Taken from "lullaby for the unplugged" the forthcoming album by xu 

Releases July 21, 2025 

Recorded and mixed by Nicola Fornasari 
Mastered by Andrea Porcu 
Pictures by Evie S. 

SHM 347 
Shimmering Moods Records 2025

xu - decay knob turned to infinity

After decades of chasing, accumulating, and then sharing new music with you, I think I've hit some saturation point. I think I'm done spinning in the vortex of the "new", being pulled in all directions, catching up on all the "fresh" and "innovative" tracks. I'm not saying that I will stop covering new music. No. But I think I'll focus the virtual lens of my listening on a very narrow point, investing my time and attention over more extended periods. I think I will turn inwards... towards music and the artists that genuinely make me feel. This is the case with Rafael Anton Irisarri's A Fragile Geography, an album from 2015, which captured my attention then as it does now, triggering memories, triggering thoughts, and emotion. A decade ago, during a move between coasts, Rafael lost his possessions - stolen with the moving truck - along with all his audio archives, forcing him to rebuild his studio and sound from the ground up. The pain of this loss is reflected in almost every single track on the album. This music is slightly dark and melancholic. It's visceral, and it gets under your skin. And there it stays with you for ages. Becoming part of you, becoming part of your existence.

On September 19th, the album will be reissued, beautifully remastered by Stephan Mathieu at his Schwebung studio, along with a limited edition cassette of remixes by the most renowned artists, handpicked by Rafael. "This record has always been about letting go of one life and rebuilding another", says Irisarri, "It feels fitting to return to it now - ten years later, in a different country, a different world." These reworks are worthy of your precious awareness as well. I know that there are more than a few in the pipeline (at least six), which will be revealed one at a time. As of this writing, there is already a gorgeous rework by the one and only William Basinski, with his version of "Secretly Wishing For Rain" with Gary Thomas Wright, which incorporates field recordings of Reseda rain and birds captured by Basinski himself. You can check out a digital stream of that track here. *BUT!* Today, I am premiering for you a second rework by Abul Mogard! This piece bears not only the original elements of "Persistence" but, of course, Guido's extremely personal touch that breathes new life into this sound.

Head over to headphonecommute.com to read more about this release, including a quote from Abul Mogard on the rework.

TRACK PREMIERE : Rafael Anton Irisarri - Persistence (Abul Mogard rework)

From:
Kessler V & friends - Kosmik Sludge
digital EP/LP, out Monday 11th August 2025
https://misc-works.bandcamp.com/album/kosmik-sludge
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vid - https://youtu.be/UgAx8zYOkFk

Datassette - 7 Bass Guitars In 7-4 (Kessler V sludge edit) [MISCWX011]

'Thresholds' is a new collaborative track from @arms-and-sleepers & @worriedaboutsatan. Out Sept. 19, 2025 on Future Archive Recordings.

Buy / Stream:
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Thresholds

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ZeroA - Dusty Textures [Crossfade Sounds]

Ruth Maine - Nesting

Gray Acres has always been a space for subtlety and restraint, distinct from the denser, more cinematic atmospheres of Hotel Neon. Where that project often explores process, technique, and narrative arcs, Gray Acres tends to be produced "in the moment" and stays still. It lets you think for yourself. Soft Erasure especially embraces that characteristic stillness.

This is the first full-length Gray Acres album since 2021’s “Dreams and Phantoms.” It’s a project that came together slowly with an intentionally light touch…more about dissolving sounds than constructing them. Subtraction vs. addition.

The title Soft Erasure came about as we noticed a recurring quality across the recordings: a sense of tangible things like guitars, pianos, and strings fading, softening, and slipping just out of reach as we shaped and processed them. The music feels like it’s constantly on the verge of vanishing, or being gently wiped away into an indistinct atmosphere. That idea of erasure not as violence, but as gentleness, decay, or transformation, felt like the right metaphor to latch on to. It speaks to memory, distance, and time, and how all of those forces shape and reshape our perception of sound and self.

Musically, this album is built mainly from resampled acoustic instruments: delicate piano lines, sustained strings, frozen and looped guitar textures. Much of the source material was recorded clean, then stretched, blurred, and layered until it became something abstract…like an impression of a song, or a half-remembered phrase. In some ways, we were trying to find the most washed-out and ephemeral version of each sound. The result is a record that is designed less for narrative and more for immersion.

