YUI ONODERA & STEPHEN VITIELLO - Quiver

CATALOG: mikroton cd 64
FORMAT: CD
RELEASE: April 2018

https://mikroton.net/mikroton-64/

Yui Onodera electric violin, electric guitar, field recordings, found objects, processing 
Stephen Vitiello acoustic and electric guitar, modular synthesizer, toy piano, field recordings, processing 
Kenneth Kirschner (variant’s materials) on Quiver 1

Quiver

Yui Onodera & Stephen Vitiello - Quiver #6

eliane radigue - Jouet electronique

Sonata Per Eterna ( by Marta Zapparoli 2018-19 )
This is an extract from “Sonata Per Eterna”.
 It is a text-piece in which the meaning of some combinations of words are connected to selected radio waves and natural radios phenomena which I recorded in different countries over the world in the past recent years. This piece is inspired by my personal romantic idea feed it also by scientific notions about the journey of the soul after death to perpetual motion in the universe......." 
The release will be out in 2020

"Sonata Per Eterna" Extract From Release2020 ( to my father Giuseppe aka GiZap))

Tracklisting

1. Bubble Year - Danny Scott Lane - Taken from the album Memory Record [Shimmering Moods Records, 2019]

2. Midnight Cliffs - Ekoplekz - Taken from the album Reflekzionz  [Planet Mu, 2015]

3. Morning Window - Jon Brooks - Taken from the album 52 [Clay Pipe Music, 2015]

4. Bobbing Beams Of Light - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Taken from the album Behind the Counter With Max Richter [Rough Trade, 2017]

5. You By The Sea - R Beny - Taken from the album Eistla [Self Released, 2018]

6. Mueve - ghost and tape - Taken from the album Shift [Slaapwel, 2015]

7. Little Cliffs - M. GRIG - Taken from the album Mount Carmel [12k, 2019]

8. Blue Eyes - Cory Allen - Taken from the album Pearls [Quiet Design, 2010]

9. Clock For No Time - Jimmy Behan - Taken from the album The Echo Garden [Audiobulb, 2009]

10. Oval - Hideo Nakasako - Taken from the album PARTICLES,TAPES,NOISES [Self Released,2019]

11. /ˈtʌɪmləs/ (Mugwood Remix) - CLD.RĀN - Taken from the single /ˈtʌɪmləs/ [Future Archive Recordings, 2019]

12. Otaru Box - Darren McClure - Taken from the album On Opposites [NeoTantra, 2019]

13. My Backyard - Shuttle358 - Taken from the album Understanding Wildlife [12k, 2002]

14. Transition - Porya Hatami - Taken from the album Unstable [Nephogram, 2014]

LKS here

Le Kabaret Series Mix - Moss Covered Technology

40 minute longform piece put together for the Sedna Sessions at the end of 2019.

Darren McClure - Sedna Session

Dragon’s Eye Recordings is pleased to announce the return of Japanese sound artist and composer Yui Onodera with the reissue of 'Synergetics / Entropy'. 'Synergetics' was originally released in 2007 on Drone Records (Germany), while 'Entropy' was originally released through Critical Path (Japan) in 2005, then again on Trumn (Japan) in 2009. Now, fifteen years later, the two aesthetically complementary albums have been remastered and will be released together as one.

'Synergetics,' composed entirely of electric guitar and piano, is a minimal two-track study in slow motion. Overtones, harmonics, and the slightest of melodies emerge to richen expansive drones. Described originally as “music shimmering like light on water,” it is contemplative listening experience that simultaneously allows for release of consciousness while drawing focus to a pinpoint of the present moment. A delicate, kaleidoscopic sound work. 

The moodier of the two releases, 'Entropy' is Onodera’s original self-released debut. Through use of guitar, field recordings, and electronics, Onodera’s signature style of manipulating harmonics and accent noises into simple loops and melodies is recognizable and can be now understood as foundational.  Moments of timbral friction add a dimension that gently fractures a hypnotic hallucination induced by the warm parenthetical embrace of harmonic drones. Again, as in 'Synergetics,' Onodera uses this palette to heighten the listener’s sense of genuinely 'active' living—the present moment is drawn to the forefront while the exterior world’s pulse thrums along.

Synergetics / Entropy

Yui Onodera - Entropy 9

When ACL first started producing mixes, I knew that I didn't just want to invite artists and labels. We've always imagined ACL as a part of a broader community. As such I've often invited mixes from amateurs, from listeners and fellow critics. This mix is one of those.

Philippe Requena is a music lover who lives near Paris, and has been producing mixes casually for some time now, just putting them out once he's gathered enough tracks and samples. We will be featuring more of his mixes in the near future.

Water Be My Road Now

Philippe Requena presents 'Water Be My Road Now' [mix]

@morimoto-naoki
Pre-order date: 7th July 2020
Release date: 18th July 2020
Format: CD, Digital

Music by morimoto naoki
Mastered by kazuhiro takeuchi

Copyright © 2020 ROHS! RECORDS, All Rights Reserved

Info release

previews. morimoto naoki - dusk to dawn (Album) | Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series

Pie Are Squared is Italy-based Egyptian musician Mohammed Ashraf. He has previously released music through labels such as Handstitched*, Lost Children and on Eilean Records as Śruti, his collaboration with Omar El Abd. Some of you may also recall this year's 'muri', which was the 13th addition to our Home Diaries Series.

