On his third solo recording for Cantaloupe Music, Florent Ghys radically retools his approach with Ritournelles & Mosaïques — a wide-ranging two-part opus that pulls back the curtain on an intrepid composer, double bassist and electronics bricoleur in full sonic exploration mode. The project’s first single, “Printemps Permanent,” sets the tone for the lively ride to follow. 

Ghys began work on the project in late 2019, but like the rest of the world, he soon found himself in the midst of a prolonged isolation period, which inspired him to expand his creative palette. On his previous album Télévision, Ghys had begun with an audio-visual idea; this time, he started at the root: with the sound.

“I just wanted to make something that sounded great,” he says, “so I spent a lot of time studying the sound of my bass — analyzing it, making sample libraries, recording it — and then studying the different microphones, different rooms, different basses too. So it really started from the sound, and then adapting my audio-visual ideas to that.”

Ritournelles (available on CD) is essentially the electro-acoustic, ambient instrumental portion of the program, while Mosaïques (available digitally) is more sample-based and electronic, seething with textural complexity. “Despite the differences though,” Ghys explains, “they really come from the same initial artistic impulse.”

Ritournelles & Mosaïques

Printemps Permanent

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Humming voice by Hungarian composer, performer, and media artist Tibor Scemzö 
Excerpts from ‘Tractatus’ (1991-1995)

Purring by Mayakovsky (the cat, not the poet)

Additional voices: 12 composers reciting randomly selected fragments of the writings by Henry David Thoreau. Excerpt from ‘Lecture about the Weather’ (1975) by John Cage (1912-1992), performed at The New York Chamber Music Festival on Cage's 100th birthday, 5 September 2012

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“I have a room all to myself; it is nature. It is a place beyond the jurisdiction of human governments.”

From the journal of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
3 January 1853

nature is a place

'Out in the Cold' 
Music and Lyrics by Alan Keary 
Produced and mixed by Alan Keary 

Craig Hanson - Drums

I Have Aspirations For Dragonflies

Out In The Cold

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"Cloud Forming" is out now!  💨

Link to EP: https://tr.ee/L7bD9vRtvB

Cirrus

A magical outdoor dance at Krow Fischer's beautiful property, Here On Earth, in a gorgeous clearing in the middle of the woods. We danced with the trees, and the majestic clouds and sunset, and the frogs and birds and crickets. It was glorious!!!

Track List:
The Garden of Mirrors (Pt 3) [Violeta]	Stephan Micus	The Garden of Mirrors
Estrellas (feat. POAN, Kama Lila Sol) (Original Mix)	Mose	POAN Collaborations
Meki (Original Mix)	RROBIN, Les Mamans du Congo	Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin
Electric Gypsy	Govinda	Worlds Within
MÖW - Tribal Rhythms Feat. Gaia Ekho (Original Mix)	MÖW	Silhouette EP
La Blanche feat. Omar (Original Mix)	Tehrach	La Blanche (feat. Omar)
On the limits of perception ➳ Álvaro Suárez (original mix)	Lump Records	Alpha ~ Compilation
Apaga La Luz (Pablo Fierro Raw Mix)	Tony Touch	Apaga La Luz
Cala El Verano (Original Mix)	Kydus, DJ Dep	Free Spirit EP
2. Angata Feat. Fanta Konè - NaboDayèra  (Kiko Navarro Afroterraneo Remix)	Angata Feat. Fanta Koné	NaboDayèra
(It Goes Like) Nanana (Original Mix)	Peggy Gou	(It Goes Like) Nanana
Govinda (Original Mix)	Dionigi	Digital House Organism
Carnival of House (Original Mix)	Dj Steve Love	Carnival of House
Prometheus (Original Mix)	ARTBAT	Planeta EP
This Feelin' (Extended Mix)	Avoure	Reflection
Belle (Original Mix)	Marsh	Life On The Shore
Quiribi (Yamil Remix)	Rosalinda de la Espada, Yamil	
A Song For Your Heart	Gwairoch

Live At "Move With The Earth" (July 29, 2023 ecstatic dance at Here On Earth, Norwood, Ontario)

A new release on the label, and the first from the artist.

Check it out on bandcamp -
https://tgoldsmith.bandcamp.com/album/dropouts

Also available everywhere to stream and download in full.

T Goldsmith - Dropouts (sampler)

In “Ancient Time”, Earthbass takes you on a sound journey through time, tapping into ancient energies that resonate with the soul. Let the soothing blend of voice, strings and rich textures transport you to a realm of tranquillity and inner peace. With its dreamy atmosphere, this track offers a perfect soundscape for your daily meditation.

Ancient Time - Dream to Manifest

Vinyl: https://numagama.bandcamp.com/album/a-spectral-turn
Stream: https://tr.ee/zrjAhww_9e
Catalog no: BI32

In an unusual collaboration between a Brazilian artist and a Chinese label, Numa Gama returns with a left-field take on her music-making, A Spectral Turn. Inspired by Derrida’s Hauntology, and the post-capitalist instigations of Anna Tsing, she weaves an eerie and cold subtropical soundscape that explores themes of freedom and imagination amidst the ghosts that inhabit today’s world.

Each track here unfolds like a vignette, as translucent synth lines float independently, accompanied by abstract sounds and glitches. This amalgamation creates a rational yet cozy stream of consciousness, guiding the listener through the haunted corridors of the memories of the past, ideas of the present, and miscarriages of the future. To summon these ideas, Numa Gama draws a parallel between negotiating political change and making kin with her own creative desires.

Rather than providing nostalgic sensations or futuristic insights, A Spectral Turn acknowledges that history ends at every moment, and gives way to new beginnings, swarming with ghosts.
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released January 31, 2024

All tracks were composed, produced, and mixed by [numa] Gama and mastered by Brandenburg Mastering

O Que É Doce No Fim (Snippet)

ride the wave!
art: ivan bilic

TRACKLIST
:00 Austin Texas Mental Hospital - SOFTL
1:20 Wooden Toy- Amon Tobin
3:23 Verbana Tea (Feat. Rebekah Raff)
7:37 Nova - Amon Tobin
11:45 Ulalala - Adam Krolk
13:54 Fulfill The Dream - Esbe 
19:09 Good Morning - Cubo (Strangers)
21:16 Sundance - Deela (El Buho Remix)
26:03 Jardines (F. Lido Pimienta) Chancha Via Circuito
29:45 Good Places - Rumtum
33:33 Eyes Closed - Blank Blue
36:23 Say My Name - Odesza (Ambassadeurs Remix)
41:47 Treat Yo Self - Chambray
45:27 Una Bluna - Rampue
48:24 Sa Mo Jung - ToKiMonSta
51:15 Untangle - Fourtet
55:28 Midnight Frogs - Pablo Bolivar
57:07 Bambro Koyo Ganda Innov Gnawa - Bonobo
1:00:17 Most Really Pretty Girls Have Pretty Ugly Feet - HNNY
1:02:26 Salamander - Daniel Steinberg
1:06:39 The Disconnect - Tycho
1:12:34 Myth - Tor
1:16:49 Aurescent - Kodak to Graph
1:19:17 Treehouse - Ifan Dafydd
1:23:12 Samba Triste - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
1:27:47 Flow - Tone Ranger

THANKS FOR LISTENING

ECSTATIC DANCE!

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