolation during intense quarantine bringing up a lot of time for introspection, songs like “loneliness has a purpose” reflect on the many directions a life could take, potential futures not chosen and the many decisions that shape a future."
— Island People


I was going to write a bit more about this exciting release, but I feel that I’d be simply paraphrasing the following words, already appearing on the group’s Bandcamp: “The arrangements unfold like the long tracking shots of an early Antonioni film […] gloomy, darker, richer textures have conquered their space…” Yeah, well said. An absolute gem for lovers of surrealist and organic noir-fi as well as pristine, process-oriented production – a culmination of the above four minds gathered in the same unique space! Once again, the physical album is scheduled to start shipping on June 25th.

Loneliness Has A Purpose

TRACK PREMIERE : Island People - Loneliness Has a Purpose

this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4)

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From Alva Noto's 'This Stolen Country of Mine' [N-059] 

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Alva Noto’s award winning score for the 2022 German documentary film ‘This Stolen Country of Mine’ directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese features nineteen compositions to be released on NOTON in July 21. 2023.

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This Stolen Country of Mine

Alva Noto - Ritual

Holding you, Holding me

Symphony No.2 Part III. Adagio (Piano Arranged Version)

September 23rd

September 23rd (Excerpt 10)

Casa Noble Lisboa 34: Colírio para os olhos ((música em romântica))
By OCTUPONE (Tea*Eye Productions) : BERLIN

For the upcoming project: "Casa Noble" Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 2025
(In corporation with SLOW)
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1 Silva -  Segundos (Interlúdio)
2 Evan do Carmo	- Poema da Ausência
3 Jaco - Opereta para um
4 Dota Kehr, Danilo Guilherme - Ecos
5 Rebeca Câmara	- O Quanto Durar
6 Tiganá Santana - Partes de mim
7 Igor Medellín	- Confissões De Um Coração Quebrado
8 Ivânia Catarina - Isadora
9 Fernando Paranhos - Despedida: à minha mãe, Suely Perez
10 Igor Medellín - E Tudo Que Eu Faria
11 Dota Kehr, Danilo Guilherme - Andando por aí
12 Bruno Berle - Sonho
13 Marcelo & The Melodies - Sam Samba
14 Bruno Patinho - Il nostro concerto
15 Paulinho Da Viola - Estamos Noutra
16 Nilze Carvalho - O Amor Está no Ar
17 Toquinho, Vinicius De Moraes	- Cotidiano Nº 2 (Como Dizia o Chico...)
18 Ana Luísa Ramos - Ser Saudade
19 Beto Caletti	- Instante
20 Bruno Patinho - Saudade d'o core
21 Toquinho, Vinicius De Moraes	- Onde Anda Você
22 Moreno Veloso - Presente de Natal
23 Pedro Pedrosa - Plano B
24 Pingarilho - Samba de Rei
25 João Tejjo - Coisas do Amor
26 Maria Tomio Saes - MEUS OLHOS
27 Silva - Mad Machine
28 Thauan Darwin - Sombrio Lugar
29 Jaco	- Adeus cidade
30 Chillploy - Milesing (Less Mix)
31 Ituana Groove Da Praia - Talking in Your Sleep (Bossa Nova Mix)
32 Daniel Roure	- Olinda, Linda-Lou
33 Matilde Cid - Inesperado (Fado Proença)
34 Putumayo - Lábios Castanhos
35 Carol Saboya	- Amazonas
36 Canto Do Sol	- Dis-le-moi
37 Peufran - de cara
38 Tagua Tagua - 2016 (Acústico)
39 Regina Souza	- Lamento de Xangô
40 Thauan Darwin - Apenas Seu
41 Rio Band - Suave e fácil
42 João Bosco - Maria Ninguém
43 Robbie Belchamber - Shallow Crossing
44 Nancy Vieira	- Fado Crioulo
45 David Peña Rivas - Sombra de Amor
46 Inês Loubet - Semente
47 Gui Colobardini - melodia do mundo
48 Chillploy - Milesing (Breath Mix)
49 Luiz Murá - Searching for Something
50 Luna Jr. - Pérola Negra
51 Simona Palumbo - O grande amor
52 John Finbury	- Pérolas
53 Cris Braun, Celso Fonseca - Nenhuma Dor
54 Goffredo Civitarese - Que Maravilha
55 Quartabê - A onda do mar leva
56 Lau Ro - Each Day
57 RaiNao - Gualero
58 Bruno Berle - Love Comes Back
59 James Parker - A Felicidade
60 Tiganá Santana - Mon'ami
61 Maria Olivera - Eu Moro
62 Evan do Carmo - Estética da Dor

