12th February

I believe that music is present in every moment, in every scene. We can feel music relatively easily when those scenes are easy to understand and impressive, of course, but when they are not, for example, I think this is especially true in situations that are too mundane, too ordinary, or seemingly unrelated to music.

I can never hear it, but I think I hear it. Only after it has taken shape as a piece of music do I feel that this is how it must have sounded at the time. And the question of whether it was right or not will never be answered. But by questioning things that are becoming just a shell and looking at things from a different angle, we can gain a new perspective.

Questions always come up and I try to answer them somehow, but they always elude me. So by continuing to create my work, I manage to find my own answers to different questions at different times.

In this day and age, when all that is valued is how easy, quick and simple it is to get answers, it would be nice to have a few more people who are willing to face questions that will never be answered.

Produced by Hidekazu Imashige
Cover Art by Hidekazu Imashige

Angle of Light

The Foreword of a Beautiful Day

Forgotten Times

Over the last few years, Rostami has been playing with new ideas using field recordings, improvised piano, and tape processing. Already having made a few records experimenting with these ideas, "Siren" sets itself apart as a concentrated approach to illustrate abstract environments and landscapes through sound. On songs like "Cold Stream" and "The Recent Past" you will hear literal field recordings of nature mixed with composed musical emulations of environments, whether it be a representation of running water or the quiet nostalgia of suburban life. Songs like "Landscape" and "Today and Tomorrow" take field recordings of field recording records played in Rostami's studio space along with multiple recordings of the same piano performance. The piano is recorded with a field recorder, as midi and as a D/I recording and woven together, in and out, blending the soundscapes of field recordings and studio recordings into an undefined grey area.

Aria Rostami currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Rostami started releasing music in 2011 and has releases on labels such as Spring Theory, Glacial Movements, Dark Entries, Crash Symbols, Zoom Lens, Audiobulb and Jacktone Records. Aria Rostami occasionally performs and releases work with Daniel Blomquist.

Music written and recorded by Aria Rostami
Cover image by Dylan Tushar
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Thank you Pepper, Afshin, Abbas, Nasrin, Dylan Tushar, Daniel Blomquist, Ashkan, Evan Scott, David August, and Sean Raji

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Today and Tomorrow

Blanket

inspired by things that are hidden from view, tapes of yester is my new EP with https://soundcloud.com/norvik-music

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tapes of yester

(un)covered

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(un)covered (with Norvik)

Atlantea Records is proud to present their newest addition to the Ambient series, with artists like Tim Six, Martin Jarl, Samsara Inc., Ghostloop, Akmuo, Bålsam, Sebby Kowal, Spectrical, Dionisaf, Garda, Ivan Algieri and Atmøsphäre.

Full album: https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-iv

Mastering by Andrea Porcu
Cover artwork by Å Asher-Yates and Velvet Black Pixel "Jenna Murphy"

Ambient IV

Various Artists - Ambient IV [AR016] preview

Taken from the album "In the Still Water"
by Wil Bolton & Francis Gri

Limited to 40 copies / Handmade covers, hand numbered
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-still-water

releases November 10, 2023 

All music by Wil Bolton and Francis Gri 
Recorded between London and Milan in 2022 
Mixed by Wil Bolton 
Mastered by Francis Gri 
Photography by Wil Bolton and Francis Gri 
Design by Francis Gri 

Shimmering Moods Records 2023 
SHM 271

Wil Bolton & Francis Gri - Shrouded In Fog

After several months of exchanging messages and phone calls, and supporting each other's releases, we're finally releasing our first collaboration on Mare Nostrum Label.

Philippe Deschamps laid the foundations, and Le Code added a few ethereal sounds to create a mysterious, minimalist single.

Released 08.12.2023 as a free download on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms.

Night Glimpses

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Night Glimpses feat. Philippe Deschamps

This uses natural and simple elements to create an environment of an oceanic breeze.

Mariana Gulf- Rest With Me Ashore

“A Kindness” is a short ambient suite tracing the residue of memory, soft gestures, and quiet absurdities. From the scent of wet earth to a lullaby lost mid-sentence, it leaves you in a stillness that lingers.

Just In

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

Today and Tomorrow

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