If you’ve followed this project before, I think you’ll hear a natural continuation of its aesthetic. But if you’re new to Gray Acres, this is a great entry point. It’s music that tries not to demand attention, but rewards those who tune in closely for a while.

Gray Acres - Soft Erasure
Music by Andrew & Michael Tasselmyer
Mastered by Alex at Quiet Details

Gray Acres - Vestige

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We are glad to present our #84 by our friends - Andrey Avguchenko and Chain Selector !

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Mastering by Sergey Kosov - www.mmcm.ru

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01. Blochemy - Sui
02. Amble - Not all Can Cross The Water
03. Taylor Deupree & The Humble Bee - Case Study 1
04. Hadley Roe -  Fragrances
05. Folk Reels - Old Red Eye
06. Dag Rosenqvist - Somna, sov
07. Masaya Ozaki - Frá Vatni
08. James Osland and Andrew Heath - Outside The Light Was Starting To Wane
09. Christopher Bissonnette - Red Sky At Night
10. Ghost and Tape - Seabird

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Audio clips from our upcoming CD compilation.
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Various Artists - Our Ambient Collection III | SRCD08

Æther #010 by o[rlawren]
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

Our latest simultaneous double release comes from the vaults of Scottish sound artist Tui, aka o[rlawren], who was also kind enough to provide a complimentary mixtape. And not a usual one, but a self-contained work of its own – featuring overlapping layers of tracks and modular synthesizer improvisations performed by Tui in the intermissions.

Explore his beautifully organic electronics in these two albums:

https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/poiesis
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/the-intimate-overlap

Tracklist:

Bibio - Lynn Peris (0.00 - 04.03)
Oliver Coates - Please Be Normal (02.15 - 05.40)
Ursula Bogner - Pulsation (02.28 - 05.54)
Park Jihah - Faded (03.48 - 05.25)
Oisin Leech - One Hill Further (05.43 - 08.43)
Steve Reich - Tehillim III (08.29 - 10.55)
Ursula Bogner - Testlauf (09.37 - 11.02)
Laurie Spiegel - Appalachian Grove I (10.20 - 17.08)
Big Brave - I Felt A Funeral (13.35 - 16.54)
CH-BB - Mau Mau (16.37 - 17.37)
Big Brave - Vital (17.07 - 19.39)
Peter Gabriel - Lead A Normal Life (19.00 - 23.14)
CH-BB - Nobody Is Perfect (22.20 - 23.40)
Stephan Micus - Midnight Sea (23.17 - 29.25)
Ursula Bogner - Soloresonanzen (30.06)
Soap & Skin - The Mystery Of Love (29.55 - 32.40)
Ursula Bogner - Momentaufnahme (32.14 - 33.33)
Natalia Baylis & Eimer Reidy - Pour Upon The Sky (32.41 - 34.04)
Lucy Sissy Miller - Autopilot (32.43 - 35.10)
Tolerance - Tiez Rekcuz (34.03 - 35.07)
Linda Perhacs - Chimacum Rain (35.09 - 38.28)
Stephan Micus - The Flame (38.14 - 41.51)
Stephan Micus - The Flame - Orla Wren rework (38.34 - 42.32)(44.01 - 44.51)
Ursula Bogner - Für Ulrich (39.26 - 41.20)
Bill Nelson - Portrait Of Jan With Flowers (42.03 - 44.27)
Stars Of The Lid - Requiem For Dying Mothers, Part 1 (44.10 - 50.14))
Mayssa Jallad - Etel (45.51 - 49.27)
Tolerance - Pulse Static (49.07 - 50.57)
Stephan Micus - Nordic Night (49.41 - 52.42)
Stephan Micus - The Veil (51.04 - 52.40)
Julie Byrne - Moonless (52.22 - 56.04)
Arvo Pärt - Pari Intervallo (55.38 - 1.00.00)
Ursula Bogner - Modes (57.14 - 59.07)
Soap & Skin - The End (59.34 - 59.51)

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Æther #010 by o[rlawren]

Dutch independent label focused on contemporary ambient / modern classical music.