Casa Noble Lisboa 34: Colírio para os olhos ((música em romântica))

Mimicof "Love Control" ft. hprizm is a cut from '»sichten« vol.1' a compilation from Raster Noton out on September 21st. The Raster label invites friends and colleagues to present music that tends to be out of the focus of current media channels. For the first edition, they’ve invited musician, composer and video artist Frank Bretschneider, whose picked six artists working in multi-textured minimal sounds. MimiCof is the solo project of Midori Hiran in which she explores the realm of experimental music and detailed rhythmic patterns, combined with an idea of drawing melodic shapes and harmonies.
The track premiered on today's episode of Peak Time, live from Funkhaus Berlin, for RBMA20.
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Sichten 1

Mimicof "Love Control" ft. HPRIZM [PEAK TIME PREMIERE]

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Camino A Casa 2 - Amor Y Desamor - 14.06.2020

Our 25th Anniversary slot this week features Richard Dorfmeister who appeared on the show in 2003 and featured many times as one half of Kruder and Dorfmeister, as well as his project Tosca with Rupert Huber, amongst others. Opening with ECM artist Steve Tibbetts, his mix floats between Gui Boratto, his own lush edit for Selah Sue, acoustic guitar of Jeb Loy Nichols and the dubbed out Rhythm & Sound featuring Cornell Campbell on vocals. He then weaves through Pat Metheney, the dub version of Sunset from Grace Jones' last album, blues from Ry Cooder and ending with a couple of tracks from his recent Tosca album 'Odeon'.

PART 3 + 4	-	Richard Dorfmeister		https://twitter.com/drrichard5
				
Steve Tibbetts	_	climbing	_	ECM
Gui Boratto	_	trap	_	Kompakt
NORAH JONES	_	after the fall  /  sitekdub rmx	_	Parlophone
selah sue	_	this world / dorfmeister edit	_	Unknown
BRENDON MOELLER	_	tswana dub/ brendon Moellers Beat pharmacy dub	_	Stereo Deluxe
JEB LOY NICHOLS	_	hard times	_	CITY COUNTRY CITY 
RHYTHM +SOUND	_	king in my empire	_	Burial Mix
KAZUMI WATANABE	_	walk don`t run	_	Gramavision
OLIVIER MAESSIEN	_	les corps	_	Schwann
PAT METHENEY	_	icefire	_	ECM
GRACE JONES	_	sunset dub	_	Wall of Sound
LORD ECHO	_	Wang east	_	Economy
RY COODER	_	Hold On	_	Warner
TOSCA	_	meixner	_	K7
TOSCA	_	bonjour	_	K7

Solid Steel Radio Show 29/3/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Richard Dorfmeister

with RV8, the osaka-based producer and musician AOKI takamasa continues his long- term project that focuses on the modulation of rhythms and grooves. it began with his first ep ‚rhythm variations‘ in 2009, released as part three of the unun-series. besides his collaboration with raster-noton, he released records on several labels like commmons, progressive form and op.disc, produced remixes for well-known musicians like ryuichi sakamoto or yoshihiro hanno and played performances at, for example, elektra/montreal and club transmediale/ berlin, all in all making him a renowned producer in japan and beyond.

starting with a firework of bleeps and bops, already the very first minutes of his new record reveal aoki‘s preference for vibrating beats and likewise his playful approach to music, generating a sound that is aiming at the dance floor.

like the first ones, almost all tracks of the record are characterized by a constant modulation of chords and lines that sometimes appears somehow hyperactive, but nevertheless results in a natural flow that perfectly reflects AOKI‘s laid-back attitude combined with his will to produce danceable and funky music.

the fluent arrangement is only interrupted by the third track which forms a caesura by being more reduced and slower. in contrast to this, the following tracks present a faster tempo and an increased intensity; and whereas the first tracks reflect downbeat and r‘n‘b influences due to their broken beats and chunky sound, the later songs are characterized by a more sleek and technoid style, incorporating dribbling basses, clappy sounding snares and modulated voice snippets.

although all of the musical components are constantly broken down, modulated, and rearranged, the overall sound of the record is dense and compact, featuring a groove made up of numerous elements that are complexly intertwined. the eight tracks of the record fit seamlessly together and create a composition that nearly functions like a dj set.

the album was mastered by yoshinori sunahara. needless to say that RV8 will be released as cd and lp.

Symphony No.2 Part III. Adagio (Piano Arranged Version)

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