'Con Calma' is a serene album for quiet contemplation, as minimalist tones glide and encourage a sense of detachment. It began as Mohammed gathered recordings on his mobile phone whilst travelling, which were later fed through various chains of effects. Guitars and a range of utilities were used to craft these lulling tones, with the wealth of source and detail somehow liquefying into a collection of daydreams. 

These reveries were assembled from lengthy loop sessions, which Mohammed listened to for almost a year to help him detach from the mundane office routine. He wanted this work to be a form of escapism, yet free from anxiety; a slow, calm exit.

Con Calma is not completely weightless and feather-lite; at times the light abrasion of distortion joins the wash, to add texture. The album is best enjoyed with the tracks played in sequence, as they envelope you into a sense of contemplation, starting from humble, quiet beginnings, journeying through air and rail in 'Flügezüge', onto more than a hint of stormy seas towards the second half, before closing with the daze of its final moments in 'Away, World, Away'.

Releases 25/07/2020
Written and produced by Mohammed Ashraf
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Photography by Mohammed Ashraf
Packaging design by Harry Towell

Con Calma

wlr076 Pie Are Squared - Con Calma

from 'And the Bird Said: Cut Me Open and Sing Me' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den337

available on all formats at http://denovali.com/prairie

Prairie is the project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Marc Jacobs, hailing from Brussels with roots in The Netherlands. On stage, Prairie plays with two or three musicians and together they re-create a free association of musical ideas and atmospheres. Prairie has played in selected venues and festivals across Europe  and for instance toured with Apparat.

“And the Bird Said: Cut Me Open and Sing Me” is the second full length album on Denovali Records.

This album was inspired by the silence of the birds, by the tone between a mother and her daughter, by the Sandsnipe twins, by constant wailing sirens, by the memory of a Vangelis track. Composed in the city, in his studio Les Lacs and in the mountains of the French Cévennes, Jacobs integrates his various recording locations into his magnificent sound design. By using various recording techniques, analog gear, guitar pedals, synths, amps and human voices, “And the Bird Said: Cut Me Open and Sing Me” creates a fountain of sound layers which coalesce to synthetic and noise infused manipulations, dramatic crescendos and subtle field recordings.

Jacobs focuses on melodies, sometimes hidden melodies, or straight out melodies that took him back to various musical influences, current ones but also from his past, lurking into pop and loving imperfection. The lyrics of "Cut me Open" are the spine of the record, the scenario where various species of birds lead the way, and where each track is a short chapter of the flight.

Jacobs once again showcases a deep sensitivity to narrative and rich cinematic textures by creating a technicolor soundtrack.

Some words about Prairie:
          
"... his cosmos is located somewhere between Bohren & der Club of Gore and Sunn O))), ambient is as familiar to him as brachial sounds, and he is as much acquainted with guitars as with synths and modern technology" (GROOVE)

"... sounds like a requiem for this broken world." (SPEX)

"... Like Ben Frost, (Prairie) exudes a certain harshness while tempering his work with moments of sublime beauty. This isn’t club material; it’s music for the hammer in one’s hand, the confrontation of the demon, the soul-shattering revelation." (A Closer Listen)

And the Bird Said: Cut Me Open and Sing Me

Prairie - Tendress

When ACL first started producing mixes, I knew that I didn’t just want to invite artists and labels. We’ve always imagined ACL as a part of a broader community. As such I’ve often invited mixes from amateurs, from listeners and fellow critics. This mix is one of those. 

We have another special guest mix from Philippe Requena. We have previous featured two mixes from him, Venant le jour and Water Be My Road Now. As on those mixes, Requena moves in a post-genre sonic world, drawing unexpected connections between disparate selections.

You can follow Phillipe Requena on his Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/requena


TRACKLIST

1. KMRU - Well
2. Innesti - Moving The Stars
3. Fovea Hex - Don’t These Windows Open ?
4. Fabiano Da Nascimiento - Ilhas
5. Biosphere - Tranoy Lighthouse
6. Meredith Monk - Unison
7. Plod - Aptaxi
8. Moses Sumney - Lucky Me
9. Rhythm & Sound - What A Mistry Version
10. Sarah Davachi - The Pelican
11. Roméo Poirier - Le bématiste
12. Steven M. Halliday - Für Alina Pt 3
13. Arvo Pärt - Even If I Lose Everything
14. Virginia Astley - With My Eyes Wide Opened I’m Dreaming
15. Christine Ott - Comma
16. Hilary Woods - There Is No Moon
17. Golden Retriever & Chuck Johnson - Lupine
18. Léo Ferré - Les Romantiques (Loop)

Paysages, encore

Phillipe Requena presents 'Paysages, encore' [mix]

Dragon’s Eye Recordings is a digital imprint based in Los Angeles and curated by artist and composer Yann Novak. Emphasizing the elevation of marginalized voices in experimental music, our catalog represents a range of sounds, processes, identities, and practices. Since 2005, we’ve published over 100 works of sound art and experimental music with a focus on ambient, field recording, drone, electroacoustic, and acousmatic music. As an independent label, we work to build community for our artists and listeners searching for somewhere to belong.

Yui Onodera - Entropy 9

Dragons Eye Recordings